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Labour's leftwards shift is why it is advancing
10th January 2018 shoreditchadmin2 0
The Labour Party has started 2018 on an excellent footing. It is consistently ahead of the Tories in opinion polls – a lead it has now maintained for most of the past six months following the June 2017 general election. If another election took place at present Jeremy Corbyn is well positioned to become Prime Minister.
When Trump visits Britain – protest!
9th January 2018 shoreditchadmin2 0
By Sabby Dhalu.
For anyone on the receiving end of the enormous rise in hate crime over the last 18 months, the question of whether Donald Trump visits Britain is not an abstract debate. At a time when the most high-profile politician in the world is flagrantly promoting racist lies to whip up anti-Muslim hatred, the prospect of his visit poses the clear danger of a further spike in violent persecution and harassment.
Theresa May's Middle East fantasy
15th December 2017 shoreditchadmin2 0
Theresa May's visit to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq, at the end of November, highlighted the continuing decline of influence in Britain's foreign policy… The nostalgia and myth making that characterises the pro-Brexit case spreads its ephemera all over the Tory government's international endeavours.
The West must do much more to tackle climate change
The clock is ticking towards catastrophic climate change – the world has started moving forward, but the West needs to do more and faster.
By Ruby Cooper
The world has started moving forward in the fight to stop climate change. However the pace of progress is still not fast enough to avoid dangerous levels of global warming.
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One batch went north, one batch went south. And Fayetteville thus far has been the middle of a big rain sandwich.
While rain totals to the north, toward Raleigh and especially into the Triad, have been copious, and totals to the south, toward Florence, have been in the .75 range, the heart of the Sandhills has seen at tops a quarter-inch as of 8 am. this morning. Don�t fret, though � there�s still more on the way Saturday. It will remain a great day to stay inside, maybe work on taxes or sort sock drawers, as gray and gloomy will be the watch words outside. Highs will likely stay below 50 degrees, with a light breeze and on-and-off precip.
The good news is Sunday still looks pleasant. This slop will slide off to the northeast overnight, giving us a shot at sunshine and � dare I mention it? � above-average temps for a day. Don�t get used to it, however. The forecast for Monday evening into Tuesday brings another round of showers into the region.
However you spend your weekend, make it a good one!


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Filming Greece | Marianna Economou on the Tomatoes that met the Iris Awards
"When tomatoes met Wagner" is a humorous and uplifting story of two ingenious Greek cousins and five village women who decide to make a new start. With a little help from Wagner's music -that they blast in the fields- they cultivate an ancient tomato seed and hand-package it as tomato paste and meals. Soon, the little jars find their place on the shelves of organic stores across the world. The latest film by Marianna Economouwon the Iris award for best Documentary 2020 bytheHellenic Film Academy on April 14, 2020. Marianna Economou is a documentary film maker based in Athens, Greece. She studied anthropology, photojournalism and film production in London. She directs documentary series for Greek TV and creative documentaries of Greek production and co-production with European broadcasters such as the BBC, ARTE and YLE.
Her films have participated in many international festivals and have beenscreened by broadcasters globally. She has received awards for: "The School" (2001), "My Place in the Dance" (2006), "Please Listen to Me" (2008), "Bells, Threads And Miracles" (2009), "Twelve Neighbours" (2009), "Food for Love" (2013), "Fragments" (2018) and "The Longest Run" (2015), which was nominated for the European Film Academy Awards 2016. "When tomatoes met Wagner" (2019), premiered at the Berlinale 2019. It was the Greek selection for the Oscars 2020and has beenawarded atInternational and Greek Film Festivals (including the Fipresci Critics Award at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, the Prix Bartok and Prix Monde en Regards at the Jean Rouch International Festival, the Audience Award at the Heartland Int Film Festival, the Arab Critics Awards for European films at the Cairo Film Festival, the People's Choice Award, Houston Greek Film Festival). In her interview with Greek News Agenda* Economou elaborates on struggling agricultural communities and on the importance of reinventing oneself in difficult times.
"When Tomatoes met Wagner" (2019)
What drove you to making "When Tomatoes met Wagner"?
I wanted to make a documentary about farming communities andsmall villages that are struggling to survive in a world where industrialized agricultural food production is becoming the norm. This is a global problem, which has to do with the crisis in agriculture and the role of big corporations and international markets. I am afraid that local products will soon seize to exist and small communities will vanish from the map and I find this very worrying.
That was the springboard, I would say, for the making of this film.
However, when I met the people of Ilias village, more aspects of their existence opened up and it was made very clear to me that this film would not only be about the efforts of a small village to survive by cultivating a special tomato, but it would also be about their particular outlook onlife and the world. I got interested in their special personalities, the power of their relationship and their unique and unexpected way of doing things. From the very beginning, it became apparent that a paradox existed in Ilias village, in the plain of Thessaly; how in an introverted village of 33 inhabitants which is dying out, two men and five elderly women decide to open up to the world and meet the international food markets with their home made products. With no support from anywhere, the extraordinary thing is that they actually manage to sell their little jars all over the world, from America to Japan and all over Europe, with a little help from Columbus, Wagner and the local nymphs, of course! There was something real and surreal taking place in this small unimportant village which made me go back again and again for 6 years. There was also something deeply poetic and hopeful.
Humor has a central place in the film. Was it a conscious choice or did it come naturally?
Whenever I come across humor, I go for it. Humor for me is one of the most attractive characteristics in people. So, yes, it was a conscious choice to include it, but I didn't force it. It was part of their personalities. They laugh, they laugh a lot, which is again a paradox, because their everyday life is very harsh, very difficult. Whatever they do, they always find a funny side to it and they also tease each other a lot. In all my films, whenever I come across humor, I include it. I feel that it is a very liberating and decompressing element. It brings people together, it is therapeutic.
Although women are usually the unsung heroes, you focus on them, giving hints of their life stories and listening to their thoughts and worries. Is that a way of exploring gender or your imprint as a female filmmaker?
I wouldn't say my intention was to make a film on gender issues, it just happened the majority of the group to be women. I admire these women greatly. They are very grounded on the earth and inthe agricultural cycle. Their lives are predetermined from the day they are born and their role in the family and society is very specific. Their whole existence is based on work, work, work. And yet they have developed an incredible wisdom about life.
Alexandros is not a typical farmer. He was born and broughtup in that village, he went to study Maths and then came back. He has a very original personality, I always think of him as the Pied Piper, the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin. He cares for his village and these women, who most of them are his aunties. He knows that he couldn't do anything without their expertise and their knowledge. He trusts them and always asks their advice. And it is extraordinary that these women who have always had a very narrow outlook of life, once they weregiven the chance to think differently, they weremore than willing to transcend their inner limits and look beyond the plain's borders. They didn't hesitate to open up to the world and dare something completely new. They were open to meet different people and try out different things. Once this idea of the tomato production was put on the table, they jumped on it and worked really hard. It was a joint venture with Alexandros. They are very strong, amazing women.
What is the significance of food to you? Do you consider "When Tomatoes met Wagner" as a life lesson, food for thought or soul food?
I don't think it was ever a conscious choice to focus on food as such. What I find interesting about food, is that it is a means to talk about other things. Through food, you can talk about human relationships, you can talk about emotions, society and culture. Food is like a global language. It bridges emotions, geographical gaps (as is the case with "Food for Love") and emotional gaps as well. It brings people together.
So, in this context, "Tomatoes" is food for thought. I would like my film to make people think about the future of these small farming communities and about the critical situation of agricultural goods. I am afraid that soon there are not going to be any farmers left, there will be big corporations, that will impose very specific and uniform agricultural products onus and we won't have many choices. Biodiversity as well as quality foods will be lost, if small local productions and old seeds seize to exist.
Moreover, the need to reinvent oneself in difficult times is also something I would like people to think about. Often a small change in our attitude can bring important changes to our lives and unexpected solutions to problems. I believe in this very much, and I saw it happening in that small village. A change in the way they saw themselves and their lives, made them move on and helped them achieve incredible things.
Besides being a success story, your film is about the death of rural Greece, a recurring theme touched early in the seventies by Angelopoulos and others. What is it that interests you in this prolonged death of rural Greece?
I remember as a child traveling with my parents around Greece, and going to all these small villages that were inhabited by three or four, sometimes even one, elderly person. That was something that would always sadden me, this abandonment and isolation of the villages and the lonely elderly people. As you've said, that's not a new phenomenon in Greece, it's something that's been happening since 1950s, due to poverty in the countryside and urbanization.
But now there is an added factor that has led to the abandonment of villages and this is the crisis that agriculture is going through, which is also a global phenomenon. The plain of Thessaly was the most fertile agricultural land in Greece. It was always the main source of food since prehistoric times, but in recent years the over cultivation and the lack of effective agricultural policies has led to economic depression and the inability of the farmers to make ends meet. The earth is soaked in chemicals and the farmers tend to cultivate hybrid seeds that produce industrialized crops. Thisis very sad and I don't know where it is leading. Small villages, small farming communities thatdependon the primary sector can hardly sustain themselves anymore. I'm wondering, if everyone moves tothe city, what will happen to the countryside? Who will provide food and where willthis know-how go?
"When Tomatoes met Wagner" (2019) shooting on location
How did you work with the protagonists of your documentary in constructing their story?
For this kind of documentarythat focuses on people's lives and their personal stories, the big secret is time. Spending time is the most important factor in order to build a relationship of trust. I was going there on and off, for almost six years, sharing their everyday routine, talking and laughing with them, helping them out. It's impossible to appear with a camera and shoot without having built that relationship of trust.
I never make films which are based oninterviews. I'm not interested in interviews. I'm interested in people's special experiences and emotions. That's why I'm making documentaries. Once I establish a relationship of trust, the camera ceases to be a problem. As you see in many instances in the film, the 'protagonists' address me with my name, they talk to me, not to the camera, we are in a dialogue relationship. I record our conversations and their confessions to me. That's how I see it and I think that's how they felt the process.
Once we had established this relationship of trust, I felt free to shoot anything I wanted. I never directed them, I never told them what to say, I never asked them to do something again. I documented their everyday life, their chores, the relationship between them, their thoughts and ideas, their laughs, their worries and insecurities. Then the biggest challenge was how to structure all these pieces of their life into a narrative that would convey in the best possible manner the themes of the story.
"When Tomatoes met Wagner" (2019) Marianna Economou shooting on location
Where do you stand in the continuum between detached observation and emotional engagement in documentary making?
I use both, I'm not dogmatic about any particular method. I would say my method stands more towards the observational, but I'm also participating, I'm also part of a process. I never pretend not to be there. I don't believe in "fly on the wall" filming, it doesn't exist, really. The presence of a filmmaker definitely affects the situation and the people you film. I always try to create relationships with the people I film and I would say that my films are a reflection of these relationships. My approach is to raise bigger issues through personal stories. I strongly believe that viewers need to feel some kind of empathy, an emotional engagement withthe characters in order to open up to new worlds, new information and ideas. Emotions aresomething that all wepeople share. So you start from something that is common ground and you move on to things that are not so familiar.
"When Tomatoes met Wagner" (2019) shooting in Brussels
You have been making documentaries for twenty years. How do you feel about the Greek documentary?
I would definitely say that Greek documentary has been on the rise in the past years. There is a lot of talent and many young people go to film schools and focus on documentary making in the last years. When I started making documentaries, twenty years ago, the only school for us in Greece was the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. When it was established, a new world opened up for us. I remember myself devouring documentaries from around the world. The Festival was actually a school for both film makers and the Greek audience. The documentary language and approach has developed a lot in the past years and audience's perception of documentaries is also changing due to wider exposure through tv channels, festivals, internet. I would say that people's perception that documentaries are a rather dull educational and informative film genre, is changing.
There are plenty of interesting and important subjects that documentary film makers can focus on, but what makes the difference is the way a film maker tells a story. The distinctiveness of documentary film, is that it is based on reality, and reality is often unpredictable. For me, this is a great challenge and where the magic of documentary making lies, to find the way to "dance" together with reality.
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Botox Cosmetic is the only product of its kind that is directed at facial muscles that cause line and wrinkles. Botox, an injectable treatment derived from a purified protein, works by relaxing the muscles that cause these dynamic wrinkles, giving your face a more relaxed and refreshed appearance, help to STOP THE CLOCK. The most common treatment areas include the frown lines between the eyebrows, forehead lines, crow's feet, frown lines.
JUVÉDERM XC combines its smooth-consistency injectable gel with pain-reducing lidocaine. The addition of lidocaine means that you are more comfortable during and after your treatment with JUVÉDERM.
These highly non-surgical procedures are performed by medical doctor.
We would like to introduce you to FIBROBLAST a revolutionary skin tightening method, now available at the Pure Salon & Spa. It's a whole new, non-surgical approach dedicated to the perfecting of sagging skin on the eyes, facial wrinkles and slackening facial skin in numerous areas. The non-invasive beauty treatment is carried out using a new breakthrough method called. 'Fibroblast'.Fibroblast – skin tightening without surgery.
Fibroblast is a revolutionary skin tightening procedure that requires no surgery. It tightens and lifts the skin with instant results.
Fibroblast is a non-surgical, non-invasive treatment that shrinks excess skin, bags and wrinkles. It is revolutionary in wrinkle smoothing and eyelid tightening, dramatically reducing hooded eyelids.
The Fibroblast hand-piece produces a tiny plasma flash which leaps from tip to the skin in a micro-millimetre sized point. This superficial point minimises the skin in its immediate vicinity – which reduces the excess skin, tightening eyelids / under eye area /reducing skin / smoothing wrinkles. A series of tiny brown spots are strategically placed to attain the desired result for the excess skin. The skin around the spot tightens pulling the cells closer together.
One of the major advantages of fibroblast is that it offers a much less invasive/expensive alternative to surgery. This does not mean there is no downtime, but by comparision it is minimal. You can experience significant swelling in the area treated, particularly in the eye area. This diminishes over a 2-5 day period. The tiny plasma flash causes 'crusts' to form on the skin giving a dotting effect. These on average are gone between 5-7 days. They may also be covered over to reduce their visibility. These are cosmetic issues only, technically there is no real downtime if these visual effects are of no concern to you.
The treatment can be repeated in future to treat any further wrinkles etc that develop due to the ageing process.
A minimally invasive procedure with much lower risk and more affordable price then actual surgery.
Other areas can be quoted at consultation.
Consultation at our spa is essential before booking a Fibroblast treatment with us, so that we can assess your suitability for the procedure.
What Is Microneedling, or Collagen Induction Therapy?
We are happy to introduce one of the most cutting-edge treatment with the results similar to that of chemical peels and some laser skin treatments – microneedling. The treatment is performed with the pen, which has very fine needles that injure the skin to stimulate collagen and elastin, and, therefore, results in increasing the thickness of the skin. Resulting micro-channels also ensure the best penetrating of hyaluronic acid serum, which makes the skin plump, youthful and supple.
Who is the Perfect Candidate for Microneedling?
Microneedling is a perfect procedure for lax skin with the lack of firmness, fine lines and wrinkles (including upper lip lines). It significantly improves the texture of the skin with acne scars.
Needling can be performed on all skin types, including ethnic skin.
What Can I Expect After Microneedling Treatment?
There is usually a bit of erythema (redness) for one to two days after the treatment. By the next day, the skin can still be a bit pink, but you'll be able to use make-up and no one will know that you've just had a facial rejuvenation treatment!
What Type Of Home Care Should I Use After Microneedling?
You will need to use hyaluronic acid serum for the first couple of days. Then we recommend to add EGF serum and vitamin C serum to your home regime. Keep in mind that the healthier your body is, the better will be the results you achieve from a Micro-Needling procedure. Your body's function and overall health are reflected in your skin. So, before and after the procedure we suggest taking a good complex of vitamins with minerals, as well as Omega 3 supplement.
Hand manual derma-rolling, which you could do at home, is also strongly recommended to achieve best possible results. We will teach you how to use it.
Even one microneedling procedure will result in smoother, more radiant and youthful skin. However, we recommend 3-6 sessions, each spaced 4 weeks apart.


The Beachcomber is for those who enjoy the outdoors and like to be out in it. It's a lightweight, portable beach mat that you can take anywhere. Fully-padded with adjustable reclining backrest, the Beachcomber allows you to stretch out your legs over a durable polyester mat sparing you from messy sand or bug-infested grass. It also features an adjustable shoulder strap and a zippered pocket, large enough to hold magazines and personal effects such as a wallet or shirt. Its steel frame means the Beachcomber is built to last. You won't be disappointed with this beach mat. Makes an excellent gift for anyone who loves to stretch out at the beach or park!


Wedge cushion for use anywhere - even your car!
We are seeing an epidemic of poor posture and it appears to be on the rise due to the influx of modern technology such as smartphones, tablets and gaming devices. We can spend up to 15 hours a day sitting when our bodies are designed for moving about so it's no surprise we are suffering as a nation! According to a recent survey, up to 90% of us suffer from posture related aches and pains, so why aren't we doing something about it?
The wedge with a coccyx cut out is a great way to maintain good posture when you drive or work at your desk. The simple action of sitting at your desk for prolonged periods of time is likely to cause you neck and lower back pain. This is due to the enormous pressure placed on your spine. These wedges are ideal for your car seat because they angle your body to a comfortable, easy driving position. Perfect for an office chair, they adopt the angle of the sitting position, tilting your pelvis forward and encouraging good posture.
The 8° wedge or the 11° degree wedge, which one is for you?
The 11° wedge is best for use in the car and for those weighing over 15stone/95kg. The 8° wedge is more suitable for those under this weight bracket.
Who suffers from posture problems?
The truth is that everyone suffers from posture problems. Both young and old alike, bad posture doesn't discriminate. Bad posture can affect people of all ages, from teens slouching over to read their mobile phones, to office workers not adopting the correct sitting position and drivers who hunch over at the wheel. There are endless reasons for having bad posture but the good news is you can correct it.
Another important factor to remember when discussing bad posture is the affect it can have on your pelvic floor. A slumped forward posture can increase downward pressure on your pelvic floor – this is particularly relevant for women with pelvic prolapse problems, incontinence (bladder or bowel), with pelvic floor weakness after childbirth or with pelvic pain. Adopting the correct posture promotes deep, abdominal muscle activity which then helps to support your pelvic organs and promotes bladder control. Doing Kegels ladies? With the correct spinal alignment, your pelvic floor strengthening exercises will be at their most effective.
Your new wedge is covered with an attractive velour zipped cover and also comes complete with a carrying handle which makes it ideal for you to take with you wherever you may go. It also comes complete with an adjustable strap for fixing your wedge into place when you travel or when you need it secured to your office chair. The wedge is comfortable, effective and light weight. It also comes in a transparent carry case.
Don't put up with bad posture any longer! Better posture means a better quality of life.
Improving posture and maximising pelvic floor exercises, preventing lower back pain and strengthening the core muscles naturally.
Covered with an washable velour zipped cover, complete with carrying handle. Also included is an adjustable strap for fixing your wedge in place to prevent slipping..


Kelly Merryman, YouTube VP of content partnerships.
YouTube hasn't yet released any subscriber numbers for the service, so we asked the company's VP of content partnerships, Kelly Merryman, how it has been performing so far.
Speaking to Business Insider at the Cannes Lions advertising festival, Merryman said YouTube Red was very much in the "early days" but that YouTube is "happy" and "encouraged" by its progress.
Merryman said: "YouTube Red just launched in the US and really for us it's all about consumer choice. Ads continue to be our core business and we are really thrilled about the business of reaching over a billion users a month and with momentum continuing behind that business, so there's no shift in where our business focuses. But we believe in consumer choice. One of the nice things about YouTube Red is we have created a subscription product that allows consumers to have an offline experience or ad-free experience, but we've also chosen that's another way we can invest in our creators to allow for our creators to actually bring a different cost structure to the platform."
Merryman said: "You start to think about the global experience of coming in and having access to use [the studios] and also getting some training about how to think about this. There's definitely a desire for us too. We don't think we have all the answers to VR. We think we are creating a new technology that the creative industry can come in and try out and experience. We think that the creative industry is actually going to figure out all sorts of new formats and our goal is to make it simple and easy to use and bring the cost-point down."
At Google's annual I/O event, the company signaled its commitment to VR by announcing it was integrating a "VR mode" into Android, as well as a new VR platform called "Daydream."


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WD-HAN - Fresh Sounds To Have Fun To
WD-HAN is a band with an interesting name, WD-HAN actually meaning "We Don't Have A Name." The band started while Cal Henry, the lead guitarist, was still in high school. It wasn't long before he discovered the unique talents of female drummer Lea Campbell and then picked up the vocal stylings of Spencer Barnes one night when Barnes was pulled from the audience to do an impromptu performance with the band; the rest is history.
The group started playing classic rock covers like Jimi Hendrix and diving into some humorous hip hop before striking gold with original songs of their own which infused several different influences to create a very cool, pop rock sound. The Tampa, Florida based band has been featured on nationally syndicated television, several radio stations and performed with bands such as Guster, Fun, and Motion City Soundtrack.
One thing which characterizes the group is an un-serious, fun, more upbeat style of music which fits very universally into much of the mainstream without sounding exactly like anyone in the mainstream. There are touches of bands such as the Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse, Maroon 5 and others but WD-HAN manages to carry their own identity forward because there are several songs which surprise you such as "Something Worth Writing About" which goes a little heavier and deeper than other tracks, really rocking out.
Their music could be what you listen to while you're in your car driving to the beach and at the same time could fit perfectly as a theme song for television built for youth. There is an empowering, uplifting, very fun feel to the music WD-HAN makes which make them well worth discovering if you are interested in taping into the ever flowing fountain of youth the band has managed to bottle out in Florida. Take a drink, sit back and relax, WD-HAN may be the band that doesn't have a name, but they are surely making a name for themselves with their fresh, energetic sound.
For more information on WD-HAN please visit: www.wdhanepk.com
Neal Fox - Fighting The Power With Music
Neal Fox, originally from Brooklyn, New York now resides in Florida where he continues to produce music that not only affects you because of the sound of it but more importantly because of the message. Fox sees the same world we do, filled with corrupt politics, suppressive drugging of children, rampant crime and instead of turning a blind eye and escaping into white picketed fence land, he instead challenges that vision of our world by exposing it using the most powerful weapon on Earth: art.
Fox has had a successful career making music. He has been signed to major record labels, received critical acclaim, helped score a couple films, as well as compose music for a ton of commercials and several TV shows, including "The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather," released his own music independently and even produced a couple one man shows. He crosses genres and weaves in and out of them like he was a taxi driver maneuvering through the streets of his native New York, comfortable with his vehicle, always aware of his passenger and never taking his eyes off the road. His music has achieved a certain level of ethical idealism that is often missing in a pop culture that is constantly fed hair-grabbing, nail scratching reality television, and degrading, sexual and drug fueled music. Neal Fox is taking on the whole damn system and coming out on top with a brave and powerful outlet which continues to produce work after work of hard-hitting, political and inspirational music that shines a light like one of those big searchlights the helicopters use, except Fox's light is magnified much brighter.
Neal Fox's songs and music videos expose the true, yet often hidden elements working against an America he has grown up cherishing. Some of his videos depict American history as Fox depicts it, not as the textbooks suggest it to be, but as he has observed it to be from a careful study of the world around him. Big government, corrupt pharmaceutical companies and every bad guy on the planet, beware: Neal Fox will find you and instead of falling for your traps, he will set one of his own, in a song.
For more information on Neal Fox please visit: www.TheRealNealFox.com


Over the ten years since our inception, the Korean Festival has become one of the largest free cultural events hosted at discovery green in downtown Houston, drawing tens of thousands of visitors to its cultural presentation and culinary experience.
The Korean-American Society of Houston (KASH), is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting cultural diversity in Houston, developing the next generation of leaders, and bridging the Korean-American community and the Houston community at-large. The Korean festival is a culmination of such efforts.
The festival is free, open to the public, and organized by volunteers.
This year, in celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Korean festival, KASH is proud to present BAIKAL, an up-and-coming KPop band from Korea, the "Red N' Hot" K-Food Sampling Zone and the "Korean Village" interactive activity area, and food vendors new and returning to share "A Taste of Korea" with the Houston public.
While entry to the Festival and access its performances, interactive activities, and non-food booths are free of charge, patrons use our festival vouchers to purchase food, specialty drinks, and beverages. Each ticket is worth $1 and is only redeemable during the 2018 Korean Festival Houston.
Vouchers may be purchased at the Festival using cash and credit cards. Expected wait time in the lines for those methods of purchase can be greater than 30-45 mins.
Patrons also have the option of purchasing vouchers online and picking up their purchase at will call. If purchased in advance, patrons will receive an e-ticket which can then be quickly scanned and confirmed at the Festival for redemption. With this new system, we hope to allow guests to enjoy more of the Festival instead of waiting in long lines. Skip the line... buy online!


The aim of the company is to identify the customers' satisfaction. So, an organization can know which aspects can disappoint the customers. Company Family Fare Customer Satisfaction survey asks the guests to respond to a series of questions. All the questionnaires are related to products and service.
So, the Family Fare Customer Satisfaction survey takers should rate the products and service, as well as staff's performance. Then, management can evaluate all feedback given by customers. When they get many bad feedbacks, they have to arrange the strategy to improve their service. No doubt, customer feedback can give the powerful impact to the business development.
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To get new ideas and thoughts from customers and execute them for better business. This Family Fare survey is not for their alone benefit, a company is giving back some discount and cash back offers that too five times a month. This is really cool!! Go give the Family Fare survey now and enjoy your next visit.


Looking to buy a touring or sea kayak? Sea and ocean kayaks are often referred to as touring kayaks, but they are actually a subset of the touring variety.
Even though technically, the two categories are not always synonymous, we cover both categories as touring kayaks in this top 10 list of 2018's best touring and sea kayaks.
For reference, we survey customers' touring kayak reviews and sea kayak reviews from the 2018 Amazon bestsellers list to create this compilation.
The 16 foot Ocean Kayak Zest Two Expedition is by far one of the most highly rated touring kayaks according to consumer kayak reviews. Those who have purchased this boat note that the comfortable seating and easy tracking make this a great boat for long expeditions and extended day touring.
This tandem sit-on-top touring kayak can accommodate two adults and one child, human or canine. Paddlers will find plenty of bow deck storage and other amenities like in-mold cup holders and side mounted paddle holders.
Customers report that the Ocean Kayak Zest handles extremely well over waves during warm water sea trips. Though this tandem is designed for two, one person can solo tour in this rig with little effort.
One brand name consistently appears in the touring kayak bestsellers lists is Riot Kayaks. According to reviews, customers love the highly rated 14 and 1/2 foot Riot Kayaks Edge as a sea and touring kayak.
The boat, though a bit heavier than some outside of the water, travels very fast and tracks very well in the surf. The paddler can adjust the seat and the foot braces for additional comfort during those long treks.
The pilot rudder system ensures that you get where you intend to go, and tons of storage makes sure that you have all the gear you need when you get there.
The 11 foot Perception Rhythm kayak is another favorite of touring kayakers. Similar to some of the other longer kayaks on the list made for speed and tracking, the Rhythm has a sleek, high-speed design but is less cumbersome because of its 11 foot length.
The Enduro is shipped with a deluxe padded seat and foot pegs that are adjustable to find your perfect fit. Carrying handles at the bow and stern will make transporting this kayak in and out of the water a breeze.
Customers reviews also report that the Rythm has great tracking and is easy to steer. And don't feel like you have to keep your valuables at home because there is storage box that fully seals out water right behind the seat. You will surely be looking and feeling good in the Perception Rhythm!
Good luck getting your hands on a 12 and 1/2 foot Wilderness Systems Tsunami 125 because vendors can barely keep this model in stock – it is so popular.
Customers love this sit-inside kayak because of its comfort and speed. The overall maximum capacity for this solo kayak is 300 pounds. You will have plenty of storage space for day trips and touring excursions with two hatches and bulkheads in both bow and stern.
The boat comes in two colors: Mango and Lime Green. That is, if you can find them in stock!
Another Riot Kayaks boat makes the top 10 best touring and sea kayaks list. The 16 and 1/2 foot Riot Kayaks Brittany is a British style sit-in sea kayak that is reveled in its slim profile and smooth maneuverability.
The pilot rudder system and retractable skeg make this boat track and turn like a champ. You won't exert all of your energy keeping this kayak on track, which makes it a good choice for those extended touring trips! The kit includes safety straps, sure grip thigh braces, and a reflective lifeline.
If you are looking for a high performance sea kayak, the Brittany will not disappoint.
The 10 foot Quest Day Touring Kayak is another highly rated Riot Kayaks favorite for seasoned kayakers and novices alike. This sit-inside touring yak is considerably wider than many of the slim-line sea kayaks, and it is great for leisure cruising and day trips.
The Quest is a solo yak with a maximum weight capacity of 250 pounds. Many customers report that this yak's small size allows them to transport the boat inside a hatchback car by simply folding down one of the car seats.
Enjoy solitude on the sea with the Riot Kayaks Quest.
For those seeking a lightweight sea kayak with pro-level features, check out the 14 foot Venture Kayaks Islay Light Touring Kayak.
You can haul all your necessary gear for your trip in the bow and stern bulkheads and available storage compartments. The ergonomic design of the cockpit keeps you comfortable during long tours, and the paddle park and pod are removable for cleaning and storage.
The Islay can accommodate loads up to 286 pounds.
The Dagger Kayaks 14 ft. Alchemy sit inside model is sleek, slim and fast.
With the proprietary True Track skeg system, the Alchemy tracks like a dream on both rough and sedate waters.
The Alchemy is available in two widths. The cockpit of the longer and wider large volume model is perfect for taller, larger adults, while the compact small volume model is perfect for smaller paddlers. You can adjust the seat riser and thigh pads quickly while touring.
Coleman One Person Sit-On-Top Touring Kayak are among reviewers' favorite inflatable kayaks, and one of only two inflatable kayaks in our top 10 list of the best touring and sea kayaks.
Sit-on-top inflatable kayaks are affordable and designed for comfort on those long explorations. Slide into the soft puffy seat, rest your legs in the leg wells and relax on the cushy arm rests.
If you prefer to tour solo, these Coleman Sit-on-top inflatable kayaks are portable and easy to carry. The Coleman Touring kayak ships with an 86 inch double paddle aluminum oar.
The Sea Eagle New Razorlite is the second of only two inflatable kayaks on our top 10 list. Most popular with reviewers is the Razorlite's Pro Package, which includes a patch kit, double paddle oar, air pump and carrying case for the boats.
The high output pump inflates the boat to 10 PSI in a brief 7 minutes. Though this kayak is an inflatable kayak, the body is slick and slim and has been designed to look like a high-end sea kayak.
Though the Razorlite weighs only 28 pounds when deflated, this kayak can handle a 500 pound load. Pile on the gear and set off on that long weekend excursion or short day trip with confidence when you're traveling on the Razorlite.
What is a Sea Kayak Used For?
Sea kayaks, or touring kayaks, were developed for the sport of paddling while out on open water such as lakes, bays, and oceans. They are smaller boats that feature a covered deck and also allow for the addition of a spray deck.
While they may not be recommended for beginning kayakers, touring and sea kayaks are a great choice for the more moderately skilled paddlers with enough strength and skill to be able to maneuver and control the kayak through open water. These boats are also good for those paddlers that do not require a lot of storage area while out on the water for extended periods of time.
When compared to recreational kayaks, there are a few differences you can note when it comes to sea and touring kayaks. One of the first noticeable features of sea and touring boats would probably be the perimeter lines.
Perimeter lines are there to hold onto if there was ever a situation in which you found that the boat was capsizing while you were out kayaking. You can hold onto these lines for safety. The hatches are also different because the hatches on sea and touring kayaks may actually be broken up into different compartments so that if the boat was to fill with water, it would stay floating with enough buoyancy to keep the paddler out of the water.
Recreational kayaks tend to sink when they begin to fill with water, so having these extra safety features for a sea and touring kayak can prove useful even in rough and adverse water conditions.
The cockpit of a sea and touring kayak may also be much smaller than you can find with a standard recreational kayak. The small cockpit is a feature that will allow the paddler to add the spray skirt if needed for kayaking.
Finally, sea and touring kayaks tend to be much longer and narrower than your standard recreational kayak which allows for improved tracking and maneuverability and keeping the boat straight. This design also allows you to move much faster through the water than you would if you were in a recreational kayak. However, you should also keep in mind that this design might be less stable which means you need to make sure you maintain good control and maneuverability of the boat while kayaking, so you stay upright and do not tip.


The Executive Board is appointed for a five-year term of office. It is the collegial management and representative body for ARTE France. The Executive Board runs the company. In this capacity, it has the broadest authority to act in the name of the company under all circumstances, within the limits of the company's purpose, and subject to the authority expressly assigned by law to the Supervisory Board and to the General Assembly of Shareholders. The President of the Executive Board and the Chief Executive Officer represent the company in its relations with third parties.
The Supervisory Board is currently composed of eleven members, including three representatives of the State and two representatives elected by employees. It convenes at least four times a year. It is a collegiate body that deliberates before decisions regarding the major strategic and economic directions of ARTE France are implemented. The Supervisory Board appoints the members of the ARTE France's Executive Board. It monitors the Executive Board's management of ARTE France.
The General Assembly of Shareholders appoints the members of the Supervisory Board, designates the auditors, approves or rejects the company accounts, and amends the statutes, etc. It represents the shareholders and is composed of four legal entities and three individuals. It convenes at least once a year.


SEIU6 Janitors have been speaking out on workload in recent months, and Olympia is listening.
On January 15, three of our union janitors testified in the senate to let lawmakers know what janitors know all too well: that extreme workloads put janitors' health and safety at risk. After the senate testimony, a budget proviso passed in the Washington State legislature to study the physical impacts of janitorial workload.
As of now, some Seattle janitors clean as much as 50,264 square feet per night—roughly the equivalent of 34 houses for each janitor per shift. Work intensification has resulted in many janitors working alone, putting them at additional risk for injury. Isolation compounds the risk of sexual harassment for women janitors, many of whom are undocumented. Janitorial workload also presents a gender equity issue in that women make up about 1/3 of the janitorial workforce but account for 1/2 of compensable workers' compensation claims.
The budget proviso will order the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries to study current square footage requirements and assess the impacts on janitors' health and safety.


Russian President Vladimir Putin's goal is to expand the Euroskeptic bloc in the next European Parliament in order to weaken EU cohesion and accommodate Russian interests.
To minimize the threat, the Commission has more than doubled its spending on counter-disinformation, to 5 million euros this year, and is enlarging its staff of analysts dedicated to tracking disinformation. But this will not be enough. To stop Russian campaign mischief, Europe will also need to prepare its own citizens, and be ready to deploy legal and diplomatic countermeasures.
Consider what Europe is up against. Russia's Internet Research Agency alone has a budget more than double that of all EU counter-disinformation agencies combined. And that doesn't include the 1.4 billion euros the Russian government spends annually on RT and other mass-media outlets that amplify Kremlin propaganda.
Given the disagreements among European governments about how aggressively to confront Russia, the Commission may find it difficult to appreciably boost funding for counter-disinformation efforts. But it should at least give more resources to two EU bodies, the East StratCom Task Force and the EU Hybrid Fusion Cell, which monitor fake news and coordinate governments' responses to it.
The Commission should also push member states to sign on to its existing proposal to create a pan-European Rapid Alert System that would expose suspicious social media activity close to elections. And it should maintain pressure on social media companies to take down bot accounts and disclose the funding sources behind political ads on their platforms.
European governments should also do more to help their citizens distinguish fact from fiction. They can, for example, support fact-checking sites such as Lithuania's Debunk.eu, a collaboration among journalists, civil society groups and the military. And they can bolster digital-media literacy instruction in public schools, as Sweden has. Estonia, a country with a substantial minority of Russian-speakers, has gone so far as to create its own Russian-language public broadcasting channel as an alternative to Kremlin-backed media.
At the same time, European leaders should warn Russia that attacks have consequences — including the kind of sanctions and indictments the U.S. has imposed on both Russian election meddlers and Chinese corporate hackers. A first step would be to make clear that the current set of EU sanctions against Russia, imposed after the 2014 annexation of Crimea, will be automatically extended if evidence of Russian interference surfaces. In that event, Germany should also cancel the misguided Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which serves Putin's interests more than Europe's.
Regardless of ideology, all EU governments share an interest in protecting elections from foreign manipulation. Greater efforts to track Russia's calumny and bolster Europeans' awareness of it are essential — but so is reminding Putin that election interference is a form of hostile foreign aggression that cannot be ignored.


Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.
I sold my house this week. I got a pretty good price for it, but it made my landlord mad as hell. Life… is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.


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Huset Ruinart är det första och äldsta ännu verksamma specialiserade Champagnehuset. Företaget grundades 1729 och huvudkontoret ligger i staden Reims i regionen Champagne-Ardenne.

Grundaren
Huset grundades av Nicolas Irénée Ruinart (1697-1769), brorson till benediktinmunken Dom Ruinart (1657-1709).

Nicolas Ruinart var från början tyghandlare som också erbjöd sina kunder viner framställda på hans egna vingårdar. Av Dom Ruinart lärde han sig senare att även tillverka champagne.

Företaget
Huset Ruinart Maison de Champagne grundades den 1 september 1729 i staden Épernay som världens första specialiserade champagnetillverkare. Husen Gosset (grundad 1584) och huset Philipponnat (grundad 1522) är visserligen äldre men tillverkade i början endast vanliga viner.

Tillverkningsmetoderna för mousserande viner hade utvecklades av Dom Pérignon redan i slutet på 1600-talet. Vinet förvarades dock då i fat vilket omöjliggjorde transporter.

Först efter ett Arrêté royal (Kungligt dekret) utfärdad den 25 maj 1728 av Ludvig XV av Frankrike tilläts nu vin att även transporteras på flaskor och förutsättningarna för champagnehusen grundlades.

1735 övergick man till att endast tillverka champagne och efter Nicolas Ruinarts död övertogs företaget av sonen Claude Ruinart som hade arbetat i företaget sedan 1764 då man också ändrade namnet till Ruinart Père et Fils. Claude flyttade nu verksamheten till staden Reims.

Efter Claudes död 1798 övertog äldste sonen Irénée Ruinart företaget och 1826 dennes son Edmond Ruinart. Företaget stannade inom familjen fram till 1963.

1963 såldes familjeföretaget till Moët & Chandon och idag ingår företaget i bolaget LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SA.

Husets prestigechampagne (La Cuvée Prestige) heter "Dom Ruinart".

Referenser

Externa länkar
 Ruinarts internetsida
 Om Ruinart på Union de Maisons de Champagne (UMC)

Champagne
Franska livsmedelsföretag
Företag bildade 1729
Franska dryckestillverkare
LVMH

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Richard Redding, one of Switzerland's leading antique and fine art galleries, specializes in 18th- and 19th-century clocks, bronzes, furniture, and silver, as well as porcelain, paintings, and sculptures.
Johnny van Haeften is the only London dealer specializing in 17th century Dutch and Flemish Old Master paintings.
Established in 1973 as a specialist in Chinese Export Porcelain, London's Cohen & Cohen's current inventory includes every type of pre-19th century export porcelain.
Montreal's Landau Fine Art is the only Canadian dealer at TEFAF.
London-based Colnaghi, founded in 1760, is one of the world's oldest surviving commercial art galleries.
Shapero Rare Books, the London-based rare book and print dealer, showcases at TEFAF.
At TEFAF's entrance this year, a shower of white and green made up of hundreds of freesia and roses, each one inserted into its own vase hanging from the ceiling by a near-invisible thread.
Galerie J.Kugel, housed in Paris's Hôtel Collet, has been exhibiting at TEFAF since 1991.
On the eve of the opening of The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands, Henny Visser pays a visit to her hairdresser. She has her salt-and-pepper crop washed and styled. Before retiring for the evening she selects an outfit, lays out her jewellery, and places her fair ticket in her handbag. Just as Christmas comes every year, Visser follows this routine each March. For the past 25 years, the Maastricht native has attended opening day of what is universally re-garded as the world's greatest art and antique fair: TEFAF.
TEFAF is perceived—accurately—as the most serious and distinguished rendezvous for the most demanding and sophisticated art collectors in the world. Established in 1988 by a group of pioneering Old Masters dealers, the fair has grown significantly over the years, with this year's showcasing 273 exhibitors from 20 countries with an emphasis on historical and decorative art as well as a growing section of modern and contemporary works. English is the language of art dealing, but the languages of the majority of attendees are German, French, Dutch, and Italian; there's the odd Russian voice heard, and almost no Asian ones. Buying, selling, looking, being seen, impressing—this all takes place at the windowless exhibition hall called MECC, the Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre.
Tradition has a pivotal role at this fair: every exhibiting gallery has a celebrated pedigree. Among the various categories: paintings, antiques, modern art, classical antiquities, jewellery, design, and works on paper. TEFAF is an appointment that the global arts community feels compelled to honour with punctual regularity, and every year bare-bones booths are transformed into a wonderful world of luxury with the most elaborate and inventive flower compositions—at the entrance this year: a shower of white and green made up of hundreds of freesia and roses, each one inserted into its own vase hanging from the ceiling by a near-invisible thread.
Getting lost at TEFAF is probable. Who knows what's around the corner among the more than 35,000 works covering the past 7,000 years: an ancient Greek idol, a splendid medieval manuscript, astronomical clocks, a Rembrandt painting, Delft black Buddhas, a rarely seen Impressionist painting, or an Alexander Calder hanging mobile.
TEFAF is perceived as the most serious and distinguished rendezvous for the most demanding and sophisticated art collectors in the world.
Robert Landau of Montreal's Landau Fine Art is the only Canadian dealer at the fair; his booth features pieces by Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Henri Laurens, Marc Chagall, and more. "Everyone that is interested in our field comes here," says Landau, who, in the first three hours of the fair, sold three works. Galleries lobby long and hard for entry into TEFAF; Landau has been a part of this elite group for over 20 years. Amedeo Modigliani's Bride and Groom (1915–16), with a list price of $25-million (U.S.), hangs in wait, while Paul Delvaux's spectacular Le miroir (1936) draws you in. Alice, Landau's wife, and Jennifer, his daughter, attend to the curious and the collectors.
Henny Visser, on the other hand, is a sightseer. "I am not an art buyer but an art lover. I come to look," she says as she takes the last sips of her wine, having just finished her midday meal at one of the eateries constructed for the 10-day art extravaganza. "My eyes feast at TEFAF." Unlike other fairs on the global circuit, it is clear that TEFAF is about the appreciation of art, not just monetary value. Every work has been carefully vetted by an army of independent scholars, curators, and specialists, called to Maastricht days before the opening.
The fair's umbrella organization, the European Fine Art Foundation, releases its annual Art Market Report at TEFAF. Global art sales reached $63.8-billion in 2015, falling 7 per cent year-on-year from the market's highest-ever total of $68.2-billion in 2014. The United States represents the largest portion of the art market with a share of 43 per cent of the value of the global market, followed by the U.K. with 21 per cent and China with 19 per cent.
New York is the world's most buoyant art market, and TEFAF made headlines this year by announcing a major expansion into the U.S. It has joined with the art advising firm Artvest to stage two new fairs: TEFAF New York Fall, to take place in October, and TEFAF New York Spring, replacing two existing fairs at the Park Avenue Armory. "By going to New York, we have a window on Maastricht," says Patrick van Maris, CEO of TEFAF. "There are a lot of Americans here [in Maastricht] and what we need to do is get Americans to Manhattan, see what we can do, [have them] taste the TEFAF DNA." Sixty to 70 participants will be exhibiting at the Armory (the dealer list is yet to be confirmed), and van Maris assures that TEFAF will, as it always has, concentrate on art's top tier.
Landau is one of the dissenters of the TEFAF extension to New York: "There are already so many art shows at the Armory, and there are plenty of fairs on the circuit—there is already art fair fatigue." It remains to be seen if TEFAF's new venture will enhance or diminish the appeal of the original fair. TEFAF has constantly sought to reinvent itself and broaden the range of works on offer. The fair is welcome evidence that the barriers built by the 19th-century art historians—between fine and decorative art, high art and craft—have fallen down.


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Bulloch County Probate Judge Lorna Deloach
Probate. What the heck is it? I had that question and I think a lot of other people do, too. And it's one of those things that will go more smoothly when you have knowledge beforehand. Think about it, you're grieving the loss of a loved one and then you have to go to a court? Well, yes, and no. To get a better understanding of Probate Court and probating an estate, I reached out to Bulloch County Georgia Probate Judge Lorna Deloach. I first met The Judge a couple of months ago when she interviewed me for a job in her office. She ultimately went with someone that actually had experience. But she played a role in me landing a job in the Tax Commissioner's office, so we've kept in touch. She is an enjoyable person with whom to have a conversation. When she interviewed me, we talked for around 90 minutes. The Judge agreed to speak with me this week to help everyone with the basics of probating an estate. It's interesting to hear and she can tell you one piece of non-legal advice.
NOTE: Nothing Judge Deloach says on this episode should be taken as legal advice.
As always I thank you for listening!
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Respecting our fathers
Labor Day was established more than 100 years ago and a lot has changed about our economy in the decades since, most of it good, but some of it perhaps less so.
By Allen Greenberg | September 03, 2013 at 07:39 AM | Originally published on Benefitspro.Com
"The Wealth of Nations" author Adam Smith.
My late father was an immigrant who correctly gambled he could use his skills as a mechanic and homebuilder to chase the American Dream. Dad started by making a few dollars an hour. But he did better than most, eventually owning a gas station, a repair shop and a couple of other businesses.


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## End of Life Notice

The BlackBerry Analytics service that this extension depends on will be disctontinued on November 30th, 2013. At that time, the data captured by the service will no longer be accessible through the WebTrends portal. Applications will also stop reporting data to the service.

If you desire a replacement service, it is recommended to use the free [Flurry](http://www.flurry.com/) service for HTML5/JS applications.

---------------

The BlackBerry Analytics SDK allows you to quickly capture analytics data from your applications and review this
aggregate data about your user base in the Analytics Portal.

Register for the SDK here: http://us.blackberry.com/developers/platform/analyticsservice/

View documentation on the Portal here: http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/subcategories/?userType=21&category=Analytics+Service

**Authors:** [Tim Windsor](https://github.com/timothywindsor)

## Known Issues

* None

## Tested On

* BlackBerry Torch 9810 v7.1.0.213

**Requires BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for Smartphones v2.0 or higher**

Have a problem with this extension?  [Log an Issue](https://github.com/blackberry/WebWorks-Community-APIs/issues) or contact the Authors

## How To Configure The Extension For Use

1. Locate your BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for Smartphone extensions directory using your File Explorer.  Default path is _**C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry WebWorks Packager\ext**_

2. Create a new _**webworks.analytics**_ directory in the _**ext**_ directory

3. Download the source from this repository and unzip it to a location on your computer

4. Using File Explorer browse to this extension's downloaded source code _**Smartphone\Analytics**_

5. Copy the _**library.xml**_ file from the downloaded _**Smartphone\Analytics**_ directory to your new _**ext\webworks.analytics**_ directory

6. Copy the downloaded _**Smartphone\Analytics\src\webworks**_ directory to your new _**ext\webworks.analytics\webworks**_ directory

**NOTE:** Be sure to back-up this _**ext\webworks.analytics**_ directory in your WebWorks SDK extensions directory before performing a WebWorks SDK upgrade. Simply copy it back into the _**ext**_ directory after you have completed your SDK upgrade.

## Required Feature ID
Whenever you use the below feature id in any of your WebWorks applications this extension will be loaded for use.

    <feature id="webworks.analytics" />

Capturing the application events in Analytics is important and requires the use of the BlackBerry.app Feature:

    <feature id="blackberry.app.event" />

## How to add the Extension to your app

__REQUIRED:__ Visit http://us.blackberry.com/developers/platform/analyticsservice/ to register and for more details of the SDK.
DCSID is provided by the Analytics SDK, when you register a space.

Put a Script like this in your head element:

	<script type="text/javascript">
		function onBackgroundCallback() {
			webworks.analytics.background();
		}
		function onForegroundCallback() {
			webworks.analytics.foreground();
		}
		function onExitCallback() {
			webworks.analytics.terminate();
		}

		// The dcs id is a value you will get from the Analytics Portal when you create a Space for your app.
    // This is a test id.
		// second parameter is app category
		webworks.analytics.register('dcsgkyqzl6bv0h08zoc7zofva_4h6y', 'Utilities');
		webworks.analytics.start();
		blackberry.app.event.onBackground(onBackgroundCallback);
		blackberry.app.event.onForeground(onForegroundCallback);
		blackberry.app.event.onExit(onExitCallback);
	</script>

After that, call methods like the following to track events in your app:

Track when a user clicks on an ad:

		webworks.analytics.adclick(/mainscreen', 'Main Screen', 'adclick', 'Demo Ad')

Track when users have been shown ads:

    webworks.analytics.adimpression('/mainscreen', 'Main Screen', 'adimpression', 'Demo Ad1', 'Demo Ad2')

Track when a button has been clicked in the app (does a feature get used? do users find this button?):

    webworks.analytics.button('/mainscreen', 'Main Screen', 'upgradebutton')

Track conversions/purchases in your app:

		webworks.analytics.conversion('/mainscreen/upgrade', 'Main Screen', 'upgrade', 'main app content', 'upgrade to full version')

Track anything not covered in another method:

		webworks.analytics.custom('/mainscreen', 'Custom', 'custom event')

Track media playback:

		webworks.analytics.media('/mainscreen/videoplay', 'Main Screen', 'media', 'Sports', 'tennis.mp4', 'video', 'p')

Track views of a product:

		webworks.analytics.product('/mainscreen/product', 'Product Screen', 'productview', 'Sports', '12345', 'SKU0001')

Track loading of pages/screens:

		webworks.analytics.screen('/mainscreen', 'Main Screen', 'mainscreen view', 'main app content')

Track search queries in the app:

		webworks.analytics.search('/mainscreen/search', 'Searc Screen', 'QueryString', '10')

Track errors:

		webworks.analytics.error('Error Message')

* The first parameter for most methods is the hierarchical location within the app, such as the screen or page where the event occurs.
* The second parameter for most methods is the name of the screen where the event occurs.
* See the JavaDocs for the extension or the Analytics SDK JavaDoc for further details of the parameters.

## FAQ

1. What happens out of coverage?
The library will queue events and send when in coverage. The queue is quite large, but if the queue overflows, events will be dropped.

2. What is the longest string I can send?
The strings are essentially unlimited, but it is recommended to keep them as short as possible. Longer strings will require more data and battery to transmit,
and they will be of limited use in the portal. The point of Analytics is really to count events over time, not send a lot of detailed data.

3. What is the JAR file "AnalyticsService_v1.0.jar"?
This JAR is the BlackBerry Analytics Service SDK. The extension is really a wrapper for the Java SDK that is in this JAR file.
The JAR file needs to be included to make the extension work so it's included here in the proper place and with the proper version.
If the Analytics SDK changes in the future, the extension may require updating and would need to be updated at the same time with the new JAR file.
This JAR file is closed source, but free to use. It is typically accessed by downloading the SDK from the Analytics Portal, but in order to simplify deployment of this extension, it's been included here.

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Washington pauses as Reverend Billy Graham lies in honour
Lie in state
by Nigerian Oracle - February 28, 2018 0
A military honour guard carries the casket of Reverend Billy Graham into the US Capitol on February 28, 2018
PRESIDENT Donald Trump, lawmakers and everyday Americans paid their final respects Wednesday to the beloved late Reverend Billy Graham, who was bestowed a rare national tribute as his remains lay in honour in the US Capitol.
The one-time backwoods minister, who rose to become a spiritual advisor to several US presidents and millions of American faithful via their television sets, died last week at age 99.
The bulk of official Washington, including Trump, half a dozen cabinet members and many of the 535 lawmakers in Congress were in attendance alongside Graham's relatives.
Mourners trooped quietly into the ornate Rotunda under the Capitol's massive dome, as a military honour guard carried Graham's casket from a hearse up the steps for the somber ceremony.
Trump walked with his wife Melania to the coffin, lay his hand on its wooden surface, and tapped it a few times, before walking away.
Sometimes referred to as "America's pastor," Graham was the world's foremost Christian evangelist, who earned fame and a massive following by spreading a message of spiritual redemption at tent and stadium revival meetings, in a career that spanned decades.
Graham had a spiritual awakening at age 15 in 1934.
Despite Graham's humble beginnings, he became a plainspoken preacher of essential truths, whose message reached far and wide, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
"Billy Graham lifted up our nation," the Republican senator said. "A grateful nation pays respects."
The event brought official Washington to a standstill ― a break from overheated national debates about gun laws following a deadly school shooting, and as Trump's administration is roiled by fresh controversy after his son-in-law Jared Kushner lost his top security clearance, AFP reported.
Billy Graham: From humble beginnings to father of modern day Christian evangelism
Thousands of everyday citizens were also expected to file in to pay tribute and sign a condolence book, beginning at 1 pm (1800 GMT) after the president's departure.
Graham will lie in honour for two days in the Rotunda.
It is an imposing environment. Statues of nine presidents and Martin Luther King stand guard, and a sweeping fresco, "The Apotheosis of Washington," covers the Rotunda's ceiling, 180 feet (55 meters) above the floor where Graham's casket was placed.
The last person to lie in honour in the Capitol was Daniel Inouye, a longtime senator from Hawaii, in December 2012.
The term lies in state is reserved for US presidents. The last to do so was Gerald Ford in 2007.
Graham is only the fourth private citizen to lie in honour in the Capitol. The most recent non-politician was civil rights champion Rosa Parks in 2005.
"The man had such a gift for connecting with people," House Speaker Paul Ryan told the ceremony.
Trump ordered American flags to fly at half-staff at the White House and other US public buildings and facilities on the day of Graham's interment.
The Southern Baptist preacher was close to the family of President George W. Bush, who once said that a private meeting with Graham in 1985 helped him quit drinking.
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Lake Chad conference: Attendees barred from entry without 'red badge'
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Color photography this year has much extend beyond what I have done so far. I have tried very hard to master color street photography, since this doesn't come as naturally to me as black and white photography. That being said, the path is still long, and I still have much to master in the years ahead! Here's a selection of images that I particularly like from last year, closing a chapter of my new life in London.


We conducted paleoseismic studies in a closed depression along the San Andreas fault on the north flank of Frazier Mountain near Frazier Park, California. We recognized two earthquake ruptures in our trench exposure and interpreted the most recent rupture, event 1, to represent the historical 1857 earthquake. We also exposed evidence of an earlier surface rupture, event 2, along an older group of faults that did not rerupture during event 1.


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Prosimulium rusticum är en tvåvingeart som beskrevs av Adler, Currie och Wood 2004. Prosimulium rusticum ingår i släktet Prosimulium och familjen knott.

Artens utbredningsområde är Arizona. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Cuba (struck at the Philadelphia mint), specimen 20 pesos, 1915, unique, NGC SP 63, finest and only known in NGC and PCGS censuses. KM-21; Fr-1. Struck on a special planchet with higher rims and smoother fields, the resulting (prooflike) luster a treat to behold, perhaps missing a higher NGC grade for a couple tiny rim-nicks on the reverse but at least recognized for its specimen status. NGC #4499455-006.
The Republic of Cuba issued its first gold coins in 1915, designed by the famous U.S. engraver Charles Barber and struck at the Philadelphia mint in the denominations of 1, 2, 4, 5, 10 and 20 pesos. It is no accident that the largest of these coins were created to be identical in size and weight and fineness to the U.S. gold coins made at the same time, namely $5 "half eagles," $10 "eagles," and $20 "double eagles," with the stipulation that "those of 4, 2, and 1 peso shall be proportionate to the above in size and weight" (Article VII of the Act for the Coinage of Cuban Currency, approved October 26, 1914, from the 1915 Annual Report of the Director of the United States Mint). The design of these Cuban coins features the bust of José Martí to right on the obverse within legend PATRIA Y LIBERTAD and date, with a reverse showing the Cuban arms inside legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA and DIEZ PESOS. The 20-pesos coins show edge lettering CON TODOS Y PARA TODOS ("with all and for all") and six stars, while the smaller denominations have reeded edges. The series continued only through the date 1916, and the 20 pesos of that year is only known in Proof (just ten minted).
A number of Proofs were produced for each denomination in different amounts. For the year 1915, it is believed that no more than 24-36 Proofs were made in the 20- and 10-pesos denominations, while the 5-, 4- and 2-pesos Proofs numbered about 100 each; the most plentiful was the 1-peso Proof, with a mintage of 140 pieces. These are rare, desirable and beautiful coins, and matched sets are highly desirable.


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Tinubu's Academic Credentials under Scrutiny
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One year ago the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) banned Cryptocurrency, do you think Nigeria made the right decision by banning Cryptocurrency transactions? On February 5, 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released a…


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Rinn is a municipality in Austria.

Rinn or rINN may also refer to:

 Rinn (surname), a list of people
 Rinn Lough, a lake in Ireland
 Recommended international nonproprietary name (rINN), an official generic and nonproprietary name given to a pharmaceutical drug or active ingredient

See also
 Rin (disambiguation)
 RIN (disambiguation)
 Rinne (disambiguation)


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Anti Household Tax Campaign in Dublin Mid-West to step up action in September
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The Dublin Mid West campaign of the Anti Household Tax has said it intends to picket Dublin Mid West TD'S who support the introduction of the new property tax. At a packed activists meeting this week in Clondalkin, activists agreed that when householders who haven't paid the €100 charge receive notice from South Dublin County Council that the campaign intends to organise public meetings in all three main areas of the constituency. It was also agreed that the campaign would target sitting TD's constituencies offices who support the charge.
People Before Profit Councillor Gino Kenny who conveyed the meeting said " There has been a Mexican stand off since the end of March with boycotters of the charge and the Government. A lot of kites have been flown over the summer in what the precursor to the household tax will take the form of. It now looks like the government will introduce a property tax that will be collected by revenue. If the revenue is the collecter of the tax, this begs the question. Where is the money going into. Central coffers or to fund local services?"
"This will mean for example a semi detected house in Clondalkin at current market rates will have a property tax of between €500 to €800 a year. Meaning the household tax will rise six fold over the next year. Now the campaign intends to protest outside the four government TD'S that were elected to Dublin Mid West to show there will be massive opposition to any introduction of a property tax"
PBP Launch European Election Candidates At Dublin Press Conference
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PBP Councillor calls for Householders to stand firm as first letters are issued in relation to the non registration of the Household Tax. →


Summary: TGS 2010 has kicked off and Taiwanese company Gamania kicked off their assault to the MMO market, too. The company revealed piles of new MMOs in this convention, including Tiara Concerto, Langrisser Schwarz, Core Blaze, Phantom Brave Online, and Reign of Assassins, you can check them out on their official site. Among those games, the action MMORPG Core Blaze which is powered by Unreal Engine 3 unsurprisingly receives the most applause. Gamania plans to release the game in 2011 and tries to find a publisher for NA market.
TGS 2010 has kicked off and Taiwanese company Gamania kicked off their assault to the MMO market, too. The company revealed piles of new MMOs in this convention, including Tiara Concerto, Langrisser Schwarz, Core Blaze, Phantom Brave Online, and Reign of Assassins, you can check them out on their official site. Among those games, the action MMORPG Core Blaze which is powered by Unreal Engine 3 unsurprisingly receives the most applause. Gamania plans to release the game in 2011 and tries to find a publisher for NA market.
Looking at the first sight, the UI, the graphic are definitely the style of console action games. Core Blaze features gorgeous scenes, large monsters and realistic combats. The world is in dynamically change with different landscapes at different time. The developer emphasizes on advanced AI and freedom when introducing the game. The change of weather, the shift of day and night, lots of things around can cause different behaves from the bosses.
As to freedom, you can expect kind of mechanism like player affect/change the world, and you will involve in different scenarios according to your decisions. Speaking of the instance, the developer tries to allow players to unlock new routes when they finish an instance to invite players come back to try the instance again. The instance is designed for an up-to-5-player-party so far. About the weapon, first, there won't be the concept of class, then, according to the developer, there will be no restriction to your characters on the use of weapons. You can wield any type of weapons and equip them according to the situation.


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Tri Force Heroes Full Site Opens
Home > Tri Force Heroes Full Site Opens
Tri Force Heroes is nearing launch and Nintendo recently opened the full official site for the game. It is filled with information and artwork galore. You can find all kinds of goodies on it and preorder the game as well. It features several sections that explain what is in the game without giving away all of the secrets. Be sure to check it out!
Tri Force Heroes launches on October 23, 2015 in North America and we will have a full walkthrough shortly after launch!


How Does a Water Bladder Tank Work?
Water bladder tanks are tanks which contain a rubber bladder that is filled with either water or air. The majority of water bladder tanks have water-filled bladders. When a water faucet is turned on or a toilet is flushed, the water is piped in from the water tank. As the water pressure and air pressure get low, the contacts on the pressure switch click together. The pressure switch sends an electrical current to the water pump which causes the water pump to kick on and pipe water back into the water bladder tank. The amount of time it takes for the pressure switch to click on depends upon the size of the water bladder tank. The larger the water bladder tank, the longer it will be before the pressure switch starts to deliver electrical current to the water pump.
Water leaves the water bladder tank each time that the water is used in your home or yard. As the water leaves the tank, the bladder gets smaller and the water pressure drops within the tank. Water bladder tanks also contain air within the water tank. When the water leaves the tank, the air pressure inside the water bladder tank also drops. A pressure control switch, which is usually located near the water tank, senses the drop in pressure within the tank and, after the pressure lowers to a certain level, the contacts within the pressure switch are pushed together, which turns on the water pump. The activated water pump draws water from the well which refills the tank and restores the water and air pressure within the tank.
While the pressure switch is activated, the water pump, which is generally located near the tank or inside the well itself, pulls water from under the ground and pumps the water back into the water tank's bladder. As the bladder is filled, the water pressure and air pressure rise back to their normal levels. After the water pressure and air pressure are back to normal, the contacts within the pressure switch are pulled away from each other. Once the pressure switch stops supplying power to the pump, the water pump stops pumping water into the tank. This process begins again each time water is used within the home or in the yard.
What Appliances Have Series Circuits?


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Q: HTML datalist accessibility with AngularJS I am filling an HTML datalist with options coming from Angular ng-repeat.
I need this datalist to work with a screen reader, that should be naming the available options while you type in.
This is my code:
<input aria-label="Tag" role="combobox" aria-expanded="true" aria-autocomplete="none" aria-owns="categories" ng-model="categoryFilter" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Category" list="categories">

<datalist id="categories" role="listbox">
  <option role="option" ng-repeat="restaurant in main.restaurants | unique: 'venue.categories[0].name'" value="{{restaurant.venue.categories[0].name}}">
</datalist>

I have tried with different aria-autocomplete values but nothing seems to work, when I use the screen reader i am getting information that is a combo box, but if I start for example to type 'p' datalist is showing 'Pizzeria' as an option but screen reader is not naming it.
Thank you very much

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