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Pope, bishop call for prayer and fasting to bring peace to Syria and the Middle East
On Sunday, Sept. 7, citing the many conflicts around the world and specially in Syria, Pope Francis called for a vigil by the Catholic Church around the world, a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria and the Middle East. "My heart is deeply wounded in particular by what is happening in Syria," the Holy Father said.
"All men and women of good will are bound by the task of pursuing peace," Pope Francis said.
As part of that vigil, Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey will preside at the 5:30 vigil Mass at Corpus Christi Cathedral. Catholics across the Diocese of Corpus Christi–together with all people of good will–are urged to fast and pray for peace throughout the day of the vigil.
"I am asking everyone to join Pope Francis and the universal Church in this. I encourage you to pray the rosary as a community or in the family. It would also be appropriate to make time for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Saturday," Bishop Mulvey said.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has joined Pope Francis in asking the faithful to join in prayer and fasting. Last Friday, the bishops reaffirmed an earlier message of the Holy Father "that the path of dialogue and negotiation between all components of Syrian society, with the support of the international community, is the only option to put an end to the conflict."
In a statement on behalf of the USCCB, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said, "As our nation's leaders contemplate military action, it is particularly appropriate and urgent that we in the United States embrace the Holy Father's call to pray and fast…for a peaceful end to the conflict in Syria and to violent conflicts everywhere."
"Prayer is our strength and our shield as we ask the Lord to assist all those who are innocent victims of war and violence and to convert the hearts of those who seek violence and war as a way to bring about their political or ideological agendas," Bishop Mulvey said.


Being a mom can be overwhelming in itself. Being a working stay at home mom can double the stress. Find out how to reduce stress and strike a work-life balance with the tips below.
At first, being a stay at home mom who also works from home sounds like the perfect, winning combination, right? You're able to be with your kids all day and you won't have to miss any of those crucial milestones and, at the same time, you'll still be bringing money to the table and you don't have to sacrifice that second income. However, finding a healthy balance between working at home and being a stay at home mom isn't always as easy in reality as it is in theory.
Set aside certain hours during each day where you are fully devoted to getting work – and only work – done. It doesn't need to be a full eight hour work day, but you do need a few uninterrupted hours dedicated solely to work. This might mean knocking out your overflowing inbox before the kids are awake or during naptime or scheduled activities, and it might mean scheduling play dates or other activities that you can drop the kids off at a few times a week.
The trick is actually sticking to the schedule; you have to be firm about it otherwise it's far too easy to let things start to slide.
Trying to do your work at the kitchen table or in the living room will only create chaos. Instead, set aside a specific area of the house that is devoted to only your work. If you aren't using the formal dining room then turn it into an office space instead. Do you have a spare bedroom that no one is using? That could be the perfect place for a home office.
Having a place that is designed specifically for your work will help you get into the groove more easily than if you have a thousand other things competing for your attention, like dishes that need to be washed or laundry that needs to be folded.
If you know you have a strict deadline approaching and you just aren't finding enough time in the day to get work done while still attending to the kids then you may want to hire a babysitter for a few hours each day until you reach your deadline. Or, exchange babysitting times with another work-at-home mom.
It's okay and normal to realize that you can't do everything and that you may need some help. Don't hesitate to get some every now and then!
As tempted as you may be to check e-mail or take work phone calls in the evenings, it's important to set that time aside for family time with your spouse and kids. Unless it's an emergency, the e-mails and phone calls will still be there the next day.
Family dinners and evenings spent catching up about each other's days can't wait because life doesn't wait. Work, on the other hand, can wait.
You are only one person and, despite the fact that you may want to do everything by yourself, you'll never get it all done and still be able to fully be there for your kids and your job. Split up the household chores amongst family members so that everyone is contributing and everything still gets done.
It may not get done exactly the way that you wanted it to, but sometimes it's good to relinquish some control.
As a mom it's tempting to want to be Super Mom and do everything for the family; however it's not a realistic way of life. Working from home and being a mom can go hand in hand, you just have to be willing to let go of certain things in view of focusing on only the most important ones. Everything else will fall into place.
Laura Backes enjoys writing about all kinds of subjects and also topics related to internet providers in her area. You can reach her at: laurabackes8 @ gmail.com.


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Here's how efforts to clean up Lebanon area drinking water can help the Chesapeake Bay and save customers money
Pa. is considered the weakest link in pollution control for the Bay.
Here's how efforts to clean up Lebanon area drinking water can help the Chesapeake Bay and save customers money Pa. is considered the weakest link in pollution control for the Bay. Check out this story on ldnews.com: https://www.ldnews.com/story/news/2019/07/24/farms-swatara-watershed-clean-drinking-water-project-nrcs-lebanon-county-pa/1780065001/
Nora Shelly, Lebanon Daily News Published 11:49 a.m. ET July 24, 2019 | Updated 6:32 p.m. ET July 24, 2019
As farmers reduce pollutants flowing into waterways, drinking water should be easier and cheaper to keep safe.
Amid a year of intense rainfall, local and federal officials are targeting farms in part of the Swatara Creek watershed in an effort to clean up drinking water in the area.
This comes as efforts to control farm pollution in Pennsylvania are being called into question. A recent report from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation warned that Pennsylvania was the "weakest link" in the watershed when it came to limiting pollution.
And earlier this month, the editorial board of the Baltimore Sun newspaper offered up a provocative solution: suing the state of Pennsylvania for failing to keep pollutants out of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
A sign along Route 72 in Swatara Township near the Swatara Rail Trail and Swatara Creek. Hurricane Florence could bring torrential rain and flooding to the Lebanon County area Sept. 17 and 18. (Photo: Merriell Moyer)
But, way before the water that runs off Lebanon Valley farmland into streams that lead to the Swatara Creek, then the Susquehanna River and finally into the Chesapeake Bay, a lot of it is taken in by local water companies, treated, and funneled to your taps.
And with an influx of federal funds intended to help farmers implement better water runoff management, local officials are hoping they can make the water we drink cleaner and easier to treat.
"Without clean water, we're cooked," said Michael Schroeder, president of the Quittapahilla Watershed Association. "So it's pretty self-evident why this is important."
Related: With no place for the rain to go, flash flooding remains a risk across Lebanon County
Related: Discovery under Route 422 prompting more intense repair work for sinkhole issue
Why the Swatara Watershed?
The Swatara is one of several watersheds that are being targeted by the National Water Quality Initiative, said Mike Snyder, who works for the National Resources Conservation Service and is leading the project.
Snyder said the area fit the bill for the project because it has enough agricultural activity and a water supplier with a source water protection plan.
Some farms struggle to keep nutrients used in their operations out of nearby waterways, Snyder said, due to soil erosion in cropland, poor management of manure or unstable stream banks and buffers.
Farmers in the area will be asked to implement conservation practices on their land on a voluntary basis, Snyder said, with federal money intended to help cover much of the cost.
Both the City of Lebanon Authority and Pennsylvania American Water draw drinking water from the Swatara Creek. (Photo: File, Lebanon Daily News)
Del Voight, an educator at Penn State Extension, said farmers could use some help in cleaning up damage from the heavy rainfall in the past year: stream beds have eroded and collapsed, gullies have formed in the middle of fields and in some places, streams have risen around former buffers that used to be on the edge of the water.
"With the last year of rain, that really challenged us," he said.
Snyder said some other fixes could include putting up fencing to keep cattle - and their manure - out of streams, improving buffer areas between agricultural land and waterways, or fixing up cropland with terracing or grass waterways to help reduce runoff and the potential for flooding.
"This is coming about at a difficult time for farmers, considering the climate issues we've been having with the excessive rainfalls and the flooding, combined with the farm economy is not doing particularly well," Snyder said. "So it really gives us an opportunity to bring an infusion of resources, whether it be technical resources or financial resources to a community that really needs it at this point in time."
The project is still in a planning phase, Snyder said, and funds won't be available until next fiscal year.
More Lebanon County farm news: Two families lock in deal to ensure their farmland never becomes home to a warehouse
What does this mean for residents?
Snyder is hoping that cleaning up agricultural runoff will keep source water clean for drinking. It may also keep costs down for customers.
Jennifer Heymann works in source water protection for PA American Water, which provides drinking water for part of the Swatara watershed. The company has had their own source water protection plan in place since 2012 and is helping with the Swatara Creek project.
Cleaning up source water may mean lower bills for residents, Heymann said.
"(This means) longer term consistent quality supply and that can lead to reduced cost for treatment," she said. "Which at the end of the day can help keep our bills from rising over time."
But the benefits may be realized beyond just drinking water, Snyder said.
"It's been pretty widely acknowledged that improvements in water quality benefit the community as a whole," he said. "From improved recreation, wildlife, there's a variety of different aspects that the community benefits from."
Photos: Union Canal Park Fourth of July boat tours
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. Visitors were invited to stay until dusk and then view the fireworks display set off at Coleman Memorial Park. The Union Canal Tunnel Park, dedicated in 1988, is comprised of more than 100 acres and is maintained by the volunteers of the Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park. The park is located at 25th and Union Canal Drive in Lebanon, PA. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. Vince Tricamo served as captain on the canal boat Lois H. Meily. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. Ed Martel served as narrator for the tour. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States.Visitors were invited to stay until dusk and then view the fireworks display set off at Coleman Memorial Park. The Union Canal Tunnel Park, dedicated in 1988, is comprised of more than 100 acres and is maintained by the volunteers of the Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park. The park is located at 25th and Union Canal Drive in Lebanon, PA. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. Visitors were invited to stay until dusk and then view the fireworks display set off at Coleman Memorial Park. The park is located at 25th and Union Canal Drive in Lebanon, PA. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. The park is located at 25th and Union Canal Drive in Lebanon, PA. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. Ed Martel, who served as narrator for the tour, holds a star drill that would have been used to build the canal. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. Ed Martel, who served as narrator for the tour, uses an oar to turn the boat. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. Narrator Ed Martel talks about the canal construction as the boat passes through the tunnel. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
The Friends of the Union Canal Tunnel Park celebrated Independence Day with narrated canal boat tours of the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. Narrator Ed Martelt blows into a shell, to demonstrate how canal boat captains would signal to other boats. Barb West, Lebanon Daily News
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Remember the time, security awareness was a topic?
Just scanned through the Perl 5.10.1 delta document and found this promising statement:Some support for DTrace has been added. See "DTrace support" in INSTALL.And according INSTALL all you need to do is to add -Dusedtrace to Configure and your Perl will be ready to DTrace. Very cool.


This is an idea that might be useful one day for OLPC or similar projects.
A Larger OLPC is OLPCs for 13~18 years old students, mostly under secondary educational processes such as middle or high schools.
As the most popular laptop size now in South Korea is with 12.1" display panels, we hope to make a prototype (mock-up) model of a larger OLPC. Fortunately, as there are many governmental laboratories which help people to make various mock-ups, we are now designing the exact size of the larger OLPC based on one of the best seller laptop PC in South Korea.
300 x 225 x 30mm: this is one of the best seller model size, so we do also.
800~1,200 Mhz CPU Clock -> We changed it to Geode LX700 as the OLPC team did.
Enlarged keyboard layouts based on the size of a famous LG-IBM laptop model. See Keyboard design and XO Keyboard layouts the original keyboard concept of OLPC.
There is some problems here. The display panel of original OLPC has 4:3 (H:V) ratio 7.5" panel, but the market situation of South Korea is that 4:3 (H:V) will disappear in 3~4 years. To avoid the situation of OLPC and the larger OLPC being the only 4:3 display PCs in the country, we also adopt 16:9 (H:V) display panel to the larger machine.
Then, how about the resolution (1600x900 pixel) etc? Is that a kind of trouble in pouring the SUGAR XO to that machine?
Due to the peculiar aspect of IT Korea, quite a few children already have their own mobile phones. So, we attached IP phone as a mouse, based on the design of current commercial Mouse IP phones in markets. See engaget as a sample.
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Students in year 8 are currently studying a unit of work called 'Inside a Computer'. Students are learning about the main components that enable a computer to function and what parts are required to build a computer. This unit of work is new to Charter International School, students have coped extremely well with new computing related topics that have been introduced. The aim of this unit is for students to be able to control a computer through the Command Line and be able to maintain a computer if and when it goes wrong/needs upgrading. Students will be working with Raspberry Pi's after their end of term exams and be taught how to control a device through the Command Line.


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This should not be construed as a complete list of all of the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors that could adversely affect our expected consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial also may impair our business, operations, liquidity, financial condition and prospects. We undertake no obligation to update or revise our forward-looking statements to reflect developments that occur or information that we obtain after the date of this report.
Remark Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries ("Remark", "we", "us", or "our"), which include its consolidated variable-interest entities ("VIEs"), are primarily technology-focused. Our KanKan data intelligence platform serves as the basis for our development and deployment of artificial-intelligence-based solutions for businesses in many industries and geographies. We also own and operate digital media properties across multiple verticals, such as travel and entertainment and young adult lifestyle, that deliver relevant, dynamic content that attracts and engages users on a global scale. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol MARK.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, and in each fiscal year since our inception, we have incurred net losses which have resulted in an accumulated deficit of $314.1 million as of September 30, 2018. Additionally, our operations have historically used more cash than they have provided. As of September 30, 2018, our cash and cash equivalents balance was $9.9 million, and we had a negative working capital balance of $55.0 million. Our revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $56.8 million.
On July 2, 2018, we entered into a common stock purchase agreement (the "2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement") with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC ("Aspire Capital"), which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, we have the right to direct Aspire Capital to purchase up to an aggregate of $30.0 million of shares of our common stock over the 30-month term of the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement. The 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement, which we describe in more detail in Note 14, terminated and replaced the common stock purchase agreement we had entered into with Aspire Capital on November 9, 2016 (the "2016 Aspire Purchase Agreement").
Concurrently with entering into the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement, we also entered into a registration rights agreement with Aspire Capital, in which we agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") one or more registration statements, as necessary, and to the extent permissible and subject to certain exceptions, to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the sale of the shares of our common stock that may be issued to Aspire Capital under the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement. We have filed with the SEC a prospectus supplement to our effective shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-225448) registering all of the shares of common stock that may be offered to Aspire Capital from time to time under the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement. As of September 30, 2018, Aspire Capital has purchased $10.0 million of shares of our common stock under the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we issued a total of 3,052,897 shares of our common stock to investors in exchange for approximately $8.3 million in cash, including a $5.0 million issuance to Aspire. We did not issue our common stock in private sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, although we did receive cash from the issuances to Aspire Capital and from stock option exercises.
We are a party to a financing agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 (as amended, the "Financing Agreement") with certain of our subsidiaries as borrowers (together with Remark, the "Borrowers"), certain of our subsidiaries as guarantors (the "Guarantors"), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the "Lenders") and MGG Investment Group LP, in its capacity as collateral agent and administrative agent for the Lenders ("MGG"), pursuant to which the Lenders extended credit to the Borrowers consisting of a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $35.5 million (the "Loan"). The terms of the Financing Agreement, the amendments thereto, and related documents effective as of September 30, 2018 are described in Note 11, which also describes our ongoing event of default relating to our failure to make certain required payments under the Financing Agreement as well as certain other ongoing events of default.
to the Financing Agreement, we are subject to certain limitations on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional debt and transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of assets, without the consent of the Lenders. We cannot be certain that we will be successful at raising additional capital.
We reclassified an amount in the December 31, 2017 Consolidated Balance Sheet to conform to the current presentation as of September 30, 2018. Specifically, we reclassified liabilities associated with gift cards and similar items from contract liability to other current liabilities as we continue to clarify our disclosures related to the newly-adopted revenue standard.
We prepared the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018, with the audited Consolidated Balance Sheet amounts as of December 31, 2017 presented for comparative purposes, and the related unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Statements of Cash Flows in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q. In compliance with those instructions, we have omitted certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), though management believes the disclosures made herein are sufficient to ensure that the information presented is not misleading.
Our results of operations and our cash flows as of the end of the interim periods reported herein do not necessarily indicate the results we may experience for the remainder of the year or for any other future period.
Management believes that we have included all adjustments (including those of a normal, recurring nature) considered necessary to fairly present our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018, our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for all periods presented. You should read our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and footnotes in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and footnotes included within the Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "2017 Form 10-K").
We include all of our subsidiaries, which include the VIEs for which we are the primary beneficiary, in our consolidated financial statements, eliminating all significant intercompany balances and transactions during consolidation.
To comply with China's laws which restrict foreign ownership of entities that operate within industries deemed sensitive by the Chinese government, we employ what we believe is a commonly-used organizational structure consisting of a wholly-foreign owned enterprise ("WFOE") and the VIEs to operate our KanKan business. We own 100% of the equity of the WFOE, while the VIEs are companies formed in China under local laws which are owned by members of our management team. We funded the registered capital and operating expenses of the VIEs by extending loans to the VIEs' owners. We are the primary beneficiary of the VIEs because the relationships between the VIEs and our WFOE are governed by contractual agreements, including in each case an Exclusive Call Option Agreement, an Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement, a Proxy Agreement and an Equity Pledge Agreement, which give us control over the operations of the VIEs.
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP. While preparing our financial statements, we make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to accounts receivable, intangible assets, the useful lives of property and equipment, stock-based compensation, the fair value of the warrant liability, income taxes, inventory reserve and purchase price allocation, among other items.
On January 1, 2018, we adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and all subsequent amendments (collectively "ASC 606") using the modified retrospective method. We recognized the cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard as an adjustment to the opening balance of Accumulated deficit (the amount was not material). We have not retrospectively adjusted the information for the comparative period reported herein, which information we continue to report under the accounting standards in effect for that period. The amounts of revenue, accounts receivable and contract balances that we reported under ASC 606 as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, were not materially different than the amounts we would have reported under the accounting standards previously in effect.
We recognize revenue when we transfer control of the promised goods or services to our customers, and we recognize an amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.
When customers pay us prior to when we satisfy our obligation to transfer control of promised goods or services, we record the amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled as a contract liability until such time as we satisfy our performance obligation. As a result of our adoption of ASC 606, the line item previously labeled "Deferred revenue" on our condensed consolidated balance sheets is now labeled "Contract liability"; the comparative period balance as reported herein did not change as a result of our application of the modified retrospective transition approach.
For our contracts with customers, we only extend short-term credit policies to our customers, generally of 90 days or less.
We record the incremental costs of obtaining contracts as an expense when incurred, because such costs would otherwise be amortized over a period of less than one year if capitalized.
under the merchant model on a net basis (i.e., the amount we bill to our customers less the amounts we pay to the service providers).
To a lesser extent, we provide tour services directly to our customers. Our obligation to provide such services is satisfied at the point in time that we finish providing the tour, and we recognize the resulting revenue on a gross basis when our obligation is satisfied.
Our customers pay at the time the original transaction occurs via our sales channels, primarily the Vegas.com website and mobile application. Because the original transaction date almost always precedes the date that our performance obligation is satisfied, we record a Contract liability for the amount of consideration received (net of amounts owed to suppliers). In general, we satisfy most of our performance obligations within approximately three to four months from the original transaction date, and substantially all performance obligations are satisfied within one year from the original transaction date.
Our KanKan business generates our data platform services revenue. One of the business's product offerings involves utilizing our proprietary data intelligence software to provide high-quality loan candidates to our customers, which are companies that help to market the loan products of banks and other lending institutions in China to potential loan candidates. We earn a commission for this service, which is deemed earned and is recognized at the point in time at which the related loan is issued to the candidate by a lending institution supporting the loan product being promoted by our customer. The amount of commission we recognize is determined by multiplying the commission rate specified in the applicable contract by the amount of the loan issued to the candidate.
Under contracts with two of our customers, we are required to reimburse those customers for as much as 10% of the commissions paid under the contract if the total amount of the defaults across all of the loans issued and outstanding with respect to such contract exceeds an established threshold (the "Reimbursement Obligation"). Such contracts also require us to maintain a cash deposit with those customers to support the Reimbursement Obligation, and they permit the customer to deduct the required amount of any reimbursement from such deposit. We no longer provide new candidates to those customers under those particular contracts, and none of our remaining contracts related to providing loan candidates to customers include the Reimbursement Obligation or similar terms, so the maximum amount of our liability with respect to the Reimbursement Obligation as of September 30, 2018 and going forward is $0.5 million, Further, as of September 30, 2018, the amount we have on deposit with the customers under those contracts to support the Reimbursement Obligation exceeds such maximum liability with respect to the Reimbursement Obligation, and we have not reimbursed any customer any amount of commissions paid under these contracts, nor are we required to do so because the total amount of the defaults has not exceeded the established threshold.
We have determined that the Reimbursement Obligation does not fall within the scope of ASC 606 and that we should account for it as a guarantee for accounting purposes using other GAAP. We recorded an initial liability, reported in Accrued expense and other current liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet, equal to our maximum potential Reimbursement Obligation, an amount which approximated fair value. As we are released from an amount of the Reimbursement Obligation, we record the amount of reduction in the Reimbursement Obligation as data platform services revenue. We have not recorded material amounts of revenue resulting from being released from the Reimbursement Obligation.
We also generate revenue by creating and delivering integrated artificial-intelligence-based solutions for clients. Under this type of contract, we provide a single, continuous service to clients who control the assets as we create them. Accordingly, we recognize the revenue over the period of time during which we provide the service.
Our Travel & Entertainment segment generates the majority of our advertising revenue, and we report the remaining amount of advertising revenue in Corporate Entity and Other in our segment information. We primarily generate advertising revenue from the use of sponsored links and display advertising placed directly on our website pages. Substantially all of our advertising contracts with customers are completed within one year or less.
In click-through advertising contracts with customers, our obligation is to place our customers' interactive ads on our websites for a specified period of time. We recognize revenue from click-through advertising at the point in time at which visitors to our websites click through the ads to our advertising customers' websites. Any variability regarding contract consideration is resolved within the reporting period.
Some of our advertising contracts with customers require us to place our advertising customers' static display ads on our websites for a specified period of time or in a specific location on our websites, or both. We recognize revenue from such advertising placement arrangements either over time (ratably over the contract term) or based upon the delivery of advertising impressions, depending upon the terms of the contract.
We also generate revenue from other sources, such as from e-commerce activity in which we sell goods to our customers, or media production which involves us producing video or Internet-based content for our customers. We recognize the revenue from these contracts at the point in time when we transfer control of the good sold to the customer or when we deliver the promised media content.
Other than as noted above, we have made no changes to our significant accounting policies as reported in our 2017 Form 10-K.
In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which changes GAAP primarily by requiring lessees to recognize, at lease commencement, a lease liability representing the present value of the lessee's obligation to make lease payments, and a right-of-use asset representing the lessee's right to use (or control the use of) a specified asset during the lease term, for leases classified as operating leases. For us, the amendments in ASU 2016-02 will become effective on January 1, 2019. We are designing appropriate internal controls and modifying key processes to allow for the implementation of ASU 2016-02, which we anticipate will have a material impact on our balance sheet, as we will be recording right-of-use assets and lease liabilities related to our operating leases, including our leases for office space. We do not anticipate that application of ASU 2016-02 will have a material impact on our statement of operations or cash flows.
We have reviewed all recently issued accounting pronouncements. The pronouncements that we have already adopted did not have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or reporting thereof, and except as otherwise noted above, we do not believe that any of the pronouncements that we have not yet adopted will have a material effect upon our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or reporting thereof.
We are not required to include disclosures related to remaining performance obligations because substantially all of our contracts with customers have an original expected duration of one year or less.
When accounting for revenue in accordance with ASC 606, we make certain judgments, such as whether we act as a principal or as an agent in transactions or whether our contracts with customers fall within the scope of ASC 606, that affect the determination of the amount and timing of our revenue from contracts with customers. Based on the current facts and circumstances related to our contracts with customers, none of the judgments we make involve an elevated degree of qualitative significance or complexity such that further disclosure is warranted in terms of their potential impact on the amount and timing of our revenue.
We do not currently generate material contract assets. Other than changes resulting from routine business activity, the balance of our Contract liability did not change significantly during the nine months ended September 30, 2018. We recognized revenue of $3.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, which was included in the beginning balance of Contract liability at January 1, 2018.
At the end of each reporting period, we use the Monte Carlo Simulation model to estimate and report the fair value of liabilities related to certain outstanding warrants to purchase our common stock that are subject to potential anti-dilution adjustments or that contain put options or call options. Our outstanding liability-classified warrants include the warrants we issued or that we are obligated to issue as part of the consideration for our acquisition (the "CBG Acquisition") of assets of China Branding Group Limited ("CBG") in September 2016 (the "CBG Acquisition Warrants") and warrants we issued as a result of an amendment to the Financing Agreement related to the acquisition (the "CBG Financing Warrants").
In addition to the quantitative assumptions above, we also consider whether we would issue additional equity and, if so, the price per share of such equity. At September 30, 2018, we estimated that one future equity financing event would potentially occur within the subsequent twelve months.
At January 1, 2018, our outstanding liability-classified warrants included warrants we issued in connection with our acquisition of all of the outstanding equity interests in Vegas.com, LLC in September 2015 (the "VDC Acquisition") and the financing related thereto (the "VDC Acquisition Warrants" and the "VDC Financing Warrants", respectively). On January 8, 2018, holders of VDC Acquisition Warrants with respect to 2,416,996 shares of our common stock exercised such warrants. Because the VDC Acquisition Warrants provided that such warrants were exercisable on a cashless basis only, we issued a total of 750,102 shares of common stock in settlement of such warrants without receiving any proceeds from the exercise thereof.
On January 10, 2018, we exercised our right to exercise all remaining VDC Acquisition Warrants and VDC Financing Warrants (which right became effective when the closing price of our common stock reached $14.00), exercising VDC Acquisition Warrants with respect to 6,184,414 shares of our common stock and VDC Financing Warrants with respect to 3,117,148 shares of our common stock. Because the VDC Acquisition Warrants and VDC Financing Warrants provided that such warrants were exercisable on a cashless basis only, we issued a total of 2,236,915 and 1,385,396 shares of common stock to the holders of the VDC Acquisition Warrants and the VDC Financing Warrants, respectively, in settlement of such warrants without receiving any proceeds from the exercise thereof.
We used the discounted cash flow valuation technique to estimate the fair value of the liability related to certain cash payments stipulated in the VDC Acquisition that were contingent upon the performance of Vegas.com in the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017, and are contingent upon the performance of Vegas.com in the year ending December 31, 2018 (the "Earnout Payments"). The significant unobservable inputs that we used, which we classify in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, were projected earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA"), the probability of achieving certain amounts of EBITDA, and the rate used to discount the liability.
On the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, we included the liability for contingent consideration as a component of Accrued expense and other liabilities.
Regarding our restricted cash, $2.25 million relates to the Financing Agreement and secures our obligations under that agreement (see Note 17 for more information regarding this amount). The restriction on the cash related to the Financing Agreement will not be released until we have repaid all of our obligations under the Financing Agreement, unless we obtain the written authorization of the Lenders. The remaining amount of our restricted cash relates to the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement we have in place to satisfy the requirements of several of the vendors for whom we sell products (hotel rooms, air travel, show tickets, et cetera) through our online outlets. By contract, certain vendors require letters of credit as a means of securing our payment to them of amounts related to the sales we make on their behalf. We renew the letter of credit facility annually in May, and the restrictions on the cash related to the letters of credit will remain to the extent we continue to enter into contracts requiring the security of letters of credit.
In 2009, we co-founded a U.S.-based venture, Sharecare, to build a web-based platform that simplifies the search for health and wellness information. The other co-founders of Sharecare were Dr. Mehmet Oz, HARPO Productions, Discovery Communications, Jeff Arnold and Sony Pictures Television. As of September 30, 2018, we owned approximately five percent of Sharecare's issued stock and maintained representation on its Board of Directors.
During June 2018, one of our consolidated VIEs acquired a 20% interest in Beijing All-in-one Cloud Net Technology, Co. Ltd. ("AIO"), a Chinese technology company which provides consulting and data services to the Chinese film industry, in exchange for $1.0 million, a portion of which was paid by September 30, 2018, and a license to use our proprietary KanKan data intelligence platform in China. Based on our evaluation of the facts and circumstances related to the transaction, we determined that we will account for such transaction using the equity method of accounting. We will recognize our equity in the net earnings or losses relating to AIO on a one-quarter reporting lag in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). For the three months ended September 30, 2018, the amount of our equity in AIO's net earnings for their quarter ended June 30, 2018 was not material.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, depreciation (and amortization of software) expense was $4.4 million and $4.1 million, respectively.
Total amortization expense was $3.8 million and $4.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
The amount in the table above related to business acquisitions in the year ended December 31, 2017 represents measurement-period adjustments related to the CBG Acquisition.
Our effective tax rate ("ETR") from continuing operations was 9.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The quarterly ETR has not significantly differed from our historical annual ETR. The ETR primarily results from recording a benefit associated with a partial valuation allowance release during 2018. The release was affected by the Tax Act, as described below, which changed the carryforward period of net operating losses for U.S. federal tax purposes from 20 years to an indefinite period.
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act"), which makes broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code that will affect the 2018 tax year.
We were able to reasonably estimate certain effects and, therefore, recorded provisional adjustments associated with the impact on deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities from reduction of the U.S. federal corporate tax rate.
We were not yet able to reasonably estimate the effects for global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) and deemed repatriation taxes. Therefore, no provisional adjustments were recorded.
On April 12, 2017, we issued a short-term note payable in the principal amount of $3.0 million to a private lender in exchange for cash in the same amount. The agreement, which does not have a stated interest rate, required us to repay the note plus a fee of $115 thousand on the maturity date of June 30, 2017. The note is accruing interest at $500 per day on the unpaid principal until we repay the note in full.
changes, increased the Loan by $8.0 million to a total aggregate principal amount of $35.5 million. As of September 30, 2018, after amendments and other events described below, the Loan bore interest at three-month LIBOR (with a floor of 1%) plus 11% per annum, payable monthly, and had a maturity date of September 30, 2020. As of September 30, 2018, the applicable interest rate on the Loan was approximately 13% per annum.
In connection with the Financing Agreement, we also entered into a security agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 (the "Security Agreement") with the other Borrowers and the Guarantors for the benefit of MGG, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein, to secure the obligations of the Borrowers and the Guarantors under the Financing Agreement. The Security Agreement provides for a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, all assets of Remark and our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.
On October 25, 2017, we entered into Amendment No. 2 and Waiver and Consent to Financing Agreement, pursuant to which the Lenders waived specified events of default under the Financing Agreement occurring prior to January 1, 2018, including but not limited to events of default resulting from our non-compliance with covenants requiring minimum consolidated EBITDA of Remark and its subsidiaries and value of our assets. The Lenders also waived the covenant related to restricted cash balance through September 19, 2017.
On December 5, 2017, we entered into Amendment No. 3 to Financing Agreement pursuant to which the Lenders agreed, among other things, to modify certain of our covenants under the Financing Agreement, including (i) replacing the covenant regarding consolidated EBITDA of Remark and our subsidiaries with a covenant regarding consolidated gross revenue of our subsidiaries engaged in the operation of our KanKan business, (ii) modifying the covenants regarding consolidated EBITDA of Vegas.com and its subsidiaries and the value of certain of our assets, and (iii) increasing the amount we are permitted to invest in our non-U.S. subsidiaries operating our KanKan business, subject to certain conditions.
On April 30, 2018, we entered into Amendment No. 4 and Waiver to Financing Agreement (the "Fourth Financing Amendment"), which provided for, among other things, (i) a reduction in the interest rate on the remaining amount outstanding under the Financing Agreement to three-month LIBOR plus 8.5% per annum, (ii) an extension of the maturity date under the Financing Agreement to September 30, 2020, (iii) a modification of certain of our covenants under the Financing Agreement, including covenants regarding capital expenditures, minimum value of certain of our assets, consolidated EBITDA of Vegas.com and its subsidiaries, and revenue generated by KanKan, (iv) an increase in the amount we are permitted to invest in our non-U.S. subsidiaries operating our KanKan business (v) a waiver by the Lenders of certain events of default under the Financing Agreement and (vi) prepayment by the Borrowers of $8.0 million principal amount outstanding and $3.5 million of exit fees under the Financing Agreement within 60 days following the date of the Fourth Financing Amendment. In consideration for the Lenders' entry into the Fourth Financing Amendment, we also paid a closing fee of approximately $413 thousand.
Effective as of June 29, 2018, we entered into Amendment No. 5 and Waiver to Financing Agreement (the "Fifth Financing Amendment") pursuant to which the Lenders agreed, among other things, to extend the due date of the prepayments required by the Fourth Financing Amendment for up to three months, provided that we made extension payments on the first business day of each such month. The extension payments were $250,000 for each of the first two months and $500,000 for the third month, with the final extension period ending on September 28, 2018. We made the extension payments required by the Fifth Financing Amendment to extend the due date of the prepayments required by the Fourth Financing Amendment to September 28, 2018; however, we failed to prepay the $8.0 million principal amount and $3.5 million of exit fees due on such date. Such failure to make the required payments constitutes an event of default under the Financing Agreement and as a result, from September 28, 2018, the Loan bore interest at three-month LIBOR plus 11.0%, the default interest rate.
The Financing Agreement also contains certain affirmative and negative covenants (including, but not limited to, financial covenants with respect to quarterly EBITDA levels and the value of our assets). As of September 30, 2018, we were not in compliance with the covenant under the Financing Agreement requiring minimum revenue from our KanKan business during the trailing nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 of $12.6 million, as actual revenue from our KanKan business during such period was $5.6 million. Our non-compliance with such covenant constitutes an event of default under the Financing Agreement.
have classified the debt as current in the accompanying balance sheet. See Note 17 for more information regarding subsequent events relating to the Financing Agreement.
During the first quarter of 2018, we determined that we would no longer use certain leased office space and, as a result, we sublet the majority of such office space to third parties. As a result of our decision, we recognized $2.3 million of unallocated rent expense in the corporate entity, and an associated liability for early lease termination. The current portion of the liability is recorded in Accrued expense and other current liabilities, with the long-term portion recorded in Other liabilities (see table above).
We are neither a defendant in any material pending legal proceeding nor are we aware of any material threatened claims against us; therefore, we have not accrued any contingent liabilities, exclusive of the liability for the Earnout Payment related to the VDC Acquisition.
On July 2, 2018, we entered into the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement with Aspire Capital, which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, we have the right to direct Aspire Capital to purchase up to an aggregate of $30.0 million of shares of our common stock over the 30-month term of the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement.
The 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement replaced the 2016 Aspire Purchase Agreement, which was terminated under the terms of the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement.
Under the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement, on any trading day over the 30-month term of such agreement, we have the right, in our sole discretion, to present Aspire Capital with a purchase notice (each, a "Purchase Notice") directing Aspire Capital to purchase up to 50,000 shares of our common stock per business day, up to an aggregate of $30.0 million under the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement, at a per share price (the "Purchase Price") equal to the lesser of (i) the lowest sale price of our common stock on the purchase date or (ii) the arithmetic average of the three lowest closing sale prices for our common stock during the 10 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the purchase date.
The aggregate purchase price payable by Aspire Capital on any one purchase date may not exceed $250,000, unless otherwise mutually agreed. The parties may mutually agree to increase the number of shares of our common stock that may be purchased per trading day pursuant to the terms of the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement to 3,000,000 shares.
In addition, on any trading day on which we submit a Purchase Notice to Aspire Capital to purchase at least 50,000 shares, we also have the right, in our sole discretion, to present Aspire Capital with a volume-weighted average price purchase notice (each, a "VWAP Purchase Notice") directing Aspire Capital to purchase an amount of our common stock equal to up to 30% of the aggregate shares of our common stock traded on the next trading day (the "VWAP Purchase Date"), subject to a maximum number of shares we may determine, and a minimum purchase price threshold equal to the greater of (i) 80% of the closing price of our common stock on the business day immediately preceding the VWAP Purchase Date or (ii) a higher price that may be determined by us. The purchase price per share pursuant to such VWAP Purchase Notice will be equal to the lesser of (i) the closing sale price of our common stock on the VWAP Purchase Date, or (ii) 97% of the volume-weighted average price for our common stock traded on its principal market on the VWAP Purchase Date, subject to certain exceptions.
In addition, Aspire Capital will not be required to buy any shares of our common stock pursuant to a Purchase Notice that is received by Aspire Capital on any trading day on which the last closing trade price of our common stock is below $1.00. There are no trading volume requirements or restrictions under the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement, and we will control the timing and amount of sales of our common stock to Aspire Capital. Aspire Capital has no right to require any sales by us, but is obligated to make purchases from us as directed by us in accordance with the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement. There are no limitations on use of proceeds, financial or business covenants, restrictions on future fundings, rights of first refusal, participation rights, penalties or liquidated damages in the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement. The 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement may be terminated by us at any time, at our discretion, without any cost to us. Aspire Capital has agreed that neither it nor any of its agents, representatives and affiliates will engage in any direct or indirect short-selling or hedging our common stock during any time prior to the termination of the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement.
The 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement provides that the total number of shares that may be issued pursuant to such agreement is limited to 6,629,039 shares (the "2018 Aspire Exchange Cap"), or 19.99% of our shares of common stock outstanding as of the date of the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement, unless stockholder approval is obtained in accordance with the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. If stockholder approval is not obtained, such limitation will not apply after the 2018 Aspire Exchange Cap is reached if at all times thereafter the average purchase price paid for all shares issued under the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement is equal to or greater than $3.91 per share. The 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement also provides that at no time will Aspire Capital (together with its affiliates) beneficially own more than 19.99% of our outstanding shares of common stock.
As of September 30, 2018, we have issued to Aspire Capital a total of 3,308,812 shares of our common stock under the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement, including 3,095,238 shares purchased by Aspire Capital for an aggregate purchase price of $10.0 million, and 213,574 shares issued to Aspire Capital upon executing the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we also issued 381,445 shares of our common stock as a result of stock option exercises, from which we obtained approximately $1.0 million as well as the shares of our common stock in settlement of the warrants as described in Note 4.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we issued a total of 3,052,897 shares of our common stock to investors in exchange for approximately $8.3 million in cash, including a $5.0 million issuance to Aspire. We did not issue our common stock in private sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2018.
We are authorized to issue equity-based awards under our 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, our 2014 Incentive Plan, and our 2017 Incentive Plan, each of which our stockholders have approved. We also award cash bonuses ("China Cash Bonuses") to our employees in China, which grants are not subject to a formal incentive plan and which can only be settled in cash. We grant such awards to attract, retain and motivate eligible officers, directors, employees and consultants. Under each of the plans, we have granted shares of restricted stock and options to purchase common stock to our officers and employees with exercise prices equal to or greater than the fair value of the underlying shares on the grant date.
Stock options and China Cash Bonuses generally expire 10 years from the grant date. All forms of equity awards and China Cash Bonuses vest upon the passage of time, the attainment of performance criteria, or both. When participants exercise stock options, we issue any shares of our common stock resulting from such exercise from new authorized and unallocated shares available at the time of exercise.
We granted an option to purchase 1.3 million shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.81 per share to Kai-Shing Tao, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, under the 2017 Incentive Plan, which our stockholders approved in January 2018. We recorded the entire $11.6 million of compensation expense associated with this award in January 2018 because Mr. Tao fully vested in the award at the time we received stockholder approval.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we did not award restricted stock under our equity incentive plans.
We incurred share-based compensation expense of $0.9 million and $1.6 million, respectively, during the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, and of $12.9 million and $2.2 million, respectively, during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, there were no reconciling items related to either the numerator or denominator of the loss per share calculation.
the warrants issued in conjunction with our acquisition of Hotelmobi, Inc., which may be exercised to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our common stock, half at an exercise price of $8.00 per share and half at an exercise price of $12.00 per share.
We currently report on two segments: our Travel & Entertainment segment, which provides our customers with access to a full range of travel and entertainment services in Las Vegas and surrounding areas, and our Technology & Data Intelligence segment, which provides services to our customers based upon the data collected and processed by our proprietary data intelligence software.
& Entertainment segment, Adjusted EBITDA includes an allocation of rent expense, which allocation we base on usage of space. We do not allocate certain other types of shared expense, such as legal and accounting, to our reportable segments; such costs are included in Corporate Entity and Other.
Capital expenditures for our Travel & Entertainment segment totaled $0.3 million and $0.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, while capital expenditures for our Technology & Data Intelligence segment totaled $0.1 million and $0.2 million during each of the same periods, respectively. Capital expenditures for our Travel & Entertainment segment totaled $2.0 million and $1.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, while capital expenditures for our Technology & Data Intelligence segment totaled $0.6 million and $1.0 million during each of the same periods, respectively.
On June 11, 2018, we sold the IRS.com web domain to a company in which our former CFO has a significant ownership interest. The consideration consisted of a cash payment of approximately $0.6 million and assumed liabilities of approximately $0.1 million. We recognized a gain of approximately $0.6 million on the transaction which is reported in Other gain (loss) on our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).
On October 4, 2018, $2.25 million held in a cash collateral account to secure our obligations under the Financing Agreement (such amount reflected in Restricted cash in our consolidated balance sheet) was transferred to the Lenders and applied to the amount of exit fees due and payable under the Financing Agreement. The Financing Agreement requires us to maintain a balance in that account of at least $2.25 million and we have not replaced that amount transferred to Lenders, which constitutes an event of default under the Financing Agreement.
We are actively engaged in discussions with the Lenders regarding a resolution of the events of default under the Financing Agreement described herein. On October 16, 2018, in connection with those discussions, we agreed to increase the amount of the exit fees payable to the Lenders under the Financing Agreement by $1.0 million. Also in connection with those discussions, the Lenders have informed us that they are willing to forebear from taking any enforcement actions against us through December 31, 2018 if we continue to pursue certain strategic alternatives. We have engaged a financial advisor to assist us in assessing and pursuing those strategic alternatives, and we intend to continue pursuing those strategic alternatives and others, including the potential sale of certain non-core assets, investment assets and operating businesses, and to explore other alternatives for obtaining financing. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be successful in completing a strategic transaction or obtaining alternative financing, or that the Lenders will forebear from taking any enforcement actions against us.
On November 2, 2018, we sold 200,000 shares of our common stock to an accredited investor in a private placement for $0.5 million.
You should read our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto set forth in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Such discussion and analysis includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties and that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. You should also read "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in the section following the table of contents of this report.
We are primarily a technology-focused company, devoting a large and increasing portion of our resources towards growing our KanKan business, which we report as our Technology & Data Intelligence segment. The segment generates our data platform services revenue by developing and deploying artificial intelligence ("AI") products and AI-based solutions for businesses in many industries and geographies, as well as by providing financial technology ("FinTech") services. Though we currently focus our KanKan business on the Asia-Pacific region, we have initiated marketing activities in Europe and the United States and are launching several proof-of-concept projects.
We have been developing AI-based vision products, computing devices and software-as-a-service products that we are deploying in the retail, food-safety, construction-safety, and public-safety industries. We constantly improve our KanKan data and AI platform with advanced data, algorithms and training; our facial-recognition algorithms recently received top rankings in Labeled Faces in the Wild (hosted by the University of Massachusetts) and MegaFace (hosted by the University of Washington), two widely-recognized global facial-recognition testing platforms. Among the other work that we have ramped up during 2018, we continue partnering with top universities on research projects targeting algorithm, artificial neural network and computing architectures, which we believe keeps us among the leaders in technology development.
In our FinTech business, we are currently testing new products that comply with the strict regulations recently imposed by the Chinese government during an extended shutdown of the lending market in China while the Chinese government conducted an industry-wide regulatory audit. We believe the new products, which we plan to launch in the near future, will serve the high demand for consumer loans in China.
We also own and operate Vegas.com, an online agency catering to the travel and entertainment needs of visitors to the Las Vegas area and those of Las Vegas locals. Our Travel & Entertainment segment generates transaction services revenue from sales of travel and entertainment products, such as show tickets and hotel rooms.
Various advertising mechanisms and other activity, such as online merchandise sales, also contribute to our consolidated revenue.
The following table presents our revenue categories as a percentage of total consolidated revenue during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018.


Competition Info: This is a 2 day, individual match, which is part of the 2014 Precision Rifle Series points race events. All targets will be reactive steel targets at ranges from 200 – 1500 yards in natural terrain settings. Calibers are limited to .22 – .30 cal & LESS than 3200 fps. Approximately 175 rounds will be needed.
• Competition fee of $250 includes: competition sight in and tune up on Friday June 20th, meals and your chance to compete against the nation's best shooters for prizes, trophies and cash.
• Tune-Up and Sight-In for the match will be on Friday @ 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. You will have the opprutunity to engage 10-15 targets at given ranges with instruction and guidance on shooting from prone, obstacles & other stressors that could be seen during the match with the same or similar match conditions. The Tune-Up and Sight-In is free to any match competitor.
• The match itself will begin Saturday morning @ 7:30 am and will consist of a total of 3-4 main shooting complexes in close proximity to one another. The complexes will each highlight certain practices but remain to the same theme of a field rifle match. There will be a "house" rangefinder for those stage(s) that a rangefinder is needed. This is a "field" or "hunting" focused match, so not all shots will be from a bipod, there will be circumstances where you will be shooting from obstacles, shooting sticks or possibly even with the use of a sling. There will also be a "house" set of shooting sticks for those stage(s) that they are needed. With that being said, this is a "run what you've brung" match, with the one rule that calibers are limited to .22-30 cal and less than 3200fps. Lunch will be served at the midpoint of Day 1 with dinner & refreshments being provided at the conclusion of the day. Day 2 will be a half day followed by snacks & refreshments during the Final Standings announcements.
• 100% of the match revenues will be reverted back to the shooters after costs in the form of cash & equipment prizes.


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Stal narzędziowa węglowa – stal narzędziowa, która nie ma większej liczby dodatków stopowych oprócz węgla, którego zawartość mieści się w granicach 0,5–1,3%. Innymi cechami odróżniającymi stale węglowe narzędziowe od stali konstrukcyjnej jest zmniejszona zawartość manganu i drobnoziarnistość.

Od większości stali narzędziowych węglowych wymaga się by były płytkohartujące (zobacz hartowność stali). Na mniej odpowiedzialne narzędzia stosuje się tańszą stal głęboko hartującą się. Płytkie hartowanie jest pożądane, gdyż zapewnia twardość powierzchni narzędzia, przy jednoczesnej wytrzymałości rdzenia narzędzia na uderzenia.

Polska Norma PN-H-85020:1984 (aktualnie nieobowiązująca, zastąpiona przez normy europejskie, definiujące nowy system oznaczeń) podaje szereg stali narzędziowych węglowych: N5, N6, N7, N7E, N8, N8E, N9, N9E, N10, N10E, N11, N11E, N12, N12E, N13, N13E. Litera N jest ogólnym oznaczeniem stali narzędziowych, liczba koduje średnią zawartość węgla z mnożnikiem 10 (np. dla N11, zawartość węgla leży w granicach 1,05-1,14%). Symbol E na końcu oznacza, że stal jest płytko hartująca się.

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Established in 1981, St. Matthew's Public School has land of approximately 6070 sq. meters. The school has 30 well furnished and modern equipped classrooms. Approximately, 3035 sq. meter area is used as playground. The playground consists of a basketball cout, a skating ring and a small mountain for mountainerning purpose. There are two avtivity rooms which are allocated only for conducting all types of school activities.
St. Matthew's Public School has single library for the junior and senior classes. The total number of books for both the library is a whopping 40,000 with the number increasing with each passing day. The library has sections ranging from textbooks and reference books to fiction and general knowledge. Since the school aims at making learning a fun process, there is an assortment of books and magazines available on general topics and separate sections for hobby-related books, books on travel, animal care, short stories, drama, poetry, astrology and tens of other topics. The school has a fully computerised library. For both the Junior and Senior Sections, one period is provided in the time-table for each class.
The school has labs with Multimedia and Internet facilities. The labs are with super efficient Pentium IV Machines along with flat screen monitors with LCD display, which are all networked. Lab is well equipped with Inkjet & Laser Printers, Scanners and Broad Band Internet Connectivity. The school posses all Licensed software like - Windows XP for all the machines, Office XP for all the machines as well as certain other educational softwares.Computers are taught from Prep onwards. Computer Science and Basics of Computer are taught in almost all the classes.
St. Matthew's Public School has all three well equipped science labs ( Physics, Chemistry & Biology ). Experiments in science labs are explained to and done by the students, which are given in intricate details to each of them, so that once imbibed, the details remain in the young minds for future.


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Playing Super-Devil's Advocate: Which Superhero Movie Will Suck?
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Usually as the summer approaches, it's easy to tell which blockbuster movies will be great and which ones will be lousy. But in the case of this year's four big superhero franchise movies, the Hollywood hype machine has done a remarkable job. As of today, anyway, the buzz on all four movies – Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Dark Knight, and Hellboy 2 – ranges from fairly positive to overwhelmingly positive. But long, bitter experience with summer moviegoing assures us that there's no way all four of these films will be as awesome as everyone currently thinks they will be. So which one will overcome its great trailer, smart casting, and expensive action to be a total dog? Vulture makes the case for each, after the jump.
Why Iron Man might suck:
We've been told over and over again how perfectly cast Robert Downey Jr. is, but what if his smug snappiness makes Tony Stark completely hateable? More than that, the character himself doesn't inspire a lot of sympathy; kidnapping-inspired turnabout aside, is America really ready to identify with a billionaire arms dealer, no matter how many little old ladies he saves? As for the film's presumed box-office triumph, no amount of marketing muscle can change the fact that even though Iron Man's a crucial character to comic-book aficionados, to the general public he has nowhere near the Q-meter rating of Spidey or Supes.
Odds it won't be super? 5:1.
Why The Incredible Hulk might suck:
Lou Ferrigno's appearance at Comic-Con aside, there's been plenty of behind-the-scenes drama this spring involving the big green guy. Star Edward Norton reportedly has been unhappy with the direction Marvel's taken the movie, and the initial trailer made the movie seem exciting but shallow and somewhat humorless. And if a legitimately great director like Ang Lee can't make the Hulk story into a good movie, what chance does Louis Leterrier (previous credits: The Transporter, The Transporter 2) have?
Odds it won't be super? Even money.
Why The Dark Knight might suck:
Christopher Nolan's last take on the Batman mythos was intelligent and crisp, but did Batman Begins' gloomy vision of Gotham really deliver the pop thrills you might hope for out of a superhero movie? The Dark Knight seems even, well, darker, and Heath Ledger's psychotic-seeming performance as the Joker — and the pall put over the entire project by Ledger's death — doesn't do much to make the movie seem like, y'know, fun. What if the entire thing is a self-serious slog?
Why Hellboy 2 might suck:
We're a huge fan of Guillermo del Toro, but Hellboy creator Mike Mignola's comments last week that the new movie represents Del Toro's vision more than his own didn't inspire a huge amount of confidence. Neither did the trailer, which is so overstuffed with Pan's Labyrinthine creepy-crawlies that Hellboy's trademark wit gets lost in the shuffle. Most of all, this is the superhero movie we're most looking forward to this summer — which makes us all the more nervous that, in the tradition of past so-called sure things Hulk and Spider-Man 3, it'll be lousy.
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Dubai: Lebanese superstar Elissa will perform a special concert for Global Village guests on 2nd February 2018 at the Main Cultural Stage.
Elissa has been brought to the region's leading family destination for culture, shopping and entertainment in cooperation with Rotana, and guests can rightly anticipate a magical atmosphere at the concert.
Season 22 of Global Village has witnessed concerts by some of the most popular and adored singers and artistes from across the world. Fans have appreciated the amazing performances and the incredible atmosphere that the concerts bring and have attended them in ever increasing numbers.
Elissa is one of the most famous stars in the Middle East with one of the largest fan bases and her concerts usually sell out within hours of announcement. The concert will include a selection of her most famous songs including 'Asaad Wahda', 'Halet Hob', 'Saharna Ya Leil' and other classics.
Elissa broke into the Lebanese music scene in 1999 with 'Baddy Doub', a Lido produced album filmed as a music video that went on to become a major debut success. Her career took off with its hits including a song performed with French singer Gerard Ferry. Her second album, 'The Last of Maak', featured the mega hit 'Betghib Betrouh', performed with Ragheb Alama. She released her third album 'Ayshalak' in 2002 and her fourth album in 2004, 'Ahla Donia', which was followed by 'Bastanak'.
Elissa was the highest-selling female Middle Eastern artist for 2005, 2006 and 2010, and the first Lebanese singer to receive the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist in 2006. She has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. In December 2012, she was selected as a judge for 'X Factor', an Arabic music competition, which aired for four months.
The Global Village concert series continues in its 22nd Season with a performance that starts every Friday at 9 pm at its signature Main Cultural Stage, which has seen a series of sound and video effects improvements to create an atmosphere of unparalleled celebration. All concerts are included in the price of Global Village's entry tickets for AED 15.


Breakage: When Is It Too Much?
What is your breakage tolerance? Are you obsessing over breakage? Do you believe zero breakage is possible? We've heard and read stories about ladies claiming they get little to no breakage but is it true?
A lovely reader and I traded discussion on the topic of breakage. She expressed her frustration with dealing with breakage. She inspects the hairs lost during wash sessions. Her significant other believes she is obsessing over her breakage. But is she? Maybe, but I am of the belief that you have to monitor breakage to understand if your hair is thriving or suffering setback. However, there is a delicate balance between monitoring and obsessing.
When I first started my healthy hair journey, I inspected every single hair lost during wash day. I'm serious — strand by strand, piece by piece I separated shed hairs from broken hairs and took inventory of the damage done. I used a goal of 5 broken hairs on a non-wash day and 10 broken hairs on wash day as my guide based on the teachings of The Science of Black Hair. Unfortunately, I was averaging more than that and it was driving me insane. Each wash day I felt like I was on the brink of a setback until finally I decided enough is enough. Checking each and every strand was time consuming, exhausting and quite stressful so I stopped doing it. My stress level reduced significantly.
Please believe it took a while for me to come full circle and understand hairs will be lost even with my most gentle efforts. Don't get me wrong, I hate breakage but I no longer obsess over it. I now use simple math: breakage > shedding = no way! ; breakage < shedding = heck yeah! However, for newbies starting out, I recommend using 5 strands on non-wash day & 10 strands on wash day as a guide. I also recommend not listening to those that never claim breakage. I mean, how is that even humanely possible?
I'm not trying to be controversial but some never claim breakage but from what I can see, their hair never really flourishes. Ok so let's keep it real, unless they are keeping their hair trimmed to maintain a certain length, their hair is breaking whether they know it and/or admit it. Anyway, I digress. My point: breakage is inevitable. However, we should focus our efforts toward controlling the amount and frequency of the breakage.
A thought to ponder: During my recent Komaza Analysis, I asked the question, what is considered a reasonable amount of hair that is lost to breakage on wash and non-wash day. They responded with "hair really shouldn't be breaking." They stated breakage is normally seen when the hair is lacking moisture but really shouldn't break otherwise (paraphrasing).
Is a little breakage common?
What's your breakage tolerance before panic sets in?
How do you correct the protein/moisture imbalance when breakage is experienced?
Well girl, you got me! Thanks for addressing this. I will be very interested to hear others thoughts on this. I have been going by the Science of Black Hair info on breakage too and it has been very stressful, but I took your advice and I started spot checking and and estimating and it has been going a lot better. The other thing that I find odd is that people talk about the idea of wanting NO shedding. It's gotten to the point where they literally want no hair to come out of their head and that just seems unhealthy to me. What do you think?
You're reading my mind. Oohhh how this is a great topic for a post. I agree with you on shedding. I have a few thoughts about this in draft. Let me pull those thoughts together so I can share my views.
My oh my if I ever went by that breakage rule, I would have driven myself crazy, too! I agree with you – I think some amount of breakage (& shedding) is not only common, but also inevitable. I also think it's unrealistic to believe one day we won't have any of either. While breakage isn't the natural process that shedding is, with the way we have to manipulate and take care of our hair simply to address its needs, I think we're all going to see some amount both. My goal is always to keep it reduced as much as I possibly can. At this point, I know what my normal hair loss looks like, it's minimal (to me), and I'm okay with it. When I notice it increase, I try to evaluate the issue and figure out what needs to be done to get back to my normal. I think it can take awhile to figure out what your normal is depending on the state of your hair when you start your hair journey.
I also use to examine every single hair that came out of my head on wash and non-wash days. Sometimes I would think that I lost a lot of hairs on wash days, and after I examine them the majority of them were long shedded hairs. I stop stressing about it, and life is much better. Our hair is not steel, so I don't see how we can have no broken hairs during manipulation. Sometimes someone may not see where that broken hair fell when they were combing their hair, so they assume that they had no broken hairs.
I get a lil breakage every wash day but very little in btwn that. I pretty much leave my hair alone now and she's good to me. At the most my main issue is ssks but even they aren't as bad now. I keep my ends moisturized and my roots as well and Nefi is ok with it so I'm ok with it. I shed but even that isn't crazy amounts. I keep protein treatments to once every six wks. The only time I've ever increased that is when I wanted to use heat then I used it every other wk for the past few wks. Since straight hair hasn't worked out for me yet (epic fail) I keep to what my hair works well with. Moisture.


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Q: PHP 7 vs PHP 5 — changes in functions I'm currently building a website for my university assignment using local server XAMPP running PHP 7.1.1 but then I just found out that the university server is running an older PHP server version (I believe PHP 5.x) and all my PHP functions won't work at all.
So I wonder: if I want to make it work with the university server, do I just need to change syntax to match PHP 5.x?  Because now I have no idea what are the differences between PHP 7.x and 5.x.
Can anyone clarify this for me?

A: You could start from the official documentation, if you want to migrate from 5.x to 7.x

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No one could accuse fast food of being 'beautiful', but photogenic? yes. A quick and cheap meal for some, an end of the week treat for others; people's relationship with fast food, and the environment that has been borne around it, is an endlessly diverse subject to capture. But, this time, we're only giving you 48 hours. We can't wait to see what you come up with.
Earn recognition and exposure through public rating, and get your photo up on Photocrowd's 'Best Images' page.
Crowd-rating only: if your foul photos earn the admiration of the crowd, you could gain some fantastic exposure on Photocrowd's 'Best images' page and across our social media channels.