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Q: Duvida sobre função PHP 'end' A minha dúvida está na $extensao, onde contém um parenteses no início e no fim. Qual o motivo dele estar ali?
$extensao = ( end ( explode ('.', $_FILES [ "img" ][ "name"] ) ) ) ;

$imagem = md5 ( uniqid ( $_FILES [ "img" ][ "name" ] ) ).'.'.$extensao ;

move_uploaded_file ( $_FILES [ "img" ][ "tmp_name" ], "upload/".$imagem ) ;

A: Exatamente assim, os parenteses no início e no fim não fazem nada!
$extensao = ( end ( explode ('.', $_FILES [ "img" ][ "name"] ) ) ) ;
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O pequeno problema desse código é que a partir do php5.3 ele gera um Strict Standards que basicamente é um warning, a mensagem é a seguinte:

Strict Standards: Only variables should be passed by reference in

Agora sim falando do parenteses que faz a diferença, para forar o retorno(valor) do explode() virar um refêrencia adicione os parenteses:
$extensao =  end ( ( explode ('.', $_FILES [ "img" ][ "name"] ) ) )  ;
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Faça o teste exibindo todos os erros dessa maneira:
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', true);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$extensao =  end( (explode ('.', 'arquivo.ext' ) ) );
$extensao =  end(explode ('.', 'arquivo.ext' )) ;

Update PHP7
Agora no PHP7, mesmo com esses parenteses adicionais será gerado um warning ou seja trate warnings ou esses tipos de gambiarras, nesse caso é so criar uma variáve adicional e passar para a função.
Parentheses around function parameters no longer affect behaviour

Como pegar a extensão de um arquivo
A mais correta forma de pegar a extensão é usar pathinfo() como mostra essa resposta.
*Obs tentei fazer um exemplo no ideone, phpfidle e 3v4l.org, parece que diretiva que habilita todos os erros está desligada.

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Five forklifts sold during Icefish
Pon Pétur O. Nikulásson says that it is very pleased with the sale of five forklifts at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2011.
One Manitou MLT 735 was sold to HB Grandi, and four MLT 625's have been sold to fishing companies Hraðfrystihús Hellissands, Jakob Valgeir, Fiskvinnslan Kambur and Bílar og vélar.
Three of the machines are available for immediate delivery.
Pjetur Pjetursson, General Manager of Pon Pétur O. Nikulásson tells World Fishing, "This is the most successful Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition for many years "by far the best in the last three or four editions of the exhibition. Many new contacts have been made at the show."
The MLT 625 has been developed with ultra compact dimensions. It is described as more than just a handling solution "it is a machine that both looks good and is comfortable to use. The interior and exterior have incorporated the latest modern design technology.
Comfort is a key aspect of the MLT 735. The driving position has been ergonomically designed for maximum comfort. Exclusive to Manitou, JSM lets the driver controls all movements with one hand safety and effortlessly. The cab is fully soundproofed and the dashboard features an analogue display which gives all the information needed during the working day.
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Practice Report: The pads were put to good use
LATROBE, Pa. - The third practice at St. Vincent College was the first in pads and football pants and the Steelers put both to good use.
There were a couple of notable exceptions, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger being one of those.
"Obviously we're not going to hit him in these circumstances because he's making $100 million," defensive coordinator Keith Butler said. "So we're not going to hit him."
Just about everyone else was fair game.
"I wanted to see some physicality out of our guys," Butler said. "We want to be pretty good against the run and we were for the most part. We want to rush the quarterback. When he has to hold onto the ball we want to be able to hit him. We want to be able to do that when we're rushing four.
"There were some glimpses of it. We gotta get better, though."
Offensive coordinator Todd Haley, likewise, greeted the first day in pads with an obvious sense of anticipation.
"Exciting day for all of us," he assessed. "We're all excited to be in pads. You're looking forward to hearing the popping of those pads and we heard a lot of it.
"It looked like everybody was excited to be out there competing."
PHOTOS: First practice in pads
The Pittsburgh Steelers participated in their first practice in pads at 2015 Steelers Training Camp.


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L'Interrogatio Johannis (titolo completo Interrogatio Iohannis apostoli et evangelistae in cena secreta regni coelorum de ordinatione mundi istius et de principe et de Adam) o Libro di Giovanni evangelista (da non confondere con l'Apocrifo di Giovanni, talvolta indicato con lo stesso nome) o Cena segreta è un vangelo apocrifo in lingua latina, databile al tardo medioevo.

Di ispirazione manichea, è un raro documento del catarismo: in seguito alle persecuzioni subite, la maggior parte delle opere religiose dei Catari furono distrutte. Proviene dalle setta manichea del Bogomili della Bulgaria, attiva dal X al XIV secolo.

Storia
Si tratta di un manoscritto in lingua latina conservato negli archivi del Tribunale
dell'Inquisizione della città francese di Carcassonne, in Linguadoca.

Stando a quanto afferma un'annotazione presente nel testo stesso, si tratterebbe di una traduzione in latino di un testo precedente,  portato in Italia dalla Bulgaria da Nazario, vescovo della comunità catara di Concorezzo (attuale provincia di Monza e della Brianza), intorno al 1190.
Di lì passò in Linguadoca quasi certamente prima del 1209, anno della persecuzione dei catari francesi ad opera di papa Innocenzo III, dove è attualmente conservato.
Verosimilmente l'ambiente che lo produsse è riconducibile al movimento eretico dei bogomili dell'Oriente balcanico e la lingua originale dovrebbe essere stata lo slavo o il greco.

Contenuto
Il manoscritto contiene un testo cristiano di matrice fondamentalmente manichea con influssi gnostici, benché in alcuni punti si discosti sensibilmente sia dal manicheismo che dallo gnosticismo intesi in senso stretto.

È lacunoso in alcune parti: ad esempio non è leggibile la risposta alla domanda "Che cosa significa mangiare la mia carne e bere il mio sangue?" che l'apostolo Giovanni pone a Gesù.

In sostanza, contiene un secretum cioè una rivelazione segreta che Gesù fa ad una determinata persona (in questo caso l'apostolo prediletto nonché evangelista Giovanni) in un determinato contesto (in questo caso l'ultima cena).
Schematicamente, il testo afferma che:
 Satana era originariamente un angelo con ampi poteri, ma ad un certo punto, per superbia, si ribellò a Dio volendo sostituirsi ad esso,
 conseguentemente Dio gli tolse lo splendore della luce e lo cacciò dall'ordinamento dei Cieli.

Le differenze iniziano quando il testo afferma che Satana, non trovando pace dopo la sua caduta dai cieli celesti, chiede a Dio compassione, compassione  che gli viene concessa per un periodo di sette giorni nel quale si dà subito da fare creando il cielo, la terra e tutte le cose visibili unitamente ad Adamo ed Eva.
Successivamente due angeli ribelli che avevano seguito Satana nella sua trasgressione a Dio entrano rispettivamente nei corpi di Adamo ed Eva.
Sempre secondo questo testo, nella storia umana Satana avrebbe inviato sulla terra dei suoi emissari tra cui Enoch ed Elia, quest'ultimo con il corpo di Giovanni il Battista.
In sintesi, il genere umano e tutto quanto è presente sulla terra non è opera di Dio, bensì di Satana.
Il manoscritto termina affermando la vittoria del bene sul male: cosa inusuale per il manicheismo che considerava il conflitto tra il bene ed il male come coeterno e insolubile.

Studi e traduzioni

Fu pubblicato la prima volta nel XVII secolo ad opera di I. Benoist nel suo libro Histoire des Albigeois et des Vaudois ou Barbets del 1691.
Sarà analizzato nel 1832 da J. K. Thilo nel suo Codex apocryphus Novi Testamenti ecc... e successivamente nel 1929 da R. Reitzenstein nel suo Die Vorgeschichte der christlichen Taufe.
È stato tradotto per la prima volta in lingua italiana nel 1969 da Marcello Craveri in I vangeli apocrifi della Einaudi Tascabili articolandolo in 16 brevi versetti.

Voci correlate
 Apocrifi del Nuovo Testamento
 Vangeli apocrifi
 Vangeli dualistici
 Gnosticismo
 Vangeli gnostici
 Giovanni il teologo
 Catari
 Bogomilismo

Vangeli apocrifi

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Automated Construction of Comparative Maps between Zebrafish, Human, Rat and Mouse
Jedidiah Mathis1, Victor Ruotti2, Jeff Nie, Dan Chen, John Postlethwait, Monte Westerfield, Michael Thomas, Michael Carvan, Peter Tonellato
1jmathis@mcw.edu, Medical College of Wisconsin; 2vruotti@mcw.edu, Medical College of Wisconsin
Over the last 200 years, animal models have been selected and used as surrogates for humans, their primary criteria for selection being human-like disease characteristics from rat, mouse and now zebrafish. According to the Krogh principle, for many problems, there will be an animal in which it is most conveniently studied. The idea that genomic organization also tends to be conserved between species were postulated in the early twentieth century, eventually leading to the generation of comparative genome maps between species. The emergence of the radiation hybrid (RH) maps in human, rat, mouse and zebrafish coupled with the development and RH mapping of large numbers of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and their organization into UniGene clusters, has revolutionized the way comparative maps are built and maintained. We have used publicly available rat, mouse, human, and zebrafish data to identify genes and ESTs with interspecies sequence identity (predicted homology), identified their UniGene relationships, and incorporated their RH and genetic map positions to build completely integrated comparative maps which allows the researcher to generate comparisons between rat, mouse, human, and zebrafish. VCMap uses information from previously mapped genes in humans, mice, and/or rats to predict which genes lie between mapped genes in the zebrafish genome based on conserved synteny. The generation of these maps is iterative and labor-intensive because new maps, ESTs, and UniGene rebuilds are continuously produced. Therefore, we have developed a series of computer tools based on our algorithm that identifies UniGene anchors between rat, human, mouse, and zebrafish to develop and annotate the comparative map information, and to build and produce comparative framework maps in printable and on-line clickable formats that link the maps to a wide variety of useful data tools and databases. The maps have been developed and constructed using sequence-based comparisons, creating �hooks� for further sequence-based annotation of finished human, mouse, rat, and zebrafish sequence.


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The Truth About Cars | 24 Hours Of LeMons | Piston Slap | Tips and Advice
Super Piston Slap: This LeMons Fiero Gets Revenge on FoMoCo
By Sajeev Mehta on October 3, 2011
Since there are multiple TTAC Hacks on assignment here at the 24 Hours of LeMons, you're getting into the mix from multiple angles. And, here in the Piston Slap corner of the world, the Cars are the Stars! But some whips simply have too much going on: feats of engineering superiority, a collection of creative/rare parts and a dump truck full of historical irony. That's right, historical irony…with a touch of revenge!
Enter the Chevy Lumina Z34 powered Pontiac Fiero here at LeMons Houston. And a little Ford vs. Chevy history: from the viewpoint of Mr. Goodwrench and the average Joe.
If you were a Mr. Goodwrench back then: do please accept my heartfelt apology. Much like cramming 10 pounds of shit into a 5-pound bag, the Lumina Z34 was a hot mess to service: the double-overhead camshaft "wannabe Yamaha V6" conversion made servicing the spark plugs, timing belt, tensioners, etc. a nightmare. Buried in the frame of the less-than-Taurean Chevrolet Lumina, more skilled wrenches curse the name "Twin Dual Cam" compared to the Yamaha SHO motor. Moot point in this day and age, but I remember the chatter on car forums back in the late 1990s.
Let's say you aren't a Mr. Goodwrench: the (1991) Z34 was a (cobbled up) competitor for the critically acclaimed 1989 Ford Taurus SHO. Much like the Lumina's relative lack of success, the Z34 didn't stand a chance against the SHO. Aside from less power, the SHO always rated higher because of the vehicle wrapped around the hot engine. Short of being an aspirational vehicle for Chevy Beretta owners or rabid fans of GM's 60-degree V6 motor, the Lumina Z34 flopped.
So why on earth should you care about the mating of a Lumina Z34 and a Pontiac Fiero?
Continuing with the Ford vs. Chevy thing, the Yamaha SHO motor was originally intended for a Pontiac Fiero type of mid-engine sports car. Which was stillborn. Hence the need for the Taurus SHO to exist. So what's a GM fan to do? Get the ultimate "Z34 revenge" by making your own Ford SHO-like mid-engine sports car!
And by that logic, you'd be a damn fool to NOT put a Z34 mill in a Pontiac Fiero!
The first thing that tips you off to this car's "Screw You Ford" mantra are those wheels. Sure, the fronts are proper lacy affairs for the Pontiac Fiero. But what are those rear wheels? Is that really a Chevy Lumina back there?
Did Dearborn just get served? Peek a little closer, and there it is. Do yourself a solid and dig through the photo album, because you rarely see things quite this awesome.
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Tagged as 24 Hours Of LeMons, fiero, LeMons, LeMons Houston, Lumina, SHO, swap, Taurus, Yee-haw its texas, Z34
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21 Comments on "Super Piston Slap: This LeMons Fiero Gets Revenge on FoMoCo..."
DDayJ
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Ah yes, the LQ1 DOHC engine. Don't forget the extremely hard to access alternator, or the oil pump seal that requires removal of the rear head to get to. Looks like the mounting of this engine in the Fiero helps that access issue! I still have one of these cars in Pontiac Grand Prix GTP form.
Sajeev Mehta
October 3rd, 2011 at 1:45 pm
I was trying to find third party verification of those, but couldn't given the time constraints. Thanks for mentioning them!
geozinger
Again, FWIW, these were also in Oldsmobile Cutlass International Editions back about 1990-1992 or so. I drove one as my personal transportation when I was working as a car saleslizard. At least until I convinced someone to buy it…
I guess the reason why I miss it now was after I sold it, I got a Ford Tempo as my personal transportation.
That sucked.
Michael Karesh
Within GM this was known as an awful, awful engine that ended up with way too much cost and complexity, and too little power or fuel efficiency. The engineers couldn't wait to euthanize it.
I need to post a pic of a Fiero with a boosted six I could not identify. Perhaps someone here could?
dvp cars
……..not many fans of this mill, but at least it dragged GM/Chev kicking and screaming into the 4-cam world that their marketers wanted to catch up with (the Lotus/Mercury Marine/Corvette ZR1 doesn't count…..too many fingers in the pie!). Many others followed, but, here we are, 20-odd years later, and the pushrod V-8, suitably pressurized, and sharing no parts with the original smallblock, is still the go-to motor for winning GM performance vehicles.
Wasn't the SHO V6 essentially an adaptation of the OHV Vulcan V6? The Twin Dual Cam was much the same from the 60deg OHV V6, but amazing how differently those turned out, one a masterpiece, the other a disaster.
It wasn't too long after this engine came out that the lowly cheap and reliable 3800 was making over 200hp.
Timing chain…timing belt…which is better? Who cares, the Twin Dual Cam gives you both!!
Correct. So maybe Yamaha did a better job than GM, or maybe the Vulcan was a better blueprint.
autojim
About the only things the SHO shared with the Vulcan was bank angle, bore centers, and (initially) displacement. No parts interchange between the Vulcan and the SHO V6.
I was at Ford Engine Division during the gestation of the replacement 3.4L SHO V8 (which lives/lived on sort of in a larger displacement form — 4.4L IIRC — as an option in the Volvo XC90). Yes, most of the design work was done by Yamaha, but the Ford guys contributed far more than they're given credit for.
We tore down a Twin Dual Cam and the thing that amazed me was the sheer number of cam belt sprockets on it — something like 15 — running the cams from the jackshaft in the V where the OHV cam would have normally been.
FWIW, I think the guys with the Buick V6 had the better idea. I'd like to see if a 3.9 pushrod V6 from a Malibu SS or G6 GXP would fit in better. The 3.9 was good for 240 HP from the factory. They seem to be solid, too. That should be plenty of grunt for an old Fiero.
Although, I like the idea about a Quad 4 in a Fiero also. The early 90's Berretta GTU's and GTZ's had the 200 or 190 HP (depending upon which year) Quad 4. A nice light package with a lot more ponies than the original 2.8 V6…
…….ah, yes, the Quad 4, another much maligned motor, but, like you say, quite light and powerful. In various single and twin cam variants, it ended up in just about all the small and midsize GMs at one time or another. It was Oldsmobile's baby originally and bowed with a lot of hype…..A J Foyt set a world closed-course speed record using an ultimate-tuned version. I actually used to like them, but, unfortunately I have personal memories of a catastrophic failure, i.e., it grenaded.
I have a 95 Q4 in a Sunfire. The previous owner spent a sh!tload of dollars to get the engine running right (no idiot lights on the dashboard), and it seems to have worked. I've had the car for five years now and only have had the coil pack puke on me. Well, and leaky valve (cam) cover gasketa. The rest of the motor has been fine.
The 1995 2.3 was a transitional motor, in some regards better than the previous version, but worse than the succeeding version too. It got the balance shafts and the integral power steering pump, but they share the propensity to eat the crankshaft bearing closest to the #3 cylinder. I think about that eventuality when I wind the car 5000 RPM.
Which I do often.
At least Yamaha didn't let GM have all the ill-conceived factory engine fun and came up with the SHO V8.
I wonder why GM came out with the 3.4L DOHC and didn't just keep up with the 3.1L turbo.
redmondjp
Ahhh, this reminds me of the time that I was given a test-ride in a Lumina Z34 by a certified-crazy salesman back in the early 1990s. It was one of those uber-rare Z34s with a manual transmission as well. The salesman first drove right off the side of a perfectly good interstate onramp onto the steep, gravel slope (probably 50-60% grade sideways) to show me the capabilities of the car (why???? – it just scared the crap out of me and caused me to double-check that my seat belt was securely fastened).
Later in the test drive, he took a S-curve freeway offramp at 65 mph and waited until about 125 feet to the stop sign before applying the brakes, giving my aorta that unneeded stretch I could never figure out how to accomplish before then (the car had antilock brakes obviously).
But yeah, I would never have bought that car just due to the difficulty of working on the engine. The same issue applied to many other performance cars of that era including the Thunderbird Super Coupe, Nissan 300ZX Turbo, and so on. My 1988 Buick Electra T-Type was a relative joy to work on, in comparison.
But I'm still amazed that I actually got to ride in a manual-tranny-equipped Lumina. Never seen another one since then.
I am the owner of the Fiero in the article and I thought I'd tell you that when we found the donor Lumina Z34 on craigslist, it had the 5-speed. Before we ripped the car apart (we dang near had to to get the dang engine out) I drove it around for a few seconds. It was entertaining and surprisingly quick. The car around it was falling apart however….
……."geozinger" knows his Quad 4's. Seems to me they sort of withered out of production, unloved and under-appreciated, about the time the "Ecotech"(Ecotec?) appeared. Somebody out there owns "The Last Quad 4".
October 4th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
@dvp: thanks, I've been around a few of them. The Quad 4 lived on until the early part of the 2000's as the 2.4L version. There were a few other enhancements, but some annoying traits were never fixed. It was a remarkable unit, but never executed well.
The (Family 1) Ecotec came on line mid-2000's, and IMO is a much better motor. You can hot rod the Eco far better than the old Quad. Even the factory super- and turbo-charged the Eco to great effect. Probably the pinnacle of the turbo'ed Eco was the fitment to the US version of the Ariel Atom, where it was tuned to put out 300HP.
One of the things I'm working on this week is salvaging my daughters wrecked 2004 Sunfire with Eco and 4 speed autobox. I really want to play with that car in the worst way…
22_RE_Speedwagon
there are about five 8-cylinder fieros on ebay right now. The cadillac 4.9L seems like a popular swap.
Educator(of teachers)Dan
Well the 4.9 is more reliable than an average Northstar. I'd still love to get my hands on one of those rare last generation Eldorados that has the 4.9 instead of the Northstar.
rrhyne56
October 4th, 2011 at 9:31 am
I believe the metaphor is ten pounds of shit into a five pound bag. But the point is still well taken….
Color me embarrassed and dyslexic. Thanks for the correction.
jimf42
October 7th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Just got an email from a friend at the Autobahn CC LeMons (starts Sat) …a photo of a Reliant Three Wheeler in tech…STRONG contender for the index of effluence…
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A young girl died, others injured. Seventeen year-old Rickey Beazley was a survivor.
After six months of hospitalization, Rickey's family was exposed to the harsh reality of the difficulties, loneliness, fear and grieving that were the daily fare of many in similar circumstances. Too often during the four months Rickey was in the Intensive Care Unit of St. Thomas Hospital, his family witnessed lone family members sleeping in the hospital waiting room, even in their cars, washing their clothes in public restrooms, getting their meals from vending machines, removed from the warmth of human companionship. Stricken by illness or injury, they came from all across the country.
The plight of these families gradually became the focus of those hours, days, and weeks that seemed to pass in slow motion. In assessing the families' emotional and physical needs, **Mickey and Ann envisioned a place of sanctuary, rest, and support that would provide a comforting home and community while being near to the major hospitals.
They sought out others who also recognized the need and with the outpouring of encouragement, love, and practical support of the Nashville community the Hospital Hospitality House welcomed its first guest on July 22, 1974, in a rented house on 17th Avenue South. This would be one of the first hospitality houses in the country.
Two years later a larger facility was purchased at 214 Reidhurst. Shortly after, adjacent houses were purchased and in 2004 a complete renovation resulted in the present facility.
HHH of Nashville has come to be known as The House with a Heart. It is the Heart of all those individuals and groups who have in one way or another, in small and grand ways, expressed their care for those who for a time find themselves in a medical crisis.
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Sharon Keller, Chief Justice of the Highest Texas Criminal Court, Gets Highest Ethics Fine in Texas History
Late last week, the Texas Ethics Commission officially fined the Chief Justice of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals $100,000 — making history as the highest fine ever issued by the TEC since it began. Seems the TEC found that Justice Keller's omissions from her disclosure statements were pretty darn serious.
The basis of this big, fat fine?
Almost a year ago to the day of her TEC fine, Chief Justice Sharon Keller amended her financial statements, to add $2.4 million in income and property. Things kinda take on a different perspective when you realize that the $100K fine is about equal to one year's investment income on the properties that Justice Keller added to her financial statements last year. (She gets about that in annual salary ($110,000) from the State of Texas for presiding over the CCA, too.)
What about Justice Keller's other problems ?
The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct is still deciding her fate — whether to (1) remove her from elected office; (2) dismiss the charges against her; or (3) reprimand her (she gets cited as doing something bad, but keeps her job). The public hearing in that matter is set for June 18, 2010 in Austin.
It's scheduled to start at 9:00 am in Room 140 of the John H. Reagan State Office Building, 105 W. 15th, Austin, Texas, 78701, if you're interested in attending.
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Art & Exhibits
What does the Millennium Tower sound like as it sinks? These artists have an idea
Sam WhitingNovember 15, 2019Updated: November 21, 2019, 3:03 pm
"The Point of Final Collapse" co-creator Cristóbal Martinez sits at the top of the San Francisco Art Institute tower with the speakers that will broadcast his art installation. Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
You can't hear the sound of the Millennium Tower creaking and sinking, but you can hear the anxiety it is causing in a sound installation in North Beach.
The four-minute sonic immersion blasts forth from the top of the bell tower at the San Francisco Art Institute, under the ominous title "The Point of Final Collapse." It makes its debut at 5:01 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, and will continue every day at the same time until "either the building is fixed and it stops sinking, the building is demolished or the building collapses," said its co-creator Cristóbal Martinez, chair of the school's art and technology department.
Long Range Acoustic Devices are ready to broadcast "The Point of Final Collapse," a sound installation at the San Francisco Art Institute. Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
"The Point of Final Collapse" is conceptual. It takes some effort on the part of the listener to even hear it above the city din, and a strong imagination to equate the muddled sound of the composition to the 58-story condo Millennium Tower, as it settles into the sand beneath it. But there is science behind the installation.
The art collective Postcommodity took the raw data from court documents filed in multiple lawsuits and built software to convert that data into a soundscape of "deep relaxation" intended to relieve stress.
"The Millennium Tower is sinking at a rate of a little over an inch a year," said Martinez, catching his breath after climbing 130 steep concrete steps into the campus tower to check his equipment. "What we are doing is taking that data of the sinking tower and translating that data into a sonic experience."
The effect is a whispered word mix of affirmations like "everything is going to be OK," and "you're going to get through this," overlaid with the sounds of whales and dolphins, cats purring, chakra tones and binaural beats.
A legal settlement was recently announced in the main lawsuit, with a repair of the leaning tower that will cost $100 million. But the artists are assuming the worst. They are prepared for the building to continue to sink. As it does, information is being fed into the software daily, so the four-minute sound blast will be ever-changing.
The sidewalk view of Millennium Tower in September 2018 — a perspective from which the crack in a 38th floor window doesn't loom nearly as large as it does for residents of San Francisco's infamous "leaning tower." Photo: John King, The Chronicle
"One of the plans to stabilize the building may take 50 years," said co-creator Kade Twist, who runs the art and social practice program at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. "We're doing this piece so that it can play every day for 50 years and never repeat itself."
Representatives of the Millennium Tower did not respond to a request for comment.
The Chestnut Street campus is open and everybody is welcome through the gates and into the courtyard to gather beneath the 99-foot tower. But that is not the best place to hear "The Point of Final Collapse." The two disc-shaped speakers use a high frequency to transmit a signal a great distance, with the quiet tones and whispers flowing through North Beach, Telegraph Hill and across to Treasure Island. Any spot will work to take a listen, so long as there is a direct a line of sight with the eastern top of the tower.
"On a clear day, in good weather, the sound can travel up to 5 miles," said Martinez. "You go out on Chestnut Street or Powell Street and you will hear it."
One place it cannot be heard is from the top of the Millennium Tower.
"We're not trying to broadcast back to the Millennium Tower," says Twist. "We're trying to broadcast back out to the taxpayers who are footing the bill for this thing."
The piece was commissioned by the art institute under a Harker Fund grant and took two years to build, during a campus residency. The sound is transmitted through Long Range Acoustic Devices, which are designed for military use.
"The Point of Collapse" co-creator Cristóbal Martinez climbs to the top of the San Francisco Art Institute tower to prepare for the first broadcast of the sound installation project that aims aims to capture the mood of the sinking Millennium Tower. Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
"We're using sonic weapons to deliver whispering relaxation," said Twist. "Those things cost $30,000 each."
The military devices make a statement and so does the use of sounds employed, which are a nod to the popular trend known ASMR, autonomous sensory meridian response.
"The relaxation and self-care field is a billion-dollar industry, largely unregulated," Twist said, "and it has evolved to mitigate the complexities caused by late capitalism, which is driving our present social crises of anxiety and depression."
One irony Twist pointed out is that prices at the Millennium Tower have stabilized and even risen after the announcement of the legal settlement.
"That is a sinking ship that is accruing value as it sinks," said Twist. "That could describe the state of late capitalism."
Postcommodity describes itself an "indigenous art collective." Martinez is mestizo, from New Mexico; Twist is Cherokee from Bakersfield. They have exhibited at the Whitney Biennial in New York and the Biennale of Sydney. Just a day before their San Francisco debut during their first automated test, Martinez admitted to being nervous.
One minute later, as soon as the neighborhood church bells stopped, "The Point of Final Collapse" began with an almost imperceptible whisper of the word "happiness" that built during the four-minute performance. Among those hearing it for the first time during this test run was art institute President Gordon Knox.
Martinez (right) chats with San Francisco Art Institute President Gordon Knox before testing his sound installation. Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
"It's a haiku, a collage and assembly of sounds and intentions generated by the actions of the developers of the Millennium Tower," said Knox.
"It sounds complex and difficult, but it's not. It's a chance through your ears and through your recognition of the distribution of the sound to think about how we're connected as a people and how we are suspended in complex systems, many of which tear us apart."
"The Point of Final Collapse": Sound art installation. 5:01 p.m. daily. San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut St. 415-749-4563. sfai.edu
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This seems less than ideal for social mobility & meritocracy.
Which, I conclude, must be what 'the powers that be' want, Right?
If we lived in a 'democracy' and we didn't want iniquitous social stratification and financial aristocracy, we'd vote it out, wouldn't we?
Or could it be that it isn't clear our most selfish individual choices inexorably lead to it …?
I think the majority still benefit from the current situation, and most people vote in self-interest. I'd ask them to take a more moral route.
1) Must we wait until the 'have-nots' go over 50% to recognize a dysfunctional system and affect any change?
2) Is 'democracy' or "majority rule" a sufficiently useful enough system if it results in this iniquitous situation for a near majority or eventual majority of the population?
On 1) You can't change human selfishness, but you can appeal to other aspects of their humanity and hope for the best.
On 2) Democracy may have its flaws, but I can't think of a better alternative.
Twyford's not putting in place all of the policy I'd like, but at the very least he's not ignoring the existence of the issue.
Yes, it's a bit rich of National to claim some sort of credibility on dealing with housing.
But Twyford looks too easily drawn into petty squabbling. He should ignore National and do his job.
Fair enough on that last point, although when Collins is constantly making absolutely pathetic points like this, this and this, I feel like he has a right to return fire from time-to-time.
He's allowing himself to get played and distracted by Collins. He doesn't seem to have moved on fully from being an Opposition MP.
Perhaps, but is your position then that the government should focus only on getting the job done, and ignore criticism made in public by the opposition?
I'm hoping that "absolutely pathetic points like this, this and this" reflect very poorly on National, perhaps even to some of their own followers … ?
Can't get the link from your 2nd 'this' to work. The third one – is Judith batshit crazy?
Judith's 3rd tweet I'd just have screen-shotted & put in the file for later.
Her 2nd – Jesus. Phil's not got a lot upstairs to work with, imo. He's a vacuous smarmy, adolescent, dickhead in the House most the time. She knows it. He got played & sucked right in there.
Yeah fair enough, the second one seems to be more about Collins defending herself rather than attacking him. And he got drawn into it in the comments.
Twyford/ Labour deserve all they get – Kiwibuild is but a pipe dream with nothing of substance behind it. They have made a start at least in announcing housing projects that National had already organised before leaving office.
They deserve all they get *that is accurate & not dumb rhetoric.
They deserve to be fully judged based on the actual progress they make with KiwiBuild, ideally that would be at the end of three years rather than 6 months.
Kiwibuild is so flawed only a true believer could not see through it. A bit like the NZ power policy – all mouth and no trousers.
This isn't a thread about whether KiwiBuild is a good or bad initiative, PDB.


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I don't like Uribe for us, but not because of his ability, which I think is better than any of our options, but because he supposedly killed someone. I wouldn't want that guy in the clubhouse.
Well if that's your reasoning, all you need to do is get your facts straight and welcome Uribe with open arms.
Nobody died in the incident he was alledgedly involved in.
He would be eating up fairly significant money, providing subpar defense at the most important position behind a young developing pitching staff and, given his past history, quite possibly creating clubhouse problems. A rebuilding team is better off with a cheap, defensive shortstop who can't hit at all if it can't find a legitimate shortstop of the future.
Payton and Uribe make about the same. I'd rather have Uribe starting here for $5 million than Payton sitting on the bench *****ing for $5 million.
If they take Payton with Uribe making 4.5 million, we are actually saving 500 grand.
I've also gathered that Uribe's defense is serviceable at best. He has ranked pretty highly in the Fielding Bible in the past couple years. Last year being a bit lower, but that may be an aberration due to outside factors
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Isn't one of those outside factors weight gain? I'd imagine that's something the O's scouts will be looking at as they scout him this spring.
As for the money savings vs. Payton, it would be my strong preference to trade Payton for a low prospect who will be in the minors making next to nothing and might help us sometime in the future. I'd even rather trade Payton plus $2-2.5 million for that than pick up someone who would be just as bad for the clubhouse as Payton if not worse, even if that person could serve as a stopgap starter for us.
I would love to see last year's numbers if you have them. My point is that he is a similar fielder to Tejada in that his arm masks a number of weaknesses. He doesn't play balls to his left well at all and he compesates by playing in the hole and relying on his arm. He doesn't appear to be to good on at'em balls.
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Agreed. This is the ONLY way I wouldn't mind having Uribe here. If this deal has been offered by the Sox, I'm surprised we haven't taken it yet.
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Yeah, except I would guess that the Orioles would like to know who they may/may not get back in a Roberts deal. If they traded for Uribe and then got Cedeno and a second baseman back from the Cubs, it would cause confusion. They wouldn't know whether to party or kill somebody.
The Chisox were thinking about Uribe as a 2B. Maybe the O's are looking at a him as a 2B as well, if they trade BRob and don't get Cedeno back.
Payton is going to force the O's hand here. He is not going to sit on the bench quietly while Scott, Jones and Markakis get all the playing time. He made a fuss in Boston and he will do it again here, this year. Probably by sometime in May.
So the O's have a choice. Trade him or deal was an unhappy player.
How would that help? His problem defensively isn't his arm. A SS who is gaining weight and losing range should move to third, not second.
True. He's already gotten started. Indicating he thinks he deserves regular playing time:
"I know I'm probably not the 'favorite,' but this is the fourth year I've gone into Spring Training as the fourth outfielder and I've gotten 400 at-bats every year -- so I'm not going to worry about my status too much right now."
"As long as I have an opportunity to compete and get a chance to play, that's all I ask for," Payton said. "The only time I really didn't have that was when I was in Boston. I wasn't going to play in front of Trot [Nixon], Manny [Ramirez] and Johnny [Damon]. That's why I didn't want to be there.
"I'm in a situation here where there's not a Trot, Manny and a Johnny Damon. There's a Nick Markakis and young guys that have to prove themselves a little bit, so I just look at it as a great competition for everybody to try and get at-bats."
What Jay seems not to grasp, among other things, is that Markakis is as much better than 35 year old Jay Payton as Manny was than 32 year old Payton (even more if you count defense and the fact that Nick lobbies to play every single game instead of requiring planned days off like Manny), Scott is fairly comparable to Nixon (probably not as good as Nixon in his heyday but again Payton's quality as competition has declined), and Jones could be well on his way to being comparable to Damon. Nobody is going to worry about giving Jay Payton his "fair" share of chances to swing at balls, miss the cutoff man, and generally play sloppy and uninspired baseball without hitting enough to make up for his many fundamental mistakes. Nor does anyone have time to listen to his excuses:
"The team had a terrible record. We weren't playing well," Payton said. "I think things were kind of in disarray for the majority of the first half of the season. I think I kind of let that get to me and affect my season a little bit. For me, it was a big learning experience. Hopefully, that won't be the case this year. Hopefully, things will be different -- whether I'm here or somewhere else. But I definitely just look it as a learning experience on how to deal with that situation and adversity. If I have to face that again, hopefully, I'll be better prepared for it and won't let it affect my season the way it did last year."
Gee Jay, you don't think that you playing like crap and getting in fights with your teammates on the field contributed to the "disarray"?
You're right, he has to go! I'd really prefer not to get someone who shoots people in return, but if they're convinced Uribe has changed his ways or really had nothing to do with that incident and it's the only way to get rid of Payton, I could get behind that trade. Payton just doesn't appreciate or respect the game of baseball!
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Wow, I hope Jim Hendry is listening. Because Jay Payton is pretty much screaming "I'm not the versatile RH-hitting 4th OF you should be after!!!"
turtlebowl
Personally I don't want a player that may have a conditioning issue. They are making millions of dollars and they can't commit to staying in shape?
To me this shows either your lazy, or you don't respect the game.
In either case I have no interest in that player.
And before I start getting all these examples (such as Kirbey Pucket) of great players that had some weight issues you will never convince me that player would not had been better if they were in top physical shape.
Have you heard any indication that the Cubs are actually "after" Payton, or are the O's just trying to thrust him on them?
Cubs personnel would NEVER mention a player they're after, who's under contract with another team, by name.
So the answer is no.


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Kim won the Seoul Awards nod Friday for his role in the SK action feature Confidential Assignment. He is known for such local films as Yourself and Yours (2016), The Servant (2010) and My Wife Got Married (2008), along with such TV series as Argon, Hur Jun: The Original Story, Lovers in Prague and variety show 2 Days & 1 Night, on which he was an original cast member. He also hosted a 2011 episode of Saturday Night Live Korea.
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Earlier today a DU regular started a thread about Bernie Sanders and "Open Borders".
The poster included a link to an article on the Pacific Standard website written by Jack Herrera with the headline reading:
"Bernie says immigration threatens the Social Safety Net. Research shows Otherwise." Here is a link to the Thread:
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The article stated "On the same day Trump tweeted, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders explained in an Iowa town hall why he's against open borders: Too many poor people would come to the United States, Sanders explained, and the country could not afford to pay for policies like universal health care or free college."
This without attribution, link or any basis.
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https://www.nap.edu/read/23550/chapter/8#172
Subsequent posters then joined on to rag about using the term "Open Borders", Repeating Trump talking points, and all sorts of other attacks on Senator Sanders.
I have since finally located the tape of the Iowa Town hall where Sanders took the question about "Open Borders" and you can see his response. Here is the link: See the questioner and Sanders response comment at 1:03:00
Here is a link from a 2016 Time Magazine website article that goes into quite a bit of detail about Sanders and immigration. The last few paragraph offers a good summary:
"He eventually voted for the 2013 comprehensive immigration reform bill, but not without qualms over the guest worker program—using the kind of rhetoric those on the right might approve of.
"It does not make a lot of sense to me to bring hundreds of thousands of those workers into this country to work for minimum wage and compete with Americans kids," Sanders said in 2013.
But in his current campaign for president, Sanders has been unequivocally in favor of a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and he has spoken passionately on protecting families from deportation. Many immigration activists note that Sanders' plan is more detailed than Hillary Clinton's.
"It is time to bring our neighbors out of the shadows. It is time to give them legal status," Sanders said last year in Nevada, in what has become a common refrain for the Vermont senator on the campaign trail. "We are a nation of immigrants… Hard working families coming to the United States to create a brighter future for their children."
http://time.com/4170591/bernie-sanders-immigration-conservatives/
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Summer Visit – Lee-on the-Solent Heritage Waterfront Walk and Talk
In August, twenty of us enjoyed breezy weather and a sunny Solent for our stroll along the Lee-on-the-Solent waterfront with our guide Jonathan from the Lee-on-the-Solent Residents' Association (LRA). He pointed out that strictly you should always use the "the" in the name of the town, something few of us do!
Lee was largely a Victorian entrepreneur's creation – Sir John Robinson and his son Charles saw the commercial opportunity of creating a seaside resort looking across to Queen Victoria's Osborne House on the Isle of Wight and so a Victorian planned town was born (£750 for a villa with a sea front view seems like a bargain today!). Sadly only a small number of the original victorian houses on the seafront survive.
A railway opened in the 1890s, running along the sea front from the Fort Brockhurst station to the pier. One of its last uses before closure was bringing in materials for the construction of the Lee Tower complex in 1935. The tower was 120 feet tall and included a ballroom, theatre and restaurant: you can still see the 1930s Art Deco style buildings built across the road from its site. It had wonderful views over the Solent but sadly was demolished in 1971.
The walk ended close to the old HMS Daedalus site, just to the west of the town. This was opened in 1917 as a base for Royal Naval Air Service flying boats.
Thank you very much to Lee-on-the-Solent Residents' Association and Jonathan for a chance to see and learn so much about Lee.
If you are interested in an Historic Waterfront Walk, more info is available at Lee Residents Association Heritage Walks.
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Hyde 寶 井 秀 人
寶井 秀人
The HYDE by 寶井 秀人
For the past few years, I have been an ardent fan of the Japanese rock musician Hyde, vocalist of the bands L'Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS. The Hyde is his autobiography, his way of removing the veil of secrecy from his life in his tell-all autobiography.
From what I read, this book was supposed to expose ground-breaking secrets that Hyde himself had kept hidden for all these years. I didn't find that the book revealed any secrets that I didn't already know. It might be because I ended up reading translations of this book a few years after the initial publication of The Hyde. By the time I read The Hyde, I had already known that his real name is Hideto Takarai (寶井 秀人), and that he was born in Wakayama, Japan. Even though I didn't learn any juicy new secrets about Hyde, I still enjoyed reading his autobiography.
As a general rule, I usually do not read celebrities autobiographies. Whenever I attempt to read one (if I do), they usually sound like a long-winded sappy motivational speech. In other words, I find them insincere and dull. The Hyde is not like that at all. Hyde relates his childhood memories, philosophies, and interests as if he were making conversation with an invisible reader. He doesn't try to transform himself into a superhuman being who overcame all obstacles by sticking to a catchy mantra. He may have bragged a little about his artistic talents (though honestly, he has reason to brag), but otherwise, he is humble man with a creative mind.
Instead of talking about himself, he tended to talk more about his views on certain things. Although this is his autobiography, he never really discussed important things about his personality. The most information that I received about Hyde is in the "Childhood" chapter. In the chapters about his band L'Arc~en~Ciel, he doesn't really fully provide his opinion on the band or his fellow band members. Again, I found this very disappointing. I understand that he still wants to maintain a level of privacy. However, it defeats the purpose of writing a tell-all autobiography. For instance, in the chapter "Family," he spends two pages explaining why he refuses to discuss his family. His intentions are indeed noble, especially for someone who is constantly in the spotlight. If there is one thing that I admire about this elusive person, it is his integrity and devotion to protect the people he cares for.
Long after reading translations of The Hyde by devoted fans in both English and Spanish, I decided to buy the book to have as a keepsake. Although the book is written entirely in Japanese, I found that the amount of illustrations and photographs placed in the book made it interesting to flip through. I really enjoyed looking at the self portraits which Hyde created years before. Each of Hyde's self portraits are very thought provoking and include poems wrapped into the strange images. Although these self portraits were released long before the publication of his autobiography, I believe that they capture the essence of Hyde's personae as a rock musician. They also appear to be a reflection of how Hyde sees himself as an artist, as if he were two separate entities. Most of the images have poems, sentences, or random words embedded into these surrealistic pictures.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes Japanese rock music, L'Arc~en~Ciel, VAMPS, and of course, Hyde.
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The Reader View of Wikipedia. He is best known as lead vocalist of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. He is also lead vocalist of Vamps and has a solo career. In , he joined L'Arc-en-Ciel after leaving the band Jerusalem's Rod for which he was the guitarist. In addition to being the lead singer and main lyricist of L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hyde has released 4 solo albums and 8 singles. In , he formed Vamps with K.
Toggle navigation. He is best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel, as well as for Vamps. He joined L'Arc-en-Ciel in after leaving the band Jerusalem's Rod for which he was the guitarist. In addition to being the lead singer and main lyricist of L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hyde has released 4 solo albums and 8 singles. In he formed Vamps with K. Z, and started his own independent record label called Vamprose.
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He is best known as lead vocalist of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. He is also lead vocalist of Vamps and has a solo career. In , he joined L'Arc-en-Ciel after leaving the band Jerusalem's Rod for which he was the guitarist. In addition to being the lead singer and main lyricist of L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hyde has released 4 solo albums and 8 singles. In , he formed Vamps with K.
He is best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel, as well as for Vamps. He joined L'Arc-en-Ciel in after leaving the band Jerusalem's Rod for which he was the guitarist. In addition to being the lead singer and main lyricist of L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hyde has released 4 solo albums and 8 singles. In he formed Vamps with K. Z, and started his own independent record label called Vamprose. After L'Arc-en-Ciel released the single, "Spirit Dreams Inside -Another Dream-" in , the band went on an unofficial hiatus as each of the members began work on solo careers. This was Hyde's debut as a solo artist.
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Se pueden encontrar muchas de estas plantas cerca de casas o zonas habitables, como las viviendas que hay en las Tierras altas de Arathi. Aunque alguna suele aparecer en el medio natural.
This herb can be found mostly around houses, there are some spawning points in Alterac Mountains near the Syndicate spies in Strahnbrad.
Found in ridiculous amounts in Swamp of Sorrows, as well as Fadeleaf.
"Bruise"weed eh? Well, i suppose being around building and wells, people trip over them and Bruise themselves!
Good idea to mill these if your looking for Verdant Pigment, a 1 out of 2 chance you'll get 1 to 3 of 'em as you can see in the milling tab.
A great spot for these I've found while leveling is the Ruins of Zul'Kunda west of Nesingwary's expedition in Northern Stranglethorn Vale. Each trip over I find 2-5 nodes, and by the time my instance is over (queing as a healer, for reference) the nodes are respawned.
Edit: 2 nodes respawned while I was typing this, might be even better than I thought.
Wetlands is 'the' best place to farm. Found 20 in less than 30 mins.
Wetlands? Not on the Aerie Peak realm. I just checked and there isn't a single bruiseweed in the entire zone....and I saw nobody who might be farming it. Not one single soul.
I was fast lvling alc, I went to hillsbrad and the frozen herbs just dropped so many bruiseweed, i must of got about 30 in less than 5 minutes, its up in the mountains where the ogres are, in the built up area and around it.
edit: I carried on from there to the old dalaran site, and there was loads there too. While your there do your self a favour and kill all the dalaran summoners, they can drop a rare pet.
Found a lot of them here. At least 10 of them. Stealth and sapped my way through. Couldn't tell you how happy I was to have moved on to kingsblood.
On Eldre'Thalas. Thanks for mentioning that they were there. Guess the information was still current for my realm.
Although this says you can only loot these at Herbalism skill level 100, I was able to loot them starting at about level 85. I though I might have a + Skill for Herbalism (racial or something), but I couldn't loot other herbs until the correct level. Anyone else notice this?
I mostly found these in Ashenvale in the west, south-west, north-west of the map near buildings like pillars.
Found 21 in under 3 minutes from Hierba congelada at Ruins of Alterac in Hillsbrad.
Ruins of Alteric Valley Hillsbrad as someone else posted I had tremendous success... Each frozen herb was a bruiseweed... got the 30 I needed in less than ten minutes.
Best place to farm these is simply flying around in Northern Stranglethorn. Especially around the troll ruins in the north west there's like 4 spawns.
Apart from Bruiseweed, there's also a good deal of other herbs but the density of Bruiseweed-spawns is insane.


Continued growth: rocket ship like growth continues!
Stagnation: publishers hit a ceiling and growth starts to slow.
Decline: revenue falls off a cliff, unexpectedly, like it did for print and direct-sold display.
Although the market feels frothy right now for publishers, given brands lack of trust towards the Open (Dirty) Web and Social (Closed) Web, I am raising the alarm bell that I think the good times will change quickly if systematic issues are not resolved.
Publishers have so many ad products to sell that sales teams end up going a "mile wide and an inch deep" with respect to their product knowledge. As a result, a buyer of branded content (agency or client) often knows more about content than the publisher sales rep does.
I can empathize with the difficult situation a seller is in. Desperate to find new revenues to differentiate, publishers are introducing new ad products every quarter. On the contrary, if you look at Facebook's sales bag, it's fairly simple. They have 4 ad products (3 if you remove app downloads). Google has really just 3 (YouTube, AdSense and DBM).
Publisher sales reps are trained to sell media. They are offering real estate for rent. Publishers have not done a good job demonstrating the value for a brand to be associated in their trusted content environment versus others. As a result, there is no perceived differentiation from one publisher to the next. The formula to sell media has been simplified to audience reach and advertising rates.
Content is completely different. It has to start by asking a client questions about their objectives, to understand what they want to achieve. Then a rep needs to essentially consult and bring a solution to the table. A Deloitte consultant may have a better shot at selling branded content in the future than a publisher media seller if we're honest.
100% of branded content is sold by less than 20% of the sales reps. Even though branded content is a $7 billion digital market today for publishers and it shows up on every RFP from agencies today, not everyone on the team is capable or has experience selling it.
The high churn rates of media sellers is a risk. When a publisher loses one of those branded content sellers, revenue for the quarter is now at risk. With Google and Facebook eating everyone's lunch, the best ad sales reps are probably not going to be applying for jobs at publishers in the future. They will chase the money.
What to do: awareness of the challenges is the first step. I do not think tweaks to the current publisher sales structures are going to be enough, it will likely take a different strategy. Change may be difficult, but I can guarantee you it's more fun than obsolescence.
This is the start of a conversation on the Future of Branded Content for publishers. We recently released a market vision brief that goes deeper into the challenges facing the business and plants seeds for strategies to consider in the future.


Another in my Dusk series, this model of the Albuquerque New Mexico Temple featuers some added detail, especially on the grounds. Click through the image at the bottom of the post to be taken to my page about the Albuquerque New Mexico Temple.
First version of my Albuquerque New Mexico Temple model.


Fashion blogger Viktoriya from the Tie BowTie fashion blog looks sensational in Zohara's Tropical Blossom Floral Tattoo Tights The hip outfit she created features a posh sweater with a dainty black skirt, and classic black flats. Who said you can't repeat a pattern? Viktoriya paired the black red and green patterned opaque floral tights with a similar rose patterned sweater featuring matching colors. This outfit has a fun, playful, and romantic rhythm.
"Roses on sweater and tights in same time? Yes, please! Ladies with long time floral addiction will understand me, but if you don't have such a strong passion, choose just one statement item.".


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Summary: Can You Trust A Felon
Cecilia Tiznado
Baden English 828
Can You Trust a Felon?
Throughout the years, many citizens have fought for the right to vote. Immigrants that are in our country view this as being lucky just to have the opportunity to make a change. Felons have taken the privilege for granted. Many of the supporters of a felons right to vote believe it's unfair to punish from taking their vote. But the real question is if you can trust the felon for making the right call. Having the right to vote is a privilege, and if you lost the privilege why should you gain it back? Although people say it's unfair, that person made his/her decision. According to Roger Clegg article called "If You Can't Make the Laws, You Shouldn't Help Make Them", "The unfortunate truth is that most people who walk out of prison will be walking back in" (Clegg1). Even though felons served their time, they're most likely to commit a crime again which means that they took their vote for granted again. The…show more content…
In the article called "If You Can't Make the Laws, You Shouldn't Help Make Them", Roger Clegg states, "People who commit serious crimes against their fellow citizens do not qualify" (Clegg 1). The main point of prison sentence is to show the offender and society that criminal behavior results in loss of freedom and most of the rights that freedom has to offer, therefore felons should be not be allowed to vote. In the Article "If You Can't Make the Laws, You Shouldn't Help Make Them", Roger Clegg argues "More succinctly, if you won't follow the law yourself, then you can't make the law for everyone else" (Clegg). Convicted felons are in prison for a reason, they committed a crime that was serious in our country whether murdering someone, burglary, drug abuse violation, etc. We don't need I believe voting is not just a right but a
Felon Disenfranchisement
As drug-related convictions are becoming more and more common, the lower class, which typically is involved in such convictions, becomes less represented in elections because they are not allowed to vote (Democratic Contraction? Political Consequences of Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States). Disenfranchisement is silencing voices that have a right to be heard. Felon disenfranchisement would be effective if used in cases of serious crimes such as homicide, but for small offenses such as drug possession, it should not be used.
Felon disenfranchisement Essay
One of the more controversial debates in today's political arena, especially around election times, is that of felon disenfranchisement. The disenfranchisement of felons, or the practice of denying felons and ex-felons the right to vote, has been in practice before the colonization of America and traces back to early England; however, it has not become so controversial and publicized until recent times. "In today's political system, felons and ex-felons are the only competent adults that are denied the right to vote; the total of those banned to vote is approximately 4.7 million men and women, over two percent of the nation's population" (Reiman 3).
Should Felons Be Able to Vote Essay
Anyhow, there are people who believe that felons should not be given the right to vote once they are out due to the fact that they have broken the law and don't have the right to choose a leader. For instance, the declaration of Independence states that unalienable rights include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It does not say life, liberty and the right to vote. John Locke, who played an important part in the founding of America, also believed that each individual had certain rights that by nature they were entitled to, however, he also believed that the government had a duty to protect those rights. If someone violates another's rights to life, liberty and property, then they forfeit their own rights to these things and society can punish him by removing their rights. The criminal has broken their social contract and violated the trust of their fellow citizens. In addition, not everyone is allowed to vote. Children, non citizens and those mentally incompetent are among those whose rights. "Voting requires certain minimum, objective standards of trustworthiness, loyalty and responsibility, and those who have
Should Felons Be Allowed to Vote? Essay
About 5.26 million people with a felony conviction are not allowed to vote in elections. Each state has its own laws on disenfranchisement. Nine states in America permanently restrict felons from voting while Vermont and Maine allow felons to vote while in prison. Proponents of felon re-enfranchisement believe felons who have paid their debt to society by completing their sentences should have all of their rights and privileges restored. They argue that efforts to block ex-felons from voting are unfair, undemocratic, and politically or racially motivated. Opponents of felon voting say the restrictions are consistent with other voting limitations such as age, residency, mental capacity, and other felon
The Pros And Cons Of Ex-Foting Rights
Many views have been made on ex-felon's voting right. People debate on whether or not the people who have committed these crimes should be able to vote or if that right should be taken away. The majority of people believe the individuals who commit these crimes should still retain their right to vote, which is true.
Essay On Should Felons Have Voting Rights
Felons need voting rights too! Felons and voting rights are starting to become a big deal. Felons are wanting the right to vote, but some states will not give them that right. All states should let felons vote depending on how severe their crime was. It is not right to deny someone the right to vote. There are multiple reasons for why they shouldn't vote, but there are also some good reasons or why they should be able to vote. Felons deserve the right to vote for multiple reasons.
Ex-Felons Voting Rights
According to "Why Felons Shouldn't Vote" article by Roger Clegg in the New York Times, if citizens are not able to follow the law then they can't demand the right to choose those who make the law. Clegg claims that felons in general can't make good decisions and most of the time felons do go back to prison once they get out. That's why the government
Convicted Felons Should Retain The Right to Vote Essay
Individuals convicted of a felony should not lose their right to vote. The right to vote is a
The Pros And Cons Of Felon Disenfranchisement
The citizens of the United States of America have a long history of having to fight for their right to vote, and while women and people of color do have the right, another group of people is facing a difficult time being able to vote. This other group is the felons, but understandably so: a felon's ability to make critical decisions for the United country is sure to be questioned. Felon disenfranchisement serves as a barrier between individuals who are qualified to vote and those who are not. The reasons that felons are not qualified to make such important decisions for Americans is that their actions show a lack of good judgement and they show a disregard for the social contract. The ignorance toward the social contract, the types of felonies committed, and the judgement that felons have is questioned, and exactly what the impact may be in regard to our society and the future of our country is explained. There should be a few exceptions, and not all felons should suffer the same fate that those who committed a serious felony do.
Should Prisoners Be Given The Right To Vote Essay example
People are incarcerated for different crimes some a lot more severe than others. For example, a single parent was sentenced to 3 months for the theft of a pair of jeans worth £10 (BBC News, 2011). However, while these are viable points and questions, the government allowing certain individuals in prisons to vote could be a complicated decision. Felons' circumstances are not simply black and white; there can be a grey area with individual cases. Appropriate retribution is said to only occur when an appropriate punishment is given for the crime (Hegel, 1965). This makes it difficult to judge who has committed a serious enough offence to enable them to be stripped of their right to vote. Streeter said, the UK decided hundreds of years ago that prisoners should not have the right to vote' (Streeter, 2011). This is a settled view in this country which has been accepted since 1870 (Hollobone, 2011). 'Do we want convicted murderers, rapists and paedophiles to be given the vote?' (BBC News, 2010). In terms of making the right decision and having it morally and politically justifiable, felons should not be allowed to vote and it is nonsensical to think they should.
Essay about A Call to Action: Opening the Ballot for Convicted Felons
"There is an estimated number of 5.85 million Americans who are prohibited from voting due to laws that disenfranchise citizens convicted of felony offenses." (Uggen). Varying by state, each disenfranchisement law is different. Only 2 out of 50 U.S. states; Vermont & Maine, authorize voting from convicted felons incarcerated and liberated as shown in (Fig. 1). But of the 48 remaining states these rights are either prohibited or authorized in at least 5 years succeeding to liberation. This disenfranchisement needs to be retracted due to fact that convicted felons; incarcerated or liberated, are U.S. citizens who are guaranteed constitutional rights that should allow them as citizens to have equal opportunity in political and social
Pros And Cons Of Felon Disenfranchisement
About 6.1 million Americans convicted of a felony have been barred from voting by the law in most states (Chung 1). The condition regarded to as felon disenfranchisement is controlled by laws provided for by the individual states within the US. Unlike the states of Maine and Vermont which allow felons the right to vote while in incarceration, most other states have withdrawn the right from convicts. Ten states in the country have permanently restricted specific felons from participating in elections. With the argument that the country's legacy in safeguarding democracy through felon disenfranchisement, opponents of the idea assert that by completing their sentences, felons have paid the debt owed to the society and should have their privileges and rights fully restored. They further assert that part of the efforts to uphold democracy is to get rid of unfair provisions such as laws advocating for felon disenfranchisement. On the other hand, proponents note that felons and ex-felons should be allowed to vote due to the expression of their poor judgment. While the debate continues to elucidate divergent views, numerous factors illustrate that felon disenfranchisement is inconsequential and does not contribute to the betterment of the country.
Should Convicted Felons Have The Right Of Vote?
How would you feel if one mistake caused one of your main rights as citizens to be taken away? Today, people who have paid their dues are denied their innate right to vote and to participate in decisions that governs their lives. Convicted felons who served their time have an innate right to vote and failure to allow ex-felons to vote has a disproportionate impact on my minority communities.
Felons Deserve Their Rights Back
Every individual deserves the right to vote despite color or gender even if they are a convicted felon. This country was founded off of freedom from declaring itself independent. Even though individuals have committed certain crimes they should at least have a way to earn their freedom back in some type of way. The first step in this process would be making it automatic in every state ,after the process of rehabilitation felons should have their rights reinstated . The reason for this statement is to clarify that anybody can make a mistake . But it should be a way that felons should one day be seen as everyone else including the right to get any job. There is no direct resolution to the problem but the nation should really be concerned with this issue.
The Voting Rights of Ex-Criminals, An Outline Essay
Although some states believe that voting is a privilege that can be taken away after intolerable behavior, ex-criminals should be given voting rights because they are heavily impacted by government decisions, the vote is consequently taken away from low income, minority factions, and the US has a historical record of disenfranchising people regarding their race, color, previous servitude, and sex, so we have reason to question the disenfranchisement of other minorities.


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Donations to Veterans Food Bank in Calgary outpaced by increasing demand
CTVNewsCalgary.ca
Stephanie Thomas CTV News Calgary Video Journalist
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Published Thursday, November 7, 2019 10:25AM MST Last Updated Thursday, November 7, 2019 9:23PM MST
CALGARY — A program run by veterans providing food and supplies to former servicemen and servicewomen is urgently calling for donations.
The Veterans Association Food Bank sponsors veterans and their families with hampers through the holiday season.
"More and more of our brothers and sisters are finding out that we're here," said Mike Nelson, who is in operations with the non-profit group.
It aims to produce 40 hampers for a veteran and family each month, and over the holidays it will deliver 200 or more. Each hamper costs an estimated $450 to produce.
The organization is largely run by veterans for veterans and the immediate families of servicemembers to help those who've fallen on hard times and may not know where to turn.
"Here we understand that they can accept help from basically comrades, brothers and sisters in arms, it's easier," said Joel Vecchione, a U.S. veteran and volunteer.
Organizers also say they are also helping create a sense of community for veterans in Calgary.
"We look them right in the eye and tell them they are home, they're safe and we're not going to let them go, and we mean that. We have peer-to-peer support with each other," said Nelson.
The campaign is in full swing accepting donations at their new warehouse location at Bay #10 820 28th Street N.E. near Marlborough Mall, and financial donations are being accepted online at their website.
Realtors in Crossfield are collecting non-perishable items at 10 open houses Saturday between 11 and 3 p.m.
Volunteers with the Veterans Association Food Bank are largely veterans themselves and share a common experience with the former servicemen and women who receive donations.