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Q: mailto links not opening after upgrade to Kubuntu 21.10 Ever since upgrading from Kubuntu 21.04 to 21.10, mailto links in both Firefox and Chromium don't work anymore. No error message when I click them, just nothing happens.
Thunderbird is set as the default email application in system settings. I checked in Firefox and Thunderbird is set as the handler for mailto. Switching to the other options (Gmail and Yahoo!) doesn't work either. Not sure where to check the mailto handler in Chrome/Chromium, but it seems like it's a system problem rather than browser-specific.
Not sure if it's related, but when I run xdg-email I get thunderbird.desktop: not found. Thunderbird is however installed and the desktop file is where all the others are in /usr/share/applications with 644 permissions.
Also not sure if it's related, but if I run kde-open5 whoever@wherever.com it opens a new Thunderbird compose window.
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Bedfordshire MP demands urgent meeting after police services slammed in latest report
Bedfordshire MP Alistair Burt has demanded an urgent 'clear the air' meeting with those responsible for Bedfordshire's policing and the county's MPs.
This follows today's publication of the HMIC report rating the local force 'inadequate'- the only such rating in the country.
The report also highlights the lack of funding for Bedfordshire's police over many years, on which all Bedfordshire's MPs, Conservative and Labour, have united.
Mr Burt said: "Today's report will be disappointing for a hard working police force, and for the community that depends upon them.
"I remain grateful and supportive of officers who do a difficult job in our county.
"Inadequate seems a harsh judgement, when headline statistics show little difference with a number of national averages and good performance in terms of recorded crime and victim satisfaction.
"But there are also very worrying comments in the report including the inspector's view that the force has 'little understanding of the communities it serves', and is weak on its response to organised crime.
"It is noticeable that many of the weaknesses are linked by HMIC to the poor resourcing of a force with unique characteristics of being largely rural, but dealing with significant national issues, not least terror and a major UK airport.
"MPs will make renewed and urgent efforts to persuade government that the funding crisis can no longer be pushed aside, as successive governments have done.
B"ut there is also a sharp difference of view between the Chief Constable and the inspector about the quality of the force, and I believe it is in the public interest that we seek to resolve this.
"I am therefore calling for the HMIC inspector, the Chief Constable and the PCC to meet together as soon as possible with all Bedfordshire MPs.
"I need to have them in the same room to hear their positions, and above all what can be done to deliver the sort of performance required by our constituents. "I am sure we will all share a common determination to ensure that Bedfordshire and Luton has justifiable confidence in our local police, as our communities deserve."
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/** Simple example: Create a web page with form */

var gui = require ( '../../' )  // stand alone: replace with  require( 'easy-web-app' )
var log = require( 'npmlog' );

// initialize the web app framework and a default main page
var page = gui.init ()
page.header.logoText = 'Tree + Histogram Example'

// Split page into columns
var columns = page.addColumnsRow( 'row3', '400px' )

// split left column into rows
var cRows = columns.addRowsColumn( 'TreeAndHist', '20%' )

// add the tree as row in left column
var treeView = cRows.addView(
    { rowId:'tree',
      title:'Categories',
      type:'pong-tree',
      resourceURL:'/products-tree',
      height:'200px'
    },
    {
      dataURL:"/products-tree",
      titleField:"info",
      treeArray:"types",
      idField:"productSpec",
      labelField:"productName",
      update:["tableView"],
      maxDeepth:"4"
  }
)

// add the histogram below tree in left column
var histView = cRows.addView(
    { rowId:'hist',
      title:'Rating',
      type:'pong-histogram',
      resourceURL:'/products/rating',
      height:'200px'
    },
    {
      dataX:"Rating",
      dataY:"count",
      xAxisUnit:"star",
      xAxisMin:"0",
      xAxisMax:"3",
      blockCount:"3",
      yAxisMax:"auto",
      update:[ ]
    }
  )

// add the table view in the right column
var view = columns.addView (
    // view config
    { columnId:'tableView', title:'Table', type:'pong-easytable', resourceURL:'/products', width:'80%' },
    // view's "pong-easytable" plug-in config
    {
      dataURL:'',
      easyCols:
        [
          '*ID|5%',
          'Name=Name.0',
          'ProductPage_linkForCol_1',
          'Picture',
          'ZoomImg_zooms_Picture',
          'Status_checkbox',
          'Rating',
          'Description_editable',
          'Product~Page_link'
        ],
      actions:[
        {
          "method":"SETDATA",
          "setData": [ { "resId":"hist" } ]
        }
      ]
    }
)

// the table requires a REST web service to serve the data:
var svc  = gui.getExpress();
svc.get(
    '/products-tree',
    function( req, res ) {
      // generate some dummy data:
      var treeData =
      {
          "info":"Filter:",
          "types":[
              {
                  "productSpec":"color",
                  "productName":"Color",
                  "types":[
                      {
                          "productSpec":"blue",
                          "productName":"Blue"
                      },
                      {
                        "productSpec":"red",
                        "productName":"Red",
                      },
                      {
                        "productSpec":"green",
                        "productName":"Green",
                      },
                      {
                        "productSpec":"grey",
                        "productName":"Grey",
                      }
                  ]
              },
              {
                  "productSpec":"top",
                  "productName":"3 Star"
              },
              {
                "productSpec":"all",
                "productName":"Show all"
            }
          ]
      }
      res.json( treeData )
    }
  )

// show page definition
//log.info( 'Page', JSON.stringify( page, ' ', ' ') )

// define some mock data
var tableData =
  [
   {"ID":"yyy1",productSpec:["top","color","blue"],"Name":["Prod A","A"],"Rating":"3","Status":"false","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x02.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yyy3",productSpec:["brown","color"],"Name":["Prod B","A"],"Rating":"2","Status":"true","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x03.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yyy4",productSpec:["color"],"Name":["Prod C","A"],"Rating":"2","Status":"true","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x04.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yyy5",productSpec:["brown","color"],"Name":["Prod D","A"],"Rating":"2","Status":"true","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x05.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yyy6",productSpec:["grey"],"Name":["Prod E","A"],"Rating":"1","Status":"false","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x06.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yyy7",productSpec:["grey"],"Name":["Prod F","A"],"Rating":"2","Status":"false","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x07.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yyy8",productSpec:["grey"],"Name":["Prod G","A"],"Rating":"2","Status":"true","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x08.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yy09",productSpec:["top","green","color"],"Name":["Prod I","A"],"Rating":"3","Status":"true","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x10.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yy19",productSpec:["top","color","green","red"],"Name":["Prod J","A"],"Rating":"3","Status":"true","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x11.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yy11",productSpec:["grey"],"Name":["Prod K","A"],"Rating":"2","Status":"true","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x12.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yy12",productSpec:["green","color"],"Name":["Prod L","A"],"Rating":"2","Status":"true","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x13.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yy13",productSpec:["blue","color"],"Name":["Prod M","A"],"Rating":"2","Status":"true","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x14.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"},
   {"ID":"yy14",productSpec:["blue","green","color"],"Name":["Prod N","A"],"Rating":"2","Status":"true","ProductPage":"http:\/\/mh-svr.de\/pong_dev\/README.md","descr":"Blah blub bubber.","Picture":"img\/x15.png","ZoomImg":"img\/tst.jpg"}
  ]

// product service returns all data or filtered data on productSpec
svc.get(
  '/products',
  function( req, res ) {
    var result = []
    if ( req.query.productSpec  && req.query.productSpec != 'all' ) {
      //log.info( '/products', 'search: '+req.query.productSpec  )
      for ( var i = 0; i < tableData.length; i++ ) {
        if ( tableData[i].productSpec.indexOf( req.query.productSpec ) >= 0 ) {
          //log.info( '/products', JSON.stringify( tableData[i].productSpec ) )
          result.push( tableData[i] )
        }
      }
    } else {
      //log.info( '/products', "copy whole")
      result = tableData
    }
    // generate some dummy data:
    res.json( result )
  }
)

// trick: use i18n replacement for hist labels
gui.lang = { }
gui.lang[ 'EN' ] = { }
gui.addTranslation( 'EN', '1star', '' )
gui.addTranslation( 'EN', '2star', '' )
gui.addTranslation( 'EN', '3star', '' )

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Why Alperen Sengun is the key to the Houston Rockets' future
By Cameron Davis
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The Houston Rockets have had a myriad of problems this year. They've had incredible ups and incredible downs. However, Alperen Sengun may be the golden ticket to contention, and the Rockets need to ride the Turkish center's unfathomable skills to the promised land.
Drafted 16th overall in the 2021 NBA draft by the Thunder, Alperen Sengun was quickly traded to the Houston Rockets for two future first-rounder picks. Houston absolutely loved the potential of the former Turkish Super League MVP and negotiated with the Thunder to select Sengun for them. A little more than a quarter into the season, it looks to have been the right move.
Related. What's Alperen Sengun ceiling?. dark
Sengun isn't what the general NBA fan would look for in a big man. He doesn't appear athletic. Although he has shot well from distance this season on a very limited sample, he also isn't a sharpshooter. Sengun, in the same vein as the multi-faceted Luis Scola, is one of the most skilled big men the Rockets have ever seen.
Sengun's post-game is unrivaled among young big men in the league. Whether he's fading away, hop stepping towards the basket past his defender, or finding a wide-open shooter on the wing, Alperen is an absolute menace in the post.
At the beginning of the season, Sengun's playing time was hard to come by. His skill set works best when he is the lone big and it seems Houston has noticed this. To get the most out of Sengun they have started running offense almost exclusively through him while he's in the game, and it's paid off too. Sengun is in all of the Rockets' top-five lineups in net points per 100 possessions for the season. Simply put, he is an absolute difference maker when he is on the floor.
Sengun was a key cog in the Rockets 7 game win streak anchoring the bench unit. He's unorthodox, he's at times out of place defensively (something that changes with experience), but he's also an absolute weapon. Rockets fans should be excited to see the growth and development of the Turkish phenom because he has what it takes to lift the franchise back to the top.
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August 4, 2015 /Archives /by Hessie Jones
I work in a start-up business. I've been blessed with a great team who lives and breathes the company culture everyday – people who continue to exude the passion to try new things and develop new ways of streamlining and becoming smart in how we grow and attract the right customers.
We are a small company and we listen to each other – I mean, we really listen and we respect the viewpoints that each has to contribute, no matter how harsh. I believe in transparency, no matter how much it hurts the ego. Especially mine.
Continuous Change Needs To Be Enabled And Nurtured
I always thought I'd get it right off the bat because I was developing this company from the beginning. Not many CEOs have the benefit of creating a vision and cultivating it from its very beginnings. I have. It comes with amazing outcomes but also detrimental effects.
People Are Everything!
It doesn't usually take long for me to trust people. My nature is to give people the benefit of the doubt. I also pride myself in the ability to spot awesomeness. It's easy for me to latch onto people who speak about the future, new ways of thinking and their personal philosophies about where things are going. These are the people I tend to work with because they have this intrinsic drive that allows them to continuously question existing processes and figure out better ways to get things done. And I love that.
It's because of this that we've streamlined our communication processes, improved our filing system and created a more structured way of running meetings. This has provided immense improvement especially in a company whose principles operate remotely in different parts of the U.S. and Canada. I have Joe Cardillo to thank for that. We've also improved the quality of our content. Susan Silver and Amy Tobin continue to be vigilant about producing valued content that our customers will read. I continue to be blown away with how data is being used to gain us more credibility and earn us more traffic in the process.
Being a leader doesn't mean you know everything. I don't have all the answers and I don't pretend I do. What I do know is that what we've built today is the work of a collective team that believes in the goals of the company.
Become Uncomfortable … Always
My partner in crime, Amy Tobin, knows this to be true. We often have uncomfortable conversations. Many times these discussions may criticize a decision that has been already made. It often times makes me question some of my personal views on a situation and my own process for coming to the conclusions I have.
As much as it may feel like it's a personal slight, the criticism stems from the perspective about company direction and focus. I've been known to derail direction in response to some cool ideas that present themselves. My instinct has been to say, "Hey, who's the boss here?" I'm glad, however, I've allowed myself the time to regroup and think about what exactly has been questioned and why. I've also nurtured one on one meetings to allow more transparency and honest opinion.
In a start-up people will come and go, even the amazing ones. I take comfort in knowing that I've done everything I could to allow each one to develop to the point where they've felt compelled to spread their wings and find their own way. Regardless of the circumstances, there has been considerable learning on both sides. This is a business that thrives because its players want what's best for the company. That is truly rare in big business.
Make Mistakes… Then Move On
When I started this business I had absolutely no experience as an entrepreneur. I had some great experience as a marketer but not as a business person. This learning curve has been a steep one.
I won't lie. We've repositioned the mission for this company several times. It's been in response to market demand or lack thereof. Each time we've gone through the exercise of "Who we are and what do we want to be when we grow up?", everyone provides their honest viewpoint. This challenges us but also forces us to rethink and refocus, with the intention of getting alignment into what the market needs.
I've also made wrong decisions: when it came to clients, our people and how things were done. But I've learned from them. I don't doubt I'll continue to make more mistakes and learn from those as well. It's inevitable.
As this business grows up and changes, I would hope that I will continue to maintain the values that have been instilled from the beginning. I don't doubt there will continue to be rough waters ahead but as long as everyone has a voice that is heard and listened to; and as long as they feel valued, will I feel like I'm headed in the right direction.
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The new features of Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, which arrives tomorrow on Xbox One
Tomorrow returns to Xbox One, in digital format, one of the most popular classic RPG games in history: Final Fantasy VIII Remastered. This remastered installment will be released along with a series of improvements with which Square Enix has tried to adapt the game and make it more accessible to current player trends. Although those who seek only to enjoy the gameplay of the game as originally conceived, they can do so obviously without using these options.
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered includes the following features to improve the gaming experience:
Easier battles: VIT and BTC bars are filled to the maximum continuously and limits are always available.
Without encounters: An option without random encounters to enjoy history without interruptions. Even with random encounters disabled, it is still possible to enjoy the fighting of the events of the story.
Speed (x3): The game advances three times faster.
In addition, exclusively for the Steam edition, in the case that it will be your option, you will have a series of additional functions: Objects (grant all objects, with exceptions), Skills, Maximum GF level, Maximum Guiles, Magic Maximum, Limits and Letters (grant the maximum of all cards, except for those
«Final Fantasy VIII Remastered celebrates its twentieth anniversary by moving this role-playing game so appreciated to modern platforms with renewed graphics that make the game's characters come alive as never before. The players will get into the shoes of Squall Leonhart, a candidate for Seed, and Rinoa Heartilly, belonging to the resistance, while fighting together to save the world from the belligerent nation of Galbadia.
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Being a judge is among top five jobs for importance of stress tolerance, ranking says
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Judges and magistrates are among the nation's top five high-stress jobs, according to an online database of occupations.
The ranking scored and ranked 873 jobs based on the importance of stress tolerance, defined as the ability to accept criticism and deal calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. The list was developed with worker input by the Occupational Information Network, a database known as ONET.
Topping the list were urologists, with a score of 100 for the importance of tolerating stress, USA Today reports. Second on the list were film and video editors, with a score of 99. Judges and magistrates had a score of 98, tying with anesthesiologist assistants, phone operators and acute care nurses.
Lawyers had a stress ranking of 87, putting them much further down on the list. They tied with more than 20 other occupations, including umpires and referees, registered nurses, intelligence analysts, gambling change people, child care workers and anesthesiologists.
The ONET database was developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Labor and its Employment and Training Administration. It is continually updated with input by a broad range of workers in each occupation, according to its "about" page.
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Cardiology > Prevention
USPSTF Sticks by Limited Screening for AAA
Task force formalizes its proposal on abdominal aortic aneurysm screening
by Crystal Phend Crystal Phend, Senior Editor, MedPage Today December 10, 2019
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) officially updated its recommendation for one-time ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in step with the draft proposal released in June.
Those guidelines recommended screening at ages 65 to 75 for asymptomatic men who have ever smoked (B recommendation) and selective screening for men the same age who have never smoked (C recommendation).
Also closely matching the task force's 2014 guidance was an I statement of insufficient evidence to recommend screening women ages 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked (defined by having had at least 100 cigarettes).
However, "[f]amily history (first-degree relative) of AAA has been added as a risk factor for screening decisions in women," Douglas Owens, MD, of Stanford University in Stanford, California, and colleagues wrote in JAMA.
For asymptomatic women who have never smoked and don't have a family history of AAA, the recommendation was thus upgraded to a D, against screening, "as the prevalence of AAA is low (0.03%-0.60%) in this population," noted an accompanying editorial.
Women face higher operative mortality, even with endovascular repair, and their lengths of stay are longer following endovascular repair as well, with lower chances of being discharged to home and higher readmission rates, added editorialist Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. "Most of these complications and poor outcomes can be explained because women present at a more advanced age with a significant AAA."
However, "[w]omen with a significant smoking history may have a prevalence of AAA exceeding 2%; therefore, it is reasonable to screen this cohort for AAA and consider repair for an AAA greater than 5.0 to 5.5 cm in diameter," said Matthew Mell, MD, of the University of California Davis, in an editorial in JAMA Network Open. He cited the more liberal screening recommendations of the Society for Vascular Surgery.
Marc Schermerhorn, MD, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, advocated the draft U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, which are likewise more liberal in supporting screening as cost-effective for any group with prevalence over 0.35%, which includes both never-smoker men with risk factors and women with multiple risk factors but no family history and no age cutoff.
"The recommendation and letter grade is important, as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandates that private insurers cover services that receive a grade of A or B by the USPSTF," he wrote in an editorial in JAMA Surgery. "Although theoretically possible, very few C recommendations or I statements interventions end up reimbursed under CMS [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]."
Regardless of the specifics, "AAA screening continues to be underused even for patients who meet the established criteria for screening," Mell noted, calling for more research into how to better diffuse the guidelines into practice.
Schermerhorn disclosed relevant relationships with Abbott, Cook Medical, Endologix, Medtronic, and Philips.
Freischlag and Mell disclosed no relevant relationships with industry.
Source Reference: US Preventive Services Task Force "Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement" JAMA 2019; DOI:10.1001/jama.2019.18928.
Source Reference: Freischlag JA "Updated Guidelines on Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms" JAMA 2019; doi:10.1001/jama.2019.19626.
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6. Luxy. Let it be known that Luxy only ranks high in this list because hundred-dollar bills are a straight-up aphrodisiac in America. We support our prior statement that " Luxy is a dating app About the App: FriendFinder-X is a popular online sex community that welcomes singles and couples (who are at least 18 years old) with various sexual desires and of various genders, What to Know About Sex and Dating Apps Before Jumping into Bed (or a Relationship) With a Stranger Facebook Dating. It is: Facebook's new dating app that takes your Facebook groups And then there's the fun of thinking that these apps guarantee you sex, an assumption which a study by the UK's National Crime Agency says has factored into a startling rise in sexual People years old were the most likely to only use one dating app at a time (%). % of all respondents use at least two dating apps. Men were far more likely to use 3 or ... read more
But I doubt most women — or most people, regardless of gender - will follow suit. One of the most insidious aspects of dating apps is, again, that they are designed to be addictive — so addictive that many people say they use them without intending to ever meet up with someone in person. I think this is one of the greatest dangers of online dating: that the new dating technologies will eventually become more important to people than other human beings.
Sadly, I think this is already starting to happen. But then when it comes to love, hope springs eternal. My hope is that, somehow, one day, love will indeed conquer all, and both women and men will reject the sexist scam of online dating in order to find and build loving, caring relationships as equal partners. Have some people already found this through online dating? Nancy Jo Sales is a writer for Vanity Fair and the author of American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers.
Her new book Nothing Personal: My Secret Life in the Dating App Inferno is released on 18 May by Hachette. News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show More Show More News World news UK news Coronavirus Climate crisis Environment Science Global development Football Tech Business Obituaries. This article is more than 1 year old. Nancy Jo Sales. Read more. Topics Dating Opinion Online dating Apps comment. Reuse this content. It is: The most notorious hook-up app, especially among the younger folks.
Swipe right on a profile photo you like, hope they swipe right too to get a match. The catch: You can get stuck swiping until your fingers bleed. Who you want to find: A beautiful stranger who's down.
Who you actually find: A passable stranger who chats for a bit and then ghosts you. It is: A dating app for more serious contenders—think more second and third dates, fewer hook-ups, and possibly even marriage. Who you actually find: Someone who is very seriously looking for "the one" and who won't waste their time on duds. It is: An app that selects your matches for you. As in, no swiping required. The catch: Women are only sent matches who've already expressed interest.
Who you want to find: Whoever the algorithm deems fit. Who you actually find: Just another reason to never trust computers. It is: An elite app for celebrities, models, artists, and other generally cultured people. Also, increasingly, influencers. Gatekeeper: You have to be one of the above. And rich. Who you want to find: Channing Tatum or John Mayer. Who you actually find: Jeremy Piven. Get: App Store. It is: Essentially Tinder, but for queer people and with more customizable search options.
The catch: Like Tinder, it stresses quantity over quality. Who you want to find: A put-together man who wants to grab a drink, and then some. Who you actually find: A flighty year-old who likes talking about his abdominals. It is: An app that literally tracks you, showing you when and how often you cross paths with other users.
The catch: You need to leave your apartment. Who you want to find: The person with the dimples you've seen at the corner store twice. Who you actually find: The stalker you didn't know you had. It is: An app that admits ambitious, successful users only after an extensive screening period. The catch: You need a LinkedIn account. An Ivy League education doesn't hurt, either. Who you want to find: An attractive progressive with lofty career aspirations.
Who you actually find: A banker in the family business who uses the word "handouts" unironically. It is: Essentially Tinder, but women make the rules. As in, only women can start a conversation after a match is made. The rule doesn't apply to same sex matches. The catch: Matches only last for 24 hours, so if she doesn't start a convo, you've been hung out to dry. Who you want to find: A young professional with an adventurous spirit.
Or Sharon Stone. Who you actually find: A hundred women who never move past the first swipe. It is: Essentially Tinder, but for finding threesomes and other sexual adventures. The catch: Faking chemistry with one person is one thing. Faking it with two is near impossible. Who you want to find: Two ungodly attractive individuals who you will never have to see again. Who you actually find: Two similarly inexperienced individuals who won't make this any less awkward.
It is: Essentially Tinder, and very chat focused. The catch: You have to converse with the hoards. Who you want to find: A casually attractive hook-up. Who you actually find: A casually attractive hook-up, but only after 37 failed attempts to chat it up.
It is: Essentially Tinder, but for rich people. Who you want to find: A one-night stand who supplies the Dom Perignon and cashmere blankets.
I believe online dating has made single women overall less happy, less likely to find a long-term partner, and more at risk of sexual violence. All of which has only gotten worse since the pandemic, when dating sites have become pretty much the only way to date for millions of people across the world. But dating apps have led to the normalization of abuses which would have been considered appalling in other, supposedly less progressive eras.
Unsolicited dick pics, harassing messages, and the non-consensual sharing of nudes are now routine features of dating for women across demographics.
Yet they do next to nothing to help women with their very real concerns. These are astronomical figures, and yet somehow still largely left out of the online dating conversation.
Bumble, for example, which calls itself a feminist app, has had a number of reported cases of stalking, sexual assault and rape, and users have been quoted as saying that the company has failed to address their concerns as they would have hoped. Their marketing teams would have us believe that everybody who swipes is about to walk off into the sunset with a soulmate. Since the pandemic, the invasion of Big Dating into our most intimate of spaces has led to an overwhelming of courtship by corporations: corporations which above all want our time, our money and our data, rather than to see us find love or even good sex.
Multiple studies have shown that the hookup sex often associated with online dating is less satisfying for women overall. The capitalistic takeover of dating will continue to be very bad for women, tearing away at our opportunities to find love and lasting relationships and destroying our self-esteem as studies say dating apps do. Unless we do something about it, that is. The question is what. I would argue that women should delete their dating apps en masse in some Lysistrata-like move of self-preservation; I know many women who have chucked these apps and find themselves much happier for it.
Sadly, I think this is already starting to happen. But then when it comes to love, hope springs eternal. My hope is that, somehow, one day, love will indeed conquer all, and both women and men will reject the sexist scam of online dating in order to find and build loving, caring relationships as equal partners.
Have some people already found this through online dating? Nancy Jo Sales is a writer for Vanity Fair and the author of American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers. Her new book Nothing Personal: My Secret Life in the Dating App Inferno is released on 18 May by Hachette. News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show More Show More News World news UK news Coronavirus Climate crisis Environment Science Global development Football Tech Business Obituaries.
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HUGHTON - 'THEY STARTED BETTER'
Jonny Lally
Boss unhappy with start against Hammers
NORWICH City Manager Chris Hughton was left feeling disappointed after a 2-1 Barclays Premier League defeat to West Ham United on New Year's Day.
The Hammers took a 2-0 lead in the first half – the first through a controversial penalty, and the second through Joey O'Brien, after a suggestion that Alex Tettey had been fouled in the build-up.
However Hughton was quick to point out that the first half performance was not up to City's usual high standards, despite a second half improvement that saw Russell Martin pull one back a minute from time.
He told Canaries Player: "You don't want to make excuses, and West Ham were better than us in that first half period.
"They started better and we gave away a penalty so early in the game.
"There is no doubt that Ryan Bennett had got hold of Winston Reid's shirt, but Reid also had his forearm in Ryan's chest.
"On the odd occasions that you do see them given there is a little bit of uproar because numerous ones are seen and not given.
"So I'm disappointed that that went against us, and I thought the challenge on Alex Tettey in the build-up to the second goal was a foul. It pulled him out of the game in an area that he would have had an influence.
"They started better than us, but the second half performance was a bit more what we've been like and the good play that we showed nearly got us back into the game.
"Again though we've given ourselves a bit of a mountain to climb and it wasn't enough in the end.
"We've certainly been on the back of misfortune, but it's about a performance and we didn't perform to our capabilities in the first half.
"To be fair to the referee he explained what he saw and the reasons why he gave the decisions."
With Steve Morison and Grant Holt currently out injured, Harry Kane started for the Canaries in attack, whilst Javier Garrido was replaced by Ryan Bennett.
Hughton explained: "The decision to leave out Garrido was tactical. We know that when you come here you get a very physical game against a side that get a lot of crosses in, get a lot of set plays and are very strong.
"With Bradley Johnson out and Grant Holt and Steve Morison missing we were a little short of height, so we wanted to go a little bigger at the back, and be able to cope with their direct play at times."
On the prospect of some new arrivals in the January transfer window he added: "We're working hard, there's no doubt about that.
"It's about making sure anything we do is right for the football club. What we don't want to do is strengthen the squad in areas that we don't feel are right for us. If we see there is an opportunity and it is right then we'll endeavour to do so.
"The scouting process goes on throughout the year, and it's about what's available and what is good business, but as always the best way of doing business is very much behind the scenes."


Google and Apple – pushing intel in the same direction?
After reading the article on the Googleplex in the IHT, it struck me that Apple and Google are going to be radically changing the processor market as they push technology forward. The biggest being (I suspect) a fundamental change in "what's important" in a process. Instead of "processing speed at any cost", it is (or will be) moving to "processing power per watt".
I'm not going to comment on the accuracy of most of the story for the obvious reasons, but they got "googleplex" wrong–it usually refers to the company's headquarters complex, not the servers. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googleplex.


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A Three-Way Race for Supervisor
Posted by The Argonaut | May 11, 2016 | Marina Del Rey, News | 1 |
Steve Napolitano, Janice Hahn and Ralph Pacheco battle to take over for termed-out Don Knabe
By Gary Walker
Steve Napolitano, Janice Hahn and Ralph Pacheco
Representing 10 million people and managing a budget of more than $28 billion a year, they are arguably the five most powerful public officials in Southern California, yet the scope of their authority isn't widely understood.
Jails, parks, public health, foster care and local infrastructure fall under their control, but they report only to the voters — who haven't voted an incumbent out of office since 1980, as contested elections were rare until the imposition of term limits in 2008.
They are the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and on June 7 voters in Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey and parts of Westchester are being asked to choose a new one to replace Don Knabe, who has served on the board since 1996 and must bow out due to term limits.
It's a three-way race for the board's Fourth District, a winding swath of 458 square miles that's home to about 2 million people and stretches from the marina to Long Beach and then inland to Diamond Bar.
Congresswoman Janice Hahn (D- San Pedro), Knabe field deputy Steve Napolitano and Whittier Union High School District Board member Ralph Pacheco offer the district's 480,000 registered voters extensive government experience at the local, regional and national levels.
In a year when voters appear hungry to consider outsider candidates, how each frames his or her experience may be what sets the candidates apart.
Mark Galanty, a longtime Westside political consultant who is not working for any of the three campaigns, thinks Napolitano will give Hahn a tough fight in many parts of the district but expects Hahn to ultimately win the race.
"She has good political skills and she knows how to run a campaign," Galanty said. "People are amped up about the presidential election, and higher turnout usually favors Democrats."
As of May 3, Hahn was also the top fundraiser, with nearly $1 million. Napolitano, the lone Republican in the ostensibly nonpartisan race, had raised nearly $800,000, though more than half of it was in loans to his own campaign. Pacheco, late to enter the race, has not reported any fundraising.
Napolitano and Hahn are each tied to men who cast long political shadows.
Having worked for Knabe for about a decade, Napolitano comes into the race with his boss' endorsement but realizes he must also clearly establish his own political identity in order to win.
"Don Knabe is Don Knabe and I'm Steve Napolitano. I've got my vision for the county, but we do share the philosophy of putting the residents first. He's a local government guy and I'm a local government guy," he said.
Hahn's father was former L.A. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn — a legendary figure in L.A. politics, particular in South Los Angeles — and her brother is former L.A. Mayor James Hahn.
"My family has a long history of delivering results for the public," said Hahn, who can boast plenty of her own experience: 10 years on the Los Angeles City Council and five years in Congress.
Napolitano, formerly mayor of Manhattan Beach, draws a contrast between his and Hahn's political experience.
"She comes from Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, which is totally different from a lot of the smaller cities, where you're really on the front lines and in the trenches, providing services to people who you meet all the time," Napolitano said. "Putting people in local communities first is what I share with [Knabe], and I will absolutely continue on with that philosophy."
Hahn said that her experience in Congress combined with her experience on the council, including the city commission that created neighborhood councils, gives her a broad vision of the many aspects of governance that cross paths with the Board of Supervisors.
"The charter review commission created neighborhood councils, which are grassroots democracy in action and provide a voice for everyone. And I would carry that same spirit to the board as a county supervisor," Hahn said.
Underfunded and the least-known candidate throughout the district, Pacheco has the toughest challenge in reaching voters but points to his 30-plus years of experience on school boards and community councils.
"There is one candidate who is in the hip pocket of the supervisor, another who is in the hip pocket of the special interests," Pacheco said. "The question will be: 'Who do you trust, someone who is courageous or someone who is in the hip pocket of special interests and the status quo?'"
Despite the massive size of the district, the race is of special significance to unincorporated Marina del Rey, which is governed directly by county officials and is one of the county's most lucrative revenue generators.
The LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce is backing Napolitano.
"Steve has been very visible in Marina del Rey and with our chamber for many years. He has been involved in almost all of the important issues in Maria del Rey, including dredging the harbor and the visioning plan," chamber President Christina Davis said.
But that visioning plan and the overall scope of growth and development has been a major point of contention between marina residents and county officials.
Napolitano attributed the pace of development to the expiration of long-term leases and said he'd seek to strike a balance between pro- and slow-growth advocates. Hahn framed the matter as a quality of life issue and said the county could do more to mitigate traffic congestion. (For more, please see the table on the opposite page).
Beth Holden-Garland, a Silver Strand resident in Marina del Rey, said traffic congestion should be a top priority.
"It is at a critical mass. You cannot get across now to local businesses because traffic is at a standstill on Lincoln and Washington boulevards and Admiralty Way," she said.
A resident of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl's district, Holden-Garland can't vote in this election but is rooting for Hahn.
"This election will deeply impact our neighborhood and our daily lives," said Holden-Garland, who opposed the county's recent approval for construction of a hotel on a parcel of undeveloped land on Admiralty Way. "We hope that the newly elected official who replaces Don Knabe is someone of character and backbone, and not someone who only watches out for developers' interests here in the marina."
Some locals have also expressed concern about the county potentially pricing some boaters out of the marina by calculating slip fees according to market rates. Napolitano supports the market-rate fee structure, Hahn has expressed concern, and Pacheco would set slip fees according to the cost of creating and maintaining them.
Voters in lower Playa del Rey have been vocal about maintaining a winter beach berm, which all three candidates support and Napolitano pledged to build every year.
While outsider campaigns have been drawing national attention, Galanty doesn't expect that trend will impact this contest.
"People are concerned about their own local issues. That's usually where these type of races are won," he said.
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Edris Raymond Aubry, Jr.	on May 16, 2016 at 5:51 pm
I am not so sure about Steve Napolitano being elected as a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor member.
I received a flyer in the mail paid for by Steve Napolitano for Supervisor 2016. It was all about bashing Janice Hahn, regarding Pay, Perks and Pension.
In the flyer it mentions:
1) Pay: "By the end of Janice Hahn's term on the the Los Angeles City Council were paid an annual salary of $178,792…the highest paid members in the nation.
2) Perks: "Each LA City Council member got a free car, maintenance, and gas costing $6,000-$15,000 annually; each gets a petty cash fund of $5,000 and each receives a dubious $100,000 yearly taxpayer-financed slush fund…Added up L.A's Council members grt by on about $300,000 a year. Rougdly another $1.3 million annually – per council district – pays for each of their personal staffs of 16-32 people, up to eight more free cars and more free gasoline.
3) Pension: Janice Hahn double-dipped by collecting thousands in Los Angeles city pensions while in Congress. If elected Supervisor, she'll be eligible forTHREE separete pensions and lifrtimr gold-plated health care paid for by taxpayers. Now she plans to leave her current job JUST IN TIME TO COLLECT A THIRD GOVERNMENT PENSION.
We can't afford Janice Hahn as LA County Supervisor. We're working for her. She's supposed to be working for us.
On the front cover page it states: "Congresswoman Janice Hahn has turned public service into her private piggy bank. AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID POLITICIAN IN THE COUNTRY, TAXPAYER FUNDED PERKS AND MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT PENTIONS."
On the back cover page it states: "The system is rigged. Congressional research found that family connections are more prevalent in elected office then in almost every other profession, including doctors, lawyers, plumbers and electricians. The political establishment has turned our government into a family run business.
Janice Hahn has turned family connections and political contacts into a rigged system that pays her record level salaries, taxpayer-funded cars, free gas, and multiple government pensions.
CONGRESSWOMEN JANICE HAHN. WE'RE WORKING FOR HER. SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING FOR US.
So, Please let me repeat myself: Based on the points reveled in this flyer regarding Ms. Hahn's salary, I am not so sure that Steve Napolitano has made a strong case that he is more qualified to be elected as a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor than Janice Hahn. Everything he (or his writers) have written regarding Janice Hahn and what he (they) think that Janice Hahn has done wrong is not founded. Well, I frankly do not see that she has done any wrong as pointed out in this flyer. So, is anyone not supposed to vote for her based on these stayments of facts??? If this is so wrong, why is it that she has not been held accountable for any of these actions? Ms. Hahn recieved remumerations for services rendered. Just like the rest of her piers. Were they not entiteled to what what they recieved? If not, then his fight is with the system and not with her or them if they were paid too much.
Now if Mr. Napolitano wants to get my vote (or the vote of anyone) based on these facts. I would think that he would give the voters a few facts about himself that may qualify him for the possition. But no he decided not to do that. However, he is Knabe's field deputy (Steve Napolitano). So, is he turning political power into personal gain? Or are, family connections (as Knabe's field deputy) are more prevalent in elected office than in almost every other profession. This is what his flyer quoted as to what is required.
We can not afford Steve Napolitano as a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor be cause he has not given us any reason to belive that he is qualified for the position. And to try to point out that Janice Hahn was payed to do her job is not enough to disqualify her and validate you instead.
I would think that Mr. Napolitano would have given the voters facts relevent to his qualifactions to be elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Furthermore, for such a strong bashing extended to Ms. Hahn, (for which I do not see what she has done wrong), why is he running for office. Should he not be fighting the system and not joining it!
(I tried to get a telephone number for Mr. Napolitano's office to complain regarding this disturbing flyer that was mailed to me but was unable to get a phone number.)
Edris Raymond Aubry, Jr.


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Programmers who are incentivized to update, maintain, add new features, and integrate the cryptocurrency with application providers.
Ecosystem partners that can make money.
So where does Bitcoin stand in this measure?
Miners probably operate nodes and pools as well, and I would expect they provide funding to developers. They have the datacenters, tech support, and the incentive to make the entire transaction infrastructure work. They could also employ programmers that can add to and update the codebase. Bigger miners are Bitmain, BitFury, Genesis Mining.
Because it's the first and biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has many ecosystem partners like Coinbase, Kraken, Electrum, Blockchain.info, and BitPay.
Because people want more features, that leads to the creation of Altcoins, and also projects that build on top of the Bitcoin blockchain. These Bitcoin extension projects are usually called sidechains.
You don't need my opinion on Bitcoin. It just is. Take look at Bitcoin on Github for reference. I mine for Bitcoins using the latest and best SHA-256 ASIC mining technology. Right now that's Bitmain Antminer S9's.
Let's take a look at some of the Altcoins out there using a template.
Reason – why does the Coin exist?
Code – is the code improvement active, is it unique and different? Is there wallet support on different platforms?
Community – What is the community like? Are they active?
Programmers – Are there programmers contributing to the code improvement and integration?
Miners – Are there many active miners?
Node Operators – Is there a large quantity of nodes?
Customers – Are there people using this yet?
Ecosystem partners – Exchanges, hardware wallets, partner.
Ethereum is designed to be more flexible and useful than Bitcoin. The code is written for smart contracts and automated action. The Internet of Things will be able to have devices talk to each other and pay each other small amounts of Ethereum to make things happen automatically.
Reason – Unique and different from Bitcoin. Used to build flexible and automated systems.
Code – Unique, new, different. Has had some issues, still under development.
Community – Technology companies are working with it.
Programmers – Active development on Ethereum at Github. Tens of thousands of commits and hundreds of contributors.
Miners – Some miners using GPU cards. Supposed to transition away from mining at some point.
Node Operators – In the future, node operators with Ethereum will replace miners and will be paid.
Customers – Businesses are building applications with Ethereum.
Ecosystem partners – Traded on exchanges, has other business partners. Hardware wallet support.
Ethereum is going to be around for a while. There was a code base split, leading to Ethereum Classic. These two systems have the ability to go in different development directions. They will both be around for a while.
Ethereum Classic is also available for mining. It's a fork of Ethereum, and has it's own community developing in a different direction than Ethereum.
I used to mine Ethereum on my GPU miners, and I might again. I may also mine for Ethereum Classic. There are other coins that are more profitable to mine with my GPU miners right now, though.
Ripple is a creation of banks. I included it in here because it is high up on the list of Coinmarketcap. I don't like it. But let's look at it anyway.
Code – Written by contractors for the banks. It seems like it makes sense and is good code.
Community – People who work for banks?
Programmers – whoever the banks hired to program it. I'm sure they're good. It's not on Github.
Miners – It's not possible to mine Ripple.
Node Operators – The banks or the Ripple company run the node servers.
Customers – The banks are the customers. They have money, so that's good.
Ecosystem partners – The banks and their suppliers.
I have no use for Ripple. I can't participate in it, haven't bothered to understand it, and don't care about it.
Litecoin has been around a long time. It is almost, but not quite like Bitcoin. It's value compared to Bitcoin has languished. It has a large community of miners and ecosystem supporters. So does Dogecoin. Maybe Litecoin is making a comeback?
Reason – Copy of Bitcoin, with faster block times and more coins issued.
Code – Active development, wallets for all computers and mobile devices, API's available.
Community – Not a strong community as far as I can tell, but there is one.
Programmers – There is active contribution to Litecoin on Github. Over 10,000 commits and 400 contributors.
Miners – Large installed base of ASIC based Litecoin miners.
Customers – Litecoin is accepted in many places that Bitcoin is.
Ecosystem partners – Coinbase, other exchanges, hardware wallet support.
Unfortunately the Bitmain Antminer L3 is only available in China right now, and I am guessing at the price for when it is for sale outside of China. I expect it to be available to the rest of the world soon. There are other coins that are popular that use Scrypt as well, so Litecoin miners can be used to mine those if they are more profitable.
Dash has code that is similar to Bitcoin. It splits the mining profits between miners (45%), node operators (45%), and infrastructure team (10%). Payouts to the infrastructure team are determined by projects and put to the vote of the node operators. Dash is actually one of the Altcoins I like the most. It extends Bitcoin with rapid transactions and privacy through coin mixing using Masternodes. To be a masternode operator, you need to own 1000 Dash. Right now there are about 4000 masternodes.
Code – Continual improvement, wallets for all platforms, funding for more.
Community – Big community that works well together.
Programmers – Strong core team, good volunteers and developers.
Customers – Still not accepted online in many places.
Ecosystem partners – On exchanges, has hardware wallet support.
Dash is definitely on the upswing. The interesting thing about the X11 miner from Baikal is its low poer usage. The amount of profits per amount of electricity used is much higher than any other Coin out there.
Zcash is similar to Bitcoin, but using different crypto. It is very new, and it has extended Bitcoin with advanced crypto for complete anonymity. I think it is still overvalued, but it might grow into its value. Developers are rewarded by 20% of mined coins for first 4 years. There is a good list of answers to o Zcash FAQ's.
There are two main types of transactions, T stands for transparents, and are just like Bitcoin transactions. Z stands for shielded transactions, and are anonymous. Z transactions are much more computationally intensive, and are only supported in the wallets on PC's with powerful CPU's for now. It's possible to receive Zcash or Zclassic on a PC wallet with a T or Z transaction, and send it out using either type of transaction.
Customers – very few yet.
I think Zcash is going to be around for a while. It fills a need for private transactions, is supported by a strong team, and has good community and ecosystem support.
Zclassic is a fork of Zcash with two changes. There is no slow start on mining rewards, and there is no developer reward. It's community has developed rapidly, and it looks like there is cross-contribution of code between Zcash and Zclassic developers. It looks like a Coin that is going to be around for a while.
I think Zclassic is going to do well. I think people like the technology, and some were a little put off by the inability to participate as part of the Zcash team. Just like with Zcash, there is a need for private transactions, it's supported by a strong team, and has good community support. If there is more support from exchanges and hardware wallet manufacturers, it will do well.
Monero is based on Cryptonote, an algorithm designed for only private transactions. It appears to be doing well, and there are many supporters of the Coin. It appears to have the ability to be successful, but I don't like it. Whenever I try to dig into the specifics of using it, it's security, and the ecosystem, I find I don't want to be part of that. I'm wrong a lot, though, and may be wrong in this case. Here's some info on Monero.
Code – improvement is active. But wallet support is very basic on PC's and nonexistent on mobile devices.
Monero is profitable to mine, but Zcash, Zclassic, and Ethereum are more profitable to mine right now than Monero. If Monero gets good wallet support on Windows, gets a mobile wallet, and gets hardware wallet support, it will definitely help it to grow and prosper.
Bitcoin is definitely worth investing time and money into. So are the Altcoins that have a purpose, have a way of compensating the different members of the community, and continue to develop and add new features. The others will fall by the wayside.
If you are looking to purchase Altcoins for investment, you have to look at the fundamentals, and at the price. If you are going to mine them and keep a portion of them for a long time, you need to look at the fundamentals and current mining profitability.
But if you are going to mine them and immediately exchange them for Bitcoin, then you don't need to care about the fundamentals, just the current mining profitability. The links above to Coinwarz will take you to a calculation screen based on the current price compared to Bitcoin, which changes all the time. So it's worth checking back periodically.
ASIC miners are a big investment. Fortunately they are not limited to one Altcoin. GPU miners are more flexible, and as long as there is an Altcoin that is profitable to mine, GPU miners will be worth the money and time to run them.
I also think some of the cryptocurrencies are going to be increasing in value faster than Bitcoin. For example, Dash has gone from 9 per dollar to 20 in just a few months.
There are definitely some people who publicly proclaim that Bitcoin is going to be big cryptocurrency, and all the others are going to fade away. That is a simple and uninformed analysis, and easy to make if one does not bother to do any research and testing. Similarly, there are many commentators and naysayers who like to burnish their own reputation by being negative about everything having to do with Altcoins. There's also those who make sky-high projections. A lot of this is based on hearsay and opinion.
It's people who have skin in the game, like developers, miners, investors, and people in the cryptocurrency partner ecosystem who really know what's going on. These are the people who have their money, time, and mental power invested in the growth of these cryptocurrencies. There are definitely risks, and the possibility that different events can affect the growth, adoption, and even legality of both Bitcoin and Altcoins.
Most people have never even heard of Bitcoin.
When I have conversations about how it is an alternative to the dollar, and is like digital gold, the most common response I hear is that the dollar is backed by gold! I don't even bother talking about Zcash or Dash to them. As the usability and availability of Bitcoin becomes mainstream, and people start looking for the features they expect in digital money, they will come to embrace the alternative coins.
Thanks for this. Do you still believe the same about Dash?
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Dior's Greatest Hits Are Now on View at the Brooklyn Museum
by Maxine Wally
Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images
Dior's expansive history of couture, beauty, pop culture, and art, is now laid out in room after room of show stopping fashion at the Brooklyn Museum. The new exhibition, titled Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams features hundreds of bar jackets, tea-length skirts, fantastical gowns, accessories, sketches, and photographs that span Dior's 75-plus years as a top maison. And on Wednesday, September 8—just as New York Fashion Week kicked into high gear—the house celebrated opening day with a star-studded party.
Lorde (who wore a black Dior ball gown and stiletto pumps, her hair pulled tightly back into a chignon) was in attendance; as was Kacey Musgraves, wearing head-to-toe leopard print; and Brittany O'Grady of White Lotus fame. (The latter swept Lorde up in a huge hug, clearly very happy to see the singer). Also in the mix was Dior women's creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, who flew in from Paris specifically for the event. As she wandered the Beaux-Arts Court on the third floor, the designer shared a bit about the process of working with the Brooklyn Museum curators to choose the looks featured at the show.
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Lorde
Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Dior
Brittany O'Grady
"I love that, inside the exhibition, you can see all the different designers—not only Mr. Dior," she said. And indeed, many of the highlights of Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams have very little to do with Christian Dior himself.
Although even Chiuri acknowledges the house founder is "an awesome designer," who set the standard for French influence on global fashion, the cadre of designers who followed him have made their mark, too. The show, working in chronological order of employment, features pieces from former heads of house including Yves Saint Laurent, who worked alongside Christian Dior for two years; Gianfranco Ferré and his signature dramatic puffed sleeves on silk gowns; Raf Simons, whose section was small but still breathtaking; and, of course, John Galliano (his creations, we noted, prompted the most iPhone photos.)
John Galliano's section at Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams.
Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
The exhibition runs in a semi-circle, showing highlights from Chiuri's current era (replete with looks from her very first couture show at Dior, and the famed "We Should All Be Feminists" t-shirt,) and a particularly satisfying color-coded wall of ephemera: Rihanna's sunglasses, red nail polish and lipstick, miniatures from Dior's 1945 Théâtre de la Mode.
Inside The Garden at the Beaux-Arts Court.
The show culminates in "The Garden"—a crescendo where highlights from Dior's runway through the years play on a loop projected onto the wall. Mannequins wearing sparkling gowns line the walls, and nature sounds play softly into the dreamy space.
Marc Bohan's section at Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
For all its visual grandeur and resplendency, Chiuri's favorite part of the exhibition is located in one teeny corner of the designer timeline zone. Marc Bohan's section, filled with color-blocked suits and skirts from his 30-year career at the house, is a must-see, she said. "He was one of the most important designers [at the house]," Chiuri added. "I think, in some way, he made the most modern women in the history of Dior."


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Researchers Find Evidence of Thousands of Black Holes in the Center of Our Galaxy
New research finds potentially thousands of black holes orbiting within a few light-years of the galactic center.
By Avery Thompson
PASIEKAGetty Images
At the center of our galaxy is a massive black hole. This black hole, called Sagittarius A*, is approximately 6 million times the mass of our sun, and the gravitational field it generates is enough to keep our entire galaxy orbiting it. But Sagittarius A* is not the only black hole at the center of our galaxy: New research from Columbia University suggests that the galactic center could hold thousands more.
The Columbia researchers gathered data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Space Telescope, which studies the night sky looking for x-rays from stars, black holes, and other galaxies. In this case, the researchers looked at signals coming from a few light years around Sagittarius A*, hoping to find a handful of black holes nearby.
Black holes by themselves don't tend to give off any x-rays, but when they're orbiting around another star they do. In this case, the researchers managed to find a dozen such black holes with companion stars. Because nearly all black holes are loners, this suggests that there could be upwards of 10,000 total black holes in the center of our galaxy.
An illustration of Sagittarius A*, the large black hole at the center of our galaxy, surrounded by the dozen smaller black holes detected by recent research.
This new finding could help scientists looking to study black holes by giving them many more known black holes to study. Prior to this, scientists had only located a few dozen black holes in our entire galaxy. Perhaps this result could be the first in a series of new discoveries about these strange cosmic objects.
Source: Nature
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[ENG] Carmen and More and Giselle
Carmen, Choreographers: Yuh Egami, Ricky Song-wei Hu; Dancers: Fei-fei Ye and Hong Kong Ballet Dancers Photo: Tony Luk
Carmen and More
Hong Kong Ballet's last offering of the 2016/2017 season was a three-part program entitled Carmen and More. This was also the last program under the current artistic director Madeleine Onne who will be leaving after this season to join the Houston Ballet Academy.
Let's start off with Carmen, the most publicized première of this program. It's choreographed by two of the company's dancers – Yuh Egami and Ricky Hu. They have made good progress in the past few years as 'resident choreographers', and their best work to date was Bolero two years ago. This production of Carmen has a modern twist, being set in a garment fabric factory. Carmen's former lover José poignantly tells the story in a series of flashback as he revisits the now abandoned factory.
The ballet's novelty is quite attractive at first, but the drama becomes too melodramatic towards the end leading to Carmen's murder. The ending is a bit clichéd, with Carmen lifted on high after her death. The ensemble dances for the factory workers are quite vivid, and the choreography for the duets are effective. The first cast was excellent. Ye Feifei was sexy and alluring in the title role. Liang Jing was engrossing as the old-age José. Li Jiabo's obsession with Carmen and jealousy as the young José was powerfully expressed. And Lucas Jerkander was handsome and irresistible as the factory owner with whom Carmen falls in love.
This ballet was preceded by a revival of a 2014 ballet by Finnish choreographer Jorna Elo entitled Shape of Glow. Set to Mozart and Beethoven, this work was created for Hong Kong Ballet. It's a big ensemble work designed to show off the strength of the company instead of individual soloists. It's set in darkness, and the 16 dancers are attired in identical tights colored black and navy blue.
Elo's choreographic style is derivative of William Forsythe and is slightly dated now. The first movement introduces the whole cast, while the second consists of three duets. The final third movement, however, lacks structure and focus and is too diffuse to make a strong impact. Shen Jie and Luis Cabrera were particularly dazzling among the male dancers. And Li Jiabo and Liu Miaomiao stood out among the three duet couples.
The program was completed by Hong Kong premières of two Jiří Kylián ballets in the final third part that were linked by a hilarious video to facilitate scene changes. Though not to my taste, Kylian is admittedly one of the most important European choreographers today. Both ballets are set to music by Mozart.
Sechs Tanze, a 1986 Kylián work, is comic. Six seemingly nonsensical acts are harmless good fun, but the ballet, which ends with a snowfall, seems trivial. The dancers are all dressed in 19th century European court costumes and wear wigs.
Far better is Kylián's 1991 work Petite Mort which is in the repertory of many ballet companies worldwide. This is by far the best crafted work of the whole evening. Kylián undeniably has a theatrical savvy and is a masterly choreographer. According to the house program, the theme of this work is that life is short and death is never far away. The first section sees the male dancers brandishing their swords, and the women are later seen wearing black colored false crinoline dresses. A huge fabric is used to create scene changes. Three moving duets end the piece solemnly.
The company excelled in this ballet. Jin Yao and Wei Wei, Lucas Jerkander and Ye Feifei were all superb in the duets. Saturday night's performance also ended with a moving tribute onstage to the outgoing director Madeleine Onne from the whole company. Under her leadership, the company has certainly grown in international reputation.
Giselle; Artistic Director: Feng Ying; Photo provided by The National Ballet of China
The National Ballet of China returned to Hong Kong in early June after a long absence of six years. The first program was a new production of the classic Giselle by the current director Feng Ying. The choreographic text is faithful to the traditional choreography in this fine production. The ending however is too prolonged.
National Ballet's female corps de ballet is uniform and excellent as in the past. In the title role was Wang Qimin. She was fragile as the peasant Giselle, and almost weightless as a Wili. Her partner was Ma Xiodong, a handsome and noble principal. He was superb as her lover in terms of acting, as well as technically dazzling. His entrechats especially were breathtaking. Qiu Yunting danced strongly as the Queen of the Wilis.
Local audiences do not see enough of Mainland ballet companies. Hopefully, the excellent National Ballet can return to tour Hong Kong more frequently.
Kevin Ng
started reviewing dance in 1997. He has contributed to many publications including The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal Asia, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Time Out Hong Kong, Moscow Times, Ballet Review (New York) and Ballet 2000 (Italy).
Choreographer: Jorma Elo, Yuh Egami and Ricky Song-Wei Hu, Jiří Kylián
Performance: 26 May 2017 19:30 Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Giselle by The National Ballet of China
Director and Artistic Director: Feng Ying
Performance: 3 June 2017 15:30 Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre