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Banksy's Foolproof Plan for Dealing With Anyone Who Steals His Art
Tobias Carroll
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
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Contemporary art is a tricky business. If you've collected a painting or sculpture by a modern artist, odds are good that you'll have some record of the transaction, and some method of verifying that the work you have is both genuine and genuinely obtained. That becomes a bit more complicated when the artist in question — though world-famous — has a penchant for anonymously leaving their work in urban spaces to create impromptu public art. Yes, we're talking about Banksy, and one of his lesser-known practices which has recently come into sharp relief.
Last week, a clip from Antiques Roadshow went viral. It features a man looking to get a small painting by Banksy evaluated. When asked how he'd come by it, the man admit he'd seen it while walking down a street in Brighton one night. Recognizing it as Banksy's handiwork, he then removed it from where it had been screwed into place.
What follows is a brief and memorable lesson in morality. Pro tip: it's generally considered poor form to admit to stealing something while being recorded for television.
As the show's host reveals, Banksy has established a virtual portal to authenticate whether specific works of his are both genuine and genuinely obtained — and, as the guy trying to get a painting valued admits, he'd visited the site and been told that the painting could not be validated because it was not obtained legally.
Dubbed Pest Control, the service offers an easy-to-use interface to determine a particular work's validity. Elsewhere on Pest Control's site, they offer a more extensive explanation of what they do — namely, issue certificates of authenticity.
As for what that means, well — here's what Pest Control themselves have to say: "The certificate of authenticity (COA) means you can buy, sell or insure a piece of art knowing it's legitimate and the wheels won't fall off," they write. "Pest Control is the only source of COA's for Banksy. We issue them for paintings, prints, sculptures and other attempts at creativity. We don't issue them for things like stickers, posters, defaced currency or anything which wasn't originally intended as a 'work of art'."
Pest Control also offers a "Keeping It Real" service, which lets prospective buyers of a work by Banksy confirm that the work is, in fact, legitimate.
While Pest Control's design and tone abound with wry humor and irreverence, the issues it exists to deal with are no small account. A 2019 article at artnet news covered Banksy's launch of an online store, in part because there's a sizable trade in faked or illicitly obtained Banksy artwork, and in part because a greeting card company was attempting to utilize his trademark.
Banksy was quoted in the article addressing a subject that brings us all the way back around to the contentious Antiques Roadshow clip — namely, people removing his work from public spaces. "The big problem I had with people removing my street work wasn't that it was exploiting and stealing from the community — it was because the stolen stuff looked so much better than what I was making in the studio," he told artnet news.
It can be surreal to watch Banksy create a distinctive ecosystem around his own work as an artist, blending high- and low-tech features and a self-effacing personality. It's a delicate balancing act; then again, it's also part of an even grander balancing act he's been taking part in for the duration of his career.
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The article Banksy's Foolproof Plan for Dealing With Anyone Who Steals His Art by Tobias Carroll was originally published on InsideHook.
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What's the meaning of life? Just ask the kids. Recess Therapy lets tiny voices answer life's big questions.
Mining kids' original thoughts as a source of entertainment has a long and cute history, from Johnny Carson's reading of school-age kids' letters on the Tonight Show in the 1970s and Rosie O'Donnell sharing children's jokes on her 1990s talk show, to Jimmy Kimmel featuring kids in video bits and, of course, the ongoing series Kids Say the Darndest Things and Kids React. But with Recess Therapy — the runaway-hit Instagram series that asks kids on the street to weigh in on topics from superheroes to climate change —creator, host and producer Julian Shapiro-Barnum is looking to shift from that groundwork. "I use it kind of as a counter text [to the] vetted kids who have gone through probably a couple rounds of interviews," he tells Yahoo Life. "I've always found what makes Recess Therapy special is that it can be any kid — no studio … [or] casting call or anything. It's really just the kids walking around Brooklyn." And unlike some of the historic ways of approaching kids and their humor, he adds, "I try to meet them exactly where they're at and, like, feel like a peer with them a little bit."
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With 15 seconds remaining in the first half, Newark Valley quarterback Kyle Coffin finds Caden Bennett for the 69-yard touchdown before halftime.
Labor Day is done for another year. Back to work. Kids are ready to go back to school. Put away those geeky seersucker suits, plan on pulling the boat and winterizing the cottage and organize car pooling for school.
Squirrel hunting is good, albeit tough with so many leaves on the trees; bass are in fall feeding patterns; dove hunting is in down in Pennsylvania; and around here you can shoot up to 15 Canada geese a day through Sept. 25.
Canada geese fly over the dike near Elmira's Brand Park on their way to the Chemung River.
A 15-bird daily bag is a stretch of imagination for old hunters who used to count the days to mid-October, unpack and set dozens of decoys in a field in the dark, sit in blinds until sun-up, then shoot their limit of two birds and go home by 7:30 a.m.
21st century goose hunters in New York can target Canadas daily this month, and keep shooting until they tire of it.
OK, it's not that easy. But these are resident Canadas, which means they are the ones you see all year on golf courses, in parks, messing up patios, etc.
Look the same; taste the same as the scrawnier brethren that will be migrating this way next month.
There are now more than 200,000 Canadas in New York year-around (the state would like to see 85,000) and they have gone from gamebird to nuisance.
The September seasons include extended shooting hours, and other special regulations.
You are going to need a 2018-2019 hunting license; 2) be registered for the 2018-2019 New York Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP); and 3) all hunters 16 years of age or older must have a 2018-2019 federal duck stamp signed across the face of the stamp in ink.
For a list of ways to purchase a hunting license or to register with HIP, visit the DEC website.
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps are available at some post offices or on the U.S. postal service website.
Another rite of fall hereabouts is the Free Youth Pheasant Hunt held annually for a couple of decades at the Molyneaux Tree Farm in Endicott.
The Southern Tier Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation is the current sponsor of the hunt, which this year will be held Oct. 13-14.
There will be a morning session (8 a.m.) and an afternoon session (1 p.m.) each day.
Each group will be led by an experienced handler with trained bird dogs. The participants and their parents are invited to lunch provided by the chapter.
Pre-registration is required and forms or information can be obtained by contacting Larry Shutts at shuttsbird@gmail.com or 642-8609.
A ladies-only hunt will be held the following Saturday, Oct. 20. Instruction, guides, dogs and lunch will be provided. All participants must be licensed. Shotguns are available for hunters who need them.
If you have any questions, contact Larry at the email or telephone number above.
If you are a Pennsylvania resident and shoot a deer in New York, don't plan on toting the carcass back home on the hood of your truck. Not legal.
OK, so the state police and Encon officers have been stopping hunters trying to bring deer carcasses across the border in this direction for several years while the state attempts to limit the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.
But now it's Pennsylvania's turn.
Pennsylvania long has prohibited the importation of high-risk cervid parts from areas where CWD has been detected. This prohibition reduces the possibility of CWD, which always is fatal to the cervids it infects, spreading to new areas within Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission this year strengthened its ban on importing high-risk cervid parts by prohibiting any deer taken in New York, Ohio, Maryland or West Virginia from being brought back to Pennsylvania whole.
In previous seasons, the prohibition applied only to deer taken within counties in those states where CWD has been detected.
Under the new guidelines, Pennsylvanians who kill deer anywhere in New York, Ohio, Maryland or West Virginia either must have them processed in those states or remove the high-risk parts before bringing the meat and other low-risk parts back into Pennsylvania.
There now are 24 states and two Canadian provinces from which high-risk cervid parts cannot be imported into Pennsylvania.
The parts ban affects deer, elk, moose, mule deer and other cervids in: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming; as well as the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Pennsylvanians are allowed to import meat from any deer, elk, moose, mule deer or caribou, so long as the backbone and skull is not present.
We've all heard the merits of cleaning a muzzleloader between shots at the range. Turns out, you shouldn't.
Cleaning between shots removes the "first-shot fouling" that is actually a carpet to accuracy. A "spit patch" between shots will remove the excess fouling while leaving the first-shot fouling on the barrel.
Doubtful? Chronograph three five-shot strings with the same load. For the first string, do nothing between shots. For the second string, swab with a patch dampened with cleaner. For the third string, swab with a spit patch. You will be amazed.
In addition, you should always seat your bullet using a bullet starter that will not deform the end of the bullet.
And don't weigh powder charges. All blackpowder and blackpowder substitutes are designed to be loaded by volume, not weight. A 150-grain charge by weight is equivalent to more than 200 grains volume — a recipe for huge recoil if not disaster.
Henderson's columns appear weekly. Send information to Henderson Outdoors, 202 Prospect St., Endicott, NY, 13760, or e-mail dddhender@aol.com.


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Many of you have been asking to get a closer look at the organizer and the hip belt, so I've made a couple videos for you to check out.
The organizer has many useful mesh pockets plus a large zipper pocket as well as a laptop compartment. It also has a removable divider so you can customize the main compartment to your liking.
Our inflatable hip belt adds cushion around your wasit/hip and helps to lighten the load on your shoulder. It also adds 2 large easy access pockets for your essentials. We've upgraded the hip belt by adding additional straps on the back for a better fit and more convenient adjustability.
As always, contact me anytime if you have any questions or suggestions.
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Hey guys! Really excited to see the components coming together! The pull-out organizer is a great touch that I can see being handy in a lot of situations, and left at home when not!
I back/purchase about 6-8 backpacks per year for testing and reviewing, as well as designing my own, and this bag has me very excited. I currently run a jerry-rigged back-support set up on my current daily pack(Matador Beast 28), and can't wait to have one built in.
Many bags with removable hip belts miss a key element in how they are supposed to work in a real load-bearing pack. They do what you are doing with a single attachment point to the bag-body. This allows too much twist and sag and removes the most key component of hip-belts: cupping over the iliac crest. This requires at least TWO straps on each side: a low/mid-line strap (to pull the belt itself tight), and a high strap to tighten the top of the belt OVER the hips, creating the arc that carries 70-80% of the weight. Otherwise, users are left to tighten the belt TOO much and/or leave the bag riding on their hip muscles(which is tiring and sore).
The final piece to that is making sure your frame (the air bladder) is above/on the waist-belt, not below it, as your current model shows. Otherwise you get sagging and the weight stays on the shoulders.
Sorry for the long comment, but I'm always trying to help innovate and love what you are doing.


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Q: Read a file line by line using Lambda / S3 I want to read a file line by line located on S3. I tried the following code which I found searching online, but the Lambda function is exiting without invoking any of the readline callbacks. What am I doing wrong?
const aws = require('aws-sdk');
const s3 = new aws.S3({ apiVersion: '2006-03-01' });
const readline = require('readline');

exports.handler = async (event, context, callback) => {
    const bucket = event.Records[0].s3.bucket.name;
    const key = decodeURIComponent(event.Records[0].s3.object.key.replace(/\+/g, ' '));
    const params = {
        Bucket: bucket,
        Key: key,
    };

    const s3ReadStream = s3.getObject(params).createReadStream();

    const rl = readline.createInterface({
      input: s3ReadStream,
      terminal: false
    });

    rl.on('line', (line) => {
      console.log(`Line from file: ${line}`);
    });
    rl.on('error', () => {
        console.log('error');
    });
    rl.on('close', function () {
        console.log('closed');
        context.succeed();
    });
    console.log('done');
};

A: I've found the problem. It's being awhile that I haven't coded on Lambda and I thought it would only exit when context was called. I'm now waiting for the promise to be resolved (or rejected which I'll implement later).
const aws = require('aws-sdk');
const s3 = new aws.S3({ apiVersion: '2006-03-01' });
const readline = require('readline');

exports.handler = async (event, context, callback) => {
    const bucket = event.Records[0].s3.bucket.name;
    const key = decodeURIComponent(event.Records[0].s3.object.key.replace(/\+/g, ' '));
    const params = {
        Bucket: bucket,
        Key: key,
    };
    const s3ReadStream = s3.getObject(params).createReadStream();

    const rl = readline.createInterface({
      input: s3ReadStream,
      terminal: false
    });

    let myReadPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

        rl.on('line', (line) => {
          console.log(`Line from file: ${line}`);
        });
        rl.on('error', () => {
            console.log('error');
        });
        rl.on('close', function () {
            console.log('closed');
            resolve();
        });
    });

    try { await myReadPromise; }
    catch(err) {
        console.log('an error has occurred');
    }

    console.log('done reading!');
};

A: getObject doesn't just return the object that was stored S3. It return a JSON object whose Body field holds the blob of the object stored to S3. See also in the Response part of the documentation here.

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Audiolab 8300A review
Audiolab's latest stereo amp shows plenty of muscle, but how does it compare to the class-leaders? Tested at £900
What Hi-Fi? Verdict
The 8300A is a hugely capable product but sacrifices a little too much fun for our tastes
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Plenty of muscle
Clean and crisp sound
Fine build and finish
Sensible range of features
Sound isn't the most engaging around
Why you can trust What Hi-Fi? Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test.
The Audiolab brand was established on the extraordinary success of its first product, the 8000A integrated amplifier. Back in the early 1980s, this slim unit struck just the right chord with hi-fi buyers – its combination of quality build, sensible features and highly neutral sound proved a massive success.
The DNA of that original design has been retained through the company's subsequent designs, including the 8300A on test here. However, this isn't just some mild evolution.
The 8300A is a completely new design that stays true to the original's engineering principles and aesthetics, but takes in the advantages of current thinking in electronic design and technology.
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The core of the 8300A's new electrical design is its 75W-per-channel dual mono power amplifier section. It is designed to be a highly linear, low distortion performer into a wide range of speaker loads.
The numbers seem to confirm this, as that output rises to a claimed 115W into 4ohms and maximum current delivery is a notable 15A.
This wouldn't be possible without a properly specified power supply. This amp has a 300 VA toroidal transformer with a generous 60,000 uF of reservoir capacitance.
Build quality is as good as we've come to expect from Audiolab. The casework feels solid and beautifully finished, in either the black of our review sample or silver. We particularly like the crisp edges on the aluminium panels and the precise feel of the rotary controls. We like the remote too, it's a classy system controller that feels good to use.
Around the back you'll find line level inputs, including a balanced XLR option. There's also an adjustable moving magnet/moving coil phonostage for those who use records. There are also two sets of speaker outputs to make biwiring a little easier.
This is the first time one of the brand's amplifiers has featured a display, which is useful for setting up the amplifier and making adjustments like phono stage gain or the length of standby mode. It's large and easy to read, even from a distance.
As usual with Audiolab's integrated amplifiers, it's a simple matter to separate the pre and power sections – useful if you want to use a superior external preamp or add more muscle through an outboard power amp.
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We give the Audiolab a few days of running before we start listening seriously. A claimed output of 75-watts per channel is relatively healthy, but it gives little indication as to how muscular the 8300A actually sounds.
Listen to a piece of music with wide dynamic extremes, such as Hans Zimmer's The Battle from the Gladiator OST, and this amp takes it all in stride. There's plenty of punch and the kind of heft at low frequencies most rivals don't get close to.
The presentation is big-boned too, with a wide stereo sound stage populated with nicely layered, crisply focused instruments.
We're also impressed by the 8300A's tonal balance. It's as even as they come, refusing to add unnatural colour or drama to the sound. We listen to smaller scale recordings from the likes of Eric Bibb and Satie, and are impressed with the way this amp renders tonal textures. Its presentation is very clean too, as if distortion levels are way lower than the norm.
Despite all this obvious talent we're not totally bowled over with the overall performance. Compared with alternatives from the likes of Rega and Naim, the Audiolab is a little short in its sense of rhythmic drive. The 8300A doesn't communicate the changing momentum of a piece of music as well as we'd like.
That means the initial build-up of tension in The Dead Weather's 60 Feet Tall isn't particularly obvious. Similarly, the sheer energy and drive in OutKast's Hey Ya! Is diluted, meaning a notable slice of the song's sense of fun is lost.
It doesn't help that the amplifier isn't flawless in the way it communicates low-level dynamic shifts either. Nina Simone's vocals on the haunting Strange Fruit come through with less passion than we're used to, while the steadily growing power in Arvo Part's Tabula Rasa doesn't have the impact we'd expect.
The story is much the same through the phono stage. It's a decent effort with low levels of noise and a good amount of insight, but also loses some of the solidity and authority of the line stages.
Make no mistake; the 8300A is an amplifier that can impress easily. Build is excellent and its large-scale sound gives it an edge over many rivals.
It just doesn't have enough all-round sonic talent to gain an unreserved recommendation.
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Black History Month: Data on Black & African Americans in the Military
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Nutrition experts recommend women consume less than 25 grams, or 6 teaspoons, a day of added sugar (9 teaspoons for men). Yet the average American consumes almost 20 teaspoons a day! And that doesn't even include fruit juice, a known sugar bomb.
If you have seasonal allergies or react to foods, contact the front desk at Center for Tradtional Medicine. I can help you determine the source of your symptoms and get you on the path to feeling better.
The study showed that each two-hour increase in fasting time made for longer nights of sleep. This is important not only because it helps people feel better, but also because it points to a healthier sleep-wake cycle, or circadian rhythm. An imbalanced circadian rhythm increases cancer risk, including breast cancer, along with numerous other chronic diseases.
Watch for our new program in October "Doc Talks". I will be doing a presentation on Intermittent Fasting. My presentation will go into more depth and give you various options on how and when to do your own Intermittent Fasting.


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Q: Emphasizing part of a word Couldn't find much on this particular stylistic method, but I was wondering: how would one emphasize only part of a word in an informal novel-like case?

"It wasn't new in any way—just newer."
"It wasn't new in any way—just new-er."

I understand that this is likely to be a stylistic choice, but is simply italicizing the "-er" in "newer" and hoping the reader is able to differentiate it as the emphasis good enough? Or is using a hyphen more or less necessary in this case?

A: Your solution would be new-er because when you just say "newer" it does not emphasize the independent clause from the dependent clause. However, removing that first bit of text from the front would allow for both of the phrases to work.
Basically new-er allows for more emphasizing. I hope that solves your problem :)


Women are often counseled that "perfect" use of hormonal contraception results in greater effectiveness than "typical" use, which encompasses human error in drug dosing and administration. However, a small percentage of women may become pregnant even with "perfect" use of highly effective methods. Researchers at the University of Colorado have turned to the field of pharmacogenetics to explore this variation in response and their findings were recently published in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
The study enrolled 370 healthy, reproductive-aged women in the United States who were currently using etonogestrel (ENG) contraceptive implants. ENG levels were measured in women at baseline and linear modeling was used to identify three generic variants associated with serum ENG levels. Of these variants, one was associated with increased metabolism of ENG (27% of women with the variant had concentrations insufficient for suppression of ovulation), leading the researchers to hypothesize that it may lead to increased metabolism of all steroid hormones. Read more here.


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Valeriya Karavayeva (born 3 August 1993) is a Kazakhstani handball player who plays for the club Almaty Handball. She is member of the Kazakhstani national team. She competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark.

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Kazakhstani female handball players
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Over the past five years Anandi the Sleep Guru has developed a step-by-step approach to conquering insomnia called the Personal Sleep Review. Anandi was fighting her own insomnia for 15 years and tried sleeping tablets one day and quickly released they were not for her.
London-based Anandi, who travels widely, believes that most sleeping aids do not help with getting a good night's sleep. She says that some people cannot do it alone and gadgets will not help solve sleep issues.
There are four different elements of support that Anandi offers. A free of charge discovery call is a 30-minute phone call with a snapshot assessment of the client's sleeping pattern and what treatment can be used. A consultation (£325) with Anandi in London is a detailed Ayurveda constitution analysis with a full report and recommendations with a follow-up call to monitor progress.
There are two Personal Sleep Review options. A 90-day plan (£1,225) is everything included in a consultation plus a dietary analysis, an Ayurveda lifestyle plan and follow up calls every fortnight. The nine-month plan (£1,675) includes elements of the 90-day plan plus other resources provided by Anandi.
Anandi's new book 'Breathe Better, Sleep Better' is a combination of five years of experiments with the breath. The book addresses sleep problems and will also balance systems such as digestion as well as improved circulation and a reduction in stress and anxiety levels. Her book is now available on Amazon and on her website.


What have you read that is similar to this book? I have read lots of poetry books but this was the first poetry book dedicated to pets and it was defintiely something different.
What did you enjoy about this book? Each poem was different and not just because it was about a different pet. The angle and focus was different.
Was this a Page-Turning Book? It most definitely was. And I enjoyed the discussions we had about this book.


Two friends have had an idea to create a relaxing place that reminds of an oasis full of live and colours. The oasis has been named 'Thali'. The main idea is to offer to their customers a brand new approach towards gastronomy in Bratislava. We think they have fulfilled their goal.
You can easily relax while having your meal. A variety of vegetarian sauces and different types of rice mixed with Indian species. Fresh salads and light snacks are carried on a special plate called 'Thali'. The food is prepared only by relying on fresh and wholesome ingredients.
You will pay only for what you eat- you decide the quantity of the food you put on your plate.


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Grizzlies rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. says back to backs have been toughest part of NBA
Marty Fenn
As he heads to Charlotte for All-Star weekend, Memphis Grizzlies rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. is also answering questions on Twitter.
The Grizzlies started a #JJJAllStar campaign allowing fans to ask Jackson about the NBA lifestyle. One inquirer wondered what Jackson felt as the hardest part about being in the NBA, to which he responded:
Back to backs trust me body hurtin lol😂😂😂 #JJJAllStar https://t.co/9A5pf6pU9F
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) February 14, 2019
Jackson will compete for Team USA in the Rising Stars challenge tomorrow night in the first event of All-Star weekend.
The no. 3 overall pick in the 2018 Draft has been one of the best rookies in the league this year, posting a 16.6 PER and averaging more than one steal and nearly two blocks per 36 minutes.
Jackson is the focal point of the Grizzlies' rebuild, but they have been cautious with his playing time.
The 6'11" power forward has started in 56 of 58 games this season, but he is averaging just over 25 minutes per game. He will have to get accustomed to the rigors of back to backs, as the recent trade of Marc Gasol should open up more time for Jackson to showcase his abilities.
A former standout at Michigan State, Jackson has showcased glimpses of his brilliance this season. He scored 36 points and added eight rebounds in a win over the Brooklyn Nets at the end of November. Jackson also ran off a streak of three straight games eclipsing 20 points earlier this month.
His size and length make him a versatile defender capable of guarding all the way out to the perimeter.
Jackson has also shown the ability to stretch the floor, shooting almost 36 percent from beyond the arc this season.
JUST IN: Rumor: JaVale McGee's unhappiness with playing time led to Lakers' Ivica Zubac trade
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Los Grobo Group
The Los Grobo Group is one of the leading producers in the agricultural industry of South America. For the brand design, I laid out a complex visual identity system, which allowed the focus to be on the agribusinesses, while also including the agricultural production industries, such as the milling industry. To achieve this, I implemented three visual resources: 1.) The color yellow/orange typical of grains and oilseeds, as well as being the atmospheric color central to the actual activity of the business; 2.) The name "Los Grobo", representing the established presence of the name with a modern and dynamic twist; 3.) An abstract symbol (perhaps the most important of them all), which reflects the true spirit of the company.
"The image designed by Guerrini has turned into the icon that propelled the company and expressed its potential"
Gustavo Grobocopatel
Los Grobo Group – Director
The desired interpretation of this symbol by the observer, was revealed through related activities: spontaneously emerging associations with the sun, sunflowers, corns, gears or meeting places, which allowed us to obtain a visually attractive point of relation and integration. The indigenous style of the symbol was inspired by the Tehuelches paintings of the La Pampa area–the company's place of origin. This stylistic choice was proposed in order to represent the company family owner's roots, allegiance, and commitment to his native home.
Los Grobo
The visual identity was applied to various promotional materials, achieving a sense of empowerment, scale, territoriality and thematic range. As a consequence, the Los Grobo group's visual presence widely expanded locally as well as globally; and has continued to do so in a sustainable and consistent manner, all this in a market where the image of a brand is its defining factor.


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Aerial images show London's £4billion super sewer stretching 15 miles along the banks of the Thames
Stunning aerial images show London's new £4billion super sewer stretching 15 miles along the banks of the Thames as replacement for capital's crumbling Victorian system creates three acres of new riverside space
London's new £4.2billion 'super sewer' project that stretches across 15 miles along the banks of the Thames
The giant tunnel has created three extra acres of 'architecturally beautiful spaces' along the embankment
Work for the new sewage system began in 2016 and is the biggest infrastructure project ever undertaken
By Kaya Terry For Mailonline
Published: 10:49 EDT, 14 July 2022 | Updated: 11:03 EDT, 14 July 2022
Stunning new aerial images have shown London's new £4.2billion 'super sewer' project that stretches across 15 miles from Acton in West London along the banks of the Thames to Abbey Mills Pumping Station.
The giant tunnel has created three extra acres of 'architecturally beautiful spaces' along the embankment due to the lack of room above ground.
Work for the new sewage system began in 2016 and is the biggest infrastructure project ever undertaken by the UK water industry.
Tunnelling is now complete on the 15-and-a-half mile sewer designed to clean up the Thames that still uses to crumbling Victorian sewage system.
As a result, construction is now due to start on the above-ground public spaces that will be left once it is finished.
Tideway – the firm building the super sewer – have been forced to build out into the Thames to house the new infrastructure due to the lack of space in the capital.
Brand new helicopter images of the giant tunnel has created three extra acres of 'beautiful' public space along the capital's embankment due to the lack of space above ground
As space is short in London, Tideway – the firm building the super sewer – have been forced to build out into the Thames to house the new infrastructure
The new system will intercept the sewage before it enters the river and carefully treat it before pumping it back into the water in East London
Built from three main construction sites in Fulham, Battersea and Southwark, the Thames Tideway Tunnel is expected to help treat some of the 55million tonnes of 'overflow' raw sewage which the current system cannot cope with and is expected to be finished in 2024
Work for the new sewage system began in 2016 and is the biggest infrastructure project ever undertaken by the UK water industry. Pictured a CGI image of the finished £4bn project
These new spaces are now being turned into a combined three acres of public space – giving Londoners and visitors all-new areas for the first time in over a century.
The project will stretch all the way from Acton in West London, along the general path of the River Thames, towards Limehouse where it will veer north-east to Abbey Mills Pumping Station near Stratford.
Clare Donnelly, lead architect on the Tideway project, said: 'Creating new public spaces in the heart of London is an incredible opportunity and it's so exciting after all these years to see these spaces coming to life.
'New public spaces in Wapping, Blackfriars, Victoria, Vauxhall, Nine Elms, Chelsea and Putney will benefit Londoners and visitors to the city for generations to come, and we can't wait for them to open.'
Thames Water previously insisted the multi-billion pound project was crucial to stop London returning to the days of the 'Great Stink' when the river acted as an open sewer.
At the time, in the mid-1880s, residents complained of the smell from the river which was full of raw sewage.
The project will stretch all the way from Acton in West London, along the general path of the River Thames, towards Limehouse where it will veer north-east to Abbey Mills Pumping Station near Stratford. Pictured: A CGI image of the 'super sewer' that stretches 15 miles along the banks of the Thames
Pictured: An aerial view of the work site at Chelsea Embankment Foreshore on the River Thames
The Tideway project began construction in 2016 and is due to be completed by 2025. Pictured: Aerial view of the work site at Putney Embankment Foreshore on the River Thames
These new spaces are now being turned into a combined three acres of public space – giving Londoners and visitors all-new areas for the first time in over a century
The problem was eventually solved by engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette, who built a 1,300 mile network of Victorian sewers to stop untreated sewage being pumped into the Thames. He had to build out into the river to house his brick-lined tunnels, above-ground spaces that are known as Victoria, Albert and Chelsea Embankments.
Tideway said it is continuing that tradition and – much like Bazalgette's – these public spaces will create new destinations for Londoners and tourists.
Built from three main construction sites in Fulham, Battersea and Southwark, the Thames Tideway Tunnel is expected to help treat some of the 55million tonnes of 'overflow' raw sewage which the current system cannot cope with and is expected to be finished in 2024.
The new system will intercept the sewage before it enters the river and carefully treat it before pumping it back into the water in East London.
The Tideway project began construction in 2016 and is due to be completed by 2025.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11014043/Aerial-images-Londons-4billion-super-sewer-stretching-15-miles-banks-Thames.html
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This Master's programme analyses governance problems and possible responses, with due consideration to the specific historical pathways of individual countries, as well as the interaction between dynamics at the national/state level and the local/society level. It also addresses the impact of global developments.
The Master of Governance and Development, is an Advanced Master in Development Studies, attracting students from all over the world. Students are introduced to multidisciplinary theoretical and practical insights that will improve their capacity to analyse governance challenges at different levels, in addition to improving the way in which they relate to processes of violent conflict and development.
The future of sustainable development is critically related to the promotion of better governance at the local, national, regional and international level. Both a cause and a consequence of governance failures, violent conflict is incompatible with sustainable development. Processes of state formation, state failure and state reconstruction play a central role in this nexus between development, governance and conflict.
The Master of Governance and Development offers two tracks with specific objectives, courses and target audiences.
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The Master's programme comprises 12 months, starting and ending mid-September, and consists of four modules.
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together as a group by judge Tulisa Contostavlos.
history of the ITV1 show.
Collins, Misha B and Amelia Lily – and next week's final.
be transformed into big stars.
reaching The X Factor finals.
is signing and if she is reading everything properly.
But she is still shocked by her youngest daughter's sudden fame.
daughter got her talents from.
baby boy after an emergency Caesarean on Thursday.
weight both at school and now on the internet.
The cruel comments on YouTube left the 20-year-old from east London in tears.
about the nasty things people wrote about her.
Jesy has three siblings and her father John runs a garden fencing firm.
stronger character than a lot of people think.
Jesy started to develop her singing talent.
Barking and Dagenham is ranked 11th in the country in terms of deprivation.
all about singing and then you get all this on the internet.
"I was embarrassed and really upset.
"It brought back all those horrible, helpless feelings.
dare you be in one.
always knew she wanted to go on The X Factor.
PERRIE has suffered double heartbreak with her dads.
Debbie when she was little.
stay behind because Perrie was still at college there.
According to Mark, rocker Alex did not do much to help raise his daughter.
JADE, 18, has tried and failed twice before to reach The X Factor live shows.
Shields — Jade first made it to boot camp in 2008 aged just 15.
manager who lives apart from the children's father.
Campbell of Pop Idol fame.


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 Варлаам Киевски (11 век), православен духовник
 Варлаам Хутински (?-1193), православен духовник
 Варлаам Калабрийски (1290-1348), италиански филолог и богослов
 Варлаам Светогорец (?), православен мъченик
 Варлаам Охридски (16 век), охридски архиепископ
 Варлаам Московски (16 век), руски духовник
 Варлаам Пловдивски (20 век), български духовник
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"Food waste is a huge environmental issue both in the UK and around the world that needs to be tackled urgently.
"The UK food waste recycling industry is in complete agreement with Kerry McCarthy MP that the food waste hierarchy should be followed wherever possible: food waste should be prevented first and foremost, with any edible food waste redistributed to people or animals where it is safe to do so.
"Inedible food waste should be sent to anaerobic digestion to allow it to be recycled into renewable heat and power, clean transport fuel, and nutrient-rich biofertiliser, which are vital to helping the UK reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and restore our degraded soils.
"Mary Creagh MP is also absolutely right that the most effective way to boost recycling of inedible food waste would be for ministers to support councils to introduce a separate food waste collection.
"As well as providing a way for households and businesses to recycle their inedible food waste into valuable resources, separate collections would also help to reduce food waste levels through making householders and businesses more aware of how much food they are wasting.


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2bd 1ba property w/ an attic that would make a great 3bd master bath conversion. Property does have a full basement and a 1.5 car detached garage. ARV w/ the conversion $75k. We are having a walk through on July 31 @ 2pm. Highest and best offers will accepted in person or by email no later than August 1 by close of business.


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saudi Arabia and Qatar should join Russian-sponsored peace talks on Syria even as a top Iranian official said the Saudis should be excluded.
Moscow has sponsored talks between Russia, Iran, and Turkey -- three of the main foreign players in Syria -- that it now seeks to broaden to include other parties in the five-year civil war.
Erdogan said on December 27 that the talks should include Saudi Arabia and Qatar, who are allied with Turkey in supporting Sunni rebel groups seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, because they have "shown goodwill and given support" to Syria.
But Assad is closely allied with Moscow and Tehran, and a top Iranian official indicated Tehran will oppose including parties that seek Assad's ouster.
Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan told Russia's RT television that Saudi Arabia should be excluded from the peace talks because of its insistence that Assad step down. He said Assad should be allowed to run in the next Syrian presidential election if he wants.
Erdogan said he also wants to exclude Kurdish groups, which hold substantial territory in Syria, calling them "terror organizations" because they are affiliated with Kurdish insurgents in Turkey.


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Charity FAQ
Zack Hample's charity drive -- frequently asked questions
How much money are you hoping to raise this season?
I'm aiming for $5,000.
What exactly will the money be used for?
Pitch In For Baseball has two big expenses: storing the equipment that's donated to them and then shipping it to kids and programs all over the world. The charity also needs money to buy certain items; no one ever donates bases or pitching machines, for example, and there are never enough baseballs to go around, so that requires constant funding.
Is this charity legit?
Yes! Totally. Not only is Pitch In For Baseball a registered 501(c)(3) charity, but it's an official partner of MLB International, as well as Little League Baseball, SI Kids, and the International Baseball Federation (which sponsors the World Baseball Classic). It doesn't get any more legit that that, but if you're still not convinced, click here and here and here and here to read articles about this charity on MLB.com. Click here to watch a segment about it on the NBC Nightly News. Also, the Yankees donated $150,000 to Pitch In For Baseball in exchange for Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th-hit ball, which I snagged on June 19, 2015.
Are donations tax deductible?
Yes, to the fullest extent of the law.
Will it actually help if I pledge just one penny per ball?
Absolutely. Not only will the money itself be useful, but the more people who get involved, the more I'll be able to convince others to get on board. I often discuss the charity in interviews and mention how many donors there are.
So wait, when exactly would I pay?
Your credit card would be charged monthly over the course of the 2017 season. You can make a pledge at any time, but we won't know how many baseballs I end up with (and therefore how much your donation will amount to) until the World Series is done. That won't be 'til the end of October.
If I make a pledge for 10 cents in the middle of the season, will I end up contributing the same amount as someone who pledged 10 cents at the beginning?
Yes. The pledges cover all the balls I snag, regardless of when the pledges are actually made. Let's say I've already snagged 100 balls, and THEN you make a pledge for 10 cents per ball. You'll see "$10.00" appear next to your name, and then every ball I catch after that will add another 10 cents.
What are some of PIFB's current projects?
One big project is called "RBI." This stands for Reviving Baseball in the Inner cities. PIFB is teaming up with Major League Baseball to send equipment to kids in urban areas around the United States (Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Francisco, to name a few). PIFB is also working with the Confederation of European Baseball to help bring the sport to faraway places like Denmark, Malta, Iceland, Slovenia, Finland, Serbia, and Belarus. Click here to read more about PIFB's current projects. You can also click here to check out the official PIFB blog, and you can follow the charity on Twitter @PitchInBaseball.
Why are you even doing this?
Because I love baseball, and I think kids are great, and it's a fun way to raise money for a good cause.
So, this whole thing was your idea?
Well, yeah. But I have to give credit to the folks at Pitch In For Baseball (especially executive director David Rhode) for recognizing the idea and trusting me in 2009 to follow through with it on their behalf.
Okay, what exactly do I need to do to make a pledge?
Great question. Click here and look for the green "PLEDGE NOW!" button.


An Apocalypse can advance the cause of Life and of the White race.
Why did New Orleans blacks shoot at rescue workers? If you know how they think, it's easy to understand. After law enforcement broke down, ambitious blacks who fancied themselves "leaders" tried to create fiefdoms within the city. Because of competition between them, each of these petty warlords and his gang of subordinates could claim only a city block or two (by shooting anyone who disputed that claim). Skirmish lines formed along every street that marked the boundary between contested territories, each avenue becoming a no-man's land.
Into this war zone came small groups of good-hearted white rescue workers, brimming with loving-kindness, with vehicles full of relief aid. They expected their efforts to be met with orderly queues of grateful blacks who said "thank you" after receiving their fair measure of assistance.
Of course, blacks don't really cooperate in that fashion.
What really happened is the rescue workers' vehicles were attacked by the first warlord gang to notice them, the supplies seized, and the volunteers abused in various ways. Each warlord wanted all the good things which the rescue workers were bringing in, and furthermore he wanted to deny those blessings to his rival warlords. Letting the relief workers pass through his territory to the next would have been a tactical blunder, from his point of view.
To put it another way, the relief effort was attempting to operate on a social scale larger than the one in use by the armed groups in Flooded New Orleans, and since the blacks had the guns, their scale and their values prevailed.
That's why trying to help blacks in such a crisis is a very stupid thing to do, unless you first send in military forces to kill the leaders of the armed factions that form spontaneously among them after law enforcement has broken down. To reestablish enough order to aid the remaining blacks, you must first demonstrate to them that your soldiers can kill their soldiers, and the demonstration will necessarily be a lively one.
Those blacks didn't suddenly choose to be predators. They were born predators. For years, law enforcement suppressed their natural behavior. Then came the hurricane, and law enforcement was swept away. The gene-coded behavior natural to blacks instantly reappeared.
However much circumstances can affect people, the result of environmental influences will always differ depending on the races involved. What leads one to violent factionalism motivates another to cooperation. What leads one to starvation trains another to hard work.
The results of the Katrina experiment are encouraging. When the levees broke and water from Lake Pontchartrain flooded New Orleans, the city's Negroes were caught almost entirely unprepared, despite having had a week's warning of a possible threat, and two days' warning of certain danger. Rather than leave the city, or at least provision themselves against a long outage of commerce, many of the blacks ignored Mayor Ray Nagin's tardy evacuation order, preferring to endure the storm in the expectation of easy loot afterward.
When the hurricane passed, things seemed well for a short time. But the city's black mayor assumed that all would remain well and did not order an expert inspection of the levees — which ought to have been a routine precaution after a strong storm. Then the levees broke and New Orleans was flooded. Authorities warned that the city might remain flooded for months and repeated the evacuation order.
There are several conclusions to be reached.
First, whites who are caught among, and outnumbered by, blacks in a disaster situation had best flee if they can, otherwise they must hide until they can flee. Fortify your homes with food and weaponry ahead of time, and remain at home until a chance to get away from the disaster area appears. Under no circumstances should you go into any government-assigned "safe zone" or refugee camp. These will be full of the most violent, meanest, and most depraved Negroes of the city. You will be robbed, raped, beaten, stabbed, repeatedly insulted and humiliated, and ultimately murdered — unless someone in authority chooses to put moral decency above the insane federal "racial equality" rules and helps you escape. National Guard Staff Sergeant Garland Ogden did just that.
Sgt. Garland Ogden is an American hero and patriot but for whom 30 British and 65 Australian visitors to our land would have been murdered inside a darkened Superdome by vicious, predatory blacks. He saved their lives, and spared us at least the shame their deaths would have brought us.
Did you see it, world? There are still some Americans in America.
And Bud Hopes — consider yourself an honorary American. You deserve the status more than any of those black savages do.
The second conclusion is that whites at some distance from the disaster area may be safe from migrations of Negroes away from it. It was the FEMA effort alone that saved the blacks, whereas for the most part the whites saved themselves at their own expense. If there had been no federal program to evacuate the remaining blacks from New Orleans, the Negroes would have squatted in that flooded city until they starved, by which time they'd have eaten every scrap of food they could find — and the search would be a thorough one — as well as engaged in much cannibalism. Even 20 miles distance might be enough of a barrier to permit rural whites to handle whatever threat does manage to reach them by land or by waterway, and the safety factor appears to increase more than linearly with distance.
However, future disasters might find blacks more inclined to migrate in armed bands, perhaps with transportable provisions that could see them across a few days of walking. Therefore, fifty miles (80 kilometers) should be considered a minimally safe distance from an urban disaster such as Katrina.
Thirdly, whites living in majority black disaster areas should not expect any organized assistance from the federal government. Even though white people paid nearly all of the taxes used to subsidize relief efforts, those efforts will be directed to the benefit of non-whites almost exclusively. Whites are on their own, in such circumstances. You will get no police protection, and, indeed, black policemen might be foremost among the predators you should avoid. You will have to contrive your own escape. You will have to provide for yourself — and the only feasible way to do that is to do it before a disaster strikes. Food, water, fuel, backpacks, guns, ammunition — never be without a supply for your family that will suffice for several weeks, on the assumption that your only interaction with the outside world will be fighting off hostiles.
Fourth, expect that everything blacks say about their circumstances and about the causes for them are lies. You will get a more accurate picture of events if you assume that blacks always speak the very opposite of what they believe the truth is.
Fifth, if you are white, you'll be called a racist no matter what you do, and no matter what you don't do. Get used to it. Learn to like it. Once you realize that racism is a good thing — because it is the truth about race — you'll find that you are no longer bothered by the "racist" label. It becomes a badge and a laurel, when it has become a fact.
Katrina proved (again) that whites and blacks do not behave in the same ways in a crisis. In Louisiana, St. Bernard Parish took the direct hit from the hurricane; New Orleans did not. The destruction and the flooding in St. Bernard were more complete than in New Orleans. St. Bernard is mostly white (88.9%). New Orleans is mostly black (72.8%). Federal rescue and relief efforts passed through St. Bernard, without stopping, on their way to New Orleans. See how ridiculous are the Negroes' claims that they were slighted by the government due to their race? It's the whites who are entitled to say that, not the blacks. But, through it all, the whites in St. Bernard Parish were as orderly as they could be, as helpful as they could be, and the county sheriff has remarked in amazement at how little complaining he heard from the white residents. And that's a racial difference you can depend on to appear, again and again, when a crisis occurs.
Why is this assessment "encouraging"? As fossil fuels become ever scarcer, there will come a day when food production or transport for the cities will become impossible. On that day, all the cities will be like New Orleans was during the flood. Negroes will rampage everywhere within the city, but perhaps not so far beyond its environs. We should not take this for granted, however. If you are within 50 miles of a major urban area, you should move farther into the countryside. If you haven't stocked up on survival essentials, you must do that soon, and maintain those stocks, until the day the Apocalypse begins in earnest. With sufficient foresight, we will regain our territory after most of the blacks have done themselves in with their savagery, incompetence, and general foolishness.
The Zionist Occupation Government in the United States can't evacuate Negroes if either of two conditions exists: (1) there's no fuel to do the evacuation with, or (2) there's no other place to which they can export them to any purpose.
Great Article! Good tips for surviving a catastrophic event in an urban area.
The Negroes reacted in New Orleans exactly as they do in Africa when faced with catastrophe.
Hurricanes that flattened towns on the Texas coast in the 1960s and '70s were rebuilt bigger and better. There was no conversation by the Whites other than immediately going to work as soon as the hurricane was gone.
Cannibalism is supposedly very common in Africa. How gruesome is that. The people who have the genetic code for it, given the right circumstances, are living right here in our country. Millions of them.
Also, has anyone heard of what they call "necklacing" in Africa? The primitive brutality continues.
The first several paragraphs of this article sound like the US military experience with negroes in Somali. The warlords ran the city Mogadishu, seized food supplies and other valuables, killed each other when no Whiteys were around.
So, the negroes in New Orleans basically reverted to their natural state.


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Well today is my last day! I hope those of you going on the trip to Kings College have an amazing day. And I wish all of you all the best in the rest of your semester. I will try to have your Othello projects and essays ready to hand back on Monday.
I know you will do your very best to make the transition a smooth one for Ms. Moir.
Today we're blogging in room 211. See the blog for your discussion prompts.
Today is our first literature circle meeting. Please remember, you must have your reader's journals and discussion questions here in class in order to participate in the meeting. No notes=no meeting.
Day 2 of research. Findings should be posted to class blog by the end of this period. Make sure your blog post has a catchy title, appropriate tags, and is approximately 500 words long.
Don't forget you have your first literature circle meeting tomorrow and will need to have reader's journals and discussion questions ready to go or you won't be allowed to participate in the meeting.
Today we are doing research on our literature circle novels.
Both novels are set during different time periods in different parts of the world. Therefore, they both have different cultural and historical contexts to consider.
1) The part of the world in which your story is set?
2) The time period of your story?
3) What signficicant events were happening in other parts of the world?
4) What happened right before the story takes place that is significant?
5) What was the culture like of the time? Think music, art, leisure, pop culture, etc.
6) What political issues were significant during this time?
7) How were men and women viewed? What about minority ethnic, racial, or religious groups?
Work period for reader's journals and discussion questions. Make sure you submit your good copy of your essays before 11:59pm tonight on Turnitin.
Today we're going to talk about generating effective discussion questions and then you'll continue to have time to work on your readers journals/essay revisions.
Don't forget our first literature circle meeting is next Wednesday. In order to participate you will need to have your questions and journals completed. If you are going to be absent, make sure you arrange to give your group a copy of your questions and journals in advance.


The first look of 'Kanupapa' starring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in the lead role, has been revealed. Directed by Priyadarshan, the film is the official dubbed version of Malayalam flick 'Oppam.' One Overseas Network Entertainment is releasing the movie in Telugu. 'Kanupapa' is expected to hit the screens in the last week of this month.


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Another significant trend, of which brands are finally realizing the importance, is customer feedback. As a result, communities and conversations surrounding brands have a major impact on businesses. These are a primary influence over a customer's brand choice.
Brands now realize the relentless extent to which word-of-mouth can make or break a reputation. Consequently, they must mold it to their advantage by building on customer feedback, creating brand reps, activating ambassador programs and involving social influencers. This enables brands to enrich, organize and take full advantage of the word-of-mouth impact.
Thus emerges a logical trend: chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI). As the number of channels increases so does traffic flow which chatbots and AI can effectively manage and streamline. This begs the question of whether automation will replace human contact (which we don't believe it will). We do believe, however, that certain simple, repetitive tasks will be accomplished automatically bringing additional value to the actual human contact with the brand. Customers' digital expectations will be far higher at the time when they get in touch with a human advisor. Technology, therefore, opens up a space to enrich, if not altogether invent, new experiences.
We've spoken about the convergence of contact points as well as automation and augmented reality, which brings us to the notion of customer context: a new era we're ushering in. Because of automation and AI, brands can personalize their customer relationship. By gathering knowledge on what a customer expects from this relationship, brands must fine-tune and customize the digital customer experience. Finally, brands must become truly proactive in answering their customers' needs and, better yet, anticipate them.
Within a context of racing innovations, our ambition at The Social Client is to help brands understand the evolution of technology and its impact on users' activities and behaviors. For eight years, our agency has experimented, innovated and deployed disruptive solutions applying to the digital customer experience. Most importantly, we aim to help brands successfully exploit these new technologies by implementing concrete operations in accordance with their needs, business and marketing strategy.


Envelope Schema is a special type of schema used in BizTalk Server that is used to represent more than one XML messages embedded in it.
You can use Envelope schema to Split up a Batch XML into individual Files or Split up an XML file that has more that one Embedded XML files into individual Files. This is show below.
Split up a Batch XML into Individual XML files.
Create One File Receive Port and 2 File Send Ports. Use XML Receive pipeline for Receive Port and pass through pipeline for the send ports.
Since we are not using any orchestrations for receiving/routing the separated individual XML files, we have to set the Filter properties of Both the send ports to Subscribe for the individual XML files as given below.
i am getting the following error while sending the files according to the above scenario. can you please look into it and let me know the resolution please.
There was a failure executing the receive pipeline: "Microsoft.BizTalk.DefaultPipelines.XMLReceive, Microsoft.BizTalk.DefaultPipelines, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" Source: "XML disassembler" Receive Port: "ReceivePort4" URI: "F:BalaTestsample projectDebatching sampleDebatching sampleIN*.xml" Reason: An error occurred when parsing the incoming document: "There are multiple root elements. Line 2, position 2.".
Your error message gives you the clear description – "There are multiple root elements. Line 2, position 2"..
So basically your input xml file is not in proper format.. make sure that it has one root node only..


Enjoy your holiday weekend! See you soon.
Hello! I hope today finds you well, and preparing for Thanksgiving tomorrow, if you are one of my American friends. As I write this post, I'm not sure where we will spend this holiday, but I'll be giving thanks for the many blessings in my life - no matter where I am.
Today's card reminds me of a cornucopia, with bounty from the land (if you eat leaves and acorns), with rich colors thrown in. I fell in love with this card. The leaves, the jewel tones mixed with neutrals, and the tiny details add up to something that pleases me.
Some Stampin' Up! Tulle Ribbon, found in a scrap bag (I live off of those scraps, as you can see from post to post), was pleated and added to the back of the plum panel with glue.
The vintage book page was spritzed, wiped, inked, painted and heaven knows what else. Not sure I'm loving it. The taupe flowers were a gift from my friend, Sindhu, of Trapped In Craft. I clustered many together to make one larger one, and surrounded them with Rose Leaf punch-outs.
I'm becoming a fan of Altenew, a stamp company that has really fresh ideas. This sentiment is from Label Love. I've got two Altenew sets filled with sentiments, but I've reserved an order for Vintage Roses. Finally: a two-step stamping set, in clear poly that helps build gorgeous flowers with lots of depth. I have a few old sets from Stampin' Up! like this, but you need a Stamp-a-majig, and sometimes I'm not in the mood to fiddle with that.
Life has been incredibly busy for me this past month or so. I've had my blog posts all lined up for a while now, and glad I did so, because I've had no free time at all to craft. I'm aching to get back into my studio again. I'm also sorely behind on visiting blogs! Please know I think of you all - my blogging friends - often, and miss visiting to see what you've created.
The card base, cardstock layers and patterned paper were pre-cut; all I needed to do was glue them together. Then, I added a cool vintage-style Santa sticker from a K & Co. pack. I thought about adding ribbons, or gems, or..., or...., but in the end decided to keep it clean.
K & Co. had put a couple of gems on the sticker, by the sentiment. That's enough to dress it up!
It's a pretty simple card that doesn't need much explanation. I hope you've enjoyed it today! Take care, my friends.
Both cards featured today have something in common: a Mellow Moss card base. The first card sports a 'tree' (branch stamp from All That Glitters - Flourishes), with a punched ornament dangling from it. The Stampin' Up! Ornament Punch has white-embossed flowers from Elements of Style on it. The sentiment is from a Mark's Finest Papers set, the name of which I don't recall. It's long gone.
The next card has the same K & Co. die cut strip with a holly pattern, but the focal point is a bit different. The scalloped oval was stamped with Inspired By Stamping's Festive Frames foliage and sentiment. I topped it off with a snippet of more K & Co. goodness: holly leaves and berries die cuts.
These cards made good use of some snippets I had on hand, and it made the creating go much faster.
As for my news: sadly, I've had to step down from The Card Concept design team. I've got too much on my plate in my personal life. Being on a DT is a challenge for me right now, so I had to say goodbye. I really like the ladies at The Card Concept. Everyone is so easy going, supportive and kind. I will miss being part of their team.
Hello, friends! Sharing a card that doesn't need too much explanation today. It was my mother's birthday card earlier this fall. My mom loooooves black and white, so there's ample amounts of those colors here. I had to add a bit of green to liven things up a little.
American Crafts makes a pretty rosette ribbon (you can find some HERE at Create For Less, an online store) that I used to make the flower on this card. Just wound it around into a circle, secured it to a black circle die cut with Aleene's Tacky Glue, and topped it off with a pretty gem.
Hello! Yes, two days in a row, I've got wedding cards to share. :-) There sure are a lot of couples hitched to be married out there! Hoping my handmade cards help make the big day a special one.
This card reminds me of a (somewhat) vintage post card. My favorite thing is the focal point: a jumble of shells, surrounded by a cork frame.
This negative die cut - a piece of cork, cut with a Deckled Rectangle die from Spellbinders - was lying about. I was not sure what to do with it, but then it struck me that it would make a good frame for these bits of sea life. A sprinkling of crystal clear glitter and a few pearls make it feel even more beachy.
The papers are from a lovely collection by Prima called Seashore.
Wishing you sunshine, this and every day!
I had some Crumb Cake patterned paper scraps lying around, complete with Crumb Cake cardstock mats (yes, it was another thing in a Stampin' Up! scrap bag ;), already trimmed. I thought that the little groom's tux and bride's gown images (Hampton Art's Wedding) would look good framed by them.
The gold-embossed circular sentiment is from the same set.
I had an image from Close To My Heart's Topiaries that fit the scheme perfectly, and made sure to add glittery spots, along with pearly ones, in the leaves.
I used Rubber Stampede's embossing ink refill (liquid form) to sprinkle splotches on the card base, then embossed with gold embossing powder. The ink saturated the card a bit too much, making some areas a little buckled. Oh well.
The Tattered Leaves die cuts (Tim Holtz/Sizzix) were inked with so many things, I don't even recall. I do remember using metallic gold paint on here, smeared around a little. There are some Onyx sequins from Pretty Pink Posh added around the leaves, and a sentiment from Inspired By Stamping was added to an acorn die cut.
So there you go! A messy one from me. :-) Thanks so much for your visit, and have a fabulous weekend!
I love the Stampin' Up! set, Good Neighbors. That's what drew me to Paula's card in the first place. She created a lovely, large moon behind her houses, and I riffed on that by sponging lots of dark plum and black inks around the edges. Speckled stamps from SU's Itty Bitty Backgrounds became stars.
Just so happens that I had these little houses in my box of cast-offs from a project long ago. I lined them up along a dark 'street', and stamped a Papertrey Ink sentiment there.
A big thanks to Paula for sharing such an awesome creation with all of us. It's a neat idea!
And thank YOU for coming to see my creation today! Have a wonderful day!
And you know, it kind of grew on me. :-) It ain't so bad after all.
The sentiment from Fiskars' All Year Greetings says "hello," but this is actually a birthday card. I like being able to stretch my stamps as much as I can. A Spellbinders' Corner Flourish die cut in black -- times 2, placed end-to-end -- helped create the central focal point.


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Q: Homology of $P^n$ minus a point Denote real projective space by $P^n.$ I want to compute $H_*(P^n - p)$ (for some $p \in P^n$) given that I already know $H_*(P^n).$ Now we know that, as for any $n$-manifold, the local homology groups $H_i(P^n,P^n - p)$ at $p$ are zero except when $i = n$, in which case $H_n(P^n,P^n - p) \cong \mathbb{Z}.$ (This is seen by excising out the complement of an Euclidean ball around $p$.) So the long exact sequence of the pair $(P^n,P^n-p)$ gives $H_i(P^n,P^n-p) \cong H_i(P^n)$ when $i \neq n-1,n.$
When $n$ is odd, we have the exact sequence
$$\require{AMScd}\begin{CD}
H_{n+1}(P^n,P^n-p) @>>> H_n(P^n-p) @>>> H_n(P^n) @>>> H_n(P^n,P^n-p) @>>> H_{n-1}(P^n-p) @>>> H_{n-1}(P^n) \\
@VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V \\
0 @>>> ? @>>> \mathbb{Z} @>>> \mathbb{Z} @>>> ? @>>> 0
\end{CD}$$
The problem is that I don't understand the generators involved and what the middle map does to them. My intuition is that a generator of $H_n(P^n)$ represents a choice of orientation, a generator of $H_n(P^n,P^n-p)$ represents a choice of local orientation about $p,$ and that the middle map is an isomorphism because $P^n$ is orientable. Is this correct? If so, how does one formalize this argument? This would give that $H_n(P^n-p) = H_{n-1}(P^n-p) = 0.$
When $n$ is even, we have the exact sequence
$$\require{AMScd}\begin{CD}
H_{n+1}(P^n,P^n-p) @>>> H_n(P^n-p) @>>> H_n(P^n) @>>> H_n(P^n,P^n-p) @>>> H_{n-1}(P^n-p) @>>> H_{n-1}(P^n) @>>> H_{n-1}(P^n,P^n-p) \\
@VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V @VV{\cong}V \\
0 @>>> ? @>>> 0 @>>> \mathbb{Z} @>>> ? @>>> \mathbb{Z}/2 @>>> 0
\end{CD}$$
Thus we see that $H_n(P^n-p) = 0$ in this case. But how do we compute $H_{n-1}(P^n-p)$? Again, I'm having trouble understanding the generators and maps involved.

A: You're working too hard. Think about the cell decomposition of $\Bbb{RP}^n$; it's obtained from $\Bbb{RP}^{n-1}$ by adding an $n$-cell by the projection $S^{n-1} \to \Bbb{RP}^{n-1}$. We may pick the point you're deleting to be in the interior of the $n$-cell (otherwise, pick a homeomorphism of $\Bbb{RP}^n$ that takes it there; the homeomorphism group of a connected manifold acts transitively).
Now, because $D^n \setminus \{0\}$ deformation retracts onto $S^{n-1}$, we see that $\Bbb{RP}^n \setminus \{p\}$ deformation retracts onto $\Bbb{RP}^{n-1}$. Because you already know the cohomology of this manifold, we're done.

A: It has already been established that this is not necessary to compute the homology of $P^n\setminus p$, but let's still have a look.
Your argument for odd $n$ is absolutely right. You should be able to find the properties that you need in any textbook that proves that for an orientable manifold $M$ you have $H_n(M;\mathbb Z)\cong\mathbb Z$ and also talks about local cohomology, say Spanier or Dold or Bredon $\texttt{;)}$
Now for even $n$ the extension can only be $\mathbb Z\xrightarrow{\cdot 2}\mathbb Z\to\mathbb Z_2$ or $\mathbb Z\to\mathbb Z\oplus\mathbb Z_2\to\mathbb Z_2$. We also know that for coefficients in $\mathbb Z_2$ the first map must actually become zero by repeating the argument for odd $n$, but now not requiring orientability. Applying a universal coefficient theorem then rules out the second case, and $H_{n-1}$ must be $\mathbb Z$.

A: The space $X=P^n\setminus p$ is homeomorphic to the total space of the tautological line bundle $\xi$ on $P^{n-1}$.
Thus $X$  is homotopically equivalent to the base space of that bundle, namely $P^{n-1}$ and we have $$  H_{n-1}(P^n\setminus p)=\mathbb Z \quad \text {if} \: n\gt 0 \: \text {is even}$$     $$ H_{n-1}(P^n\setminus p)=0 \quad \text {if} \: n\gt 1 \: \text {is odd} $$


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Roosters commit game to Central Coast Stadium
Tue 17 Feb 2015, 08:59 AM
The Club has today announced a commitment to play one regular season fixture per year at Central Coast Stadium over the next five years, commencing in 2015.
Having recently formed an alignment with the region via the Central Coast Division Rugby League and Wyong Roos, this commitment guarantees local rugby supporters will have an opportunity to watch some of the biggest names in the NRL live in action at Central Coast Stadium.
"We are committed to the role we play as a professional sport within the community and this is a positive step in our increasing engagement with the Central Coast via our alliance with the Central Coast Division Rugby League and Wyong Roos," said Roosters Chief Operating Officer Football, Brian Canavan.
"With more than 5,500 participants in the region, the Central Coast has a strong network of rugby league support and this month alone, the Roosters have visited more than 5,000 school children in the region as part of the NRL's Community Carnival. This is just part of our on-going activations in the area to promote our brand and Club, and we are pleased to be giving local league fans the assurity that the Sydney Roosters are committed to playing at Central Coast Stadium for the next five years," he added.
Gosford City Mayor, Lawrie McKinna echoed the Roosters sentiment.
"We are very pleased that the people of the Central Coast will be able to enjoy watching live rugby league action in their backyard at Central Coast Stadium," said Cr McKinna.
"We have been impressed with the Sydney Roosters and their endeavours to engage with the community via their relationship with the Central Coast Division Rugby League and Wyong Roos, and applaud them for making this about more than just a game of footy," he added.
In 2015, the Sydney Roosters will host the Gold Coast Titans at Central Coast Stadium on Sunday, June 28 with the NRL kicking off at 2.00pm.


A few weeks ago I wrote about similarities in coaching myself as a cyclist and the strategies of differentiated coaching. A key component is knowing when to help teachers develop a routine or ritual to overcome a persistent struggle.
My problem with biking was remembering to unclip from pedals soon enough to avoid tipping over at stop signs. I needed a routine. To develop it, I identified when to clip in and out, practiced to determine how far in advance I needed to start the process (way sooner than other bikers), and also experimented with whether twisting my feet together or separately was the better way (separately so that I could then flip each pedal and not accidentally re-clip). These routines have so far kept me fall-free.
Teachers who tend to ask questions with one right answer know that such questions make it easier to grade fairly and keeps surprises out of most discussions. However, they don't provide for deep class discussion These teachers can study resources such as Good Questions for Math Teaching (Sullivan and Lilburn, 2002) and set a routine, such as planning two such questions for each discussion or assignment.
Teachers who easily adapt to changes in plans often get caught up in the flow of lesson activities; they may struggle to bring summarization and closure to lessons. More experienced teachers might help them estimate how much time that processing requires. And, they might ritualize having a student give a cue when it is time to wrap things up.
If students constantly need directions over and above what a teacher provides, that teacher might ask a more detail-oriented colleague—or spouse or roommate—"What else would you need to get started?" They could even partner with another new teacher who is just the opposite—whose assignments spell out exactly what students are to do to the extent that they do less thinking—and support each other in finding a healthy balance.
As new teachers set out to master this daunting challenge, helping them tailor their goals and strategies to fit within their own strengths will help them gain the confidence they need to make education both a career and a calling.
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San Francisco, Calif.—Dreamforce, November 18, 2013—InsideView®, Inc. today announced that it has expanded its InsideView for Marketing™ solution with two new products. InsideView Clean™ updates any existing marketing database with accurate and complete company and contact information. InsideView Target™ enables highly targeted segmentation and list building based on company and contact data, key business events, social insights, or professional connections. InsideView for Marketing is a set of integrated solutions that enable marketers to build and maintain a clean database, enrich new leads in real-time and run targeted campaigns that produce more qualified leads and achieve greater marketing ROI.
San Francisco, Calif. – November 15, 2013— InsideView®, Inc., today announced it ranked number 99 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. InsideView grew an impressive 1,704% over the previous five years, securing its place among technology leaders.
InsideView's chief executive officer, Umberto Milletti, credits the company's growth to skyrocketing demand for InsideView's unique CRM Intelligence solution that delivers the CRM industry's most accurate company and contact data, insights from news and social sources, and professional connections that marketing and sales professionals need to build pipeline, engage prospects and close bigger deals, faster. InsideView is integrated with the world's largest CRM solutions including Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SugarCRM, Oracle and SAP.
Retail brands spend more than $600 billion annually on in-store promotions, merchandising and marketing. But out-of-stock items, poorly executed displays and incorrect pricing mean they're also losing billions in potential revenue. Part of the problem is that brands are selling to decentralized partners – retailers – that have thousands of stores. Setup of promotions happens on a store-by-store basis – with lots of moving pieces between getting a promotional display shipped and getting it set up. This means that promotions sometimes go awry.
"When brands pay for in-store merchandising, such as an end-cap display, 49 percent of the time it's actually missing – it's not in the store," said Justin Behar, CEO of Quri, a retail intelligence company based in San Francisco. The company, which has been working with its customers to collect data during the past year, also found that promotional pricing is incorrect 22 percent of the time.