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Show Notes Transcript
Jim James: 0:23
Hello and welcome to this episode of speak piano. I am really delighted to have Stelios compactors with me today and Stelios is also a doctor. Stelios is on a mission to educate the public about the power of data science, artificial intelligence and blockchain. He's a member of the royal statistical society, an honorary research fellow at the UCL Centre for blockchain, and a data science advisor for the London Business School. So he's also the CEO of Tesseract. Wow, Stelios. That's a lot. I'm so delighted, you've had time to come on the call with us.
Dr. Stylianos Kampakis: 1:00
Yeah, happy to be here.
Now, Stelios, as you know, speed PR is all about helping business owners to get noticed. And especially using tools like like AI, tell us, what's your experience, how AI can help business owners in their marketing.
So I think AI can help in multiple ways in marketing. And we only recently started to discover some of these ways. I think that I mean, there are many different use cases, the obvious one being around analytics. And, you know, trying to to answer some traditional marketing problems, from improved ways to do a B testing, to understanding and to understand whether tribution in a better way, but then we can move on to some fancier ways or fancy, maybe not the right word, like quantum degeneration, for example, where I think it's one of the this is one of the hottest areas of publication, that where we're seeing some tools coming out over the last couple of years or so in the British, we're going to see some very interesting things happening in the next few years. But content generation, I'm referring to anything from articles, to titles, to images, even to videos, I saw a company the other day, where you write the product is basically you provide a script, and then it creates a video of that script. Very, very interesting and impressive, when no knows where it will be in the next five to 10 years. Really.
What do you think, though? Is the sort of the challenge for the smaller business that wants to use AI? Because it's the danger? Is it quite complicated, isn't it? I mean, people have got to understand how to deploy it. How do you how do you make?
Yeah, I mean, it really depends. I seem to see a large part of my work over the last few years has been around explaining a guide to decision makers, especially startups, but also some bigger organizations and helping them understand how they can implement AI in the best possible way, and how they can get the most value out of AI and data science, how they can design a data strategy, etc. But that being said, I think that many of the tools for Mark, there's they are more focused and easier to use. So the idea behind this tools is that you can, you can use them for very specific purposes, right. So you can use them for, let's say, again, right titles, for instance. Yeah. So in this case, there's less risk if there is a fight been implemented, because the use case is very, very clear.
If you have an AI writing, is it really doing plagiarism? Is it going out and finding other articles and just reassembling bits and pieces? Or is it creating fresh content that you're not at risk of, for example, being sued for copyright?
We can create fresh content as well. That's the whole idea behind generative models. So another thing, there's much risk around these, I guess it's still I wouldn't say it's early days, we've advanced a lot in the sense that we now have algorithms to try to create realistic content. Obviously, there are improvements to be made. But I don't expect copyright to be such a big issue. I expect realism and right relevant contents to be a bigger issue.
How do you get the AI writer to create things that have a personality because companies have got their own style? And they've got their own set of vocabulary, for example, that they use? How can you teach? Can you teach the AI tools to write like you would like to write otherwise, they're all going to kind of sound the same?
Yes, absolutely. You can. I mean, that's actually not very difficult to do because a natural language generation, we have this big models like GPT, three these days. And typically two is available, like open source. And you can simply find him this model, as we say on for some texts. And what the model is does is it learns how to speak in the language of those texts. And this means that you let's say, to give you a bit of a fast example, if you want to make the network speak like Shakespeare, then you can just find themselves sounds like Shakespear, and is that speaking in this manner? So that's an entirely solvable problem, you're not going to get an army of bolts that basically are they have
Can you give us an example of a of a tool like content generation platform that you could recommend that people could, if you like, trained to write, like them, if you like,
I can tell you that the state of the art and natural language generation is GPT three, which is a model developed by open AI, it's not open source. But if you type GPT, two, in Python, then you're going to find some implementations in Python. And it's fairly easy to use. This model is pre trained, so it knows English basically. And then you can find through it on texts. And I did the for a friend of mine, and I, you know, written up a book called The decision makers handbook to data science. And I had my book into the Southworth, and they started speaking in this manner, and we came up with some sentences, which were pretty realistic. So the whole piece of text that we produced, it read the bait like something with let's say, a high school student with write about computer science, only those factually correct, there are no deep insights in there. But it has really uncovered all the relationships between them, like the AI is a subfield of computer science. And databases are also something related to these topics, and so on and so forth. It was really it was pretty interesting.
Is AI writing really only in English? Because obviously, the Chinese are also pursuing AI, you've got the Spanish will the Indian languages, how does that work? If you're a multi multinational company?
Well, you can have a neural network that can be trained on any language, or sometimes even multiple languages simultaneously. So that's not an issue. Obviously, a training a network requesting these resources. So if you want to train a network in a language that you know, hasn't seen before, you need to spend time training it but also collecting a dataset. And this will be challenging times. With I think four languages spoken by many people. That's a, you know, it's not very difficult to create something for those languages. Not at all.
What about the different formats? For example, we talked about writing? Well, of course, you've got long form articles. What about things like headlines or even or advertising copy? Because there's humor, for example, a nuance in, in advertising? That isn't in a long form article? Can you can you use the same AI engine or use different ones?
I mean, there's a bit of a technical mark there, right. So again, make sure that I mean, yeah, these are really technically this, I mean, you can, you can use a similar technology. But then when it comes down to a use case, it's to be fine. Sure. So that the quality is there, I guess it's just not refined enough to be used, like, in general, right, you need to fine tune it, you need to also the models, models are quite big. So they're not necessarily be easy to serve to, you know, to users. So but these are actually technical models, which are going to be solved sooner or later. So I think it's only a few years before, con AI content generation becomes widely available. That's not to say that humans don't have a role, obviously, you know, because AI learns from humans. So I don't think that AI will be able to come up with very novel ideas, at least for now, it might in the near future. But in the very near future, I would expect that we will see some very good content generation services based on AI for content which is largely vanilla, you know, maybe you want to do if you have 10 articles talking about one topic, you just want to produce 10 more articles, you know of the same topic. And maybe you also want the human to edit this a third day I write it but Either says it becomes a very good productive.
Jim James: 10:26
And what about things like technical writing? Because if you're writing, for example, brochures, or handbooks, can AI help with that, because that's a big body of work as well, for most companies.
Dr. Stylianos Kampakis: 10:39
That's not the best approach. Because when we're talking about handbooks or guides or textbooks, we're talking about facts and very systematized knowledge that is good, that has been put into boxes. And it's when AI I mean, it captures the distant relationships between different things. And I believe that it's not, I mean, if you try to create a guide for that, it might come up with some final results. That's not what you're after. Right? Because when you read the guide, you want to be very precise. Whereas when we talk about AI, it uses content, which looks as if it isn't created by human. But I guess most people would agree that doesn't really understand what this content is.
What about then the intellectual property rights? If you use AI to create an article? Technically, you haven't written it yourself? Do you own the copyright? Or can you copyright content that wasn't generated by you, but just as a function of you pressing the button?
Good question. I'm not sure that's more of a legal question. But that's a great point. I say, why not? I mean, if you're generated by AI, and then you publish a book, I mean, what does it matter?
You mentioned that AI is great at reaching out across various bodies of information, and kind of compiling it and synthesizing it and generating some narrative. Where do you think this is going for? Sort of relating? text, and audio and video? Are these three data formats? All entirely separate, as far as AI is concerned? Or could you be gradient article that could then be creating, for example, a video from the same? content?
Yeah. This is what many researchers are trying to do they try to caption videos, and yeah, absolutely, yeah, we want to connect all these different, let's say, creative parts,
they absolutely. Have you got any examples of smaller companies using AI, from your own work, and maybe from your own center, that you could share with the listeners where you've gone, okay, we've taken a problem used AI, and that's either, you know, replace people that couldn't be hired for that job, or was much more cost effective than it could have been done with with people.
I think there are plenty of examples, right? Not necessarily in marketing, but like in all industries. I guess, especially now, with the donation. It's not just about the efficiency with the pandemic still going on. It's also about using technology, in, you know, in those domains, where humans might not be able to sometimes work because of a virus, right. And we've seen some even pretty imaginative cases and things like a robotic vironment. For example,
your sort of future view Stelios on the impact of AI on marketing.
I discussed this with speakers of the AI marketing meetup, which were organized last week, and I think everyone agreed that it was see lower barriers to entry into the game for smaller agencies and smaller companies. And AI tools for marketing become cheaper, it will be easier for a smaller company to do the job that the bigger company with 10 employees, just for the marketing department, they just don't. And Claire, Lisa thing is going to level the playing field. Obviously, bigger companies can use these tools for them, it can only serve so much content, right? So it's so the problem that smaller companies have is probably the continuation of content, because you have people trying to do too many things at once. But with these tools will will will ever will see that the playing field will be leveled. Maybe we'll see more and more and better than better tools. But it gives the first step is to quit cheaper tools, because now some of the solutions out there, they're meant for big companies. And I think eventually they will get cheaper and cheaper.
What do you think the tools are coming from Stelios? Because the, you know, the goal of China, for example, is to be an AI leader that has some great products like proudly coming out of Poland. This product coming out of Ukraine. Do you see as being a global innovation, or do you see certain pockets being more innovative than others?
I think that we see a lot of innovation taking place in many countries. The word leader is the US, China is a close second. And then outside of these two countries, I think the UK just from an AI, Israel as well, Canada, and we're really witnessing. Like, what we're really witnessing is a global arms race around AI and data science. And it's what we're going to see over the next few years The thing is multiple different pockets of innovation. Right? This more countries realize the hidden value in at least the college's Stellios, if people want to find out about you, and obviously you have a your own Tesseract Academy, tell us just a little bit about the academy that you run, and how you help companies to understand and adopt AI. So the goal that they serve the content needs to help decision makers and decision makers I mean, anyone from an executive to to even bigger company to a premier where a manager better understand how they can use probably implement data science will help without having to go through the all the technicalities and, and the details, which can sometimes seem obscure or esoteric. And so that got me worked on topics like data strategy, on scoping on AI projects. At three I've worked with some some small companies, two big companies like the US Navy Vodafone British land. And they that's a very, like recurring theme in my work, not only with a desert Academy, but also with some of the universities and work with explaining AI to the stakeholders, calculate them understand how AI and data science can be used, and also relate with the college's like blockchain and help them achieve their goals. Because what often people lose sight of the big picture, we make hiring decisions, which are not good, they might not have the right plan in place, no matter No, you know how you should build the right culture for data science adoption. It's really these are the things that the decision maker needs to deal with early on. So they make sure that they get the most value out of their data. And I think these days as data science and AI become more and more widespread. There's it's also a question as to whether you can do this better than the competition, because everyone will start doing and the sooner or later you have to, we have to make a step by step plan and implement AI if you haven't already in the organization. So this is where the the circular kind of doing business. I have been doing as well over the last few years helping decision makers get the most out of this technology in the simplest way possible in the most efficient way possible.
Still is compactness. Where can people find out about you?
Yes, so people can find about me on my personal website, the data cientist.com and they want to earn more about data strategy. hen they can visit the site, specially Academy. It's esseract.academy. There, you c n also find the website of t e desert Academy from a perso al website, the datascientis .com
Stelios, thank you so much for joining me today on the CPR podcast.
Yeah. Thanks, Jim. It has been my pleasure, very interesting conversation.
We've been talking with studios, comm pockets, and I'll put those links in the show notes. So thanks so much for listening to this episode of speak PR, we've been talking about the power of AI and technology assisted marketing. So until we meet again, I wish you the best of health Most importantly, a profitable business. And if you're a small company, look at the resources that AI have, because it really does give you a huge amount of tools, really at a fraction of the cost of traditional tool sets. Thank you so much for listening
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SharePoint Remote Event Receivers Receivers enable communication between SharePoint and K2, such as starting a workflow when you add an item to a list. The endpoints are configured for you when you integrate a SharePoint list or library with K2 for SharePoint and configure the workflow to start with a SharePoint event.
You use a SharePoint Document Library to store employee contract documents. You want to start a K2 workflow each time a new contract is added to the library. In this scenario, the trigger that starts the workflow is the "An item was added" SharePoint event.
You may run into cases where you notice the workflow does not start. You can troubleshoot this by opening the Window Event Viewer and looking for the message – "A SharePoint Remote Event Receiver tried to start the workflow <workflowname> that does not exist on the server".
It is important to understand the difference between a deployed workflow and a designed workflow. While you're building your workflow it is in design mode. In this mode, your workflow changes are saved but new instances of it cannot be started unless you deploy it.
Use the following two scenarios of why the "A SharePoint Remote Event Receiver tried to start the workflow <workflowname> that does not exist on the server" information message shows in the Windows Event Log and how to resolve or avoid it.
For this scenario, you create a list, but the same principle applies to a library. You integrate the list with K2 for SharePoint and select to generate a workflow that starts when an item is added to the list (but it can be any list or library event). The workflow opens in the Workflow Designer where you start configuring it by adding steps etc. You DO NOT deploy the workflow.
While you're configuring the workflow, someone adds an item to the list. SharePoint sends the event to K2 but the workflow does not start because you have not yet deployed the workflow.
"A SharePoint Remote Event Receiver tried to start the workflow <workflowname> that does not exist on the server".
Prior to the K2 Cloud Update 6 / K2 Five 5.2 release, you see four error messages in the Windows Event Viewer.
Until you deploy the workflow, this information message is logged in the Event Viewer every time an event starts from SharePoint. In this scenario, when an item is added to the list. This message is for information only and can be ignored. It is expected that the time to design a workflow is relatively short compared to how long your solution is expected to be used. If the design of the workflow is expected to take a long time before you deploy it, it is recommended that you NOT configure the Remote Event Receiver in the Start event until closer to deployment.
The reason why this message is marked as information only is that nothing happens other than SharePoint sending K2 events. K2 cannot do anything with those events, and there is no effect on the list items added. If you want to stop these messages from occurring, re-run your workflow Start event and remove the remote events until you're ready to deploy the workflow. At that point, reconfigure the Start event to start with one or more SharePoint events.
Open your workflow. You can either do this from the K2 Application page of the SharePoint list and select Edit, or locate your workflow in the K2 Designer and select Edit.
Click the Trash Bin icon to remove the SharePoint event from the workflow Start step.
On Delete Workflow events from a List/Library, click Delete Event.
Click OK to delete the event.
Notice that there are no events configured for the workflow to start.
Save the workflow but do not deploy.
After making this change, if items are added to the SharePoint list, information messages are not logged in the Window Event Viewer. Once you are ready to deploy the workflow, configure the Start step to start the workflow with one or more SharePoint events and then deploy it.
For this scenario, you create a list, but the same principle applies to a library. You integrate the list with K2 for SharePoint and select to generate a workflow that starts when an item is added to the list. The workflow opens in the Workflow Designer where you start configuring it by adding steps. In this scenario, you deploy the workflow.
Deleting a workflow from the K2 Management site removes only the deployed workflow. The workflow definition, however, is not deleted which means that you can access it using the K2 Application page in SharePoint or the K2 Designer.
At this point, the workflow is deleted and there is no longer a deployed workflow to be started. Until you deploy the workflow again, this error message will show in the Event Viewer every time an event starts from SharePoint.
If you want to prevent these messages, delete the workflow from the artifacts page as well as the SharePoint events stored in K2.
First, go to the K2 Application page of the SharePoint list. Select the workflow and click Delete. This deletes the definition of the workflow.
Even though you deleted the deployed version of the workflow, you can still open the worklfow from the K2 Application page, in design mode, and redeploy it.
Next, you need to make some SmartObject calls to run the Remove Remote SharePoint Events method to delete the configuration of the event. In the steps below, you find your SiteURL and ListID in step a. You use these IDs to locate the SharePoint Integration EventID in step b. Then you remove the remote SharePoint events in step c.
Open K2 Management and browse to the SharePoint Integration Setting SmartObject. (System > SharePoint 2013 Integration). On the Definitions tab, scroll down to the Methods section and locate the GetList method. Click Execute.
On the Execute SmartObject Method page, click Execute.
On the Results tab, find your list and copy (Ctrl+C) the row containing the ID, SITEURL and LISTID values and paste them into Notepad for later reference.
You can add a filter to make things easier. For example, search by SiteURL and List Display Name.
In K2 Management browse to the SharePoint Integration Setting Events SmartObject. (System > SharePoint 2013 Integration). On the Definitions tab, scroll down to the Methods section and locate the GetList method. Click Execute.
Reference the Notepad file you created (in step a) and find the ID.
You use this ID to locate the correct record. (ID = SharePoint Integration Setting ID) On the Results tab, find your list's SharePoint Integration Event ID (in this example 10001). Add this to your list in Notepad.
From K2 Management browse to the SharePoint Integration Helper Methods SmartObject. (System > SharePoint 2013 Integration). On the Definitions tab, scroll down to the Methods section and locate the Remove Remote SharePoint Events method. Click Execute.
Use your values in Notepad, paste the SiteURL, ListID, and RemoteReceiverTypes into the Value fields. Click Execute.
The Remote Event Receiver is removed. This means that if an item is added to the SharePoint list, you no longer see a message in the Windows Event Viewer.


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In the last few weeks, leading Conservative Brexiters have been talking up the possibility of walking away with no deal. Theresa May herself said that "no deal is better than a bad deal." This is not true, and it is good that Theresa May's letter to Donald Tusk struck a more constructive tone, praising the EU's achievements. Leaving the EU with no deal would mean tariffs on trade; legal chaos, with every British company selling to the EU unsure if they are doing so legally; and Britain's alliances with other European countries in ruins.
But there is a decent chance that this outcome, not desired by anyone with a passing understanding of modern trade, comes to pass. The process for leaving the EU is simple, but hands power to the EU-27. Article 50 matters in two ways. First, the agreement only need cover the withdrawal arrangements — it simply needs to 'take account' of the future relationship, if any. Second, if no deal is struck in two years, the member-state departs — unless all 28 countries agree to extend the talks.
The article was written to make it possible to deal with an errant state that wanted to leave because the EU suspended voting rights, according to John Kerr, its author (and chairman of CER). But applied to Brexit it is a recipe for brinksmanship. The EU-27 know that Britain will feel the costs of a failure to strike a deal more than they will. The 27 have some specific things that they all want — the rights of their citizens who live in the UK to be secured, and the UK to pay for its EU commitments to the EU budget. So they have an interest in sticking together to ensure that these issues are sorted out first (with the UK agreeing to respect migrants' rights and pay up). Only once that is agreed, the EU-27 say, will they move onto negotiating any transition arrangements and the future relationship. We can expect the EU-27 to suspend talks if the UK refuses to meet its terms. The first test of the negotiations for Theresa May — in fact, of her premiership — will be whether she can face down the radicals in her own party.
We do not know what the EU-27 will demand in return for agreeing to a transition deal. Such a deal is needed to prevent tariffs, customs controls and legal uncertainty before the ratification of a free trade agreement. The 27 have little interest in setting up new rules and institutions for the UK's transition. The 27 may demand that the UK de facto remain in the single market or customs union, with EU law still in force, and free movement continuing, or for Britain to leave and apply for a free trade agreement from the outside.
Meanwhile, the "bold and ambitious" free trade agreement that Theresa May called for in her letter, including financial services, data and telecoms, is not far in scope from the current single market; yet May has made an end to free movement and the European Court of Justice's supremacy her red lines. She will have to risk defenestration by the right if she is to deliver such a deal, since the price the 27 will demand for it will be high. No deal is still a big risk, despite May's warmer tones now that the negotiations are about to begin.
John Springford is director of research at the Centre for European Reform.


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File-sharing applications are among the most popular uses of the Internet today. According to the market research firm Big Champagne, an average of 9.5 million Internet users are simultaneously logged on to use file-sharing applications at any given time of the day to share music, videos, applications and other digital media -- a fact that does not please the Recording Industry Association of America.
In fact, the RIAA has taken several steps over the past year to stem the flow of what it considers to be wholesale music piracy. Last month, for example, the RIAA filed nearly 500 more lawsuits against alleged music file-sharers. This action brings the total number of individuals it has sued to roughly 3,000. The RIAA suits against file-sharers began in September 2003, and, despite many reports to the contrary, the RIAA says it is having a positive effect on the amount of illegal file-swapping.
In contrast to the unchecked flow of pirate MP3s on file-sharing networks, there are plenty of legit services that offer, at a cost, a wide range of digital music. But while iTunes, Rhapsody, MusicMatch, Napster, Sony Connect and several lesser-known digital music sites are charging roughly US$10.00 per album and roughly US$1.00 per song, another player has emerged on the international scene and is making big waves: MediaServices' AllofMP3.com.
AllofMP3.com, based in Russia, has been controversial from the get-go, charging for legit music not by the song or by the album, but by the megabyte. The company caters to every kind of musical taste with a huge library of legitimate music. While many have questioned the legality of the service, AllofMP3.com assures its users that the service is above-board legitimate. The cost per song through the service works out to be about 5 cents, with the cost per album works out to be 65 to 75 cents, depending on the album size and the format requested by users.
Many consumers who are accustomed to paying $1.00 per song and a minimum of $10.00 per album typically raise an eyebrow suspiciously at the prospect of such a low-cost service, which offers nearly all its music in AAC, MP3, OGG and several other formats. How can this service be legal? How are artists compensated? How does the RIAA even allow the site to function? And why are users not migrating in droves from the higher-cost services like iTunes and Napster? With these questions in mind, TechNewsWorld turned to MediaServices CIO Vadim Mamotin for an exclusive interview.
TechNewsWorld: First off, can you tell us what motivated you to create AllofMP3.com?
Vadim Mamotin: People love music. As digital audio and mobile technologies improve, interest in digital music will only increase. Several years ago we somehow foresaw this situation and thought we could create an Internet store to provide people -- both experienced and inexperienced computer users and audiophiles -- with a quality service and a wide assortment of music. We obtained all necessary licenses and started our hard work. What will become of it in the long run, our users will decide.
TNW: Have you been approached by the RIAA or other media organizations to stop selling music so inexpensively?
Mamotin: The RIAA didn't address us directly. As far as we know, several legal owners' organizations contacted ROMS -- the equivalent of the RIAA here in Russia -- wishing to obtain more specific information on our service and its legality. No suit was brought against us.
TNW: What do you think of the RIAA's current process of suing music users to prevent them from sharing music online through Kazaa, Morpheus, LimeWire and the other P2P music networks?
Mamotin: From our point of view, peer-to-peer networks are the natural reaction to the high cost of MP3 (and other audio) files at music stores of official distributors. We think the RIAA and other remedial organizations are acting badly in trying to sue music users. Lawsuits against users is only a temporary, insufficienly considered solution that will be found ineffective in the future. We think the only way to force users to pay for the music is to provide users with rich services for less cost.
TNW: Is your service legal from an international perspective, or just in Russia?
Mamotin: Because we have ROMS licenses, it would be more appropriate to address this question to ROMS.
TNW: How do you respond to questions about artist royalties, when you charge so little per song and per album?
Mamotin: We pay all royalties according to our license, which we have obtained from ROMS. These royalties allow us to keep our prices at their current level.
TNW: Can you talk a little about the technology behind what your service offers, in terms of the multiple formats? No other service offers as many different formats as AllofMP3.com.
Mamotin: A variety of available encoders and file formats allows our users to obtain what they want. We attempt to satisfy all our users, so we consider all essential requests to be important. Generally, we work in two slightly different directions: We want to satisfy those who are not that experienced in audio technologies and also the advanced, competent audiophiles.
Of course, most of our users download regular MP3s encoded with default parameters, but there are also those who choose other encoders and want to control all encoding parameters. All of these users are more than welcome.
TNW: In terms of the current most popular service in the world -- iTunes -- do you identify Apple as your primary competitor?
Mamotin: We do not compete with foreign services. We work basically for the Russian users.
TNW: Are you planning any marketing efforts in the U.S. or other countries to promote your service?
Mamotin: We didn't plan such efforts and do not plan them in the future. We intended our service initially to be for Russian users. But, of course, those who come to our site from abroad are welcome and are provided with our full service.
TNW: When did the service officially debut?
Mamotin: In August, 2001. In its present form, it debuted in November 2003.
TNW: When did you launch an English-language version?
Mamotin: The English version has been developed simultaneously with the Russian one. This is because certain problems with Russian language-encoding standards existed when we launched, so we addressed this by offering two language versions simultaneously. There are also many our nationals living outside Russia who prefer to browse our English part of the site.
TNW: What percentage of your customers are from outside Russia?
Mamotin: It is insignificant. Our service has been created for Russia and based on Russian legislation.
TNW: What do you think will happen in the future of online music distribution?
Mamotin: The consumer always prefers services with a variety of abilities and features. The more technological features are provided by the service, the greater popularity it has. We think that in the foreseeable future, the prices of online music stores will drop because of the constant pressure from the direction of peer-to-peer networks and their growing popularity and availability.
TNW: Are you planning any partnerships with any hardware vendors, like iRiver, Creative Labs or Rio?
Mamotin: We carry on negotiations with different manufacturers of MP3 and audio equipment. At present we are cooperating with Samsung.
TNW: What other digital formats are you planning to offer in the future?
Mamotin: Recently, we have implemented the support of WMA 9 Lossless, Monkey's Audio, OptimFROG and FLAC. Our users are able also to download uncompressed source CD-DA data as wave files. Technology never stands still. New audio-encoding techniques and formats will be developed. If these technologies will become popular, we'll include their support at AllofMP3.com.
As to our other plans. We will continue to develop our AllofMP3 Explorer. This program is a fully autonomous part of our service that makes the work with our services much easier and more convenient.
TNW: Many users in the United States are leery of using their credit cards on International sites, because outside the U.S., there is no direct way to appeal against credit card theft or identity theft. How are you working to assure users that their information is safe?
Mamotin: First of all, the security of any transaction depends to a large extent on the payment-processing company. If it is banking company and it has international certificates from Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club and so forth, the probability of user's information leakage is insignificant. We use such a company -- CyberPlat -- for our financial transactions with international clients.
In fact, we do not directly access the information from user credit cards. We get only notifications about successful transactions. We know that many people are leery of buying anything on Russian sites or are leery of using their credit cards on the Internet at all. It would be ineffective to try convincing these kinds of users of our honesty.
The only way we see it is to advance our good reputation, provide users with as good support as we can and answer all questions of our current users.


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The UAE acts as an example of comprehensive development in the Arab world, according to the presidency statement
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President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi praised the development projects of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during his two-day visit to the country, dubbing it an important model to all Arab countries.
Al-Sisi's comments came during his meeting with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The two heads of state asserted the importance of building an Arab strategy to enhance stability and security in the region.
Al Nahyan stressed the importance of strategic relations in certain fields between the two countries.
According to the Egyptian presidency, Al-Sisi congratulated Al Nahyan on the 45th anniversary of the UAE.
The UAE has been one of the main political and financial supporters of Egypt after the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi.
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She has worked at the grassroots, co-founding a community forestry nonprofit and mediating for community mediation centers. At the state level, she facilitated the birth of the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute, for which she still serves as teaching faculty, and the Virginia Food System Council. She coordinated and facilitated the 2011 2nd Virginia Food Security Summit that launched Virginia's first statewide strategic food plan, and the 1st Virginia Food Security Summit in 2007 that led to the successful effort to establish the statewide food Council. She has also initiated the Virginia Food Heritage Project, which is currently working on a pilot project in the central Virginia region.
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While working for the federal government in the early 1980's, Tanya specialized in international labor rights and served on U.S. delegations to the U.N. International Labor Organization in Geneva. In 1991, after authoring her first book on organic gardening, Tanya co-founded the nonprofit community organization Greener Harrisonburg, and served as Executive Director for three years. During this time she became a certified mediator and mediation instructor. She then worked with the Virginia Department of Forestry and served as the first Executive Director for the nonprofit Virginia Urban Forestry Council. Since 1997, she has worked at the UVa Institute for Environmental Negotiation where her work involves facilitating and mediating a broad range of community and environmental issues.
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It's just that its principles are contrary to the basic tenets of good newspapering. A public relations man's first concern is controlling the public image of the client who is paying him. Often he is as much occupied with keeping information out of the newspapers as he is with getting it in. To a legitimate reporter, on the other hand, news is news, and as long as it is presented with objectivity and comprehensive fairness, the hell with image. Keep news out of a newspaper? A repugnant concept. You'd have to look pretty hard to find a newspaperman in the business today who would turn his back on a good story because someone was paying him to do so.
SYLVAN SCOLNICK CLAIMS it was he who first awakened Harry Karafin to the potential in his position as a "public relations" consultant. Whether he did or not, Karafin eventually got into the business in a big way. Within a few years after he started seeing Scolnick regularly at the time of the M. Stein & Co. bankruptcy, Karafin's income jumped to several times the relatively small salary the Inquirer was paying him as its top expose reporter. He even reached a point where he started his own firm — Kaye Communications — and had business cards printed, "When Harry first started coming to Sylvan," says a close associate of Scolnick's, "his shoes were raggedy, his teeth needed fixing and he was paying off a second hand car. Now look at him."
Harry Karafin did well in the public relations business.
Sylvan Scolnick played an important role in some of his business associations. Any reporter would have loved to have access to the circles, in which Scolnick traveled. Yet Harry Karafin seemed to have muzzled his usually fine reporter's nose for news whenever he wheeled with Scolnick.
An operation called Young Development Company is a case in point. One Federal official called it "a cesspool of high-finance wheeling and dealing." It was basically a holding company and a lot of very big money men got into it to make a quick buck. Capitalized through a series of high-promise stock offerings, its principal holdings were the rights to "The Big Idea" television show. A former major network flop which featured a procession of bright-eyed inventors who displayed their gadgets in search of backer, and a kiddie series called "Diver Dan."
Scolnick heard about the money around in the Young coffers and decided to try to get in on it. He went before Young's board of directors, which included some very respectable local businessmen blinded the idea of fat returns on their investment, and, waving a piece of in his hand, sold them the "exclusive" right to import a high-mark-up terrazzo tile from Puerto Rico. The deal went for close to $165,000, including a block of Young which Scolnick, against the stipulations of the sale, immediately began selling under the table for a fraction of its market value. A firm call Terra Cor was established as a subsidiary to handle the tile and Scolnick was put on its payroll. Young never made a cent on the deal. Scolnick never delivered the tile.
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CEDAR POINT — After months of delay caused mostly by tree damage from Hurricane Florence, the town's new park along the White Oak River will open to the public at 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8.
Commissioner John Nash made the announcement Tuesday night during the town board's monthly meeting in town hall off Sherwood Avenue.
Speaking during commission comments, Mr. Nash said the 56-acre, heavily wooded park will temporarily be called Boathouse Creek Walking Trails in Cedar Point.
Boathouse Creek leads to the river and park land abuts both waterways. However, Mr. Nash said the town will seek a permanent name for the park in the future, with input from residents.
"Don Redfearn (public works director) and his team have worked diligently to get the park ready for public access," Mr. Nash said Tuesday.
Workers for a contractor also had to get rid of dangling branches, remove some fallen trees from the hiking trails and mark trails so people won't get lost in the dense woods.
There's a gate at the entrance to the park on Masonic Avenue, and it will be opened every morning at 8 a.m. and closed at 7 p.m., Mr. Nash added.
There are five to eight "semi-delineated" parking spaces inside a small area to the left beyond the gate. There are also two handicap parking spaces.
Initially, the park will be for walking, enjoying nature and fishing, Mr. Nash said. There is abundant wildlife and a cornucopia of native flora.
One of the trails is a mile long, another is 0.8 of a mile and a third is 0.4 of mile. Each is marked with reflective signs of a different color. There is a dock, but it will remain closed to the public for safety reasons.
The town is seeking a $150,000 state Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grant to buy and build a kayak launch, dock and permeable parking lot.
The town bought the 56-acre waterfront tract for $2.8 million in April from the N.C. Masons, with the intent of offering passive recreation and providing a stormwater runoff buffer between nearby residential development and the river in order to protect and enhance water quality. The property had previously been zoned for multi-family development.
The park includes all of the remaining undeveloped Masonic property in town except the historic Octagon House and its grounds.
Mr. Nash said for now, there will be no restrooms on park property and no trash receptacles. He said anyone who hikes should pack out what they bring along.
All state laws are applicable within the park, and the property will be patrolled by the town's sheriff's deputy, Kurt Nokamura, and others from the sheriff's department when needed. There will be no town staff on site.
Mr. Nash urged anyone who uses the park to "be aware of your surroundings," and said if someone calls 911, law enforcement and/or the Western Carteret Fire and EMS Department, located nearby on Sherwood Avenue, will respond.
"We hope you enjoy the park," said Mr. Nash, who added that the town has a long-range plan, which was developed by a consulting engineering firm, for the property.
Features in that plan, which Mr. Nash said will take shape in "baby steps" as the town can afford them, include a parking lot with a restroom/shelter, paved and natural trails, a nature play area, three water view platforms, a fishing pier, the kayak and canoe launch with a drop-off area away from the water, a single-stall waterless bathroom, a bench, swing and hammock area close to the water, an open space/events lawn, a picnic area and a living shoreline to protect against erosion.
The town took possession of the property in April, about five months after voters in November 2018 overwhelmingly approved a bond referendum to pay for it.
Officials have told taxpayers the town will seek grants to help defray 3-cent property tax hike that went into effect July 1 to pay off the bonds, which were bought by Sterling National Bank of New York.
So far, the town has received three grants. The first one, from the N.C. Coastal Land Trust, was for $250,000 and was used as a down payment on the purchase. The second, to be used to pay down the debt, was $1,011,756 from the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust. The third, for $500,000, was from PARTF and will also be used to pay down the debt, as allowed in the town's contract with the bank.
Mayor Scott Hatsell has said he will pursue a tax decrease when the board begins budget deliberations in the spring.
During the meeting Tuesday, Commissioner David Winberry suggested the park eventually be named for Edward Hill, who owned the property and built the Octagon House in 1855, or John S. Jones, a town founding father who also owned the land and structure for a time.
Mayor Hatsell said those ideas were worthy of discussion and officials want to hear from the public.
The land was originally granted by King George III of England to Thomas Lee in 1713. It was once a Native American camp ground, according to an online history complied Mary Warshaw of Beaufort, but became a plantation, with a sawmill and salt works.
In 1765, according to the history, William Hill of Virginia purchased what had become known as the Cedar Point Plantation. Edward Hill is a descendant of William Hill.
Eventually it was handed down to Mr. Jones, who inherited it from his mother, Mary Hill Jones, the daughter of Edward Hill.
Mr. Jones, who was born in the Octagon House in 1924, donated the land to the Masons in 1999. In recent years, the Masons have been selling some of it for development, such as the plot where Neuse Sport Shop stands at the intersection of Highway 24 and Masonic Avenue.
Mr. Jones was instrumental in establishing the Cedar Point Property Owners Association, the forerunner of the establishment of the town in 1988 by an act of the General Assembly. He was a town commissioner for eight years and died in 2015.
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Unfallhergang und Rettungsmaßnahmen
Anna Bågenholm, die damals am Krankenhaus in Narvik arbeitete, fuhr am 21. Mai 1999 mit zwei Arbeitskollegen Ski. Um 18:20 Uhr kam es zu einem folgenschweren Unfall: Bågenholm stürzte kopfüber in einen etwa 70 cm tiefen, zugefrorenen Bach, sie geriet unter die Eisdecke, wo ihr Körper zwischen zwei Felsen eingeklemmt wurde. Sie konnte zwar in einer Luftblase zwischen Eis und Wasser atmen, sich aber nicht befreien. Ihren Begleitern gelang es nicht, sie aus dem etwa 20 cm dicken Eis zu bergen. Um 18:27 Uhr wurde ein Notruf abgesetzt, aber erst um 19:40 Uhr konnte ein Rettungsteam das Eis mit einer Kreissäge aufsägen, so dass Bågenholm, die bereits seit 19:00 Uhr bewusstlos war, aus dem Bach gezogen werden konnte. Sie hatte mittlerweile rund 80 Minuten im Wasser gelegen.

Um 19:56 Uhr wurde Bågenholm durch einen Rettungshubschrauber unter Reanimationsmaßnahmen von der Unfallstelle übernommen und traf um 21:10 Uhr in der Universitätsklinik Tromsø ein. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt betrug ihre Körpertemperatur nur noch 14,4 Grad, die Pupillen waren starr, es waren weder Herztätigkeit noch Hirnströme feststellbar. Obwohl Bågenholm damit klinisch tot war, wurden umfangreiche intensivmedizinische Maßnahmen eingeleitet; insgesamt waren unter der Leitung von Mads Gilbert bis zu 100 Ärzte und Hilfskräfte damit befasst. Dabei wurde unter anderem Bågenholms Blut über einen Bypass ausgeleitet, außerhalb des Körpers erwärmt, mit Sauerstoff angereichert und dann wieder zurückgeführt. Die Körpertemperatur sank noch bis auf 13,7 Grad ab. Um 22:15 Uhr konnte jedoch wieder Herztätigkeit gemessen werden. Als um 0:49 Uhr der Bypass abgestellt wurde, war die Körpertemperatur auf 36,4 Grad gestiegen. Am 30. Mai kam Bågenholm wieder zu Bewusstsein. Sie war zunächst vom Hals abwärts bewegungsunfähig, erholte sich aber in den folgenden Wochen wieder, ohne dass gravierende körperliche Schäden zurückblieben. Seit Oktober 1999 ist Bågenholm wieder als Ärztin tätig.

Entscheidend für die erfolgreiche Reanimation und das Ausbleiben von (Hirn-)Schäden trotz des langen Kreislaufausfalls waren die schnelle Abkühlung des Gehirns bei noch funktionierendem Kreislauf und die langsam durchgeführte Wiedererwärmung des Körpers. Eine wichtige Rolle spielte außerdem die kompetente medizinische Erstversorgung am Unfallort (die Ersthelfer waren Ärzte) und im Rettungshubschrauber, der bereits ein entsprechend ausgerüstetes Team an Bord hatte, das Bågenholms Körper während des Fluges nicht erwärmte, sondern weiter kühlte. Der "Fall Bågenholm" erregte weltweit Aufsehen und wurde in der Fachzeitschrift The Lancet diskutiert. Der Fall gilt als wegweisend für den Umgang mit Hypothermie.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
Interview mit Anna Bågenholm auf CNN

Unfallopfer
Patient
Mediziner (20. Jahrhundert)
Gesundheitswesen (Norwegen)
Schwede
Geboren 1970
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- Constraining herewith an oral account both humble and magnificent, of the peregrinations of the above-mentioned philosopher, namely Mr Cedric Brodie, 'during his various and divers voyages around and about the Soul of Man; namely and to whit: ye Seeing, ye Hearing, ye Touch, ye Smell, etc., etc., &.C; also included is the narrative of ye return voyage to New Lynsmouth and various hilarious goings-on in that fair towne. Printed by Grittfellow, Withertop and Urge – Cheapside, London, in the year of 1617.
Upon a beam of light I sailed around, ever chasing the sun. After many a voyage I noticed the beams of sun were reflecting off the water, I traced their source, I charted their course and plumbed their line. By Jupiter! With all zeal I sought the source of sun's silent shine. I can't pretend to grasp the shimmering glint with mere bony hand. This playful spirit sits still for no-one, not even a child. Dancing light, do you never sit upon the water when the water is still? I chased you round but found that though you eluded me, still, you were there all the time, right there – gravity bent you my way by attraction oh playful spirit of light you were the Newton's apple of my eye. So instead, after many restless voyages around the poles of the horn, I settled down to the life of an English country squire and a natural history of botanical verbiage. Taxonomical lepidoptery filled many a pleasant day when I was not drowsing before a roaring fire as the rain skittered down. E'er the glint sparkled for me from then on. I sat back like a crafty old dog and let the light come to me. Now, instead of chasing it, I could simply sit and look deeply into it as it met my eye – illuminating my inner eye with every photonic pulse – a smile also lit my face.


The history and future of makeup and beauty products.
Archaeologists have found evidence of cosmetics or makeup being used in Egypt dating back as far as the fourth millennium BC, including artifacts of eye makeup and objects used for the application of scented ointments.
Nail color often represented social class. During the Chou Dynasty, (circa 600 BC) gold and silver were the royal colors. Later, royalty starting wearing black or red nail color. Lower ranking women were only permitted to wear pale tones. Wearing royal colors without the rank was punished by death.
Modern nail polish is a actually a variation of car paint.
Vaseline petroleum jelly was patented on May 14, 1878.
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Perspectives from the Cheap Seats
FOMO: Looking Back at Game 7 of the 2014 Western Conference Final
This is where the Kings mini dynasty of 2012-14 proved to be no fluke...
By Michael Lloyd Mar 27, 2020, 9:30am PDT
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2014 Western Conference Final had it all between the @NHLBlackhawks and @LAKings. An easy choice for @NHLdotcom's Playoff Series of the Decade.
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— NHL (@NHL) January 18, 2020
The world is in lockdown—and if you're not an essential employee, why aren't you staying home like the rest of us?—which gives us a lot of time for memories. In this case, they are of the misty water-colored memories of the way we were variety; or should I say the way the Kings were?
Do you remember that mini dynasty the Kings were in the midst of in 2014? All those game seven and overtime wins? I sure do. Five years ago seems like 25, and in other times seems like last week.
With that in mind—and with a bunch of help from NBC Sports re-airing game 7 of the 2014 Western Conference Finals—I needed to see why the National Hockey League named this Kings-Blackhawks series as the best of last decade.
Mood Going into the Game
The Kings held a 3-1 series lead over the Blackhawks, but like everything in the 2014 playoffs, they made it really difficult, allowing Chicago to force a game seven. This prompted the ominous voiceover in the pre-game open for NBC Sports:
"If the Kings are going to win this, they are going to have to do it in three consecutive game sevens...unheard of..."
Sit Charles is a @88PKane fan! pic.twitter.com/DY7kZnpd6S
— Peggy Kusinski (@peggykusinski) June 1, 2014
The Lineups
Marian Gaborik – Anze Kopitar – Dustin Brown
Tanner Pearson – Jeff Carter – Tyler Toffoli
Dwight King – Jarret Stoll – Justin Williams
Kyle Clifford – Mike Richards – Trevor Lewis
Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty
Willie Mitchell – Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez – Matt Greene
Jonathan Quick (starter)
Martin Jones (backup)
Of the 24 Kings, only six players remain on the current 2019-20 roster.
Bryan Bickell – Jonathan Toews – Marian Hossa
Brandon Saad – Andrew Shaw – Patrick Kane
Patrick Sharp – Marcus Kruger – Ben Smith
Brandon Bollig – Michal Handzus – Kris Versteeg
Duncan Keith – Niklas Hjalmarsson
Nick Leddy – Brent Seabrook
Johnny Oduya – Michal Rozsival
Corey Crawford (starter)
Antti Raanta (backup)
First Period
Chicago got things going around five minutes in when Brandon Saad—who haunted the Kings all series with chance after chance—took a cross-ice pass from Patrick Kane and found the back of the net from an unmanageable angle after bouncing the puck off Jonathan Quick for a 1-0 lead.
Before the game, Anze Kopitar commented on whether Saad had surprised him:
"No, I don't think so. He's been with the team the last couple years, and he's been playing good for them. I wouldn't say he took us by surprise. Just means we have to do a better job of limiting his time and space on the ice."
Hawks 1. Kings 0.
5:06—Brandon Saad (6) from Patrick Kane and Andrew Shaw
Just moments later, Mr. Game 7 (and future Conn Smythe winner) Justin Williams was sent to the both on a needless tripping penalty. Can you guess what happened next? Chicago captain Jonathan Toews jumped all over that mistake. That's why you don't make dumb mistakes in the deciding game that would potentially send your team to the Stanley Cup Finals. Chicago up, 2-0. But if you remember all of the 2-0 deficits the Kings wiped out in the previous 20 games, you weren't worried…
8:36—Power Play Goal. Jonathan Toews (9) from Patrick Kane and Brent Seabrook
OH CAPTAIN! A PP tally for 19 on a rebound, and the #Blackhawks have the 2-0 lead! 11:24 to go in the 1st!
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) June 2, 2014
A game seven hockey eternity passed after the Toews goal, but eight minutes later the Kings created some more game seven magic. Captain Dustin Brown took a beautiful Tyler Toffoli poke pass and led the rush into the offensive zone. The shot was too nasty for Corey Crawford to field cleanly as it bounced up where Jeff Carter was in the perfect spot to knock it down with a potential high stick.
Johnny Oduya showed a crack in the Blackhawks armor breaking his stick over the crossbar. Doesn't he know that move is reserved for the after you give up the empty netter at the end of the game?
Another eternity passed as the goal went for review. The call on the ice was confirmed and the Kings were back in it.
16:31—Jeff Carter (9) from Dustin Brown and Tyler Toffoli
Brownie Knew it was Good!
Then, less than a minute later, Mr. Game 7 showed why that's his nickname with his seventh goal in a game seven which tied an NHL record.
17:22—Justin Williams (7) from Slava Voynov and Dwight King
Willie Mitchell, on Mr. Game Seven's success:
"I don't know. He's just a big game player. He's had success on occasions before. I think players that have success in those occasions are comfortable in it. We're glad to have him. He can speak to that himself, I'm sure."
But twelve seconds later, Toffoli made a rookie mistake with a blind backhand that Marcus Krüger took out of the air and found Patrick Sharp on the right wing, who bounced a wicked rolling puck over Quick to make it 3-2. Toffoli sure owes us one for that giveaway.
17:34—Patrick Sharp (4) from Marcus Kruger
That's three goals in 64 seconds and five goals on 18 shots against these two stingy defenses.
Second Period
The Kings were asleep during the first half of the period. I mean like snoozefest level slumber taking nine-and-a-half minutes to get their first shot on goal. Tyler Toffoli decided that it was time to atone for that first period giveaway, tying the game with his seventh goal of the playoffs on deflected bounce into an open net.
NBC Announcer on Toffoli:
"You talk about a great pair of hands."
10:31—Tyler Toffoli (7) from Matt Greene and Dwight King
After Toffloi knotted the game at 3-3, the penalty parade commenced. Mike Richards with a hook on Kane, Willie Mitchell boarded Krüger, and then Drew Doughty cross checked Andew Shaw creating a 5-on-3 just after the half way point of the second. After the Kings killed the Mitchell minor, Chicago capitalized Sharp took advantage of a stickless Quick and banked it off of Jake Muzzin who proved here that he never really got the hang of blocking shots.
18:25—Patrick Sharp (5) (Power Play) Assists: Brandon Saad
Third Period
Time was ticking away. Did the Blackhawks solve the Kings game 7 magic? Would the glass slipper finally come off? Who would step up? Marian Gaborik that's who! He brought it all even when he scored a split-second a backhander on Crawford's left side. For the first time since 1994, overtime will decide a conference final. For the Ferrari, his 12th goal of the playoffs meant that Chicago blew three leads in the game (led 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3), something their fans cried about during the intermission.
12:43—Marian Gaborik (12) from Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar
Nick Nickson's Call
Quick with the Game Saver!
Quick, who struggled for the first two periods with bouncing pucks and odd-man chances, stepped up in the third with 13 saves. He ensured the teams stayed tied including this denial of Shaw with 5.3 seconds left to guarantee Game 7 hockey overtime—which hadn't happened in the conference finals in 20 years.
Remember this save by Jonathan Quick! @LAKings | #HockeyWeekNBC pic.twitter.com/JLcMYkn1NO
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) March 23, 2020
Dam I'd like to get to bed at a decent hour one night. #NHLplayoffs #Blackhawks #Kings
— Boomer Esiason (@7BOOMERESIASON) June 2, 2014
As we all know, Alec Martinez wound up with the biggest moment of the Western Conference Finals when his wrist shot from the left point line deflected off Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy and went over goalie Corey Crawford's shoulder dethrone the defending Stanley Cup champion. It was sweet revenge for the Kings who had lost to Chicago as the defending champion in overtime just a year earlier. The organ played at the United Center as the fans filed out and the handshake line commenced. All of this proved that the 2012-2014 Los Angeles Kings were built for the playoffs.
Kings 5. Hawks 4.
5:47 —Alec Martinez (4) Assists: Justin Williams, Matt Greene
The Kings are Headed to the Stanley Cup Final
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?!?!! IT'S OVER!!! THE #LAKINGS ARE GOING TO THE STANLEY CUP FINALS!!!
— LA Kings (@LAKings) June 2, 2014
The Captain Accepts: Unfinished Work Ahead
LA Kings Insider, Jon Rosen:
"Today's number: 111.33. It's the average regular season point total of the three teams that the Los Angeles Kings defeated to reach the Stanley Cup Final, a murderer's row of juggernaut offensive squads fortified with claims to the throne of varying legitimacy. The Kings may have defeated the Presidents' Trophy winner and swept the Northwest, Central and Pacific Divisions two years ago, but let's face it, the Phoenix Coyotes aren't in anyone's most obscure hallucination the Chicago Blackhawks."
Dustin Brown:
"I think the interesting thing about that time, [that] era, was we played a certain way and won, and they played a very different way and won too," Everyone's trying to go with trends and speed or skill or big, heavy teams, and they were more of a hybrid, and we were a big, heavy team and played really good [defense]. They were probably more similar to how the teams are playing nowadays, but both teams found a way to win five championships in a matter of six years. And then you get those teams clashing. It was a pretty memorable series start to finish."
The Kings were down three times in the game, and came back three times and Alec Martinez summed it up this way:
"We're just a bunch of cockroaches that never go away...I didn't really see it go in," Martinez said. "I know it went off a couple bodies. I just tried to get it through and fortunately it went in."
Don't touch it. pic.twitter.com/bJgLcaecLL
From the New York Daily News:
"Also a positive sign, despite Quick's settling down late, is that [Henrik] Lundqvist's numbers (2.03 goals against average, .928 save percentage.) dwarf the Kings' goaltender's stats at the moment (2.86 GAA, 9.06 save)."
Front page if today's Chicago Tribune. Great photo by Nuccio Dinuzzo. pic.twitter.com/Rvf82Tca6f
— Helene Elliott (@helenenothelen) June 2, 2014
Tyler Toffoli:
"I'm pretty excited. It's my first chance to win a Stanley Cup, play in the Stanley Cup Finals. The guys in the room are excited. We just want to get it going."
Coach Darryl Sutter:
"We prefer not to get to Game 7. But when you're playing the defending champion, there's a good chance of it. As I said earlier, when it was 3-3, coming into tonight, it could have been the other way, the three wins and the three losses. Game 7 is about winning the game, doing whatever it takes."
Needless Stats
(Courtesy of Crain's)
Roughly 470,000 tweets relating to the Los Angeles Kings' overtime victory over the Chicago Blackhawks were posted between 4 p.m. and 1 a.m. Central time on June 1-2, passing Game 7 of the New York Rangers-Pittsburgh Penguins second-round series (335,000 tweets) as the most-tweeted-about NHL playoff game.
Tweets about the Blackhawks-Kings game reached a unique audience of 5.8 million Twitter users during and after the game, more than any other NHL playoff game [in 2014].
In addition, the deciding game averaged more than 4.1 million viewers nationally on NBC Sports Network, making it the most-watched non-Stanley Cup final for an NHL playoff game since 1994 (Nielsen's earliest ratings records data).
That viewership surpassed the previous high of 4 million viewers for Game 7 of the 1996 Eastern Conference between the Florida Panthers and the Pittsburgh Penguins on ESPN.
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International coffee shop chain Starbucks has announced the launch of packaged tea in grocery stores through its Teavana brand.
Starbucks said the launch of the new retail line came on the back of 14% sales growth for its Teavana and Refreshment business at US company-operated Starbucks stores in the 2018 fiscal year to date.
Teavana packaged tea will be available from this summer and is set to expand across the USA throughout 2018, Starbucks added. The tea sachet selection is said to be inspired by consumers' favourite Teavana blends and to results from mixing together full pieces of tea, real fruit and botanicals.
The new packaged tea will be available in the flavour varieties Youthberry, Peach Tranquillity, Citrus Lavender, Jade Citrus Mint, Imperial Spiced Chai and Earl Grey Creme.
Commenting on the launch, Starbucks group president John Culver said: "The launch of Teavana packaged tea in grocery is just the beginning of the journey to bring consumers some of their Teavana favourites in a new, accessible format where they purchase their groceries. We remain committed to executing our plan to increase our tea business to $3 billion over the next five years through Starbucks global retail, packaged tea, and ready-to-drink premium Teavana Craft Iced Teas".


How Pipestone Economic Development Authority (PEDA) Can Help You!
This section of our website is aimed at guiding new entrepreneurs through the process of starting their own business. We understand that the process of starting your own business can be scary and complex, our goal is to create a step-by-step process for you and your business. Our assistance can be used at any point in this process by contacting City Administrator Jeff Jones.
The following documents are vital to the successful start up of your small business. Also, these same documents are almost always requested when filling out a small business-grant application.
This plan is a statement of a set of business goals, reasons they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. A business plan is often accompanied by supporting documents.
This statement is a financial statement that shows how changes in balance-sheet accounts and income affect cash and cash equivalents, and breaks all the analysis down to operating, investing and financing activities.
This description is the framework of various types of financing that is employed by a firm to acquire the support resources necessary for its operations. It is commonly made up of shareholders investments, long-term loans, short-term loans, and short-term liabilities.
First you should contact the Pipestone Economic Development Authority (PEDA) for assistance in creating a new business.
If you plan to hire employees visit Minnesota Unemployment Insurance website.
Use the IRS's Tax Guide for Small Business.
Determine the type of business you wish to set up; sole proprietorship; partnership; limited liability corporation (LLC); S-corporation; or C-corporation.
Work with your local economic development team to prepare your business plan, statement of cash flows, and a description of your financial structure.
Secure capital through loans, grants, and other incentives.
Register your business name with the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State.
Secure business license and permits; check local and state.
Obtain Sales and Use Tax Permit and display at your business if applicable.
Register for IRS Business ID number.
Register for Minnesota Business ID number.


The measures are proposed as urgency amendments to Senate Bill 731, a pending bill drafted by Steinberg that makes changes to the California Environmental Quality Act. The goal is to avoid further delaying "shovel ready" projects that can bring relief, whether this is the last year of drought or just another year in a much longer drought.
The proposal would appropriate $11 million of existing state and federal funds for clean-drinking-water programs and direct the State Water Resources Control Board to speed up spending that money to help poor and disadvantaged communities.
Some environmental groups said they would support the emphasis on water recycling. "However, there must be enough time to allow public health experts to confirm that the highest safety standards will continue to be met," said Jonas Minton, senior project manager at the Planning and Conservation League.
• Appropriates $40 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for the Department of Water Resources to spend on water conservation and energy-saving programs for farms, homes and businesses.
• Dedicates $50 million in existing funds for DWR to spend on flood-control projects that also benefit water supply.
• Appropriates $4.8 million from the state general fund for the Water Resources Control Board to increase monitoring and reporting of groundwater use.
Steinberg was the architect of a complex package of water laws in 2009, during the last drought, that reformed many aspects of state water management and allocated money for conservation and habitat projects. Those laws, for the first time, required well owners to file regular reports with the state on their groundwater use. California remains the only state in the nation that does not regulate groundwater pumping, a sore spot with many conservation advocates.
"This bill would make a small but necessary down payment on addressing the overpumping of the state's groundwater," Minton said.
The bill also would direct state agencies to work more closely together to expedite drought relief. In particular, it would direct DWR and the Department of Food and Agriculture to jointly develop a program of incentives for farms to conserve water.


It is dark, quiet, and still. The bicycle leans against the back of the couch, and wheels leave dusty marks on the floor. The dogs lay sleeping, curled up like donuts in their crates. They stir, but only slightly, as a switch is touched and light fills the kitchen. They dream of the chase, and I wonder if I'll be at the hilltop by sunrise. Homemade scones, jam, and fresh, steaming coffee are stowed in a spacious canvas saddlebag. A tiny cloud of dust puffs off the rear flap when I slam it shut and cinch it up. I add one more layer of wool, and think that I should wash that dirty bike. But as the freehub tic-tic-tics down the hallway, and my headlight flickers, I think to myself, "Not today". The waking of day, with several miles of gravel, has called me away.
Gravel plunking was on the agenda. The pace of the work week is like sprinting up the muddy incline in a cyclocross race. It is both difficult and urgent. Since I've been asked to fix some things on a project that haven't gone well so far, with no ability to relax the schedule, it is also like trying to fix a flat tire while riding down the road. So on Saturday morning, I sought the opposite of all that, and gravel plunking seemed to be just the thing.
It only takes a few minutes to cross the populated area. I notice the warmer air, the stronger wind, and the occasional resident tending their chores. They've done the little things to make one small place on this earth uniquely theirs. Rural charm.
Then I turn back to the east. It's the turnaround point on this loop. No longer heading out into some adventure, I've transitioned, in a sense, into being homeward bound. But I'm not in a hurry. I'm still gravel plunking, having a delightful morning, and...well...I shall get there...I suppose...eventually.
...but would rather have had a PBJ with my lovely bride up on the prairie in Denton County.
While trying to shift through the gears, test the brakes, and carefully spin it up to speed, he surged forward with each revolution. He taunted me. "Come on girly-man," he sneered, "Is that all you've got?" He pressed further, "How about some real speed?" Then demanded, "Let's go!" And I just hung on for the ride.
He may look like a pleasant enough fellow...this freakish frankenbike. But he's a tough task master. A real monster, this one.
After four solid months of brilliant blue skies, harsh sunlight, and virtually no rain, we had overcast skies and some rain yesterday. It put us all in a silly stupor. Yesterday's ride on a familiar route seemed brand new. It just looked so much different without the bright glare.
This morning, I headed east. Normally, I'd be squinting my eyes and pouring with sweat. But today, the streets were wet, clouds swirled overhead, and it was in the low 60's. I paused on a small rise, it was still a bit dark, but the clouds east of me had a faint glow. When I turned and looked southwest back toward my house, I saw the black sky. This was something we've not seen around here in more than four months. It was a different kind of dawn, and it was stirringly beautiful.
For some of us, a sustainable pace involves some form of mental break or diversion. For me, that means an opportunity to spin pedals in circles, watching the scenery flow by, and traveling to my happy place. I don't always take the opportunity to mix balance with business.
After the initial inventory, step two was a reasonably thorough cleaning. The bike was partially disassembled, washed, and de-greased. The parts intended for re-use were re-lubed and re-installed. I didn't take the time to polish the components, but the remaining luster on some of them was still quite satisfying.
The wheel photo above illustrates what an irreverent mixture of parts this bike will have. Mavic rim, Suzue hub, Suntour freewheel, Campy rear derailleur, and Shimano skewer. I'm afraid this will be the ugly duckling of frankenbikes when finished. Yet, I remain optimistic that this creature will be able to inspire a little pedaling intensity out of a long hibernation.
Gus, who often thinks of himself as the center of activity, also thought that the purpose of the outing was to participate in the Agility Trial. Not that he is quite as passionate about this sport as a Border Collie, but he's plenty passionate about the frequent treats and being the center of attention. Since the other furry rascals were left at home, he had all the treats and all the attention.
As the lowly Agility Trial roadie, I had certain duties and obligations. But my own reasons for being there were...well...let's just say they reached beyond simply attending an Agility Trial.
Since the event was in a rural area just north of the Red River and east of Lake Texoma, it seemed like a good opportunity for exploration on two wheels. The weather was perfect, and didn't take long to sniff out those lightly traveled roads, paths, and trails.
The fixed wheel Kogswell P/R performed better than expected in areas like this. It might have been a little of what some of my mountain bike riding friends refer to as trails with good "flow", or it might have been the refreshing perspective of riding somewhere new.
Either way, I had a couple of pleasant outings between roadie duties, and I saw things I don't see everyday.
And I had that eager anticipation that comes with riding new twisty roads, asking what lies beyond the next bend...and then the satisfaction of discovering the answers.


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