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BBC Don't Make Me Evil: We need fragment level access to online spoken audio content
Today, I uploaded something to YouTube I strictly speaking probably should not have. It was a section from a BBC podcast Outriders containing an interview with Heather Marsh about connecting and protecting people by creating social networks from the bottom up rather than from the top down, so that the power and control remains with the individual and not with with an overarching central authority.
In particular, she discusses working with Tribler the open source peer-to-peer client at TU Delft. At 4 minutes and 28 seconds into the interview she states, "It's what we always wanted, it's what the Internet always was supposed to be and we're at the point now where there is no excuse not to have it."
C'mon BBC, there's no way that I am not going to take that sound byte and spread it through my social network. I just don't have that kind of will power. But are you allowing me to do this?
No. The podcast is one monolithic .mp3 file. The times at which the individual interviews (there are three on three different subjects) begin are not given. There is simply no easy fragment level access possible.
And here's where my self control breaks down. I excerpt the interview from the mp3 and upload the thing to YouTube. Twinged by guilt, I generate myself a neat deep link. (As I mentioned in my previous post that touched on deep links as used by YouTube, a deep link is a link that let you jump in to a particular point in an audio file.)
Voila, here is my link for the "there's no excuse not to have Tribler" sound byte:
(except my conscious got the better of me and I deleted it)
Most people I know are so much more likely to click on a deep link then to struggle with the podcast download at:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/fivelive/pods/pods_20120221-0400a.mp3
Of course with the download it's still Tweetable:
TU Delft P2P client Tribler as heard on BBC Radio 5 "It's what we always wanted" Listen in at 4'28''
Twitter's link shortening would get that down to 140 characters. But then I have to trust my followers are willing to devote about 10 times more attention to digesting my Tweet, then to other Tweets containing links to streams not downloads.
Not only can I not easily link to my sound byte, I also have no way of finding this reference to Tribler unless I already know this is there, occurring in the middle of an interview. There is no indication of the names of the interviewees and give only very limited information on the topic.
And to aid findability, of course, I turn on the YouTube automatic captioning and see what kind of text transcript the speech recognition will generate.
It's just a click on the little cc icon on the bottom and the transcripts are displayed. You can use the player bar to move quickly through the video and the changing transcript sort of gives you an idea of what the different parts of the interview about. You won't be blown away by the quality of the transcripts, "Tribler" for example is not correctly recognized. Nonetheless you can use them to figure out where to stop, and how to navigate to listen to particular questions.
In short, this workaround instantiates the principle of the intelligent multimedia player. Ask me about the Internet as it always was supposed to be and I would say that there should be no audio content, no interesting sound bytes, buried away without the possibility to find them and to share them easily. We need the fragment level access, the deep links, the player that tells us what is where when we're listening.
Can we get you to do this for us BBC? You might notice that my YouTube solution here is quite ugly and and strictly speaking probably not at all what you have in mind for me to be doing with this content.
But let me assume that the mp3 is online in order to be listened to and shared. Let's continue our search to find new ways to make this possible.
Labels: deep links, p2p, speech recognition, Tribler
I am not my website: Warning! Something's not right here.
The server hosting the MediaEval website was compromised 16 February and infected with malware in the form of lines added into the .html code of several of the pages.
Google Safe Browsing Diagnostics caught the problem and MediaEval community members saw the warning in their browsers and started writing me immediately.
I fixed it quite quickly. However, at the moment, Chrome (above), Firefox and Safari and probably also other browsers are presenting this error screen. The malware is gone, but people are still being for-all-practical-purposes prevented from visiting the MediaEval site.
The warning links to a safe browsing diagnostics page that states, "Of the 3 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 2 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded without user consent." But that's pretty deep to have to dig to understand that the danger has been taken care of. The implication is that it's going to take us 90 days of a clean record to get back in the good graces of Google Safe Browsing Diagnostics.
At the bottom, the diagnostics page tells me that as the website owner I can request a review of the site using Google Webmaster Tools. It's nice to find a helping hand extended in a tough situation.
However,what happened next echoed the text of the warning: Something's really not right here. I have been quite concerned about Google's new privacy policy and my interaction with the Webmaster Tools further deepened that concern today.
Google Webmaster Tools wanted me to verify that I was the owner of the website, and, of course, it does this using my Google login. Now, that site is linked at the hip to this blog.
I suppose that was obvious anyway, for anyone reading the content. And people ask me why I care about some association that is deep in a Google server somewhere. It's a slippery slope, yeah sure. Let me articulate why I am not comfortable with this latest slide downwards.
I put a lot of thought into the fact that MediaEval is a community-driven initiative for which I act as the "glue person". Glue person means doing the infrastructure (which amounts to keeping a bunch of plates all spinning at the same time like they do in the circus) and co-ordinating the process by which we make tough decisions (in cases in which such are necessary). My MediaEval activities need to be understood clearly by everyone who cares to scrutinize them as being separate from what is written in this blog---which is my own personal view and does not claim to be anything like a community wide consensus.
The separation of my personal and my public role in MediaEval was previously naturally represented by the fact that on the Internet the default existence for websites are separate entities. These entities were perhaps associated with a webmaster, but that were not linked with a single author/owner person who has a personal history and a private life (as represented by my Google account). Now, I suppose I could set up a separate account to be MediaEval---but these means signing in and out if I want to go from one to the other and that is simply not practical given the amount of work I need to do.
The way that co-operative initiatives like MediaEval grow is that they can be set free from a single person or personality and can take on a life of their own. It's idealistic, I realize, but we do strive for a sort of grassroots democratic process in the benchmark. In order to come anywhere close to this ideal, we need technology whose default mode of operation allows leading members of the community to draw themselves away from the spotlight to stand at the sidelines and give the community room to speak for itself.
Today, I made a quick decision under the pressure of protecting the channel of communication with the MediaEval community. I tied my personal self yet more closely to the site of the benchmarking initiative, when another part of my brain is telling me that for growth and sustainability of the community the trend must go in the other direction.
When I am tired and desperately need a solution, I am in no place to insist on the principle that I am not my website.
I tell myself, that maybe the close technical connection will now remind me to be even more careful in making the conceptual distinction between the two hats I wear: research and community coordinator.
In the meantime, I sit back and take my mind off the issue by enjoying some YouTube---recently a category "Middle Ages" has appeared on my recommendation page. Hey, Google, it's not that kind of mediaeval that I care about! Watches those videos is a welcome form of distraction: especially because it underlines that point that putting all that data in one place isn't really necessarily going to get anyone closer to where they want to be. Let's just hope that the consequences remain innocuous and merely amusing.
Labels: malware, MediaEval, middle ages, privacy
The PhD: Reflections of a mentor
This weekend, I have been reflecting on the mystical status of the PhD. I don't recall there ever being a moment when one of the people who mentored my own PhD process made an explicitly formulated and crystal clear declaration of what they believed that a PhD to be. Somehow their opinion remained obscured, the PhD appeared an arcane, untouchable concept and it seemed almost as if its true nature needed to be kept secret. Possibly, avoiding such declarations is grounded in a certain age-old mentoring wisdom. Since "It's different for everyone", it might be better not to set up specific expectations for a given PhD candidate. Or possibly, avoiding such declarations is a natural reaction to the rapid rate at which the PhD is changing. In fact, by necessity the concept of "The PhD" must develop radically in order to remain relevant---a topic generating a high volume of discussion, e.g., a special issue in Nature last year devoted to the future of the PhD. In the end, defining "The PhD" seems to open more questions that it answers.
However, I have been the daily mentor for PhD students for a number of years now and I have reached a point where I feel the need to take a snapshot of my perspective on PhD mentoring and set it down in linear form. Actually, it's not really any sort of a secret, so why not put it on my blog? In this post, I aim to describe what for me is the essence of a PhD and what I perceive to be the role of the PhD mentor. My definition of a PhD is:
A PhD is an independent contribution to the knowledge of humanity.
With independent, I mean that the key conceptual content of the PhD is original and arises from the PhD candidate's own insight. Note that the definition does not specify the magnitude of this contribution, or even a particular way in which the contribution must be measured. These aspects vary from field to field.
Given this variation, how is it possible to know that one has a PhD? In my view, someone has a PhD when:
A PhD candidate has earned their PhD when their supervisor declares that they are satisfied and when the candidate has successfully defended their contribution before a committee.
Working in the Netherlands is interesting, because the "completion criteria" are extremely salient. The PhD supervisor is a professor at the university who has something called ius promovendi, or the right to graduate PhD students. The system is set up to keep the the number of people with this right small and exclusive (the rest of us are merely mentors). The PhD defense is a public ceremony: the PhD candidate wears a tuxedo and the committee is dressed in academic regalia. Women usually don't wear the tuxedo---but choose an equally imposing alternative. The defense itself follows a special form, which includes a particular moment at which the doctorate is granted to the candidate. All in all, the tradition and the spectacle are awe inspiring. What is highlighted is the importance of this single moment, when the academic community represented by the committee tests the candidate and convenes in seclusion and makes the determination that s/he has fulfilled the requirements. It's the only moment when we see the candidate in a tuxedo during the whole PhD process. It's worth reflecting on the fact that it is indeed the sine qua non of the PhD---it is the only moment that occurs by necessity.
Beyond these points, the PhD process in a lot of hard work and keen insight on the part of the candidate and a lot of interaction with colleagues and mentors. In the Netherlands, the PhD is "officially" not a PhD at all, but a doctoraat. Both PhD and doctoraat are variations on a "research doctorate". I try to be sensitive to cultural differences between my Anglophone conceptions of the PhD and what is common here---but mostly these have turned out to be superficial (e.g., the mandatory tuxedos).
If the PhD candidate is the one doing the thinking and the heavy scientific lifting, what, one wonders, is exactly the role of the mentor? This role is, of course, going to vary widely from person to person, but it's worth trying to capture those aspects that remain invariant. Here is a list of the points that, in my mind, a mentor is responsible for:
Making sure that the candidate has the skills and tools necessary to be a successful researcher. The candidate should be completely comfortable with carrying out the steps of the scientific method. Usually, people are well versed in the scientific method when they start their PhDs. What often needs a bit of help is recognizing the worthwhile examples and not so worthwhile examples of the scientific method. One learns this discrimination through practice and (again) a lot of thinking about it.
Making sure the candidate has a viable topic. A PhD topic will stays with someone for the rest of their life. The mentor needs to the very best of their ability to guide the PhD candidate into growth areas and away from research dead-ends.
Reminding the candidate to converge. It's only one little word in the definition above, but it is important to note that a PhD is an independent contribution and not many independent contributions. Good PhD students will generate ideas during their PhD, which will feed the rest of their scientific careers. The mentor should offer gentle reminders that the PhD thesis is finite in length and does not need to address every vista that arises in the course of investigation.
Guiding the PhD candidate to acculturating into the research community. The process involves discussing the particular topics and methodologies used by a particular community (in our case, these communities are defined by specific conferences and journals) and also facilitating introductions of the candidate to other members of the community. The mentor should keep in mind that acculturation is bi-directional, i.e., that PhD candidates are also destined to change the communities that they join.
Giving the PhD candidate space to fail. A certain number of failure experiences during the PhD-process ensures that we are actually testing the boundaries of the scientific field and pushing into uncharted territory. The space should be so large and generous, so that there is a non-vanishing possibility that the PhD candidate fails at the entire PhD. The number of "total failure" cases should be kept minimal and mentors should be vigilant to spot high risk cases early on in the process. However, it is critical to maintain room for failure in order to encourage the risk taking necessary to ensure that PhD research produces progress in the state of the art.
Supporting the PhD student in understanding where they would like to go with their career after the PhD and how to get there. This point is difficult due to the unpredictable nature of the economy and, well, of the future in general. However, discussion of "life beyond defense" is helpful to achieving convergence (mentioned under point 3) and also to avoiding a letdown after defense, which has been likened to postpartum depression.
Equally important perhaps, is what the mentor doesn't do:
The mentor does not formulate the statement of the candidate's "independent contribution" for the candidate. The candidate comes up with the statement of the independent contribution. The mentor helps to formulate the research questions addressed by the candidate in the natural course of 1.-5. above. However, there is a moment in time when the candidate articulates the key contribution and the mentor says, "Hey, yeah, that's it."
There may be an actual audible click heard at this moment---colleagues like to report having actually heard it. On the other hand, some PhD candidates come up with a new formulation of their independent contribution every week and the process involves more of a sorting and winnowing rather than of a flash of enlightenment. All the same, the independent contribution is originated and owned by the candidate.
At first, making an independent contribution might sound a bit scarey to PhD candidates, since it's actually impossible to know in advance if of oneself if one will make a contribution before one actually knows what the contribution is. The two must necessarily occur in exactly the same moment: there are no guarantees.
However, when I dig a little deeper I find that most people that come to me for mentoring are there because they have a strong intuition about themselves that they have this contribution to make, that it's somewhere there inside of them and that they are looking for a way to realize it.
They also more or less consciously know that the formulation of the contribution is the fun part. In the end, a scientist or an engineer needs a PhD the way a Formula 1 racer needs a driver's license. It's a necessary part of what we do, but it's far, far away from being the actual essence of the scientific endeavor.
What I'd really would like the PhD students I mentor to understand is this: The way it works is that you wake up one morning and realize that in your own mind you are already through it, and have accomplished it with poise and flare. You see that really all of those people who you thought were being so critical are just standing there helping you along and itching to see you show your stuff on international race tracks around the world. There's a huge party of course, but then you are on to other things and don't really think about having passed your driver's test.
But it's the Netherlands, and you don't need a car. So let me spend a few words on bicycles. The PhD process is also a bit like riding a bicycle: when you first learn to balance yourself, you sort of have the feeling that it will fall over at any minute. But very quickly you are riding ahead and it just works and you are fully focused on where you are going and don't think about falling. And then you arrive and you yourself know that you have got there.
The interesting point about using the bicycle comparison is this: The whole nature of what a bicycle is would be altered if someone invented one you could ride and be 100% guaranteed never to fall. I certainly don't think any of the people I know here in the Netherlands would ride a bike like that. Riding a bike is about getting where you need to be.
So the PhD candidate is riding a bicycle towards a goal and the contribution of the mentor is...
...well, the candidate shouldn't even really be noticing that the mentor is making a contribution. Rather, the candidate should be wondering why the mentor doesn't have time to read all the related work papers that s/he is leaving on their desk and why the mentor sort of nods dumbly when s/he has bring them up to speed by explaining to them exactly why these papers contribute to the formulation of the research question or provide support for the experimental methods or results for the particular building block of the theses currently being worked on. Aaaargh! Points 1.-6. above, great, yeah, but what is the mentor actually doing?
Right. That right there is the PhD. In the end, there will be a certain healthy degree of ambiguity of whether the candidates achievement occurred because of the mentor or despite the mentor.
OK. That last part had a definitely mystical ring to it. And the fact that I myself have arrived as such a statement, makes it clearer to me why none of my own mentors ever explicitly formulated and crystal clear declaration of what a PhD is. They probably did, but I didn't recognize at the time that an essential part of the clarity lies in its very ambiguity.
I never pushed any of them either on this point---never asked for a definition. So then am I pushing myself now?
Actually, I think that in part it has to do with the tuxedos. In the Netherlands, that "Hey, yeah, that's it." moment on the part of the mentor is accompanied by a flash of this mental image of the candidate standing at the podium wearing a tuxedo and performing fabulously during the defense. Since my scientific training comes from outside of the Netherlands, my own natural inclination if you ask me to support someone towards wearing a tuxedo is teaching them how to waltz---which is with a large probability irrelevant. The irrelevance of my personal associations with tuxedos to "The PhD" triggered me to start thinking about what is relevant and to set down my perspective in linear form---quite probably, in the end, opening more questions than I have answered.
Labels: mentoring, PhD
Core Participants in MediaEval Tasks
This week, I have been answering email from people who have proposed tasks for the MediaEval 2012 multimedia benchmark or have been contacted about becoming a core participant for a task. The emails have been asking for clarification on what exactly a MediaEval task core participant is. Instead of writing the same email back to everyone, I am putting my answer in this blog post.
The only official definition of a core participant is "A participating team that agrees, before the official beginning of MediaEval task sign up, to cross the finish line for a given task come hell or high water". I am actively looking for a paraphrase of this definition, but for the moment, please be tolerant of the use of an idiomatic phrase (and one containing the word "hell" at that.)
How can a core participant team be sure in February that they will complete a task in late summer? Usually, a core participant will be able to reliably predict that they will cross the finish line on a task because have successfully completed similar tasks in the past. In most cases, they will have a specific person or persons on their team who is working on the task as an integral part of their research project.
If you don't think that you can commit to being a core participant, that is absolutely fine. You can sign up for the task with the normal sign up procedure and participate as a general participant. General participants must make a genuine effort to complete the task and we also expect them to attend the MediaEval workshop if at all humanly possible. General participants also have a much longer window in which to consider task participation before deciding to sign up. Regular sign up won't close until the end of April 2012.
Within MediaEval, fine-grained decisions are left as much as possible to the organizers of the individual tasks. The consequences are that, other than the "come hell of high water" definition, it is left up to the task organizers to interpret exactly what a core participant is. For this reason, the detailed discussion of the matter appears on my blog and not on the MediaEval website.
In order to understand what a core participant might do in any given task, here is the story of the history of "core participants" in MediaEval tasks.
We introduced the notion of core participants after the MediaEval 2010 workshop. At the workshop, we had noticed that (not surprisingly) tasks for which there were a lot of results to compare gave us more interesting insight. We wanted to have a way of ensuring that a minimal number of teams would complete any given task, but we didn't want to use a inelegant, alienating solution, such as cancelling tasks which don't receive a minimum number of successful run submissions. For this reason, a task is required to produce evidence that it will have a minimum number of results to compare at the workshop before being officially accepted as a MediaEval task. This evidence takes the form of collecting a list of core participants.
While the season is running, the task organizers might ask the core participants to help out with the task. For example, last year core participants helped debug the evaluation script. Another example is supporting newcomers. Sometimes new participants in MediaEval need help in understanding some details of the instructions. In this case, a task organizer might ask an experienced core participant to communicate with a newbie. Newbies are often students that have just started their MSc or PhD programs and have a lot to think about at once---we don't want them getting stuck on easily answered questions. It might also save them time if they can communicate with someone in a language that they can type more quickly then English. That someone could be a core participant.
There is a clear line between a task organizer and a core participant. A core participant does not have any official responsibility other than finishing the task. Core participants help the task organizers only if they feel inspired to---it's not required. We also assume that core participants are removed enough from the data set creation process that it is impossible for them to have a relative advantage on any given task over a general participant. For this reason, their scores can be included in the official ranking of scores for a task presented at the MediaEval workshop---task organizers are highly encouraged to carry out their own tasks, but their scores are officially excluded in the ranking presented at the workshop.
Labels: the mediaeval model
Google's new privacy policy will further squelch my social life, and possibly also kill Christmas
So yesterday I saw some screen flash up again from Google concerning the new privacy policy. But I was intent on logging into Gmail to chat my Groundhog Day greetings out to my little social world that I clicked on 'Got it' without really a second glance at all of that carefully crafted text that they had written on the page. Hmm. Looks pretty lean for a privacy policy, but I have a bad feeling. I don't think I'll like this.
And I don't. Just as sure as the groundhog saw his shadow yesterday and we received a generous blanket of snow today. I believe there's another six weeks (well, five weeks and six days) of winter coming.
And there's a serious chilly weather coming on in my social life. Google is going to mix up my Gmail, which is a chaotic mixture of shopping and friends, with my YouTube account, which I use to post video for work. The result is sure to be some weird distorted echo of myself that's neither productive nor fun.
I mean, as kids we do the thing of taking a range of food items out of the refrigerator and putting them in the blender. It starts out a strawberry milkshake, but then you get the idea to add a some capers and a spoonful of peanut butter and then some powdered sugar and a zap of lemon juice. It's fun to mix stuff up but the result is usually pretty gross and the main life lesson we learn with this experiment is that there truly is a reason why we generally like to eat our food in separate dishes and don't mash everything together in the middle of the plate.
Now I have to worry about chats from my friends contaminating the little YouTube garden I have been cultivating on the topic of multimedia information retrieval. Am I going to be looking at my YouTube page with colleagues at work and have to wondering if they will see recommendations for videos of things that I have been chatting about? Is my video recommendation list about to be infected by groundhogs? Other rodents?
Today someone wrote me an email mentioning a Wizards/Raptors game. I have no idea what sport this is: and YouTube's going to be mixing it up with the videos I actually want to see? Am I going to write back and say "Please, include no Wizards or Raptors in your messages to me"? Oh dear, that's really going to go down well with my friends.
For me, it's a cold chill without the mitigating effect of a truly cute and relevant rodent or the promise of a mere six weeks duration.
This year, I will be definitely worrying about accidentally doing a Google search in the presence of one of my family members and having my Christmas shopping list lifted from my email and plunked down in the ads or the personalization of my search results. What happened to surprising people with a unexpected holiday gift? Who would have thought that Google turns out to be the Grinch who Stole Christmas? Do I seriously have to hesitate before spontaneously turning my laptop screen so that someone else can seen my browser and I can help them find something on the Internet?
The New York Times tells us that the EU is pressing Google to delay the new privacy policy until the implications can be better understood. I am not the only one, apparently, with the bad feeling. It looks lean, but its not at all a reassuring lean.
Social media is about the joy of the spur of the moment chat -- and what I have right now is a bad taste in my mouth. My natural human urge to share spontaneous Groundhog greetings prompted me initially to click right through the page of information on the new privacy policy without reading it in detail. That was not a responsible click. That bad taste is not only the oncoming strawberry, caper, peanut butter milkshake, but also the yet further erosion of my ability to trust my social intuitions of what topics to raise when with whom. Google seems to want to help make that decision for me.
It looks like I'll be pulling the adjective 'insidious' off the shelf, dusting it off and using it more often.
Just look at this blog post: it's rodents, raptors, strawberries, videos and snow. Any algorithm that's trying to make me a content recommendation on the basis of this text is going to come up with 'quirky', nothing more. Mix all my personal stuff together, Google, and you get...well, useless mud: It is useless, strawberry flavored mud with perhaps a hint of groundhog. You don't need this stuff Google. Think of something else and don't send you privacy policy off in completely the wrong direction.
Labels: groundhogs day, privacy, YouTube
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Cardiff-based Interactive Children's Brand Beans Entertainment Secures Funding in Advance of Launch
A - Home Page B - Original Content Business Growth Financial Services Innovation
Mark Powney , 14th February 2017
Beans Entertainment (Beans), the developer of Bean&Gone, a new interactive brand that delivers shared engagement experiences for children across digital and physical media formats,today announced that it has secured £300,000 of seed investment. The funding comes from a number of investors including;
Charles Smith (the COO of Shoezone)
Shirish Patel (retired Deloitte Partner)
Ashley Cooper (Catalyst Growth Partners)
Nick Pendleton (former Head of Royal Mail Ventures)
Saracen Ventures and Smart Ancher Capital
Beans CEO & Co-Founder Dan Clemo says;
"We're thrilled to have secured this funding from such prominent investors whom I know will add significant value to our business beyond their cash investment. The new funds will provide us with the necessary operating cash flow to launch Bean&Gone after nearly 3 years of creative design and character building. We're also planning to hire a number of new employees to help with technical and commercial development".
Beans Entertainment based in Cardiff was co-founded by Dan Clemo and Jason Veal, who also founded the prominent creative branding agency Sugar Creative Studio. Beans Entertainment Ltd was launched with the aim of building a global evergreen brand franchise, one that emulates the long lasting success of Thomas the Tank Engine, Mr. Men and other well-known children's characters. The company has already acquired the worldwide rights to the bean shaped characters
first created by British illustrator
Richard Fowler in the 1970s, and which provided the inspiration for Bean&Gone. A new interactive website
has also been built in preparation for the launch, which includes company history, activity sheets, and a product store.
Charles Smith commented;
"I'm pleased to have become a shareholder in such a dynamic young company like Beans. The founders are a truly gifted set of creative individuals who havea collective global vision to build a brand that future generations will grow up with and love".
Shirish Patel says.
"The decision to invest in Beans was quite simple once I'd met Dan and Jason. Their backstory is compelling as is the potential for making Bean&Gone a brand that has lasting appeal to children around the world".
"Beans has progressed significantly in the last 12 months and is already attracting the attention of an number of potential strategic partners who are interested in collaborating on Bean&Gone. As new shareholders, Smart Anchor Capital are excited to see what the future holds for the company considering the size of the opportunity that lies ahead", said Mark Hindmarsh.
As well as the new funding, Beans are in dialogue with a number of well known media entertainment sector parties that will help accelerate brand awareness of Bean&Gone and the company expects to make further announcements prior to the formal launch planned for March 2017.
The Beans Entertainment investment process was facilitated and managed by Smart Anchor Ventures with legal suppo rt provided by Capital Law. Additional information on Bean&G one can be found at: www.beanandgone.
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Mark is a passionate Welshman from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.
With over 15 years experience, he considers digital publishing, digital engagement, recruitment marketing and advertising (all media), digital video production, creative design and more recently social media development as his core knowledge and where a lot of his experience lays.
He has very strong business ethics, built on transparency and trust and equally as important, he enjoys close working relationships with all clients.

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As of now, it is pretty clear that there is no stopping the Indian brigade. After winning the much anticipated match convincingly against Pakistan; India absolutely smashed South Africa out of the park. It is surprising yet comforting to see that India had not won a single international match for three months prior to the World Cup.
This sudden turn around has already got many people going that they would manage to defend their title. Star Sports is already behind team India and is consistently boosting their morale up with its wicked World Cup ads. India is set to play the Middle-Eastern boys (UAE) on 28th February, 2015 at 11:00 IST.
Since the match will be played on Saturday, a decent number of crowds are expected to show up for the match. Watching the match in India will not be an issue, since Star Sports and Ten Sports are directly broadcasting the match. But if you are located in the Middle-East or you are living in US or Canada, you might face some issues as there won't be a cheaper service to bring you all the live action!
We would advise all our cricket fans that are facing the geo-restrictions to use a VPN service. Not only does a VPN service give you the access to live Cricket World Cup matches but it also makes sure you are not bothered by ads popping up on your screens. Still looking for a plus point? You get to watch the matches live in HD streaming!
Looking for a Free Yet Blocked Streaming Service?
Once you have selected the VPN and you are connected through it, you can connect your VPN to access Ten Sports or PTV Sports that are both giving the live streaming for free to their users. The streaming services are geo-restricted but you can use the VPN to unblock them and get the exclusive access to the match.
Here we gathered the list of providers for best free VPN for UAE and best free VPN for India, so have a look.


Watch a behind the scenes clip of 'Intelligence' starring Josh Holloway as a high-tech operative enhanced with a super-computer microchip and Marg Helgenberger as the director who oversees the unit's mission. Coming to CBS!
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Al Qaeda kidnapping video: France is to blame?
by Jamie Read Dec 21, 2018
Al Qaeda branch in sub-Saharan Africa, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM, or the "Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims"), has released a new video addressing the families of several of its hostages. Also addressing the French government's lack of interest in freeing these hostages. JNIM and other groups in the region have for years released videos showing the statues of the captives until recently.
According to an English-speaking jihadist who represents JNIM, they have decided to discontinue the release and production of any video concerning the captives held by the group for undisclosed reasons.
The production of the latest video, which lasts 10-minutes, is intended to pressure the hostage's families at home and pressure the government into acting on these matters. The video was produced by JNIM's media arm, Az-Zallaqa, and it's unit responsible for handling hostage-related messages Al- Ezza Productions.
An image at the beginning of the production (seen below) ties Az-Zallaqa to the media arms of three other Al Qaeda branches: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Al-Andalus Media), Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Al-Malahem Media), and Al Shabaab in Somalia (Al-Kataib Media).
The majority of the message in the video is addressed to the French government and their failings to address the current situation. Particularly involving Sophie Petronin. A French humanitarian worker who was kidnapped in the northern city of Goa on December 24th, 2016. Al Qaeda men have tried on several occasions to secure a ransom for Petronin's release, but have yet failed to come to an agreement.
In recent weeks several French outlets have spoken about Sophie's case, and it seems that the French government has shown a complete lack of disregard to such matters. JNIM says the government attention has been on the commemoration of the 100-year anniversary of the First World War, which took place in November. The fact that this has more press coverage and more attention than that of Sophie's case, JNIM feels as though they have abandoned her.
The English-speaking jihadist would later go on to directly address a message to Sophie's son Sebastian. Apologizing to him for not being able to visit his mother and blaming the entire ordeal on the French government. JNIM's frontman would later praise Sebastian's handling of the matter, but calls upon him to embrace Islam.
During the speech, they also address the other hostages, which are still currently being held with little to no media coverage and no organization working to secure their release — including that of their host nation governments.
One of the hostages that is currently being held is Patrice Stockley. In this strange case of events, Stockley was kidnapped 2012 by Al Qaeda militants and then released on a later date. An agreement was made, and she promised that she would not return. Stupidly, she returned to the country and continued to practice Christianity — which later led to her kidnapping a second time.
Hostage taking in this region is very high I have written about this in the past extensively. Hostage taking as a business for the likes of Al Qaeda, and indeed a very lucrative one. To this day, it has most likely made them millions of dollars. The reality of why they are kidnapping Westerners is that they would like to use them as a bartering chip two essentially kick France out of Mali, and remove all Western forces from the region. The other is undoubtedly funding for their cause, allowing them to recruit and continue with its war.
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Short par four usually downwind. The main feature from the tee is a large bunker at the driving distance and on the perfect line. Once the tee shot has been steered past this bunker you are left with a short shot over a burn to a very sloping green. The severe right to left slope is the main problem on this hole, and although it is a birdie chance the player has to be careful.
This is another relatively short par 4 which again can be tricky. The fairway slopes from right to left and well placed fairway bunkers wait to catch a wayward drive. The feature of the approach shot is the burn which runs across the fairway near to the front of the green.The green itself slopes severely from right to left.


An entire industry is trying to curb our boredom while running. But if you can harness that feeling of restlessness, you may find yourself stronger and faster than ever.
"I hear about boredom from runners all the time," says Jeff Brown, a Boston-based sports psychologist and author of The Runner's Brain. Routine, repetitive motion, absence of distractions, and many long stretches of time devoted to a single task—the conditions of a runner's life could easily double as a description of assembly-line work.
Boredom is not a topic that lends itself to positivity. It's a mood most often experienced as irritable restlessness and correlates highly with loneliness and depression. It's so painful that boredom has actually been used as a punishment: the original treadmill users were prisoners tasked with running to generate electricity. Researchers have documented and studied boredom and its deleterious presence virtually everywhere: among nurses and firefighters, parents and lovers, the elderly and teens.
Athletes in particular tend to be "challenge-oriented people who need stimulation," wrote University of Utah sports psychologist Keith Henschen in the 2000 book Emotions in Sport. And researchers have noted for decades that boredom can sometimes contribute to burnout among athletes. It's not surprising, then, that evading that uncomfortable mood is a perennial topic in sports and is especially pervasive among runners, who need only Google "running boredom" to find lists upon lists of tips for escaping the sensation—run with friends, make a playlist, download an app that makes it sound like zombies are chasing you.
But in the midst of all this evasion, what often gets lost is that boredom isn't always a terrible thing to be avoided, and research is revealing that it can sometimes even be a good thing. This is primarily because boredom can lead to flow.
Even before scientists began documenting the positives of boredom, there were writers and artists—groups of people who also report frequently experiencing flow, according to Csikszentmihalyi—who swore by boredom as part of their creative processes. "You've got to go by or past or through boredom," wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1936 collection of essays The Crack-Up, "as through a filter, before the clear product emerges." Fitzgerald didn't run marathons, but his sentiment could easily describe the feeling of training, according to running blogger and coach Rebekah Hamrick, who says she considers boredom "an entry fee" to the benefits and bliss that running can provide.
Admitting that you get bored while running feels like failure of a sort, tantamount to admitting that you don't really love running—maybe even that you'll never be all that good at it. But what makes elites so good isn't that they magically don't get bored; it's that they've learned to be with that boredom, pay attention to it, and work their way through it to a feeling that's really worth running for.


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Early orthodontic prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Every child deserves to have a beautiful smile. At Konikoff Kids, we recommend that children have an orthodontic screening by the time they are 7 years old – a guideline supported by the American Association of Orthodontists.
Many children do not need orthodontic treatment at the age of 7, but having their teeth and bite relationship evaluated early improves our ability to detect and prevent any problems and prevent them from becoming serious.
Early treatment can help children avoid tooth extractions or surgery later in life.
If you have questions about whether your child needs to be screened for orthodontics, please let us know. We're happy to meet all your dental needs.


Tabitha R. Myers is an associate attorney at Barrett | Matura and is licensed in Arizona and New Jersey with a concentration in civil litigation, business and corporate formation and dissolutions, contracts, and cannabis law.
Tabitha provides legal advice, guidance, and assistance in many realms of the business world. Tabitha has a background in construction, transactional, and corporate dealings, including formation and entity structure, disputes, agreements, and contracts. Tabitha also applies her business and construction background to the legal cannabis community, a movement that she is passionate about.
Tabitha is a member of the State Bar Association of Arizona, Maricopa County Bar Association, Women Grow Phoenix Chapter, Arizona Cannabis Bar Association, and National Cannabis Bar Association. She earned her J.D. from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, and her B.A. in Political Science from Arizona State University.
Tabitha is a tenacious, creative, and enthusiastic attorney who loves to solve problems and connect people.


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Q: What type of text is ths and which CSS rule i use to do text like this i want to make same design in html css. kindly tell me how to align header text like this. i no where find this on internet.

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A: Try this:
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A: #header {
         -webkit-transform: rotate(90deg);
          transform: rotate(90deg);
           position: fixed;
             right: 0;
             top: 0;
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A: Right, I have made a little example for you. Have a look around and mess around with it as much as you want. The other people are correct using transform but as no one has made an example I may as well.
HTML:

Side Header

Test line, more random text

CSS:
#con {
    width: 500px;
    height: 200px;
    outline: 1px solid #000;
}
#header {
    outline: 1px solid #000;
    background: #eee;
    height:100%;
    width: 200px;
    float: right;
    text-align: center;
    transform:rotate(90deg);
    -ms-transform:rotate(90deg);/* IE 9 */
    -webkit-transform:rotate(90deg);/* Safari and Chrome */
}

DEMO HERE
So we create the div that will hold the header and after you have created it as you want it use transform to rotate it. I have added the other browsers in as well.

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Update: Vacaville Police Station, City Hall Targeted By Vandals; Incident Under InvestigationPolice in Vacaville were investigating Sunday night after a group of vandals smashed doors and windows and spray painted graffiti at Vacaville's City Hall and a nearby police station, according to authorities.
Coast Guard Rescue Efforts Launched After Wild Waves Draw Sightseers to Hazardous Beaches
By John Ramos January 10, 2021 at 6:48 pm
Filed Under:Beach hazard advisory, Big Waves, Dangerous Waves, High Surf, Mavericks, Ocean Beach, San Francisco News, Sneaker Wave, Surfing
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Search and rescue crews were trying to find a woman who was swept into the ocean at Pescadero State Beach Sunday afternoon. Officials say she and a man were fishing on the rocks, when a powerful wave knocked them into the water. A witness helped bring the man to shore but the woman was pulled under. The Coast Guard is using a helicopter to help with the search.
Earlier in the day, a San Jose man was swept into the water while scrambling along the bluffs at Point Bonita in the Marin headlands. He has been missing since about 2:30 p.m. and a Coast Guard search was still underway as of 6 o'clock Sunday evening.
Early Sunday morning, the National Weather Service put out an alert for high surf on Bay Area beaches, warning people to stay away. So, of course, people flocked to the area to see what was happening.
The ocean was angry, awakened by strong storms far out to sea. The weather service warned of 23- to 28-foot waves and people flocked to Lands End to watch them roll in from a safe distance.
That included 10-year old Talia Hurst-Hiller, her little brother Rafi and his friend Felix.
"It looks really cool until you go out really close to it and you realize how big the waves actually are," Talia said. "And then you feel really small."
Adam Frymoyer traveled from San Carlos to view the crashing waves. He's an amateur surfer and has been watching the big-wave surfing going on at Mavericks for the last few days, including a run by pro surfer Peter Mel that some are calling "the wave of the decade." Sunday, Frymoyer was astounded to see waves breaking out on the horizon.
"I mean, it's breaking out, that's almost, what, half a mile, a mile out there?" he marveled. "That tells you that there's so much energy in that wave, it's just hitting that bottom and going. It's pretty amazing. I haven't seen that before."
At Ocean Beach in San Francisco, locals became tourists as they walked the strand, some moving closer to feel the power of the surf. There were warnings about rip currents and sneaker waves and one of those surprised experienced beachgoer Randy Girer.
"I see a wave coming in so I back up," Girer said. "Then I see another one coming in so I'm backing up more and then I turn around and I'm walking fast and then I'm running full speed!"
The weather service says in conditions of high surf, when you think you're safe, back up even more. Last week, a father and his two children were killed, swept off a beach in Sonoma County. Those who live near the sea, like Moss Beach resident David Millman, understand the danger.
"When there's 24-foot waves, which there were that day — there are just days when you don't walk along the ocean. You don't," he said. "And you don't turn your back on it, certainly."
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Cancun is one of the most popular destinations in the world for tourism and medical travel with over 3 million annual visitors and around 4,500 treatments and surgeries available in 40 private clinics. Medical treatments are usually about 50-70% cheaper than in the US and no one has to wait for their surgery. It is usual for doctors and surgeons in Cancun hospitals to have gained experience, certifications, and training from the USA. Cancun is typically known for its 14 miles of serene white beaches, its crystal-clear waters and its night life. There is also so much more. Resting on the northeast corner of the Yucatan Peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo, Cancun was a part of the ancient Mayan civilization and is still considered the gateway to the Mayan world. Cancun has the distinction of being the one Caribbean destination with the infrastructure, modern amenities (which were completely revamped in 2006) and service philosophy that rivals leisure destinations worldwide. Unlike many other parts of the Caribbean and Mexico, Cancun was built for tourism, and continues to meet the needs of its annual visitors. Cancun delivers to travelers the best of many worlds: the Caribbean and Mexico; modern and ancient; action packed and laid back. Cancun is unequaled in its ability to offer cultural treasures, natural beauty, infinite activities and North American-style conveniences.
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Hoyo De Monterrey Cuban Cigar Warranty Seal Print - Matted & Framed
The quintessential Cuban cigar image - The Cuban Cigar Warranty Seal is attached to all boxes of genuine Cuban cigars. The Habanos Warranty Box Seal graphic is printed on thick high quality paper stock and is framed with two layered matting with an inner gold border, and a simple black color wooden and glass 8 x 10 frame (if you wish, pop the matting out and easily reframe the art with your own frame!). Click Details button to see a close up view of the Cigar Warranty Seal graphic. This Habanos art is one of our most popular prints we have available. The print is a reproduction of a genuine seal that was attached to a box of Trinidad Fundadores cigars.
The Cuban Cigar Seal print is available for worldwide shipping. Questions about any of our cigar art? Call Toll free anytime, 866 838-9463.
Size: 9 x 12
In the town San Juan y Martinez, in the Vuelta Abajo region of Cuba, there is a wrought-iron gate with the inscription Hoyo de Monterrey, Jose Gener, 1860, It's the entrance to one of Cuba's most renowned vegas finas - a plantation specialising in growing fine tobaccos for cigar binders and fillers, and also the place where Gener started his career as a leaf grower before he founded his own flavoursome cigar brand and registered the Hoyo de Monterrey cigar brand mark in 1865.
Although still in it's traditional packaging, this cuban cigar mark has undergone deep changes. Hoyo de Monterrey cigars are among the best of the new generation Havana cigars. Beautifully constructed, and richly flavoured, with a great draw, an excellent burn, with an intoxicating aroma and flavor.
Year brand established: 1865
Tobacco Region: Vuelta Abajo
Cigar Factory: La Corona
About Habanos Cigars
Hoyo de Monterrey is a brand within the range of Habanos cigars. The Habanos Denomination of Origin certification is applied to all cigars in which 100 per cent of the tobacco used in the cigar has been grown in Cuba. Likewise, it is an essential requirement that all cigars manufactured in Cuba are subjected to numerous quality control checks, both during the agricultural and curing process, as well as during all stages of manufacturing in the cigar factory.
The same rigorous procedures are applied to the selection of the appropriate leaves, quality control, of draw, of the true flavor of each of the Cuban cigar brand names and, finally, the quality of the cigar's appearance and presentation. The quality of the Habanos Cuban cigar is the result of the mystical union of four elements: soil, varieties of Cuban black tobacco, climate and the wisdom of Cuba's agricultural workers and cigar makers.
Numerous attempts to achieve the standards of authentic Cuban cigars in other areas of the world with seeds of Cuban origin have failed to attain the unequalled quality of genuine Cuban cigars. These same elements: the harmonious combination of the sun, the average temperature, atmospheric humidity, soil and subsoil composition are those which make the quality of the Cuban cigar, both in terms of agriculture and manufacturing, unique to Cuba. Therefore, the Habanos Cuban cigar trademark printed on the boxes of brand name Cuban cigars is the guarantee that these cigars are backed by Habanos Denomination of Origin Protection. This is a guarantee of quality and origin that is awarded to only the finest Cuban cigars manufactured in Cuba under the strictest quality control measures, with the best leaves selected from Cuba's tobacco regions.
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I am old! This is a fact proven by the year I was born... 1968. This is also backed up by the fact that I started collecting comic books in 1975. Back then, comics seemed to be just fun entertainment; stories to thrill, scare or just make you giggle. I didn't care how Flash could be hanging out with the Justice League on some far planet, yet still be in Central City fighting Rogues all in the month of June.
I love that we take our hobby serious... but I think over the past 20 years we have began to take them too serious. Super heroes don't follow the same daily planner as we do, have to stop and go the bathroom or worry about bills. That is for us to do and we want the escape from that... and that is what comic books do. Escape!!!
Back in 1977 to 1980, my comic book 'Golden Age' I was reading everything I could get my hands on. Although war comics were my thing, I would venture into the team up books like DC COMICS PRESENTS and THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD and see what was going on in the non World War Two part of the DC Universe. And who cared if Sgt. Rock died at the end of WW2 but was teaming up with Batman thirty years after he died? Not me!
The point is, enjoy the stories for what they are... entertainment. Did you read a comic and feel entertained? Excellent! Now move onto another one and repeat cycle!


The following are reader's opinions of the Eagle Transport made by Warp.
Comments This kit is a vast improvement over the old AMT/Airfix Eagle.Whilst in no way a model for beginners,with care and patience,plus a little common sense,the result is a model of almost studio miniature appearance.
So far I have built two Eagles,plus a Warp Lab Pod, with a third Eagle on the stocks. All three have the later one piece spine, which though heavy in flash, remove the hard work of drilling and pinning two halves together. Unfortunately, there is a slight curve along the length of the spine, which I cured by sawing through the side of the spine, at the halfway point, then gently restraightening the spine and resoldering the cut side with white metal solder and a low wattage iron.
All the cages and the spine cross members were soldered together, the result being far stronger than a conventional superglue or expoxy joint, with each assembly then washed in mild detergent to remove any remaining flux and preventing future corrosion.
I wanted my models to represent the 3 season two 44" miniatures, so added the gas-jet ringmain to the white metal engine bell mounting using brass wire, again soldered on for strength.
Eagle two had different leg pod detail to that in the kit, so all detail was carefully sanded off, replacement panels being plasticard superglued on.
Warp are slowly changing the resins used in their kits, a batch of components at a time, so a kit can have parts in two or three types of resin, however the quality is definitely improving. Certainly the awful resin in early kits was responsible for the distortions and moulding defects, of which the passenger module was biggest victim.The area around the windows on my first two kits were so banana shaped as to be almost unusable, the solution being to build the ends up in filler, replace the rectangular details in plasticard, and redo the windows. The pod in my 3rd kit, by contrast,in better resin,was virtually perfect, fitting together almost straight from the box, the same applying to all other components which were badly distorted in earlier kits. There is still a problem with air pockets and bubbles,but certainly many of the early bugs are being dealt with by Warp, in conjunction with feedback from Comet Miniatures.
Pods are held on by 8BA bolts through drilled brass strips, expoxied to the tops of the walkways. Blocks of plastic glued under the roof of the passenger pod where the bolt holes are to be drilled provide a bigger area for the bolts to bite into, reducing the chances of stripping the thread, resulting in the pod dropping off.
Gentle weathering,coupled with Tangents Decals(once they stick!),finish the model.
Once built, I've found these models far stronger than suggested in various reviews. True,the finished ship is heavy, nicely so in my opinion, however,with care it's quite capable of being handled and so far none has shown any tendency to collapse.
Do I hear Eagle 4 calling.....?


DUBAI // Emirates airline has banned hunting trophies of elephants, rhinos, tigers and lions from all its aircraft.
The airline already has a ban on products and parts of endangered animals and plants listed under appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).
The new policy, which came into effect on Friday, bans such cargo whether the animals are protected by Cites or not.
The restriction means that the airline has gone a step farther than the Cites regulation, which specifically bans animals that are threatened with extinction or are critically endangered.
Others carriers have similar bans, including South African Airways, which introduced the rules last month.
An Etihad Airways spokesman said the company "complies with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora", meaning the airline observed and implemented all Cites rules governing the international trade in endangered species of animals and plants.
"In addition, Etihad Airways works closely with Traffic, the wildlife trade monitoring network, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, to counter the illegal wildlife trade," he said.
The ban could affect the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition, an annual event where taxidermists from around the world show their work.
Charles Le Roux, a taxidermist who appeared at Adihex last year, said UAE consumers were not as enthusiastic about mounted heads or taxidermy, but the ban would have an effect.
"This market, they don't usually want the animal," said Mr Le Roux, co-owner of the South African hunting-safari company Dubula.
The ban also reinforces the UAE policy of zero tolerance for illegal wildlife hunting.
Last month, 10 tonnes of smuggled elephant ivory worth more than US$20 million (Dh73.4m) were destroyed.
"The destruction of the confiscated ivory stockpiles in the state is in compliance with the values and the commitment to contribute to international efforts to conserve biodiversity and protect endangered species," said Dr Rashid bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water.
Last month, security officials at Dubai International Airport confiscated 84 African elephant tusks that were in transit between the Ivory Coast and Vietnam.
In 2012 and 2013, Dubai Customs intercepted shipments containing 474 ivory tusks at Jebel Ali Port. Last year, authorities seized 301 pieces of ivory at the airport.
The illegal wildlife trade is estimated to generate US$19 billion (Dh70bn) a year globally, ranking fourth on the list of the most lucrative illegal activities, behind drugs, counterfeiting and human trafficking.


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Panthers fire general manager Hurney after season's 10th loss
The Carolina Panthers fired general manager Marty Hurney Monday after the team suffered its 10th loss of the season to the Green Bay Packers Saturday, the organization announced.
Panthers owner David Tepper said that it became clear that the Hurney had different ideas about the structure of the team's operations.
"I think sometimes you just need a restart, a refresh," Tepper said. "We did it last year on the coaching side. Maybe you could say it should have been done before on the GM side. Maybe it should have been. I'm sure people may say that, or otherwise, on both sides. I think it's just time, on both sides, to do that. It just seems like the right time to move forward."
Tepper said that he hopes a new hire will blend more of a data-driven process into the football operation.
The search for a new GM begins immediately. Tepper said head coach Matt Rhule would participate in the search.
The Panthers have gone 4-10 in Rhule's first season as head coach so far. They are set to play the Washington Football Team Sunday afternoon.
City of Charleston returns to phase II of reopening plan


March 2019 New paper on combining optimal control and learning for visual navigation posted on arXiv.
March 2019 New paper on warm-started reachability posted on arXiv.
Dec 2018 We will present our work on verification of data-driven models at HSCC'19 in April'19.
Dec 2018 Check out our book chapter on Control and Safety of Autonomous Vehicles with Learning-Enabled Components.
Feb 2018 New paper on validation of data-driven models: Context-Specific Validation of Data-Driven Models.
Jan 2018 I will be working with the autonomy team at Skydio in Summer 2018.
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She is still with us...it won't last too much longer. I think she goes back to school Aug 8 or 9th.
The house will be quite lonesome without her..
I have enough stuff to do that I will have to get busy or else I would go crazy.
I can't believe she has turned into a little lady.. growing up so fast. love her suit.
Nice that you are teaching her your skills.
Oh no, not already back to school :( Good for her to start sewing.
Those darned grands make our world go round, don't they!! Mine are young men now, but that doesn't slow our lives down any.
fun to have her around. They keep us young until they grow up and we say---hey what happened here----LOL. We feel blessed that Kylee lived with us for so long. Lorelei is such a happy girl.
Sounds like you all are having an awesome summer with that little beauty... She truly is growing up SO fast.... I love it that you are teaching her to sew/stitch/quilt.... That is AWESOME.
She is such a sweetie pie! I know you will miss her when school starts back.
She looks to be having a grand time. Wow they start back early. Here it's August 23rd.
She will look back one day and truly treasure all the time she has got to spend with her beloved grandparents.


MONTREAL, July 4, 2014 /CNW/ - Morneau Shepell Asset & Risk Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morneau Shepell, has received approval from the Autorité des marchés financiers to administer a Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan (VRSP). A VRSP is a new retirement saving vehicle that became available in Québec on July 1. It is designed to help employees without access to other workplace plans grow their retirement savings.


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Q: VBA Selenium to press on the blank area and choose or type second option manually I have failed to use or press the drop down list so as a way around, i want to press on the blank white area so it will open the list then choose 2nd option from it or type it myself through send keys.
HTML Code:
<input class="dxeEditArea_Office2010Blue dxeEditAreaSys" id="Dialog_v12_31833516_MainLayoutEdit_xaf_l691_xaf_dviImportExportFormat_Edit_dropdown_DD_I" name="Dialog$v12_31833516$MainLayoutEdit$xaf_l691$xaf_dviImportExportFormat_Edit_dropdown$DD" onchange="ASPx.ETextChanged('Dialog_v12_31833516_MainLayoutEdit_xaf_l691_xaf_dviImportExportFormat_Edit_dropdown_DD')" value="Coprocess.AR Invoices Status" type="text" autocomplete="off">

AP Invoices Status

i use the below line of code to click on the blank space.
i don't use find element by id as it's always changing (dynamic not static).
 br.FindElementByXPath("//*[contains(@id,'dviImportExportFormat_Edit_dropdown_DD_I')]").Click

Then choose from the list (AP Invoices Status) by typing it manually through SendKeys
br.FindElementByXPath("//*[contains(@id,'dviImportExportFormat_Edit_dropdown_DD_DDD_L_LBI2T0')]").SendKeys "AP Invoices Status"

but sadly i always get No such element found error.
Can anyone help me with this, am fairly new to Selenium and no skills in HTML.
Thanks in advance.


Torrential rain and gale force winds lashed Australia's biggest city of Sydney yesterday, causing commuter chaos, flooding streets, railway stations and homes, grounding flights and leaving hundreds of people without electricity. One person was killed in a car crash and two police officers were seriously injured when a tree fell on them as they helped a stranded driver.
Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing called on individuals and groups to redouble efforts to help "the slow to keep pace with the fast". To address the challenges of social mobility and social mixing, Singapore needs to have a new social compact, he said in a speech at The Straits Times' Global Outlook Forum.
The Chinese scientist who claimed to have created the world's first genetically edited babies has defended the highly controversial procedure, but said the trial would be paused. Dr He Jiankui yesterday said that he was ''proud'' to have successfully altered the DNA of twin girls - born to an HIV-positive father - to prevent them from contracting the virus.
Malaysia's Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday blamed lawyers for property developer One City Development for hiring the thugs whose actions sparked a riot at a Hindu temple on Monday. This has been denied by One City, which owns the land on which the temple in Subang Jaya sits.
Much discussion on hawker culture has been generated in recent weeks, with hawker centre operators coming under fire for onerous contracts imposed on hawkers. Cheryl Teh offers five takeaways on the issue.
A new mobile app will allows users to make appointments with banks or clinics in Housing Board estates, or to apply for the use of public spaces. Residents will get to try a beta version next year, which will initially contain just a directory. But more features will be added by the end of the year.
Singapore's Year of Climate Action was a success, with overwhelming support through green initiatives like carbon-tracking apps and art competitions to encourage recycling. Environment and Water Resources Minister Masagos Zulkifli said the Climate Action SG Pledge has also garnered more than 300,000 signatures.
Fintech firms are eyeing the consumer lending business in the region, but strict regulations may hinder such services in Singapore.
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David and Tiffany Oestreicher were recently recognized by the National World War II Museum as members of the WWII Museum's Honor Roll. This recognition is bestowed on members of the organization who have made significant contributions to the museum, and who have helped further its mission.
The certificate is shown below.
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I have been studying up on block chain, and will be meddling more with it to develop a network where content can be distributed, traded, and protected. There are a lot of pieces that I still need to learn, a big one is understanding the theory behind currency, value, and micro/macro economic interactions. Will there be a crypto currency involved in this? In some ways yes, there needs to be some token/currency system tied to interactions. By having a value system in place there are a number of natural benefits that occur.
We may not be fully cognizant of it, but collectively we are the most valuable employees to Google, Facebook etc. We are quite literally their money maker. In return for our labor, we get the privilige to use their awesome services. Yay! Wait… that doesn't seem quite right. By purely using their service (not paying for it), we become their revenue source. It seems a bit odd. The data we generate by using Facebook, Google, etc. is very useful and valuable. If the data wasn't these tech behemoths wouldn't be where they are today. Targeted advertising is a good thing, but needs to be revamped a bit. I like Facebook, and Google, they are great, but I question how fair this system seems. We provide them their value, and all we really get in return is a slightly higher level of convenience, I am not sure how well balanced this exchange of value is.
We need to start realizing our own value in our everyday interactions online. Value is exchanged all the time in our searches, page clicks, reading of content, interactions, and messages. We are usually unaware of it though. Without a value system/currency backing these interactions though it is hard to discourage things like harassment, spamming, and other negative behaviors, because ultimately there is no price to be paid. We have high cost infrastructure to help combat these things, but the economics of interaction are a force we are not leveraging. Am I saying you will need to pay to engage? Yes, but not with income we use to buy goods and services. A token system can exist completely aside from a currency, even though they are the same thing pretty much. Remember that our engagement is the real value to companies like Google & Facebook, so why not have some of the value come back our way?
Do I have the perfect plan for all of this? No. A colossal NO. I really have no idea how to approach any of this, but I think the problem is clear enough to start trying to chip away at it.
After reviewing the many many systems in place, Ethereum seems like a pretty safe starting place for the backing blockchain. After reviewing a seemingly endless set of blockchains, tokens, and more, I came to the decision that Ethereum has the best tools, community, and openness to get poking around. I have already begun working on things, (more like stumbling) and am excited to share the progress with everyone and get more people involved. If you have any extra knowledge about developing apps on a blockchain help is appreciated, drop a comment! If you are excited or terrified, also drop a comment, as I would love to hear more thoughts.


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Homeowners Insurance is a home insurance which protects risks which the home owner foresees with all the property in mind. Homeowners insurance policies, often called 'HO Policies', protect the property towards damage and give insurance from loss of personal property. Since homeowners insurance is really important for protecting your property, it is smart to understand the way to keep the expense of this insurance plan to a minimum. 3 basic aspects figure out how significantly an insurance policy expenses: area of building, type of building, and amount of insurance coverage. There are actually several parts you must think of while looking to lower your homeowners insurance charges.
Find out your needs. Understand what you need from your homeowners insurance. Make sure to cover from the risky, high intensity goods and self-insure from the low severity safe situations.
It might be a good idea to purchase guaranteed full-replacement cost protection for your house in the event the house is broken beyond repair. For those who have this kind of protection, your property is going to be substituted without charge to you, it doesn't matter what you paid for the property. Additionally, see whether additional buildings or landscaping on your home includes sufficient protection. Buy extra insurance if element of your property is used as a workplace. You can also buy additional protection for special situations when you have particular issues that aren't contained in an insurance policy; for instance, if you reside on the flood plain, you might want to put flood insurance coverage to your plan. Lastly, think about additional protection or floater policies, regarding belongings for example jewelers or collections.
Find out your protection limitations. You need to check out as well as understand your plan totally. Keep in mind, the quantity paid through the insurance provider won't ever surpass the restrict listed on your plan. A crucial limitation you should know of stipulates that as a way to get full insurance advantages, you have to build up within the exact same location. In case you don't reconstruct within the same area, your insurance provider provides you with just the cash price of the house but not the replacement cost.
Make your protection function. Build a listing of all things you protect, ideally on videotape, to determine evidence of ownership. Maintain the inventory in the secure place from the home and update it annually. Record the outside of your house also, worthiness of landscaping and also the situation of the home, plus update this report annually too. Do a list of the worth of your current assets. These data is going to be very helpful in case your house or assets are broken.
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Conversations in Film: Storytelling Through Music
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Austin, 78701 United States
Conversations in Film: Storytelling in Music
Clay Pit | Sunday, February 23 | 2:00 pm
A good soundtrack is key for setting the tone of your film and guiding the audience through your story. So what is the process for finding the right sound and how can music be used as a storytelling tool? In this panel, composers and music supervisors will discuss their roles in the film world and their process for telling a story through music.
Meet the Panelists:
Adrian Croom – Composer
After achieving success as a composer with credits ranging from the From Dusk Till Dawn TV show to ESPN and UFC, Croom set out to make an album, Belladonna, showcasing his skills as a producer with a taste for darkwave and minimalist electro. Featuring the vocal talents of an international roster of artists. He is also composing the score for The Initiation, starring American Horror Story's Naomi Grossman.
Check out Adrian at www.croombeats.com
Brian Satterwhite – Composer
Brian Satterwhite is a professional film composer based in Austin, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Music with dual majors in Film Scoring and Composition from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Brian's music has been featured in over one hundred and sixty short and feature films including The Next Kill (2018), The Lone Ranger (2013), Sushi: The Global Catch (2012), Switch (2012), Man On A Mission (2012), Artois The Goat (2009), Quarter to Noon (2008), The Children's War (2008), Cowboy Smoke (2008), Mr. Hell (2006), and the award-winning IMAX™ film Ride Around The World (2006). Brian's many accolades include twelve gold medals and four silver medals from the Park City Film Music Festival.
Brian has composed a handful of scores for silent films performed by the Dallas Chamber Symphony including Metropolis (1927), The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari (1920), the Buster Keaton short film The Scarecrow (1920), and the Harold Lloyd feature A Sailor-Made Man (1921) which was a finalist for a Jerry Goldsmith Award in 2013. Brian also served as an orchestrator under composer Douglas Pipes for the Universal Studios motion picture Krampus (2015) directed by Michael Dougherty.
In addition to composing, Brian is a highly regarded film music journalist who writes for several popular web sites and pens soundtrack album linter notes for several major labels. He is currently writing a book on The Music of Friday the 13th scheduled for publication in late 2020.
Hanan Townshend – Composer
Hanan Townshend is New Zealand born film composer living in Austin, Texas. He has composed music for numerous feature films, docs, commercials and tv shows, including frequent collaborations with Palme d'Or winning director Terrence Malick and three time Oscar-winning DP/director Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki. He has scored international TV spots for clients such as Apple, Nike, Volvo & Guinness.
Townshend pulls very deeply from his upbringing in rural New Zealand living up on the ocean – his music is a reflection of the poetic soundscapes of his home country, the eager patterns of popular music, and the refinement of his background in avant-garde composition. Townshend has a penchant for approaching film music from a less conventional perspective and producing emotional work that leaves the listener feeling something deeply.
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
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La troisième édition du championnat du monde junior de hockey sur glace a eu lieu entre le 27 décembre 1978 et le 3 janvier 1979 en Suède pour le groupe A et entre le 5 et 9 mars pour le groupe B en France.

Déroulement de la compétition
Seize nations participent à ce championnat du monde junior : le groupe A joue sur quasiment le même principe que la saison passée alors que pour les huit équipes du groupe B le format est différent.

Le groupe A conserve le principe de deux poules pour le premier tour et deux poules encore pour le second tour mais à l'issue de la poule de la médaille d'or, le classement est directement établi sans avoir un nouveau match.

Les équipes du groupe B sont classées en deux poules et à la suite du premier tour, les deux équipes classées à la dernière place de chaque poule jouent un match pour la septième place, celles classées troisièmes pour la cinquième place, les seconds pour la troisième place du groupe B alors que les deux équipes finissant en tête de leur poule joueront pour la première place et la montée dans la division supérieure.

Groupe A
Les matchs du groupe A ont eu lieu en Suède dans les villes de Karlstad et Karlskoga.

Premier tour
Poule A

Poule B

Second tour
Poule de relégation
Les résultats particuliers des matchs du tour précédent sont conservés (notés entre parenthèses ci-dessous).

Les norvégiens joueront l'édition suivante dans la seconde division.

Poule de la médaille d'or

Classement final groupe A

Groupe B
Les matchs du groupe B se sont joués à Caen en France.

Premier tour
Poule A

Poule B

Matchs de classement
Tous les matchs de classement ont eu lieu le  sur la patinoire de Caen.
Match pour le septième place : Italie  17 – 2 Belgique
Match pour le cinquième place : Autriche 6 – 5 Pays-Bas
Match pour le troisième place : Pologne 6 – 5 Danemark (après prolongation)
Match pour la première place : France 4 – 5 Suisse (après prolongation)

Classement final groupe B

Les suisses retournent donc jouer dans le groupe A pour l'édition suivante.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
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Q: Angular component not updated when service updates I have an Angular 2 app with an events service which has a delete method:
let EVENTS: TimelineEvent[] = [
    {
      event: 'foo',
      timestamp: 1512205360,
    },
    {
      event: 'bar',
      timestamp: 1511208360,
    }
  ];

@Injectable()
export class EventsService {

  getEvents(): Promise<TimelineEvent[]> {
    return Promise.resolve(EVENTS);
  }

  deleteEvent(deletedEvent) {
    EVENTS = EVENTS.filter((event) => event.timestamp != deletedEvent.timestamp);
  }
}

My main component displays these events, and uses an onClick handler to call the service's deleteEvent method:
@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  providers: [EventsService],
  template: `
    <div>
      <event *ngFor="let timelineEvent of events" [timelineEvent]="timelineEvent" [deleteEvent]="deleteEvent"></event>
    </div>
  `,
})
export class App implements OnInit {
  constructor(private eventsService: EventsService) {

  }
  events

  getEvents(): void {
    this.eventsService.getEvents().then(events => this.events = events);
  }

  deleteEvent(event): void {
    this.eventsService.deleteEvent(event);
  }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.getEvents();
  }
}

I can see by console.logging the EVENTS array that this is correctly updated. But the display is not updated. Where am I going wrong?
Example code here: https://plnkr.co/edit/cENnHeHORnDT50RaTyoI.

A: You remove the event in your service, not in your component. The list of event in your component remains unupdated.
A way to solve it:
1 - Make the deleteEvent method of your service returning promise:
deleteEvent(deletedEvent) {
    EVENTS = EVENTS.filter((event) => event.timestamp !== deletedEvent.timestamp);
    return Promise.resolve("Successfully deleted");
}

2 - And in your component, reload events on the success of the deleting action:
deleteEvent = (event) => {
    this.eventsService.deleteEvent(event).then(res => this.getEvents());
}


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Pontoon Beach é uma vila localizada no estado americano de Illinois, no Condado de Madison.

Demografia
Segundo o censo americano de 2000, a sua população era de 5620 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 6051, um aumento de 431 (7.7%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
21,9 km², dos quais 21,2 km² cobertos por terra e 0,7 km² cobertos por água.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 12 km ao redor de Pontoon Beach.

Ligações externas

Cidades de Illinois


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Tenn. substitute teacher who says she killed man is put in classroom with victim's sibling
by TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press
A Tennessee teacher who told police she killed a young man in a drug deal last month was then assigned to a classroom with the victim's sibling, according to the group that runs the charter school. (Image: US Air Force)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
A Tennessee substitute teacher who told police she killed a young man in a drug deal last month was then assigned to a classroom with the victim's sibling, according to the group that runs the charter school.
Khadijah Griffis told investigators she was selling marijuana when she shot Mykal Prime on July 24 after he attacked her, according to Nashville police. She said Prime got into her car at a gas station and attempted to steal her drugs, pulling a gun and pistol whipping her. A struggle ensued, and she was able to push Prime out of the car before pulling her own pistol and shooting him, she told police.
Griffis claims self-defense, and she has not been charged. When asked if Griffis could face homicide or drug charges, police spokeswoman Kristin Mumford said in an email, "There is an ongoing investigation which will be reviewed by the District Attorney's office."
Prior to the homicide, Griffis had worked as a substitute teacher at RePublic charter schools through a substitute service provider called Enriched Schools. According to a statement from RePublic, when administrators learned of the homicide, they told Enriched Schools not to assign Griffis to any of their campuses.
Nonetheless, Griffis was sent last week to Nashville's RePublic High School, where she was assigned to teach a math class attended by one of Prime's siblings. Once school administrators were aware of the situation, they escorted Griffis off campus and started an investigation. The charter school group is also reviewing its contract with Enriched Schools, according to its statement.
"We deeply regret the impact this incident has had on our school community and are working closely with the victim's family, as well as providing additional counseling support for all or our scholars," RePublic Schools' statement reads.
Enriched Schools did not immediately return a phone call, text or email message Friday morning.
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A's co-owner Wolff not interested in sharing Coliseum site with Raiders
Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff applauds his team after Yoenis Cespedes hit a three-run home run during the second inning of their Major League Baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)
By John Hickey | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: June 21, 2015 at 6:34 a.m. | UPDATED: August 12, 2016 at 1:24 a.m.
OAKLAND — Coliseum City emissary Floyd Kephart's first financing report on building a football stadium on the site of the current Coliseum was due Sunday, and A's managing owner Lew Wolff said he can't wait to read it.
The Coliseum City plan suggests the possibility of three sports venues plus housing, retail and office space on the same but expanded site, but the A's don't see that. The club is investigating building a facility on the Coliseum site, but with the A's as the only tenant. Even if Kephart's report says the plan is doable and the Raiders decide to spurn Southern California to build a stadium at the Coliseum site, Wolff indicated the A's will be back to square one looking for a new home.
"We have thoroughly investigated things," Wolff told this newspaper Sunday morning. "And there is no good way to put two brand-new venues at the Coliseum site. If the Raiders are going to be there, then I don't know what will happen. We'll have to sit down with (baseball commissioner) Rob (Manfred) and see what to do."
The A's have long been linked to a move to San Jose, but Wolff reiterated Sunday that "we are looking to stay in Oakland."
"We have not been looking at venues in other places in the Bay Area," he said. "And we are not planning to look."
While the Coliseum City plan suggests separate facilities for the A's, Raiders and Warriors — plus the housing and retail — Wolff doesn't see sharing the Coliseum site, even if it's just with the A's and Raiders. The Warriors, who are the primary tenant at Oracle Arena next door to the Coliseum, are trying to move to San Francisco.
"I don't want this fellow (Kephart) telling the A's what to do," Wolff said. "We have no desire to compete with the Raiders for PSLs (personal seat licenses) and sponsors. We just don't see that. The timetable is for something to be known by June 21. That's today. I'm very interested in knowing what he's come up with."
Manfred was in town Friday, and he also said the A's would not play at the Coliseum site if the Raiders build a new facility there.
"It remains my goal and part of baseball's long-standing policy that we try to get that stadium built here in Oakland where the A's have their fan base," the commissioner said. "In terms of progress, I think that the city and county are in the unenviable position of dealing with both a football stadium issue and a baseball stadium issue.
"I think it's really important from our perspective, the A's and baseball, the city focus on the need to get something done with regards to baseball. Not to the detriment of football, but the need to get something done with baseball."
John Hickey
John Hickey formerly covered the Oakland A's for the Bay Area News Group.
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