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Studentactivities
How to Form a Club
Engage Resource Guide
Student Activities Home
Play Intramural Sports
Club/Travel/Event Forms
PNC Student Banking
Search for Clubs
Student Activities Policy & Procedure Manual
Clubs/Organization
Open registration occurs annually between the months of August thru October. Registrations received outside of this time frame may be considered by the Student Activities Office.
Palm Beach State College charters many social, cultural, educational interests, career and general interest clubs/organizations throughout the year. A charter may be granted to any club/organization that complies with the following criteria and procedures.
These are any sports offered at the College that compete competitively as a team with other colleges and/or organizations, but are not regulated by the NJCAA. The College may have a club team and a NJCAA-sanctioned team in the same sport. However, Sports Clubs are student-driven clubs with no scholarships. These types of clubs report to the College District Student Life Office located on the Lake Worth campus. Examples of sports clubs are women's soccer and ice hockey.
Clubs/Organization Application
1. Complete the New Club Application Form.
2. Have a faculty/staff advisor most complete the Advisor Responsibilities Form
Constitution and Bylaws Outline
List a minimum of five (5) currently enrolled Palm Beach State students who are in good academic standing, GPA 2.0 (according to Section G in the Academic Management Manual).
Upload a constitution including a statement of purpose, criteria for membership, rules and/or procedures of operation of the student organization, and the disclosure of all off-campus affiliations and associations of the student organization. The constitution of every student club/ organization must have an explicit statement prohibiting hazing per Florida Statute 1006.63.
Club/organization membership shall be open only to all currently enrolled students, faculty/instructors, or employees at the College without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status, or other legal prohibition under federal or state law. However, the College reserves the right to limit access, screen participants, or establish criteria for participation based on program goals and budgetary limitations. Nonstudents are not eligible for membership in any capacity.
Adheres to a probationary period, for their first six months (excluding summer term) during which time it is not eligible for student activity funding. However, new clubs are eligible to fund raise to support club efforts if funding is needed during the probationary period.
In accordance with Florida Administrative Code 6A-14.057, non-religious and religious student organizations may participate in a club without respect to viewpoint and whether or not officers are required to abide by a statement of orthodoxy or faith.
Club Charter Application forms must be submitted on Engage. (Open registration occurs annually between the months of August thru October). The Student Activities Office and the Dean of Student Services or designee shall be responsible for approving or denying charter applications. If a Registration form is denied, the Dean of Student Services will provide in writing to the requesting advisor, reason(s) for the denial. In the event a club/organization wants to appeal; the club/organization may submit a written appeal within five business days. The Campus Administration decision is final.
If you would like more information please Contact us, are interested in joining a club, or would like to start a new club, please contact the CSAO on your campus.
Palm Beach State College charters many social, cultural, educational interests, career and general interest clubs/organizations throughout the year. A charter may be granted to any club/organization that complies with the following criteria and procedures with the Campus Student Activities Office (CSAO):
Sports Club Application
• Complete the Sports Club Application.
Rules and/or procedures of operation
Criteria for membership
Complete roster (updated every week)
Hazing statement (Florida Statute 1006.63)
• Have a faculty/staff advisor who is a full-time college employee and has the approval of their immediate supervisor.
• Attach originals of the following forms for each member. A copy must be retained by the coach/advisor and accessible at all club practices and games in the event of an emergency requiring medical treatment.
Sport Activity Form
Permission for Emergency Treatment
• List a minimum of five (5) currently enrolled Palm Beach State students who are in good academic standing, GPA 2.0 (according to Section G in the Academic Management Manual).
• All members must be enrolled in a minimum of six (6) credits, and student membership must represent a minimum of 2 campuses.
• Disclosure all off-campus affiliations and associations affiliated with the student club The constitution of every student club/ organization must have an explicit statement prohibiting hazing per Florida Statute 1006.63.
• Sports Club membership shall be open only to all currently enrolled students meeting the member requirements stated above. Faculty/instructors, or employees at the College may participate however are prohibited from competing unless enrolled in six (6) credits. Membership to all Sports Clubs is open at the College without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status, or other legal prohibition under federal or state law. However, the College reserves the right to limit access, screen participants, or establish criteria for participation based on program goals and budgetary limitations. Nonstudents are not eligible for membership in any capacity.
• Adhere to a probationary period, for their first six months (excluding summer term) during which time it is not eligible for student activity funding. However, new clubs are eligible to fund raise to support club efforts if funding is needed during the probationary period.
• Sports Club application forms must be submitted to the Student Life Office. The Student Life Office and the Sports Club Council shall be responsible for approving or denying applications. If a application is denied, the Student Life Manager will provide in writing to the requesting advisor, reason(s) for the denial. In the event a sports club wants to appeal; the club would submit a written appeal to the Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Management. The Vice President's Office will decide on an appeal date which will include a meeting with the involved parties. The decision rendered from that meeting is final. Note: It generally can take at least a semester for an application to be approved. Students who want to form a sports club should keep this in mind when submitting their application form.
• Approved clubs that fundraise and/or charge students dues for participating must establish a Fund 6 at the college to hold these funds. Coaches, advisors and club members must not hold club funds in personal accounts. Fund 6 request form
• After approval the club is required to keep an up-to-date portal and a profile on Engage.
• If you would like more information, or interested in joining a sports club, or would like to start a new sports club, please contact;
Palm Beach State College charters many social, cultural, educational interests, career and general interest Sports Clubs throughout the year. A charter may be granted to any Sports Clubs that complies with the following criteria and procedures with the Student Life Office.
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The relationship between Christianity and politics is a historically complex subject and a frequent source of disagreement throughout Church history, and in modern politics between the Christian right and Christian left.
The Christian right within evangelical Christianity have formed many of their political views on social issues such as abortion, homosexuality and public education from passages in the Old Testament.
Gabriel Garnica wrote, "To be honest, I was tempted to begin this article with an extensive review of how the Left, fresh off being blind-sided by its 2004 election loss, has successfully developed, instituted and, now, institutionalized an effective take-over of the mantle of religious legitimacy in this country. Under cunning and deceptive labels such as so-called social justice and the common good, these extremist forces have managed to seize control of most major Catholic colleges; spread the false doctrine that war, poverty, the environment, abortion, and family issues are all morally equivalent; and largely position themselves as the face of Christianity in this country through sophisticated and aggressive public relations and marketing efforts as well as the gleeful assistance of a sympathetic, secular media. In the interest of brevity and respect for the extensive evidence of the above claims in the literature, I will focus on how the Christian Left's silence in a few key instances speaks volumes regarding its true allegiance."
"Typically, the so-called Christian Left presents itself as a defender and its opponents as the foes of the poor, women, families, the environment, and human rights. Typically, these people only recall Scriptural passages where Christ helps victims of society but conveniently get off the Scripture bus right before Jesus tells people not to sin and reminds them to repent from sin. Typically, these people present themselves as victims as well, assailed by the "hate" of others pretending that everyone who opposes their arguments spews vulgarities and condemns them to hell and asking how it is not hypocritical to shame, judge, and attack others in the name of Christ. I agree with them that only God can judge them and that it is wrong to attack them for their views. However, I was wondering if the Christian Left could explain a few things to me."
"Although they present themselves as defenders of human rights and protectors of women, why have they been silent regarding the horrific human rights atrocities of China's one child rule as exposed by Chen Guangcheng as well as being silent about the atrocities committed against women in Islamic honor killings all over the world? Is it not an interesting coincidence that the Christian Left's positions in the above cases exactly mirror the position of the secular Left, but with a few well-placed references to the Bible here and Christ there?"
"Although they assertively cite the Bible to justify their positions, proclaim themselves solid Christians, opponents of bullying, and proclaim their allegiance to Christ as their role model, this so-called Christian Left has not said a word against Dan Savage for his despicable and ruthless attack against the Bible and Christians in what many have described as a bullying attack itself. Could it be that the fact that Mr. Savage is a homosexual activist and extensively supported by the Left have anything to do with the Religious Left's silence? How is it consistent to attack a Christian beauty pageant contestant for disagreeing with the homosexual lifestyle yet remain silent when an Islamic radical calls for the murder of homosexuals?"
"Finally, the Christian Left extensively cite Christ to justify their arguments and present themselves as faithful followers of Christ. Despite this, this group enthusiastically and proudly embraces a leader who makes light of his attacks on Christianity and asked that the symbol "IHS," a monogram of the name Jesus Christ, be removed from sight when he spoke at Georgetown back in 2009. Could it be, once again, that the Christian Left is demonstrating more allegiance to the "Left" part of its name than to the "Christian" part?"
"Matthew 7:16 reminds us that " By their fruits ye shall know them." We live in a world which increasingly marginalize, mocks, ignores, and persecutes core Christian beliefs and even Christ Himself. The study of logic teaches us that fallacious arguments contradict themselves and fall of their own weight . The examples cited above point to a number of areas where the Religious Left's self-identification as Christian clearly takes a back seat to its self-identification as supporting the agenda of the "Left.""
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
(Matthew 7:16 ESV)
"If I call myself a vegetarian, but I eat meat when it suits me, am I a true vegetarian? Likewise, if I call myself a vegetarian, but I redefine "vegetarian" so I can eat meat when it suits me, am I a true vegetarian? If I am a vegetarian, but I honor someone who mocks vegetarians, what kind of vegetarian am I? Perhaps, in all of these cases, I am not really a vegetarian but someone who conveniently calls myself a vegetarian in some pathetic attempt to give my views some kind of legitimacy."
"Matthew 6:24 tells us that we cannot serve two masters, and this is no different for those attempting to serve religious and political/social agendas. One cannot claim to be a Christian by citing only the half of the Bible that is convenient to one's political and social agenda. One cannot claim to be a Christian and wink as Christianity and Christ are bashed. One cannot claim to defend women and human rights and wink when Chinese or Islamic women are brutalized through forced abortions or honor killings simply because those victims are not one's preferred political flavor."
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. (Matthew 6:24 ESV)
"Some might be tempted to call the Christian Left hypocrites in light of their inconsistencies and obvious selective outrage cited above, but to do so would be to underestimate this group. I propose the alternative assessment that there is nothing inconsistent or hypocritical about these contradictions and selective causes once one accepts that the so-called Religious Left has always proclaimed their faith aloud for all to see, and that faith is promoting the Left's agenda with a crucifix in one hand and Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals in the other. A simple study of history will show that Alinsky, the hero of all community organizers and those who love them, used religion to promote socialism and Marxism, declared that he favored hell over Heaven, and dedicated his work to Lucifer. Sure sounds like Christianity, doesn't it?"
The "Christian" left's silence speaks volumes
Explicitly Christian Politics
The Christian and Politics
Christian politics Create Unholy alliances
Do Evangelical Christian Politicians Help Evangelists?
A Biblical Perspective on Politics
The fast of he matter is that the "Christian" left support euthanasia, abortion (partial birth abortion and post birth abortion) and want to rewrite the Constitution of the United States to give them special status as a minority groups and allow them to legally marry.
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."
(Matthew 7:16-27 ESV)
He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?' He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?' But he said, 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"
(Matthew 13:24-30 ESV)
Any Christian who considers oneself redeemed by the Atonement of Jesus Christ on Calvary yet supports the "Christian Left" and their platform is only deceiving themselves.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
(2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV)
A question and issue that constantly comes up is if Jesus was a pacifist. According to Webster's dictionary, a pacifist is someone who is opposed to violence, especially war, for any purpose, often accompanied by the refusal to bear arms by reason of conscience or religious conviction.
GotQuestions: Was Jesus a Pacifist?
I am not God, so I cannot judge them. However, their fruits judge them. I doubt anyone in this movement truly knows Jesus Christ.
However, it's not to late. It is written, "if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV)
We need to sincerely repent, pray and turn to God with all our hearts. This may be our final warning. Time is getting very short.
By Mark Bowron • Posted in Articles	• Tagged 2 Chronicles 7:14, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Abortion, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama II, Barack Obama, Christian Left, Christian Right, Christianity, Church History, Constitution of the United States, Evangelical Christianity, Gabriel Garnica, GotQuestions?, Homosexuality, Joe Biden, Joseph Biden, Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 7:16, Matthew 7:16-27, Mitt Romney, Old Testament, Partial Birth Abortion, Paul Ryan, Politics, Post Birth Abortion, Public Education, Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky, Was Jesus a Pacifist?, Willard Mitt Romney

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US-India Business Council
USIBC hosts outgoing Indian envoy, incoming Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Reflecting on the progress and potential of India-US ties at a farewell reception held in his honor, hosted by the US-India Business Council (USIBC), ambassador Harsh Vardhan Shringla told leaders in the corporate sector that he is taking back with him "some very significant lessons learned, best practices, very good memories of a relationship" which he believes "is one of the most important if not the most important for us". Continue reading USIBC hosts outgoing Indian envoy, incoming Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Google CEO Sundar Pichai conferred with 2019 Global Leadership Award
Sundar Pichai, the Indian-American chief executive of internet giant Google, was conferred with the Global Leadership Award at the India Ideas Summit and 44th Annual Meeting of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) held in Washington, DC. Continue reading Google CEO Sundar Pichai conferred with 2019 Global Leadership Award
India-US Relations
Mike Pompeo touts advancing "special partnership" with India, ahead of visit
Referring to the popular BJP election slogan, 'Modi hai toh mumkin hai' in the context of ironing out trade differences, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo professed, "Modi makes it possible". Continue reading Mike Pompeo touts advancing "special partnership" with India, ahead of visit
Mahatma Gandhi at 150
Year-long celebrations for Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary begin in Washington with Capitol Hill event
Year-long celebrations for the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi commenced on Capitol Hill with US lawmakers, senior Indian diplomats, community activists, press and media persons, gathering in the Rayburn House Office Building for a formal and dignified event befitting the father and founder of the Indian nation. Continue reading Year-long celebrations for Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary begin in Washington with Capitol Hill event
Vice President Joe Biden: Our Goal is to be India's Best Friend
On the eve of the integral India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue and just days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden has declared: "Our goal is to be India's best friend". Continue reading Vice President Joe Biden: Our Goal is to be India's Best Friend
Prime Minister Modi Addresses USIBC Reception
Prime Minister Modi Addresses American Business Leaders in DC
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message to US business leaders was clear and concise: Come, invest in India; the queue will get very long. Continue reading Prime Minister Modi Addresses American Business Leaders in DC


Imagine this- a powerful storm has knocked out electricity to a number of communities and toppled several cell phone towers making communicating difficult. People are injured and many others are trying to find their loved ones.
You might not be prepared for such a disaster but local emergency responders are. Every five years regional county officials update a Federal Emergency Management Agency Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. You can learn more about this process by attending one of several public meetings.
North Central Illinois Council of Governments is hosting a meeting at 6pm Tuesday at the Marshall County Courthouse in Lacon. Another meeting is at 6pm Wednesday at the Utica Village Hall.
VILLA PARK, Ill. (AP) – Fast food workers from across the country are in suburban Chicago to make plans to ramp up their campaign for higher wages and union representation.
The national convention is being held in Villa Park, where about 1,300 workers on Saturday will pledge to do whatever it takes to win $15-an-hour wages and a union.
They say they can't provide for their families on minimum wage and want paid sick days and other benefits.
Industry officials say a $15-an-hour wage would hurt job creation, and that the solution is more education and job training.
The effort is supported by the Service Employees International Union.
Organizers say higher-profile protests are coming that may include civil disobedience. Most protests have included one-day strikes and a protest outside this year's McDonald's Corp. shareholder meeting.
Don't leave something in your car you wouldn't want stolen. A few people in Streator woke up Thursday morning to find that someone had broken into their car. One car had a purse, wallet and cigarettes stolen out of it. Another car had a bankcard and cash stolen.


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To deliver a clean, organic, and fluid UX that captivates readers and drives engagement to maximize ad revenue, Marfeel filters the extraneous elements from a publisher's article on their desktop site, and optimizes it for their Marfeel Progressive WebApp (PWA).
Boilerpipe is the clever algorithm that Marfeel engineered to parse a customer's articles. The whitelist and blacklist are what direct Boilerpipe to omit or extract the elements to be replicated in a publisher's Marfeelized mobile site to deliver an enhanced UX that boosts engagement.
The elements in both are identified by Marfeel when developing a customer's Marfeel PWA to optimize UX, however they can always be configured and modified according to customer request.
Both the whitelist and blacklist are defined in a tenant's definition.json inside "configuration".
The elements themselves can be classes, ids, or HTML tags. In the case of HTML tags, they have to all be in capital letters.
They are listed without any class or id mark (. or #) and separated by a comma without a space.
Whitelist identifies elements or characteristics for Boilerpipe to extract and use within the Marfeel mobile website.
Examples might include author name, publishing date, etc.
Blacklist identifies the elements or characteristics that a Marfeel PWA replicates from a publisher's desktop site.
Defined items might include a publisher's sharing bar, which would be excluded because the Marfeel solution provides a native auto-hiding social sharing bar. The Marfeel social sharing bar promotes readability and optimizes the space available while encouraging sharing on the reader's social networks.
The following can be inserted in configuration of definition.json to prevent an image from being processed as an image. It is instead treated as part of the article's textual content. This is especially useful for images under tags such as buttons.


ErasmuSpain offers a variety of Spanish courses in both Madrid and Valencia to learn Spanish. Courses are available at beginner level (A1) to fluent speakers (C2). Speaking Spanish isn't needed for all internships we offer but obviously it's a big plus for your communication skills. The general courses are mainly about the vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and reading. All with the focus on speaking. Private courses, DELE courses and business Spanish courses are also availables. We will redirect you to one of the schools we work with and provide you all the necessary information. Of course you are free to choose which school you want to attend if you are interested in following a course. We will inform you about all the schools and give you advice if needed.
We hope to see you soon in one of the Spanish language schools!


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Q: c++ callback of a member function #include<iostream>

class Bar;

class Foo{
public:
    void (Bar::*callback)(void);
    Bar* bar;
    Foo(Bar* bar, void (Bar::*cb)(void)){
        callback = cb;
    }
    void execute(){
        (bar->*callback); // commenting out this will make it compile
        // i want to execute callback here, but can't find a way to do it
    }
};

class Bar{
public:
    Foo *f;

    Bar(){
        f = new Foo(this, &Bar::func);
        f->execute();
    }

    void func(){ // this can't be static
        std::cout << "func executed" << std::endl;
    }
};

int main(){
    Bar b;

    return 0;
}

This is what i want to do, i need make a callback for example for a button.
but i cant get call a member function pointer.
Or is another way i should rather use to get this functionality?
Edit: the error i am getting is "invalid use of non-static member function"
Making the function static is not a option.

A:
(bar->*callback);

You're not calling the function here, just dereferencing it:

(bar->*callback)();
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If art is to "embed thought in to material" then the richness of Detlef Aderhold's thinking is manifest in his small series of mixed media works which are titled Wrapped.
The Wrapped series takes his free-play of materials nearly to the edge of sculpture. Each work in this series takes a crumpled painting rag as its fulcrum. This is a fitting pivot point to a body of work by an artist who delights in experimenting with materials and processes. Each of these small assemblages contains aspects that are present in Aderhold's larger works: talisman-like symbols, stains of pigment, energetic drawing and surprising color.


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import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.multibindings.Multibinder;
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.exp.ExponentialDecayFunctionParser;
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.factor.FactorParser;
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.gauss.GaussDecayFunctionParser;
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.lin.LinearDecayFunctionParser;
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.random.RandomScoreFunctionParser;
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.script.ScriptScoreFunctionParser;

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    private List<Class<? extends ScoreFunctionParser>> parsers = Lists.newArrayList();

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The primary aim of the Jazz Department is to create a stimulating and inspiring culture for jazz musicians. As well as nurturing individual development, we place a great deal of emphasis on artistic exchange between students and staff, both within the Conservatoire and on the wider public stage: from local venues to international festivals.
Our autonomy means you will follow a curriculum dedicated to jazz performance on a course specifically designed to meet your needs. Because we are able to offer such specialised study, you'll find yourself learning alongside a body of jazz students who are all highly focused and committed.
We have an outstanding team of tutors, all of whom are highly respected artists in their field. The fact that they come not only from the UK but also from the USA and Europe gives a real breadth and depth to the range of jazz music represented here, as well as greater scope for you to find a suitable mentor to watch over your individual development.
Legendary bassist, leader and composer Dave Holland headlines our international masterclass series and plays a significant consultative role in the development of our courses. He joins us each year to coach ensembles, give bass masterclasses, direct rhythm section workshops and give composition lectures. A public performance is also integrated into his visit.
In the first two years, the course provided a structure and rigour to learning, which gave me a solid foundation in harmony, theory, melody, composition and facility on my instrument. In the latter years the increased freedom allowed me the time and space to develop projects and use the material from the first two years to work out a more personal approach to playing and writing music.
The jazz scene in the Birmingham area is flourishing. We have an exceptionally strong relationship with Jazzlines, the region's main promoter, and our students enjoy free entry to their gigs for a nominal Birmingham Jazz membership fee. During the last academic year alone, our students have attended performances through this scheme by internationally acclaimed artists such as Joe Lovano, the Fly Trio (Jeff Ballard, Mark Turner and Larry Grenadier), Uri Caine, Jim Black and masterclasses from Dave Holland, Mulgrew Miller, Jeff Ballard and George Colligan.
In addition to the international circuit that Jazzlines brings to the region, the city hosts numerous clubs and venues that support the local scene.
Venues providing a platform for the wider jazz community include the mac Birmingham, Yardbird Jazz Club, The Rainbow, Symphony Hall Foyer, Fizzle, the Glee Club, The Drum, TL's and the Jam House. Another welcome addition to the scene is the BBC Big Band, resident at the Birmingham's Town Hall. All this means you will be able to immerse yourself in a vibrant and energising music scene.
In addition to the main First Study activity of small group jazz, there are three large ensembles for jazz students; Big Band, Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Composers Ensemble. The Big Band concentrates on core traditional repertoire such as Basie, Ellington and Thad Jones while the Jazz Orchestra focuses on contemporary writers and themed projects.
In 2017 we launched the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Ellington Orchestra, which has been established to become a regular fixture in our new Eastside Jazz Club. The Ellington orchestra is made up of students studying on our BMus Jazz course, and one of the reasons for its launch is to make Ellington, always a regular feature of the department's Big Band coaching repertoire, more of a regular fixture.
We have a long running relationship with the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, as one of the Festival Partners. Each year at the festival selected students from our Jazz Department get opportunities to perform on various stages at the festival and in the festival fringe programme.
As part of an exchange set up by Cheltenham International Jazz Festival and the Norwegian Embassy, each year Royal Birmingham Conservatoire jazz students share an international platform with students from Trondheim in Norway.


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This is the place to share your pictures (and brief story if you wish) of your 2017 Big Game harvests. . Whether they're taken with bow, rifle, shotgun, smoke pole, hand cannon, spear, or the Five Point Exploding Heart Technique, let's see your 2017 harvests!
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wawhitey wrote: IM NUMBER 1!
Wow... pics of you skinning, cooking, and eating that sucker, or it didn't happen!
shot this 7x7 on July 29th at 40 yards with my bow. pretty epic hunt to say the least. thanks for looking and good luck to everyone this year!
thanks for the invite, RJ.
There's that beautiful Tule Bull! Thanks for sharing it with us Idaho.
Beautiful. Nice one. Were they bugling there already?
Brown down! Brown down! Stringunner took down a dandy 5pt yesterday afternoon and i wacked a cow this morning. Maybe i can get him to post pics. Im still in da woods.
Awesome Oly, congrats to both you and Stringunner!
Alright, guys! Pictures or it didn't happen I've got nothing to show for my two rookie mistakes.
Heard 3 out of 4 at Swedes OR elk camp have scored. Two Bulls, one cow. I imagine they may still be packing or recooperating .
Nice job Idaho, well done!
Actually 3 of 5 at Swedes camp. Swede and my dad are still trying to fill their tags. I'm onto my buck tag now. Oly and his buddy left today. Dad, Swede and I are still up here through this coming weekend. Hopeful we can knock out these last two elk tags!
Big props to Oly and his buddy Tim, the five of us packed out my bull Saturday night long past midnight, as I shot him in a terrible hole, I drove the meat home and was gone Sunday taking care of it. Sunday morning after only 3 hours of sleep (helping to pack my bull) Oly shot his cow at first light, he and his buddy packed it out. His buddy then shot a bull that afternoon at 4 which they then packed out. Those two guys packed 3 elk in 24 hours. Those two guys are packing beasts and hecka great guys to know and hunt with.
I can't post pics as I need to resize them, but will post them up when I get home after this week.
stringunner wrote: Actually 3 of 5 at Swedes camp. Swede and my dad are still trying to fill their tags. I'm onto my buck tag now. Oly and his buddy left today. Dad, Swede and I are still up here through this coming weekend. Hopeful we can knock out these last two elk tags!
Well here is some of the damage! Epic hunt really. Big thanks to Swede, Stringunner, his dad and my buddy Tim. They were all a huge help and it made the hunt one of the best ever!
Stringunner, I sincerely appreciate all your help with the scouting and especially staying longer to help my pops. You and your dad are top notch in my book! Let's get together after season to rehash and tell some tales!
I don't have a better pic of Tims bull but it was already being cut up by the time I got to him. I will get a better one from him.
Nice work, guys! 3/5 is pretty sweet. AND it's only been one weekend. What's next for you olympus?
cohunter wrote: Nice work, guys! 3/5 is pretty sweet. AND it's only been one weekend. What's next for you olympus?
I haven't had a chance to look over the other parts of the forum but I am wanting to hear about the "rookie mistakes" part. I do a lot of those so it's nice to hear others are human too!
I'm not sure what is next. For the near future, helping take care of the kids. We have an almost two year old that is a hand full. Fun, but wow....that boy is a menace. In two years it shouldn't be as bad getting away for more than a few days. I always shrugged it off when my mom kept saying she hoped we had a boy so I knew what she had to deal with but I get it now! My two girls where not nearly as much craziness! I have a deer tag so I hope to get some time for that locally. That and I will continue to encourage Swede. He sure has had the ball bounce the wrong way the past few years with a few more BAD bounces mixed in. It takes a toll....all the wrong bounces. But one thing that is certain. a large percentage of the elk that are killed by me and my campmates can be directly attributed to him. I always feel the elk I kill are just as much because of him. Just because he didn't get one is irrelevant to me. He puts me in the best spots, scouts for me and has given me a ton of help with gear. My elk are just as much dead because of his dedication. Two elk were killed last year by his cousin and his partner that wouldn't have been if not for Swede putting them on to those elk. He went without. He would kill more and likely every time if he was a bit more selfish but that just isn't him. But that is elk hunting too. Being in the right spot at the right time is part luck.
Congrats to all of you so far...I'm headed out next weekend with my bow.
Just dropped my cow off at the processor this morning, and can chime in on the meatpole this year! This was my first archery elk (first bow kill ever actually). I wanted to thank the forum for all of the help and advice. Using all of shared knowledge on this site combined with the last 4 seasons of trial and error, I was finally able to put it all together. Sorry I don't have a pic. I was alone, and it was HOT so I was in a bit of a panic to get the field dressing done. In my rush to get the meat off the mountain I didn't even think about taking any pictures. My trophy pic will have to be boxes of steaks, sausage, and hamburger. I still have a deer tag, so maybe I can really pack the freezer this year.
Thats awesome Nick, a huge congrats!
Congrats Nick. Hope to tag up with you later this year. Sounds like maybe you got one of those cows last year I just couldn't get to come out of cover.
Congrats to everyone successful so far. Had an interesting weekend in the woods myself. Mixed emotions.... I ended up shooting a cow. Said I wasnt going to pass on any this year after a two year dry spell. Stuck to it and arrowed one at 32 yards. Picture of the day pack loaded up. Mixed emotions because I wont be chasing bugles anymore this year. Planning on heading out to help a friend, so ill be able to get my fix that way.
Congrats Brent! Nice job. Any elk is a good elk!
Congrats to all so far!
Here is my Labor Day Bull. Muzzleloader at 40 yds.
Mandrroofing, I cant see the image you tried to attach.
Rangerz great looking Bull there and I think first up for ML congrats.
Great bulls guys! Matt I saw the first few tines of your bull on another forum, you can tell he's a good one just from that.
wow! this thread is much more action packed than last time I looked!!!
well done gents, lots of great memories made, and excellent meat put up!
Idaho, is that a tule? regardless, that bull is cool as heck!
olympushunt wrote: Well here is some of the damage! Epic hunt really. Big thanks to Swede, Stringunner, his dad and my buddy Tim. They were all a huge help and it made the hunt one of the best ever!
We called him to 25 yards. After I tried to shoot him with the safety on, I was able to get the job done on my 2nd attempt.
Paul ll puts this ID bull down, OTC public land!
Its what I expect from the ElkNut crew!
Nice work Pauls!!!! That is a perfect specimen if there was one. And Roosie....holy smokes guy! THAT is a giant coastal bull!
Thats a fantastic buck there, did you get a gross score by chance?
Congrats to all the successful elk hunters!
Will, beautiful bull bud! Nice work!
Thanks Clipshot for getting us both in the photo!
ElkNut1 wrote: Will, beautiful bull bud! Nice work!
I got to help a couple buddies on Valles Caldera hunt in NM. I think pics are attached.
Looks like the images are too big, max 800*800. You need to reduce the overall resolution and repost.
Well, I am back and very tired. I had a great hunt with a cornucopia full of new experiences. Those experiences are the foundation of a hunting education. My hunts were all with dedicated caring men. For some the hunting season was over nearly as soon as it started. For others it has been a long grind. My hat is off to all. I finally nailed down a spike. The picture will come tomorrow or sometime soon.
Congratulations also to all of you other hunters from different camps that harvested fair chase game.
I felt my season was a success well before I shot the elk. I hope everyone that put in a complete effort, for the time they hunted, felt a full measure of satisfaction even if there is a sting from not punching a tag. I too know all the emotions that come from hunting, but learning and just experiencing God's wonderful creation has to leave us humbled and exhilarated at the same time. There is gratification and hope enough available for all true hunters even if we have to buy a steak or drum stick at the supermarket.
Rosiebull, I know how you must have felt packing out the antlers.
Swede, very well said, nice addition to the meat pole, and congrats on the bull!!!
A huge congrats to all who have connected thus far. Horse of a moose Ed!!
Incredible moose!! Flat out awesome!
Way to go swede & Ed, that's getting it done, congrats guys!
Awesome pics everyone!! Hopefully I will be adding some from my son's hunt here in about 5-6 weeks.
Montana and Idaho OTC Public. Elknut rules!!
Tigger, jensenrw... way to get er' done guys!
WapitiTalk1 wrote: Tigger, jensenrw... way to get er' done guys!
agreed! nice bulls guys! would love to hear the "how it went down"
An epic end to the weirdest, longest, and most emotionally up-and-down 9 days of elk hunting I've had in so far in ten years. 6 x 7 Rosie (Cascade Rosie) bull down on September 17th.
The "Cliffnotes" run-down . . . To start the season off, I discovered my treestand rig and 2 trail cams were stolen (two years in a row). Posted about it on Facebook and another forum. Mysteriously, the kids brought the stuff back 9:30pm the night before the opener, in an awkward and uncomfortable encounter with me and my brother. They weren't expecting us to be camped there. Then, on opening day we discovered someone dumped part of our water cache, and left the water jug (Same people? I'm thinking probably). Crickets for the first 3 days. After rigging the receiver chain with a quick link, to patch it back together, I set my treestand all back up later on the third day; praying that none of the other links were weakened, which would snap unexpectedly and send me crashing to the hard ground 23 feet below. Of course the Lifeline would arrest me, but this isn't how my brain thinks in anxiety mode. I was fuming all over again afterwards. My brother had to leave that evening and so he missed out on all the action. Comfortable, back up in my perch, I got a bull and his cow talking the next day. I chased them around for 4 days, both from the ground and from my treestand. This guy's hormones were RAGING. I've never heard vocalizations like this. The ramped up variations in his chuckles and bugles were nuts. He was so throaty, I thought it was fake. Thought it was a hunter who was bugling and blowing a lot of air through his tube. Until he came out of the timber, that is. He walked by my stand at 50 or 60 yards, with a ton of brush and trees between us, so no chance for a shot. So I just sat and watched on high alert. Four days of frustrating, but outstanding elk behavior observation. A lot of back and forth calling action with them, I could write a whole post just on that several days of calling craziness.
A huge, special thanks to Swordtine (on the other forum) and his brother for taking time out of their hunt to help me cut and pack out this magnificent beast. I met these guys about 6 years ago, and they represent everything a fellow hunter should be. Momma brought you boys up right! With all the low back problems I've had the last few years, it would've taken me an extra full day to bone out and get all the meat out by myself. Last minute of my last day . . . you just never know when it's gonna happen.
The only time I've hugged a tree is to hang a stand.
what an awesome bull!!!! love it!
Roosiebull wrote: what an awesome bull!!!! love it!
Thank you very much Roosie! Still in disbelief how it all played out. It's a little clunky, immediately switching gears from accepting defeat and getting ready to haul your camp and gear out, to having to bloodtrail, quarter, and pack a bull out lol. Outstanding story and bull yourself!
Stud of a bull Shawn and great write up! You were due buddy and came through in epic fashion!
Thanks RJ! Sounds like you guys had a fun camp this year. Looking to see your addition here, come late season!
Holy crap guys, nice meatpole this year!
Washington Wapiti what a great story, and a nice bull to go with it!
Backyard wrote: Holy crap guys, nice meatpole this year!
I agree David... bumper year! And... its not over yet. Smoke pole season is on-going in many locales, boom stick season is getting ready to kick off, and there are the late seasons in many states to boot. Bring em on fellas!
Thanks Backyard! A lot of great animals for sure, and a year full of twists and turns for quite a few folks. Can't wait to see what happens with the remaining seasons.
hope it's not my last meatpole entry of 2017 (plan on filling my second lion tag) but realistically, this might be the last for the year.
Dandy BT buck Mike! Do you have enough room in the freezer for all your game this year?
WapitiTalk1 wrote: Dandy BT buck Mike! Do you have enough room in the freezer for all your game this year?
thanks! i'm very happy with him.
I have a fall bear tag as well, but I don't need to kill a bear...wait for spring bear to do that. we do like bear meat, but I only kill bears when the freezer is "light"
they are more fun to hunt than kill anyways, I always talk myself out of killing them.
2017 Utah Elk Hunt all I can say is I put it all on the table, I shot this bull on last day of the elk season. I pasted some petty good bulls trying to shoot a big one in the Wasatch Mountains. Its all good I had some great memories. Good Luck to you guys that are still hunting.
2017 Idaho Elk Hunt I called this bull in over 400 yds in the rain and wind. I used a 90 foot cliff to help with shifting winds. I shot this 6x6 Bull at 42 yds. Good Luck to you guys that are still hunting.
Nicely done Glen; two state bulls!
Great buck, Roosie! Get after that lion!
Way to go Glen! Sounds like a great season and plenty of action, and lots of good protein! Nice bulls!
Huge black tail down!! First rifle kill in more than 30 years. A guy has to put something in the freezer, yes? On to the late WA archery season.. hopefully, the elk gods will shine brightly on me and I can put some meat "quantity" in the meat freezer. On a more positive note, I think Mrs. Wapiti is finally interested in hunting..... looking at a Browning .243 for her. May not happen this year but with a bit of practice with her new boom stick, perhaps she can assist a bit with next year's wild game gathering .
Anyone could have killed Glen's bull. It is obvious it was asleep. Anyway it is an excellent animal and one to be proud of. Congratulations Glen and congrats to all of you that have brought some game home.
My daughter and I went antelope hunting....story in "Other Big Game" forum.
Nice job guys. Scubo, looks like a solid shot location mister.
216 yards offhand. I was kinda proud of that one.
At 74 years old and no desire to ever chase PP's again, this was my last time to hunt Elk in Colorado. My first Elk hunt was in 1973, so this closes a 44 year long "season". I took this bull at ~175 yards shooting a 30-06 with a 165 gr Nosler Accubond.
My Son accompanied me, and hopefully I will be able to accompany him next year.
A proud old fart with his last Elk.
Awesome bull Lynn, a huge congrats.
Magic, very well done, and thanks for sharing your story! pretty meaningful bull.
Texas buck! Now on to Montana.
Malachi, awesomeme Texas whitetail, and, with a stickbow to boot! Good luck back in the home state.
My incredible fall continues! My biggest buck to date. For those who like scores, he scored 149 (147 as a 4X4). His G2 was over 12".
Dandy WT buck Tigger and what a season you're having! Nice bull, antelope X2 with your hunting partner, and now a beaty of a buck. Of course you know, any more Tigger additions to the 2017 meat pole may result in a small fee for taking up so much space, lol .
Well I am all out of big game hunts this year. I will be shooting some roosters though, so I could put a picture of them up I suppose. Hardly the same eye-catching, awe-inspiring viewing as a big ol' bull, but they would add a little color to the place. They certainly out-color big game.
I should be charging you rent to host those pictures!
Man, I'm glad you didn't pull a moose tag this year Tigger. I may have had to increase the site bandwidth Yes sir, throw some of them ring necks up when you get em (no charge)!
Well i have venison. I just mercy killed a young buck with my general tag. Somebody had shot his right knee. He was in bad shape, and wasnt going to survive that. So i put him down. Not the kind of buck i would have wanted to kill, but i still have my raffle tag, so i can still go out and look for a wall hanger. This pic here is where some knucklehead shot him in the knee. His lower leg was just flopping around like a limp noodle.
Can I count this on the meat pole?
He did stink, that's why he's still laying there. My bride was upset that I didn't have him mounted. We already have a couple coyote hides laying around the house. Got to love her. I shoot it and she decorates with it.
Im gonna need a 30gal drum of teriyaki sauce to submerge this thing in for about a week.
This isn't my best effort at a good rooster picture, but it will do for now. Shot 3 this morning, 2 on my land and 1 on some public. Good dog work by my young lab. I think it was 11 degrees with a 20 mph wind which made for some cold cheeks. This was the bird I shot on the public land. These are all wild birds.
My hunting partner with his 2017 Nevada Desert Bighorn.
My partner and I after we lowered his sheep down the mountain on a rope.
This was photo was taken my putting my ClipShot on a hiking pole stuck in the creek bed.
I helped my brother get a buck as well.
So i had a good day today.
YES! A huge congrats Dean on a DANDY WT Buck! Damn proud of you mister...... Don't you have some butchering to do?
Couple more pics. Edit to add a little info. Buck taped out at 159 6/8. After pulling the jawbone, my taxi aged it at 9.5-11.5 years, most likely 10.5. He has 45 years of experience, and i trust his judgement. I actually guessed 10.5, minimum of 8.5, but i didnt tell him what my guess was. A few years back my dad killed a buck that we had watched his antlers shrink for 2 or 3 years, and when i walked up on this guy what struck me was how big and barrel chested, beer bellied he was. His body was just massive. Immediately made me think of the old boy my dad got. The body, combined with the heavy mass and weird things going on with the rack led me to guess 10.5, and it looks like i made a good guess. Ill be sending a tooth in for aging just for fun. Wdfw supplied me with an envelope for tooth aging along with my permit, came in a package in the mail. No cost for me to send the tooth in.
Fantastic buck! Man, that is a great feeling, isn't it? Soak it all in and keep fondling that rack!
Tape measure showed he was 300-315 lbs.60" snout to tail and 50" heart girth with 2.5" cutters. Pretty big hog for Missouri public land.
My 16 year old daughters bull from October. She was lucky enough to draw a unit 34 youth ES tag in New Mexico. The bulls were super quiet for it being early October. We saw a cow up at the head of a long canyon so we dropped off the trail into the bottom to cut the distance. As we were working up we saw 2 elk up a side canyon, a 4x4 with a cow. We decide to use the cover of the end of the hill to cut the distance so she could get a shot. As we were working toward the bull I look back at the original cow to make sure she's not looking at us and I spot a 4x5 eating between us and her. As I tell my daughter he picks up his head and looks in our direction. I tell my daughter who decides to take him. She rips off her backpack, drops to prone, and gets ready to shoot. I am watching through my binocs as she shoots and the bull drops where he was standing. I tell her she hit him and that he is down. She cycles another round into her 7-08 and asks "is he getting up?" I tell her he's down to which she replies "but dad, is he getting up!!!" I say again "no, he's down!" She asks again "BUT DAD IS HE GETTING UP, YOU TOLD ME TO ALWAYS GET READY TO SHOOT AGAIN!!!" I tell her again, "he's down and not getting up." We make our way up to the bull, he's down for the count. She made a perfect shot at 187 yards with her 7mm-08 (using 140 grain nosler accubonds). She was super excited with her bull, helped quarter and haul out (about 1.5 mile pack out). What a great experience to take her hunting again!!!
My happy huntress!!! The original cow was up at the head of this canyon. The bull still had strips of dry velvet on its' antlers, did a euro mount and left the velvet.
Way too cool Ixso! Congrats to the young lady!
How awesome is that! The smile sais it all; congrats to the young elk slayer.


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Laureano Bisan-Etame Mayer (* 19. ledna 1977 v Kribi), známý jako Lauren, je bývalý kamerunský fotbalový obránce, který nejúspěšnější část své kariéry strávil v anglickém Arsenalu.

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Lauren se narodil v Kamerunu, ale krátce poté se se svými rodiči přestěhoval do Rovníkové Guiney, kam utekli kvůli politickému pronásledování diktátora Francisca Marcia Nguemy. Poté se přestěhovali do španělské Sevilly, kde Lauren vyrostl. V prvních letech své fotbalové kariéry často měnil kluby. Ve svých prvních třech sezonách hrál ve třech španělských klubech. V roce 1998 přestoupil do týmu RCD Mallorca, kde během dvou sezon odehrál 63 zápasů a dal čtyři branky.

V létě roku 2000 přestoupil za částku 7,2 milionu liber do Arsenalu. Lauren nastupoval v obraně nebo v případu nouze i v záložní řadě Arsenalu. Za klub debutoval 19. srpna 2000 v zápase proti Sunderlandu. Jeho první sezona v Anglii byla pokažena častými zraněními. Lauren postupem času získal pozici nástupce pravého obránce Lee Dixona, a předběhl tak v klubové hierarchii Olega Luzhnyho, který v klubu působil o rok déle než Lauren. Po zisku titulu v Premier League a FA Cupu v roce 2002 odešel z klubu Lee Dixon a Lauren se stal členem základní sestavy. V následující sezoně, i přes zdravotní problémy s lýtkovým svalem, odehrál 27 ligových utkání. Sezonu 2002/03 zakončil ziskem FA Cupu, když ve finále Arsenal porazil Soutampton 1-0.

V sezoně 2003/04 byl neodmyslitelným článkem Wengerovi sestavy v cestě za titulem bez jediné ligové porážky. V sezoně odehrál svůj 150. zápas za Arsenal a vyhrál svůj druhý titul. V následující sezoně vyhrál potřetí FA Cup, kdy ve finále jeho tým přehrál na penalty Manchester United - Lauren proměnil první penaltu. V další sezoně se nepříjemně zranil, když si 21. ledna 2006 v semifinále Ligového poháru proti Wiganu poranil koleno. Toto zranění ho vyřadilo skoro na celý rok ze hry. K prvnímu utkání po zranění nastoupil až 19. prosince v Ligovém poháru proti Liverpoolu, tento zápas byl však kvůli mlze odvolán a Lauren již nikdy nebyl zařazen do výběru Arsenalu. Po dobu jeho nepřítomnosti se na jeho pozici zabydlel Emmanuel Eboué a tak se začalo spekulovat o Laurenovo odchodu do West Hamu. 12. ledna 2007 oznámil Arsene Wenger, že pokud bude Lauren chtít, tak mu povolí přestup do jiného klubu. O šest dní později byl uzavřen jeho přestup do Portsmouthu za 500.000 liber.

20. ledna 2007 odehrál Lauren svůj první zápas za Portsmouth v duelu proti Charltonu. Po zbytek sezony 2006/07 byl členem základní jedenáctky. V následující sezoně však o svoji pozici přišel, když ho nahradil Glen Johnson. Ovšem díky své přizpůsobivosti hrál Lauren nějaké zápasy na pozici pravého záložníka. Nastálo se do sestavy již nikdy neprobojoval. Výjimkou bylo období na začátku roku 2008, kdy zastupoval za Johna Utaku, který reprezentoval Nigérii na Africkém poháru národů. Na konci sezony 2008/09 mu vypršela s Portsmouthem smlouva a rozhodl se jí neobnovit. O jeho služby se okamžitě začala zajímat španělská Almeria a Lauren potvrdil, že by se rád vrátil do Španělska, kde již dříve hrával. Ovšem žádné smlouvy se po zbytek roku nedočkal. Nejblíže ke smlouvě měl v izraelském týmu Maccabi Haifa, kde strávil krátkou dobu na zkoušce, ovšem klub se nerozhodl podepsat s Laurenem smlouvu.

Nakonec však Lauren přece jen skončil ve Španělsku. O jeho služby projevila zájem druholigová Córdoba, ke které se připojil 15. března 2010. Do konce sezony odehrál pět ligových utkání. Po sezoně se rozhodl ukončit svou fotbalovou kariéru.

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Lauren debutoval za kamerunský národní tým v květnu 1998 v zápase proti Lucembursku. V jeho prvním zápase na Mistrovství Světa 1998 se mu však nedařilo, když se zapsal do dějin jako jeden z nejrychleji vyloučených hráčů na světovém šampionátu. V roce 2000 se účastnil Olympijských her, které s Kamerunem vyhrál. Ironické bylo, že ve finále porazil Španělsko, které mu dříve nabízelo, aby je reprezentoval. V roce 2000 a 2002 také vyhrál Africký pohár národů.

Reprezentační gól
Reprezentační gól Laurena za A-mužstvo Kamerunu:

Ocenění

Týmové
Mallorca
 Supercopa de España: 1998
Arsenal
 Premier League: 2001-02, 2003-04
 FA Cup: 2002, 2003, 2005
 Community Shield: 2002, 2004
Portsmouth
 FA Cup: 2008
Kamerun
 Olympijské hry: 2000
 Africký pohár národů: 2000, 2002

Individuální
 Africký pohár národů - Hráč turnaje: 2000
 Premier League - Tým roku: 2004

Odkazy

Poznámky

Reference

Externí odkazy
 Statistiky na webu Soccerbase.com

Žijící lidé
Narození v roce 1977
Kamerunští fotbalisté
Fotbalisté Levante UD
Fotbalisté RCD Mallorca
Fotbalisté Arsenal FC
Fotbalisté Portsmouthu
Kamerunští olympijští vítězové
Olympijští vítězové ve fotbale
Muži
Narození 19. ledna
Narození v Kamerunu
Kamerunští fotbaloví reprezentanti
Hráči Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 2002
Hráči Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 1998

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Y.A Fiction
The After-Room (Apothecary #3)
Author(s): Maile Meloy
It's 1955, and Benjamin Burrows and Janie Scott are trying to live a safe, normal life in America. It's not easy, when they have the power to prevent nuclear disaster, and sinister forces are circling. Soon the advice of a mysterious, unscrupulous magician propels Janie and Benjamin into danger, and toward the land of the dead.
Meanwhile, their friend Jin Lo washes up on a remote island where an American spy is stationed, and finds herself on the trail of a deadly threat in China. But she's on the other side of the world--how can Janie and Benjamin reach her?
The triumphant finale in the trilogy that began with Maile Meloy's bestselling, critically acclaimed The Apothecary, and continued in its captivating sequel, The Apprentices, The After-Room is full of enchantment and heart, with Ian Schoenherr's stunning illustrations throughout.
'Maile Meloy writes with sensitivity from the heart and mind of a fourteen-year-old girl. Janie's voice is dry, smart, funny, practical and good company.' Los Angeles Times on The Apothecary 'Maile Meloy breaks new ground with The Apothecary, which can only be described as a magical historical, adventure, fantasy, science-fiction novel...There is much to be admired in the message of this novel. Weekend Press on The Apothecary 'A well-balanced tale of magic and sleuthing, The Apothecary will be enjoyed by a wide-ranging audience...I enjoyed the heart-racing plot and believable characters.' Speculating on SpecFic on The Apothecary 'Set in 1954, this sequel to The Apothecary features the same fun, fast-moving formula as the first book, with charming characters and exciting intrigue mixed with a handful of magic.' Publishers Weekly on The Apprentices
Maile Meloy is the award-winning author of several short-story collections and novels for adults including Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It and Liars and Saints. The After-Room is the third and final novel in the Apothecary series for young adults.
Author : Maile Meloy
Illustrator : Ian Schoenherr


The easiest way to prevent infections in patients is practicing proper hand hygiene. But hospitals across the country are missing the mark. A new report describes just how lax hand-washing practices are in many facilities – and how to improve adherence to hand-washing guidelines.
implementing and/or monitoring performance improvement programs designed to prevent infections through thorough hand washing.
Overall, almost every hospital examined in the report has implemented some sort of hospitalwide education and training initiative about preventing infections with proper hand hygiene. But some hospitals have made more progress than others.
Geographic location matters. Urban hospitals meet the Leapfrog Group's standards better than rural ones. Only five states had over 90% of participating hospitals that met each objective: Florida, New Jersey, Nevada, Tennessee and Oregon. And in six states, only 60% or less of hospitals met all these objectives (Arizona, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Missouri, New Mexico and Alabama).
Awareness. Staff must have knowledge about why regular hand washing is important to stop the spread of infection. Training should happen periodically so the information is at the forefront of staff members' minds.
Action. Giving staff information about proper hand washing is useless if it's not put into practice by everyone – from head doctors and surgeons to nurses. Make sure that all staff members are actually applying their knowledge of proper hand hygiene, no matter what level they're on in the organization.
Accountability. Hospitals must hold staff accountable for following correct hand-washing protocol. If your facility has a patient safety officer, this person needs to take an active role in making sure everyone follows the proper procedures.
Ability. Does your hospital have the resources to conduct regular training sessions on hand hygiene? Take your budget and staff levels into account, and consider bolstering these areas if they're lacking.
Hospitals need to review their hand-washing compliance programs to see if they contain all these elements.
Because excellent hand hygiene is a crucial – and simple – step toward preventing deadly and costly infections, achieving 100% compliance with these standards should be a priority in every facility.
The real issue with HH compliance is measurement – the so called gold standard – that is direct observation has been proven to be inaccurate and unreliable in multiple peer reviewed studies….hospitals need to adopt 24/7 automated technology that reports HH compliance based on the WHO guideline in real time. Then they can use the reliable data to support legitimate improvement and ensure optimized patient safety. Paul Alper VP Patient safety strategy for DebMed.


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package net.imagej.ops.fopd;

import net.imagej.ops.OpService;
import net.imglib2.RandomAccessibleInterval;
import net.imglib2.type.numeric.RealType;

/**
 * DualVariables holds as many dual variables as needed.
 *
 * @author Tim-Oliver Buchholz, University of Konstanz
 */
public class DualVariables<T extends RealType<T>> {

	private final RandomAccessibleInterval<T>[] dualVariables;

	private final int numVariables;

	private final T type;

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public DualVariables(final OpService ops,
		final RandomAccessibleInterval<T> img, final int numDualVariables)
	{
		dualVariables = new RandomAccessibleInterval[numDualVariables];
		for (int i = 0; i < numDualVariables; i++) {
			this.dualVariables[i] = (RandomAccessibleInterval<T>) ops.create()
				.img(img);
		}
		this.numVariables = dualVariables.length;
		this.type = dualVariables[0].randomAccess().get().createVariable();
	}

	public RandomAccessibleInterval<T> getDualVariable(final int i) {
		if (i <= numVariables) {
			return dualVariables[i];
		}
		throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("Only " + numVariables +
			" dual variables are available. Dual variable " + i +
			" was requested.");
	}

	public T getType() {
		return this.type.copy();
	}

	public int getNumDualVariables() {
		return this.numVariables;
	}

	public RandomAccessibleInterval<T>[] getAllDualVariables() {
		return this.dualVariables;
	}
}


Medium. Yellow and Brown Spider Web Pattern with Red Border.
L 12 in x W 12 in x H 3-1/2 in.
These colorful and detailed flat baskets "Balays" are made by the Cubeo people who live where the jungle meets the vast Vaupés river in Colombia.
Making them is an art that is passed through generations.
The flat baskets are woven from natural fibers and colored with natural dyes, they are traditionally used as trays in which food is placed for sharing. Their patterns are inspired by animals, plants, and their origin stories.
Balay patterns reflect the tiger's face, butterfly wings, monkey tails, stars and constellations, the spider's web, fish in the river, and the mirroring of the leaves on the palms.
It is said that the balay is where the Cubeo people receive messages from "the father" so the weave has to be tight to keep this wisdom from falling through.


Tokenization, when applied together with encryption, is ability to give us quite a good amount of confidence in data at rest security.
Security-sensitive apps such as apps processing financial, personal, or healthcare information, whether they are monolithic or distributed they all introduce information security risks — risks that mean that sensitive data might be compromised. Each line of code or infrastructure component can introduce a security vulnerability.
While we cannot reduce the amount of our code or remove a part of infrastructure without affecting system performance, stability, or functionality we can reduce pieces of software that deal with sensitive data. Microservices architecture highly compliments this approach. Give attention during the design phase to classifying your data. Segregate sensitive information from other information and think if you can reduce the amount of microservices that will process this data. For example, you can create dedicated microservices for processing and storing personal identifiable information (PII) so that only this component will ever touch any real values of PII. Since microservices approach gives a high level of isolation, you isolate and reduce the risk of data compromise.
The receipt of sensitive data segregation, which is actually a form of least common mechanism, stays closely with an approach of building microservices around bounded contexts and aggregation roots and just adds security perspective to the subject.
Different microservices have different bounded contexts, different amounts of capabilities, and serve different purposes, being implemented with different tools and languages by different teams. Then, naturally, we can care about their security in a different way, as well. While some microservices handle highly sensitive data like security tokens and credit cards, others might be only with public information or be somewhere in the middle. The logical choice would be not to spend resources on security of different microservices in the same way. "Good enough security" is exactly what we need here.
Include security tests in QA automation.
It's important to distinguish between authentication and authorization. Authentication is about verifying that the individual is actually who he or she claims to be, while authorization is about giving access to the system objects based on individual's identity. Both look simple at first glance. Numerous security frameworks exist for various programming styles and languages and requirements who is able to do what are driven by business. However, when the system is distributed, additional questions might pop up.
First, you need to know about trust boundary concept. Trust boundary is a term that defines a virtual boundary where program execution changes its trust. When a user makes a request, initially, we should treat it as untrusted. We should authenticate the user and do an authorization check for the request. If both verifications succeed execution change, its trust and program execution become trusted. So, after that, we don't need to do these verifications again with each step of request handling.
An interesting case is when we need to call another microservice. Suppose we already authorized the user request, but now we need to call another microservice, and then another. Shall we allow these calls already? Shall we do authorization check again? On the one hand, the request was already authorized, but on another, how we can be sure that this request is not sent by anybody else who was able to access our infrastructure? Here, we must revisit trust boundary concept.
Depending on how isolated is your infrastructure and what are your security risks are, you might treat this request as trusted or untrusted. If the fact that our internal service might be called by a malicious intruder is realistic and harmful, we must do authentication and authorization checks again. Here is where we cross another trust boundary.
In this kind of service-to-service communication case, we authenticate not the initial user but the service which is making the call and then do authorization check of this request. It is not necessary to share with another microservice information about the initial user who did the request since (usually) this is a part of isolated bounded context.
Technology choice for authentication and authorization for human-to-service and service-to-service communication also differs. While it is common to use login&password to authenticate humans for service authentication it would be better to use some token or certificate such as TLS client certificate. TLS client authentication requires certificate management and is very useful together with infrastructure automation. So define your trust boundaries and use proper tools for the purpose.
From a security standpoint, we see three states of the data: data in use, data in transit, and data at rest. While it's almost always a must to encrypt transmission over public networks with TLS or IPsec, it is not that straightforward with data at rest. What are people trying to protect when they encrypt the data at rest? This depends on the type of encryption. Selecting what type of encryption you need highly depends on your data, environment and threats you see. Even if data is encrypted on application-level, which eliminates a lot of attack scenarios, our weakest link is now the application; we can get the data by attacking application and not the database.
Even if the attacker is able to access some part of the system, he or she will get only one part: either the tokens or rest of the data. So, tokenization, applied together with encryption, gives us quite good confidence in data at rest security.


Friday Night Couples League (any two golfers qualifies as a couple) will be starting Friday, May 24 and will be alternating the front & back nine at The Meadows of Sixmile Creek. The 7 week league schedule is as follows: May 24, May 31, June 14, June 28, July 26, August 16, and August 30. The couples league is a scramble so all skill levels are encouraged to join the fun … shot-gun start at 5:30PM. If you can't make it one night, you do NOT have to find a sub! So if you are ready for some fun and a lot of laughs, grab a partner and SIGN UP TODAY!
Cost: This is a pay as you go league, with no upfront cost. You pay each night you can make it, if you can't make it on a particular night for whatever reason you just don't pay. Carts are required for pace of play. Each night you'll be randomly paired with another couple, unless specified otherwise. If you are SMC Member, green fees are FREE. If you are not a current SMC Member, green fees are $20/person ($8 green fee/$12 cart fee). $10/couple will be collected each week for prizes for a total of $25/person ($50/couple). Please sign up by May 17 so we have a count on how many couples we are going to have. A dinner special will also follow play each Couple's Night to enjoy while we do prizes.
Format: will be a couple's scramble. You and your partner will scramble for all 9 holes. Scoring is an altered Stableford. 2 points for an under par score, 1 point for a Par, and ½ point for a bogey, 0 points for double bogey or higher. 1 point will also be awarded for each 1 putt or hole out. After play, playing cards will be awarded per point to make your couple's poker hand. Additional cards can be bought as well, $1/card, .50 cents for a ½ point/card. Top 3 poker hands will win a drink, followed by a shake off for the "pot". 4 hole events (2 for men and 2 for women), such as longest putt, will be awarded prizes as well each week.
For questions or to sign up your couple please email Head Golf Professional Kyle Braska at kbraska@madisongolf.com or call 608-849-9000.


A collection of quotes and thoughts by Earl Warren on justice, republic, democracy,government, impeach, family-tree, supreme-court, grandchildren, law, obey, life and community.
Earl Warren was a distinguished American politician and jurist, who served as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States and also as the 30th Governor of California. He is renowned for the 'Warren Court' liberal decisions which helped in transforming the American law relating to public school-sponsored prayers, one man-one vote rules and protecting the basic rights of the accused. He is also known for making pioneering decisions on popular cases like Miranda v. Arizona, Brown v. Board of Education, Reynolds v. Sims and Gideon v. Wainwrigth. We have rounded some quotes and sayings by the renowned jurist, which have been extracted from his verdicts, thoughts, public utterances, work, and life. Let us browse through the list of popular quotations and thoughts by Earl Warren on education, equal, children, community, progress, government, unequal, alive, justice, mistake, worry, failure, patriotism, education, marriage, opportunity, liberty, positive, heart etc.
We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.
Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield.


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Kościół świętego Józefa w Malborku-Kałdowie – rzymskokatolicki kościół parafialny znajdujący się w Malborku, w dzielnicy Kałdowo, w województwie pomorskim. Należy do dekanatu Malbork II diecezji elbląskiej.

Świątynia została wzniesiona w latach 1930-1931 w stylu neogotyckim. W 1945 roku został zniszczony przez działania wojenne. Odbudowano go w latach 1957-1958 częściowo zatracając jego cechy stylowe. Odbudowa została rozpoczęta przez księdza Leona Domstę, pierwszego powojennego proboszcza. Obudowę dokończył ksiądz Władysław Czarniak, proboszcz w latach 1958-1992. Budowla została poświęcona przez biskupa gdańskiego, księdza Edmunda Nowickiego w dniu 12 października 1958 roku. Remont kościoła został zakończony w 1972 roku. Do wyposażenia ruchomego świątyni należą:

ołtarz główny pod wezwaniem świętego Józefa wykonany przez nieznanego autora w stylu regencji w 1727 roku z drewna polichromowanego, rzeźbionego. Ołtarz pochodzi z kościoła gotyckiego w Świerkach i pierwotnie nosił wezwanie świętego Bartłomieja. Posiada dwie kondygnacje. Podstawa pod ołtarz została wykonana z cegły i jest współczesna. W centralnej części jest umieszczony obraz świętego Józefa, namalowany w 1961 roku.

obraz świętej Barbary namalowany olejem na płótnie w 1727 roku w stylu barokowym, umieszczony w zwieńczeniu ołtarza głównego. W centralnej części obrazu jest umieszczony wizerunek świętej Barbary, trzymającej swoje atrybuty: w prawej ręce miecz, w lewej kielich z hostią,

Ambona wykonana z drewna polichromowanego około 1720 roku w stylu barokowym.

Przypisy

Józefa
Świątynie pod wezwaniem św. Józefa
Kościół św. Józefa
Budynki w Polsce oddane do użytku w 1931


Google is, again, testing hotel prices in the search results. This first surfaced back in June/July of 2010. Google began to include prices in Google Maps/Local search results for hotels. I thought this was cool and interesting back then, but my how my mind has changed since this feature has resurfaced.
So Google tested this feature for a few months, then it disappeared. Well, now they are back again, as was noted in this Search Engine Land article written by Matt McGee. This time, instead of the hotel prices residing just in Google Maps, the pricing is being included in the "7 Pack", "O Pack" and the OneBox. as seen in the following images (taken from the same Search Engine Land Article).
This is groovy for consumers seeking to find the best hotel prices quickly, without having to visit the multitude of OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) in their initial searches. At first thought, I assumed the OTAs wouldn't be very happy, but this actually gives several OTAs a nice boost in visibility. I see Expedia, Travelocity, Hotels.com and Priceline popping up the most. A user just simply needs to click on the price and you are whisked away to that hotel's "profile" page on that particular site. OK, that's great from a consumer/OTA perspective, but what I'm concerned about is the affect this feature will have on each hotelier if this feature actually moves out of beta and is rolled out.
This feature could potentially cost hoteliers a lot of money. Each hotel that sells rooms through an OTA has to pay a significant "commission" on every room/night booked. These can range from 10%, all the way up to 20%. This is a big chunk of change for hotels to give up. Now, the argument could made that without the OTAs these hotels wouldn't reach full capacity (marketing themselves), and maybe that's true, but if the large majority of consumers are purchasing rooms via OTAs, and not direct through the hotel's website, the hotelier is dropping a lot of cash (and usually at discounted rates) which affects bottom lines and revenue. When searching for hotel rooms the user would generally click through to the hotel's website from the search results (talking specifically about the local search results), but with this new feature Google is directing users from the search results directly to the OTAs if they click on the price dropdown. The hotelier's website is included in the dropdowns, but it does not include price, and it's always listed at the bottom.
If this feature does roll out, I think there are going to be many, many upset hoteliers as they'll be dishing out lots of cash to the likes of Expedia, Hotels.com, etc. I didn't even touch on those hotels that don't participate with the OTAs because it is just too expensive for them. What does this mean for them? If a price dropdown isn't next to their name, will that hurt credibility and reduce clicks to their sites? I guess we'll see, but I don't like this feature if I'm a hotelier.
Google has just released a new feature called Google +1. This new feature gives users the ability to +1(Like) or add a tally to search results, which in turn will help add a socially shared relevancy measurement for search results. Developers will also have the ability to add the +1 buttons to website pages which in turn will feed your pages overall tally. Currently users will only be able to see the +1 tally's from their contacts within their Gmail (or Google Talk) chat list, "My Contacts" group in Google Contacts and People they're following in Google Reader and Google Buzz.
Google has hinted that they will monitor participation with +1, which in turn could affect its involvement in future search algorithm changes(Think Hotpot for organic). This feature is being rolled out as I write this, so you will have to opt-in through Google Labs/Experiments if you currently aren't seeing it.
The New York Times on Saturday published an in-depth investigative report about retail company J.C. Penney's seemingly amazing organic search results. For a wide variety of product category keywords, JC Penney was appearing number 1 in the organic results area. It was even besting some websites of product manufacturers. And all of this was happening during the holiday season, which is one of the most important times for online retailers.
If you're completely new the concept of SEO, read through Google's own beginner's guide to Search Engine Optimization. It contains all the basics including how to promote your site the right way.
Conduct white-hat link development methods including valuable content creation (so people will naturally want to link to it), niche directory submission, press release optimization, or article marketing.
Sign up for Google Webmaster Tools. Use it to track how search engines are viewing your site and see inbound links pointing to your site. Bing also offers a similar product, and both are essential in proactive site management.
If a SEO agency handles your optimization efforts or are looking for one, be sure that they are credible and transparent with their link building efforts. If it's true that JC Penney didn't know SearchDex was participating in black-hat efforts, then they didn't do their due diligence.
Another reason to stay pro-active in your site and monitoring inbound links, is that it's plausible that your competitors could sign up for these spam link schemes and send the links directly to your site. If your site is caught and penalized like JC Penney, your competitors come out on top. According to the article, on Feb. 1 JC Penney has an average organic ranking of 1.3. On February 8 it was down to average position 4, and just 2 days later it was 52 (6 pages deep in Google's search results!). Large, multi-national companies have other revenue streams that could make up for penalized search results for a while. But for small businesses owners, oversights like that could lead to huge ramifications.


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Q: Joining subselects with a calendar table to fill in days with missing data I have a table with device start/stop times and a device identifier. What I'm ultimately trying to achieve is a result that groups both total daily runtime and runtime during a given period (in seconds) for each day within the specified range.
What I'm trying to achieve:
time        ADduration  PPduration
2014-07-18  0.66        0.66
2014-07-20  0.53        0.30

A portion of the database:
CREATE TABLE ac
(
 startTime datetime,
 endTime datetime,
 status tinyint(4),
 device varchar(5)
);

INSERT INTO ac
(startTime, endTime, status, device)
VALUES
('2014-07-18 05:00:00','2014-07-18 05:04:00',1,'PWR6'),
('2014-07-18 05:54:00','2014-07-18 06:06:00',1,'PWR8'),
('2014-07-18 06:57:00','2014-07-18 07:11:00',1,'PWR8'),
('2014-07-18 10:01:00','2014-07-18 10:15:00',1,'PWR8'),
('2014-07-20 22:37:00','2014-07-20 22:55:00',1,'PWR8'),
('2014-07-20 22:38:00','2014-07-20 22:40:00',1,'PWR6'),
('2014-07-20 23:07:00','2014-07-20 23:12:00',1,'PWR6'),
('2014-07-20 23:12:00','2014-07-20 23:26:00',1,'PWR8'),
('2014-07-20 23:39:00','2014-07-20 23:44:00',1,'PWR6');

I've read up on the 'calendar table' trick, so I also have a calendar table within my database.
CREATE TABLE calendar (calendar_date date);

INSERT INTO calendar (calendar_date)
VALUES
('2014-07-18'),
('2014-07-19'),
('2014-07-20');

I've constructed several queries that almost achieve what I'm looking for, but I can't seem to wrap them all together.
This query can get me the calendar joined with my data table to make sure dates without any data are still represented in my results, but I think I need a subselection involved to make sure only a single device is included.
SELECT calendar.calendar_date as DATE, IFNULL(truncate(sum(TIMESTAMPDIFF(second, startTime,            stopTime))/60/60,2),0) AS duration
FROM `ac` RIGHT JOIN calendar ON (DATE(startTime) = calendar.calendar_date)
WHERE calendar.calendar_date BETWEEN '2014-07-18' AND '2014-07-20'
GROUP BY DATE

Results in:
DATE, duration
2014-07-18, 0.73
2014-07-19, 0.00
2014-07-20, 0.73

This is as close as I've come, but it doesn't include all the days within the range specified, and when the time selector in the second selection restricts the results to 0 rows, the larger selection fails to include a date for the given piece of data.
SELECT AllDay.time, AllDay.duration as ADduration, PP.duration as PPduration
FROM (
    SELECT date(startTime) as time, truncate(sum(TIMESTAMPDIFF(second, startTime, stopTime))/60/60,2) as duration
    FROM `ac`
    WHERE startTime BETWEEN '2014-07-18' AND '2014-07-22'
    AND device = 'PWR8'
    GROUP BY date(startTime)) AllDay
INNER JOIN (
    SELECT date(startTime) as time, truncate(sum(TIMESTAMPDIFF(second, startTime, stopTime))/60/60,2) as duration
    FROM `ac`
    WHERE startTime BETWEEN '2014-07-18' AND '2014-07-22'
    AND time(startTime) BETWEEN '03:00:00' AND '23:00:00'
    AND device = 'PWR8'
    GROUP BY date(startTime)) PP
ON AllDay.time = PP.time

Results in:
time, ADduration, PPduration
2014-07-18, 0.66, 0.66
2014-07-20, 0.53, 0.30


It has been confirmed that nighttime soap vixen Heather Locklear will join the cast of the revamped Melrose Place, which airs Tuesday nights on the CW. Heather's debut will come November 17; there is no word yet on how long the actress will stay.
When Heather was brought to the original Melrose back in 1993 (pictured left at the 1993 Emmy Awards) as Amanda Woodward to help its sagging ratings, no one was sure at first how long she would stay, and she ended up staying with the show for its entire seven-year run. Heather joins former Melrose castmates Laura Leighton, Thomas Calabro, Josie Bisset and Daphne Zuniga.
There is also no word on what this means for Amanda and Peter Burns, played by real-life beau Jack Wagner. Jack currently stars on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, and last we saw Amanda and Peter, they were happily riding off into the sunset together (after faking their deaths).


As the hairstyle that most coilies and curlies can depend on, the twist-out has become somewhat of a holy grail hairstyle. The "perfect" twist-out can be elusive when we want the ideal combination of body, shine, and definition, and many twist-out attempts seem like failures.
But it's important to keep in mind that every hairstyle does not have to be perfectly executed to get good results, and there's nothing wrong with some frizziness and non-uniformity. Nevertheless, there are some ways to ensure your twist-out pops almost every time.
It's a simple tip, but one that sets the tone for how your hair will take to the twist-out. You'll want to remove any product buildup that may prevent your hair from getting the proper moisture that it needs to create that lustrous, coily look. Cleanse your hair and scalp with a gentle cleanser or co-wash and detangle afterward.
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Although we like frizz, in order to maintain the shape of the twists it's important to thoroughly moisturize and hydrate your hair before twisting. Twist-outs on dry hair can work, as well, but it won't give your hair a lot of definition or shine. Working with wet and moisturized hair also helps to really set the style so it is less likely to be disrupted by humidity.
Separate your hair into sections and apply the product of your choice onto wet or damp hair, thoroughly and evenly; and be sure to add an oil afterward to seal in all the added moisture. If you're unsure of which product to use, one of these top 10 products for a defined twist-out may work for you.
On thoroughly detangled, moisturized, and sectioned hair, twist your hair from root to tip, smoothing out the ends by twirling them around the end of your finger. If you want even more definition on the ends, try wrapping perm rods around them, or my personal favorite, making a small Bantu knot at the end of each twist. It's quick and you don't need to reach for any extra tools.
For more elongation and definition at the roots, try a flat twist-out. The process is almost identical but it does take a bit of practice to master the flat-twisting technique.
Carefully pull apart each twist and fluff out the hair, according to the desired amount of volume. You may even want to add some oil to your hands prior to the takedown to maintain definition and seal the hair again.
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What's your idea of a perfect twist-out and how do you incorporate it into your regimen?