If I take any of you to Hellfire, you will see many horrible things in that place. If you come back, it will never leave your memory and you can never live a normal life anymore. For you to be able to leave a normal life again, I will wipe away from your memory some of the things you saw. Whoever pay a visit to Hellfire will see the other side of Me. The other side of Me is evil, pure evil, and everything I created is like this. Hellfire is a place of horror where I created for My disobedient Angels. The life you live in the physical is what I want you to live. Absolutely nothing should concern you about spiritual. Leave the spiritual for Me to handle. I Am the Almighty God. I Am a Mystery.
Can you believe what you've never seen before? You can only believe by faith. You have never seen Me before, yet you believe in Me. However, you can never see Me either physically or spiritually. But I can appear to you. I can appear to you in form of a man. The Word I speak to you alone will discern whom you're talking to. Many people don't believe in Me because they cannot see Me. As you're living your own life every day, I Am there right beside you, but you cannot see Me.
I Am the Almighty God and I can turn Myself to anything. If I visit you like a madman, you'll chase Me away. But if you're patient enough to listen to the madman you see, the story of your life will change. I Am the Almighty God and I test the heart to know who's truly Mine. Sometimes I turn Myself to a prostitute, stand beside the road to know those men who have dug their grave. Even My own servants fall into My trap. I Am the Creator and I can do anything.
No matter what you do, no matter how far you go, you cannot see Me. Even though you have spiritual eyes to see, you cannot see Me because I Am a Spirit of Spirits of Spirits. You cannot see Me. As a sign that I'm with somebody, whoever sees him will see a bright light following him around. I Am the One! That is the only thing you can see. And anyone who fall to such category, no evil can befall him. I gave My children different kinds of powers. Some of them even went to the extent of using the same power to harm My children. Many of them, after they died, I chained them down and they will never come back to this Earth again because if they do, they'll do greater evil.
If I want to prove Myself on this Earth every day, if I want all of you to know that I truly exist, disaster upon disaster will happen. In only one day, billions of people can die. But I Am the Almighty Father, and I Am not a wicked Father. I Am not a wicked Father, this is why many of you say I don't exist. Even those who claim they believe in Me still have doubt in their heart. Whenever some of them are praying, I only laugh because they don't know what they're saying.
If any of you want to see Me in your life, you will truly see Me. You will see Me in visions, you will see Me in dreams. And if I want to appear to you as Myself, I will use human being to represent Myself because no one can see Me and live. Even in Heaven, nobody can see Me except a handful of people. I only desire just one thing from all of you, holiness. If you're holy, you will see Me in action. Let anyone try you, that's when you'll know I truly exist. They say action speaks louder than voice; it's true. For Me to be able to fight for you every time, this is why I always speak to you, so you can wash your hands clean.
When the Father appeared to Moses, He appeared as a burning fire. As He continued with him over the years, Moses pressed on Him to reveal Himself, but He declared His glory and appeared to him as a Man, yet, he didn't see His face.
The Father has various ways to appear to His children, especially anyone He chose. Sometimes He can stand right beside you until you can feel Him around you, but you cannot see Him. You could set a delicious meal before you and as you're eating, you could see that the meal is disappearing before your eyes. You can even hold a cup of tea in your hand and right before your eyes, you see it being sipped, yet, nobody is visible around you. If He wants to deal with you, He'll hold your heart in His hands, so you'll not be afraid and run away.
There was a day He revealed Himself to me as a Lion while I was in my living room. It was a scary experience, but I Am still alive. At another point, He revealed Himself as an Oldman. If He chooses you, He can reveal Himself to you in whichever way He wants. The Father is a scary Father, even His presence alone is scary but at the same time peaceful. Sometimes you could see a glowing creature that suspends Himself in the air, right in your room, like a glowing brilliant light with billions of colours. It's the Father. He has billions of forms.
The Bible says in the Book of Exodus 24:9-11 that, "Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity. But on the nobles of the children of Israel He did not lay His hand. So they saw God, and they ate and drank." The Father can choose to reveal His glory to whoever He chooses.
If you have the fear of the Father and obey His Commandments, He will always fight for you. He is Invisible Warrior whose fight is visible, yet, you cannot see Him. You will win the battle, yet, you didn't fight. You will only know the battle is won, but you cannot explain how it happened. That is who the Father is. This is why if you have Him, you have everything. Let the enemies gather together in billions, He alone will scatter them like a smoke because He owns all of them. If you have the assurance that the Father is with you, fear not because greater is He who sent His Son to redeem your soul than the one who calls himself the ruler of this world. Hallelujah! Amen!
1) I will appreciate the Father for who I am in Him.
2) I will honour the Word of the Father with all My heart.
3) I will keep myself pure from every pollution, so that the Father can constantly fight my battle.


Sources of multidimensional data are becoming more prevalent, partly due to the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), and so is the need to ingest and analyze data streams at rates higher than before. Some industrial IoT applications require ingesting millions of records per second, while processing queries on recently ingested and historical data. Unfortunately, existing database systems targeting multidimensional data exhibit low per-node ingestion performance, and even if they can scale horizontally in distributed settings, they require large number of nodes to meet such ingest demands. For this reason, in this paper we present a single-node datastore able to ingest multidimensional sensor data at very high rates. Its design centers around a two-level indexing structure, wherein the global index is an in-memory R*-tree and the local indices are serialized kd-trees. This study is confined to records with numerical indexing fields and range queries, and covers ingest throughput, query response time, and storage footprint. We show that the adopted design streamlines data ingestion and offers ingress rates two orders of magnitude higher than those of a selection of open-source database systems, namely Percona Server, SQLite, and Druid. Our prototype also reports query response times comparable to or better than those of Percona Server and Druid, and compares favorably in terms of storage footprint. We believe the experience reported here is valuable to researchers and practitioners interested in building database systems for high-velocity multidimensional sensor data.
Juan A. Colmenares is a researcher at Samsung Research America (SRA) at Mountain View, CA and the technical lead of the Smart Systems team. In 2013, he was an industrial researcher for Samsung in the Ubiquitous Swarm Lab at UC Berkeley. Previously, he was a postdoctoral scholar in the UC Berkeley's Parallel Computing Laboratory (Par Lab). He obtained my Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from UC Irvine in 2009. He is co-author of 40+ research papers and has served as a reviewer for conferences and journals.


Towson, Maryland is the scene of a mysterious double homicide that was discovered earlier this morning.
We have the latest information on the investigation into this breaking story.
Baltimore County police were called to an apartment building at 20 Lambourne Road at approximately 9:19 a.m. this morning, after a maintenance worker came into an apartment and discovered two men, dead.
While the investigation is being treated as a homicide investigation, police have not stated the cause of death beyond that both bodies show multiple signs of trauma. There was also nothing said about any suspects in the double homicide. The identities of both victims are also being kept under wraps.
The apartment building at 20 Lambourne Road is a secured apartment building, only those with access cards can get into the building. Otherwise, someone in the building has to let them in.
However, the building did have issues with someone trying to get in on March 25. A group of young adults tried to work open the door by yanking and damaging it. It is currently unknown if this incident is related to the double homicide, or how the suspects may have gotten in.


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John Müller ( – ) foi um matemático e engenheiro alemão.

Formação e carreira
Nadcido na Alemanha, foi para Londres em 1736.

Em 1741 foi nomeado vice-chefe da Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, onde desempenhou todas as funções de ensino de Martin Folkes. Ele transformou a instituição em uma academia disciplinada de cadetes com a ajuda de Thomas Simpson. Em 1754 tornou-se o primeiro mestre da academia, após a morte de Folkes. Foi posteriormente nomeado Professor de Artilharia e Fortificação (e "Preceptor de Engenharia, etc. de Sua Alteza Real o Duque de Gloucester"); aposentou-se em 1766. Durante seu tempo na Academia, Muller realizou experimentos de artilharia com o coronel Thomas Desaguliers, descritos na segunda edição de A Treatise of Artillery.

Obras
A Mathematical Treatise: Containing a System of Conic-sections; with the doctrine of fluxions and fluents, applied to various subjects (1736)
A Treatise Containing the Elementary Part of Fortification (1746)
Elements of Mathematics (1748, also titled A System of Mathematics)
A Treatise Containing the Practical Part of Fortification (1755)
A Treatise on Artillery (1757; later editions were titled A Treatise of Artillery)
The Field Engineer; translated from the French (1759)
Traité analytique des sections coniques, fluxions et fluentes. Avec un essai sur les quadratures, et un traité du mouvement (1760)
A New System of Mathematics (1769)
New Elements of Mathematics: or, Euclid corrected (1773)

Matemáticos da Alemanha do século XVIII

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Josip Kuković (Zagreb, 29. studenog 1782. – Beč, 11. studenog 1861.), bio je biskup Bosansko-srijemske biskupije sa sjedištem u Đakovu (1834. – 1849.).

Životopis

Josip Kuković rodio se u Zagrebu, 29. studenog 1782. godine. Studij bogoslovlje završio je u rodnom gradu, a nakon studija odlazi u pastoralnu skrb. Nakon ređenja bio je tajnik Zagrebačkoga kaptola. Od 1817. godine kanonik je u Đakovu te od 1831. kaptolski vikar. Od 1831. obnaša dužnost zagrebačkog kanonika čuvara.

Naslovni biskup risanske biskupije je u razdoblju od od 9. siječnja 1833. do 17. srpnja 1834. godine.

Biskupom đakovačko-srijemske biskupije postao je 14. veljače 1834. godine, nakon smrt Pavla Sučića. U Đakovu je vlastitim novcem izgradio samostan sestara milosrdnica. Biskupom je bio sve do 1849., kada je na njegovo mjesto došao Josip Juraj Strossmayer.

Izvori
 1. dio natuknice o Kukoviću Biografski leksikon Austrijskog Carstva, 13. izd., 1865., str. 348.
 2. dio natuknice o Kukoviću Biografski leksikon Austrijskog Carstva, 13. izd., 1865., str. 349.

Hrvatski biskupi
Životopisi, Zagreb
Životopisi, Đakovo
Risanski biskupi
Đakovačko-osječka nadbiskupija


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McIlroy savagely urges Norman to quit LIV Golf so 'adults' can talk
World number one Rory McIlroy believes Greg Norman should quit as the CEO of LIV Golf to allow the 'adults' to negotiate a peace settlement in golf's civil war.
McIlroy has been the biggest supporter of the established tours in their battle with the Saudi-funded breakaway circuit, but recently called for a compromise to be reached between the rival factions.
However, McIlroy believes that will be impossible if Norman remains at the helm of LIV Golf, which is expanding to a 14-event league schedule for 2023.
World number one Rory McIlroy believes Greg Norman should quit as LIV Golf CEO to allow the "adults" to negotiate a peace settlement in golf's civil war. Pic: GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images
'I think Greg needs to go. I think he just needs to exit stage left,' McIlroy told a pre-tournament press conference ahead of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
'He's made his mark but I think now is the right time to say you've got this thing off the ground but no-one's going to talk unless there's an adult in the room that can actually try to mend fences.'
LIV Golf last week denied reports that Norman would be replaced by former TaylorMade executive Mark King, while there is also the small matter of various lawsuits to be resolved before any compromise can be reached.
'There are obviously two lawsuits going on at the minute,' McIlroy added.
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland looks on during the first round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on August 25, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Pic: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images
'There's the PGA Tour versus LIV and there's obviously this one that's coming up with the DP World Tour in February.
'Nothing can happen if those two things are going on. Right now it is a bit of a stalemate.'
February's legal hearing will determine whether LIV players such as Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood can be banned from the DP World Tour and therefore ineligible to qualify for the Ryder Cup.
McIlroy admits his relationship with a number of Ryder Cup team-mates has been significantly damaged by their defection to LIV Golf and feels they should not be on Luke Donald's side in Rome next year.
McIlroy admits his relationship with a number of Ryder Cup team-mates has been significantly damaged by their defection to LIV Golf and feels they should not be on Luke Donald's side in Rome next year. Pic: Christian Petersen/Getty Images
But asked if 'forgiveness' was possible in an increasingly polarised environment, McIlroy said: 'Yeah, I think in time, that can happen.
'It's obviously been a very contentious year in golf. The best thing in golf is to have all the best players playing together, and (with) what's happening right now, that's not happening.
'So I fear for the game when that's going on. It's contentious because there's lawsuits going on and people suing people; it's very, very messy.
'If all that stuff can be sorted out one way or the other, then you can get to the stage where there's forgiveness and people can have dialogue and come to some sort of common ground or compromise.'
Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland attends the press conference prior to the LIV Golf Invitational - London at The Centurion Club on June 07, 2022 in St Albans, England. Pic: Aitor Alcalde/LIV Golf/Getty Images
'I don't think [golf] will have another year like this one because all of the noise has been about who is jumping ship, who is going where, who is staying, who is going.
'Very little of the storyline has actually been about the golf.
'So I think next year, if we can get the storylines to being about the golf and what's happening on the course, that's a good thing.'
Rory McIlroy edges out Patrick Reed on final hole to win Dubai Desert Classic
Rory McIlroy roars to top of Dubai Desert Classic standings in first outing of the year
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'Storm in a tee-cup' - Rory McIlroy explains Patrick Reed incident and jokes about lawsuit action

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Shane and Ciara have been childhood sweethearts since they were 16. On a trip to New York, Shane finally popped the question whilst walking in Central Park. They chose the ring in Tiffanys, and whilst window shopping on 5th Avenue, Ciara spotted her dress in the window of a bridal shop. Having sent Shane off on an errand for an hour she got the dress she always wanted.
They both live in the fishing village of Howth but wanted to get married abroad and chose Portugal as their destination. They contacted Collette of Elegant Events, who had been recommended to them by a friend, and she told them about a charming fishing village called Ericeira, about 40 minutes from Lisbon on Portugal's Silver coast. Ericeira is also a surfer's paradise, with some of the best surfing beaches in Europe, and as Shane is a keen surfer, the matter was settled. They travelled over with Collette in January 2011 to look at venues, and having viewed several they decided on a beautiful traditional Portuguese farmhouse on top of a hill, called Quinta do Casal Novo situated inland from Ericeira.
the bridesmaids were pretty in pink from Bridal Heaven in Boston.
Would you stop this lot and ask them for directions to the church??
The church, Igreja Sao Pedro, one of 3 beautiful churches in Ericeira, was a magnificent backdrop for the ceremony, which was performed by Father Dermot Brennan, an Irish priest and who made the occasion seem relaxed rather than formal. Music was provided by Faz Musica string quartet. In Portugal, the tradition is that the groom's mother walks him up the aisle.
After the beautiful church ceremony all the guests were bussed inland to Quinta do Casal Novo, through quaint farming villages, past men riding on donkeys and women harvesting grapes from the vines. The entrance to the Quinta was covered in glorious pink & purple bougainvillea, almost like a secret door which revealed on the inside, a sparkling blue pool glinting in the sunlight, surrounded by magnificent tropical shrubbery, and the string quartet playing in the shade of the palm trees. Delicious barbecued canopies and chilled champagne delighted the guests as they took in the surroundings of the Quinta.
After a very pleasant couple of hours, everyone adjourned to the banqueting room where the Quinta staff served up a wonderful wedding feast, and where another Portuguese tradition was to serve all of the women before serving the men. The tables looked fabulous, Collette had opted for simple elegance, white hydrangea for the centre pieces with mirror and candles everywhere. She placed flip flops in white organza bags for the ladies to dance the night away with, and the gents enjoyed Cuban cigars on the terrace. Though they weren't needed, there was a basket of pashminas outside, for the ladies. 100s of paper candle bags which she had placed all over the outside terrace made it look amazing.
After dinner, we kicked off our shoes put on our flipflops & danced the night away to the sounds of the Portuguese DJ. Later on we were served a late buffet before returning to Ericeira where the younger guests continued to party on in one of Portugal's oldest discos, and word has it that the sunrise was quite spectacular.
Verdict? The whole Portuguese wedding experience was a wonderful success. The venue was terrific, the food magnificent, the location superb, and the weather!!! The staff in the Quinta could not have been more attentive or pleasant, nothing was too much trouble for them. Everyone was agreed that it was one of the most enjoyable weddings that they had ever attended, including weddings abroad.


Is Mccain Learning To Love The Nanny State?
Last month, when John McCain decided to address the housing crisis, he adopted a decidedly cautious tone. He offered no bold initiatives, only a vow to "consider new proposals." He also dished out some tough love, not just for bankers but also for some borrowers: "I have always been committed to the principle that it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers."
It was a striking contrast to the approach taken by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, each of whom gave lengthy speeches dwelling on the struggles of homeowners with high mortgage payments and laying out detailed plans for helping them. The result, for McCain, was a political dud that left even some of his supporters nonplussed. One of them, Florida Senator Mel Martinez, said that he would have given McCain a grade of "incomplete."
Perhaps that helps explain what happened on Thursday, when McCain returned to the housing issue during a new speech about the economy. This time, McCain did offer a plan--an initiative he's calling HOME, under which homeowners unable to keep up with payments can get new, more affordable mortgages. And while McCain reiterated the cautious principles he'd announced previously, he finished his speech on a conspicuously more ambitious note: "Let me make it clear that in these challenging times, I am committed to using all the resources of this government and great nation to create opportunity and make sure that every deserving American has a good job and can achieve their American dream."
The change in McCain's political posture, though, seems pretty unmistakable: The last speech was all about what McCain wouldn't do; this speech was all about what McCain would do. And you don't have to take my word for it: Here's Michael Cooper's report for the New York Times: "In both tone and substance, Mr. McCain's remarks were something of a departure from a speech the senator delivered last month..."
By the way, this may not be the last time we see something like this from the McCain campaign. During the Republican primaries, McCain unveiled an economic policy agenda focused on restraining government spending and letting the market economy operate free of regulation. It is, I imagine, an honest expression of McCain's core beliefs about how government should work. But this agenda isn't particularly convenient, in the short-term political sense, because it doesn't offer much in the way of immediate assistance for people struggling financially.
Still, McCain hasn't really fleshed out his ideas, in part because Republican voters don't demand the kind of policy specificty that their Democratic counterparts do. So McCain may spend the next few weeks trotting out new, more detailed plans that offer--or seem to offer--the kind of direct assistance that Clinton and Obama promised long ago.
If that happens, I hope more reporters will do what Cooper did and take note of McCain's inconsistency. The issue here isn't (necessarily) honesty; it's commitment. Politicians can change their minds, after all. But somebody serious about addressing economic insecurity surely would have focused on the problem--and its solutions--long before yesterday.


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ARM and its partners have shipped over 10 billion chips, ranging from its well-known cell phone processors to its low-cost embedded microcontrollers. Though ARM licenses intellectual property — meaning it does not manufacture its own chips — its partners implement the designs onto silicon and ship the final products. "ARM was an early pioneer of this revolutionary business model (licensing microprocessor technology as intellectual property), and it has given ARM a long reach in the digital world," Tom Halfhill, senior analyst at In-Stat, said in a statement. "With each vendor using ARM processors to address its own focus markets, the number of ARM technology-based chips going out the door multiplies beyond what a single vendor could drive," Tom Starnes, analyst at Objective Analysis, said in a statement. Besides cell phones, ARM processors are found in smart phones, wireless routers, portable navigation devices (PNDs), iPods, video cameras, digital televisions, and hard-disk drives. The company developed its first processor — the ARM6, an embeddable RISC core — in 1991. According to an ARM release, the company's semiconductor partners currently ship almost three billion processors each year.


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Sandkings may refer to:

Sandkings (short story collection), a short story collection by George R. R. Martin
Sandkings (novelette), a novelette by George R. R. Martin
"The Sandkings", an episode of The Outer Limits based on the novelette of the same name
The Sandkings (band), an independent British rock band


How long does the Divorce Process Take? Where do I file for Divorce?
In Texas, an agreed divorce can take as little as sixty days which is the statutory "cooling off" period. On the other end of the spectrum, a good facts custody battle (both parents are good, responsible people but disagree on who should be primary) could last two years or more, especially if a party asks for a jury trial. A good rule of thumb to apply, if the divorce is not settled by agreement, is to budget nine months for the process to complete itself with a trial before the presiding judge.
A divorce without children is filed in the county in which the parties reside. If the parties are separated and live in different counties, once the party who moved has resided in the new county for ninety days, the divorce may be filed in either county. If it is filed in the new county, though, it is subject to being transferred to the last county where the parties resided together.
A divorce with children is filed in the county where the children reside, or where they resided for a continuous six months preceding the filing. If the children currently live in a different county from the one in which they lived for six months, then the divorce may be filed in that county, but it will be subject to transfer to the county where schools, doctors, coaches and so forth have had the highest degree of contact with the children.
Child support is a legal duty for every parent in Texas. This applies to both custodial and non-custodial parents.
The custodial parent is the parent with the right to establish the child's residency and, by doing so, is deemed to be supporting the child by tending to everyday expenses involving meals, transportation, hygiene and so forth. Although non-custodial parents also pay everyday expenses during periods of possession, the non-custodial parent discharges their duty of support by paying court-ordered child support.
The amount to be paid monthly, or more frequently, by the non-custodial parent is calculated by applying a percentage to the net available resources (NAR) of the non-custodial parent and calculating a monthly amount. NAR is generally gross income less withholding taxes based on one dependent. The Attorney General's office publishes charts every year from which one may calculate the mandated amount.
For instance, in 2015, a person grossing $5,000.00 per month is deemed to have NAR of $3,932.60 according to the Attorney General's chart. The child support percentage is twenty percent (20%) for one child, twenty-five percent (25%) for two children, thirty percent (30%) for three children and thirty-five percent (35%) for four or more. This would result in the non-custodial parent paying child support of $786.52 per month for one child, $983.15 per month for two children, and so forth.
Child support continues until the youngest child graduates from high school or turns eighteen, whichever is later. In multi-child families, child support is also reduced to the next lower percent as each older child turns eighteen or graduates from high school, whichever is later.
There are no requirements defining which expenses the custodial parent may use the support monies to pay for, and the non-custodial parent has very limited rights to insist it be used for one purpose, such as day care, or another.
Child Support can be modified if there is a material and substantial change in circumstances involving one of the parties or a child. The most usual change in circumstances is a job change or loss by the non-custodial parent. Child support can also be modified every three years by a simple showing that child support would change by the lesser of ten percent (10%) of the then current support amount, or one-hundred dollars ($100.00). The same analysis used to calculate child support as described above is used to determine whether this change has occurred or not.


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Should your electricity distributor also be your electricity retailer?
Maximilian Auffhammer explored the question, "How Local Should Your Energy Retailer Be?" at the Energy Institute at Haas blog. He said the issue had come up over lunch in the office. The distribution utility of the future is going to buy electrons in this reordered market (mostly renewables and some fossils) and sell them to its … More Should your electricity distributor also be your electricity retailer?
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Will 2018 be the year of solar or coal?
Happy New Year! At Forbes Brian Potts asks a pithy question: will 2018 be the year of solar or coal? He starts with an observation familiar to most who have a passing familiarity with energy innovation in the past decade: the decline of coal as an electricity generation fuel source is a consequence of the … More Will 2018 be the year of solar or coal?
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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Selects Accenture
The company will use a cloud-based version of Accenture policy administration software.
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance will deploy the Accenture Duck Creek Suite of policy administration, claims and billing software through a software as a service (SaaS) model, the companies announced today.
"Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is a rapidly growing business and needs a robust and flexible core insurance IT platform that gives us a competitive advantage," said James Roser, the CIO BHSI who was appointed last September, in a statement. "We expect Accenture Duck Creek to help us achieve key business objectives including accelerated product launches, enhanced claims management and a streamlined billing process. The combination of the full-scale functionality of the Accenture Duck Creek Suite and its ability to offer these capabilities as a cloud solution makes Accenture the ideal business partner for this highly strategic initiative."
The cloud has become increasingly popular for insurance companies who are looking to reduce infrastructure costs. The Hartford announced a cloud agreement with IBM last month. Berkshire Hathaway last was in the news after acquiring a telematics company in January.
[Accenture's John Cusano on cloud and other technologies shaking up insurance]
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Selena Gomez Wows In Plunging Blazer As She Celebrates Huge Success Of New Song
October 23, 2019 2: 11PM EDT
Selena Gomez looked like a total boss babe while wearing a fierce, low-cut blazer and slacks while out and about in LA. It's clear that she means business after the release of her new song, 'Lose You To Love Me'!
Selena Gomez looked confident and killer while strutting around Los Angeles in a power suit and pearls. The 27-year-old singer looked like a boss while heading to a meeting at Burbank Studios on October 23, wearing a plunging black blazer and matching slacks, topped off with simple black sandals, a white purse, and a single strand of pearls. Honestly, if you told us that she was the badass CEO of a fashion company, we'd believe you. Her beauty game was subtle and sophisticated, too. Her long locks were styled in loose romantic waves with a deep part. She wore nude lipstick and soft, brown eyeshadow. Scroll down to see a full-length pic of Selena's outfit!
The best part of this pic of Selena, though, is that knowing smile. She just dropped her new single, "Love You To Love Me", hours before putting on that power suit, and she knows how big of a hit it already is. People are obsessed with this new track, which she has been teasing through a series of adorable throwback pics and cryptic lyrics for weeks. It's been over a year since we've heard new music from Sel, and she definitely came back with a bang. The powerful song has fans thinking it could be about her ex-boyfriend, Justin Bieber!
In "Lose You To Love Me", Selena sings, "I gave my all and they all know it / You turned me down, and now it's showing / In two months you replaced us / Like it was easy / Made me think I deserved it." While Selena never says who this breakup ballad is about it's like… come on. After giving their relationship another go in 2017, they eventually broke up again. Justin got back together with Hailey Baldwin about two months later. Justin and Hailey have been married since September 2018 and just celebrated their one-year anniversary with an official wedding.
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Q: Find a very first Fibonacci number which has 1000 digits this is what i have coded to solve my problem it can produce a 10th digit number quickly, i have changed php.ini max-execution-time to 10000 still its not getting an answer in an hour . how can i run this code quickly/sppedly .
function fabNumber($n){
    if($n==1 || $n==2) {
        return 1;
    }
    return fabNumber($n-2) + fabNumber($n-1);
}

function count_digit($number){
    return strlen($number);
}

$i = 1;
$count = 1;
while( $count != 1000){

    $fab_number = fabNumber($i);
    $count =  count_digit($fab_number);
    //var_dump($fab_number ,$count)."
";
    ++$i;
    echo $fab_number . "  index of ". $i ."
" ;
}

should i use GMP library
Edit 1:

  function fabNumber($n){
    if($n==1 || $n==2) {
        return 1;
    }
    return gmp_strval( fabNumber($n-2) )+ gmp_strval(fabNumber($n-1) );
}

function count_digit($number){
    return strlen($number);
}

$i = 1;
$count = 1;
while( $count != 100){

    $fab_number =gmp_strval( fabNumber($i));
    $count =  count_digit($fab_number);
    //var_dump($fab_number ,$count)."
";
    ++$i;
    echo gmp_strval($fab_number) . "  index of ". $i ."
" ;
}

@same slow progress

A: Something like:
function getFibonacci() {
    $i = '0';
    $k = '1'; //first fibonacci value
    yield $k;
    while(true) {
        $k = gmp_add($i, $k);
        $i = gmp_sub($k, $i);
        yield $k;
    }
}

foreach(getFibonacci() as $value) {
    if (strlen($value) == 1000) {
        break;
    }
}
echo $value, PHP_EOL;

(PHP >= 5.5.0)

A: you can caching numbers to save time because in your version you recalculate all numbers at each iteration
$GLOBALS["fabTab"] = array();

function fabNumber($n){
    if($n==1 || $n==2) {
        return "1";
    }

    if (!isset($GLOBALS["fabTab"][$n])) {
        $GLOBALS["fabTab"][$n] = bcadd(fabNumber($n-2), fabNumber($n-1));
    }

    return $GLOBALS["fabTab"][$n];
}

function count_digit($number){
    return strlen($number);
}

$start = time();

$i = 1;
$count = 1;
while( $count != 1000) {
    $fab_number = fabNumber($i);
    $count =  count_digit($fab_number);
    //var_dump($fab_number ,$count)."
";
    ++$i;
}

echo "$fab_number
index of ". $i ."
" ;
echo $count . " digits
" ;
echo (time() - $start) . " seconds
" ;

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Dan groomed all trails. All very good.
3/18/2019 Trails closed for the season!
December 12: Bridges have been checked and minor repairs are all that is needed after the earthquake. John says its time to start removing downed trees from the trail. Call him if you have a few hours to help out!


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Lessons Learned from the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
Posted on Sep 28, 2012 | Prospect Research
On the 2nd of August, 2012, Rebecca Davis reported on an inspiring article: "The SA government hospital that really works – with a little help from their friends". Inyathelo thought it to be a worthwhile share as an example of how an organisation can reach and maintain world class status.
It's easy to be downbeat about the state of the South African public health system. But there's a government hospital that provides some facilities on a par with the best internationally and is consistently a home for cutting-edge procedures. REBECCA DAVIS went to find out how the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital does it.
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille once said that the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH) "has come to symbolise the vision for what we can do as a society". That may seem hyperbolic, but there is no denying that in the landscape of South Africa's beleaguered public health system, the Cape Town hospital is something of a beacon in terms of innovation and resources.
The hospital opened its doors in 1956 with the aid of a fund contributed by World War II soldiers, who wanted it to stand as a public memorial to their fallen comrades. Today, the Rondebosch-based hospital cares for around 260,000 patients a year, 98% of whom are drawn from the most impoverished sections of the South African community.
Others come from further afield, continent-wide: the RCWMCH is the only specialist children's hospital in Africa, and one of only a few in the Southern Hemisphere. Fundraising is ongoing at the moment for the establishment of the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Johannesburg, which hopes to be accepting patients by 2013, but at the moment, the RCWMCH is unique in terms of its offering.
The hospital technically only accepts patients until the age of 12, although inevitably this rule is bent. Why do children need their own hospital in the first place? Louise Driver, chief executive of the Children's Hospital Trust, said there are three primary reasons. The first is to do with equipment: you cannot use neonatal surgical tools on a 40-year-old man, for instance. The second involve staff, all of whom have paediatric care as their speciality is particularly important in the case of aspects like anaesthesiology. And third, certain illnesses (measles, for instance) are childhood-specific, and the hospital is expert in these.
Much of the success of RCWMCH is down to the Children's Hospital Trust, the independent fundraising arm established in 1994 when the hospital was threatened with closure. It's a remarkable story: over the past 18 years, it has raised over R420-million for the hospital's development. While the hospital's operating costs are covered by the provincial government, it is the Trust that has paid for many of the features which make the hospital a world-class institution. Buildings have been upgraded, important equipment purchased and training and research programmes funded.
This isn't important merely for its own sake. A hospital with international-quality resources can attract superior staff. Driver pointed to the head of the Department of Paediatrics, Heather Zar, an A-rated scientist who recently won the National Science and Technology Forum Billiton TW Kambule Award for her outstanding contribution to science over the last decade. Then there's Alastair Miller in paediatric surgery, who was responsible with two other RCWMCH doctors for spearheading the first successful liver transplant programme in South Africa. Heinz Rode, also in paediatric surgery, is recognised worldwide for his pioneering work with paediatric burns. Driver said students from all over the world apply to come and work at the hospital. "There are fascinating cases, great people to train over, and an amazing spirit within the hospital. Most doctors and nurses have been working here for over 20 years."
Among the advancements the Trust has brought to the hospital in recent years is the "Saturday Surgeries" programme, initiated last year to deal with the often six months to a year waiting period for children needing surgery. Patients waiting this long for surgery often see their conditions worsen into a chronic ailment, but in most South African hospitals such delays are a function of an overstressed system and are simply unavoidable. The Trust provided the money to add an additional day of surgery for a period of eight weeks. With the aid of extra staff, they laid on around 10 operations a day, back-to-back, and cleared the waiting list.
Another initiative Driver is proud of is the African Paediatric Fellowship Programme, which funds the training of nurses and doctors drawn from across the continent. Driver pointed to a paediatrician from Kenya who completed the hospital's training with a speciality in nephrology, kidney disease, in 2007 and returned to start that country's first paediatric nephrology service.
They have also made a significant difference to the hospital's infrastructure. Thanks to the Trust's fundraising, the hospital now boasts the first and only Surgical Skills Training Centre in Africa, which specialises in offering training in paediatric keyhole surgery. The hospital's Burns Unit is one of its busiest, due to the prevalence of burn-related injuries from informal settlements, where much cooking is done over an open fire. It is also one of the most expensive units to run, because of the length of time children must stay there (up to a year, in some cases). In 2010 it was upgraded by the Trust to meet the best international standards, with a significant reduction in mortality rates and child suffering.
Some of the other innovations brought to the hospital by the Trust are small, simple things that render the hospital experience more bearable. As an example, Driver said parents who travel long distances to bring their children to the hospital often can't afford to leave and will spent nights sleeping on uncomfortable chairs with their heads resting on their child's bed. "But we want the parents to be there, because research shows that children who have their parents with them recover quicker," she said. So in the new wards they introduced kanga chairs, which fold down into a kind of bed at night. The parents also receive hot meals, showers, help with transport money to get home and food parcels for when their children are released.
It's pretty clear that the help of the Trust allows the hospital to provide a better standard of care than would otherwise be possible, given government budgets. So the questions are: how does it do it, and can the model be replicated?
These questions are asked so often the Trust has commissioned a book about it, scheduled to be released in October. Driver said the key to its success is simple: "We're good at getting money in, and we're good at spending it." They owe a lot to the generosity of individual donors. One endowment, prudently invested, has been enough to create a working capital fund which pays for all the Trust's operations. This means that 100% of the money that is fundraised goes towards hospital projects. That's very unusual for a South African NGO, and understandably a pretty enticing prospect for donors.
"We also have a very strong evaluation and monitoring programme, because we are totally accountable to our donors. There are strict controls in place that have been set up over the years," Driver said. She pointed to Trust's board, which includes experts in fields ranging from the law to finance. Over years, they have built up a strong relationship with the media, because the kind of feelgood stories the hospital can often provide such as the separation of conjoined twins are always popular. As a result, corporates know that if they partner with the hospital on a programme, they will receive some valuable publicity in return.
"In tough financial times, your fundraising needs to become more innovative," Driver said. Still, she admitted, the cause of children's health is a lot easier to raise money for than an advocacy programme. "It has a kind of mass emotional appeal, yes, but corporates and funders still have particular focus areas they want to see attended to." Like most South African causes, the hospital has seen European and US donors lose appetite in recent years, drawn to African countries seen as more in need. "There's no international funding at the moment, especially compared to five years ago," she said.
Photo: The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital treats over 260 000 patients per year.
But unlike many South African NGOs facing closure from funding problems, the Trust is going strong. Driver attributed that to a number of practical points she said can be replicated elsewhere. "It's key to have a close relationship with government. We have worked really hard on our relationship with them. They have access to funding, and you can help them spend it." This relationship can be symbiotic: the Trust is expanding its activities beyond the hospital to projects that will help improve child healthcare generally in the province. For example, last year they equipped four Western Cape government ambulances with specialised paediatric equipment, to ensure that children en route to hospital arrive in the best possible condition.
A second key point, she said, is the development of relationships with donors. "We have a week's turnaround to send thank yous to hospital funders," she said. There are also events held throughout the year to thank them. Legacy programmes, in which people leave money to the Trust in their wills, are a particularly important income source. "That's the whole reason we have a working capital fund, because of one large initial bequest."
Driver said that for the Trust, full-time fundraising is more important and effective than income-generating efforts like selling T-shirts or other merchandise, for instance, which are a lot of work and can distract from an NGO's main mission. She suspects that many South African NGOs fall short on long-term financial planning. "You can't just be focused on the next day, and you have to be prepared for budget cuts at any time," she said. "It's dangerous to rely solely on one funding stream: you need to diversify as much as possible."
It has been suggested that the work of the Trust should technically be the responsibility of government. "They say, 'Why are you doing government's work?' Well, what's the alternative? That sick children should die?" Driver asked. She advises NGOs to not be financially dependent on government, whose budgets are cut again and again, and to not make government an adversary. Partner with them instead, she suggested.
Children's Hospital Trust is in a position few other NGOs can hope to emulate: the ability to run operations off interest from an endowment and a fundraising cause that practically sells itself. Both these aspects are certainly enviable. Nonetheless, the continuing success of the Trust proves that it is possible for a well-run, efficiently-managed NGO to continue to attract funds even during a recession.
It's also an illustration of how public healthcare facilities in South Africa can benefit from an independent, energetically-staffed body tasked solely with raising money to improve them. The fact that this is one of the only ways to bring them up to international standards, of course, is still a point to lament.
Author: Rebecca Davis
Article Printed with permission from The Daily Maverick.
Original article: http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-08-02-the-sa-government-hospital-that-really-works-with-a-little-help-from-their-friends
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Krwawy List (bułg. Кърваво писмо) – list wysłany przez Todora Kableszkowa 20 kwietnia 1876 roku z Kopriwszticy do komitetu powstańczego w Panagjuriszte, w którym autor obwieścił wybuch powstania kwietniowego.

Geneza
14 kwietnia 1876 roku, na zebraniu we wsi Oboriszte, bułgarscy spiskowcy należący do panagjurskiego okręgu powstańczego zdecydowali, że przygotowywane powstanie narodowe rozpocznie się 30 kwietnia tego samego roku. Jednocześnie dopuszczono możliwość wcześniejszego wybuchu insurekcji, gdyby zaistniało niebezpieczeństwo rozbicia spisku przez władze osmańskie. Na skutek zdrady, wieść o tych planach faktycznie dotarła do władz, które w odpowiedzi wysłały 19 kwietnia 1876 roku do Kopriwszticy ok. dziesięciu żandarmów, dowodzonych przez agę Nedżeba, z nakazem aresztowania Todora Kableszkowa i kilku innych konspiratorów. Po naradzie spiskowcy zdecydowali się stawić zbrojny opór żandarmerii. 20 kwietnia, przy dźwięku cerkiewnych dzwonów, uzbrojeni powstańcy zajęli budynek konaku (miejskiego urzędu), zabijając przy tym mudira (tureckiego urzędnika zarządzającego miastem). Tego samego dnia Todor Kableszkow napisał list, w którym przedstawił zajścia w Kopriwszticy i w którym wezwał komitet powstańczy w Panagjuriszte do rozpoczęcia powstania. List był zaadresowany do Georgiego Benkowskiego, a podpisany został krwią zabitego mudira (stąd nazwa Krwawy List).

Treść listu
Oryginalny list nie zachował się do naszych czasów. Jego treść została odtworzona przez Zacharija Stojanowa.

"Bracia!

Wczoraj do wsi przybył aga Nedżeb, z Płowdiwu, który chciał zaaresztować kilka osób wraz ze mną. Znając wasze ustalenia, które zapadły na zebraniu w Oboriszte, zwołałem kilku junaków, uzbroiliśmy się, a następnie skierowaliśmy się do konaku, który napadliśmy, zabijając mudira i kilku żandarmów... Teraz, gdy piszę do was ten list, przed konakiem powiewa sztandar, grzmią karabiny, którym towarzyszy echo cerkiewnych dzwonów, a junacy padają sobie w ramiona na ulicach!... Jeśli i wy, bracia, jesteście prawdziwymi patriotami i apostołami wolności, to podążcie za naszym przykładem w Panagjuriszte...

Kopriwsztica, 20 kwietnia 1876 r.

T. Kableszkow.

Byłem świadkiem wydarzeń opisanych powyżej w liście Todora. Wyruszam do Klisury, by uczynić to samo.

N. Karadżow"

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365 Days of Kale: Yep, there it is!
500,086 visits as of this morning. :) Thank you everyone for both coming to this blog and coming back. You inspire me to keep eating, thinking, and writing about kale (and its healthy cousins).
Here are a few photos I took yesterday and had time to download while watching the Detroit Tigers get their clock cleaned last night - yikes - well it is only Game 1.
I know this is difficult to see, but there is a major !! gap in the electric fence. Yes the deer crashed through it, which led to the photo below.
We did get a kitchen herb garden installed this year right outside the back of the house by the garage. This is a photo of the mostly dead nasturium in the lower left corner (even covering it up the night of the hard frost was not enough) and then curly and flat parsley and lettuces by the stone walk with my little hedge of baby kale and bok choy and spinach behind them. I do cover them up, too, when we have frosts and they keep chugging away. The basil is completely dead, but the mint keeps going without being covered up so far.
Hard to see, but there are two rows of rutabagas surrounded by the straw mulch. I have mentioned before that rutabagas are my husband's favorite vegetable (he also loves spinach and beets and has been like this since childhood!). They will continue to grow slowly and will be harvested for our Thanksgiving dinner.
Now back to garlic planting. Today is a perfect day, clear, no wind, in the 70's, so we had better make hay while the sun shines so to speak, and try to get at least another 1000 in the ground, hopefully more! If you are interested in following our garlic farm's updates, they can be seen on Facebook. Facebook posts can also be seen on the homepage of our farm's website where you can also sign up for our farm's newsletter (done for the season, but you'll know when we get started up again early next year).
Thanks again for coming to my kale blog. Maybe next year we'll get organized enough to sell kale at the farmers' markets along with our amazing 40 varieties of garlic!
Where kale is more than decoration on my plate - it is also a deer delicacy!
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"Everything's easier with money"- Sesame
On the latest episode of Rea Online, she had a chat with Sesame Mosweu about the life lessons she's learned over the course of her 20s. Sesame became a household name on Yarona FM while pursuing her law degree at UB and since leaving radio has generally maintained a low profile. Nowadays her days seem to revolve around work, running her own boutique, gym and generally living her best life and interviews are few and far between for her, but when she comes through, she comes through with gems.
On how she ended up on radio while still in Varsity, Sesame says her love for money and the ease it provides it's owner led her to pursue money beyond her UB allowance.
I love money. It gives you independence and choices and so I needed money above my allowance. I was working at Red Bull as well around that time but I heard about auditions being held at Yarona FM and I took a combi there.
She says she didn't do quite well that time, but she continued to keep in touch with Owen Rampha, who was station manager at the time, and basically stalked him til he gave her a chance.
"I only got my first show about a year later."
Ever the dreamer, and one to chase after those dreams, Sesame shared how she feels it's absolutely possible to "have it all" in life - If your standards are low, that is.
"It's possible to have it all at the same time if your standards and goals are really low but if you have big dreams it's difficult to have them at the same time. You have to work at becoming the kind of person who can get it, really, throw yourself into it. Nothing worthwhile comes easy."
On the notion of people worrying too much about what other people think she shared that while it's normal, one should remember that doing so means that you essentially give whoever you're worried about two lives, and forfeit your own.
"Rest assured everyone has something they wouldn't want known. And everyone has failures. It's understandable to want to project yourself a certain way and put your best foot forward but that's not how life works. You have to fail. I've failed more times than I've succeeded and honestly I'd rather try and fail than not try at all...I don't want to die with dreams, I want to die with stories"
Watch the whole conversation up on Rea Online.


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87-Year Old Hiromu Inada Becomes Oldest Person To Complete Ironman World Championship
Hiromu Inada Joins The Guinness Book of World Records For Being The Oldest Person To Complete The Ironman Challenge
Photo via Instagram @on_running
Hiromu Inada may be approaching his 90's, but he is not letting this age define him. He proved this in a massive way, when he completed the Ironman World Championship, and being the oldest person to ever do so.
By 87 years of age, most people are reaching the end of what they can achieve physically. However when Inada was 87, back in 2018, he was proving quite the opposite to be true. He did this by earning his way into the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest man to complete the Ironman World Championship, which consists of the following exercises, completed back to back:
2.4 mile swim
112 mile bike ride
26.2 mile run
For Hiromu Inada, he had already become the oldest person to do this challenge, in 2016, when he was 85. However he decided to push this record even further two years later, when he did the challenge again, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He managed to do just that, with a completion time of 16 hours, 53 minutes and 49 seconds, while being 87 years and 328 days old.
Congratulations to Hiromu Inada who have achieved a new @GWR title for oldest person to complete the IRONMAN® World Championship!! We are proud of you and the achievement👏 https://t.co/e8WhIsPxeD@IRONMANtri @worldtriathlon
Triathlon Japan NEWS📰https://t.co/QloIW9pXhB pic.twitter.com/XDWOjufYVS
— Triathlon Japan /日本トライアスロン連合 (@Japan_Triathlon) July 30, 2020
This was an incredible accomplishment for Inada, who was formerly a television reporter. Speaking shortly after the race, he admitted that it was difficult for him to finish the triathlon. However he pushed through, channeling inspiration from his supporters around the world.
"It's an extremely tough race for an old man like me. I can barely finish the race," Inada said. "The Ironman race is perfect for seniors. It's all about endurance and gunning persistently until the end.
"I hope everyone can see and be encouraged that you can do the same thing as the younger generation, even when you age."
There is no denying that Hiromu Inada is a massive inspiration to anyone who feels like they can not do something, just because they are old. He is another prime example that age is truly just a number, when it comes to athletic endeavors.
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In todays crowded market of asphalt shingle manufacturers, you can get nearly any color or style shingle your heart desires. Most of the shingle roofs being installed today look very similar in design but the Grand Manor shingle manufactured by CertainTeed had a distinct appearance. This homeowner was trying to replicate the look of a tile, after their old roof was damaged by a fallen tree. The Grand Manor shingle complimented the customers pool house with it's depth (thick material) and color blend. Copper accents at the coping cap and dead-valleys help add prestige to the project. It's safe to say that this shingle really will last 30+ years.
This very steep roof is referred to as a mansard, where the pitch is over 21/12. A specific application is required when working on mansards roofs. The crew did a nice job of paying careful attention to the details surrounding fastener placement as well as the application of roof cement to help pre-seal the shingles.


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Photography: Storm Santos/Styling: Lauren Taylor/Hair: Sienree for Celestine Agency/Makeup: Renee Loiz
Coming from the daily grind of network soap operas, McKenna Roberts learned what it takes to be a working actress at a very early age. Still only 11, she has since graduated from her "The Young and the Restless" roots to become Dwayne Johnson's daughter in "Skyscraper" and the 10-year-old version of Zendaya's character Rue from the new HBO series "Euphoria." Those are both big roles to fill, and she has gone on to do so with a level of confidence that reaches well beyond her physical age.
We recently sat down with Roberts to discuss on-set lessons, the challenges of taking on characters, and the type of reality show she would one day like to appear on.
TrunkSpace: From Dwayne Johnson's daughter in "Skyscraper" to the younger version of Zendaya's Rue in the new HBO series "Euphoria," you are certainly surrounding yourself with successful talent early in your career. Are you looking at each project you work on as just as much of an education as you are a job?
Roberts: Absolutely! It's been a tremendous learning experience. Every job I've worked on, I've taken something from it and put it into other roles and auditions.
TrunkSpace: You spent a number of years working on "The Young and the Restless." Soap operas are known for their breakneck production schedules, and in a way, that must be a great boot camp to learn from. What is a lesson that you took from your time on the series that you've carried with you through the rest of your career thus far?
Roberts: I learned that you need to be on your game – meaning, making sure you know your lines, paying attention to what camera is taping, and at the same time, you want your performance to be on point because they move very fast.
TrunkSpace: As mentioned, "Euphoria" will air on HBO, which is a network that actors of all ages are vying to do work with. When you step away and look at your career from an outside perspective, do you feel like each opportunity has led to the next opportunity, and if so, where do you hope to go from here?
Roberts: Yes, I do think that each opportunity in my career has and probably will continue to lead me to something even greater! I loved that I can add HBO to my resume.
TrunkSpace: In "Euphoria" you play a young Rue. Did you work with Zendaya to pick up the little details of the character – the physical stuff – so that when the audience sees her at 10-years-old, the who of Rue lines up with the where she came from?
Roberts: No we didn't do that, and I think it was because the beginning experiences Young Rue went through were on a much different level than the Older Rue. And as she got older, her life went into a much darker place.
TrunkSpace: As a performer, is there more pressure involved bringing a character to life when, within the same series, someone else is also breathing life into the same character? Does it become a bit of a collaboration in that regard?
Roberts: I really didn't feel any pressure because that's what I'm used to doing with every character I have played in my career. It was just more of a challenge if anything, but I was happy with my work and I wanted to make sure the director was too.
TrunkSpace: What are you most proud of about your time spent on the series?
Roberts: I felt like my role was challenging and I thought I did a good job with my character, and I was just super happy I got to play a younger character that Zendaya was playing.
TrunkSpace: Aside from your acting work, you're also a model. Do you view both as two separate careers, or extensions of the same career?
Roberts: I do see them both as separate careers for me. But a lot has changed since I started modeling and there are a lot of opportunities that can be tied into what's going on in my acting career if the timing is right.
TrunkSpace: From what we understand, you like to bake/cook in your spare time. What is a food-related show that you wouldn't mind being a contestant on and why?
Roberts: Well, the funny thing is that a few years back, I actually auditioned to be on a food-related show called "Master Chef Junior." I auditioned for it twice and got really close one of the times. So, being on a show like that, or maybe a celebrity baking challenge show, would be really cool.
Roberts: The highlight of my career has definitely been working on "Skyscraper" with some incredible people in the industry like director Rawson Marshall Thurber, Neve Campbell, Dwayne Johnson and many others.
Roberts: Even though that sounds super cool, I wouldn't want to time travel to see what my career looks like because I think it would ruin the fun and excitement of what's to come for me – and I'm happy with how things are going for me now!
"Euphoria" airs Sundays on HBO.
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Our guest is Neerav Kingsland. Neerav is the CEO of the Hastings Fund, a $100 million dollar philanthropy seeded by Reed Hastings, the Netflix CEO. Neerav also writes a blog called Relinquishment that is one of the most consistently thought provoking places I read. Neerav is a Senior Fellow at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and previously served as the CEO of New Schools for New Orleans. One of the things I love about podcasts is that they can help you come to see thought leaders as people, and I think we do that with this conversation. We get into Neerav's personal story, then discuss whether a school's responsibility extends to supporting its graduates, and we speculate on the long path that education technology may take to impact students at scale. As always, I want your feedback and guest suggestions. Email me at Ryan@edconvo.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, tell someone about it! And rate us on iTunes -- it helps. Thank you to Neerav for this conversation. One point that I wasn't able to make in the show, because we were disconnected: If you believe in the story we spun, that the path for ed tech to create impact at scale is by helping schools that are 7 out to 10 get to 10 out of 10, and then those 10 out of 10 schools grow through governance changes -- that changes the way you should think about ed tech as a user, a purchaser, a seller and a developer. If this is true, the essential problem that ed tech is trying to solve is that there are 7 out of 10 schools that could be 10 out of 10 with better software. I'm on Twitter @rgknight and Neerav is @neeravkingsland. Rate us on iTunes, tell a friend, and send your guest suggestions to ryan@edconvo.com. Our theme song is Quittin Time by Patrick Lee.


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MY blog this week is quite a special one, as this car could be the basis for future sports cars.
Welcome to the 2014 BMW i8. The revolutionary i8 is the first sports car of its kind, as it produces the same consumption and emission values of your ordinary compact car! It does this by using hybrid technology.
You may instantly think Toyota Prius, but this car is quite different. The i8 features a front electric motor, a turbocharged 1.5-litre three cylinder engine and an additional electronic motor for added power. On the topic of power, all three motors together produce a mighty 266 kW (357 hp) and 570 Nm of torque (420 lb-ft of torque). Quite impressive for a car that has a kerb weight of only 1485 kilograms.
The entire passenger compartment is made of a carbon fibre composite material, and in fact, the BMW i range of cars are the first vehicles in a large series production run to have this much carbon fibre throughout the design.
All of this allows the all-wheel drive BMW i8 to launch from 0-100 kilometres per hour, with full electric and engine power, in just 4.4 seconds. It will keep accelerating until it reaches its electronically limited top speed of 250 kilometres per hour (155 miles per hour).
Some other features that this BMW is equipped with includes a 50:50 axle load distribution, emergency braking assist and preparation, both post and pre-collision safety systems, LED headlights along with daytime running lights, a leather interior, a six-speed automatic transmission, and much more.
The new 2014 BMW i8 starts from $299,000 plus on-road costs.


Are Fillers the Right Choice for Volume Loss?
Dermal fillers were one of the most popular cosmetic treatments in the United States last year. According to statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), soft tissue fillers were second only to Botox in the number of treatments performed in 2013. As fillers tend to last longer than Botox injections, over 2.2 million treatments on record is a testament to dermal fillers' popularity. While many people think of facial fillers as an alternative method to Botox for filling in wrinkles, they actually work quite differently, and can be used to accomplish a variety of goals, including improving the appearance of the face after facial volume loss.
Aging is largely influenced by the loss of certain tissues. In the face, depleted collagen and fat loss contribute to wrinkling, sagging skin, and a hollow appearance, as the support system for the skin begins to give way. In many cases, loss of volume in the face contributes as much, if not more, to aging than wrinkles do. Volume loss can also greatly contribute to the formation of wrinkles themselves, as well as to flattened cheeks, sunken eyes, and loose skin at the jawline. People who have more body fat are less prone to the negative aesthetic effects of facial volume loss, but are not immune to the problem completely.
Fillers are often used for temporarily filling in "static" wrinkles (those not caused by repetitive facial movements), and are a great option for fine lines and wrinkles. However, fillers can fill in more than just wrinkles—they can add subtle volume to various areas of the face when administered by a skilled professional. By adding a little volume to the face, signs of aging, including a tired appearance, can often be softened temporarily. Demand for facial fillers has prompted the development of a wide range of filler products, many of which are geared for specific types of rejuvenation. Recently, fillers have been introduced to the market aimed at facial volume loss, some of which can last for over a year. As demand is likely to continue to grow in the next few years, patients may soon be offered even more options to suit their needs. Volumizing Fillers like Radiesse, Voluma and Sculptra are used commonly for mid-facial volume loss. Fillers like Restylane and Belotero can be used to fill tear trough depressions in some patients.
Fillers are extremely versatile, and are not always used in just anti-aging procedures. These injections are also often used in natural-looking lip augmentation. This procedure, while temporary, is very popular and can give some patients the results they are looking for without the need for surgery. Duck lips are not the goal, however.
While surgery is a great long-term solution for facial rejuvenation, dermal fillers are difficult to beat when it comes to quick and beautiful results. Any localized swelling or redness from the injections subsides quickly, leaving only natural-looking results for the patient to enjoy.
Most people today lead extremely busy lives, and lengthy downtime just is not in the cards, even for facial rejuvenation. Fillers are a great option for those on the go, since they require no downtime, and patients can get back to their routines right away.
While no one likes to get injections, they are never as painful as expected, and the discomfort is very fleeting and minimal. Sometimes, topical anesthetic is used, but most patients tolerate dermal filler treatments quite well.
Besides the necessity of having the injections refreshed every six months to a year, the time commitment for dermal fillers is very small. Patients can be in and out of the office in no time at all. The injections themselves typically only take a few minutes to administer.
FDA approved fillers have gone through rigorous testing, and very few patients experience negative reactions to dermal fillers. Qualified doctors take precautions to prevent patients from experiencing allergic reactions or other complications.
Nearly every board certified plastic surgeon offers a range of dermal fillers, so it is relatively easy for patients to find an option that suits their needs. In addition, fillers are much cheaper than surgery, though costs can add up over time.
The number of different fillers available can be overwhelming for prospective patients. Unlike botulinum toxin, which only has a few brands and derivatives available, fillers come in a wide range of formulas and brands. It can be difficult to figure out which solution will be best for you, which is why patients should enlist the help of an expert facial plastic surgeon to plan and administer treatments.
Not all surgeons offer the same products, or have sufficient knowledge to give patients good results with a wide range of fillers, so it is important to choose a board certified surgeon known for his or her artistry with various fillers you are interested in. If you are looking for a knowledgeable facial plastic surgeon in the Boston area, Dr. Stuart Bentkover is known for his skill with dermal fillers, and would be happy to consult with you about your options. For more information, call Dr. Bentkover's Worcester (508-363-6500) or Stoneham (617-247-0033), MA, offices to schedule a consultation.