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Jen Shah, of 'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,' Sentenced to Prison
January 6, 2023 by vsgom
Jen Shah — a star of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" — has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for her role in a years-long telemarketing scam. NBC News first reported the sentencing.
On July 11, Shah pleaded guilty to the fraud charges against her, and agreed to make restitution of more than $9 million to her victims. She also agreed to forfeit $6.5 million to the government. The federal court case against Shah has taken place in the Southern District of New York in front of Judge Sidney Stein since she was arrested on March 30, 2021 — much of which was captured on camera during filming of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City ."
According to accounts from those in the courtroom — the Southern District doesn't livestream its proceedings — Shah's own lawyers appeared to do her no favors. During her attorney's remarks to Judge Stein, she invoked Shah's Hawaiian heritage, and said, according to tweets from Inner City Press: "She started on Hawaii, a land of elders. Now elders, her victims, are teaching her." The judge, meanwhile, asked about the merch on Shah's website, and whether her "her hunger for trinkets predates the show?"
The proceeding continued in that vein when the US attorney delivered annihilating remarks about Shah's victims, and how little she took their plights seriously during her company's ongoing fraud. "She mocked the victims," the US attorney said. "She wrote, 'You're making her fall in love with you.'"
When it was time for Shah to talk, she blamed Bravod for how she appeared on the show. According to Inner City Pressshe said, "But reality TV has nothing to do with reality, even my tagline, 'Shah-mazing' — they wrote it."
She also apologized to the victims. "My actions have hurt innocent people," she said. "I want to apologize by saying, I am doing all I can to earn the funds to pay restitution."
Shah also said she's still on "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City," which will help her make restitution.
Courtesy of Inner City Press/Twitter
Shah then apologized again. "This is a crucible moment for me," she said. "With the proper medication I can now see what happened. I wish I could have stood outside myself. I'm sorry. I have found solace in my volunteer work, with anti-racism organizations and the LGBT community." With that, she addressed her family, apologizing to her son and to her late father.
She then thanked the judge, who immediately went to sentence her to 78 months in prison. "I do remember some of the text she sent belittling the victims," he said. "She brazenly continued and hid her activities including moving operations overseas." He then added, "I'm keeping you on supervised release for five years, Ms Shah, to make sure you don't end up committing another crime."
Judge Stein then said she has the right to appeal, and directed her to report to prison "in the Texas region" — as her attorney requested — on Feb. 17.
Courtesy of Chris Haston/Bravo
In a Dec. 16 filing to the court from Shah's attorneys on her behalf, she'd requested leniency. Her lawyers downplayed her role in the scam, and argued that because of Shah's background — and because she is an "exceptional mother and a good woman who has already been punished extensively as a result of the sins of her past" — she should receive a sentence of three years in prison.
And in a fascinating claim, Shah's lawyers also characterize "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" as a "heavily-edited facsimile of 'reality' intentionally manipulated to maximize ratings," and say of Shah's onscreen self that "little else is real about her persona and caricature as portrayed by the editors of RHOSLC."
Fans of the show might especially raise an eyebrow at this assertion by Shah's lawyers, given how ferociously she proclaimed her innocence on camera: "Worse, due to editing, scripting, and the network's complete control over the 'story-line' of the RHOSLC , as her sentencing date approaches, Ms. Shah has been made to seem intransigent, defiant, and often even unrepentant, about her actions here."
At Shah's sentencing in New York City on Jan. 6, her lawyers' arguments did not hold sway.
The government laid out its case in the United States v. Jennifer Shah in a damning sentencing memo on Dec. 23, opening with this assertion: "For nearly a decade, the defendant was an integral leader of a wide-ranging, nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme that victimized thousands of innocent people. Many of those people were elderly or vulnerable."
Since Shah pleaded guilty the week before her criminal trial was set to begin in July, in the memo, the US attorneys built their case about why — in the government's view — she should serve 10 years in prison.
In the memo, federal prosecutors state again and again that Shah was a "leader" in the telemarketing scam, which had been under investigation for years (long before Shah made her Bravo debut in November 2020). According to the US attorneys, "She and her co-conspirators persisted in their conduct until the victims' bank accounts were empty, their credit cards were at their limits, and there was nothing more to take," with most of the victims being elderly targets. According to the prosecutors, Shah also took "extravagant steps to conceal her criminal conduct from the authorities," and directed her co-conspirators to lie and destroy evidence.
As for Shah's specific crimes, for years, according to the government's evidence, she bilked her victims by selling them worthless "coaching sessions" along with other products, such as tax preparation services. And she appeared to know it was illegal: In 2015, Shah gave sworn testimony about one of her companies, in which she admitted to providing others with contact information for susceptible potential victims of telemarketing scams.
The federal prosecutors also quote texts from Shah that — to the ear of any fan of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" — do sound very much like her. "HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!" was her apparent reaction to the arrest of two of her colleagues in 2017. Later that year, as directed to an employee who told Shah that one defrauded victim wanted a refund, she wrote, "Do we need to refund this [victim name] lady? Or is she done crying and ready to move forward?" And in 2018, she began an angry rant to her former friend and coworker Stuart Smith — who was also featured on "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" (before pleading guilty himself) — with, "Look bitch…I'm doing you please." Then she detailed why she was angry with another co-conspirator.
Jen Shah, looking at the camera on the day of her arrest.
Courtesy of Bravo
Without mentioning that Shah is on "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City," the prosecution memo says that she "tried to profit off the charges by selling 'Justice for Jen' merchandise." It also scathingly mentions her post-arrest "public offensive" to protest her innocence, citing, among other statements, her Season 2 tagline without saying what it was: "The defendant, appearing to mock the charges in this case, also claimed that ' the only thing I'm guilty of is being Shah-mazing.'"
The memo also includes a number of victim statements from those Shah scammed, most of whom are in their 60s and 70s. They all chronicle how Shah's grift devastated them, both financially and emotionally. One victim became homeless; another describes being unable to care for her "critically ill" husband and father, and writes to Shah directly: "The burden you have caused me is overwhelming, I can't even really put words to the amount of anguish you have caused."
As for why she committed these crimes, the US attorneys point out that Shah's lack of a financial motivation makes her an anomaly among her co-conspirators. "Unlike any of the others," the memo reads, "the defendant had a spouse who made a very good living: she had no need to commit the crime to support herself or her family, she did so out of pure greed."
In the third season of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City," which is currently airing on Bravo, Shah's looming court case has been a major plot point. As is her wont, viewers have seen Shah swing from the highest highs (throwing a birthday party for her husband Sharrieff Shah, a special teams coordinator for the University of Utah's football team), and the lowest lows (confessing she attempted suicide amid her legal woes). For the first half of the season, she appeared to will herself into being the show's most carefree, high-spirited cast member, even as she faces prison and being separated from Coach Shah and her two sons.
But as the season got closer to her real-life trial, Shah's forced joy has crumbled, and she's repeatedly lashed out at other members of the cast. In an unfortunate, irritating whodunnit that's played out over multiple episodes, Shah even emerged as a suspect in giving Heather Gay a black eye off-camera during a drunken night in San Diego. Gay has so far refused to say how it happened, and Shah appeared to be surprised by her friend's shiner — but fellow castmate Whitney Rose (and a lot of viewers) have pointed their fingers at Shah for Gay's injury.
Jen Shah, Sharrieff Shah
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"The Real Housewives" franchise has plumbed these true-crime depths before, with fascinating results. In October 2014, Teresa and Joe Giudice, stars of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," were both sentenced to prison for defrauding banks. (After her release from prison, Teresa picked up where she left off, and remains at the center of the show.) Also in 2014, Apollo Nida, the then-husband of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta's" Phaedra Parks, went to prison for identity theft and bank fraud. And most recently, for the past two seasons of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," the downfall of Erika Girardi — due to her estranged husband's allegedly prolific financial crimes — have at last made that show riveting television.
In the first two minutes of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" this season, in a preview of a future episode, Shah screamed at her castmates, "Everything's been taken away from me! Everything!" That phrasing is revealing, of course, given the nature of Shah's crimes — and who took what from whom, as the government proved.
But with the season ending on Jan. 11 next week, and since Shah's lawyers, as she wrote on Instagram last month, forbade her from attending the show's upcoming reunion, it's unclear whether Bravo viewers will ever hear her taking responsibility for anything at all. It appears Shah will head to prison without ever confessing her guilt to the "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" audience — which might be her most Shah-mazing trick of all.
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US Army picks 5 teams to design new attack recon helicopter
Sikorsky's S-97 Raider has hit 200 knots in a recent flight test, according to Lockheed Martin. (Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky)
WASHINGTON — AVX Aircraft Co. partnered with L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, Bell Helicopter, Boeing, Karem Aircraft and Lockheed Martin-owned Sikorsky have won awards to design a new Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) for the U.S. Army over the next year, the service announced April 23.
Only two teams will move forward, at the end of the design phase, to build flyable prototypes of the future helicopter in a head-to-head competition.
The Army laid out a handful of mandatory requirements that the vendors had to meet and also a list of desired requirements for initial designs, Col. Craig Alia, the Future Vertical Lift Cross Functional Team chief of staff, told a select group of reporters just ahead of the contract awards.
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The service also looked at the vendors' execution plans and evaluated timing as well as funding profile requirements. "The ones that were selected were clearly meeting the mandatory requirements and were in the acceptable risk level of the execution plan and the desired requirements," Dan Bailey, who is the FARA competitive prototype program manager, added. The prototype program falls under the purview of the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center's Aviation Development Directorate.
AVX and L3 unveiled its design for the FARA competition at the Army Aviation Association of America's annual summit in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this month. The design uses AVX's compound coaxial and ducted fans technology. The companies said its single-engine design meets 100 percent of the Army's mandatory requirements and 70 percent of its desired attributes.
The CEO of Textron, Bell's parent company, said during a recent earnings call, that its FARA design will be based on its 525 technology rather than its tiltrotor technology. Bell has built and flown a tiltrotor prototype — the V-280 Valor — for the Army's Future Vertical Lift program.
Karem has been working to develop technology under a small contract to help build requirements for FVL aircraft focused on a medium-lift helicopter.
Sikorsky's offering will be based off of its X2 coaxial technology seen in its S-97 Raider and the Sikorsky-Boeing developed SB-1 Defiant, which are now both flying.
"This is the culmination of years of investment in the X2 Technology Demonstrator and the S-97 RAIDER aircraft that have proven the advanced technology and shown its ability to change the future battlefield," Tim Malia, Sikorsky's director of Future Vertical Lift Light, told Defense News in an emailed statement shortly after the announcement.
"We continue to fly the S-97 RAIDER to inform the design for FARA, which provides significant risk reduction to the program schedule and technical objectives. We are eager to continue to support the US Army, and we are excited that the Sikorsky FARA X2 will be ready for this critical mission," he said.
A total of eight teams submitted data and potential designs for FARA, but upon evaluation, three of those did not meet mandatory requirements, according to Bailey.
It is not publicly stated who the losing teams were, but MD Helicopters had previously protested the Army's decision to not enter into a first phase agreement with the company to develop a FARA prototype, arguing to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the Army "unreasonably" evaluated its proposal and failed to promote small business participation.
The GAO denied the protest earlier this month on the grounds it did not have authority to review protests of contracting mechanisms like Other Transaction Authorities (OTA) which the Army used in this case.
The awards were made two months ahead of an already ambitious schedule to get FARA prototypes flying by 2023. A production decision could happen in 2028, but the service is looking at any way possible to speed up that timeline.
The Army has to move quickly, Alia said. Echoing his boss, Brig. Gen. Wally Rugen, the FVL CFT director, he said the Army is "at an inflection point. We can't afford not to modernize. We know the current fleet is fantastic, but we can't indefinitely continue to incrementally improve 1970s to 1980s technology."
FARA is intended to fill a critical capability gap currently being filled by AH-64E Apache attack helicopters teamed with Shadow unmanned aircraft following the retirement of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters.
The service has tried and failed three times to fill the gap with an aircraft.
The Army is also planning to procure another helicopter to fill the long-range assault mission, replacing some UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in the fleet, simultaneously.
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Defense News sat down with Brig. Gen. Wally Rugen at the Association of the U.S. Army's Global Force Symposium to talk about progress his team is making on future vertical lift modernization efforts.
With the advent of the new Army Futures Command — that is focused on six major modernization priorities of which FVL is third — the service is moving faster on prototyping capability to ultimately procure major weapon systems at a somewhat unprecedented speed. Through the AFC and the use of contracting mechanisms like OTAs, the Army has found a way to compress parts of the acquisition process that previously took three to five years into periods of time often amounting to less than a year.
"What is exciting about the new process the Army has put in place," Bailey said, "in basically a year's period of time, we've gone through concept, through an approved set of requirements, to developing an innovative approach to contracting, to building industry partnerships to have industry propose to us a plan and a solution."
And the Army rigorously evaluated those FARA proposals, Bailey said, all within that year.
The teams have until January or February next year to provide design plans and an approach to executing the build of the prototypes followed by potential larger-scale manufacturing, Bailey said.
The second phase of the program will be to build prototypes, and "only two will make it into phase 2 and they all know that now," Bailey added.
According to Rugen, when the request for proposals was released, the Army did not want to get locked into keeping inflexible requirements, but the request did state that the aircraft should have a maximum 40-foot rotor diameter.
The Army also asked for the aircraft to be able to accept some government furnished equipment including an engine, a gun and a rocket launcher, Alia said.
When it comes to some of the desirable attributes for a new aircraft, the Army is considering speed, range and payload possibilities, Alia said, but the service "wanted to encourage innovation by industry to come to us with their ideas and unique ways of meeting both mandatory and desirable characteristics and that is where we got some great feedback from industry and some innovative designs."
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A federal loan will allow renovation of Harriman Gardens, a low-income apartment complex in Harriman, according to a news release from Walker & Dunlop, the Maryland-based commercial real estate finance firm which structured the loan.
Walker & Dunlop Inc. put together the $11.1 million loan for borrower Harriman Gardens II LP through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's mortgage insurance program. It's a 40-year fixed-rate loan; the project will also get short-term, tax-exempt bonds and 4 percent low-income housing tax credits, according to the news release.
Harriman Gardens II LP plans to do $6.8 million in renovations without moving current tenants out, the news release said. Harriman Gardens will remain an affordable-housing complex.
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Wienerschnitzel's Legacy is in Good Hands with CEO J.R. Galardi
At 33, he's leading the world's largest hot dog chain, and honoring his father along the way.
Fast Food | June 15, 2022 | Danny Klein
Galardi was named CEO in early February.
J.R. Galardi is a realist. He's the CEO of a 350-unit restaurant chain at 33 years old, and without his last name, he probably wouldn't have got here, he admits. But while it's something "always in the back of people's heads," Galardi isn't carrying a chip on his shoulder.
"I want to do my best to make sure I run this business as it should be run," says Galardi, whose father, John, created the chain in 1961. "Regardless of who my dad is."
Galardi's story isn't your standard birthright. Growing up, he didn't expect to run the family business and was, in fact, doing the opposite. He had a concert promotion company in Denver after following his father's advice—to pursue his own interests if it suited him.
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Yet things shifted when John was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Galardi grasped the gravity of what his father, who passed away in 2013, built, starting as a single hot dog stand six-plus decades ago. Galardi didn't want Wienerschnitzel to "get broken up," or for private equity to swoop in. "We're going to continue the upward trend," Galardi says, "and really make sure that everything my dad worked for stays in place."
Galardi has a habit of going all-in when he sets course, he says. It drives his wife crazy. And it's what happened with Wienerschnitzel.
Galardi was promoted atop the world's largest hot dog franchise in early February. He added CEO to his president title, which he held since 2017. Galardi also stepped into his mother, Cindy Galardi Culpepper's, role, who stayed on as executive chairman.
In recent years, Galardi says she stepped back and let him learn from the front. That was nothing new. At 13, Galardi helped out at a Wienerschnitzel in Newport Beach, California. He was a janitor, fry cook, and drive-thru window attendant. He even poured beer out of the store's tap.
When his father got sick, however, Galardi returned with a specific directive—to learn the business while also earning his stripes. On day one, "nobody knew what to do with me," Galardi recalls. They had him update pricing stickers on a menuboard that hung in the conference room.
"It's not only that I wanted the perception to be that I just didn't take over, but also, I've been a big believer that you shouldn't be able to tell people what to do if you don't know what to do yourself," he says. "I wanted to make sure that I had a very solid understanding of the business from the ground up."
Galardi took jobs across the organization, from operations to development to marketing. He started with the latter, which proved a natural extension from Galardi's events history. Additionally, this was during the "rise of the millennials," and the best way to reach them, Galardi says, was to market to himself. He created a "Visionary Department" in 2014 that amplified social media, digital, and outreach. They'd connect with events—concerts, Supercross, music festivals—and meet guests by handing out product and talking about the legacy chain. The goal being to get in front of a younger demographic while remaining loyal to a core guest who has stuck around for generations. "You don't want to alienate them, but you want to attract new business," Galardi says.
"It's not only that I wanted the perception to be that I just didn't take over, but also, I've been a big believer that you shouldn't be able to tell people what to do if you don't know what to do yourself," Galardi says.
Through this, the brand brought the average age of its diner down from 49 to 44. While the Visionary Department started out as a separate arm of Wienerschnitzel's business, it's now integrated within the company's broader marketing aim. During COVID-19, it got set aside due to the fact events, generally, stopped happening. It's building back up now, Galardi says.
His marketing role tailed into another position, which carried over into another. And Galardi kept asking questions and figuring things out. One outlet he wanted to explore was philanthropy. Then the company's "chief visionary officer," Galardi ignited a program called, "Hot Dogs for Homeless," partnering with Skate for Change founder Mike Smith. The Hot Dogs for Homeless Tour, which also included Skate for Change CMO Josh Schmitz, visited 20 cities and raised $200,000. It gave away more than 40,000 hot dogs. Another end result—seven people inked matching tattoos of a skateboarding hot dog. Galardi got his on his left arm.
Interestingly, the notion of a Wienerschnitzel tattoo isn't all that unique, he says. Galardi has seen them on customers plenty of times before. CMO Doug Koegeboehn once even walked into the office and pulled his pant leg up to reveal Wienerschnitzel's famed pole. "He's like, please don't ever fire me," Galardi jokes.
This kind of loyalty struck Galardi from the moment he rejoined the company. "People live and die by this food. And I get it. It's delicious," he says. "But it threw me for a loop. I never experienced it until working in the brand."
And now he's tasked with guarding it. Under Galardi's time as president, same-store sales jumped 42 percent. Digital sales ballooned 400 percent. This past year marked the brand's 11th consecutive run of comps growth.
Wienerschnitzel's unit expansion in recent calendars, however, has been mostly stagnant. Galardi says it's a product of some external realities—construction costs and the landscape being what it is—and a footprint with perhaps too many variations. He says the chain is working to develop a modular concept to lower costs and improve scalability. Wienerschnitzel has six different main building types and sub-options on each of those. And unlike some other quick-serves, kitchens aren't standard, either. So the brand doesn't have the luxury of picking an innovation and rolling. "We have to go to each building type and configure it," Galardi says. "It's caused some challenges. I think moving toward a more consolidated and consistent footprint, like a modular unit, will l have a lot of benefits in the future, because we can get footprint consistency. That will help with operational efficiency and equipment rollouts."
Meanwhile, Wienerschnitzel continues to explore technology and become more efficient. It implemented third-party delivery pre-pandemic and then worked on packaging and streamlining off-premises. It put doorbells on some dining rooms so guests could ring and head in for takeout. The company teamed with Olo to build out its website for mobile ordering. "I think it jumped us probably five years, at least, in the first year," Galardi says of COVID.
But just as with marketing, Galardi wants to ensure nobody shows up and can't order because they don't understand the process. It's the ever-evolving balance of staying relevant yet not forgetting the consumers who got Wienerschnitzel to the dance in the first place.
Galardi also oversees 13-unit Hamburger Stand and Tastee Freeze, which Galardi Group acquired in 2003. The latter has four units, but is on the menu at nearly all Wienerschnitzels.
Galardi believes both have legs to grow, especially overseas. Hamburger Stand, in particular, appears to be the company's most viable vehicle, just given the product's familiarity with international consumers (the hot dog isn't quite an established daypart outside of America). It incorporates Wienerschnitzel's menu, which typically mixes about 49 percent of sales.
He can see Tastee Freeze kiosks in malls, movie theaters, and more.
As Wienerschnitzel's growth unfolds, Galardi will continue to drive his father's legacy forward. At 33, he's a young CEO by most measures, in addition to being the founder's son. "I think definitely in the beginning, when I was in my mid- and early-20s, I would show up to meetings and people would think I was there to set up the projector, bring them coffee," he says. "Now, I've established a good relationship with vendors and franchisees. I'm hoping age is irrelevant and they'll take me for my merit."
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We are going to see some warm weather this afternoon and tomorrow. There is a little rain in the forecast for Saturday and early Sunday but it shouldn't be enough to mess the fishing up.
Water levels in the Smokies are very good. This morning the flow on Little River is 2.00 feet or 205 c.f.s. The normal flow for this date is 325 c.f.s. The streams are flowing clear.
Water levels dropped again overnight. This morning the Little River is at 48.5 F. Water temperatures will warm throughout the day.
Fishing has been slow first thing in the mornings due to the overnight drop in water temperatures. If you head out early nymphs are going to be your best bet. Prince Nymphs, Pheasant Tails, Hare's Ears and Tellico Nymphs are good bets. Keep adding split shot till you get to the bottom.
Look for some scattered hatches as you get to the afternoon. The Quill Gordons and Blue Quills should be getting sparse but they are being replaced by lighter colored mayflies like Hendricksons and March Browns. The hatches have started so they will keep changing every several weeks.
Have a variety of dries with you out on the river. You can have some general patterns like Parachute Adams and Thunderheads. Hendricksons are starting up. March Browns are also good patterns to have in the box.
Using a dry/dropper rig this time of year is a good approach as it covers the spread of top water and subsurface. Smaller nymphs and even wet flies make good droppers.
John Chambers told me that he and Larry Rogers managed to get out on the Clinch the other day for a float. They did well fishing nymphs DEEP under a strike indicator. There is still a lot of flow and you can only fish it from a boat but atleast flows are starting to improve.
Fly Tyers Weekend is only seven months away. That seems like such a long time but before I know it it will be next week. Last year I was lamenting that it was only a week away and I wish I had another week to get ready. Bill Bolinger, in his wisdom, told me, "You had an extra week last week."


I am very excited to announce that the new single from Nicola Cassells is available to download now!
'Somewhere in Time' is available to download on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play and more!
Thank you for visiting my blog! If you would like to read the process in chronological order from the beginning then please scroll right down to the bottom on the page and work your way backwards. I hope you enjoy!
I would like to take this opportunity to express my acknowledgements to everyone who contributed to this project. To my supervisor, David Scott for your advice and feedback. To Sandi Thom, without you the song 'Somewhere in time would not exist, thank you for your beautiful lyrics. I would like to express my gratitude to Martin Bone, whose contribution to the video has been invaluable, your hard work and attention to detail to my vision is greatly appreciated, you went above and beyond! I would also like to give thanks to Lord Glasgow, his family and staff Kelburn Castle for allowing me to film in your beautiful estate.
I would like to dedicate this song and video to all of the war-time evacuees including my Great Aunt, Janette Lusk and my late Great Uncle William Lochhead and also to all those who served our county during World War Two.
Last but certainly not least, I would like to give a special dedication to my Gran, Kathleen Dunsmore. Thank you for sharing your story with me. Without you, this project could not have been possible. I'm so fortunate to have the opportunity to create this video with you, I really appreciate you taking the time to help me create something beautiful. Your continued love and support means the world.
The creative process was experimental in nature. Whilst there was an underlying sense of structure to the process, as it was a creative music project, I allowed the project to develop organically to allow me to freely express myself as an artist, without being confined to a set plan. It was certainly a learning curve throughout and the process pushed me to learn new skills. The overall experience has been positive and has allowed me to evolve as a creative artists. I am extremely pleased with the process and the final outcome and I am eager to share the project with my family, friends and fans. It has given me a sense of accomplishment and has reinvigorated my aspirations and goals as a performing artist and creative.
I will be utilising social media platforms such as Facebook, twitter and Instagram along with my own website.
I began the promotion process by posting that I would be announcing what my special project is on the 31st march in order to start building anticipation. Here is the post where I announce that my project will take the form of a music video.
Martin is putting together a teaser video which I will share on my facebook page before finally sharing the full version at a later date.
Martin is also involved in an online news website called 'Patchchord News' and will be sharing an article based on my story.
Now that all the footage has been filmed it is time to start the editing process.
This is an area in which I do not have any previous experience, so Martin will take the lead on this but happy for me to have my input and we can work together to create the final outcome.
On the days running up to the filming of the video I gathered and made props which I used on the video. My gran mentioned the fact that they often had lemon curd sandwiches which they would take to school so I decided to make some sandwiches and feature a jar of the lemon curd with a label to highlight what it is.
I also came across a lovely wooden chest which I decided I would use to store my grans photographs along with tags inspired by the ones which would have been used on their suitcases they used during the evacuation.
I also bought some daffodils that I could use inside the house to keep the theme flowing throughout. I framed certain photographs including a photo of the card sent from my Aunt Janette to my Gran many years later which features 3 children and a teacher putting on their gas masks.
Unfortunately on the morning that we were due to start I opened up my blinds and what did I see… SNOW!! Just typical Scottish Weather, first day of spring and it snows. The plan was to set the video during springtime in amongst the daffodils and not surrounded by snow. Due to this we had to postpone the filming. Luckily the snow cleared quickly and we were able to film the next day.
We began the day by exploring the room inside to map out where we would film from and set up the equipment and props, etc. There are so many lovely areas and quirky elements that we could use indoors. Including a window box displaying a wooden toy train, another window with a Grandfather clock (ideal for the theme of 'Somewhere in Time', and of course the area featuring the piano. I decided that I would display the props on the piano. There were so many other areas which we could have potentially used but these are the areas that we ultimately decided to utilise within the house.
Once we organised the plan for inside the house, we took a little wander round the gardens and estate to come up with a plan of where to film outside. We found the area which was covered in daffodils, exactly as I had pictured. We then struck it very lucky and came across this path which was covered in beautiful bright pink flowers which can from a near by tree. We then discovered an old tree right in the middle of the flower bush which would be a perfect place to record a scene. It looks so vibrant and will fit in beautifully as a contrast to the other scenes. We felt like we had found a hidden gem.
We had a really successful day of filming, I felt that the process was organic in nature and we captured some truly beautiful moments of footage. The day was such a success that I felt that we didn't need anymore footage. We got so much good quality footage that I felt that I didn't want to overcomplicate the process by filming much more. It was a challenge to take on the role of directing the music video when this something that is completely new to me, but feel like it was success. It was great to have the experience of Martin whose input was invaluable during the process.
So the following day, we invited my gran and papa round for tea and lemon curd sandwiches to film my Gran and I discussing her evacuation story.
As World War Two began in 1939 and ended in 1945 I felt it would be appropriate to use 1940's elements for various aspects of the video.
These are some examples of outfits that I found- something like this would work well for the outdoor scenes.
I think this Idea of having something off the shoulder and more of an evening style would work well for scenes inside the house. While I don't want to copy the styles exactly, I plan to take influence from the styles researched.
By using inspiration from the 1940's I hope to add some elements of the styles into the aesthetics of the video.
Having an idea of what Kelburn Estate looks like I have an idea of where I would like to film. I would like to process to be as organic as possible without having strict timings etc.
So instead of creating a storyboard with exact scenes and timings for each I have mapped out a rough idea of what I picture various scenes to look like, but I will also look for opportunities for scenes on the day at the location.
I will create props which can be used along with various photographs given to me to use by my gran. I have taken inspiration from the story and the key words taken from the story. The plan is to set the scene as if I have gone back to Kirkennan house to explore and reflect on the story and share in the memories.
I am very fortunate to have had the pleasure of performing at various events at Kelburn Castle and Country Estate. During the occasions that I performed at Kelburn Castle I fell in love with the vintage décor and unique attributes of the building. So when I pictured the ideal location for the video shoot, this was the exact image I had in mind. With the stunning backdrop and grand and rustic furnishings it was exactly what I imagined Kirkennan House to look like where my Gran spent her days during the evacuation.
This is where I picture part of the filming to take place within the drawing room in Kelburn. I could be sitting at the piano while there are photos in the background which represent the evacuation. If filmed in March then there should also be areas in the grounds of the estate which are filled with daffodils.
The above photos show Kelburn Castle and The Estates Gardens. You can see the comparison to Kirkennan House in the photos below.
In the hopes of using this location I contact Jared at Kelburn, who then speaks with Lord Glasgow of my behalf. Lord Glasgow replies that he is more than happy to allow me to film in the grounds and within the castle. I plan on doing this in the third week of March over three days, 21st, 22nd and 23rd.
I am really excited about the idea of filming at this location its really going to fit in really well with the concept and story!


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Jamal Batar and his father, Aden, at StoryCorps in West Valley City, Utah, in March 2017. The Batar family fled the civil war in Somalia for the United States in 1994. Mia Warren/StoryCorps hide caption
Mia Warren/StoryCorps
'We Are Americans': Somali Refugee Family Reflects On Making A Life In The U.S.
July 5, 2019 • Aden Batar directs a refugee resettlement program in Utah. It is the same organization that helped resettle his family 25 years ago, when they fled a harrowing civil war in Somalia.
Qieer Wang for NPR
Goats and Soda
He Was Imprisoned And Losing His Mind. 'Anna Karenina' Saved Him
March 29, 2019 • A man is trapped in prison for a made-up crime. He's overwhelmed by hopelessness and anger. That is until he hears a knock on the wall ... and words from another time and place.
A Somali soldier stands near a destroyed building in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 1 after police blamed a nearly day-long siege of the Somali capital on al-Shabab extremists. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP hide caption
Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP
U.S. Airstrikes In Somalia May Amount To War Crimes, Says Rights Group
March 20, 2019 • A new report by Amnesty International alleges that the U.S. killed at least 14 people in five different airstrikes in Somalia. The U.S. says it has never killed or injured a civilian.
Mogadishu's free ambulance service was founded in 2006 by Dr. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan after he saw people bringing relatives to the hospital by wheelbarrow. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan hide caption
Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan
Patients In Wheelbarrows Inspired Him To Start A Free Ambulance Service
October 28, 2018 • It's been a welcome alternative for Somalis in Mogadishu. But now, says its founder, it may have to cut back.
Some cutters use a razor blade for the female genital mutilation procedure. Ivan Lieman/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
Ivan Lieman/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
2 Young Sisters Die After Undergoing Female Genital Mutilation
September 14, 2018 • The girls were ages 10 and 11 and lived in Somalia, which has the highest rate of FGM in the world.
American Soldier Killed In Somalia
June 8, 2018 • One American soldier has died and four have been injured in an attack by insurgents in Somalia, marking the first known U.S. combat death in Africa since an ambush in Niger last year.
Maysa prays before her turn on stage during the final contest for Young Miss Sao Paulo 2015. Luisa Dorr | VII Mentor Program hide caption
Luisa Dorr | VII Mentor Program
Surprising Images From Up-And-Coming Photographers
May 20, 2018 • Winners of the Flash Forward competition focus on a beauty pageant for black Brazilians, Somalis coping with drought and transgender fashionistas living under a bridge.
Xawo Abdi Hassan rehearses her song. Xawo did not win the competition but the show launched her career as a singer. Roopa Gogineni hide caption
Roopa Gogineni
Invisibilia: They Risked Their Lives To Bring Music Back
March 21, 2018 • When Somalia decided to start a reality show with a singing competition, there was a major problem. Singing in public could bring on the wrath of al-Shabab.
Sara Wong for NPR
Invisibilia: Inspired By 'American Idol,' Somali TV Show Aimed To Change The World
March 16, 2018 • Reality TV is popular around the world. It's also roundly mocked as formulaic and contrived. But can that kind of fragile fantasy meaningfully influence the real world?
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with local people in Port Sudan, Sudan, on Dec. 25, one of many locations in Africa the Turkish leader has visited recently. Kayhan Ozer/AP hide caption
Kayhan Ozer/AP
Turkey Is Quietly Building Its Presence In Africa
March 8, 2018 • The Turkish have increased trade and aid to the continent, as well as building a major military base. Africa has natural resources that Turkey needs, including oil and gas.
The official music video was posted on Dec. 22, 2017. Liibaan Jama/Screenshot by NPR (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOk6YvTZT3Y) hide caption
Liibaan Jama/Screenshot by NPR (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOk6YvTZT3Y)
Viral Video From A Somali Comic Conquers The Internet
January 26, 2018 • Millions are watching Barbar, a music video from Somali-born comedian Oomaar. Fans are making their own versions. What's it all about?
A picture taken on Oct. 15 at the scene of the first explosion in the Oct. 14 Mogadishu terrorist attacks. Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images
The Two-Way
Mogadishu Truck Bomb's Death Toll Now Tops 500, Probe Committee Says
December 2, 2017 • An updated death toll in what Somalis have described as their 9/11 has risen.
Somali soldiers inspect the wreckage of vehicles after an attack claimed by al-Shabab left at least 23 dead in Mogadishu on Saturday. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP hide caption
Latest Attack On Mogadishu Ends With At Least 23 Dead
October 29, 2017 • Al-Shabab claimed the attack as it wages a bloody insurgency in Somalia's capital. A mother and her three children, one of them a baby, were among those killed according to police.
Somali soldiers and rescue workers on Sunday inspect the scene of the truck bomb explosion in Mogadishu. Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Somalis Grasp For Answers After 'Deadliest Single Attack Somalia Has Ever Faced'
October 16, 2017 • More than 300 people died in a truck bombing that rocked the country's capital on Saturday — and it's likely that staggering death toll will rise further. Amid the rubble, difficult questions remain.
A World Food Programme worker stands next to aid parcels that will be distributed to South Sudanese refugees at the airport in Sudan's North Kordofan state. Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images
Why It's So Hard To Stop The World's Looming Famines
July 18, 2017 • Millions of people in Yemen and sub-Saharan Africa are facing food shortages and severe malnutrition. Host Audie Cornish talks with Justin Forsyth of UNICEF about the crisis.
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A great friend and occasional contributor to this blog, Melody McFarland, has launched a new venture and I want the world to know about it. In addition to being one of the coolest people I know, Mel's also a very gifted photographer. And her new venture is her unique spin on pet photography.
She calls her take on pet photography documentary style. No props, no poses, just a beloved animal being itself. She works in a 30 mile radius of our hometown, Lancaster Pennsylvania and will extend her reach as needed.
This is Melody's dog Sinbad and he is the most eerily photogenic dog on the planet.
If you're in her part of the world, give her a call. If you're not in her part of the world, join me in wishing her tremendous success in her new venture. Go get 'em Melody!
Check out the rest of her portfolio on her brand spanking new website.
Best of luck in your new venture, Melody.
Wish Melody lived in Northern California!
I threw in the poodle shot for you Nancie. Not quite a standard but still an amazing photograph.
Raina: Her photos of her dog Sinbad (he's the black schipperke on her website) are haunting. I swear that dog has a human soul.
Thanks everyone! Nancy, it would certainly not kill me to travel to NoCal! I love it there. Will let you know next time I'm in the area. Paul, you need to meet the little psycho one of these days. I think you'd like him.
The next time I'm in your part of the world for sure. In the meantime, Kathy Howard-Shaffer has a beagle named Eddie and their neighbors have a beagle named Walter. Eddie and Walter hang out together. Those two dogs need to be photographed for their names alone.
These photos are amazing! Melody does amazing work - wish she was in Canada! Good luck Melody - although with that talent you won't need luck!


Happy fifth birthday G$! You're one fierce duck, duck, goose player, a great big bro, and the most super hero I've ever known.
Green cupcakes (by yours truly), dinosaurs, and Dusty Crophoppers all in the mix for this big kid's special day. Celebrating all week long, baby!
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Who doesn't love getting credit for their hard work? Please be kind enough to ask permission, credit, and link back to Andrea Espach Design for any repostings of design elements or photos found here or on the AED website.
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The Chinese Fountain (), also known as the Three Races Fountain () is a fountain monument in the Park of the Exhibition of Lima, Peru.

Overview
The work has a marble sculpture at the top, the work of the Italian sculptor Valmore Gemignani, with three characters that represent the fraternity of the human races, the white, the yellow and the black, for which it is also called the Fountain of the Three Races. On the sides are two allegories that represent the Amazon and Yellow rivers, made in bronze by the sculptor Ettore Graziosi. There are also four representations of the Raimondi Stele from the Chavín culture.

History
In 1921, during the government of Augusto B. Leguía, the Centennial of the Independence of Peru was celebrated and many colonies of foreign residents decided to grant gifts in the form of monuments to the Peruvian State. The Chinese colony joined in by creating a promoting committee led by Santiago Escudero Whu and Aurelio Pow San, important merchants and landowners of Chinese origin. The gift chosen was a monumental fountain designed by the architect . The work was executed in Italy, in the workshop of Ettore Genovesi.

The first stone was laid in 1921 in the space previously occupied by the so-called "Kiosko de las Palmeras". The fountain was inaugurated on July 28, 1924.

See also
Chinese Peruvians

Las llamas
La yunta (sculpture)

References

Bibliography

Buildings and structures in Peru
China–Peru relations
1924 in Peru
Buildings and structures completed in 1924

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Bring On Your 'Writing Mojo'!
The summer session of my COM107-Writing for the Media class at Rider University starts today. It's a short term (only 6 weeks). Packing a full semester into 6 weeks isn't easy, but we'll be starting off with a bang! Right away, we'll be diving in and discovering ways to "bring on our writing mojo" — that magical feeling when the words just seem to endlessly and easily flow from our brain to our fingertips as we write.
From time to time, we all need a little help to overcome "writer's block" or to just get started on a writing project. When we're "blocked" or we're finding it difficult to focus on our writing efforts, we need to tap into our "writing mojo" to get things done.
If you do like to write, what do you like to write about, or what type of writing do you enjoy the most?
After hearing and reading about what motivates people to write, what idea(s) or suggestion(s) do you believe would be the most helpful to you to help you "bring on your writing mojo"? Tell us why.


One of the most sophisticated building products on the market today, insulated wall panels and insulated roof panels offer a clean, high-quality appearance that immediately adds value to any building. Insulated panels enhance the visual appearance of your building, and their remarkable light weight reduces structural requirements and installation costs.
Our insulated metal panels incorporate a finished interior liner, factory applied air and vapor shield, and an insulated foam core finished exterior weathering surface into a single cladding unit. The composite action resulting from a chemical bond between the injected-in-place foam core and steel skins creates a lightweight, rigid unit with exceptional spanning capacity.
You get 100% reliable thermal performance and insulation continuity with our insulated metal panels – no cavities, no gaps, no crushed insulation and no thermal bridges. No change of R-value occurs when purlin and girt center dimensions are varied. The insulated core is the most thermally effective insulants commonly available today. Our panels have been extensively tested under a variety of North American Standards to ensure compliance with various building codes and industry standards.


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Cookies like Mrs. Higgins have a brand symbol that they are more like homemade and are also as home manufactured as possible. So the threat would be lesser here. The research from Global Industry Analysts conducted on the bakery market shows that the current bakery market has a very rapid growth, anywhere from 410 billion USD in 2015 with more rapid growth projected in the coming years (Bossel & Haas, 2015). The consumption rates are hence on the rise. The data collected from Euromonitor International indicated that it was possible for the market to be more stabilized from 2012 to 2017 which means that the New Zealand market and competitors of Mrs. Higgins would do to invest wisely in these areas.
Unlike the industry when it comes to the market, the focus is on the individual consumers. In discussing the market, the focus now shifts from the issues in manufacturing, to the issues of individual customers that might be driving a trend. Some markets might be driven by health trends, or individual customer choices having an impact on collective choices etc. In this context market analysis is important because it highlights how the market demand exists for the product, and how the market analyst could make recommendations to the marketing management in order to tap into those opportunities. Market analysis is very imperative in the context of understanding how consumer demographics are and how the objectives of the company in current times could lead to better market expansion. Both market analysis and industry analysis is important for Mrs. Higgins. Some of the market input as identified from a Roy Morgan research study are as follows.


Discussion in 'iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting' started by hiimbored, Sep 23, 2012.
For some reason, when I check the box to "Manually manage music and videos" in iTunes, it tells me that my iPhone is synced with another iTunes library and I have to erase the iPhone to sync it with this one. The problem is, I've only ever used it on this computer! I added 30 GB of music to it two days ago, and then deleted the 30 GB from my iTunes library but not the iPhone; would that have anything to do with it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Ok I think I figured out what caused the problem. I deleted my entire music folder from my computer, which had the iTunes folder in it. However, I still don't know how to solve the problem. Any help?
Another update: I backed it up to my computer, and then did the "erase and sync." But even after doing that (and losing all my music on my iPhone), it still does the exact same thing! What should I do?


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The VX II from VOX takes modeling amps to the next level. The all-new VET (Virtual Element Technology) modeling circuits at work in the VX I and VX II offer guitarists the best of both digital and analog amplifier design, as it accurately revives a myriad of classic amplifiers. In order to obtain a more authentic sound and produce sound more efficiently, VX amps employ a uniquely designed-bass reflex structure combined with a sealed, one-piece speaker enclosure. The cabinet's shape, curvature of the front and back surfaces, and the internal reinforcement ribs have all been carefully designed to optimize the resonance. A conventional wooden baffle was chosen to retain the projection and tone of a classic guitar amp, while the cabinet is constructed from a lightweight and durable ABS material that produces superior acoustical properties with quality sound and easy portability.
The VX II features 11 classic amp models and eight distinct effects, and it allows for 22 unique user presets. The amp models cover a lot of ground, ranging from classic American and British amplifiers of the 1950s and 1960s, to the coveted sounds of the classic VOX AC30, to some modern, high-gain tone monsters. Complementing these great amp sounds are eight classic effects which include chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, tape-style delay, analog-style delay and two types of reverb: spring and hall.
The VX II is equipped with a USB port for simple integration with a PC, Mac, or even iOS & Android platforms and also comes bundled with VOX's JamVOX III and the new VOX Tone Room software for deep editing of your favorite amp models and effects! Tone Room is available to download on your PC, Mac via the Support tab of this page and is also available for your iOS and Android devices via the App Store or Google Play!
If you're looking for authentic guitar tones and professional sound quality in a lightweight and affordable package, with the added convenience of a USB audio interface, look no further than the VX II from VOX.


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Intersections back open in Tyler after storms cause outages
by: Sharon Raissi
Posted: Jul 14, 2022 / 09:35 AM CDT
(12:42 p.m.) – All intersections are functioning and the area of S. Broadway at Rusk Street is open, officials said.
Officials: Two wildfires started by illegal burning in Rusk County
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Several intersections around Tyler are without power due to storms in the area, according to police.
The power is out at the intersection of S. Broadway and the Loop. Tyler police are headed to intersections to direct traffic and place stop signs at the intersections.
VIDEO: Oil tanker fire in Van Zandt County started by lightning strike
There is also a tree down at the S. Broadway and Rusk Street intersection that knocked down power lines across the road. At this time, the north and south lanes of S. Broadway and Rusk are closed, and drivers are asked to avoid the area.
Police say roads are very slick and encourage drivers to slow down and take their time. If an intersection has no power, it is to be treated as a four way stop.


The study of perturbation based Privacy Preserving Data Mining (PPDM) approaches introduces random perturbation that is number of changes made in the original data. The limitation of previous solution is single level trust on data miners but new work is perturbation based PPDM to multilevel trust. When data owner sends number of perturbed copy to the trusted third party that time adversary cannot find the original copy from the perturbed copy means the adversary diverse from original copy this is known as the diversity attack.


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Q: thread pool of Windows 10 has bugs Why does Windows 10 start extra threads in my program?
Lets see a simple code,
class AA
{
...
};

AA& getAA(){
  static AA aa;
  return aa;
}

class BB
{
  public:  BB() { getAA(); ... }
...
};
thread_local BB bb;

I added more information what I encounterd.
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With this simple code, I rewrite callstacks.
The exception is thrown occasionally at 0x00007FFB0B1272A6(ntdll.dll).
Access violation writing location 0x000000024.
The members of g_tss_mutex are zero except LockCount, which was 6, and LockSemaphore, which was 0xffffffffffffffff.
The function is _Init_thread_lock() and it is calling EnterCriticalSection(&g_tss_mutex);
Worker thread ntdll.dll thread throw this exception.
call stack was.
ntdll.dll!00007ffb0b1272a6()
ntdll.dll!00007ffb0b13b5f6()
ntdll.dll!00007ffb0b13b440()
_init_thread_lock()
_Init_thread_header(int *pOnce)
getAA()
BB::BB()
`dynamic initializer for 'bb'()

The call stack of the main thread was
_should_initialize_environment()
pre_c_initialization()
ucrtbased.dll!00007ffe9c1a4ab9
__scrt_common_main_seh()
__scrt_common_main()
WinMainCrtStartup()
....

Loader Threads of Windows 10 thread pool try to initialize thread_local bb. But if Loader threads call constructor of bb before the main thread of a process does not call _scrt_initialize_thread_safe_statics_platform_specific() to gerentee static magic.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/zc-threadsafeinit-thread-safe-local-static-initialization?view=vs-2019
I met this situation. What can I do to handle this problem.

A: Even if Windows Thread Pool would not spawn its own threads, there could always be guests in your process. Antivirus software, management software, shell extensions, accessibility software... or even malware.
The key problem here is that thread_local constructed as early as threads start.
You can help by making their constructor constexpr with only static initialization, and perform any dynamic stuff later.
Or wrap your thread_local objects with std::optional, and construct them when they are needed yourself. Or create your own wrapper for that.
I understand this all are workarounds, and the solution would be that MSVC would delay construction of thread local variable. But I'm satisfied with workarounds. Send feedback to MS if you are not.
Ultimately, by delaying thread_local object construction you also optimize: you don't construct the object for threads in which your code will not ever run.

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Corporate travel is a major spend category for the enterprise. The U.S. Travel Association recently estimated that U.S. businesses spent more than $307 billion on business travel in 2016. It's a necessary, and often beneficial expense, however, with the U.S. Travel Association also calculating that for every dollar a company spent on travel, that business saw a $9.50 increase in revenue and $2.90 in new profits.
Analyzing the dollars and cents associated with business trips is now a fundamental part of an organization's travel and expense (T&E) strategy to ensure that it can squeeze every penny in added revenues and profits out of each trip. The migration to digital corporate travel, expense management and payments technologies means businesses now have access to loads of data they need to adequately analyze their spend too.
It's not an easy feat, however. Last September, corporate travel technology firm Amadeus published new research of business travel spend, finding that 80 percent of survey respondents said they don't have access to enough T&E spend data to make more strategic decisions on the matter.
Yet as more FinTechs and solution providers step in to enable that data analytics capability, executives continue to emphasize the potential in T&E spend analysis — and not just to guide an organization's travel policies. Amadeus' report also found that C-level executives see the T&E segment as an area that can help achieve corporation-wide goals.
Lexi Honohan, senior director of Intelligence & Analytics at business travel consulting firm Advito, says organizations can go far beyond analyzing business travel spend with the T&E data they have at hand — if they can overcome some tall hurdles, however.
Service providers can connect those dots for the enterprise and their travel teams. But Honohan said today, organizations have to go beyond the T&E segment with their travel spend data and apply more sophisticated analytics capabilities to drive overall enterprise growth.
Travel spend data extends its reach beyond an employee's expense report, Honohan noted.
Take sales, for example. If a member of the sales team makes 10 one-day business trips a month to meet with clients, then analyzing that employee's travel spend isn't just a way to strategize how a company can optimize T&E costs — it offers an avenue to assess how efficient your sales strategy is.
Aggregating not just business trip data, but also sales and client data, means an organization may be able to identify which trips can be consolidated into a single day, or a single, multi-day trip, leading to bottom line savings (and a reduced carbon footprint, the executive added).
In another example, Honohan explained that travel spend data can be collected from a range of payment rails and finance departments — including accounts payable, commercial card accounts, procurement and meeting cards, personal employee spend recorded in expense management platforms and more. Assessing data across these channels at the same time could help a company identify how to consolidate spend on a single card to maximize access to rewards and rebates or reduce late payments or make card bill payments and employee reimbursements more efficient by establishing automatic payments instead of disbursing a check.
All of this analysis, she added, supports compliance and the reduction of operational risk as well.
Understanding the potential for corporate travel spend data analytics — not just to reduce travel spend but to achieve broader goals for the enterprise overall — presents a clear opportunity to strengthen the bottom line.
But having the capabilities to access and interconnect all of that data is among the largest challenges for financial executives, travel managers and analytics professionals.
Honohan cited research from CrowdFlower, which, in 2016, found that data scientists spend nearly 80 percent of their time collecting, cleansing and normalizing data — not actually analyzing it. She said that this takes away analysts' ability to strategically assess corporate data and instead focus on manual data management that does not necessarily add value to an organization.
Advito brought Honohan onto its team to spearhead its new Intelligence & Analytics consulting practice, launched this week in a collaboration with business intelligence and analytics solutions provider Domo. According to Honohan, Domo's cloud platform and suite of hundreds of APIs mean aggregating data across departments and platforms within the enterprise addresses many of the pain points analysts face. The executive explained the practice is always to arm corporate clients with the bandwidth and expertise they need — not only to analyze data and enhance travel spend strategies, but to also achieve broader organizational goals overall.


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Q: Swift - Border Inside Masked Image I have a masked image that's utilized by a UIBezierPath() and I'd like to have a border around the masked portion rather than the original image. I've come this close in my (countless number) attempt through trial and error and, tirelessly, given up. Any easier way to do this?
This is how far I've come to my goal:

I'd love to have the border go inward! :-(
Swift 2 Code:
let picture = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "myPicture.png"))
picture.layer.contentMode = .ScaleAspectFit
picture.layer.clipsToBounds = true

let maskLayer = CAShapeLayer()
picture.layer.mask = maskLayer

maskLayer.frame = CGRect(origin: CGPointZero, size: picture.image.size)
let radius = picture.size.width/2
let center = CGPoint(x: picture.size.width/2, y: picture.size.height/2)

let path = UIBezierPath()
            path.moveToPoint(center)
            path.addArcWithCenter(center, radius: radius, startAngle: 0, endAngle: CGFloat(M_PI*2.0*0.2), clockwise: true)

maskLayer.path = path.CGPath

picture.layer.mask = maskLayer

picture.layer.borderWidth = 3
picture.layer.borderColor = UIColor.purpleColor().CGColor
picture.layer.cornerRadius = picture.layer.bounds.width/2

A: Assuming I understand what you mean by "I'd love to have the border go inward" - I would recommend using another CAShapeLayer to display your border as a stroked path, and adding it as a sublayer to your image view's layer.
You just have to set your pass in the path you defined for your mask, set your strokeColor and lineWidth, and set fillColor to clearColor.
Something like this should do the trick:
// insert your image here
guard let img = UIImage(named: "4.png") else {
    return
}

// frame of your image view
let frame = CGRectInset(view.bounds, 10, 10)

// your picture view
let pictureView = UIImageView(image: img)
pictureView.frame = frame
pictureView.contentMode = .ScaleAspectFit
pictureView.clipsToBounds = true

// the radius and center of your path
let radius = pictureView.frame.size.width*0.5
let center = CGPoint(x: pictureView.frame.size.width*0.5, y: pictureView.frame.size.height*0.5)

// your masking & stroking path
let path = UIBezierPath()
path.moveToPoint(center)
path.addArcWithCenter(center, radius: radius, startAngle: 0, endAngle: CGFloat(M_PI*2.0*0.8), clockwise: true)
path.closePath()

// the layer used to mask the image view
let maskLayer = CAShapeLayer()
maskLayer.frame = pictureView.bounds
maskLayer.path = path.CGPath
pictureView.layer.mask = maskLayer

// the layer used to draw the border
let strokeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
strokeLayer.frame = pictureView.bounds
strokeLayer.fillColor = UIColor.clearColor().CGColor
strokeLayer.path = path.CGPath
strokeLayer.strokeColor = UIColor.purpleColor().CGColor
strokeLayer.lineWidth = 10
pictureView.layer.addSublayer(strokeLayer)

view.addSubview(pictureView)

Gives the following output:

Also, I would note that the code you provided in the OP didn't even compile - please always copy and paste in your code from the IDE instead of trying to type it out yourself!


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Are Disney Earnings Enough for Investors?
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) reported its fiscal fourth-quarter financial results after the markets closed on Thursday. The company had $1.20 in earnings per share (EPS) on $13.51 billion in revenue, compared to consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters that call for $1.14 in EPS on $13.55 billion in revenue. The same period from the previous year had $0.89 in EPS on $12.39 billion in revenue.
Despite a strong performance across most of the segments, the lack of gains after the report might suggest that investors may have wanted even more when you consider how Disney shares moved after the prior quarterly numbers in August.
Cash provided by operations for fiscal 2015 increased 12% or $1.1 billion to $10.9 billion compared to fiscal 2014. On the books, Disney's cash and cash equivalents totaled $4.27 billion at the end of the 2015 fiscal year compared to $3.42 billion in the previous year.
In terms of its segments, compared to the same quarter of the previous year, Disney reported:
Media Networks increased its revenues by 12% to $5.8 billion, with a 27% increase in operating income to $1.8 billion.
Parks and Resorts increased its revenues by 10% to $4.4 billion, with a 7% increase in operating income to $736 million.
Studio Entertainment revenues remained flat at $1.8 billion, with a $276 million increase in operating income to $530 million.
Consumer Products increased its revenues by 11% to $1.2 billion, with a 10% increase in operating income to $415 million.
Interactive revenues decreased by 15$ million to $347 million, operating income increased $13 million to $31 million.
Operating income growth at Media Networks was driven by higher affiliate fees, increased advertising revenue at ESPN and the ABC Television Network and higher operating income from program sales. These increases were partially offset by an increase in programming and production costs at ESPN and, to a lesser extent, the Disney Channels and the ABC Television Network.
Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of Disney, said:
We had a strong quarter, with adjusted EPS up 35%, completing our fifth consecutive year of record performance. In Fiscal 2015 we delivered the highest revenue, net income and adjusted EPS in the Company's history, reflecting the power of our great brands and franchises, the quality of our creative content, and our relentless innovation to maximize value from emerging technologies.
In an interview with CNBC, Bob Iger also said that no guidance would be given for the year and nothing to be said specifically about ESPN.
Shares of Disney closed Thursday down 0.2% at $113.00, with a consensus analyst price target of $118.00 and a 52-week trading range of $88.65 to $122.08. Following the release of the earnings report, shares were initially down 0.3% at $12.68 in the after-hours trading session.
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5353 Results for "International Year of Chemistry"
Lithium iron phosphate comes to America
Eventually, Phostech graduated to bigger LFP factories, culminating in a 2,400 t per year plant near Montreal in 2012. Despite the progress, LFP never caught on as a chemistry for electric vehicle batteries in North America. Carmakers in the region opted instead for cathodes made with nickel and cobalt, which offer higher energy density and more range.
by Matt Blois | January 29, 2023
"This was an extreme incident, but it's not an isolated one," says Therese Karlsson, a science and technical adviser at the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN). Plastic pollution is ubiquitous. Nurdles and other plastic pollution can be found on just about every beach in the world. But little is understood about the chemistry, movement, and evolution of plastic pollution over time—crucial details for chemists who want to untangle its environmental impact.
Guest editorial: How chemists can solve world hunger
Hunger has a major impact on a significant fraction of the world's population: 6 million people die from starvation annually, or approximately 5–11 people per minute, according to Oxfam International. And an estimated 22% of children under 5 had stunted growth in 2020, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
by Adelina Voutchkova-Kostal and Jitesh Soares, ACS staff | January 21, 2023
ABCChem convenes in Marrakech
The spirit of international conferences is to remove the barriers among people, according to Mama El Rhazi of the University Hassan II Casablanca, one of the organizers and current president of the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry (FASC). "The theme is 'Linking the World through Chemistry.'
by Jessica Marshall | January 20, 2023
Editorial: Battling climate change
Goodman, an analyst at the US International Trade Commission, has a background in chemical engineering. In assembling his plan, Goodman limits himself to technologies that are mature and deployable at scale today. A motif, especially in the chapters about such solutions, is that innovations are something we should bolt on as they become ready, not sit still and wait for. But a lot of smart, cautious people are betting on things like new nuclear power chemistries and point-source carbon capture—tech they'd argue is ready to go even if it's not currently done at scale. The cornerstones and first steps that Goodman describes are decarbonizing transportation and the electrical grid using renewables, energy storage, and biofuels.
by Craig Bettenhausen | January 13, 2023
World Chemical Outlook 2023: Talks to continue on a plastics pact and chemical agreements
—World Chemical Outlook 2023: Talks to continue on a plastics pact and chemical agreements "" Controlling plastic pollution and persistent pollutants and improving the management of commercial substances will top the international policy agenda for chemicals this year. The first talks on a global agreement to curb plastic pollution ended in December, and negotiators have scheduled second and third rounds of negotiations for later this year.
by Cheryl Hogue | January 11, 2023
2023 ACS National Award winners—Part I
ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry: Maria Oliver-Hoyo Sponsor: ACS Exams Institute Citation: For contributions to the development and operationalization of active, progressive, and ability-sensitive pedagogies for chemistry instruction Current position: Professor of chemistry, North Carolina State University Education: BS, chemistry, University of Puerto Rico; MS, chemistry, Georgetown University; PhD, chemistry, Drexel University Oliver-Hoyo on her most memorable project: "Early on in my career, we developed chemistry experiments for visually challenged students to enjoy chemistry in an active, engaged, and independent way.
2023 ACS National Award winners—Part V
Sponsor: ACS Citation: For career-long public service in the use of science in state, national, and international environmental policy development and implementation Current position: Adjunct professor of chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington Education: BA, chemistry and physics, DePauw University; MS, organic chemistry, Tulane University; PhD, organic chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington Carroll on his proudest career moment: "Being elected ACS president was truly the honor of a lifetime."
How to pack for sampling Earth's hottest pockets
—How to pack for sampling Earth's hottest pockets "Adventurous scientists traverse hellish landscapes in Iceland, Turkmenistan, and Hawaii" When the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland awoke in spring 2021 after 815 years of slumber, the geochemists and petrologists at the University of Iceland knew they wanted a sample.
by Louisa Dalton, special to C&EN | December 30, 2022
Judith C. Giordan wants to create a rising tide for chemists
How did you spend your year as president-elect? I have been involved in many initiatives with a great team of fellow ACS volunteers and staff. One important focus was to address the public's declining trust in science and scientists. In the past, chemistry and science in general were trusted and believed in, and even if people didn't understand the nuances of the science, they at least believed scientists were not out to harm them or the planet.
by Sophie Rovner, ACS staff | December 30, 2022


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Reflections from Cap
3 a.m. and finally there is some calm. Gunfire has ceased - outside my window the occasional mango drops, somewhere a dog barks, roosters crow, a child cries.
When I left Canada Nov. 15th I fully expected to be home in Cap-Haitien the next day. When manifestasyon yo (protests) closed the airport for 5 days, precipitating a minor personal financial crisis in Provo, the universe put Lesline of Air Turks and Caicos and Cathy and Ian, Inglewood, On. in my life. Thank you - your compassion, humour, generosity and friendship are treasures I will store.
Once here the reality of life - a Monday trip to the bank meant a wait of 2 1/2 hours in line. At one point I counted 184 people in front of me, just to pass the time. I forgot to bring my book. Money transfer sent to Léogâne, currency exchanged, on to try to find supplies for the centre here and for the office in Sen Rafayel. Everything from note books to propane is scarce. Prices reflect the limited supply.
Our refrigerator died , twice, was revived by 2 different technicians. The water chateau on the roof started to leak - a 500 gallon leak. The brakes went on the truck and it took us 2 days to find new parts. Our propane tank (cooking) came up empty. The inverter proved to be a hungry beast. Initially operating on 4 batteries (albeit ineffectively) we purchased 6 only to be told by Danius that we needed 8 to operate the house. Our precious bank acct. dropped perilously low but the house can function now without EDH (Haiti's hydro company). The handle on the faucet outside broke off, no replacement to be found.
Meantime Auguste and I were busy looking after students who continue to need medical attention, school supplies and dental work. Carmene and Joceline (below) sterilized bottles and filled them with dry ingredients for 'sewomoral' (sugar and salt to be added with water when needed) to treat 'kolera' (cholera). Jack's wife Angeline was the first to use our homemade product to fight cholera. She is much improved this week although still weak. We spoke briefly by phone yesterday.
Wednesday, Dec. 1st, we travelled to Sen Rafayel to deliver potable water, the dry serum ingredients to fight cholera, staff pay envelopes, Kesner's sewing machine (picture below) and to make home visits long overdue.
We witnessed 7 funerals in the 4 hour visit. The boss who made the coffin for Consienne's father in September has died of Cholera, so his apprentices are now in business for themselves. Our landlord's wife and children have died. A dozen students have left bills for medical services rendered, each one exorbitant. The Red Cross (Kwa Wouj) is sending text messages to all phone holders, directing those with cholera symptoms to go to the nearest treatment centre. For those in Sen Rafayel the nearest centre is 3 hours down the mountain over what passes for a road but is really a mountain track too narrow in places for vehicles. What should be a compassionate, humanitarian response has become big business in our little village.
More unpleasant surprises - College Vincent Oge (one of the village's oldest schools) and College Roi Henri Christophe (one of the newest) have closed. Declining enrollment (declining numbers of those able to pay) means teachers do not get paid. The directors of the schools used our first trimester payments for teacher's salaries so there is no remittance coming. We now have to find schools willing and able to take on Fabiola, Mary-Rose, Severe, Thony, Illiomene, Benouse, Evaldine and Mika. I say 'able' as 5 are in the pilot program 'nouvo secondaire' the government started and very few schools were selected to participate. This also means we pay again for the first trimester in order for our students to have the opportunity to write Christmas exams.
And the hours fly by - a meeting with Consienne to pass on her sponsor's stipend and Christmas gift, pay staff, distribute hand soap, phone cards, explain how to use the natural supplement Allimax, and finally lunch to-gether.
As we prepare to head out for home visits a convoy of marked UN vehicles heads past on the way out of town. We had played tag with them coming up the mountain. As they whiz past, I begin to take pictures and call to Auguste to bring the video recorder. Djohn begins to count the vehicles (kontwole). He starts in mid-parade and gets to 37. We are told by those in the know that the visit had been to verify that the polling station and ballots cast had been destroyed by fire. Two questions came to mind - how much precious fuel did those vehicles use getting up and down the mountain and why did the powers that be not send life-saving 'sewomoral' (to fight cholera) in each vehicle?
We deliver Kesner's sewing machine (thank you David in New Brunswick) then on to visits. First Elines. Mother has been dead for 10 years, father is partially paralyzed from an accident and stroke. The house is full of huge holes and provides no shelter. It was also damaged in the earthquake. (pictures below). They have a piece of land but no funds to build on it. Not one of the students we visit has access to a latrine or running water.
Elines is in his 5th year of high school and wants to study medicine and become a doctor.
(Daniel here - Elines is one of our students in the "Starthrowers in Action" group sponsorship program and he only needs another $25 a month to be fully sponsored.
Any Starthrowers out there willing to help him? )
To another house where sisters Fabiola, Adminada and Rose-Evenia live with their mother and dying grandmother (98 years old). We support these 3. Mother has some motor impairment from a stroke. Other siblings are in Cap-Haitien with an aunt. Like the ti-kay (small house) of Elines, the walls are cracked and fill of holes, the 'tol' roof (corrugated metal) leaks like a sieve. They also have a piece of land but no 'moyen ekonomik' (financial means) to build on it.
Fabiola in front of their house
Main room. Bed for her mother. Fabiola and her sisters sleep on the floor.
Our final visit to Illiomene (student staff). She is alone in the world - parents deceased, no siblings. The family with whom she has been staying has asked her to leave, as the owners have died of cholera and their children are being cared for by an aunt who has her hands full and needs the floor space Illiomene takes up when she sleeps. Illiomene is of most concern.
Sleep is elusive in Haiti - so many ups and downs in a day. The violence of Wednesday (Dec. 8th) underscores the need to stay the course - access to education is vital. Some good news - Althega was successful getting into the medical technology program at Ecole Polytechnique du Cap-Haitien. He began classes Monday. Post-secondary institutions are operating through the chaos. Like Micheline, he needs a French Medical Dictionary and a complete Glucometer Kit. Anyone who can help with these please contact me for shipping details.
There are many to thank as usual. I'm always concerned about leaving someone out - if I do, please don't be offended. The universe knows .
Thank you Jackie, Benjamin and Diane, Cindy W., Cindy S., Betty Lou and each of the amazing sponsors who have come forward to support these courageous young people. Until the next...
Beni-w
Kembe pa lage
Update 1- As of Friday, Dec 10th, 2pm. Street manifestations have started again (in the rain). Burning tires and gunshots. Staff won't be able to go home if it continues.
Update 2- Fabiola and Illiomene are in the hospital in SenRafayel, both being treated for Cholera.


This season in the WK League (South Korea), Hwacheon KSPO stats show they are performing Very Poor overall, currently placing them at 0/8 in the WK League Table, winning 0% of matches.
On average Hwacheon KSPO score 0 goals and concede 0 goals per match. 0% of this Hwacheon KSPO's matches end with both teams scoring and their average total goals per match is 0.
• Hwacheon KSPO has scored a total of 0 goals this season.
• Hwacheon KSPO has conceded a total of 0 goals this season.
Today Gyeongju KHNP host Hwacheon KSPO in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Incheon Red Angels host Hwacheon KSPO in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Hwacheon KSPO host Boeun Sangmu in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Hwacheon KSPO host Gumi Sportstoto in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Hwacheon KSPO host Seoul in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Changnyeong host Hwacheon KSPO in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Hwacheon KSPO host Gyeongju KHNP in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Hwacheon KSPO host Incheon Red Angels in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Boeun Sangmu host Hwacheon KSPO in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Gumi Sportstoto host Hwacheon KSPO in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Seoul host Hwacheon KSPO in the WK League from South Korea.
Today Hwacheon KSPO host Changnyeong in the WK League from South Korea.
Over 7.5 ~ 13.5 Corners are calculated from total corners in a match that Hwacheon KSPO has participated in the 2019 season of WK League.
Hwacheon KSPO's stats indicate that ?% of their matches accumulated over 9.5 total corners. While 2019 season of WK League has an average of ?% for over 9.5.
?% of Hwacheon KSPO's matches had over 3.5 cards. Compared to this, WK League has an average of ?% for over 3.5 cards.
Over 2.5 ~ 8.5 Corners For are calculated from corners that Hwacheon KSPO has won during a match.
Hwacheon KSPO has won over 4.5 corners in ?% of their matches.
Over 0.5 ~ 6.5 Cards Received are calculated from cards that Hwacheon KSPO has received during a match.
Hwacheon KSPO received over 2.5 cards in ?% of their matches.
Over 2.5 ~ 8.5 Corners Against are calculated from corners that Hwacheon KSPO's opponent has won during a match.
Over 0.5 ~ 6.5 Cards Opponent are calculated from cards that Hwacheon KSPO's opponent has received during a match.


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Heat oven to 325 degrees. Roll dough into 1 1/2- inch balls; place 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Refrigerate 20 minutes. Roll in granulated sugar (I decided to roll them in Christmasy sprinkles for extra cheer). Bake until the surfaces crack slightly, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
I highly recommend these little treaties to make your holiday brighter. There really isn't anything more Christmas-tastic than grating fresh ginger for cookies. Hope the work friends like 'em!
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