Prazosin oral capsule is available as a generic drug and a brand-name drug. Brand name: Minipress.
Prazosin comes only as a capsule you take by mouth.
Prazosin oral capsule is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). It can be used alone or in combination with other medications to help lower your blood pressure.
Loss of consciousness warning: Because this medication lowers your blood pressure, prazosin may cause you to pass out, faint, or suddenly lose consciousness. This can happen within 30 to 90 minutes of your first dose of prazosin. It can also happen if your prazosin dose is increased too quickly, or if you're already on a high dose of prazosin and you're started on another blood pressure medication.
Prolonged erections warning: Prazosin may cause priapism (prolonged erections). If you have an erection that lasts more than four hours, call your doctor or seek emergency medical help right away. If this isn't treated, it may result in erectile dysfunction or tissue scarring.
Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome warning: If you have cataracts and need surgery, be aware that prazosin may increase your risk for complications during surgery known as intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS). If you need eye surgery, let your eye doctor know that you're taking prazosin. The doctor may give you medications before surgery or perform the surgery using different techniques to help decrease your risk for IFIS.
Prazosin is a prescription drug. It comes as an oral capsule.
Prazosin oral capsule is available as the brand-name drug Minipress as well as in a generic version. Generic drugs usually cost less than the brand-name version. In some cases, they may not be available in all strengths or forms as the brand-name drug.
This drug may be used as part of a combination therapy. That means you need to take it with other drugs.
Prazosin is used to lower your blood pressure. If your blood pressure stays too high, it can put you at risk for serious health problems such as heart attack and stroke.
Prazosin belongs to a class of drugs called alpha blockers. A class of drugs is a group of medications that work in a similar way. These drugs are often used to treat similar conditions.
Your blood pressure can increase when your blood vessels constrict and get narrower. Prazosin works by relaxing your blood vessels so that blood will flow more easily through them. This helps make your blood pressure decrease.
Prazosin oral capsule may cause dizziness and drowsiness after your first dose. Avoid driving or performing any hazardous tasks for the first 24 hours after taking this medication or when your dose is increased.
This drug can also cause other side effects.
If these effects are mild, they may disappear within a few days or a couple of weeks. If they're more severe or don't disappear, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
Prazosin oral capsule can interact with other medications, vitamins, or herbs you may be taking. An interaction is when a substance changes the way a drug works. This can be harmful or prevent the drug from working well.
Examples of drugs that can cause interactions with prazosin are listed below.
If you take prazosin together with other blood pressure drugs, they will decrease your blood pressure even more and may drop it to a dangerously low level. Your doctor can help you avoid this by reducing your prazosin dosage, adding any other blood pressure medications carefully, and then increasing your prazosin dosage slowly. Your doctor may also have you check your blood pressure more often.
Erectile dysfunction drugs can lower your blood pressure. Taking any of these drugs with prazosin will lower your blood pressure even more and may drop it to a dangerously low level. Your doctor may choose to adjust your dosage or avoid this combination of drugs.
Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room if you develop these symptoms.
If you drink alcohol while taking prazosin, you may experience dizziness, lightheadedness, and fainting.
For people with heart problems: Use prazosin with caution if you have heart failure, swelling of your hands and feet (edema), a tendency to get very dizzy or lightheaded when you stand from a lying or sitting position (orthostatic hypotension), or a type of chest pain called angina. Prazosin may worsen these conditions.
For people with eye problems: Prazosin can cause blurry vision and eye pain. If you already have eye problems such as cataracts and need surgery, prazosin may increase your risk for serious complications during eye surgery.
For pregnant women: Research in animals has shown harmful effects to the fetus when the mother takes prazosin. However, there haven't been enough studies done in humans to be certain how the drug might affect the fetus.
Speak with your doctor if you're pregnant or planning to become pregnant. Prazosin should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk.
For women who are breastfeeding: Prazosin passes through breast milk. Talk to your doctor before breastfeeding while taking prazosin.
For seniors: If you're 65 years or older and you take prazosin, you're at an increased risk for a sudden drop in blood pressure when you stand up after sitting or lying down (orthostatic hypotension). This can cause dizziness and lightheadedness. Your doctor may start you on a lower dosage, monitor your blood pressure more closely, or choose a different blood pressure drug for you.
For children: Safety and effectiveness in children haven't been established.
Typical initial dosage: 1 mg, taken either two or three times per day as instructed by your doctor.
Dosage increases: Your doctor may slowly increase your dosage up to a maximum of 20 mg per day, taken in evenly divided doses.
Typical maintenance dosage: Most people will need a dosage ranging from 6 mg to 15 mg daily, taken in evenly divided doses.
This drug has not been established as safe or effective for use in people younger than 18 years.
Prazosin is used for long-term treatment. It comes with serious risks if you don't take it as prescribed.
If you stop taking the drug or don't take it at all: If you don't take prazosin and your blood pressure stays too high, it can put you at risk of serious health problems such as heart attack and stroke.
What to do if you miss a dose: If you forget to take your dose, take it as soon as you remember, unless you remember just a few hours before the time for your next dose. Then only take one dose.
Never try to catch up by taking two tablets at once. This could result in dangerous side effects, such as a large drop in blood pressure.
How to tell if the drug is working: Your blood pressure should decrease.
Keep these considerations in mind if your doctor prescribes prazosin for you.
Prazosin comes as capsules that may be opened if needed.
Store prazosin at room temperature between 68°F and 77°F (20°C and 25°C).
Protect this drug from light and moisture.
Your doctor may recommend that you check and record your blood pressure daily.
If your doctor instructs you to monitor and record your blood pressure daily, you'll need a home blood pressure monitor. These are available at most pharmacies and online.
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Q: Pig - trouble with datafu's TransposeTupletoBag I can't get the example code for LinkedIn DataFu's TransposeTupletoBag (at http://linkedin.github.io/datafu/docs/current/datafu/pig/util/TransposeTupleToBag.html) to work.
register datafu-1.1.0.jar
define Transpose datafu.pig.util.Transpose();

x = LOAD 'input.txt' AS (id:int,val1:int,val2:int,val3:int);
dump x
(1,10,11,12)

y = FOREACH x GENERATE id, Transpose(val1 .. val3);
2013-11-08 [main] ERROR org.apache.pig.tools.grunt.Grunt - ERROR 1070:
Could not resolve datafu.pig.util.Transpose using imports: [, java.lang.,
org.apache.pig.builtin., org.apache.pig.impl.builtin.]
Details at logfile: pig_1383941559971.log

For some reason, Pig cannot find Transpose(). I'm able to use other DataFu functions, so it's not a problem with the JAR path. I'm using Pig 0.11.1 in local mode.

A: This turned out to be an easy fix. Either DataFu's documentation was mistyped or the API has been updated; Transpose() should be TransposeTupleToBag() (which makes much more sense, anyway). Just replace
define Transpose datafu.pig.util.Transpose();

with
define Transpose datafu.pig.util.TransposeTupleToBag();

and you're good to go.

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Finals, the most dreaded time of the school year. Finals season is tense, stressful, and exhausting. What if I told you they didn't have to be? With these study, meditation, and organizing tactics, finals don't have to be so troublesome.
Studying for finals can get hectic, and with spring sports you can get crunched for time. With these 10 tips from FastWeb, studying will be efficient and worthwhile.
Create your own study guide. I know it's fun to collaborate with friends and divide the workload, but it is harder to retain information that you didn't write and understand.
Ask for help. It's so easy to do and every teacher at PA wants to answer your questions.
Start early. This will enable you to keep your mind clear and away from the worries of cramming.
Take breaks. Use the Pomodoro Technique to make your studying tolerable. I find that 20 minutes is too short to be productive, so I study for about an hour or until I get tired of studying before I take a break. You can adjust as you feel fit.
Sleep! Everyone is told to but no one ever follows this simple but effective tip. Sleep is an absolute must.
Teach someone else the material. This method of studying is extremely efficient. By teaching one person and helping them understand material, you also get the benefit of reinforcing the information you already know.
Switch up the subject. By switching the subject that you are studying every so often, you won't burn yourself out and give up.
Using an app guides your meditation, giving you an idea of what you should be doing, instead of blindly trying to make up a meditation on your own.
Finally, organization skills are key. A messy and cluttered study area will waste time and leave you feeling confused and overwhelmed. Organizing materials, the space itself, and the desk will make it easier to find study materials and to know when assignments are due. An article from WikiHow gives a great guide to keeping your study space a focused environment.
Studying for finals this year will be a breeze with these tips. Keeping a clear head and your area organized is important for studying and peace of mind. Get some sleep and get studying!
What a great article! I'm going to show it to my fifth grader and second grader because if someone in upper school says it, it's way cooler than Mom! Thanks for the tips!


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The Liesborn Gospel original Prayer Wheel in Latin. Photo courtesy of Les Enluminures Ltd.
How readers 'solved' the mystery of the prayer wheel
by David Van Biema
David Van Biema
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(RNS) A couple of weeks ago, Religion News Service presented readers with a riddle from Christianity's medieval past. How did 12th-century Christians navigate a prayer wheel-like diagram, found in the pages of an ancient book of four New Testament Gospels?
The diagram consists of six concentric circles containing quotes from the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, the book of Isaiah and incidents from the life of Jesus. At its center is the Latin word for "God."
We asked readers how they would say, pray or meditate what we called the Liesborn Prayer Wheel, after the abbey for which the larger book was created.
We received an enthusiastic array of responses. Our own stated assumptions about the diagram were challenged at almost every turn, a healthy situation when so little is actually known.
In addition to pointing out that "It's not a game" -- which can be conceded without giving up the pleasures of trying to understand it -- some readers said, "It's not a prayer." Instead, they identified it as a map of "the soul's journey to God" or "a Christian way of life."
Lauren Mancia, a medievalist at Brooklyn College who has examined the wheel, said, "I like this because it's in the spirit of the period: mind maps were used by people in the Middle Ages for all kinds of things."
Others identified it as a "meditation aid," "a study guide" and even, given the fundamental nature of the texts, what a reader named Brent B. called "the New Testament in a nutshell." Several were reminded of the rosary, which was developing at roughly the same time, although with a more Mariological orientation.
Some readers accepted our guess that the circle should proceed from the outside in, but two argued persuasively that since "all things begin with God," the path should go from center to perimeter and then back again.
Some of your directions were very detailed -- "Clockwise (per instruction), then from terminus, down a layer, then anticlockwise (per Our Father) similarly following natural sequences down or shifting colours for each prayer … with the terminus becoming a new starting point," wrote Nick Brodie.
Others, such as Luci Tomlin, abandoned analysis for pure praise: "The devotion, discipline, and dedication to even put this on paper is a miracle! How precious and meaningful are your works, OH GOD!"
As you might expect, given the variety, creativity and earnestness of the response, we have some reservations about naming a "winner." However, we said that we would. So, for criteria of completeness, clarity and seriousness (not theological agreement -- RNS can't take a position), we liked this response, submitted by Greg:
"I'm not sure if it is a prayer wheel, but rather the Christian way of Life. You center all on God, and work your way out by seeing God in your fellow humans (Matt 25:40), by practicing the eight beatitudes (Matthew 5), from which flows the Seven gifts of the holy Spirit (Isaiah 11:2-3), leading us into a deeper love for the God who became man, was baptized, preached the Gospel, suffered, died, rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and will return to judge the living and the dead. We then take to heart the prayer our Lord gave us (Matt 6:9, the Our Father), with seven petitions in that prayer, and when we reach the outside, it is time to go back to the center (return home) and start all over again. So, it is most likely a prayer, but properly speaking, a way of life, a prayer filled life, of good deeds, and Christian practices.
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Click any image below to view a slideshow of the prayer wheel responses.

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Maj. Justin Ogden, the National Cell Phone Forensics Team's lead analyst, produced this map narrowing down the search area for the missing New Hampshire man.
Capt. Margot Myers
National Cell Phone Forensics Team
Civil Air Patrol's National Cell Phone Forensics Team began the new year by helping searchers locate missing men on opposite sides of the country, in New Hampshire and Montana, only a few hours apart.
Early Jan. 2, the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center alerted the cell team for a mission involving a missing 37-year-old man in the vicinity of Mount Lincoln in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The request for assistance came from the Grafton County Sheriff's Office, which received a 911 call from the man indicating that he was lost and had injured his arm.
Local search and rescue teams checked the coordinates indicated by the 911 call, but he wasn't there. His second call to 911 produced the same lack of results.
Part of the software developed by Maj. Justin Ogden, the cell team's lead analyst, is a communicator feature that attempts to contact the missing person's phone. The individual receives a message indicating that Air Force Search and Rescue is trying to find them. If the person clicks the link in the message, as directed, it will provide phone location data for the search effort.
Missing people commonly turn off their phones to conserve battery strength. In this case, the first time the missing man turned on his phone and clicked the link, no GPS signal was locked in and the data's accuracy wasn't enough to help the searchers.
Fifty minutes later, the phone came back on, the man clicked the link in the message, and the cell team's software provided coordinates for a search area with a target location accuracy of 33 feet.
The coordinates provided by Ogden turned out to be just over 100 feet away from one of the 911 call locations.
Ogden sent a different kind of link to the incident commander – one designed to guide searchers to a specific location. It works well on smartphones, doesn't require an app download and removes the ambiguity that sometimes arises when transferring coordinates in formats that both agencies aren't accustomed to using.
"If you send that link to field units and they pull it up on their smartphones, they will be able to see their distance to the missing person's position that we obtained," Ogden told Lt. Mark W. Ober Jr., District One chief for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, in an email.
In fewer than eight hours from the mission alert, New Hampshire Game and Fish reported to the AFRCC that the man had been found.
"It was very rough country and because of your forensic work we were able to get an accurate coordinate of where he was," Ober wrote in a post-rescue email to Ogden. "This helped us direct the Black Hawk helicopter to the correct area.
"They were able to locate him, then hoist him aboard. He had an arm injury and pretty significant cold weather-related injuries but will recover."
Montana search area
The cell phone team's Maj. John Schofield overlaid the most likely area for the Montana snowmobiler's location on a sectional chart provided to searchers.
The same day, less than 12 hours after the first mission began, the AFRCC assigned a second mission to the cell team and the Montana Wing. Assistance was requested in the search for a missing 34-year-old snowmobiler in Gallatin County. He had last been seen at a New Year's Eve party at his home, but he left the party on a snowmobile and was last heard from Jan. 1 January 1 via cellphone.
The team's Maj. John Schofield determined that cellphone coverage in the area was limited, but he was able to isolate the phone's location from 9:05-9:31 a.m. New Year's Day. That most likely area was provided to ground searchers, and Schofield also overlaid the most likely area on a sectional chart sent to the Montana Wing incident commander.
The wing made one flight, but local ground searchers found the snowmobile in the southwest corner of the team-designated most likely area and the man not far from there.
The National Cell Phone Forensics Team was assigned 341 missions by the AFRCC in calendar year 2019 and was credited with 212 finds and 99 saves. The first week of 2020, the team has been credited with five finds and six saves.
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The project is located within the city limits of Santa Cruz, CA about 70 miles south of San Francisco, and consists of floodwalls on top of various portions of the San Lorenzo River levees, levee toe-drains, a controlled overflow, channel dredging, flood proofing and habitat restoration measures.
Execute required tasks for project closeout and turnover.
Completion of project closeout and turnover.
The City of Santa Cruz is the non-Federal Sponsor (NFS).
As a part of the closeout activities, the NFS is requesting assistance on accrediting the project for Federal Emergency Management Agency Certification.
Language included in the FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act, P.L. 111-8, Section 110, allows the sponsor to receive credit, not to exceed $2,000,000, for replacement and reconstruction of the Soquel Avenue Bridge.
The current OMRR&R Manual covering the functional portion of the project was delivered to the City of Santa Cruz in August 2018, at the same time the Corps provided the completion letter for that functional portion. A final OMRR&R manual for the entire project is currently being prepared, and will be provided when the full project is completed after the repairs have been made to the damaged pavement section.
The NFS has concerns regarding their new hydrology analysis from the "February 2017 Storms" that indicates that the 3.5 feet of freeboard the project was authorized for and built to was reduced to approximately 1 to 2 feet of freeboard between Highway 1 and Soquel Avenue Bridge and therefore, the project no longer is functioning for its intended purpose.
The NFS in the past has requested to arrest all coordination on the O&M manual and project closeout activities until this issue is resolved; however, they have been agreeable to move forward with the closeout of the project.


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India holds ground at WTO
Date:December 10, 2013–	Posted:Foreign Policy–	Comments:0–	Author:Inchincloser–
The Bali agreement which gave weight to the existence of the World Trade Organisation was finally passed and sanctioned by 159 member states last week. Although India adamantly held fort over her stance on food subsidies opposing a majority of nations, the Bali agreement which unanimously agrees to lower trade barriers and augment cross border trade and commerce was passed – by one estimate, cutting customs red tape could raise annual global output by US$400 billion, with much of the gain flowing to developing economies.. The Doha round of talks has lasted a decade, and had been left for dead on at least two occasions This being the first agreement since its formation in 1995, leads credence to the fact that decisions in a democracy do take time.
While China held sway with more developed nations on its opinion on food subsidies, India coerced lesser-developed nations to fight for food rations for her poor. As the nation with the worlds largest population under the poverty line, India wasn't going to concede easily. Industry and Commerce minister Anand Sharma and his band of advisors, held negotiations late into the night, fortifying India's strength amongst world leaders. – In effect, India's WTO triumph speaks to its improved bargaining power. The WTO victory is by no means a panacea to India's food provision problems — something the current UPA coalition government has tried to combat with a slew of populist measures, Ankit Panda of the Diplomat wrote.
In contrast, China which joined the WTO a tad later than India in 2001, has abolished, revised and adopted more than 3,000 laws, regulations and department rules to fulfill its commitment to the WTO, and further opened its economy to the outside world.
India recently took steps to legislate a "right to food" for around 800 million of its 1.2 billion citizens — entitling them to five kilograms of rice, wheat or millet per person per month at below-market prices. . Its grain subsidy programs have been a near-constant since independence and continue to be emphasized by the incumbent Congress Party-led government. India's National Food Security Act was signed into law in September 2013 and all but guaranteed that Indian negotiators would not concede on the subsidy issue at multilateral trade talks.
India's opinion on food subsidies comes with both her pros and cons – while it will enable the ruling Indian Congress party to uphold her National Food Security Act and protect her population from starvation, it also breeds complacency in India's food grain supply chain which has often been criticized. Heaps of decaying food grains which didn't reach the end user but attracted maggots in mis managed godowns are enough to scream foul play and shout bureaucracy. Yet which one is it, does India have enough food grains to feed her people but lacks the logistics to do so, are her citizens getting the full benefit of the subsidies, or are American firms just keen to get a pie of the Indian agricultural segment for material gain, or can she ever be the self sufficient state her forefathers had deemed her to be during the height of the green revolution?
It's a tough battle, but its also Inchin Closers opinion that if China can manage to pull her people out of a drought and from starvation and move towards eliminating food subsidies within a man's lifetime, so should India who rose from a considerably more affluent background.


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Welcome to New House 5. Yes, it's the top floor of a brand new dormitory at a prestigious university. But it's also something much more. For fifty-six freshmen, it's home. It's a place where friends are made and doors are always open. It's a place where hearts are broken and tears are shed. And for Andy Butler, it's the best story about friendship he has ever known. Andy is the resident assistant for New House 5, and it's his responsibility to bring the floor together, to support everyone, through their triumphs and through their letdowns. Join Andy as he shows how New House 5 becomes a family and then falls apart when hidden problems come to light. Watch as these students try to overcome their flaws and fears to create a bond so special that nothing can pull them apart. Not even themselves.
Andy Butler currently works at consumer products company Procter & Gamble, based in Cincinnati, OH. Andy studied economics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, and New House 5 was inspired by Andy's experiences as a resident assistant. Originally from Hamlin, NY, Andy is an avid fan of Syracuse University basketball and the Buffalo Bills.


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Daughter of a father musician (drummer), Shynis, Eurasian, was full of music since her childhood.
She began dancing in 2004 and found the Ragga Dancehall, inspired herself with African movements and develops her own style by mixing hip-hop dance and ragga Dancehall.
An atypical style, she shared generously during training courses and workshops in Paris (StepDance, Deepside…), for a public more and more numerous.
In 2009, she was selected by 6th Dimension company for "I feel good" play.


FUJIAN YUANSHAN IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADING CO., LTD. is an enterprise exclusively engaged in development and selling business. Since our company establishment in 2013, has many famous enterprises at abroad to establish a long-term friendly business relationship. Main import and export metal furniture. Strict quality guarantee system and perfect management system, high-quality products after-sales service is our foothold in this, my company of "quality first, reputation first" principle, provide customers with quality and quantity of various types of products. Always uphold the "quality, integrity and pragmatic, motivated, service-oriented" business philosophy, and applies the company's management and operating among. The face of fierce competition, the company system is constantly being improved, for society, customers and companies to create a higher market value. My company has been in good faith to create enterprises and credit management market, has won a good reputation, also won the respect of their domestic counterparts.
The prospects and Status of development for our company is good in the future, our company will expand the scale of operation and steady development of corporate economic, sincerely seeking partners, good faith cooperation and seek common development, writing a new chapter in metal furniture field.


Semiteh Electronics is committed to excellence in combining new materials technology with the silicon wafer and packaging process . We bring to the market devices designed to benefit our customers by meeting their product specific needs. Our mission is to bring value to our customers, shareholders and employees. We install proprietary materials processing and packaging technologies at designing and manufacturing of advanced power products. With our knowledge and experience we improve the processing capabilities and enable high performance products to reach the marketplace.


The UK may see a 50% rise in environmental activity as a result of rocketing fuel and energy costs, according to Tescocompare.
The car and home insurance comparison site has revealed that price rises for such items could push 22 million Brits to 'go green'. A survey by the site showed 80% of Brits already believe they are above average when it comes to being environmentally friendly. Green actions by such consumers include recycling household waste (83%), switching off appliances at the mains (66%) and using energy-saving light bulbs (76%).
However, 61% still think they could do more for the environment, while 800,000 confess they do nothing at all. One in five Brits claims this is because going green is too expensive. But Tescocompare highlighted some environmentally-friendly activities that cost nothing, including washing clothes at 30 degrees, taking showers instead of baths and not overfilling the kettle.


Hi we're Propeller. We going to show you a Midsummer Night's Dream. A 300 hundred year old play. 3 Hours long. But we're going to doing it in one hour. 6 Actors. Playing Kings, Queens, Lovers, Workers and (Tam steps into his tutu to a mixture of giggles and wolf whistles) and fairies."
This is The Pocket Dream. We started The Pocket Dream 2 years ago. The challenge was to condense Ed's production of The Dream into one hour. After 3 weeks rehearsing with the help of Ed and Roger Warren we came up with punchy little show that managed to keep all aspects of the show with a few clever cuts here and there. Theseus and Hippolyta ended up on the cutting room floor but returned in the shape of The Duke and The Duchess who were to be cast with 2 kids from the audience at each performance.
We toured the show in Barns, Theatres, Ballrooms, Warehouses, BAM in New York and The House of Commons!!! It was a great success and the kids (and the adults loved it), it went so well that it's back on the road, this time with a few new faces but familiar to those who saw last years Merchant and Dream tours.
This time we are doing a run at Hampstead Theatre where Ed has taken over as Artistic Director (Hurrah!) and a mixture of other theatres,festivals, schools and banks! Actually only one bank. Coutts, of course, Propeller's friend and sponsor.
We returned to St Vincent's Community Centre in Brixton 2 weeks ago to rehearse, the walls still vibrating from the banging of plates and cutlery against prison bars. This time Jonathan Livingstone (Lysander/Snout), Tom Paddon (Demetrius/Quince), Propeller Veteran Chris Myles (Bottom/Oberon), Tam Williams (Puck/ Flute), Dave Newman (Hermia/ Snug)and myself (Titania/Helena) are the dreamers (Jon Trenchard will be joining in September as Puck and Flute).
It was great to return to the show, especially as we had all been in the world tour of the full length version last year. Also our amazing company manager Nick Chesterfield and wardrobe mistress Bridget Fell have returned.
place to start and this beautiful Tudor building has it's own new state of the art theatre. The girls had all performed The Dream so were really familiar with it and had loads of great questions after.
Our performance at Coutts was wonderful. The already spectacular foyer with trees and ponds was blacked out with fairy lights along with an ice cream stand, chocolate fountain and old school sweets for the kids. The show went down really well and Ed gave a speech at the end about the history of the show and the company. We were all presented with champagne and then met the guests (obviously after replacing our jock straps and tights for something more suitable).
The final performance of the week was at The Kent County Youth Theatre Festival, we ran a few workshops before the show, on music, physicality and text. The kids were great, really committed and gave us a fantastic reception in the evening after and during the show.
And the end of the week (over a few beers) the topic of conversation was "this is what it's really about". "this is why we do it" ............ and the fact that one of the kids asked Jonathan if he was the guy from the Premier Inn adverts! Almost topped Bob Barret being asked if he was the guy from Top Gear! They of course will know him now for getting Patsy Kensit pregnant in Holby!


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Appeal Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Buhari's Educational Qualification For 2019 Elections
July 12, 2019 UD News 0
According to a report by Premium Times, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has struck out a suit seeking to nullify the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari on academic grounds. See Presidential Election Tribunal: Atiku's Witnesses Attacked By Unknown Gunmen – Uzoukwu
The court in a judgement on Friday said the application was brought outside the specified time for pre-election matters.
A three-member panel of the court let by Justice AtinukeAkomolafe-Wilson had reserved judgment for Friday after entertaining arguments from the appellants on Wednesday.
The applicants, Kalu Kalu, Labaran Ismail and Hassy Kyari el-Kuris, had approached the appellate court after a Federal High Court dismissed their application on the grounds that it was brought outside the specified period of time.
In a judgement on the appeal, read by Mohammed Idris on behalf of the three-member panel, the court agreed with the high court and struck out the motion.
"We have decided to settle on the preliminary objection. To determine the issue, we have to pay serious attention to when the cause of action arose.
"I have no doubt in my mind that the cause of action arose on October 18 when the documents said to be false that is the Curriculum Vitae and affidavit were submitted to INEC in form CF001," the court ruled.
It then added that based on section 285 (9) of the 1999 Constitution, the case was brought later than the stipulated period of 14 days when a pre-election matter ought to have been brought.
The court further held that even if the first part of the application had succeeded and the court agreed that the matter was not brought out of time, the stipulated period when such a pre-election matter ought to have been determined elapsed since May.
Consequently, the court ruled that it cannot accord itself any jurisdiction outside that given to it by the constitution.
Mr Buhari's educational qualification is also one of the grounds of the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the presidential election tribunal.
Mr Abubakar came second in the February presidential election won by Mr Buhari.
The opposition candidate, however, alleges, among others, that Mr Buhari lied on oath about his educational qualifications and that the electoral commission manipulated the result in favour of the president.
Mr Abubakar and the PDP are still arguing their petitions at the tribunal.
President of Appeal Court
Trump Says He wishes British ambassador well
Washington - U.S. President, Donald Trump, on Friday offered good wishes to Britain's former ambassador to


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The next NEPLS Symposium will be at Williams College on Friday, June 24, 2005.
All presentations will be given in the Wege Lecture Hall in Room 123 Thompson Chemistry (and Computer Science) Lab. Lunches (vegetarian and non-vegetarian) will be provided to participants who inform us in advance that they will be attending.
Driving directions to Williams College are available on-line. We are about 3 hours from both Boston and New York, 2+ hours from Hartford, and about 1 hour from Albany.
The attached campus map should help you find your way around the Williams Campus. Anyone on campus should be able to tell you where the Thompson Science Laboratories are located (but be sure to mention "Science" as there is also a Thompson Health Center!). Detailed directions to the meeting follow.
To get to the Computer Science Department from Main Street (Route 2) from the East, drive through the middle of campus past Spring Street, Lab Campus Drive, and Hoxsey Street. Turn left on Stetson Court. If you are coming from the west on Main Street (Route 2), then turn right on Stetson Court, which is the first right after the town square.
Go about 1/2 block on Stetson Court, past the Jewish Religious Center (white Mediterranean building) and a house, and then turn left into a big parking lot. Once you are in the lot, turn left and park as far down as possible (as close to the Bronfman Science Center as possible - see the map).
Walk across Hoxsey Street and walk between the Bronfman Science Center ('60's looking brick building) and Clark Hall (old brick building). This will bring you to the science quad. To the right beyond Bronfman will be the Thompson Science Labs. Enter the big glass atrium. There will be signs to direct you to the Wege Lecture Hall, which is up 1/2 flight of stairs and to the right. The Computer Science Department is on the third floor of that building.
If there is not space in that lot, additional public parking is available in several lots at the end of Spring Street, on the other side of the Science Center.
We will provide a light continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks for the afternoon break on Friday.
Even though Williamstown only has about 8000 people, we have over twenty restaurants in town (the advantages of being a tourist area!), and some are quite good.
For those wishing to spend some time exploring the Berkshires, lodging is available in town, I recommend the bed and breakfasts within walking distance of the campus. If you are interested in luxury (and a price that reflects it), try The Orchards, which is about a mile east of the campus.
Williamstown and the Berkshires are popular tourist destinations. Most summer cultural activities don't start up until toward the end of June, but there are lots of things to do and see in the area. If the weather is good, hiking is a great activity, with lots of trails, including the Appalachian trail, and Mt. Greylock, the tallest mountain in Massachusetts in the area. Otherwise, there are 3 very fine art museums either in Williamstown or within 5 miles.


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Liliane MAURY PASQUIER
"We must continue to work tirelessly to promote human rights, democracy and the rule of law, both on the European continent and beyond in the face of rising extremism, violence and repression, and in a context in which migration and security are very strained issues.
The President of the Assembly therefore has an important role to play in advocating values such as justice, integrity and cohesion, while speaking out against exclusion, hate and an atmosphere of one against all.
The difficult institutional and financial context in which our Assembly finds itself also requires us to strengthen our values of transparency, responsibility and commitment to the democracy that we defend.
In order to resist the adverse winds both externally and internally, the Assembly needs a President with strong convictions and experience.
These convictions and experience I gladly place at the service of our Assembly. In accordance with our values of equality, the protection of minorities and in the belief that I represent all our parliamentarians, I am very honoured to have been elected to this position."
President of the Parliamentary Assembly
Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly
Born Geneva 1956
Since 2007: Councillor to the Council of States (Swiss Parliament) – Socialist Party
In Strasbourg:
Member of the Swiss Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2011-2013: Chair of the Delegation)
Former President of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens' Group (January-June 2018)
Former Chair of the Rules Committee (2016-2018)
Former Chair of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In Berne
Former Chair of the Committee for Social Security and Public Health in the Council of States (2013-2015)
Member of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Council of States
Chair of the Delegation for the Relations with the French Parliament
1995-2007: Councillor to the National Council (Swiss Parliament) – Socialist Party
Chair of the Council and of the Federal Assembly in 2002
Member of the Committees for Social Security and Public Health, for Foreign Affairs, for Science, Education and Culture and for the Political Institutions
1993-1996: Member of the Grand Council (Cantonal Parliament) – Socialist Party
In Geneva
Member of the Committees for Planning, for Health and Environment
1983-1991: Municipal Councillor (Local Parliament) – Socialist Party
In Veyrier (Geneva)
Chair of the Municipal Council in 1989 and 1990
Member of the Committees for Town Planning, for Youth and for Budget
Since 1989: independent midwife
2009-2013: Chair of the Swiss Federation of Midwives, Berne
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Discours lors de la 28e Session de l'Assemblée parlementaire de l'OSCE (french only) - Luxembourg, Sunday 7 July 2019
Speech at the opening of the 3rd part of the 2019 Ordinary Session - Strasbourg, Monday 24 juin 2019
Discours à l'occasion de la Conférence de haut niveau célébrant le 20e anniversaire du GRECO (French only) - Strasbourg, Monday 17 juin 2019
Rede vor dem Nationalrat der Republik Österreich (German only) - Vienna, Thursday 13 juin 2019
Discours prononcé à l'occasion du Séminaire de haut-niveau sur le débat public en tant qu'outil de gouvernance des nouvelles technologies (French only) - Strasbourg, Tuesday 4 juin 2019
MICHELE NICOLETTI (2018) (Italy / Italie)
STELLA KYRIAKIDES (2017) (Cyprus / Chypre)
SIR ROGER GALE (2017) (United Kingdom / Royaume Uni)
PEDRO AGRAMUNT (2016‑2017) (Spain / Espagne)
ANNE BRASSEUR (2014‑2016) (Luxembourg)
JEAN-CLAUDE MIGNON (2012‑2014) (France)
MEVLÜT ÇAVUŞOĞLU (2010‑2012) (Turkey / Turquie)
LLUIS MARIA DE PUIG (2008‑2010) (Spain / Espagne)
RENE VAN DER LINDEN (2005‑2008) (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)
PETER SCHIEDER (2002‑2005) (Austria / Autriche)
LORD RUSSELL-JOHNSTON (1999‑2002) (United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni)
LENI FISCHER (1996‑1999) (Germany / Allemagne)
MIGUEL ÁNGEL MARTÍNEZ (1992‑1996) (Spain / Espagne)
SIR GEOFFREY FINSBERG (1992) (United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni)
ANDERS BJÖRCK (1989‑1991) (Sweden / Suède)
LOUIS JUNG (1986‑1989) (France)
KARL AHRENS (1983‑1986) (Germany / Allemagne)
JOSE MARIA DE AREILZA (1981‑1983) (Spain / Espage)
HENRI J. DE KOSTER (1978‑1981) (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)
KARL CZERNETZ (1975‑1978) (Austria / Autriche)
GIUSEPPE VEDOVATO (1972‑1975) (Italy / Italie)
OLIVER REVERDIN (1969‑1972) (Switzerland / Suisse)
SIR GEOFFREY S. DE FREITAS (1966‑1969) (United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni)
PIERRE PFLIMLIN (1963‑1966) (France)
PER FEDERSPIEL (1960‑1663) (Denmark / Danemark)
JOHN EDWARDS (1959) (United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni)
FERNAND DEHOUSSE (1956‑1959) (Belgium / Belgique)
GUY MOLLET (1954‑1956) (France)
FRANCOIS DE MENTHON (1952‑1954) (France)
PAUL–HENRI SPAAK (1949‑1951) (Belgium / Belgique)
EDOUARD HERRIOT (1949) - Honorary President (France)
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MIKE SCIOSCIA will step down as Angels' manager, the Los Angeles Times is reporting (Flickr/Keith Allison photo).
On the last day of the season, the Los Angeles Angels of the Anaheim posted their final victory of 2018 and are poised to end an era in team history.
On Sunday afternoon in the Big A, the Halos rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to get a 5-4 win over the Oakland Athletics. That gave the Angels five wins in sixth games, a closing kick that carried them to 80-82, an almost break-even season.
Taylor Ward's two-run walkout homer was shortly followed by the report from the Los Angeles Times that longtime manager Mike Scioscia was hanging up his spikes after 19 seasons as field general.
A formal announcement has not been made by the team, but if the Times report is accurate, the Angels are saying goodbye to the only man who ever steered them to a league pennant or World Series title, both in 2002 when the team was known as the Anaheim Angels.
Scioscia, 59, guided the team to six American League West division titles, and ranks 18th among all major league managers with 1,650 wins (against 1,428 losses).


Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting…Why?
Like many, I'm deeply saddened by the recent shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. As the initial shock of this awful event wanes and gives way to grief, we're left wondering why and how someone could do something so horrific. The only person that can provide that answer, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, took his own life as well. As a result, chances are this seemingly simple question of why will never be fully realized.
It comes as no surprise that in light of this tragedy, gun control advocates are beside themselves, vocalizing the need for yet even stricter gun control laws. Their reaction is understandable yet their efforts are misguided. The events that transpired in Newtown had nothing to do with gun control. The reality is even with stricter limits Adam Lanza would still have walked into that school armed as he was and the outcome would have been the same. A key point that many gun control advocates miss is that the "bad guys" will get guns if they want them, no matter how hard it is to obtain them.The tragedy that unfolded last week has nothing to do with gun control. It has everything to do with social control…or the lack thereof. Today's American society is one in which the individual doesn't take responsibility for their own actions. We loudly advocate our individualism and feel it is our right to do and say whatever we want, whenever we want. Yet, when we exercise this "right" and the outcome is negative, our individual action suddenly becomes someone or everyone else's fault. In this respect, American society has become increasingly hypocritical in believing we can have it both ways.
One explanation currently being offered for Adam Lanza's actions is that he suffered from some degree of Autism and/or Asperger's Syndrome. If true, I don't discount the theory that these "isms" played into Adam Lanza's decision to do what he did. However I'm becoming increasingly leery of "isms" being used as an excuse for kids and adults that act contrary to societal expectations. There is legitimate concern in today's day and age that adults, and especially children, are being mis- or over-diagnosed for "behavioral disorders" when no real disorder exists. The reasons for this are many and deserve due attention at another time.
Being diagnosed with an "ism", especially when there isn't one, also enables the individual a means to not take responsibility for their own actions. Rather than take ownership for their actions, they blame the "ism" because the "ism" made them do what they did. In addition, once the concept of a person's "ism" is rationalized and internalized that person will begin to act according to what that "ism" entails, even if that person does not actually suffer from that "ism". As a society, we cannot continue to rely on "isms" as a replacement for responsible child rearing and personal conduct.
This brings me to my final point. There has been some speculation as to the nature of Nancy Lanza's relationship with her son Adam. Some suggest she was a single mom doing the best she could dealing with her son's "isms" and social ineptness. Others, who question her rationale of encouraging her son's interest in guns and shooting while knowing he potentially had behavior disorders, suggest she was too much of a "friend" to her son. Sadly, with her murder, this is yet one more facet we will never really fully learn. I feel it's fair at this point to suggest that Nancy Lanza's relationship with her son was a mix of both parent and friend.
It seems as if today there is the trend in American society for parents to want to be their child's friend rather than a parent. The rationales for this are many and varied, and like the issue of mis- or over-diagnosed "isms", should be discussed at another time. Pure and simple, parents have a responsibility to raise their child in a manner that will ensure that child's ability to be become a socially responsible adult. However, when parents choose to be their child's friend and not the parent, they severely restrict their ability to employ the discipline and nurturing necessary for effective societal integration. The reality is society cannot continue to pay for those parents that irresponsibly choose to be their child's friend rather than their parent.
Even though we may never fully know why Adam Lanza committed the atrocities he committed, in time we will learn enough to gain some understanding of why he did what he did. Until then, this is yet another instance of a "misunderstood", "nobody loves me", socially inept person venting their frustrations in a most horrific and extreme manner. Rather than the exception, it seems as if this is becoming the norm. As a society, we cannot continue to let this happen. We HAVE to accept responsibility for our individual actions. We HAVE to stop blaming "isms" for our actions. Parents HAVE to be parents and not their child's friend. It is these social controls, and not gun control, which will ensure the tragedy that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut is not repeated.
This morning as I was waking up via a delicious cup of heavenly bliss (aka coffee), I decided to catch up on all the wackiness that is our world. In doing so, I came across the headline "McDonald's faces Happy Meal lawsuit". In a somewhat still dreamy stupor, I couldn't help but think back to younger days when getting a Happy Meal as a kid was like winning the lottery. A free toy! I was "The Man" with my Happy Meal in hand. Nothing could go wrong that day, for I had a Happy Meal, and it was good!
Well, so much for legalities. Clearly someone is pushing their own agenda through their non-profit. There's nothing wrong with that, isn't that what a non-profit is for in the first place? However, it's the manner in which CSPI is trying to garner support, as well as misplacing blame, which raises my ire.
"Creepy and predatory"…what is this guy talking about? What the hell is so creepy and predatory about a toy in a box of food? Mr. Gardner, blatantly playing on every parent's deepest fear, depicts McDonald's as some lecherous child molester that recons playgrounds looking for their next victim. This is waaaaaay overboard, completely unnecessary, and a pretty pathetic means by CSPI to generate support for their cause.
What trailer park did they find this person in? I couldn't agree more with Ms Nesbitt that McDonald's makes it harder to educate her kiddos about healthy eating. However, I have a simple approach that will make Ms Nesbitt's attempts easier. JUST SAY NO!! When your kids want to go to McDonalds, JUST SAY NO! When they pitch a fit cause they can't get their way, JUST SAY NO! Yes, they're probably going to hate you for not giving in, but that's okay. You're their parent, not their friend. There's a difference.
Mr. Jacobson is correct in many respects. However, he misses the mark in one key point. Parents don't bear MUCH of the responsibility for saying no to their children. Parents bear ALL of the responsibility for saying no to their children. The responsibility to choose between right and wrong, to include resisting McDonald's slick advertising, is ALWAYS the parents. To blame anyone else when this fails is inappropriate. To sue someone else when this fails is asinine.
I'm sure that CSPI served a noble purpose upon its inception. However, it appears CSPI has gone astray in its attempt to maintain its existence. This is one time I'll root for big business (it's a cold day in Hell when that happens) and hope that McDonald's doesn't give in and remove toys from their Happy Meals. Even at 35 years of age, I enjoy being "The Man" with my Happy Meal in hand from time to time. Don't ruin it for everyone CSPI.


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ISC production courses integrate theory and practice to provide students with professional competencies required in today's media industry. Practical courses expose students to different media fields and promote competent expertise in content production for different modern media. All students studying at ISC must familiarize themselves with different communication technologies and techniques.
ISC has excellent HD and DSLR cameras, a tv studio is fully equipped with modern lighting, mixers, a wide range of professional microphones, and adequate video editing facilities. The out of the classroom tutorials are designed to help students learn the techniques for camera operations. It is this quality of hands-on training at ISC that make ISC graduates different from others.
Up-to-date so Easy Radio studio, the so called 'hybrid' solution is what at ISC uses to train modern radio journalists. Our new Easy Radio studio incorporates the very best of analog and digital technology, and incorporates carefully selected components, based on a combination of value, features, fitness for purpose, ease of use and reliability.
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Is the Camera the 'New Search Box' for Local Discovery? Part II
October 30, 2017 November 2, 2017 by Mike Boland	One Comment
This post is an excerpt from an upcoming Street Fight white paper. Entitled "Local's Visual Future: The Rise of AR and Visual Search," it examines how trends in visual technologies are manifesting in local commerce. An excerpt is below and the report will be available in the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more excerpts as well as the full report. More Street Fight coverage of this topic can be read here.
Location Data's Time to Shine
It's often said in the ad-tech world, and other sectors that are reliant on data, that "Content is King, but Data is God." This is increasingly true in local ad-tech and martech given the need for "ground-truth" conversions to attribute ROI. And it will equally apply in local AR.
Geo-relevant data will play an important – though often overlooked – part in the AR user experience. It's not widely recognized that Pokémon Go was built on the architecture of Niantic's Ingress game, whose location tags were set over years and made the whole thing work.
Location data's importance to AR was also validated by Snap. The company recently acquired two location data companies – Placed and Zenly – that contribute to the company's continued product development around geo-relevant snaps and AR content like World Lenses.
As background, rudimentary AR such as Pokemon Go sometimes use geotagged data to position graphics. More advanced AR, such as ARkit, conversely use object recognition to map and "register" objects before applying relevant and dimensionally accurate graphical overlays.
Though the latter is a more advanced form of AR, it will still benefit from location data such as business/product details or coordinates. This one-two punch will especially be additive in apps for navigation, local discovery, tourism, retail and several other location-relevant use cases.
Prime Position
Fortunately a few startups have built systems that collect, clean and optimize geo-data. Aisle 411 has store layouts and product data. Foursquare and xAd validate business' lat-long coordinates, while Yelp and others hold valuable customer reviews, menu items and operating hours.
These data will come in handy with local AR apps that let users point their phone at a storefront to get useful info. Google Lens (explored in the next section) accomplishes this through object recognition using Street View imagery, and local business data from Google My Business.
Google's visual positioning service (VPS) is another example (also explored below). It lets users navigate interior spaces, such as a Home Depot, using graphical overlays on their smartphones to lead them. But it requires product and blueprint data, and 3d scans of hundreds of stores.
Google has the deep pockets and data assets to pull this off. But the question is whether or not local AR developers will have access to such product or location data. This could be a business opportunity for companies that currently collect, clean, index and optimize local business data.
And the way this will likely play out is through Saas-delivered access to location databases that give developers the tools they need to build functional location-relevant AR apps. This could breathe new life into already-valuable location data from publishers and vendors in local.
Drilling Down on Google: Visual Search
Speaking of Google and its moves with VPS and Google Lens, the company is bringing AR in slightly different directions, more aptly described as "Visual Search." Like AR, they utilize computer vision to identify surroundings, but it's less about graphics and more about information.
Google Lens for example allows users to point their smartphone camera at any physical world item to launch a search for qualifying or purchase information. One promising use case is identifying storefronts and other key business details when exploring a new neighborhood.
This of course aligns with Google's mission and the protection of its core search business, where it makes the majority of its $60 billion in revenue. Visual search for Google is a way to broaden its touch points to continue serving consumers information in a lean forward "pull" manner.
This all goes back to Google's challenge in the mobile era: people are searching less because they're spending more time in apps and less time in the browser… where Google is the front door. So its goal is to counterbalance that decline in search query volume through other means.
This was the principle behind Google's "Micromoments" – to inspire content snacking moments when Google can deliver you things through Google Assistant (formerly Google Now). The latest embodiment of that principle has been voice search (another report) and Visual Search.
"A lot of the future of search is going to be about pictures instead of keywords," Pinterest CEO Ben Silberman told CNBC in April. Pinterest since launched several feature updates that let users search for items on its mobile app by pointing their smartphone cameras at physical world items.
Last Mile to the Cash Register
VPS is a related "visual search" technology that applies computer vision to scan interior spaces and form a point cloud. That unique digital fingerprint then becomes the basis for positional tracking, indoor navigation and overlaying practical information for shoppers in physical stores.
The go-to example is overlaying positional data for store shelves and the items they carry. As pioneered by interior mapping companies like Aisle411, shoppers can then find obscure items in retail spaces – like the above Home Depot example – solving a consumer pain point.
"GPS can get you to the door, and then VPS can get you to the exact item that you're looking for," said Google's VR/AR lead Clay Bavor at Google's Spring I/O conference. "Imagine in the future your phone could just take you to that exact screwdriver and point it out to you on the shelf."
This is not necessarily a new message because Beacon proponents have been saying this for years. VPS is a superior technology, but its optical and sensory components have been cost prohibitive for smartphone integration. But ARCore's technology described earlier changes that.
But it goes beyond the utility of finding things. The real angle here is the ad attribution potential, given that it tracks the "last mile" to the cash register. This once again ties to Google's search ad business, and is just the latest move to embolden search marketing ROI with better attribution.
Tags: AR Local Discovery local search VR
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Marc Charette
Fascinating article! I plays perfectly into what I think is one of the biggest questions I ask all of my clients as a Google Trusted virtual tour photographer, "what do you want people to see?" As you may know the virtual tour photography program now called Street View Trusted, has been collecting visual data since 2012. It has morphed in branding and changed its focus over time, but in essence, from what I believe you're suggesting in this article, it's likely to be the core content that creates the data needed to make all this work. What do you think?


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Q: Web service encryption We developed a web service which is accessed by various platforms clients, for example it is requested by c++ and Java enabled clients.
I want to use simple, effective  encryption Algorithm which is easily decrypted by JAVA - C++ and JAVA script based clients.

A: Why not just deliver your service over HTTPS?
Why write anything?

A: The most widely-compatible method of Web Service security that is still actually secure is Transport with Message Credentials.  This uses SSL (https) for transport-layer security, which handles the encryption aspect, and passes a username/password in the SOAP header, which handles the authentication side.
It is not as secure as mutual-certificate authentication, which also gives you non-repudiation, but it is good enough for the vast majority of applications.
Several other options exist, but T/MC is usually the easiest to get working across platforms (.NET, Java, C++).
If you need to add javascript into the mix then I'm afraid you may be disappointed, as that is a serious game-changer.  Although there do seem to exist various JavaScript SOAP Client implementations, SOAP is a second-class citizen in the JavaScript world, and I don't believe that any existing libraries have proper support for WS-Security or really WS-Anything except for the basic profile.
If you want your web service to be consumable by JavaScript then you want to go for REST instead of SOAP.  I know that .NET (WCF) is pretty good at this but I'm not too sure how well Java and C++ fare.  I believe that the transport security should be simple enough (it's just SSL), but it's likely that you'll have to implement some custom authentication code to get it working across platforms.  Either way, you definitely want to go the SSL route; please do not try to roll your own encryption scheme.

A: If you already have the service implementation which is Base profile compliant and you want to keep on supporting various platform clients, extend your current service with WS-Security/WS-Trust. This will allow for encrypting/signing the content of the message, without loosing interoperability.
Depending on which toolset you used for your original implementation, the inclusion of WS-Security can be as easy as 'flicking a switch and selecting some options in your configuration file' (WCF/ASMX+WSE).
Since you mention the various platforms client side, I assume this is one of your main requirements.
Hope this helps.

A: You can simply use HTTPS which is easily implementable in both C++/Java clients (e.g. using the GNUtls library). On the server side, you will only need some small configuration changes.
Apart from the different request code, you have to create a self-signed SSL server certificate and install it on the clients. Of course this is not a good idea if the web service is public, where you need trust (= a real SSL certificate). But if it's only used internally, self-signed certificates are a quite good solution, as long as you keep the private key secret.


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vs. Right - 33 - 6 3 0 0 2 6 13 1 0 .182 .308 .273 .580
Home 14 28 3 5 1 0 0 1 5 6 0 0 .179 .303 .214 .517
Away 23 46 7 6 2 0 0 3 9 16 1 0 .130 .286 .174 .460
Day 12 26 4 3 1 0 0 2 6 10 0 0 .115 .281 .154 .435
Night 25 48 6 8 2 0 0 2 8 12 1 0 .167 .298 .208 .507
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Turf 3 8 3 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 .375 .545 .625 1.170
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August 14 25 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 .080 .207 .080 .287
September 18 39 5 8 3 0 0 4 8 14 0 0 .205 .340 .282 .622
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vs. OAK 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
vs. TEX 3 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .100 .182 .200 .382
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Chase Field 3 8 3 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 .375 .545 .625 1.170
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Comerica Park 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Miller Park 6 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 .091 .286 .091 .377
Great American 7 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 .167 .333 .167 .500
PETCO Park 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
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Q: What is the maximum number of Ibecons that a mobile/tablet device can handle I have a scenario in which there are beacon bands in hands of the people. The Devices will have to keep entry exit track of all the bands. What can be the maximum number of bands which could be used in which the device could give the desired result.

A: It heavily depends on the device. We did a test with iPhone 5C and iPhone 6 Plus. The former was capable of keeping of track of about 100 Bluetooth peripherals (like beacons), the latter--about 300. Since most Android devices have less processing power than iPhones, it's probably safe to err on the lower bound.


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What?Meruelo Group has purchased Los Angeles FM classic hip-hop and R&B radio station KDAY 93.5 FM.
Why it matters? Meruelo Media owns MundoFOX 22 and Super 22.
Meruelo Media, Southern California's minority-owned media group and the owner of Spanish language television stations MundoFOX 22 and Super 22, has announced the purchase of KDAY 93.5 FM, Los Angeles' original hip-hop and R&B radio station.
The sale of KDAY is expected to close in the second quarter 2014. So , Meruelo Media will begin operating KDAY on January 1, 2014. KDAY's studio operations will continue to be based in Los Angeles. Media Venture Partners represented the seller, Magic Broadcasting, in the transaction.
"We're thrilled at the invaluable opportunity KDAY offers us to expand our media business into the general market. A passion-driven brand like KDAY is strategically priceless", said Otto Padron, President and COO of Meruelo Media.
Los Angeles radio station KDAY, was the first station in the world to ever play commercial Hip-Hop. It helped to launch the careers of many artists such as Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Ice T, LL Cool J, and Queen Latifa.


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Governor Cuomo announced the $130 Million State Route 878/Nassau Expressway Improvement Project will begin soon. This project includes a new shared-use path to provide safe passage for bicyclists and pedestrians. Currently there are no sidewalks or space for cyclists.
The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) has announced the creation of International Women's Mountain Biking Day, an annual celebration to be the first Saturday in May.
This day will be dedicated to women enjoying mountain biking and encouraging fellow women to join them. We're so proud of our friend Andree Sanders of Trips for Kids Metro for this wonderful idea. It was picked out of 100 entries during IMBA's first UPRISING event, created by and for women mountain bikers, held in March.
Senator Gianaris, 12th District, announced his proposal stiffening penalties on drivers without valid licenses who kill or injure passed the State Senate unanimously. Currently, the most severe penalty a District Attorney can seek in such instances is a misdemeanor. Convicted drivers are rarely sentenced to any jail time at all and they are free to commit additional offenses.
This legislation (S.3299)would increase the penalty to a class E felony for seriously injuring a person and a class D felony if the accident resulted in a death, with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.
Gianaris first introduced the proposal in 2014 after 8-year old Noshat Nahian was killed by an unlicensed driver while walking to school on Northern Boulevard in December 2013. The driver had a suspended license. The bill passed the Senate 59-0 without debate, but languished in the Gantt-run Assembly, where leaders are wary of imposing criminal sentences for drivers involved in crashes.
The proposal now awaits action in the Assembly (A3759) in the Committee on Codes.
Yes, he said that. Read about it here.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie needs to order Lentol to stop blocking the bill.


Assignment: Design the best map for Moscow metro.
Moscow metro has a peculiarity: where multiple lines are connected with transfers, each platform is considered a separate station and usually carries a separate name. Instead of saying "at station A there is a transfer between lines X and Y", in Moscow people say: "there is a transfer between station A of line X and station B of line Y".
Because of this, the central part of Moscow metro map has to display many more station names than an average transit map, and it must be clear which name is used at which line. If you also consider the need to specify each name in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts, it becomes one of the hardest challenges in designing a map.
The Biblioteka imeni Lenina station is a part of a four-station junction (just below the center on the image above). There is no direct transfer passage from Filyovskaya to Serpuhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at this junction. You will have to pass through platform of another line. Local residents insist on displaying this detail on the map even though there is no other place to transfer between these two lines.
Another subtlety: here the transfer from Sokolnicheskaya to Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line is shorter than in the next junction (top right), which requires one to pass through Teatralnaya. That is why here the red and blue lines pass so closely.
When you use the network every day, you know these junctions. You remember that the yellow and orange stations are both called Tretyakovskaya and that the green one is called Novokuznetskaya, so you do not get confused. But tourists will look for the missing names in vain.
Foreign travellers are relatively rare metro commuters. But for the network serving millions of passengers a day this still means about a thousand guests from abroad. The station names are repeated in the Latin script to help recognise them in the voice announcements on the trains.
Traditionally, indices are used together with grids so that object location is denoted by a letter-number pair such as E2 or B7. To find a station, one has to look up the name on a list, remember the letter-number code, find the grid on the map and figure out on which axis the letters are and on which axis the numbers are, and then look for the station in the appropriate cell. But the famous Circle line is itself a great coordinate system.
Since an arrow does not need a coordinate system, it works well even without a map. The text "The shop is near Kantemirovskaya station" immediately hints to the station's location within a part of the city. So when one wants to actually find the station on a map, they would not even need to look at the index.
The second most important thing after the metro lines are the rail terminals and airports. It is unacceptable to have someone miss their train or flight due to inability to figure out the map.
All nine Moscow's main railway stations have metro stations next to them. These stations are marked and the terminals' names are given.
The only railroads presented on the map are the airport express train lines (thin red).
There are also bus services from Planernaya and Rechnoy vokzal stations to Sheremyetevo airport. A caveat: they go to the airport's terminals in a different order.
To avoid confusion with the buses' non-trivial routes, it is sufficient to list the terminals according to their route order.
It is useless to cram the map with bus pictograms next to every station. One per line is enough.
Just the part of the route near the metro is shown (left, bus 903). If a bus service has only one stop at a metro station, the line is not depicted at all (right, bus 902).
There is no use in displaying the Butovskaya line in a special way and labeling it a "light rail line", as it was done in earlier maps. This just provokes questions: Why is the line drawn differently? How do I transfer? Where do I buy tickets?
From the traveller's standpoint, it is an ordinary line, just an overground one.
It makes sense to show just those stations under construction which will open soon. Instead of displaying the meaningless "Line under construction" it is useful to point out when exactly it is due to open.
The Aeroport station is named after the old airport currently not in use. To avoid confusion, it should be noted that today there is no airport at this station.


THE chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oyo state, Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha has declared that the party's presidential and gubernatorial candidates, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will win February 16 and March 2 polls in the state with wide margin.
Mustapha disclosed this on Monday night while speaking with journalists after the team concluded its local government tour which lasted about four weeks.
The team ended the tour on Monday with a tour of Ibadan North East local, moving between mammoth crowd which followed and welcomed it in all its destinations across the local government environment.
This, Mustapha said is a final testament of the party's popularity and willingness and resolve of the people of the to vote for PDP.
He said, "having toured all the 33 local government areas in the state, my first observation is that the people of the state want our party, PDP in power.
Alhaji Mustapha explained further that the party has continued to wax stronger immediately after its primaries, saying that he has also given it a big edge over other parties as more politicians in the state are ready to meet them even before they extend same to them.
On the chances of the party in the Oke-Ogun zone, the businessman said the tide has changed from what it was in 2015.
" Another reason is the fact that we continue to have new entrants in the party as we campaign in the zone, I can tell you PDP is now stronger than what people think and we are convinced this will translate to electoral victory for us on Saturday and March 2,", Mustapha stated.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to end debate on the Great American Outdoors Act, a bipartisan bill to permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) at $900 million annually and provide $9.5 billion over five years to fix maintenance problems that are plaguing America's public lands. The "cloture" vote on the bill introduced by Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) passed the Senate with a vote of 80-17. We expect a final vote on the Senate floor later this week.
Alongside conservation groups, hunting and fishing groups, outdoor recreation businesses, and more, Environment America has prioritized the LWCF, America's best conservation and recreation program. Utilizing billboards in several states; lawn signs and banners; a steady series of op-eds; and a continual presence on Capitol Hill and in congressional districts, we have pushed legislators to make the LWCF a more effective tool for protecting the beautiful public lands that enrich so many lives.
In response to the vote in the Senate, Environment America's Acting President Wendy Wendlandt released the following statement:
"We're a step closer to finally, fully funding America's best conservation and recreation program. This bill is a big deal -- it's $900 million a year, plus a short-term infusion of money to fix the maintenance issues that keep Americans from fully enjoying our public lands."
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The road to success as an aspiring jewellery designer and manufacturer is littered with the broken dreams of many who have travelled that route. Although a number of institutions strive to offer courses in various aspects of design, goldsmithing and diamond setting, the falloff rate remains alarming – and those who do graduate, invariably find it difficult to secure positions with manufacturing jewellers.
Recognising the plight of students navigating this challenging route, Carola Ross, the former owner of an event management business, was driven to find a solution.
For many years, Sasol had been renowned for their support of visual arts and Carola was involved in organising the jewellery segment of the Sasol Wax Art Award. Having visited a number of schools and institutions, she discovered that students from rural areas were poorly equipped and lacked the facilities that would allow the jewellery students to compete at the high levels of craftsmanship required. These students received basic training that resigned them to become bench workers, ignoring the potential talent that could develop their design capability.
After considerable negotiation, she obtained agreement from the Chairman of the Management Board of Sasol Wax, for support to launch a pilot project to assist these students. She adopted the name Thuthuka and started with the sponsorship of two students. During the 2007 Sasol Wax Art Award, the former Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, Nthomba Zana, was impressed with the small jewellery display and invited Carola to present to the Department in Pretoria. They loved the project and committed funds to a one-year project to supplement that which was already being provided by Sasol.
Students received mentorship from three university graduates with a combined 35 years' experience in the jewellery industry. These mentors taught their protégés design skills, creativity and how to think analytically. Ten years later, the success of the Thuthuka Jewellery Development Program (TJPD), the only one of its kind in South Africa, has become legendary. Students from community schools and universities across the country are given the opportunity to explore and express their creativity. This involves considerable extra work for the students who must continue with the curriculum at their respective jewellery schools. But the results have been undeniably impressive as the quality and creativity of participating students' creations has soared.
The annual Thuthuka Design Awards have evolved into a prestigious event spanning various categories of entry. Students from seven provinces, Gauteng, Free State, Cape Province, North West and Limpopo annually participate in the Thuthuka Jewellery Awards and benefit directly from the unique one-on- one design and manufacturing upskilling and mentoring process, conducted by qualified young jewellers with industry experience.
For the last three years Metal Concentrators have been the largest sponsor of metal for this competition. MetCon provides all the silver that the students use for the manufacturing of their competition pieces.
"The Thuthuka Jewellery Development Program brings out the best in our young designers so that ultimately, they can make a living doing what they love with confidence." Says Carola. "The support of Metal Concentrators enables us to approach things in different and fresh ways."
The theme in 2015 was 'Music', in which students were briefed to design a piece for their favourite South African musician, dancer or DJ, that would best suit their hero's personal style, their philosophy or genre of music or performance. The calibre of the entries was truly awe-inspiring, reaching higher standards of inherent creativity and enthusiasm than ever before!
In 2016, the brief was 'Geometry Redesigned'. Students are challenged to reinterpret and redefine basic geometric shapes – the cube, prism, cylinder, sphere, etc. In addition, the have an added challenge in which they must incorporate a found object and some colour into their design.
2017 was the year for taking the students back to their roots. They had to make something that inspired them and together with this, had to make a piece of tableware that complimented their main work.
The Thuthuka Jewellery Development Program and the Thuthuka Jewellery Awards through the dedication of Carola Ross and sponsors like MetCon, plays a crucial role in providing a platform for promoting and showcasing the enormous talent that resides within South Africa's emerging jewellers.
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The 1960s Revisited kicks off on the exact 50th anniversary of one of the most celebrated events of the 1960s counterculture: The Trips Festival. Considered a watershed event in the history of San Francisco's underground arts scene, the launch of the psychedelic 1960s era, and a pivotal event in the growth of the region's technology industry, The Trips Festival was the first large convention (essentially a widely attended and publicized Acid Test) bringing together all the major Bay Area figures in rock 'n roll, beat poetry, technology, experimental theater, dance, indie films, light show production, overhead visual projections, costume design, and of course Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters distributing LSD throughout the crowd. Virtually the entire local avant-garde was involved: Committee Theater, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Open Theater, and San Francisco Tape Music Center. Anna Halprin and the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop participated in the Trips Festival.
Stewart Brand emerged from The Trips Festival as a countercultural entrepreneur, and it set forth Bill Graham's legacy at the Fillmore (Brand conceived The Trips Festival, while Graham organized it with Kesey and Ramon Sender). The festival itself, which had an attendance of 6,000 people, was as Walter Isaacson says in his book Innovators, "a quintessential display of the fusion that shaped the personal computer era: technology, counterculture, entrepreneurship, gadgets, music, art and engineering…. From Stewart Brand to Steve Jobs, those ingredients fashioned a wave of Bay Area innovators who were comfortable at the interface of Silicon Valley and Haight-Ashbury…."
6:00 PM – Looking Back: The Dawn of the Grateful Dead
Featuring Peter Richardson, Dennis McNally and Nicholas Meriwether
Many of the initial Grateful Dead performances were as the primary band for the Acid Tests, including at The Trips Festival. It's well documented that the Dead went on to become one of the century's most influential groups in rock history. With their shows operating more like social laboratories, fans and the band alike were on a collective musical and psychological crusade. The beginning days of the Dead will be the focus of this panel discussion featuring Peter Richardson, Dennis McNally and Nicholas Meriwether.
7:00 PM – Reception with special guests Stewart Brand and David Markoff
Join Peter Richardson, Dennis McNally, Nicholas Meriwether, Stewart Brand, David Markoff and many others at a special reception celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Trips Festival and the dawn of the 1960s. Enjoy craft cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and the incredible creations of Obscura Digital.
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