Although we encourage the reduced usage of paper in our articles, we couldn't skip this example of gadgetry. Planon PrintStik with Mobile Enhanced application is the smallest full-page portable printer with self contained paper on the current market. With the trend of laptops getting smaller and cell phones turning into computers, it is natural to expect the printers and scanners to become smaller and portable. They also developed a portable scanner, but we're going to write about it in one of our upcoming articles.
The concept of portable or thermal printers is not new. More than a decade ago, Nintendo released the GameBoy printer (also known as Pocket Printer) but it didn't become widely spread since it did cost a lot, and you had do use special heat-sensitive paper. The PrintStik and its paper refill cartridges are much more affordable. The thermal technology is ideal for portable porpoises, allowing trouble-free instant monochrome printing.
The PrintStik is remarkably small, about 2.5 x 5 x 27.5cm (1 x 2 x 11inches), and it has a cartridge with 20 pages of paper inside, making it easy to carry in a coat pocket, laptop bag, or your suitcase or purse. It is also light and weights just 0.7kg (1.5 pounds). There isn't much to control on the printer itself. Buttons on the side are for power on/off and paper feed. Lights indicate if the unit is on, data rate and the battery level.
It is equipped with a rechargeable Li-Polymer battery and does not use ink or toner, so you don't have to worry about those expenses or the potential mess toners and ink-cartridges can make during traveling. However, you still have to print on heat-sensitive paper which is much more affordable nowadays, and they offer their paper refill cartridges with storage for 20 sheets (roll) of standard letter-sized paper. Since the print on the heat-sensitive paper perishes through time, the durability of the printed information is important. The company claims the prints on their paper last up to 7 years.
The various models of their printers vary in their performance and price. They are able to print in resolutions from 100 to 400 dpi (the most expensive model can achieve 600 dpi). Since they are not meant to be used too often, the printing speed isn't pretty impressive and it up to 3 pages per minute. Regarding the connectivity, all of the models are able to connect via USB, and only the cheapest model can't connect via Bluetooth.
To use the PrintStik, you first have to charge its internal batteries by connecting the included USB adapter or cable to a computer or wall outlet. You also have to install the printer drivers. Planon's Mobile Enhanced driver includes a print server service for your BlackBerry, Win Mobile smart phones or PC (Mac not directly supported, OS X with virtual PC installed needed) to print full size web pages, almost any attachment, as well as emails, maps, pictures or address book.
Since the paper is folded inside the cartridge (in a roll as most thermal paper) the printed material comes out a bit curled. While it is most useful for text, the image printing quality of their mid-priced printer isn't quite impressive. The folks from Planon should also work on better compatibility with other gadgets. This device is not for everyone, but it can be useful when you need to show or print a ticket or receipt, forgot a document or wish to avoid boarding pass lineups.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, Feb 3rd, 2010 at 8:51PM and filed under Gadgets.
The prices range from $199 to $349 and the 9 paper-refill cartridges cost $60.
The paper for this printer costs nearly as much as the GB printer itself; speaking of paper the GB printer could be loaded with every day till roll which you can pick up for less than a buck.
Back in the day, it did cost around $100 with a drop to $75 when they didn't sell well. Yeah, you could print GB camera photos or your high score… and that pretty much sums its versatility and capabilities. Today, it costs around $150 (Gameboy Printer at Amazon).
These printers generally aren't best bang for a buck, but they are useful in some occasions (as I mentioned in my conclusion).
BTW, you can find the PS905 Network Thermal Label Printer version of PlanOn Printstik at Amazon for $40 less than retail.
The paper refill cartridges are much cheaper there as well. 6 pack of their thermal paper refill cartridge (that's 120 pages in total) costs $18.


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What's it going to take?
For how long will the outgoing President of the United States be permitted to continue his daily disinformation campaign on Twitter? At what point will the social-media giant's CEO, Jack Dorsey, say enough is enough?
It has been more than two weeks since the election, and 10 days since the race was called in favor of president-elect Joe Biden, and Donald Trump still has not conceded. His frivolous lawsuits are being tossed out of courtrooms in state after state, and even Republican lawmakers are slowly coming around to the reality that, come Jan. 20, Biden will be inaugurated.
Trump has barely spoke publicly in the last week. He's doing all his talking on Twitter, where his daily outbursts are met with warning labels, because they are almost all patently false. In just the last few days, Trump has used the platform to claim victory, make multiple false accusations of voter fraud, stoke unrest and settle scores with disobedient cabinet members.
Donald Trump is doing irreparable damage to this nation, and he is using Twitter to do it. He is undermining our democracy, making a mockery of our electoral system and creating conditions for civil conflict. By allowing him free reign, Twitter is complicit.
Since Saturday, Trump has tweeted several times that he won the election when he has clearly lost. He has tweeted that dead people voted against him. He has tweeted that Dominion voting machines switched votes from him to Biden. He has tweeted deceptively edited video clips depicting his supporters being assaulted. He has called American citizens scum. He has encouraged the police to rough up civilians. And he has used the platform to terminate his Defense Secretary and head of cybersecurity.
A vast majority of those tweets violated Twitter's terms of use, but Donald Trump has been allowed to get away with it. Like in so many other areas of Trump's life, the rules do not apply to him.
In a perfect world, we could laugh all this off as just another crackpot firing off obvious nonsense. The problem is Donald Trump has 88.9 million followers. A huge number of them believe everything that comes out of his mouth, and every word that shows up on his Twitter feed, no matter how ridiculous.
Jack Dorsey has the power to end this, and become a national hero in the process. So why doesn't he? Is he afraid Trump will take his talents to Parler? Guess what. Donald Trump has no loyalty. At the end of the day, he will probably turn on Twitter, just like he's been doing with Fox News. It's only a matter of time.
Dorsey has a choice. Wait for the president to leave and take his army of idiots with him, or be proactive and kick him to the curb. Either way, the end result will be the same. But if Dorsey strikes first, at least his legacy could be somewhat preserved.
Twitter is bending over backward to keep Trump on the site. But its warning labels aren't working. Trump just ignores them and continues to spew his noxious bullshit.
In the meantime, right-thinking Americans now have to deal with family, friends and neighbors who take the president's tweets as gospel. They legitimately think voter fraud swung the election to Biden. They believe Trump is the rightful winner.
This daily dose of fantasy undermines the very foundation on which we have built our society. We have already witnessed the deleterious effects this kind of disinformation can have when it comes to the virus. At some point, Dorsey needs to put the country's interest ahead of his own.
And that means taking away the president's favorite toy.
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SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 4, 2017 - As a location sound recordist, Adam Drakewolf works on many different film and video productions. His impressive resume includes documentaries, corporate videos and commercial spots for companies like 2K Sports, PG&E, History Channel, Toyota, Microsoft, Facebook and Food Network. When Drakewolf made the decision to go wireless, he turned to Wisycom, designer and builder of the most sophisticated RF solutions for broadcast, film and live production. His Wisycom inventory includes five MCR42S camera receivers and six wideband bodypack transmitters, four MTP40 dual battery models and two MTP41 single battery models.
Drakewolf was first introduced to Wisycom when the company made its American debut in 2014. "I knew Wisycom was popular in Europe and when I researched the specs and features their equipment offered, such as the wideband range, I was intrigued," says Drakewolf. "At the time, I had plans to go with another manufacturer, but Wisycom's amazing launch promotion made them too good to pass up. The timing was perfect."
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Q: On click not changing the background color of button There is some problem with my code. When I click on the button with question number the question appears and the button turns to red color. When I answer the question and submit the question and click on save the button should turn to green. But it's not working. Instead of id if I change to class 'btn' the entire buttons are changing to green color. The same is with mark for review also. Here is my code:

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              for($i=1;$i<=20;$i++)
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                $j++;
                echo"&nbsp&nbsp<button class='btn' id='$i' value='$i'>$i</button>&nbsp&nbsp";
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                }
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<button id="review">Mark for Review</button><button id="save">Save</button>

A: You need to store the entire object instead of the id in qn variable :
var qn;
var roll='<?php echo $roll; ?>';
var branch=roll.substring(6,8);

 $(".btn").click(function(){
    qn=$(this);

    $(this).css('background-color', '#ff8787');
    $.ajax({
            type:'POST',
            url:'test4.php',
            data:'br='+branch+'&rno='+roll+'&qst_id='+qn.attr('id'),
        success:function(html)
        {
          $('#two').html(html);
        }
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Q: invoke external webservice in openesb I have created a simple webserivce locally.
Imported its wsdl in the bpel project and tried to invoke it.
I tested the webservice directly from the browser and it works fine.
However running the test case in the CA gives me the following error.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/ http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<SOAP-ENV:Fault>
  <faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Server</faultcode>
  <faultstring>BPCOR-6135: A fault was not handled in the process scope; Fault Name is {http://www.sun.com/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable/SUNExtension/ErrorHandling}systemFault; Fault Data is &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;&lt;jbi:message xmlns:sxeh=&quot;http://www.sun.com/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable/SUNExtension/ErrorHandling&quot; type=&quot;sxeh:faultMessage&quot; version=&quot;1.0&quot; xmlns:jbi=&quot;http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jbi/wsdl-11-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;jbi:part&gt;The server sent HTTP status code 500: Unable to connect&lt;/jbi:part&gt;&lt;/jbi:message&gt;. Sending errors for the pending requests in the process scope before terminating the process instance</faultstring>
  <faultactor>sun-bpel-engine</faultactor>
  <detail>
    <detailText>BPCOR-6135: A fault was not handled in the process scope; Fault Name is {http://www.sun.com/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable/SUNExtension/ErrorHandling}systemFault; Fault Data is &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;&lt;jbi:message xmlns:sxeh=&quot;http://www.sun.com/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable/SUNExtension/ErrorHandling&quot; type=&quot;sxeh:faultMessage&quot; version=&quot;1.0&quot; xmlns:jbi=&quot;http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jbi/wsdl-11-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;jbi:part&gt;The server sent HTTP status code 500: Unable to connect&lt;/jbi:part&gt;&lt;/jbi:message&gt;. Sending errors for the pending requests in the process scope before terminating the process instance
Caused by: BPCOR-6131: An Error status was received while doing an invoke (partnerLink=PartnerLink2, portType={http://testWs/}TestWebService, operation=hello)
BPCOR-6129: Line Number is 44
BPCOR-6130: Activity Name is Invoke1
Caused by: The server sent HTTP status code 500: Unable to connect</detailText>
  </detail>
</SOAP-ENV:Fault>

A: Could you precise the version and the edition you are using.
Could you first use a tools such as SOAP UI to see if your WSDL (concrete part: port, IP) is ok.
Then if the wsdl is ok, What you try to do must work.
Did you have a look on OpenESB documentation ?
www.open-esb.net You must be logged to access to the documentation.
If you don't success try to contact the community on contact@open-esb.net
regards
Paul


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Are Waka Flocka Flame and Tammy Rivera Still Together?
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"Flocka Flame and Tammy Rivera." Established and respected rapper, Waka Flocka Flame became famous after releasing his debut album in 2010. Although his music career was short, he found himself a loyal fanbase. Following a successful rap career, Waka once again tried his hand at voice work before becoming a household name in reality TV. According to reports, he met Tammy Rivera in 2011, and the two heard instant communication. Tammy, a famous singer and TV star herself, fell in love with Waka and the two soon began a relationship.
Although Waka and Tammy's journey together has been rocky, they have been able to pull the strings. Currently, the two have even released their own play entitled 'Waka & Tammy: What The Flocka,' which follows them as they roam their lives together. Given the recent speculation about a possible split, fans are curious as to whether the couple is still together.
How Did Waka Flocka Flame And Tammy Rivera meet?
The reunion brought Waka Flocka Flame and Tammy Rivera together for the first time in 2011 in Miami. Waka was impressed by Tammy as she left a deep impression on him. Apparently, he told her that he would become his wife for the first time when they met. Tammy admitted that their communication was electric. Unable to comprehend what they were feeling, Waka and Tammy became close and soon began to date. At first, they were both very happy. They even wanted to take things to the next level but did not want the traditional wedding ceremony.
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According to reports, the couple tied the knot in 2014 but kept their marriage a secret. That same year, they re-appeared in 'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta' for the first time. But before long, a rift began to emerge as Waka's relationship with Tammy began, with Waka allegedly cheating on her repeatedly. The allegations put their marriage in jeopardy, and finally, in 2016, Tammy decided to separate from Waka. However, they lived apart for only a few months.
Tammy expressed concern about their relationship and said it was difficult to trust someone if they were not faithful. Waka, on the other hand, seemed remorseful for his actions and made sure that he always felt that Tammy was who he was. In 2018, Tammy revealed that she, too, had been unfaithful to Waka in the past. Despite all of this, the couple did not abandon their relationship and reunited. But does that mean they are still together?
Despite much speculation about their apparent split, Waka and Tammy Rivera appear to be united. In 2019, the couple celebrated their 5th anniversary and reaffirmed their commitment to renewing their vows at a traditional wedding ceremony. Although the two were Tammy's daughters, Charlie, they expressed a desire to have children.
Since renewing their vows in 2019, Waka and Tammy have been able to walk in the clear waters of their relationship and seem to be even stronger. Although there were times when Tammy felt that she was not appreciated, Waka took it easy and made sure his wife felt special. In July 2021, Waka posted a photo to celebrate Tammy's birthday and wrote, "The whole world is in front of you and I don't see life dwindling anytime soon. Happy 35th Luv Be free to Enjoy and live today to the fullest. "
Captions have raised speculation about their differences and as a few fans feel it points to speculative divisions. Earlier, Tammy's post wishing Waka her birthday had also sparked such thoughts. However, Waka and Tammy Rivera did not comment publicly on the rumors. Therefore, we believe that the Waka Flocka Flame and Tammy Rivera are still going strong and look forward to the future together.
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Hong Kong's Companies Registry turned down a bid by Occupy Central to register as a company, something one person familiar with the matter compared to an application by a "triad society".
Professor Joseph Cheng Yu-shek, the alliance's convenor, said only unity could give the camp sufficient strength to bargain with Beijing.
Can alliance survive after Occupy vote?
On the face of it, radical pan-democrats were the winners of Occupy Central's final "deliberation day". Their supporters ensured that all three proposals to be put to a public vote next month would see voters have the power to nominate candidates for chief executive in 2017.
Yet the result of Tuesday's shortlisting, by 2,500 activists, is likely to deepen the rift between radicals and moderates, who wanted the public to be able to pick a proposal that left nomination to a nominating committee, as stipulated by the Basic Law.
Radicals now face the question of whether enough people will vote to make the citywide "referendum" from June 20 to 22 a worthwhile exercise.
Meanwhile, one key question for the camp as a whole is whether the Alliance for True Democracy, which brings together 26 of the 27 pan-democratic lawmakers, can hold together.


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La Banda civica musicale di Soncino (abbreviata in "Banda di Soncino" e dal 2001 chiamata anche "Orchestra di fiati Città di Soncino") è una banda musicale italiana.

Storia
Documentata a partire dal 1836, la banda musicale di Soncino si era affermata a livello nazionale nel 1906, in occasione del concorso di musica legato all'Esposizione di Milano.

Nel 1993, sotto la presidenza del cavaliere Ugo Vanoli e la direzione del maestro Giancarlo Locatelli, la banda è stata rifondata completamente e dal 1999 si è trasformata in un complesso semiprofessionista, sotto la direzione del maestro Luca Valenti. Nel 2001 è divenuta ufficialmente "Orchestra di fiati Città di Soncino" e si è esibita in Italia e all'estero in più di 130 concerti, registrando inoltre 45 cd a partire dal 1999.
Il repertorio consiste in trascrizioni di musica sinfonica e operistica, e di brani originali per fiati.

Nel 1996 ha partecipato al concorso per bande "Città di Condove". Negli anni 1997, 1999 e 2003 ha partecipato al Flicorno d'oro ottenendo il premio nel 2003, nel 1999 e 2001 al "Certamen internacional de bandas de musica" di Valencia, con menzione d'onore nel 2001, e nel 2005 al World Music Contest di Kerkrade in Olanda.

Dal 2011 la presidenza è stata assunta da Emanuela Bardi mentre la direzione dal 2015 è passata al maestro Stefano Piovani.

Dal 2018 la Banda Civica Musicale di Soncino si avvale di direttori ospiti.

Direttori stabili
Giancarlo Locatelli (1993 - 1997)
Walter Ruggeri (1998)
Luca Valenti (1999 - 2009)
Paolo Belloli (2010)
Fabrizio Dorsi (2011)
Alessandro Pacco (2011 - 2014)
Stefano Piovani (2015 - 2017)

Direttori ospiti
Pablo Sanchez Torella, direttore ospite fisso ha eseguito con la banda 14 esecuzioni (2000 - 2011).
Franco Cesarini, direttore ospite nel 1997.
Felix Hauswirth, direttore ospite nel 1998 ed il 28 maggio 2000 all'Auditorium Europa di Salsomaggiore Terme.
Jan Van Der Roost, concerto al Castello di Soncino, 6 giugno 1999.
Joseph Horovitz, concerto al Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona 19 dicembre 1999.
Hardy Mertens, concerto al Teatro Sociale di Soresina, 25 novembre 2000.
Daniele Carnevali, direttore nel 1999 e 2003
Alfred Reed, concerto in Piazza Duomo a Crema nell'unico concerto diretto in Italia dal compositore Alfred Reed 27 luglio 2001.
Fulvio Creux, direttore della Banda Musicale dell'Esercito Italiano, concerto al Teatro San Domenico di Crema, 5 ottobre 2002.
Ferrer Ferran, concerto al Teatro Sociale di Soresina 24 maggio 2008.
Denis Salvini, concerto di Gala sala ciminiera filanda 16 dicembre 2017.

Collaborazioni importanti
Gabriele Cassone con il quale ha inciso il 1°CD A.Ponchielli con musica inedita di Amilcare Ponchielli
Hardy Mertens, Presidente della W.A.S.B.E. (World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles) e curatore del seminario organizzato alla sede della Banda di Soncino nel 1996, e poi ripetutosi nel 1997 e 1998.
Per affinare la tecnica concertistica vengono organizzati diversi Masterclass con gli strumentali delle più grandi orchestre filarmoniche italiane, tra cui nel 1998 Guido Corti (Corno), nel 2001 Fabrizio Meloni (Clarinetto) entrambi della Filarmonica della Scala, nel 2001 l'inglese Steven Meed (Euphonium, nel 2003 la statunitense Velvent Brown (Tuba), nel 2005 l'ungherese János Bálint (Flauto) della Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra.
Il compositore olandese Johan de Meij ha composto appositamente per la Banda di Soncino nel 2000 l'opera The Red Tower eseguita in prima mondiale alla Sala Verdi del Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Milano, nello stesso concerto è stata eseguita la prima italiana di Casanova.
La Banda di Soncino coinvolge la voce Antonella Ruggiero nell'esecuzione di brani con voce solista, il 2 giugno 2002 sotto la direzione di Luca Valenti in Piazza Stradivari a Cremona e successivamente il 22 dicembre 2010 con la direzione di Paolo Belloli al Teatro San Domenico di Crema.

Discografia
2000 - Concerto per banda Amilcare Ponchielli (registrato in studio con opere inedite di Amilcare Ponchielli, direttore Luca Valenti, editore Stradivarius)
2002 - Concerto di gala Colonne Sonore (direttore Luca Valenti, Teatro San Domenico Crema, editore Tawa International, con trascrizioni di sinfonie di Williams, Reed)
2002 - Concerto a Soresina (direttore Pablo Sanchez Torrella, editore Tawa International, con trascrizioni di sinfonie di Wagner, Bizet, Respighi)
2003 - Concerto a Trieste (direttore Luca Valenti, editore Tawa International, con trascrizioni di sinfonie di Ponchielli, Verdi, De Nardis)

Galleria d'immagini

Note

Bibliografia
Ermete Rossi. La Banda Civica Musicale di Soncino. Biografia. Edizioni dei Soncini, 2002.

Voci correlate
 Banda musicale
 Soncino
 Amilcare Ponchielli

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Bande musicali

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Techrules, a new China-based automotive research and development company, debuted last week at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show its Turbine Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) system.
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Techrules showcased its technology at the motor show in a plug-in hybrid range extender TREV concept. Initial tests of the technology in a prototype recently took place at the Silverstone race circuit in the UK.


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Gadget tunes in digital TV for iPhones, BlackBerrys.
LAS VEGAS— I am watching TV, on my iPhone, right now. Without an Internet connection of any kind.
I'm doing it with a Valups Tivit, an attractive little green box that serves as an external TV tuner for the iPhone. It works with BlackBerrys and PCs, too, and will soon work with Android phones.
The Tivit is the first killer device I've seen for Mobile DTV, the new free TV system which will beam local TV stations to handhelds beginning in 2010. It doesn't require you to buy a special phone or a portable TV, strategies that haven't worked out too well for Qualcomm's FLO TV system.
Rather, the Tivit works with the phone (or PC) you have. It's pretty simple. The box itself is about the size of the iPhone's screen. Extend the absurdly long, nine-inch antenna, turn the little gadget on, launch an app on your iPhone, and for the next three hours or so (until the Tivit's battery runs out), you have TV.
The Tivit broadcasts its own little Wi-Fi network in about a 50-foot radius. That network doesn't have any Internet connection, just the Tivit's TV signal. You have to connect to that network to get the signal on your iPhone. So you lose your existing Wi-Fi connection while you're watching TV, but of course you're still connected to the Internet with 3G. Only one iPhone can connect to a Tivit at a time, alas.
In my hotel room in Las Vegas, I got a choice of eight channels. They're a mix of what I would consider broadcast (like the CW) and what I would consider cable (like FOX News). That's one of the interesting twists with Mobile DTV - if Fox owns a local broadcast station in your town, they could decide to send a "cable" channel over it. Tuning in a channel takes several seconds.
The TV signal looks sharp, plays in full screen, and runs smoothly. I received TV reception where I couldn't get AT&T 3G signal on my iPhone, thanks to the TV signal's lower 700-MHz wavelength.
Tap on the screen, and you get some pretty basic options to change volume, flip channels, or check your signal strength. There's no option to record TV.
Tivit's software right now is pretty rough, and it's missing critical things like an electronic program guide so you know what the heck is playing. The EPGs are transmitted by stations and will be available when the gadget is launched commercially, Valups execs said.
The Tivit will go on sale later this year, as Mobile DTV stations roll out. It will cost $90-120 - and there's no subscription, as the TV programming is free. For more on Mobile DTV, read our previous story.


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PublisherRoundtable.com Gives Adtech Ecosystem a 'C' Grade
sovrnmarketing // October 29, 2014
Independent Publishers, representing 150 million monthly unique visitors, collaborate at Publisher Roundtable to build industry knowledge around monetizing online content
SAN FRANCISCO and BOULDER, Colo., – October 29, 2014 –
Publisher Roundtable, a collective intelligence platform for online content publishers created by adtech companies Sovrn Holdings, VigLink and powered by research firm Netpop, is today releasing the results of its Fall 2014 interview focusing on monetization.
427 online publishers interviewed between July 3rd and September 2nd, 2014 share their experience and opinions about challenges around making money from online content. Results show there to be a wide gap between publishers' initial expectations and what it takes to build a successful online publishing business. Publishers and adtech companies need to work harder to bridge that gap.
Key findings from the Fall 2014 Publisher Roundtable interview include:
Publishers consider content-targeted ads the quickest and easiest monetization option; mobile ads, link tools (affiliates) and behavioral targeted ads are next in ease/speed.
Publishers use an average of 3.3 ad networks; larger sites use more (4.0)
Publishers have very different experiences around monetizing: Larger pubs have a much easier time and can predict their income more accurately.
Many publishers go in "blind": Nearly 1 in 4 do not know what to expect when they start monetizing the content on their site.
Publishers grade themselves a "C" in monetization and grade the industry a "C" in how much it does to help them. Larger pubs are only slightly more positive – grading themselves and the industry a "C+"
Biggest barriers to monetizing:
Not knowing what to do
Not having enough traffic
Many are discouraged: Nearly 1 in 3 say they tried and failed in the past
Time and money are also factors preventing publishers from starting to monetize
"We believe that the majority of publishers are finding that monetization is slower, harder and lower than expected because they don't have true insight on the value of their readers. Each reader that comes to their site is valued differently from a marketer's perspective," said Walter Knapp, CEO at sovrn. "At sovrn, we are building tools to allow publishers to better understand the value of their readers but right now the ecosystem is tilted toward advertisers making the economics, and expectations, of making money online out of balance due to information asymmetry."
"It's not that monetization has slowed down, in fact the industry is booming," said Lucy Bartlett, senior marketing manager at VigLink. "Publishers need to be adding to their existing strategies by adding in new innovative native advertising approaches for increasing their revenue. All native advertising approaches have one characteristic in common- they are organic to the publisher's site. They do not detract from the experience, but rather they add to the high quality content already there."
Publisher Roundtable is free to participating publishers. It is designed to deliver constantly updated, highly actionable market intelligence that would be prohibitively expensive for any one publisher to generate on a regular basis. Participation requires only the completion of 5 to 10 minute online interviews. The Publisher Roundtable community now numbers more than 700 publishers, representing over 150 million monthly uniques.
About Publisher Roundtable
Publisher Roundtable is a collective intelligence platform designed to help online content publishers of all types grow their business. Through insights and observations shared anonymously with peers, benchmarks can be set and best practices uncovered. Publisher Roundtable is a collaboration between Netpop, VigLink and Sovrn Holdings. Netpop is a San-Francisco-based market research and strategy firm that has supported global technology companies and Internet brands for over a decade. VigLink is a content monetization company that helps online publishers earn revenue from the commerce they drive. Sovrn is an adtech company that advocates for independent publishers. To sign up or learn more, please visit Publisher Roundtable.
About VigLink
VigLink technology captures the value of content-driven commerce by making hyperlinks intelligent, allowing publishers to monetize and analyze out-clicks. The largest network of its kind, VigLink maximizes earnings for over 300,000 sites and works with more than 35,000 merchants, processing billions of page views and over five hundred million clicks every month. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, VigLink is backed by top investors including Google Ventures, First Round Capital, and Emergence Capital. More information can be found at www.viglink.com or @VigLink.
Sovrn is an advocate of and partner to almost 20,000 publishers across the independent web, representing more than a million sites, who use our tools, services and analytics to grow their audience, engage their readers, and monetize their site. We own and operate one of the largest global exchanges that connects publishers with a complete range of third-party monetization solutions, including display, video, and mobile, as well as private marketplaces and data-driven yield optimization. Sovrn is based in Boulder, Colo. with offices in New York. For more information, please visit Sovrnor follow on Twitter @sovrnHoldings.
About Netpop
Netpop is a market research and strategy consulting firm based in San Francisco, specializing in understanding the use and perceptions of web-based products and services, including eCommerce, social media, online video, mobile applications, and B2B online advertising platforms. Publisher Roundtable is built on Netpop's proprietary collective insights platform – the first member-driven platform to generate market data that is community-based, easy to use, and mutually beneficial for its members.


An Esperance native title bid has moved a significant step forward with the Western Australian Government confirming it is about to start negotiations over the claim.
An Office of Native Title spokeswoman says the Government has agreed to enter into negotiations with the Goldfields Land and Sea Council towards reaching a consent determination.
The determination would be a first for the Goldfields-Esperance region and would mean the claim would not have to proceed to trial.
The Nyungar claim includes the town of Esperance and stretches to some land in the Shire of Ravensthorpe.


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I am educated and have an acceptable standard of living, but at present for various reasons I'm not very mobile. I am rather unconventional for Italian average lifestyle and broadminded in my thinking and consider myself to be quite independent but affectionate and fondly tender when it comes to the emotional,sentimental sphere.
I believe in gender equality, in trustworthiness and love. I am sensitive to the needs of others and probably some kind of animal empath.
I am very interested in classicalmusic and opera also with a passion for jazz and blues.
I have a passion for antiquities, architecture, literature and poetry. I work at home looking after my family. Do I lead a very fulfilling life? Yes and no...I really feel I miss a loving relationship!
I like going to the theatre and going to concerts, dinners, etc and on those occasions I like to be smart; I like sobriety meaning some kind of temperance. I quite like a low profile behaviour and way of living; I'm happy provided I can always recognize some beauty, truth and love in what surrounds me.
Somebody who is also patient and kind.
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Local RFDS support group officials Mark Wellington and Jenni Brammer (right) present a big cheque to RFDS central operations volunteer coordinator Lindy Allchurch.
A committed group of Naracoorte volunteers – including Teys – has presented the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) with a donation of $100,000.
Teys Australia a major donor to this cause, along with other Naracoorte-based businesses including the Southern Grassfed Carcase Classic; Colin Layzell and the Westbound Wanderers; Pinkerton Palm Hamlyn and Steen (hosts of the Lamb Drive); Naracoorte Golf Club (hosts of the Tradie's Day); Lorna and Art Hopper; and duck shooters.
The RFDS Naracoorte & District Support Group's annual donation takes the group's total contribution to the life-saving service to more than $900,000 since its formation in 1995.
Mr Wellington went on to thank every member of the RFDS Naracoorte & District Support Group and the local community for their generous donations and unwavering support. Mr Wellington presented the cheque for $100,000 to Lindy Allchurch, RFDS Central Operations Volunteer Coordinator, at the group's AGM on Tuesday 14 August.
We were very happy to contribute to this cause. The RFDS has been saving lives for 90 years, and our collective donations will directly benefit the RFDS capital-raising program for the replacement of RFDS 'flying intensive care units' – which cost more than $7 million each.
The information in this post is adapted from The Naracoorte Herald.
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Billed as "a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry," this new tome from Bloomsbury aims to provide both instruction and inspiration for new poets.
Section I, "An Introduction to Poetry," offers in-depth answers to questions such as "Why Do We Write Poems?" and "What Does It Mean to Be a Poet?"
Section II, "The Elements of Poetry," covers a range of craft concepts, including diction, form, syntax, and voice.
Section III, "Practicalities," offers students a how-to guide for making the most of poetry workshops.
Finally, the book concludes with an anthology of works by leading poets.
Notably, the anthology shies away from the historical greats of the canon, preferring instead to showcase contemporary masters: "We reject the notion that poetry is best studied as historical artifact; as one colleague put it, that would be akin to having to prove you understand Mozart before you're allowed to listen to current pop music," the editors explain in the introduction. Works from Terrance Hayes, Mary Jo Bang, Billy Collins, Tracy K. Smith, Patricia Lockwood, Ocean Vuong, and many more are featured.
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Politicians Commemorate Israel's Birthday
I send my warmest wishes to the Israeli people as they celebrate their independence. Generations of Jews dreamed of the day when the Jewish people would have their own state in their historic homeland, and 66 years ago today that dream came true. Today, Israel thrives as a diverse and vibrant democracy and as a "start-up nation" that celebrates entrepreneurship and innovation.
The United States was the first nation to recognize the government of Israel in 1948, and today we are still the first to come to Israel's defense. The enduring relationship between our two nations, based on shared democratic values and our unwavering commitment to Israel's security, has never been stronger. We will continue to work with Israel to support a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict, one that ensures that the Israelis will live alongside their neighbors in peace and with security.
On behalf of the American people, I wish President Peres, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and the Israeli people a joyous Yom Ha'atzmaut.
Senator Bob Casey:
I want to extend my warmest congratulations on the 66th anniversary of the founding of the modern state of Israel. The unshakable bond between the American and Israeli people is rooted in our strong democratic values and commitment to peace and security. I am deeply committed to ensuring that Israel remains an indispensable ally and key partner of the United States for years to come.
Congressman Matt Cartwright:
As the Representative from the 17th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, I'd like to wish President Peres, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and the Israeli people a celebratory Yom Ha'atzmaut. As the Israeli people celebrate 66 years of independence, America remains committed to working closely with Israel to support a future of peace and prosperity.
Congressman Charlie Dent:
Congratulations to Israel, America's democratic partner and strong ally, on 66 years of achievement, resilience and resourcefulness. The courage, decency and strength of the Israeli people have triumphed repeatedly in the face of severe adversity. The people of Israel have thrived under the harshest of circumstances while building a sound democratic foundation for a brilliant future. It is my fervent hope that our countries' ties will be long, intertwined and mutually beneficial. Shalom.
State Senator Pat Toomey:
I join Israel in celebrating the 66th anniversary of its independence and in remembering the many men and women who have lost their lives in defense of Israel. For over six decades, the Jewish State has been a symbol of democratic courage in the Middle East and around the world. Without question, Israel is the United States' closest ally and friend in the region and among its best allies in the world.
Developments on the Syrian Border
Lehigh Valley Jewish Community Mourns Loss of Murdered Israeli Teens


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Ranked #28 on the list Most Famous Models from Turkey
Based on 82 votes
About Deniz Akkaya
Deniz Akkaya (born 3rd August 1977) is a Turkish model and actress. Akkaya was born on 3 August 1977 in İstanbul, Turkey and moved to Mersin and then to Ankara with her family. She studied American philology at Istanbul University. In 1997 she won the Best Model of the World contest and decided to embark on a professional modelling career. She is also an actress, and an editor for a fashion magazine. She has acted in "Vizontele Tuuba", "Okul", "Metro Palas", "Şarkılar Seni Söyler" and "Yeşil Işık". Deniz has a daughter named Ayse.
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Sandia-aided method to heal wounded and diseased achieves US government acceptance
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A disposable plastic bag resembling the common kitchen garbage bag, its interior fed by a simple oxygen canister monitored by inexpensive, deceptively simple plastic instruments, has been licensed by the federal government as a tool to heal the sick and the wounded in the nation's military, both active and retired. The healing tool also is being tested for use by the elderly, and is projected available for home use in 2004.
The product - called the Numobag™ after its creator and distributor, Numotech Inc. of Northridge, Calif. - was made commercially viable with the aid of inexpensive sensors and safety features developed at Sandia National Laboratories.
The heightened oxygen content helps oxidize, or burn up, organisms on the skin or in wounds, in addition to helping flesh itself heal. Tests of the Numobag have produced clinical evidence that the technique acts to minimize scarring and shorten treatment times for skin wounds, such as pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, severe burns, and plastic surgery.
The mobile, low-cost technique is of further interest to the military because it is also considered an effective treatment for smallpox and dermal anthrax.
"In other words," says Ray Shaum, a senior administrator at Sandia, "the same characteristics that make Topical Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (THOT) an effective treatment regimen for diabetes-related necrotizing fasciitis make it effective for treating biological-warfare related lesions."
In extreme cases, the tool could be used as a personal, inexpensive, and disposable isolation ward for the person being treated.
Because the process kills bacteria, expensive hospital disposal procedures are not needed and the bags are discarded as simple trash.
The official acceptance opens a huge government market. The Numobag also is currently used in hospitals in Florida and California, soon will be used at University of New Mexico Hospital, and by early 2004 is expected to be available in simplified form so that it can be used by patients in the comfort of their own homes. The home model is expected to eliminate the need for freestanding oxygen tanks by extracting oxygen directly from the atmosphere.
The Sandia research team was led by Mark Vaughn and Keith Miller. Sandia and Numotech each hold patents on the sensors and the Numobag, respectively, the result of their work under Sandia's cooperative research and development agreement.
According to Dr. Robert Felton, founder, CEO, and president of Numotech, "We relied on Sandia Labs highly for its technical contributions. Without those, we could never have commercially produced the Numobag. We're now capable of responding to the government for their needs for armed conflicts with a production of 50,000 Numobag Kits a month."
The relatively new medical tool offers an inexpensive alternative to the solid, room-like constructions found in some hospitals. These similarly administer oxygen at higher concentration levels than ordinary air normally provides to stimulate wound healing. Such facilities are expensive to build, with capital costs of approximately $1 million, and are costly to maintain. They require extensive cleaning after each use, and require total immersion of the patient in the oxygen-enriched chamber. Costs for an oxygen treatment in such facilities can reach $1500, while the Numobag's estimated cost per treatment is $185, according to figures provided by MR Beal Inc., a New York-based investment house providing backing for the venture.
THOT is applied directly (and only) over the injured part, leaving the patient free to interact with his or her ordinary environment. Says Vaughn, "The big thing is its ease of use. We developed helpful technology for making the Numobag more useful with our inexpensive, miniaturized pressure sensors. Now, with the official designation that this is a viable therapy, the Veterans Administration, Medicare-Medicaid, the Navy, the Army, the Air Force can say, 'we want to put these on our boats or whatever, and we can buy a bunch of them.'"
Says Sandia tech transfer expert Gordon Leifeste, "What Numotech achieved with its persistence is very important. Programs like Medicare are heavily regulatory-driven. Now the device has a worldwide federal contract. That's effectively a DLA [Defense Logistics Agency] number, which is hard to come by. It's important because you might think you've invented a better mousetrap but you might not be able to sell it because you're constrained by the federal regulatory environment: the federal agencies haven't given you a number. Now this device is one of the relatively few that physicians can choose from that have won government approval."
Says Vaughn, "The DLA places blanket contracts that anyone in the government (e.g. Sandia, FEMA, VA, DoD) can utilize. They are similar to contracts in which pricing is already established, and buyers do not need to justify the selection. The benefit to Numotech is dual: 1) anyone in a government agency can now buy the Numobag Kit without having to justify the purchase as a competitive acquisition; and 2) DLA exhaustively checked out the medical efficacy claims of THOT. Award of a contract validates claims that might otherwise be seen as marketing hype."
The Numobag kits, produced in California, are of extruded polyethylene.
"Each is cleaned to specifications equivalent to a class 1000 clean room," says Felton, "and the product does not outgas when used." The problem of out gassing, a potentially serious drawback, was overcome by researchers, as was the problem of bonding the throwaway pressure gauge to polyethylene, a substance that sheds adhesives.
"The sensors are simple but not easy," said Vaughn.
The external pressure gauge developed by Vaughn and Miller tests the tension of the Numobag wall, rather than puncturing it to directly test gas pressure. Because the Sandia researchers knew that the tension of the polyethylene surface was proportional to the internal pressure of the gas, they could create a simple system that showed whether gas pressure was high, low, or just right. With this simple indicator, the pressure could by regulated by healthcare providers such as nurses.
Sandia expects to work further to produce a colorimeter that will assess the progress of wound healing, as well as a cheap device to measure the quality of wound out gassing. The device would be similar to those used to detect changes in stored nuclear weapons, says Vaughn.
The idea of the Numobag and its first tests were achieved by Madalene Heng, chief of dermatology at the VA center at Sepulveda, Calif., and professor at the University of California School of Medicine. Heng has conducted, published, and presented extensive research on wound care. While the method proved effective, it relied on her skilled presence to instruct nurses on the conditions necessary in each Numobag. Sensors created by Sandia are expected to do that job, permitting less skilled personnel in widely scattered geographic areas to use the healing device.
Dr. Glen Heywood, a professor of surgery at the Health Sciences Center at the University of New Mexico, says that he is "gearing up to try the Numobag for the most serious wound infections we deal with as surgeons -- necrotizing fasciitis. There have been studies - some conflicting - but the studies seem to support that topical hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be helpful. We have in New Mexico one of the highest amounts of necrotizing fasciitis, maybe because our oxygen content is lower because of our higher altitude. We are the clinical institution in closest proximity to Sandia, where a significant portion of the engineering research has been done. Most of the clinicians are located in California. So it seemed appropriate for us to be a test site for the technique. Our aim is to achieve an objective randomized evaluation; it's important that we clearly compare the efficacy of the Numobag with other techniques to find which wounds this technique operates on most effectively."
The Numobag is the third project the company has undertaken with Sandia. The others are a wheelchair seat and wheelchair back. Each use inflatable air pockets with miniaturized controls and pumps to reduce the possibility of pressure sores for quadriplegic and diabetic patients. Pressure sores are open, chronic lesions that are difficult to heal and can lead to amputation or even death. For further information on this project, see the earlier Sandia Lab News story at http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/LN06-19-98/oxygen_story.html.
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Scientists at Fujita Health University, Japan, have discovered how deficiencies of the IL-36Ra protein -- caused by mutations in the IL36RN gene -- delay wound healing via the flooding of the wound with several types of immune cells.
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A new approach to understanding the biology of wound healing
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New insights into wound healing
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Towards improved wound healing -- Chemical synthesis of a trefoil factor peptide
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Researchers say genetics may determine wound infection and healing
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have determined that genetics may play a role in how wounds heal.
Researchers develop microscopy technique for noninvasive evaluation of wound healing
The GSK Center for Optical Molecular Imaging at the University of Illinois' Beckman Institute has designed a new microscopy technique that can be used to study the progression of wound healing.
How tissues harm themselves during wound healing
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Report: Moscow Orders Hundreds of Iranian Drones and Missiles
Russia has ordered hundreds of new Iranian drones and ballistic missiles in response to an acute shortage of military supplies, according to a diplomatic source at the United Nations. News of the shipment follows several drone attacks on military bases deep in Russian territory that are widely believed to have been carried out by Ukraine.
"We know that Iran is planning to increase its deliveries of unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles to Russia in significant quantities," the source said on condition of anonymity
Russia has already used hundreds of Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones. Moscow has denied the use of the so-called kamikaze drones, while Iran admitted in November that it had supplied drones to Russia.
EU countries subsequently imposed additional sanctions on Iran, which was already subject to a range of punitive measures.
A UN Security Council resolution passed after the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran bans Iran from such arms deals. The US, Britain, France and Germany in October called for a UN investigation into the Iranian weapons' attacks in Ukraine.
In November, the Washington Post reported that Moscow and Tehran had struck a deal to build hundreds of attack drones in Russia.
Citing intelligence seen by the United States and other Western security agencies, the report said that the deal's details were finalized in recent weeks. In a matter of months, it said, production may begin, which would significantly boost Moscow's stockpile of attack drones – a vital component in its bombardment of Ukraine.
The report quoted one official familiar with the agreement as saying that the effort to produce these drones in Russia "is moving fast and it has a lot of steam." Since August, over 400 such Iranian-produced drones have been used by Moscow in attacks on Ukraine, including on vital civilian infrastructure.
The deal to locally produce Iranian-designed drones would be a boon to both countries; Moscow is low on munitions as the war stretches on, and Iran would reap the economic and political benefits. The sources added that, aside from the clear monetary benefits and ties to a world power, it is unknown exactly what Iran is seeking in exchange. Possibilities include assistance with the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
Earlier in November, CNN reported that Iran requested help from Russia in obtaining additional nuclear materials and with nuclear fuel fabrication. The fuel may be intended to help Iran power its nuclear reactors and could potentially cut down on the time it takes Tehran to develop a nuclear weapon.
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There are several ways to start a starter, but this is as good as any and not a difficult one. Just remember NOT to mix or store your sourdough starter in metal containers. 1. stir well 2 cups white flour, 2 scant cups water that is barely warm and 1 package dry yeast or a yeast cake, crumbled. 2. Set in a warm place (not TOO warm) or a closed cupboard overnight and allow to work. This is called the "sponge". 3. In the morning put 1/2 cup of the starter in a scalded pint jar with a tight cover and store in a cool place. This is your sourdough starter. The remaining batter can be used immediately in hot cakes, waffles, bread, cake or in other sourdough recipes.


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Lady Antebellum shares confessional new song 'Pictures' | The Music Universe
August 11, 2019 Judy Moreno
Lady A also releases exclusive "Pictures" performance on VEVO
Lady Antebellum reveals a second track today, the lush "Pictures," from their forthcoming debut album on BMLG Records due later this year. Following the record's lead Top 25 and climbing single "What If I Never Get Over You," which already boasts over 45 million streams, the new track written by Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Sarah Buxton and Corey Crowder confesses to less-than-picture-worthy memories while looking back on a relationship. "Pictures" is now available at all digital retailers along with an intimate exclusive performance of the song on VEVO.
"We live in a world right now, especially with social media, where everyone's lives can look happy and pretty," says Lady A's Hillary Scott. "We wrote this song to reflect on the reality that things are more complex than that. As good as something might look in brief moments, there are so many layers to who people really are and what's really going on. I love the juxtaposition of how this song's lyrics dig in while feeling laid-back and groovy."
Known as "one of country music's most distinct bands that continues to carve its own path" (Joplin Globe), Lady A has road-tested "Pictures" during headlining shows throughout the country and have proven that "deep layers are definitely evident on the new cut" with its "breezy, bluesy sound," (The Morning Call). The trio will return to Las Vegas for the final run of their first-ever residency, Our Kind Of Vegas. Their "expertly designed concert production" (Las Vegas Sun) held at the Palms Casino Resort's Pearl Concert Theater will resume August 23rd.
Over the course of their decade-long career, Lady Antebellum has become one of the 21st century's premier vocal groups, blending deeply felt emotions with classic country sounds. As a country radio staple, the trio has amassed record-breaking success with nine No. 1 hits while ushering in more than 18 million album units and 34 million tracks sold, with over four billion digital streams. Known for their 9X platinum hit "Need You Now" which is the highest certified song by a country group, they have earned ACM and CMA "Vocal Group of the Year" trophies three years in a row and countless other honors including seven GRAMMY awards, Billboard Music Awards, People's Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards and a Tony Award nod.
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When the IRT and BMT engineers built subways between 1904 and 1928, under the guiding artistic hands of architects Heins and LaFarge and later, Squire Vickers they did so with not only a keen sense of design but also a dedication to history. Station after station features mosaic and terra cotta representations of not only landmarks that existed at the time they were built (many have since been razed) but also landmarks that had long disappeared.
Such is the case at Christopher Street/Sheridan Square, which features a somewhat daunting-looking building with high walls and two towers, one taller than the other.
The plaques, likely the work of Jay Van Everen or Herbert Dole, according to the indispensable Subway Ceramics by Lee Stookey, depict the old Newgate Prison, which stood in the West Village between 1797 and about 1828 at the Hudson River shoreline, bordered by Washington, Christopher and just south of where Perry Street would later appear. Newgate was NY State's first penitentiary, and pioneered radical correctional policies such as allowing prisoners light in their cells, water to bathe, no corporal punishment, visits from families, and rehabilitational training. By the late 1820s, the prison was no longer isolated and was surrounded by streets and businesses, and transferred to Ossining in Westchester County, the prison known popularly as Sing Sing (land on which the prison was built was called Sintsink by the Indians).
For more on ceramic art in NYC see Tiles in New York.
Only one tangible remnant of the Newgate Prison still exists today, the narrow, sidewalk-absented Charles Lane, which marked the northern boundary of the prison property. It appears on this 1885 map, but the City officially mapped it on official records beginning in 1893, when it gained its unusual brick paving.
Charles and Christopher Streets are named for the same man, Charles Christopher Amos, a landowner who had inherited part of Sir Peter warren's massive Greenwich Village estate in the colonial era. Unusually, the streets were named Christopher, Amos, Charles going north; Amos was renamed West 10th Street as far back as the 1840s.
A Drips Atlas map from the 1850s shows an unnamed laneway where Charles Lane would later appear.
Famed photographer Berenice Abbott shot a photo of a garbage-strewn Charles Lane in the 1930s. The old West Side Highway looms in the distance. The same brick pavement arrangement still exists here. Some of Charles Lane's one and two-story structures were originally constructed as stables.
In the late 20th Century, Charles Lane was home to drugs and prostitution as many back alleys are. Only in the last couple of decades has Charles Lane gained an aura of quiet quaintness.
Charles Lane's brick pavement is laid out horizontally with 3 rows of vertically paved bricks in the middle. This was probably done to aid drainage to the gutter on West Street.
A 2012 view. The same brick structures on the right appear in the Abbott photo.
Looking east from about twenty feet from West Street. The buildings on the right are part of the 1974 West Village Houses complex.
The west end of Charles Lane was irrevocably altered in 2002 and again in 2006 when this pair of Richard Meier-designed glass front apartment houses arrived. The narrow brick width of Charles Lane between the two buildings is a little bit of 1820 in the midst of a whole lotta 21st Century.
Further: Ephemeral New York, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.
Charles Lane is not to be confused with the journalist or the longtime character actor.
When I moved to the area in 1971, a man gave pony rides to neighborhood kids in a corral at Charles Lane and Washington Street, now West Village Houses.
Wow – I had totally forgotten that – but growing up on Charles Street farther up near 7th and Greenwich, we used to walk down to the river and ride those ponies in the early 70s. Thanks for the reminder!
Ain't it neat how the city layers history upon history?
There was a rehearsal studio in the 1980's – I think it was called Charle Lane Studios- where my band used to rehearse. We used to see the B-52's there sometimes.
Steve. I was a very good friend of Mike and Cliff. Great memories of that time. Good to hear someone still thinks of them.
Yep my band rehearsed there also back in the 70s and infact Richie Havens had an apartment studio in the same building.in addition Leslie West and Mountain recorded the Flowers album there and the cover of the album was shot right outside of that studio against the building wall!
Good to hear from so many that remember Mike and Cliff and all that went on at Charles Lane Studios. Knew Mike since he was a teenager in NJ. A wo earful man and I miss him very much.
How wonderful to hear someone who remembers Charles Lane Studios. My very good friend Mike Lynch was the owner and his friend Cliff Petrol helped manage it. I have many memories from that time and place.
Patti: Yes! It was called Charles Lane Studios. It was co-owned by Leslie West, the guitarist for the 60s/70s rock group Mountain. A band I was in also rehearsed there, in the late 70s, and Mr. West sometimes came into the studio while we were playing. (We were playing progressive rock – Genesis, Yes, et al.) It was quite a time! Thanks for the trip down Charles (Memory) Lane!
The place that had the pony rides also had a crew of other animals living there – goats, etc. The place was called The Pony Foundation by locals. I grew up on Perry Street during the 60s and 70s. There also used to be some sort of metaphysical study center in one of the small houses on Charles Lane.
I used to rehearse at Charles Lane Studios 7 Charles Lane with Richie Havens, my own bands and others! Great memories!


The City of Miami is seeking a court order to evict tenants on Watson Island as developers prepare plans to build two more major projects.
"Due process requires that we seek and receive a court order to remove them from the premises," said City Attorney Alex Vilarello. "That order will call the sheriff to come in and remove them."
Watson Island, an 86-acre manmade island off the MacArthur Causeway between Miami and Miami Beach, is facing massive redevelopment after many attempts since a master plan was drafted in the early 1980s.
Not only is construction of a $47 million Parrot Jungle Island theme park nearing a July completion, but the new site of Miami Children's Museum is well under way. The island's Ichimura Miami-Japan Garden, built in 1961 but destroyed in 1992 by Hurricane Andrew, is to be resurrected in a $1.2 million endeavor that relocates the garden to an acre just east of the new Parrot Jungle.
But the two of the island's largest projects still await a start.
A 30-year lease with two 10-year lease options has just been sealed for the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau to move its headquarters to a planned $11.7 million Watson Island Aviation & Visitors Center. As part of the agreement, the city must evict by June 30 the Watson Island Fuel and Fishing Supplies or the bureau can back out of the deal. The Watson Island fixture of more than 30 years is owned by Miami native Martin Tritt.
Architectural drawings for the visitors center are about 65% complete, said bureau President and CEO William Talbert III.
On the northwestern quadrant of the island, Flagstone Properties has been approved to build its $281 million Island Gardens, composed of two high-end hotels, shops, restaurants and a mega-yacht marina. A referendum a year ago OK'd a lease of 13.4 acres for 45 years with an option for two 15-year renewals for the commercial development.
Flagstone attorney Judy Burke of Shutts & Bowen said the developer this summer would begin the permitting process.
Operators of three businesses received city correspondence telling them to leave Watson Island by Feb. 28 to make way for the proposed Flagstone Development but none has moved. The city sent letters terminating docking privileges for tenants at Watson Island Marina, including Casablanca and de Armas Pescaderia fish markets plus a business owned by John J. Waterman of Reward Fishing Fleet, also known as Blue Sea II, a sport fishing charter boat.
The four tenants, including Mr. Tritt, are represented by attorney Victor Rones and are in litigation with the city. Mr. Vilarello said the city plans to file counterclaims in circuit court.
Ms. Burke said the development company isn't involved in the litigation among the tenants and the city. In fact, multiple letters since October 2001 between the Flagstone and the tenants that would be displaced detail numerous attempts to incorporate the existing businesses.
"We've met with them and talked about their needs," Ms. Burke said. "The correspondence speaks for itself."
But Mr. Rones described a different scenario than the one detailed in the letters.
"Everyone from the city gave us nice hugs saying, 'You are all a part of this,' but then they turn around and evict us. We went from hugs to being kicked," Mr. Rones said. "We are thoroughly confused."
Though letters from Flagstone repeatedly request to meet with the fish markets for information needed to design facilities within Island Gardens, Mr. Rones said concrete information was never given on how much the markets would have to pay to be in the project or where they would go in the interim.
"All we really ever wanted was to sit down with definite plan," Mr. Rones said. "It's been like watching Jello get nailed to a tree."


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Mayo study identifies new potential treatment option for triple negative breast cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Mayo Clinic researchers identified that an FDA drug approved for myelodysplastic syndrome may be useful to treat triple-negative breast cancer, which is one of the most aggressive and lethal types of breast cancer.
In this study, Mayo investigators identified that the drug 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine) which is FDA approved for the treatment of certain hematological (blood) cancers, could significantly inhibit the growth of triple-negative breast cancers, and importantly this effect was also seen in tumors resistant to chemotherapy. This response was dependent on the presence of certain critical proteins called DNA methyl transferase proteins that are present in only a subset of triple negative breast cancers. This provides a way to identify which patients could benefit from this therapy.
"There is a great need to identify additional treatment options for triple-negative breast cancer, which is one of the most difficult to treat subtypes of breast cancer," says Mayo researcher Liewei Wang, M.D., Ph.D. "The study is a demonstration that we can take advantage of many existing FDA approved drugs to expand their usage by better understanding the mechanisms of how they work and applying them to other cancers."
This study was part of the ongoing work from the Breast Cancer Genome-Guided Therapy (BEAUTY) study, co-led by Matthew Goetz, M.D., a Mayo medical oncologist and Judy Boughey, M.D., a Mayo breast surgeon. The BEAUTY study generated patient derived xenografts (immortalizing breast tumor cells) from patients with breast cancer treated with chemotherapy.
"Patients whose tumor does not respond well to chemotherapy are known to be at significantly increased risk of recurrent breast cancer and death," says Dr. Boughey. "Therefore our focus is to identify new treatment options for these patients."
In the living xenografts from BEAUTY, Mayo investigators found that when DNA methyl transferase proteins were present, decitabine showed an effect in triple-negative breast cancer at a low therapeutic dose. The low doses would result in less toxicity and might allow the drug to be used for a longer time, all of which might help to achieve greater therapeutic efficacy.
According to Dr. Goetz, plans are underway to prospectively study the impact of decitabine in a prospective clinical trial, called BEAUTY2, which is focused on women with triple negative breast cancer that is resistant to chemotherapy.
This work was supported by the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine; Nadia's Gift Foundation; John P. Guider; The Eveleigh Family; the Pharmacogenomics Research Network (grant number U10GM 61388-15 to RW, LW, MPG); the National Institutes of Health (grant number RO1 GM28157 to RW, CA 196648 to LW); the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (grant number CA15083- 40A2 to MPG, JNI); George M. Eisenberg Foundation for Charities; the Mayo Clinic Breast SPORE (grant number P50CA 116201-9 to MPG, JNI, DWV, VJS, KRK); the Prospect Creek Foundation, and the Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund; CTSA (Grant Number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, a component of the National Institutes of Health).
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Q: Как сохранить базу данных созданную в оперативной памяти? Всем доброго времени суток. Подскажите пожалуйста, как сохранить базу данных созданную в оперативной памяти следующим способом:
conn = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")

по окончании работы с ней, в виде файла базы данных (.db) на жесткий диск?
З.Ы. Перерыл кучу статей в интернете и документацию, как это сделать так и не нашел. Заранее спасибо.
A: Вам нужны функции семейства sqlite_backup_*. Тут описание и подробный пример.


Unsurprisingly, trends have been through the usual recycling process. Besides these numerous fashion manias, there is one tendency that has dominated the world of fashion…vintage clothing. 2014 Zara camis are being taken out by a cherished vest top of Chanel vintage as people become greatly fantasised with the new classic clothing invasion. But what is vintage? any clothing released in 1920 until 20 years previously from this particular day. Any time before this is considered antique which is obviously too ancient for today's approaches. In my opinion, Alexa Chung turned up looking fearless in her fluorescent lust red dress by Calvin Klein paired with a vintage menswear Burberry satchel in addition to the prevailing vintage diamond necklace that hangs perfectly underneath her collar-bones.
As well as Alexa's intense triumph of pulling off the vintage attires, Confessions of a Shopaholic star, Krysten RItter was seen wearing a vintage silk floral dress that had roses bursting with Victorian artistry providing enough sense to only add on a sophisticated pair of darkened stilettos, complimented by an appropriately sized bow attached to where the heel end of the foot rests. Despite this lack of quantity to the piece, it was still an impressive set due to the vibrancy of the sui generis buds.
Regarding myself, I am yet one to own such a momentous sample of clothing as no venture into the vintage market has occurred. Particularly my main fear is the fact that wearing a second hand item or even owning one to that matter does have the reputation of grunge and negative exposure, whereas my inner-vintage fairy has on multiple occasions drawn me a mm away of completing the purchase of that novelty 1940's jersey top.


Discrete Woodland carparks, full of men all shapes, sizes and ages, anything goes normaly. early hours of the morning and lunch times are normaly the best times to aviod the cops and get a bit of action.
There are regular patrols and cutting back the woods every six months is the only way to solve the problem of 'dogging' in the car park.
Had my first ever cruise here today!! got wanked and sucked off!! loved it!! i shall be going back!!


Can a low-cost, low-resolution RDAC and a precision voltage reference by used to make a coarsely adjustable high-precision DC voltage reference? Consider for example the AD5121 7-bit RDAC with ±5ppm/°C drift and 8% resistor accuracy driven by the ADR4525 reference with 1.25μVpp from 0.1 to 10Hz and 4pmm/°C drift. Assume that the output will be buffered with a zero-drift amplifier.
The initial resistor accuracy aside, will this circuit give me an adjustable voltage with DC performance nearly as good as the reference on its own? The reference will be used to periodically null the input of a 24-bit ADC for precision DC voltage measurements at the 5ppm level.
I ask this because only high resolution DACs and RDACs provide DC (1/f) noise specifications like the voltage references do. If the low-resolution DAC can really act as a resistor with 5ppm/°C TC then I would expect it to work fine.
On a related note, there are no SPICE models for these RDACs so do they really behave enough like a discrete resistor/pot to simulate as such?
The 5ppm is only a typical spec, and there is no guaranteed maximum. Also the 35ppm is a typical spec (of total resistance drift). Note that the 3-sigma element resistance drift over lifetime is in the hundreds of ppm so some parts can be pretty bad. You don't see those changes directly in your configuration but they can result in side effects if there are temperature gradients on the chip (from internal or external heat flow) or stresses.
The tempco of the 'wiper' resistance is surely much, much higher but you say you will buffer that so it may not be an issue. It will also be somewhat sensitive to supply voltage.
When you get down to the ppm level things like the stress on the die (from board flexing, from soldering, from environmental changes) can affect the value of "semi-precision" resistors like the on-chip parts in question. If it's designed to be a high precision part they can put extra cost in there to compensate (perhaps by using symmetrical resistors that compensate for each other). We don't really know how carefully they've designed that chip.
I don't see what good a SPICE model would do you for a part like this- you're looking at deviations from the nominal so a calculator and sharp pencil (and a caffeine-sharpened mind) are usually your best tools.
Bottom line- if you need guaranteed specifications you should specify parts with guaranteed performance. Otherwise you may find yourself trying to make a silk purse of a sow's ear.
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Rules of the card game guts, a poker-like game in which players who stay face down over the table, and the dealer calling "1 - 2 - 3 - DROP". Learn the general rules of the most popular card game in the world: Poker. to put into the pot at least as many chips as any preceding player, he must drop out. Guts is a comparing card game, or family of card games, related to poker. Guts is a gambling game involving a series of deals of 2, 3, or 4 cards. Hand are.
Win big or go home in Poker Drop! While the deal is in progress, the previous dealer assembles all the cards from the pack he dealt, shuffles them, and places them to the left. This player must be present at the table or have posted a blind or ante. Deal 3 hole cards to each player. If the ghost wins, everyone who stayed in must match the pot.
In this version, sometimes everyone drops out, in which case all must add an ante to the pot for the next deal. A player who acts on a hand without looking at a card assumes the liability of finding an improper card, as given in Irregularities, rule 8. In no-limit and pot-limit games, unlimited raising is allowed. The smallest chip that can be wagered in a game is the smallest chip used in the antes or blinds. If a player is "in" and no other players are, the player gets a "nut. High card wins; card value increases by suit, club-diamond-heart-spade. This continues until someone gets three nuts, and thus the pot.