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8+ Best Video Hosting Websites Like YouTube (Alternatives) 2023
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Hosting videos online for free is one good reason why people use YouTube, and there's no doubt it's one of the biggest video-sharing platforms online. With YouTube, you can share videos online via your YouTube channel for free.
Having said it's the biggest video-hosting platform in the world. Well, there are other great websites like it online, so if you're reading this article for the first time. You'll get the best video hosting websites like YouTube that we've handpicked for you.
With these websites, you'll be able to create videos, upload them online as well. YouTube has a strict policy most times, but with these websites, it's all safe and less strict.
Best Video Hosting Websites Like YouTube
1. Vimeo
2. Dailymotion
3. Facebook Watch
4. Wistia
5. SproutVideo
6. Twitch
7. Metacafe
8. Veoh
9. The Internet Archive
Below are some of the best YouTube alternatives, these websites are listed based on popularity features, policies, and user experience.
Vimeo is a very popular video hosting website that works in a similar way to youtube, it's just that when you visit Vimeo. You'll get to experience a new interface that is quite different from that of YouTube.
With Vimeo, you can create and share videos easily, it offers users the chance to use its platform for free, there's also an option to pay for advanced user access.
Unlike YouTube which gives an uneditable URL, Vimeo does the opposite. You can edit your video URLs before sharing them publicly.
One of the best video hosting websites like YouTube is Dailymotion, It is a popular video-sharing website that allows users to share, upload, and stream videos. Dailymotion offers great features just like YouTube but does it better.
As a registered user of Dailymotion, you can watch different videos from popular categories like entertainment, news, sports, music, and more.
You can also like, comment then share videos, you can upload videos on the website. there's a great video editor tool to edit your videos as well.
As a content producer who is into different content creation like gaming, entertainment, news, and so on. Facebook Watch is arguably one of the best places you can upload your videos for views.
Being able to monetize uploaded videos is one reason why Facebook Watch is a very popular place to host videos online for free, you can upload videos there without issues.
One of the best YouTube alternatives you can consider for hosting videos, and watching videos online is Facebook Watch.
A video hosting website that is perfect for business owners to upload their videos easily is Wistia. Wistia is an outstanding website that'll let you upload business videos and add forms, call to action, etc.
This website has cool features, it allows users to optimize their uploaded videos for SEO purposes. Wistia provides video analytics that'll let you get real-time statistics for your videos.
With Wistia, you can as well integrate tools like CRM and other email marketing platforms. It's one of the best video hosting websites like YouTube.
Being able to live-stream live videos to the audience in real-time is one of the reasons why you should consider using SproutVideo if you're looking for a perfect YouTube alternative to host videos.
SproutVideo offers great features that'll make video hosting very easy, it has compatibility with mobile devices. You can edit videos easily and also optimize videos for SEO purposes.
You can enjoy the services of SproutVideo as one of the best video hosting websites out there. SproutVideo was developed properly, the website is user-friendly, also easy to navigate.
Live streaming videos has been made easy with Twitch, while you can host and share your videos live on YouTube, Twitch will let you do that even better. If you're a gamer or any form of content creator, Twitch is the perfect website for you.
Twitch offers a lot of features, on the homepage of Twitch, you'll find a lot of videos that are being streamed live, you can also join the party by registering an account and beginning your live stream journey.
Twitch is also available to mobile users as well. If you want to enjoy live-stream video hosting better, Twitch is one of the best websites you can use.
Metacafe also makes video hosting online very easy, it is a very popular website, one of the best you'll see online. Metacafe allows users to upload different varieties of videos and also gives them the option to edit videos as well.
Users can interact with you on your uploaded videos, the website has a smooth interface. Metacafe is also good for users without intentions to upload but watch. There's a search bar that'll allow users to find any videos they want to watch without having to navigate much.
Enjoying entertainment content has never been easy but with Veoh, it all gets better and better. This website is an outstanding website for uploading videos, you can upload different videos like movies and videos.
Veoh has a smooth website interface, the website is very fast. It is very easy to navigate around it. Veoh also houses channels, you can get a list of good channels to follow on Veoh.
As a content creator or someone who just feels like watching videos online but not on YouTube, Veoh is one of the websites you can use.
The Internet Archive is the best place to host or save videos for later use. This website directly is good for uploading anything, from videos to music and so all, you'll find them all on The Internet Archive.
You can't stream or live stream on The Internet Archive, but if you want to upload videos for people to download or use later, The Internet Archive is one of the best video hosting websites like YouTube that you can use.
In conclusion, these are the best youtube alternatives you can use for video sharing, these websites are very easy to access and they have a great user experience. With the websites listed above, you'll be able to share and access videos online just like YouTube.


Houzzers were in full force last month at Design and Construction Week 2019 in Las Vegas, meeting face-to-face with thousands of home construction and design professionals. Our booths at the International Builders Show (IBS) and Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) were buzzing all day as we helped our professional community get the most out of Houzz. The booth also hosted presentations of Houzz industry data and trends research and a photographer providing free professional headshots.
Beyond the booth, Houzz principal economist, Nino Sitchinava, presented the latest home design trends during a joint NAHB and Houzz press conference. Nino also shared our data on renovation financing use, including credit card and secured financing, at the Remodelers Central.
Liza Hausman, Houzz VP of Industry Marketing, took the stage for a Tech Bytes session with a panel of building and remodeling experts to help pros get maximum value out of project management systems.
What an amazing week! Huge thanks to every builder, remodeler, designer, brand, manufacturer and vendor who took the time to come and see us. We're looking forward to 2020!


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David S Rose, and The Gust Global SaaS Funding Platform
Business, Front Page, Harlem/Metro, Headlines, News, Science & Technology
"Entrepreneurs Meet Accredited Investors"
Gust is a global SaaS funding platform that connects start-ups with the largest collection of investors across the world, serving as a virtual intermediary between skilled entrepreneurs and canny investors. A platform for sourcing and managing start-ups in their embryonic stages; the "Software as a Service" SaaS, is a software service that delivers functions remotely on a web-based platform, allowing businesses to access online functionality as an alternative to licensed applications, software installation and hardware management. The SaaS funding platform is endorsed by prominent angel investors and venture capital associations.
The New York based company was founded in 2004, by David Rose, and initially held privately under the name "Angelsoft," before re-branding and relaunching as a new platform service called Gust.com. The search optimizing tools allow investors to filter and narrowly target start-ups that match their interests. The funding platform has aggregated a global disparity by powering over 1,000 investment organizations in over 80 countries, and the myriad of small businesses and skilled entrepreneurs capitalizing on the funding platform has proliferated beyond 200,000, allowing start-ups to connect and collaborate with over 40,000 accredited investors.
Entrepreneurial funding space platforms are prevalent online, operations that connect start-ups and investors, hundreds have made their inception and faded into oblivion. The daunting task of fundraising can be a cumbersome process for entrepreneurs, or due diligence by investors before administering capitals, and social medias are good impetus to finding investors. Services such as LinkedIn, a social business oriented social networking service where entrepreneurs can connect and network, but the myriad of start-ups seeking funding greatly outweigh the quantity of investors, hence through platforms like Gust, crowdfunding portals, marketplace, social network and user-friendly platform, entrepreneurs company information can be shared with accredited investment organizations, a place where investors initiative is to actively fund start-up companies.
A practical database allowing search curating based on; investor, organization type, location and industry for both investors and start-ups, this allows prospective start-up companies and canny investors to curtail their searches and review detailed profiles to find investors or entrepreneurs that fit their criteria. The prominent serial entrepreneur and angel investor David S Rose has published a book called Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money, an invaluable Introduction and information source for investors considering investments in start-ups.
Interview with David S. Rose for The Harlem Times
Harlem Times: What inspired you to become an angel investor?
David S. Rose: My great uncle, the original David Rose, he was the angel investor behind the portable artificial kidney.
Harlem Times: How did the Gust SaaS Global Funding Platform start?
David S. Rose: From its inception, Gust dedication was centered around building a global platform for early stage finance, an objective centered around high-growth start-up companies with smart angel investors. Since it's easier to find people who want money compared to who have money, we focused on the more difficult side and built a platform dedicated to support angel investors in groups. The market expanded when usage grew, so we added support for start-up entrepreneurs, venture capital funds, incubators and other participants. Today Gust has over 1,000 investment organizations, over 50,000 angel investors and over 200,000 start-ups.
Harlem Times: Can you tell us more about the partnership with Digital.NYC?
David S. Rose: Digital.NYC is a comprehensive website constantly updating and provided directly by the original source. There's over 10,000 New York City start-ups in the Digital.NYC database, and they've all directly and personally entered and maintained their own information, and that includes information about jobs, work spaces, events, classes etc.—and all content derive from real-time data feeds. Digital.NYC is the crux of Bill de Blasio administration's objective to increase diversity, accessibility in the City's digital sector
Harlem Times: How does it feel to make a bad investment?
David S. Rose: The first time, it's devastating. The second time, it's painful. After that, it's just a disappointing experience. Professional investors know the risk involved and some of their investments will be unsuccessful, but the overall benefits are profitable because of the start-ups that gain financial success. This business requires mental and emotional preparation, and if someone's not prepared for those facts of life they should avoid becoming an angel investor.
Harlem Times: What inspired you to write the Book "Angel Investing?"
David S. Rose: I'm a third generation angel investor that help fund over 100 prosperous start-up companies, and several of which have gone from a gleam in the eye of an entrepreneur to being worth hundreds of millions of dollars, I've seen how profitable this asset can be for investors, yet investors lose money. My book provides a comprehensive detailed guide to professional angel investing, and shows that well thought out angel investments can be a significant addition to an alternative assets portfolio.
Harlem Times: How does an entrepreneur know he's connecting with accredited investors?
David S. Rose: Follow the same protocol as angel investors, do reference checks, research their portfolios, contact the CEO's of other companies they've invested in and get information on the investors. Research their social networks and read their forums, blogs and post, get feedback and do some footwork, this allows you to make an educated decision. Serious investors will follow a procedure or system of rules and will never charge fees of any kind.
Harlem Times: How is New York City's Tech and Investing emergence differ from Silicon Valley?
David S. Rose: Silicon Valley has always been the centerpiece of technology start-ups, preceding back to the early days of electronic devices and computers, and the venture capitalists who invested heavily in them. New York however has been the business central-point for a century, with little technological development. The explosion of the Internet created an applicability across all businesses, and this is causing a tech boom in NYC.

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Home›News Watch›'Working girls' and alcohol at Saudi royal party that broke taboos
'Working girls' and alcohol at Saudi royal party that broke taboos
Royals flout puritanical laws to throw parties for young elite while religious police are forced to turn a blind eye
In what may prove a particularly incendiary cable, US diplomats describe a world of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll behind the official pieties of Saudi Arabian royalty.
Jeddah consulate officials described an underground Halloween party, thrown last year by a member of the royal family, which broke all the country's Islamic taboos. Liquor and prostitutes were present in abundance, according to leaked dispatches, behind the heavily-guarded villa gates.
The party was thrown by a wealthy prince from the large Al-Thunayan family. The diplomats said his identity should be kept secret. A US energy drinks company also put up some of the finance.
"Alcohol, though strictly prohibited by Saudi law and custom, was plentiful at the party's well-stocked bar. The hired Filipino bartenders served a cocktail punch using sadiqi, a locally-made moonshine," the cable said. "It was also learned through word-of-mouth that a number of the guests were in fact 'working girls', not uncommon for such parties."
The dispatch from the US partygoers, signed off by the consul in Jeddah, Martin Quinn, added: "Though not witnessed directly at this event, cocaine and hashish use is common in these social circles."
The underground party scene is "thriving and throbbing" in Saudi Arabia thanks to the protection of Saudi royalty, the dispatch said. But it is only available behind closed doors and for the very rich.
More than 150 Saudi men and women, most in their 20s and 30s, were at the party. The patronage of royalty meant the feared religious police kept a distance. Admission was controlled through a strict guest list. "The scene resembled a nightclub anywhere outside the kingdom: plentiful alcohol, young couples dancing, a DJ at the turntables and everyone in costume."
The dispatch said the bar featured a top shelf of well-known brands of liquor, the original contents reportedly replaced with sadiqi. On the black market, they reported, a bottle of Smirnoff vodka can cost 1,500 riyals (£250) compared with 100 riyals (£16) for the locally-made vodka.
In a venture into Saudi sociology, the diplomats explained why they thought their host was so attached to Nigerian bodyguards, some of whom were working on the door. "Most of the prince's security forces were young Nigerian men. It is common practice for Saudi princes to grow up with hired bodyguards from Nigeria or other African nations who are of similar age and who remain with the prince well into adulthood. The lifetime spent together creates an intense bond of loyalty"
The cable claimed it was easy for would-be partygoers to find a patron out of more than 10,000 princes in the kingdom. Some are "royal highnesses" with direct descent from King Abdul Aziz, while others are "highnesses" from less direct branches.
One young Saudi told the diplomat that big parties were a recent trend. Even a few years ago, he said, the only weekend activity was "dating" among small groups who met inside the homes of the rich. Some of the more opulent houses in Jeddah feature basement bars, discos and clubs. One high-society Saudi said: "The increased conservatism of our society over these past years has only moved social interaction to the inside of people's homes."
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I am not surprised about the House of Saud,What else can one expect.


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A Day at the Automation SPA Means Waiting for Elements to Disappear
Advanced Topics — Published July 9, 2021
Paul Grizzaffi
Home / Blog / Advanced Topics / A Day at the Automation SPA Means Waiting for Elements to Disappear
A day at the spa. What could be better: a massage, maybe some sauna time, or a mud bath. Wow, that sounds totally relaxing. Unfortunately, that kind of spa is a little different than a SPA, i.e., a single-page application. The latter can be the bane of an automator's existence and hardly relaxing.
So, what exactly is a SPA? A SPA is exactly what the name indicates, i.e. a web app that runs on a single page. SPAs give a slick look-and-feel to the GUI; the transitions between states aren't encumbered by the delay of a page transition. That slick look-and-feel, unfortunately, can make it hard to create consistent automated test scripts.
What's the challenge of automation for SPAs? Mainly, the transient states of the HTML elements that that make the application look slick. Some of the culprits are that the elements:
Can appear and disappear on the same web page.
Often are added on-the-fly to the DOM, effectively changing the DOM.
Often always exist but are only made visible or non-visible.
The direct result of these challenges is automated test scripts needing to wait for elements to both appear and disappear.
In non-SPA websites, we can often rely on page transitions to know when to start looking for other GUI elements. This "wait for transition" is often implicitly handled in the tool, stack, or framework that's being used. Since SPAs don't always or ever have a page transition between states, it's more difficult to determine when to start to look for new GUI elements.
Waiting for GUI elements to exist and be visible are the bread-and-butter of traditional GUI test automation. Considering HTML, there are numerous approaches to handle waiting for an HTML element to appear. The easiest, most over-used, and most problematic is the hard wait. A hard wait is a programming approach that tells the test script to do just that: wait, unconditionally, for a specified duration. If the hard wait says to wait for 30 seconds but the HTML element with which we want to interact generally appears after two seconds, the script usually wastes about 28 seconds for this wait. This doesn't seem like such a big waste but imagine 10 hard waits in one test script. Then, imagine, 200 test scripts with an average of 10 hard waits per script. Lots of math; lots of wasted waiting time just to handle those cases when the specific element needs the extra 28 seconds to appear.
A more refined approach is the polling wait. A polling wait is, as the name suggests, just that: waiting up to a specified duration but checking, or polling, along the way to see if the condition we expect is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, execution can continue; if not, wait a little longer and poll again. As previously indicated, a hard wait waits for the specified duration with no regard for the potentially changed environment of the system under test. A polling wait polls for the condition to be met or for the specified timeout to be reached. If the timeout is reached before the expected condition is satisfied, the behavior is effectively the same as a hard wait: a timeout. If, however, the condition is satisfied before the wait timeout expires, execution can resume sooner than when using a hard wait, thus reducing execution time of a specific script.
For example, let's say that most of the time a particular GUI widget will appear approximately two seconds after a specific button click. Because, however, computers will compute and networks will network, sometimes that GUI widget takes eleven or twelve seconds to appear. Setting a hard wait to handle this situation would require unconditionally waiting for at least 12 seconds, or maybe 13 seconds to be extra safe. Using a polling wait in this situation is preferable; it allows us to set the timeout as high as is reasonable, say 15 seconds, but in most cases, the test script will only wait for two seconds because that's how the timing typically happens.
That explains waiting for elements to appear, but what about waiting for them to disappear? On a SPA, clicking a button often causes data to be fetched from a remote data source such as a database. While waiting for the call to this data source to return, the page can't be updated with the returned data because it's, you know, waiting for that data. This interim state is often handled by displaying a visual indicator on the webpage such as one of those spinning wheels; that wheel is, of course, an HTML element. Similarly, when clicking a button, a "slide-out" or "in-page popup" form is often displayed which is also an HTML element. As automators, we are used to making our test scripts wait for things to appear, but we're not always used to waiting for things to disappear.
To demonstrate, consider this pseudo-code for a possible implementation of an automated script for the "slide-out" form described above:
Browser.AddUserButton.Click
Browser.AddUserForm.EmailAddress = "foo@bar.com"
Browser.AddUserForm.Password = "mypassword"
Browser.AddUserForm.SubmitButton.Click
Browser.LogOutButton.Click
Well, we want to log out after we click the submit button. We could just click the logout button after we click the submit button, but there's a race condition here: we may try to click the logout button before the form for adding a user disappears. This will cause the button click to fail in one way or another because the logout button is not yet clickable; it's being shaded by the add user form.
We could wait until the logout button exists, is visible, or is clickable. The challenge with this approach is that depending on our automation tool's implementation and our application's implementation, any of those checks might evaluate to true even though the "slide-out" is still obscuring the button so the button is not actually clickable. It's important to note that whether these checks succeed or fail is context-dependent, meaning that the checks may be appropriate for some tools and some SPA implementations, but not for others. Waiting for the "slide-out" to disappear is a more consistent way to decide when to proceed to the next step in an automated test script.
There is another problem, a different kind of problem. As automators, we're very familiar with building our automation and associated scripts to handle the automation being faster than the GUI. To be fair, this makes a lot of sense because our automation needs to start waiting for some GUI update before that update happens. There are, however, cases where the anticipated update happens before the automation begins waiting for it. Consider the case of the "spinning wheel" described above. If the data retrieval happens fast enough, it's possible that the spinning wheel appears and then disappears before our automation starts to check for it. In this situation, our automation will fail because the spinning wheel we were waiting to find never appears.
One solution to this problem is to wait for the spinning wheel to appear, but not to fail if it does not appear. After that wait, we then wait for the spinning wheel to disappear. Here some possible scenarios to illustrate this approach:
Automation starts waiting before the spinning wheel appears or while it is visible; this is our usual case. The "wait for spinning wheel to appear" will succeed, then the "wait for spinning wheel to disappear" will wait until the element has disappeared.
Automation starts waiting after the spinning wheel has already disappeared. The "wait for spinning wheel to appear" will fail but not cause an assertion failure to the automated test script, then the "wait for spinning wheel to disappear" will succeed since the spinning wheel is not visible.
Automation executes both "wait for spinning wheel to appear" and "wait for spinning wheel to disappear" before the spinning wheel ever appears. Uh oh, how do we know if we arrived too early or if the spinning wheel never appeared at all? Clearly, this case is problematic.
Regarding the last bullet above, there are a few ways to handle it. One way to handle this is to lengthen the time the "wait for spinning wheel to appear" waits before moving on to the subsequent check; the longer timeout causes the statement to wait longer, thus allowing additional time for the element to appear. An alternate approach is to partner with the development team to devise a solution: perhaps, the spinning wheel can be displayed earlier in GUI's execution flow so that it is always visible when the automation starts looking for it.
Wouldn't it be better to just add some hard waits and call it a day? Would it be easier? Yes! Would it be better, i.e. more valuable? Not usually, but sometimes. But, to quote Alton Brown, as I like to do, "that's another show".
Creating automation for a SPA is never going to be a day at the beach. If, however, we keep the aforementioned considerations and approaches in mind, we can all relax just a little.
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As a Principal Automation Architect at Magenic Studio for Cognizant Softvision, Paul Grizzaffi is following his passion for providing technology solutions to testing, QE, and QA organizations, including automation assessments, implementations, and through activities benefiting the broader testing community. An accomplished keynote speaker, international conference speaker, and writer, Paul has spoken at local and national conferences and meetings. He is an advisor to Software Test Professionals and STPCon, as well as a member of the Industry Advisory Board of the Advanced Research Center for Software Testing and Quality Assurance (STQA) at UT Dallas where he is a frequent guest lecturer. In addition to spending time with his twins, Paul enjoys sharing his experiences and learning from other testing professionals; his mostly cogent thoughts can be read on his blog at https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/.
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You can use certain documents from Bosnia and Herzegovina immediately in the Netherlands. Other documents need to be legalised first by the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is done with a special stamp called an apostille.
Ask the local authorities where you can get these documents. Documents like these are usually available from the municipality where the birth, marriage or death took place.
You can get a certificate of unmarried status from the civil status records office in the place where you live. The records office issues this document in the Bosnian language only. If your records no longer exist, you will need to have the records office draw up a certificate in the presence of witnesses.
You can get an official copy of a divorce certificate from the court (sud) where the divorce was granted.
Ask the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina where you can get the documents you need.
To get your document legalised with an apostille, contact the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For details see the website of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).
The Consular Service Centre (CDC) (website in Dutch) cannot help you apply for documents or have documents legalised for you.


I am sweet but not as sweet as.....sweet.
Just woke up from a nap....I'm good.
When I finish the yard after snacking and chattin'..then I'll be good to go.
My day is off to a great start, thanks.
I hope MM's family friend's surgery is a success and without event. Also, I hope Red has a pain free day....if not I hope relief is in the very near future.
i am good, hope MM's family friends surgery comes out great and a speedy recovery, hope red feeling better!
I'm good today . I have the day off so I definitely can't complain about anything today!
I have someone coming to look at the house.....so I'll be cleaning and making it look fabulous.
"Hubby" is coming home today and I'm going to REALLY try to not get annoyed by him.
I have some things to organize for an event I'm organizing at work tomorrow....I can't forget that or I'm toast!
Fantastic and so looking forward to the weekend!!
Tired... been up since 430a... ugh.... but yay! 3 day weekend coming up!!
I am doing quite well today. I too had an early start to my day, which was of my own choosing, so I guess I am not allowed to complain too loudly. Hooray for Mondays...!!! WooHoo...!!!
I'm here. lol I guess okay.
Things are becoming clearer and clearer to me. With every email, it becomes more obvious to me that someone is who they appear to be.
The sun is shining and the birds are singing......so far....so good.
Yeah if you have luck with that do share won't you? What is it with today anyway?
Nice and Peachy having a great day!


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Home Arts & Entertainment Beauty and Melody in 20th Century Music
Beauty and Melody in 20th Century Music
Laurence Taylor
This article by Nicole Plett was published in U.S. 1 Newspaper on September 29, 1999. All rights reserved.
In this moment of millennial everything, imagine the
plight of the modern music director. We all know that the curtain
comes down irrevocably on the 20th century this concert season, yet
music written after 1900 still provokes shudders from many subscribers.
Mark Laycock, opening his 14th season as music director of the Princeton
Chamber Symphony, is out to celebrate the 20th century while bravely
looking forward to the 21st.
"There has always been a great emphasis on melody and beauty —
particularly beauty — in modern, that is 20th century music,"
says Laycock with feeling. He has selected a program to transport
listeners to "musical moments in this century which affirm the
positive in life."
Opening its 20th anniversary season this week, the Chamber Symphony
has titled its five-concert series, "Music of Our Time: Masters
of the 20th Century." And Laycock is confident that in the panoply
of works he has selected, melody and beauty will be there for his
audience in abundance.
The musical journey begins with "The Extraordinary Leonard Bernstein,"
presented at Richardson Auditorium on Sunday, October 3, at 4 p.m.
The Chamber Symphony celebrates the prodigious American composer,
an icon of what is arguably an "American Century," with four
very different works.
"Bernstein is the consummate musician of the 20th century,"
says Laycock, "widely influential as a musician, conductor, composer,
and as a composer for Broadway." Born in 1918, Leonard Bernstein
was conductor and musical director of the New York Philharmonic from
1958 to 1969 and made over 100 recordings. The program will illustrate
Bernstein's varied output, featuring four works in a variety of genres
dating from 1943 to 1980.
"We have three Bernstein pieces on the program that are not very
well known but they are all fantastic," says Laycock, with unconcealed
enthusiasm. The "Divertimento," which he describes as "extremely
charming," is comprised of eight short scenes on a single motif.
"Facsimile," he describes as "a ballet masterpiece —
virtually unknown — that is beautiful, enchanting, and quite fun
to listen to." The third lesser-know work is Bernstein's "Jeremiah
Symphony," a serious work in three movements, written in 1943,
when the composer was only 24 years of age. The final movement features
Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Lucille Beer, who collaborated with
Bernstein in several of his works, as guest soloist. The text is taken
from "Lamentations."
The "Symphonic Dances" from the Broadway show "West Side
Story" of 1957 will be familiar to all. Bernstein was almost unique
in balancing his writing for Broadway, beginning with "On The
Town" in 1944, with a career as a conductor and composer for the
concert hall.
Although when Bernstein died in 1990 he was an acknowledged
cultural hero, Laycock notes that, at the end of his life, he failed
to recapture the popular fame of his "West Side Story" days.
"Where he failed at the end of his life as a composer was in 1975
with another very disappointing Broadway attempt," says Laycock.
"Had he lived longer he would have found another upswing."
The show in question, "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," written
in collaboration with Alan Jay Lerner, was a satirical survey of American
heads of state, through the decades, featuring a succession of white
presidents and their black butlers. It was a complete flop. Yet Bernstein's
"Candide," considered by many his greatest Broadway score,
composed in 1956, is currently enjoying a hit production at London's
National Theater.
Also celebrated this season are American composers Aaron Copland,
Samuel Barber, Charles Ives, Milton Babbitt, and George Gershwin.
"American composers defined a new sound that is readily identifiable
as American," says Laycock, "and I think Aaron Copland had
a lion's share in defining that sound. You can even hear his influence
in Bernstein. And Gershwin's influence in Russia in the '20s was significant."
Copland's "Appalachian Spring," a well-loved aspect of that
"American sound," will be featured on the symphony's March
program. Commissioned by Martha Graham for a modern dance about forces
that helped shape American culture, the music is a colorful soundscape
that pits an itinerant evangelist preaching hellfire and damnation
against a young frontier couple whose bond of love gives them the
courage to look to the future with optimism.
It's an optimism that Laycock shares. And this American vision is
extended to the season's grand finale, George Gershwin's "Suite
from Porgy and Bess" and "Rhapsody in Blue" performed
by noted pianist Robert DeGeatano.
"To mark our 20th anniversary and the end of our 20th century,
we wanted to pay tribute to the musical icons of the century —
those composers who are best known for putting their stamp on 20th-century
music," says Laycock.
"For the composers we've chosen, their music looks forward, not
backward, and takes us into the next century," he says. From the
delicate bird calls of Bartok's final Piano Concerto to the raucously
entertaining music of Kurt Weill's "Threepenny Opera," the
season includes Schoenberg's haunting love story for string orchestra,
"Verklarte Nacht," regarded as one of the early masterpieces
of the 20th century. The most recent work on the program is the Estonian
composer Aarvo Part's, "Symphony No. 2" of 1966. Part's spiritual
vision is part of a contemporary movement to insert harmonic beauty
into new music. "We don't have works of great dissonance and confusion
on the program," notes Laycock.
Among the famous 20th-century names that are absent from the program
are Mahler, Elgar, Vaughan William, and Sibelius, all composers who
share Laycock's interest in melody yet whose work he traces back to
the 19th-century Romantic tradition. Also absent are some of the best
known names of the latter half of the century — John Cage, Steve
Reich, and Philip Glass, among them — the longevity of whose compositions
Laycock questions. "I wanted to represent composers who I believe
will live on to the future," he says.
But why, we ask, do we so readily associate "dissonance and confusion"
with 20th century music? The fault, says Laycock, lies with music
directors around the globe.
"Stravinsky's `Rite of Spring' contains beautiful music, but there
was actually a riot when it was first performed," says Laycock.
This near-riot that attended the ballet's 1913 Paris premiere, was
attributed to the music's shocking and disturbing polytonality and
its irregular, constantly changing meters. These, we are led to believe,
were enough to drive its listeners mad. Yet these same qualities made
the work wildly influential for decades to come.
Stravinsky is included on Chamber Symphony season. But rather than
"Rite of Spring," Laycock has chosen his "Suite No. 2
for Small Orchestra" of 1921.
"Music is an expression of the human spirit, and that involves
communication," says Laycock. "If you don't understand the
language of the person who is talking to you, you can't grasp the
meaning. To be confronted by a bizarre person speaking a language
you can't understand can be a shocking experience."
Laycock believes music directors "around the globe"
are to be faulted for helping to create the communication gap with
their audience. "There has been a lack of understanding from the
podium. In my opinion you can't walk out and play a piece like this
without offering any preparation and expect the audience to appreciate
it."
"There are people who believe there should be no speech from the
podium, but whenever I present a piece that I think requires preparation,
I do speak," says the voluble director. "We also pride ourselves
on the superb program notes that are written for us by Laurence Taylor.
These are all things we do to attempt to bridge that gap of understanding."
Laycock says his the only sadness of the job is that, with only five
concerts a year, "we are constantly presenting works for the first
time — works that audience would love to hear again. But we're
always looking forward."
"The Chamber Symphony has a tradition of blending the familiar
with the unfamiliar," says Laycock. "Even when we play the
best known composers, it's pieces that may have become obscure or
unjustly neglected." Last season, for example, when the symphony
performed Beethoven, it was with two rarely performed works. "Even
when our audience sees a familiar name on the program, they trust
us to be introduced to music that they may not have necessarily heard
before and will probably enjoy."
"A concert should be both stimulating, and also a refuge. An audience
should be edified and enhanced by the afternoon, not bewildered,"
saus Laycock. "Our point is that there is music of great value
and great beauty in the 20th century. But we don't abandon Bach, Vivaldi,
or Schumann."
The Extraordinary Leonard Bernstein, Princeton Chamber
Symphony , Richardson Auditorium, 609-497-0020. With guest soloist
Lucille Beer. Sunday, October 3, 4 p.m.
Beauty and Power and Joy. Francine Kay, piano, is featured
in Bartok's "Piano Concerto No. 3," with works by Hindemith,
Barber, and Shostakovich. Sunday, November 7, 4 p.m.
Haunting and Heartwarming. Classical guitarist David Tanenbaum
is featured in the Castlenuovo-Tedesco "Concerto No. 1 for Guitar
and Orchestra," with works by Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Weill.
Sunday, January 23, 4 p.m.
Distinctive Voices, Musical Visions. Piano soloist Andrew
Burashko is featured in Ravel's "Piano Concerto in G Major,"
with works by Prokofiev, Ives, Babbitt, and Copland. Sunday, March
19, 4 p.m.
Colorful and Profound, Visionary and Beloved. Final program
features piano soloist Robert DeGeatano in Gershwin's "Suite from
Porgy and Bess" and "Rhapsody in Blue," with Britten's
"Peter Grimes" and Aarvo Part's "Symphony No. 2."
Sunday, May 7, 4 p.m.
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This month we installed the new welfare units for the construction team building a rock salt depot on Lots Road in London for Kensington and Chelsea Council.
The seven OpenSpace units were delivered to site from our Nottingham production depot and the team carefully installed them on a steel gantry to make the best use of available space. The facilities include toilets, washrooms, male and female showers, changing room spaces,lockers and recreational space which will be used by the council's road sweeping staff. One unusual feature of the project included knee operated taps for the hand basins.
The delivery time took just 4 weeks in total, we do like a fast turnaround!
This was a particularly interesting contract because of the very tight deadlines involved and also because of the evolving specification.
We worked closely with the client and helped to develop their original specification, introducing a number of cost saving elements which allowed them to stay within budget. Many of the changes were implemented as the units were going through production which was a bit of a challenge but something we were readily able to accommodate.
A number of the units were linked and stacked to form further office facilities for the depot staff. The deadline was very much driven by the fact that the Council had to relocate from a current facility and transfer all staff, equipment together with 2,000 tonnes of road salt by the end of September. If we hadn't provided the facility within the 4 week timeframe, Chelsea & Kensington's road maintenance would have ground to a halt!


Rudolf Nureyev's defection caused a global sensation in 1961.
The world's greatest ballet dancer was seen to have broken the rules about mingling with foreigners and allegedly frequented gay bars in Paris.
This alarmed both the Mariinsky Ballet's management and the KGB agents observing him, and the latter decided to send him back to the Soviet Union.
On June 16, 1961 the Mariinsky group had gathered at Le Bourget Airport in Paris to fly to London.
However, the ballet's artistic director took Nureyev aside and told him that he would have to return to Moscow for a special performance in the Kremlin.
Nureyev became suspicious and refused, only to then be told that his mother had fallen severely ill and he needed to come home immediately to see her.
Nureyev refused again, believing – more than likely correctly – that on return to the USSR he was likely to be imprisoned.
With the help of French police and a Parisian socialite friend – Clara Saint, who had been engaged to the son of the French Minister of Culture Andre Malraux – Nureyev got away from his KGB minders and demanded asylum.
Now, actor Ralph Fiennes has returned to the director's chair for the third time to make a film about Nureyev's defection.
But surprisingly the man who plays Mallory/M in the most recent Bond movies admits: "I have to say that I had no interest in ballet as such.
"But a biography I read introduced me to the force and the spirit of this young artist from this poor background, who had a deep inner conviction of his destiny as an artist and a dancer.
"I had no conscious desire to direct – and I certainly did not think that I would be playing Nureyev! – all I knew was that this journey of childhood, student years and defection was an extraordinary story.
The White Crow stars Oleg Ivenko – a dancer, rather than an actor – in the role of Nureyev.
Fiennes explains: "I was pretty convinced that the actor should be a dancer who could act, and you don't know who they are unless you look for them.
"We found Oleg, a Ukrainian who dances at the Kazan Theatre in Russia, where he is a leading ballet dancer.
The film is in Russian and English, and Fiennes says: "I wanted it to be authentic in terms of the language, so I wanted Russian spoken where it would have been spoken.
"Mercifully, we know that Nureyev had English lessons and in Paris he spoke English with his French friends!
The White Crow (12A) is in cinemas from Friday March 22.


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DRIVEN PhD (Doctoral researcher) Fellow position (m/f)
University of Luxembourg
Posted about 1 month agoExpires on February 09, 2020
The University of Luxembourg is a multilingual, international research university.
The University of Luxembourg (UL) and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) invite applications for a:
as part of the DRIVEN Doctoral Training Unit (https://driven.uni.lu), consisting of 19 doctoral candidates. DRIVEN is funded by the FNR PRIDE funding instrument https://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/pride/.
You will be working as part of DRIVEN Doctoral Training Unit (DTU) funded by the FNR PRIDE scheme. The Computational and Data DRIVEN Science DTU will train a cohort of 19 Doctoral Candidates who will develop data-driven modelling approaches common to a number of applications strategic to the Luxembourgish Research Area and Luxembourg's Smart Specialisation Strategies. DRIVEN will build a bridge between state-of-the-art data driven modelling approaches and particular application domains, including Computational Physics and Engineering Sciences, Computational Biology and Life Sciences, and Computational Behavioural and Social Sciences.
Research Direction:
The Computational Biology Group seeks a highly skilled and motivated Ph.D. student to work on an exciting project that aims to implement novel mathematical and computational methodologies, using machine learning and statistical analysis approaches, to design models for tissue regeneration. In particular, these models will be based on single cell RNA-seq data, and are intended to predict key genes and pathways for inducing regeneration in brain tissues with the purpose of designing cell therapy strategies for Parkinson's disease. The selected candidate will perform single cell RNA-seq data processing, analysis, and modeling, and is expected to interact with experimental collaborators for validation of computational predictions.
Supervision:
Your lead supervisor will be Prof. Antonio del Sol.
Your primary tasks as a DRIVEN fellow are to:
●	Manage and drive forward your research project.
●	Attend doctoral school courses, trainings and social events.
●	Write scientific articles and your PhD thesis.
●	Disseminate your research at conferences and seminars.
Your profile:
●	Master's degree in computer science, physics, engineering or a related discipline.
●	Good English language skills.
●	Willingness to work in an inter-cultural and international environment.
●	Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
●	Curiosity and self-motivation.
●	A dynamic and well-equipped research environment.
●	Intensive training in scientific and transferable skills, participation in schools. conferences and workshops.
●	Enrollment as a PhD student in the DRIVEN Training Unit, within an appropriate UL doctoral school, e.g. Doctoral School of Science and Engineering.
●	Personal work space at UL or LISER.
Gender policy:
UL strives to increase the proportion of female PhD students in its faculties. Therefore, we explicitly encourage women to apply.
Application submission:
Before proceeding with the submission of your application, please prepare the following documents.
●	Curriculum vitae (maximum two pages).
●	Motivation letter (maximum two pages) detailing how you meet the selection criteria for the given research direction.
●	Publication list (if any) and PDFs of those publications.
●	Master's thesis (final or draft, if draft, then state the expected submission date).
●	Full contact details of two persons willing to act as referees.
●	Copies of diplomas, transcripts with grades, with English, French or German translation.
All documents should be uploaded in PDF format via the online submission system (no applications via email, please). Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.
Candidates will be shortlisted based on the criteria detailed above. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview and/or interviewed by phone.
Deadline for applications: 31/01/2020.
The University is an equal opportunity employer.


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Best PS4 Controller 2022
PlayStation 4 controllers for every type of game
By Kevin Lee, Mark Knapp
Updated: 14 Jan 2022 11:28 pm
Posted: 24 Oct 2021 9:59 pm
Wondering what the best controller for the PS4 is? Well, it just so happens that Sony made it themselves. The classic controller that comes with the console is about as well-rounded as it can get. The balance of quality, price, and perfect compatibility with PlayStation games are enough to make it the winner. But, that's not to say there aren't other controllers that may prove to be better for you or that can stand out as a superior option in specific games.
You'll find racing wheels can give you a profoundly improved experience in driving games, and the same can be said of fight sticks in many fighting games. Some controllers' unique shapes can also improve your experience, as they may be a better fit for your hands, giving you long-term comfort that the standard controller might not offer.
And, if you're looking ahead to the PlayStation 5, you can take some comfort in knowing that current PS4 controllers will work with the new console. However, Sony has confirmed that they'll only work with PlayStation 4 games, so you'll need new controllers to play PlayStation 5 games. That said, most PlayStation 4 controllers also make great options for PC gaming – making for a still sound investment. Keep in mind that most manufacturers are leaning towards producing controllers for PS5 now, so if you like these options, be sure to get them before they're gone. The controllers listed below are the best you can get for PS4.
TL;DR – These are the Best PS4 Controllers:
DualShock 4
Nacon Revolution Pro 3
Horipad FPS Plus
HORI Fighting Commander
Victrix Pro FS
Logitech G923
1. Sony DualShock 4
Best PS4 Controller
Sony DualShock 4
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Sony may have let Microsoft take the lead in the controller design contest for a little while, but when it introduced the DualShock 4, it had a winner on its hand. The DualShock 4 moved the controller's design forward in a way Sony hasn't done before with the PS2 or PS3 controllers. Though the DualShock 4 may now be superseded by the DualSense controller for the PS5, that doesn't mean that his old stalwart doesn't still have its place. Whether you're still playing on a PS4 or playing backward-compatible games on the PS5, the DualShock 4 controller is up to the task.
It's thick, rounded grips offer a favorable hold even for larger hands. The triggers on the DualShock 4 have plenty of surface area and offer just enough resistance without making your fingers sore. With vibration feedback, you'll be feeling all the intense actions in your game. Better yet, thanks to Bluetooth support, the DualShock 4 also works just as well as a phone controller without needing any extra accessories.
2. Nacon Revolution Pro 3
Best Third-Party PS4 Controller
Sony makes great controllers for its platforms, but it's not the only company that does so. Nacon has a strong reputation for building quality controllers, and that's on full display with the Nacon Revolution Pro 3. This controller will be right at home in any gamers' hands, and if you're a fan of Xbox controllers, this has similar offset analog sticks.
The Nacon Revolution Pro 3 runs on a wired connection, but it uses USB-C, so you won't have to find an old and feeble micro USB cable to rely on. Plus, you get the reduced input latency a wired connection offers. The controller has optional weights that can go into its handles to let you get your desired feel and even an RGB LED ring around the right joystick for some stylish flair. But, where the 'Pro' in the name really comes in is the rear buttons nestled into the handles, providing you with shortcuts that won't require you to take your thumbs off the analog sticks.
3. Horipad FPS Plus
Best Xbox-Style PS4 Controller
As marvelous as the DualShock 4 design is, the control layout just isn't quite right for some of us. Having to reach all the way over to use the left thumbstick — which, let's be honest, we're using a hell of a lot more than the D-Pad — can get to be a strain. The right thumbstick placement is decent since we switch between it and the action buttons often enough. Fortunately, Hori saw the problem and offered up the Horipad FPS Plus.
As the name suggests, this controller is well geared for FPS games, as it uses the Xbox-style, asymmetrical thumbstick layout. So, if you like many other gamers, switched from Xbox to PlayStation 4, this controller will let your hands feel a bit more at home. You'll still get all the controls you need for PlayStation 4 games, of course, but Hori has built-in a Turbo function. There's even a special "Target" button on the back-side that you can use to drop your aim sensitivity for fine precision or map to a frequently used control — a quick melee, perhaps. This controller is also wired meaning there should be reduced input latency.
4. Hori Fighting Commander
Best PS4 Fighting Controller
The Hori Fighting Commander is a wired controller for those of you who specialize in 2D fighting games. It offers a wider design than the standard controller along with the necessary six-button layout. This puts your standard thumb buttons alongside R1 and R2 for some solid thumb mashing action, though you still get R1, R2, L1, and L2 on the shoulders as well.
Since the Hori Fighting Commander only has a D-Pad, it also includes a toggle so you can switch it to function as the left or right analog stick as well. And, thanks to a lengthy, 10-foot cable, you'll be able to take this controller with you to tournaments.
5. Victrix Pro FS
Best PS4 Fight Stick
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Fight pads and regular controllers are good for fighting games, but nothing quite beats a tried and true arcade fight stick. You just get a lot more precision out of a stick that's meant to be maneuvered by your whole hand rather than just your thumb. Even better, a fight stick puts all the buttons at your literal fingertips, so you never have to move your thumb from one action to the next. And, our favorite for the PS4 happens to be the Victrix Pro FS. It's also is the perfect fight stick for the PS5 too.
The Victrix Pro FS is a tank. It's built on sturdy metal chassis that immediately makes it stand out from the crowd, not to mention the purple glow that emanates from each side. Aside from the metal frame, you'll find all quality Sanwa parts here, from the eight front buttons to the stick. There are plenty of options for customizations with programmable buttons and an easy access door for component tinkering. You can really make this fight stick your own, but it does come with a heftier price tag.
6. Logitech G923
Best PS4 Racing Wheel
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If you want to play a lot of racing games on your PS4, then you're going to want a racing wheel. For the PS4, the Logitech G923 is the one to get. At $400, it's not cheap, but it's not nearly as expensive as some of its competing racing wheels. For the price, you're getting a strong wheel and a complete package with pedals.
The Logitech G923 can come geared up for the PS4 specifically (just make sure you don't get the Xbox model that goes by the same name), so you'll find all the controls you need to interface with your console. And, it's compatible with the PlayStation 5 if you're planning a future upgrade. The heart of the controls is the 10.24-inch wheel, which consists of brushed metal with a leather wrap. The wheel offers a 900-degree rotation range to give you fine control over your steering. And, Logitech is using a new Trueforce technology which adds a vibration motor on top of the geared force feedback motor, so you'll get a feel for not just the road but also the engine revving under the hood.
Kevin Lee is IGN's Hardware and Roundups Editor. Follow him on Twitter @baggingspam
Mark Knapp is a regular contributor to IGN and an irregular Tweeter on Twitter @Techn0Mark
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April is here!! April is my birthday month and I have lots of family and friends that were born in April too. So Happy Birthday to my fellow April babies!
I wanted to pop in quick with this month's new Host Code and Country INKcentive. The new Storage by Stampin' Up! is available today...check out my earlier post here.
Each month I will have a new Host Code that you will use in my online store while ordering. Above is April's code. Please note: Virtual Stamp Club Members this is NOT the code that you will use. You have a private Host Code for this month's Hostess.
This month's INKcentive goodie is one of my favorite tools that is always on my desk, the Silicone Craft Sheet. This has so many great uses. Drop a dot of adhesive on the sheet and then build your embellishment, once it is dry it just pops right off the sheet to be added to your card. Have you ever added glue to your layer and realize oh poop you forgot something, just lay your card adhesive side down on your silicone craft sheet and finish what you started and then finish assembling...the glue won't stick to the sheet...you can't do that on your paper grid sheet or you would be stuck...literally. You can scribble ink on it and pick the ink up with your aqua painter or your blender pen. I always have one under my hot glue gun so when it drips on the counter...you know it is going to, it just lands on the silicone craft sheet and not on my counter. Once the glue is dry, just pop it off and toss it. What do you use yours for? Value is $6.00 before tax and shipping.
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Total Living Choices Appoints Wayne Sensor as Chief Executive Officer
Ago 5, 2013 | Medicina y Salud
Internacional (Marketwired, 05 de Agosto de 2013) Total Living Choices announces the appointment of Wayne Sensor as Chief Executive Officer beginning Aug. 5. The position was previously held by Mike Cassling, who continues to serve as president and CEO of TLC's parent company, CQuence Health Group."We are excited to have such a prominent health-care executive like Wayne Sensor join the TLC team," Cassling said. "He is one of the nation's top health-care leaders and his past experience as chief executive officer of large health systems, partnered with his visionary leadership style and health-care expertise made him the clear choice."
Sensor joins the organization on the cusp of its new solution suite, Ensocare. "This is a pivotal moment for our organization," Cassling said. "The Ensocare solution allows us to directly impact hospital readmissions and improve patient care coordination across the health-care continuum. As a former health-care executive, Wayne understands the urgency of these issues and how TLC helps health systems address business and clinical goals."
Cassling said that TLC is focused on delivering the highest level of customer service. "Behind our innovative software is a team of individuals focused on services and support. Wayne has a proven track record in this area and knows what it takes to deliver world-class service," he said.
Most recently, Sensor was a partner at Leavitt Partners serving as the lead executive advising large health systems. He will continue as a senior advisor for Leavitt maintaining his close interaction with some of the industry's most influential thought leaders.
Sensor is the former CEO of Alegent Creighton Health in Nebraska and Christus Schumpert Health System in Louisiana. He has been recognized by government, political and industry leaders for achievements in quality, transparency, consumer engagement and wellness.
He earned a master's degree in business administration from St. Ambrose College and a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Northern Iowa. He is an American College of Healthcare Executives diplomate, published author and sought-after keynote speaker.
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Video: Lincolnshire man builds his own R2-D2 robot
Chloe West
Published: 16:26 Updated: 17:38 Wednesday 23 December 2015
A man from Lincolnshire has truly kept the force with him and has built his own R2-D2 robot - completed just in time for the opening of the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens.
Shane Swan, 45, from East Kirkby has taken a leap forward for Star Wars fans everywhere and has added a new addition to the family.
A Lincolnshire man has built his very own R2D2 robot. He was recently spotted out bowling at The Mirage in Mablethorpe.
It took Shane a year-and-a-half to build R2-D2 which had no connection at the time to the new film.
But as the movie hit the big screen recently, Shane took the robot down to the Kinema in the Woods in Woodhall Spa for their opening night of Star Wars and as this video shows - R2-D2 is seen making its way to the refreshment counter.
Shane explained: "I am a big Star Wars fan and have seen all of the films (including the newest film) and have always wanted to build one.
"Being creative and building things is a hobby of mine and I got my skills from previous years of building robots - I was even featured on Robot Wars in 2001.
"But now R2-D2 is the newest member of the family and I took him down for the opening night of the film at Kinema in the Woods - my favourite, local cinema and he is still there now, enjoying many selfies with his fans.
"He has even had a game of bowling at The Mirage in Mablethorpe and will make a return visit once the film hype has died down."
Now the film excitement is in full swing, Shane is now contemplating building his BB8.
Mr Swan added: "After seeing the newest film, which I thought was brilliant, I am thinking about building my own BB8, but I have not yet fully decided whether to go ahead with this possible new project or not."
R2-D2 still remains at The Kinema in the Woods, so why not pop on down and see it.
See R2-D2 here in action. For more, pick up your copy of the Boston and Spilsby Standard, Louth Leader and Horncastle News next week. Out on Wednesday, November 30.


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Who are influencers and how to work with them
The term "influencer" means people who are popular on social networks. They earn from fame with the help of the Instagram accounts, and are often engaged in paid brand promotion. Any brand needs to cooperate with influencers when conducting a marketing campaign - this helps to get high-quality conversion statistics.
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Audience trust
This applies mainly to microinflueners, i.e. influencers with audience up to 500 thousand people. Promoting with them can be more efficient than any other methods of advertising. The audience considers niche thematic influencers experts in their field and trusts them. For example, if a chef claims that some restaurant serves delicious and affordable dishes, people are likely to trust him or her and take advantage of this advice.
Audience activity
Rather few followers aren't necessarily a bad sign. In fact, the fewer people subscribed to an account, the greater part of them interact with an influencer. This means that the audience is homogeneous, and its needs and interests are easy to understand. Moreover, one has an opportunity to establish close contact with it.
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You might need thousands of dollars to get published in an account of some big influencer, while microinfluencers can agree to simple barter: you give him or her a product and get an advertising post for it. Even if barter is impossible, it's still about much smaller amounts of money.
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Young influencers know their audience very well. It will be a good idea to give them the greatest possible creative freedom. However, remember that not all bloggers have experience with brands, so you have to find an approach to them. We recommend you to make an exact brief, which exhaustively describes the task.
Don't forget to coordinate every step towards the goal. An influencer should not feel like an employee, but rather as a full-fledged part of the creative team. Hint: people from you brand team might visit shooting and production whenever possible.
People come to Instagram for fun and positive emotions, and that's what influencers try to give them. Brands should not resist a somewhat carefree approach to solving problems. For example, if the influencer wants to present the material in a humorous form, do not stop him or her.
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One can identify five kinds of influencers: The networker is a blogger who has got many social contacts. He or she is often engaged in integrations and collaborations with brands and other bloggers. The opinion leader has gained credibility and respect in his or her segment of activity. Opinion leaders are well versed in the matter, so all their words are worth their weight in gold for the audience.
Instagram fakes, cheats and bots and how to spot it
Popularity leads to the profit. This belief is the basis of cheating not only on Instagram, but also on other social networks. If an influencer has got many followers and likes from them, the benefits are obvious: the audience increase; advertising contracts; possibility of collaborations with other inflencers. Numerous platforms hand out various promises: fast account growth; lively people; ... and very low prices.
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A hashtag is a word or phrase preceded by a hash sign - #. The are used in blogs and social networks to mark the topic or purpose of a message. Hashtags can also work as a free account promotion tool if used correctly. Have a look at the list of Instagram hashtags that are most popular this summer.


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    public String getEmail() {
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Typically, I will inject 1-3mls at a first treatment then review the patient at a month. If they said " I liked the swelling after the last treatment and was disappointed when it went away" then I would recommend them to have a further treatment, and repeat this until they don't like the swelling afterwards.
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Inspired by the promise of Philippians 4:13, Jennifer Rothschild presents the She Can necklace with interchangeable charms.
Each necklace comes with the She Can bar. Then, you select the charm or charms you want to wear with the bar. Your charm will be accompanied by a card with a Bible verse about the word on the charm.
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Auf seinem Weg durchquert der Luy de France die Départements Pyrénées-Atlantiques und Landes.

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Der Zusammenfluss liegt in der Nähe des Château de Gaujacq, einem Schloss aus dem 17. Jahrhundert, das als Monument historique registriert ist.

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"The Isle of Bute is very accessible and is an excellent island to visit. The ferry from Wemyss Bay on the mainland arrives at Rothesay, which is a charming seaside town with some lovely Victorian architecture and at it's centre is the ruined Rothesay Castle.
There are many places to visit on the Isle of Bute, but the most special for me was St Blane's Chapel, at the extreme southern end of the island. It is reached at the end of a minor road (well signposted) and as the road finishes there is a short climb up towards the site. However, it really is worth the effort.
The site is set in a spectacular location and has excellent information boards that explain the significance of the Chapel and surrounding site. Make sure you take the time to enjoy the stunning location, which on a summer's day is truly magical".
How do I get to the Isle of Bute? There are two ferries to Bute. The main Caledonian Macbrayne Car Ferry is from Wemyss Bay on the west coast of Scotland to Rothesay, which is the main town on Bute. The other Caledonian Macbrayne Car Ferry runs from Rhubadach to Colintraive on the Cowal peninsula.
How do I get around the Isle of Bute? There is a good Bus Service on Bute, which goes all around the island. Rothesay is the where most of the routes start and end. Tours around Bute and the surrounding area are available through Shearings Holidays.
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What's worth visiting on the Isle of Bute? 12th century Rothesay Castle is walkable from the ferry terminal. Also, behind the castle is Bute Museum where you can explore the Natural and Historical Heritage of Bute. Mount Stuart, three miles south of Rothesay, is a grand Victorian Gothic Mansion with 300 acres of gardens. It has a Restaurant that sells locally-sourced meals and snacks. Finally, St Blanes Chapel near the southern tip of the island is a 12th century Chapel set in beautiful surroundings. It lies in a sheltered rocky hollow some 150 feet above sea level with views of the sea and the Isle of Arran.
Click on the link for more tours of Rothesay and the Isle of Bute.
Where can I stay on the Isle of Bute? There is a large selection of Hotels, Guest Houses and B & B's on offer, as well as self catering properties available throughout the island.
Firstly, there is accommodation such as Canon House Hotel, Munro's B & B, Boat House and Glenburn Hotel in Rothesay and Chandlers Hotel and Balmory Hal in Ascog.
Other Isle of Bute Hotels are available through Hotels Combined.
If you want self-catering accommodation, you could try Kames Castle Holiday Cottages at Port Bannatyne, Milton Byre and Kingarth in Rothesay, Rhubodach House and Rhubodach Cottage in Rhubodach, Shepherd's Cottage at Kinsgarth or Treetops in Ardberg.
Click on the link for more self catering properties on the Isle of Bute.
Finally, Roseland Caravan Park in Rothesay is the main campsite on Bute and there are is a the Bute Backpackers Hostel in Rothesay.
Best walk on the Isle of Bute? The West Island Way was opened in September 2000 and was the first long distance waymarked path on a scottish island. The thirty mile walk divides naturally into four distinct stages, with the picturesque town of Port Bannatyne lying at its mid-point.
Any other information on the Isle of Bute? The magnificent toilets on the pier at Rothesay are the most impressive surviving late Victorian public conveniences in Scotland and probably the UK. They were restored in the 1990's and are incredibly ornate and definitely worth a visit!
Other islands in the Inner Hebrides: Arran, Coll, Colonsay, Cumbrae, Easdale, Gigha, Holy Isle, Iona, Islay, Jura, Kerrera, Lismore, Luing, Mull, Seil, Tiree, Ulva
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The arrival of cloud computing to enterprise IT brought much more than new business value and end-user utility. Most notably, it brought confusion. An entirely new set of terms was created to describe the many varieties of virtual data storage and transmission. First, we learned about private clouds, or cloud environments that were created to only support workloads from a specific organization.


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Some officials in the bankrupt Department of Water and Sanitation wore shoes that cost R20 000, while some South Africans did not even have water, MP Patrick Chauke said yesterday.
"Officials which live very luxurious lifestyles come here wearing R20 000 shoes, while our people on the ground don't have water," Chauke said.
He was speaking during a meeting of the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on Wednesday, where MPs were briefed by the Auditor General's (AG) office and the National Treasury about the department's mismanagement of funds over several years.
Last year the department had spent its R16bn budget, but had met only 28% of its targets. It had clocked up around R6.7bn in irregular and wasteful spending.
Stephen Kheleli, a senior manager in the Auditor-General's office, said the department had had some financial problems for the last eight years.
"This sky-rocketed around 2014/15 and went significantly higher in 2015/16 and 2016/17," Kheleli said.
Nomvula Mokonyane was Minister of Water and Sanitation from 2014 to January 2018, appointed by former president Jacob Zuma. She is now Minister of Communications.
Of the R6.7bn irregular and wasteful spending, R2.4bn had not been disclosed by the department.
Portfolio committee chair Lulu Johnson said the fact that the problems had started in 2014, "said a lot about the leadership of this department which came in at that point".
He said the committee had been told about the financial mismanagement earlier, but he believed they had been too "soft" in dealing with it.
He added that, over the last two years, officials from the Auditor-General's office and the National Treasury had come before them and spoken about the department's financial mismanagement.
"Frankly speaking, we were quite soft, thinking things will come right," Johnson said.
The officials had also told them about possible political interference, but the previous minister had contested this, he said.
"We need to understand what really went wrong. If there was political interference, we must be told," Johnson said.
Chauke said the committee had met the Special Investigating Unit twice and had established that no action had been taken on any of the departmental cases that the unit had referred to the National Prosecuting Authority.
"We know a number of officials were suspended, but never charged with serious offences, and it's business as usual.
"The National Treasury has a constitutional responsibility, they will have to take action if there is misappropriation of funds," Chauke said.
Section 216 of the Constitution allowed the Treasury to stop funds if there were breaches of financial compliance.
MPs grilled the officials from the AGs office and the National Treasury, asking what measures they had taken to deal with the mismanagement of funds over the years, when they had been aware of the problems.
ANC MP Derick Mnguni said he believed the "buck stopped with Treasury".
"Treasury must explain whether their hands are cut off or why this ship is just left to sink… Are you really in control of the fiscus of the country? We might be talking to the wrong people…. You are not helping us," Mnguni said.
Johnson said a problem the committee now faced was that they had to pass this year's R15.6bn for water and sanitation, yet some of the very same people who were responsible for the financial mismanagement were still in office and would therefore handle the new budget.
Johnson said new minister Gugile Nkwinti had admitted the department he had inherited was "a mess".
"Clearly we have officials which brought us to where we are. Whether we will continue with the same officials, is the fundamental issue we are dealing with. We want to protect that money, protect the public purse. It can't be business as usual for officials," Johnson said.
He said he had learned that there was no restraint on trade policy with government officials. An official who left a government department could be back the next week as a consultant.
"There is no cooling off period. That person, he smiles going to the bank. It is a wrong practice. It must stop," Johnson said.
The committee will call Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene, his director general, the department and the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority to come before it next week.


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The Faculty of Social Sciences Graduate School offers MPhil and PhD study opportunities across all its Schools. Both awards are assessed through presentation of a thesis and an accompanying oral examination (or viva) and can be studied either full-time (FT) or part-time (PT). An MPhil requires two years of FT study or four years PT, whilst a PhD requires three years of FT study and six years PT. The Law School additionally offers an LLM by Research (one year FT, two years PT) and the School of Education a Degree of Doctor of Education (five years PT). Further information for both courses can be accessed by clicking their respective links.
In order to be considered for an MPhil or PhD, you would typically be expected to possess a good Master's degree in a relevant subject, although relevant professional qualifications and/or experience may also be considered as an alternative. International students must also have English Language IELTS 7.0 (minimum 6.5 per component) or an equivalent qualification.
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Blend it Like Beckham! Men's skin care and makeup on the rise.
He's an international heartthrob, one of the countries most adored treasures and by all accounts a pretty stand up guy and now it seems, whilst the father of four has called time on his playing career, there's plenty more to come as millions of men follow in his grooming and cosmetic footsteps. With as much as one in ten men across the UK expected to regularly dabble in a little bit of makeup this year, in search of a huge slice of the Beckham magic, his status as a global style icon looks set to head swiftly into the grooming terrain.
Whilst the red carpet may be a little out of reach for most of us guys, that hasn't stopped us deploying the likes of concealer, bronzer and even guyliner, as we grasp with both hands, not just the inspiration of Goldenballs himself, but the evolution of the modern man. With Britain's leading brand MMUK MAN, offering such products, along with male makeup such as brow gel, anti-shine and foundation, now more than ever grooming conscious gents are being given the tools to achieve complete success.
With men in their thirties fueling the exploding demand for men's cosmetic products, owing hugely to the cited grooming inspiration of Beckham himself, it look set to be another record breaking year for the industry.
You wouldn't be too hard pressed to find a man in your life who regularly sports Beckham's self entitled aftershave cologne, with the phenomenal commercial power of the main man himself clear for everyone to see. In fact, in some cases during research carried out by Debenhams, men admitted to leaning towards a particular product if it was directly endorsed by David.
Other statistics reveal that in excess of £90 per month is spent on average by men, in order to delve into the higher echelons of skin care, grooming and cosmetics, in search of the perfect look. Male cosmetics, such as those previously mentioned, turn a before waiting game into a mating game, as attracting women tops the charts in terms of motives for dabbling in a little man-slap.
When mastered correctly, natural makeup for men wear boasts an improvement in skin texture, colour and tone. As the barriers of male makeup breakdown further, MMUK MAN look set for yet another whirlwind year. After all, blemishes don't care for specific chromosomes, so why should we us guys?
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