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Khelo India School Games: Kumar Wins 1st Gold, Tamil Nadu on Top on Day 1
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Anu Kumar of Uttarakhand grabbed the first gold medal of the Khelo India School Games as Tamil Nadu bagged two of the six yellow metals on offer on the opening day of the athletics competition on Wednesday.
New Delhi: Anu Kumar of Uttarakhand grabbed the first gold medal of the Khelo India School Games as Tamil Nadu bagged two of the six yellow metals on offer on the opening day of the athletics competition on Wednesday.
While Tamil Nadu athletes took two gold medals, the rest were shared between Uttarakhand, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here.
Anu Kumar, who trains at the Sports College Raipur and is a past 800m silver medallist for India at the World School Games in France, won the 1,500m final comfortably in 4:04.77 seconds.
An established middle distance star, Uttarakhand's Kumar has in the past run below four minutes. He is aiming for 800m-1500m double.
Kumar dominated the race, pushing B Mathesh of Tamil Nadu and Sandeep Kumar of Uttar Pradesh to silver and bronze medals.
The girls' 1500m saw Kathiriya Shraddha of Gujarat cross the finishing line first, but following a protest from one team, she was disqualified as the judges deemed her compatriot in the final lap illegally paced her.
The judges awarded the gold to Kerala's promising C Chanthini, who clocked 4:50.81. In the field events, there were some good performances in the boys' shot put and triple jump events.
Abhishek Singh of Uttar Pradesh won the shot put with an excellent throw of 18.73m while Praveen of Tamil Nadu won the triple jump in his sixth attempt with 15.22m.
Abhishek had four successful throws beyond 18 metres with the best of 18.73 in his second last attempt which gave him the gold. He had two other good throws of 18.54m on the last attempt and 18.38m in his second try.
Kartikay Deswal (Madhya Pradesh) bagged the silver with his sole 18 metre-plus mark of 18.29m. In the boys' triple jump, C Praveen won with 15.22 m in his sixth jump, while Sachin Gujjar (UP) with 14.46m was second and Akash M Varghese (Kerala) third with 14.27m. Haryana girls excelled in the shot put with two medals out of three.
Pooja won the gold with a best of 13.88m while the bronze went to Rekha with a best effort of 13.20m. Ajenci Susan of Tamil Nadu claimed the silver with 13.39m.
In the girls' triple jump, J Coleshiya was the winner with a best leap of 12.29m, while Sandra Babu (Kerala) was right behind her in second place at 12.27m and PM Tabitha (TN) was third with a best of 11.95m.
Day 2 of the athletics competition will see nine more medals being decided on Thursday.
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Namco Bandai Launches Studio in Vancouver
Raynika Awotwi
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Namco Bandai has opened a studio in Vancouver, B.C. that will serve as a base for creating mobile and online games.
According to the Vancouver Sun, the Tekken and Pac-Man publisher launched the studio Tuesday afternoon, with hopes of employing around 30 people. In June, Namco Bandai announced the launch of its Vancouver studio, which will now be known as Namco Bandai Studios Vancouver Inc. The studio will be located at the Centre for Digital Media at the Great Northern Way Campus.
Namco Bandai Studios president Hajime Nakatani told the Vancouver Sun through an interpreter the city of Vancouver was chosen for its "cluster" of digital artists and engineers. The cities of Toronto and Montreal were runner-ups.
"The market is quite big in North America—there is room to grow for us," Nakatani said. Nakatani also added the company is focused on the production of mobile and online games, in which he says account for a fifth of the company's titles.
Centre for Digital Media director Richard Smith says opening a studio in Canada is a smart choice because development talent won't jump ship to cities such as San Francisco or Los Angeles.
"And, more importantly for [Namco] Bandai, it can be a team of North Americans that can help them design games that North Americans want to play," Smith said.
Raynika Awotwi is a writer for CGMagazine. She parlayed into CGM directly from an internship with Magazines Canada. Raynika loves to engage videogames in a deeper context, which is one of the essential reasons she connected magazines so much.
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Reimbursable expenses (expenses for which you expect to be paid back by someone else) are a double-edged sword.
In theory, expenses that are reimbursable should cost you nothing–a check deposited into the bank equal to whatever burden you took on in the first place. In practice, these expenses can get tricky, cumbersome and downright frustrating to deal with.
You are responsible for the time (and expense) of putting together paperwork, following up, and ultimately depositing your reimbursement check.
When seeking reimbursements from friends or family, constantly bugging them about payment can strain your relationship.
You need a system to stop reimbursable expenses from falling through the cracks. Most people have a short memory and will magically forget they owe you money.
You have to front the money from your own spending account or line of credit until you're paid back.
Getting paid can sometimes take weeks, months, or even longer. You don't have access to the money you spent until you're paid back.
It's possible that disputes about whether your expenses are valid will come up. The burden of proof will often fall to you. No receipt or justification for an expense often means you're left picking up the tab.
Similarly, disputes about the reimbursement amount could come up. For example, you thought your company allowed $60 per day for meals, but their policy is only to reimburse $30.
I've dealt with most of the above issues to some degree with my work, my friends, and as a coach. It helps to have a strategy and system in place for dealing with reimbursements so that you're not stuck paying for things you shouldn't be.
Unless they are exceptionally honest, most people won't chase you down to give you back your money. The responsibility for tracking, properly documenting, and following up on money owed to you is yours alone.
If you use software to track your expenses, the when/where/how much is evident. The reason for spending could be placed in the "Notes" or "Memo" field, and most software also has a tagging feature (useful for tracking who owes what).
Tracking can seem tricky at first glance, but there are a handful of ways to go about it, including tags, flags, clearing paid expenses, etc. One of my favorite strategies is to simply have two spending sub-categories: Unpaid Reimbursable Expenses, and Paid Reimbursable Expenses. One report can give me a rundown of each category, and marking things paid is as easy as moving things from one category to the other.
If you use spreadsheets or paper, tracking is as easy as setting up a column for each variable. As new expenses and reimbursements come in, it should be easy to add and match transactions and keep a running tab on outstanding payments.
As important as it is to track every reimbursable expense, getting paid back is usually pointless unless you have the means of proving you spent the money. In most cases, it's enough to provide a receipt that documents the transaction and can be tracked back to your own checking account or credit card.
Programs like Quicken will allow you to attach a receipt directly to a transaction for easy safekeeping. Call me old-fashioned, but I still keep these in a separate folder on my computer as PDFs.
Regardless of the volume of transactions and receipts, it's useful to keep a certain place for pending receipts somewhere on your desk or computer. Once they're put into your system and scanned into PDF, you can file them in a permanent location on your hard drive. If you're old school or your regulations require paper copies of records, you'll need a place in your file cabinet as well.
Reimbursing mileage is trickier, and usually requires a start and stop mileage record which most people forget to write down. If you have a smart phone, taking a quick photo of your dashboard at the start and end of your trip provides a useful record. Be sure to ask for reimbursement of "official" driving only–if you do any personal driving at your destination, make a note of start/stop miles for the business-related portions only.
Scan the receipt and send it to them in an email and/or text message ASAP. You can use language like "Here's the receipt for the blank you had me buy for you–for your records." This sends a subtle message that you expect to get paid back and also provides a record of the purchase.
Follow up in a few weeks if you don't get paid back. You can suggest that you want to "get this purchase off your books," which is true since too many of these expenses will clog up your system.
If too many follow-ups are fruitless, you could request the other person's tax ID number so that you can report the transaction as a "gift" on your tax return. This is sure to get people freaked out and think twice about repaying you. Whether or not you could actually do that on your return is another matter.
At times, the hardest part of reimbursables is not getting paid, but the lag between the expense and getting the money back. For many families who already live paycheck-to-paycheck, coming up with more funds that benefit their charity, team, or business can be very tough.
Whenever possible, I recommend using a credit card for all (or at least the big) reimbursable expenses. This allows you to "float" the expense for a month or longer without any interest expense, and that's typically plenty of time to get your money back.
If getting paid on time or consistently is a problem and even a credit card doesn't seem to help, you'll need to get creative. Approach your superiors and ask for allowances to be paid up front before travel takes place. You can also use your boss' credit card to make big purchases directly rather than acting as the middle man.
If nothing works, set clear expectations up front and refuse to spend the money if the terms of repayment are not clear. If your employer or organization is unwilling to share those terms, take a good, hard look at what you're involved with.
Do you have experience with reimbursable expenses? What are some of your best tips for dealing with these sometimes-challenging parts of the business world?


There are dozens of FREE and pay activities in Fairbanks.
Many are located within walking distance of the Hostel.
Others will pick you up at our door.
Listed here are just a few of the more popular activities.
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PO Box 16037, Two Rivers Ak 99716(907) 488-5845. Located on 160 acres of an original homestead within the Chena River State Recreation Area about 40 miles from Fairbanks. Offer a full range of summer and winter activities including Ice Fishing, Dog Sled Rides, Snowmachine Rides, and rustic Cabin rentals.
Located approximately 50 air miles northwest of Fairbanks. A trip to Tolovana Hot Springs is a wilderness trip. Accessible only by trail or bush plane, there is no emergency communication or on-site personnel. The accommodations are rustic and simple. The landscape beautiful.
30 miles north of Fairbanks, offers a wide variety of outstanding opportunities for year-round recreation. Summer hiking, camping and float trips, & winter system of trails and public recreation cabins for snowmobiling, dog mushing and cross-country skiing.
Originally a dairy (from 1928-1966), now a migratory waterfowl refuge with excellent bird watching and hiking trails. Guided Nature Walks in summer!
Just blocks from the hostel. Local produce, products, crafts, food. Summer only.
Started as a Jazz Festival, this very popular cultural event offers much more! From Dance to Theatre to Ice Skating to Music. A MUST SEE if you are here during this time!
The games that are played by these people display the preparedness one needed for survival. They require skill as well as strength, agility, and endurance. In this manner, the people could at least teach the children that they had to be tough to make it on their own, not just in one area, but in all. The games left no part of the body untested.
Est 1917 the main campus in the state.
UAF has a MUST SEE Museum, Botanical Gardens, Musk Ox Farm, Geophysical Bldg, trails, seasonal events and much more.
Est in 1979, you can tour, view and learn about Musk Ox and domestic Reindeer.
The only research and teaching museum in Alaska. From the ancient to the modern, this exhibit is a definite 'must see'.
Open Year Round. Alaska's only Historic Theme Park. FREE FREE FREE. Huge park with shops, food, riverboat (2nd largest wooden vessel in existence), museum of old time fairbanks, original Fairbanks cabins relocated here. This is a MUST!
Founded in 1924, the Tanana Valley State Fair is the oldest fair in the state.
State Fair is usually the first 2 weeks in August. Check for current information.
2009 World Ice Art Championship. If your here in winter, make sure you check this out!
One and multi day adventures to the Arctic Circle, Prudhoe Bay, Hot Springs, or river adventures and camping on the Chatanika.
Historic Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Camp - A wonderfully scenic 28 miles from the hostel on the Steese Hwy. Non-touristy and little visited area outside Fairbanks with lots of history. Try to visit this recently re-opened historic gold camp, including hotel, restaurant and saloon. Lots of trails, historic artifacts and history from the early pioneer days. Excellent old time restaurant and bar. The drive alone makes this a great trip. See the Chatanika Dredge nearby.
Discovered in 1905 and popular year round. Beautiful grounds, soothing waters.. indoor / outdoor pool. Ice Hotel ! popular year round.
(viewing area is 8 miles from hostel on the Steese Hwy).
Excellent walk-up (you can touch the pipeline) viewpoint and information center.
Open Year Round for all things Christmas. City bus from the hostel will get you there!
30 miles north of Fairbanks the world's only scientific rocket launching facility owned by a university. Home to many scientific instruments designed to study the arctic atmosphere / ionosphere.
Share a personal home visit with Mary Shields, celebrated Alaskan musher and author, and her sled dogs. Reservations required.
See what's going on in Fairbanks!


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Q: ¿Cómo puedo escribir en un bloc de notas? He conseguido que se escriba en el bloc pero cuando ejecuto otra vez se sobre escribe todo en el bloc de notas, necesitaría que se pusiera abajo del anterior. Gracias de antemano.
Este es mi código:
string path = @".\agenda.txt";
if (!File.Exists(path))
{
    // Create a file to write to.
    using (StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(path))
    {
        sw.WriteLine("-----");
        sw.WriteLine(nom);
        sw.WriteLine(cognom);
        sw.WriteLine(dni);
        sw.WriteLine(telefon);
        sw.WriteLine(correu);
        sw.WriteLine("-----");
    }
}

A: Podrías hacerlo más simple escribiendo todas las filas de una sola vez usando el
File.AppendAllLines()
entonces sería:
string path = @".\agenda.txt";

List<string> lineas = new List<string>();

lineas.Add("-----");
lineas.Add(nom);
lineas.Add(cognom);
lineas.Add(dni);
lineas.Add(telefon);
lineas.Add(correu);
lineas.Add("-----");

File.AppendAllLines(path, lineas);

No necesitas validar si el archivo existe porque el AppendAllLines() lo creará directamente y, si existe, agregará el nuevo contenido al existente.

A: Deberias agregar un else después del if (es decir que el archivo existe) y leer el contenido de tu txt, después agregar el string que quieras y cerrarlo.
else {
    StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(rutaArchivo, false);
    sw.Write("Agrego esta linea");
    sw.Close();
}

*

*Se abre el archivo creando un StreamWriter pasándole la ruta,
como segundo parámetro le indicamos si queremos añadir texto al
archivo cuando escribamos, o sobrescribirlo (true para sobreescribir, false para no).

*Escribimos el contenido en el archivo con Write.

*Cerramos el archivo con Close() para que no quede bloqueado.

Espero que te sirva, saludos.

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Grand Chain (en inglés: Grand Chain Precinct) es un distrito electoral ubicado en el condado de Pulaski en el estado estadounidense de Illinois. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 584 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 7,9 personas por km².

Geografía
Grand Chain se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Grand Chain tiene una superficie total de 73.88 km², de la cual 70.27 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (4.89%) 3.61 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 584 personas residiendo en Grand Chain. La densidad de población era de 7,9 hab./km². De los 584 habitantes, Grand Chain estaba compuesto por el 85.1% blancos, el 10.62% eran afroamericanos, el 0% eran amerindios, el 0.17% eran asiáticos, el 0% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 1.37% eran de otras razas y el 2.74% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 3.42% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Distritos electorales de Illinois
Localidades del condado de Pulaski (Illinois)

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Children in the Prison System
What happens to children when their mothers are incarcerated, and there is no father in the home? In prisons throughout the United States, 80% of all female inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses, and 80% are mothers of vulnerable children. There is no ignoring the facts. Crime, single parent families, and the jobless rate have skyrocketed over the last few decades, and with these drastic changes comes the rising statistic of women entering the prison system. Unfortunately when a woman becomes incarcerated and there is no other parent in the home, a choice must be made on where to place the children that are left behind.
Prisons That Allow Children To Stay
There are many factors to consider when allowing a child to see their parent in a controlled environment. It is better for the inmate who has maintained contact with supportive individuals such as family and friends, and who has a safety net for when she returns to the community. Children, family and friends provide a feeling of belonging. Many prisons allow for children to stay with their mother until a certain age, usually 3 or 5 years of age, depending on the facility. This is a controversial subject that has both its good and bad points. Experts say that a child's personality is formed by age 4, so a life in the prison system could eventually lead them to believe that this is a way of life. With proper care it could possibly not affect the child at all.
Damaging Affects or Not
When mothers are sent to prison, it is the children that really suffer the severe punishments of having an absentee parent, and chances are that the mothers would not have won any parenting awards to begin with, but many times there is no other place for the child other than foster care. These children face an uphill battle no matter what the outcome may be, but where they end up staying during a parent's incarceration is key to their future. A child that is nurtured is almost certain to flourish, and being kept away from his or her mother could prove to be damaging. However, there are experts that believe that it is in the best interest of the children to stay with their mothers until they are ready to enter the school system. The biggest concerns involved with the decisions of allowing children to remain in the prison system with their mothers was re-establishing a relationship, regaining custody, health problems, the child's emotional state and the child becoming distant due to a lack of guidance from the mother not physically being there for the child. It is commonly believed that the move is better for the development of the child and will help motivate female inmates to behave inside prison and to become an incentive for good behavior long after they are released.
Babies in the Prison System
A psychological study of babies in prisons with their mothers found a gradual decline in their development of movement and cognitive skills. It was assumed that this was because the prison environment restricts exercise and exploration. Once babies start to sit up, crawl and walk, there are few opportunities for prison babies to explore. Instead, they spend more time confined to baby walkers, bouncers and pushchairs. The study found a significant increase in the babies' general development after the mothers' release.
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Assistant Site Manager @ Deliveroo
restaurant food delivery
London (Blackwall) Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2019
When you first think about Deliveroo, you probably think of getting great food to your house in less than half an hour. Awesome right? But behind the scenes is the real story. This story is one of high growth, huge challenges & an enormous opportunity ahead of us. It began with our founder Will, arriving in London over 5 years ago & finding it almost impossible to order great food, despite the wealth of incredible restaurants in the city. Fast forward 5 years & we operate in 13 countries with over 50,000 riders who deliver orders from 50,000 restaurants in over 200 cities worldwide.
We want to be the definitive food company - the app you go to any time you have a hunger pang. We are transforming the way people think about food. We are providing people with limitless access to different cuisines & restaurants, turning cooking from a chore to a choice, & giving people the freedom to eat what they want, when they want, where they want it.
We work with riders, restaurants & consumers. We operate one of the most complex three sided marketplaces in the world & we do this in real time. Millions of customers & thousands of restaurants & riders rely on us to match them within milliseconds. The algorithms behind that marketplace are the secret sauce that allow us to deliver our orders in under 30 minutes.
The scale of the opportunity ahead of us is immense. The global food market is valued at 7.7 trillion but only 1% of it is currently online. Contrast that with the digital disruption of countless other industries - from banking & travel to retail & communications - its clear that our journey in the food sector has only just begun.
We are already a multi-billion dollar company that is more than doubling in size every year. Deliveroo came top in the FTs list of Europes fastest growing 1000 companies in 2018, & we were the first company ever to win Deloittes UK Top 50 two years in a row. Yet most of the extraordinary value this company will generate lies ahead of us.
As the Assistant Site Manager, you will be working with the site manager & taking responsibility for the whole site, from maintaining the kitchens, to ensuring the smooth running of all the delivery only kitchens. Working with a wider team you will be tasked with improving kitchen efficiencies overall, from prep time, service time & have a huge influence on maximizing the profitability of the restaurant brands through using your expert knowledge to suggest labor control & stock control, amongst other innovative suggestions. You will be working alongside the site manager, & managing a team of kitchen assistants, whilst working closely with up to 10 head chefs & their kitchen staff.
You will be tasked with:
Ensuring the site is fully functional at all times, from maintenance issues, meeting health & safety standards & managing stock deliveries.
Support the head chefs to ensure maximal operational efficiency, through labor costs, stock control & service/prep time.
Liaise with our restaurant account management & rider operations teams to improve overall performance of the site, for both customer & restaurant brands.
Lead on training, development & progression in all areas on site for the benefit of the restaurant brands
Managing the logistics of the whole site, from prep, receiving orders, stock deliveries, ordering & staffing costs, P&L.
Managing conflict, operational & logistical challenges & dealing with multiple situations regarding service standards at any one time.
Ensuring food hygiene is upheld across every kitchen.
It is essential that you have a minimum of 2 years experience in a fast paced hospitality environment, whether this be contract catering, operations, events or restaurants. Along with this, a good understanding of P&L is ideal, experience in managing P&L for your business in excess of 500k annually.
As a weekend & late night company in the industry, it is essential for you to work shift work, including week nights & weekends. Typically 2 out of 3 weekend nights you will be required on shift.
It is essential that you will be able to demonstrate the following:
Be a logical thinker & be able to think outside of the box
Solutions focused & a great problem solver who can think on their feet.
Can do attitude
Manage upwards to the restaurant brands & influence their ways of working
You have the ability to influence & drive a team around you
Be able to prioritize your work in a logical manor whilst ensuring all tasks are completed in a timely manner.
A strong communicator, & team player
A keen eye for detail, where nothing gets missed
A proactive, independent worker who can think on their own two feet.
A passion for food, fast paced environments & delivering exceptional results.
A passion to build a successful business around you, whilst helping huge brands & independents develop their brands to ensure maximum profits for return in what is a small investment.
The desire to grow & succeed with the UKs fastest growing tech companies to date
We are a growing team, with very large impact, seeking to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, were always looking for new ideas & were very transparent about the decisions we make & why we make them.
There are so many questions we need to answer & plenty more we havent even encountered. How do data & technology help restaurants to grow as consumer habits change? How can we predict what someone wants to order for dinner long before the idea has even crossed their mind? At Deliveroo these are just some of the tough problems we are solving - & there is no challenge that cannot be yours. No solution is owned by a particular team, which means the scope for growth & personal impact is enormous.
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Q: Not quite understanding Endianness I understand that 0x12345678 in big endian is 0x12 0x34 0x56 0x78 and 0x78 0x56 0x34 0x12 in little endian.
But what is this needed for? I don't fully understand how it works: it seems deceptively simple.
Is it really as simple as byte order; no other difference?

A: Your understanding of endianness appears to be correct.
I would like to additionally point out the implicit, conventional nature of endianness and its role in interpreting a byte sequence as some intended value.

0x12345678 in big endian is 0x12 0x34 0x56 0x78 and 0x78 0x56 0x34 0x12 in little endian.

Interestingly, you did not explicitly state what these 0x… entities above are supposed to mean. Most programmers who are familiar with a C-style language are likely to interpret 0x12345678 as a numeric value presented in hexadecimal form, and both 0x12 0x34 0x56 0x78 and 0x78 0x56 0x34 0x12 as byte sequences (where each byte is presented in hexadecimal form, and the left-most byte is located at the lowest memory address). And that is probably exactly what you meant.
Perhaps without even thinking, you have relied on a well-known convention (i.e. the assumption that your target audience will apply the same common knowledge as you would) to convey the meaning of these 0x… entities.
Endianness is very similar to this: a rule that defines for a given computer architecture, data transmission protocol, file format, etc. how to convert between a value and its representation as a byte sequence. Endianness is usually implied: Just as you did not have to explicitly tell us what you meant by 0x12345678, usually it is not necessary to accompany each byte sequence such as 0x12 0x34 0x56 0x78 with explicit instructions how to convert it back to a multi-byte value, because that knowledge (the endianness) is built into, or defined in, a specific computer architecture, file format, data transmission protocol, etc.
As to when endianness is necessary: Basically for all data types whose values don't fit in a single byte. That's because computer memory is conceptually a linear array of slots, each of which has a capacity of 8 bits (an octet, or byte). Values of data types whose representation requires more than 8 bits must therefore be spread out over several slots; and that's where the importance of the byte order comes in.
P.S.: Studying the Unicode character encodings UTF-16 and UTF-8 helped me build a deeper understanding of endianness.

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*While both encodings are for the exact same kind of data, endianness only plays a role in UTF-16, but not in UTF-8. How can that be?

*UTF-16 requires a byte order mark (BOM), while UTF-8 doesn't. Why?
Once you understand the reasons, chances are you'll have a very good understanding of endianness issues.

A: It appears that your understanding of endianness is just fine.
Since there is more than one possible byte ordering for representing multi-byte data types' values in a linear address space, different CPU / computer manufacturers apparently chose different byte orderings in the past. Thus we have Big and Little Endian today (and perhaps other byte orderings that haven't got their own name).
Wikipedia has a good article on the matter, btw.


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Adidas Removes Putative Class Action Suit Arising Out of the Data Breach Announced Earlier this Year
By William Daley on September 13, 2018
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On June 28, 2018, Adidas released a statement announcing that it recently "became aware that an unauthorized party claims to have acquired limited data associated with certain Adidas consumers." Adidas believed the breach was limited to contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords, and not any stored credit card or fitness information, relating to millions of its customers.
Subsequently, on July 3, 2018, a plaintiff, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint in the San Diego County Superior Court. The complaint set forth five separate counts: 1) negligence; 2) breach of contract; 3) breach of implied contract; 4) violation of the California Customer Records Act; and 5) unlawful and unfair business practices under the California Business and Professions Code.
The named plaintiff—Christian Duke—alleges that his claims are typical of the class because "[his] information, like that of other members of the class, was misused and/or disclosed by [Adidas] and requires responsive efforts." As further justification for the class, he also notes that, individually, the putative-class's damages may be insufficient to warrant the costs of litigation.
With regard to the breach, Duke alleged that Adidas failed to implement appropriate security processes, including that it:
[F]ail[ed] to ensure that the companies with which it shared members' Personal Information implemented and maintained adequate security measures to safeguard such information, including encryption, implementation of multi-factor authentication, and usage of behavior monitoring technology to detect unusual activity and transfers of data.
Plaintiff further claims that Adidas failed to timely notify those members whose information had been compromised—despite the representations in Adidas's statement that it was notifying customers within roughly forty-eight hours of being made aware of the breach. The complaint also asks the court to require Adidas to "notify customers of any future data breaches by email within 24 hours of a breach or possible breach." (Emphasis supplied.) Plaintiff further seeks compensatory damages, statutory damages, and equitable relief, along with fees and costs.
Last Friday, September 7, 2018, Adidas removed the action to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, where it is now pending before District Judge Larry Alan Burns. It will be interesting to see what challenges Adidas is able to raise, based on the Ninth Circuit's fairly liberal view of standing in data breach cases. See, e.g., Ree v. Zappos.com, Inc. (In re Zappos.com, Inc.), 888 F.3d 1020, 1027 (9th Cir. 2018) (finding standing where "the information taken in the data breach […] gave hackers the means to commit fraud or identity theft"). It will also be fascinating to see if the court has the opportunity to consider Plaintiff's claim for more stringent breach notification requirements—a rather unique remedy. We'll keep an eye on this case as it potentially makes its way through the Southern District of California.
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Maxi Priest is itching to return to Bermuda
Reggae superstar tells of his longstanding love for our island
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Big name: Reggae star Maxi Priest is to perform at The Botanical Gardens on September 21 as part of the John Lennon Tribute Concert. *Photo supplied
Local connections: Maxi Priest and local promoter and musician Tony Brannon pictured in 1989 during a tour. *Photo supplied
FRIDAY, SEPT. 7: Maxi Priest and Bermuda go way back — he has visited the island many times either to perform or on private trips: he considers some of our locals as close as family and even has a half Bermudian son. With a new album ready to drop and a new cover of The Beatles All My Loving, which he will perform at the upcoming John Lennon Tribute Concert, he spoke to the Bermuda Sun's Sarah Lagan about why he can't wait to get back.
Reggae superstar Maxi Priest has deep connections with Bermuda and he says he is itching to get back to the island that gave him a son some 14 years ago.
He has visited the island regularly since the 1980s and counts some of the islanders, including the late promoter and Clayhouse owner Choy Aming, as being close as family.
Maxi, known for a multitude of hit songs including That Girl with Shaggy and Close To You which hit number one in the US Billboard charts, will be on the island later this month performing The Beatles' song All My Loving which he co-produced with Livingston Brown.
He was last on the island playing at the wedding of his personal friend, Bermuda cricketer Janeiro Tucker, and in 1989 local promoter Tony Brannon was on tour with the reggae star stepping in as guitarist.
Maxi will join numerous local and international artists with links to the island for the John Lennon Tribute Concert being hosted by Tony Brannon and Michael Freisenbruch's Ride The Wave Music.
Speaking exclusively to the Bermuda Sun Maxi said: "I spent a lot of time there back in the day when I used to play there — it is fabulous, I love Bermuda. We had some fabulous shows and I can't wait to be back there.
"My son's mother is from Bermuda as well — I met her there many years ago. He is 14 now. I like to keep my things private.
"We did shows at least once a year through Choy Aming — he was like family to us. Even during the times I came there and I wasn't playing I would be around Choy.
"We would stay in contact and he would always inquire what I was doing and how we were getting on.
"I did a performance at Janeiro Tucker's wedding because he's friends of the family.
"I love the island, the people, the appreciation they have for the music. The island itself is a beautiful place — it's not everywhere you go that you see people having a car garage and a boat garage!"
Maxi's performance in Bermuda comes at a time when his name is already in the headlines — he is about to drop his latest album Nothing But Trouble. It is the latest of eleven albums and compilations including his last album Maximum Collection. The album is a collection of his best songs past and present and stands as a testament to the fact that he has earned his place among the reggae greats including Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and Toots and the Maytals.
As one of the most widely toured reggae artists in the world he has spread the music far and wide and at the age of 51 he is showing no sign of slowing up. After his Bermuda trip he heads straight to the UK for a few concert dates followed by a tour of the US.
Maxi was approached by Brannon to play the Bermuda concert in memory of John Lennon who visited the island in 1980 and was inspired to write his last ever album Double Fantasy.
Maxi chose to sing the early Beatles song All My Loving and wrote a reggae-inspired version which is available on the John Lennon Tribute CD by Ride The Wave and can be seen along with the video online.
"When they first came to me they kept insisting that I choose a John Lennon song but I was saying that I liked the whole vibe between him and Paul.
"I was flicking through some of the songs and I was really persistent that I wanted to do something that him and Paul did because I felt more close to that situation with the two of them — their collaborations were his best works to me.
"However the friendship was between him and Paul I thought that was the chemistry of The Beatles. Man, when you hear that song it's like — once you have sung it you don't let it go. It's time for that song to wake up again.
"This version is more modern day and has swagger — it's a cross between reggae, pop and R&B with a little rock as well.
"I was just adamant that I wanted to do this one and they thought, 'why not'.
"I understand that it was one of the first songs that they brought to the States out of England and then I heard it was one of the songs that they were playing when they were pushing John through the hospital after he was shot.
"After that Paul played it at the Queen's jubilee and that just went down a treat. It just goes to show the significance of the song."
Born Max Alfred Elliott, Maxi was the second to last of nine brothers and sisters and was raised in Lewisham, South London. He later joined the Twelve Tribes of Israel and, embracing Rastafarianism, he changed his name to Maxi Priest. He was also was active in some of London's historic anti-racism demonstrations.
Among his musical influences are Jamaican legends such as Dennis Brown, John Holt, and Gregory Isaacs as well as Marvin Gaye, Al Green, The Beatles, Phil Collins and even Frank Sinatra.
After his first number one hit Should I (Black Echoes charts) in 1985 he signed to Virgin Records. In the same year he released his debut album You're Safe and was invited to perform at the name making Reggae Sunsplash concert in Jamaica.
Chart success
Strollin' On, taken from Intentions — his collaboration album with Aswad, brought his first chart success in 1986 and by then he was headlining venues such as the Brixton Academy and Hammersmith Odeon.
He left for Jamaica in 1987 and in 1990 he released Bonafide to much acclaim. It included the song Close To You which hit number seven in the UK, and topped the US Billboard — he is the only British reggae singer to have a US number one hit to this day.
By then his fame was truly global and he released Best Of Me — a compilation of his best songs including Housecall featuring Shabba Ranks.
His 1992 album Fe Real was groundbreaking in that it fused the traditional reggae sound with hip-hop and R&B. Again, he ventured into new territory when he made his film debut in Scam starring Christopher Walken and Lorraine Bracco.
Then in 1996 he was in the charts with Shaggy with That Girl from his album Back Together Again. The track featured his son Ryan from the group Ultimate Kaos.
In 2008 he toured with UB40 which resulted in the unforgettable song Dance Until The Morning Light.
His next album Nothing But Trouble is due for release either the last quarter of this year or the first quarter of next year.
• The tribute concert will take place at the show ring at The Botanical Gardens on September 21 along with international artists including Roy Young, Paul Muggleton and Judie Tzuke, and local artists including Heather Nova, Biggie Irie, Joy Barnum and Michael Cacy. Tickets starting at $50 are available via www.ptix.bm or by calling 278-1500. Gates open 6:30pm for 8pm start. Proceeds will go towards the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, The Coalition for the Protection of Children, Chewstick and Ride The Wave. See http://ridethewavebermuda.com for more details.
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Mission Hopes To Find the 'Goldilocks Zone' in Our Closest Galactic Neighbor
Carli Velocci
Filed to:Alpha Centauri
Image: John Colosimo/ESO via Wikimedia Commons
Exoplanets are all the rage nowadays thanks in part to Kepler's discovery of around 1,284 previously undiscovered planets and our never-ending fascination with the "final frontier" that just seems to be moving closer to a reality. But out of the thousands of planets that we know of, how many are set to support life?
In the short documentary "The Search for Earth Proxima," created by Speculative Films, scientists discuss current missions to discover habitable planets, and the probability is a lot higher than you'd expect. According to the video, one out of every two stars has a potentially habitable planet, or a proper space for one, which they call the "Goldilocks zone." If you want to narrow down those odds and focus on a specific galaxy, then the possibilities get even greater.
Looking at our closest system neighbor, Alpha Centauri, the odds of finding a habitable planet rise to around 85 percent. Seems like a good place to start.
The second half of the video takes a look at the current mission to find life in surrounding the Alpha Centauri stars: Mission Centaur. Researchers involved with the Silicon Valley-based nonprofit highlight a specialized telescope. Most telescopes have a way of getting around the brightness of stars blocking the view of orbiting bodies, but most don't account for a binary star system like Alpha Centauri. This telescope will potentially block the light from both stars, allowing workers on the project to get the best view of the system.
To learn more about the project, watch the video below.
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Weekend editor and night person at Gizmodo. More space core than human.


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Aumentado is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Erico Aumentado (1940–2012), Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician
Erico Aristotle Aumentado (born 1977), Filipino businessman and politician, son of Erico


Information About Russian Region Chukotsky Autonomous Okrug.
Chukotsky Autonomous Okrug borders upon Koryak AO, Magadanskaya Oblast and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
The climate is extremely severe. Winters last 8-9 months. The average temperature of January on the shore of the Bering Sea varies from -15 to -21 degrees, in the inner parts - from -27 to -39 degrees centigrade. The lowest temperatures are from -38 and -55 degrees centigrade. Summers are short, cool and rainy. The average temperature of July in the northern districts is 5 - 8 degrees above zero, on the shore of the Bering Sea it is 9 -10 degrees. Precipitations are 200 mm a year. The permafrost is everywhere.
Vegetation is mainly that of tundra. Bushes, lichen (reindeer moss, Cetraria), moss, etc.
The region includes 8 districts, 2 cities, 18 urban settlements and 45 villages.
The regional centre is Anadyr (the population on the 1st of January, 1998 is 13,2 thousand inhabitants). The city was founded in the year of 1965. The distance between Magadan and Anadyr is 1525 km.
The basic industry is the mining industry (gold, tin, tungsten, mercury, black and brown coal). Manufacture of building materials is also developed here. The main industrial centers are the cities of Anadyr, Pevek, Bilibino, the urban settlements of Iultin and Beringovsky.
Fishing, hunting, reindeer breeding, dairy cattle breeding, poultry farming, swine-breeding and fur farming are also developed here.
The local ports are Pevek, the settlement of Providence, Anadyr, Egvekinot, Beringovsky.
The rivers Anadyr, the Velikaya, the Bolshoy and Maly Anyuy are navigable.
Chukotsky AO is washed by the East Siberian Sea, the Chuckchee Sea and the Bering Sea.
The largest rivers are the Anadyr (with its tributaries Main, Belaya, Tanyurer), the Velikaya, the Amguema, the Omolon, the Bolshoy and Maly Anuy. There are a lot of lakes, the largest among them are the Krasnoye and the Elgygytgyn.
The minerals are the deposits of tin and mercury, black and brown coal, gas, etc.
The word 'Chukotka" originates from the Russian name of the ancient people Chukchis (own name Lygoravetlan). The word "Chukchis" means "rich in deers" ('chauchu'). Thus, "Chukotka" means the residence of deer people (the Chukchis) under power of Russia.
The Northeasternmost museum of Russia is situated in Chukotski AO, in the settlement of Providence. The Museum of Local Lore tells about the discovery and development of the Chukotski Peninsula, about the culture of the Chukchis and Eskimos.


We enjoyed having the Tucson Firefighters for lunch on Saturday, 10 December. It would be great to have this event annually. We were disappointed that the Tucson Police Department were unable to attend because of a stand-off situation.
Will try to post pictures at a later date.
← No fireplace? You can still enjoy a fire.


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Hand-outs and charity can create dependency, but the local 'micro-credit union' model instills responsibility and pride of ownership. Credit unions in Central America are totally different than the 'bricks and mortar' institutions that North Americans think of when they hear the term 'credit union'. These community credit unions are cooperatives governed by a locally-elected board of directors, and they typically meet at a church, community centre or the home of a member.
Credit union members are assisted in developing a small business plan and applying for funds. Approval for loans is given by the local directors -- the people who know their community the best! Credit union members also receive training in small business skills, literacy, mathematics, credit union management and sustainable agriculture management.
The average loan ranges from $300-500 US. Depending on the rules set by the local board, a borrower must first save a quarter to a third of the money they wish to borrow. Defaults are rare, but when they do occur are covered by the 'Mercy Fund' required in each credit union.
Often, the credit union directors are elders, deacons or pastors of local churches. These church leaders say the credit union is one of their MOST EFFECTIVE means of evangelism, because people in their community can actually witness the LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST BEING PUT INTO ACTION.
The nature of the loans varies from community to community. In rural areas, many loans are for agricultural tools and supplies, seed and fertilizer. Other typical loans are for small machinery, tools or supplies for starting a small business, or products which can be bought in bulk and then sold at a local market or small store. Particularly in rural communities, many Hondurans operate a small variety store out of a room (or window) in their home.
Loans are usually repaid in a short time period (3-6 months), depending on the amount, the nature of the loan, and how quickly the loan recipient anticipates being able to generate income from the items purchased. And, through the additional income they can generate because of the loan, these families are able to address their own priorities, such as improving their home, sending a child to high school, or providing care for a disabled or elderly family member.
Since becoming involved in the micro-credit union project in 2003, visiting teams of Carpenteros have had the opportunity to meet with credit union leaders in numerous communities. In every such visit, we were greeted by honest, hard-working and deeply appreciative Hondurans who aren't looking for a hand-out or charity - just the OPPORTUNITY to help themselves and their family.
Through your support of events such as the Building Hope for Honduras Dinner, the Valentine's Bistro Carpenteros, and other events and activities in support of local credit cooperatives, you are helping Honduran brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ to provide for their daily needs and to build a brighter future for their children and grandchildren.
Members of the micro-credit union is Islitas, on Tigre Island.


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Vivo V17 (Price- 22,990)
The Vivo V17 is a perfect combination of elegance configuration of performance. Vivo v17 is powered by an Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor. The phone comes with a 6.44-inch full touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080×2400 pixels and an aspect ratio of 20:9. It was launched in Midnight Ocean and Glacier Ice colors.
Display 6.44 inch
Internal storage 128GB
Rear camera 48MP+8MP+2MP+2MP
Huawei P30 Pro (Price- 65,990)
The Huawei P30 Pro is a flagship smartphone that comes with a 6.47-inch full touchscreen display having a screen resolution of 1080×2340 pixels and a density of 398 PPI. The Huawei P30 Pro uses Huawei's top of the line Kirin 980 Soc. In India, It's sold with 8GB of Ram and 256GB Internal storage, and there are no variants.
Processor Hisilicon Kirin 980
Rear camera 40MP+20MP+8MP
OS Android 9
Asus ROG Phone II (Price- 37,999)
The Asus ROG Phone II is a gaming-centric flagship smartphone that comes with a 6.59 inch AMOLED display having a resolution of 1080×2340 pixels and a density of 391 PPi.The device has a corning Gorilla Glass as well, it has powered by a 2.6GHz octa-core processor, it runs Android 9 Pie and is powered by a 6,000mAh non-removable battery. The Asus ROG Phone II measures 170.99 x 77.60 x 9.78 mm and weighs 240.00 grams. It was launched in Black color.
Processor 2.6 GHz Octa-core
Rear camera 48MP+13MP
OS Android 9 Pie
Realme X2 Pro (Price-29,999)
It is launched in November 2019 & it runs on android 9os. it is available in more than three colour options i.e lunar white, Neptune blue, red master edition, grey master edition and with a built-in fingerprint sensor. the phone is with 128GB internal storage.
Display 6.5 inch
Rear camera 64MP+13MP+8MP+2MP
Fingerprint Sensor In Built
OnePlus 6T (Price- 31999)
OnePlus 6T is one of the best quality smartphones available in the market. It has a unique design and selfie-focused smartphone. The phone powered by a 2.8 GHz Octa-core Qualcomm SDM845 snapdragon 845 Processor that comes with 6.41 inch with optic AMOLED display having a screen resolution of 1080×2340 and a density of 402 PPi.The smartphone is available in two color options Mirror Black and Midnight Black.
OS Android 9.0 Pie
Oppo K3 (Price- 18,990)
The Oppo K3 has a unique smartphone design. The phone is powered by a 2.2 GHz Octa-core Qualcomm snapdragon 710 Processor with Adreno 616 GPU. It comes with a 6.5 inches AMOLED display full HD+ resolution of 2340×1080 pixels. There is a 3765mAh battery with VOOC 3.0 fast charging support. It has a dedicated microSD card slot on the device for expanding its storage.
Rear camera 16MP+2MP
Samsung Galaxy S10 (Price- 54,990)
Samsung Galaxy S10 phone was launched in February 2019. The phone is powered by a 1.9GHz octa-core Samsung Exynos 9820 processor. It comes with runs Android 9.0 and is powered by a 3400mAh non-removable battery, that comes with a 6.10-inch full touchscreen display and an aspect ratio of 19:9. Connectivity features in the Samsung Galaxy S10 include WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, USB Type-c, 3G and 4G With active 4G on Both Sim cards.
Processor Samsung Exynos 9820
Rear camera 12MP+12MP+16MP
Samsung Galaxy A80 (Price- 33,499)
The Samsung Galaxy A80 was launched in April 2019. The phone runs Android 9.0 OS & is powered by a 2.2GHz Octa-core Qualcomm snapdragon 730 Processor. The phone comes with a 6.70-inch touchscreen display having a resolution of 1080×2400 pixels. It's powered by a 3700mAh battery, Samsung Galaxy A80 supports proprietary fast charging.
Processor Qualcomm snapdragon 730G
HERE'S THE LIST OF BEST 8GB RAM PHONES
Oppo Reno 2 36,990
Samsung Galaxy A80 33,499
Samsung Galaxy S10 54,990
Honor view 20 29,999
Huawei P30 Pro 65,990
Oppo K3 18,990
Oneplus 6T 31,999
Realme X2 Pro 29,999


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Virtual Group Exercise Classes Benefit End-Users, Clubs
(Photo Courtesy of Wellbeats)
Today's world is "on demand." Didn't catch your favorite TV show? Just watch it on your laptop tomorrow — or wait until the end of the season and binge-watch the entire year. Heard about a great "Tonight Show" sketch? Just go to YouTube. Want to take a group exercise class that's not offered when you're free? Well, there is a growing answer to that, too, and it doesn't involve people moving furniture around their living rooms to make room to follow along with a DVD.
Increasingly, health clubs and other fitness facilities are adding pre-recorded group exercise classes to their mix in an attempt to increase programming options and eliminate objections in the membership selling process. This is extremely important, as group exercise class members are historically among the most loyal members and leading referral-givers.
There are initial and continuing costs associated with utilizing a third-party provider — up to $10,000 for initial setup costs and ongoing monthly fees of about $150, as well. However, money-saving and revenue-generation can result over time, as more classes can be offered with less staffing and better utilization of dead space.
"In the traditional model, clubs can only offer classes during peak hours of the day so that the high traffic creates a low cost per head that will justify the class offering," says Jason Campana, vice president of Minneapolis-based Wellbeats, which provides equipment and programming for facilities offering on-demand group classes. "The industry average for a good cost per head is about $1.25. Based on the cost per month of offering Wellbeats virtual classes, and the number of class plays our customers traditionally see, our cost per class is well below the industry average on a cost-per-head basis."
In fact, about a year ago, in an attempt to keep popular group exercise classes available in the face of potential staffing cuts, the Air Force expanded implementation of its Fitness on Request (as Wellbeats was known at the time) exercise kiosks to 66 bases, saving the Air Force as much as $10 million. And while the impact on a health club may not approach that number, the long-term ROI can make on-demand group exercise classes worthwhile.
MEMBER SCREENING Pre-recorded classes have brought flexibility to the group exercise space. (Photo Courtesy of Fitness On Demand)
ON-DEMAND DIFFERENTIATION
Can offering these on-demand classes really help a health club owner grow his or her business?
According to Garrett Marshall, business development director of Fitness on Demand, in today's online shopping environment every bit helps. "Today's member is shopping for health clubs the way they shop for everything — by looking online — and it is so easy to shop clubs without even leaving his or her desk," Marshall says. "If a potential member looks and sees you don't offer a certain class at a certain time, he or she may not even come in to kick the tires of the club. Offering these classes in your mix can help eliminate an objection and bring in someone who may never have even picked up the phone."
In fact, in a case study soon to be published by Fitness on Demand, Desert Sports & Fitness of Tucson, Ariz., reports it has utilized the on-demand classes as a differentiator to attract new members. "It allowed us to raise our ticket average because we are offering a product like Fitness On Demand," Desert Sports & Fitness manager and trainer Victoria Vega says in the study. "It really has become a great sales tool for us."
While early in the process, Bill Rundle, owner of Boston-based Mission Fitness, is considering adding virtual classes, but is still unsure of the potential ROI. "As a very small, boutique club, we've never offered any kind of group training, especially with limited space and budget," says Rundle, whose 24/7 gym fits into roughly 2,000 square feet but could double its size in the coming months. "But we are expanding a bit and believe this may be a cost-effective way to offer classes, overcoming some objections we've gotten at our current price point. Also, we see this as a way to graduate members into paying for live, small group classes, as well. We just need to be sure the numbers really work."
Jim Thomas, founder and president of Fitness Management USA, a management consulting and turnaround firm specializing in the health club industry, believes the numbers may work and has several of his clients considering adding virtual classes to their mix.
There is a twist. Thomas and his clients are looking at skipping the "middle man" and utilizing their current instructors and classes. "Our clients who are looking at this are recording group exercise classes. Generally most clubs already have the equipment it takes to get something started, but if not, the investment is usually minimal," Thomas says. "We are looking at this as a way to save potential cancels, keep the member onboard in a different manner and continue to receive revenue."
Thomas adds that some clients are exploring the use of technology to deliver classes off-site. "Clubs are considering showing classes live via Skype right in the person's home, in addition to offering them in-club," he says. "We're looking at this a bit differently than just the virtual trainer inside the club. This has great potential to keep members who move away or even attract those who are not comfortable in a gym environment and have them be a revenue source."
While few clubs are likely willing to undertake the production and distribution of video classes themselves, or have it be the sole delivery system of group exercise classes, making virtual programming at least part of their delivery options is the most common scenario by those who have signed on with Wellbeats, according to the company. "Virtual programming can and does coexist with traditional group exercise," says Campana. "We've learned that when integrated successfully, clubs can spread out participation, attract new participants and create a bridge for those intimidated by the live group class format."
It is that bridge — to traditional group exercise classes or fee-based small groups — that may be the benefit of delivering group exercise on demand. They may never completely replace live instructor-led group exercise classes, but virtual, on-demand group classes may be worth a look for club owners hoping to fill empty rooms, provide more alternatives and perhaps improve the bottom line.
"These classes attract a similar demographic that traditional live group exercise classes do," Marshall says. "And many in that profitable demographic may not have taken a group exercise class for one reason or another — be it intimidation, time restrictions or some other reason. This is a way to get them not only in the club, but involved with the club."
John Agoglia has spent nearly two decades either working in health clubs or writing about them. He currently writes for several digital and print publications in and out of the fitness industry.
This article originally appeared in the July 2014 article of Athletic Business under the headline, "Demand Performance."


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Bill Holm may refer to:

Bill Holm (art historian) (born 1925), American artist, author and art historian
Bill Holm (poet) (1943–2009), American poet, essayist, memoirist, and musician from Minnesota

See also
Billy Holm (1912–1977), Major League Baseball catcher


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i ran into a man that used to be a camper at the camp i worked at when i was a teen. i admit it was his disability that originally caught my eye, but when i looked at his face, i completely recognized the smiling eyes. i think it caught him a bit off guard when i told him where i recognized him from...i don't think he recognized me at all. but he came and sat down later to talk to me. he works at the rock climbing gym now.
it was really, really cool. it only made me a feel a little old...and a lot happy.