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Hartford up next for Bulldogs
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SMITHFILED, R.I. – The Bryant University women's basketball team closes out its seven-game road game stretch with Hartford this Sunday at 2 p.m. on ESPN3.
THE PARTICULARS
Opponent: Hartford
Location: Chase Arena (West Hartford, Conn.)
Date and Time: Sunday, December 9 – 2 p.m.
TV: ESPN3
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Game Notes: Bryant | Hartford
Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | #AllHeart #AllHustle | #NECWBB
SCOUTING THE HAWKS
The Hawks post a 3-5 record so far on the season topping William & Mary most recently on November 30, 50-45. Last season, Hartford met with Maine in the America East Championship and fell, 74-65.
Sierra DaCosta leads the Hawks scoring 14.9 points per game. William & Mary held her to just five in Hartford's last game, but DaCosta scored 21 points against No. 4/5 Louisville and has gone off for double-digit scoring in five of Hartford's eight games. Last season, DaCosta dropped 13 points on Bryant.
Kim McNeil leads Hartford in her third season as head coach.
Bryant met with Hartford for the first time last season in the Division I era falling to the Hawks, 59-47. While in Division II, Bryant led the series, 6-1.
20/20 VISION
Sydney Holloway (Morgantown, W. Va.) had a 20/20 game against Brown on Nov. 8 where she scored 27 points and grabbed 20 rebounds. The last time a Bulldog had a 20/20 game was Holloway against Fairleigh Dickinson last season. During the second meeting with Brown in the 2018-19 season, Holloway posted 20 rebounds for a second time. No Bryant player has ever posted two 20+ rebound games in a single season in the D1 era.
Taty LaFrance Boyce (Norwich, Conn.) has made her way into the starting lineup the past three games. She has become a major contributor for the Bulldogs as she continues to score a career-high in every game. Most recently, Boyce posted 17 points and was Bryant's second-leading scorer by just one point against Brown.
DROPPING DIMES
Kierra Palmer (Aberdeen, Md.) led the Bulldogs in their season opener at UMass Lowell with nine assists. She currently leads the Bulldogs with 37 assists so far on the season ranking her second in the NEC.
PICKING POCKETS
This season, Naomi Ashley (Hamilton, Ont.) and Palmer lead the Bulldogs with 15 apiece so far on the season. Ashley grabbed a season-high of seven against Brown on Dec. 1 and Palmer tied her season-high of three in the same contest.
Ashley led the NEC in steals per game last season swiping almost three a game. Compiling 83 steals for the season, Ashley is ranked third all-time at Bryant for steals in a season and second all-time for steals in a game as she stole a career high of nine.
ENERGY OFF THE BENCH
Masey Zegarowski (Hamilton, Mass.) led the Bulldogs last game at Boston College with 14 points. The junior was the only player for the Black and Gold to sink a three in the game shooting 3-of-6 from behind the arc.
After the first seven games of the 2018-19 season, Bryant has out-rebounded all of their opponents except for West Virginia, Brown, and Providence where the Black and Gold matched all three opponents on the glass. The Bulldogs were out-rebounded for the first time against Boston College, 47-37.
Bryant is currently ranked first in the conference for rebounds led by Sydney Holloway who leads the Bulldogs with 110 total rebounds also ranking first in the conference. Holloway is also first in the NEC for defensive rebounds per game with 8 and second with 5 offensive rebounds per game.
CHARITY STRIPE
Bryant leads the conference and is 10th in the country for free throw attempts with 205. They also lead the conference in free throw makes with 133 giving them a percentage of 64.9. Sydney Holloway also leads the conference with 54 free throw attempts so far this season. Holloway averages six attempts per game.
UP NEXT: HOLY CROSS
The Bulldogs take a 21-day break in between games and will be back in action after the holidays on December 30 when they host Holy Cross at the Chace Athletic Center at 2 p.m.
Season and single-game tickets for home games at the Chace Athletic Center are available by clicking HERE or calling (401) 319-TIXX.


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Q: Sign of $\partial_x(\sigma^2p)(t,0)$ with $p$ solving some Fokker-Planck equation Let $\rho : \mathbb R_+\to\mathbb R_+$ be a density (as good as possible), i.e.
$$\int_0^\infty \rho(x)dx=1.$$
Consider the parabolic PDE
$$\partial_t p(t,x) = \frac{1}{2}\partial_{xx}^2\big(\sigma^2(t,x)p(t,x)\big)- \partial_x\big(b(t,x)p(t,x)\big),\quad \forall (t, x)\in(0,\infty)\times(0,\infty),$$
together with the conditions $p(0,\cdot)=\rho$ and $p(\cdot,0)=0$. Assuming $b,\sigma$ are as nice as possible (bounded, Lipschitz, non degenerate), how can we show for all $t>0$
$$\partial_x(\sigma^2p)(t,0) ~\ge~ 0?$$
I was told that when $\sigma\equiv \sigma(t)$ and $b\equiv b(t)$, this follows from the Zaremba-Giraud theorem. I look for more general references.
Any answer, comments are references are highly appreciated

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KIRARITO GINZA opened on 30th
A new commericial complex ,"KIRARITO GINZA"(a gleam in Ginza) opened this 30th in 1st block in Ginza, Tokyo.(http://www.kirarito-ginza.jp/)(http://www.kirarito-ginza.jp/pdf/language.pdf)
The building is 66m high and has 12 floors, each of which include first-rate stores, restanrants,and other establishments of totally 52. The basic concept is a bright shiny space like diamonds and the "brilliant life" image is adopted. jewelry stores, clothes shops, and even a wedding hall are there.
Ding Tai Fung, a popular Taiwanese restraunt chain which was selected one of the top 10 restaurants of the world by New York Times, opened a branch in the new complex and only there special xialongbao(Chinese soup dumplings) whose primary ingredient is truffles are served in Japan. (http://d.rt-c.co.jp/ginza/)
"The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" in USJ grand open
Universal Studio Japan in Osaka opened a new theme area of the worldwide popular fantasy series, "Harry Potter" on Jul.15. (http://www.usj.co.jp/harrypotter/)
The theme area is 40,000 ㎡ with re-enacted facilities of those in the stories, such as the magic school that wizard children go, and at restaurants and stalls where special food described in the stories are available.
On the grand opening day, about 3000 people visited the area and everyday it receives a lot since then. USJ made the record high of the number of visitors there with more than 10 million last year and now it expects to have more than 12 million this year with these new attraction services. About 45 billion yen (≒$440 million )which is equal to the half amount of an annual budget of USJ was spent on building this new area. Some hotels expand their capacities expecting a huge increase in visitors and job opportuniies are expected to increase as well in Osaka, kobe, Kyoto, and other areas in Kansai, which will surly invigorate economy there.
By Kikki - Last updated: 土曜日, 2月 1, 2014
Artisan's handmade leather goods for long use
Albuquerque is a store specializing in leather goods and Indian jewelries, which has been running business in the AmeyokoPlaza more than 20 years.
The proprietor cares on selecting handmade belts, purses, bags, and other small leather articles for long use. Most popular items in their stock are purses, which count over 100, categorized in styles and leather materials. "ALBUQUERQUE" sells various leather and silver goods under famous brands, such as L.C/Croppers/OPUS /DAKOTA/Silver King/BURN BURN/SPRIT WINDS/SARN/CALF/Taka Fime Leather/Nocona/Natural Hands/LEFTY/One's WarKer/K'C/BOTA, and American Indian jewelries.
As well as putting names on the leather goods, they accept full-order from their customers and after care service. Indian jewelries are also very popular, which are purchased directly at the American Indian reservations by the proprietor.
"ALBUQUERQUE" opened in April, 1992.
At the beginning of their business, the proprietor had really a hard time for running business. They tried to learn ABC of leather from their artisans and makers, and getting know-how from technical books. Sometimes, they could not find any good solution about their customers' questions on leather. Even that they never give up and trying to learn one by one through their business. Now they are really experts in their business and giving good advice to their customers.
The 2nd shop "Stow"
Their second shop "Stow" was opened in October, 1998.
In addition, they opened the third shop "ALBUQUERQUE 88" on March 1, 2006. The 3rd shop sells rather small size items, such as leather wallets, belts, buckles, leather bags, and silver goods. Brands are L,C・CROPPERS、Kc's、Opas、One's、Natural Hands, and others.
In 2008, "ALBUQUERQUE 88" has been expanded over to next-door space, room 87 in AmeyokoPlaza, and therefore, much variety of items is displayed.
As well as in "ALBUQUERQUE", you can find various kinds of leather goods here. Leather is carefully selected and furnished by skilled craftsmen for each goods. Their hand-made leather goods are very attractive, easy to handle, and durable.
The carving corner for "ALBUQUERQUE"
As the carving corner for "ALBUQUERQUE" new place was opened on April 16, 2010, in the room 108 of the AmeyokoPlaza. However, the corner has been replaced to room 92 in August, 2013. Variety stock of Western fashion items is available here. Orthodox Western style leather goods are all handmade by good skilled craftsmen. High quality of these goods attracts their customers. Leather belts, purses, and bags are manufactured piece by piece by long experienced craftsmen. They occasionally visit USA for purchasing high quality Indian jewelries.
Custom-made good
If you could not find any favorable one among ready-made leather goods, or you like to purchase the exact same size and style of leather goods of your old one, why don't you make special order? Our good craftsmen will make your favorite leather good according to your suggested size, color, and design.
After-sale repair service
"ALBUQUERQUE" cares all their goods even after sales and provides good after-sale repair services in very reasonable fees. The fee for repair is depended on how long their customer used or conditions of good itself, and is set after consultation with their artisans. Of course, some of them are impossible to repair because of too long use, but most of them can be revived. Even leather goods purchased at other shops can be accepted for repair. Silver or golden made goods are also acceptable for repair.
Address: 〒110-0005 # 98, Ameyoko Plaza
Ueno 6-10-7-98, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: info@goodleather.co.jp
ULR: http://www.goodleather.co.jp/
Business hours: 10:00-19:30
Closed on: 2nd Wed.
Nozawaya/Grocery store
By Kikki - Last updated: 木曜日, 12月 19, 2013
Entrust "Nozawaya" with every kind of Asian food materials!
"Nozawaya" on the basement floor of the Ameyoko Center Building has a large stock of Asian spices and food materials. Its earlier stages of business after the war, "Nozawa" had been a food store for seafood delicacies, but in the 90s, increased number of Asian clients has asked them to provide ethnic food materials. With trying to meet the demand, "Nozawaya" has more than 1,200 imported items in the store which make their clients satisfied. Over 50% of their clients are not Japanese but foreign people from various countries, such asKorea,India, andVietnam. They provide not only professional seasonings but for everyday use home cooking.
Variety of spices
There are 173 items from all over the world, including characteristic items of curry powder imported directly from each country.
Variety of imported beans
Beans are most common daily food items in foreign countries, especially in Indiaand other countries in the South America. Beans are widely used as an ingredient for curry and stewed dishes. "Nozawaya" sells beans suitable for such daily foreign dishes.
When you visit Indonesia, such as Bali, you will be attracted with good taste of their local dishes. "Nozawaya" provide food materials for such beautiful dish.
A proverb in both Chinaand Koreasays that a balanced diet leads to a healthy body, and therefore there is every reason for each food. The Korean dish "Samgyetang" is a typical medicinal chicken dish for apatite your health. It is sure to find any food materials for such a special medicinal dish. You like to eat coolly dishes on hot summer time and hot and warm dishes on cold winter. Yes, you can find such a peculiar ethnic food materials at "Nozaway."
Philippine food
Do you really know what Philippine dishes are? Compare to Indian or Thai dishes, rather a few people know what they are. Now a large number of people from Philippine are living in Tokyo. Peculiar food items for those people, such as Halo-halo, Bagoon, and Chicharon are also available.
Thai food & Vietnam food
Spicy Thai curry and Tom yum goong are really attractive ethnic food. Good fragrant of nam pla and coconut make your appetite increased. These ethnic dishes are competing popularity with Indian curry in home cooking. "Nozawaya" provide various food materials for spicy Thai andVietnam dishes.
Indian, Pakistan, and Bangladesh food
People in these countries worship Allāh. Halāl food items are essential for their diet. Most food items providing for them have "Halal-mark".
Fresh vegetables and fruits
Seasonal Asian fresh vegetables and fruits are available here. You can enjoy real oriental taste and fragrant in fresh.
Chinese tea from China and Taiwan
"Nozawaya" provide variety Chinese tea leaves imported from the mainlandChina andTaiwan, so you can find favorite items among them.
Nuts and miscellaneous cereals
"Nozawaya" has a rich stock of nuts and cereals. You will realize good taste of these nuts and cereals when you eat in steamed rice, soup, or salad.
Rare frozen meat items are available here, such as hare, edible frog and sparrow, so try it one of them once.
Nozawaya
Address: 〒110-0005
B1F-1FAmeyokoCenterBuilding
Ueno 4-7-8, Taito-ku,Tokyo,Japan
Closed on: 3rd Wednsday
URL: http://www.nozawaya.com/
B1F in Ameyoko Center Building
By Kikki - Last updated: 土曜日, 12月 14, 2013
B1F inAmeyokoCenterBuilding
Grocery stores for ethnic food materials on B1F in Ameyoko Center Building
Rare food materials are brought from all over the world
Some of you like to walk freely around market places in South-east Asian courtiers, India, or the Middle East. There is an ethnic food market in "Ameyoko." You may be interested in looking something unfamiliar foodstuffs and groceries on the basement floor in Ameyoko Center Building. You must feel like you were in a market place in the South-east Asian country. You can hear no more conversation in Japanese, but in Chinese, Korean, Thai, or Vietnamese instead. Smell from seafood, meat, and spices are different from ours. Variety foodstuffs from Asian countries are displayed at about 10 shops on the basement floor.
It is full of exoticism with different smell from ethnic foodstuffs. Nobody doubts that you may in a grocery store in Hong Kong.
The basement floor of Ameyoko Center Building is a kind of wonderland where rare food materials mainly from Asian countries, such asChina,Thailand,India, andPhilippines are on sale. You may be choked with something different smell of Asian food soon after the automatic door is opened at the entrance of the basement floor. People usually hesitate to step down to the basement floor.
However, there is a variety of ethnic restaurants nearby JR Ueno Station. The floor is specialized for those restaurant owners.
Unfamiliar bunches of banana are displayed. Mainly, Chinese foodstuffs are selling here.
At glance, it looks like a normal Japanese seafood monger's shop, but something different.
Chops of unknown parts of meat are roughly displayed at a butcher's shop.
A variety of groceries are also available here. Packs of "mKfGn" rice vermicelli, "harusame" gelatin noodles, beans, and other items are crammed on the shelves.
A variety seasonings and different brands of canned or bottled juice are also on display.
AmeyokoCenterBuildingCoop
Closed on: 3rd Wed.
URL: http://www.ameyoko-center-bldg.com/
Shimizu-suisan-shokuhin
By Kikki - Last updated: 月曜日, 11月 11, 2013
Popular seafood store for "O-toro" and "Chutoro" fatty tuna at competitive prices
"Shimizu" is running business just near the statue of "nigiwai-zo." Prices on their seafood is always based on their policy "customer first", for example, "bachi" big eye tuna 1,000 yen/400-450g, 120g×10 salmon slices.
"Now, it is just 1,000 yen enough!" A vivid voice of the store staff attracts your arrival. A large number of fatty tuna packages are on display, so you are hard to select among them. Most packages have set priced on from 4,000 to 5,000 yen, but they are welling to sell them at 1,000 yen at their bargain sale.
Conversation between a customer and the store staff goes on like that;
The store staff: "They are all 1,000 yen. It is the best buy."
While, the customer is confusing,
The store staff: "How about add one more package of "toro" pinky tuna on it. So it will be 2,000 yen altogether."
The customer: "I won't be able to finish two packages. I would like to have just one package enough."
The store staff: "They are all good quality tuna. Try to choose good one among them, if you like." (Citizens in "shitamchi" Tokyo tend to be short-tempered.)
The customer: "I like this." He could buy the highest price fatty tuna in 1,000 yen, which was priced on 5,830 yen.
#107,AmeyokoPlaza,
Ueno 6-10-7, Taito-ku,Tokyo,Japan
Business hours: 9:00-19:30
Closed on: 2nd Wednesday
URL: http://www.ameyoko.net/m/shop/274
Kawatatsu-shoten
Wholesaler for delicacies and nuts at bargain prices
The highlight is their rich stock of delicacies such as peanuts, "amaguri" sweet roasted chestnuts, and tidbits in the store. Their prices and volume overwhelm other stores in the area and it is also famed for their vivid "tatakiuri" bargain sale.
Most visitors are surprised on their discounted prices with large quantity of goods.
One of the clerks recommended me to buy additional packs of dry fruits or nuts when I tried to buy just a pack of raisin. He gave me his special discounted rate 1,000 yen for additional two more packs. Finally, he outlasted me to buy three packs altogether. So I had to pay 1,000 yen after picking up packs of chestnuts and almond. When I finish paying, he put one more pack of dry banana chips into my plastic bag without additional payment, so I could get four different packs in 1,000 yen.
"Add one more package on this price!" Vivid voice of shop staff attracts your arrival to the store.
Closed on: None
URL: http://www.ameyoko.net/shop/315
Ameya-Yokocho
By Kikki - Last updated: 水曜日, 10月 9, 2013
"Nigiwai-no-zo" or stone image of prosperity stands just in front of the Ameyoko Center Building.
More than 400 specialty stores are clustered close together in the discount market where most people lose their senses of prices.
Under the viaduct for JR Yamate Line between "Ueno" to "Okachimachi" stations, various kinds of stores are clustered close together. This is "Ameyoko Shopping Street" which is a most famous discount market in Japan.
The Ameyoko Center Building divides into two streets. On the Ameyoko Street, there are a large number of small grocery stores and seafood shops. On the contrary, "Uenka" or Ueno Nakadori Shopping Street is mainly occupied by clothing and fashion related shops.
We feel something nostalgic atmosphere even in a milling crowd, this is because we can enjoy shopping while exchanging words with store clerks.
"Ameyoko" or "Ameya-Yokochō" is one of the most popular shopping streets in Ueno. It is located under and along the JR line between Ueno and Okachimachi. Its official name is "Ameyoko Shoten-gai Rengokai"(アメ横商店街連合会), but it is often called "Ameyoko," "Ueno-ameyoko," or "Ameyoko Shoten-gai," and most shops in the street put "Ameyoko" beside of their names. The length of the shopping street is about 400 meters and over 400 retail stores are running business here.
"Tokyo Edo Theater" in the NHK TV drama
The shooting for the recent popular NHK TV drama "Ama-chan" was on location in Ameyoko. In the story, "Tokyo Edo Theater" for the popular singing group "Ameyoko Jogakuen" was located in the Ameyoko Center Building.
Brief history of the "Ameya-Yokocho"
After World War II, the black market was developed in the area, and a variety of goods were displayed in the street. Especially, more than 200 "ameya" candy shops existed here, so citizens commonly called the shopping street as "ameyoko." Even now, a few candy shops still running business here.
It used to be a very crowded housing area consisted of small private houses and old row houses. During World War II, compulsory evacuation was done because there was the electric substation for JR line and citizens tried to avoid danger from Tokyo Air Raid.
Finally, the area was completely destroyed by the air raid in 1945. Among number of shanties and shops, stall keepers also started business in the district after the war. They were commonly called "yami-ichi" or illegal stall keepers.
Without sufficient moral, there were frequent struggles between outlaws, such as "gurentai" hooligans and "boryokudan" gangsters. Gunfire cases were often seen even in the daytime. Officers from both American MP and Japanese police were in charge against them.
Tokyo municipal government could not govern the aria, and plead with businessman Mr. Hirokichi Kondo for organizing the market called "Kondo Market." He carefully selected 80 members and excluded dubious people from the market. The area was gradually normalized after that.
Most Koreans were excluded from the market, because they illegally run business in the district. They had no choice but moved to Higashi-ueno for setting up their own market so-called "kimuchi-yokocho."
As time passed, "Ameyoko Center Building" was built at the old site of JR Electric Substation in 1982, and the area has became the present circumstances.
"Ameyoko" is still attractive in a bewitching way with the black market period atmosphere
Under the JR elevated railway line, a large number of small stores selling for various kinds of food items, such as fresh seafood, meat, groceries, imported candies, are located.
At present, according to the type of business, stores are intensively lined in the market, such as food (mainly seafood and groceries), clothes, miscellaneous goods, and jewels and ornaments.
It is just a small scale market in about 10 minutes walk, but you need more than 20 to 30 minutes on the end of the year, because a large number of citizens tend to come arrive and purchase fresh seafood for the new years holidays.
The crowded market in December is often introduced on TV and brings us the real feeling of the end of the year.
During this special season, almost all of stores in the market display food for the New Year holidays, and even some stores dealing in Western-style apparel and accessories stop running business and rent temporally their stores to food dealers. It becomes something like the Tsukiji Fish Market. Compare to "Ameya-yokocho," the Tsukiji Fish Market is a municipal enterprise under Tokyo-to, and mainly for seafood wholesalers, but not for general citizens.
On the other hand, "Ameya-yokocho" is for citizens and prices will be discounted depending on your negotiations with store clerks.
In 1980s, seafood stores had been reduced in number at the market because of the trend toward the nuclear family. On the other hand, sports supply shops have been increased in 1990s for attracting young people.
On the basement floor of the "Ameyoko Center Building," there are a number of stores for special ethnic food materials, such as for Chinese and Indian dishes. You can hear different sound of conversation between these Chinese or Indian arrivals and shop clerks.
You may lose in a maze in the Ameyoko Market. Try to enjoy treasure hunting at each characteristic shop, such as rare brand watches, knives, and lighters.
Every day in the yearend, the market will be crowded with 500,000 arrivals including sightseeing people from all over Japan. Of course it is only for the busiest period, and the market normally has about 100,000 arrivals a day. Contrarily to other shopping streets in Japan, it is not depended on local customers.
If you hear death growl of clerks at seafood shop front, usually salmon or tuna is on sale at the special discounted prices.
Most other seafood is usually dealt with the price tag, and hard to ask discount, but discount sale will be expected in the evening. At the end of the year, most stores display special supplies for the holiday season.
Some general merchandise stores in the market sometimes rent their space for these seafood dealers for this busiest season.
Usually seafood items will be dealt with higher prices, but there are still discount sale on this busiest season.
Excluding some defective article, most items of fruit are not on discount sale.
During the Showa period, most cosmetics were sold at about 20 percent discounted prices.
Hakone Yuryo open for one-day hot spring bathing tours
Hakone Yuryo, a new hot spring facility opened in Hakone Yumoto, the basic station area of Hakone resort area on March 27th. (http://www.hakoneyuryo.jp/ or http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.488238681231944.1073741826.442578639131282&type=3)
Hakone Yuryo(/箱根湯寮, a hot spring facility in Hakone) is established for visitors who would like to enjoy hot spring baths and related services of relaxation in one-day tours.
Hakone Yuryo is located in the vicinity of Hakone Yumoto station and free shuttle buses can take you there taking just 3 minutes. The facility is equipped with big public bath, 19 private open-air baths, some other types of bath items, a restaurant, souvenir shop, a massage parlor ,and stuff. The basic fee of an adult visitor(13 years or older ) is 1300 yen (≒$13 )and of a child is 650 yen, and additional services require surcharges respectively.
The 120th anniversary of pearl- cuturing technology
This year 2013, the pearl industry commemorates the 120th anniversary of pearl-culturing technology.
Koukichi Mikimoto, the founder of MIKIMOTO (http://www.mikimoto.com/jp/) whose flagship store is located in Ginza Tokyo succeeded in culturing pearls as the first case in the world in 1893. Since then Koukichi was called "The King of Pearl".
On this 30th MIKIMOTO released a special accessory with pearls and jewels called "MIKIMOTO Pearl Crown "DREAMS&PEARLS"- twelve pearls and dreams".
the item can change its form between a "crown" and a" necklace" and has a shape of 12 flower blossoms made of big natural pearls of 5 different types and 3400 diamonds. The designers took more than 2 years to complete this breathtaking and splendid pearl treasure.
To tell the truth, I am a distant relative of koukichi Mikimoto and recently on 18th this month, I learned a basic concept of pearls at a lecture program for tour guides jointly hosted by JGA(Japan Guide Association), the oldest and biggest guide- interpreters organization, and TASAKI, a major pearl and jewelry store company like MIKIMOTO. (http://www.tasaki.co.jp/)
Therefore, I am so happy I learned ABC of the concept of pearls in this special year to pearl industry.
IMF/WBG Annual Meetings in Tokyo
By TERRY - Last updated: 水曜日, 10月 31, 2012
IMF(International Monetary Fund) and WBG(World bank Group) Annual meetings were held in Tokyo for the first time in 48 years Oct.9-14.(http://www.imf-wb.2012tokyo.mof.go.jp/en/index.html)
Japan hosted such meetings 48 years ago which was the very same year that Japan hosted Tokyo Olympics, which was a remarkable symbolic event of Japan's successful recovery form the economic recession due to the post war aftermaths of WW2. Now, the Japan's economic, political, and social positions and international community's situations have drastically changed as well. This time the second time's phases have shown the historic exaltation of the country.
There were four venues of the event, namely, TIF(Tokyo International Forum),IM(Imperial Hotel),Hotel Okura, and TCCI (Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry), all of which are located in the very center of this capital of Japan . Totally official participants were from 187 countries and registered visitors and participants , their dependents amounted to about 20,000. Top economic leaders of the world got together and Tokyo soaked in the heat and excitement of the great festivity. On the 12th, the plenary and official banquet hosted by Noda, the prime minister of Japan were held.
There were about 20 official hotels designated as official accommodation for the participants and dependents and special hospitality programs were prepared which provided them with various short trips such as on-day visit to Yokohama, visiting Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo Sky Tree just built in this year, shopping at depachika (basement floors in department stores ),cultural experience tour such as a tea ceremony, learning how to wear kimono, and so forth. A lot of participants and other registered visitors enjoyed those short tours or traditional Japanese cultural experiencing events.
The local host of the Annual Meetings were MOF (Minister of Finance) and Bank of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Government ,and so many people including volunteer staffers, pro tour guides, escorts and others attended the visitors from all over the world. The hosts, the government, and others say more than 10 billion yen revenue can be expected from this greatly worldwide financial series of events. We hope this has influenced betterment of Japanese economy, tourism, and society as a whole.
Tokyo Station renovated and re-open
Tokyo Station, located in Chiyoda-ward near the Imperial Palace and some of national governmental organizations offices, and one of the symbols of Tokyo and Japan, re-opened on this Oct,1st after a big renovating construction of a few years. http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2012/20120403.pdf
The original building of the station was built in 1914 and parts of it were destroyed in the air-raids in WW2. The damaged parts were left untouched for several decades but finally they were repaired completely and the building has restored its original style and structure for the first time in 67 years this time.
The central part of the building had lost its dome- shape roof in the raid until it regained the shape upon the completion of the reparation. And some North and South dome parts have remodelled to have their original beautiful design and decorations inside, which a lot of people visit and take photos of every day since the reopening.
The huge underground malls and streets have been much more widened so that they can receive even more visitors with better conveniences.
The central part now has a new facilty of "Travel Service Center" (http://www.mapple.net/sp_spot/201210_1/cnt_05.html ) , a information center of travel related matters, tickets trades, luggage lockers, and so forth being available in 4 languages of Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean. The walls are partially made of the originally- used very old bricks of the buildng.
Before the Grand Opening, there held a special eve festival of "Tokyo Station Vision", a huge projection mapping show on Sep.22-23. The station building became a huge "screen" on which artistic movies were played, most of which implied historical backgrounds of of the station.
In addition, the building includes a hotel named Tokyo Station Hotel in its central parts. http://www.thetokyostationhotel.jp/ The hotel was also renovated radically and royal suite room which cost more than 800,000 yen just for one night is fully booked for more than several months since the reopening. the minimum charge for a basic guest room is about 30,000. The hotel remodelled its basement floors and restaurants arcade as well.
These restaurants, hotel rooms, mall stores and shops are quite popular which receive a lot of customers everyday these days.
The construction project cost 50 billion yen in total and such a huge budget was covered by clever idea of selling the "air rights" of the JR East, the owner of the building and the land to surrounding buildings an their owners. Those other owners were able to construct much higher buildings than they had originally planned in return. All those drastically remodelled facilities in the Tokyo Station "complex" are expected to work as a quite useful and effective institutions to collect a lot of visitors and tourists. Actually, since the grand opening, so many people keep visiting the restored new heart of tourism and commerce in the very central area of Tokyo and Japan.
"TGS 2012" marked its record high of the number of visitors
"Tokyo Game Show 2012″(TGS 2012) was held Sep.20-23 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City.http://tgs.cesa.or.jp/index.html
This time the show marked its record high of the number of visitors with 223,753. This year the event was the 22nd and gradually it has received increasing number of visitors every time. Every time new video games are introduced or demonstrated at TGS and this time, new popular game soft wares such as,"Monster Hunter4″, "Ark Sphere" and others. The number of the companies joining the event was also a record high with 209 and the number of the games was a record high with 1043.
70% of the game titles introduced at TDS 2012 were so-called "social games",which implies a game played by multi players through their mutual communications via such as smartphones or tablet computers. There were also some stage performances of such as cos-play. young female staff clad in colorful attires of video-game- world- like manner served the visitors.

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FAKE NEWS: Egyptians Enraged After BBC Report Quickly Falls Apart
By Patrick Poole 2018-02-27T08:49
I've just returned this past weekend from Cairo, where Egyptians today are seething at Western media after a BBC report aired on Saturday regarding Egypt's upcoming presidential elections.
The BBC report criticized Egypt's human rights record, claiming that political opponents had been "disappeared" by Egyptian authorities. However, the main subject of the report, who had allegedly been "disappeared," quickly showed up alive, well, living with her husband in Giza, and directly refuting the allegations made by the BBC.
Orla Guerin's report, entitled "The Shadow Over Egypt," had struck an ominous tone: "Egypt will elect a president next month. Opponents have been rounded up. Many have been jailed, tortured or disappeared."
Our long read on on the jailed, the tortured and the disappeared #Egypt #Repression Sisi
The shadow over Egypt - https://t.co/d4nDkaGf9y
Huge thanks to our lionhearted contributors
— Orla Guerin (@OrlaGuerin) February 23, 2018
Other Western media figures jumped in to defend the BBC report, including the New York Times' Cairo bureau chief:
Today Egypt published a 1,900-word screed against @OrlaGuerin and her BBC documentary on torture and illegal detention. If only the same spokesman could offer comment before this story - or, indeed, just about any story - was published. https://t.co/BkDrcvjQLH
— Declan Walsh (@declanwalsh) February 25, 2018
Admittedly, there is much for Western media and countries to criticize regarding Egypt's human rights record. But many Egyptians see this episode as yet another instance of Western media hyping claims by the Muslim Brotherhood or Western NGOs of "disappearances" of activists. This was not the first time; other subjects were later arrested as parts of terror cells or for appearing in terrorist videos.
The BBC report led with the story of 23-year-old Zubeida. According to her family, she and her mother had been detained and tortured by the Egyptian government after participating in Muslim Brotherhood protests. Following their release, they were said to have disappeared altogether last April: Zubaida's mother claimed that armed and masked men showed up at the house and abducted her after throwing her into a police vehicle.
Soon, ONTV aired Zubeida herself being interviewed alongside her husband and newborn son, and directly refuting the allegations. During Zubeida's interview with Amr Adib of ONTV, she acknowledged that she and her mother had been detained. But she denied the allegations of torture and threats of rape. And rather than being abducted by police, Zubaida had been living in Giza with her husband (she presented their March 2017 marriage certificate) and had simply not been in communication with her mother for months over disagreements about her marriage:
So far, neither Orla Guerin nor the BBC has responded to Zubeida's interview, nor has a correction been posted to the 5,000-word story published on the BBC site.
This was not the only case covered in the BBC report. However, since Zubeida's case was the lead element of the video package, Egyptians I spoke with yesterday accused Western media of again falsely pushing a narrative intended to destabilize Egypt and delegitimize the upcoming elections.
A growing string of forced disappearance claims pushed by Western media and NGOs -- aided by claims from Muslim Brotherhood leaders based in Turkey, Qatar, the UK and even the U.S. -- have eventually fallen apart:
Earlier this month, a video by Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, the Islamic State affiliate in Egypt, featured the son of a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader who his family had claimed was on holiday from his studies in Malaysia. In fact, he had trained with ISIS in Mosul and returned to conduct terror attacks inside Egypt. The video claimed Omar Ibrahim El-Deeb had been killed in a shootout with Egyptian forces last year.
Western NGOs hyped the claim that Salaheldin Attia had been "disappeared" by Muslim Brotherhood leaders and the Swiss Organization for the Protection of Human Rights. Attia was later exposed as a member of a terrorist cell killed during a confrontation with police earlier this month.
Last year, Mohamed Abdelsatar was claimed to have been "disappeared" by unknown Egyptian authorities. Abdelsatar was later killed in a counterterrorism operation targeting the Hasm terror wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptian Ministry of the Interior said that Abdelsatar and one of his associates had been responsible for transporting IEDs for the terror group.
One of the Muslim Brotherhood groups touted in the BBC report, the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedom, had publicized the claimed "disappearance" of Cairo University student Mohamed Magdy al Daleai by the Egyptian Army in Sinai. Those reports were refuted when Daleai emerged as senior Islamic State leader "Abu Musab al-Masry"in an IS-Sinai video last August.
Particularly following my speaking appearances at the British University of Egypt and Sixth of October University last week, I heard from many who felt frustrated by what they perceive as a deliberate slant in Western media coverage of Egypt. They said Egypt was being painted as an unstable terrorist hotbed on the verge of another revolution because of repression by the Sisi government.
In fact, most Egyptians I spoke with did not discount the acts of terrorism or the human rights record. Instead, they were concerned with stability and prosperity rather than the dreams of Western "analysts" and pundits yearning for yet another revolution in Egypt.
They say these Western media outlets were repeatedly fed false stories of "disappearances" by the Muslim Brotherhood. Worse, when the truth was revealed, the outlets and Western NGOs never issued corrections or apologies.
They also say it's unlikely that an apology and retraction -- if one is ever made -- will receive as much attention as the original false reports, anyway.
And on that, they definitely have a legitimate grievance:
#AMAY BBC report on human rights in Egypt is 'baseless' and 'false': SIS -
https://t.co/uo1BE3bKB3
— Egypt Independent (@EgyIndependent) February 26, 2018
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/fake-news-egyptians-enraged-bbc-report-forcible-disappearances-quickly-falls-apart/


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Isgaard Marke (* 1972 in Husum) ist eine klassisch ausgebildete deutsche Sängerin, die in ihrer Musik Klassik und Pop verbindet. Zu ihren größten Hits zählen Ein schöner Tag und Dream of You mit dem Danceprojekt Schiller, in denen sie die Refrains sang.

Werdegang
2003 nahm sie an der deutschen Vorentscheidung zum Eurovision Song Contest teil und belegte mit Golden Key den 7. Platz. Ihr gleichnamiges Album wurde in Deutschland ein mittlerer Erfolg und erreichte auf den Philippinen die Top 10. Das Album wurde in über 15 Ländern veröffentlicht und enthielt mit Dreams Will Never Die ein Duett mit Piero Mazzochetti. Zu Earth Song (Original von Michael Jackson) und Dreams Will Never Die (als Solo) wurden Videos gedreht, wovon Dreams Will Never Die gelegentlich bei MTV ausgestrahlt wurde.

Trotz des internationalen Erfolgs verlor sie ihren Vertrag bei Edel und schloss schon kurze Zeit später einen neuen bei Flat Earth Records, einer kleinen Hamburger Plattenfirma, ab, wo sie Secret Gaarden veröffentlichte.

2005 erschien die Benefiz-Single One World, zusammen mit Kind of Blue und David Serame (Musik zu Bens Manchmal) heraus, deren Verkäufe zu 100 Prozent an die Hilfsorganisation Misereor nach Südasien gingen. Diesbezüglich gab es starke Vertriebsschwierigkeiten und eine mangelhafte Medienakzeptanz (die meisten Radiostationen hielten die Künstler für "nicht bekannt genug").
Nach einer längeren Experimentierphase erschien im Oktober 2008 ihr drittes Album Wooden Houses.

Isgaard singt außerdem seit 2010 in dem Drei-Frauen-Semi-Klassik-Projekt "La Tiara". 2012 wurde das größtenteils deutschsprachige Album Wir von morgen veröffentlicht.

Im Jahr 2010 tauchte sie als "featuring-Künstlerin" auf dem Album Stranger des Electronic-Duos Rainbow Serpent auf.

2011 veröffentlichte sie in Kooperation mit dem Londoner Projekt "Curfew" das Album CMI (Curfew meets Isgaard) – The Trip, das wie die vorausgegangenen Isgaard-Alben von ihrem langjährigen musikalischen Weggefährten Jens Lueck produziert und mitkomponiert wurde.

Seit Oktober 2010 präsentiert sie zusammen mit dem Naturfilmer Stefan Erdmann die Film-/Musikshow Island 63°-66°N with Isgaard, zu der Isgaards Produzent und Mitmusiker Jens Lueck die Filmmusik geschrieben hat.

Im Oktober 2012 erschien ihr viertes Album Playing God mit der gleichnamigen Single, zu der auch ein Video-Clip gedreht wurde. Eine zweite Video-Auskopplung aus dem Album war der Titel Walking Down the Line.

Im April 2013 begann Isgaard zusammen mit Jens Lueck an ihrem fünften Album Naked zu arbeiten, das am 20. März 2014 auf den Markt kam. Die erste Single aus dem Album hieß Bright Side und wurde auch als Video-Clip veröffentlicht. Als zweite Single aus diesem Album kam Overflow Part 2 auf dem Markt. Auch zu diesem Lied wurde ein Video gedreht.
2015 wirkte sie am Album Wind in the Woods von Syrinx Call featuring Isgaard, das aus einer Zusammenarbeit des Flötisten Volker Kuinke und Isgaards Produzent Jens Lueck entstand, mit.

Als Adresse gibt sie im Impressum ihrer Website Garlstorf an.

Diskografie

Alben
 2003: Golden Key
 2004: Secret Gaarden
 2008: Wooden Houses
 2012: Playing God
 2014: Naked
 2015: The Early Days
 2016: Whiteout
 2019: Human

Singles
 2000: Ein schöner Tag (mit Schiller)
 2001: Dream of You (mit Schiller und Peter Heppner)
 2003: Golden Key
 2003: Earth Song (Promo)
 2005: One World (mit Kind of Blue & David Serame)
 2008: Wooden Houses
 2010: Leave & Love (mit Rainbow Serpent)
 2011: Snowflakes in June (mit Curfew)
 2012: Playing God
 2012: Walking Down The Line
 2014: Bright Side
 2014: Overflow Part 2

Weitere Projekte
 2005: Day by Day aus dem Album You Are Home von Zen-Men
 2005: Endless Love 2005 Single von DJ Moe
 2006: Zauberfluss und Niemandsland als kostenlose Download-Titel
 2007: Gesang beim Soundtrack zum Naturfilm Island 63°-66°N (u. a. Titelsong Iceland)
 2010: Titellied The Sky Is Wide Open für das Hörbuch Windträume
 2010: Stranger (gemeinsames Album mit Rainbow Serpent)
 2010: Gesang bei der Filmmusik zum Naturfilm Iceland from Above
 2011: Gesang bei der Filmmusik zur deutschen Komödie Bauernfrühstück – Der Film von Michael Söth
 2011: The Trip von Curfew meets Isgaard, ein gemeinsames Album mit Curfew
 2012: Wir von morgen, Download-Album mit La Tiara
 2015: Mitwirkung am Album Syrinx Call featuring Isgaard – Wind in the Woods
 2017: Mitwirkung am Album Single Celled Organism – Splinter in the Eye
 2018: Mitwirkung am Album Syrinx Call featuring Isgaard – The Moon on a Stick
 2021: Mitwirkung am Album Syrinx Call featuring ELOY – Mirrorneuron
 2021: Mitwirkung am Album Single Celled Organism – Percipio Ergo Sum

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website

Einzelnachweise

Sänger
Teilnehmer an der deutschen Vorentscheidung zum Eurovision Song Contest
Deutscher
Geboren 1972
Frau

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It's shaping up to be another big week in the Google Android universe, starting with the official release of the Motorola Cliq and the Samsung Moment.
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The Moment went on sale November 1. Samung's initial Android phone for the U.S. market is a good first try at the OS by Sammy. There were some attributes we didn't love, but the brilliant display and physical keyboard offer a contrast to Sprint's other Android phone, the HTC Hero.
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The little brownie kicked their tiny feet, starring at the table top, their little head too heavy to lift. Rune's large finger appeared in Acorn's vision, lifting the little chin up gently to make the brownie look at her caretaker. Instead, Acorn stubbornly turned their head away from the finger, refusing to look at Rune.
It wasn't fair. Acorn was trying to do something for the greater good.
Rune straightened again and looked over at Christopher, who had a shade of guilt on his face as well.
Acorn's head snapped up. "I'm not a he!" the little Fae declared, with a stomp.
"Oh! I beg your pardon. I just assumed…. But I shouldn't assume…" Christopher flustered, looking at Rune for help.
"Acorn, would you please share with Christopher what pronouns you prefer to be referred by," Rune instructed, kindly.
"They or their!" Acorn declared.
"What do you mean?" Christopher cocked an eyebrow at Rune.
"You've met the Orange Lady?" Christopher other eyebrow rose up to meet the first one.
"The rebel Fae who is rumored to still serve the defunct Faerie Court and is wanted by numerous corporate police forces for illegal activities against the city?" Christopher went back to switching out the flowers he was delivering, plucking up the final three wilting vases with his large, angular hands.
"Ha, if I could have done that, I would have gone for shorter tusks," Christopher said, tapping his perfectly white lower tusks, the tips of which were level with his nose.
Acorn was confused by all of this grown up talk. If the troll didn't want tusks, why did he grow them at all? Acorn remembered fondly how much Mother Titania had laughed with delight when Acorn had informed her that they wanted to be genderless. It had just seemed right to them at the time. Acorn was proud to be what they were.
Before Acorn could contemplate the sadnesses of being people who couldn't simply decide for themselves what they wanted to be, Ms. Rune turned her attention back to the little brownie.
But before Acorn could say anything more, a high pitched voice squealed.
A swarm of little Fae charged into the Lounge Bar in a mass of color and sparkle. They poured out of everywhere, filling the air with little bodies all centering on poor Christopher. Like untrained dive bombers, the little Fae began to drop like shooting stars, aiming for the helpless troll. The troll only got his mouth open enough to express surprise right before poofed a puff of blue faerie dust right in his face. Several more colors popped after that: red, orange, green, indigo, maroon, grey, silver, turquoise, etc. The air quickly thick with dust and Lady Rune was alternating between coughing and ordering every little firefly who didn't want to be literally grounded to get out of the bar immediately.
Acorn took the opportunity to escape out of the front door. Lady Rune had ordered them to after all.


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Home Top News The New School in New York Fired 122 Staff Members After Reporting...
The New School in New York Fired 122 Staff Members After Reporting Financial Struggles
The New School President Dwight McBride started this week a plan to rebuild trust within the community after the institution fired 122 staff members, 13% of its administrative staff, on October 2. Sources pointed out that the university struggled with a cash crunch due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The determinations about position eliminations were made by the President's Leadership Team and the College Deans.
In a live stream address, Dwight McBride [in the picture below] said that he will focus on the school's academics rather than on its financial hardships. "We will be even more competitive in attracting the students and faculty to The New School, who are committed to the power of progressive education," he explained. He didn't provide details of what his plan entails.
"Layoffs are a painful and traumatic process (…) There is a healing that needs to happen and trust to be rebuilt and that won't happen overnight."
These firings led to virtual demonstrations and protests organized by a group called the New School Labor Coalition. Demonstrators demand that the administration rescind all layoffs and cut salaries from the highest-paid positions.
"By putting 13 percent of its staff members in a vulnerable position during an ongoing pandemic, some participants said that The New School was betraying its values of equity, inclusion, and social justice," said this group.
A day before announcing the layoffs, Mr. McBride wrote in an email to the community that operations at the school had not been "fiscally sustainable".
The New School Free Press Live Blog reported that there was a shortfall of $130 million in revenue, due to a drop of 10% in general enrollment during this semester and 15% of new enrollment. The projected deficit for the 2021 fiscal year was $95 million.
• The New York Times, October 16, 2020: This School Was Built for Idealists. It Could Use Some Rich Alumni.
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Callilepis pluto est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Gnaphosidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce se rencontre aux États-Unis au Maine, au New Hampshire, au Vermont, au Massachusetts, au Connecticut, dans l'État de New York, au New Jersey, en Pennsylvanie, en Virginie-Occidentale, en Virginie, en Caroline du Nord, en Géorgie, en Alabama, au Tennessee, en Ohio, au Michigan, au Wisconsin, en Illinois, en Iowa, au Minnesota, au Dakota du Nord, au Dakota du Sud, au Wyoming, au Colorado, au Montana, en Idaho, au Oregon et au Washington et au Canada en Colombie-Britannique, en Alberta, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, en Saskatchewan, au Manitoba, en Ontario, au Québec et en Nouvelle-Écosse.

Description
Les mâles mesurent  en moyenne et les femelles .

Publication originale
 Banks, 1896 : New North American spiders and mites. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, ,  (texte intégral).

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Gnaphosidae
Espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)


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Careers Champion February 2016
Congratulations to Monira Ahmed – the third Careers Champion!
Over 1300 votes were submitted in the third Careers Champion final poll in February 2016. Six fantastic finalists were nominated – all doing great careers work. After an extremely close contest that went down to the last minutes, the final voting breakdown was:
Winner: Monira Ahmed: 36.9%
Runner-up: Danielle Pilcher: 36.2%
Other shortlisted finalists:
Toni Collinge
Janet Colledge
Laura-Jane Rawlings
Elizabeth Manning
Monira Ahmed
As an International Careers & Employability Adviser at The University of Central Lancashire, Monira works tirelessly to inspire and empower both international and UK students. She is also a prolific writer and blogger providing content and information products for graduate careers magazines, websites and professional bodies. Monira's personal blog 'Everything Careers' has quickly become a valuable resource to careers professionals, covering a wide range of industry topics. UCLAN colleague Carol Sanderson wrote: "Monira's work in delivering award-winning mentoring projects has made a real difference to the lives of adults. She has introduced a global dimension to our careers offering and, alongside the SU, she is now supporting the aspirations and confidence of our BME students via an alumni careers network."
Also Nominated for the February 2016 Award
As Career Development Coordinator at Sir John Thursby Community College (Burnley, Lancs) since 2010, Toni has transformed the careers provision available to students and increased aspiration throughout the college. She also works tirelessly to maintain employer links and empower students to gain their own work experience placements. Nominator Helen Campbell said: "Not only does Toni deliver excellent Careers Education lessons to every age group but we are also the only college in the local area who continue to offer work experience to all Year 10 students. Fellow nominator Peter Howarth added: "I have worked in schools for nearly 20 years and her commitment to the welfare and future of our students is absolutely amazing. She nurtures their ambitions, supports and guides them to achieve the best possible future outcomes."
A former recruitment specialist, Laura-Jane founded Youth Employment UK CIC in 2012 which empowers young people to have an active voice on the issues of youth employment. Laura-Jane believes passionately in the need to inspire all young people about their future and works as the Head of Schools Outreach for careers information platform Plotr alongside her work at YEUK. Laura-Jane is recognised as a leading youth employment expert, providing insight and expertise to many groups such as the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Youth Employment. Laura-Jane's work is helping to bridge the gap of education and employment. Nominator Jenny Mullinder said: "Laura-Jane works tirelessly and has taken YEUK youth ambassadors to committee meetings, debates in parliament and numerous conferences. She is passionate and extremely hard working."
Youth Employment UK
Danielle Pilcher
The youngest Career Champion finalist, Danielle was determined to make a positive impact on careers and employability founding the Onslow Trust Careers Charity. The Trust  works to promote positive relationships between young people and established professionals, providing advice, guidance and support whilst  facing the challenges associated with career choices. The dynamic site houses links, key information as well as the brilliant career resource portal 'Talking Pro'. Nominator Ellie Moore said: "Danielle is an inspiration at only 21 years of age. She's a firm believer that careers advice should be honest and transparent, and after four months she is now running an online interactive careers database and a national employment award for schools. She fully deserves recognition."
The Onslow Trust
Liz Manning
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A former teacher, Janet has over 15 years' experience providing award winning careers education. Janet's careers education consultancy and informative website 'Outstanding Careers' offers services to schools, providers and individuals. A CDI Council member, she is also a widely respected blogger and resource builder and runs a dynamic Pinterest board to support careers learning in schools. Nominator Nick Newman said: "Janet is an inspiration to those that meet and work with her; her ability and energy to pinpoint the key careers issues for students and then help them to understand their choices better is exactly what is needed. As an Ambassador for National Careers Week from the start, Janet is a diligent campaigner and activist, leading by example and helping to improve the life choices of so many.
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Townes Van Zandt was a founding member of the modern Texas singer-songwriter tradition and influenced or played with everyone from Bob Dylan to Norah Jones. His spare, evocative lyrics, coupled with his beautiful, articulate guitar playing, developed a particularly loyal and eclectic fan base. His songs have been covered most famously by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Emmylou Harris, but also by a host of great and lesser-known performers. He was a major influence on the "Outlaw" Country movement.
Van Zandt wrestled with inner demons. His eccentricities, mental illness, and the resulting heavy substance abuse, combined with often poorly produced studio albums, ensured that his fame was never as great as his talent. His influence and his legend continued to grow after his death on January 1, 1997, forty-four years to the day after the death of his hero Hank Williams.
Ten years passed before a biography of Van Zandt appeared. Musician, writer, poet and professor of music at Manhattan College and the College of Mount St. Vincent, John Kruth published To Live's to Fly in 2007. In addition to a biography of jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk, he has also written for the New York Times and Rolling Stone.


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Q: Using SpeechRecognizer with a custom keyboard if com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox is disabled I have a specific use case where I need the com.google.android.googlequicksearch disabled but when I do that I am no longer able to use the Voice Recognition for my custom keyboard. Is there a way around this, or a way to manually include that dependency within my app but not have the app enabled on the device.
Here is how I tried initializing the SpeechRecognizer. I also added the query tag in the manifest for android.speech.RecognitionService
@Override
protected void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    if(ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this,Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED){
        checkPermission();
    }
    //////////
    printListofSupportedLanguages();
    /////////
    editText = findViewById(R.id.text);
    micButton = findViewById(R.id.button);
    final Intent speechRecognizerIntent;
    speechRecognizerIntent = new Intent(RecognizerIntent.ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH);
    try {
        speechRecognizer = SpeechRecognizer.createSpeechRecognizer(this,
                ComponentName.unflattenFromString("android.speech.RecognitionService/com.google.android.voicesearch.serviceapi.GoogleRecognitionService")));

        Log.d(TAG,"SpeechRecognizer Created");
             speechRecognizerIntent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE_MODEL,RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM);
        speechRecognizerIntent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE, Locale.getDefault());
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        Log.e(TAG,"Exception Rec:"+e.getMessage());
    }

A: It seems unlikely that there would be a way to have com.google.android.quicksearchbox do speech recognition for your app if it is disabled.
If there is also no other app installed that could handle the SpeechRecognizer requests, then it simply won't work.
However, you could integrate a speech recognition SDK into your app and do the speech recognition that way.
For example, Huawei has the ML Kit ASR SDK, which you can integrate into your app as a dependency and do speech recognition within your app: https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/doc/development/hiai-Guides/ml-asr-0000001050066212
Keep in mind that the number of languages supported, especially on non-Huawei phones, is limited.
You may also look into SDKs for this purpose provided by other companies.
(Disclaimer: I work at Huawei)