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local storyboard = require ( "composer" )
local widget = require ( "widget" )
storyboard.navigator = {}
local navigator = storyboard.navigator

navigator.navigationStack = {}
navigator.currentScene = nil
navigator.isNavigationBarVisible = false
navigator.navigationBarColor = nil
navigator.navigationBarImage = nil
navigator.navigationBarHiddenScenes = {}

local function handleKeyEvent ( event )
    local phase = event.phase
    local keyName = event.keyName
	if phase == "down" and keyName == "back" then
        return navigator:popScene ()
	end
	return false
end

function navigator:pushScene ( sceneName, params )
    Runtime:removeEventListener ( "key", handleKeyEvent )
    Runtime:addEventListener ( "key", handleKeyEvent )

    local currentScene = storyboard.getCurrentSceneName()
    KLLog ( "Pushing. ", currentScene, " --> ", sceneName )
    -- if ( ( #self.navigationStack == 0 and currentScene ~= nil ) or self.navigationStack [ #self.navigationStack ] ~= currentScene ) then
    --     self.navigationStack [ #self.navigationStack + 1 ] = currentScene
    -- end
    if params == nil then
        params = {}
    end

    local newScene = storyboard.loadScene ( sceneName, false, params.params )
    self.navigationStack [ #self.navigationStack + 1 ] = { newScene, newScene.title, sceneName, params }
    if newScene.group then
        newScene.view:insert ( newScene.group )
    end

    local isBarVisible = navigator.isNavigationBarVisible

    if table.contains ( navigator.navigationBarHiddenScenes, sceneName ) then
        isBarVisible = false
    end

    if isBarVisible then
        if newScene.group then
            local rectG = display.newGroup ()
            newScene.view:insert ( rectG )
            if self.navigationBarImage == nil then
                local rect = display.newRect( rectG, display.centerX, 16.5, display.contentWidth, 33 )
                local color = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }
                if navigator.navigationBarColor ~= nil then
                    KLLog ( "Color is defined" )
                    color = navigator.navigationBarColor
                    if color [ 4 ] == nil then
                        color [ 4 ] = 1
                    end
                end
                -- print ( color [ 4 ])
                rect:setFillColor ( color [ 1 ], color [ 2 ], color [ 3 ], color [ 4 ])
                rectG:insert ( rect )
            else
                local img = display.newImageRect ( rectG, self.navigationBarImage, display.contentWidth, 33 )
                img.x, img.y = display.screenLeft, display.screenTop
                rectG:insert ( img )
            end
            newScene.group.y = newScene.group.y + 33
            if #self.navigationStack > 1 then
                local title = self.navigationStack [ #self.navigationStack - 1 ]
                if title [ 2 ] == nil then
                    title = "Back"
                else
                    title = title [ 2 ]
                end

                local backB = widget.newButton ({
                    label = "<- " .. title,
                    width = 80,
                    height = 29,
                    fontSize = 9,
                    -- shape = "rect",
                    -- fillColor = { default={ 0, 0, 0 }, over={ 0.4, 0.1, 0.2 } },
                    onRelease = function ()
                        self:popScene ()
                    end,
                })
                backB.x = display.screenLeft + 40 + 2
                backB.y = display.screenTop + 16
                rectG:insert ( backB )
            end
        end
    end
    storyboard.gotoScene ( sceneName, params )
end

function navigator:popScene ()

    if ( #self.navigationStack > 1 ) then
        local currentScene = storyboard.getCurrentSceneName()
        local cs = table.popLast ( self.navigationStack )
        local newScene = self.navigationStack [ #self.navigationStack ]
        if type ( newScene [ 1 ] ) == "string" then
            -- it's a released scene in stack - we need to recreate it now
            newScene [ 1 ] = storyboard.loadScene ( newScene [ 3 ], false, newScene [ 4 ] )
        end
        KLLog ( "Popping. ", currentScene, " --> ", newScene [ 3 ] )
        local params = newScene [ 4 ]
        if type ( params ) == "string" then
            params = { effect = params }
        end
        -- print ( "Params: ", params )
        if cs [ 4 ] and cs [ 4 ].effect then
            local effect = cs [ 4 ].effect
            if effect == "slideDown" then
                params.effect = "slideUp"
            end
            if effect == "slideLeft" then
                params.effect = "slideRight"
            end
            if effect == "crossFade" then
                params.effect = effect
            end
        end
        storyboard.gotoScene ( newScene [3], params )
        timer.performWithDelay ( 500, function ()
            storyboard.purgeScene ( currentScene )
        end )
        return true
    else
        KLLog ( " !!! can't pop scene !!! ")
        for i=1, #self.navigationStack do
            KLLog (self.navigationStack [ i ] [ 3 ])
        end
    end
    return false
end

function navigator:freeMem ()
    for i=1, #self.navigationStack - 1 do
        self.navigationStack [ i ] [ 1 ] = "freed mem"
        storyboard.purgeScene ( self.navigationStack [ 3 ])
        KLLog ( "Freed some memory" )
    end
    KLLog ("Collect garbage: ", collectgarbage ( "count" ))
end

storyboard.pushScene = function ( sceneName, params )
    storyboard.navigator:pushScene ( sceneName, params )
end

storyboard.popScene = function ()
    storyboard.navigator:popScene ()
end

storyboard.freeMem = function ()
    storyboard.navigator:freeMem ()
end

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Q: C++ no suitable conversion function from INPUT to LPINPUT exists i'm trying to get the coordinates of the mouse, then move the mouse relative to those coordinates.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {
    SHORT f5;
    POINT pt{};
    MOUSEINPUT _mi{};
    INPUT mm{};
    mm.type = 0;
    for (;;) {
        f5 = GetAsyncKeyState(0x74);
        if (f5 > 0) {
            GetCursorPos(&pt);
            _mi.dx = pt.x + 100;
            _mi.dy = pt.y + 100;
            mm.mi = _mi;
            SendInput(1, mm, sizeof(mm));
        }
        Sleep(50);
    }
    return 0;
}

I'm getting an error saying that no suitable conversion from INPUT to LPINPUT exists, but I also have no idea how to create a "LPINPUT" struct.

A: SendInput() expects a pointer to an array of INPUT structures. Since you are passing only 1 INPUT, give it the address of your INPUT as a pointer by prefixing the structure with the & operator, just as you did with GetCursorPos():
SendInput(1, &mm, sizeof(mm));

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"Just wanted to say a massive thank you for helping make our day so perfect even through the haunted blinds!!
I knew you were the perfect choice and can't believe how incredible everyone looked.
You are so good at what you do and you have this way of making everyone feel comfortable and relaxed to the point where my mother in law was nearly falling asleep haha!
I had such a great time getting ready with everyone and I can't wait to share photos with you!!
"Thank you SO SO MUCH for helping me look and feel so A-MAZING on my wedding day but also for my bridesmaids and my mum as well – they looked soooo naturally stunning. In my eyes, I just couldn't have had anyone else but you so thank you to agreeing to be a part of the craziness! You really helped bring a cool and calm vibe right from the beginning to the end of what can be such a nerve-racking experience!
"You incredible woman. Thank you. Thank you for making me laugh. Thank you for putting smiles on everyone's faces all morning. Thank you for your unfaltering attention to detail. Thank you for being flexible, efficient and professional. Thank you for the confidence and glow you gave me and my girls. I honestly felt so comfortable and radiant, we had so many people raving about your work – we were all too happy to rave about you! We were so impressed by how well the makeup held, even after hours of crying, wind, hugging, dancing and a couple cheeky bulldog kisses! So, from the bottom of my loved up and married heart, thank you. Thank you for being one hell of a woman.
"Thank you Megan for making me feel so gorgeous on my wedding day. I absolutely LOVED my wedding makeup and it was exactly how I envisioned it.
After meeting Megan at my trial, I immediately knew I would be in excellent hands and dealing with a true professional making my wedding day stress free and so much fun. Megan listened to what I wanted and created an amazing look for my four bridesmaids who looked absolutely stunning.
"WOW WOW WOW! Cannot recommend enough.
I was lucky enough to stumble across Megan on Instagram whilst looking for a makeup artist for my wedding.
I booked Megan in to do all the makeup for our wedding morning, so myself, 4 bridesmaids, mother of bride and groom and my sister in law. Everyone looked like THE most amazing versions of themselves! It was a hot hot 35 degree summers day and all of our makeup lasted til the early hours of the morning after hours of cutting serious shapes on the dance floor, sweating and kisses.
Megan was an absolute pleasure to spend the morning with, super professional whilst still being relaxed and fun.
"I just wanted to say a massive thank you to you. You made our day 1000x greater than I could ever have imagined.
Your energy is so perfect and so calming – It's one of the reasons I was drawn to you and I honestly don't think I would have been so calm without the combination of you, Elise and Michelle.
I felt so beautiful but as someone who doesn't wear a lot of make up, I still felt like me, and I know all the other girls felt the same.
What you do is amazing and I am so glad I crossed your path.
"Megan…where do I even begin.
From the moment you walked in the door on Saturday I knew the day was going to be okay. You bought so much joy and calm into the room and you made everybody feel so comfortable – even the girls who were very unsure about having their makeup done. You made everybody look absolutely stunning, but most importantly, everybody looked like themselves, which was one of my favourite things about the day. You are absolutely brilliant at what you do.
I cannot thank you enough for your patience, for the laughter you bought to the room, for making everybody feel amazing, and for calming me down when I needed it. I am definitely getting myself some frankincense oil!
Thank you for making our wedding day so special. I will definitely be stopping in next time I'm in Berry to visit you and your gorgeous pups!
"I swear…. You are such a genius at what you do. The ladies looked amazing all day yesterday. They shimmered. Thank you for the care you put into your work.
Thank you also for saving the day on the boat. The bridesmaids told me that Josie was VERY upset that her veil had come off. You made her feel relaxed and happy again. Talk about going above and beyond.
"I can't thank you enough! You truly are magic at what you do!
Myself, my bridesmaids and my mum were all so happy with our makeup. It was fresh, light, luminous and stayed on all day and night!
It was so lovely having you around the morning of our wedding, It takes a special person to fit seamlessly into a crazy bunch of girls and family and be able to chat, laugh and make us feel like we've known you for years!-Your calm nature, positive energy and sparkly self made my morning that little bit more special. I can't recommend you highly enough. Keep doing what you do.
"Look no further than Megan Vaughan if you want to have a wonderful and beautiful makeup experience on your wedding day. Megan not only made the whole wedding party look genuinely amazing, but she is so calm, funny and relaxed that she really makes the wedding morning enjoyable. Every bridesmaid said they had a ball getting ready with her! I for one, could have stayed with her all day (forget the wedding)!
In addition, Megan's touch up service is the best wedding money I spent. You get hugged and kissed by so many people that you can feel a bit messy, so it was brilliant to have Megan there to freshen us up before the reception. I would definitely highlight that to any future brides.
"I had the pleasure of having Megan do the make up for my wedding in March 2016. There were 5 of us in the bridal party – bride, 3 x bridesmaids and 1 x mother of the bride. As I paid up front, we received complimentary fake eyelashes and a complimentary lipstick for me.
Megan was fantastic. She is the perfect mix of artist and manager. She really knows how to accentuate your best features so you look like your best self on your special day. Each woman had different colouring and features and we all looked amazing.
Also, Megan has excellent time management skills, she did make up for 5 of us and managed to finish early. I had heard many horror stories about make up people running late, but Megan is such a professional, everything happened seamlessly.
Most importantly, Megan is a lovely person. I was nervous during my trial and she put me completely at ease. On my wedding day, I was also really nervous, but she was so warm and fun, it made getting ready really enjoyable.
"I wanted to send you a note to thank you so much for my makeup for the wedding. Having the other makeup artist cancel was such a blessing in disguise!
As you know I was feeling pretty sick and miserable that morning. I'd pretty much given up any hope of looking gorgeous at that point. After I saw my makeup it brought the biggest smile to my face!
You managed to create the exact look that I wanted. I couldn't believe how amazing my makeup was. I received so many compliments throughout the day. My makeup was absolutely flawless all evening too. Even having more photographs taken later in the evening I knew I could relax knowing that I looked flawless from every angle (and that no one had any idea how sick I actually was because I certainly didn't look it!).
You were so fantastic to work with, I can tell you really care about giving your clients exactly what they want, and it was so nice to know you have the experience to create absolutely any look.
"I just wanted you know how much I appreciated everything you did for not only myself but my 3 sisters and mother for our wedding on the 12th of August.
The make up for my wedding was the most anxious part for me but you made me feel so comfortable and put to rest any worries I had. After the trial I knew I had made the right decision in contacting you.
You created a look which made me feel confident and comfortable. The make up did not feel heavy at all and maintained its quality through out the whole day and night for not only my bridesmaids, my mother, but my own which went through 2 dress changes. Even at the end of the night guests were commenting on how well the makeup had held up. You truly are an amazing make up artist with an awesome personality to match!
"You were so amazing on the day!! I am still over the moon with how beautiful everyone looked! I would not change a single thing about your service. Everyone left that room feeling amazing – and so they should have. I am so thankful that I found you. You are so great at what you do!
Thank you for making my wedding preparations as stress free as possible and for creating a look for me that was more beautiful than I could have ever imagined.
"I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for the amazing job you did on everyones makeup.
I couldn't have imagined we could all look so beautiful and the makeup held up even though I cried through all 5 speeches at the reception. No streak marks whatsoever! I didn't have to touch up my makeup at all throughout the night and I fell asleep in it by accident and woke up at 6am still looking as amazing as when you first applied it.
"After a very busy work period and our honeymoon I can finally sit down to my thank you's and you're at the top of the list!
Thank you for making my wedding day such a special experience. I felt so beautiful in the makeup you did, and was secure in the fact that it was going to last all day and night with my touch up package. I really enjoyed the change of look as well – people kept asking if I had changed my dress altogether!
"I just wanted to write to thankyou for making myself, the two bridesmaids and the mothers feel so special and well looked after on my wedding day in October.
None of us wear a huge amount of makeup normally so we were all hoping for a natural look that would allow us to feel like ourselves and not be self conscious about looking too "done up" on the day. That's exactly what you delivered, plus you and Carly made the whole experience of getting ready a real pleasure and lots of fun. And on a personal note, I'm a pretty shy person so was feeling quite anxious in the lead up to the wedding about being the centre of attention all day, but the way you made me look filled me with confidence and really allowed me to relax and have a fantastic time – I can't thank you enough.
"Sorry it's a little late but…. I just wanted to let you know how amazing you made me, my family and my beautiful bridesmaids feel on my special day.
My makeup was just what I envisioned, it was light, lasted all day and night and looked beautiful in the photographs. You were able to cater a look for my beautiful 82 year old Nan, a natural look for my bridesmaids, a bold eye for myself, and a look to suit my mothering law and mother.
I was amazed how light my makeup felt while still managing to to cover up any skin imperfections.
Watching you work on everyone was magic!
Thanks so much for being apart of my special day and I will see you soon at Bonnie's Wedding.
"Just wanted to send a quick thank you for Friday- we all loved our makeup and it was so much fun getting ready with you and Carly! Thank you so much! The day turned out amazing despite the rain and we got a lot of comments on our make up- I'm sure there's a lot on engagements in the pipeline for my friends so I'll be recommending you to everyone I know! Thanks for being awesome!
"Thank you SO much for doing such beautiful wedding make up for myself, my sister and my mothers. You made all of us look both natural and special as well as feel so relaxed while we were in your chair.
My mother and mother in law were a bit worried about how their make up would look given they both don't wear a lot of make up and haven't had this done in a long time. They were both so delighted in the look you gave them!
"Thank you so much for all your help, you are one seriously talented woman!
My bridesmaids looked beautiful, I felt beautiful and not to mention my mum looked stunning. You made us all feel so comfortable, I couldn't have pick a better make up artist.
"Megan was a dream to work with! So professional and friendly, and kept the bridal party so relaxed! Everyone was complimenting the bridal party's makeup, and it was flawless and looked amazing.
"Thank you so much for doing beautiful, natural looking makeup on all of the women in our wedding party. Anne-Marie looked gorgeous.
I am a person who doesn't wear much makeup normally and so was quite nervous about having professional makeup done for this special occasion. You were so calm, relaxed and confident that this ensured that I felt confident too. I was thoroughly intrigued watching you create your magic on mine and everyone else's faces.
I was thrilled with the "look" you created for me, being Mother of the Groom. You cleverly covered any skin imperfections. The end result was wonderful – natural and enhancing.
"I'd like to pass on a huge thank you, for the amazing make up you did for myself, my bridesmaids and my mum, on my wedding day. We were so pleased with our make up, I could not have been happier! There was absolutely no doubt when it came to choosing our Makeup Artist. It was the first and easiest decision I made for the wedding. I would highly recommend you to anyone. Thank you for sharing the day with us, we really enjoyed your company.
Karen Moore here…just wanted to thankyou again for all your help on the Victoria's wedding day. The whole day was beautiful from start to finish and you were a very helpful, professional and friendly part of it. So thanks.
"Thank you so much for your services on my wedding day!
"I am so sorry that it has taken me so long to get around to thanking you for the amazing job that you did on myself, my bridesmaids and the mothers at the wedding.
I was so thrilled with my overall look for the day and you got my makeup spot on, it was exactly what I wanted! I thought my bridesmaids looked truly beautiful as well. You were so amazing to work with, so relaxed, you really brought a beautiful vibe to our house on the wedding day.
Thank you again, you are such a gem. Hopefully, I will see you again sometime in the future.
"I chose Megan of Makeup by Megan to do my bridal makeup in May 2015 and I could not have chosen better. Megan created a beautifully natural looking style that photographed well into the evening without needing a touch up!
Megan was flexible with what I wanted and knew how to achieve what I was after and did so successfully.
Megan is a true professional. She achieved a beautiful look for me, three gorgeous maids plus my wonderful mum all while being a wonderfully positive presence on what was a very nervous morning for me.
I would 100% recommend Megan to any bride who wants a beautifully natural look created by a true professional in the business.
Thank you so much for the absolutely wonderful job you did for myself, mum and maids. The four of us were so happy with our looks. You listened to what we wanted, worked with our skin tones and all the girls looked so natural, beautiful and my Mum was GLOWING!
You were so helpful in making sure we got it just right with the trial and even going out of your way to find the right lippy for me at late notice.
You kept us all calm on the day and the morning getting ready was so much fun thanks to having you and Mel there with us talking mindless chatter and enjoying that devilishly good caramel slice!
As a professional in the industry, I know it is a competitive space but I could not recommend you enough and will be singing your praises to anyone and everyone who will listen.
I have to write this to the two of you as you are the perfect package!! I had no idea what to expect on my wedding day as I NEVER wear make up and I rarely even run a brush through my hair. Probably the reason for that is that I have never felt good about the way I look and forever so critical of myself. I was really worried that those feelings would ruin how I felt on my wedding day.
I had no idea that I could look and feel as amazing as I did on the day…I felt exactly how I had hoped I would. Thank you so much for working your magic while still keeping me looking like me!
The self confidence I had on the day has carried over and I really feel great about myself all of the time now and I havent come down from that high! Having you two in the house that day really contributed to it being special… It was like having 2 extra girlfriends there. I know everyone loved you and we couldnt have wished for a better match. Thank you so much also for including the children who were in the house as they were so excited to be involved.
My husband and our guests were blown away by how amazing everyone looked. We both look back on the photos of the beautiful bridesmaids who really looked like angels ( they are not!). You really ( and somehow after only a short time spent with us) captured their personalities and their hair and make up really reflected who they are.
We all want to do it all again and we would all love to see you again! We will definately recommend you to anyone and everyone and hopefully we will all call on you again soon. I plan on getting my hair and makeup done more often now and will find any excuse.
"Thank you for being a part of my special day – the make up you did for Maggie and me was absolutely beautiful and made us feel incredible. You listened very carefully to what we both wanted and totally nailed it. Thank you for making such an effort to accommodate us (even if it meant getting up at the crack of dawn!!). I was also so touched that you took the time to meet us at Porteno just before the ceremony to do final touch ups – a gesture that show what a true professional you are. It is the kind gestures like that that made our day very special.
Thanks again Megan – I'm only sad now that we don't get to do it all over!!!
"After checking out Megan's website and seeing the beautiful, natural glowing makeup on her models, I kept thinking to myself, I have to get a trial done.
After the makeup trial I remember walking away not wanting to take my makeup off!
Megan is a natural at what she does. She has an eye for detail and listens to your suggestions on what you like or don't like in your makeup style.
On the wedding day, Megan was so professional, friendly and very patient with my bridal party. The makeup lasted the whole day and was just flawless even late at night on the dance floor!
"Megan, it was thank's to you that I and my bridesmaids looked like we did- and I thought we all looked amazing!!!
Your relaxed, calm, happy nature truly showed your professional manner. With this we all felt confident, comfortable & relaxed on such a stressful day!
The fake eyelashes are a must and we all held onto them for as long as we could!!!!
Thank-you Megan for helping my day be amazing as it was, it was a pleasure to have you as part of the Jones team!
"Loveliest Megan, I cannot THANK YOU enough for making me feel incredible on my wedding day! Your artistry is beautiful.
I loved, loved, loved my makeup! It was flawless and natural whilst still allowing 'me' to shine through. I felt amazing! The girls looked gorgeous and you tailored their makeup individually, which is so important. You understand that one look does not suit everyone.
From my initial enquiry through to my wedding day you were professional, prompt and organised. You have such a calming and friendly presence, which is invaluable when so much is happening – getting ready felt like one big catch-up with the girls! You truly were an asset to my wedding and I cannot recommend you highly enough. Ladies, book her in!!!
"Just wanted to say a big thank you to you for the wonderful job you did for the bridal party and I on my wedding day. You were so helpful and really made us all feel beautiful. You were super relaxed and way ahead of schedule which really made the morning run so smoothly. You didn't try to hide my features but really brought out the best bits of me, freckles and all J The make-up lasted the entire wedding day and night and I never had to reapply anything. I felt like a star on the day.
"Just sending a you a HUGE thank you!! I could not have been happier with the make-up at my wedding, mum, the bridesmaids and myself all looked amazing!! We received so many compliments on the day (and ever since!) that were such a positive testament to your work! A special mention must be made of my mum's makeup, she was nervous about having it done but you put her at ease and she was absolutely thrilled with her 'wedding makeover'! I will be sure to recommend you to any bride I meet!
I have been chomping at the bit to get my hands on some pics to send you, with a big fat THANK YOU for your amazing work on my wedding day. One by one I watched the girls wander out the back and return looking like a cross between Victorias Secret Models and backup dancers from a Robert Palmer film clip… my dream beauty look haha!
Thank you for making me (generally the dirt covered, hightop wearing, tomboy florist) feel relaxed and confident, for applying the most perfect Lauren Conrad inspired eyeliner, and finding me the most amazing statement lip from my dreams.
You are brilliant at what you do and I was so lucky to have you with us for preparation on the day. Our makeup did not budge through crying, laughing and drunken dancing!!
"On behalf of my myself, my bridesmaids and mothers of bride and groom and Leanne, we would just like to say a massive thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all of your incredible help making my wedding the most unbelievably magical day!
You have been an absolute pleasure to work with in the lead up to the day – so professional and lovely. You just made the planning process flow so seamlessly and were able to meet all of our requests without question.
I was completely blown away by how incredibly beautiful the make up was. The girls just looked so breathtakingly stunning. The make up looked flawless! So natural and perfect in every way. My make up was exactly what I wanted. I felt like a goddess, it was just gorgeous!
A huge thank you as well for being so prompt and organised on the day. The entire preparation time just proceeded like clockwork and it made me feel very relaxed knowing I could rely on you.
I definitely won't hesitate in recommending you to all my friends and family.
"From the moment my eyes landed on your website, I knew I wanted you to do my wedding make up! Thank you for doing our make up and dealing with me and my crazy fun bridesmaids in the morning! We absolutely loved the make up on our faces and we didn't even have to touch up anything at all except our lippies! It's honestly the best make up I've ever had in my entire life. I know, huge statement, but it's very true. I felt very comfortable around you and trusted your expertise and experience. Even the bridesmaid who never had make up before loved it!
I just wanted to say a big thank you for my makeup and also my bridal party for my wedding in August! The preparations before the ceremony was so much fun with yourself and Melissa and set the relaxed tone for the entire day. I felt amazing with my makeup and recieved many compliments! You are a true professional and would highly recommend you to anyone!!!
"Hello again Megan! I just wanted to send a (belated) thank you for the work you did on my wedding day. I knew from looking at your portfolio we were in good hands, and you never disappointed! Your work was beautiful, professional, long lasting, flattering…everything I wanted it to be! The way you employed the requested colour with my make-up palette looked so amazingly good (I've attached shots of how great this looked even in black in white photos!). Not only this, but you were such a fun, calm, and frankly 'cool' presence to have on the day, and really contributed to making the morning special.
"I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are keeping warm this week. I just wanted to thank you for making myself, the bridesmaids and the mums look so gorgeous on Saturday. Everyone loved your work and we all felt beyond beautiful. We all received so many compliments and I don't think we could have asked for anything more. It has been such a pleasure working with you, before the wedding and on the day. I'm so glad to have met you and I wish you all the success in the world. Thank you for making the day so enjoyable, your work is so professional and I'd be happy to recommend you to everyone.
"Megan, you a truly amazing!
"Wow! What a day! Thank-you for all that did on saturday-you were just amazing. I can't thankyou enough for the effort you put in to getting us all looking pretty bloody fantastic if I do say myself!
"Dear Megan, I've taken some time in writing because I was trying to think of the words that would best summarise my experience with you. My bridesmaids loved their look (and blotting paper on an unseasonably warm March day), my mother looked amazing and received so many wonderful compliments and I felt like a beautiful, confident bride. I received so many compliments on how I looked completely comfortable, natural and stunning; I know this was in no small feat thanks to you and I would gladly and readily recommend to you to anyone else I know who is in need of a make-up artist in the future. The make-up lasted all day and well into the evening and it was a shame to have to remove it after the day was all over.
Thank-you for my wedding make-up! I ABSOLUTELY loved what you did and so did all the bridesmaids. I can't wait to have my makeup done by you again.
I couldn't have found a better makeup artist. Megan is not only great at what she does but a really lovely person. Megan makes you feel comfortable from the beginning. Very patient and will guarantee that you walk out happy with what she's done.
Megan was the makeup artist for my wedding in May 2012 and did a fantastic job. I have been a bridesmaid many times and most times have been really unhappy with the makeup. So when it came to my big day, I was seriously considering going it alone and doing my makeup myself. That was until my photographers convinced me of the value in the right makeup artist and referred me to Megan… it was the best decision I made! I was blown away with Megan's work and now realise that good makeup artists are hard to come by – but Megan is definitely one of them. Megan made me look like my most beautiful self. I was still me, there wasn't so much makeup too hide my natural looks, it was just a much better version! My four bridesmaids, mum and the mother of the groom also had their makeup completed by Megan, and each one was ecstatic with the end result. They all looked so beautiful, and I was very proud of my gorgeous wedding party. Two of my bridesmaids hate having their makeup done and they were so happy with the look Megan gave them that they sang her praises for weeks .
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I just wanted to send you an email to say thank you so much for the beautiful wedding makeup you did on December 3 in Kiama.
When we first met at the makeup trial in your home, I knew I was in good hands. You made me feel so relaxed and comfortable and understood exactly what I was looking for. Any concerns I had about my skin you put at ease and I was so grateful. The makeup on the day was absolutely flawless and lasted well into the night, even after a couple of hours dancing!!
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I don't have the professional photos back yet, but when I do I will definitely share some with you.
Wishing you a wonderful and successful 2012.
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I have known Megan for a number of years through her previous work life and she always struck me as being perfectly groomed with beautiful make up so when I heard that she had followed this path, I felt that she would be the perfect person to teach me how to create a look that I can easily – and quickly! – replicate.
Megan turned up with an impressive array of make up and accessories and in a relatively short period of time – after asking me numerous questions about what I like/don't like in a make up look and after pointing out all the positive things about my face (bless her!) – created a look that I just LOVE and that I can vamp up for night and tone down for work/every day. I can use a lot of the make up I already have but didn't really know how to apply. She sells a number of high quality products that you can't find in shops but is not a high pressure sales person at all – on the contrary, she tries to use the product you already have where possible. I couldn't resist though and did order a beautiful lipstick and liner through her (now knowing how to apply them!).


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The Indian Navy Wants Four Massive Amphibious Assault Ships
tags: amphibious warfare, DCNS, Delhi, France, Larsen & Toubro, Marines, Navantia, Reliance
India's defense ministry is laying the groundwork for a marine contingent that will bring Delhi's hard power to the far corners of the globe. In May the ministry's Defense Acquisition Council announced two firms, Reliance Defense and Engineering Ltd. and Larsen & Toubro, were each qualified in an ongoing vetting process for the construction of four amphibious assault ships.
The two firms are expected to submit fresh proposals for the contract in a clear sign of growing cooperation between India's arms industry and the private sector.
Examining open sources reveal the Defense Acquisition Council wants vessels that share the same dimensions as the French Mistral or the South Korean Dokdo complete with defensive systems and enough internal volume for a battalion of marines and their armored vehicles. Another alternative is building a licensed version of the Navantia LHD that Turkey and Australia have chosen for their navies.
One of the two firms competing for the project, whose estimated cost is worth more than $3 billion, the conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, already partnered with Navantia to localize its LHD shipbuilding. Its competitor Reliance, however, is ready to assemble a Mistral-type vessel with help from DCNS.
Yet the chances of either can be nil. With a contract for the ships still in the works, and not expected till the end of 2017, the Defense Acquisition Council can just fork these out to a state-owned shipyard with a track record of naval shipbuilding.
India's newfound requirement for marines dates back to 2010 when the army and navy wanted to cooperate in forming a brigade-sized rapid reaction force. At the time it was believed at least 5,000 soldiers trained in amphibious warfare were needed with full logistical support. The requirement for amphibious assault ships was explored by the defense ministry in the following years after experimenting with a small collection of transports, including an ex-US Marine Corps LPD.
The impetus for Indian marines is driven by the likelihood of a future war scenario anywhere in South Asia, the Middle East, or East Africa, that forces the Indian Navy to respond.
Little progress was made on this project until now. With the navy still caught up in a slow modernization program involving multiple deals and contracts, the creation of an Indian marine branch didn't materialize beyond assigning two army units, the 340th Independent Infantry Brigade and the 91st Infantry Brigade, for sea-based operations.
India's newfound awareness of an expeditionary branch isn't unique. The decade so far has seen multiple projects by rising states for establishing their own marine contingents. In early 2017 China outdid the rest when it started reorganizing its army to boost a newly minted PLAN marine corps.
But India faces a serious learning curve for its would-be marines. Not only will the force have to start small and train small, but specialized gear, vehicles, and air support is needed for the oncoming branch. Delhi sees itself as a world power anyway, with an outsized economic footprint, so marines figure in whatever passes for its grand strategy.
from → Aircraft Carrier, Asia, China, India, Ships
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Saudi Arabia Just Launched Its Military-Industrial Complex →

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Groundbreaking online course for businesswomen across the world
Business & Economy news
The University of Leeds' Digital Education Service has designed and delivered an online course for female entrepreneurs across the world.
Launching today, the course supports Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women initiative and will provide female entrepreneurs with a global, digitised curriculum and interactive platform of fellow business owners.
The course is being offered in partnership with Coursera, the world's biggest online course provider.
Professor Neil Morris, Director of Digital Learning, said: "The Digital Education Service is proud to have a leading role in the creation of this groundbreaking course.
"The Digital Education Service at the University of Leeds is proud to have a leading role in the creation of this groundbreaking course."
Professor Neil Morris, Director of Digital Learning, University of Leeds
"We have taken our years of experience in online learning to create something unique and pedagogically sound for a global audience."
Designed by a global academic team, including Professor Sarah Underwood from Leeds University Business School, the course will provide world class business and management education to female entrepreneurs worldwide.
The course curriculum addresses topics fundamental for business owners including: finance, vision and culture, operations, marketing and sales, people development and negotiations.
At the end of the course, participants will finalise a personalised Business Growth Plan to guide and drive their future growth.
Through 11 educational modules, the Digital Education Service has developed a highly interactive course that uses videos, interactive exercises, discussion forums and case studies to build a peer-to-peer network and maintain strong engagement among participants.
Professor Morris added: "The University of Leeds has been proud to partner with Goldman Sachs and Goldman Sachs Foundation since 2010 to provide business and management education to ambitious entrepreneurs. We now look forward to continuing to work with the Goldman Sachs Foundation and Coursera to ensure the success of the course, and to see the positive impact of the course on female entrepreneurs globally."
To find out more about the new course, visit: https://www.coursera.org/launch/10000women


Fourth Row Center: Film Writings by Jason Bailey: #TribecaFest Review: "Saint"
In the process, mythology is established ("bullets won't harm him, but fire does"), clichés are indulged (there's not a reliable flashlight in the damn thing), and plenty of pretty young folks are bumped off in cheerfully blood-soaked kills. It's all done with high style and a good deal of in-joke wit; the score, thankfully, is in on the gag, all thunderous drums and frightened choral singing (like John Carpenter, Maas composes his own music). It's not just a spoof, though; the scares, telegraphed and expected though they may be, land, and the young hero's battle with several "Black Peter"s is a genuinely well-executed action/horror set piece with a Raimi-esque slapstick energy.
The rough-and-tumble scenes like that play best; later, when cops chase St. Nick and his horse across the rooftops of the city, the special effects look junky even for a movie like this. Meanwhile, the big third-act action climax, in its attempt to play serious, comes off looking that much sillier. Or maybe it's not trying to play straight—it could just be that the joke, while a good one, has worn thin by that point in the picture. Saint is two-thirds of a really clever movie, and the rest of it isn't bad enough to sink what comes before. It's good, trashy fun, and those who are in the joke are going to love it. You know who you are.
"Saint" screened this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival. Its final festival screening is on Wednesday, 4/27.


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"We have a donor for you," the Roc Docs announced at our meeting, like they were giving Marika a birthday gift. "He is twenty-nine years old." Age and gender was all the information the transplant team could share about our donor.
"The transplant preparations take two weeks, and the donor is available in mid-November." Because of her history of extreme reactions to treatments, Marika would have to stay in the hospital during the rigorous preparations. "So you'll be admitted at the end of next week," they said. Startled by the short notice, I must have gulped. Suddenly seven sets of eyes turned to me. Then a small voice popped up, not my own.
"I can't," Marika said, and the focus honed in on her. "My concert. I have to do my concert." There was a stunned silence in the small, overstuffed room.
"Your concert? But—um, when is your concert?" one of the team finally asked.
"It's either the 26th or 27th of November. We're still working out the details."
"Uh, we can see if the donor can wait," one of the team suggested uncertainly. Leftover smiles were frozen on the faces of the doctor, the social workers, and the nurses. They eyed each other in disbelief. Then they looked at me like I should do something. I heard myself swallow. No one said to us, "We're worried about losing our small window of opportunity" or "We might lose our donor." If this was a bad idea, it wasn't being made clear. They simply nodded and said they would ask the donor if he could be available at another time. So everything was put on hold. My stomach was grinding bricks.
"Are you out of your mind?" Bewildered when I told her, Laurie yelled at me over the landline back home. "Remission doesn't wait around for you to check everything off your to-do list." She said nothing to Marika, didn't yell at her. But a day later, she called back to ask me, "So, what's the new game plan?"
"The concert is on Friday, November 26th. We get admitted on Monday the 29th, and the transplant is on Monday, December 6th. Wanna come out for Thanksgiving?"
"No, but I wouldn't miss that concert for the world," she promised.
Thanksgiving in Ithaca is a chaotic coming and going of thousands. Evacuating students, mostly. But also friends and neighbors. The people you count on to participate in putting on a concert, or to show up. All the movement over the course of a few days makes planning an event during this time period an exercise in patience, creativity, and faith. Marika and Russ scrambled about to get a back-up singer and other musicians from people who had not yet heard their music. By the day after Thanksgiving, the night of the concert, The Nines in Collegetown was packed. I knew almost everyone there, and their mothers. Saving a seat for Laurie, I nursed a beer at a table with friends as we ate pizzas and tried to hear ourselves talk over the clamor of The Nines, known for its crowds, Blue Monday jams, and deep-dish pizzas. Our excitement and anticipation were at a peak when simultaneously, the band appeared and Laurie arrived. My eyes immediately zoned into an examination of Marika. Cute dress. When did she get that? She's wearing the boots I gave her. She looks happy. She looks tired, like she just woke up.
Pleased with the crowd, Marika started singing "Party Jam," a short song she and Russ wrote. Her large earrings dangled wildly as she moved to the music. In the back, Russ beat away at his drums. I was mesmerized watching my daughter doing what she dreamed about. I ordered another beer.
"Hello everyone. Welcome to the Nines," Marika said cheerily, and went right into "Soldier," a song she had written for her brother who was there in the crowd, recently honorably discharged from the army. She grimaced at her back-up singer who, unfamiliar with the tune, sang off key. The singer wore an old ridged washboard tied around her neck, which she struck with two drumsticks. I glanced across the room at her mother who smiled proudly at her healthy, spirited daughter.
"Don't forget to tip those bartenders," Marika ordered at the end of the song. "I wanna see more of you dancin'," she yelled. The crowd cheered. The music got louder, and she danced. Then we all danced. We bumped into each other and laughed, waving our arms. It didn't matter that we could hardly hear the songs over the percussion. This was what we'd waited for, what our lives had been put on hold for. The crowd at the Nines was crazy. The music boomed and Marika was in command. I wanted to freeze-frame the moment. She sang "Never After" and trailed off, "I am not going anywhere, I am not going anywhere, I am not going anywhere."
Finally, with a victorious smile, finger pointing and fist punching the air, Marika shouted a song by Cake, "I want a girl with a short skirt and a lo-o-ong jacket." A raucous finale. Just in case anyone was thinking this concert was to be her swan song. Sometimes I wonder if Marika knew it would be her last performance.
It was ending. Please don't let it end, don't let it be over yet, I pleaded in my head, sending a grateful prayer to whatever kind spirit might be watching my world. Cheers to Russ and all the musicians, to all the servers at The Nines, to everyone in the crowd. I shot blessings to the doctors who waited and the donor who waited.
Laurie and I walked back to the car, our Frye boots scuffing the sidewalks of late-night Collegetown. My ears still rang. In the dark streets, the dazzling streetlights were kaleidoscoped by my tears.
This entry was posted in 2020 and tagged bucket list, daughter with cancer, Duetting: Memoir 43, Healing From Loss, life is short, living life to the fullest, mother daughter relations, swan song, young cancer patient on 2020/11/23 by Robin Botie.
Bucket Filling
I wanted to be a mother on Easter again. But my son, in his adult state, does not like sweets. What can you give to someone who has everything? Who buys, faster than light, whatever he needs or wants? I bought him a bucket. And tried to fill it for him.
For my birthday he had taken me to one of our favorite restaurants. After dinner we sat over glasses of Armagnac and I asked him, "What's next?"
"I don't know," he said. And not wanting to bring up the touchy topic of job searches on a peaceful evening, I tweaked my question toward the outer limits:
"Don't you have a bucket list?"
"I've already done everything on my bucket list," he said. And he named a dozen amazing things he'd experienced in his remarkable young life.
"Well, you can't be all done. There's gotta be places you want to see, more things you want to do," I said, thinking of my own bucket list, which is endless.
"No, I can die at fifty."
"No. You can't," I told him. "Because I wanna live to a hundred and you can't leave me childless." Losing a child was not something I wanted to do twice.
Over the next week I tried to make a list for him: see sunrise on a hot-air balloon over the caves of Cappadocia in Turkey; watch the sunset in Santorini, Greece; eat at the Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence; visit an active volcano; howl naked at the moon with wolves; give a homeless person a hundred dollar bill; attend a birth, … but you can't make a bucket list for someone else, no matter how much you love him.
The day before Easter, I scrunched my way through a crowded Wegmans gathering travel-sized toiletries and smoked salmon, Clementines, a RedBull energy drink, … special breakfast items. Even a man with no plans and no hunger could appreciate a new toothbrush and a nice Easter breakfast.
Behind the bakery counter, a woman smiled as she drew icing-faces on bunny cookies.
"Do you love your work?" I asked.
"Oh yeah, decorating cookies is the perfect job for me," she said. "I look forward to it every day." I added a bunny cookie to my son's breakfast collection.
At the Agway store, I grabbed a five-inch tall metal bucket off the shelf. The possibilities for a small bucket, even empty, are limitless.
There was one more bucket left on the shelf. I took it for myself.
This entry was posted in 2014 and tagged Bucket Filling, bucket list, healing through a bucket list, living your wish, losing a child, perfect job, someone who has everything on 2014/04/21 by Robin Botie.


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Does MS need to support more new IPs this gen? *spawn
Discussion in 'Console Industry' started by Brad Grenz, Jun 6, 2012.
Brad Grenz Philosopher & Poet
Of the games Microsoft showed at their conference (not counting the 3 XBLA trailers which showed basically nothing), they didn't feature a single game that was on fewer than 3 iterations on the 360 alone. Halo and Splinter Cell are both at their 6th game overall, Call of Duty is on its 9th, Tomb Raider is at 10, and don't even ask about Madden!
The closest they had to a spring chicken was the South Park game which could be given a pass for being the first in a new genre for the license, but they didn't show gameplay and mostly seemed interested in getting some celebrities on stage with that selection. And while the game is actually looking very promising, the show itself is well over the hill and hardly an example of MS trying to provide anything resembling fresh experiences for their customers.
MS is either completely checked out on this gen, or completely checked out on core gaming itself. They got blown away by those crazy French bastards at Ubisoft, not to mention Sony and Nintendo. Not that Nintendo isn't guilty of leaning to heavily on entrenched properties. I haven't done the math but I'd bet over half the Nintendo published games they talked about today were literally Mario titles. But at least they demonstrated a few things I haven't already played 2 or 3 times.
#1 Brad Grenz, Jun 6, 2012
I'm the core. I'm not satisfied. I wanted to play every single game Sony showed, I wanted to play every game Ubisoft showed, save Just Dance. I have no interest in playing anything MS showed, save South Park, and if it's Microsoft's attitude that I'm someone else's problem then I'll buy that on PS3 or PC.
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Brad Grenz said: ↑
MS is either completely checked out on this gen, or completely checked out on core gaming itself. ... I'm the core. I'm not satisfied. I wanted to play every single game Sony showed, I wanted to play every game Ubisoft showed, save Just Dance. I have no interest in playing anything MS showed, save South Park, and if it's Microsoft's attitude that I'm someone else's problem then I'll buy that on PS3 or PC.
You not being interested isn't the same thing as no core games. I can think of 3 core exclusives MS announced or showed (Halo, Gears, Forza). Not MS's fault you don't like 3 of the better selling games this gen
#3 Acert93, Jun 6, 2012
It's just a numbers game. 9 of the top 10 selling games of 2011 were multiplatform (Gears 3 being the exception), and there are far more core games put out yearly than the typical core user ever buys. There's just no need for Microsoft to go nuts spending on exclusives on this gen, it doesn't make business sense as 3rd parties have it handled. Losing you as a customer isn't a big deal in this case because you may just play on pc which puts you back in Microsofts hands anyways, or for the one of you they lose they may get back others in new markets like kinect, other services, etc, by spending resources to target them. Plus as Acer mentions, they already have some of the best selling exclusives already anyways.
#4 joker454, Jun 6, 2012
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Yeah, the 6th, 4th and 5th of those games. Why do I need to play any of those that many times? That's my point. MS is so disinterested they'll just keep turning over the same dirt and hoping people will mindlessly buy the same thing again and again. If I'm gonna give my business to a company, it's gonna be someone who doesn't treat me like a faucet of cash they can turn on every two years.
People have been dismissive of the negativity towards Microsoft's conference with the same line Joker454 uses: war's over, MS can sit on their laurels and let third parties do the heavy lifting. But that's a shitty excuse. All that tells me is MS doesn't give a flying fuck about the medium. Sony is breaking ground and investing heavily in risky products to advance video games as a medium. MS is saving their pennies because they don't care what anyone buys as long as the Xbox Live fees keep rolling in. I have no interest in doing business with a company like that.
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Forza definitely isn't the same game. It's an open road driving game and Halo 4 certainly is somewhat of a reboot for the series also. I haven't looked at Gears yet, but I'll take any Gears I can get
#6 Dr Evil, Jun 6, 2012
bkilian
So... uh... as far as I can tell, pretty much all the games shown by Ubi, EA, Sony and Nintendo were all sequels or more. So why are they so much better than the Microsoft ones?
#7 bkilian, Jun 6, 2012
Well they aren't exactly saving their pennies, they are pouring them into content rights (music, movies, etc), motion control r&d, voice control, ui design, platform unification, etc. One could argue voice recognition and/or motion controls are helping advance the medium but I digress. In any case there wasn't much "new" core stuff shown this show even by Sony, their booth was filled with 4th, 5th and 6's as well.
Proelite
So what happens if Durango is amazing and they show off 5 or more amazing looking new ips next generation? Or do you think that's not going to happen.
In terms of content for 2012, both companies are pretty barren. It's pretty clear that the houses are gearing up towards next generation.
MS: Halo 4, Forza Horizon
Sony: Battle Royale, Last of Us?
At this point both my 360 and PS3 are collecting dust, and I would be glad to have any game, regardless of whether of not it's a new IP. I honestly don't care.
On the Xbla/Kinect side, there is Crimson Dragon that I am looking forward too, but we all know those don't count as games.
#9 Proelite, Jun 6, 2012
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Should we break it down?
Sony demonstrated 2 brand new, triple A IPs, a game in a style they have never produced before, A new application of their industry leading AR tech and two sequels.
Ubisoft demonstrated 2 brand new IPs, one on brand new hardware, one possibly for future hardware and some sequels.
Nintendo showed off multiple new game types on new hardware, that new Ubisoft IP, a sequel from a series that has lain fallow for a whole generation, and admittedly like 5 Mario games.
Microsoft showed nothing that hadn't been released on 360 at least twice before, most many more times than that.
#10 Brad Grenz, Jun 6, 2012
What was this.
Btw, you're way too easy on Sony. I expected more for the Vita. Devoting all that resources towards the PS3 this late in the generation is admirable but sort of misguided in my opinion.
#11 Proelite, Jun 6, 2012
The Wonderbooks.
I expected more for Vita, too. I was hoping they'd announce Diablo 3 for the system. But I can't blame them for focusing on the platform and the games that are actually going to make them money this year. If they had gone Vita heavy people would probably just be giving them shit for focusing on a platform no one cares about and not giving us the PS3 games we actually want.
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Their primary focus this year also seemed to be to stay within an hour (they've had a lot of complaints). That involves choices. Because if you make a list of Vita announcements of the last few weeks, that's a big list. I agree that you'd have expected to see more, but it is also easy to 'lose' against Microsoft for an audience that isn't interested in portables. They made a similar choice to Nintendo in that regard, but Nintendo was wise enough to stress they'd have a separate session on 3DS games. They did a good job there in marketing their own marketing . Will be interesting to see what Vita will actually have on the show floor, because the list of things I've seen compiled on Neogaf is a pretty decent list. It was a shame they couldn't at least show something like CoD on Vita, that would have made a difference to the overall impression.
#13 Arwin, Jun 6, 2012
Sequels or not 360 actually has somewhat of a lineup this holiday.
dobwal
Exactly what has Sony's 1st party titles done for the Sony? As highly regarded as those titles are, they haven't outsold the MS first party offerings nor have they enabled Sony to outsell MS. One may opine that Sony would be worse off without those 1st party titles. It doesn't change the fact that the PS3 has not been profitable at the retail price levels Sony were forced to offer the PS3 to be competitive unit sales wise. Those titles have provided wonderful experiences but have done little to make the PS3 a profitable product for Sony.
The reality is that we as core gamers can't properly support consoles with the level of tech and profits we and the manufacturers would like to see. We have no problem buying consoles at $400-$500 a pop with 30-50 game library but we alone aren't 50-100 million strong. The more MS can convince mainstream consumers to buy and support its console gaming products at higher price levels the better it is for core gamers. If triple A high end graphics gaming alone was enough then Sony and MS would own the market and Nintendo Wii would be this gen's version of the GC in terms of console sales.
Not many here wants MS or Sony to follow Nintendo's model to success. Its my opinion that MS knows all they have to do is give devs good tech, good tools and large userbase and those high end triple A titles will come. But getting the mainstream on board requires concentrating on features that lay outside core gaming. Casual gaming and media functionality/connectivity seems to be the features that MS wants to expound upon to make its console more attractive to mainstream consumers.
While I see some here and other places look at current gaming as casual versus core gamers. I see more of a symbiotic relationship where the more mainstream gamers support a console the greater level of investment manufacturers can incur that directly benefits core gamers. Furthermore, today's mainstream or casual gamers can be tomorrow core gamers which can lead to healthy growth to the overall base of core gamers.
I get off "oohing and awing" from the a bunch of "never seen before" titles as much as the next hardcore gamer but we don't need E3 to get our information of up coming titles. There are tons of avenues to inundates us with "up to date" info and whats on the horizon while servicing us in a way not possible with E3. But E3 is becoming more and more important as a vehicle to disseminate information to the mainstream media which in turns allows more information to filter to mainstream consumers. I think we are better served when MS and Sony concentrate on and cater to more mainstream console and software features during E3. The better MS and Sony becomes at attracting mainstream and casual gamers the better off we will be as long as MS and Sony remains dedicated to providing consoles with tech that visually performs as well as feasibly possible.
#15 dobwal, Jun 6, 2012
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Honestly his posts belong on GameFaqs or GAF instead of B3D, so I wouldn't even entertain him by replying to his posts.
#16 kagemaru, Jun 6, 2012
Silent_Buddha
You see it as blaming the customers for following like sheep and mindlessly buying things they presumably wouldn't play otherwise. At least that's what the dismissive tone of your post suggests.
While I see it as MS giving customers exactly what they are demanding. While you may not like the Halo franchise (or Gears or Forza or whatever), whether it be because of gameplay or graphics or storyline or whatever. It's quite evident that there are multiple millions of people that do.
For MS not to create a game for those consumers would be an incredible tragedy (for all those multiple millions who are dying to play another game that they love) and a business tragedy of the highest order (deliberately choosing not to create a title that is likely to bring in well over 100 million USD in revenue).
Strange, how MS is demonized for giving consumers exactly what they want...
There's nothing wrong with creating new IP just as there is nothing wrong with giving consumers more of what they want and more importantly what they demand. The first is an obvious risk. The second is much less of a risk as long as you don't deviate too much from what makes people like the franchise in the first place. Franchises usually fail if they either deviate too far from what made the franchise great or they introduce absolutely nothing new.
#17 Silent_Buddha, Jun 6, 2012
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I don't know about sales numbers, but my favorite new IPs of this generation weren't first party. They were all third party. Bioshock, Borderlands, Mass Effect, Lost Planet, RDR (technically not a new IP but I'd say it was anyway), Gears, and I'm sure there were many more.
Now, MS might have paid for some of them to be exclusive or timed exclusive or they just were by nature of there being no PS3 during the game launch/development. But I don't see the need for MS to have new 1st party IP.
Did they have any at all this generation? Fable wasn't new, Halo wasn't new, Kameo from Rare? Is that it?
What were we discussing again?
#18 RancidLunchmeat, Jun 6, 2012
Err, what's up with all this hate towards Brad Grenz?
He just wants more games on Xbox...me too! Bring it on, the more games the better...are you guys seriously arguing against that? It's not about Sony this and Sony that...it's simple about more games, more gaming fun...that's it guys.
If you seriously cannot understand this...
#19 Billy Idol, Jun 6, 2012
Billy Idol said: ↑
He just wants more games on Xbox...me too! Bring it on, the more games the better...are you guys seriously arguing against that?
He doesn't just want more games on the Xbox. He wants more first party new IPs on the Xbox. To be announced at an E3 three thousand years into the life cycle of a console with a new console arriving out the door any minute.
It's not about Sony this and Sony that...it's simple about more games, more gaming fun...that's it guys.
I think you should re-read his messages.
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Killing Patient Zero profiles Quebec man unfairly targeted in AIDS epidemic
The new documentary Killing Patient Zero tells the story of the Quebec flight attendant who was wrongly blamed for the spread of AIDS.
Gaetan Dugas became demonized because of his promiscuity — and a typographical error
The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 26, 2019 3:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 26, 2019
Gaetan Dugas, who was a Quebec flight attendant, was falsely blamed for the spread of AIDS in North America. (Hot Docs)
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In the late 1970s, Quebecois flight attendant Gaetan Dugas was openly and proudly gay, described by friends as flamboyant, sexual and generous, with a supportive family and penchant for makeup.
Unashamed of his lifestyle despite lingering societal stigmas, he co-operated with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the early 1980s after he contracted what was initially called "gay cancer" in the media, providing blood samples and the names of 72 of his former sex partners.
Dugas played a key role in contributing to a study that helped prove HIV/AIDS was sexually transmitted.
But as the new documentary "Killing Patient Zero" notes, he became demonized because of his promiscuity — and a typographical error.
In the CDC study, Dugas was labelled "patient O," as in the letter "O," representing "Out-of-California Case," a state where researchers began to look for links.
Hear Richard Bisson, friend and colleague of the late Gaetan Dugas, tell The Current guest host David Common how he wants Dugas to be remembered:
However, some misinterpreted the "O" as the number "0," as in "patient zero," leading to the long-standing and incorrect implication that Dugas brought AIDS to North America.
"This is a man whose name needs to be rehabilitated ... Dugas really should be proclaimed a hero of the fight against AIDS," Laurie Lynd, the doc's Toronto-based director, told The Current's guest host David Common.
"For him to have been vilified, it's like the classic 'No good deed goes unpunished,'" he told The Canadian Press.
Making its world premiere Friday at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Killing Patient Zero details Dugas's life as well as the homophobia and prejudice surrounding the AIDS epidemic. American author Fran Lebowitz is among the 40 interviewees in the film, which is based on Richard McKay's book Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic.
Dugas, who grew up in Quebec City, was one of the first 57 AIDS cases reported to CDC and was part of its cluster study in Atlanta.
He died on March 30, 1984 but became an international name in '87, when American journalist Randy Shilts published his book on the AIDS epidemic, And The Band Played On.
In the book and a feature in the New York Post titled The Man Who Gave Us AIDS, Shilts identified Dugas as "patient zero" and accused him of being the source of the U.S. outbreak.
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Shilts, who died in 1994, maintained Dugas wasn't singled out and noted many others were also named in the book.
The 60-year-old Lynd, who is openly gay, said he read Shilts's story about Dugas in 1990 and thought it was correct until he saw the 1993 John Greyson film Zero Patience, which debunks the myth.
"It was a real gift to be able to revisit this story, just personally, to look at those years again and to be able to rehabilitate Gaetan's name," said Lynd.
"I think he's a gay everyman. I think what he did was heroic with the CDC."
Laurie Lynd is the Toronto-based director of the documentary Killing Patient Zero. (Hot Docs)
Still, Shilts's book also drew attention to the epidemic at a time when many politicians weren't talking about it, added Lynd, noting it woke him up politically and prompted him to make his short film RSVP, about a man who loses his partner to AIDS.
"It's hard for us to realize how little traction it had gained in public attention. Randy's book was a kind of wakeup call," Lynd said.
"In a way, Randy did the wrong thing for the right reasons."
Lynd said he worried his film would open old wounds for Dugas's family, but they've seen the trailer and will get a link to the doc through McKay, who is in touch with them.
"I also hope they will feel it's ... worth it," said Lynd, "because it so thoroughly, I hope, and finally rehabilitates Gaetan's name."
Lynd also hopes the film will be "healing" for gay men and women and serve as a reminder that the fight against HIV/AIDS isn't over — and that homophobia is still around.
"You need look no further than the gay serial killer in Toronto, where it seems fairly clear that had those victims been straight white men, it would have been handled very differently, and how so many of that killer's victims clearly had to live on the down-low because of the homophobia in their communities," Lynd said.
"And we need look no further than our neighbours to the south. I feel homophobia is on the rise again in some ways in this populous climate."
Killing Patient Zero premiers at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto on April 26.
Click 'listen' near the top of this page to hear the full conversation.
Written by The Canadian Press's Victoria Ahearn, with files from The Current. Audio interview produced by Julie Crysler.
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Confucius Institute in NSW education department 'unacceptable' – analyst
Ross Babbage calls for review of Chinese government-affiliated entity embedded in state government department
Ross Babbage wants a review of 'Chinese government-funded personnel' in NSW department. Photograph: Alan Porritt/AAP
Louisa Lim and Anders Furze
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A former senior intelligence analyst for the Australian government is calling for an urgent review of an arrangement whereby a Chinese government-affiliated entity is embedded inside a state government department.
The New South Wales Department of Education is the first government department in the world to host a Confucius Institute, part of an international network established by Beijing in 2004 to promote Chinese language and culture and, in the words of a former senior Chinese official, "an important part of China's overseas propaganda set-up".
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Amid concern about Beijing's increasing influence in Australian institutions and an escalating international backlash against Confucius institutes, this arrangement, signed in 2011, is coming under renewed scrutiny.
"I think it is unacceptable," says Ross Babbage, the former head of strategic analysis at the Office of National Assessments, the government's intelligence adviser. "This sort of activity has to be put in the picture of the broader programs … that the Chinese government has been sponsoring into Australia.
"These Confucius Institute initiatives cannot be seen as somehow separate, or an abstraction from them. Accepting Chinese government-funded personnel within an Australian state government department is a very serious issue that deserves urgent review."
Why are relations between Australia and China strained?
Chinese interest in acquiring Australian assets ranging from residential property to cattle stations and ports has been a lingering cause of economic tension that has widened in the wake of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's planned crackdown on foreign political donations and influence. The proposed laws do not specifically target China but the government twinned them with attacks on opposition senator Sam Dastyari over his ties with Beijing. The Labor figure has stepped down from Senate roles twice in 15 months: initially in 2016 after backing China's controversial stance in the South China Sea - contrary to party policy that supports The Hague's ruling against Beijing; and again in November 2017 over his relationship with Chinese businessman Huang Xiangmo. Dastyari met Huang in private and advised him his phone was probably being tapped by security agencies, drawing Turnbull to accuse him of "providing counter-surveillance advice to a foreign national". One analysis found Dastyari had peppered defence officials with more than 115 questions about Chinese interests since entering the Senate in 2013. Australian intelligence agencies have become increasingly concerned by Chinese soft power. In 2012, telecoms giant Huawei was banned from tendering for the national broadband network over cybersecurity concerns, and partnerships with Australia's national science agency have raised fears research could be adapted for military ends.
In response, China has accused Australian media of writing "paranoid" reports that "reflected a typical anti-China hysteria". It said Chinese students and the Chinese community were being vilified, possibly a reference to reports about Beijing's growing influence in Australian campuses. Embassy officials instead urged Australia to deepen its ties with China.
Under a 2011 agreement, the NSW Department of Education Confucius Institute manages Confucius classrooms teaching Chinese in 13 NSW primary and secondary public schools. Two of the four positions in the NSW institute are funded by the department, while the others are funded by Chinese partners, the Office of Chinese Language Council International, known as the Hanban, in partnership with Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education.
Under the Confucius Institute constitution, all institutes are obliged to report their annual projects and accounts back to their Beijing headquarters "for examination and approval", effectively giving a Chinese government body potential veto power over work done within an Australian government department.
The NSW Department of Education said: "The Confucius Institute at the NSW Department of Education is managed by the department and complies with all departmental policies.
"The intent of the agreement is to strengthen educational cooperation between China and Australia, support and promote the development of Chinese language education, and increase mutual understanding and friendship among people in China and Australia."
Dr Marshall Sahlins, a renowned sociologist at the University of Chicago who wrote a book about the influence of Confucius institutes on academic life, criticised the arrangement as "dangerous for the obvious reason that it implants Chinese interests and personnel, not simply in NSW universities but in the NSW government department in charge of education".
The worldwide Confucius Institute headquarters (the "Hanban"), which is affiliated with China's ministry of education, provided $150,000 in establishment funds for the NSW Department of Education Institute, and gives $10,000 per year for each Confucius classroom, as well as a native Chinese teaching assistant and teaching materials.
One Chinese language teacher, Jinping Blunden, at Homebush Boys high school, said Confucius Institute funding has increased the popularity of Chinese among students at the school. It has helped pay for excursions to the Blue Mountains, Sydney's Chinatown and the Chinese Garden of Friendship, deepening students' understanding of Chinese culture. When asked about the possibility of political content being included in class, she said all NSW Chinese classes must follow the state-mandated syllabus, using local textbooks, with the institute's teaching assistants only playing a supplementary role in the classroom.
The Chinese Language Teachers Association of NSW says the Confucius classrooms have benefited Chinese language and culture studies, and there is no evidence of political content.
Jamie Parker, a NSW MP who raised concerns about the Confucius classrooms in the parliament in 2011, said: "I'm concerned this is acting as an arm of propaganda from the Chinese perspective and trying to extend that into our education system here in Australia. One of the problems is that schools are always so desperate for funding that people that are supposed to be providing funds are often welcomed with open arms without the kind of analysis and critical eye that's required."
Another expert, Dr Falk Hartig at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, has studied Confucius institutes in Australia, and raises concerns about the target audience in this particular collaboration. "They are targeting young students and children," he said, adding that it was "a little different than targeting adult students who may think for themselves what it may mean if I go to a Confucius Institute."
Hartig said: "It's a very smart move to engage western stakeholders in Chinese public diplomacy efforts, and even making those foreigners pay. This is the very, very interesting aspect. Because you provide the infrastructure and you provide local human resources, you're also co-financing those institutes. From the Chinese side, that's a very smart and clever move."
One NSW parent, Alexander Nilsen, has been a vocal critic, partly due to his belief in Falun Gong, a spiritual movement banned in China as an evil sect. He chose not to send his son to Chatswood Public school after discovering it had a Confucius classroom. "It may be called an 'education department' but that's not really what it is," he said. "Hanban decides who teaches … what they teach, and the materials they use."
Another parent of a child learning Chinese in a Confucius classroom, who asked not to be named for fear her child would be disadvantaged, said she had asked for Chinese flags to be removed from the classroom. She said that the principal of her child's school was aware of the risks associated with the program, even going so far as to ask her to "monitor" the lessons on behalf of the school.
When the classrooms were opened, the Department of Education's regional director Dr Phil Lambert openly discouraged discussions in the classrooms about controversial subjects such as China's human rights record, Tibet or Tiananmen.
The confidential 2011 agreement signed between the department and the Confucius Institute headquarters, states: "The Institute activities … shall not contravene the laws and regulations, both in Australia and China." Such an agreement could rule out discussion about, for example, the status of Taiwan or calls for independence in Tibet or Hong Kong, and as such could limit academic freedom.
A third overseas scholar of Confucius Institutes, Dr Lionel Jensen of Notre Dame University in Indiana, has raised concerns that such language "may be construed as an illegal overreach of jurisdiction".
A similar arrangement to establish a Confucius Institute inside the Toronto District school board was scrapped in 2014 after heated community protests. Pamela Gough, who serves as a trustee on the board, said that cultural partnerships inflaming sectors of the community are "not necessary or appropriate".
Chinese influence on Australia is 'fabricated' by media, China claims
"The main issue with the Confucius Institute partnership with the Toronto District school board was the strong links that the leadership of Confucius Institutes has with the government of China … there are many other ways to offer enrichment opportunities in Chinese languages, history and culture without necessarily entering into partnerships with organisations such as the Confucius Institute."
According to the China Daily, there are 1,076 Confucius classrooms at schools worldwide, and 516 Confucius institutes. Universities including Chicago, Penn State, Stockholm University, Lyon University and Canada's McMaster university have closed down their Confucius institutes, while the conservative National Association of Scholars called for all US universities to close their Confucius institutes, following "improper concessions that jeopardize academic freedom and institutional autonomy."
This week China's ministry of foreign affairs urged Malcolm Turnbull to "discard prejudice" and deepen the bilateral relationship rather than pursue measures aimed at shoring up Australia from the risks of foreign interference, insisting it "does not interfere in other countries' domestic affairs". The embassy in China also said the Australian media have "repeatedly fabricated" stories about Chinese influence and infiltration in Australia.
Additional reporting by Daniel Connell. A version of this article also appears at the Citizen. Anders Furze is a journalist at the Citizen, based at the University of Melbourne. Louisa Lim is a senior lecturer at the centre for advancing journalism at the University of Melbourne and the author of The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited
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After a test event in March proved successful, the new Napa Valley Dinner Underground is official. It's still "secret" though.
Founder Mark Buckley hosts his first in a series of regularly scheduled covert suppers tonight, with more gatherings planned for the third week of every month thereafter.
It's all about "locations unknown, with chef and wine not revealed until arrival," he says. Meet-up spots are announced at the last minute, and in some cases, transportation can be provided. Then, diners dig into a five- or six-course meal with paired wines, prepared by recognized chefs and offered for $125 to $200.
A former boss in the restaurant industry told Buckley about similar dinners he used to put together in Sacramento, and Buckley thought, why not Napa?
And so the former Carneros Inn bartender and Viansa Winery tasting room staffer pulled together 18 curious foodies for a preview feast this past March at Tournesol Winery in the Coombsville area of southeastern Napa Valley. The evening was hosted by winery owners Bob and Anne Arns, while Boris Olvera did the cooking, taking a break from his regular executive chef duties at Franciscan Estate and Constellation Brands.
Up to 20 people can attend each hush-hush repast, and seats are still available for tonight's dinner ($125). Where it will be, or who will be in charge of the food is still classified information. But Buckley promises the get-together "will be very creative," and it will be in the downtown Sonoma area, featuring a small Napa-based wine producer.
For details on future dinners, check Facebook, follow on Twitter @dineunderground, email Buckley directly at mark@nvdinnerunderground.com, or watch for the new website coming soon at nvdinnerunderground.com.


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