I used to know a salesperson (let's call him "Al") whom customers either loved or hated.
Al's beat was college campuses, and rumor had it that when professors knew he was coming to town, they'd either bring out the welcoming committee or suddenly decide it was time to run an errand.
Overall, though, Al was pretty darn good at this job, consistently performing better than most of his peers.
How did he do it? How does anyone do it? Read on to find out.
Bill Kaiser is the Area Vice President, Sales & Marketing, for Arthur J. Gallagher & Company, an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm. Gallagher is headquartered in Illinois but has operations in 25 countries and clients in more than 140 countries around the world through a network of partner brokers and consultants.
Bill, a well-established and experienced sales pro, serves the Mid Atlantic region of the business, which includes training and mentoring sales staff. He should know a thing or two about closing a deal, right?
Well, that's what I thought when I asked to interview him.
Turns out I wasn't wrong.
Al's aggressiveness is what made some faculty members run for the hills whenever they thought he'd be around. Aggression (and other forms of incivility) costs companies millions annually. That's costs, not earns.
Still, the ideal of the aggressive salesperson is very much alive and well. According to Kaiser, that's because when it comes to effective salesmanship, "aggressive" is not so much a way to relate interpersonally as it is a way to view goal setting.
When Kaiser trains sales folks, he focuses on the "personal why" popularized by Simon Sinek.
Says Sinek, "People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it." For Kaiser, this means each of us has a different story to tell. Before speaking one word to a prospective client, then, a good salesperson will know the answers to these questions—why am I doing this and what can I bring to the client that will distinguish me from another sales person?
Too often, Kaiser says, sales people fail because they don't ask for the business, which keeps them going back and forth with the prospect instead of being able to hear and act on a "no." A real no means it's time to move on.
That said, a good salesperson can tell when "no" is more of what Kaiser calls a "smokescreen," or a refusal based on the prospect's lack of trust or interest in the seller, rather than the absence of a problem that needs solving.
"If I'm listening, if I'm asking clarifying questions, if I'm paying attention to body language, then I'll know when no really means no," Kaiser told me. Rather than assuming interest, Kaiser says, good salespeople need to take their cues from the prospective client.
Briefly, EI is the ability to accurately perceive how your actions and words are affecting others. It's also the ability to understand and manage your own emotions. In Kaiser's experience, EI is what differentiates the best salespeople from everyone else. Fortunately, experts agree that it's entirely possible to increase your EI quotient, if that's what you want.
Kaiser says that exceptional sales people know how to ask good questions, understanding that "the quality of the answer is related to the quality of the question." In fact, Kaiser trains the sales people at Gallagher to ask good questions.
Sometimes, despite a saleperson's best efforts, a conversation will start to go South. That's when emotional intelligence really comes in handy. Kaiser says that the best salesperson can tell when a prospect is bored or not quite "getting" him (the seller). At times like these, Kaiser says it's best to be honest and regroup.
Statements like "It seems this isn't a good time to talk, can we reschedule?" and "It seems like you have some reservations about my company's ability to solve your problem, can you help me understand why that might be the case?" can help to reestablish a connection with the customer.


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Megaphone Coffee Co. was a gem of a tiny coffee shop on the west side next to Foxtail Bakeshop on Columbia Street. They served espresso drinks and roasted coffee to sell to wholesale partners, including Spoken Moto. They closed their doors Jan. 31, sharing via Facebook it was for reasons outside of their control. Owner Peter West said, "We cannot express how deeply appreciative we are to all of you who have believed in us since day one; believed in our coffee, believed in our service, believed in our employees and believed in our vision. While our current shop is smaller than Beyonce's closet, we have managed to foster and grow the greatest of relationships with our neighborhood, customers, wholesale partners and local craftsmen and women who we have had the pleasure of highlighting their goods. For this we are truly grateful." This isn't it for Megaphone Coffee Co., though—they're still roasting and selling beans wholesale while searching for a new home base.


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Chicago pastor fights atheist lawsuit, nearly $1B tax on churches Religious leaders tell court that ending 64-year-old tax exemption will harm churches, mosques, and synagogues nationwide
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pastor Chris Butler, a South Side Chicago pastor, was in court today defending his ministry from a discriminatory lawsuit that would impose nearly $1 billion per year in new taxes on churches across the country. In Gaylor v. Mnuchin, an atheist group is suing the IRS to end the parsonage allowance, a 64-year-old federal tax provision that allows churches, mosques, and synagogues to provide faith leaders a tax-free housing allowance to help them live in the communities they serve. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit must now decide if the law requires the government to discriminate against religious groups by denying them a tax exemption similar to exemptions used by hundreds of thousands of secular employees.
In 2016 the atheist group Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sued the IRS, claiming that the parsonage allowance was an illegal establishment of religion and demanding its end. Pastor Chris of Chicago Embassy Church and several other religious leaders who rely on the parsonage allowance, represented by Becket, intervened in the case. In 2017, the district court ruled the parsonage allowance was unconstitutional. Becket appealed to the Seventh Circuit and today argued that the parsonage allowance is fair tax treatment, not a special benefit for faith leaders.
"The tax code treats ministers the same as hundreds of thousands of nonreligious workers who receive tax-exempt housing for their jobs—that's not special treatment, it's equal treatment," said Luke Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at Becket. "Striking down the parsonage allowance would devastate small, low-income houses of worship in our neediest neighborhoods and would cause needless conflict between church and state."
Pastor Chris is the leader of a predominantly African-American congregation, and devotes his life to mentoring at-risk youth, decreasing neighborhood crime, and caring for the homeless in Chicago's poorest neighborhoods. The church can't afford to pay Pastor Chris a salary, but it offers him a small housing allowance so he can afford to live near his church and the community he serves. Ending the housing allowance for faith leaders like Pastor Chris would harm poor communities by diverting scarce resources away from essential ministries and even forcing some small churches to close (Learn more in this 3 min. video).
For over 60 years, federal law has recognized that housing allowances like Pastor Chris's shouldn't be taxed as income. This is the same tax principle that allows hundreds of thousands of secular workers including teachers, business leaders, and military service to receive tax-free housing for their jobs. It also keeps the IRS from becoming entangled in religious matters. If the parsonage allowance ends, it would impose nearly $1 billion per year in new taxes on churches, making it impossible, particularly for leaders of small and minority faiths, to live in the communities they serve.
"Today I asked the court to protect our ability to serve our South Side Chicago community – our youth, our single mothers, our homeless, our addicted, our lost, and all those who seek a church family," said Pastor Chris Butler of the Chicago Embassy Church. "I hope the court will keep letting religious leaders like me not only preach from the pulpit, but live among the people we serve."
Becket represents Pastor Chris Butler and Bishop Edward Peecher of Chicago Embassy Church, Father Patrick Malone of Holy Cross Anglican Church, and the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. A decision in the case is expected early next year.
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Imam Khomeini had lived many years in exile, in Iraq and France, before returning home and leading a historical revolution that overthrew Pahlavi regime. "The long-suffering Iranian people deserve a much brighter future", Trump wrote on Twitter Monday.
In a report coinciding with the celebrations, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that 61,900 political prisoners had been held in Iran since the 1980s.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Iran was determined to expand its military power and ballistic missile programme despite mounting pressure from hostile countries to curb Iran's defensive work, state TV reported.
This year's anniversary come as tensions are rising with the US and Iran is grappling with re-imposed USA sanctions.
"Our missiles can travel very far, and confront any enemy, including the Iranian proxies in our region", he said from the base in Haifa, a day after an top Iranian commander threatened to raze the city if the U.S. attacked the Islamic Republic.
National Security Adviser John Bolton on Monday lashed out at the Iranian regime during its 40th anniversary of the Islamic Republic, lambasting the Ayatollahs for "40 years of failure", and predicting: "I don't think you'll have many more to enjoy".
I am of a blue persuasion when it comes to Merseyside football and so firstly I must stress how grateful I am for Manchester City. I think that's how it will have to be for Liverpool . "Manchester City have set themselves a standard in the last week".
Rouhani also vowed Iran would defeat USA sanctions, reimposed after President Donald Trump withdrew from Tehran's nuclear accord with world powers a year ago.
But despite the official festivities today's Islamic republic faces acute economic challenges as it struggles with a mix of domestic hardships and U.S. sanctions.
Rouhani also promised that Iran would overcome its economic hardships, worsened by the restored US sanctions.
"The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran".
"Iran continues to seek nuclear weapons to intimidate people all around the globe and ballistic missiles to use as delivery systems". "I am not ignoring the threats of the Iranian regime, but nor I am impressed by them", he said.
"If this regime makes the terrible mistake of trying to destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa, it will not succeed", he said. "They should take this into account", Netanyahu said in a warning to his country's archfoe.
The CHP says the infant was dressed in a soiled onesie in 30-degree weather. "OK, you know, this is a baby". The man advised her to go to the children's hospital or the fire station before she drove away, Pogue said.
In 2017, she wowed in a floral-printed off-the-shoulder dress by Alexander McQueen, teamed with statement earrings. This evening, he will present The Fellowship award to Martin Scorsese's longstanding editor, Thelma Schoonmaker.
Instead they've offered to send a commission to investigate the situation but have not ruled out a cull. The residents of the island tried to scare off the polar bears using auto horns and dogs, but in vain.
Last week in Northern Ireland the Shadow Brexit secretary said that the backstop must be part of the Withdrawal Agreement. The Swiss government is pursuing a strategy dubbed "Mind the Gap", which is meant to stabilise British ties after Brexit.
They can not act as a police force or make arrests. "Which is why I have given the National Guard a new mission". He ordered that they not enforce immigration laws or participate in building a new border barrier.
The researchers have found that the object does indeed have two lobes as thought, but neither lobe is spherical. NASA released a graphic showing how our understanding has changed thanks to additional data from New Horizons.
The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.04) by $0.13. The company said sales of medical cannabis products totaled C$26 million in the quarter, up from C$24 million sequentially.
Under Bajin, Osaka rose from world number 72 at the start of the 2018 to the summit of the rankings little over a year later. The 21-year-old Osaka beat Petra Kvitova in the Australian Open final on January 26, adding to her championship at the U.S.
It's a curious pledge - "It'll never happen again" - in a situation in which Edelman also said he "really [doesn't] know what happened".
Murray was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with her husband's death, authorities said. An autopsy showed Joshua was dead before the fire started and found he had been poisoned with antifreeze.
McDowell will hope for a strong final round at Pebble Beach on Sunday which would earn him valuable world ranking points. Lucas Glover and Scott Piercy are T-3 at 11 under while Brian Gay and Matt Every are T-5 at 10 under.
In the Cougars' sweep over ASU and Arizona, Franks made 23 of 36 from the field, including 13 of 20 from 3-point range. Arizona State had no trouble getting shots to fall early against Washington, going 14 of 24 in the first half.
She later added: "To all those who asked after the cameraman - Ron is fine". "Wow, look at all the press back [there]". BBC producer Eleanor Montague, who was also on the platform, said the man had attacked other journalists but Mr.
Most US troops were withdrawn in 1949 but they returned the next year to fight alongside South Korea in the 1950-53 Korean war. The deal is for one year only and negotiations for next year would have to begin in a few months.
He wrote: "I wanted to issue a personal statement for all the Arsenal fans who have been extremely loyal and supportive". During his stay at the Emirates Stadium, Ramsey has won three FA Cups and two FA Community Shield titles.
Missing from the line-up is Ariana Grande who seems to be feuding with the show's producer, Ken Ehrlich. Be sure to check out PEOPLE's full Grammys coverage to get the latest news on music's biggest night.
He finished three shots behind Graeme McDowell in 2010, the last US Open at Pebble. "I'll deal with that in six months". Mickelson argued that he could "see just fine" on Sunday evening, moments after sunset with two holes remaining.
However, Polis, a Democrat, said the state could intervene and suspend the strike for up to 180 days if the walkout drags on. Twenty years ago, the district first piloted the "Professional Compensation System for Teachers", known by most as ProComp.
Four months on, the slain journalist's body has still not been recovered. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and Republican Sen.
China's foreign ministry expressed anger on Monday over two USA warships entering the South China Sea. In January, the destroyer USS McCampbell sailed within 12 nautical miles of the Paracel Islands.
That was most likely done on objective . "To be clear, it was one of several rotating photos on the website". It's no secret that the New York Knicks want to sign multiple stars this summer .
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the soldiers to prevent the aid from crossing the border. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends a military exercise in Charallave, Venezuela, Feb.10, 2019.
Large crowds were seen burning American flags and chanting "Death to Israel, Death to America" in Azadi Square in Tehran today. The regime in Iran has produced only #40YearsofFailure.
In an interview with KCRA-TV that year, she was asked to respond to her opponent's stance on the issue. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who's seriously mulling making a second straight run for the White House.
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Calls for Liz Truss to turn down annual £115,000 ex-PM funding: Keir Starmer says it's "the right thing to do"
Liz Truss may be entitled to the ex-PM's £115,000 annual grant despite being in office for just 44 days
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21st Oct 2022, 5:04pm - 2 min read
Anger has sparked among politicians and unions after reports Liz Truss will be eligible for the ex-prime minister grant of £115,000 annually, despite her short time in the role. Liz Truss resigned as the British prime minister after only 44 days in office, making her the shortest sitting prime minister in the country's history.
Both Keir Starmer and Ed Davey have said she should not claim the allowance, with the Labour leader telling ITV's Good Morning Britain: "She should turn it down. I think that's the right thing to do. She's done 44 days in office, she's not really entitled to it, she should turn it down and not take it."
This comes after Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, said: "At a time when one in five civil servants are using food banks and 35% have skipped meals because they have no food, it's grotesque that Liz Truss can walk away with what is effectively a £115,000 bonus. The next prime minister must give civil servants, who work hard on essential services, an above-inflation pay rise."
The former prime minister can claim the funding under the Public Duty Cost Allowance (PDCA), a scheme intended to help former prime ministers still active in public life. The PDCA was introduced in 1991, after the resignation of Margret Thatcher, and has been claimed by ex-PM's like John Mayor, David Cameron, Theresa May and Tony Blair.
Jo Grady, the general secretary of the University and College Union, has also said Truss should decline the allowance, saying: "Millions of public sector workers, including those who transform lives in education, are in the grips of a devastating cost of living crisis. Low pay leaves thousands upon thousands skipping meals and restricting energy use. They will be appalled to see the soon to be former prime minister rewarded for such catastrophic failings. She should do the right thing and give up the money."
Joe Davies with the Don't Pay group, which is demanding a reduction in bills, said: "It's a slap in the face even as a name. We're picking up the tab for her 'public duty' from our pockets, our stomachs and in our heating bills this winter."
Liz Truss can claim up to £115,000 annually in funding as an ex-Prime Minister.
While she can claim the allowance despite her short time in Number 10, her pensions will not receive a boost. Prime ministers have been part of the regular ministerial pension scheme since 2013. The last prime minister to claim a special prime ministers pensions bonus from Number 10 was Tony Blair.
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Jassie Gift is an Indian film music composer and playback singer. He composes songs and sings for Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He became famous after the success of his song "Lajjavathiye" from the film 4 The People.
He won the Best Music Director award at The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011.

Biography

Hailing from Vithura, Gift was born to Gift Israel and Rajamma. He was interested in music from childhood and was highly influenced by western music. He admired Ilayaraja and was a fan of Freddie Mercury. He had lessons in western piano from a young age and started singing and playing the keyboard in local bands. He is a singer and keyboard player of the band Moby Dick.

He entered the film music industry under the guidance of director Jayaraj. Before entering films he composed songs for a couple of albums in Malayalam, including the hit album Soona Soona, and also composed singles. He pioneered the use of reggae fusion music in the Malayalam music industry with the backing roots of Indian ragas. Gift's first film composition was for the movie Saphalam. His songs written for the movie 4 The People became hits in Kerala, especially "Lajjavathiye", and his music contributed to the success of the film, which became 2004's biggest Malayalam film. The film was later remade in Tamil, and also as Malliswarive in Telugu The song was successful in all languages.

Gift mixed Indian and western music on the album, Rain, Rain Come again, as well as the music for the Kannada film Hudugaata, and the songs "Eno Onthara", "Mandakiniye" and "Ommomme Heegu". He has worked with many South Indian musicians such as Harris Jayaraj, Devisri Prasad, Yuvan Shankar Raja, and M M Keeravani, and Anirudh Ravichander, and collaborated with many music directors from south India. He composed songs for the movie Sanju Weds Githa, sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam.

Jassie Gift has a master's degree in Philosophy from University College, Trivandrum, and a PhD in Philosophy from Kannur University on the topic of "The Philosophy of Harmony and Bliss with Reference to Advaita and Buddhism".

Personal life
On 12 September 2012, Jassie married Dr Athulya, who accomplished a PhD in Information Technology/Physics from Kannur University. On 24 December 2021, Jassie Gift has been appointed as chairman of Kerala State Development Corporation for Christian Converts.

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 Can New Water Tech Help Reduce Conflict in Middle East?
Can New Water Tech Help Reduce Conflict in Middle East?
The original version of this article, by Rowand Jacobsen, appeared on Ensia.
Ten miles south of Tel Aviv, I stand on a catwalk over two concrete reservoirs the size of football fields and watch water pour into them from a massive pipe emerging from the sand. The pipe is so large I could walk through it standing upright, were it not full of Mediterranean seawater pumped from an intake a mile offshore.
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THE JIM LODGE RECITAL – given in memory of a much-loved organist, stalwart attendee at the Binns recitals and longstanding treasurer of the Nottingham and District Society of Organists; the recital is generously sponsored by Jim's daughter Dr Mary Whitby.
Franz Liszt: Prelude and Fugue on B.A.C.H.
Peter King's recordings of Liszt have received high praise, so an excellent introduction to them is the blockbuster Prelude and Fugue on B.A.C.H. Saint-Saëns's first Fantaisie is tuneful throughout, and after we have become classical with an Albinoni concerto and Bach-pioneer Mendelssohn's revival of that classic form the Prelude and Fugue, there is a Victorian close to the first half from Henry Smart. No shortage of tunes in the second half: Guilmant makes a virtuoso piece out of a chorus from Messiah, then Grieg goes on to celebrate his own silver wedding in both festive and reflective mood. There are many legends about who Handel's harmonious blacksmith was, but we are on surer ground with Edwin Lemare, who opened the Albert Hall organ in 1910; his wife ensured that his famous tune became a pop song. And lastly, let there be light! Dubois takes us from the tiniest sounds to send us out on full organ.


When working with sample-based media, a performer is managing timelines, loop points, sample parameters and effects parameters. The Slidepipe is a performance controller that gives the artist a visually simple way to work with their material. Its design is modular and lightweight, so it can be easily transported and quickly assembled. Also, its large stature magnifies the gestures associated with its play, providing a more convincing performance.
Lake (21'48" | 29.9Mb) performed at Placard Music Festival, July 2003.
The Slidepipe: A Timeline-Based Controller for Real-Time Sample Manipulation , presented at NIME'04 Japan.
The Slidepipe came out of several improvisational music sessions, where the computer keyboard and trackpad were the control sources. After experimenting with the customized performance software important gestures were noted and sketched, and predictions were made as to how the total gestures could be reduced to three or four main movements.
Inspiration for the design of the device also came from the type of content to be worked with. A motivating idea was that this would be a controller for resampling bluegrass and country music. Folk musicians tended to fashion their own instruments out of whatever they had around them. This provided a unique design and sound for an instrument that was native to the artist who created it. Imagine sitting on a front-porch of your country house creating noise scapes from the pastoral folk music. These factors motivated the design towards something that looked ragged and thrown together, which was the form of the original Slidepipe.
This initial version of the controller made a couple performances, but with time it was disassembled, moved, and reassembled it lost functionality and began to wear quickly. Plus, the materials used in it's construction were unecessarily heavy. The redesign would have to hang on to the good functionality of the original, but make improvements on the 'gig-ability', the durability of the materials and the ease of breakdown-setup. This was the design criteria for the freshest iteration of The Slidepipe.
The Slidepipe uses a horizontal pipe as it's metaphor for a timeline. Each pipe is comprised of two pipeheads and two paddles and two ropes. Each pipehead contains circuitry for reading the parameter state of the ropes and the paddles, as well as a mechanism for managing each ropes position. Each side of The Slidepipe is connected to a master device that takes all the sensor data and formats it for the software. Three pedals also connect to the master device to provide extra functionality to the performance of the software. The master device then transmits the information to the host computer that is controlling the sound.
Before playing The Slidepipe the performer would have to be well-aquainted with the software that it will be controlling. The Slidepipe is developed as a general performance controller, so it could control almost any flavor of media (video, sound, robotics, etc). However, it was developed with a particular style of play in mind.
Each pipe is a timeline, so it represents the time length of a sample. The two paddles represent the loop-in and loop-out points of the sample, so by moving the paddles along the horizontal pipe you are affecting what sound from the sample is being heard. If the paddles are close together, then you are only hearing a quickly-looping small amount from the sample and if the paddles are as far away from each other as possible, then you'd be hearing the entire sample being looped.
Once you have the loop that you want to work with, the ropes are used to manipulate the parameters of the sound. Parameters are assigned in the software, and can be things like volume and pan for sound, or opacity or playback rate for video. In addition, by utilizing the pedals, these ropes could have multiple functionality. If the pedal is pressed then the ropes can become mapped to the parameters of effects such as delay, granular synthesis, arithmetic operations, feedback, etc.
The pedals can also have dual functions. If the pedal is pressed and held, then it changes the mapping of the ropes. If it is tapped then it changes the sample source that you're working with. This allows the performer to step through a score or a list of preselected clips that they want to work with.
Mastering The Slidepipe is not easy, but with practice and patience you too can be a virtuoso Slidepipe performer!!
The old Slidepipe design contained many technical flaws that added unwanted circuit noise and latency to the performance of the instrument. The sensor lines ran six feet to the analog-digital conversion (ADC) circuitry, along with some of the power lines that fed the circuitry on the pipeheads. This distance and poor wiring method added noise to the circuit. Also, these lines weren't filtered or decoupled, so the sensor values had lots of bumps and general noise, all of which needed to be compensated for in software which in turn slowed down the responsiveness of the controller. All of this was changed in the new version.
The new Slidepipe does the ADC near the pipeheads, giving the sensor lines less than two feet to travel. Each slide has its own circuitry to handle the ADC conversion and manage the pipeheads, and acts as a slave device to the master. When the master requests the current state of its sensors, the slave replies.
a Sharp IR Ranger to determine the distance of the paddle.
The boards use the i2c protocol for communicating with the master device, and features an In-Circuit Serial Programming circuit for programming the microcontrollers.
The master device has a fairly simple operation. It reads the state of the pedals, and requests the sensor data from the individual slave devices storing the results in memory. It then formats the data in OpenSoundControl (OSC) packets, and transmits those packets to the host computer over ethernet. The master device also takes care of calibration and initialization of the controller. When the pedals are pressed on startup, it will enter a calibration mode allowing the performer to tune the sensors to the environment they are performing in.
The host computer uses Max/MSP to generate the sound, but since OSC has a fairly widespread implemention, it can be used with almost any performance software.
Mark Argo is new media artist, musician and technophile. He has been exploring the dynamic representation of information and the creation of art through technology since 1998. This has taken the form of screen based compositions and animations; musical instruments and sound installations; and physical computing objects.
Mark is currently completing studies for a Masters Degree at New York University's prestigious Interactive Telecommunications Program. There he has collaborated with Ahmi Wolf on several projects, including 'The Bass-Station' a portable, wireless network, which was exhibited at SIGGRAPH 2003 and featured in Linux Journal (Sept. 2003). 'The Slidepipe', a musical instrument created by Mark for resampling bluegrass music, was exhibited at NIME 2003 and performed in the Placard Experimental Music Festival in NYC.
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TACC, with NSF, Dell and Intel, Expands Frontera for Urgent Computing
February 24, 2021 by staff
This update is from Aaron Dubrow, science and technology writer, TACC.
Frontera — the 9th fastest supercomputer in the world, deployed at The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) — has expanded thanks to a supplemental award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which funded the system, and a substantial contribution from Dell Technologies and Intel.
The expansion will contribute to TACC's urgent computing capabilities, accelerating life sciences research during the COVID-19 pandemic and supporting rapid responses to emergencies like hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, and other large-scale disasters.
The Frontera expansion added nearly 400 Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 server nodes, housed in 11 racks. [Credit: TACC]
"The supplemental award from NSF and generous contribution from Dell Technologies and Intel will allow TACC to continue to support researchers responding to national and global emergencies without sacrificing the fundamental science that the Frontera system was built for," said Dan Stanzione, TACC executive director.
The expansion adds nearly 400 Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 server nodes, housed in 11 racks. Each node contains two 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Platinum Processors and 192GB of DDR-4 memory — the same configuration as Frontera's existing 8,008 compute nodes.
"NSF's continued strategic investments such as this expansion of Frontera, together with those of our academic and industry partners, strengthen the national cyberinfrastructure to serve long term needs of the fundamental research enterprise while maintaining the agility to respond to national emergencies, as TACC's engagement in the COVID-19 HPC Consortium so aptly demonstrates," said the director of the NSF Office for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, Manish Parashar.
Dedicated time on advanced computing systems for emergency response and operations is rare outside of supercomputers operated by mission-driven agencies like NASA, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), or the U.S. Geological Survey.
The new hardware became available to researchers this week. The expansion adds nearly 3.5 million node hours of compute time annually to the 70 million available on Frontera.
In the early phases of the pandemic, TACC devoted more than 30 percent of its computing resources to supporting COVID-19 research, enabling more than 50 teams to explore the virus in ways that otherwise would not have been possible. This led to insights into the structure and behavior of the spike protein and leading epidemiological forecasts.
All-atom simulation of the SARS-CoV-2 envelope created using Frontera. During the pandemic, researchers were granted emergency access to the system to perform rapid computations. [Credit: Rommie Amaro, UC San Diego]
TACC's Frontera supercomputer
"The work that TACC does enables critical research to address some of the biggest threats to human health and the environment," said Jeremy Ford, vice president of strategic giving and social innovation at Dell Technologies. "We, along with our partners at Intel, love every chance to support local innovation in our hometown of Austin, Texas. Supporting the expansion of Frontera is a natural extension of our existing relationship with TACC and we are proud to contribute and extend the impact of technology to transform lives."
TACC has supported urgent computing efforts since 2003 when TACC resources were used to guide investigators to debris from the Space Shuttle Challenger in East Texas. During Hurricane Ike and Harvey, the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, and earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti and Japan, TACC answered the call to provide emergency compute resources.
During the 2020 record hurricane season, TACC interrupted work on its systems 10 times to produce emergency storm surge simulations for hurricanes making landfall in the Gulf of Mexico. This information was shared with emergency managers and first responders in the region and helped guide decisions about evacuations and resource use. The expansion of Frontera will make more of these humanitarian efforts possible.
"TACC's ongoing research contributes immensely to our scientific knowledge base for years to come, but sometimes the HPC challenge is right on our doorstep," said Trish Damkroger, vice president & general manager of High Performance Computing at Intel. "These 400 additional Dell PowerEdge nodes powered by Intel Xeon Scalable processors give TACC a strategic reserve to deploy in emergency situations where an urgent technological response is needed to serve our fellow citizens."
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Cap your style with a classic look from Pinkham Millinery
By Martha Calhoon April 20, 2010 Published in the May 2010 issue of Portland Monthly
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DAYNA PINKHAM knows a thing or two about form, whether in the structure of a double helix or a debonair fedora. She was, after all, an aspiring biochemist when she met famed milliner John Eaton in 1982 and stumbled upon her calling. Within six weeks she had traded in her textbooks for hat blocks and become his private apprentice. More than 20 years later, Pinkham's mastery of the old-world art of hat-making is on display in her downtown boutique, Pinkham Millinery. Her elegant, hand-stitched hats have recently appeared in the pages of Italian Vogue, on the shelves at Barney's New York, and on the heads of such celebrities as Serena Williams.
Pinkham developed her keen eye for graceful silhouettes by re-creating hats pictured in old books and W magazine. Her years of careful study are evident today in her clean designs and their vintage élan: wide brims that dip with an air of mystery, coy cloches, and sculptural pieces of her own invention. "In the department stores, we've only seen the same six styles for the last 30 years," she says. "Unless you go to a milliner, you don't get a chance to try on other shapes."
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The Complexity of Lord Humungus
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The Lord Humungus of Mad Max 2 is a perfect illustration of how an outwardly one-dimensional villain can become human through small details. Looking at The Road Warrior's script, one would get the impression the Lord Humungus is just a means of creating conflict, but the visual medium of film allows this character to become two and maybe even three dimensional. Cleverly, director George Miller planned for this from the beginning by writing backstories for each character in the Mad Max franchise.
The best way to make a villain memorable is with a striking appearance. The best way to make aa striking appearance is to obscure someone's face. This simple choice does two things: it makes the viewer want to know what's under the mask and causes the viewer recognizes a specific mask as iconic as it's more memorable than someone's face. These are just a few of the reasons why Star Wars' Darth Vader instantly became a culture icon. Lord Humungus is instantly recognizable as well. Humungus' hockey mask is iconic in its dull metallic sheen, but noticeably different from Friday 13th's Jason Voorhees.
Humungus' mask serves a purpose. It is hiding something. Director George Miller went out of his way to get a shot showing Lord Humungus has no ears, his head is sickly (with visible veins on the scalp), and his hair is wispy (outwardly looking like radiation sickness). Notice we first see Humungus' scars just as he says "We all lost someone we love". This leads the audience to wonder if the two are connected, if somehow Humungus got his scars while trying to protect someone he cared about and it is because he failed that he became a monster.
From the standpoint of art direction, the genius of Humungus' appearance is more than a mask, it's his clothing and physique. Notably, Humungus wears a thick rubber collar which enhances the size of his neck, giving him a more masculine and intimidating appearance to match is already intense muscle-mass.
They say you can tell a lot about a person by the contents of their wallet. In Mad Max 2, you can tell a lot about a raider by the contents of his gun case. In a world where everything is decaying, Lord Humungus has a beautiful case for his .44 revolver. The chest contains a few pins of the Australian army, a WWI-era military photograph, many missing bullets, and most interestingly, a Prussian Totenkopf (more on that later). Just by looking at this case we know a lot about Humungus. Primarily, we are led to believe he was once a soldier (which may explain why he has so many ex-policemen in his tribe). In a 1984 interview, George Miller confirmed these suspicions, saying Humungus was written as having been a "military man."
When Humungus actually uses his revolver, notice he still has several bullets remaining, until the very end of the movie when the rig breaks through his blockade. This seems to reinforce the idea that Humungus is willing to compromise and wishes to avoid violence and pain when possible. It's a subtle touch, but an important one. Another creator could have given Humungus a side arm with infinite ammo to create drama. George Miller gave Humungus a backstory and character traits told through his personal effects.
Humungus' vehicle also says a lot about him. The marauder king's truck is like a mobile throne, adorned with tritons, nitrous, and hides. The two prisoners strapped to the front of the vehicle have always captured attention and been a landmark of the Mad Max franchise. It is especially interesting how Humungus singled out Pappagallo (the leader of the opposing tribe) and killed him personally. A killing spear thrown from a moving vehicle shows Humungus' immense strength and demonstrates why he is in charge.
The minions of Lord Humungus are reflections of the man himself. Toadie (the herald) shows Humungus' dramatic side, building him up as a prophetic figure of the wasteland. Wez (the warrior) represents the insanity of the post-apocalyptic world, where men chase their desires without any forethought to their consequences and devolve into animals.
The relationship between Humungus and Wez is perhaps the most interesting. Wez is his master's Id, desperate to slaughter in his wanton quest for revenge, but he is physically kept in bondage by Humungus' chains once he is revealed to be too bloodthirsty. Wez is Humungus' last resort, a true dog of war unleashed only for the most desperate situations.
Finally, there is Humungus' speech style. Whenever Humungus speaks, the audience gets a glimpse at an educated man in great pain. Though his followers are primarily ruthless vultures, Humungus offers Pappagallo a chance to "just walk away", stating here has been too much violence, too much pain. Whether or not this was a genuine offer or a trap only George Miller knows, but it shows Humungus is cunning, intelligent, and perhaps even merciful.
Most interesting about Humungus' relationship to his soldiers is the use of homoerotic undertones. In one scene, the warlord can be heard calling for "Gayboy Bereserkers" and "Smegma Crazies." This throwaway line combined with Wez' relation to the Golden Youth raises questions about the tribe's role in a post-society world. Certainly, the marauders aren't exclusively gay as there are multiple females seen in the initial refinery siege and the infamous "tent lovers" scene.
Finally, in Lord Humungus' gun case we find a Prussian Totenkopf which is combined with another small detail greatly expands the lord's character. During the night torture scene, Humungus can be heard reciting "Mein Sohn, mein Sohn" and "Mein Vater, Mein Vater". These are lines from the Prussian philosopher Goethe's (pronounced Ger-ta) poem "Der Erlkönig". The poem describes a child who cries to his father that he is being attacked by unseen forces. The father ignores the boy and when he finally looks down, the child is dead.
Perhaps Humungus is using this is a metaphor for the collapse of society. More impressive is Humungus (presumably an Australian soldier) delivering this in the German tongue. From this tiny quote, we know Lord Humungus is tremendously well educated as he is able to recite an 18th century German poem from memory.
The character of Lord Humungus shines through in the visuals and movements. The little details about this antagonist tell the audience everything they need to know about the dogs of war without any exposition. Subtle characterization is best achieved by knowing your characters before putting them in a situation. For over 30 years, George Miller has been a master of this subtle character development starting with The Road Warrior and showing that he still has it with the characters of 2015's Fury Road.
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15 comments on "The Complexity of Lord Humungus"
One nit to pick here: When Humungus takes aim at the engine block of the semi rather than at Max, this is less an example of a desire to avoid bloodshed than it is more evidence of Humungus as a thinking tactician. He's obviously not averse to killing, as evidenced throughout the movie, but he's also very intelligent and goal-oriented: his goal is to obtain the fuel. If he shoots Max, there's no telling what will happen to the truck as a result; most likely it will crash and very possibly burn, leaving Humungus with no prize. But by disabling the truck's engine, it will more likely come to controlled stop, allowing him to kill Max (or recruit him, or whatever) at his leisure *and* capture the gas.
chupacabrax says:
I've always interpretted this as Humungus simply changing target once he sees Max duck below the windscreen.
Fantastic article, nice analysis of a brilliantly written character, one of my favourites in my favourite-ever movie. Humungus is a many-layered being as you've fleshed out well in the article and another aspect to him which has not yet been touched on is the fact that he isn't actually Australian. The man who played Humungus, Swedish actor Kjell Nilsson, clearly speaks with an accent and this was one of the things which fascinated me about the character when I first saw the movie – I remember thinking to myself as I went 'inside' the character: where is that accent from? How did this man become to be stranded in Outback Australia then become the Lord Humungus? The scene of the back of his head pulsating with wisps of Gollum-like hair swaying in the breeze, coupled with his huge physique and Euro-accent really fascinated me. Great article – loved it!!
johnvkaravitis says:
Gas in a tank only lasts about a month before it decomposes. Sorry to burst your bubble, but, in reality, the entire "Mad Max" movie series was just someone's bad nightmare. And look at how many people have believed that it could possibly happen. So sad. John V. Karavitis
JJShurte says:
Actually, people are drilling for Guzzoline all across the wasteland, so that's not pre-war gas that they're using, it's recently refined gas.
Great article, love the in depth look at a character that is all too easily overlooked.
J Ryan says:
Having grown up farming and worked in a salvage yard for a while I can state from personal experience that gasoline is still usable after years in the tank.
https://www.exxon.com/en/gasoline-safety-storage
"Does gasoline have an expiration date and how long can it be stored?
In general, gasoline should be used within a month of purchase."
http://www.fuel-testers.com/expiration_of_ethanol_gas.html
http://apocalypsestory.com/gasoline-last-apocalypse/
Kamakrazee says:
SHOULD be used, not has to be. J Ryan is correct.
Also, did you actually sign your name after your original post? Like anybody gives a damn who your worthless ass is.
Are you hitting on me? Sounds like it. Oh, and by the way you are STILL WRONG! LMFAO @you!
Shocbomb says:
Exactly you can use gas for a good 3-4+ years if its in a tank,yes your fuel lines,exhaust valves will be clogged and needed to be changed often and the average piston speed from combustion might be lacking & a lot of other that's not advised unless your post apocalyptic scavenging but you can use gas that sits in 4 stroke engines for years
Johnvkaravitisisdumb says:
There are many functioning gasoline plants (or factories, whatever the hell you call them) in the Mad max world. Hell, there's an entire town called gas town in Fury Road.
Where this legend about the Goethe poem comes from ? I think, one day someboday said on a forum than in one german version of the VHS the sound mix was a bit different and we could heard, on this forgottent lost version, this poem. Then this tale was told, and told, and told again on the internet. Now it's like a truth, articles links sources to themselves ! 😀
But, who ever took the time to ask to the actor about this ?!
Sorry to tell you there's nothing true about that ! There's no poem told by Humungus !
?? says:
Mein Vater, mein Vater, und hörest du nicht,
Was Erlkönig mir leise verspricht? –
Sei ruhig, bleibe ruhig, mein Kind;
In dürren Blättern säuselt der Wind.
Not clear in this interview @9:53
I interviewed him the same day Karol made this intw, I asked him about this Goethe Poem and Kjell specifically told me that was a load of bullshit.
Panzerfaust says:
I was 20 years old serving in the US Army when I first saw Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior. This was also the first time I had taken LSD and my friends had to restrain me on either side in the theatre.
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Lenovo's Mulling a Bizarre Smartwatch With a Second Screen
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Lenovo just announced a bunch of stuff at its first ever tech conference in Beijing (which you can read more about here and here), and as is true of most of these big events, Lenovo showed off tons of stuff dotting the spectrum from real products to moonshot ideas. This crazy-lookin' smartwatch is one of the latter.
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This guy is what Lenovo is calling the "Magic View" smartwatch, which is like any other round smartwatch except one key difference—it's got a big, honkin' second screen underneath the watch face. Android Central, who spent some time with this weird prototype, describes its most eye-catching feature:
But the star of the show is Lenovo's new Virtual Interactive Display (VID), which lives below the main LCD on a panel of its own. This panel appears opaque from a distance, but hold it up to your eye and you'll see a full-sized image. It's not unlike the handful of eye-based wearable displays we've seen in recent years, including Google Glass and Sony's Smart Eyeglasses. The picture is clear, but significant movement has the potential to blur things out of focus.
The oddities don't stop with just the second screen either. Android Central also points out that the current prototype is running some sort of hybrid Android OS, not quite Android Wear but not quite Android proper either.
The prototype no doubt faces many hurdles before it can even consider becoming a real thing. For one, um...battery life? Most Android Wear smartwatches can barely score a day of battery life. Add a second screen to the mix, and I hope you're comfortable lugging around a battery pack everywhere you go. Also, it's probably going to need some widespread developer adoption for it to become anything incredibly interesting.
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Design a Monogram Pencil in Cricut Design Space + Free SVG & DXF File.
It's the end of school year here in the UK, although I know those in the US (where most of my awesome customers are from) are getting ready for Back to School. This tutorial is perfect for end of year, Back to School projects or even if you just love monogramming and pencils…..
In the following tutorial I will show you how to design your own monogram pencil in Cricut Design Space, don't forget to download the free SVG/DXF at the end of this post.
Enough of me chatting….Lets get started…..
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Draw 3 rectangles, this 3 rectangles are the 'eraser' the 'metal holder' that hold's the Eraser to the pencil, and the pencil itself (minus the tip as we will add that later). These can be any size you want them to be.
I have found that this is the easiest way to design the pencil in Cricut Design Space, as i noticed when using the sliced tool, once I sliced the rectangle i couldn't then re-slice to make another rectangle.
Draw a rectangle, rotate it by 90 degrees and position it against the 'pencil' end of the rectangle (as show). Adjust the height to have it match with the height of the rectangles.
I've changed the colours to match those close to a pencil as possible, this is my personal preference and you don't have to change the colours if you don't want to.
Select the triangle and the square and click slice.
Delete any excess parts that have been sliced, you only want to be left with the grey portion of the tip.
You've now designed your pencil in Cricut Design Space!! How awesome is that? Well you can either leave it as it is and send it to cut, or carry on to the next step and design a monogram pencil.
3; To make the monogram, draw a circle and position it in the centre part of the pencil, as shown.
Delete the circles which have been sliced in the centre of the pencil.
Ta! Da! You've created a monogram pencil. Quick and easy! – Scroll to see how to make another type of monogram.
This next monogram you will 'cut out' the middle using a circle.
And here it is…another type of monogram for you to add a monogram font too. You can use this tutorial for any design you make in Cricut Design Space and not just for this pencil design.
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This weeks Free SVG/DXF files are the below Pencil Monogram Designs. I design all my files in Adobe Illustrator where I then convert too SVG and DXF files. In my tutorials I like to show you how you can create similar Designs within the Cricut Design Space software. Files are for personal use only.
Thank you so much for reading, I really hope this post has inspired you to experiment with designing in your Cricut Design Space Software. If you want to stay up to date with my tutorials and freebies then please feel free to follow me on: Pinterest,Facebook or Instagram.
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Теи́сп (Чи́шпиш) — персидский правитель (675—640 годы до н. э.). Возможно, сын Ахемена, полулегендарного основателя династии Ахеменидов. О нём практически ничего не известно и он упоминается лишь как предок персидских царей Державы Ахеменидов.

Упоминание в источниках

Имя Чишпиш (иногда неправильно читается как Чаишпиш), вероятно, иранского происхождения, однако его этимология ещё не установлена. Похоже, что оно не связано ни с именем древнехурритского бога бури Тешуба, ни с именем киммерийского царя Теушпы. Греческая форма этого имени передана Геродотом как Τεΐσπης (Теиспес или Тиспес).

Имя Теиспа упоминается в двух сохранившихся генеалогиях. Кир II Великий в своём манифесте утверждает:
«Я — Кир, царь множеств, царь великий, царь могучий, царь Вавилона, царь Шумера и Аккада, царь четырёх стран света, сын Камбиса, царя великого, царя города Аншан, внук Кира, царя великого, царя города Аншан, потомок Теиспа, царя великого, царя города Аншан, вечное царственное семя, правление которого любят боги Бэл (Мардук) и Набу, владычество которого приятно для их сердечной радости».

Этот самый ранний вариант генеалогии был отчасти повторён Дарием I в Бехистунской надписи:
«Говорит Дарий-царь: "Мой отец — Виштаспа (Гистасп), отец Виштаспы — Аршама, отец Аршамы — Ариарамна, отец Ариарамны — Чишпиш (Теисп), отец Чишпиша — Ахемен. Поэтому мы называемся Ахеменидами. Искони мы пользуемся почётом, искони наш род был царственным. Восемь человек из моего рода были до меня царями. Я — девятый. Девять нас были последовательно царями. По воле Ахурамазды я — царь. Ахурамазда дал мне царство"».

Из этих двух текстов ясно, что Кир Великий и Дарий I, оказывается, имели в лице Теиспа общего предка, а цельная реконструкция ранней линии Ахеменидов предполагает, что этот Теисп, царь Аншана, был родителем как Кира I, так и Ариарамна, и значит прадедом Дария. Было высказано также предположение, что Дарий, говоря о себе как о девятом царе Ахеменидской династии, включал в этот счёт и линию Кира II Великого (Кир I, Камбис I, Кир II Великий и Камбис II), исключая при этом своего отца, Гистаспа, о котором известно, что он никогда царём не был.

В науке долгое время одну из проблем усматривали в заявлении Дария, что он — девятый царь в династии, ибо это означало его претензию на царское достоинство и для Аршамы, и для Ариарамны, при том что обе эти почтенные фигуры должны быть современниками — по крайней мере частично — Кира I и Камбиса I, которые, согласно свидетельству Дария I, также являлись царями. Стандартным решением этой проблемы было гипотетическое допущение о том, что земли, управляющиеся Теиспом, по его смерти подверглись разделению, при этом Кир I взошёл на трон в Аншане, а Ариарамна — в Персии. Камбис I стал преемником своего отца в Аншане, а Аршама также сменил отца в Персии. Когда Кир II энергично взялся за создание державы, утвердив свой контроль над племенами Персии, Арсам потерял трон, так что Кир II, вплоть до того момента называвший себя лишь «царём Аншана», теперь мог титуловаться как «царь Аншана и Персии». Данное решение проблемы является, возможно, рациональной гипотезой, но не более того.

Геродот в своём труде «История» упоминал двух разных персидских царей носящих это имя Теисп. Так в его рассказе Ксеркс I восклицает: «Пусть же я не буду сыном Дария, сына Гистаспа, потомка Арсама, Ариарамна, Теиспа, Кира, Камбиса, Теиспа, Ахемена, если не покараю афинян!»

Другие артефакты

Существует ещё два артефакта, упоминающие имя Теиспа. Во-первых, это пять табличек из оборонительных сооружений Персеполя, имеющих на себе оттиски печати с надписью «[K]u-raš h.An-za-an-[ir]-ra šak Še-iš-be-iš-na», которая была прочитана, как «Кир из Аншана, сын Теиспа». Однако ни Теисп, ни его сын Кир не носят в этой надписи царского титула, что довольно странно. Также, написание имени Теисп отличается от написания этого имени в Бехистунской надписи. Второй артефакт — это золотая табличка, якобы найденная в ходе неофициальных раскопок в Хамадане (древние Экбатаны). В надписи, составленной от лица царя Парсы Ариарамны, говорится, что он является сыном Теиспа, внуком Ахемена. Однако последующий анализ показал, что данная табличка, — скорее всего подделка, либо сфабрикованная ещё в древности (возможно, в IV веке до н. э.), либо в Новое время.

По-видимому, имя Чишпиш связано с именем хурритского бога бури Тешуба и с именем киммерийского царя Теушпы.

Примечания

Литература

Ахемениды
Правители Азии VII века до н. э.
Цари Аншана


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AFC, Sportradar fight match-fixing scandal
By Agence France Presse
The Asian Football Confederation will monitor 4,500 matches for corruption under an extended partnership agreement with a British-based betting fraud prevention and detection firm, AFC announced on Thursday.
Illegal betting syndicates in Asia have plagued several sports, notably cricket, while Singapore has been a recognised centre for football match-fixing. The AFC first joined forces with Sportradar in 2013 to monitor its tournaments but the new agreement, launched in Doha, will also cover the top professional leagues in each of its 47 member associations.
In addition, prominent continental and regional tournaments will also be monitored by the specially designed AFC Monitoring System (AMS), with 4,500 matches across Asia each year coming under its remit.
Sportradar spokesman Alex Inglot said the system relied on a combination of mathematical and human intelligence. "The first part is the technology and an algorithm we have developed which filters through five billion data sets every day from 450 betting operations around the world — legal and illegal, Europe and Asia, betting exchanges and national lotteries," Inglot said. "We split a market into the pre-match and live betting. In pre-match market we are looking and unexpected movements in the odds; in the live market we look for deviations from what our system expects."
Among the federations who work with Sportradar are the International Cricket Council and the England and Wales Cricket Board, World Rugby and the New Zealand Rugby Football Union, as well as football's UEFA and CONCACAF. "Our reports have launched and supported over a hundred successful sporting sanctions and over 170 arrests," said Inglot.
In November, a Singapore court freed Dan Tan, who was accused of leading the world's biggest match-fixing syndicate. He was arrested in September 2013 but never tried. He was released after Singapore's Court of Appeal ruled that it was "unlawful" to keep him detained because he did not pose a danger to public safety in Singapore.
After Tan's arrest, the then-Interpol chief Ronald Noble said the Singapore-based gang was the world's "largest and most aggressive match-fixing syndicate".
#corruption #Asian Football Confederation #Asia #Europe #AFC Monitoring System (AMS)
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Aid stepped up to Syria camp; new arrivals say terrorists blocked their escape
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On 26 January 2019, in the Syrian Arab Republic, children and families are huddled together, after being forced to flee their homes, before embarking on the long and arduous journey to safety at Al-Hol camp.
Harrowing details continue to emerge of thousands of families who have risked their lives fleeing fighting in Syria's last ISIL terrorist-held enclave, as UN humanitarians warned on Friday that children are still dying on their way to an overcrowded camp for the displaced, amid access problems and perishing cold.
In just the past week, more than 10,000 people have fled conflict in Hajin in eastern Deir-ez-Zor governorate, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Andrej Mahecic told journalists in Geneva.
"Since fighting escalated in Hajin in early December, more than 23,000 people have fled to Al Hol (camp), effectively tripling its population," he said. "Many more are expected."
They travel at night with barely any belongings, often having to wade through the minefields and open fighting - Andrej Mahecic, UNHCR
Those fleeing Hajin described fierce fighting and said they were blocked from leaving by ISIL, or Da'esh extremists, who used to control large swathes of northern Iraq and Syria.
"Families fleeing the Hajin enclave and surrounding areas have also told us of a harrowing journey to safety," Mr Mahecic explained. "They travel at night with barely any belongings, often having to wade through the minefields and open fighting."
On reaching positions controlled by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the "hungry and cold" civilians – mainly women and children, according to UNHCR - "describe being herded into open trucks" and transported northwards to Al Hol camp.
Little or no assistance is given to them, Mr Mahecic noted, adding that since early December, "we have recorded 29 deaths among children and newborns".
More than two weeks ago, humanitarians asked the SDF to designate a site en route for Al Hol, where emergency assistance can be provided. This has yet to happen, the agency confirmed.
"We have approached the authorities who are effectively in control of the area where we need to work", Mr Mahecic said. "We have also appealed to those fighting and those with influence over those involved in the fighting to do their utmost to grant safety for the civilians fleeing and to allow humanitarian access in the areas where we need."
Many sleep in the open in freezing cold weather and walk or travel in open trucks from there - Christian Lindmeier, WHO
Christian Lindmeier, spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) described the life-threatening delays imposed on vulnerable families: "Fleeing civilians are stopped at Al Omar oilfields for days for screening and we need access to this area to assist the people there," he said. "Many sleep in the open in freezing cold weather and walk or travel in open trucks from there."
Amid a surge in arrivals to Al Hol camp and overcrowding, UNHCR and its partners have set up 24-hour response teams to identify the most vulnerable arrivals and provide assistance, especially to unaccompanied or separated children.
A number of other emergency measures have been put in place, with additional large tents to provide immediate shelter for new arrivals. The camp already has more than 4,500 tents, with another 3,600 ready to be erected.
Child-friendly spaces are also open, along with schools and communal kitchens to shelter new arrivals temporarily, UNHCR said.
The majority of those fleeing the fighting are Syrian residents of villages in south Deir-ez-Zor province, who have been caught up in the fighting as ISIS retreated south. Mr. Mahecic noted that they are anxious about their confinement to Al Hol camp and the confiscation of their documents.
"Most hope to be allowed to join their relatives and friends in Deir-ez-Zor province and return to their homes as soon as the fighting is over," he said.
'Much more help is required' WHO
WHO, which is ramping up its response to Al Hol camp, has already delivered thousands of medical treatments to support two mobile clinics and four health teams there.
The UN health agency has also supported vaccination campaigns, set up disease surveillance and training for volunteers to provide "psychological first aid and basic counselling", WHO's regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean tweeted.
"A week ago, WHO airlifted more than 28 tonnes of medical supplies, equipment and vaccines to Al Hassakeh Governorate to respond to growing health needs in north-east Syria," WHO's Mr Lindmeier confirmed.
"This was the second shipment the organization has airlifted to Al Hassakeh this month," he added. "It's also worth mentioning that the first shipment this year was airlifted to the governorate on 8 January. It contained 20 tonnes of medical supplies sufficient to cover 110,000 medical treatments."
Despite the airlifts, much more help is required. "Access does remain the key issue, just to remind everyone, and we need guaranteed approvals to access the camp and the roads leading to it," Mr Lindmeier explained.
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Fresh airstrikes kill dozens in conflict-ravaged Syria
Iraq milestone: Some four million people return home, displacement drops to four-year low
Aid teams respond to escalating southwest Syria conflict: 750,000 civilians are at risk
News Tracker: Past Stories on This Issue
Syria: 'Violence, displacement' and cold kill 11 infants 'in the past two days'
"Violence, displacement and extremely harsh conditions" in northern and eastern Syria have killed at least 32 children since December – including 11 infants in the past two days, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) revealed on Thursday.
UN relief chief urges Security Council to back aid delivery, more funding for millions of Syrians hit by harsh weather
With people in Syria "suffering a cold, hard winter", the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator on Wednesday appealed for international funding, backed by UN Security Council support for safe aid delivery, to alleviate the conditions faced by millions struggling for survival amidst rain, snowfall and freezing temperatures across the still war-torn nation.


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Q: How would to make this class as a singleton? I'm trying to make this class as a singleton but without success.
How would you do that ?
I have seen out there on internet that I should make modifications to the header file and to the cpp file. I've tried only by changing the cpp file...
What I need to do is to be able to access the boolean "isRecording" from JNI calls.
Thanks.
OboeAudioRecorder.cpp
#include <jni.h>
#include <string>
#include <oboe/Oboe.h>
#include "OboeAudioRecorder.h"
#include "oboe/samples/debug-utils/logging_macros.h"

class OboeAudioRecorder: public oboe::AudioStreamCallback {
public:
    bool isRecording = true;

    explicit OboeAudioRecorder() { }

    void StartAudioRecorder() {
        oboe::AudioStreamBuilder builder;
        builder.setDirection(oboe::Direction::Input);
        builder.setPerformanceMode(oboe::PerformanceMode::LowLatency);
        builder.setFormat(oboe::AudioFormat::Float);
        builder.setChannelCount(oboe::ChannelCount::Mono);
        builder.setInputPreset(oboe::InputPreset::Unprocessed);
        builder.setSharingMode(oboe::SharingMode::Shared);
        builder.setSampleRate(48000);
        builder.setAudioApi(oboe::AudioApi::OpenSLES);
        //builder.setCallback(this);

        oboe::Result r = builder.openStream(&stream);
        if (r != oboe::Result::OK) {
            return;
        }

        r = stream->requestStart();
        if (r != oboe::Result::OK) {
            return;
        }

        auto a = stream->getState();
        if (a == oboe::StreamState::Started) {

            constexpr int kMillisecondsToRecord = 2;
            const int32_t requestedFrames = (int32_t) (kMillisecondsToRecord * (stream->getSampleRate() / oboe::kMillisPerSecond));
            __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "OboeAudioRecorder", "requestedFrames = %d", requestedFrames);
            float_t mybuffer[requestedFrames];
            constexpr int64_t kTimeoutValue = 3 * oboe::kNanosPerMillisecond;

            int framesRead = 0;
            do {
                auto result = stream->read(mybuffer, requestedFrames, 0);
                if (result != oboe::Result::OK) {
                    break;
                }
                framesRead = result.value();
                __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "OboeAudioRecorder", "framesRead = %d", framesRead);
                if (framesRead > 0) {
                    break;
                }
            } while (framesRead != 0);

            while (isRecording) {
                auto result = stream->read(mybuffer, requestedFrames, kTimeoutValue * 1000);
                if (result == oboe::Result::OK) {
                    auto nbFramesRead = result.value();
                    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "OboeAudioRecorder", "nbFramesRead = %d", nbFramesRead);
                    for (int i=0; i<nbFramesRead; i++) {
                        __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "OboeAudioRecorder", "nbFramesRead[%d] = %f", i, mybuffer[i]);
                    }
                } else {
                    auto error = convertToText(result.error());
                    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "OboeAudioRecorder", "error = %s", error);
                }
            }

            stream->requestStop();
            stream->close();
        }
    }

    oboe::DataCallbackResult onAudioReady(oboe::AudioStream *oboeStream, void *audioData, int32_t numFrames) override {
        LOGE("onAudioReady");
    }

private:
    oboe::ManagedStream outStream;
    oboe::AudioStream *stream{};
};

OboeAudioRecorder.h
#ifndef OBOEAUDIORECORDER_OBOEAUDIORECORDER_H
#define OBOEAUDIORECORDER_OBOEAUDIORECORDER_H

#endif //OBOEAUDIORECORDER_OBOEAUDIORECORDER_H

A: An easy way to make a class into a singleton is to add a getInstance() method that uses a static variable in the method.
static OboeAudioRecorder &getInstance() {
    static EngineOpenSLES sInstance;
    return sInstance;
}

You can also prevent other instances from being created by making the constructors private and by deleting the copy operators:
private:
    // Make this a safe Singleton
    OboeAudioRecorder()= default;
    ~OboeAudioRecorder()= default;
public:
    OboeAudioRecorder(const OboeAudioRecorder&)= delete;
    OboeAudioRecorder& operator=(const OboeAudioRecorder&)= delete;

A: I've been able to make this class a singleton, thanks to the following link (in french) : https://h-deb.clg.qc.ca/Sujets/Divers--cplusplus/CPP--Singletons.html
Here is my class with the singleton pattern (notice the last line that is declared out of the "class" scope) :
#include <jni.h>
#include <string>
#include <oboe/Oboe.h>
#include "OboeAudioRecorder.h"
#include "oboe/samples/debug-utils/logging_macros.h"

class OboeAudioRecorder: public oboe::AudioStreamCallback {

private:
    oboe::ManagedStream outStream;
    oboe::AudioStream *stream{};

    oboe::DataCallbackResult
    onAudioReady(oboe::AudioStream *oboeStream, void *audioData, int32_t numFrames) override {
        LOGE("onAudioReady");
    }

    static OboeAudioRecorder *singleton;
    explicit OboeAudioRecorder() = default;

public:
    static OboeAudioRecorder *get() {
        if (!singleton)
            singleton = new OboeAudioRecorder();
        return singleton;
    }

    bool isRecording = true;

    void StartAudioRecorder() {
        oboe::AudioStreamBuilder builder;
        builder.setDirection(oboe::Direction::Input);
        builder.setPerformanceMode(oboe::PerformanceMode::LowLatency);
        //builder.setFormat(oboe::AudioFormat::Float);
        builder.setFormat(oboe::AudioFormat::I16);
        builder.setChannelCount(oboe::ChannelCount::Mono);
        builder.setInputPreset(oboe::InputPreset::Unprocessed);
        builder.setSharingMode(oboe::SharingMode::Shared);
        builder.setSampleRate(48000);
        builder.setAudioApi(oboe::AudioApi::OpenSLES);
        //builder.setCallback(this);

        oboe::Result r = builder.openStream(&stream);
        if (r != oboe::Result::OK) {
            return;
        }

        r = stream->requestStart();
        if (r != oboe::Result::OK) {
            return;
        }

        auto a = stream->getState();
        if (a == oboe::StreamState::Started) {

            constexpr int kMillisecondsToRecord = 2;
            auto requestedFrames = (int32_t) (kMillisecondsToRecord *
                                                       (stream->getSampleRate() /
                                                        oboe::kMillisPerSecond));
            __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "OboeAudioRecorder", "requestedFrames = %d",
                                requestedFrames);
            //const int32_t requestedFrames = 65536;
            //int16_t mybuffer[requestedFrames];
            int16_t mybuffer[requestedFrames];
            constexpr int64_t kTimeoutValue = 3 * oboe::kNanosPerMillisecond;

            int framesRead = 0;
            do {
                auto result = stream->read(mybuffer, requestedFrames, 0);
                if (result != oboe::Result::OK) {
                    break;
                }
                framesRead = result.value();
                __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "OboeAudioRecorder", "framesRead = %d",
                                    framesRead);
                if (framesRead > 0) {
                    break;
                }
            } while (framesRead != 0);

            while (isRecording) {
                auto result = stream->read(mybuffer, requestedFrames, kTimeoutValue * 1000);
                if (result == oboe::Result::OK) {
                    auto nbFramesRead = result.value();
                    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "OboeAudioRecorder", "nbFramesRead = %d",
                                        nbFramesRead);
                    for (int i = 0; i < nbFramesRead; i++) {
                        __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "OboeAudioRecorder",
                                            "nbFramesRead[%d] = %d", i, mybuffer[i]);
                    }
                } else {
                    auto error = convertToText(result.error());
                    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "OboeAudioRecorder", "error = %s", error);
                }
            }

            stream->requestStop();
            stream->close();
        }
    }

};

OboeAudioRecorder *OboeAudioRecorder::singleton = nullptr;

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Ridgely's Delight by Foot: George Washington Slept Here!
For a tiny neighborhood squeezed between the University of Maryland and Camden Yards, Ridgely's Delight contains an oversized history. Local resident and historian Sharon Reuter will lead us through this compact community where our nation's first president truly did stay. We will meet in front of the Babe Ruth Museum, 216 Emory Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. There is 2-hour free street parking nearby.


With so many financial aid options available, you will be surprised at how affordable a King education can be. When you factor in grants and scholarships, work-study programs, federal and state assistance, and loans, your actual cost can often be equal to or less than a public four-year college.
Each year, we award more than $19 million in financial aid to the majority of our students with an average annual award of $17,520. We will work with you and your family to make King a reality for you, too.
At King University, our financial aid administrators will help ease your mind about expenses so you can focus on what really matters - how King benefits you academically. We are happy to meet with you and your family personally to discuss any questions or concerns you may have.
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