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Vive la Fête video of full show at Wave Gotik Treffen 2015
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Vive la Fête played at the annual Wave Gotik Treffen festival in Leipzig, Germany on May 24 2015. An audience video recording of this show is now on YouTube. This is Vive la Fête at their finest with a selection of greatest hits, best live fan favorites and tracks from their most recent album '2013'.
Vive la Fête live on the catwalk for Chanel
April 20, 2015 Permalinkadminarchive, blog, chanel, music, vaultsattaque surprise, chanel, fashion show, karl lagerfeld, live, models, vive la fete
Back in the early 2000's Vive la Fête's unique style and sexy music got the attention of some of the biggest names in the fashion world. Among them was Karl Lagerfeld, who asked the band to perform live at the catwalk during the presentation of his autumn – winter 2002/2003 collection.
Vive la Fête performed five songs during the 23 minute fashion show, all the while playing on a rotating platform in the middle of the catwalk. Surrounded by the most beautiful fashion models in the world, the band set the right atmosphere for the presentation of Lagerfeld's new collection.
The set ended with a killer version of Attaque Surprise from the album with the same name. Lagerfeld came onstage to thank the models, the audience and the band.
Upcoming Vive la Fête DVD
This exclusive footage has been rarely seen. The full fashion show set is scheduled to be included on the upcoming DVD with rare Vive la Fête material which is due for later this year.
Vive la Fête at The Ball de la Rose in Monaco, 2002
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After playing exclusive shows on the catwalk for Chanel in Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, New York and Las Vegas, Vive la Fête was invited to open The Ball de la Rose in Monaco in Match 17, 2002. Initiated by Karl Lagerfeld, for whom the band had played the catwalks shows, Vive la Fête opened the dance party, after concerts by Marianne Faithfull and The Ringo Starr Allstar Band.
For the opening dance, Princess Caroline of Monaco requested a cover version of the Rolling Stones classic 'Angie'. With Mick Jagger present among the guests of the annual fundraising event, Vive la Fête played an impressive and sexy version of the song which set the mood for the rest of the evening. Being in the world of the rich and famous, Els changed the lyrics from 'Angie' to 'Angel', referring to the magic of The Ball de la Rose and host of the ball, Princess Caroline of Monaco, in particular.
Amateur footage of the Vive la Fête set at The Ball de la Rose recently surfaced from the vaults of Danny Mommens.
Vive la Fête with Tom Tom Club
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In 2004, Vive la Fête performed at the 2nd anniversary party of record store La La Land music. The shop has always been very supportive of the band, and it made sense for Vive la Fête to play at this wild party. Special guests this night were Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Tom Tom Club and Talking Heads fame, also friends of the owners of La La Land Music. As a special treat, Danny performed Talking Heads' classic Psycho Killer together with Chris and Tina, who co-wrote the song back in 1975. Exclusive video footage of this once in a lifetime performance was recently discovered and edited into this unique and super-rare video.
New album Destination Amour
Fêtebook
21 Jul 2019 Knokke-Heist, BE — Heldenplein 1
10 Aug 2019 Zonnebeke, BE — Festival Area Besselare
11 Aug 2019 Antwerp, BE — Gedempte Zuiderdokken
24 Aug 2019 Amougies, BE — City Center
10 Oct 2019 Breda, NL — Mezz
Twitter Fête
Vive la Fête jukebox


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Apps offering location tracking for Android have been around for quite some time, but the problem is that all of them offer almost a similar type of solution. They enable you to track people with the help of GPS, which is a huge help, but it's very limited. You can only track people through this feature if they have GPS activated on their device. This means that if someone knows they are being tracked, they can just turn off the GPS and you won't be able to see where they are, rendering the app completely useless. This is why you can't depend on the tools that offer just one small solution to a big problem. The people at Mobistealth realized this shortcoming and started to work on new ways to track smartphone location and they've come up with two additional options.
First thing that they've added to the app is text message location tracking. This does exactly what you think it does. It allows you to keep an eye on someone's position through their text messages. So if you're monitoring someone and they send or receive an SMS, you'll know about their location immediately. This is a huge help because people, especially kids, in general are pretty clever and tech savvy nowadays, and know a few ways to bypass simple GPS tracking. However, there's no escaping SMS tracking. As soon as someone receives or sends a text message, their position pops up.
Tracking without GPS has also been made possible by Mobistealth. If for example, the GPS is turned off on the target device, then the app will keep tabs on its whereabouts through Wi-Fi. This added feature was more than enough, but the team didn't stop there and introduced another option that allows you to track location through the device's network. This basically means that the app utilizes the radio tower signals to help track the device down.
So now, you have text message location tracking, Wi-Fi location tracking, radio tower signals location tracking, and GPS location tracking – all of which can be accessed through a single app. To top it all off, Mobistealth offers historical location tracking that provides information about all the locations the person you're monitoring had been to over the past day or so. This means that you will not be restricted to knowing current locations only and won't have to keep checking up on someone 24/7. You can go about your day like you normally do and at the end of the day, you can just log in and get information about all the locations with ease.


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UCT in top 20 globally for mining & mineral engineering
The recently released ShanghaiRanking's Global Rankings of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2019 has placed the University of Cape Town (UCT) among the top 50 in two academic subjects: mining and mineral engineering (20th) and oceanography (36th). Two...
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Multimillion rand boost for Africa medicines research
University of Cape Town (UCT) alumnus and former chairman and chief executive of Coca-Cola Neville Isdell has donated $1 242 160 (about R18 million) towards research into the discovery of new medicines for infectious...
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Umthombo Publication
Welcome to Umthombo, a magazine featuring research stories from across the university. Umthombo is the isiXhosa word for a natural spring of water or fountain. The most notable features of a fountain are its natural occurrence...
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UCT students in Oxford for global challenge
Five students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) have recently been in Oxford to compete against over 1 000 teams from across the globe as they all seek to understand and resolve challenges...
All-women executive academic leadership for UCT
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Royal honour for UCT alumnus Pugh
The Commonwealth, representing one-third of the world's population and with a deep affinity with its seas, is uniquely placed to restore the health of the world's oceans, University of Cape Town (UCT) alumnus and endurance...
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UCT students to meet Nobel laureates
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Pioneering 'new science' in Masiphumelele
At the age of five, 20% of children in Masiphumelele are already infected with tuberculosis (TB). When these children enter high school, about half are infected with TB. By the time they become young...
UCT selected for large-scale funding to tackle the world's complex challenges
Researchers from UCT are included in two of 12 international teams selected by United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) to establish large interdisciplinary research hubs based at leading UK universities that address the world's...
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Thais Rocha
Postdoc, University of São Paulo; Research Fellow, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford. PhD in Egyptology, Faculty of Oriental Studies, St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford.
My research aims to understand how ancient Egyptians conceived and experienced domestic space during the New Kingdom (1550–1069 BCE). Building on my DPhil devoted to investigating domestic space at the Workmen's Village of Amarna through an anthropological-oriented framework, I now expand the scope both chronologically and geographically. This investigation is anchored in recent theoretical developments from Household Archaeology, Material Culture and ethnographic research. I explore new models to understand houses through material culture, especially related to the social construction of the domestic sphere. I am currently part of the Amarna Project in Egypt.
Before joining Oxford, I did my MPhil in the Arab Studies Department at the University of São Paulo. My dissertation investigated gender relations in Ptolemaic Egypt (330 BC - 30 BC) based on the study of letters. As MPhil student, I was a visiting scholar at the Oriental Institute in Chicago (2009) and later in the United Kingdom (2011, 2013), when I started engaging with British Egyptology in the British Museum, University College London, the University of Oxford and the Egyptian Exploration Society. I studied History for my BA also at the University of São Paulo, Brazil (2001) focusing on Ancient History and Archaeology.
I have extensive experience as a teacher and museum educator. For over 12 years I worked as History teacher in Brazil covering topics in Brazilian and general history. I have also contributed to develop teaching materials for various publishers in Brazil. At Oxford I taught topics related to Egyptian art and history and the archaeology of Amarna.
Bead Workshop M50 14-16. Amarna Project
Autumn 2017, 2018.
Excavation and recording of the domestic complex M50 14-16 under the supervision of Dr Anna Hodgkinson. Post-excavation duties included the registration of finds and the digitisation of records (documentation, cataloguing, and photography of the faience and glass beads, digitalisation of some plans using GIS).
North Tombs Cemetery. Amarna Project
Spring, 2017.
Excavation and recording of non-elite burials under the supervision of Dr. Anna Stevens.
East Devon Pebblebeds Project
Excavations and recordings of prehistoric cairns under the supervision of Prof. Christopher Tilley.
British Museum Annual Colloquim 2019. Amarna the lived City
Reassessing domestic space in the Amarna Workmen's Village
Houses from the Workmen's Village in Amarna have been investigated through their architectural features and the distribution of objects within and around them. These have served as paradigm to conceptualise domestic space and to create the model of an 'ideal house' in the village. However, data from the village is complex and viewing the house as a single unit does not fully explain the way people lived in the community. The value of individual houses as a useful setting for understanding domestic experience has been challenged, but the focus still remains on the idea of the house as a unit of production, hence privileging economic aspects. I suggest that it is possible to frame the village as a large household, with overlapping living and working spaces. By looking at the entire village as a single domestic complex, it is clear that the features of large houses in the main city of Amarna were present both inside and outside the walls of the village. Installations such as storage areas, cooking facilities, animal pens were present in the Workmen's Village, but distributed across the communal space.
Second Egyptological Conference. Athens 2019.
Revisiting the Workmen's Village of Amarna: Gender and Domestic Space
Investigations about women and domestic space traditionally have used the site of Deir el-Medina as a main reference, with hypothesis for domestic culture based on a house model idealised by Bruyère. Whilst the Theban village provided important written evidence for Egyptologists, its archaeological material is rather problematic for it did not have systematic retrieval and record techniques. The Workmen's Village of Amarna was re-excavated by Barry Kemp in the 1980's and despite the intense looting in the twentieth century, the archaeological evidence was more systematically recorded. Similarities between the two settlements have led some scholars to project the Deir el-Medina model to Amarna. Regarding gender relations and women, the house was then established as the privileged space for women and their activities. By examining the evidence of Amarna, I challenge the concepts of domestic space projected to the workmen's villages. Instead of taking individual houses, I expand the scope of analysis to the village itself to understand the Egyptian concept of domestic space, hoping to shed light to a new dynamic of social relations in which gender emerges.
European Society for the History of Science. Biennial London 2018.
Brazilian Egyptology: reassessing colonialism and exploring limits
Studies about ancient Egypt have significantly developed in Brazil since the last decade. This does not mean, however, that Egyptology is an established field in the reality of the Brazilian academy. This recent development has been accompanied by the expansion of Ancient History departments around the country and investments in archaeological research within Egyptian collections in Brazil. The absence of good libraries, 'proper training' as Egyptologists, the long distances to primary research centres in a continental country, and funding are among the difficulties faced by Brazilian students interested in ancient Egypt. Thus, whereas internationally, Egyptology has started reflecting on its own conceptualization and professional formation, Brazilian scholars are challenged to accommodate the traditional ways of doing Egyptology to the Brazilian academic reality. This leads to other challenges: how does a former colony take part in a colonial discipline while challenging colonial frameworks? Questions related to geographical distance, cultural differences, and varied backgrounds seem to justify the absence of an understandable reason why Brazilians could (or should) be interested in ancient Egypt. In this paper, I discuss Brazilian insertion into a global Egyptology, while examining the limits of this idea in Brazil. Moreover, I will discuss how interest in ancient Egypt and its relationship with the ancient world have been (re)shaped in recent Brazilian history
Ancient Egypt. Archaeology and Art History
I explore how ancient Egyptian artefacts were appropriated by the West and how ancient Egypt was adapted throughout the 20th century by History and Art History according to specific ideas of civilisation and art. The course is hosted by Instituto Mundo Antigo.
in Hana Navratilova; Thomas L. Gertzen; Aidan Dodson; Andrew Bednarski. (eds).
Towards a History of Egyptology. Proceedings of the Egyptological Section of the 8th ESHS Conference in London, 2018. Münster: Zaphon, 2019, 127–146
Reassessing models in gender and domestic space in New Kingdom Workmen's Villages
In Stephanie Lynn Budin, Megan Cifarelli, Agnès Garcia-Ventura & Adelina Millet Albà (eds). Gender and Methodology in the Ancient Near East. Proceedings of the Second Workshop held at the Universitat de Barcelona, February 1-3, 2017. Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, p. 299–312.
Tropical Egypt: The Development of Egyptology in Brazil and its Future Challenges
In Christian Langer (ed). Global Egyptology: Negotiations in the
Production of Knowledges on Ancient Egypt in Global Contexts. London:
Golden House Publications, p. 161-172.
Brazilian researcher looks into Ancient Egypt households
Bringing gender back onto the agenda in Egyptology
Thais Rocha da Silva discusses the fire at the Brazilian National Museum
I practice Tae Kwon do since 2008. During my time in Oxford, this martial art was crucial to keep me sharp and healthy. I joined the university team against Cambridge in Varsity for 3 years and I was awarded two Oxford Blues for winning the fights together with the Oxford crew.
St Benet's Hall
I was part of the first group of women studying in the college. I participated in the creation of the Graduate Society at St Benet's Hall and acted as its president for two years. We established the Graduate Study Room at Norham Gardens. The building was the house of Prof. Griffith, who created the department of Egyptology at Oxford, which certainly added a special meaning for me. I enjoyed helping the college to establish a productive and supportive working space for grads and to organised the first series of Graduate Seminars.
The geek side
Big sci-fi fan. Reading and watching about other universes are always insightful to understand human experience.
Harris Manchester College. Mansfield Rd, Oxford OX1 3TD, United Kingdom
thais.rochadasilva@hmc.ox.ac.uk
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Sorry for the delay in getting this post out, but I finished up a successful first round of Southwest Regional Cup on April 2nd and 3rd. It was a long, but fun weekend and I logged over 140 laps around the Oklahoma Motorsports Complex 0.7 miles sprint kart track. Compared to my test day at OMC in February, I improved by 1.4s during Friday's 6 practice sessions. I worked mainly with 3G's track expert and tuner Dallas Patterson to get my shifter to handle the tricky OMC track. We started with an axle change which made a huge difference on corner exit as the previous unit was WAY too stiff and causing excess rear hopping as I got to the throttle. After a few more changes to the front end, rear width, tire pressure, and some failed gearing experimentation, I was 0.7s faster than my February test day, and a new set of MG sneakers dropped than another 0.8s. I ran about 55 laps in the 6 sessions including a mock qualifying session where we verified my pace and setup with new tires to prepare for Race 1 qualifying on Saturday.
With 6+ SKUSA Pro Tour shifter kart pilots in the S2 class, I knew that I was going to be qualifying near the back of the field. My pace in the shifter kart is not there yet, so I was mainly focused on improving my kart and my driving to slowly chip away at my pace delta. After two practice sessions on Saturday morning, we bolted on a new set of tires for qualifying. I ran a 46.7 which put me in 11th out of 12 karts in the class and well back of the Jake French who got the pole, but still a huge improvement over the 48.2s laps I was turning back in February. In the Saturday heat race, I had a decent start and was able to hang with the field for a few laps and move up to 8th place after several drivers dropped out due to accidents and mechanical issues. This put me in P8 to start the 16 lap Race 1 Final. I had a slow start and dropped back two spots but was able to get back inside of these karts in Turn 1. Running an inside lines proved to be in my favor as a mid-pack kart got turned sideways at the Turn 1 apex causing a 5-6 kart pileup on the outside of Turn 1. I escaped without having to slow down much which put in 5th place. I stayed in 5th place for about 10 laps before Chris Jennings in the Jimmy John's kart caught me. I finished in P6 which I was pleased with considering my qualifying position.
All the times were reset for Sunday's races, and after some debate, we stuck with the SWRC mandate that all Shifter Karts must run 1 set of tires for both Race 1 and Race 2. The big change for Sunday other than starting with worn tires was that we were joined by the S4 (Stock Moto Master's) and S5 (Stock Moto Junior) classes which put the field at 19 karts in our group. I again qualified 11th in S2 class and moved up to 8th in the heat race. Similar to Saturday, I was able to claw my way up to 6th place in Sunday's final after a good race start and a lot more traffic to deal with due to the multiple classes on track.
Overall, I was pleased with the weekend. I had no mechanical issues, no accidents, improved the kart's handling, improved my pace, and had a blast racing for three days. This was my first non-local and multi-day kart race in the shifter and it was great to get so much track time. I need to continue to learn the Texas and Oklahoma kart tracks, work on my fitness, and practice practice practice driving the shifter kart to improve my pace. OMC was a very physical track and I was absolutely wiped when we got back to San Angelo at 2AM on Sunday. Thanks to Ali and the 3G team for helping me throughout the weekend.
My next race is a club race at NTK on April 16th and the next SWRC round is at NTK on May 13th and 14th. It will be fun to race in the ultra-competitive SWRC series at a track I am familiar with.


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Drakensburg Moutains
The Drakensburg Mountains are found in the Kwa Zulu Natal province in South Africa. They are recognized as the highest mountain range in southern Africa. To the Zulu people, it is called Ukhahlamba meaning the Barrier of Spears and to the Afrikaans, it is called The Dragon Mountain. The Drakensberg mountain range stretches the entire length of KwaZulu-Natal's western boundary into Lesotho for hundreds of miles of high towering cliffs.
The basalt sheer cliffs are snow capped in the winter showing off the scenic peaks that stand at 3,482m above sea level. Several millions of years ago, a volcanic mountain erupted pouring significant lava over a large area of southern African. The highest peak on the mountain is called Thabana Ntlenyana at 3,482m and other notable parks being Mafadi, Mokoaneng, Njesuthi and Champagne Castle to mention but a few. Cathedral peak is popular with hikers on the Drakensburg
The mountain ranges are a spectacular with unique plant species, 119 of them listed as endangered and the others endemic to the mountains' slopes and the park on the foot hills. The mountain is covered in high alti-montane grasslands, conifers on the lower slopes and riverine bush among other unique flora species.
Wildlife in Drakensburg
The Drakensburg mountain ranges are home to several species of birds and animals living in both the high altitude zones and in the lower mountain foot hills. Some of the wildlife in the mountain includes Klipspringer, eland, mountain reedbuck, white rhino, black wildebeest, grey rhebok, oribi and many other animals that live in the park on the foot hills.
Several birds are endemic to the mountain with endangered species such as mountain pipit, bush blackcap, buff-streaked chat, rudd's lark, orange breasted rock jumper, yellow breasted pipit and the Drakensburg Siskin. Cape Vulture and Lesser kestrel are the prey birds in the park.
Amphibians are also part of the sight along the river with different frog species within the park.
The spectacular Drakensberg trails need to be treated with caution. The weather can change dramatically from one moment to the next and especially if you are at high altitudes the strong winds, mist, snow and extreme cold can arrive unexpectedly. It is of utmost importance that you complete the rescue register in full at any entrance to a Drakensberg area, even if you are only planning on going for a short stroll.
Attractions in the park
There are several rock paintings by the bush men and Khoi people that lived in the lower mountains several years ago. More than 35,000 paintings are found on rocks and in 500 different caves in the Royal National Park. Some of the caves with incredible paintings include Sebaayeni with 1146 paintings and Ndedema Gorge with more than 3,900 painting in its different caves. The paintings have been flagged as UNESCO World heritage site, the second in Kwa Zulu Natal
Royal Natal National Park is found north of Drakensburg Mountains spreading over peaks such as the Amphitheatre, Mont-aux-Sources, the Sentinel, Inner Tower, eastern Buttress and Devil's Tooth. The dome of Mont-aux-Sources, which is 3282 metres high, is the source of five major rivers, including the Tugela which plunges 600 metres over the escarpment in a magnificent waterfall. Ukhahlamba Drakensburg Park was listed as a UNESCO world Heritage site covering over 243sq km and is an important ramsar site in the mountains.
Hiking in the Drakensburg Mountains
Although much of the mountains are weathered due to erosion, this has not deterred tourism in the mountains. Drakensberg is however a hikers paradise! Hiking trails go through shaded valleys, lush forests, under shimmering waterfalls and over looming mountains. Some of the interesting places to see and hikes include Devil's Hoek Valley, Amphitheatre to Cathedral; Mckinley's Pool, Gudu Falls; The Grotto Mont-Aux-Sources via Basutho Gate and The Chain Ladder, Otto's Walk & Bushman Paintings, Tugela Gorge and the river plus waterfalls.
The central Drakensberg trails goes over the Blue Pool and Nyosi Grotto, The Cathedral Peak Hike, Ganabu Ridge and Baboon Rock Mlambonja Pass to Twins Cave. All differ in days and scenery. The Southern Drakensberg offers hikes such as Mkomazi Wilderness Area, Kamberg Vergelegen & Sani Pass and Cobham & Garden Castle.
It is an incredible opportunity to hike up a mountain, breathe the crisp clean air, sleep over in the most in a cave or camp out under the star filled sky.
Other activities in the mountain include fishing on the river, walking trails on the lower slopes of the Drakensburg, rock/ice climbing, abseiling, white water rafting and also exploring the mountains on a helicopter ride.
You can as well takes some time off to experience the Zulu People, their cultures and way of life by visiting towns and cities on the slopes of the mountain such as Ulundi the former Zulu capital, Kwa Zulu Natal, coal mining towns of Dundee and Ixop and probably proceed on to neighboring Lesotho capital Maseru
Drakensburg Accommodation
The only road that reaches into the montains is via Sani Pass in South Africa. While there, you don't have to worry about where you are going to spend the night or have an overnight meal. The are several Drakensburg hotels, guest houses, camping sites, self catering facilities and also safari lodges.
Central Drakensberg is a centre for tourism with resorts, b&bs, hotels, guest houses, self catering establishments, golfing, horse back trails, hiking trails, 4x4 trails and much more. Options include Cathedral peak hotel, Tugela river lodge, Robin's guest house, Valemount Country Lodge, Acorn Cottages, Umsuluzi Riverside Luxury lodge, Champagne Castle Hotel, Sani Pass Hotel…the list goes on and on.
Table Mountain National Park (TMNP)


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Frank Kovacs meeting with Zambian board in July of 2019
Who is Zambian Mission Project? (See also Board Bios)
ZMP-US is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit all-volunteer US based organization that works as a sister organization to an all Zambian board located in Lusaka, Zambia (ZMP-Zambia). We raise funds in support of our sister board who is working to establish an Orphan Care Center that will provide support to orphans and vulnerable children in a rural community west of Lusaka in the Central Province of Zambia.
How did we get started?
In the summer of 2015, a young man named Sandwell Zgambo (Zē am bo) from Eastern Zambia came to Minden, Nebraska to serve an internship at the Minden Evangelical Free Church. The internship was part of his masters program at Moody Bible Seminary. During his time in Minden, he became good friends with several church members at Minden EFree. He shared with them his story of being orphaned at the age of 9 when his mother, who had been divorced and left with 3 young boys, died from HIV. He also shared with them the vision he had of returning to Zambia to start a gospel ministry to orphans in Zambia. Inspired by this vision, in Spring 2016, a small group of these friends formed a non-profit organization and named it Zambian Mission Project (ZMP-US). The founding purpose of this organization was to partner with Sandwell in starting a compassionate care ministry to orphans in Zambia. When he completed his degree and returned to Zambia, Sandwell and a group of his friends started a Zambian Mission Project-Zambia (ZMP-Zambia) that began to partner with ZMP-US to develop a vision of orphan care ministry and a plan to carry it out.
What is the need?
Zambia is a country in Southern Africa that has rich natural resources but significant poverty. In 2014 the average per capita income in Zambia was just over $4,000. This puts the country at the lower end of the low middle category of nations in the world. In other words, it is not among the very poorest countries, but just above the poorest. It has a population of about 16 million with about a million orphans many of those due to HIV deaths. Many of these children do not have access to education and vocational training and are at high risk of perpetuating the cycle of poverty.
What is our Vision?
ZMP (US and Zambia) desires to develop a new kind of compassionate care ministry for orphans and at-risk children in the Nangoma region of Central Zambia. This ministry will help to meet the immediate needs of food, clothing and school supplies. Also, we will also work hard to address the critical need for quality holistic education and vocational training of these children. Our main departure from traditional orphanage care will be that residential care will only be provided by a parenting couple (mother and father) as needed for at-risk children. This will usually be provided on a temporary basis, limited to a healthy ratio of children to adults (~8:2 adjusted as needed). Most of our care and outreach will be to children in the local community. We believe that children who are mentored in the gospel and life skills will be able to grow into self-sufficient adults who can mentor children themselves as productive members of the community. We also believe that is the best way we can help children in Zambia break out of the cycle of poverty and dependency.
How do we plan to carry out this vision?
By establishing and developing a care center for orphans and at-risk children called the ZMP Community Care Center. The center will identify and reach out to at-risk children in the community. This center will develop sustainable conservation agriculture, livestock husbandry, and artisan craft making as a means of becoming a self-sustaining center through entrepreneurial enterprise. To develop the agriculture at the center, we will partner with Agrihope Inc. (agrihope.org), an organization with a proven track record of helping many African farmers develop their land into highly productive farms. The center will be organized and managed by ZMP-Zambia who will care for and provide training for children from the surrounding the area.
Currently we have accomplished the following steps toward developing this Center:
Purchase of ~17 acres of land about 1.5 hours west of Lusaka, Zambia in Nangoma region of Central Province.
Installation of bore hole (which is a deep water well) and water tower.
Installation of fencing completely around border of the property.
Building a small building to serve as a residence for Center Manager.
Purchase of generator to provide electricity to power water pump and residence.
Hired a Caretaker ($400/month) to begin to develop the land agriculturally and protect the assets in place.
Hiring manager to oversee operations of the Center. Need to raise $500/month for manager's salary.
A gate needs to be added to the fencing to completely enclose and protect the land. ($1,500)
Purchase of reliable transportation (most likely a van) for the transport of people and materials to/from the center. ($12,000)
Installation of plumbing for residence and irrigation for trees and garden to be planted. ($2,500)
Building a new larger residential building for the manager and family that would allow the center to providing housing to at-risk children. ($30,000)


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Decibullz Launches Kickstarter for Thermofit, Customizable Wireless Earbuds
The company's heat-activated system custom molds earbuds in under 2 minutes
With the Press Fit system, users simply heat the earpieces in hot water, snap in the earbuds, and press the earphones into the ear.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (PRWEB) October 16, 2018
Today, Decibullz launched a Kickstarter campaign for their customizable Black Diamond True Wireless earbuds which fit any users' ear via a patented Press Fit System. They are now available on Kickstarter starting at an early bird price of $99 USD.
Black Diamond earbuds mold to users' unique ear shape via a unique heat-activated system. With the Press Fit system, users simply heat the earpieces in hot water, snap in the earbuds, and press the earphones into the ear. The earpieces will adapt perfectly to the shape of the users' ear and hold their new shape until they are reheated.
"True wireless earbuds are now considered an everyday staple, but it's hard to find a pair that will fit well with different ear shapes. As an athlete, I tried for years to find a pair of earbuds that fit perfectly. When my search was fruitless, I decided to invent my own," said CEO and founder Kyle Kirkpatrick. "With our easy to use and patented system, users can make the most of their listening experience with a comfortable, wireless pair of headphones that will fit seamlessly into their ears and daily routines."
The earbuds come with various features including the latest in Bluetooth technology for a stronger connection, better range, and faster data transfer speeds. With an LDS Antenna, the earbuds are designed to provide a strong connection while increasing the wireless rage and have a 50ft range. They have a playback time of 25 hours with the charging case (up to 5 charges) and 6-hour music playback battery life when the earbuds are used on their own.
One of their key features of the innovative earbuds is the Digital Audio Passthrough, which allows users to decide whether or not they want to be able to hear ambient noises. When they do, they can allow external noise to be heard, and can also block out external noises when they need to. The earbuds are hands-free so users are able to adjust volume, control music, make calls, or use voice assistants like Alexa, Siri, or Google without reaching for their smartphones.
"Our goal was to create an earbud that would help users continue doing what they love to do while enjoying their music that doesn't sacrifice their comfort or budget. We're proud to launch the Black Diamond earbuds and hope that our Kickstarter family will enjoy them. We've put our hearts into creating what we feel are the most innovative true wireless earbuds available," said Kirkpatrick.
Black Diamond earbuds are available today on Kickstarter with an estimated delivery date of May 2019. For a full rundown of pledges, please visit the Kickstarter campaign. Media wishing to interview their personnel should contact PR agent Jessica Sanchez at +1.604.379.0816
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About Decibullz
Decibullz was founded by Kyle Kirkpatrick, an extreme athlete and tech enthusiast. After years of trying out different pairs of earbuds and not being able to find ones that didn't hurt his ears, he decided to create his own. Kyle consulted audio engineers, material specialists and high-level athletes to develop and test hundreds of designs, formulas and prototypes in order to create an easy and affordable custom molded earphone. In February 2012 Kyle created the world's first thermo-fit custom earphone and Decibullz was born.
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NASA's MarCO mission was designed to find out if briefcase-sized spacecraft called CubeSats could survive the journey to deep space. Now, MarCO – which stands for Mars Cube One – has Mars in sight.
In a new video, NASA announces a small satellite's big milestone: It has produced the first map of ice clouds across the world.
NASA's MarCO-B spacecraft — one of two CubeSats accompanying the space agency's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander — used a fisheye camera to snap its first photo on May 9, 2018.
Figuring out how plasma bubbles and blobs affect one another and ultimately the transmission of communications, GPS, and radar signals in Earth's ionosphere will be the job of a recently selected CubeSat mission.
The growing popularity of small satellites as well as the upcoming deployment of low-Earth orbit mega-constellations will likely greatly increase the amount of space junk as well as the frequency of catastrophic collisions, a study led by the United Kingdom's University of Southampton suggests.


If you're unable to find small chicken breasts, use two 10 oz pieces, cut through the middle to make 4 thin fillets. Reduce oven cooking time to 8–10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper. Place fennel and carrots on a prepared tray; drizzle with 2 tsp oil. Bake until golden and tender, 30–35 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine fennel seeds, lemon zest, red pepper flakes, black pepper and pinch of salt in a small bowl. Rub chicken evenly with spice mixture. Heat remaining oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken until browned, 2 minutes per side.
Transfer chicken to remaining prepared tray. Add zucchini and bake for last 10–12 minutes of cooking time of fennel and carrots or until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender. Serve chicken with roasted vegetables and lemon wedges.
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Posted by Eddie Pasa on June 15, 2017 in Movie Reviews / No Comments
Not gonna lie: Cars 3 caught me off-guard with how unexpectedly touching some parts of it could be. But in that same not-gonna-lie vein, it's almost a total rehash of the first film, from the opening "Speed… I am speed" mantra recital to the final race. However, after watching the reprehensible Cars 2 – a "children's film" featuring terrorism, torture, and straight-up murder (they killed Bruce Campbell! How dare you kill the mighty Bruce and even try to think "We've got a good movie!"?) – I'll take a rehash over Cars 2 any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Gone are the ridiculous spy and overly preachy environmental themes of the previous installment. As a matter of fact, it's almost like Cars 2 never existed, not being referred to at all in dialogue or bearing any characters specific to that film. We're back to the racetrack, where time and technology have taken their toll in devastating ways. Multi-Piston Cup winner Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) is still enjoying life at the top when we catch up with him, but he and his racing contemporaries are being forced out of the sport by chopped-and-channeled, computer-tuned, and dazzlingly fast newcomers who are changing the way the sport is played.
It's a tale as old as ____ (pick your cliché). There's always something better, faster, stronger, or younger speeding down the pike, and it comes down to three choices: try to beat it, try to keep up, or get out of the way. Cars 3 speaks to this facet of our everyday lives through McQueen's struggle to stay relevant. Does he buck up and try to compete against the new generation, or does he accept his limits and step aside for someone else to take the reins? It's a question he faces early in the film after a career-threatening accident sends him into seclusion.
Basically, what the film is trying to say is "getting old sucks, but there are still ways to do what you love." It's an admirable characteristic of this film, but it gets lost amid the filmmakers' attempt at trying to bottle lightning twice (no pun intended). Similar plot beats – the fall from grace, the sidetrack into unwelcome territory, the curmudgeonly old trainer taking charge, and the sudden realization of a truth that was there all along – almost drown the film in been-there-done-that torpor, but the welcome addition of McQueen's trainer, Cruz Ramirez (Cristela Alonzo), helps keep the film afloat.
Cruz isn't just a trainer; she's an also-ran who had her shot but was intimidated to the point of failure. This film is just as much about discovering who she is and what she means to McQueen as it is about McQueen himself. She is the linchpin of this film, carrying not just enormous plot points on her back, but also the film's central message: you should do what you were born to do. Alonzo voices her earnestly and endearingly; she's a welcome addition into the world of Cars and into the hearts of viewers by being the female voice this racing world so desperately wants.
It's a logical, if slightly perfunctory-feeling step the Cars series needs to make, both thematically and character-wise. While the association between McQueen and Cruz is forced on them by McQueen's new sponsor Sterling (Nathan Fillion), the script and direction never seem get past this obligatory pairing to give their friendship an organic, natural feel. Some of Wilson's delivery – especially during the final race – dives into the treacly and all-too-saccharine, as if needing to treat Cruz with kid gloves.
Another requirement of these films is the "villain" of the piece, a duty filled by next-generation racer Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer), who's capable of besting McQueen's top speeds by multiple car lengths without having to breathe hard. He's given some rudimentary trash-talk and backhanded compliments to deliver, and he runs a racer into a barrier wall in a fit of jealousy, but he's not the main villain of Cars 3. He serves more as a specter lurking in McQueen's mind rather than a true bête noire, the nagging tug in McQueen's consciousness about how he can't run with the new kids.
The passage of time is the true antagonist of Cars 3. It has robbed McQueen of his champion stature, and it's also taken his mentor, Doc Hudson (the late Paul Newman, via unused audio from the first film), whose memory carries the movie's emotional heft. Cars 3 deals with this fact of life in the most graceful way it can – by setting up a new generation to keep racing from being a soulless, profit- and glory-driven chore. Although it doesn't have the heart and quirkiness of Cars, it is a worthy sequel and a decent apology for Cars 2.
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Eddie Pasa
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Apex Legends' First New Gun is Live
Harrison Dressler
Even though it's only been a couple weeks since the game was launched, Apex Legends just received a brand-new energy rifle. The weapon is called the Havoc and offers players an interesting twist on Apex's gun mechanics.
When first picked up, the Havoc acts as a full-auto rifle and just like the Devotion, the Havoc has a short chare up time until it can fire at full speed. Thankfully, players can equip the weapon with the Turbocharger hop-up to completely eliminate that rev-up time. Interestingly enough, the gun can also be equipped with a second hop-up: the select-fire receiver. Once the select-fire receiver is equipped, the Havoc can be used as a single shot laser beam, making it one of the most robust guns in the game. The laser shot is also hitscan, meaning it has no bullet drop and hits enemies instantly. The Havoc is the first instance of histcan being used in Apex Legends, with all of other guns firing projectiles.
The gun was first teased Tuesday in a short video released on Respawn's official Twitter account. The full weapon trailer is now available on Youtube and shows the gun's different firing modes and possible uses.
Apex's first ever Battle Pass is scheduled to be released in March, so the Havoc is surely just the first of many additions coming soon to Apex Legends.
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Applied maths is part of De Montfort University CertHE in forensic collision investigation.
This module, which starts off the CertHE year, gives the student the the math tools they will require to complete the CertHE. The module is split into two parts starting with some revision of concepts learnt on the UCPD before introducing some new mathematical tools.
The second part of the module applies these tools to collision investigation or more precisely to mechanics problems. On the way it also introduces some new topics and provides some new ways of examining mechanics based problems.
The first topic is a refresh using the book Maths for science followed by 8 further topics; Degrees of freedom, Equations of motion, Trigonometrical functions, Differentiation, Vectors, Force vectors, Torques, Circular motion.
We assume that you hold a UCPD, City & Guilds or equivalent in forensic road collision investigation.
Some of the level 4 maths involves the use of spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel. Excel is not specifically taught during this module. If you have not used Excel before we suggest you try our short course (you can complete it in a few hours) on the VLE.
The course notes are accessed via the AiTS virtual learning environment. Tutors are available Online and there is an Online forum allowing you to discuss topics with other students on the module. The assessment comprises of two home based maths tests, one at the conclusion of each block. Your tutor will mark and comment on your coursework.
Your joining instructions list any specific requirements. General tools include a scientific calculator. We recommend any Casio with a 'Natural Display'. A computer with internet access is required for this course. You will also require head or ear phones. The course book, Maths For Science is available Online hard copy versions are currently in print and available from sellers such as Amazon.
The course runs over 12 weeks with the course notes being accessed via the AiTS virtual learning environment. Live tutorial run every other week and tutors are available Online. There is an Online forum allowing you to discuss topics with other students on the module.
This module is assessed. Your tutor will mark the module and provide you with feedback.
This module is part of De Montfort university's CertHE in forensic road collision investigation and part of the 30 credit module, Collision investigation technologies (ENGS1015). The other two parts being Damage Analysis and CCTV Analysis. This module is a core module for students studying towards their CertHE.
The CertHE starts in September of each year. Apply through AiTS. If you wish to take this module without registering with the university you may do so however no university accreditation will be give. To take as a standalone check the course calendar for the next presentation and contact AiTS.


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Action plan for strategic partnership between Slovenia and France
Government of the Republic of Slovenia
On a working visit to Paris, foreign minister Miro Cerar and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian signed a new action plan for strategic partnership between their two countries for the 2019 to 2022 period.
France is Slovenia's fifth-largest trading partner, and is named as one of its priority markets in the International Challenges 2019-2020 programme. – Author Jonathan Sarago/MEAE
"The strategic partnership plan that I signed with Mr Le Drian will deepen and add new impetus to the cooperation between Slovenia and France in a number of areas. The plan covers the period when both France and Slovenia will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU in 2021 and 2022," said Mr Cerar, after the signing.
"Slovenia and France are allies and partners, and strong advocates of the rule of law and human rights, and emphasise the importance of multilateralism in their actions. Slovenia wants to work closely with France on its preparations for the presidency, when it will actually hand over the presidency to France," said Mr Cerar, after talks with his French counterpart.
The two foreign ministers committed to close consultations between government representatives on all issues covered by the strategic partnership plan, including specific forms of political cooperation, economic cooperation, and promotion of tourism, culture, science, research, education and sport. Paris will host the Olympics and Paralympics in 2024.
France is Slovenia's fifth-largest trading partner, and is named as one of its priority markets in the International Challenges 2019-2020 programme. Slovenia sees great potential for cooperation in the area of digitalisation and AI.
"We are convinced that the action plan, which covers cooperation in science and innovation, information and communication technology, and artificial intelligence, will help to expand economic cooperation between Slovenia and France," added Mr Cerar at the talks.
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Search Washington Casinos, Hotels, Jobs, Maps, Lottery and much more in the Washington Casino Search Engine.
If you're a Washington resident who loves to play traditional slot machine games, switching to online gaming away from the many traditional casinos may not seem like a very welcome idea to you! Regardless, it can't be denied that online gambling industry is growing at a very rapid pace world over and is already contributing a good deal to the overall gambling revenues everywhere.
A study carried out by the Spectrum Gaming Group on behalf of WSGC revealed that revenue generated by the gambling industry of Washington is expected to grow by an impressive 37%, to $ 3.5 billion, by the year 2020.
The population of Washington is expected to grow by around 5.3% in the next 5 years.
A major percentage of Washington's population would be one-hour drive away from any Washington Class III casino.
Washington's casinos have all the means to make the most of the newest technologies, so as to drive millennial crowds to their establishments.
However, the biggest factor behind such growth is expected to be the way it's getting easier and easier for Washington residents to access gaming options.
All eyes on the future of gambling – online gambling!
The report also took a good look at the different forms of gambling that aren't presently offered in the state of Washington, including a couple that are presently illegal.
As per Spectrum, going forward, online casino games and online poker can earn large amounts of gaming revenues for the state. Even though legalising online poker has come up time and again in the recent years, the idea hasn't gained major attraction. At present, online gambling is legal only in Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey in the United States.
Experts feel that the figures suggested by the Spectrum study actually don't reflect the true potential of the online gambling industry in Washington. If we talk of New Jersey for example, the revenue from regulated online gaming industry in the state experienced a huge surge in the year 2016 and rose to a whopping $ 196.7 million by the closing of last year. Even if we take the Washington's comparatively smaller population into account, the state can expect to easily go beyond $ 150 million online gambling revenue per year.
The report shunned the idea that online gambling would eat into the revenues of land-based casinos, especially going by the trends in New Jersey. No evidence of any such effect has been found in NJ so far. In fact, online gambling industry has reactivated many old gamblers who hadn't been gambling for a long time. So, online gambling is in a way very good for the overall growth of gambling industry.
The report also indicated that when it comes to gaming activities, Washington has a comparatively higher participation rate than many other States, thereby resulting in higher gross revenues.
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Step into the 2017 Volkswagen Passat. This 4 door, 5 passenger sedan has not yet reached the 20,000 mile mark! Under the hood you'll find a 4 cylinder engine with more than 170 horsepower, and for added security, dynamic Stability Control supplements the drivetrain. Turbocharger technology provides forced air induction, enhancing performance while preserving fuel economy. Volkswagen infused the interior with top shelf amenities, such as: delay-off headlights, a trip computer, telescoping steering wheel, heated door mirrors, blind spot sensor, an overhead console, and air conditioning. Premium sound drives 6 speakers, providing you and your passengers a sensational audio experience. With side curtain airbags supplementing the rest of the safety network, you can be assured that you and your passengers will experience top-tier protection. It also arrives with a Carfax history report, providing you peace of mind with detailed information. Our sales reps are knowledgeable and professional. They'll work with you to find the right vehicle at a price you can afford. We are here to help you.


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import java.util.Locale;

import com.all.core.common.services.ApplicationConfig;
import com.all.core.common.services.ApplicationDatabaseAccess;

public enum ApplicationLanguage {
	ENGLISH(Locales.ENGLISH), SPANISH(Locales.SPANISH);

	private final Locale locale;

	private ApplicationLanguage(Locale locale) {
		this.locale = locale;
	}

	public Locale locale() {
		return locale;
	}

	interface Locales {
		Locale ENGLISH = Locale.US;
		Locale SPANISH = new Locale("es", "MX");
	}

	public static final ApplicationLanguage getLanguage() {
		ApplicationLanguage language = null;
		try {
			language = ApplicationLanguage.valueOf(new ApplicationDatabaseAccess(new ApplicationConfig()).getDB()
					.getLanguage());
		} catch (Exception e) {
		}
		if (language == null) {
			language = ApplicationLanguage.ENGLISH;
		}
		return language;
	}
}

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Welcome to Super Lawn Defender, the tower defense game without towers!
Play as a little spider defending his turf from flies by shooting them in the face.
Controls: WASD/arrow keys; mouse. Windows only.
In the downloads section you will find a zip file. Inside is the *.exe file you need.


Free and open to the public - it would be helpful if you mark attending/watching above. Followed at 4pm by Social Jam with drinks and refreshments.
We constructed EcoPod, a PDA-based tool that helps skilled amateurs identify plants and animals out in the field. The tool is intended for biodiversity census activities. EcoPod asks its user questions about the organism that it is deployed to help identify. Users may attach evidence to each answer, and they may register uncertainty with their decision. I will describe EcoPod and then move to a specific problem we needed to solve in its design: The tool should ask as few questions as possible so as to optimize the user experience. We use well-known decision tree and information gain theory towards this optimization. I will sketch this approach and show how we use historic species observation data to optimize typical usage patterns.
Dr. Andreas Paepcke is a Senior Research Scientist and director of the Digital Library and BioACT Projects at Stanford University. His interests include user interfaces for small devices, novel Web search facilities, and browsing facilities for digital artifacts that are difficult to index. With his group of students he has designed and implemented WebBase, an experimental storage and high speed dissemination system for Web contents. His work on small devices has focused on novel methods for summarizing and transforming Web pages, and on browsing images on small displays. He serves on the editorial board of the ACM TWEB journal. Dr. Paepcke received BS and MS degrees in applied mathematics from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Previously, he worked as a researcher at Hewlett-Packard Laboratory, and as a research consultant at Xerox PARC.


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A Review by aurodas on May 24, 2005
There are some striking similarities in the author's work and the vision of The Mother who founded Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville in Southern India. She had undertaken body transformation by inner means and made, according to her own reports, great progress. Self evolution by opening to the new consciousness - which she said had descended in 1956 and had been growing on earth - was the method she advocated. Receiving universal energy, in similar lines to what the book has described, by contacting nature, was described by her as a preliminary step in the transformation of one of the parts of human being, the vital part – the other parts being the mental and the physical.
She had visualized an economy without money circulation for Auroville and the community was to meet every one's basic material needs. According to her, the ultimate aim of evolution is transformation of the physical. It is an extremely painful and difficult work that would require prolongation of life and might take centuries to realise. But there is also a theory advanced by at least one notable author that she conquered death and crossed over to the invisible subtle body leaving behind her physical which was a un- transformable residue.
Though The Celestine Prophecy is too simplistic and fantastic in details to her own experiences in the path of transformation, the Mother would have been happy to note the popularity of a book published in the U.S with the idea of self evolution as its chief thrust. For, she had said, in 1971, at the instance of publishing in the U.S. of On the Way to Supermanhood a book written by her confidante that described the essence and contours of the future world: "I personally have the feeling there is a close and invisible connection between America's aspiration, as it is now, and the book. I have the feeling that's where the center of transformation will be." Cleary The Celestine Prophecy is a significant book.


HiR Information Report: LinkedIn: Was your password leaked?
By now, you may have heard that a list of 6.5 million hashes have been posted to the Internet, and that they appear to be password hashes from LinkedIn. CNet has some of the deets, but there's a great thread on YCombinator Hacker News where some observations are made. Namely, SHA1 hashes for easily-guessed passwords (such as "linkedin" or "password") do not show up in the list, but if you replace the first five characters of the hash with "00000", then hashes do match for simple passwords. This leads to speculation that the attackers have already cracked some of the easy ones and truncated them in the list.


1. Registration Period - The Registration period for the Contest begins at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on Monday, April 16th, 2018 and goes until the end of the competition as late registrations will be permitted (the "Registration Period"). Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. and its affiliates (the "Horizons Group"), Stock-Trak Group, Inc. ("Stock-Trak Group"), and National Bank Direct Brokerage Inc. ("NBDB") (collectively, the "Sponsors") reserve the right to limit, turn off, reject or cancel registrations as they deem necessary in their sole discretion.
2. Registration - To register online, complete and submit the entry form located at biggestwinner.stocktrak.com (the "Contest Website"). Each person who registers for the Contest (a "Registrant") is limited to one (1) entry in the Contest.
3. Trading Period - The trading period begins at 9:30 a.m. ET on Monday, May 7, 2018 and ends at 4:00 p.m. ET on Friday, June 15, 2018 (the "Trading Period").
4. Initial Cash Balance - Each Registrant to the Contest will be given an initial balance of CDN$100,000 of notional fantasy funds ("Fantasy Funds") (no actual money will be involved) in their Contest portfolio account (the "Account").
5. Training Portfolio vs. Account - The "Training Portfolio" allows Registrants to track their progress and evaluate how well their ETFs are doing, without affecting their Contest results. The ''Account'' is what game officials will use to determine a player's success in the challenge and to determine if a Registrant is eligible for a prize.
6. Eligible Securities - Registrants can execute notional transactions only in ETFs listed on the TSX as of the end of the Registration Period. There is a maximum position of 25% in any one ETF. Registrants cannot trade stocks, pink sheet stocks, mutual funds, options, futures, or bonds.
7. Order Types and Trade Execution - Market, limit, and stop orders will be accepted. All orders are executed at the real-time bid/ask prices when placed during market hours. Due to TSX regulations, the Contest Website will display a price estimate delayed by 15-20 minutes. Each ETF transaction made by a Registrant will automatically appear in the Registrant's Account and transaction history.
Orders placed while the markets are closed will be executed at an appropriate bid/ask price shortly after the market opens.
ETF transactions placed after market hours can be viewed in the Registrant's transaction history. Pending ETF transactions can be cancelled until 9:25 am ET on the day the trade is scheduled for execution. Pending ETF market orders placed on temporarily halted ETFs will be cancelled if trading does not resume by the end of the day.
Limit and stop orders may be placed as "Day" orders which are good for the day only, or as "GTC" orders, which are good until cancelled.
If a Registrant does not have adequate Fantasy Funds or buying power to process an ETF trade in his/her Account, the number of units will be adjusted to allow the trade to be filled as best it can.
8. Commissions - Each trade made by a Registrant (described below) in their Account will incur a notional broker commission fee of $9.95 of Fantasy Funds regardless of the number of ETF units traded.
9. Buying on Margin - Buying on margin is not permitted.
10. Short Sells - Short sells are not permitted.
11. Splits, Dividends and other Corporate Actions - Most stock splits, dividends, and other corporate actions reported by the news wires will be accounted for after the markets have closed and prior to the next market opening. These situations may cause account values to be misrepresented until the reconciliation occurs.
12. Trading Halts - Halted, restricted, and blocked ETFs will not be available for trading. Any ETF trade that is confirmed after trading has been halted will be reversed.
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14. Discrepancies - Registrants must report any Account discrepancy within one (1) week from the transaction date. Stock-Trak Group will investigate and adjust any valid discrepancy. Discrepancies reported after one (1) week may or may not be adjusted in Stock-Trak Group's sole discretion. All decisions of Stock-Trak Group will be final.
15. Transaction Limits – Registrants may invest a maximum of 25% of their initial Account value (CDN $25,000 of Fantasy Funds) in any one ETF. The maximum number of trades allowed for the Trading Period is 5,000.
16. Trading volume limits - Limits on the volume of orders placed when the market is closed may not exceed 10% of the average daily volume. Orders placed when the market is open may not exceed 10% of the volume at the time the transaction is submitted. The aggregate number of Units of ETFs exchanged at any one time may not exceed 50% of the ETF's volume at that time.
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Horizons Group and Stock-Trak Group, their respective affiliates, related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and the household members of current and former employees of any of such entities, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. NBDB's employees, the employees of its related companies registered as dealers and advisors, and the household members of employees of any of such entities, are not eligible to participate in the Contest.
(b) Horizons Group and Stock-Trak Group shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to Horizons Group and Stock-Trak Group for the purpose of the Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. Horizons Group and Stock-Trak Group reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any Registrant should such a Registrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.
(c) Prize Eligibility. In order to be eligible to win the prizes of the Contest described below, Registrants must be Canadian residents, must be over the age of majority in his/her province of residence at the time of registration, and must have only registered one (1) entry in the Contest.
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I binge-watched Sex and the City one day with friends in Cleveland when I was back visiting maybe 18-20 years ago. I think it's the only time I've binge-watched. I enjoyed it that day. I knew my daughters liked the show and it gave me a TV connection with them which I almost never had. I liked Cynthia Nixon's character the best. She was easily my favorite.
I didn't really keep up with the show when I got back to New York. I can be that way. But I liked seeing Cynthia Nixon go on to do great work on stage and in some movies. I found it way cool that she was interested in public school issues. Her kids go to public schools here.
So when one day a couple years ago she and her partner (arms around each other is how I knew) went into the Department of Education right where I hold my sign, I got a little excited, and kept an eye out for them. Some minutes later they came back out the door of the big building, walking near me, close enough that Cynthia Nixon looked at my sign.
You can't tell who's going to like the sign as they approach it. No more than the women in grocery store aisles handing out samples of cheese spread on a cracker can tell who's going to ask for one. I've been disappointed and pleasnatly surprised by how people react.
I was big time disappointed by Nixon's reaction. She looked mad at it. Disdain may be the word. She looked away and walked away, her arm over her shorter partner's shoulder.
It bothered me. I Googled her when I got home. Nothing I found explained it.
Maybe she was thinking about running for office then. Maybe the sign surprised her. Maybe she agreed with the sign and didn't have a quick answer to herself about the issue. Maybe that bothered her
She's running for governor. She's for and against all the right things. Progressive for sure. I hope she comes by again. I hope she stops this time. At least smiles.
The street, Chambers Street, that I hold my sign on is just two lanes. It's pretty jammed when I'm there from 8:00-9:00 weekday mornings. It's rush hour and there's usually some kind of delay up ahead. Some cars beep at me standing there with the sign. They give a thumbs-up, sometimes two thumbs. Sometimes a car in the far lane, if they're stopped for a minute, will roll the window down and make some comment that I can't always make out with the thrum of lower Manhattan filling my ears. Yesterday a good-looking car was thumpimg with rap music with the windows up. I could hear it four cars away. When it got right across from me it came to a stop. It was throbbing then and throbbing more when the driver rolled down his window and put his forearm out with a strong curved thumb catching the morning light and said, 'Raise that sign higher, brotha.'
from the New York Times:
In 2018, the writer and poet Jacqueline Woodson (on the right) was National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The author Tracy K. Smith is in the second of her two years as the poet laureate of the United States. In the midst of National Poetry Month, the two joined up to talk about reading, poetry, black history — and how their missions overlap. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.
You both have official national roles, and it's such a big country. How do you make an impact?
JACQUELINE WOODSON I'm going to Alabama, I'm going to Mississippi, I'm going to Texas and having conversations, and then figuring out how they can continue the conversation once I'm gone. I've been going to prisons and detention centers in underserved communities where people haven't met authors, so I can talk to them about the power of reading, show them that when we have these conversations about books, we're changed by them. I have this idea that many people think books are "not for them." Access to them has been denied in a sense to certain classes, certain races. Sadly.
TRACY K. SMITH I'm going to community centers, libraries, rehab centers. I was in New Mexico and South Carolina, and there are about six more trips. I'm trying to figure out how to have the conversation we have about poetry at book festivals or readings, but in the rural and central parts of this country. It's been beautiful. I have this belief that we are so vulnerable when we open ourselves up to literature. We're reminded of these real parts of ourselves.
WOODSON: When I go to a boy's detention center I'm talking about books by Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander and Rita Williams-Garcia; when I go somewhere else I'm talking about graphic novels. I'm gauging the audience and helping them figure out which books make a natural entry point. It's work though. [She laughs.]
SMITH It's a wonderful kind of work and it asks a lot of you, too. It's exciting but exhausting.
WOODSON And kind of heartbreaking, because the more you do, the more hunger you see. We could be on the road 365 days a year and we still wouldn't fill the need of the people who are being denied. There's so many underserved people, underserved institutions, there's mass incarceration. I feel good when I'm in those spaces, and when I get out I'm like, oh, I should be going to three more places today.
Jacqueline Woodson: By the Book AUG. 25, 2016
Tracy K. Smith: By the Book MARCH 20, 2018
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SMITH What are some of the possibilities you found for sustaining the engagement once you're gone?
WOODSON I'm showing them how to start workshops. My first way in is to praise, so people feel safer. You meet so many people writing poetry or fiction, and they have no idea what the next step is. I'm trying to get them to not feel scared about gathering and talking about their work. I do Skype sessions after my visit, so they can take off from there. We're also creating reading guides and suggested reading lists. A lot of times I hear, "I have young black boys, what are the books for them?" People don't know if they're not in this world of children's literature. They could go to their public library and their librarian may not know. You go to rural Alabama, and the library is not even there.
Jacqueline Woodson receiving her ambassadorship earlier this year from Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, while Gene Luen Yang, the former National Ambassador of Children's Literature, looks on.CreditShawn Miller/Library of Congress
SMITH I'm hoping to find something beyond just going and leaving, too. There are a lot of state poet laureates I'm meeting, and they talk about doing what Jackie is doing. I think there must be a way I can work together with them to foster something that won't go away.
Has there been a children's ambassador and a poet laureate who have worked together? Is there any possibility for that?
WOODSON Not that I know of, and Tracy and I like each other so much … [She laughs.]
SMITH Let's do something!
I have a question about poetry. In children's literature it's front and center. There are books by Kwame Alexander and Elizabeth Acevedo on the best-seller list right now. Kids love them. Why isn't it the same for adults?
SMITH I have this feeling it gets spooked out of us around the time we start feeling beholden to tests and performances. I think the way poems are taught to high school students is completely counterintuitive; it sets up this sense of being the poem's adversary. The poem is sort of sneakily trying to outsmart you. Whereas children live in this sense of perpetual metaphor. We even use song and verse to teach kids. And then there comes a time when we somehow estrange them from that, without wanting to, perhaps.
WOODSON I completely agree. I mean it's our first language — we put words together with all this white space and it gets figured out. And then that gets forgotten. I remember by fifth grade I was terrified of poetry. It was consumed not for joy, but to be tested on. But I don't understand why readers aren't buying poetry. They must still have that fear in them. Because if you can read a novel you can read a collection of poetry and have such a rich experience, if not a richer one.
SMITH Listening to music and lyrics and watching movies, I think, uses a lot of the same muscles we use in reading and experiencing poetry — and yet we somehow forget that we have those when it comes to sitting down with a book of poems.
Tracy K. Smith signs the historic guest book at the Library of Congress before beginning her tenure as the poet laureate last year. CreditShawn Miller/Library of Congress
WOODSON One of the things I love about Tracy's work is how accessible it is, how much it invites me in and makes me feel loved, really.
SMITH I feel that when I'm reading your work, Jackie, with my kids. Like you're doing what August Wilson did, recording decades of black life and cycles. I remember growing up and learning the history of slavery and feeling —
WOODSON: Shame.
SMITH Yes. And guilt. Feeling bad that this piece of my history was making everybody uncomfortable. Your books tell these beautiful stories of survival and triumph.
WOODSON Growing up I felt so ashamed and guilty, but no one was talking about it as triumph, right? And as our country's negative history, not our negative history. Even the way we said "slave" instead of "enslaved." "Enslaved" takes the onus off us. Then the older I got the more I understood our history and the grace of our survival. Thank goodness for Mildred Taylor and Virginia Hamilton and Nikki Giovanni, the writers who came along and started putting black girlhood on the page in a way that felt relevant to me. And the fact that they'd once been black girls made it even more important.
SMITH The black history we got was just this little drop in February.
WOODSON I hated every time we got to pre-Civil War history. I was like, oh no, here we go. Harriet Tubman, Phillis Wheatley, the poet who learned to write from her nice white master. Nat Turner of course, because he died. Those were the biographies we got.
My daughter had an assignment where everyone in the class had to write a journal of someone from the 18th century. Her school has lots of kids of color, but everyone wanted to write from the white point of view. So I came in and said, I'll write that! I wrote a journal of an enslaved girl. There was joy, there was playing, there was hard work, and there was resentment that she had to be enslaved to a white girl her same age. I wrote four journals that they still use. In my final one the girl finds out that the master's daughter who she's been enslaved to is her half sister. And then I was like, O.K. teachers, you can take it from there. [She laughs.]
Tracy, your new book, "Wade in the Water," also takes the slavery narrative and makes it into something that feels new.
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SMITH All I really did was listen to the letters that were out there, this Civil War correspondence between black soldiers and their families, or letters by black veterans or descendants of deceased veterans. Those voices felt so current, as though they were almost whispering from yesterday. I couldn't imagine wanting to do anything other than saying, let's just get these voices together, and maybe somebody else will want to hear them in the same way. There's one moment where the father of a soldier says, "I'm willing to sacrifice my son in the cause of Freedom and Humanity" — he capitalizes those nouns. I'm reading it and thinking, do we really understand: If you were enslaved, freedom and humanity are not these abstractions.
Have you ever written for children?
SMITH I haven't.
WOODSON Please do!
SMITH I would love to, I just need to figure out how I would do it.
WOODSON Picture books are poems! I'm always so surprised that poets don't write more picture books.
There's also the visual aspect to picture books, the illustration, but maybe a poet has a good sense of that too.
SMITH How was the visual element for you, Jackie?
WOODSON It feels natural because when I'm writing, I see what I'm writing, it's very visual. Line by line, from one line to the next, you're just revealing more of what's there to see.
SMITH You just explained something to me about line breaks.
WOODSON Do you get to wear a medal? I have one.
SMITH No, I don't have anything like that. What's yours like?
WOODSON It's a coin-like medal, big and heavy, with the ambassador emblem on the front and my name on the back.
Why isn't there one for the poet laureate?
SMITH I don't know. Maybe I'll get one at the end. For now I just get the satisfaction.
Maria Russo is the children's books editor at The Times Book Review.
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