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Wall Street Journal: Trump Proposes New Immigration Plan Based on Worker Skills
By Louise Radnofsky and Vivian Salama
WASHINGTON—President Trump outlined his administration's new immigration proposal in a Rose Garden address on Thursday, declaring it a "common sense" plan that "builds upon our nation's rich history of immigration."
"Our proposal is pro-American, pro-immigrant and pro-worker," Mr. Trump told a crowd of lawmakers and other dignitaries gathered at the White House. "This plan was not developed, I'm sorry to say, by politicians. It was designed with significant input by our law-enforcement professionals."
Democrats remain largely unified in opposition to the broad tenets of the Trump administration immigration policy, including the way it addresses issues at the southern border. Border security will be addressed in some way in the administration's proposals, according to a senior administration official, though scant details have been released.
Among some of the top priorities outlined by Mr. Trump is curbing the flow of drugs and contraband. His administration also wants to bolster funding for infrastructure at the border, which he said was "greatly underfunded and woefully inadequate."
Mr. Trump also described three skills-based categories for what he intends to brand the "Build America Visa": workers with extraordinary talent, workers in sought-after specialized vocations, and exceptional students.
He also added that restoring the "integrity of our broken asylum system" remains a priority.
"These are frivolous claims to gain admission into our country," he said of certain asylum seekers, adding that his plan looks to expedite screening "for legitimate asylum seekers by weeding out meritless claims."
The U.S. grants about 1.1 million visas a year and the administration says it plans to hold that level steady.
Mr. Trump added that he wants to ensure that America remains a "welcoming country" to immigrants, but a big proportion of those immigrants must come in through merit and skill.
"This plan will bring us in line with other countries and at the same time, make us globally competitive," he said. "We will keep our communities safe. Americans can have complete and total confidence that under our plan borders will finally be fully secured."
Under the plan, the allocation of visas will be more explicitly tied to jobs, and be less based on family ties, refugee admissions or the existing diversity lottery. Some 600,000 visas would be offered with employment in mind, up from what may currently be around 140,000.
The administration has also identified three skills-based categories for what it intends to dub the Build America Visa: workers with extraordinary talent, workers in sought-after specialized vocations and exceptional students, according to people familiar with the ideas.
But the process of drafting any legislation that could include the proposal is still in its early stages, a senior administration official said Wednesday.
The senior administration official described the rollout as an opportunity primarily to establish a Republican consensus on immigration. The party is currently divided on the issue, as are Democrats.
Democrats remain relatively unified in opposition to the broad tenets of the Trump administration immigration policy, including emotive issues around the southern border. Border security is slated for inclusion in some way in the administration's proposals, though scant details have been made available, according to the senior administration official.
"This policy is shameful and inhumane, and we will oppose it in the strongest possible terms," said Halie Soifer, executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America.
The same administration official said constituencies that have bipartisan support, such as young immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children, could find provisions addressing their fate in a later iteration of the proposal.
The plan doesn't address the issue of how to handle adults who enter the U.S. illegally with children. The administration backed away from separating them as a matter of policy last year but officials have said that some adults are still separated from children they travel with over safety concerns.
The administration hasn't committed to what share of those skills-based visas will go to each of the three categories identified by Mr. Trump. That would almost certainly prompt a spirited discussion over the merits of engineers versus welders, farmworkers versus entrepreneurs, and potentially pit Silicon Valley against other economic sectors.
The White House has yet to define what an exceptional student might look like, potentially drawing itself into a debate with the higher-education sector. Nor has it set explicit criteria for weighing broad factors such as age and education in visa applications, only saying that it wants to favor applicants who already have a U.S. job offer.
More broadly, some industry leaders will likely argue that businesses are better placed to decide on their needs than the government. All of this will take place against a backdrop of immigration restrictionists arguing that U.S. wages can only rise in a tight job market if legal immigration is cut entirely.
Democrats, meanwhile, have indicated that they want to fight for the existing visa routes used by immigrant families to bring to the U.S. their spouses, minor children, as well as their siblings, parents and other relatives.
The diversity visa lottery, which allocates around 50,000 visas a year to immigrants from countries that don't have a strong presence in the U.S., also has a dedicated constituency. The Trump administration plans to eliminate it under the new proposal.


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World oceans are drowning in plastic waste, the shipping industry is not the culprit: SAMSA
The world's oceans may be drowning fast in a mess of global plastic waste – estimated currently at some 275 million metric tons and in its wake, threatening all life on earth – but the shipping industry on which close on 90% of world trade depends, is not the culprit. Well, not quite.
That is because global shipping practices at sea are highly guarded through a number of international regulations, otherwise known as conventions, and closely monitored by member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) including South Africa, the latter through the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA).
Captain Ravi Naicker, South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) Centre for Sea Watch and Rescue national operations manager. Cape Town
This was revealed by SAMSA's Centre for Sea Watch and Response (CSWR) during a mini conference hosted jointly by the SAMSA, United States Consulate, the International Ocean Institute and the V&A Waterfront held at the Two Oceans Acquarium at Cape Town's Waterfront recently.
The mini conference occurred within a week of the wrap up of an even bigger oceans plastic waste gathering, the Africa Marine Waste Conference, held over five days in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape in early July, attended by about 250 delegates including a high contingent of scientists from Africa, the US, and Asia Pacific countries.
At the Cape Town event, keynote speakers included Dr Jenna Jambeck, an associate professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Georgia, United States, and director of the Center for Circular Materials Management at New Materials Institute; John Duncan of the World Wildlife Fund and Dr Anthony Ribbink, CE of Sustainable Seas Trust.
SAMSACSWR national operations manager, Captain Ravi Naicker, explained that global shipping involving millions of trade cargo vessels at sea daily – and therefore the most potential culprits for massive plastic and related waste pollution of the oceans – were actually not the culprits.
The revelation came against the backdrop of statistics showing that South Africa ranked No.11 in the world for waste management production and that the country alone was responsible for 12% of global plastic waste and about 2% of total mismanaged plastic waste, leading to between 0.9-0.25 megatons of it ending as marine plastic waste annually.
With an estimated population of some 12.9-million people occupying the coastal line of South Africa, this amounted to about two kilograms of plastic waste per person per annum.
Globally, the world's 192 countries situated along oceans and seas across the globe were said to generate as much as 2.5-billion metric tons of solid waste, of which 275-million metric tons was plastic waste and an estimated 8-million metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste ended up in the seas in 2010, according to statistics by Dr Jenna Jambeck.
Just over 6-million metric tons of the global (coastal countries) mismanaged plastic waste dumped at seas was currently still floating freely at the surface of global oceans waters, in the process, placing all life both in the oceans as well as on land, at extremely high risk.
According to Dr Jambeck, one of the contributing factors to widespread distribution of plastic waste is that: "In use – (plastic) items that are designed to last forever are only used a short period of time. 40% of plastic production is for packaging – and there are packaging needs for essential foods and things, but I will argue that we should rethink our systems and designs to meet those needs"
Captain Naicker said ocean going vessels globally in South Africa's oceans space contributed very little to this as waste management on ships was highly regulated.
He said the Africa region alone had about 18 000 vessels traversing its waters annually, with just over 3 000 of these sailing through South Africa's oceans space equivalent some 1.5-million square kilometers of an Economic Exclusive Zone, from the Atlantic, the Southern Ocean through to the Indian Ocean.
Yet, of 1469 vessels randomly stopped for inspection over a six year period between 2011 and 2017, only 2.5% were detained for violation of environmental management protocols at sea, and only about 0.1% were responsible for garbage and record keeping violations.
SAMSA is the country's State agency tasked through legislation (the SAMSA Act 1998) with responsibility for ensuring safety of life and property at sea, the combating and prevention of pollution of the marine environment by ships, and promoting South Africa's maritime interests.
Guiding the agency's activities with regards the first two objectives relating specifically to safety of life and property as well as sound integrity of the marine environment, were six (6) International Conventions for the Prevention of Pollution by Ships (MARPOL Annextures) pieces of legislation binding member port states of the IMO for strict implementation in their respective ocean spaces.
In addition all trade vessels registered (flagged) in countries that are signatories to MARPOL are subject to the legislation and associated regulations regardless of where they sail in the world.
"These clearly state that ships using South African waters have no right to pollute seas while sailing here and that we are entitled to take action against should they fail to observe the law.
"However, member states are also required to provide facilities that enable ships to dispose of waste they cannot manage responsibly on board the vessels." said Capt Naicker.
For his full presentation (about nine [9] minutes) Click on the video.
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Pro-wrestler Shawn Soto and Comedian Anthony Rogers sit in on this episode of the Q. Hillary has seemed to lock up the Democratic nomination and the guys discuss this in full. When Mark goes to ask about political affiliation and who the two guys would vote for, the Libertarian comes out of Shawn and Anthony takes a much more valiant stance of "F--k them all". After further discussion and pushing, Mark deems that Anthony might make a decent President and flushes out more of his edgy/controversial stances for the American people to fall in love with. The guys also discuss the deaths of Muhammad Ali and Kimbo Slice. Plus some overtime with a letter from the listeners.


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Federal Cross of Merit 2013 in Bellevue Palace.
Can you save the world with 50 cents? "Yes," says Joachim Gauck, "there is a woman who can." This woman's name is Harriet Bruce-Annan, and yesterday the Federal President honored her with the Cross of Merit and singled her out. She stands out anyway with her hearty laugh, her white robe and her story, which did not begin in Africa, in her home country Ghana, but in Düsseldorf, in the old town, in a pub, or more precisely: in a toilet.
Harriet D. Bruce-Annan with Joachim Gauck, then President of Germany, who awards her the Federal Cross of Merit.
German Federal Cross of Merit.
The report on this on the front page of the Express.
On the back of the Express, things continued.
Harriet mit dem Botschafter aus Ghana, H. E. Paul King Aryene.
Harriet with Daniela Schadt, the partner of Joachim Gauck.
Deutsche Welle interviews Harriet.
Harriet Burce-Annan receiving the Federal Cross of Merit from German President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace in Berlin.
Harriet in conversation with Gundula Gause, who had also been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.
Small talk with friends.
Nana Yaa Asantewaa Awards (NYA Awards) 2013
This is an award for women who live abroad but do something for their homeland. Nana Yaa Asantewaa (b. October 17, 1863; † October 17, 1921) was the Queen Mother of Edweso, a constituent state of the Ashanti Kingdom.She led the last great Ashanti uprising in 1900 against British rule over their country and what was then the Gold Coast, later Ghana.
This award was named after her: it is given to strong and courageous women.
In the course of the Nana Yaa Asantewaa Awards, Harriet Bruce-Annan won the Social and Family Award.
Bronze for African Angel and Ogilvy
At the POS Marketing Award 2012, in which internationally working agencies and the largest aid organizations (Global Players in Charity) participated, African Angel e.V. won the bronze medal with a campaign by the agency Ogilvy Düsseldorf, in which it was shown how to effectively generate donations and how the donations are targeted and successfully benefit the needy children in the world.
Two times second place in a Trinkaus fundraising campaign.
Andreas Schmitz and Harriet Bruce Annan of African Angel.
Düsseldorf. For the sixth year now, HSBC Trinkaus employees have voted in a fundraising campaign to support social projects in which employees are personally involved.
The projects are supported by the bank with donations totaling 55,000 euros. Andreas Schmitz, Spokesman of the Management Board, presented the donations, saying, "As a company, we are fortunate that our employees are willing to get involved.
"The Marienheim Hospiz Kaarst association, in which Doris Preuß and Ulrich Simmat are involved, received the most money. The Düsseldorf-based association African Angel e.V. received 10,000 euros. It supports children from the slums in Ghana. The "Fruchtalarm" project also received 10,000 euros. Here, a children's cocktail bar tours cancer clinics.
We are very pleased and would like to thank the employees and the Executive Board of Trinkaus on behalf of our children for this generous support.
1st prize at Bild der Frau 2011.
At a gala event in Berlin on March 31, 2011, Germany's biggest women's magazine honored five strong female personalities who fight with competence and passion for social projects they have set up.
In front of 500 invited guests, each of the award winners was introduced by a prominent godmother. Harriet's godmother was Sabine Christiansen; the laudatory speech was given by Dana Schweiger, wife of Til Schweiger.
Each of the power women received 10,000 € for their project with the award of the GOLDEN PICTURE OF THE WOMAN.
As a surprise for Harriet, Veronica suddenly came on stage to present her with the GOLDEN PICTURE OF WOMAN. Veronica has been one of Harriet's protégés in Accra for six years and had been secretly flown to Berlin.
The two greeted each other overjoyed and lay in each other's arms for minutes. Veronica was accompanied by Mama Dora, who has been caring for the home children since their early days as Mama, and was able to greet Harriet at the end of the event.
However, these were not the only surprises the organizers had come up with. During a pre-reception, Bernard, Harriet's son who is studying in Ukraine and with whom she had spoken on the phone just the day before, suddenly stood beside her. After a brief pause of disbelief, she embraced him with an exclamation of the greatest happiness. Again and again, the two embraced in exuberant joy at the unexpected reunion.
As the highlight of the evening, Ursula von der Leyen, Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, announced that Harriet had won the additional Reader's Prize, worth €30,000, from among the five prize winners.
In her speech, the Minister emphasized the importance of the prize: "Nothing has such a contagious effect as the good example. "The Golden Image of Woman lifts into the limelight what otherwise flourishes rather quietly in obscurity. I think that's good."
Under the long lasting applause of the audience, the Minister together with Marco Gottschalk, Manager Marketing Jacobs Krönung as donor of the prize money and Kai Pflaume as presenter, presented a huge check in the amount of 30000.- €.
Afterwards it did not hold also many spectators any longer on the seats. They pushed forward to congratulate Harriet. The two members of the board, Rainer Schüürmann and Hans Heitmeyer, as well as Marita Falk-Solheid, who had been instrumental in preparing the surprises, were among the first to join in.
Afterwards, the party went to an adjoining room where, in the presence of numerous prominent guests, the party went on until late into the night.
The next morning, Mr. Sarpong, a diplomat at the Ghanaian Embassy and His Excellency the Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana in Germany came especially to the Hotel Großer Kurfürst to congratulate Harriet and have breakfast together with the surprise guests and African Angel members before leaving in a minibus towards Düsseldorf.
Thanks to all supporters
Harriet and we of the African Angel team feel a deep need to thank from the bottom of our hearts all those who made this sensational success possible. Many of our members, donors and supporters have voted for Harriet over and over again for months. They have promoted Harriet on every conceivable occasion, distributed information material and done educational work.
In this way, they have not only contributed to Harriet winning this award as the KING OF HEARTS, but have also contributed to Harriet and her project becoming more and more known.
For this again a huge THANK YOU!!!
Back cover of Bild Germany. Gold for Harriet.
Harriet wins 1st prize in the Bild der Frau competition for "Strong Women. Strong country."
Many celebrities are present and congratulate Harriet on this success.
After the party is before the party. - Surprise guests from Ghana and Kiev.
The next day, after the award ceremony of the Golden Image of Woman, Image of Woman together with the board of African Angel had invited some as surprise guests.
As a surprise after receiving the Picture of a Woman Award, the Solheid family invited Mama Dora, one of the caring mothers from the cottage, Bernard, Harriet's son and Veronika to breakfast.
The Ambassador of Ghana, H. E. Paul King Aryene, has congratulated Harriet on winning the Picture of a Woman Award.
Order of Courage 2010 in Bürstadt
Since 1983, the Bürstadter Carnevalsverein has awarded a special medal every year. The bearer of the order must have shown courage; he should come from public life, he could be an athlete or a politician, he could be known from television or be a journalist. The word "courage" was paraphrased by Manfred Heil as "Courage". So the name "Courage-Orden" was created.
The Heimat- u. Carneval-Verein 1959 e.V. Bürstadt is proud to have found courageous personalities again and again from 1983 until today and to have kept up the tradition of awarding the Order.
2010 Harriet Bruce-Annan received this order.


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The Global Wearable AI Market size is expected to reach $38.3 billion by 2025, rising at a market growth of 20.2% CAGR during the forecast period. Wearable AI market has been witnessing exponential growth due to a growing proliferation of emerging technologies, including AI and 5G smartphone penetration. Smartphones are commonly used for storing and analyzing data obtained from wearable devices. The rapid growth of the smartphone industry has increased the production of android & IoT-enabled responsive and user-friendly applications for wearable devices. Other factors that drive market growth include rapid urbanization and increasing disposable incomes in developing economies, which determine future trends in wearable technology.
Global Wearable AI Market Size
There has been widespread adoption of smart watches by companies such as Huawei (China), Apple (US), and Samsung (South Korea) due to the ease of access to the AI features provided by them. In addition, the launch of Android 2.0 OS on Android-based smart watches leads to on-board voice support via internet connectivity. Smart watches have had a strong customer preference as a result of the simplicity of wear and the easy use of a broad variety of features on a single touch.
The emergence of different smart and advanced wearables for different purposes boosts the wearable AI industry trends. For example, the new Apple Airpods Pro provides active noise cancellation for immersive sound, transparency mode to hear what's going on, connect to the iPhone or Apple watch, and uses the Siri Virtual Assistant and others that have a range of other smart apps. Also, new models, such as ODGR-9 at the Osterhout Group driven by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 SoC, coupled with 6GB of RAM, are smart eyewear with several features that increase competition in the wearable AI market.
Wearable AI Market Share
Factors such as growth in the adoption of AI assistants, expanded penetration of AI in the healthcare sector, and development of IoT and convergence of wireless technology boost the growth of this market. However, the short life of smart wearables is hindering wearable AI market development. In addition, AI assistance for animal health monitoring and advancement in personal computing is anticipated to create lucrative business prospects for wearable AI.
Based on Type, the market is segmented into Smart Watch, Smart Eyewear, Smart Earwear and Others. Based on End User, the market is segmented into Consumer Electronics, Healthcare, Military& Defense, Automotive and Others. Based on Regions, the market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, Middle East & Africa.
Free Valuable Insights: Global Wearable AI Market to reach a market size of $38.3 billion by 2025
Wearable AI Market Cardinal Matrix
The major strategies followed by the market participants are Product Launches. Based on the Analysis presented in the Cardinal matrix, Microsoft Corporation, Apple, Inc., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. are the forerunners in the Wearable AI Market. Companies such as Garmin Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., IBM Corporation, Amazon.com, Inc., Oracle Corporation, Sony Corporation, and Fitbit, Inc. are some of the key innovators in Wearable AI Market.
The market research report covers theanalysis of key stake holders of the market. Key companies profiled in the report include Apple, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group), Microsoft Corporation, Sony Corporation, Garmin Ltd., Fitbit, Inc., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.), Amazon.com, Inc., IBM Corporation, and Oracle Corporation.
Recent Strategies Deployed in Wearable AI Market
» Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements:
Jan-2020: Amazon partnered with HONOR, a smartphone brand owned by Huawei Technologies. The partnership was aimed at selling the latter company's next-gen smartwatch – HONOR MagicWatch 2 and fitness band – HONOR Band 5i, in India. This partnership helped Huawei in expanding its foothold in India.
Jan-2020: Samsung Electronics partnered with IrisVision, a leader in digital vision technologies and a producer of the world's first smart, wearable vision-assistive device. The partnership is aimed at rolling out the IrisVision's ground-breaking technology worldwide.
Nov-2019: IBM came into partnership with Samsung Electronics. The partnership was aimed at making innovations for industrial wearables. The companies integrated its Cloud data management and analytical processing power with Samsung's portfolio of mobile devices for meeting health and safety usage scenarios.
Mar-2019: Huawei unveiled Huawei P30 Pro smart glass in collaboration with Gentle Monster, a luxury eyewear company.
Feb-2019: Microsoft teamed up with Trimble following which the latter company launched Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2. This is a new wearable, hard hat-compatible device, which allows the workers in safety-controlled environments in accessing the holographic information on the worksite.
Feb-2019: Apple came into partnership with Verily, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet. Together, these companies invested in two major health wearable projects.
» Acquisition and Mergers:
Jan-2020: Apple acquired Xnor.ai, a startup focused on providing AI capabilities at the edge. The acquisition expanded Apple's capabilities in AI.
Jul-2019: IBM completed the acquisition of Red Hat, a software company. The acquisition expanded the company's capabilities in artificial intelligence.
Oct-2018: Oracle acquired DataFox, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) data engine. Together, both the companies would enrich the cloud applications with the help of AI-driven company-level data. It would enhance its business performance across the enterprise.
Oct-2017: Garmin took over Navionics S.p.A. for developing electronic navigational products and mobile applications.
» Geographical Expansions:
Mar-2019: Huawei expanded its reach to Asia-Pacific by opening a smartwatch business in India focusing on developing new products at lower prices.
» Product Launches and Product Expansions:
Nov-2019: Sony launched SRS-WS1 Immersive Wearable Speaker in the U.S. market. This wireless speaker can be placed on shoulders and the users will be surrounded by vibrations and sounds that provide a better experience during concerts, films, and games.
Sep-2019: Amazon released Echo Frames smart glasses, Echo Loop ring, and Echo Buds. The echo Frame has been equipped with directional speakers. Echo Loop is a smart ring, which vibrates for alerting the users for notifications. Its Echo Buds are embedded with Alexa functionality.
Sep-2019: Huawei announced the launch of Kirin A1, GT 2 Watch, which has LTE connectivity along with heart rate sensors and GPS to monitor activities.
Sep-2019: Garmin launched Legacy Hero Series, a collection of two special edition GPS smartwatches inspired by Captain Marvel and Captain America: The First Avenger. The collection has advanced features of 24/7 Health Monitoring, On-screen Workouts, Fitness, etc. for smart lives.
Sep-2019: Garmin released the next generation of the vívomove series, the latest collection of hybrid smartwatches. These smartwatches have embedded features of health and fitness tracking data, and smart notifications for text messages, social media updates, calendar reminders and more.
Sep-2019: Garmin announced the launch of Venu, a new GPS smartwatch that provides a widely available range of 24/7 health monitoring and a vibrant AMOLED screen.
Sep-2019: Garmin launched vívoactive 4 and 4S GPS smartwatches. These watches have been integrated with the features of advanced sleep with pulse ox1, Body Battery energy monitoring, abnormal heart rate alerts, new respiration tracking, menstrual cycle tracking, stress tracking with relax reminders, new hydration tracking, and more.
Aug-2019: Fitbit introduced Versa 2, a premium, the next-generation voice-enabled lifestyle smartwatch. It has been designed with the features like Sleep Score and smart wake, and more advanced fitness, health and smart features.
Aug-2019: Fitbit released Fitbit Aria Air, to extend the Fitbit Aria product family which has a low-cost Bluetooth scale. The scale tracks and syncs weight with Fitbit app for calculating BMI to provide insights on activity, heart rate, and sleep & nutrition data.
Jul-2019: Sony unveiled Reon Pocket, a portable AC. This portable AC provides cool air through a small rear panel. This Reon Pocket is lighter and smaller than a mobile phone and can be worn using a special undershirt. Its battery can last for 90 minutes after charging of two hours.
Mar-2019: Fitbit introduced Fitbit Versa Lite Edition, Fitbit Inspire HR, Fitbit Inspire, and Fitbit Ace 2. These new products are designed to help make fitness and health accessible to all the consumers over the globe.
Feb-2019: Samsung Electronics launched three new wearables: Galaxy Watch Active, Galaxy Fit, and Galaxy Buds. These devices would help in managing fitness and well-being in an easy way.
Jan-2019: Oracle launched Java Card 3.1, the latest version of its Java Card. This Java Card has been used for securing the internet of things (IoT) devices such as smartwatches and other hardware that contain a huge amount of sensitive information.
Scope of the Wearable AI Market Analysis
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On Point and Red
Endearing
This is cool. I don't know what it is, but it's cool. Okay, what it is is the second album from Readymade, a Vancouver band that sounds unlike anything I've ever heard before. And all I can say is cool, because I don't know how to describe it, and that's cool. The first song is two and a half minutes of synths and vocals that lead into "Lightstrands," a thumper that rivals any techno track you can hear in a nightclub. Other "cool" tracks are "A Blind Tomorrow" and "The New People," with their driving rhythms and soaring guitars. However, the rest of the album is pretty soft but straightforward, and doesn't stray from the identity or sound already formed. The instrument work on this album is amazing, and the vocals are quality. I would consider this background music — no, not in a negative sense, but that if I was having a party, this would be my number one pick. Anybody wanna rave, cause On Point and Red is in my stereo right now…
http://www.endearing.com
Ryan Scarrow
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Victor Victor Band
Chatterbox (Self-released). Review by Jen Cray.
Pearl Jam definitely learned some important lessons from other bands who have…
As Friends Rust
Sometimes other peoples' unhappiness can bring happiness to you. So it is wit…
Richard & Linda Thompson
Not quite as groundbreaking as his work with the influential Fairport Convent…
While still best known in the States as the frontwoman for the critically acclaimed metal act Warlock, Doro Pesch (or just Doro, professionally) has had a thriving solo career in Europe. Now, after eight years abroad, she has a new album, Calling The Wild, out in the U.S. Cindy Harper caught up with the metal goddess on the eve of her tour supporting Dio and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Too Stoned to Sneeve Without Regretting It (evilteen). Review by Jason Straw
Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same
A self-absorbed artist fights with his girlfriend and prepares to make "Significant Art." Includes the experimental film Blackgoat, though Carl F Gauze doesn't necessarily think this is a good thing.
The Drams
Jubilee Dive (New West). Review by Sean Slone.
Alan Vega
Suicide devotee Matthew Moyer sits down with Alan Vega to talk about his new solo album Station, the mysteries of the creative process, whether Bruce Springsteen is indeed the Boss, becoming an entertainer and… a family man. This be the verse.
Goo aka Le Gooster
Elements (Shadow). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Into The Pink (Capitol). Review by Tony Coulson
Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman's Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind provides enough metaphysical twists to give your brain a yoga workout. Rob Levy limbers up and explains.


Lately, I've been thinking a lot about search in mobile applications and realized just how hard it can be. There are quite of few things to consider when adding search. For example, performance, user interaction, and data, just to name a few. As such, I think I have some good topics to blog about in the future.
In the meantime, let's start with figuring out how to use a native iOS search entry in the navigation bar of a Xamarin.Forms application. In order to complete this, we are going to create a custom Xamarin.Forms page. This way we can use a custom renderer on iOS to create a UISearchController as needed. This page will inherit from ContentPage and really just have a bunch of BindablePropertys that we can use to interact with the UISearchBar.
1. `SearchCancelledCommand` - This binding will tell us when the user taps the "Cancel" button.
Override OnPropertyChanged in the iOSSearchPage class so that we can determine when a search is active. Basically, we want to know when the search control is focused, or if there is text in the search field. This will help us to determine when we should hide the main view, and replace it with the results view.
Create a new renderer in the iOS project called SearchPageRenderer, which inherits from PageRenderer and implements IUISearchBarDelegate.
Add a private field for a UISearchController to the custom renderer and instantiate it in the renderer's constructor.
// This is all for styling purposes, so you might have to play around with these values to make them fit your scenario. Or better yet, you could make them configurable properties in the Xamarin.Forms page.
Override the WillMoveToParentViewController method in the renderer. This is what will add the UISearchController to the navigation bar of the parent page. This is the important method. If you skip this step, you may never see the search bar in the navigation bar.
// This line is also for styling purposes. Do you want the UISearchBar to be visible when scrolling or not?
If you run the solution, you should see the UISearchBar in the navigation bar, but it will still be pretty useless at this point without the other plumbing we need to finish setting up.
Add the following methods to the renderer class. These will wire up the events from our native iOS control to our custom Xamarin.Forms iOSSearchPage. These methods are actually part of the IUISearchBarDelegate class that this renderer implements, and we use the [Export] attributes in order to "subscribe" to the events in iOS.
Notice the above methods are really just determining when to change fields on our custom iOSSearchPage. While this stuff is pretty simple, it can take a while to find these things in the native API.
There is one last method to override: OnElementChanged. We use this method to set the UISearchBar placeholder and ActionImage when the element is set. So basically, after the renderer is created by the underlying Xamarin.Forms framework, and an Element (a Xamarin.Forms control) is assigned, we want to update some values on the native iOS control.
The above example doesn't have all of the properties we created, but they can easily be added. In fact, I hope to build on this example in my upcoming blog posts, but in the meantime, here is a working GitHub example.
Add custom touch events and commands to Xamarin.Forms FlexLayouts using Behaviors.


Palate procedures for obstructive sleep apnea are one of the surgical options available for the treatment of OSA. In this section, we will explain the procedure, and discuss how it works.
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) was the first procedure used to treat obstructive sleep apnea. The procedure includes removal of the uvula and a portion of the soft palate, with sewing together the cut edges of the remaining portion of the soft palate and sides of the throat. Compared to other procedures, UPPP typically involves more tissue removal from the soft palate.
Expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty involves almost no tissue removal but more tissue repositioning. In this procedure, the muscle that is directly behind the tonsil (palatopharyngeus muscle) is freed up from the side of the throat and moved forward. Because it is still attached to the soft palate, it pulls the soft palate forward to open the area behind the soft palate for breathing. In a randomized trial comparing it to UPPP, this procedure showed better results than UPPP in certain types of patients.
Lateral pharyngoplasty involves some tissue removal but more-extensive repositioning of tissue of the soft palate as well as the lateral pharyngeal tissues (side of the throat). This procedure is more-involved, but it has also shown better results among certain patients in a randomized trial comparing it to UPPP.
The Pillar Procedure typically involves the insertion of 3-5 braided polyester implants (pillars) into the soft palate at the back of the mouth. Each implant is 18 mm (3/4 inch) long and is made of a polyester material that has been used in other medical implants for decades. The Pillar Procedure is usually performed in a surgeon's office, which is one of its advantages. More-recent research has examined the benefits of the Pillar Procedure, showing that there are certain patients that seem to benefit more than others. The most-favorable patients tend to be those with small tonsils (or who had them removed already) and who are not excessively overweight.
Uvulopalatal flap can be used in patients with thin soft palates. The procedure involves almost no removal of muscle of the soft palate. Instead, the lining of the mouth (mucosa) over a portion of the soft palate and uvula is removed to allow a folding of the soft palate muscle onto itself. Effectively, it makes the soft palate shorter without removing muscle because muscle removal could be more likely to affect swallowing in these patients.
Palatal advancement pharyngoplasty treats the palate by removing some of the bone towards the back of the roof of the mouth (hard palate). After removal of the bone, the soft palate is then pulled forward and sewn into place. This opens the space for breathing behind the soft palate in a slightly different way.
Z-palatoplasty requires dividing part of the soft palate in the middle and pulling each half forward and laterally. This can be most effective for patients with scarring on the sides of the throat that can occur after tonsillectomy or previous other soft palate procedures. Z-palatoplasty tends to be associated with more difficulty with swallowing following surgery than other palate procedures, but it can be necessary and important in certain patients.
Relocation pharyngoplasty incorporates very little tissue removal but includes sewing together the muscles on the side of the throat to open the space for breathing in a slightly different way.
How do I locate physicians who specialize in soft palate procedures to determine whether surgery might be a suitable option for me?


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Donning and Doffing: U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Compensable Time for Preparatory and Concluding Activities
In two consolidated and closely watched cases, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rendered a decision on November 8, 2005, that serves as a poignant reminder to employers of the importance of remaining vigilant on wage and hour issues. The decision in both cases involved whether workers should be paid for the time spent putting on personal protective equipment ("donning"), walking from the changing area to the production area, and for the time spent removing the protective equipment ("doffing") following the end of the work shift. IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez and Yum v. Barber Foods, Inc., U.S. LEXIS 8373 (November 8, 2005).
Employees at IBP and Barber Foods sued their employers for violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). The FLSA requires employers to compensate employees for all hours worked. However, the Portal-to-Portal Act creates an exception to the FLSA for activities that are preliminary or postliminary to the principal activity of an employee, unless the activity is an integral or indispensable part of the principal activity. Both employers required their employees to don a set of protective gear, walk to their work stations, and be ready to work before their paid shifts began.
Facts of the Cases.
In IBP v. Alvarez, a class of workers at a meat "kill and processing plant" in Pasco, Washington sued for violations of the FLSA. IBP standards required workers to don protective garments prior to each shift before clocking in, and expected workers to clock out to remove garments for breaks, lunches, and at the end of each shift. In following this policy, IBP reduced the daily work time to seven hours and fifty-six minutes to account for the "clothes time." At trial, the district court held that the FLSA required IBP to compensate its employees for all time spent donning and doffing equipment because wearing the equipment is integral and indispensable to the employees' jobs. Furthermore the court held that IBP must compensate its employees for time spent walking to and from work stations, stating that the work day begins after the first act of compensable work (donning the equipment). The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the district court's ultimate conclusions and affirmed the decision. The Ninth Circuit did, however, distinguish between the burdensome donning and doffing of elaborate protective gear (which is compensable) and the time spent donning and doffing non-unique gear such as hard hats and safety goggles (which is not compensable). The Ninth Circuit held that the time employees spent donning and doffing non-unique protective gear was not compensable because it was "de minimisas a matter of law."
In Tum v. Barber Foods, a class of workers at a poultry processing plant in Portland, Maine sought compensation for time spent donning and doffing protective equipment and the time spent walking from the location where the gear is obtained to the production floor. At trial, the district court ordered Barber Foods to compensate its employees for time spent donning and doffing equipment because wearing the equipment is required and is integral and indispensable. However, the district court held that donning and doffing equipment does not start or end the work day. Thus, walking to and from areas where employees received equipment was exempted under the Portal-to-Portal Act. The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed and rejected the employees' arguments that donning equipment starts the workday and doffing ends it. The First Circuit also found that the Portal-to-Portal's exemption extended to time spent waiting in line for equipment. Due to the conflicting decisions between the Ninth Circuit and the First Circuit, the two cases were consolidated for hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court's Decision.
In a rare unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Ninth Circuit and affirmed in part, reversed in part, the decision of the First Circuit. Specifically, the Supreme Court held that the donning and doffing of unique personal protective gear is "integral and indispensable" to the employees' work, and thus time spent donning and doffing is compensable. Likewise, the Supreme Court held that the time spent walking to and from the production floor after donning and before doffing, as well as the time spent waiting to doff, are equally compensable. However, the Supreme Court also held that the time waiting to don–time that elapses before the principal activity of donning integral and indispensable gear, was not compensable under the facts of the Tumcase.
The Impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on Washington State Wage & Hour Laws.
Thankfully, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision is consistent with long-standing Washington State wage and hour laws. In Washington, preparatory and concluding activities are compensable "hours worked" when they are "integral or necessary" to the performance of the job. Those duties performed in readiness and/or completion of the job are considered to be compensable "hours worked." When an employee does not have control over when and where such activities occur, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries takes the position that such activities shall be considered as "hours worked." These activities may include donning and doffing of personal protective gear; counting money in a register before or after a shift; preparing equipment for the day's operation, i.e., greasing, fueling, warming up vehicles; cleaning vehicles or equipment; and similar activities.
What Does This Mean For Employers?
For years, employers have been faced with inconsistent U.S. Department of Labor opinions and varied court decisions regarding what is compensable work time. The U.S. Supreme Court's added clarity should allow employers to better manage their practices and the related costs and risks under the FLSA and state law. Although this decision primarily impacts employers in the manufacturing and healthcare industries, it also serves as a reminder to all employers of the importance of monitoring wage and hour issues and reviewing current practices. Little things can unfortunately mushroom to enormous proportions—a few minutes a day resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts in the two cases! A thorough review of your overtime policies and procedures, to include meal and rest periods, and employee classification as exempt or non-exempt, can help reduce your organization's risk of costly wage and hour claims.


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PERfunctory AfFECTION: Far from perfect
PERfunctory AfFECTION by Kim Harrison
Three years ago Meg, a talented artist who also works as a university art instructor, was in a bad car accident. She was driving and her boyfriend, the passenger, was badly injured. Since then she's dealt with PTSD, high levels of anxiety, and overwhelming guilt. She has also had trouble recovering after her mother's death and this has led to depression. Meg is pretty messed up and has trouble teaching her classes, making friends, and coping with life in general.
As the novella opens, Meg's psychiatrist has put her in an experimental drug study. Almost immediately, Meg feels much, much better, almost suspiciously so. Within days of starting the new medication, Meg has even made some new friends, something that had previously been all but impossible. Her boyfriend, though, suspects the drug causes hallucinations and delusions and that Meg has too quickly become wholly dependent on it. Then a strange young man starts following Meg and warning her about her new friends as well as her psychiatrist and the drug. Meg gets increasingly confused and she's not sure who she can trust.
PERfunctory AfFECTION (2019) is a twisty and suspenseful psychological thriller with an unreliable narrator. For a very long time, there are no fantasy elements to it at all, except, of course, for the existence of the miracle drug that immediately and successfully treats anxiety and depression and outperforms pretty much everything available today, something we found unlikely and annoyingly simplistic.
Kat was interested to see where the story was going, Terry less so. Unfortunately, none of Kim Harrison's characters felt real to either of us and we disliked every single one them. Meg is a bit sympathetic, but she's extremely immature and completely lacks any self-awareness; her anxiety is so crippling, even after three years of therapy, that she drinks sugary coffee drinks that disgust her because she can't muster up the courage to admit to her new friend that she prefers her coffee black. We couldn't stand Meg. Or her friends. And her therapist should have been sued for malpractice a long time ago.
The college campus, and Meg's job as an instructor, didn't feel real at all. There are several examples we could list but probably the one that bugged us most was when Meg gives her class a 20-minute break so she can visit her psychiatrist during class. She goes out to the parking lot (right outside the classroom?), gets in her car and drives to her psychiatrist's office (on campus, which is weird) and parks right outside her psychiatrist's office. We have never been on a college campus where driving and parking were so easy.
There are other odd things about the campus, too, such as the roving popcorn vendor and affordable on-campus apartments that are still empty after the semester starts. Meg's apartment is almost hilariously ugly, decorated only in shades of brown. What artist would live in such a place for years on end, regardless of her degree of depression? Even the shopping mall feels more like one's idealized version of such a place, not a real spot where shoppers can pick up throw pillows. Maybe all of these oddities can be explained by Meg's misperceptions, but it didn't seem like that was Harrison's intent.
Worst of all, the plot is unbelievable. For example, Meg's psychiatrist was utterly unethical. In real life she would have lost her license, and no reputable pharmaceutical company would ever have worked with her. Meg, who is supposedly so shy and reserved that she can't hold a conversation with a stranger, agrees to move in with a couple of people within 48 hours of meeting them, only a few days after she begins her new drug regimen, which is just as unbelievable as the notion that a stranger would make such an offer. There were so many little places where we thought, "That wouldn't really happen that way," making the suspension of disbelief impossible.
PERfunctory AfFECTION's ending is not conclusive. There almost has to be a sequel, if only to explain the fantastical element that comes along only in the final third of the story. Kat was ready to drop Meg's story until there came a big reveal in the last 30 minutes of the 6.5 hour-long audiobook version she listened to; she is willing to give the sequel a try, if only to find out what happens next. Terry will wait for Kat's review before she gives up another evening to this story.
Tantor Audio's edition is nicely narrated by Traci Odom.
Published in March 2019. Is it better to live a lie of perfection when the truth is too ugly to survive? Meg wants a normal life. Her new artistic style, born in the depression of her mother's death, is poised to take the art world by storm, if she could just overcome the debilitating anxiety caused by the car accident that scarred her boyfriend, Austin. Encouraged by her therapist, Meg pushes outside her comfort zone to befriend Haley, a guest instructor at the university where Meg teaches. Haley is everything Meg wants to be: charismatic, confident, and perfect, but when Austin expresses his worry that Haley is changing Meg too fast and leads her to realize that Austin is trying to keep her afraid and needing him, Meg kicks him out of her life. Or at least, she tries. Kim Harrison, author of the number one bestselling Urban Fantasy Hollows series, brings to life a world terrifyingly near to our own, where what's real and what shouldn't exist twine together in the madness of a troubled mind desperate for a way out. But when the truth is revealed, the question remains, is it better to live a lie of perfection, or cleave to an ugly reality that will destroy you?
April 18th, 2019. Kat Hooper and Terry Weyna´s rating: 2.5 | Kim Harrison | Audio, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
KAT HOOPER, who started this site in June 2007, earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience and psychology at Indiana University (Bloomington) and now teaches and conducts brain research at the University of North Florida. When she reads fiction, she wants to encounter new ideas and lots of imagination. She wants to view the world in a different way. She wants to have her mind blown. She loves beautiful language and has no patience for dull prose, vapid romance, or cheesy dialogue. She prefers complex characterization, intriguing plots, and plenty of action. Favorite authors are Jack Vance, Robin Hobb, Kage Baker, William Gibson, Gene Wolfe, Richard Matheson, and C.S. Lewis.
TERRY WEYNA, on our staff since December 2010, would rather be reading than doing almost anything else. She reads all day long as an insurance coverage attorney, and in all her spare time as a reviewer, critic and writer. Terry lives in Northern California with her husband, professor emeritus and writer Fred White, two rambunctious cats, and an enormous library.
Marion Deeds / April 19, 2019
Do you think this is a case of reach exceeding grasp?
And I think 90% of people in the USA have no idea what a psychiatrist truly is or does. I'm not sure I do, for that matter.


This week the world lost a legendary actor in Albert Finney. He might've already been an icon as the handsome, rugged face of the British New Wave of cinema, but he soon transformed into an actor who loved disappearing into roles, whether behind pounds of makeup or thick accents. And in doing so he found himself in everything from Oscar favorites to star-studded blockbusters to auteur-driven indies. Here we've compiled 15 of his greatest roles, and that might not even begin to scratch the surface.
"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" (1960) Finney's breakout role in "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" branded him as an "Angry Young Man," an archetype that would grow out of the rebellious '60s and Britain's rising lower class. From the film's opening minutes, Finney looks like a British James Dean, and you can immediately sense his disdain at any sort of authority figure, giving a face to an entirely new generation of actor and persona.
"Tom Jones" (1963) Finney was then the face of the British culture's explosion into America as the title character in "Tom Jones." This most zany, swashbuckling and sexualized of films was made possible by Finney's youthful, mischievous charisma. The film won four Oscars, including Best Picture, and he would score his first of five acting nominations, but would lose to Sidney Poitier.
"Two for the Road" (1967) One of Finney's finest screen partners was Audrey Hepburn in Stanley Donen's "Two for the Road." And while this big studio foray for Finney was also one of his more romantic roles, it also showcased his versatility with accents and with smarmy wit.
"Scrooge" (1970) There have been dozens of actors who have portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge over the years (we looked at 20 of them), but Finney's portrayal is one of the best since he gets to play both a young and old man version of the classic Dickens character.
"Gumshoe" (1971) Stephen Frears got his start in film directing Finney in this movie that marries comedy with film noir. Finney plays a late night comedian who decides to take out an ad in a paper posing as a private detective.
"Shoot the Moon" (1982) Alan Parker cast Finney opposite Diane Keaton in this drama about a deteriorating marriage after 15 years, a part in which he began to show his age and his darker, more jealous side. But his performance deftly demonstrates his character's torn desire to leave and to keep hold of his family.
"Annie" (1982) Ava DuVernay tweeted on Friday after Finney's passing that she saw both "Shoot the Moon" and "Annie" within days of each other when she was 10 years old. "Wow, that's what acting means," she said upon witnessing Finney's range from being ordinary to playing big and broad in a splashy musical.
"The Dresser" (1983) Finney earned yet another Oscar nomination as an aging, veteran actor giving a performance as King Lear who needs to be reined in by his costume designer (Tom Courtenay), though Finney would prove that he had a lot more in the tank than his character did.
"Under the Volcano" (1984) In John Huston's "Under the Volcano," Finney made use of his eloquent diction and rambunctious personality to give a volatile performance as a man drowning in alcohol during the last 24 hours of his life.
"Miller's Crossing" (1990) The Coen Brothers gave Finney a career resurgence and rebranding when they cast him as an Irish-American mobster, Leo O'Bannon, in their prohibition-era crime story. Many online were sharing images of him wielding a Tommy Gun in what might be his best work. Soon after this performance, American directors like Tim Burton and Steven Soderbergh would look to him as one of the icons of a bygone era of cinema.
"Erin Brockovich" (2000) Finney appeared in both of Steven Soderbergh's films in 2000, both of which were nominated for Best Picture, "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic." But Finney was Oscar- nominated for his work as Erin's lawyer Ed Masry.
"Big Fish" (2003) Tim Burton gave Finney one of his most tearfully powerful moments in "Big Fish," with his son (Billy Crudup) describing how his dying father deserves to spend his last moments, being carried toward a river and getting a send-off from everyone in his life, with not a sad face to be found. "The story of my life," he says. It's one of his best moments.
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007) Finney played the shadowy Dr. Albert Hirsch in the Jason Bourne movies, providing a baritone solemnity to Bourne's tortured origin story, calmly bringing him into the fold to become the killer we know.
"Skyfall" (2012) Finney had a brief but important role in the James Bond movie "Skyfall," playing the caretaker at Bond's old home Skyfall and helping to protect it when Javier Bardem's Silva comes to hunt him down. It would be his final on- screen role.


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Unbeaten Mackie U18s travelled the short distance down the A90 to play Dundee Rugby last Saturday looking to continue their excellent form.
On arriving in Dundee for the Mitsubishi Lancer Conference match, it was soon apparent that the home side did not have enough players to fulfil the tie so Mackie coach Eric Lindsay asked for a couple of volunteers from Mackie to put on the blue and yellow of their opponents so the match could take place. Up stood Robbie Crighton and Jamie Lawrence to play the first half.
When teams are unable to field a full squad, the match becomes a development game, with the points going to the opposition.
In excellent conditions the visitors soon had the upper hand. A strong run through the middle by the ever improving Fennick Deans had the second row deep in Dundee territory and ultimately over the try line for the first score of the day. Mikey Mair slotted the extra points.
Almost straight from the kick-off Mackie were again under the posts, as great work in the midfield from Fraser Lindsay and Lee Robertson and some good hands through the backs had Eoin Vaughn touching down, but the kick was just wide.
In almost a repeat of the second try, strong rucking and powerful running had Iwan Kelly feeding Zander Begg to score after the big inside centre burst through a couple of tackles, and this time the kick was good.
It was one-way traffic with tries from Jack, Finn Jacobs and a brace from Ian Macey, with one out of four kicks converted.
At half-time, Lawrence and Crighton returned to play the second half with Lindsay and wing Aiden Smith playing for the home team.
The Mackie players continued where they left off, with Jack and Ian Macey scoring for the reds and Dundee scoring a consolation try.
With 10 minutes to go Mackie welcomed back Cameron Hepburn from long-term injury as he replaced Ben Martin in the scrum and he had an immediate impact, driving his opposite number back and bringing strength and stability to the scrum.
Mackie next face a top-of-the-table clash with Ellon, who will prove sterner opposition on Saturday at Redcloack.


I am a freelance professional photographer based in Hong Kong. My main interest in travel, landscape and human photography. I was born in 1963 in Warsaw, Poland. I have a Master of Science degree in geography from Warsaw University. I served as a United Nations Volunteer during the historical missions in Cambodia, South Africa and Eastern Slavonia (Croatia). I worked as a professional tour leader specializing in adventure trips to Asia and also as a photographer for Photo-Geo-Graphical Agency GLOB4 based in Warsaw. I am also currently available to work as a tour leader (7 years of experience with groups in China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Peru, Bolivia, Macao and Hong Kong).
My photographic hobby and now business is closely related to another passion - traveling, and this website futures some of my pictures taken during my numerous exotic Asian, African, South American and Australian journeys from 1989 until now. My images and articles have been published in many publications: books, newspapers and magazines including Great Encyclopedia PWN, Historical Encyclopedia, Geographical Encyclopedia, Poznaj Swiat, Kwartalnik Geograficzny, Gazeta Wyborcza, AMS, Casino Magazine, Pentliczek, The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mirror, The Weekly News, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Metro, Daily Record, Sunday Mirror, Sunday Times, Daily Star, Daily Express, Die Welt, Reform Judaism Magazine, Time Out Athens, China Tourism, Business Traveller, Asian Photography, Echo etc. in Poland, UK, USA, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Greece, India, Canada, Brasil and Hong Kong.
My work has been recognised by Mumbay based Indian Asian Photography Magazine. Travel Photgraphy Special May 2005 issue carries the interview with me illustrated with 11 of images. My name was also mentioned as one of the "world leading travel photographers". (Click here to download PDF version of the article).
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Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele 2011
The musical event series is taking place at various locations in Baden-Württemberg from May 20th to July 28th 2011.
Manager and director Thomas Wördehoff with his team cordially invites you to take part in a exciting expedition -- an "encounter wit the foreign and surprising confrontations with the apparently familiar".
So the program is very varied: musical theatre, concerts, literature, song conversation, recitations, piano evenings, dancing, Jazz and opera asure best entertainment!
Imagine you´re in the Stuttgart State Theater. The performance is about to start. The last murmurs in the audience die down.
The music of Sergej Prokovjev fills the auditorium and the curtain goes up.
On the program is a Romeo & Juliet ballet by John Cranko.
The scene is set for a great cultural evening! This is the way that hundreds od spectators experience performances not only in the State Theater, but also in the large and small theaters in the city.
The spectrum of artistic entertainment ranges from classic opera, drama and ballet to musicals and vaudeville to experimental dance and poetic marionette theater. Many culture fans are convinced after a visit to the State Theater that Stuttgart is one of the glitziest cultural cities in Germany.
The theater is the world´s largest mulit-use venue for the three major art forms.


It's not unusual for retirees to have multiple sources of income. According to the Social Security Administration, people age 65 and older receive a majority of their income from four sources. These source-points cover a wide range of income needs, from monthly living costs to healthcare spending and other retirement expenses.
If you're in or near the "retirement red zone" (a period of 10 years before retirement and the first 10 years in retirement), now is a critical time. Decisions made now – and decisions which are neglected – will have a significant impact on the rest of a retirement lifetime, no matter how long it lasts. It's a stage at which to figure out how you will pay for all of your retirement years.
With that said, here's a look at how people age 65 and older are paying for retirement, and some ways to maximize retirement income.
Social Security. A majority of retirees receive Social Security payments. The Social Security Administration reports that for 52% of Americans age 65 and over, Social Security makes up at least half of their income. Around 25% use Social Security for 90% or more of their income. Your Social Security payments are based largely on the 35 years of employment in which you received the most income.
One of the biggest factors in how much you will receive in Social Security payments is your age when you file. You can sign up at age 62. But if you file before your full retirement age (for many retirees, this is age 66 or 67), you will get a permanent reduction in monthly payouts. However, it pays off if you wait. Your benefit increases nearly 8% for each year you delay signing up. If you wait until age 70, you will fully maximize your benefit.
Workplace retirement accounts. 401(k) plans, defined-benefit pensions, and other workplace retirement benefits provide income for 44% of retirees. Workplace-sponsored retirement accounts also make up 21% of total income for Americans age 65 and up.
A retirement pension gives the security of a guaranteed income stream. But many corporations and other organizations are dumping their pension obligations due to financial constraints. Many retirees and pre-retirees have found annuities to be a great solution. Annuities offer contractual guarantees of a steady, reliable income stream that can last as long as you live. According to research from LIMRA, most annuity buyers get annuities to supplement income from pensions and Social Security.
Income from assets. According to the Social Security Administration, assets generate a little bit below 10% of aggregate retirement income for Americans age 65 and up. Despite this smaller percentage, retirees with asset income tend to have stronger financial security than those without it. Asset income may consist of interest, dividends, royalties, rental payments, or other forms.
Retirement leads many people to shift their financial strategy to asset protection and distribution. Nonetheless, asset growth remains a relevant priority. Inflation drives up costs of goods and services. For retirees, there is "senior inflation," or the fast-rising costs of various goods and services tied to aging, such as prescription drugs, health costs, and other related items.
It may be in your favor to have some monies in the stock market to combat inflation; however, it is important to balance with keeping a suitable proportion of savings protected in safe money vehicles. These savings can be allocated toward fixed-income needs and helping you to maintain your lifestyle.
Working longer. Retirement doesn't mean a complete departure from the workforce for everyone. Many seniors continue to work in retirement. According to the Social Security Administration, 29% of retirees draw income from retirement employment. A little over 32% of all income comes from employment earnings in retirement.
Additional years of work can help maximize income in retirement, but it's a trade-off. That is less time that can now be spent doing the things you want to do. Overall, many retirees are finding this attractive option for accumulating more retirement dollars. But remember, employment income may increase your tax liability on Social Security benefits, depending on how much you earn. Confer with a qualified professional in taxation for more information.
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