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Our Fun Visit to the Aquarium of the Pacific
July 12, 2014 / Dave Taylor / Travel & Activities / No Comments
While my 10yo daughter and I were in Southern California visiting my Dad, we decided to take in at least one of the local sights, do one touristy thing that didn't involve a beach and seaweed. Yeah, there was a lot of seaweed at this point in the summer, which made swimming in the ocean a bit less glamorous. Still, a California beach in the heat of the summer? Let's just say that there was plenty of eye candy for this single Dad to enjoy. 🙂
But >ahem< back to our adventure!
We went to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, a jewel of an aquarium rather tucked away in Rainbow Harbor amidst the industrial harbor of Long Beach. In fact, Long Beach is the busiest seaport in the world. There are a lot of ships and shipping containers here, and since it's in the so-called TMZ (which stands for 'thirty mile zone' and refers to the distance from the major TV and movie studios in Hollywood and elsewhere) it's a popular spot for filming too, as we learned.
The Aquarium itself was easy to find, though the car kept wanting to take us to a cruise ship parking lot so we could jump on a ship like the Carnival Inspiration (which was in the harbor) and sneak away for a few days. D'ya think they'd be showing the World Cup final on board?
If you're used to relatively modest aquaria — really, that's the pluralization! — then AotP is a whole 'nother ballgame, with over 11,000 animals. It's focused on the waters of Southern California and Baja and the Northern and Tropical Pacific and features more than 50 exhibits and those 11,000 ocean animals represent over 500 species. Their large tanks are over 350,000 gallons. The Aquarium was also paying attention to things like energy efficiency years before anyone else, most recently winning an award in 2009 as the nation's most energy efficient business with revenues under $150 million. Impressive!
Let's have a look…
First off, I just have to say that I loved the signage as modern sculptures. This how to be modern, tech, and nostalgic, all at the same time:
Photography is a big part of visiting a place like the Aquarium of the Pacific, so I gave K- a Samsung Galaxy Mega to use as her camera:
It was fascinating to see what she found interesting. Thanks to the great camera on the Galaxy Mega, many of her pics turned out quite well, though as a child she lives completely in the moment and hasn't asked to see the photos she took since we returned. I'm not surprised and if you know child psychology, you wouldn't be surprised either.
I expect that when she wants to share the experience with siblings or friends it'll suddenly become more important.
One nice thing about the AotP is that there's a lot outside for people to enjoy as part of the complex, including this area. The gal on the rock, however, is missing her mermaid tail, don'tcha think?
There are a variety of different species represented, including an enclosure of diving birds, including this cute Horned Puffin:
One of the most popular creatures in the entire Aquarium, however, was this Northern Californian sea otter. People just love sea otters. I think it's because they're cute and such extraordinary swimmers, but whatever the explanation, any place I've ever been where there were otters had a huge crowd of people just watching them swim and cavort with delight.
The Aquarium has tanks of the obligatory colorful fish, and kids clustered around comparing them to Nemo (especially the clown fish). Still, quite pretty:
What I enjoyed more were the ethereal, slow-moving sea anemones:
Undoubtedly these served as inspiration for part of the planet Pandora in the hugely successful film Avatar.
Another popular creature? Sea horses. This guy was tiny, probably about 1-inch in height. It's a tightly cropped photo:
K- and I had a great time at the Aquarium, though we had different experiences in the Lorikeet Forest area: she was excited to be in a huge enclosure with lots of colorful lorikeets flying around and I wanted to get out before one landed on my head. 🙂
Once we stepped out, we found that Rainbow Harbor was extraordinarily picturesque, including this beautiful view of old and new cruise ships the Carnival Inspiration and the Queen Mary:
What you might not know is that I was born in England and when I was 9mo we emigrated to the United States. On the Queen Mary. In fact, my Dad wrote up a short piece about our experiences on the crossing that you can read here: Our Journey to America on the Queen Mary. Always fun to see the ship because of that. And before you ask, no I have no memories of the journey. 🙂
Finally, remember I mentioned that TMZ? No surprise, they were filming on the edge of Rainbow Harbor while we were there:
A huge crew, upwards of 60 people. For an LG cellphone advert. We watched for a few minutes and it was amusing to see the "perfect modern caucasian family" on camera. When the cameras were rolling, the two "children" and "parents" were all smiles. When it wasn't rolling, they were hot, sweaty, cranky, and covered in production people adjusting hair, makeup, clothes, etc. A bit less glamorous than you might expect, but still a fun wrap up for a great day at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
Disclaimer: Thanks to the media relations team at the Aquarium of the Pacific for offering us free tickets on very short notice. They came through and we had a splendid time exploring one of the best aquariums in the United States.


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These events are geared for low-income families, but Vet-To-Go will never ask for your personal financial information. We do limit the number of animals to 2 per family for each event. Male cats, however, are an exception and we do not place a limit for them...reservations are still required.
We are unable to honor our standard discounts (senior, military, and multi-pet) for the spay/neuter clinics. Your money goes straight into supplies and Vet-To-Go does not make a profit on these events, thank you for your understanding.
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DAVISON HALL WILL BECOME a freshman residence hall next year. During the past few years, it has been a sophomore residence hall. Residence Life says the change is due to Davison's proximity to first-year services, such as the Vasudha classroom in Nason Hall, which hosts the Tuesday Night Toolbox and other programs.
Housing selection at RPI for 2014–2015 is currently in progress. There were several stages to the process, depending on students' class years and where they planned to live next year. An electronic portal, StarRez, allowed students to sign up for a housing application online. Additionally, Davison Hall, which has been part of sophomore housing, is now going to be a freshmen residence hall.
According to Lowery, roughly 15 percent more students participated in the current room retention program than last year. Lowery said that numbers for the lottery process are not out yet, especially since the upperclassmen lottery has not yet taken place.


Daisy has been dumped, unceremoniously jilted. Not by any ordinary guy, no...Daisy has a secret in her past that she won't even tell her best friend, Holly. She's given up on men - and on her own family. But life still has to be lived and where better to recover than as far away from home as possible. Grabbing a chance to see the world, Daisy packs her bags and joins the team catering to the world's highest-paid, supercharged racing drivers on the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit.
From Brazil to Italy, from Melbourne to Monte Carlo, life passes in a dizzying whirlwind. But nothing - and no one - can stop Daisy from falling again...this time for a man who is prepared to risk his life, and his heart, for the sake of speed, danger and ultimate success.
Chasing Daisy is just another fun, romantic, addictive, heart-warming story from the incredibly amazing author - Paige Toon!
It is again the authors speciality to link characters and this one sees Daisy Rogers. She is related to the novels Johnny Be Good and Baby Be Mine.
Chasing Daisy is the first ever book I read by Paige Toon and the only I've ever read once.... until now!
It's heart-breakingly addictive which makes you grip the pages to carry on reading. I'm so glad I read this book again as I now remember why I fell in love with the authors writing.
What did you think of the review? Have you read the book?


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The next-generation Focus built in Thailand is earmarked for export to Australia. This will be a more competitively priced and/or specified Focus from Thailand, which has a free-trade agreement with Australia.
Four-door sedan and five-door hatchback versions of the MkIII Focus made their global debuts at the Detroit motor show in January, where FoMoCo said it next Focus would be sold in 122 countries after production started in North America and Europe in early 2012.
Ford will invest $US450 million to construct a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Rayong to produce the Focus in Thailand from 2012.
The new passenger car plant will have initial production capacity of 150,000 vehicles, with 85 percent of production destined for markets outside Thailand. Ford said the new plant would produce the next-generation Focus from 2012 for Thailand and other Asia-Pacific markets, as part of its aggressive expansion strategy in the local and Africa regions.
Ford has also committed to producing its latest Fiesta in Thailand for Australia this year, though there is no word on Mazda3 production in Thailand.
Ford said it would buy up to $US800 million worth of local components a year through Thailand's local supplier network, and that the facility has the potential to support up to 11,000 new jobs - including 2,200 direct factory jobs.
Ford Asia Pacific and Africa president Joe Hinrichs said the investment underscored Ford's long term commitment to Thailand and its role as a global production and export hub for Ford.
"The decision to build our new plant was supported by Thailand's world-class automotive industry, and logistics and export infrastructure," he said.
Amidst the recent depression, this is nothing but good news for Thailand, and the Eastern Seaboard in particular.
Last week I mentioned W. F. Shetzline and asked what car did he build? The clue was 1911. He built the imaginatively named WFS.
So to this week. Iran received hundreds of thousands of British CKD cars in 1969. What was it called in Iran and the UK?
The SuperCar meeting at Bira last month ago was stupendous. I have not seen so many cars competing, nor so many spectators as there was on the 27th. The pits had to be extended all the way down to the entrance tunnel, and parking spots at the hairpin were at a priority.
The next meeting at Bira should be the Pro Races on 24/25 of this month followed by the 3K meeting the following weekend.


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Is it possible to get similar warnings from the Google Play Developer API?
I have a CI job that uploads my APK to the Play Store daily, so I can make sure there are no issues with it. I'd like to have the job inform me if there are any warnings like the one above.
It uses a script like this, which uses the Edits.apks.upload and the Edits.tracks.update methods, but I don't see any place where the APIs might return warnings.

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The first time I had Salade Nicoise was actually this time of year at a seaside café in Nice, France. It was many years ago and the kids played in front of us on the sand while Howard and I had a chilled glass of rosé. Bliss.
You may have read of our recent trip to Provence. So this salad from Nice was top of mind. I've made it lots of times over the years in Summertime.
This is our latest Project Design, where Cindy Hattersley, Annie Diamond and I are happy to have two others join us with their delicious summer salads. Elizabeth from Pinecones and Acorns (I've followed her beautiful site for years) and Sue from The View From Great Island (is a renowned international food blogger). Be sure to follow their links at the end of the post.
This salad is good for a small group of friends as you can make most of it in advance and then enjoy their company. First, make the salad dressing…I like it on all sorts of salads, too.
Serves Four as the main course.
Have you had this butter (Amazon)? It's amazing! I think Howard got it at Whole Foods. Pre-heat your grill or stovetop grill pan on high. Rub olive oil on the fish and lemons. Grill lemons cut side down. Grill the tuna on each side for three minutes or less…you still want it rare or pink in the middle. Remove from heat and let sit while you assemble the salad platter or bowl (it will still keep cooking).
Line the platter with lettuce leaves. Slice the tuna. Since this is for four, I like to put the ingredients on both sides of the platter with the tuna topped with capers in the middle. Sprinkle with the chopped parsley.
Serve with French bread, sparkling water, and Rosé!
Everyone helps themselves with the lemon vinaigrette on the side in a little pitcher.
Please check out these ladies' delicious summer salad recipes!!
Oh my, that's a buffet dinner displayed on one plate! Looks delicious. Salads are so wonderful and nutritious for summer meals.
I have always made Ina Garten's version of this but I love the addition of the grilled lemons! I am going to give this one a try on our next trip to the lake! This was such a pretty post! You made everything look so inviting!!
Ha! I wish I was back in Provence! Can't wait to make your salad, Sue!
This salad looks delicious! Although I do not eat seafood I am sure it will be just as good without the tuna. Thank you for including me in this wonderful group of bloggers to share a salad! I cannot wait to try them all.
This is gorgeous! I often make chopped salads, but a composed salad, French style, is such a nice switch–you get each ingredient separately.
One way to deal with anchovies is to mash anchovy filets or paste into the dressing. You get the umami (mixed with everything, it's just salty and deep, not fishy) without teeny fish heads.
It's also nice because it's cool and filling at the same time.
Have always loved Salade Nicoise and yours makes my mouth water. Having small girls luncheon next week and this will be perfect. It's so pretty and screams summer!
Now I'm going to check out the other recipes in hopes of finding more deliciousness to add to my recipe file!
I have eaten in restaurants but have NEVER made at HOME!
Perfect for these HOT DAYS of SUMMER………….MERCI MADAME!!!!!
The Lemon Shallot Vinaigrette is absolutely divine! I plan to make the salad, too, once I figure out how NOT to finish off the vinaigrette in one long gulp!
Thanks so much, Judie…I love it too.


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Listen to Nilüfer Yanya's playful new single 'The Dealer'
Nilüfer Yanya has shared her latest single 'The Dealer' – you can hear the new track below.
The song is the final preview of the London artist's upcoming second album 'Painless', which is the follow-up to her 2019 debut 'Miss Universe' and is set for release on Friday (March 4) via ATO Records.
READ MORE: Nilüfer Yanya's debut album is a Black Mirror-infused nightmare wrapped in lush indie-rock
Speaking about 'The Dealer', Yanya explained: "When I was writing this song I was thinking about the transient nature of life and the cyclical nature of the seasons.
"I find it interesting how we attach certain memories and feelings to different seasons and tend to revisit them time and time again, yet our lives move in a more linear motion and even when we feel like we are going back we never really get to go back anywhere. Musically speaking, it's a bit more playful and relaxed."
'The Dealer' follows on from Yanya's previous singles 'anotherlife', 'Midnight Sun' and 'Stabilise'. Speaking about the 'Painless' LP recently, Yanya explained that "it's a record about emotion".
"I think it's more open about that in a way that 'Miss Universe' wasn't because there's so many cloaks and sleeves with the concept I built around it," she added. "I'm not as scared to admit my feelings."
Yanya will tour the UK and Ireland in support of 'Painless' next week – you can see her upcoming dates below and find tickets here.
10 – St Luke's, Glasgow
12 – Whelans, Dublin
14 – Band On The Wall, Manchester
15 – Trinity, Bristol
16 – Electric Brixton, London
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The X-Files (Topps) #3 – A Little Dream of Me/The Return (Review)
Posted on August 27, 2014 by Darren
This August (and a little of September), we're taking a trip back in time to review the second season of The X-Files. In November, we'll be looking at the third season. And maybe more.
There are inevitable challenges in working on a licensed property. You are effectively playing with somebody else's toys. Since these tie-ins cannot drive a narrative currently unfolding in another medium, it's often a challenge to maintain the illusion of forward momentum while existing at the behest of a story that can change from week-to-week. While The X-Files was a massive coup for Topps comics, and while Stefan Petrucha and Charles Adlard did a wonderful job, the comic had to face these constraints.
A Dismembrance of Things Past had brushed up against those limitations in trying to tell a U.F.O. story without meddling in the television show's continuity. Petrucha used some fiendishly clever sleight of hand there, suggesting that the story would be about an alien visitation and possible cover-up, only to reveal that the story was actually an intimate meditation on the ideas of truth and memory. It was a rather ingenious bait-and-switch, resulting in a wonderful little story.
Pictures in his head…
A Little Dream of Me is not quite as efficient in dealing with the external limitations imposed on a tie-in comic book. The unfortunate realities of comic book scheduling meant that A Little Dream of Me had the misfortune to hit the stands very shortly after the broadcast of Colony and End Game. Of course, the script for A Little Dream of Me would have been written long before the episodes aired (about six months), but the scheduling causes the comic to suffer.
After all, Colony and End Game had made it abundantly clear that Samantha Mulder was unlikely to be returning to her family any time soon. And that was in the television show. The third issue of the comic book teasing the return of Samantha Mulder seems like a rather cynical cheat.
The "X" file…
To be fair, knowing the outcome doesn't necessarily ruin the story. After all, The X-Files ran for nine years, with the audience knowing that Mulder and Scully wouldn't actually get "the truth" until the final episode – every episode where proof was dangled in front of them was nothing but a crooked shell-game. However, even knowing that Mulder and Scully would never get the proof that they sought, the story could be thrilling and exciting and engaging.
The problem with A Little Dream of Me is that it doesn't feel like a big deal. Even the faintest possibility of Samantha returning should be a massively epic storyline. Colony and End Game paired off the return of Samantha with the revelation of feuding alien factions, giving the story a suitably impressive scope. In A Little Dream of Me, it seems like the possibility of Samantha returning is just a cherry on top, a way to get the plot to work in the way that it needs to.
Punching above his weight?
A Little Dream of Me is packed with ideas and sequences that need more room and more space than they can receive in a twenty-odd page comic. At one point in the story, Mulder breaks into the Pentagon to steal software that can delete a man named Dunne from every database on the planet. The sequence only takes two pages. This is Mulder venturing into the heart of darkness. This is Mulder at the very heart of the military industrial complex. This is a big deal.
And the sequence is over very quickly. It doesn't seem like it took any effort to get in, and there isn't enough time to build up suspense or paranoia about whether Mulder will get caught. He doesn't seem to think about taking anything else. It is very functional. Compare this to Mulder's adventures at the heart of the conspiracy in Momento Mori. In that episode, Mulder's raid of the government facility is given room to breath. Here, it feels like it's being checked off a list of items that need to be included in the space available.
No time to disc-uss…
It all feels just a little bit generic and a little too safe. It's an issue that feels like it was composited together from a bunch of X-Files iconography, rather than standing as a story on its own two feet. In this light, teasing the return of Samantha feels more like cynical schmuck bait than tragic foreshadowing. The readers know that Mulder will not be reunited with his sister, but A Little Dream of Me struggles to exploit that awareness effectively.
Still, there are quite a few interesting ideas here. Most obviously, there's Petrucha's incredibly ambitious way of circumventing the fact that the television show has a monopoly on the forward momentum of the conspiracy arc. Petrucha accepts that sinister government conspiracies are a vital part of The X-Files, so he can't really write a tie-in comic with out them. So Petrucha creates his own conspiracy, separate and unique to the conspiracy featured on the show.
A jarring discovery…
Here, reference is made to "Project Vanishing Point." In Firebird, characters will reference "Project Aquarius." Although Petrucha doesn't embrace and acknowledge the sheer audacity of introducing his own other secret world-ruling cabal that he can write at will until Firebird, it's hard not to smile at the ambition on display. It's a completely ridiculous contrivance, but one necessary by virtue of the nature of tie-in comics.
The candidness of this revelation is charming; this is, after all, the logical solution to all the problematic continuity entanglements facing the comic book. It provides a nice way to tidy away any potential continuity errors. "Oh! That? That was the other conspiracy!" To be fair, the comic is very clearly in on the gag. While the Roswell Incident was under the purview of the sinister cabal on the show, this second conspiracy was behind the Neola Incident; the second biggest U.F.O. sighting, albeit one that didn't happen.
You really think that the Cigarette-Smoking Man would be more concerned with the gigantic other conspiracy at work…
More than that, though, this idea that there isn't a single unified conspiracy is more than just a clever continuity excuse. It fits quite well with the themes of Petrucha's run. Petrucha's run suggests that there may not be a singular and objective "truth" for Mulder to pursue. As such, the revelation that there is not a single cabal of all-powerful men running the world feels like an extension of this. There are just several little cabals of men who think they are running the world.
Petrucha manages a rather clever bit of continuity work here, acknowledging the continuity issues that exist between Mulder's memory of Samantha's abduction in Conduit and the scene filmed for Little Green Men. Writers Morgan and Wong have conceded that these errors were "sloppy", but Petrucha turns them into something of a plot point. "The details are always odd, often at odds," Mulder reflects, suggesting that memory itself is malleable and flexible. It's a core theme of A Dismembrance of Things Past.
A vial plot…
The implication is a delightfully wry twist on the show's central premise. "The truth is out there," the credits assured viewers at the start of almost every episode. However, that presupposes that the truth exists as an objective object, independent of individual perceptions of it. "The truth is a whore," General Palmer reflects early in the issue. "She'll belong to any man for an hour if the price is right. When the time's done, you're back where you started – alone."
Petrucha touches on an interesting idea here. For all that Mulder pursues "the Truth", it could be argued that he has an agenda just as obvious and just as biased as those he seeks to expose. Mulder is looking for Samantha. He would not be working on the X-Files if she had not been abducted. More to the relevant to the themes of Petrucha's run, Mulder would not be searching for the truth if he didn't remember Samantha's abduction. He would probably be on the fast track for a glorious career.
An inside job…
At the start of the issue, Mulder acknowledges his agenda. Considering his quest, he concedes, "It is, if nothing else, completely selfish." This is a rather candid and cynical way of looking at Mulder as a character, and it is one that makes a great deal of sense. Mulder is a character who has a great deal of empathy for those who have been victimised by more powerful forces. However, that empathy is grounded in his own experiences and his own sense of loss.
While A Little Dream of Me has some serious plotting problems, it is clear that Petrucha and Adlard have their voices down. The comic is packed with the sorts of long-form philosophical monologues that fans expect from The X-Files. Both Mulder and Scully seem in character. When Mulder is captured after trying to break into the Pentagon, he quips, "This mean I won't be getting my performance bonus this year?" It's a line that Duchovny would have loved.
General distress…
(That said, there is still a sense that Petrucha and Adlard are having difficulty with the supporting cast. The Cigarette-Smoking Man still seems a little too excited and energetic – he doesn't seem like the weary old power-broker who sits quietly in the corner. "Ha!" he laughs at one point. "You think you've found the damn Holy Grail, don't you!" It's a line of dialogue that might work as a smug put-down, but the comic plays it as a gloriously over-the-top taunt. On the other hand, Skinner feels in-character.)
A Little Dream of Me is not a strong story. It's a mess of ideas that are crammed on top of one another, struggling to find room to breath in the space available. However, even when the comic misfires, it seems clear that Petrucha and Adlard are an effective creative team. The essentials and the core functions remain in place. The artwork is solid and expressive, the themes are cleverly constructed, the voices sound right. Though A Little Dream of Me is not a success, that is no small accomplishment.
You might be interested in our other reviews of the second season of The X-Files:
Little Green Men
Duane Barry
One Breath
X-Over: The X-Files & Steven Moffat's Doctor Who
Red Museum
X-Over: Picket Fences – Away in the Manger
Excelsis Dei
X-tra: (Topps) #1 – Not To Be Opened Until X-Mas
Die Hand Die Verletzt
Fresh Bones
X-tra: (Topps) #2 – A Dismembrance of Things Past
Fearful Symmetry
Død Kälm
X-tra: (Topps) #3 – A Little Dream of Me/The Return
X-tra: (Topps) Trick of the Light
The Calusari
F. Emasculata
X-tra: (Topps) #4-6 – Firebird
X-tra: (Topps) #7 – Trepanning Opera
X-tra: (Topps) Annual #1 – Hallow Eve (Review)
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Blog Tour, Exclusive Excerpt & Giveaway: Our First and Last by Becca Seymour
Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Our First and Last By Becca Seymour
True Blue, Book 7
Ian Haughton is a loveable, hardworking nurse. He's ready for a change and wants to escape and start afresh in the small community of towns he's grown to love—Kirkby being at the heart.
When the new annual Pride festival launches in this small-town community, Ian is happy to be involved but reluctant to be the lips needed to draw in the crowds at the kissing booth. That is until one man's lips save him from an uncomfortable moment and end up turning his world on its head.
With miles separating Ian from the future he so desperately wants, he has no idea how he can make it all work out, especially when someone appears to be driving a wedge in his plans.
Some surprises are unexpected, while some revelations come with the sweetest of first—and last—kisses.
Our First and Last is a sweet and sexy M/M romance in Becca Seymour's bestselling True-Blue series. It can be read as a stand-alone novella, but it's recommended you read book four, Thinking It Over, first so you have a better understanding of the wonderful characters in this world.
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Re: Re: Can love be taught?
I don't agree with Deepak Chopra. Love is not the root cause behind terrorism, its the fear of change or the fear of loosing. True Love knows no fear and neither terrorizes others.
Can love be taught? As answered by the mystic Saint Rajinder Singh, 'Love can neither be taught, nor bought but can only be caught like an infection by those who become receptive'.


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Q: How to get the name of the previous in pipe cmdlet? How to get the name of the previous in pipe cmdlet? For example:
gci myDir\*.ps1 | % { $prevCmdletName = ...?... }
resolve-Path myDir\*.ps1 | % { $prevCmdletName = ...?... }
gci myDir\*.ps1 | ? { $_.fullname -match 'tests' } | % { $prevCmdletName = ...?... }
test1.ps1, test2.ps1 | % { $prevCmdletName = ...?... }

Is there a common code to determinate the previous in pipe cmdlet? Is there a module with such functions?
Thanks.

A: What you may be after is a transcript start-transcript filepath\filename. It really depends on what the desired end result will be, but a transcript will indicate to you what commands are executing and what those commands are doing.
If you want your code to tell you what command you are running while you're running it, then that's a seemingly strange requirement - however, can be done.
gci c:\ | % {(Get-PSCallStack).Position.StartScriptPosition.GetFullScript()}

Doing this will obscure your output, but you can add it as one of the outputs. Getting creative with how you then use it to determine the precise previous argument in a pipeline, could be done by taking that string output and splitting it by the pipeline character. Whichever output you desire, you will need to encapsulate that in a script block via calculating which item in that split list you're after. Doing this all in one line as part of the pipe will yield undesired results.

A: It's unclear what you are after.
The previously iterated $PsItem/$_ in a ForEach?
Other than storing the previous in a variable?
$prevCmdletName = ""
Get-ChildItem myDir\*.ps1 | ForEach-Object {
    "Current {0} previous {1}" -f $_,$prevCmdletName
    $prevCmdletName=$_
}


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At least it's not 'raining' mice from the sky, except it IS down under and that's just for starters
At least it's not 'raining' mice from the sky, except it IS down under and that's just for starters
May 12, 2021 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton | Print Article
Australia is suffering from a mouse plague and one journalist caught the rodents literally "raining" from the sky in a viral video as hundreds were expelled from a grain bin. Some were alive and some were dead.
Many horror stories are being told by Australians concerning the inundation of mice in the country. Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist Lucy Thackray highlighted the plague of rodents as she videoed them in New South Wales while a farmer cleaned out a silo.
"Even if grain's in silos, mice can get to it. Like Tyler Jones discovered in Tullamore when cleaning out the auger and it started raining mice," Thackray tweeted attaching her video.
"People out here are struggling badly with them in our houses," Jones told the Daily Mail Australia. "My 90-year-old mother-in-law is living out of an esky because it's the only way she can mouse-proof her food."
(Video Credit: Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist Lucy Thackray)
"Mice are in everything, rooves and walls eating wiring, cupboards, and pantries eating, nesting in and soiling in food and clothing, in cars and machinery chewing through wiring," Jones stated. "The smell of dead mice is overwhelming, it's everywhere."
Farmers have pleaded with the Australian government to help eradicate millions of mice but they say there is no money in the budget for it. Homes and farms all across New South Wales have been invaded by swarms of rodents over the past few months destroying most of their crops. The mice have also overwhelmed southern Queensland. There are reports of the rodents getting into hospitals and biting patients as well.
New South Wales farmers and the Country Women's Association met on Tuesday at the State Parliament to discuss what to do about the plague and how much it has impacted everyone's lives. They asked the government for $25,000 per farm to assist in buying and setting up mouse bait to help kill the mice and save their crops and homes.
Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall told the beleaguered farmers and homeowners that after the country spent billions of dollars on the drought crisis, they simply did not have the money to support the fight against the mice plague. Instead, they lamely offered them workshops on how to handle the invasion.
"The proposal that I've read in media reports would cost anywhere between $600-700 million. After spending nearly $4.5 billion in drought support, I don't have that money on my fingertips," Marshall complained.
A blessing of good rainfall from Huey has not drowned out the #mouseplague in the central west and parts of the north west, as evidenced by this video from Nyngan, courtesy of local shearer Fergus Brown.#mouseplague pic.twitter.com/mU0B3XbOW5
— NSW Young Farmers (@NSWYF) March 24, 2021
Lisa Minogue, who is a farmer in central New South Wales, claimed the mice just kept coming and couldn't be stopped. She also said that the smell they left behind was "horrific."
"You can pick up all the mice you see but there is always more," she noted. "I did 38 loads of washing in three days. My house is pretty much packed up in boxes."
As bad as dealing with the mice directly is, the financial ramifications are even worse. Jones stated: "We are trying to sow winter crops, an almost impossible task with mice eating the grain straight from the ground."
"We're trying to fill grain contracts made before the plague with mouse-infested grain," she added. "I know it has certainly had a psychological impact on my husband and living with mice crawling through the walls and ceiling all night keeping you awake would drive anyone up the wall."
Some farmers are experiencing losses of somewhere between $50,000 and $150,000 due to the destruction. A survey found that over 80 percent of farmers had suffered significant damage to machinery and infrastructure as well from the mice.
Local media reports that just one pair of mice can produce up to 500 offspring in a single season.
(Video Credit: The Telegraph)
People were thoroughly creeped out on social media over the mice plague:
Holy moly… where are the cats 🐈 https://t.co/BFyMBKbOfd
— Trudi Rossi (@TrudiRossi) May 11, 2021
If it wasn't on video, it would be hard to believe. What a nightmare. #mouseplaque
— Kerry Jaggers (@kezincanberra) May 12, 2021
This is the worst thing I'll see all year.
— James Maasdorp (@MaasdorpJR) May 12, 2021
Everyone says that @shudder has the most frightening content, but I reckon the farmers of NSW would give them a run for there money at the moment. #mouseplague
— Erin M (@pfinger18) May 12, 2021
Holy hell that is horrific.
— Lucy Sunman (@lucysunman) May 12, 2021
Our cats might have fun though
— Andrew McCormack (@ruralfamilylaw) May 12, 2021
Hear often about raining cats and dogs but never before raing mice. How horrible.
— 💧Henrietta McAlister (@HenriMcAlister) May 12, 2021
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Известные носители
 Боннер, Александр Тимофеевич (1937—2020) — российский юрист, доктор юридических наук.
 Боннер, Деванна (Bonner, род. 1987) — американская баскетболистка.
 Боннер, Жюльен (Bonnaire, род. 1978) — французский регбист.
 Боннер, Мэтт (Bonner, род. 1980) — американский баскетболист.
 Боннер, Пэки (Bonner, род. 1960) — ирландский футболист, вратарь.
 Боннер, Сандрин (Bonnaire, род. 1967) — французская актриса.
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Reed to take AIA Oklahoma presidency
Published Sept. 23, 2021; updated Oct. 7, 2021
"It is a great privilege to serve the architects of Oklahoma"
SAPULPA, OK (Sept. 23, 2021) – Reed Architecture and Interiors principal David Reed will be named president of AIA Oklahoma during the organization's annual conference, Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Edmond.
"David will actually serve as president from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, but current President Mark Gandy will hand the gavel over to David at the close of this conference," said AIA Central Oklahoma Executive Director Melissa Hunt, who serves in a similar capacity with the statewide chapter.
Elected vice president in 2019, Reed was scheduled to assume the AIA Oklahoma presidency last year. But the COVID disruptions led this American Institute of Architects chapter to delay the transition.
As president, Reed will serve as the AIA's primary spokesperson to the Oklahoma Legislature. He will lead AIA Oklahoma board meetings and the organization's 2022 annual conference in Tulsa.
"I'm very excited to have David as president," said Hunt. "David has a lot of contacts at the Legislature. I think he's going to be a good advocate for our profession."
"It is a great privilege to serve the architects of Oklahoma," said Reed, "and I am honored to be entrusted by my peers to carry the banner of our profession in 2022. As we are a service profession, I look forward to serving alongside my fellow architects as we work to build relationships with the public. Architects are charged with designing environments that protect the public health, safety, and welfare. In today's world, that seems more important than ever."
This marks the second time Reed has led an AIA chapter. In 2018, Reed served as president of AIA Eastern Oklahoma.
"David was a wonderful president at AIA Eastern Oklahoma," said Executive Director Lindsey Ellerbach. "He led efforts to build relationships with state, local, and national elected officials. During David's tenure at AIA Eastern Oklahoma, we expanded outreach to K-12 students to teach them about architecture, hosted the Central States Design Awards for the first time in 10 years, and had the largest single-year increase in members since 2008."
AIA Oklahoma membership includes 746 architects and intern architects from across the state. Its 2021 annual conference will gather at the Edmond Conference Center, Hilton Garden Inn.
"We're putting in great precautions for the conference, which will meet in person," said Hunt. "Preparations are moving forward and people are still registering."
Reed Architecture and Interiors is a full-service architecture and interior design firm with extensive experience in athletic, education, civic, commercial, and religious projects. To learn more about this Oklahoma-born company located in Historic Downtown Sapulpa, check out reed-architects.com or call David Reed at 918.884.6007.
For more information about AIA Oklahoma, contact Melissa Hunt by either email, aiaoklahoma@cox.net, or phone, 405-948-7174, or reach out to Ellerbach by email, lindsey@aiaarchitects.com, or phone, 918-583-0013.
UPDATE Oct. 7, 2021
In this photo, David Reed (left) presents the AIA Oklahoma Certificate of Appreciation to chapter President Mark Gandy, of the Edmond firm Integrated Architecture, during the organization's annual meeting last week. David will assume the presidency on Jan. 1.
Click here to learn more about David


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Remember what we all feared when Avast acquired Piriform earlier this year? Well, our fears were right. The latest version of CCleaner's installer now includes Avast Free Antivirus as a bundled adware.
You would think that Avast would have learnt a lesson in bad press, when its servers which hosted Piriform's system utility, were compromised back in September. Version 5.33.6162 of CCleaner and CCleaner Cloud 1.07.3191 were hacked by an unknown party and a malware was embedded in it, to collect user data from systems on which it was installed.
Though that security issue was dealt with, Avast has taken a step in the wrong direction again by bundling its antivirus, in to CCleaner. We tested the latest version, CCleaner v5.37 on our PC, which has Kaspersky Internet Security installed on it, and we didn't get the Avast offer during the installation. We already had CCleaner v5.36 installed on this PC. But I did notice that a large portion of the installer's window was blank, like an ad was missing there. So, I fired up a VM, on which CCleaner was not installed. It did have another antivirus on it, and this time, we saw the Google Chrome ad for it.
Monitoring the network connection of the installer, I found that it sent some data to a Singapore server (Softlayer Technologies) and to Avast's server. I think it is safe to say, that CCleaner detects if you have an antivirus installed, and sends the information to Avast's server, and you probably won't get the antivirus option in the setup process.
A thread on Avast's forums hints that this issue began in v5.36. Softpedia points out that the option to install the Avast Free Antivirus is pre-enabled by default, which means, if you aren't paying attention during the install, you will end up with the antivirus on your PC. Ghacks reports that the portable version of CCleaner does not contain the installer for Avast. So, that is probably your best bet for now.
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Digital Folk
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Simon Keegan-Phipps
David Gauntlett
One-Day Conference (April 19th 2017)
Symposium 2015: Participatory Arts in the Digital Age
DIGITAL FOLK 1; PARTICIPATORY ARTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
27th November 2015, 10am – 5pm
University of Sheffield,
The Engineering Faculty Boardroom, Mappin Building, S1 3JD
The first in a series of research events from Digital Folk – a two year research project that examines the ways in which folk arts participants use digital resources.
Marking the mid-way point of this AHRC-funded project, this symposium will explore how digital media and technologies have affected the ways in which people experience and engage with participatory arts. The symposium is designed to complement ongoing investigations of the folk arts – the central focus of the Digital Folk project – by drawing on the wider context of grass-roots participation across the artistic landscape. Delegates will be invited to question the ways in which – and the extent to which – the establishment of the digital era has transformed and/or conserved vernacular creative practices across forms such as music, dance and theatre. We will consider how and whether the involvement of digital technologies in these contexts have led to (e.g.):
the innovation of co-creative techniques;
access to/attraction of new participants;
the generation of new meanings;
other transformations, disruptions and changes;
the consolidation of pre-digital practices and communities.
Speakers will include:
David Gauntlett (University of Westminster – Media, Art and Design)
George McKay (University of East Anglia – Media Studies)
Sita Popat (University of Leeds – School of Performance and Cultural Industries)
Kerry Schaefer (University of Exeter – Drama)
Henry Stobart (Royal Holloway – Music)
Chair: Simon Keegan-Phipps (University of Sheffield)
Discussant: Nikki Dibben (University of Sheffield)
Event Organiser: Cinzia Yates (University of Sheffield)
The event is free, but places are limited, so please sign up via our EventBrite page.
The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and hosted by the University of Sheffield in collaboration with the University of Westminster.
Simon Keegan-Phipps (Principal Investigator): s.keegan-phipps@sheffield.ac.uk
Cinzia Yates (Research Associate): c.yates@sheffield.ac.uk
David Gauntlett (Co-Investigator): d.gauntlett@westminster.ac.uk
Twitter: @DigitalFolkProj
Facebook: /DigitalFolkProj
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The Digital Folk project is pleased to welcome Dr Lucy Wright in her new role as Research Associate. Lucy completed her PhD in 2014, exploring contemporary folk performance and place-making in...
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#include "cppgen/cpp_interface_code_generator.h"

#include "cppgen/generator_preferences.h"
#include "cppgen/handler_interface.h"
#include "cppgen/message_factory_function.h"
#include "cppgen/message_interface.h"
#include "cppgen/module_manager.h"
#include "model/interface.h"
#include "model/type_registry.h"

namespace codegen {

CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::CppInterfaceCodeGenerator(
    const Interface* interface,
    const TypePreferences* preferences,
    ModuleManager* module_manager)
    : interface_(interface),
      preferences_(preferences),
      module_manager_(module_manager),
      declaration_generator_(preferences, module_manager_),
      definition_generator_(preferences, module_manager_) {
}

CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::~CppInterfaceCodeGenerator() {
}

void CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::GenerateCode() {
  GenerateEnums();
  GenerateTypedefs();
  GenerateStructs();
  bool type_only_interface =
      interface_->function_id_enum()->constants().empty();
  if (!type_only_interface) {
    GenerateFunctions();
    GenerateResponses();
    GenerateNotifications();
    GenerateHandlerInterfaces();
    GenerateMessageBaseClasses();
    GenerateMessageFactories();
  }
}

void CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::GenerateEnums() {
  const Interface::EnumList& enums = interface_->enums();
  for (Interface::EnumList::const_iterator i = enums.begin(), end = enums.end();
      i != end; ++i) {
    const Enum* e = *i;
    declaration_generator_.GenerateCodeForEnum(e);
    definition_generator_.GenerateCodeForEnum(e);
  }

  const Enum* func_id_enum = interface_->function_id_enum();
  // Not all interfaces declare functions, avoid empty enum generation
  if (!func_id_enum->constants().empty()) {
    declaration_generator_.GenerateCodeForEnum(func_id_enum);
    definition_generator_.GenerateCodeForEnum(func_id_enum);
  }
}

void CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::GenerateStructs() {
  const Interface::StructList& structs = interface_->structs();
  for (Interface::StructList::const_iterator i = structs.begin(), end = structs
      .end(); i != end; ++i) {
    const Struct* s = *i;
    declaration_generator_.GenerateCodeForStruct(s);
    definition_generator_.GenerateCodeForStruct(s);
  }
}

void CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::GenerateTypedefs() {
  const Interface::TypedefList& typedefs = interface_->typedefs();
  for (Interface::TypedefList::const_iterator i = typedefs.begin(), end =
      typedefs.end(); i != end; ++i) {
    const Typedef* tdef = *i;
    declaration_generator_.GenerateCodeForTypedef(tdef);
  }
}

void CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::GenerateFunctions() {
  const Interface::FunctionsList& functions = interface_->functions();
  for (Interface::FunctionsList::const_iterator i = functions.begin(), end =
      functions.end(); i != end; ++i) {
    const Function& function = *i;
    declaration_generator_.GenerateCodeForFunction(function);
    definition_generator_.GenerateCodeForFunction(function);
  }
}

void CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::GenerateResponses() {
  const Interface::ResponseList& responses = interface_->generic_responses();
  for (Interface::ResponseList::const_iterator i = responses.begin(), end =
      responses.end(); i != end; ++i) {
    const Response& response = **i;
    declaration_generator_.GenerateCodeForResponse(response);
    definition_generator_.GenerateCodeForResponse(response);
  }
}

void CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::GenerateNotifications() {
  const Interface::NotificationList& notifications =
      interface_->notifications();
  for (Interface::NotificationList::const_iterator i = notifications.begin(),
      end = notifications.end(); i != end; ++i) {
    const Notification& notification = **i;
    declaration_generator_.GenerateCodeForNotification(notification);
    definition_generator_.GenerateCodeForNotification(notification);
  }
}

void CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::GenerateHandlerInterfaces() {
  CppFile& handler_header = module_manager_->HeaderForInterface();
  CppFile& handler_source = module_manager_->SourceForInterface();
  HandlerInterface notif_handler(
        FunctionMessage::kNotification, interface_, &handler_header);
  notif_handler.Declare(&handler_header.notifications_ns().os());
  notif_handler.Define(&handler_source.notifications_ns().os());

  HandlerInterface req_handler(
        FunctionMessage::kRequest, interface_, &handler_header);
  req_handler.Declare(&handler_header.requests_ns().os());
  req_handler.Define(&handler_source.requests_ns().os());

  HandlerInterface resp_handler(
        FunctionMessage::kResponse, interface_, &handler_header);
  resp_handler.Declare(&handler_header.responses_ns().os());
  resp_handler.Define(&handler_source.responses_ns().os());
}

void CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::GenerateMessageBaseClasses() {
  CppFile& message_base_header = module_manager_->HeaderForInterface();
  CppFile& message_base_source = module_manager_->SourceForInterface();
  MessageInterface notif_message(interface_, FunctionMessage::kNotification);
  notif_message.Declare(&message_base_header.notifications_ns().os());
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  MessageInterface request_message(interface_, FunctionMessage::kRequest);
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  response_message.Define(&message_base_source.responses_ns().os());
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void CppInterfaceCodeGenerator::GenerateMessageFactories() {
  CppFile& factories_header = module_manager_->HeaderForInterface();
  CppFile& factories_source = module_manager_->SourceForInterface();

  MessageFactoryFunction::SerializationType ser_types[2];
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Assam: Batadrava Police should have called backup force on time, says MLA Sibamoni Bora
by NE NOW NEWS May 22, 2022 12:43 pm May 22, 2022 12:43 pm
Guwahati: Batadroba legislator, Sibamoni Bora condemning the vandalism of the Batadrava Police Station, said that a third power may be involved in the incident.
Speaking to the media, Bora said that there should be a thorough investigation into the matter.
She further said that there seem to be a third party involved in the incident and questioned the police why there were no attempts to call immediate backup force as the situation was turning tense.
The legislator also demanded strict actions against all the persons involved in the vandalism of the police station.
Also Read: Assam: Houses of Batadrava Police Station vandalism accused demolished
"The police were given supreme power in the state, why did they not resort to blank fire when the mob was turning violent?", she questioned.
She further said that only a proper investigation will unearth the reasons behind "such a horrific incident".
"No one should ever dare to commit such a crime as burning down a police station", she added.
She added that proceedings should have been followed as per law.
Following the vandalism of the Batadrava Police Station, the Nagaon Police and Administration have demolished several houses in the Salnabari area belonging to the people involved in the incident.
As per locals, the police along with the administration demolished around seven structures.
The houses belonged to the people who vandalised the Batadrava Police Station after their relative, Safiqul Islam had died in police custody, a local said.
Also Read: Assam: Batadrava Police Station OC suspended, rest of the staff 'closed'
The locals claimed that although there were claims of the structures being illegal and the owners being termed to be encroachers, they (relatives of Safiqul) had purchased the property and had been living in the villages for more than a century now.
Another local of the area said that they condemn the vandalism of the police station but then again they too opposed the "illegal demolition" of the houses.
They said that no notices were served and no one was allowed to come to the area during the demolition.
The locals also said that the house of the deceased was also demolished.
It may be mentioned that on Saturday, a fish seller belonging to Salnabari died in police custody.
The family accused the police of demanding a bribe but since the family was not able to arrange the demands, he was assaulted and beaten to death inside custody.
However, the police have denied the allegations made by the family and said that Safiqul Islam (39) was brought to Batadrava Police Station on May 20 at 9:30 PM after receiving a complaint of him being drunk.
Also Read: Assam: Couple found dead in Bokajan, son detained
DGP Mahanta further said, "He was in fact lying on a public road before he was brought in. He was booked after medical check-up. The next day he was released and handed over to his wife. His wife even gave him some water/food. Later he complained of sickness and he was taken to two hospitals, one after another. Unfortunately, he was declared dead."
He added, "We take this unfortunate death very seriously and have put the Batadrava Thana OC on suspension and rest of the staff Closed."
However, the police or the administration till the filing of this report had not disclosed the grounds on which the houses were demolished.
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Poynt joins with Missing Children Society of Canada bringing child search alerts to your BlackBerry
Every year over 300,000 children are abducted in Canada and the US. This statistic is both heartbreaking and frightening, especially if you're a parent. It's always nice to see developers of popular applications updating their apps for the better good of the world, and this is one of those occasions. Poynt announced yesterday that they have joined with the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) to assist in the fight against child abduction.
A first-of-its-kind geo-targeted notification system through a mobile app, Poynt will assist in the timely location and recovery of missing or abducted children. When a child goes missing or new information on their whereabouts is received, time is of the utmost importance. By pushing geo-relevant Child Search Alerts to Poynt users already in the vicinity of a missing child, Poynt and MCSC will be able to quickly disseminate important information to aid in the recovery of missing children. The Child Search Alerts will direct Poynt users to a mobile website where they can view information about the missing child including pictures, a physical description, background details, information about other potential people who are with the child, as well as the areas where the child is thought to be located.
This is awesome news and a partnership that has potential to do a lot of real good in the world. Poynt can be found in BlackBerry App World. Full press release and further details about the new feature can be found after the break.
Source: Poynt
Poynt and Missing Children Society of Canada Launch Child Search Alerts
Poynt Empowers Nearly 10 million Users Globally to Take a Stand in the Fight Against Child Abduction
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2011) - Poynt Corporation (TSX VENTURE:PYN) ("Poynt Corp." or the "Company") and the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) today go live with their previously announced geo-targeted notification system to push Child Search Alerts to Poynt ("Poynt" or the "App") users globally. Child Search Alerts are available to Poynt users on BlackBerry smartphones, iPhone and Android devices, putting the ability to stop child abductions directly into the hands of people while they are going about their day.
Judy Peterson, mother of Lindsey Nicholls, advocates for technology that will help in the recovery of missing children. Lindsey vanished on August 2, 1993 on her way to visit friends in rural British Columbia, Canada. She has not been seen or heard from since. Unfortunately, her story is not uncommon as more than 50,000 children are reported missing in Canada every year.
"The concept of reaching out to all Poynt users in a specific region and being able to ask for their help is amazing. I can't help thinking that if this technology existed 18 years ago when my 14-year old daughter vanished, we would have had answers," said Ms. Peterson. "The contrast between the power of this technology and my desperate search using the telephone and trekking around town with my stack of homemade posters and roll of scotch tape is overwhelming. Parents will have the comfort of knowing they are not searching alone and that there are millions of people out there who care and will now have the ability to actively help find their child."
The Missing Children Society of Canada, a registered Canadian charity, will enter information that will create a child search alert containing timely information on a missing child which will in turn be sent to Poynt users in a specified geographic area. Poynt users will then be notified via push notification that a child has been potentially sighted within a relevant radius of where they were last sighted. Users do not have to be using Poynt at the time to receive a notification; notifications will be made based on the Poynt users last known location. On iPhone, a pop-up dialogue will appear notifying the user that a missing child might be in their area. On Android and BlackBerry smartphones a notification icon will appear at the top of the phone. The system will have an opt-out option which can be found in the menu on each device.
"Being socially responsible and giving back to our community is an important part of how we feel we can make an impact. We value our families and locating missing children is a cause near and dear to us," said Andrew Osis, President and CEO of Poynt Corp. "The capabilities of our location technology to target an area at a critical moment where a child's life can be saved, is the perfect fit for us. The addition of Child Search Alerts enables our users to positively impact their communities in a simple yet highly effective manner, and that really has a greater societal impact."
"We know that this push system will bring children home," said Amanda Pick, Executive Director of MCSC. "Being able to immediately engage people in a pin-pointed area where we are conducting an investigation or where a missing child has recently been sighted is a game-changer in the search for missing children."
"Increasingly, our investigators are working parental abduction cases that cross international borders," continued Pick. "The ability to connect with Poynt's existing, engaged 10 million users around the world is a huge asset to our investigation team. Most importantly, it's a huge asset to our searching families."
"Whether a child has been missing for 5 minutes or 5 years, communicating time-sensitive information in a case's breakthrough moment is going to make the difference in bringing that child back to safety."
Founded in 1986, MCSC is the only non-profit organization in Canada that has an in-house team of former law enforcement investigators that actively search for missing children. If you have seen Lindsey Nicholls or know of her whereabouts, please call 1 (800) 661 6160 or email [email protected]
Poynt is a convenient and timesaving GPS-enabled mobile application that connects consumers to local businesses, events, restaurants, movie theatres, gas prices and weather information at the moment they are looking to buy or acquire products or services. Poynt provides consumers with the ability to move beyond discovery of their local area to view movie trailers and reviews, buy movie tickets, click-to-call businesses, get directions, browse listing websites, read reviews and book dining reservations.
Poynt is available as a free download for users in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Australia on BlackBerry® smartphones, BlackBerry Playbook™ tablet, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Nokia devices from the respective App Stores. Poynt is also available via Over the Air download at http://m.poynt.com.
About Poynt Corporation
Poynt Corp. (about.poynt.com) is a global leader in the mobile local advertising space. Its Location Based Search (LBS) application, Poynt (www.poynt.com), enhances a user's ability to connect with the people, businesses and events most important to them. Poynt is available on iPhone and iPod Touch, Android, Nokia QT and Windows Phone 7 devices, BlackBerry® smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook™ Tablets in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia. Poynt Corp. entered the mobile publishing space with the recent acquisition of an advertising publishing platform in January 2011. Key contracts on both the supply and demand sides are in place to provide inventory into the platform and publishers to display the inventory. Whether through the Poynt Local Search App or the Ad Publishing Platform, Poynt Corp. simplifies connecting consumers with businesses, retailers and events. Headquartered in Calgary, AB, Canada, Poynt Corp. trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol PYN.
Important Cautions Regarding Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements relating to: the ability of the Child Search Alerts to help locating missing children and other statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are subject to important risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The results or events predicated in these forward-looking statements may differ materially from actual results or events. As a result, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are based on certain key assumptions regarding, among other things: the risk that Child Search Alerts will not help locate missing children; future technological developments; the cost of expanding product lines; the impact of increasing competition; the continuity of existing business relationships; the continued successful development, implementation and execution of the App; continued growth in number of active users of the App; conditions in general economic and financial markets; the ability to complete previously announced transactions; ability to obtain all necessary regulatory approvals; and our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms. Material risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information include, but are not limited to: the deteriorating economic and market conditions that could lead to reduced spending on information technology products; competition in our target markets; potential capital needs; management of future growth and expansion; the development, implementation and execution of the Company's strategic vision; risk of third-party claims of infringement; protection of proprietary information; customer acceptance of the Company's existing and newly introduced products; the success of the Company's brand development efforts; risks associated with strategic alliances; failure of counterparties to perform on contracts; failure to successfully negotiate contracts; failure to successfully negotiate additional preload agreements; risk that the App may not be included in Q4 media buy budgets; reliance on distribution channels; product concentration; need to develop new and enhanced products; failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals; potential product defects; our ability to hire and retain qualified employees and key management personnel; risks associated with changes in domestic and international market conditions and the entry into and development of new markets for the Company's products; and the risks described under "risk factors" in our Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2010 which is available on our SEDAR profile (www.sedar.com).
The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, the Company disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additionally, the Company undertakes no obligation to comment on expectations of, or statements made by, third parties in respect of the forward-looking statements identified above.
The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. Apple App Store and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Android is a registered trademark of Google Inc. Nokia is a registered trademark of Nokia Corporation.
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Жозеп Бонаплата-и-Корриол (, ,  — , ) — промышленный каталонский предприниматель, известный введением парового двигателя в Каталонии и Испании. Его родители, Рамон Бонаплата и Тереза Кариоль, были производителями текстиля, главным образом из ситца; у него было три брата: Сальвадор, Рамон и Накрис.

Молодость и поездка в Англию
Жозеп Бонаплата работал в семейной мануфактуре, пока его отец не ушёл в отставку и бизнес унаследовал старший брат, Сальвадор. В 1828 году Жозеп и его друг Жоан Виларегут основали текстильную фабрику в Сальене, где были станки, которые имели гидропитание от реки Льобрегат. В 1829 году, намереваясь модернизировать свой бизнес, он получил разрешение испанского правительства на ввоз английского парового двигателя.

Бонаплата ездил в Британию с Джоан Рулем и человеком по фамилии Кампс, чтобы узнать о текстильной промышленности в Ланкашире и купить необходимую технику с мануфактуры «Болтон и Уатт» в Бирмингеме. В Лондоне он получил разрешение на ввоз паровых двигателей от испанского посла Франсиско Cea Бермудеса. Бонаплата и Руль вернулись в Каталонию в июле 1830 года, а Кампс остался в Манчестере, чтобы продолжить изучение механизма.

Болезнь и смерть
Бонаплата страдал от тяжёлых респираторных заболеваний, что повлияло на его работу. 30 мая 1843 года Бонаплата передал свою волю его душеприказчикам и начал поездку, но его лёгкие разрушились в последнем приступе астмы 2 июня, когда он проходил мимо соседней деревни Буньоле. Ему было 48.

После него не осталось наследников, так что братья были его преемниками. Известно, что он имел внебрачную дочь по имени София, но она умерла при рождении в 1840 году. Вполне вероятно, что Жозеп и мать его ребёнка, Жезуза Ромеро, не были женаты.

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If Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is as sophisticated as they say, Porter Pioneers' launch could leave agents kicking their feet.
Those of you who receive my Sunday PropTech Review may have caught this story about AI-driven property management platform, Ask Porter, and its imminent launch of Porter Pioneers, a programme that will 'help automate the workflow of lettings agents and other firms in the sector'.
The new programme will use Google's home assistant voice technology (Google recently invested in Ask Porter) to help agents complete tasks such as arrange viewings and vetting tenants. Porter Pioneers is launching with 15 firms in February.
Ask Porter says it wants this new technology to become 'as indispensable as the portals', so my question is, if its wish comes true, what happens to agents? If everything is automated, what will they need to do aside from take care of the keys and open doors?
In theory, virtual assistants could arrive overnight. The agents at these 15 initial firms, for example, could arrive one morning to find the lion's share of their daily work being handled by a computer programme. Arranging viewings, compiling contracts, overseeing maintenance, completing background checks; all of this will suddenly be automated.
Ask Porter states that the participating firms will be provided with 20 hours of meetings and calls over the first two months in order to learn exactly what each firm or branch requires from an AI assistant. They will then tailor-make an AI platform for each of them. In many ways, this could be the strangest kind of redundancy notice agents have ever received.
The question, however, is can AI really learn how to do an agent's job in just 20 hours? I'm not entirely convinced.
I do like the idea of AI assistants due mainly to the power they offer the customer and the advantages they offer agents to get more done in less time - that's why I'm a very small shareholder in HyStreet.
Still, we do have to acknowledge that if the AI technology is anywhere near as sophisticated as is being promised, the agent role is set to change dramatically.
If so, what's your plan? What are you good at? If I were still an agent, I'd have a problem. Back in my Foxtons days, my strength was that I was the most organised negotiator out there, I'm convinced of it.
I was totally on top of everything, I made a point of it and it served me well. Today, however, that wouldn't help me - no human can ever be more organised than a computer, at least not until all these PropTech platforms are uploaded to the microchips in our heads.
If the agent's role is reduced to opening doors, will you be satisfied with that? I don't think I would have been.
In the face of a potential AI takeover, it's time to think about what you're good at. More specifically, what can you do that machines simply cannot.
We all accept that property is still a people industry and will continue to be for as long as humans trust fellow humans over machines. Worth remembering, too, that much of the agent role is sales - the gentle art of affirmation and persuasion.
As far as I know, machines can't do that yet, so is that what agents need to start focusing on, proving that customers are going to be far less decisive without the reassurances of professional human guidance?
Because when such assistants make headway in the sales market, this could lead to increased fall through rates, delayed processes, and disgruntled sellers. Will this be where the agent steps in?
Even if so, that still doesn't account for the majority of the working day. I'm thinking practically now, what will the agent fill their day with? There are rarely enough 'super-hot' leads, viewings, etc. to fill a day, therefore redundancies are inevitable, right?
With much of the admin work covered by AI, branches aren't going to need nearly as many agents or back office staff.
I know this is a conversation which has been happening for years already, but Ask Porter appears to be making the first true step into the UK market. If it proves its worth with 15 trial firms, it won't be long until it spreads. And, as I've said, it can literally happen overnight, or 20 hours at most.
This isn't a rhetorical question, I genuinely want to hear your thoughts. What do agents do now?
Compared to this potential AI rollout, the disruption caused by online firms and portals might look like child's play.
With Google on board, you know Ask Porter isn't messing around here, it's launching now because it's confident in what it has created.
What are your thoughts? Will agents be relegated to glorified guardians of the house key, or is there another more progressive option out there?
Appreciate the Michael. Something every agent should be doing in my view......if they are not they may be left behind.
Fascinating developments however personally feel there is a long, long way to go until AI is rich enough to cover all variables. Factor in the (seemingly) ever-changing regs and I think AI will be on the back foot for quite a while yet. The question is what will any of us do (not just agents) when AI does reach a level to automate so many jobs across all sectors?
Off-the-shelf products offer little basic automation let alone AI.
Nothing on the current horizon will "take over from agents". Every move is slightly different. AI is only capable of recognising patterns, not emotions, and moving is an emotionally-driven process.
Larger corporate agents may find value in basic processing of certain tasks using AI, but I predict the unintended consequence of using AI will be to give movers the same unsatisfactory experience they feel they get from offshore call centres, ie dealing with someone, or something in this case, that doesn't actually listen and understand but just processes them like a sausage. It's what makes corporate agency ever weaker: less and less personal interaction to cut costs.
The overall uptake and quality of tech in the residential industry is so low, the CRMs are so old, the chances of actual AI (let's remember that Artificial Intelligence refers to self-learning tech, not just automated bots running a script using search results) being used in a widespread way are very low in the foreseeable future.
And let's not get too excited about Google getting involved. So far their forays into property haven't gone well. Remember Google Base?
Agents help movers by getting to know their personal circumstances and advising appropriately. It's as personal a service as getting a massage. Who would want a massage from an AI bot?!


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