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Two-and-a-quarter-hour promo for the Beatles without ever mentioning them by name. A generous, even overgenerous sampler of their songs (thirty-three of them, by the count in the press notes, leaving aside the numberless others that are quoted from or alluded to) has been re-recorded, or "covered" as they say in the business, by a fictitious cast of characters plunked down against the billowing backdrop of the Sixties: the war, the draft, the protests, the drugs, the psychedelics, the Sexual Revolution, all that. To link the Beatles with the upheaval makes a certain sense. Unlike, say, the more enduring Rolling Stones or the going-nowhere Dave Clark Five, the Beatles were a group that really did evolve (or, as some would prefer, devolve) swiftly and dramatically, making them a useful weathercock for the winds of change. You are here reminded afresh of their range and their riches; and in new mouths, you hear the songs with new ears. (The tremulous, down-tempo rendition, for example, of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" by an Asian-American high-school cheerleader, T.V. Carpio, brings the song a new, a renewed feeling, all by itself almost worth the price of admission.) By the second half, however, the inspiration irreversibly runs out of steam en route to a spluttering climax of "All You Need Is Love." (Wearily, now: yeah, yeah, yeah.) Part of the problem is that, as the counterculture gains momentum in the sequence of events, there's a visible increase in music-video vulgarity, ornamental surrealism, Fellini-esque fantasy, all the elements that go into director Julie Taymor's fabled "vision." Another part of the problem may be that the later songs, even though the playlist in the film does not observe a strict chronology, tend to be more turgid. Part, too, may simply be that two-and-a-quarter hours are too long for a promo. With Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, and cameos by Bono, Eddie Izzard, Joe Cocker, Salma Hayek. 2007.
— Scott Marks
This movie is not currently in theaters.
Forky: a life on film
After decades of service, the three-pronged plasticware gets a shot at stardom
Scott Marks 12:30 p.m., July 26
12 important things I learned from Rod Serling's Twilight Zone
Not your usual checklist
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Frons list
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2018: Apparition to Zama
If a movie releases on Netflix and not in a theater, is it a movie?
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Trump's stand-in Zinke tours Camp Fire damage, sidesteps tweet attack
Kurtis Alexander Nov. 14, 2018 Updated: Nov. 14, 2018 8:23 p.m.
Trump's stand-in Zinke tours Camp Fire damage,...
1of7California Governor Jerry Brown (left) and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke tour the rubble of Paradise Elementary School in Paradise, Calif. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 after the Camp Fire destroyed the school and most of the town.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
2of7Governor Jerry Brown and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke join Cal Fire, FEMA and Cal OES officials during a press conference at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, Calif. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
3of7Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017.Photo: Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images
4of7California Governor Jerry Brown and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke talk while touring the rubble of Paradise Elementary School in Paradise, Calif. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 after the Camp Fire destroyed the school and most of the town.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
5of7President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, watch performances during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, second from left.Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press
6of7Gov. Jerry Brown, left, and U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, right, tour the rubble of Paradise Elementary School in Paradise on Wednesday. In the middle is Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
7of7U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke joins Cal Fire, FEMA and Cal OES officials during a press conference at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, Calif. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
CHICO, Butte County — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke viewed the devastation of the deadly Camp Fire on Wednesday, pledging the federal government's help with recovery and brushing aside President Trump's tweeted assertion that the state's "poor" forest management was responsible for such disasters.
Zinke, who canceled a trip to Asia to visit California, said there were numerous drivers of the catastrophic fires that have hit the state recently and promised to work with local officials on ways to prevent the destruction.
"We're very clever as Americans, and we need to pull together to make sure these communities like Whiskeytown and like Yosemite and like Paradise don't get devastated," he said. "This is unacceptable year after year after year."
The Camp Fire, which ignited Thursday in the hills of Butte County, has spread across 138,000 acres, wiping out the town of Paradise while killing at least 56 people and destroying more than 10,000 structures.
Zinke, who has previously downplayed the role of climate change in intensifying California's wildfires, acknowledged Wednesday that higher temperatures were a factor and noted the effect of the state's prolonged drought in recent years on creating bone-dry tinder. But he also reiterated a common talking point of the Trump administration — that forests are too dense and need to be managed better.
"The density of trees is up. The amount of dead and dying trees is elevated," Zinke said at the Silver Dollar Fair Ground in Chico, which is being used as a staging area for the Camp Fire. He spoke after touring the remains of Paradise Elementary School and other destroyed buildings with Gov. Jerry Brown, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long and other officials.
On Saturday, Trump blamed forest management practices for the recent blazes, without noting that the federal government owns more than half of forestland in California.
"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor," Trump wrote in a tweet. "Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!"
There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2018
It was a vast oversimplification of the problem. While clearing forests of heavy timber, including logging, would help reduce the fire threat in some places, much of the recent burning has taken place in grasslands and oak-studded prairie. Development in fire-prone areas has contributed to the devastation.
Fire experts say the bigger problem at work in the Camp Fire and other major fires in recent years may be climate change, which has created much hotter and drier conditions. Five of the state's most destructive blazes have taken place in the past 10 years, according to state figures, with the Camp Fire taking the top spot.
Trump's threat to withhold federal funding was vague, and on Monday he approved a disaster declaration clearing the way for aid to flow to victims and governments in Butte, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. He has also issued several tweets since late Saturday expressing sympathy for victims and first responders.
On Wednesday, the White House released a photo of the president on the phone, "receiving an update on the California wildfires." During Zinke's visit to the burn area, Trump tweeted, "Just spoke to Governor Jerry Brown to let him know that we are with him, and the people of California, all the way!"
Just spoke to Governor Jerry Brown to let him know that we are with him, and the people of California, all the way!
Trump's friendlier tone seemed to resonate with Brown, who was less critical of the president than he was over the weekend, when his spokesman labeled the forest management tweet as "inane." The governor confirmed Trump's phone call and promise of support.
During his comments at the Chico fairgrounds, Brown reiterated that climate change was a major factor in California's wildfires, but did not criticize the administration for its dismissal of the problem.
"It's crystal clear what's going on," Brown said. "We're in a different kind of world. We know that."
Brown had taken aim at the White House earlier this week, saying that anyone who denies climate change is "contributing to the tragedy."
Kurtis Alexander is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: kalexander@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @kurtisalexander
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I am a senior lecturer in social science research methods at Birkbeck, University of London, in the School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy, and director of Birkbeck's postgraduate programmes in Social Research. These programmes are also options for pathways on the UCL, Bloomsbury and East London Doctoral Training Partnership (UBEL DTP).
I teach quantitative research methods and theorising social research. My research focuses on mental health (e.g., evaluating psychological therapies) and rethinking boundaries between quantitative and qualitative research.


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CRYSTAL RIVER, FL: B-Scada, Inc. reports our second quarter ("Current Quarter") results for fiscal 2015-2016. Revenue for the six months ending April 30 was $784,540 compared to $1,000,194 in the same period in fiscal 2015 which was stronger than anticipated. Commercial Software sales increased by 59.2% for the same period to $280,037 and operating expenses were reduced 31.8%. Our Spanish operations were profitable for the Current Quarter. Overall operating loss for the Current Quarter was $28,956 compared to a loss of $69,852 for the same period last fiscal year.
Revenue was stronger than anticipated for the Current Quarter, the steep revenue decline seen over the past few quarters as a result of the struggling petrochemical sector is now behind us and being replaced by new revenue from solution bundling offered by our hardware partners, revenue growth from our Spanish operations and new sales materializing with our cloud based SAAS (Software as a Service) offerings. The hardware/software bundles sold by our partner include wireless sensor nodes sold with B-Scada monitoring technology. Interest in Status Device Cloud, our SAAS based sensor monitoring platform is increasing and will be our revenue focus over the upcoming year.
The next few quarters for B-Scada will be very exciting. We will be launching our own line of wireless sensors at the Sensors Expo and Conference June 21, 2016 in San Jose, CA. These sensors will be sold preconfigured to B-Scada 's Status Device Cloud providing customers with an easy to install turnkey wireless monitoring solution, and providing B-Scada with long term recurring SaaS model revenue. B-Scada will soon be offering hardware products from our partners preconfigured to Status Device Cloud as well. On premise solutions will also be available.
"The greatest challenge in deploying an IoT or Smart City style solution with wireless sensors is the hardware and software integration" say B-Scada CEO Ron DeSerranno. "B-Scada's product offerings will be unique in the industry whereby the wireless technology sold will be integrated into a cloud based monitoring solution before it leaves our facility". Offering wireless solutions preconfigured to a monitoring and analytics platform greatly reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying a wireless sensor network.
B-Scada has invested the past year in new products, technologies and infrastructure. These products and services will be unveiled with great pride over the next few months and provide a great opportunity for the company to grow and prosper. We are very bullish on upcoming quarters and believe the foundation we have put in place will set the stage for long term growth and profitability for the company.


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Anant Raj informs about newspaper publication
Pursuant to Regulation 30 and other applicable provisions of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, Anant Raj has informed about submission of copies of the advertisements of Postal Ballot Res...
Anant Raj informs about updates
Anant Raj has informed about Postal Ballot Notice dated 18.10.2018 for passing the below mentioned resolutions :to approve the re appointment of Brajindar Mohan Singh (DIN: 02143830), as an Independent Director of the Company; ...
Anant Raj Agencies submits disclosure
The Exchange has received the disclosure under Regulation 29(2) of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares & Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 for Anant Raj Agencies.
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Anant Raj soars on picking additional 26% stake in Delhi mall for Rs 225.42 crore
The company will now have 100% stake in its subsidiary Anant Raj Projects, which holds this shopping mall known as Moments Mall


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Combination Ear Infection Drug OK'd
For swimmer's ear and other ills
TUESDAY, July 22, 2003 (HealthDayNews) -- Alcon Inc. says it's received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for Ciprodex Otic -- drops for treating ear infections.
The combination drug includes the anti-inflammatory dexamethasone and the antibiotic Cipro (ciprofloxacin), which gained fame during the anthrax-by-mail attacks in the fall of 2001.
The Alcon drug is approved for youngsters with tympanostomy tubes used to treat frequent middle ear infections. The FDA also sanctioned the medication as a topical treatment for children and adults with acute otitis externa, an infection more commonly known as swimmer's ear.
Each year, millions of children suffer middle ear infections, second only to the common cold, Alcon says.
For more information about ear infections and children, visit the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. For more on swimmer's ear, visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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	Label    string `url:"label"`
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}

type Client struct {
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}

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		HTTPClient: http.DefaultClient,
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		username:   username,
		password:   password,
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Professor Junqiao Wu received a B.S. from Fudan University and a M.S. from Peking University, China. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley for work on nitride semiconductors and highly mismatched semiconductor alloys. He did postdoctoral research in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University on phase transitions in transition metal oxides. His honors include the Berkeley Fellowship, the 29th Ross N. Tucker Memorial Award, the U.C. Regents' Junior Faculty Fellowship, the Berkeley Presidential Chair Fellowship, the NSF CAREER Award, and the DOE Early Career Award.
Dr. Wu's group explores novel properties and applications of correlated electron materials with reduced dimensions, phase transitions at the nanoscale, materials interfaces and composites, and photovoltaics, thermoelectrics and thermal properties of semiconductor alloys.
- T. S. Matthews, C. Sawyer, D. F. Ogletree, Z. Liliental-Weber, D. C. Chrzan, and J. Wu, "Large Reaction Rate Enhancement in Formation of Ultra-Thin AuSi Eutectic Layer," Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 096102 (2012).
- Jan Seidel, Deyi Fu, Seung-Yeul Yang, Esther Alarcon-Llado, J. Wu, R. Ramesh, and J. W. Ager III, "Efficient photovoltaic current generation at ferroelectric domain walls," Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 126805 (2011).
- D. Fu, A. X. Levander, R. Zhang, J. W. Ager III and J. Wu, "Electrothermally Driven Current Vortices in Inhomogeneous Bipolar Semiconductors," Phys. Rev. B 84, 045205 (2011).
- J.-H. Lee, J. Wu, and J. C. Grossman, "Enhancing thermoelectric power factor with highly mismatched isoelectronic doping," Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 016602 (2010).
- J. Cao, E. Ertekin, V. Srinivasan, W. Fan, S. Huang, H. Zheng, J. W. L. Yim, D. R. Khanal, D. F. Ogletree, J. C. Grossman, and J. Wu, "Strain engineering and one-dimensional organization of metal-insulator domains in single-crystal VO2 beams," Nature Nanotech. 4, 732 (2009).
- J. Wu, "When Group III - Nitrides Go Infrared: New Properties and Perspectives," (invited review), J. Appl. Phys.: Appl. Phys. Rev. 106, 011101 (2009).
- E. C. Garnett, Y. Tseng, D. R. Khanal, J. Wu, J. Bokor and P. Yang, "Dopant Profiling and Surface Analysis of Silicon Nanowires Using Capacitance-Voltage Measurements", Nature Nanotech. 4, 311 (2009).
- J. W. L. Yim, R. E. Jones, K. M. Yu, J. W. Ager III, W. Walukiewicz, W. J. Schaff and J. Wu, "Effects of Surface States on Electrical Characteristics of InN and InGaN"; Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Commun.) 76, 041303(R) (2007).
- J. Wu, Q. Gu, B. S. Guiton, L. Ouyang, N. de Leon, H. Park, "Strain-induced Self Organization of Metal-Insulator Domains in Single-Crystalline VO2 nanobeams," Nano Lett., 6, 2313 (2006).
- J. Wu, W. Walukiewicz, W. Shan, E. Bourret-Courchesne, J. W. Ager, III, K. M. Yu, E. E. Haller, Kyle Kissell, Sergei M. Bachilo, R. Bruce Weisman, and Richard E. Smalley, "Structure-Dependent Hydrostatic Deformation Potentials of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes," Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 017404 (2004).
- J. Wu, W. Walukiewicz, K. M. Yu, J. W. Ager, E. E. Haller, Hai Lu, William J. Schaff, Yoshiki Saito, and Yasushi Nanishi, "Unusual Properties of the Fundamental Bandgap of InN," Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 3967 (2002).
- J. Wu, W. Shan and W. Walukiewicz, "Band Anticrossing Effects in Highly Mismatched Semiconductor Alloys," (invited review), Semicond. Sci. Tech. 17, 860 (2002).


Enigma Bridge has developed a CloudHSM technology. It is a completely new approach to hardware security modules (HSM) designed for use in the Cloud. It provides all the properties of usually expensive HSM devices via its native web service API.
We can provide hardware security functions in a cost effective way as the design of the Enigma Bridge platform offers multi-tenancy while preserving hardware separation of customer keys and secrets.
The API also simplifies use and integration of the Enigma Bridge CloudHSM with your applications. The process of enrolment and registration can be fully automatic (as it is in our Amazon services).
As the Enigma Bridge technology handles encryption keys with a "context" that defines the use and operational parameters, developers do not have to have any expert knowledge of cryptography. They basically just select what is the business function they need to implement. Once that is done, any use of the Enigma Bridge platform is a simple web service call with a piece of data to process.


We are excited to be speaking at the 2016 Society of Insurance Research Annual Conference & Exhibit Fair taking place October 16 - 19 in Scottsdale, AZ. This year's event will focus on the theme "Innovate for Success."
Join us at 10:45am on Monday, October 17th as Merkle's Dan Bernard, VP, Financial Services, participates in the panel presentation "Outside Looking In: What We Can Learn From Other Verticals", where he will represent the banking and lending industry.
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

w = np.random.randn(50, 4)
plt.hist(w, facecolor='green')

# Now I wish to include histogram in the generated document, so I've tried:
# plt.show()
# Unfortunately it shows shortly a window with histogram and waits until I close it.
# I think there's no such possibility, so I save it to file and then inserts in R code chunk:
plt.savefig('FirstHist.png', bbox_inches='tight')
```

```{r FirstHist, echo=FALSE, fig.align="center", out.width = ".8\\linewidth", fig.cap="Histogram of w"}
knitr::include_graphics("FirstHist.png")
```

that compiles to:

As you can see, I repeat FirstHist string 3 times in my code chunks.
I wonder if there's any possibility of refactoring - using one shared (between all chunks) variable?

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Coronavirus outbreak could have an adverse effect on the Tokyo Olympics 2020
Coronavirus and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. [Image source/Nippon TV News 24 Japan YouTube video]
Organizers assure there are no plans to cancel the games because of the coronavirus threats but it could affect preparations for the actual Games.
by Prabir Ghose
February 6, 2020 at 7:30 AM Updated on February 7, 2020 at 12:11 AM
tokyo olympics 2020 are due to open in another 170 days' time and the coronavirus threat looms large on the horizon. A senior Olympic official assured that there will be no suspension of the games but the threat could have some effect on the preparatory actions. Toshiro Muto is the chief executive of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. The Guardian notes that in a meeting in Tokyo with officials from the International Paralympic Committee, he said, "I am seriously worried that the spread of the infectious disease could throw cold water on the momentum toward the Games." He hoped it would come under control at the earliest.
The mayor of the athletes' village also harbored similar concerns because the facility will have to accommodate nearly 11,000 competitors and the logistics would have a tough task to cater to this new development.
The chief executive officer of the Tokyo Olympics admits organisers are "extremely worried" about the possible effect of the new coronavirus on this summer's #Olympics2020 pic.twitter.com/reQkfM0xal
— AFP news agency (@AFP) February 5, 2020
The Guardian quotes the mayor as saying that the organizers would try to ensure that the athletes are able to concentrate on performing their best. He hopes the coronavirus will be controlled in time to allow for the smooth operation of the Paralympics and Olympics.
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mainland China is reported as 490 with the number of those at infected more than 23,000. It has already affected a number of qualifying games that were scheduled to be held in China.
Japan is alive to the coronavirus threat
Japan is approaching the issue with caution. There are no instances of death from the virus in the country but there are people who are infected.
A number of passengers on board a luxury cruise liner tested positive for the illness. The health authorities have quarantined the ship and crew for 14 days. The Games will see players from different parts of the world Travel to Japan to participate. There will also be tourists who will come to watch the games. Unless coronavirus is controlled, the fears of them falling prey to it will remain.
The charms of an international event of this magnitude will be lost to something beyond control.
Tokyo Olympics organisers have 'serious concerns' over coronavirus threat https://t.co/wxrF7EiPJv
— ABC News (@abcnews) February 5, 2020
The Guardian makes a mention of the sports committees who are on tenterhooks, worried about the fate of the games. A spokesman for the Paralympic committee said they have full confidence that concerned authorities will have a coordinated approach to tackle the problem. In the opinion of Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo, failure to contain coronavirus could affect the Games. She says, "We must firmly tackle the new coronavirus to contain it, or we are going to regret it." It is a major event for Japan and there is a huge demand for tickets.
Need to eradicate coronavirus immediately
According to BBC, there are concerns among organizers of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 regarding the spread of coronavirus and the corresponding impact on the Games this summer. Some qualification events are already affected. The World Health Organization (WHO) has labeled the outbreak of coronavirus as a global health emergency. The Games would start on 24 July and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his people would make all-out efforts to reduce the impact on the games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is seized with the problem and is maintaining contact with the WHO. It is a complicated situation for the hosts Japan who are coordinating with all associated agencies to ensure the safety of everyone.
Many countries have already imposed control on their borders to prevent the entry of people attacked by coronavirus.
Japan concerned by coronavirus
Japan is hosting the Olympics for the second time. The last time it was more than half a century ago in 1964. It has worked hard to put up a grand show but the sudden coronavirus threat has acted as a dampener. The authorities are trying to come to terms with reality and are hoping the cloud will clear before it is too late.
Prabir Ghose
I am a retired engineer from India and have served as Senior Manager in an aircraft manufacturing company. I have also been blogging since 2004. My blogs cover a wide variety of subjects and, at present, I have four of them running as on 9/7/2018 – (i) Citizen Journalist: covering travel, tourism, foods, environment and strange news (3099 posts) (ii) Violence and Atrocities (819 posts) (iii) Entertainment (388 posts) and (iv) Ramblings - satire (513 posts) Cumulative view of these four blogs as on date (9/7/2018) is 510168.
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Spring & Summer updates with pictures!
And what the HELL is this????
Made Ceilidh peanut butter cupcakes for her Birthday at Sneaky Dee's. Happy Birthday lovely!
I'm so sick and tired of being sick and tired!
So I haven't posted anything in a while, mostly because it doesn't seem like many people care for my blog. Maybe it's because I mostly post about food. Hmm..... Oh well. I like food. Anyway, here's a short one, just wanted to share what I made for dinner tonight cause it was pretty stellar. And I made it all from scratch (except i didn't make the bread or crackers). It was yu-uuuuummy! Luke says I eat better than the Queen of England probably does. Ha! Take that, Queen's chef! Clockwise from top left are Oven roasted potatoes, roasted asparagus in olive oil with sunflower seeds, Flax & honey bread (yes I still eat honey) with Earth Balance buttery spread , Brown rice/chick pea/tofu salad with other stuff in it in a mediterranean dressing( ok the dressing is store-bought too), and guacamole with organic flax/sesame/quinoa crackers. I want to cook like this every day. So glad I made enough for leftovers tomorrow.


Taking us back to 1000 A.D., the story focuses on a young girl, Omat and her Inuit tribe – she's been imbued with the spirit of her father – and raised to be their Shaman – it's a curious mix of personal conflict for her: as she is a woman, yet expected to deny that part of herself and lead her tribe through challenges and remain strong for then. Even more interesting in this mix that offers great personal conflict and some pretty interesting opportunities to explore 'both sides' of her nature, Omat is also tasked with navigating the conundrum that is the gods – and her realization that the gods only exist if someone is to worship them almost seems to underline her unexpected personality with a series of truths and questions that, unlike most stories of this time, feel very modern and tie neatly to the whole existential questions of life and purpose…..
But, Omat is not alone in her struggles – with starvation and privations haunting her tribe – a chance encounter with another Inuit tribe brings false hope of survival and opportunity, and reveals an even deeper series of changes and challenges to come in the form of Norse explorers. Already demonstrating her facility of thought and determination to survive, Omat finds a way to curry favor and make a connection to these war-like, savage new people – and bind together in search of survival. Introducing Norse mythology and gods to the story adds yet another layer of complexity that shows the 'important' issues and questions for each culture are similar – as gods are there to explain and address each of these issues (health, weather, food, hunt, etc.) and Omat's rather facile ability to adopt, discard and acknowledge each as she herself is finding a place and a way of being as she grows into adulthood and the mantle of responsibility laid on her shoulders.
Narration is provided by the author – and for me, this is a first. The premise of the title was too good to pass up, and while I found several moments where I would have preferred another narrator, the author's knowledge of the story and ability to present the history and a sense of the conflict inside Omat and her struggles with the often dark influx of fantastical and mythological elements. Beautiful descriptions and a clear presentation allowed the more complex moments to unfold in a way that was easier to follow, although some moments did require a second listen to get all the bits straight. As a story – this was evocative and lush, richly detailed and researched, with plenty of intrigue. I think that it is a story best read for yourself, allowing each moment to be mulled over, rather than being pushed forward by a narration.
A sweeping tale of clashing cultures, warring gods, and forbidden love: In 1000 AD, a young Inuit shaman and a Viking warrior become unwilling allies as war breaks out between their peoples and their gods-one that will determine the fate of them all.


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Police: As many as 20 present at gang rape outside school dance
Police say a student at Richmond High School was gang raped outside during a homecoming dance.
10 people involved in assault, 10 others watched and offered no help, police say
Richmond, California, police say student was gang raped for over two hours
Former student, 19, and 15-year-old arrested
Victim, 15, remains in the hospital in stable condition
Richmond, California (CNN) -- Investigators say as many as 20 people were involved in or stood and watched the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a California high school homecoming dance Saturday night.
Police posted a $20,000 reward Tuesday for anyone who comes to them with information that helps arrest and convict those involved in what authorities describe as a 2½-hour assault on the Richmond High School campus in suburban San Francisco.
Two teenage suspects have been jailed, but more arrests, as many as 20 total, are expected, according to a police detective.
"We will be making arrests continually as we develop probable cause," said Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan. "With this number of people implicated in the incident we're going to be making arrests on an ongoing basis."
As many as 10 people were involved in the assault in a dimly lighted back alley at the school, while another 10 people watched without calling 911 to report it, police said.
A 1999 California law makes it illegal not to report a witnessed crime against a child, but the law applies only to children 14 and under.
"We do not have the ability to arrest people who witnessed the crime and did nothing," Gagan said. "The law can be very rigid. We don't have the authority to make an arrest."
Charles Ramsey, a member of the Richmond school board, said the school district bears some responsibility for the attack. School administrators and police apparently weren't watching the area as they should have, Ramsey said.
The school said it would hold a safety meeting for parents and students Wednesday evening to address the assault.
The victim was found unconscious under a bench shortly before midnight Saturday, after police received a call from someone in the area who had overheard people at the assault scene "reminiscing about the incident," Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan said.
The girl was flown by helicopter to a hospital where she was admitted in critical condition. She was in stable condition Tuesday, police said.
Investigators canvassed the community with fliers, which included the reward offer, hoping to identify more suspects Tuesday.
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Video: Gang rape outside school dance
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"There is one individual in custody who has made some spontaneous statements that have led me to believe that he is culpable for what happened," Richmond police Lt. Johan Simon said.
Nineteen-year-old Manuel Ortega, described as a former student at the school, was arrested soon after he fled the scene and will face charges of rape, robbery and kidnapping, police said.
A 15-year-old was later arrested and charged with one count of felony sexual assault. A third teenager was being interviewed, Gagan said.
"Based on witness statements and suspect statements, and also physical evidence, we know that she was raped by at least four suspects committing multiple sex acts," Gagan said.
"As people announced over time that this was going on, more people came to see, and some actually participated," Gagan said.
The attack occurred on school grounds as the annual homecoming dance was under way inside the school Saturday night, authorities said.
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Sam Young (born June 24, 1987) is a former American football offensive tackle who played 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft, and played college football at the University of Notre Dame.

Early years
Young attended Pine Crest School, playing tight end in football, defense in lacrosse, center on junior varsity basketball, and competed on the weight lifting team. After his freshmen season he transferred to St. Thomas Aquinas High School.

He was moved to left tackle and did not allow a sack during his junior and senior years. He was a two-time Florida Class 5A All-state selection. He also practiced the discus throw and won the state title in the shot put, breaking a school record.

In 2005, he was a Parade All-America first-team selection and received the Florida Gatorade Player of the Year. Following his stellar high school football career, Young was invited to play in the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

College career
Young accepted a football scholarship from the University of Notre Dame. He became the first true freshman to start the season opener on the offensive line (right tackle) since freshmen became eligible in 1972. He was named first-team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News in 2006.

As a sophomore, he started the first two games at right tackle, before being switched to the left side for the remaining 10 contests. As a junior, he started all 13 games at right tackle.

As a senior, he started all 12 games at right tackle, helping the offense to finish fifth in the nation in passing (323.5-yards per-game) and eighth in total offense (451.8-yards), while averaging 30.1 points-per-game. In his college career, Young made 50 starts on the offensive line and all consecutive (both were school records at the time).

Professional career

Dallas Cowboys
Young was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round (179th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. He was active in 3 games (did not play against the Jacksonville Jaguars) and was declared inactive in 13 contests, while contributing on special teams. In 2011, he had a disappointing training camp and was reportedly beaten often by defenders in practice. He was waived on September 5.

Buffalo Bills
On September 6, 2011, he was claimed off waivers by the Buffalo Bills. He appeared in 4 games and was declared inactive in 12 contests.

In 2012, he played in 12 games with 4 inactive designations and 4 starts at right tackle in place of an injured Chris Hairston. On October 7, 2013, he was waived after appearing in four games with one inactive designation.

Jacksonville Jaguars
On October 8, 2013, the Jacksonville Jaguars claimed him off waivers and was active in 11 games, playing mainly on special teams. On March 6, 2014, he was re-signed by the Jaguars. He played in 9 games, with 6 starts at right tackle and was declared inactive in 7 contests.

In 2015, he appeared in 16 games for the first time in his career, starting two at left tackle in place of an injured Luke Joeckel and one at right tackle in place of an injured Jermey Parnell.

Miami Dolphins
On March 9, 2016, Young signed a one-year $910,000 contract with the Miami Dolphins. On September 3, he was released as part of final roster cuts. He was re-signed on October 11, 2016. On December 28, Young signed a one-year $1.15 million contract extension. He appeared in 8 games and was declared inactive for 3 contests. He made one start at left tackle because of injuries.

On September 2, 2017, he was released. On September 4, he was re-signed. He played in 10 games, starting six at right tackle in place of the injured Ja'Wuan James. He was declared inactive for 6 contests. On March 23, 2018, Young re-signed with the Dolphins on a one-year contract. On September 2, he was released. On September 3, he was re-signed. On October 13, he was released. On October 15, he was re-signed. He appeared in 12 games (one start) and was declared inactive for 3 contests. Against the Green Bay Packers, he started at right tackle in place of an injured James. He was not re-signed after the season.

San Francisco 49ers
On August 12, 2019, he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers to replace an injured Shon Coleman. He was released during final roster cuts on August 30. He was re-signed on September 20. He played in 4 games and was declared inactive for 2 contests. He was released on November 7, 2019.

Las Vegas Raiders
On May 5, 2020, Young signed with the Las Vegas Raiders. He was released during final roster cuts on September 5, but re-signed with the team two days later. He re-signed with the Raiders on June 7, 2021. He announced his retirement on August 3.

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The Wicked Dude of New England™
My Life From The 415 To The 413
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So We Left San Francisco
Just to give you a little bit of background, I had lived in San Francisco my entire life. There were only four places I lived in San Francisco that started with my family home and ended there as well when we sold the house and decided to leave for Northampton. BTW that's my old house in San Francisco.
It was hard for me because even though I had moved out of the house I grew up in, I still have family living there and was constantly going back several times a week. I kind of didn't feel like I ever really moved out sometimes. It had become a necessity though as things for us were getting worse and worse in San Francisco. Raising a family was something for the rich in San Francisco as many of the kids at our daughter's school kept disappearing each year as they couldn't afford to live there anymore. My Wife was a member of a Mom's Club that dwindled quickly because even though many of those families had money it was tough for them.
Wife and I had talked about it several times in the past and when we finally decided early on in 2017 and started going through stuff in the house we didn't really need anymore we started looking online at houses here. While it was a long time since I had been back here I always liked Florence and had this feeling we'd end up living there.
I found a mailing list from Only In Your State that covered Massachusetts and signed up and loved the daily updates I'd get. We were looking at places to live and with the e-list we saw things we wanted to do. When I was telling friends about wanting to sell and move a friend of mine jumped in and said that he had just started in real estate and would be interested in give it a shot. My friend Eric Janson helped us to sell our house in San Francisco and we found an agent back here, Lisa Palumbo to work with. They did the work for us while we packed and threw out stuff.
Within a month of having the house on the market it was sold and done. We were out of there with cash in hand and flying off to New England with no idea what we were going to do next other than stay in a hotel.
As it turned out the day after we dropped down here we had things set up with Lisa to finally meet her face to face for the first time and look at a few houses.
The first house we looked at in Florence we liked a lot and we ended up making an offer and got the house. It took us a month before we could actually move into the house, but we started planning from there. We still had lots of work to do and things to plan.
The longest I had ever spent anywhere outside of California was a two week trip to London I had done in the 90's and while I was still kind of feeling like I was in tourist mode here with all the places I wanted to see and things I wanted to do, I knew I wouldn't be running back to my home in San Francisco because we sold it.
Honestly, while things were a lot nicer here there was still a feeling of loss at leaving San Francisco, but at the same time what the City by the Bay had become wasn't what I grew up with. It took me awhile to get over and I can still watch 4k YouTube videos if I feel like I'm missing out and the good thing about the videos is they don't have a smell like some parts of San Francisco do.
Once we started to get settled into our new house and fixing up a few things around it I started to notice a few things that I hadn't noticed before or if I did I had forgotten about. Most of this probably was because now I was actually having to do normal things like grocery shopping and getting gas:
People are really nice here: I never thought about it, but the people are pretty helpful and will say hi or wave at you as you drive by. Our first week in our house I met one of our neighbors Barbara who later that day came by walked into the house and gave my wife a banana nut bread she had made as welcoming gift. She and my wife talked for awhile since my wife grew up here Barbara was wondering if they had a connection. Most of the people on the block came to introduce themselves to us.
People rarely seem to hate their jobs: Everyone has a smile when you buy something from them in a store or restaurant. I wasn't used to that. In SF most people just wanted to tell you how awful it was working where they were regardless if it was a deli and you were going in to pick up a sandwich they'd tell how much it sucked to work there. Here it's not like that. It was kind of creepy at first being in a place where so many people were friendly and happy.
Gas Prices: My jaw dropped when I saw the gas prices that have only come down since then. Gas in SF was between $4-$5/gallon when we left and I think it was around $2.45/gallon here when we first arrived. It used to cost me $50-$60 to fill up my tank which I'd have to do twice a week in SF. Now I rarely pay over $25 to fill up here and I get about 50% better gas mileage because of less stop and go traffic and less hills.
Traffic: This is a good and a bad thing. On one hand your traffic is pretty light here in comparison, but on the other hand people are serious tailgaters here. I've even seen several people with the bumper sticker that says, The Closer You Get, The Slower I'll Go. It took me awhile to get used to and yes, I do slow down if people get too close, but they usually slow down and back off as well. I've only had angry drivers go around me and honk at me about three times so far. You also don't seem to have as many traffic accidents here as we did in San Francisco probably because all of Western Mass has less population than San Francisco. I would pass by a couple of car accidents daily in San Francisco on a regular basis.
Food: I honestly don't feel like I'm missing out on much that I had in San Francisco. Here pizza places seem to be like Chinese restaurants in San Francisco. Downtown Florence has four pizza places within a block and in San Francisco you'd have four Chinese restaurants within a block. The Chinese food here isn't too much different than in SF, except for chicken fingers which you'd never find in San Francisco and crab rangoon which was created in San Francisco, but you'll never find it in San Francisco. The Mexican food is pretty good as well, but I was never a burrito snob like many of the people in San Francisco. I just order my burritos here without lettuce or rice.
It's pretty diverse here: People in San Francisco would say to me, yeah, but it's really white in New England isn't it? and I'd have to say think less Asian. The part of San Francisco I lived in that was near the beach was close to 60% Asian and the majority of that was Chinese [probably why we had four Chinese restaurants on a block in shopping areas.] There's much less of a territorial/tribal thing going on here than there was in San Francisco and everyone seems to have less problem living together. It's kind of the way San Francisco used to be actually. The diversity is a bit subtle here, but people don't seem to be as cut and dried White, Black, Hispanic, Asian here and I like that.
Wildlife: OK, we had raccoons and the occasional skunk in San Francisco, but wildlife was pretty much pigeons, rats and mice and now coyotes that moved in from Marin by crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. We have squirrels and chipmunks that are always walking up to our kitchen door to say hello everyday [even the vermin here is cute!] I've had had to stop my car several times so deer, turkeys or a rather large snapping turtle had to cross the street. We currently have a family of foxes living in my neighbor's yard that come to visit and we did have a bear come into our yard a couple of times which was kind of funny when you're in the backyard and your wife yells at you turn around slowly and you realize you're about 10 feet away from a black bear. We also have bunnies and lots of woodpeckers and bluejays that like to come and eat the crab apples on our tree. It's like we're living in a mini kind of zoo some days.
I really appreciate our new house that has a backyard we can use unlike the 100 ft. terraced backyard we had in San Francisco that we could only use the first 25′ and you'd usually get hit with cold air from the beach. Here we actually get enough warmth to want to go out in the backyard and do things. My daughter just likes to run around in the backyard because, well, she can. It is fairly quiet here except for the pistol range that's about a half mile away. It's really quiet though in comparison to San Francisco and where we used to live was referred to jokingly as the Suburbs of San Francisco even though it was still in San Francisco.
We were lucky that we got to move here before the whole Covid-19 pandemic hit so we at least got to see some things. It's going to be interesting to see where I can go out and about to capture some video, but I promise you it will be in 4k and hopefully won't be boring. We've already had some friends move here and I won't be surprised if I have a few more friends moving into the area in the future. The Exodus from SF is just getting bigger and bigger every day.
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RELEASE DATE: January 9, 2017. Search "Emoji Check" in the Apple Store or click here to download.
The EMOJI CHECK mobile app gives you the chance to check in just once a day and identify how you're really doing with honesty, specificity, and ease. This app has taken the concept of the Feeling Faces chart used by mental health professionals world-wide and translated it into emoji form, thus making a clinically-proven resource accessible to 21st-century users.
Once a day EMOJI CHECK sends you a friendly mobile notification.
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Homeless people share food: How long will they be treated as social outcasts?
This "investigation" by corporate media, posing as "advocates" but really advocates for some, did what corporate media has done for decades, since homelessness was even a thing and before that with people of color, disabled people, and all people not part of the settler colonizer establishment. It first of all powers peoples who have roofs, giving them complete, unfiltered media access and respect — and then groups unhoused human beings of all cultures, ages, and abilities into one dehumanizing title, and with this title is able to singlehandedly silence, criminalize and disempower us.
Once we are deemed no longer humans, capable of love, conversation, work, art, beauty, nuance, and struggle, with needs like all humans, of food, shelter, warmth, care, and respect, the ruling class of land-stealers, buyers and profiteers who built the original colonial system of laws and their security guards, (police), corporate politricksters and media reporters were able to freely make serious accusations about us of multiple crimes including arson, trespassing, vandalism, littering, and theft without ever having to get a quote, a response, or a comment from us.
In addition, it was expected and understood that no one would even question these serious accusations made without a comment from the "other side" and rather would also shake their collective heads in disgust at those disgusting homeless people.
By doing this, by adding to this severe objectification of unhoused bodies, corporate media becomes complicit in the targeting of us by police, gentrifying neighbors, opportunistic politicians and just everyday people, like in the tragic murder of Luis Demetrio Gongora Pat by SF Police which began with a call to the police reporting the scary, violent, dehumanized unhoused people.
This was clearly part of Propositions Q and R, created by Mark Farrell and Scott Weiner, who built upon the racist and classist hate to fuel more the creation of even more laws, on top of already existing ones, to criminalize unhoused people. This is even more terrifying as we enter the neo-fascist, racist, hate-crime filled climate of the life size Chuckie Doll (aka Trump) presidency.
Sadly, this is nothing new, even following an allegedly "comprehensive series of media" that was launched this summer and meant to raise society's collective empathy for the "The Homeless." The media series was scattered over several counties and media organizations, and took many different formats — and yet after the buzz died down, and even while the buzz was still up, us unhoused peoples were and are still being described as an inhuman, evil, criminal tribe of trash-makers, vandals, and trespassers.
The media fetishizing, criminalizing, and dehumanizing of unhoused, often disabled, multi-cultiural, multi-racial, multi-gendered, differently abled, indigenous, traumatized, and colonized youth, adults, elders is our reality for several reasons.
We have seen decades of "faces" campaigns, i.e, beautifully photographed, high color or film noir black and white images taken by grant-funded or corporate media funded reporters, albeit well-intentioned who rarely if ever have been unhoused themselves and then "tell" our story as one of exceptionalism, i.e., a story of this poor person or that poor person who fell into some crisis rather than looking at the systemic system of buying and profiting off of mama earth and how more and more people in the Bay Area and the whole world are becoming unhoused, the extreme cost of housing and sheer impossibility of attaining housing if you are poor, disabled, a person of color or very unhoused and the ways in which this crisis causes people to give up.
These housed and academically educated reporters who have never lived through our experience therefore have no basis for understanding or overstanding the nuances of houselessness and the lives lived that end you up unhoused and the ways in which all of our lives of houselessness are so clearly related to displacement , gentrification, settler colonizer laws, racism, white supremacy, trauma and the many symptoms of struggle, merely publish feel-good, or not feel-good stories, photographic essays of unhoused folks and empathic "profiles" of our "plight" that perpetuate the colonial power dynamic and othering process and keep us unable to speak for ourselves and solve our own issues.
The real job is to share space, to decolonize media itself, to enable people to use media access to get their own voices heard, to co-author, facilitate and open lines of communication so we can create and give access to our own solutions. This is what POOR Magazine/Prensa POBRE /PoorNewsNetwork is. And we work really hard with fellow conscious publications and media outlets like 48 hills, KPFA and the SF Bayview to ensure our voices are not only heard but that the solutions and research of what I call poverty skolaz are telling our own stories and lifting up our own solutions.
This is what Homefulness, a poor-people-led solution to Homelessness is, and it would never have happened if we the poor, disabled, unhoused, incarcerated, truama-filled, bordered/migrant/immigrant and colonized people weren't able to create our own media, aka POOR Magazine, our own education (PeopleSkool) which we do in shelters, the streets and all the places that us poor folks dwell, and our own liberation school for youth. No-one gave us Homefulness, we work really hard every day for it, struggling to educate housed people with different forms of race, class or formal education privilege on why they should redistribute resources so we can do for self.
We aren't asking for a hand-out, a hand up, or any kind of hand at all; we are asking for you to listen and stand shoulder to shoulder with us and take our direction in solutions we can do for ourselves.
And the goal of Homefulness and POOR Magazine is to spread self-determined solutions to poor peoples' issues, led by us, the poor people, across Mama Earth, Currently, there are a few other really beautiful examples, the ongoing poor people-led research of Western Regional Advocacy Program, the WeSearch work of POOR Magazine poverty skolaz and the Unhoused encampment Town Halls of Bilal Ali and the Coalition on Homelessness.
As well there are a few powerful examples of truly liberated land use projects like our sister organization who is walking and working with us on the Stolen Land/Hoarded Resources Tours through Turtle Island — the Sogorea Te Land Trust which is the first Native women run land trust working to decolonize huchuin Ohlone land (Oakland and Berkeley) for their own cultural self-determinations and the work of Oakland city Council member Lynette McElhaney, who has listened to her unsheltered constituents and has actually closed a small corner of street in West Oakland so that unhoused people can have their tents safely there, and Aunti Frances Self-Help Hunger Program in North Oakland who works to feed and grow food in a public, gentrified North Oakland park.
POOR Magazine is currently working with Aunti Frances, Council member McElhaney, the unsheltered Oakland residents, and other poor and indigenous people-led organizations as well as the City of Berkeley and other cities across turtle Island to launch more Homefulness and POOR Magazine peopleskools not rooted in more othering, fetishizing work that talks around us, about and without us, but that sees us as total humans, with our own voices, our own ideas and our own right to be respected.
So the challenge to you, SF Chronicle editor, is to come to the next Decolonization/Degentrification seminar of PeopleSkool ( for folks with Race, class or formal education privilege) and then do what the editor of the old Examiner did in 1999 and actually launch a PoorNewsNetwork weekly column in the Chronicle, which will be written by poor, unhoused and formerly unhoused youth, adults and elders, talking about our own solutions to homelessness,in our own voices, not yours.


La gente está comprando más cosas a través de Internet. Puesto que todas las variables en fórmula crecen, no es sorprendente que los ingresos del comercio electrónico están aumentando rápidamente, así. Según los datos publicados por Statista, las ventas por menor global llegará a $4.48 billones por 2021.
When it comes to virtual reality, things are pretty straightforward: your customers will need a headset in order to get a chance to see your products in three dimensions. Now you might start shaking your head, thinking that many people don't have a VR-headset. The thing here is that those people aren't your target audience. También, their prices are dropping, so more and more people will be able to afford their own headset.
Augmented reality, Por otro lado, works in a different way. You don't need a headset, since items are only augmented, es decir. projected into your reality.
Por ejemplo, if a customer wants to buy a new pair of shoes from your website, they simply download one of the AR-apps y tratar de en every pair they like, as shown in this video.
Qué es más, people can already have a 3D-insight in online catalogs via 360-degree photography features. Although this level of interaction falls behind the real VR and AR experience, it's a reasonable option if you still can't afford these advanced options at this moment.
Más, puede utilizar un 3D scanner to get the AR-friendly models of your products. Todavía, since buying such a device might be a big burden for an e-store budget, you can rent it first, just to see how your customers react to your 3D catalog. If it turns out to be an important part of your e-store inventory, go and get one for your future eCommerce endeavors.
Today you can do everything related to eCommerce on the Web, De creating invoices online to organizing affordable shipping to making payments via Internet services.
Por ejemplo, your buyers will get an opportunity to check every product several times before they make the purchase. Como un resultado, there will be fewer refunds and returns, which will, a su vez, reduce the legal and financial hassle generated by online impulse buying.
Virtual and augmented reality will play important roles in online trade in years to come. They will push the envelope and change the way we access, try and buy items from e-stores. Debido a, every contemporary eCommerce entrepreneur should already start implementing VR and AR features in their online stores. De esa manera, they'll offer their customers improved user experience in online shopping and ensure the seamless development of their stores.


Two of the biggest problems faced by Tulsa, Oklahoma business and home owners today are inefficiency and downtime due to illness. Both of these problems can be addressed in part, believe it or not, by taking advantage of our AC duct work and chimney cleaning services.
Most of us who live and work in the Tulsa Oklahoma area understand our heating systems and what your chimneys are for. The chimney on top of your home or office building removes the smoke and other harmful gases expelled by your heating system. If you heat with gas, oil, coal or wood then you have some sort of flu or chimney that needs to be cleaned at least once a year.
A chimney packed with creosite and soot reduces your heating systems efficiency and the life of your flu system and increases the risk of a chimney fire. In fact, some insurance policies require that you have your chimney and flu system inspected and cleaned at least once a year. For more information on our chimney and flu cleaning services please click here.
Most of us do not stop and think about our AC vent system very often unless there's a problem or it's time to clean the filters, but believe it or not, a dirty air-conditioning vent system can decrease the efficiency of your cooling system and increase health issues pertaining to seasonal allergies. Dust dirt and other tiny debris particles are removed from your home via your air-conditioning duct system. Unfortunately not all of these particles make it to the filter. Dust, pet hair and other airborne particles can stick to the inside of your air-conditioning duct system and end up right back in the air of your home. Those who suffer from allergies, regular illnesses like colds and asthma will find they suffer much less when the AC vent system is cleaned on a regular basis. The rest of us will be amazed at the increased efficiency of our units. For more information about AC duct system cleaning please click here.


Sand Making Machine (namely PCL vertical shaft impact crusher) is of high-power and low-consumption, which is designed depending on several years' hard work and study of mechanical mining equipment. Sand Making Machine absorbs advanced technology of the same products of Barmac Company of America, now it is of the international level. Sand Making Machine plays an important role in crushing minerals into pieces. PCL vertical shaft impact crusher is widely used in all kinds of minerals, cement, refractory material, carborundum grain, glass raw material, construction sand, stone stock and all kinds of metallurgy slag, especially carborundum, sintered bauxite, magnesite.
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Category:Maps of ethnic groups in Europe by country
► Maps of ethnic groups in Austria (2 C, 10 F)
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Our son, Denis, is not strong in English, and my father was very upset about this because he had long wanted to send him to study abroad. The cost of training for us, of course, is quite high, but we decided to go for it, since we consider the trip to study in America one of the important steps in the life of our son.
We wanted the school to be away from big cities. Because they called SMAPSE, they offered a private school in Scottsdale (in Arizona) . During the year of study, Den learned the language as well as his former Russian teacher, learned to live independently (at school student self-government) and pulled up other subjects.


Distance between Danielskuil and Cullinan. How many miles from Danielskuil to Cullinan.
The straight distance between Danielskuil (Northern Cape) and Cullinan (Gauteng) is 353.10 mi, but the driving distance is 426.40 mi.
It takes 6 hours 59 mins to go from Danielskuil to Cullinan.


What is Listen Local First and What is DC Local Music Day?
Listen Local First DC (LLF) is a local music initiative devoted to building awareness and creating opportunities for local musicians and venues in order to raise the profile of DC's local music scene. LLF was born out of a collaborative effort with Think Local First DC and seeks to partner with local musicians, local arts organizations, local venues and locally owned businesses to create performance opportunities and new avenues for local music exploration. LLF's mission is not genre specific. In order to promote the true cultural depth of DC's music scene LLF would seek to equally represent all local genres, from folk to funk.


Salt Spring Coffee's 20th anniversary is just around the corner, but we're getting a headstart on the celebrations with a big birthday giveaway featuring our two favourite things: coffee and Salt Spring Island. Want to get in on the action? We thought so.
More than 180 Baratza Encore grinders are up for grabs across British Columbia and Alberta. This high-quality burr grinder is a top choice for serious home brewers around the world and one of the quickest ways to brew better coffee at home—no matter which brew method you choose.
Plus, one lucky grand prize winner will enjoy a Salt Spring Island getaway for two, including a round-trip float plane flight between Vancouver and Ganges with Salt Spring Air, two nights of accommodation with stunning views of Ganges at Daly Vista and dinner for two at the beautiful Hastings House. Our roots are on this Island: It's where our co-founders Mickey and Robbyn roasted their first organic coffee beans over a wood stove. It's where they opened the first Salt Spring Coffee café in 1996. And it's where they discovered the pioneering spirit that still drives the Salt Spring Coffee team 20 years later. We can't wait to share it with you.
Fill out a ballot in person at any of the participating locations across British Columbia and Alberta, including Salt Spring Coffee cafés, grocery stores and food service businesses.
The contest is open to all residents of British Columbia and Alberta who have reached their home province's age of majority. Best of all, there's no limit to the number of entries per person. The contest is open now until May 21, 2016. May the biggest coffee lover win!
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SIGNING | Glovers claim Collins
Experienced defended snapped up
Defender Lee Collins has become Town's third summer signing arriving on a free transfer from Forest Green Rovers.
The 30-year-old played a part in helping Rovers to the League Two play-offs last season but has made the short trip to Somerset to sign a two-year contract.
Having played the entirety of his career in the EFL amassing over 350 league appearances, manager Darren Sarll was thrilled by his latest acquisition.
"Lee is a winner and his experience and leadership will make him a big part of this squad," he said.
"He's yet another player who arrives having been part of a team that reached the play-offs last season and has all of the attributes we're going to need to be a success in this division."
Able to operate all across the back four and in defensive midfield, he started out at Wolves prior to helping Hereford United to promotion from League Two whilst on loan at Edgar Street.
A four-year stay at Port Vale followed where Collins made over 120 appearances, before spending time in the Championship with Barnsley.
Stints at Shrewsbury, Northampton and Mansfield followed prior to joining Forest Green in May 2017, where he in fact scored against the Glovers back in February of this year at the New Lawn.
Lee Collins
SIGNING | Crofts joins as player-coach
Manager Darren Sarll has continued his summer recruitment by bringing in Wales international Andrew Crofts in a player-coaching role.
SIGNING | Potent Murphy added to the ranks
Manager Darren Sarll has secured his second summer signing by winning the signature of sought after striker Rhys Murphy.
Social media reaction: Jake Gray
Yeovil Town went viral on Monday when Jake Gray's transfer from Luton Town was announced via Snapchat's new map feature.
Smith aiming for third consecutive promotion
Connor Smith is hoping to make it three promotions in as many seasons in 2017/18.
STATEMENT | A message from Scott Priestnall
After talking to supporters at last weekend's Meet and Greet session at Huish Park, the club's new owner in-waiting Scott Priestnall has issued the following message to the Town faithful.
ACADEMY | Eight sign scholarships
Ahead of the 2019/20 campaign, eight under-18s have signed scholarships with the Glovers.


Description: ff. iii + 174 + iii - Vellum over pasteboards, modern. - Monastery of Santa Maria de Rosate (15th century); acquired by the Bancroft Libary UC Berkeley from H. P. Kraus.* Previous call number 2MS BR120 B6.
Description: - Parchment - 185 x 140 mm - 2 columns of 34 lines; full length double vertical bounding lines for each column; horizontal rules the width of the column only.
Document: No Number of Scribes: 2; scribe 1, ff. 1-166; scribe 2, ff. 166v-174v.
Other Decoration: Opening initial in red and blue with pen flourishing to one half length of text; 2-line initials in red; paraph marks within text in red.
Notes: ff. 166v-174v added by scribe 2 in the late 15th century.
f. 68v Centered and decorated catchword.
f. 88v Centered and decorated catchword.
Notes: Report of the miracle that seems to have been the reason for the foundation of the monastery; other material regarding the Poor Clares.
f. 166v Change of hand at text division; rubric on pasted-on square of parchment.


Welcome again to the course on foundations of teaching for learning.
curriculum development, lecture two on need for curriculum.
Why do we need a curriculum?
This is an important question that it has been raised for a long long time.
And there are five different reasons being given mainly for the need of a curriculum.
The first one is the need for human capital development.
it ensures the necessary workforce needed to mobilize the country.
And the second reason is social reconstruction.
make it better again and again over the period of time.
I would like to recall what DuBois said about social reconstruction.
the future adult society be an improvement on their own."
used all the time for curriculum planning and development.
is very much based on the cultural reproduction aspect.
to generation and continuing the cultural experience and sustaining it across time.
like tolerance or respecting the adults and sharing and caring.
All these values need to be continued.
continue these kind of values.
especially in this age, is for cultural diversity.
we want people to learn to live together in a harmonious way.
adjusting, helping, and working together.
the reason for why we need a curriculum is self-actualization.
This is very much individual based.
Each child, each student has so much potential to offer.
know what they have within themselves.
So these are the five different reasons why we need a curriculum.
whose purpose does it serve?
The curriculum is for whom now?
your context the curriculum that you have serves whose purpose.
And there are many stakeholders in the curriculum.
And here you can see the list given to you.
communities and parents, and students.
you will see the different interests and needs for these each groups here.
And look at each point and see to what extent this is true in your context.
see how it gets played out in your context.
And we're looking at schools and curriculum now.
and how does this curriculum help in these schools?
There are four important aspects of curriculum.
look at it for a few moments and see to what extent this is true in your system.
Is it true that curriculum provides a source for common standards?
school activities and teaching and learning process?
Does curriculum make way for public examinations?
Does curriculum make human resource planning possible nationally?
you may want to think deeper about this issue.
there are also other benefits of a common curriculum.
do we need a curriculum?
What answers would you give to students who ask that question?
What answers would you give to parents?
What would you see as the main purpose of a curriculum as a teacher?
Think about these four questions and discuss with your friends.
I shall see you in the next lecture.


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My Song is About Love & Growth – Tega The King
SWITZERLAND-DECEMBER 09 – Today's Echo recently caught up with fast rising Afro-fusion singer, Tega Bikomo, aka Tega the King, who has just released a single, 'Kpalanga'. The passionate singer shares his thoughts about life, his passion for music, and the story behind his song.
What inspires you to make music / what drew you to music?
Life, personal and non-personal experiences, conversations with friends and strangers, movies and music itself inspires me to make music. I always made melodies in my mind and I used to write poetry in junior secondary school. Somewhere along the line I started writing with the melodies I had in mind. Of course, by this time I had been influenced by a lot of music, notably, Hip-Hop, R&B and a lot of Fela and Femi Kuti.
How would you describe your style/ genre?
I'm an Afro-Fusion artist. It took me a while to develop my sound and be confident in my style and as any creative artist in any field, self-development never stops.
How many songs have you released so far?
Officially, I started releasing music consistently in 2019 and I have 4 singles out on all streaming platforms.
You are out with a new single titled, Kpalanga. What does it mean and what informed it?
Kpalanga is a love song. Kpalanga is about finding true love and holding onto it. It talks about that person that loves you for who you are and not your financial status, going through heart breaks, giving up on love and realizing that shouldn't stop you from loving especially when you can tell it's real. To coin it all I'd say it's about love and growth.
Which artiste(s) would you model yourself after and whose sound influences your music?
Musically I wouldn't want to model myself after any artist. I pay attention to building a sustainable brand than trying to be like whoever is out there. Like I said earlier, I have been influenced by a lot of music, Hip-Hop, Afrobeats, the Kuti's, Reggae, francophone and South African music. I love it all but It's my utmost duty to stay true to myself.
Which indigenous artiste(s) would you like to collaborate With and why?
There are many good artistes, this is a hard question but speaking into existence, there is Davido, Olamide, Burna, Tiwa Savage, and Wizkid, holla at your boy.
What should we expect from Tega in 2021?
More music consistently, great visuals and a solid body of work probably an E.P
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Notes: Peter's sister, Catherine, married Emil Kirkeby in 1901.
1943: Mrs. Pauline Beckley of 522 East 88th street New York city died in New York. She was the widow of the late George Beckley and the mother of John Beckley of Dobbs Ferry, Frank Beckley, Mrs. May Goehle, and Mrs. Pauline Grundstrom all of New York. Buried Lutheran Cemetery, Brooklyn.
1948: John Beckley and his wife of Dobbs Ferry celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in 1948. They were married in New York Feb 3, 1922. They had four children: Miss shirley Beckley, Technical Sergeant Edward Beckley, stationed in Germany with the Army, Richard and John students at Dobbs Ferry high school. Guest included Mr. and Mrs Peter Goehle of New York.
Peter and May's children were born too late for me to access the records through the New York City Archives. However, their names and approximate dates of birth were derived from the censuses and their dates of birth and death were derived from the Social Security Death Index. This was possible, in part, because the name Goehle is relatively uncommon.
Peter Goehle, age 33, born June 18, 1885, address, 429 East 83rd Street, occupation, smoking pipe maker at L and H Stern Inc. 423 East 10th Street, wife, May Goehle, physical description, medium height, slender build, dark brown eyes, and dark brown hair.
Peter Goehle, age 56, Born June 18, 1885, New York City, Address, 511 East 88 Street, New York, New York, Telephone, none, Employer's name and address, Typographic Service, 305 East 45th Street, Wife, Mrs. May Goehle, same address, Physical description, 5 ft 10 inches, Weight, 145 pounds, Eyes, brown, Hair, gray, Complexion, light, Other, glasses, partly bald.
Peter's father, Peter was at 422 E75th Street.
There were 13 listings at 432 E 76th in the 1910 census.
There were 9 families in the building. Other occupations of the heads of households were: painter, clerk office, janitor, dressmaker, florist, and grocery store.
Death of Peter Goehle, Jr.
Peter Goehle, born June 18, 1885, died April 1967 in the Bronx, 10463, SS#057-10-0861 (DDDI).
He was 82 years old.
New York Time Death Notices: Goehle, Peter April 29 service residence 3260 Henry Hudson Park on May 3rd at 10 A.M.
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The following faculty currently advise pre-med and other pre-professional health sciences students. Please contact one of these faculty members if you wish to learn more about the pre-med or other pre-professional health sciences course of study.
Your pre-med faculty advisor can be in the same area as your major, but they do not have to be. Students should feel free to contact any of the faculty on this list to get advice and guidance with the pre-professional health sciences preparation.


Sportspace Athletics Track has an 8-lane, 400m flood-lit athletics track plus a full-sized football pitch, clubroom, shower and toilet facilities. The track and football pitch are available for block bookings or one-off occasions.
The Athletics Track is suitable for all ages, and provides a safe environment to train. The Track surface is synthetic and is better for your joints than pavement, so great for rehab.
Sportspace also has other multi-sports centres at Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Kings Langley, Tring and Longdean. Visit the website for individual location details.


In this month's digest, find out if you're a victim of delivery disaster. Delivery disasters are rampant with 1/2 of all customers experiencing an issue each year. Additionally, unacceptable delivery options are 1 of the top 2 causes of abandoned carts. We scoured the internet to find 5 real examples of customers being let down by delivery.
Looking to the future, we're also going to dive into how retailers are fine-tuning their shipping strategies. July's monthly newsletter includes articles from Multichannel Merchant, Internet Retailer, and our own research. Learn why eCommerce shippers are diversifying their carrier services and what's driving home goods purchases online.
Accenture recently published a study that does a great job of articulating how critical delivery and the ability to multiple delivery options has become to the consumer. It's clear the stakes are high. In order to satisfy expectations of shoppers (including expectations around delivery times and free shipping) while still maintaining profitable margins, retailers must work with many different carriers across multiple modes of delivery. No single carrier can satisfy all of these modes cost effectively in every area of the country.
In the previous posts of this series we discussed some ways to transform the customer delivery experience: reduce customer effort, make it personal, and be proactive. All three of these steps can be accomplished by taking data that is readily available to retailers and acting on it to enhance the post-purchase experience. The last step is the toughest one to address. In order to fully transform customer delivery, retailers must be able to optimize the delivery experience for each customer and adapt to changes in real time. This means connecting external carrier networks with disparate technologies and offerings to customer expectations.
What's Driving Home Goods Purchases Online?
Online sales of housewares and home furnishings grew to $18.67 billion in 2015, and now account for 18% of the overall market. That's up by 220 basis points from a 15.8% market share a year earlier as e-commerce ate into store sales, according to Internet Retailer's new report on the home goods market, titled "At Home on the Web." Consumers are increasingly buying lamps, artwork, mattresses and furniture and more online as they decorate, redecorate, furnish and refurnish their dwellings. And housewares and home furnishings retailers in Internet Retailer's Top 1000 are reaping the rewards.
In Internet Retailer's July recap of IRCE, Kat Fay reveals how some retailers are fine-tuning their shipping strategies. Consumers receive online deliveries nearly twice as fast as they did in 2014, according to Kenneth Kassar, vice president and principal analyst at e-commerce analytics provider Slice Intelligence. The average fulfillment speed currently stands at 3.4 days, down from 6.3 days in 2014, according to Slice data. Those improvements reflect steps that retailers have taken over the last few years to get orders to shoppers' doors more quickly. Some have opened new fulfillment centers, others have put new software and processes in place, while some have tried more novel approaches.