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Just got my hands on the ETX exclusive prizes for this weekend's Dice Masters Constructed and Rainbow Draft ETX Championships! Come to the Tacoma Convention Center this weekend for your chance to win these, and lots of other great prizes--outstanding prize support for top 16 and better for both events (details in the WES links, below). To make it even better: Dice Masters co-creator Mike Elliott will be at ETX from 3-5 pm on Saturday.
How did it go? What was the turnout like? Super-competitive or mostly casual players?
Also, was it cool to have Mike Elliott there?
Thanks for asking. The turnout was small but the competition was fierce. World Champion Qualifiers won the Constructed and Rainbow Draft events.
As this has been my first year of organizing gaming events, I've noticed that Seattle-area organizers suffer the summer doldrums that other areas suffer, but more severe. Yeah, it rains 9 months straight here, but those three summer months are glorious--I say the best weather in the States. Period. So the kids get out of school and no one stays home on the weekends. Whereas I was getting 13-18 people at FLGS events before, come the good weather in June, that has dropped to 4-8 people. I'm in communication with people still, and they still want to play, they would just rather be outside on the weekends (we play Sunday afternoons). Shocking, I know.
That's a long way of saying that we had 6 people at the constructed event and 7 people at the rainbow draft event. We were able to launch one side event draft of six people though. And it was the con's first year in existence. Lesson learned: don't lose hope, but manage expectations in the summer in the Northwest (and likely elsewhere). I (along with other people) are also recommending that the con move to May next year, or at least not on Father's Day Weekend.
It was AMAZING to have Mike Elliott there though. Very chill and interesting dude. Lives in Seattle and had minimal crowd around him so you really got to talk with him. It's clear that he loves his craft. And he signed my Worlds play mat (my avatar pic) for me.
I play at Guardian Games, though not very frequently unfortunately (family obligations and all with two young girls). I went to ECCC this year and played in some of the Dice Masters stuff there.
I got a flier for this then and was considering coming up but it didn't work out this year unfortunately. Glad it went well for you though!
We've gone every year for the past 5 years or so, it's one of our "big things".
It wasn't the greatest, apparently one group/store was supposed to run it and dropped out so another store picked it up last minute. No real prize support, winner just got some booster packs. I think they had 5 total events, 3 rainbows and 2 constructed. I went to one of the rainbow drafts on Sat and there were I think 7 people (one or two of which hadn't really played much before). I think some events only had maybe 2-3 show up.
Next year they want to be prepared much more in advance, get it on Wizkids Event System, and hopefully get some official prize support (alt-art cards or something).


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Gauteng MEC says matric life sciences paper may have been leaked
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Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said the that the department is investigating whether the matric life sciences exam paper was leaked.
Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Simphiwe Mbokazi/ANA
JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi confirmed that another matric exam paper might have been leaked.
Speaking at a media briefing on Sunday, Lesufi said the department was investigating whether the life sciences exam paper was leaked.
It was confirmed that the maths paper 2 exam was leaked. Last week the department was investigating the leaking of the physical science paper 2. There were also allegations that the maths paper 1 exam was leaked in KwaZulu-Natal.
Lesufi said: "The department has launched investigations into the leaking of three exam papers. The latest one is life sciences and the team is working on that one. These are national papers and the national minister (Angie Motshekga) is responsible for the exam, but we are worried that there are people who think they can undermine the credibility of the exam. The exam remains intact."
Lesufi said that over 53,000 learners didn't go back to class after the schools reopened following their closure for months because of Covid-19. He said he blamed organisations that had called for the school year to be cancelled for the mass drop-outs.
"We want to put the blame squarely on populists who said the academic year must not continue. We believe these learners listened to these populist leaders, some of whom failed as priests. These are people who should be held responsible.
"The price is too high. These learners can come back as criminals. These learners can come back as social grant recipients. Their lives are disrupted for ever. That is why, as the department, we said 'let's go and track them and persuade them to come back at the beginning of 2021'. There is no pass one, pass all," Lesufi said.
Regarding placements for the 2021 academic year for Grades 1 and 8, Lesufi said they had placed over 81% of all learners. Placements are supposed to end today.
He said that so far 280 schools were full and the department would release the names of schools with available space and urge parents to accept those available spaces.
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Эрих Йоханнес Бруно Понто (;) — немецкий актёр театра и кинематографа.

Биография

Родился в Любеке в семье торговца. После того, как его семья переехала в Гамбург-, учился в гимназии в Альтоне и после экзамена в высшей школе начал изучение фармацевтики в Мюнхенском университете, где  посещал лекции, прочитанные Вильгельмом Конрадом Рентгеном. Увлеченный актёрским мастерством уже во время учёбы, Понто брал уроки драмы с 1906 года.

Понто дебютировал на сцене в  в 1908 году, после чего выступал в Нордхаузене, Райхенберге и Дюссельдорфе.  На сцене его самая известная роль в оригинальной постановке произведения Бертольта Брехта «Трёхгрошовая опера»  в 1928 году. Во время Третьего рейха он получил звание  «Государственного актёра» () в 1938 году, самое высокое звание, которое можно было присвоить сценическому артисту в нацистской Германии.

Кинематографическая карьера Понто началась только тогда, когда ему было уже за 50, но он стал известным актёром в немецком кино 1930-х и 1940-х годов, часто в эксцентричных или злобных ролях.

Личная жизнь
В 1916 году он женился на Тони Крессе, у них было двое детей. Их дочь Ева (род. 1918) стала кинорежиссёром.  Она получила известность прежде всего благодаря производству сказочных фильмов на .

Он умер в возрасте 72 лет после продолжительной раковой болезни. Эрих Понто был дядей генерального директора Dresdner Bank Юргена Понто, который был убит членами РАФ в 1977 году.

Избранная фильмография
 1936 — Заключительный аккорд
 1941 — Я обвиняю — профессор Вертер
 1949 — Третий человек — доктор Винкель
 1957 — Помолвка в Цюрихе — в титрах не указан

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Командоры ордена «За заслуги перед ФРГ»
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Умершие от рака
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Are you looking forward to the Blackberry 5G? The Astro Slide might be a viable option – Bestgamingpro
The Astro Slide, which has 5G capability and a tactile keyboard, reminds us of the impending Blackberry 5G, but it's really available to purchase at CES 2022.
Planet Computers' third smartphone was revealed through a Kickstarter campaign in May 2020, and it was officially launched during the annual tech exhibition CES 2022.
The phone seems to be on its way as well. That is, according to the Kickstarter website, it has been postponed from the planned March 2021 release date.
According to the page's statistics, approximately 4,000 copies have been sold so far, but you can still pre-order it now if you're interested.
And there's a strong reason to prefer the smartphone, particularly if you want the physical keyboard, which is available on very few phones anymore. The keyboard is backlit, so you can text in the dark, and it sounds like it can be remapped and re-ordered to suit your preferences.
The Astro Slide also features 5G connectivity, Android 11 software, a 48MP main camera, two USB-C ports, a 3.5mm headphone jack, wireless charging, a microSD slot, a 4,000mAh battery, a 6.4-inch AMOLED FHD+ screen, a 13MP selfie camera, the Dimensity 800 chipset, 8GB RAM, and 128GB storage, as well as a 4,000mAh battery, a 6.4-inch AMOLED F
The RRP is €819, which translates to roughly $940, £680, and AU$1,295, so the price is reasonable when you consider the moving mechanism, and it delivers internationally, so you can get it in any of those locations.
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At Lloyds we're motivated by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Over the last few years, we've grown our number of active online banking users to 14.5 million and our mobile users to over 9 million.We're committed to continuing to deliver a leading customer experience by improving our digital capabilities, providing personalised propositions and building on our...
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Lead Quality Engineer
Lloyds banking Group is on the mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help do it. Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.We're looking to recruit a Lead Quality Engineer to deliver the highest...
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Lloyds banking Group is on the mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help do it. Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.We're looking to recruit a Quality Engineer to work in a...
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Lloyds banking Group is on the mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help do it. Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.We're looking to recruit a Software Engineer to deliver business value...
Lab Engineer
Lloyds banking Group is on the mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help do it. Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.We're looking to recruit a Lab Engineer to work alongside the Lab Product...
Lloyds banking Group is on the mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help do it. Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.We're looking to recruit a Lead Software Engineer to deliver the highest...
Lloyds banking Group is on the mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help do it. Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.We're looking to recruit a Software Engineer to work in a consistent way...
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The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) is a statutory authority of the Queensland Government responsible for the development and appropriate delivery of kindergarten, primary, and secondary education in Queensland, Australia. The authority itself does not operate any educational institutions, but creates, amends and certifies syllabuses, issues Queensland Certificates of Education, and regulates assessment.

QCAA Board
The QCAA Board is a seven-member caucus of education leaders, and is the governing body for the authority. The board's seven positions are filled by three education sector leaders (each from the state, Catholic, and independent sectors) and four members appointed by the minister for education. The founding Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014 explains that the minister can only appoint people "having the qualifications, experience or standing the Minister considers relevant to the functions of the authority."

As of 24 September 2020, the board's seven positions are filled by:

 Brian Short, ministerial appointment (chair)
 Tony Cook, representing the Department of Education
 David Robertson, representing Independent Schools Queensland
 Lee-Anne Perry, representing the Queensland Catholic Education Commission
 Doune Macdonald, ministerial appointment
 Carol Nicoll, ministerial appointment
 Cresta Richardson, ministerial appointment

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Lock in a great price for Bicycle Hotel Amsterdam – rated 8.1 by recent guests!
Athough I did not have time to do it, it was awsome that I could borrow a bike.
Staff was so friendly and helpful. Great location!
Great location, great value for money and very friendly staff.
We stayed in the fourth floor walk-up apt. Across the street from the main hotel. Loved the apt., staff, and location. Location was 3 min walk from Metro & Tram.
The staff is really really nice. Breakfast was also very good for a simple hotel :) Besides that, the location is very good!
Only comcern was the steep stairs climbing to the forth floor!
The breakfast was convenient and delicious, many options from cereal to eggs. The location was great.
Not only our room, but the hotel itself - the washrooms, the lobby, everything - was very clean! The location is very close to several tram stations, one of which goes to the center of the city. There are also nice restaurants, supermarkets, and a small park nearby.
Bicycle Hotel Amsterdam This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
Bicycle Hotel Amsterdam provides budget accommodations with free Wi-Fi and a bike rental service, a 5-minute walk from the Albert Cuyp Market. This eco-friendly hotel actively recycles and uses solar power.
The hotel features guest rooms with private facilities or a shared bathroom on the same floor. All rooms are simply-furnished and come equipped with a sink and a TV.
Bicycle Hotel serves a simple yet generous breakfast in the morning, featuring a selection of Dutch specialties. The multi-cultural De Pijp are has a large variety of restaurants and bars.
The Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum are a 15-minute walk away. The Albert Cuypstraat tram stop is a 7-minute walk away and provides direct service to Amsterdam Central Station via trams 16 and 24.
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I was not aware that I would share the toilet with other hotel guests.
We stayed in the apartment for two people and really liked it, it was super clean, had a balcony. The kitchen wasn't equipped with a hob but had a large fridge and microwave, all we needed for light dinners and breakfasts. It was really private and didn't feel like a hotel at all. There are heaps of coffee places around and the hotel is only a short walk away from museumsplein. The hotel offers free breakfast but we didn't get to try it. It was my birthday while I was there and the hotel staff gave me a little Dutch greeting and a card which I thought was really nice. We had lovely four days and would defo come back!
Breakfast is a bit poor, no veggies or a proper espresso. Otherwise all good.
Nice, spacious room with a balcony looking over a garden. The room was clean, the bed is comfi, bathroom is nicely done. Easy location in downtown.
The staff were very accommodating and helpful. Questions were answered with full enthusiasm. A very peaceful area even though it is almost near the center.
Very friendly hosts. Perfect location. Small and simple but clean room.
Narrow stairway, it can be difficult for someone. I missed some vegetables for the breakfast.
Nice location - walking distance to subway and tram. Good breakfast. Nice staff.
Nice clean hotel with friendly staff . Great location near park and market .
I did not like that the hotel unfortunately is not accessible, so we could reach the 4th floor with luggage without lift, but it can be a problem for others.
We liked staying here. The staff was awesome, kind and very helpful. The room and bathroom were sparkling clean and the location was exceptionally good, close to the city centre. Easy to access via public transport, comfy beds, nice view. Excellent for a budget hotel!
The hotel is located in a quiet street near the centre. Cycling distance to Rijksmuseum is aprox. 10 min. Bikes are easily rentable at the hotel without any deposit. The aiport is by public transport quickly accessible within 35 min. Staff is very friendly and helpful. I had a wonderful stay and would definetely stay there again.


From the basic white toast of the 1950s, through successive Pop-Tart, croissant, bagel and muffin phases, we've come back to toast. Turns out, toast is not so basic anymore. Today's toast is made from artisanal, not factory, bread and is topped with ingredients from a global pantry.
Spread with butter; top with thinly sliced radishes; sprinkle with sea salt.
Spread with ricotta; top with sliced tomatoes.
Whip together butter, brown sugar and cinnamon; spread on toast and place under broiler till the sugar barely bubbles.
Spread with ricotta; top with paper-thin sliced Vidalia onions; sprinkle heavily with cracked black pepper.
Spread with strawberry jam; sprinkle with bits of blue cheese.
Spread with butter; top with thinly sliced peaches/strawberries; sprinkle with cinnamon.
Spread pesto; top with thin slices of prosciutto.
Spread with hummus; top with toasted pine nuts and zaatar.
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On Instagram, there are three main ways to interact with someone. You can like their pictures, comment on pictures, or follow them. This post can serve as your guide on how to handle all of these interactions.
With so many people using Instagram to share such personal data, it's no wonder hackers are interested in gaining control of Instagram user accounts. You may have noticed random photos that appeared on your account, or a lot of new, unknown people, that you're following all of a sudden.


A new tool for analyzing academic papers uses cutting-edge AI to find meaning in billions of words.
Many professions would benefit from software capable of automatically extracting meaning from text.
If computers can be taught to find meaning in the thousands of research papers published each year, then perhaps they could automatically highlight important new trends or discoveries, and draw conclusions from them.
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is working toward this very goal, and has developed a new tool called Semantic Scholar that can search through millions of computer science papers. The tool, launched today, features ways of refining searches based on information extracted from the text of papers.
It is, for instance, possible to narrow a search according to the journal in which a paper was published, or the conference at which it was presented, or by the data set used. Semantic scholar will also show key phrases in a paper.
Many academic search engines already exist, among them Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic Search, PubMed, and JSTOR. But these typically only search through papers using keywords and other information that is clearly categorized, such as the publication date.
There is a growing interest in using machine learning to train computers to recognize certain concepts in data. Google is building a so-called "knowledge graph" of concepts by training algorithms to crawl the Web and extract useful information. This is why, when you search for "How old is Barack Obama," Google will not only serve up Web pages that may contain the information, but also tell you directly that that he is 54 years old.
Other companies are trying to do something similar with academic papers. A company called Meta also announced today a service that will automatically identify the people and entities mentioned in medical literature. Meta is using technology developed by SRI, through a project called FUSE, to forecast scientific trends using machine learning.


Mobile gaming rang in the new year with a strong first quarter, generating a 30% increase compared with Q4 2015. One country in particular, China, represented 31% of the total installs of games made with Unity.
Android retained its status as the global leader in Q1 2016 representing 81% of mobile game installs while iOS maintained 17%.
Kitkat (4.4) and Lollipop (5.0 and 5.1) account for 73% of all Android game installs.
iOS shows more consolidation with 72% of installs occurring on devices running iOS 9.0 (released September 2015) or later, and 91% occur on devices running 8.0 (released at September 2014) or later.
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Blue & Gold flowers on the outside and gold houndstooth print on the inside of our wallet, this little bag celebrates world style.
Get ready for adventure with our mini blue floral Wanderer wallet! This cloth wallet features two pockets for cards, cash, etc. The flap features a magnetic clasp to keep your cards from falling out. The tab has a ring so that you can attach it with a clip inside your purse, with your keys, in your backpack.
With Blue & Gold flowers on the outside and gold houndstooth print on the inside of our wallet, this little bag celebrates world style. Our artisans hail from around the globe, so we love that this fabric celebrates that. Paisley Wanderer wallet measures 4″ width by 3.5″ length when closed, and 9.5″ length when open.
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This wallet is handmade by a refugee mom! Processing & production time takes approximately 3-5 business days to ship.
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Celebrities-Why So Admired?
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We loved with a love that was more than love. -Edgar Allen Poe
I don't understand why celebrities are put on such a high petal stool. It's like its okay for them to ruin their lives but when it comes to regular people you consider them a "screw up". They do drugs, act like their higher than everyone else, and lead a life that children and teens want to pursue. I'm not judging you if you look up to someone famous but they should lead a better life for you to want to admire. I mean I even admire a few celebrities myself. But why can't we admire regular people?
I get it; they have money, nice cars, and mansions. But if you strip them of all of that they turn out to be just like you if not lower. I mean take the business woman who walks past you on the steet. She has a descent carreer, supports her husband and children, and is a caring induvidual. Why not admire her? Not to say that some celebrities are wrong or act with no sense. Really there are some that do have great qualities. All I'm saying is why not admire someone who is working hard to lead a moral life. Someone who cares about people and is sensible. They are the best model citizens to admire. Though it's easier to like someone for what they have or what they do. But just look at the full picture and then decide for yourself.
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Realjay41 DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 23 2017 at 6:22 am
Realjay41 DIAMOND, Culpeper , Virginia
I don't want to be the type of fan girl who would worship her favorite celebrities and try to do the things that they do. Besides, My favorite celebrities are smarter than the other ones. Yes, Shailene did protest; but, she didn't have any other way to show the anger she had when she was getting less money than her male counterparts.
Dylan has trainphobia. That is what I call the fear of trains. He was scared to move when the train horn blew. Then he got hit and I believe that he has had it ever since.
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on Jun. 3 2013 at 3:24 am
LittleDreamer BRONZE, New Delhi, Other
Celebrities are people too, it's just that they are well-established. The celebrities whom I admire may not be completely accepted by the society, but they are very down-to-earth people and I know that because I'm a die hard fan. Now it does sound crazy but it's true, they wanted to be treated like others too. The media often focus on their flaws, they like to potray them as a negative influence because that is what most of the newspapers print nowadays and that is what the public likes to know so they can gossip. There are celebs who donate money to the charity and try to do good for the society but there efforts are often little recognized as compared to their mistakes which are highlighted by the media, creating a false impression about themselves. Now this might apply to a few celebs only - who knows, some truly have a bad influence, some have got the fame way up to their head. When you talk about taking drugs, normal people do that as well but since they are not celebs - it doesn't become of a big deal, it's totally the opposite the other way round as people believe that celebs have some kind of mind control over their fans. Which is not always true.. fans have their own brains too right, lol. I think it's a common misconception that people think that fans of celebs don't look upon other normal people - that is not always true, there are so many people I know who are die hard fangirls but look up to their parents, teacher or friend - they have respect for others just as much any other person has. But yes, there are some celebs whom I wonder why anybody even looks up to and their fan base is often just ridiculous, but to each his own.
kalijahhooks BRONZE said...
on Apr. 7 2011 at 11:46 am
kalijahhooks BRONZE, Kansas City, Missouri
If you can change your mind you can change your life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with you, but, I disagree when you said that they act like their higher then everyone else. Some celebrities try thier best to act normal and they want to be treated like a normal person, but, its not like they can go to a mall and shop without a fan running up to them. So just know that most celbs try their very best to act like US.
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on Oct. 1 2010 at 9:50 pm
LaughingGirl GOLD, Ocala, Florida
Play the music not the instrument. -Author Unknown
In my honest opinion, celebs are normal people who just hapene to be more well-known. The celebrities who get on drugs and stuff are the ones who can't handle the extra attention.
Real celebrities in my opinion are people who deserve the attention. These people are influential and intellectual people who use their status to help the world, such as advertising a charity.
People who get on drugs and don't really do anything but twitter about their latest catfight are not celebrities in my opinion. They are people who maybe were once great or never were who are somehow still handing onto a status.
Some normal people who aren't well-known maybe should be, but it could be their desicion to not, or just can't. It's just not written out for them.
I liked your article, though! Ans sorry for my huge loud opinion. ;)
xodistantdreamerxo BRONZE said...
xodistantdreamerxo BRONZE, South Jersey, New Jersey
"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." -Dr. Seuss
This is amazingly true. We share the same view point on this. If only people would realize what you're saying I think ideals of whats "right" and "wrong" would be a bit better.
TheOnlyWritician GOLD said...
on Feb. 18 2010 at 7:05 pm
ChildOfThePast SILVER said...
ChildOfThePast SILVER, Raleigh, North Carolina
"Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody."
I liked it, i definetly get your piont of view on things and you make it very clear for what you stand for. Great work, really.
I think its ninty-ten. Ninty percent looks and five percent what you got or fifty fifty of both lol. But anyway thanks for commenting.
SodapopMyLove said...
I love this, I personally don't get why too. Is it cause of their talent, looks, or fashion?


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Harold Martin reportedly spent several years working in NSA's elite hacking unit, known as Tailored Access Operations. Here, the NSA campus in Fort Meade, MD is pictured. | AP Photo
Ex-NSA contractor accused of hoarding classified info to plead guilty
By JOSH GERSTEIN
Updated 01/03/2018 12:46 PM EST
A former National Security Agency contractor accused of stealing a massive quantity of classified information over two decades has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of illegal retention of national security information.
The ex-NSA worker, Harold Martin, 53, however, has not reached a full agreement with prosecutors to resolve the 20 felony charges he was indicted on after being arrested in 2016 during a raid of his Maryland home.
The move appears to be a gamble by Martin's defense that the government will conclude that a trial on the remaining charges is unnecessary, particularly given the possibility that it will disclose sensitive details about the capabilities of the NSA and other U.S. intelligence agencies.
Martin, who's been held without bail since his arrest nearly a year and a half ago, could face a sentence of to up to 10 years on the charge to which he is offering to plead guilty.
U.S. District Court Judge Marvin Garbis, who sits in Baltimore, has scheduled a Jan. 22 hearing to receive Martin's plea.
Prosecutors said in a court filing that sentencing guidelines will call for Martin to receive the full 10 years. However, government lawyers have agreed to postpone sentencing until all other counts are resolved — an arrangement which suggests some possibility the other charges could be dropped.
Martin reportedly spent several years working in NSA's elite hacking unit, known as Tailored Access Operations. Investigators initially suspected his removal of classified files from NSA headquarters led to a public disclosure of U.S. hacking tools released online by a group calling itself the Shadow Brokers.
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However, prosecutors have never formally accused Martin of a role in that hack or alleged that information he took from the NSA somehow made its way to the Shadow Brokers.
A statement of facts prosecutors drafted about the single count Martin is offering to plead guilty to says the particular classified document at issue in that charge is "a March 2014 NSA leadership briefing outlining the development and future plans for a specific NSA organization."
"The information contained within this document related to United States military and naval establishments and related activities of national preparedness, as well as the defense of the United States against its enemies," prosecutors said.
At early court hearings in the case, officials said they seized more than 50 terabytes of data from Martin's home, along with thousands of pages of hard copy documents, many of them classified as top secret.
Martin's attorneys had no immediate comment on the plea offer.
Trump suggests Huma Abedin be jailed after State Department email release
By LOUIS NELSON
During unsuccessful efforts to get Martin out of jail, Martin's defense team portrayed him as a well-intentioned, but socially awkward patriot, who meant no harm by gathering the information at his home over a period of years. Federal public defender Jim Wyda called Martin "a compulsive hoarder," who believed he was making technical breakthroughs that his colleagues did not always appreciate.
"There's nothing to indicate Hal Martin is a traitor," Wyda said at an October 2016 hearing.
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The generated pdf lacks of the barcodes, but renders text, headers, logos, and other stuff.  Indeed renders a barcode generated by the write2DBarcode() method.
Yes I updated the required files,  from the original included in the example tcpdf_include.php to tcpdf/tcpdf.php.
Any help is welcome,  If somebody know how to ask directly to Mr. Asuni or the TCPDF staff,  also welcome.  Thanks.

A: I had the same issue after upgrading to a newer version of TCPDF.
By default, the K_TCPDF_CALLS_IN_HTML constant is set to FALSE in the config file config/tcpdf_config.php, preventing the use of the <tcpdf> tag.
As a quick test, try changing this value to TRUE in the config, and see if your tag renders as expected. You can then look into overriding this config value correctly.

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A very moving experience 30th June 2015
At a recent race meeting I was talking to a fellow competitor who's son had just returned from a visit to the Nurburgring racetrack in Germany. The 'Ring' sees an endless pilgrimage to its challenging 14-mile circuit that is open to the public on a pay and go basis.
His son's visit included a tour of the track in a Jaguar and it was apparent from this brand experience that he had been converted into a Jaguar enthusiast and ambassador.
This type of experience is not unusual as Porsche and other manufacturers use the circuit all the time to show off their performance prowess.
Our conversation moved on to how this type of experience could benefit car showrooms as a whole, which got me thinking about the current state of the experience when buying a new car.
It depends on who you are talking to but one of the most amazing auto experiences has to be the test track on the roof of the Lingotto building in Turin, but to be fair not everybody has that sort of facility and I can't see health and safety waving that one through!
So what sort of experience can customers get excited about?
Porsche have opened a new showroom near our office in Dubai on the Sheikh Zayed Road. The three floors cover 5ksqm, offering the Porsche drivers an experience which includes a roof top terrace, a digitalization concept that delivers key information on demand a museum corner, boutique, café and racing simulator.
Impressive stuff for one building but they are not alone in driving home the wow factor. Mercedes World situated in the middle of the old Brooklands track in Surrey, is a real hands-on experience that has its own track and brand centre.
Mercedes also have some superb showrooms in Munich, which feature iconic racing cars including classics and the latest F1 car. We particularly like the coloured speed effect light wall, but visually exciting and informative showrooms are not only the domain of top end brands.
While some mainstream manufacturers are predictable and rather cold, It would be unfair not to mention some impressive ones like Tesla in California, Lexus and Nissan in Tokyo and of course city centre experiences like Audi in Regent street and Peugeot, Citroen, Renault in the Champs Elyse, Paris.
For me top of the list of mainstream experiences has to be Mini. Whist I am not a fan of the new models (I used to rally the original Cooper S's) their showrooms bring an explosion of colour to what can sometimes be seen as a world of teutonic chrome and grey.
From new showrooms in London to Mini Centres in Berlin, their signature piece is mounting a Mini on the wall or fascia wherever they can, add to this the 'in-your-face' use of colour and the effect is automotive eye-candy.
So for me the best experience has to be a well-balanced mix of heritage, racing supremacy, technical excellence, great design and reliable performance. As for price, well you get what you pay for and as with all products and services the 'unattainable triangle' of price, quality and availability still stands – you can't have everything in equal portions.
If that lager brand did car showrooms it would feature a great heritage museum featuring gob-smacking race cars, race and off road or rally simulator, an automotive education centre, a café with walls full of interesting auto jumble, car club enthusiasts corner, a reason to believe section and of course a full range of product with 'easy-to-get' options selection.
The Automotive Junkies alternative to a Health Spa!
A very moving experience
08/12 - Ethos crowned Food Shop of the year
04/12 - Sartorial excellence versus the 'hard sell'
03/12 - Branch Transformation: Do you really need a branch of the future? And does it have to be a Ferrari?
30/09 - Telling a brand new story
23/09 - Changing London fashion
21/08 - Let them eat cake
11/08 - Soaking up style in Scandinavia
24/07 - Jabba II lives
13/07 - Thoughts from the inside
09/07 - The last days of 'Jabba' the hut
07/07 - Ethos founder recognised for achievements
30/06 - A very moving experience
30/06 - A Place in Heaven
24/06 - I-AM proves the 'model' agency
23/06 - It's a Pitti we had to leave
18/06 - I-AM Commended for Ethos Project
18/06 - I have too many bikes. Said no cyclist ever!
11/06 - News from I-AM Sessions
08/06 - Running with a Great Partner
06/05 - Omni-Channel Brand Identity Design in Banking
18/03 - Can Fast Food be Premium?
03/03 - In Interview with Best Banking – Technology could evoke a renaissance in banking
18/02 - You've got to have Sole
03/02 - The Game Changer
29/01 - I-AM supports a desert marathon runner- Go Go Go!!
26/01 - The Importance of Brand Behaviour


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Compare the voting records of Sam Graves and Edward Royce in 2017-18.
Sam Graves
Represented Missouri's 6th Congressional District. This is his 9th term in the House.
Edward Royce
Represented California's 39th Congressional District. This is his 13th term in the House.
Sam Graves and Edward Royce are from the same party and agreed on 93 percent of votes in the 115th Congress (2017-18).
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Dec. 21, 2018 — Space Frontier Act of 2019
July 18, 2018 — Mullin of Oklahoma Amendment No. 44
June 8, 2018 — Gohmert of Texas Part B Amendment No. 10
Sept. 8, 2017 — Palmer of Alabama Amendment No. 56
Sept. 7, 2017 — Young of Alaska Amendment No. 43
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Aftershock Festival is a rock and heavy metal music festival in Sacramento, California, started in 2012.

History
In 2019, the festival expanded to three days, and in 2021 Aftershock expanded to 4 days, October 7 to 10.

Aftershock 2012

Aftershock 2012 – September 23, 2012

 Stone Temple Pilots
 Deftones
 Bush
 Chevelle
 Theory of a Deadman
 Escape the Fate
 Hollywood Undead
 Oleander
 Hell or Highwater
 Otherwise
 Stepchild
 Gemini Syndrome
 Beware of Darkness
 Fallrise

Aftershock 2013

Aftershock 2013 – September 14–15, 2013

Day 1, Saturday September 14:

Monster Energy Main Stage North
Shinedown
Papa Roach
Skillet
P.O.D.
In This Moment
We as Human

Monster Energy Main Stage South
Korn
Megadeth
Buckcherry
Testament
Steel Panther
Otherwise

Ernie Ball Stage
Love and Death
Heaven's Basement
Butcher Babies
Eye Empire
Girl On Fire
Nothing More

Day 2, Sunday September 15:

Monster Energy Main Stage North
Avenged Sevenfold
A Day to Remember
Halestorm
Asking Alexandria
Falling in Reverse
Gemini Syndrome

Monster Energy Main Stage South
Five Finger Death Punch
Volbeat
HIM
All That Remains
Airbourne
Hell or Highwater

Ernie Ball Stage
Filter
Pop Evil
SOiL
Thousand Foot Krutch
Miss May I

Aftershock 2014

Day 1 - September 13, 2014

Monster Energy Main Stage West
 Limp Bizkit
 Tech N9ne
 Black Label Society
 Hellyeah
 Memphis May Fire
 Anti-Mortem

Monster Energy Main Stage North
 Weezer (headliner)
 AWOLNATION
 Bad Religion
 Pepper
 Dead Sara
 The Last Internationale

Monster Energy Main Stage South
 The Offspring (co-headliner)
 Chevelle
 Nothing More
 Fuel
 Sleepwave
 Islander

Coors Light Stage
 Butcher Babies
 Emmure
 Eyes Set to Kill
 Viza
 Dig the Kid

Day 2 - September 14, 2014

Monster Energy Main Stage West
 Godsmack (headliner)
 Seether
 Theory of a Deadman
 Black Stone Cherry
 We Are Harlot
 Escape the Fate

Monster Energy Main Stage North
 Rob Zombie (co-headliner)
 Rise Against
 Pennywise
 Of Mice & Men
 Atreyu
 Otherwise

Monster Energy Main Stage South
 Five Finger Death Punch
 Mastodon
 Buckcherry
 We Came as Romans
 Kyng
 Young Guns

Coors Light Stage
 Lacuna Coil
 Unlocking the Truth
 New Medicine
 Burn Halo
 Fallrise

Aftershock 2015

Day 1 - October 24, 2015

Monster Energy Main Stage North
 Slipknot (headliner)
 Bring Me the Horizon
 Black Veil Brides
 Pop Evil
 Suicidal Tendencies
 Turbowolf

Monster Energy Main Stage South
 Shinedown (co-headliner)
 Breaking Benjamin
 Hollywood Undead
 Helmet
 Art of Dying
 Snot

Monster Energy Main Stage East
 Marilyn Manson
 Seether
 P.O.D.
 All That Remains
 Red Sun Rising
 Devour the Day

Coors Light Stage
 Clutch
 Beartooth
 Hell Or Highwater
 September Mourning
 RavenEye

Day 2 - October 25, 2015

Monster Energy Main Stage North
Faith No More (headliner)
Coheed and Cambria
All Time Low
Sleeping with Sirens
Issues
ONE OK ROCK

Monster Energy Main Stage South
Deftones (co-headliner)
Death from Above 1979
Eagles of Death Metal
Failure
Highly Suspect
Pink Slips
Death Rogen

Monster Energy Main Stage East
Jane's Addiction
Stone Temple Pilots ft. Chester Bennington
Yelawolf
Sevendust
The Sword
Neck Deep

Coors Light Stage
 Glassjaw
 Red Fang
 Madchild
 '68
 Dance Gavin Dance

Aftershock 2016

Day 1 - October 22, 2016

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 Tool
 Primus
 The Pretty Reckless
 Baroness
 Avatar
 Whores.
 American Sharks

DISCOVERY STAGE
 Slayer
 Meshuggah
 Anthrax
 Motionless in White
 letlive.
 Big Jesus

CAPITAL STAGE
 Deafheaven
 Face to Face
 Drakulas
 The Shrine
 Æges
 Death Angel

Day 2 - October 23, 2016

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 Avenged Sevenfold
 Disturbed
 Chevelle
 Parkway Drive
 Silver Snakes
 The Mendenhall Experiment

DISCOVERY STAGE
 Korn
 Puscifer
 Ghost
 The Amity Affliction
 Ignite

CAPITAL STAGE
 Zakk Sabbath
 Max and Igor Cavalera return to Roots
 Suicide Silence
 Whitechapel
 Some Fear None

Aftershock 2017

Day 1 - Saturday, October 21, 2017,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 Nine Inch Nails (headliner)
 Run the Jewels
 Stone Sour
 Eagles of Death Metal
 Nothing More
 Greta Van Fleet
 Palaye Royale

BLACKCRAFT STAGE
 A Perfect Circle (co-headliner)
 Mastodon
 Gojira
 Highly Suspect
 Anti-Flag
 Deap Vally

CAPITAL STAGE
 Tech N9ne
 August Burns Red
 Code Orange
 He Is Legend
 Joyous Wolf

Day 2 - Sunday, October 22, 2017,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 Ozzy Osbourne (headliner)
 Halestorm
 Of Mice & Men
 Beartooth
 Butcher Babies
 New Years Day

BLACKCRAFT STAGE
 Five Finger Death Punch (co-headliner)
 In This Moment
 Hollywood Undead
 Suicidal Tendencies
 Starset
 Black Map

CAPITAL STAGE
 Steel Panther
 Fozzy
 Power Trip
 DED
 Them Evils

PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED BANDS THAT CANCELLED
 Marilyn Manson (due to an onstage injury sustained a few weeks prior)
 Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Aftershock 2018

Day 1 - Saturday, October 13, 2018,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 Deftones (headliner)
 311
 Action Bronson
 Jonathan Davis
 Sevendust
 Red Sun Rising
 Dirty Honey

DISCOVERY STAGE (PRESENTED BY CYCO FLOWER)
 Godsmack (co-headliner)
 Shinedown
 Underoath
 Asking Alexandria
 The Vinnie Paul Tribute
 Hyro Da Hero
 Viza

CAPITAL STAGE (PRESENTED BY KOLAS)
 Gwar
 Monster Magnet
 Emmure
 Stick to Your Guns
 Wage War
 The Dose
 Provoker

Day 2 - Sunday, October 14, 2018,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 System of a Down (headliner)
 Incubus
 At the Drive-In
 Bullet for My Valentine
 Dorothy
 Amigo the Devil

DISCOVERY STAGE (PRESENTED BY CYCO FLOWER)
 Alice in Chains (co-headliner)
 Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators
 Seether
 Black Veil Brides
 Dance Gavin Dance
 LAW

CAPITAL STAGE (PRESENTED BY KOLAS)
 Everlast
 The Fever 333
 Plague Vendor
 All Them Witches
 Slothrust
 The Jacks

PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED BANDS THAT CANCELLED

 Hellyeah (cancelled due to Vinnie Paul's death)
 Bad Wolves (cancelled)

Aftershock 2019

Day 1 - Friday, October 11, 2019,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 Slipknot (headliner)
 Lamb of God
 Dropkick Murphys
 I Prevail
 Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals

KOLAS DISCOVERY STAGE
 Staind
 Halestorm
 Clutch
 Beartooth
 Motionless in White
 Ded

COORS CAPITAL STAGE
 Sum 41
 The Interrupters
 Knocked Loose
 Angel Du$t
 The Pink Slips
 Santa Cruz

Day 2 - Saturday, October 12, 2019,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 blink-182 (headliner)
 Bring Me the Horizon
 Stone Temple Pilots
 Highly Suspect
 Fishbone
 The Parlor Mob
 Dead Posey

KOLAS DISCOVERY STAGE
 Rob Zombie
 Marilyn Manson
 Bad Religion
 Ghostemane
 Badflower
 Sick Puppies

COORS CAPITAL STAGE
 Fidlar
 Andrew W.K.
 Health
 Ho99o9
 Spirit Adrift

Day 3 - Sunday, October 13, 2019,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 Tool (headliner)
 A Day to Remember
 Gojira
 The Crystal Method
 Brkn Love
 Blue Midnight

KOLAS DISCOVERY STAGE
 Korn
 Chevelle
 Babymetal
 Falling in Reverse
 New Language

COORS CAPITAL STAGE
 Deadland Ritual
 Fu Manchu
 Fire from the Gods
 The Hu
 Evan Konrad

ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED BANDS THAT CANCELLED OR WERE NO SHOWS

 Poppy (no show)
 While She Sleeps (cancelled)
 Broken Hands (cancelled)
 Joyous Wolf (cancelled)
 Architects (cancelled)
 Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (cancelled)

Aftershock 2021
Previously in 2020, it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Danny Wimmer Presents announced because of the unfortunate events a Thursday night will be added for free for anyone who purchased their tickets in advance.

Day 1 - Thursday, October 7, 2021,

KOLAS STAGE
 Cypress Hill  (headliner)
 Anthrax
 Knocked Loose
 Destroy Boys

COORS LIGHT STAGE
 Testament
 Exodus
 Death Angel
 Oxymorrons

Day 2 - Friday, October 8, 2021,

JACK DANIEL'S STAGE
 Metallica (headliner)
 Rancid
 Dropkick Murphys
 Avatar
 Des Rocs
 Ayron Jones

KOLAS STAGE
 Volbeat
 Seether
 Skillet
 Pop Evil
 Crobot

COORS LIGHT STAGE
 Suicidal Tendencies
 Butcher Babies
 Cleopatrick
 Black Map
 Unity TX
 Contracult Collective

Day 3 - Saturday, October 9, 2021,

JACK DANIEL'S STAGE
 Mudvayne
 Gojira
 Atreyu
 August Burns Red
 Ded
 The Black Moods

KOLAS STAGE
 The Original Misfits (headliner)
 The Offspring
 Machine Gun Kelly
 Badflower
 Bones UK
 Blame My Youth

COORS LIGHT STAGE
 Body Count
 Anti-Flag
 Alien Weaponry
 South of Eden
 Another Day Dawns
 American Teeth

Day 4- Sunday, October 10, 2021,

JACK DANIEL'S STAGE
 Metallica (headliner)
 Social Distortion
 Pennywise
 Black Veil Brides
 Mammoth WVH
 The Blue Stones

KOLAS STAGE
 Rise Against
 Mastodon
 In This Moment
 Steel Panther
 Law

COORS LIGHT STAGE
 Yelawolf
 Grandson
 All Good Things
 The Cold Stares
 Widow 7

ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED BANDS THAT WERE CANCELLED
 My Chemical Romance (headliner) [cancelled]
 Limp Bizkit (cancelled)
 Faith No More (cancelled due to Mike Patton's mental health issues)
 From Ashes to New (cancelled)
 Parkway Drive
 Fit for a King
 Live
 Hatebreed

Aftershock 2022

Day 1 - Thursday, October 6, 2022
JACK DANIEL'S STAGE

 Slipknot (headliner)
 Evanescence
 Killswitch Engage
 Nothing More
 Crown the Empire
 Vended

KOLAS STAGE

 Rob Zombie
 Stone Temple Pilots
 Ghostemane
 Ice Nine Kills
 Dead Sara
 Solence

DW PRESENT'S STAGE

 Code Orange
 Royal & the Serpent
 POORSTACY
 Fit For An Autopsy
 Superbloom

COORS LIGHT STAGE

 Bad Religion
 Alexisonfire
 Cherry Bombs
 PRONG
 Taipei Houston
 Ego Kill Talent

Day 2 - Friday, October 7, 2022
JACK DANIEL'S STAGE

 Kiss (headliner)
 Danzig
 Falling in Reverse
 Clutch
 Spiritbox
 AEIR

KOLAS STAGE

 Lamb of God
 Chevelle
 Motionless in White
 Jeris Johnson
 Joey Valence & Brae
 Orbit Culture

DW PRESENT'S STAGE

 Gwar
 Apocalyptica
 Nemophila
 Set It Off
 For The Better

COORS LIGHT STAGE

 Meshuggah
 In Flames
 Helmet
 Mike's Dead
 Archetypes Collide
 Hot Crazy

Day 3 - Saturday, October 8, 2022
JACK DANIEL'S STAGE

 My Chemical Romance (headliner)
 A Day to Remember
 Yungblud
 Beartooth
 Thursday
 Lilith Czar

KOLAS STAGE

 Papa Roach
 Halestorm
 Theory of a Deadman
 Thrice
 Airbourne
 Eva Under Fire

DW PRESENT'S STAGE
 The Emo Night Tour
 L.S. Dunes
 Enter Shikari
 Zeal & Ardor
 Point North
 Crooked Teeth

COORS LIGHT STAGE

 City Morgue
 Ho99o9
 The Chats
 Mothica
 Trash Boat
 As You Were

Day 4 - Sunday, October 9, 2022
JACK DANIEL'S STAGE

 Muse (headliner)
 Bring Me the Horizon
 The Pretty Reckless
 The Struts
 Dirty Honey
 New Years Day

KOLAS STAGE

 Shinedown
 Black Label Society
 The Interrupters
 Underoath
 The Warning
 Maggie Lindemann

DW PRESENT'S STAGE
 Bayside
 Carolesdaughter
 Classless Act
 Jared James Nichols
 Bloodywood
 Heartsick

COORS LIGHT STAGE

 Action Bronson
 Amigo The Devil
 Band-Maid
 The Alive
 The Bobby Lees

Originally scheduled bands that were cancelled
 Foo Fighters (headliner)

 Jelly Roll

Aftershock 2023

Day 1, Thursday October 5:

 Incubus (headliner)
 Avenged Sevenfold (headliner)
 Turnstile (headliner)
 The Cult
 AFI
 Pennywise
 Nothing but Thieves
 L7
 White Reaper
 Senses Fail
 Don Broco
 The Bronx
 Nothing,Nowhere
 DeathByRomy
 Beauty School Dropout
 Bob Vylan
 Holding Absence
 Pinkshift
 Thousand Below
 Starbenders
 SeeYouSpaceCowboy
 Static Dress
 Letdown.

Day 2, Friday October 6:

 Godsmack (headliner)
 Tool (headliner)
 Limp Bizkit (headliner)
 Megadeth
 Coheed & Cambria
 Skillet
 Bad Omens
 The Hu
 Deafheaven
 Memphis May Fire
 Converge
 Fire From the Gods
 Polaris
 Rain City Drive
 Gideon
 Currents
 Varials
 Strange Kids
 Dragged Under
 Tallah
 Hanabie.
 Widow7
 Death Valley Dreams

Day 3, Saturday October 7:

 Pantera (headliner)
 Korn (headliner)
 311 (headliner)
 Corey Taylor
 Parkway Drive
 BABYMETAL
 Polyphia
 Dethklok
 Avatar
 Fever 333
 The Amity Affliction
 Sleep Token
 Escape the Fate
 Boston Manor
 Fame on Fire
 Catch Your Breath
 Ten56.
 REDDSTAR
 Holy Wars
 '68
 Ithaca
 Devil's Cut
 Traitors
 Fox Lake
 All Waves
 As You Were

Day 4, Sunday October 8:

 Queens of the Stone Age (headliner)
 Guns N' Roses (headliner)
 Rancid (headliner)
 I Prevail
 Dance Gavin Dance
 Daughtry
 Badflower
 Billy Talent
 Mayday Parade
 Suicide Silence
 Movements
 Ayron Jones
 You Me At Six
 Dead Poet Society
 Austin Meade
 Jehnny Beth
 Redlight King
 Tigercub
 Call Me Karizma
 Ryan Oakes
 Gnome
 Luna Aura
 Asava

See also
Ozzfest
Uproar Festival
Mayhem Festival

References

External links

Heavy metal festivals in the United States
Music of California
Rock festivals in the United States
2012 establishments in California


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The Postland Crew with their latest Master Piece rocking the worlds streets. If you want some good old street segments alongside your coffee, this is the one.
We set out in December to travel to new places, not repeating ourselves. From Canada to Iceland to Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, and Japan.
Those travels were to special to our personal lives to not somehow include it in the movie. So besides video parts, we also made travel parts that we never poster online before.


CHICAGO – The producers of "The Closer" attempt a daring move tonight by pushing forward with a barely-altered version of their award-winning program mere moments after the series finale of the Kyra Sedgwick hit. I think that for some it will be too soon. Even people who claim to be massive fans of "Major Crimes" will mutter "but I miss Brenda" under their breath.
CHICAGO – In our latest thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 60 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of "Margin Call" starring Kevin Spacey and Demi Moore!
CHICAGO – A little over two years ago, Fox released a two-disc director's cut Blu-ray of "Donnie Darko" that had a somewhat-mediocre HD transfer but enough quality special features to make up for it. With hours of bonus material, it seemed like the definitive edition. Nothing is definitive with Fox and now we have a 10th Anniversary Edition of this cult classic with four discs in one set. If you already own it and don't need the digital copy, then this is overkill. If not, it's the NEW definitive edition of a beloved film. For now.
CHICAGO – When the decade began, who would have guessed that one of the best shows of the '00s would air on The Sci-Fi Channel? I'm as much of a science fiction junkie as the next guy, but the network known for straight-to-cable movies like "Mansquito" and "SS Doomtrooper" wasn't exactly the go-to place for quality drama. Until "Battlestar Galactica".
CHICAGO – Most movies come and go. Even some of the most critically and commercially acclaimed films of the last few years have essentially been forgotten already. I knew Richard Kelly's "Donnie Darko" was a film that was not going to go away quickly the first time I saw it and the Blu-Ray "Director's Cut" simply extends the shelf life of this riveting cult classic.


Handy allows you to produce graphics with a hand-drawn appearance in Processing sketches. This can be customised to produce a variety of styles including pencil, watercolour and ink and marker pen appearance.
Alternatively you can use p5.js and scribble.


Contemporary Japanese ceramic artists make objects that challenge traditional definitions of clay, in both technique and aesthetic expression. Several postwar movements (Sōdeisha, Shikōkai, and Joryū Tōgei) formed the foundation for the pluralism of clay production that today's artists exhibit through active redefinition of functionality, purpose, and articulation of form. In a move away from traditional craft, avant-garde and contemporary artists use clay as a means of sculptural expression.
The works on display demonstrate a wide variety of transformations, innovations, and reinterpretations of traditional wares. While some artists defy notions of inside versus outside, others conceptualize new definitions of form through materials, processes, surface treatments, and firing methods. The artists include both outsiders of the field and those from established artistic lineages.
This exhibition was drawn from the Harn permanent collection, including recent gifts and acquisitions, with the addition of a selection of loans by Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz. ClayCurvyCool is made possible by the Cofrin Curator of Asian Art Endowment.


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In this role, the Sales & Marketing Coordinator will work closely with US Sales and the rest of the Marketing Team to implement effective sales and marketing initiatives - with the goal of driving new business pipeline, supporting customer retention and growing revenue.
They are seeking to fill this position with an enthusiastic, detail-oriented individual, with a strong work ethic and a commitment to teamwork.
This position reports directly to the Chief Marketing Officer. The role is based at their headquarters in Reading, UK but the right candidate will need to show flexibility with their hours as they will be dealing with the US team (based on the East Coast) and will therefore be expected to occasionally work in line with US time zones.
- Maintain accurate contact data for US customers and prospects; manage email bounce backs/unsubscribe requests, upload new data into the CRM.
Headquartered at Reading, United Kingdom, they deliver cloud-based CRM and business applications to growing and mid-market organisations, at an affordable price.
They value their customers and their aim is to make them more successful, which is reflected in everything they do. Their culture is one of co-operation, creativity and commitment. They are also very friendly and sociable - they have been known to have movie nights, company outings and plenty of cakes!


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ILO - Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Employment at Sea C7 (Età minima lavoro settore marittimo), 15 giugno 1920
Categoria: Convenzioni OIL
C7 Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Employment at Sea
Genova, 15 giugno 1920
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Genoa by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, on the 15th day of June 1920, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the application to seamen of the Convention adopted at Washington last November prohibiting the employment of children under fourteen years of age, which is the third item in the agenda for the Genoa meeting of the Conference, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention,
adopts the following Convention, which may be cited as the Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, 1920, for ratification by the Members of the International Labour Organisation in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation:
For the purpose of this Convention, the term vessel includes all ships and boats, of any nature whatsoever, engaged in maritime navigation, whether publicly or privately owned; it excludes ships of war.
Children under the age of fourteen years shall not be employed or work on vessels, other than vessels upon which only members of the same family are employed.
The provisions of Article 2 shall not apply to work done by children on school-ships or training-ships, provided that such work is approved and supervised by public authority.
In order to facilitate the enforcement of the provisions of this Convention, every shipmaster shall be required to keep a register of all persons under the age of sixteen years employed on board his vessel, or a list of them in the articles of agreement, and of the dates of their births.
1. Each Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies this Convention engages to apply it to its colonies, protectorates and possessions which are not fully self-governing --
a) except where owing to the local conditions its provisions are inapplicable; or
b) subject to such modifications as may be necessary to adapt its provisions to local conditions.
2. Each Member shall notify to the International Labour Office the action taken in respect of each of its colonies, protectorates and possessions which are not fully self-governing.
The formal ratifications of this Convention, under the conditions set forth in the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, shall be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office for registration.
As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International Labour Organisation have been registered with the International Labour Office, the Director-General of the International Labour Office shall so notify all the Members of the International Labour Organisation.
This Convention shall come into force at the date on which such notification is issued by the Director-General of the International Labour Office, but it shall then be binding only upon those Members which have registered their ratifications with the International Labour Office. Thereafter this Convention will come into force for any other Member at the date on which its ratification is registered with the International Labour Office.
Subject to the provisions of Article 8, each Member which ratifies this Convention agrees to bring its provisions into operation not later than 1 July 1922, and to take such action as may be necessary to make these provisions effective.
A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not take effect until one year after the date on which it is registered with the International Labour Office.
At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the working of this Convention and shall examine the desirability of placing on the agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.
The French and English texts of this Convention shall both be authentic.
Entrata in vigore: 27 settembre 1921
Ratifica: R.D.L. 20 marzo 1924, n. 591
Revisioni:
- C58 Età minima nel lavoro marittimo, 22 ottobre 1936
- C138 Età minima, 26 giugno 1973
Fonte: ILO


text:
ConfigParser *ConfigParser::s_sharedConfigParserInstance = NULL;
ConfigParser *ConfigParser::getInstance(void)
{
    if (!s_sharedConfigParserInstance)
    {
        s_sharedConfigParserInstance = new ConfigParser();
        s_sharedConfigParserInstance->readConfig();
    }
    return s_sharedConfigParserInstance;
}

void ConfigParser::purge()
{
	CC_SAFE_DELETE(s_sharedConfigParserInstance);
}

void ConfigParser::readConfig(const string &filepath)
{
    string fullPathFile = filepath;

#if (CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_IOS || CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_ANDROID)
    // add writable path to search path temporarily for reading config file
    vector<std::string> searchPathArray = FileUtils::getInstance()->getSearchPaths();
    searchPathArray.insert(searchPathArray.begin(), FileServer::getShareInstance()->getWritePath());
    FileUtils::getInstance()->setSearchPaths(searchPathArray);
#endif

    // read config file
    if (fullPathFile.empty())
    {
        fullPathFile = FileUtils::getInstance()->fullPathForFilename(CONFIG_FILE);
    }
    string fileContent = FileUtils::getInstance()->getStringFromFile(fullPathFile);

#if (CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_IOS || CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_ANDROID)
    // revert search path
    searchPathArray.erase(searchPathArray.end() - 1);
    FileUtils::getInstance()->setSearchPaths(searchPathArray);
#endif

    if(fileContent.empty())
        return;

    if (_docRootjson.Parse<0>(fileContent.c_str()).HasParseError()) {
        cocos2d::log("read json file %s failed because of %d", fullPathFile.c_str(), _docRootjson.GetParseError());
        return;
    }

    if (_docRootjson.HasMember("init_cfg"))
    {
        if(_docRootjson["init_cfg"].IsObject())
        {
            const rapidjson::Value& objectInitView = _docRootjson["init_cfg"];
            if (objectInitView.HasMember("width") && objectInitView.HasMember("height"))
            {
                _initViewSize.width = objectInitView["width"].GetUint();
                _initViewSize.height = objectInitView["height"].GetUint();
                if (_initViewSize.height>_initViewSize.width)
                {
                    float tmpvalue = _initViewSize.height;
                    _initViewSize.height = _initViewSize.width;
                    _initViewSize.width = tmpvalue;
                }

            }
            if (objectInitView.HasMember("name") && objectInitView["name"].IsString())
            {
                _viewName = objectInitView["name"].GetString();
            }
            if (objectInitView.HasMember("isLandscape") && objectInitView["isLandscape"].IsBool())
            {
                _isLandscape = objectInitView["isLandscape"].GetBool();
            }
            if (objectInitView.HasMember("entry") && objectInitView["entry"].IsString())
            {
                setEntryFile(objectInitView["entry"].GetString());
            }
            if (objectInitView.HasMember("consolePort"))
            {
                setConsolePort(objectInitView["consolePort"].GetUint());
            }
            if (objectInitView.HasMember("debugPort"))
            {
                setDebugPort(objectInitView["debugPort"].GetUint());
            }
            if (objectInitView.HasMember("uploadPort"))
            {
                setUploadPort(objectInitView["uploadPort"].GetUint());
            }
            if (objectInitView.HasMember("isWindowTop") && objectInitView["isWindowTop"].IsBool())
            {
                _isWindowTop= objectInitView["isWindowTop"].GetBool();
            }

            if (objectInitView.HasMember("workdir") && objectInitView["workdir"].IsString())
            {
                _workdir = objectInitView["workdir"].GetString();
            }

            if (objectInitView.HasMember("writablepath") && objectInitView["writablepath"].IsString())
            {
                _writablepath = objectInitView["writablepath"].GetString();
            }
        }
    }
    if (_docRootjson.HasMember("simulator_screen_size"))
    {
        const rapidjson::Value& ArrayScreenSize = _docRootjson["simulator_screen_size"];
        if (ArrayScreenSize.IsArray())
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < ArrayScreenSize.Size(); i++)
            {
                const rapidjson::Value& objectScreenSize = ArrayScreenSize[i];
                if (objectScreenSize.HasMember("title") && objectScreenSize.HasMember("width") && objectScreenSize.HasMember("height"))
                {
                    _screenSizeArray.push_back(SimulatorScreenSize(objectScreenSize["title"].GetString(), objectScreenSize["width"].GetUint(), objectScreenSize["height"].GetUint()));
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

ConfigParser::ConfigParser(void) :
_isLandscape(true),
_isWindowTop(false),
_consolePort(kProjectConfigConsolePort),
_uploadPort(kProjectConfigUploadPort),
_debugPort(kProjectConfigDebugger),
_viewName("simulator"),
_entryfile(""),
_initViewSize(ProjectConfig::DEFAULT_HEIGHT, ProjectConfig::DEFAULT_WIDTH),
_bindAddress("")
{
}

rapidjson::Document& ConfigParser::getConfigJsonRoot()
{
    return _docRootjson;
}

string ConfigParser::getInitViewName()
{
    return _viewName;
}

string ConfigParser::getEntryFile()
{
    return _entryfile;
}

Size ConfigParser::getInitViewSize()
{
    return _initViewSize;
}

bool ConfigParser::isLanscape()
{
    return _isLandscape;
}

bool ConfigParser::isWindowTop()
{
    return _isWindowTop;
}
void ConfigParser::setConsolePort(int port)
{
    if (port > 0)
    {
        _consolePort = port;
    }
}
void ConfigParser::setUploadPort(int port)
{
    if (port > 0)
    {
        _uploadPort = port;
    }
}
void ConfigParser::setDebugPort(int port)
{
    if (port > 0)
    {
        _debugPort = port;
    }
}
int ConfigParser::getConsolePort()
{
    return _consolePort;
}
int ConfigParser::getUploadPort()
{
    return _uploadPort;
}
int ConfigParser::getDebugPort()
{
    return _debugPort;
}
int ConfigParser::getScreenSizeCount(void)
{
    return (int)_screenSizeArray.size();
}

const SimulatorScreenSize ConfigParser::getScreenSize(int index)
{
    return _screenSizeArray.at(index);
}

void ConfigParser::setEntryFile(const std::string &file)
{
    _entryfile = file;
}

void ConfigParser::setInitViewSize(const cocos2d::Size &size)
{
    _initViewSize = size;
}

void ConfigParser::setBindAddress(const std::string &address)
{
    _bindAddress = address;
}

const std::string &ConfigParser::getBindAddress()
{
    return _bindAddress;
}

const std::string &ConfigParser::getWorkDir()
{
    return _workdir;
}

const std::string &ConfigParser::getWritablePath()
{
    return _writablepath;
}

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A fine lung » On the 12th year of Christmas my non-blue love said to me….
'A brilliant book and a must read for any reader of books. If your a book reader put this on your Christmas list, although most of us don't have a Christmas list we often get asked ' what do you want for Christmas I never know what to get you besides socks and underpants ' well tell'em I'll have that book by Robert Brady it's called An Undividable Glow. You may have to write it down as it's one of them names that you forget and have to open up A Fine Lung email to double check.
It will make you laugh it will make you cry even if you hide it by laughing more.
A lot of FCUM's won't know about it as it doesn't get much of a mensh other than at the top of A Fine Lung website page and only then if you wonder oh what's this then.
Anyway there are cleverer people than me at the club who know of better ways to pass on the word that it's a must read book and an easy read, not like Ulysses or War and Peace and the like. Although it's a book that requires focus or you miss good bits, I went back over pages a few times so not to miss out and I will read it again as it's one of them books that is worth another read.
Whether the reviewer's a member of the (Very) Slow Readers Club, or whether they've just come across the book recently remains to be seen. Luckily for us though, their battery lasted long enough for their lovely appraisal to make its way to our inbox, so with the Yuletide season fast approaching (PLUG ALERT), why not take heed of said review and treat someone you know and love to a copy? It costs a formed-by-LYR-workers-tastic £8.78, with all monies go to the Working Class Movement Library, a collection of books, periodicals, pamphlets, archives and artefacts relating to the development of the political and cultural institutions of the working class. And as the author himself says: 'All of the £8.78 book cover price goes to the WCML. All of it. So if someone pays £8.78 then that is what the WCML receives. If it just sells one then that is better than a poke in the eye with a pram….'.
Go on, get someone's stocking bulging this Christmas…..


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The Gungorogone are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Name
The tribal autonym is formed by an apparent suffix gurr- and -goni, their word for 'this'.

Language
Guragone is a non-Pama-Nyungan language belonging to the Gunwinyguan family of languages, and has been described by Rebecca Green. It is one of the four Maningrida languages, the others being Ndjebbana, Nakkara and Burarra. Despite their genetic similarity, shared vocabulary rates are low, with 22% between Gurr-goni and Ndjebbana, and 24% between Gurr-goni and Nakkara. It has two dialects, associated with the two moieties, respectively gun-dakangurrngu Gurrgoni, or 'hard Gurr-goni' and gunnjalkitj or 'soft' Gurrgoni.

Country
The Gungorogone were inlanders living south of Maningrida, who dwelt in the area to the southeast of the headwaters of the Tomkinson River, on and to the west of the Cadell River.

Neighbouring tribes were the Dangkolo and Manengkererrbe clans to their west, Gunavidji and Nakkara on their northern frontier. Running clockwise, the Burarra and Gun-nartpa, Ngulinj clan, and finally, the Kardbam clan on their southern flank.

Social organization
The Gungorogone were composed of 5 clans in recent memory.
 The Boburerre (Yirrtjinga dialect)
 The Andirrdjalaba.(Yirrtjinga dialect)
 The Gulumarrarra (Djowunga dialect)

Extinct clans:
 The Atbimingi (Djowunga dialect)
 The Marrarditj (Yirrtjinga dialect).

In terms of social structure, they comprise two moieties, differentiated linguistically by distinct dialects:-
 The Yirrtjinga moiety
 The Djowunga moiety.

Alternative names
 Gungoragone
 Gungoro:lgo:ngi
 Gungarawoni
 Gungurulgungi

Notes

Citations

Sources

Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory


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From compliance to accountability: The changing face of data privacy in Singapore
Singapore August 5 2019
On 2 July 2014 the main provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA) came into force. Five years on, what has Singapore learned about data privacy? A great deal, judging by the output and approach of the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC), not least the necessity to keep moving with these disruptive and fast-paced times.
A shift in emphasis
On 15 July 2019 the Commissioner of the PDPC noted that the explosion of personal data, along with the need to aggregate that data from a wide range of sources, has made the typical compliance-based approach to managing personal data increasingly impractical, unrealistic and damaging to innovation; "the approach of a box-checking exercise" would, Mr Tan Kiat How suggested, "overly constrain businesses in their use of data to create value and better service their customers". In an increasingly connected and competitive digital economy, organizations that focus on compliance may find themselves disadvantaged; "a simplistic and rigid approach would do more harm than good in the long term".
Indeed, as Singapore continues to ramp up its preparations for a future digital economy, the proliferation of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the internet of things has challenged fundamental assumptions around the consent and notification requirements of handling personal data. In response, the PDPC will spearhead a shift in emphasis, from a compliance-based approach to an approach focused on "accountability".
The accountability game
To assist in this shift, the PDPC has released a "Guide to Accountability". Accountability is, the guide suggests, "the undertaking and demonstration of responsibility for the personal data in the organization's possession or control". Specifically, accountability is divided into three broad areas:
1. Firstly, within an organization, by putting in place data privacy policies and practices;
2. Second, within the industry, by introducing measures to incentivise organizations; and
3. Finally, through enforcement procedures.
This shift from a compliance-based approach to an accountability-based approach will, it is hoped, strengthen trust with the public, enhance business competitiveness and ensure organizations are accountable in the three key areas of policy, people and process.
To break this down, "policy" is, as you would expect, an organization ensuring that data protection is embedded in its corporate governance, appointing data protection officers and communicating a clear approach to all stakeholders.
"People" emphasises that it is the responsibility of everyone in an organization to protect data, ensuring that practices are enforced top-down throughout an organization, with appropriate staff onboarding and training, and with easily-accessible policies.
Finally, "process" discusses the tools that can be used by an organization to document data flows, from collection to disposal, identifying key gaps and areas for improvement.
The practical effect of accountability
Whilst the PDPC has stated that the shift is "not a change in principle, but a shift in emphasis", this shift does have a number of important effects. For starters, the PDPA is now being amended. As well as introducing a mandatory breach notification requirement, the consent regime will be enhanced to ensure that organizations adopt accountable practices to better support responsible data innovation. The PDPC now recognizes "accountability" as one of the obligations of the PDPA, revising the current "Openness Obligation" to the "Accountability Obligation", particularly in relation to Sections 11 and 12 of the PDPA.
In addition, the PDPC has introduced the Data Protection Trustmark Certification essentially a gold star system to reward organizations with strong data protection practices, providing a competitive edge for companies (particularly helpful for vendor pitches, adding an important string to an organization's bow).
In the area of enforcement, the Active Enforcement Framework has been introduced to "motivate" organizations to develop and implement accountable practices. Under the framework, upon discovering that a data breach has occurred, an organization can now approach the PDPC with an undertaking, avoiding the threat of protracted investigations hanging over their head. The undertaking will be accepted by the PDPC provided that the organization's breach management plan is implemented and it achieves a similar or better outcome than an investigation.
Providing a second new option, organizations now also have the ability to request for an expedited breach decision from the PDPC (provided that the organization swiftly admits to the breach). Again, this avoids the unpleasantness of a protracted investigation and enables an organization to put clear-cut breaches behind them. With the matter concluded, an organization can adopt a consistent message to employees and customers without worrying that any statements made could prejudice an ongoing investigation.
Finally, in addition to the Guide to Accountability, the PDPC has introduced a variety of tools to help organizations both protect, and make the best use of, their data. These include the PDPA Assessment Tool for Organizations, the Guide to Data Protection Impact Assessments, and the Guide to Managing Data Breaches, along with a number of open source RegTech tools to help map and keep track of how personal data is being managed within an organization. As of 15 July 2019 the overarching PDPA Advisory Guidelines have also been helpfully updated. The PDPC has certainly been busy.
Beyond the red dot
Now more than ever, data is a global issue. It makes sense, then, that Singapore look beyond its own borders to facilitate, rather than hinder, cross-border data flows.
Singapore will shortly be a full participant in the APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) and Privacy Recognition for Processors (PRP) Systems, which comprise a set of APEC-approved requirements to demonstrate compliance and accountability. Organizations certified under the CBPR and/or PRP Systems will help establish a trusted network of accountable organizations in APEC economies, enabling the cross-border flow of data more seamlessly.
Hogan Lovells - Stephanie Keen and Matthew Bousfield
IT & Data Protection
Doing Business in Singapore: Consumer Sector 2020 *
New PDPC guidelines on cloud services, data intermediaries, and access requests *
Monetary Authority of Singapore launches Sustainability Bond Grant Scheme *
Singapore court sets aside award against Lesotho *
Off to the races: The commencement of the Payment Services Act *
Gender pay gap – is reporting enough?
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Singapore Releases Proposed Amendments to PDPA and Forward Thinking Privacy Initiatives *
Singapore privacy regulator announces proposed changes including mandatory breach notification *
Singapore Shakes Up Privacy: 72-Hour Breach Notice, New Guidance *
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