WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - On a typically cool early-autumn morning in Williamstown, the Ephs ran riot to defend their home course in an event where there only ever looked like one winner in a performance analogous to Tiger Woods' win later the same day at the Tour Championship.
After taking a seven shot lead after yesterday's play, the Ephs never looked back as they only extended their lead as Sunday progressed. Junior captain Sam Goldenring put in another excellent performance with an even-par 71, and was backed up by another 71 from fellow senior captain Jake Foehl. Both being legacies a Williams and having served multiple years on the team, their experience at Taconic served them well as evidenced by their strong play.
Foehl and Goldenring's 71's were joined by another strong round from sophomore Beau David, a 3-over 74. David continued to build on some strong ballstriking from yesterday's round en route to a relatively stress free round that looked solid throughout.
Despite a tough four hole-stretch which he played in 6-over, David Brewer battled all day and played the rest of his round in 1-under on his way to an eventual 76 (+5) to match his score from yesterday, adding another pair of solid rounds to his impressive play last weekend. After his first four rounds as an Eph, Brewer continues to justify head coach Josh Hillman's faith in him and his decision to put the incoming first-year straight into the lineup. Sophomore Ben Beiers also managed a decent round of 79, but his score was dropped on the back of strong play from the team as a whole.
The team's 292 Sunday total, a four stroke improvement from a strong Saturday in its own right, rounded out a stellar team score of 588 (+20) for the weekend, sealing a whopping 17-stroke victory over second-place Husson University at 605 (+37). Trinity College finished third with a weekend score of 607 (+39).
Sam Goldenring's score of 2-under 140 was the only under par score in the field and sealed Goldenring's second straight indidividual victory by a comfortable five shots and Goldenring's second Williams Invitational victory in his time in Williamstown. Already Goldenring appears an early contender for NESCAC Player of the Year, and shows no sign of slowing down soon after a long run of strong play dating back to the early summer as he looks to lead the Ephs to more victories in the near future.
As for the Williams "B" Team, freshman Jimmy DeLano was the story of the day as he turned in a great round of 73 (+2) to lead the "B" Team in its charge up the leaderboard. DeLano's 73 was aided by another pair of strong performances from fellow freshman Thomas VanBelle and sophomore Wyatt Khosrowshahi, who finished with 76 and 77, respectively. Senior captain Will Beischer added an 81 along with an 82 from sophomore William Conyers to round out the scoring.
The "B" team's solid Sunday play culminating with a 307 aggregate brought them into a tenth place finish at 633 (+67), their goal heading into the day. This strong play from the Ephs' young second team only demonstrates the depth of the squad as a whole and the strength of the program built by Hillman.
After Sunday's play concluded, coach Hillman had this comment: "The whole team played well and battled hard this weekend. Saturday was a very tough day so it was important we stayed patient and did our job. Today they went out and played great, smart, golf and capitalized when they could. Junior Sam Goldenring continued to play really solid golf picking up his second individual win in just two starts. Once again I was impressed with how mature the guys were out there. When we got some bad breaks we rolled with it and when we were making good shots and getting good breaks we remained calm and didn't get too jacked up. It was fun to watch."
This win marks the second convincing win for the Ephs to start the season as well as Goldenring's second straight invidividual win in a flawless first two events for the team as a whole. The boys are back in action at NESCAC Fall Qualifiers this weekend at Wesleyan from September 29-30. Meanwhile, the seven guys not heading to Wesleyan will play a Saturday match vs Amherst on Saturday, September 29. The Ephs will look to keep the good times rolling on two fronts as they head into the heart of their season.


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Final Cocktails, Concerts and Conversations with Chautauqua Opera to wrap up virtual season with guest artist Todd Thomas
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In the standard opera canon, few characters engender more sympathy than Violetta Valéry. "What's so devastating is that is such an incredibly emotional, sensitive, really
Chautauqua Opera Company Studio Artists Select Favorites for Art Song Recital
In last Thursday's afternoon art song recital, a 17th-century poem by Robert Herrick served as inspiration for the program. At 3:15 p.m. Thursday in the
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When Chilly Billy's Ice Cream truck rolled down to Norton Hall Sunday afternoon, the party was just getting started. The Chautauqua Opera Guild sponsored
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by Lindsey O'Laughlin	on June 29, 2016
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying." Thus opens Robert Herrick's 1648 poem, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time."
With New Director Steven Osgood, Chautauqua Opera Dives into Contemporary Waters
Young, thriving, playful, athletic and surprising. That is how Steven Osgood describes opera, and that ebullience is exactly what he wants to share with Chautauquans
Songs of Britten, Russians featured in Artsongs recital
by The Chautauquan Daily	on July 21, 2011
This week's Artsongs recital, held at 4 p.m. today in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall, will feature songs of famous Russian composers, as well as those of Benjamin Britten, a legendary 20th century British composer. The program will showcase the voices of three Young Artists: bass Heath Sorensen, mezzo Courtney Miller and soprano Kasey King, all new to the Chautauqua Opera Company.
Opera's Lesenger sees his art as expression of spirituality
Opera is part of Jay Lesenger's soul, but his soul has been burdened lately. At 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy, Lesenger, the general and artistic director of the Chautauqua Opera, will explain the challenge the arts are facing right now. His lecture is titled "Opera as a Spiritual Journey: My Confession." "I also will talk about the time that we're in right now, which is a very difficult time," Lesenger said. "Our souls are burdened now because of the economy and because of the lack of exposure to the arts in schools. So the focus will be on how we got there and the impact of what's going on today."
Opera singer Conrad fought racism with song
Growing up in the segregated south, Barbara Smith Conrad knew firsthand the pain racial discrimination brought. She also knew firsthand the healing power of music. "Music absolutely saved my life," Conrad said. Conrad grew up in a very musical environment, and singing was her passion. She came to the forefront of national attention in 1957, when she was forcibly removed from the cast of an opera production at the University of Texas.
Opera, with an American flavor
The works of John Adams, Leonard Bernstein, Jonathan Dove, Benjamin Britten and Lee Hoiby, among many others, will be featured in the Opera Highlights concert, held at 8:15 p.m. Saturday in the Amphitheater. The performance will feature eight Apprentice Artists from the opera company's Young Artists program and members of the CSO, under the baton of Steven Osgood.
Contemporary music highlighted in today's Artsongs recital
At 4 p.m. today in the Hall of Christ, three Opera Company Studio Artists will present the latest in the weekly Artsongs recital series. This week, the songs will have a distinctly modern feel. All but two of them were written in the 20th century.
A grand spectacle
Following last season's grand Norma, the Chautauqua Opera Company achieved even finer results Saturday evening with a fine but under-appreciated Giuseppe Verdi work that represents a midpoint between the bel canto style of Norma and the full-out "music drama" Verdi and Wagner were to develop later in the 19th century: 1849's Luisa Miller. While, it's never been a crowd-pleaser like Rigoletto or La traviata, it's a passionate story — full of melodrama, but also full of feeling — and the music is wonderful, culminating in a third act that ranks among the great single acts in Verdi's huge output.
Luisa Miller: Opera Company stages Verdi's seldom-performed melodrama Saturday
Sex, rivalry, secret identities, extortion, poisonings, sword fights and murder. Sound like a typical evening in Chautauqua?
Opera singers find new voice with musical theater
When the average person thinks of American musical theater, the names Rodgers and Hammerstein no doubt come to mind. However, in the Musical Theater Revue, put on by Studio Artists of the Chautauqua Opera Company at 10:30 p.m. tonight and next Tuesday in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall, Richard Rodgers will be nowhere to be found.
Singers explore diverse topics in weekly Artsongs
Love, death and the meaning of existence are all themes that will be sung about in this week's Chautauqua Opera Studio Artists Artsongs recital at 4 p.m. today in the Hall of Christ. Three singers, all Chautauqua first-timers, will be singing: soprano Alize Rozsnyai, baritone Nickoli Strommer and tenor Joshua Baum.
Opera program seeks new, returning audience this season
Opera programs across the country have been facing struggles in light of the recent economic crisis, and many are seeing drastically lower attendance rates. With the recent closing of several notable companies, like the Baltimore Opera Company, and the gloomy forecast for others, like the New York City Opera, many opera administrators are seeking ways to bring the art form to a new audience, without ostracizing the loyal. Jay Lesenger, Chautauqua Opera Company's artistic/general director, said this opera company is no exception.
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Avant 200 series now offers a hand drive option for controlling the forward-reverse drive directly from the joystick. Because the drive can be controlled with a thumb on the joystick, the driver can drive and control the movements of the boom at the same time. This also makes it possible for paraplegic people to make full use of the machine.
The driver can choose between drive pedals and hand drive with the flip of a switch on the dashboard.
The idea for the hand drive control based on feedback from our customers. We then designed and produced the first customised 200 series with hand drive switch. However, based on further feedback and development, Avant felt there was still room for improvement. Avant wanted the loader to have easy functionality for operators who don't have full functionality in their legs. As a result, Avant introduced the hand drive which ensures the loaders are easy to use with hands and feet.
The following pictures show Bert Pein from Germany, testing the Avant 200 series with the new control. Mr Pein has been very pleased with the machine which has made it possible for him to work on his farm as easily and comfortably as possible.
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How did I make these "nachos"? I simply scraped the bottom of the pot after I made polenta at lunch 🙂 As often happens, there was a nice full layer of crunchy crust on the bottom, and to remove it it's very easy, you just have to lift it with a fork, and easily it gets removed.
What to say, they are very good! And they are much better than what it's usually possible to buy in supermarkets: no big amounts of salt, no extra fats, no artificial aromas, and I know I used a good cornmeal ("farina di Storo", made from a particular corn, with an amazing rustic taste).
But especially, what gives me satisfaction in this case is the fact I could use something that often is supposed to be thrown in the garbage 🙂 instead no waste, no leftovers 🙂 Cheers!


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Rivers, Roads, Rails, and Air | The Decline of Railroads and Streetcars
Discover how the building and use of railroads declined due to the popularity of automobiles and trucks. One effect was the development of regional and short line railroads that served smaller communities. Several larger cities used local electric streetcars until the automobiles took over.
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Discover how transportation has affected every step of North Dakota history. North Dakota's position in the center of North America has always made transportation a challenge with even the earliest peoples seeking ways to cover large distances of land. The arrival of horses to the Northern Plains had a radical effect on the Native American culture and way of life.
Railroad Museum | Outdoor Nevada
The Nevada Southern Railroad and the Boulder City Depot were built in the 1930s to bring supplies to the construction site of the Hoover Dam.
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Learn about the history of steamboats on the Red River. Although its course meandered like a lost and homesick pig, the Red River of the North was a major artery for steamboats, which coordinated with stagecoaches from St. Paul to Fort Abercrombie.
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Droughts claim more victims each year than any other natural disaster. Depending on where it occurs and how long it persists, the cost of a drought can run into the billions of dollars. Droughts cause more than economic hardship, however. As this video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center demonstrates, droughts have a complex web of impacts that also affect us socially and environmentally.
This video is available in both English and Spanish audio, along with corresponding closed captions.
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From the Ice Age to the Civil War, learn the story of how Idaho became the 43rd state.
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Iowa's natural resources gave rise to its early industries like lumber and coal mining. Discover how the real key to Iowa's growth as a modern economy was transportation. Stagecoaches, freight wagons, steamboats, and trains were crucial to Iowa's commercial development.
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North Dakota's festivals and events celebrate the people and communities there. Learn more about these communities and what makes North Dakota a great place to be.
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In addition to the space industry at Cape Canaveral, is the now growing cruise and cargo industry at Port Canaveral. To many it may seem like the Port has only been around for a few years, but in fact it is now over 60 years old.
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In the United States, public lands belong to different kinds of governments. Some are federal lands owned by the United States government. Some public land is owned by the states. Other public land is owned by counties or cities. Public land can have many different uses. It might hold a courthouse or state capitol building. It might be a city playground or pool. Public land might be the site of a school or a university. Military bases are on public land. National Parks are also public land, owned by the federal government.
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A state on the edge of a continent, Oregon's first inhabitants first arrived 15,000 years ago. But it wasn't until 1805 that explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark established Fort Clatsop, paving the way for newcomers who would help shape the state of Oregon into what we know today. Learn how the unique geography, economy, and culture of Oregon earned the state its name—the Pacific Wonderland.
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Learn fun facts about all things Idaho! Find out about the diverse groups of people who have come together to add to the cultural fabric of this "Potato State."


Recently I concluded a two-part presentation on Catholic Social Teaching. I covered the seven themes which provide us with a platform for the development of a just society. Catholic Social Teaching, with its 121 year history, is the Church's coordinated response to many of the serious social issues that plague societies.
It was in the midst of this presentation, discussion with those who attended and my own personal reflections that I came to this conclusion. We are so busy fighting on the margins of so many important issues that we cannot settle on the fact that we have serious problems, that Christians are called to respectfully engage in the debate, and find solutions. See, the solutions are not found in the arguments people are having on the margins of any one topic. The solutions are found when Christians (and others of Good Will) admit to the general principle of a problem and begin the process of finding solutions. I believe that engagement in arguments on the margins of an issue is just a distraction which ensures that nothing will get done and that human behavior will continue unchecked, outside the moral directives of our common faith.
We must be willing to participate in serious self-evaluation to see where we have allowed political polarization to impede us from fulfilling our mandate to Care For God's Creation and in so doing ensure that future generations will enjoy those resources that many of us have taken for granted.
May God enable us to walk the middle road and honestly evaluate how our actions or inaction may be negatively affecting our neighbors – especially those who are less fortunate.
I agree Eric. However, I think that since the Word of God, Jesus, was present at the creation, and everything was created through Him (John 1) we can see that God is. In all of creation. We are therefore participants within God's creation and much more thank stewards. Our role as the one part of God's Creation to have been entrusted and gifted with rationality is to care for God's creation and lead it back to its creator. The apostle Paul tells us that currently all of creation is groaning having been subject to the fall. It longs to be reunited with its creator. Read more in the work of two lovely Franciscans, Bonaventure and Duns Scotus.
I whole heartedly agree. We get so caught up in things that we really need to step back and take a hard look at ourselves, what are allowing to happen by our inaction or miss-action and be willing to step into a discussion that truly works towards and IMPLEMENTS the solution. One person can't fix the world's problems but all of us acting together can.
Eric, do you have any notes or resources that you found useful for this presentation? I'm speaking on this next month. Thanks!


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Want to get influencers to respond to your cold emails? Networking with the big players in your industry is a necessity for building brand awareness, growing social proof, and acquiring new leads. Here are 11 tricks for writing effective outreach emails that actually get a response.
As an online marketer or business owner, you've probably sent an outreach email at some point.
You might have been asking an influencer about a potential opportunity, such as offering them a free sample of your latest product for them to review. Or perhaps you emailed a publisher with a pitch, hoping to get a guest spot on their blog.
How many times have you sent a cold email like this and gotten zero response?
If it's a lot, don't worry – you aren't the only one to face the dreaded cold email "cold shoulder". It can be extremely difficult to get a response to a cold email, especially from a busy influencer.
Fortunately, if you know the main obstacles to watch out for, and with a handful of helpful tricks, you can write better outreach emails and see a much higher response rate.
First, you have to know who you're going after. If you select an irrelevant target, or one unlikely to respond to you from the beginning, you won't see much success.
Many influencers and publishers are busy people who get hundreds of emails per day. Oftentimes, the influencer doesn't even check their email themselves: they have their assistant do it. You need to stand out to get past their gatekeeper.
Once you've grabbed their attention enough to get them to open the email, you'll need to deliver the goods to keep their attention. Otherwise, your email will go straight to the junk pile.
Finally, you need to give them a reason to act and move your request forward. Even if they liked your email, it won't do you any good unless they take some kind of action.
Before you decide to send a cold email, make sure that the influencer you are targeting is even likely to respond to an email from you.
Who is the influencer's audience?
Ideally, their audience will be similar or aligned with yours, so there is potential for a mutually beneficial relationship. Do your research on them before you attempt to contact any influencer.
Is the influencer already primed to share or accept my content?
If you want an influencer to share your blog post, follow them on social media to see what blog posts they are already sharing. These influencers are far more likely to share your content.
You can do this with BuzzSumo by searching for posts on your topic, and then clicking on "View Sharers" to see which influencers are sharing similar content.
Is the influencer too big?
Be realistic in your expectations. If the influencer you are trying to reach is a huge celebrity, the chances of getting a reply are pretty slim.
Instead of trying to cold email a huge influencer directly, get to know someone lower on the totem pole first and work your way up.
At all costs, avoid using a general contact form! The chances of getting a reply via a contact form on a website are extremely low.
If you don't know the email address for the person you are trying to contact, there is a handy free tool that you can use called Pipl.
All you have to do is make an educated guess at their email ("firstname@domainname.com" is a great place to start). Then, type your guess into the search bar.
Email is ordinarily the best form of contact, but social media can be a good point of contact as well, depending on the influencer and where they are the most active. If you see them responding to other people's queries via social media, then you know that's a good way to contact them.
If you still can't find their email address, often the best way to find it is by simply subscribing to their email newsletter.
In fact, you should subscribe to their newsletter and read their emails regardless. This is the best way to learn about the influencer you are trying to reach because now you are a part of their "tribe".
But don't just become a subscriber. Become their #1 subscriber.
Read all of their emails and respond to them. Comment on their blog posts. Attend their Periscope show. Make sure they see your name at every turn.
This will prove to them that you are invested in their work, and it will help you to stand out from the crowd.
You'll have to do this for several weeks in order to establish yourself as one of their biggest fans, but this is definitely one of the surest methods of getting their attention.
What time you send your email really makes a big difference.
In general, avoid sending on Friday afternoons and weekends because these are usually the worst times for getting responses.
More importantly, however, be cognizant of the influencer's schedule.
For example, if they appear to be traveling, wait until they come back to send your email. Avoid sending your email while the influencer is in the middle of a launch.
And if they come back and tell you they are simply too busy right now, ask them when would be a better time.
Your email subject line will determine whether or not your email even gets opened, so make sure it grabs their attention!
Even better, use your subject line to refer specifically to their work, or something highly relevant to them.
Ian Chew not only referenced Facebook ads in his subject line–which is something I've written about–but he referenced Facebook group ads: something I've done that I haven't heard of many other people doing.
Right from his subject line, Ian proved that he was very familiar with my work by pointing to something unique about me. I couldn't help but open it to discover what his question was!
The subject line is also your first opportunity to get past the influencer's gatekeeper. That's why clear, to the point subject lines often work the best: they allow the assistant to quickly determine whether this is an email that their boss will want to respond to, or whether it's one that can go in the trash.
The biggest mistake is to gloss over this critical part of your email, so put some serious thought into crafting your subject line. If you do, you'll be leaps and bounds above everyone else in their inbox.
Influencers don't want to waste their time with people who come off as needy, or desperate for more publicity.
In just a few split seconds after opening your email, they will make a judgement about whether you are a "Giver" or a "Taker". Takers want something from them, whereas Givers have something of value to give them. Guess which person they will respond to?
To come across as a Giver, you have to demonstrate that you're genuinely invested in their brand. Tell them about a recent post they've written that you loved, or compliment them for some specific work that they've done in the past and explain how it's helped you.
Saying that you "like their work" in general doesn't cut the mustard here. Too many people use this tactic, and you won't stand out. You have to prove that you have a deeper understanding and appreciation for what they do.
Influencers love to hear that they've impacted someone's life. The absolute best thing you can do is to follow their advice and give them your results. Be a case study for them, and your chances of getting a response will skyrocket!
You might be tempted to mask your request with ambiguous language or "beat around the bush" but again, influencers don't have time to deal with this.
You're often better off keeping your request plain and straightforward.
Don't be shy to cut right to the chase. The influencer will appreciate how quick and easy it is to understand the purpose of your email.
You don't want to come across as a Taker by bragging about yourself, however, simply stating a few of your credentials can help to establish your credibility.
Feel free to mention any recent publications you've been featured in, or any notable businesses you've been affiliated with. This will help to distinguish you from the "average Joe", and it will show that you're plugged in to the industry.
Just be careful not to overdo this part, or to forget to add value to the influencer… Simply having good credentials is not enough. They have plenty of contacts with credentials, so you still have to provide real value.
He starts the email off on a personal note by citing a specific post of theirs that he liked.
In the second paragraph, he briefly gives his credentials by stating that he's worked with KISSmetrics (he doesn't rattle on and on about it).
Then he adds tremendous value at the end by giving a demo of what his series would look like.
This way, the credentials are in there, but it doesn't come across as bragging or presumptuous.
It can be tempting to want to explain as much as possible so that you cover all your bases. However, your outreach email is not the place to get wordy. The more concise your email is, the better.
Keep your sentences short and to the point. Format your email using paragraph breaks, bullet points, bold or italics to make your content easy to skim. The faster your email can be read and understood, the better.
You can also respect their time by offering them value on a silver platter: don't expect them to do any work to figure out how you'll be a good fit.
For example, if you are looking for a podcast interview, don't simply state your credentials and ask for a generic interview. This puts the burden on the host to figure out what to interview you about.
Instead, know what topics the podcaster likes to talk about on their show so that you can suggest a specific topic that will truly benefit their audience. Make it easy for them to visualize working with you by doing all the heavy lifting for them.
Don't ever ask for an influencer to "do you a favor". Of course you are hoping to get something out of the relationship, but this is a two-way street: you need to provide value first before you can expect value in return.
One of the best cold emails I ever received was from a subscriber who offered to help me with my opt-in offer, an index of all the best guest blogging opportunities.
First, he simply expressed an interest in what I'm up to by replying directly to one of my emails (a simple but effective form of flattery, and I took the bait).
Then, seeing that I responded, he let me know that one of the links inside my Guest Blogging Index was broken.
After I thanked him, he continued to add value by letting me know that he had 5 more guest blogging sites to add to my list. Of course I was thrilled to have the help, and this relationship has turned into a very beneficial one for him as well.
The key takeaway here is that he gave value without asking for anything in return. That made it super easy for me to label him as a Giver, and even look forward to receiving his emails.
If you don't hear a response right away, don't panic. Give it a week or two, and then attempt a follow-up.
Something like, "Hi! Just following up regarding _______. Let me know when/if you're available." works well. Keep it extremely brief and to the point.
You may also want to include a copy of your previous email to save them the trouble of having to dig around and find it again.
Another technique is to simply write a brand new pitch, completely ignoring the previous one (there's a good chance that the influencer doesn't even remember your previous pitch anyway).
Neil Patel recommends following up until you get a definite "yes" or "no" answer.
Lewis Howes said that he followed up many, many times before he finally got a positive response from the influencer who became one of his greatest mentors.
Napoleon Hill followed up every week for four weeks, and then every day, and then by telegram every hour for two days before he finally got the job he applied for.
Don't give up. But whatever you do, always remain respectful, and never make the person feel bad for not responding to your emails. You don't want them to associate you with guilt, frustration, or any negative emotions.
Keep persisting with a positive outlook, and you will eventually get through.
Effective outreach emails can be the start to a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship that can exponentially grow your business. You just have to know how to get past the four main obstacles to getting a response.
The key points to remember are to: 1) make your email as personal as possible, 2) succinctly establish your credibility, 3) offer value before you ask for anything in return, and 4) maintain a pleasant and respectful attitude at all times.
With these 11 tricks up your sleeve, you'll be lightyears ahead of the rest!
Have you had success or failure with cold emails? What has been your experience? Please let us know in the comments!
Hey Nadeem, I'm so glad this is just what you needed! I completely agree with you, subscribing to the influencer's list, reading and sharing their work is one of the best things you can do to get them to notice you. Let me know how it goes for you as you start implementing the other 10 tricks!
Thanks so much, Danny, you are too kind! I love the way you put it: you have to be actually interested in the other person. That's really tough to fake, and those who are genuine will not only have an easier time getting the response, but they are the ones who can actually build a meaningful relationship from there. Thanks for your comment!
Great piece Mary! These tips helped me a lot! However, I want to know what is your take on writing emails to bloggers for your outreach with a casual tone (e.g. using emoji)?
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Calhoun can earn $23M over 3 seasons with Diamondbacks
File-This Sept. 8, 2019, file photo shows Los Angeles Angels right fielder Kole Calhoun (56) catching a ball hit by Chicago White Sox's James McCann during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Chicago. The Arizona Diamondbacks announced Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, that they have signed Calhoun to a two-year contract with a club option for 2022. The 32-year-old Calhoun, who lives in nearby Tempe, Arizona, has played eight major league seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, batting .249 in his career with 140 homers. In 2019, he hit .232 with a career-high 33 homers while playing mostly right field. (AP Photo/Matt Marton,File)
Jan. 6, 2020 11:54 AM PT
PHOENIX —
Outfielder Kole Calhoun can earn $23 million over three seasons as part of his $16 million, two-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Calhoun's contract, announced Dec. 30, calls for salaries of $6 million this year and $8 million in 2021. The Diamondbacks have a $9 million option for 2022 with a $2 million buyout.
The 32-year-old Calhoun, who lives in nearby Tempe, has a .249 average with 140 homers and 451 RBIs in eight seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. He hit .232 last year with 74 RBIs and a career-high 33 homers while playing mostly right field.
According to a person familiar with the situation, former Washington head coach Jay Gruden and Indianapolis Colts running backs coach Scottie Montgomery have had second interviews with the Carolina Panthers for their offensive coordinator position
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host.TestCommon;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Diagnostics.Measurement;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Blob;

namespace Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Perf
{
    public static partial class BlobOverheadPerfTest
    {
        private const string NamePrefix = "Overhead";

        private const string BlobLoggingOverheadMetric = NamePrefix + "-Logging";
        private const string BlobNoLoggingOverheadMetric = NamePrefix + "-NoLogging";

        private const string ContainerName = "blob-overhead-%rnd%";
        private const string TestBlobNameIn = NamePrefix + ".in";

        private const string TestWebJobsBlobNameOut = NamePrefix + ".webjobsSDK.out";
        private const string TestAzureBlobNameOut = NamePrefix + ".azureSDK.out";

        private static RandomNameResolver _nameResolver = new RandomNameResolver();

        private static string _connectionString;
        private static CloudStorageAccount _storageAccount;
        private static CloudBlobClient _blobClient;

        public static void Run(string connectionString, bool disableLogging)
        {
            _connectionString = connectionString;
            _storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(connectionString);
            _blobClient = _storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();

            Console.WriteLine("Creating the test blob...");
            CreateTestBlob();

            try
            {
                TimeSpan azureSDKTime = RunAzureSDKTest();
                TimeSpan webJobsSDKTime = RunWebJobsSDKTest(disableLogging);

                // Convert to ulong because the measurment block does not support other data type
                ulong perfRatio = (ulong)((webJobsSDKTime.TotalMilliseconds / azureSDKTime.TotalMilliseconds) * 100);

                Console.WriteLine("--- Results ---");
                Console.WriteLine("Azure SDK:   {0} ms: ", azureSDKTime.TotalMilliseconds);
                Console.WriteLine("WebJobs SDK: {0} ms: ", webJobsSDKTime.TotalMilliseconds);

                Console.WriteLine("Perf ratio (x100, long): {0}", perfRatio);

                MeasurementBlock.Mark(
                    perfRatio,
                    (disableLogging ? BlobNoLoggingOverheadMetric : BlobLoggingOverheadMetric) + ";Ratio;Percent");
            }
            finally
            {
                Cleanup();
            }
        }

        #region Azure SDK test

        private static TimeSpan RunAzureSDKTest()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Running the Azure SDK test...");

            TimeBlock block = new TimeBlock();

            RunAzureSDKTestInternal();

            block.End();
            return block.ElapsedTime;
        }

        private static void RunAzureSDKTestInternal()
        {
            CloudBlobContainer container = _blobClient.GetContainerReference(_nameResolver.ResolveInString(ContainerName));
            CloudBlockBlob inBlob = container.GetBlockBlobReference(TestBlobNameIn);

            string blobContent = inBlob.DownloadText();

            CloudBlockBlob outBlob = container.GetBlockBlobReference(TestAzureBlobNameOut);
            outBlob.UploadText(blobContent);
        }

        #endregion

        #region WebJobs SDK test

        private static TimeSpan RunWebJobsSDKTest(bool disableLogging)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Running the WebJobs SDK test...");

            TimeBlock block = new TimeBlock();

            RunWebJobsSDKTestInternal(disableLogging);

            block.End();
            return block.ElapsedTime;
        }

        private static void RunWebJobsSDKTestInternal(bool disableLogging)
        {
            JobHostConfiguration hostConfig = new JobHostConfiguration(_connectionString);
            hostConfig.NameResolver = _nameResolver;
            hostConfig.TypeLocator = new FakeTypeLocator(typeof(BlobOverheadPerfTest));

            if (disableLogging)
            {
                hostConfig.DashboardConnectionString = null;
            }

            JobHost host = new JobHost(hostConfig);
            host.Call(typeof(BlobOverheadPerfTest).GetMethod("BlobToBlob"));
        }

        [NoAutomaticTrigger]
        public static void BlobToBlob(
            [Blob(ContainerName + "/" + TestBlobNameIn)] string input,
            [Blob(ContainerName + "/" + TestWebJobsBlobNameOut)] out string output)
        {
            output = input;
        }

        #endregion

        private static void CreateTestBlob()
        {
            CloudBlobContainer container = _blobClient.GetContainerReference(_nameResolver.ResolveInString(ContainerName));
            container.CreateIfNotExists();

            CloudBlockBlob blob = container.GetBlockBlobReference(TestBlobNameIn);

            using (Stream ms = GenerateRandomText(sizeInMb: 1))
            {
                blob.UploadFromStream(ms);
            }
        }

        private static void Cleanup()
        {
            CloudBlobContainer container = _blobClient.GetContainerReference(_nameResolver.ResolveInString(ContainerName));
            container.DeleteIfExists();
        }

        private static Stream GenerateRandomText(long sizeInMb)
        {
            byte[] data = new byte[sizeInMb * 1024 * 1024];

            Random rnd = new Random();

            for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
            {
                data[i] = (byte)rnd.Next('A', 'Z');
            }

            return new MemoryStream(data);
        }
    }
}

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> Classical music CDs>Genre and Artists CD & DVD>Gobbi, Tito. CD
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Tito Gobbi (1913-1984 was an Italian actress and opera singer (baritone).
His debut as an opera singer came in 1935 as Count Rodolfo in Vincenzo Bellini La sonnambula. The debut at La Scala in Milan took place in 1942, and the first appearance at Covent Garden Opera House in London came in 1951, in both cases, in the role of Belcore in Love The...
His debut as an opera singer came in 1935 as Count Rodolfo in Vincenzo Bellini La sonnambula. The debut at La Scala in Milan took place in 1942, and the first appearance at Covent Garden Opera House in London came in 1951, in both cases, in the role of Belcore in Love The drink of Gaetano Donizetti.
Tito Gobbi was one of the most used baritone through 1960 and 1970, primarily for EMI.
With his wife Tilda he had a daughter, Cecilia. Gobbi was brother to the Bulgarian bass singer Boris Christoff.
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Gobbi, Tito. CD There are 46 products.
47,04 kr 78,40 kr -40% In Stock
Donizetti. Lucia di Lammermoor. Maria Callas, Gobbi, di Stefano. Serafin. 2 CD. Membran.
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor. Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi and Giuseppe di Stefano sings with Maggio musicale Fiorentino, conducted by Tullio Serafin, in a recording from 1953. 2 CD. Membran *** Recommendation ***
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor. (Highligts) Maria Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi. Tullio Serafin. 1...
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor in excerpts. Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi sings with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London is being conducted by Tullio Serafin, in a recording from 1954. 1 CD. EMI Classics. 7644202
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor. Maria Callas, Gobbi, di Stefano. Serafin. 2 CD. EMI. GRC
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor. Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi and Giuseppe di Stefano sings with Maggio musicale Fiorentino, conducted by Tullio Serafin, in a recording from 1953. 2 CD. EMI 5627472 Great Recordings of the Century ***Recommendation ***
Franco Corelli: The Tenor as Hero. 4 cd. EMI
Franco Corelli: The Tenor as Hero. Sings Puccini, Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Leoncavallo, Massenet, Gounod. 4 cd. EMI Classics. 2648872
Giordano: Fedora. Lamberto Gardelli. Olivero, del Monaco, Gobbi. 2 CD. Decca
Umberto Giordano: Fedora. Lamberto Gardelli. Olivero, del Monaco, Gobbi. 2 CD. Decca. 4783046
141,60 kr 236,00 kr -40% In Stock
Great Voices of the Opera. Flagstad, Caruso, Gobbi, Gigli, di Stefano. 10 CD. Membran
Great Voices of the Opera. Maria Callas, Rosa Ponselle, Kirsten Flagstad, Lotte Lehmann, Enrico Caruso, Giuseppe di Stefano, Beniamino Gigli, Lauritz Melchior, Richard Tauber, Tito Gobbi. 10 CD. Box Set. For more information. Press read more
Leoncavallo. I Pagliacci. Maria Callas, di Stefano. Gobbi. Tullio Serafin. 1 CD. Membran
Ruggero Leoncavallo. I Pagliacci. Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi sings with La Scala opera Orchestra from Milano, conducted by Tullio Serafin, in a recording from 1954. 1 CD. Membran *** Recommendation ***
Maria Callas & Friends. The Legendary Duets. 2 cd. EMI
Maria Callas & Friends. The Legendary Duets. With Giuseppe di Stefano. Fiorenza Cossotto, Franco Corelli, Christa Ludwig, Nicolia Gedda, Tito Gobbi. 2 cd. EMI. 6983462
Maria Callas Forever. Original Film Soundtrack. 1 cd. EMI
Maria Callas Forever. Original Film Soundtrack. A film by Franco Zefferelli. 1 cd. EMI. 5573892 Press read more
Maria Callas sings Spontini and Verdi. 13 CD. Membran
Maria Callas sings six complete operas. Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale. & Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, & Un Ballo in maschera, & La Forza del Destino, & Macbeth, & Nabucco. 13 CD. Membran. 232902-2 (3)
Maria Callas sings Verdi and Wagner. 12 CD. Membran
Maria Callas sings 5 complete operas. Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto, La Traviata, Trobaduren, Sicilian Vespers. & Richard Wagner: Parsifal. 12 CD. Membran. 232902-2 (4)
Maria Callas. sings Bellini, Donizetti, Mascagni, Cherubini, Leoncavallo. 13 CD. Membran
Maria Callas. 7 complete operas by Bellini, Donizetti, Mascagni, Cherubini, Leoncavallo. For a more detailed analysis, see below. 13 CD Membran. 232902-2 (1)
Maria Callas. The Complete Puccini studio Recordings. 15 Cd's EMI
Maria Callas. The Complete Puccini Studio Recordings. 15 Cd's EMI. 2158942 Press read more
Maria Callas: La Divina 3. 1 CD. EMI
Maria Callas: La Divina 3. Arias from Andrea Chenier, Manon, Carmen, Boheme, Turandot. 1 CD. EMI Classics. 5552162 Press read more *** Recommendation ***
Maria Callas: Live. On Stage & In Concert. 8 cd. EMI
Maria Callas: Live. On Stage & In Concert. 8 CD. EMI 3314612
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Maria Callas: The Greatest arias. / Greatest Hits. 2 CD. Membran
Maria Callas: The Greatest arias / Greatest hits from Rigoletto, la Gioconda, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, la Boheme. 2 CD. Membran. 222730-2 *** Recommendation ***
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi. Tito Gobbi, V. de los Angeles. Santini. 1 CD. EMI. Great Artists of the...
Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi. Tito Gobbi and Victoria de los Angeles, sings together with Rome's opera chorus and orchestra, which will be directed by Gabrielle Santini, in a recording from 1959. 1 CD. EMI Classics. 5627772 Press read more Great Artist of the Century *** Recommendation ***
Puccini: Il Trittico. Cotrubas, Scotto, Horne, Domingo. Maazel. 3 CD. Sony
Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico. Cotrubas, Scotto, Horne, Domingo, Gobbi, Wixell. Lorin Maazel. 3 CD. Sony *** Recommendation ***


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The youngster bumped his head on the road during the accident which happened on White Ash Lane at 2pm on New Year's Eve.
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Els mikàlides o Banu Míkal () fou una destacada família aristocràtica del Gran Khorasan occidental als segles  i , que eren descendent de la noblesa pre islàmica de la regió de Samarcanda

La família tenia origen en el rei sassànida Bahram V (Bahram Gor) (420-438). Un descendent seu fou nomenat šūr de Sogdiana (una mena de governador) probablement durant el . Hi va haver cinc šūrs de Sogdiana, el cinquè dels quals fou Divasti o Divashtig, que segons un document en sogdià trobat el 1933, portava el títol de rei de Sogdiana i senyor de Samarcanda i de Pandjikant, probablement després que la dinastia havia quedat independent dels sassànides a la meitat del . Divasti fou derrotat i mort a la vall de Zarafshan el 722, i el seu fill (podria ser Torkhun, anomenat pels àrabs Bakr) fou portat com a presoner de guerra a Iraq. Allí van viure tres generacions. A la quarta generació apareix Míkal ibn Abd-al-Wàhid, al començament del , que va donar nom a la família i es va establir al Khorasan.

Els seus fills Muhàmmad i Xah van servir com a comandants militars dels tahírides del Khorasan a Bagdad, Rayy i Nishapur. Muhàmmad vivia en aquesta darrera ciutat i va tenir un fill, Abd-Al·lah ibn Muhàmmad del que descendeixen els trenta-tres membres de la família coneguts. Abd-Al·lah ibn Muhàmmad va servir al saffàrida Amr ibn al-Layth a Sistan, i també amb el rebel general saffàrida Sabukiri i finalment com a governador d'Ahwaz pel califa al-Múqtadir (908-932). El seu fill Abu-l-Abbàs Ismaïl II va servir com a cap de l'administració dels samànides (diwan ar-rassàïl) i com a rais ('alcalde', posició esdevinguda hereditària) de Nishapur i va morir el 973.

Entre els posteriors membres de la família cal destacar:
 Abu-Alí Hassan, conegut com a Hassanak, visir de Mahmud de Gazni i rais de Nishapur
 Khwaja Alí Abu-l-Qàssim ibn Abd-Al·lah, rais de Gazni a la primera meitat del
 Abu-l-Mudhàffar ibn Alí Abi-l-Qàssim, fill de l'anterior, rais de Gazni, mort el 1055
 Abu-Abd-Al·lah Hussayn ibn Alí, oficial gaznèvida i després seljúcida (arribant breument a segon visir de Toghrul Beg)

També hi van haver destacats erudits, poetes, i benefactors de les arts. La família deixa de ser esmentada al final del .

Bibliografia
 R. W. Bulliet, "Al-E Mikal," Encyclopædia Iranica, I/7, p. 764; una versió actualitzada es troba disponible en línia a http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/al-e-mikal-the-leading-aristocratic-family-of-western-khorasan-from-the-3rd-9th-to-the-5th-11th-century-descended-from- (consultat el 10 de juny del 2016).
 Bosworth, C.E., "Mīkālīs", a: Encyclopaedia of Islam, segona edició. Edita per: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consultat en línia el 10 de juny del 2016

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Jersey Shore Music Icon Rob Monte Says Good-Bye
• James Campion
It's a steamy, late-afternoon on the Friday before the titular summer's end and Robert Montesdeoca, aka Rob Monte, The Columbian Freak Boy is about to head southeast to do what he has done for the past 20 years; sing, prance and entertain over every inch of a packed barroom.
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"I am one-hundred percent ready" he tells me when I ask if this is truly it. "But for awhile I felt guilty saying it aloud or to anyone, because I might disappoint them."
That's always been the nut for Rob Monte, who took every show, hell, every song to be a long walk to the gallows, as if tomorrow was a rumor and squeezing every last inch of a Saturday night meant a little bit more than everything.
There is weird blood running in the man's veins, much of it tainted with alcohol and the gripping fear that someone in his presence might not be having the time of their lives. It's a rough gig spending nearly an entirety of an adult life convincing audiences that infinite merriment is tangible while the clock has other ideas.
"It was a unique period," he exhales, before packing his kitbag of lunacy for one last go-round, two-decades of memory working its way through the fog. "Beer funnels? You can't do that in clubs anymore, bro! People think that was the dark ages -- hundreds of people smoking in clubs? The drinking and driving? The complete chaos?"
His voice cackles over the phone line and it sends a chill down my spine. I have heard that laugh before, a broken gravel of a coughing guffaw, fused with a kind of mischief that knows soon there will be danger afoot. "Whatever the formula was, it worked," he admits with confidence. "Even with everyone trying to reel me in, there I was deep in some Irish drinking contest off stage, while the band figured it out."
And the "figuring out" is what made the incredible professionals Monte has played with over the years so fascinating. There are far too many to name here, but know they are brave subjects in an improbable conquering horde of weekend marauders just the same.
"The bands? Four sober guys following along, hanging with me, I want to thank all of them. Thank them or apologize!" Monte laughs, but then there is a serious shift to his tone. "Hey, there was trouble sometimes, but once the club read the register they'd forgive us."
Monte's story is hardly unique. It is but one of thousands played out across this great land, where somewhere tonight there are hard-bitten dreamers tossing about elusive glories in cover tunes and original numbers; piano troubadours and harp-mouthed folkies and jazz cats and sing-song beauties putting on one more show for one more dollar and one more round of applause. But here in New Jersey, when a man steps down from his well-earned throne as King of Long Beach Island, it is pretty big news. For the mythical, radical, hysterical place I once called Clubland in my book, "Deep Tank Jersey", it is monumental.
As far as icons go, if there is such an animal trolling the sordid corridors once inhabited by the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi, Rob Monte sure as hell is. He has fronted several bands of varying degrees of reputation and earning power for the past two decades, the most lucrative and history making is DogVoices, the birth of which during its most lavishly successful summer is depicted in the aforementioned book by yours truly. Therefore, Monte's swansong is also a somewhat selfish personal tribute for this space. It can be argued that without "Deep Tank Jersey" and the wild events of the summer of 1995, the access and honesty of the original five members of DogVoices, and all those clubs and roadies and fans and wonderfully colorful hangers-on, there may not be a Reality Check.
So blame the whole damn thing on Monte, who was foolish enough to allow the sordid tale of young men treading the floorboards from Atlantic City to Clifton to be recorded for posterity.
Lord knows it is hard for me to believe a word of it today, and I wrote the damn thing. Worse still, I lived it. Barely. Like most of the poor souls who stepped into a Jersey Rock Club looking for a good time but were assaulted with a strange combination of burlesque and mud wrestling soaked in gallons of beer and sweat. Rob Monte the ringmaster of it all, from midnight ocean dives to launches from the odd hotel roof, impromptu strip shows and Tequila-shot binges, bar dancing and a rabble of dawn seekers thrown into the spotlight for an inch of what Monte has come to call home.
It is a home he never takes for granted as he continued to review his incredible run at a pace that would have killed several, if not all other men not named Keith Richards.
"I plan on playing my last gig at the Ringside Pub in January," he says with pride. "The owner, Bob Harper is a friend and mentor. I started there, and I should end there."
Along with the Ringside, a modest but hopping rock venue in the hamlet of Caldwell, there is the now-defunct Wally's and Nickel's Alley, Wild Mike's, the Wreck Room, and the legendary Mother's, all of them outlasted by the unsinkable Columbian Freak Boy.
Then there is the cash cow for any serious full-time cover band; the Jersey Shore, where for 18 consecutive years Monte has plied his trade at Nardi's, the Sea Shell and of course, Bar A. "I have to play Bar A once more in December," Monte says. "My craziest stunts may have happened there. I broke ribs jumping off that balcony. The owner, Tom Jannarone has always been there for me."
The center of Monte's universe for nearly 20 years has been Long Beach Island, known to many in the tri-state area as an interesting amalgam of quiet, sunny family getaways and completely maddening midnight parties, the latter of which became the central force in an impressive career of playing popular songs of the day with a splash of carnival folly.
"The Quarterdeck, Sea Shell, Nardi's, Joe Pop's, you could play over four days without ever leaving the island," Monte chuckles, as if struggling to recall earlier triumphs.
Now, placing it all into perspective, he can securely move into a fulltime career mentoring younger bands with his newly formed Monte Booking Agency, where the man himself tutors his acts to steer clear of the Monte Method.
"No way Monte could survive now," he says, speaking in the third person as if this Monte creature is a thing of fiction. "Most of the bands I book now don't know about the "Deep Tank Jersey" years. I tell them to do the opposite!"
And what about any parting words, a final stage dive or perhaps a Daffy Duck self-immolation jag?
He laughs again and sighs; "I cannot plan anything. It goes against everything I've done as an entertainer. So there'll be no final song. No canned speech."
Whatever it will be, its toll will end one part of an implausible career, close an era, and provide another reason for those who were there to recall the past.
For me, I wish good luck to my friend, a long-gone protagonist in my first published work.
And good luck to the rest of the Weird Blood who dare scour the depths of what is left of the Deep Tank.
© James Campion September 10th 2010
realitycheck@jamescampion.com
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First lady Melania Trump was booed multiple times on Tuesday as she addressed the crowd at an event in Baltimore.The B'More Youth Summit aims to bring awareness to the opioid crisis in the United States, and throughout her speech, several members of the audience booed and spoke over her, CNN reports. This was the first time Trump has been booed on her own, without her husband by her side.After the event, Trump released a statement to CNN, saying, "We live in a democracy and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but the fact is we have a serious crisis in our country and I remain committed to educating children on the dangers and deadly consequences of drug abuse."President Trump has disparaged Baltimore on several occasions, calling the city a "rat and rodent infested mess" and somewhere "no human being would want to live."
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In military training and simulation, the accuracy of the simulated image is paramount and replication of reality is the desired attribute. This is driven by parameters such as the microdisplay resolution, video image quality and colour gamut. So the choice of microdisplay will be the deciding factor on the efficacy of the simulated solution.
Since 2002, the SXGA resolution microdisplay from ForthDD has been the leading microdisplay in military Near-To-Eye (NTE) training applications and has been designed into countless synthetic military training systems. Some of these have been in operation for more than 200,000 hours providing evidence of the lifetime of our microdisplays without image burn-in.
With the start of QXGA resolution microdisplay shipments in 2013, training and simulation based on ForthDD displays will move another step closer to the ultimate goal of achieving the same accuracy and effectiveness in synthetic environments as in the real world. Whilst there is unlikely to be a complete move away from live training events in favour of the synthetic, increasing use and efficacy of simulation will have direct impact in reducing overall training costs and improving combat readiness.
More recently, Vivid-Q created the first true 3D AR HMD by combing their real-time algorithms for computer-generated holography with the QXGA-R10 product.
NTE which simulate the training environment are mainly based on head or helmet mounted displays (HMD).
Head Mounted Displays are often used to simulate scenarios which may be too dangerous or expensive to replicate in the real world. By using HMDs to immerse the user in the virtual 3D environment, different scenarios can be explored in a safe but realistic manner.
Due to their resolution, wide colour gamut, high fill factor, fast switching speeds and scalable brightness, ForthDD have become an important supplier of microdisplays into high-end immersive virtual reality (VR) HMDs. The compact size of our microdisplays makes them suitable for integration into VR HMDs, where space and size are key constraints. Further, the image quality delivered by our QXGA resolution microdisplays (at 2048 x 1536 pixels per eye) allows generation of the most realistic virtual environments achievable today.
Simulated Military Equipment can be defined as devices that replicate weapons sights or periscopes whilst behaving like its real counterpart in that it will have the same form, fit, functions and controls of the actual equipment.
ForthDD Microdisplays, with their size advantage, high fill factor, color and monochrome image quality, are easily capable of emulating the sighting systems associated with commander or gunner within a number of platforms. Successful and current microdisplay deployment can be found within a number of armored vehicle simulators, simulated periscopes for the training of submariners and weapon sights for missile systems.
Mini-CRT viewers can be replaced by FLCoS-based mini-projectors offering a variety of image dimensions. Commercially available CRT replacement units with a variety of image dimensions are available from NVIS based in Reston, Virginia, USA.
Typical Board Level Products SXGA-R3, SXGA-R5, SXGA-R6, QXGA-R10.
Microdisplays are the enabling technology for head mounted and Near-to-Eye displays. In creating a colour image, FLC based LCOS technology is intrinsically and uniquely capable of a far more accurate rendering than any of the competitive technologies. LCD and OLED based technologies all suffer from fundamental limitations to image quality.


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This directory is a tutorial for using our C++ Programming API.

You should **not** try to build anything in this directory from within the
aistreams source tree. Instead, you should copy this entire directory to a
location outside and then build. This is intentional, as we want to demonstrate
how you can bootstrap a brand new project from scratch.

For people already familiar with Bazel, you can just pay attention to the
contents of our WORKSPACE file as it shows you what dependencies you need and
how they can be loaded. You should also pay attention to the environment
variables that are necessary to be set in order for our SDK to work as intended
(we will relax some of the environment variable requirements in a later
release).

## Building the examples

1.  Make sure that your system meets our basic
    [requirements](https://github.com/google/aistreams#sdk-system-requirements).
    This really comes down to making sure you have Gstreamer installed.

2.  Install
    [Bazel](https://docs.bazel.build/versions/3.5.0/install-ubuntu.html).

3.  Copy this directory to a location outside of the aistreams source tree; this
    is to emulate someone starting a project completely from scratch.

4.  From the root of the copied directory (the directory containing WORKSPACE),
    issue the following command to build all of the examples:

    ```shell
    bazel build -c opt //examples/...
    ```

    If all went well, you will have the binary executables under `./bazel-bin`.
    For example, try this command

    ```shell
    ./bazel-bin/examples/simple_sender_main --help
    ```

5.  Before actually running any of the binaries, make sure to set the following
    environment variables by issuing the commands from the WORKSPACE directory:

    ```shell
    export GST_PLUGIN_PATH="${PWD}/bazel-bin/external/com_github_google_aistreams/aistreams/gstreamer/gst-plugins"
    export GLOG_alsologtostderr=1
    ```

    This is needed because some of the SDK functions require aistreams' own
    Gstreamer plugins. We will remove this extra step in a future release.

## Running the examples

All of these examples require that you have at least one stream created and
ready to accept I/O. If you have not done this, make sure you are able to follow
the steps in the top level
[README.md](https://github.com/google/aistreams#google-ai-streams-sdk) up to the
point where you have a
[stream created](https://github.com/google/aistreams#creating-a-stream). This
really just amounts to making a call with our CLI **aisctl**.

If you are using the Google managed service, make sure you also set the
environment variable discussed
[here](https://github.com/google/aistreams#enabling-the-google-managed-ai-streams)
before running the binaries (these are in addition to those you've already set
earlier after the build):

```shell
export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/your/json/key"
```

For the time being, let's assume you have the stream "test-stream" created under
the data ingress endpoint "10.0.0.1:443" and its ssl certificate stored in the
file "ssl.crt".

### Simple sender and receiver

The first example is a pair of binaries that send and receive a protobuf
message. The sender just sends some number of greetings at a regular interval,
while the receiver simply receives them and prints the contents to screen. In a
real application, you will probably send/receive protobuf messages that are more
relevant to your use case, but you can use this as a template/starting point for
that.

The senders' source is under `examples/simple_sender_main.cc` and the receivers'
source is under `examples/simple_receiver_main.cc`. We suggest that you study
these examples to get an idea for how the API works.

You can run the binaries in any order.

To run the sender:

```shell
./bazel-bin/tutorials/simple_sender_main \
    --target_address 10.0.0.1:443 \
    --ssl_root_cert_path ssl.crt \
    --stream_name test-stream
```

To run the receiver:

```shell
./bazel-bin/tutorials/simple_receiver_main \
    --target_address 10.0.0.1:443 \
    --ssl_root_cert_path ssl.crt \
    --stream_name test-stream
```

### Simple ingester and decoded receiver

The second example is also a pair of sender and receiver. The difference is that
the sender is now a full on ingester that takes an arbitrary video source, while
the receiver directly pulls out the raw RGB image frames and prints its
dimensions to screen. Obviously, a real application would pass the RGB frame to
some other system to do more processing; e.g. run a computer vision pipeline or
a neural net. Nevertheless, you can hopefully use this as a template to
jumpstart your own application.

This example shows how you can send a video source *directly* to a stream,
without having to worry about how it's encoded or whether it is a file or a
protocol endpoint, and how you can receive RGB frames directly without ever
having to worry about codecs/protocol handling. Basically, it's videos in,
frames out; the SDK handles the conversion/transport details.

The senders' source is under `examples/simple_ingester_main.cc` and the
receivers' source is under `examples/simple_decoded_receiver_main.cc`. We
suggest that you study these examples to get an idea for how the API works.

To run the sender:

```shell
./bazel-bin/tutorials/simple_ingester_main \
    --target_address 10.0.0.1:443 \
    --ssl_root_cert_path ssl.crt \
    --stream_name test-stream \
    --source_uri my-video.mp4
```

"my-video.mp4" is a placeholder for an actual video file that you own. It can be
other video container formats as well (avi's, mkv's, etc.). It also doesn't have
to be a video file; for example, you can pass in
"rtsp://endpoint/to/your/stream" to directly send the contents of an RTSP
stream.

To run the receiver:

```shell
./bazel-bin/tutorials/simple_receiver_main \
    --target_address 10.0.0.1:443 \
    --ssl_root_cert_path ssl.crt \
    --stream_name test-stream
```


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On June 4th, 2015, CIFAR convened a roundtable with Dr. Charles Nelson and Toronto-area community and government leaders to discuss recent research on adversity and early child development.
Dr. Nelson, a word-leader in developmental neuroscience, and a senior fellow in CIFAR's research program on Child & Brain Development, spoke about the role of early experiences as the brain undergoes rapid development during the first years of life. Highlighting the impact of stressors that can occur in early childhood (e.g. addiction, institutionalization, poverty, and neglect), Dr. Nelson brought forward discussion on how brain development depends on access to an "expectable" environment. He noted that if this is violated during sensitive periods of development, there is a great risk of derailing healthy brain development into adulthood. More than 25 decision makers attended this roundtable, including individuals from United Way Toronto, Toronto Women's City Alliance, Ministry of Children and Youth Services, and City of Toronto (Children's Services and Social Development, Finance and Administration Divisions and Toronto Public Health).
The roundtable discussion effectively helped to better position these leaders to act in their workplace and broader community. Overall, 94% of respondents came away from the discussion with an improved understanding of the impacts of poverty on the developing brain, 81% of respondents gained new ideas, and 81% indicated that they would integrate the knowledge or ideas gained into their decision making or practice at work. The roundtable dialogue also catalyzed real change in practice. Through a six-month follow up survey, a respondent from the City of Toronto's Social Development, Finance and Administration Department at the time, indicated that the knowledge gained at the event was applied to the development of the City's Poverty Reduction Strategy.
Through follow-up conversations with the participant, now at Children's Services, and supports the Toronto Child & Family Network (TC&FN), a unique opportunity was identified for CIFAR to help inform the transformation of the TC&FN in their efforts mobilize the systems intersections that will improve child & family well-being in Toronto. This led to the creation of a partnership between CIFAR and the TC&FN to develop a workshop as part of CIFAR's on-going Change Maker series, themed around a core aspect of the TC&FN transformation planning: how to build thriving neighbourhoods to support child and family well-being. The workshop brought CIFAR Fellows Mario Luis Small (Social Interactions, Identity & Well-being) and Candice Odgers (Child & Brain Development) together with over 50 community and government leaders who discussed how social inequalities within and between neighbourhoods can impact social capital networks and, in turn, neighborhood outcomes. The workshop proved to be highly beneficial with over 90% of workshop survey respondents coming away with new ideas that would benefit their work and 97% planning to integrate those ideas into their decision-making or practices at work.
Impact assessment has been a foundational activity of CIFAR's knowledge mobilization unit. Evaluating the success of its activities, both over the short and long term, has enabled CIFAR to better appreciate how effective it has been in its goal of better positioning stakeholders to act and to iterate and build upon its best practices. As is clear from the above-mentioned case, it has also had the unanticipated benefit of enabling CIFAR to develop opportunities for sustained engagement with its knowledge user communities.


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Last week the Irish Copyright Review Committee published a Greenpaper that seeks to identify possible barriers to innovation in the Irish Copyright framework. Copyright For Creativity, which held an outreach event in Dublin in January to connect with Irish Copyright experts and policymakers, commends the members of the Review Committee for their work and welcomes the proposed changes to the Irish Copyright regime.
The Committee calls for the full incorporation of Art. 5 of the European Copyright Directive on Limitations and Exceptions into Irish law except where the existing Fair Dealing case law is more expansive. Similarly to Hargreaves, the report recommends the introduction of a Copyright Council, a Digital Copyright Exchange and a Copyright Alternative Dispute Resolution Service.
The authors further reject the notion that the common law heritage of fair use would make it inappropriate in civil law countries and conclude that Fair Use could be applied to Irish Law. However, the Review Committee has not yet received sufficient evidence of the need for its introduction to stimulate innovation.
The Committee proposes that a newly formed Copyright Council would perform good offices to help resolve the Orphan Works problem. Such a Copyright Council would draft "codes of best practice on various issues" and propose "model agreements and clauses for collective and individual copyright licences" among other things. However, the Committee is aware that a non-binding solution might not be sufficient and asks for further input from libraries and archives on this proposal.
The Committee notes that in the absence of a clear statutory permission, heritage institutions are reluctant to undertake format-shifting that would help to preserve works. To address this lacuna the reports suggests the introduction of a new section into the Irish Copyright Act (CRRA) that in line with Article 5(2)(c) of the European Copyright Directive. In addition to that, the authors propose adding a new provision to the CRRA to extend the scope of format shifting for private use in line with with Article 5(2)(d) of the Copyright Directive.
The report suggests an additional provision to the CRRA to make it clear that user-generated content using copyrighted material (such as parody or fan fiction) is legal, provided it is non-commercial and does not have a substantial adverse effect on the exploitation of the existing work. In this context, the authors also want to strengthen consumer protections under section 2(10) of the CRRA to make sure that no limitations and exceptions listed in Copyright Act can be circumvented by private agreements between consumers and rights holders.
The authors stress the importance of L&Es for innovation and even consider the introduction of an "innovation exception" that would permit innovators to make use of certain copyrighted works. According to the draft provision put forward by the Committee, it would not be an infringement if the innovative work is substantially different from the original work, does not conflict with the normal exploitation of the initial work and does not unreasonably prejudice the interest of the rights holder (this is largely inspired by the Berne three-step test). As an example for the type of innovation this exception should help to facilitate, the report refers the use of quoted material by online search engines. The Committee points out that while case law indicates the quotation of even a few words constitutes infringement, it does "not conflict with the normal exploitation of the websites being quoted and linked to, or unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the owners of those sites…".
The Green Paper will inform a White Paper that will in turn make recommendations to the Irish Government in early summer. While the Review Committee is independent of the Government, strong signals have been given that it intends to act on the recommendations made. A public meeting on copyright and innovation will be held on Saturday 24 March 2012 and the closing date for submissions on the Consultation Paper will be Friday 13 April 2012.
Click here for the official announcement of the report by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.