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In some ways virtual reality came from outer space because science fiction was integral to its development. In this chapter we look at VR's history and how storytelling and cameras played a role, plus look at the technical achievements that made it possible.
This chapter offers two modes for comprehension. The audiobook mode can be used to listen to the text (handy if you're traveling or need to work handsfree). With the reading mode, you can read through the material at your own tempo. In both cases, the text is accompanied by visuals.
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Hi there. Welcome to VRTL Academy's Introductory Course, where we will uncover the basic principles unique to virtual reality and 360 video. You will delve into the most common technical terms so you can understand and explore VR with ease. Let's find out what is virtual reality and where it come from?
Perhaps virtual reality's first imaginings date all the way back to the Pleistocene days when man spoke of other heavens or alternative universes. By 2 AD, Lucian came up with ideas of a primitive telescope and alien worlds. Yet, it took until well into the 19th century before the primitive ideas of virtual reality could go beyond fireside storytelling and imaginary spheres.
Science fiction is often revolutionary technology's primordial soup and such is the case of virtual reality. An early mention last century first appeared in 1935. A short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Pygmalion's Spectacles, described a pair of glasses that:
make it so that you are in the story, you speak to the shadows, and the shadows reply, and instead of being on a screen, the story is all about you, and you are in it.
Being able to meta-represent the world parallels the discovery and interest in photography. The first fixed image developed from a small camera came in 1826. In 1838, Sir Charles Wheatstone invented the first stereoscope, which used two mirrors–each at 45-degree angles–to project a single image. Patented in 1939, the View-Master, held carton disks with miniature slides that differed from the right and left eyes, creating a sense of depth.
Right after WWII, a small number of technologists came together to discuss concrete ways to view images on an infinite screen. The technology at the time was too limited and cost prohibitive to realize. Still the concept had traction, and like the early origins of the Internet, virtual reality's promise was embraced early on by the military; viewing in 360° was helpful for warfare simulations.
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In 1957, the first multimedia device, the Sensorama, was created by Morton Heilig. An interactive theatre experience, this early form of virtual reality was patented in 1962, with the following elements. Seated in a chair that could rotate, the viewer would face the screen displaying stereoscopic images. There was the illusion of depth, and the possibility of viewing from different angles. The Telesphere Mask (patented 1960) invented by Morton Heilig's was the first example of a head-mounted display (HMD) The headset provided stereoscopic 3D and wide vision with stereo sound but without any motion tracking. Designed for helicopter pilots who needed to better detect their night environment, Headsight was the first head-mounted display (HMD) with motion tracking and was developed by the engineering team at Philco Corporation.
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The biggest development leap came in 1968 when Ivan Sutherland invented the Ultimate Display. While a student at MIT, he created the first graphic interface for computers, Sketchpad. Later, when he was a professor at the University of Utah, he created "The Sword of Damocles."
The Sword of Damocles required a HMD linked to a computer, which in turn allowed the wearer to see a virtual world. The weight of this display was too heavy to maneuver so the display had to be attached to a suspension device. Users, had dual screens that let them see the room through a 3-D box suspended from above.
In the late 1980s, a former employee of Atari, with a background in mathematics and computer science, developed a Visual Programming Language. While VPL did not last long on the marketplace, its co-founder, Jaron Lanier did leave a permanent mark on the field by naming it:
Virtual Reality.
At the same time, personal computers were exploding and generating interest in technology's potential. Virtual Reality, however, was having difficulty in meeting expectations. Movies like the 1982 Tron left people anticipating other-worldly, transformational, experiences only to find the leap between what was found inside a headset and what mimicked reality was too great. The technology was still too primitive.
By the 1990s, the Internet came along and captured the world's undivided attention. With the Internet's global fascination came constant evolutions by Internet Service Providers and telephone manufacturers to offer faster connections and smaller devices. The cumbersome desktop gave way to the laptop, the tablet, and eventually, the pocket-sized smartphone. The smartphone was critical to VR's resurgence. With compact high-resolution displays and tiny gyroscopes and accelerometers, the mobile processors could manage 3D graphics. Clunky hardware was no longer an obstacle to virtual reality experience.
Movies in the 1990s to 2000s, dealt with a lot of virtual reality or themes of alternate universes which again set the bar high in terms of what is possible, but also drove continued interest in VR, including Total Recall (1990), The Lawnmower Man (1992), Johnny Mnemonic (1995), and of course The Matrix (1999).
It wasn't until ten years later, in 2009, Palmer Luckey assembled parts to build a state-of-the-art VR headset, later documenting his journey in an online forum. He formed Oculus to accompany a Kickstarter campaign to bring Rift to market (originally conceived as a do-it-yourself kit).
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Oculus Rift isn't the all-encompassing 'future of entertainment' some may have expected, but we're optimistic that it might earn that title in the coming years.
A game developer, John Carmack, of Doom and Quake fame requested a prototype from Luckey for a demo at the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo which in turn generated significant consumer demand. The immersive, almost real-life experience was unlike anything else ever made; users fully experienced the game as opposed to just playing it. Luckey also used gaming conventions and events to demo his product until he raised more than $2.4 million for his Kickstarter campaign. In 2014, Facebook bought Oculus for $3 billion, an indicator of strong confidence in virtual Reality.
While gaming sparked the first leap into consumer demand for headsets, on a parallel track, 360° filmmaking began to flourish. Once cameras incorporated external storage and multiple lenses, the heavy files and end-to-end frames allowed for an infinite visual flow. The results enabled breathtaking displays of nature, like theBlu, where viewers felt they were underwater, floating alongside sea creatures, or when the audience could induce the same adrenaline rush BMX bikers experience as they race up and down the concrete sides of empty swimming pools.
According to the analytics firm Global Web Index, at the end of 2017, just 4% of Internet users around the globe owned a VR headset. Compare that with the 67% of the world who owns a cell phone. Even so, after decades of starts and stumbles, VR finally enters its adolescence.
More filmmakers feel up to the task to approach immersive cinema despite its daunting complex technical origins. Not to mention the added challenge of making a panoramic film that seamlessly blends art with technology.
But the successes have been highly rewarded, Alejandro González-Iñárritu won the 2018 Special Achievement in Film Academy Award for his VR project Carne y Arena, an award last given out in 1995.
The Darren Aronofsky-produced VR piece, Spheres won the best virtual reality award at the Venice Film Festival in 2018, as well. It was the first VR piece to command a seven-figure deal.
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This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in cyclic amides.  The systematic name of this enzyme class is 1,8-diazacyclotetradecane-2,9-dione lactamhydrolase.

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The name "Spring Grove" originates from the name of a house built by Sir John Offley in 1645 just north of the Great Western Road (now the London Road), which was the main Turnpike from London to Bath. The house was leased in 1780 to the eminent botanist and explorer Sir Joseph Banks after his voyage to the South Pacific on The Endeavour with Captain James Cook. In 1791 he also rented land around the house and purchased the house and estate in 1808. A strain of apple called "Spring Grove Codlin" was named by Banks. Joseph Banks wrote that he thought the name "Spring Grove" came about because a spring arises in a small grove in the area. Spring Grove House still exists within the grounds of West Thames College.
The house and estate changed hands several times until it was purchased by Henry Daniel Davies in 1850. Davies was a property developer and laid out plans for an impressive estate of roads and large houses surrounding Spring Grove House. He built St. Mary's Church and a number of large houses on Osterley Road, Thornbury Road, The Grove and Eversley Crescent.
Information from the "History of Spring Grove" by Gillian Morris.
Spring Grove was one of the most ambitious middle-class projects, and is said to have been chiefly designed for retired army officers. It was laid out in the early 1850's, a church was built in 1856, and in the same year the rapid rise of the district was noted as a remarkable result of the new railway system.
The good beginning was soon over: by 1865 only a few villas, including Thornbury House (now Campion House), where H. D. Davies, the promoter of the estate, lived, stood in their gardens along the roads round the church, though there was a rather larger number in the Grove. Very few houses of the original type were added to the estate later and though a number of retired soldiers seem to have lived there at first, the failure of the project was implicitly acknowledged in 1888.
Close by, the International College (opened in 1867) represented another plan which never fulfilled the original hopes: the building, which was in the Gothic style, was taken over in 1890 by the Borough Road Training College.
To the south of Spring Grove (now Isleworth) Station, Woodlands was a slightly humbler version of Spring Grove: the houses had gardens but many were semi-detached. It was first developed at about the same time but managed to sustain its progress more steadily later. It received its church just after Spring Grove.
Picture of Witham Road 1913 from the book "Isleworth" by Mary and Kevin Brown.
(The numbers below the plot numbers on these old maps is the acreage.) It can be seen from the above map that the only houses in the SGRA area dating from before 1894 are the large houses on the north side of Eversley Crescent where Ashton House school is, the 3 pairs of semi-detached houses at the north end of Witham Road (numbers 27-37) and the matching pair on Eversley Crescent (numbers 39 and 41).
The only major developments in the area since 1935 have been the extension of Spencer Road, the replacement of the Spring Grove Laundry with Herbert Place and Copper Beeches replacing the old Burlington House. There have also been quite a number of individual new dwellings squeezed into existing gaps and gardens.


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Lagos State House of Assembly's 8-Man Ad Hoc Committee on Friday, 13th December, 2019 concluded the screening exercise of 11 Nominees for Commissioners, Lagos State Executive Council; Civil Service Commission, and Lagos State House of Assembly Service Commission in Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's cabinet.
The Chief Whip of the House,Hon Rotimi Abiru who chaired the Committee explained that the objective of the exercise was to determine whether the nominees possessed the necessary pre-requisites.
"It is essential that they have the wherewithal to effectively discharge the duties of the offices for which they have been nominated and whether such qualities would support the vision and aspirations already established in Lagos State towards achieving its developmental goals."
Hon. Abiru stated that at the proceedings of the Committee, Members asked various questions ranging from policy statement of the State to perennial traffic problems, environmental issues, how to make the State a tourist hub, how to improve the revenue drive of the State as well as other socio-economic matters.
"This is with the aim of determining the mental alertness of the nominees as well as ascertaining their readiness for the job."
Nominees for Commissioners, Lagos State Executive Council are Engr. Bamgbose-Martins Paul Omotayo, Mr. Ganiyu Adele Ayuba, Mr. Oyerinde Olugbenga Olanrewaju; Civil Service Commission: Mrs. Fabamwo Olubunmi, Hon. Avoseh Hodewu Suru, Hon. Olorunoje Kamal, Mr. Seriki Babatunde Tiamiyu; Lagos State House of Assembly Service Commission: Hon. Lawal Kabir Olajide, Hon. Bello Akeem Abiodun, Mr. Oshungboye Richard Akinola.
The Chief Whip established that the questions raised by Members were not only relevant but were far reaching and thought-provoking with a view to establishing and determining the nominees' competence, readiness and willingness to serve Lagos State in various capacities."
Consequently, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, directed the Clerk, Mr. Azeez Sanni to invite the nominees to appear before the House on Thursday, 16th January, 2020.
In another development, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa would be awarded a Ph.d Political Science (honoris causa) and other distinguished politicians that include Governors of State of Osun, Oyo State and Speaker Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on Friday, January 17th, 2020 at Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji Osun State.
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Alfred Corn is the author of 11 books of poems, the most recent titled Unions (2015) and two novels, the second titled Miranda's Book, which also appeared in 2015. He has published two collections of essays, The Metamorphoses of Metaphor and Atlas: Selected Essays, 1989-2007. Fellowships for his poetry include the Guggenheim, the NEA, an Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters, and one from the Academy of American Poets. He has taught at Yale, Columbia, Connecticut College, The University of Cincinnati, and UCLA. In 2013, he was made a Life Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. In 2015, he was a speaker at the opening of a new museum in Wuzhen, China, dedicated to the life and work of the painter and writer Mu Xin. Chamán Ediciones in Spain published Rocinante, a selection of his work translated in Spanish, and another edition has been published in Mexico under the title Antonio en el desierto. A new collection of essays titled Arks & Covenants is scheduled to appear shortly. In October 2016, Roads Taken, a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Alfred Corn's first book, All Roads at Once, was held at Poets' House in New York City. He has been inducted into the Georgia Writers' Hall of Fame.
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MSHSL issues press release on winter sports
BROOKLYN CENTER — On Thursday the Minnesota State High School League's Board of Directors announced in a press release a plan to restart winter activities. If there are no setbacks to the current four-week pause, the league said that practices can restart on Dec. 21 and competitions can take place on Jan. 4.
The release issued by the MSHSL said: Executive Order 20-99 is currently in place, a directive that mandates a four-week pause in activities designed to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. That is scheduled to expire on Dec. 18.
In preparation for the lifting of any order, the League's Return to Participation Task Force presented a comprehensive plan that included three models that may be modified to fit the timing of the expiration of Executive Order 20-99.
"With the dynamic nature of COVID-19, flexibility is going to be critical for our programs," said Erich Martens, Executive Director of the Minnesota State High School League. "We need to remain flexible in the start of seasons and in carrying them to conclusion."
The league is hoping to begin competitions by January 4.
"We know that the state and our schools are facing extremely high case counts and that adjustments in the models may need to take place, and if so, we are ready to make those adjustments in our calendar," Martens said. "Should the winter season restart get pushed later, we may see shorter seasons and fewer games."
Moderate adjustments in the winter season are accounted for and are likely to result in minimal disruption to the spring sports seasons. Included in the scheduling models are weeks designated for section play and a potential state tournament.
All models presented by the Return to Participation Task Force were constructed with a focus on providing an experience in every one of the League's activities and sports. In addition, health and safety, recommendations from state organizations and agencies, and the unique aspects of each sport were a part of the planning.
"I want to acknowledge the work of the Return to Participation Task Force," said Blaine Novak, Board President and Superintendent of Schools in New York Mills. "As a League, we continue to work toward providing all education-based activities, in the safest manner possible, aligning with the guidance provided by our state agencies. In support of the Return to Participation Task Force, our board took action to provide the flexibility needed to offer the most extensive season possible under the current conditions for our member schools and student-athletes."
The models, which also included a projected view of spring activities, maintain a traditional number of spring season contests and an end date of no later than June 19, 2021.
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I listened to the music.
I listened again, and again and again.
So, it's sung in French?
I have little French (L'école est un lointain souvenir) however, it doesn't matter. Like an aria that is sung in Italian or the scatting of Ella, it is the sound. Where words and music blend to become an instrumental duo and French has always seemed to lend itself so naturally to jazz.
The opening track, Lady Day, told me from the opening bars that, even though we hadn't even reached the Ides of March, this was likely to be in the shake-up come December 31and my Meilleurs Disques de l'année 2018. When I heard the lyrical trumpet solo by the late Francois Chassagnite likely became certain.
Who is this Sarah Eden?
Born in Morocco, the family move to France after the death of her father where, as a teenager, she takes refuge in reading, dreaming and discovering jazz.
A great opera singer takes her under her wing and teaches her classical singing. At the same time, Sarah finds inspiration from the voices of Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Chet Baker, Shirley Horn and Ella Fitzgerald.
A regular in the Latin Quarter, visiting Jazz Clubs and Art Cinemas. Writes a lyric for Henri Salvador, records 3 successful albums then takes a fifteen-year sabbatical to raise her son.
Sarah Eden (voice and compositions); Marianne Gauté (piano and arrangements); Nicolas Mirande (bass); André Ceccarelli (drums).
Guests: Francois Chassagnite (trumpet 1 & 5); Sylvano Gontard (trumpet 3 & 8); Sébastien Liaddo (trombone 3 & 8); Stanislas Nussac (tenor/soprano sax 2, 3, 7 & 8);Jean-Jacques Milteau (harmonica 4); Jean Alain Roussel (piano - 6); Chris Birkett (guitar, voice 6 & 9; producer, re-mastering album); Ronald Smith & Michael Robinson (choir 6).
String Quartet:Ludovic Passavant, Francoise Villevielle (violins); Nicolas Galiere (viola); Lionel Allemande (cello).
I'm lost for words to describe this but, check out the links below and you'll see where I'm coming from.
My thanks to Lydia of Plaza Mayor. Our combined Franglais produced the above information on what is a remarkable album.


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ROGUE RAGE
47 convictions for driving while he was disqualified.. but court can only sentence motor menace to 1yr in prison
A CONVICTED disqualified driver was jailed for a year yesterday - after being prosecuted for the offence for the 47th time.
Jamie Manderson, 32, dubbed the Rogue of the Road, has more than 130 other convictions mainly for motoring related offences.
The nightclub doorman has served several prison sentences, including four-and-a-half years for acting as getaway driver during an armed robbery.
Since his first driving while disqualified conviction - at the age of 15 - he has averaged nearly three offences a year.
His latest conviction came following his arrest on September 7 this year after fleeing from a petrol station without paying for £35 of fuel.
When he was stopped he gave police a false name and address, but was identified soon after.
Manderson later admitted charges of driving while disqualified, making off without payment, having no insurance and obstructing a police officer.
Elizabeth Valera, prosecuting, told Weymouth magistrates yesterday: "Within a 17-year period there have been numerous matters of driving while disqualified, with only short breaks while he's been in custody."
Ian Graham, defending, told JPs: "You have the onerous task of sentencing Britain's most convicted disqualified driver."
He added: "The convictions up to 2003 for driving while disqualified have an association with taking without consent because he was stealing cars to order, but that stopped in 2003."
Mr Graham said his client was in Weymouth after fleeing violent drug gangs in his home town of Swindon, Wilts.
Harry Barnes, chairman of the bench, told Manderson: "I've been a magistrate for over 20 years and I have never heard of such an extensive list of kindred offences.
"It's very unfortunate the law doesn't provide incremental sentences for offenders like yourself. I am going to activate the suspended sentence for dangerous driving and in addition to that you will serve another six months for these offences."
Manderson was also banned from driving for two years.
He had been on suspended sentences totalling six months when he appeared in court.
Last year he was jailed for six months after clocking up his 43rd driving while disqualified conviction. He was banned from the road in 2003 for three years.
In 2002 he was sentenced to 17 months' prison after leading police on a high-speed chase through Swindon in a stolen car.
Before that Manderson was jailed for four-and-a-half years for being a driver in a robbery.
And in 1996 he mowed down 12-year-old cyclist Matt McHugh, who was left in intensive care after being hurled 40ft in the air.
Jools Townsend, of road safety charity Brake, said last night: "This sentence is grossly inadequate. Manderson obviously has a blatant disregard for the law and there should be measures in place to enable the courts to come down much harder."


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The Mable Team will be bringing the Self Directed Conversations Roadshow back to Queensland, creating a space to discuss and discover the NDIS as well as the essentials of self-management with NDIS participants, families and support workers in the community.
Between December 5 and December 7, the Mable Team will be hosting three immersive events in the Surfers Paradise, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast respectively to help provide knowledge and tips to people seeking an NDIS plan.
Following on from the success of our first Self Directed Roadshow on October 30, the Mable Team wanted to support more people and families within the Queensland community by hosting three more informative workshops.
All three events will run between 10am and 1.30pm AEST to ensure members of the community have the opportunity to ask questions, hear stories and network with others living in the area.
At each event, you'll hear from members of the Mable Team who have decades of experience in the disability support sector. Caroline Daley, founder of planHELP will be a key speaker throughout the Roadshow and will share her and her daughter's experiences of being the first to self-manage an NDIS plan.
The agenda will focus strongly on helping participants learn more about the NDIS, how to self-manage a plan and how Mable can help participants to find support. The agenda is as follows:
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This agenda will be followed throughout all three events, so if you can't make an event near you, you can always register for another!
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Personality Focus
My Journey: A Personal Story
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Prof. Kingsley Moghalu
By Kingsley Moghalu
As a young man out of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (Enugu Campus) in the mid-80s, I consciously sought and acquired experience that would position me for leadership on the world stage and in my country. First I did my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) assignment as a Legal Officer at Shell Nigeria HQ in Lagos.
First class global multinational, dominant in Nigeria's petroleum industry. I worked hard as a "Corper" and was kept very professionally busy by my supervisors Dr. V.O. Achimu the Company Secretary and Head of Legal, and Mrs. Efe Omole, a senior corporate lawyer in Shell.
Then I joined Newswatch, founded by Nigeria's most influential journalists of that era, the quartet Dele Giwa, Ray Ekpu, Dan Agbese, and Yakubu Mohammed, as its general counsel. In media, 'it was THE PLACE.
To further internationalize my CV, and doubling as a lawyer/journalist, I became a special correspondent for influential foreign newspapers and magazines of the era such as South magazine, Christian Science Monitor, and Africa News (today's AllAfrica Global Media). But I wanted, as I put it on my CV as my goal, "a career of distinction in international affairs" possibly in the Nigerian Foreign Service, following the footsteps of my now-deceased dad, but preferably in an international organization like the United Nations, Commonwealth Secretariat, or in the Organization of African Unity (now African Union ).
That meant, at the very least, getting a master's degree. From where? I thought it through, and had been advised by my own research and by mentors that one of the best moves for such a career was to obtain a master's from the prestigious Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA.
I applied while working at Newswatch. I was admitted in 1990, but could not afford the $25,000 tuition fee. But I was determined. I deferred the admission by one year, and started looking for money. All the rich businessmen I approached turned me down.
Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, saw future leadership in Moghalu
Frustrated, I wrote to Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, immediate past Foreign Minister of Nigeria in the Ibrahim Babangida government. Akinyemi was an alumnus of The Fletcher School, having obtained his master's degree there in 1966 and then gone on to Oxford University for his Ph.D.
He replied and gave me an appointment to see him (no email then, everything was by snail mail! so all this took several days!). I met him in his office then on Victoria Island, introduced myself and submitted my CV. He read it with interest, and was impressed.
"Well, young man", he said, "I don't have the kind of money that will enable me pay your fees, but I'm impressed you were admitted to The Fletcher School. I will write to the school and recommend you for some sort of support and let's see how they respond". I was relieved.
This "Big Man" did not know the struggling young man from Adam, but had given me audience and was actually trying to help. "God, I am in your hands" I prayed silently. He asked me to come back & take a copy of the letter he wrote. I did. In two short, powerfully constructed paragraphs of his letter addressed to Professor Jeswald Salacuse, Dean of The Fletcher School at the time, Akinyemi introduced me as "a future leader in Africa", and said my impressive CV at the young age of 27 was an indicator of this assessment in his view. He then asked the school to consider me for financial support to enrol.
Two months later I received a letter from Fletcher awarding me the Joan Gillespie Fellowship for identified future leaders from India, Nigeria and Algeria. Now to get a visa and leave. Ray Ekpu, my boss at Newswatch, and Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi, Managing Director of The Guardian at the time, introduced me to the United States Embassy in Nigeria. The American Embassy was impressed with my admission to The Fletcher School , a training ground for many American and world leaders in diplomacy, politics, business, military and security affairs. The embassy asked me to send over my passport but not bother to come physically to their office in Victoria Island, Lagos. They stamped my student visa and on top of it, awarded me a travel grant that covered my air travel ticket to the US!
When I arrived at Tufts University, the world opened up. I worked hard to excel academically and survive financially, serving two professors as their research assistant and somewhat envious of the American students from wealthy homes who had credit cards given them by their parents and did not need to work.
From The Fletcher School I joined the UN, my dream career. I started as a junior Associate Officer and rose to the rank of Director and later served on a special assignment at the political rank of Under-Secretary-General. From conflict resolution and nation building assignments in Cambodia, at UN Headquarters in New York on the Angola, Rwanda and Somalia Desks under the supervision of Kofi Annan, back to the field in Croatia and later as Legal Adviser and Spokesman of the International Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, and then to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland as Head of the Global Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Team at the $20 billion Global Fund in which I also played risk management roles, it was a versatile, satisfying and successful career.
In 2006 while I was based in Geneva with WHO, Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed me a member of the high-level Redesign Panel on the UN Internal Justice System. Working at UN HQ in New York for six months with Mary Gaudron , our chairperson and an Australian Supreme Court Justice, Louise Otis, Canadian Appeals Court Judge, eminent Egyptian international lawyer Professor Ahmed El-Kosheri, and Diego Garcia Sayan, former Foreign Minister of Peru, we overhauled the internal dispute resolution (between staff and management), accountability and transparency framework governing the world body's 60,000 staff around the world as a core component of management reform. The UN General Assembly ratified our recommendations and voted them into UN administrative law. It was a watershed moment in the history of internal UN governance.
While in Geneva, I enrolled in January 2004 as a part-time PH.D. candidate in International Relations at the London School of Economics (LSE). I wrote my 500-page doctoral dissertation in 12 months, shattering all previous records at the university, and graduated in October 2005 with a doctoral degree. In December 2008 I resigned from the UN after nearly 17 years and founded Sogato Strategies, a risk management consultancy in Geneva serving global multinationals seeking business opportunities in Africa.
This enjoyable experience of self-employment was suspended when I was appointed Deputy
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria by President Umaru Yar'Adua of blessed memory, on the recommendation of then Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, and confirmed by the Senate.
Moghalu worked here as Deputy Governor
The CBN was, and is a very powerful and consequential institution. This development, however, was a disruption of my earlier plans. But it was, I came to believe later, divinely ordered for reasons only God knows fully. It came out of a seemingly "by-chance" encounter with Sanusi at the World Economic Forum meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, where he proposed the idea, entirely of his own volition and unsolicited, of my returning home to Nigeria to serve as his deputy and head the CBN's Financial System Stability (FSS) Directorate that would implement the extensive reform in the banking sector that he had in mind. (Sanusi was just roughly a week into his confirmation by the Senate as the CBN Governor at this time). He later ran his decision to recommend me to Yar'Adua by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, then Managing Director of the World Bank, and she gave her strong agreement with it.
When I reported for duty at the CBN on November 6, 2009 after the Senate confirmed my appointment a week earlier on October 27 (my appointment had been announced in August by Segun Adeniyi, Spokesman for President Yar'Adua) I found several letters of congratulation waiting for me. One of the ones that meant the most to me was one from Prof. Akinyemi. "Dear Deputy Governor", he wrote, "Need I say anything more? Congratulations". That was it. Two sentences, harking back to our meeting and his intervention 19 years earlier in 1990.
I am proud to have served my country in such an important leadership role where I made contributions that reformed our financial sector and payments system, including the development and introduction of the Bank Verification Number (BVN). In the CBN Monetary Policy Committee, we progressively brought inflation down to a single-digit 8% by 2014.
After a five year tenure at the CBN, I was appointed a Professor on the faculty of The Fletcher School and taught the course Emerging Africa in the World Economy for two academic years. This was by courtesy of another helping hand: Admiral (Dr.) James Stavridis (Rtd), Dean of The Fletcher School and former Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the military alliance of the Great Powers of the western world, who himself is also a Fletcher alum. It was an honor to have gone to school there; to be appointed a professor at this top global graduate school of international affairs was a double honor.
But while teaching at Tufts University from 2015-2017, my mind turned to the increasing poverty and insecurity at home in Nigeria. I began asking myself why I was in Boston developing the human capital of citizens of the United States, Japan, France, Canada, Ghana, Switzerland, etc when my country was clearly adrift. I made the decision to return home to run for President in 2019. The rest is recent history.
The morale of this story for young people is this: think beyond mere success to impact and consequence in whatever you do. Work hard, and be very strategic. I always aimed for the best of institutions in my career and did not settle for less. I know, the world today is very different, but it offers even more opportunities, and success has become more democratized with the age of the internet, globalization, and high technology. But the same principles apply.
All of this, and much else, are what I bring to my current aspiration: I want to help build a nation that will give our youth great opportunities in the 21st century. We are all God's children too, entitled to a place in the sun. Africa, and Nigeria, will truly rise one day! It's always darkest before dawn.
Prof. Kingsley Moghalu was a former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria and a Presidential aspirant in 2019 election
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NB's minimum wage hike will create "unsustainable" economic climate for c-stores: CICC & ACSA
Industry associations proposed solution, outlining four-point action plan to support retailers.
Reduced operating hours, potential store closures and less convenience for New Brunswick communities will be the fallout of the province's minimum wage hike, according to the Convenience Industry Council of Canada and the Atlantic Convenience Stores Association.
The groups were reacting to today's news that New Brunswick is hiking its minimum wage by $2 per hour next year - the largest increase in 40 years. Labour Minister Trevor Holder said New Brunswick's current minimum wage of $11.75 per hour is the lowest in the country and well behind that of neighbouring Atlantic provinces.
The increase to $13.75 per hour will come in two increments of one dollar, on April 1 and Oct. 1, however the decisions is being called a blow to small businesses already struggling to recover from pandemic-related losses.
READ: New Brunswick announces $2 per hour increase in minimum wage
"New Brunswick communities will suffer as a result of this increase," says Anne Kothawala, president and CEO of CICC. "The wage hike will create an unsustainable operating climate for stores that are continuing to weather the economic storm due to COVID-19. Store closures are a real possibility in the province."
Mike Hammoud, president of the ACSA, called the 17% increase "mind boggling," adding "Working on already razor-thin profit margins, this will be the final blow for many stores."
In a release, the organizations said convenience stores, on average, have absorbed a $10,000 increase in costs to comply with health and safety protocols during the pandemic. It's estimated that for the average store in the province that is open 17 hours per day, the $2-per-hour wage increase will result in an extra $29,000 of costs annually.
"For many stores, $29,000 represents their overall annual profit. Clearly, this is not sustainable moving forward and will result in reduced operating hours and store closures," explains Kothawala.
"Convenience stores are pillars of their communities, but they need to make a profit," adds Hammoud. "Cost-cutting only goes so far and many have already been forced to scale back operations to continue to serve communities during the pandemic."
Realizing the decision to increases wages is a done deal (done without any industry consultation, BTW), CICC and ACSA are putting forth a solution to help offset the increased costs and to ensure the province's 800-plus stores remain open.
The associations wrote a letter to Premier Blaine Higgs asking that the government work with the industry in four key areas:
Increase fuel margins.
Increase lottery commissions.
Commit to cracking down on contraband tobacco.
Give convenience stores the ability to sell beverage alcohol.
"Convenience stores are an essential part of the provincial economy, employing 7,000 New Brunswickers and collecting $478 million in taxes in 2020," says Kothawala. "We need the government to be a partner and work with us to ensure communities continue to have the convenience and choice they deserve."
Legal cigarette sales up in Atlantic provinces following COVID border closure: study
The Convenience Industry Council of Canada says the border closure between Quebec and New Brunswick may have helped choke off the illegal tobacco trade in Atlantic Canada.
85% of New Brunswickers support sale of beer and wine in convenience stores: CICC survey
A recent consumer survey found that a vast majority of adult New Brunswickers are in favour of the sale of beer and wine in convenience stores.
Ontario to boost minimum wage to $15, says Ford
Business groups say this is a burden to operators, who are already struggling in the wake of pandemic-related lockdowns.
New Brunswick announces $2 per hour increase in minimum wage, to hit $13.75 in 2022
ACSA highlights c-store successes in 2012


Wow, that's a pretty amazing story… the right technology in the right place combined with people that are willing to grab it and use it. I'm glad to hear everything is ok.
He may not be able to work with as many tools as he has in the past, but we'll have to see.
Yeah, I've heard that you gotta stay away from strong magnetic fields and such but I don't think he works with such things a lot. But yeah, as you said, "we'll have to see" :).
Amazing Story. I wonder what it would take to make sure every hotel in the country had one of these available! Maybe we should put the Gideons on it. (-; Thanks for sharing!


Integrity360 was awarded 'Managed Security Provider of the Year" at the Tech Excellence Awards 2017 recognising they company as an outstanding service provider in its market space who can demonstrate business growth and total client satisfaction.
Attained in 2017, the ETP certification scheme enables businesses to engage better with employees, recognising that they are a key source of competitive advantage.
Integrity360 was awarded 'Best Place to Work in IT" at the Tech Excellence Awards 2016 recognising HR excellence, innovation in working practices and providing a superior work environment for employees.
Integrity360 is delighted to be announced as National Champion representing Ireland in the 2016/17 European Business Awards.
CEO of Integrity360 , Eoin Goulding has been announced as a finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2015. The awards program recognises entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
Integrity360 is one of only three Irish companies to be ranked in the 2016 & 2017 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in Europe.
For the past nine consecutive years Integrity360 has ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards, recognising the fasted growing technologies companies in Ireland. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years.
In December 2013, Integrity360 was awarded the AIB Enterprise of the year Award in recognition of Integrity360 continued commitment to excellence, innovation, vision, commercial success and sustainable business growth.
Integrity360 won Best Established SME at the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards 2015 for Leinster.
Since 2010, the company has received Certification to ISO 9001 for Quality Management. The requirements of this standard are underpinned by eight management principles: a customer focused organisation, leadership, the involvement of people, ensuring a process approach, a systematic approach to management, a factual approach to decision making, mutually beneficial supplier relations and continuous improvement.
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package com.flipkart.connekt.commons.dao

import com.aerospike.client.Value.StringValue
import com.aerospike.client._
import com.aerospike.client.async.AsyncClient
import com.aerospike.client.cdt._
import com.aerospike.client.listener.{DeleteListener, RecordListener, WriteListener}
import com.aerospike.client.policy.{QueryPolicy, WritePolicy}
import com.flipkart.connekt.commons.metrics.Instrumented
import com.flipkart.connekt.commons.services.ConnektConfig

import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
import scala.concurrent.{Future, Promise}

trait AeroSpikeDao  extends  Instrumented {

  lazy val timeout: Int = ConnektConfig.getInt("connections.aerospike.timeout").getOrElse(1000)
  lazy val maxRetries: Int = ConnektConfig.getInt("connections.aerospike.maxRetries").getOrElse(3)

  protected def addRow(key: Key, bin: Bin, ttl: Option[Long] = None)(implicit client: AsyncClient): Future[Boolean] = {
    val policy = new WritePolicy()
    policy.timeout = timeout
    policy.maxRetries = maxRetries
    ttl.foreach(millis => policy.expiration = (millis / 1000).toInt)
    val promise = Promise[Boolean]()
    client.put(policy, new AeroSpikeWriteHandler(promise), key, bin)
    promise.future
  }

  protected def addMapRow(key: Key, binName: String, values: Map[String, String], ttl: Option[Long] = None)(implicit client: AsyncClient): Future[Record] = {
    val policy = new WritePolicy()
    policy.timeout = timeout
    policy.maxRetries = maxRetries
    ttl.foreach(millis => policy.expiration = (millis / 1000).toInt)
    val data: Map[Value, Value] = values.map { case (k, v) => (new StringValue(k), new StringValue(v)) }
    val promise = Promise[Record]()
    client.operate(policy,new AeroSpikeRecordHandler(promise), key, MapOperation.putItems(MapPolicy.Default, binName, data.asJava))
    promise.future
  }

  protected def deleteMapRowItems(key: Key, binName: String, keys: List[String])(implicit client: AsyncClient): Future[Record] = {
    val policy = new WritePolicy()
    policy.timeout = timeout
    policy.maxRetries = maxRetries
    policy.expiration = -2
    val _keys: List[Value] = keys.map(new StringValue(_))
    val promise = Promise[Record]()
    client.operate(policy, new AeroSpikeRecordHandler(promise), key, MapOperation.removeByKeyList(binName, _keys.asJava, MapReturnType.COUNT))
    promise.future
  }

  protected def trimMapRowItems(key: Key, binName: String, numToRemove:Int)(implicit client: AsyncClient): Future[Record] = {
    val policy = new WritePolicy()
    policy.timeout = timeout
    policy.maxRetries = maxRetries
    policy.expiration = -2
    val promise = Promise[Record]()
    client.operate(policy, new AeroSpikeRecordHandler(promise), key, MapOperation.removeByIndexRange(binName, 0, numToRemove, MapReturnType.COUNT))
    promise.future
  }

  protected def getRow(key: Key)(implicit client: AsyncClient): Future[Record] = {
    val policy = new QueryPolicy()
    policy.timeout = timeout
    policy.maxRetries = maxRetries
    val promise = Promise[Record]()
    client.get(policy, new AeroSpikeRecordHandler(promise), key)
    promise.future
  }

  protected def deleteRow(key: Key)(implicit client: AsyncClient): Future[Boolean] = {
    val policy = new WritePolicy()
    policy.timeout = timeout
    policy.maxRetries = maxRetries
    val promise = Promise[Boolean]()
    client.delete(policy, new AeroSpikeDeleteHandler(promise), key)
    promise.future
  }

}

private class AeroSpikeWriteHandler(promise: Promise[Boolean]) extends WriteListener {
  override def onFailure(exception: AerospikeException): Unit = promise.failure(exception)

  override def onSuccess(key: Key): Unit = promise.success(true)
}

private class AeroSpikeRecordHandler(promise: Promise[Record]) extends RecordListener {
  override def onFailure(exception: AerospikeException): Unit = promise.failure(exception)

  override def onSuccess(key: Key, record: Record): Unit = promise.success(record)
}

private class AeroSpikeDeleteHandler(promise: Promise[Boolean]) extends DeleteListener {
  override def onFailure(exception: AerospikeException): Unit = promise.failure(exception)

  override def onSuccess(key: Key, existed: Boolean): Unit = promise.success(true)
}

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Customized NYC Tours
Doug Fox
Statue of Liberty Tour
Alexander Hamilton Tour
Chinatown and Little Italy Tour
New York City's Chinatown, located in lower Manhattan, is one of the oldest and largest in the United States. It was founded by Chinese immigrants in the 1870s and it has grown rapidly since the removal of immigration quotas in the 1960s. On most tours of Chinatown, we sample the culinary offerings from a range of traditions including Cantonese, Shanghainese and Szechuan restaurants.
Tour Highlights:
The arrival of Chinese immigrants to New York City started very slowly in the early 1800s. More Chinese started arriving in New York City after the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. But passage of The Chinese Exclusion Act kept Chinese communities in the United States very small. It wasn't until the removal of immigration quotas in the 1960s that Manhattan's Chinatown started to grow rapidly and expand into the Lower East Side and Little Italy.
Chinatown is home to some of the oldest residential buildings in the city including one of the the first tenement buildings on Mott Street and the oldest row house in New York City, the Edward Mooney House, completed in 1785.
There are many banks in Chinatown including the Chinatown Branch of HSBC, which is housed in an impressive neo-Byzantine building topped with a large bronze dome. This is the former location of Bull's Head Tavern where General George Washington met with his fellow commanders before they marched into New York City to take back the city from the British at the end of the American Revolution.
The Mahayana Buddhist Temple is the largest temple in Chinatown and features an imposing 16-foot tall golden image of the Buddha.
The Church of the Transfiguration is one of oldest churches in Manhattan. It was originally Lutheran and is now one of the largest Chinese Roman Catholic communities in the United States. It offers services in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
The narrow elbow-shaped Doyers Street has been home to many movies and TV shows. At the height of the Tong Wars in the 1920s, it was known as Dead Men's or Bloody Alley.
Museum of Chinese in the America, designed by Maya Lin, shares the history, heritage and culture of people of Chinese descent in the United States.
The Kim Lau Arch at Chatham Square honors Chinese Americans who died during World War II. It is named for 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kim Lau, a World War II aircraft commander. And the statue of Lin Ze Xu honors a Qing Dynasty official who tried to end the opium trade in China in the 19th Century.
A Statue of Chinese philosopher Confucius stands outside of Confucius plaza a large-scale housing complex.
Columbus Park is Chinatown's largest park and is used today by those practicing Tai Chi and playing mahjong. In the 19th Century this area was known as Mulberry Bend, a violent slum where the social reformer Jacob Riis took famous photos to educate people about the deplorable conditions in this crowded, unsanitary neighborhood.
The First Shearith Israel Cemetery is the oldest Jewish cemetery in New York City and dates back to 1683.
East Broadway is the heart of Little Fuzhou, home to a large population of Fujianese. Fouzhou is the capital of the Fujian province in China.
At the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge is a grand ceremonial arch and colonnade. The Manhattan Bridge is the third of the suspension bridges to cross the East River after the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges.
Little Italy is much smaller than it used to be and today is centered on Mulberry Street to the north of Canal Street. Many of the Italian immigrants and their families who settled here after arriving in the United States have left the neighborhood. But there is still a concentration of Italian restaurants, cafes and bakeries to enjoy. And it's especially fun to visit the neighborhood during the annual feast of San Gennaro.
If you have questions about this or other tours, please contact Doug:
Email: dougfoxnyc@gmail.com
Doug Fox is a licensed New York City tour guide. He conducts history and architecture tours in New York City.
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Doug Fox is a New York City tour guide and a native New Yorker. He conducts history and architecture tours. He offers private and group tours.
Contact Doug Fox to learn more about his tours. Email: dougfoxnyc@gmail.com or call: 917-226-6914.
Trip Advisor Award
Doug Fox is a recipient of a 2015 and 2016 Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor. Read Trip Advisor reviews of his World Trade Center and other New York City Tours.
© 2017 Doug Fox. All rights reserved.


ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - St Louis Police are still collecting details on three separate shootings since nightfall, including one homicide.
It was just before 9:30 in the 3200 block of Bailey. Police say the victim was a 41-year-old man.
Three hours later police were called to the 4300 block of East Fairfax for the shooting of a man in his 50's.
Then 30 minutes after that, officers responded to East John and North 20th street where a man in his 20's was found shot.


At Dr. Pardo Ortho, we strive to provide high quality orthodontic care that's safe, effective, and convenient for our patients. Dr. Pardo and our highly trained team of orthodontic specialists work hard to treat every patient on an individual basis; designing specialized treatment plans perfectly suit each patient's unique orthodontic needs. We pride ourselves on using only the most advanced orthodontic technology in our office, which is why we're pleased to offer our patients an exciting alternative treatment to braces: Invisalign Teen.
Invisalign Teen uses the same principles and methodologies as Invisalign, the revolutionary orthodontic treatment alternative to braces. Invisalign does away with metal wires and brackets altogether, instead using a series of clear, removable trays - called aligners - to straighten teeth. The aligners are virtually invisible when worn, so you don't have to worry about having braces at prom or in school pictures, and they can be removed to eat, drink, brush, and floss - so no one will know you're straightening your teeth and you can still eat all of your favorite foods! In addition, aligners make it easier to keep your teeth clean – something critical for successful treatment.
Treatment is simple – you'll wear your aligners for 22 hours per day, removing them only to eat, drink, brush, and floss. You'll wear each set of aligners for about two weeks before moving to a new pair, and with each new set, your teeth will move closer to their optimal position. Once you're done, you'll have a healthy, beautiful smile that will last you the rest of your life!
Invisalign Teen takes this same method and customizes it for the teenage lifestyle. Every aligner comes with a built-in Blue Dot Wear Indicator, which tells doctors, parents, and teens if the aligner is being worn enough or needs to be worn more consistently. Additionally, every treatment course comes with 6 extra aligners in case any get lost or broken, and aligners can even have special "eruption tabs" built in, helping to keep space open for unerupted teeth and making it possible to treat a wider range of conditions with Invisalign.
Thanks to advances in the technology, it's possible to treat more conditions with Invisalign than ever before. That said, it's not for everyone – in many cases, other treatments, like braces, are best. There's only one way to find out if Invisalign Teen is right for you – schedule a consultation!
Have more questions about Invisalign or want to schedule your consultation? We're here to help! Feel free to call us at (508) 881-4107, reach out to us at our contact page, or use our easy online form to schedule an appointment at our office. We can't wait to hear from you, and we look forward to helping you achieve a healthy, beautiful smile!


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To see the tree they cut down ten years before your birth.
Tell me a piece of your history.
Of the shackles and the dreams.
We are the last people.
I see them sinking in, it crept up on you, crawling underneath your skin.
Oh, I hear you calling, but what is there to gain?
I won't show my face.
It's been cold for years.
Oh, I read the words you used.
I saw you but you went away.
I pulled, stretched, reached for you but you slipped into the fuzzy, uncertainty of memory.
I called, and you faded, threatening.
You hint in the corners of my mind, suggesting your presence.
An image distorted in water, your form an inconsistency, I never really knew you.
To swim and fleshen form.
I saw you when you died.
And decided to go back to sleep. Some things are just better left untouched and alone.
This is a continuation to the poem What Am I? that I posted on Tuesday in response to the Weekly Writing Challenge. I had the idea for the short story a while back, and decided to try it out in a poem as well. Hope you enjoy. Comments and feedback are always welcome.
"Well then. I won't be seeing you again" Hielo said, drifting through fragmented clouds towards Nieve.
"Wouldn't you like to bite into some warm flesh?" Nieve goaded. They carried no weapons into war, only their cold, cutting teeth.
Nieve ignored Hielo. "Things are changing at the front, I don't know why but they are. I don't think they even know why it's happening," Nieve said, looking at the distant ground below.
"Aye to that. May they bring us more swiftly than usual to our death.
Thousands of white soldiers fell from the sky, eager to make contact with the enemy, to solidify a front for those who would inevitably follow. There was no home territory, nor a place to regroup and collect the fallen. Not one soldier would be buried. The wind moved through their ranks, gently steering the paratroopers as they fell. The cold air cut across their exposed skin, but they were used to that. The cold reassured them.
Some clung to their neighbours hoping to mass a group attack. Bracing themselves for impact, the group stood a better chance of staying intact. Nieve tried to link to a comrade but a wall of air separated them. Teasing and testing, the current ripped them apart, then brought them together, but not close enough to touch. The wind directed their attack; the soldiers forfeited control of their bodies when they fell from the base. They moved in dizzying, spiralling flurries. Nieve looked towards the green ground, as it transformed into unfamiliar colours, obscure shapes and sounds popping sounds.
Nieve wept. Actually, Nieve's body wept. Home is in the heavens. If we die where do we go? The snowflake melted in the winter air, the first in a succession of flakes to liquify in Earth's atmosphere. The fallen became indistinguishable, lost faces in the grey slush; dead before they breached the front. How do you mourn a face you can't remember, dissolved into a puddle of greyness?
Once sharp flakes, now shapeless droplets, cold rain exploded against hard, dry surfaces. Street lamps, glass windows, parked cars and green grass glistened in the rising sun, crystallized in blankets of ice. Drops of rain don't burn, sting, hurt; but they clung, like kerosene on wood they clung and seeped in, waiting to be ignited.
"It's snow Tommy. You've seen this before, every year this happens." Dan dragged his feet in the snow, not waiting for his son to follow.
"Yeah daddy but it tickles when it melts in my mouth." The boy traced down single flecks of snow as they fell from the sky. His mouth open and his tongue flailing, he rarely caught anything. They moved to quickly for him to catch. He couldn't focus on a single flake, for they merged together and danced quickly as they floated down the sky. Tommy's toes tickled, planted in the pooling snow they began to burn. He frowned. The flakes seemed to dance around him, deliberately avoiding his tongue.


A range of principles to guide the remodelling of Leeds Station into a transport hub of international significance at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse are to be discussed by senior councillors next week.
The principles set out the ambition for the station to become a key national landmark and transport interchange, as well as a pivotal regeneration and economic driver and asset for the city and region.
They have been set out by Leeds City Council working with partners including HS2 Ltd, Network Rail, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Transport for the North, Department for Transport and the Department of Communities and Local Government.
The investment levels to implement the proposals in the report would be in excess of £500million. Major investment in the station is already underway, as seen by the southern entrance which opened last year and the private investment by Bruntwood in redeveloping the Platform building next to the main station entrance.
It also proposes preparing students and offering pathways for them to jobs in construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, engineering and digital sectors which HS2 will bring. It makes a commitment to boosting numbers of women and black and minority ethnic people accessing these jobs, aims to work with disadvantaged communities to connect with jobs, and also proposes working with local universities, colleges and those looking to return to work with pathways to apprenticeships and jobs.
The arrival of HS2 offers significant regeneration potential, including at the South Bank in Leeds. As part of the development plans for the area, improvements would include better connections between South Bank and the wider city centre, with new streets, bridges and access to local communities with road alterations to remove through traffic.
It also looks to create a network of public spaces and a new city park in the South Bank, transforming the waterfront and creating a welcoming environment for residents, businesses and visitors.
Celebrating the rich identity and history of the South Bank, it also calls for investment in cultural and heritage assets to promote and enhance community cohesion, aligned to the plans should Leeds be successful in its bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2023.
The station improvements will also provide a further boost to the economy of Leeds city centre, already the UK's largest concentration of financial and professional services and digital jobs outside London. It will enhance the city centre's role as a hub for innovation, supporting delivery of the plans for an innovation district, which will create a 21st century science park around the universities and Leeds General Infirmary.
Leeds Station is currently used by over 100,000 passengers a day, with those numbers forecast to more than double over the next 30 years reaching a level similar to Gatwick Airport. To help bring that about in the coming years rail capacity into Leeds is to benefit from longer trains and more frequent services, resulting in a 52% increase in the number of seats in the morning peak on TransPennine Express trains and a 40% increase in the number of passengers that can be carried on Northern trains. Outdated pacer units will also be withdrawn before 2020.
The production of the Leeds Station Masterplan proposals have been co-ordinated by the Leeds Station Board, chaired by Leeds City Council, also including Network Rail, HS2 Ltd, WYCA, TfN, DfT, and CLG, and supported by London and Continental Railways. These organisations have also been represented on a senior steering group along with the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, and Leeds BID. This senior steering group was chaired by Jeremy Westlake, the Finance Director of Network Rail.


Lignin slurry as a model compound of ethanol-fermentation residue was gasified to produce synthesis gas (carbon monoxide (CO)/hydrogen (H2) for a feedstock of liquid fuel synthesis as an alternative to the petrol and diesel oil, and for hydrogen source applied to a fuel of fuel cells. With increasing moisture content, the gasification of the wet biomass produces less char and tar, whereas more input enthalpy of water is required to achieve reaction temperature (750-950 ℃). Based on the features, the optimum moisture content of the biomass exists. The optimum moisture content and reaction temperature were investigated for effective production of synthesis gas. From the typical results of gasification of the lignin slurry in fixed-bed downdraft type gasifier, conversion to-gas ranged from 45.5 to 78.4 C-mol%, while char yield ranged from 11.2 to 55.1 C-mol%. The cold-gas efficiency varied from 71.9 to 95.6% for moisture content of 73-90 wt.%.For the results of a catalyst (NiO/CaO-Al2O3) loading, the conversion-to-gas and cold-gas efficiency respectively ranged from 75.5 to 92.1% and from 89.0 to 108.2% for a moisture content of 80 wt.% with increasing the NiO/CaO-Al2O3 catalyst loading from 0.00 to 0.41 g-catalyst/g-feedstock. The results for the catalyst loading (CL) of 0.00-0.41 g-catalyst/g-feedstock showed that conversion to-gas and cold-gas efficiency increased by about 20 % compared to the results for non catalytic gasification with CL increase. H2 and CO in product gas composition slightly increased with CL. In comparison of the results of equilibrium constants between non-catalytic and catalytic gasification, the catalyst had few effect on equilibrium temperature for both the water-gas shift and steam methane reforming reactions, and large effects on conversion at T = 800-950℃ and cold-gas effciency at 900℃.


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Small business loan activity increases in NJ
Joe Cutter
The U.S. Small Business Administration office in New Jersey reports that fiscal year 2018, which ended Sept. 30, was a busy one for small business loan activity.
New Jersey District Director Al Titone says 2018 saw a total of $905 million in SBA loan approvals. That's up from $869 million the previous fiscal year.
"The dollar amount per loan is also going up, whereas the number of loans has gone down," Titone said.
He says that's no big surprise because as the economy improves, banks tend to need the SBA guarantee less and less.
Where was the most small business loan activity in New Jersey in FY 2018? Bergen County, with 346 loans worth $100 million. Middlesex got $40 million.
The average SBA loan was for $397,000.
About 60 percent of all loans were let to start ups. Existing businesses accounted for 903 loans and 40 percent of loan activity.
Titone says people are investing more in their business with new buildings, new equipment, and they are excited about the numbers.
"We are hoping that we can continue to help folks. We will see what the year 2019 brings. We are just excited about the numbers and excited about the activity because that is telling me that we are seeing an increase in productivity in the state, which, I think is great."
Joe Cutter is the afternoon news anchor on New Jersey 101.5
Filed Under: the U.S Small Business Administration
Categories: Money & Business, New Jersey News


Being a black model in the fashion industry can be tough. With the likes of Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks breaking down color barriers very early on in their careers, it can still be a mentally debilitating experience for any girl of color who wishes to excel in the world of modeling. A reason 25-year-old Chanel Iman has grown close to fellow model Jourdan Dunn whom she appeared on the cover of Teen Vogue with, in 2009. They found solace in both of their experiences while working in the industry, which eventually grew into a friendship and support system.
"Shooting with Jourdan, it was just such a powerful cover because we were both, at the time, on top of our game," Chanel recalls in an interview with Teen Vogue while hanging out in the Hamptons." And we still are, but we were really at the highest of our careers as black girls. I always like to look at magazines with girls that I could relate to, and to do a cover like that, it was a moment for both of us. When we were first starting out, Jourdan and I were both the same age, so people were always trying to make us compete against each other. But we realized as we got older, that brought us closer. Now we're the most supportive of each other — we're like sisters."
They both appeared in that super dope visual for Beyone's "Yonce", where the two shined on their own (even standing next to the flawless Queen Bey), just the two of them. Iman's experience isn't a story untold as many women of color working in the fashion industry have expressed the woes of having to go up against societal norms or looks that they "just don't fit."
"I think it was a struggle when I first started, just because it was always one black girl per show, or campaign, or whatever it was," she continues. "I couldn't stand it, because I just felt like I was being judged a lot, rather than accepted for who I was. I feel like fashion's opened up a lot with having rappers in campaigns, and more color on the runway, but of course there's room for more of it and more diversity. It's nice to be part of a culture change.


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Q: Patch a module.object with python Hello I'm trying the following test scenario
def test_main(monkeypatch):
  with patch("library.mockme.MockMe") as mock:
    message = MainObejct().message()
    assert message == "Mock me"

MainObject implementation
from library.mockme import MockMe

class MainObejct():
  def __init__(self):
    self.mock_me = MockMe()

  def message(self):
    return self.mock_me.message

The problem here is that the MockMe object is not patched... but if I change the import to from library import mockme.MockMe it actually works, is there a way to make it work with my original implementation?
Thanks!

A: Hi this is all about where and what to patch. In your example you are mocking the MockMe class in the the mockme module. You need to mock the class that is imported into your main.py module. Have a look at where to patch in the Python docs.
Hope this helps!
test_main.py
from main import MainObejct

def test_main(mocker):
    m_mockerme = mocker.patch("main.MockMe")
    m_mockerme.return_value.hello.return_value = "goodbye"
    message = MainObejct().message()
    assert message == "goodbye"

main.py
from library.mockme import MockMe

class MainObejct:
    def __init__(self):
        self.mock_me = MockMe()

    def message(self):
        return self.mock_me.hello()

library/mockme.py
class MockMe:
    def hello(self):
        return "hello"

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Q: Logged error at null.aspx - what us that? I am having a hard time reproducing an error I have seen in my logs.
It says /app/null.aspx does not exist. And I can't find a way that a user can produce this problem, yet somehow they did several times after signing up.
Any ideas? The trace is:
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultInternal(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile, Boolean throwIfNotFound, Boolean ensureIsUpToDate)
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultWithNoAssert(HttpContext context, VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile, Boolean throwIfNotFound, Boolean ensureIsUpToDate)
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVirtualPathObjectFactory(VirtualPath virtualPath, HttpContext context, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean throwIfNotFound)
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CreateInstanceFromVirtualPath(VirtualPath virtualPath, Type requiredBaseType, HttpContext context, Boolean allowCrossApp)
   at System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory.GetHandlerHelper(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath virtualPath, String physicalPath)
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.MaterializeHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)

EDIT: I seem to have found one tiny hint: I again received this error when trying to log in on a netbook in IE9. The login doesn't work for some reason the client doesn't accept the authentication cookie. No idea why! The same user on a different machine with IE9 and same cookie settings works just fine.

A: Turns out this is a bug with setting image.src=null in javascript. It will still recognise 'null' as a src value and attempt to load it.
In the case of null.aspx I have a rewrite rule adding the '.aspx' bit.
More reference: http://mindfultechnology.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/javascript-imgsrc-null-to-load-or-not-to-load/