Buried in your own startup? Who's going to get buried in yours?
When's the last time you offered help to another startup? Even if it's just sitting down and listening to someone's pitch for them, or giving product advice, spending a few minutes with someone else's big idea can reap tons of benefits, and not just for them.
First off all, being selfless generates goodwill. Any time you spend on someone else's project will be more than reciprocated when you need something in return. So when you're looking for people to invite their friends and spread the word about your app, don't be surprised when your strongest supporters are the guys you went to lunch with last week to be an elevator pitch sounding board. I think too many people bury themselves in their own work, and then when it comes down to needing a supportive community to grow their service, they find a lot of tumbleweed blowing through their social graph. Don't expect to disappear on your friends and fellow entrepreneurs for months on and and then expect the cavalry to arrive when you need a Digg.
Secondly, pulling your head out of the sand once in a while can inspire you. I make it a point to spend time with entrepreneurs who work in other verticals, because you never know when an idea that works somewhere else can be reapplied in a novel way. I don't spend all of my time in the job space because it contains a lot of the kind of stagnant thinking I want to disrupt with Path 101. Some of my best ideas have come from startups and just other professionals in completely different industries.
A lot of people cling to startups who seem to be on the rise, but fail to be there for others when things aren't going so well. Helping someone who is down and out in a difficult time is not only severely needed, because the ups and downs of the startup world can be difficult, but can also put you in the right place at the right time when companies start scuttling themselves. You might be able to take over a cheap lease, hire your superstar coding buddy who tried to go out on his own but it didn't work, or grab an unwanted server (or two).
Community participation is also important. By sharing your successes and failures with others, not only can that raise your own profile, but contributing to a strong local tech community can have longer term benefits. Maybe it will be easier to hire your next developer down the line because more people will know what you're up to, or the community will just attract more people. I never thought of any of this stuff when I started nextNY, but I can clearly see a positive ROI to my participation. If it wasn't for nextNY, I never would have found my partner Alex, because I caught up with him at a couple of community events right after he left his last job.
I don't know if this makes me sound insincere or not--I'm just trying to point out to those who wouldn't normally take their eyes off their own work that there can be a positive ROI to being a bit selfless. Not everyone is naturally this way, and so sometimes people need to see incentives, which, to me, is fine as long as the help is authentic.


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Mobile usage is absolutely exploding, but that does not mean that we should ignore the steady performance of desktop. A smart marketing strategy will leverage the strengths of each device and maximize their unique contributions to the campaign.
As mobile continues to grow and evolve, so do the opportunities to advertise using mobile strategies. However, that does not mean it is time to move all your advertising dollars to mobile – it is still imperative to have desktop in in the mix.
Even though consumers are now spending roughly three hours a day on their smartphones (versus one hour a day five years ago) consumers still continue to engage with other devices. So while the time spent on mobile is on the rise, we are still using other devices as well, and most importantly, we use them differently.
Looking at the devices we use during a typical workday – it is clear we are a three-screened world. We fuel up and wind down with mobile and tablets, while desktops rule our work hours. In addition to using different devices at different times of the day, we also use different devices for different things – especially when it comes to conversions.
Desktops play a crucial role in more complex purchases and conversions, while easy conversions happen more on mobile. For example, while I'm likely to use mobile to convert when it comes to a click to call or map for directions… if I am applying for financing or making a purchase I'm more likely to rely on my desktop. Marketers should consider the conversion strategy and use their digital budgets accordingly – leaving desktop in the mix! In fact, most conversions are still taking place on desktops. According to eMarketer, 80 percent of conversions are taking place on desktops, versus 20 percent on mobile. Of course performance will vary across verticals, though US consumers still use desktop for the majority of their online purchases.
It is all about leveraging strengths. Yes mobile is huge, but desktop it not dead! It is all about having a smart strategy and leveraging the strengths of each device to bring about the main goal: more conversions.


Omar Kassim, the founder of electronic ecommerce portal JadoPado, has ventured into Blockchain technology with the launch of Esanjo.
The newly formed start-up is a real estate asset management business which facilitates transactions relying on Ethereum Blockchain, an open source platform used to build and use applications based on Blockchain.
Speaking to Thomson Reuters Projects, Kassim said: "We're aiming to mesh real estate with the Ethereum blockchain. We're initially looking to build a real estate asset management business, which involves putting together portfolios of global real estate assets. This is the basic mechanics of buying, operating and eventually selling a variety of assets."
By using Ethereum, developers are able to create their own cryptocurrency and in return they have their own 'tradeable digital token'. Kassim revealed using this approach means each token will be backed by a real estate share that will offer fractional ownership, liquidity and the opportunity to earn a share of the income generated.
Esanjo's portfolio includes real estate assets across the board, from global cities to holiday markets, plus short-term property rentals.
Under the new start-up Kassim is also deliberating initial coin offering (ICO), which are popular among cryptocurrency start-ups as it avoids the capital-raising process required by regulators.
Furthermore, Kassim revealed that whilst Esanjo is a team of seven, he is looking to expand his team with a number of roles open in product, finance, content and social media.
The start-up name is from the word asanjo meaning 'ours' taken from the Memoni language, but Kassim reveals the change from 'a' to 'e' represents 'electronically ours'.


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Co nas nie zabije (szw. Det som inte dödar oss) – powieść kryminalna, kontynuacja trylogii Millennium Stiega Larssona napisana przez Davida Lagercrantza. Głównymi bohaterami serii są dziennikarz śledczy Mikael Blomkvist i Lisbeth Salander. Powieść kryminalna została wydana 27 sierpnia 2015 na świecie z wyjątkiem USA, gdzie premiera miała miejsce 1 września 2015 roku.

Książka sprzedała się w nakładzie: 230 000 egzemplarzy w Szwecji i 2,3 miliona na całym świecie zajmując pierwsze miejsca na listach sprzedaży m.in. w USA, Kanadzie, Włoszech, Polsce, Wielkiej Brytanii.

Geneza utworu i jego wydanie
Wydanie książki wiązało się ze sporem. Pierwszy raz powieść z serii nie została napisana przez pierwotnego autora Millennium – Stiega Larssona, który zmarł w 2004 roku na atak serca. Według pozostawionego testamentu, przekazywał on swój spadek oddziałowi Kommunistiska Arbetareförbundets w Umeå. Dokument nie został jednak uznany przez szwedzkie prawo, gdyż nie był przez nikogo poświadczony. W zaistniałej sytuacji spadek odziedziczyła rodzina zmarłego – ojciec Erland Larsson i brat Joakim Larsson, z którymi pisarz nie utrzymywał kontaktu, a nie wieloletnia partnerka Eva Gabriellson, gdyż nie zawarli związku małżeńskiego. W posiadaniu Evy Gabriellson pozostał jednak laptop Stiega Larssona, na którym znajdują się szkice do kolejnych części.

Zgodnie z wolą spadkobierców czwartą część z serii Millennium napisał David Lagercrantz. Wobec zarzutów, według których brat i ojciec zmarłego postanowili kontynuować wydawanie serii dla korzyści majątkowych, ogłosili, że dochód ze sprzedaży książki przeznaczą na antyfaszystowski magazyn "Expo", którego współzałożycielem był Stieg Larsson.

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Frans Balder prowadzi badania nad sztuczną inteligencją. Dowiaduje się, że jego chory na autyzm syn – August jest zaniedbywany przez sprawujących nad nim opiekę byłą żonę Hannę i jej nowego partnera Lassego Westmana. Rezygnuje z pracy w Dolinie Krzemowej i wraca do Szwecji, by zająć się chłopcem, który okazuje się być sawantem. Profesor Balder dowiaduje się od organów ścigania, że grozi mu niebezpieczeństwo w związku z posiadaniem przez niego informacji na temat działalności amerykańskich służb specjalnych. W obliczu zagrożenia decyduje się na współpracę z Mikaelem Blomkvistem. Dziennikarz dowiaduje się, że Lisbeth Salander pomagała profesorowi i angażuje się w sprawę. Lisbeth uczestniczy w ryzykownym ataku hakerskim na serwery National Security Agency (NSA) czym zwraca na siebie uwagę amerykańskiej agencji wywiadowczej.

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Duration of Episode: 44 minutes.
Details: 3 months on the air, Monday thru Friday for a total of 60 episodes.
Synopsis: It's the year 2900 and the world has become chaos. It has come to the point that divine forces have made their presence known. Deus, the benevolent God has waged war with all his might against Lucifer, the demon of darkness in order to save humanity but the sins of some humans made Lucifer strong and humans have lived in hiding from the demons. Among the survivors, there is Lucille, daughter of Deus and an angel, who has lived as a mortal until Malik, a naïve angel, who has to redeem an ancient mistake will look for her in order to save her from Ananael, Lucifer's right hand, since she is the hope in order to defeat the demons and create a new earth where humans and angels will live in peace. Malik is sent to earth as a mortal and must battle with lots of intelligence against Ananael, who happens to be his brother. The end of world is near.


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On March 1, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo broke ground on the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center expansion in Manhattan's West Side. Following work that began on the building's foundation in December 2016, this groundbreaking signified the start of construction on the first phase of the $1.5 billion expansion project. Workers have begun to raise steel beams for the transformer building, which will provide power to the new Javits Center expansion. This early start will enable LendLease Turner, the construction consortium that was awarded the design-build contract last month, to jump-start work on the expansion.
The expanded Javits Center is expected to generate $393 million in new annual economic activity, reduce area traffic congestion and increase the efficiency of operations to allow for new and expanded events. The project is also expected to create 3,100 construction jobs, and an additional 4,000 full-time and 2,000 part-time jobs once the expansion is completed in 2021.
The groundbreaking was made possible by the completion of the convention center's foundation and utility work, which included drilling six giant caissons to support the construction of a three-story building that will house transformers, back-up generators and other electrical equipment required to power the expanded convention center.


I am very much better - a combination of fall very painful and a couple of boils on the top part of my leg.
I am hoping now, tomorrow might be a bit soon, that on Tuesday, earlier in th emorning, I'll resume working out, I shall only do a short test workout, within a workout, anad if all is well, I'll build up gradually on Wednesday.
Thankfully, now i realise the hard way, I must have been feeling anxious and stressed this previous present week, what with the arthritic leg of dad's, that I had one too many of the high fibre cereal bars. Anyway, as things are seemingly progressing for dad now, and I am much better, I'll know to keep, to only 1 per per day of the high firbre cereal snack bar.
I have now righted, back to normal.
Also, I am less stressed, less anxiosu, less irritible.
I am looking forward hopefully, to attending an energizing exercise session, in my day centre, locally near me, well about an half horu bus ride, on the 14th August, and also the zumba gold class, on Saturday 9th, coming up.
The novelty of the painkillers must have wore off, anyway I have rubbed gel onto the affected painful area about me, therefore, I can't think about exercising for this week, as I still am painful, slightly now, in the motion of sitting down, and slightly getting up from sitting down.
I shouldn't like to think about chair base fitness yet a while as that certainly does involve sitting work in a chair, so whilst I have this pain, slightly, I'll pass on that fitness method. I don't think it's the case of the GP in this instance, because I am very much better than I was once, with the pains, in this region, and I think it's just the question of healing in time. I just feel very annoyed that the fall happened, then, well, it was an accident, in at home, and I didn't know I was going to have a fall.
I don't think I'll jump too quick, at attending a high explosive energetic dance class, next week, for the first term either, so I'll hang on, and go to the next term. That will be a very long wait.
Meanwhile, a new programme of activiities in my care and community centre should be coming out soon, and I am in the throes of trying to find out if there will be tasters, of brand new exercise sessions, coming up, once I know, I can then hopefully, depending on this slight pain, I can then plan. The tasters are always held in September for a first brand new year of brand new exercise sessions. Sometimes, these are on trial, because we don't know how successful, the brand new classes might be.
In terms of the exercise session, which can be done low impact, I'll see how I am on Wednesday next week, for Thursday's session.
I still have the problem of slight pain, inthe motion of th eregion area of sitting down, it's not so bad as it once was. I am allowing a full week, and over the next weekend, for a full recovery, following on from the fall.
So therefore, I shan't workout yet a while.
My dieting is still under ocntrol, certainly haven't overeaten. My dieting is manageable.
Hopefully, tomorrow, I shall be out, to take part in my care and community centre's Karoke for their elder members to enjoy, session. I don't wish to say too much about the song I have in mind, as it might not be in the song set list, hopefully though, it will be.
I would have been ok, thsi evening, except recovering well from the fall still, my left leg, and I had a boil infection there, on the surrounding area part, it was itching me something chronic, anyway, I've just had a bath, with softeniing lotion to soften the body, it's a specialised lotion, prescribed, and I have put from the same range, cream on that area. It feels much better now.
Otherwise, I am getting there, time being a natural healer as they say.
For the tirst time in a I don't know how long, I was able to do my short workout test within. I have been aching in my upper back, so I felt best, not to overdo things for today.
I am hoping that Saturday, I'll go to Zumba Gold group.
I am much much better as far as the boils are concerned, at the top part of my leg. Following on from the fall I am very much better. Now.
I am weather permitting, intending on getting to zumba gold class group on Saturday morning.
I happened to have been up and about earlier today, so apologies for a very early post!
So on that note, I thought right, I'll get a test workout done, from 6am or 5.30am, this morning.
Overall, I am very much much better, particularly, following on from a slight problem, on my middle lower back.
I have just completed, and getting my own cooldown and stretching done, a couple of fitness dvds workout, done.
Just basically consiisting of traditional low impact aerobics, and, I am feeling more fitter, and more toned up, plus an extra booster for my circulation, as I do suffer with raynoulds, and boy, the raynoulds, is worse at this time of year.
I have an idea, what I'll do for lunchtime, via in the sense of heating up, from pre cooked, vegetarian meal, whether if it will get to frutiion, will be another thought. It's going to be wet today, so I am likely to be in around lunchtime.
Hopefully, I'll go to zumba gold, tomorrow, now, it's a bit chillier, or it will be via the lobby entrance, I'll ensure I'll keep my fleece on, throughout the entire warm up, and if necessary, through out the class, I'll see how I'll go. They'll have heating on to begin with, then turned up for the aerobic dance part component of the class.
I have had a bad back this afternoon, anyway I took a preferred dose of painkiller, and I am now finer.
I am not going to zumba godl tomorrow, due to my back, depending how it will be., and the weather.
I am hoping that over the weekend I'll do a workout because a workout does help for my ciruclation, providing a booster for it.
I happened to have been up early, which, as an advantage enables me to get a in home workout done.
I'll be working out from 6.15am. The in home sessions, usually, take up to an hour.
This the workout this is, will then set me up for the day ahead. So that I don't become too irritible, or too flustered, if I am having a quiet day of no volunteering requests.
I have just completed a session of a workout. I feel more fitter, more toned up, less irritible and less stressed, also, my raynoulds benefitted from the workout. Also, I wore my fleece, as it was damn colder today, in the warm up and stretching and a bit of aeroibcs sections of workout in the earlier stage of working out.
Hopefully, I'll next workout tomorrow.
I for some reason, couldn't feel to be workout today. I am h oping to over the weekend.
My diet management is going well, I had a baked potato with melted cheese at lunch, and this evening, I just had a soup earlier, and have just had a protein bar, which is less sugar, and less fat.
i am half hoping I can get into zumba gold Saturday morning, the problem being though, it's on too early, and the time i might wake u p, I then can't feel to attend.
So I am hoping that I'll get a afternoon workout done, on Saturday in at home.
I'm ok, I have a painful headache at the moment, probably and having been out in, the contrast change of weather from this week.
I have used a rubbing on stick, and my small inhaler sniffer for my catarrh and sinuses. I haven't not long had a soft drink. I am trying to reduce down the amount of painkillers I take, on that note, I'll take my sinuses med I think.
My head is a lot better now, now that I have bought more of preferred painkiller type which I usually take.
I am hoping to get to fitness, zumba gold tomorrow morning. Otherwise, I'll get an in home session workout done. At some point over the weekend.
Whilst posting; I have reduced down partially my med dose, the 25ml, was beginning to drive me mad again, in the sense of side affect of shaking. Either in my hands, or i nmy leg. As it developed into my leg, though that could have been through my raynoulds as well, I felt, I'll reduce down, and mental health wise, see how I get on, on level of 20ml. Certainly couldn't go below 20ml.
I happened to have been up and about much earlier than anticipated for today, so I'll get an in home workout done, about from 6.30am onwards. Also, I felt not to attend zumba gold classes, even though a fun, easier level, or modified level even, until I get my full fitness up to speed.
My dieiting level is ok, I haven't overeaten in between meals, not too much anyway.
There's a possiblity of a meal out this weekend, instead h opefully of ordering pasta on side, depending which restaurant we're in, I'll order roast vegetables, and sweet potatoe, instead.
i hope to then workout, on Monday. Early morning.
I have just completed a session of a workout. Bascially consisting of low impact traditional aerobics.
I am hoping to workout again, tomorrow, and then on Monday morning.
We happened to have been out for a meal. I had chicken milanese. I couldn't really swap for vegetables, they might not have been what i wanted, or unsure, or, not very well cooked, one of the three. So instead, I had with pasta, bolognese, which I am always happy about, a big portion, and at one point, i had to give in, far too much, for my liking of a portion amount.
Tomorrow, hopefully, I'll burn off the main course calories in working out.
With the uncertainty when I'll be helping with a mailing, on an ad hoc basis, this week, it will probably encourage me to be up earlier overnight, I s hould think, not too early maybe about 4 or 5, therefore, that will the timing will enable to give me an advantage to get a morning workout done.
i'll then workout again, on Tuesday. Early morning.
Wednesday I'll should be volunteering in the morning as I say, uncertain for this week, so I won't workout before hand, I'll be too tired for the travelling. Or I might workout I'll decide on the day.
My dietiing is ok, I'm not overeating. The diet management is going very well.
Having been up from 4, I am feeling tired slightly, I have however managed to get a shortish workout done.
I am now feeling fitter, and more toned up.
Also, it will prepare me for my volunteering via my monitoring my email account, so I don't become too flustered if i might be having a quietish morning.
I am expected this week, for a volunteering stint - just not too sure, when.
I happen to have acute intermittant dental pain or sinuses at the moment, so I haven't been feeling brilliant, I have emailed in, into the dental surgery asking if i can bring forward my appointment for next week, or otherwise I'll stick, with the 2nd October appointment.


When it comes to the successful running of any company, all of the departments will be key. However, managing the financial health and the heart of the company is vital. This is where those in financial planning and analysis can help.
With such an important part to play in the running of any business, it comes as no surprise that those companies advertising positions in Financial Planning and Analysis will want to ensure that the candidates they recruit are of the highest quality.
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Q: How do I apply weights to particular columns in a dataframe to aggregate a new 'score' column? By way of reproducible example, say you have the following R dataframe:
set.seed(100)
df <- data.frame(Name=letters[1:5], Apples=sample(1:10, 5), Oranges=sample(1:10, 5), Bananas=sample(1:10, 5), Dates=sample(1:10, 5))

And you want to apply the following weights to the dataframe:
Weights <- c(Apples = "3", Oranges = "2", Bananas = "1")

To produce a new aggregate score column. So for example the first row (row 'a') would have the following score:
(3*4 + 2*5 + 1*7) = 29

And row b:
(3*3 + 2*8 + 1*8) = 33

What code I write to do this automatically?
Note that the weights may not be in the same order as the columns in the dataframe, nor will there necessarily be a weight for every numeric column in the dataframe (hence why in this example there is no weight for 'dates').

A: We can use rowSums after multiplying the subset of columns in 'df' by the corresponding elements in 'Weights' (by replicating the 'Weights')
rowSums(df[names(Weights)]*as.numeric(Weights)[col(df[names(Weights)])])
#[1] 29 33 24 20 36

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High mountain climate, air purity, soil and water quality make this area the ideal place for the cultivation of Sicilian agriculture products of the highest quality, such as oregano and fennel.
From father to son, the passion for agriculture of the Filippone family helped to start an innovative company which makes the rediscovery of the most characteristic aromatic plants of the Mediterranean such as laurel, sage, rosemary, thyme, fennel, lavender and especially the origanum vulgare the focus of its production.
This last still grows spontaneously in the territory of the Madonie, enclosing in its huge aromas the very essence of authentic Sicily. Authentic as the Gandolfo Filippone Farm, which reaffirms every day the value of environment-friendly cultivation methods in line with the roots of true rural tradition.
And it's because of this that Gandolfo Filippone company's products have the organic farming certification and are protected by the brand «panierenatura» of Madonie Park.
The cycle of aromatic plants production of Gandolfo Filippone farm follows the specific protocol of companies certified as organic farming.
More specifically the process is carried out according to tradional methods: from transplantation to weeding, to harvesting and packaging.
In addition, to avoid the over-exploitation of organic substances, crop rotation is performed and only natural substances are used, with the absolute exclusion of chemical synthesis substances.


Harvard Business Review takes a look at the benefits of bringing in outside experts to contribute technical expertise that an organization does not already have to a critical project or initiative. These independent, temporary workers are also referred to as "agile talent". HBR means that since organizations depend increasingly on this subset of freelancers, the benefits of such agile talent is due of re-assessment. Especially so in the light of the contribution they can make as mentors to an organization's full-time staff. More attention needs to be given to the fact that tapping into your outside experts to help in the development of internal employees, is a valuable way to address the needs of both.


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Did your favorite freeze out the competition?
Packed with protein—not to mention a spiced pear compote—these pancakes will keep you happy and full until lunch.
No matter your skill level or available time, these simple recipes will help you pull off the meal of the year.
Forget chicken breasts—boneless chicken thighs are just as easy to cook and so much more flavorful.
Roasting Italian sausages on a bed of sliced fennel and red onion is two kinds of genius: sausage drippings flavor the vegetables and you only have one pan to clean when dinner is done.
Top this sweet and spicy hash with eggs for breakfast or fold it into tortillas for a taco with some sour cream and hot sauce on top and you've got dinner.
A stack of foil-wrapped packets in the freezer means your family will never go hungry while you try to decide what to cook again.
It's not just for burgers, you know.
Leftover rice and canned beans makes this recipe quick and easy to throw together at the start of any day.
Imagine this: a stack of packets in your freezer that you can take straight to the oven for a full dinner in 30 minutes.
Featuring chicken tagine, shrimp tacos, and easy nextover pasta.
Frying thick slices of bread in olive oil on only one side gives you a magical combination of crisp and soft so that the bread can soak up the tomato juices without getting soggy.
Roast feta and cubes of country bread over winter squash, then toss with pleasantly bitter greens for a vegetarian dinner salad that's equal parts creamy, crunchy, sweet, and savory.


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Fallout 76 PS4 B.E.T.A. Day 2: Okay but why am I playing this game, though
by: Nicholas - posted: 11/2/2018 5:24:00 PM
More On: Fallout 76
If you caught the post I wrote yesterday detailing my first foray into the preliminary beta for Fallout 76, then you know that I am playing the preliminary beta for Fallout 76 on PS4 for the next few days. My second night of the beta was November 1st, last night to be exact. This experience shined a new light on a key aspect of the game that, at least for a moment, called into question my reasons for playing it in the first place.
I and my teammate from before carried on completing a community event which had us reclaiming an energy plant from the Scorched, a group of non-feral ghouls who have gone the way of the Raider. We ambled around for an hour or so before we completed most of the objectives, mostly because there were so many in such a tight space. Coming upon the final objective, however, I was unable to transfer a fusion core from my inventory into the requisite container, something I thought I was supposed to do in order to complete the quest.
So I left the event and explored the map, basically the only thing there is to do in the meantime. My teammate and I went to one of Appalachia's (the title of the world, like The Commonwealth and Mojave Wasteland before it) many train stations, where we ran into a group of players. They halted, giving friendly emojis. Me being the technological nincompoop that I am, I took a few seconds before giving back what I thought was a wave. The sight of my level 10 character in a Power Armor frame might have spooked these average level 6 players, but we ended up making out all right with each other.
After this, I had to go for a run and eat dinner, but because of the extended hours, I was able to get back on later.
This is where I got a mix of the old and new versions of Fallout.
It might be known that there are no NPCs in Fallout 76. This at once both benefits and is a detriment to the worldbuilding at hand. The benefits of it include letting the player explore the world without hindrance, but the detriment of it is the lack of motivation for them to do so. Fallout is defined by its weirdness and its people: Exploring Minefield in Fallout 3 and getting into a sniper duel with Arkansas, or meeting Boone and solving the murder of his wife in Fallout New Vegas. Fallout 76 seems to call this into question with its emphasis on mechanics and gameplay.
Really, the only reason I had to keep going was that I wanted to explore as much of the world as possible in the time that I have it, and to modify and repair my growing arsenal of weapons. I decided to go solo after I returned from family time, but did not encounter many people. The sole other player which I did encounter did not have a mic, which negatively impacted interaction.
That's fine, I thought, and just continued.
And then the game crashed.
I started again after reporting the issue, and it was good sailing from then on out. I ventured into Bethesda's version of West Virginia's Appalachia (pronounced with a short A, for you northerners).
The environments were void of people and anything that indicated other-than-hostile-lifeforms. I encountered plenty of random quests generated by radio signals, and ended up getting surrounded by level 3 feral ghouls. I once again used the classic method of jumping onto a car and defending myself from AI that didn't know any better, cleaning them out within a few minutes. After that, I just walked. I noticed how the lighting plays off somewhat differently in this title versus the previous one, with lots of emphasis on shadows cast by overhanging mountains and cold, silent forests.
And I found nothing but an abandoned Raider fortress, some Super Mutants, and a few rabid mole rats. The worse thing about the Raider fortress is that I encountered a duplicate one not far past it, with almost the exact same design.
Overall, this second night had me questioning the point of engaging with this game and its world in the first place. To go back to the non-NPC issue, the way that the game attempts to solve its lack-of-people problem is the multiplayer. But what if there are aren't enough people in the map or server? Or what if the ones I do encounter don't have a mic? Or just don't want to talk? How much longer can I be engaged if half the elements of what makes Fallout special is missing?

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Will businesses opt for SaaS in next ERP lifecycle?
As ERP systems near the end of a current lifecycle, CIOs are assessing upgrades or replacements. With firms such as Salesforce.com, NetSuite and RightNow offering alternative software-as-a-service (SaaS) ERP systems, should businesses move to the cloud?
The short answer is that on-premises ERP is not going away. Srinivas Anne, head of the upgrades centre of excellence for SAP practice at Infosys, says: "SAP is a large packaged ERP software which cannot be replaced by SaaS services. SaaS services are appropriate for small transactional operations and not for ERP."
Amitava Sharma, global head of SAP Services at Wipro Technologies, says the Indian IT service provider has experienced an increase of SAP upgrade enquiries during the past few months.
"Customers feel that ERP is too mission-critical to be on a SaaS platform, which is not proven to be reliable and secure yet," he says.
This means businesses are continuing to invest in ERP, according to Denis Pombriant, CEO at Beagle Research Group.
"We are in the middle of an ERP system replacement cycle, when systems installed at the turn of the century to deal with four-digit dates are ageing and being replaced by newer, more robust and less expensive solutions," he says.
Roger Newman, senior vice-president at Mahindra Satyam, says customers on earlier versions of SAP that lack third-party application integration or SAP support are now resorting to complete upgrades.
Newman believes more customers, particularly consumer-facing companies, are using SaaS-based products to extend ERP applications, for example CRM, SCM, enterprise mobility and analytics.
A recent Forrester survey of 2,403 IT decision-makers showed that only 15% of organisations plan to implement ERP SaaS before 2013. Two-thirds (10%) of planned implementations will use ERP SaaS to complement existing ERP on-premises services.
Similarly, Gartner says on-premises spending was still 8.5 times higher than spending on SaaS in 2010, although the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the SaaS enterprise application market is expected to be 15.8% by 2014, compared with growth of 5.3% in the overall software market.
Ray Wang, CEO at Constellation Research, says the adoption of SaaS offers companies the chance to refresh legacy software, which would otherwise require additional resources and support systems.
"Typically, large organisations are trying out ERP in particular divisions or departments as two-tier ERP. This often becomes a conversion piece, with the two-tier becoming the first tier," he says.
Zach Nelson, CEO of on-demand enterprise resource planning (ERP) software firm NetSuite, admits SaaS is still only a small percentage of the overall ERP market, but he believes NetSuite can still entice new business customers to completely migrate from SAP, Microsoft Dynamics GP and even Salesforce.com.
Nelson believes businesses are ready to make the shift from traditional to cloud-based ERP systems. He says there has been a "mass migration" among large enterprises with ctionomplex businesses from legacy Microsoft Dynamics GP and SAP to NetSuite.
The company has increased subscrip and support sales by 20% since last year, to reach $45.8m in the first quarter of 2011.
"This is not a green field industry. Everyone has an ERP system so we are always replacing something," says Nelson.
"We cannot do a 50% off ERP software deal and get people to move. Instead, CEOs are looking inside their firewall and looking at how they run their business. Companies realise the way they are running their business is a pre-internet model, which does not work well in the internet age," he says.
Lingerie e-retailer Figleaves.com chose RightNow's CRM system to bring its contact centre back in-house after previously outsourcing its customer services.
"With an outsourcer, the turnover of staff is quite high, so you need to train the new people coming in all the time, and this did not fit with our idea of having experts on the products and the website," says Sarah Arnold, Figleaves.com's customer service manager.
RightNow Web Experience provides automated responses to 80% of customer questions, while 30 in-house agents deal with the remaining queries over the phone, by e-mail or via RightNow Chat.
The retailer found that 50% of the 5% of customers using RightNow Chat made an immediate purchase.
"Our staff are the experts. They are not call handlers, they are personal shoppers with deep knowledge of all the products," says Arnold.
"I have had many conversations with customers moving from SAP or Microsoft Dynamics GP as this stuff was designed before the internet existed," he says.
Nelson says flexibility is driving SaaS into the enterprise, and not even a cloud outage such as Amazon's will deter businesses from buying into cloud-based applications.
Aside from reliability concerns, Nelson admits lock-in will always be an issue. "With applications, you immediately get lock-in, in the sense that users are trained to use that product and you have to migrate data. It is never easy to switch applications."
Customers can make use of NetSuite's one-year exit clause to switch applications and avoid lock-in.
"The biggest customer concern for NetSuite is a functionality battle. Sometimes [companies] may get so big in an area that we do not have deep vertical functionality," says Nelson.
But Nelson doubts this will be a major obstacle. "The lack of version lock-in, customisation and upgradability are the reasons the cloud will win. "[The cloud's] flexibility means you can change your business on the fly, which you cannot do on a hosted version."
However, Sharon Mertz, research director at Gartner, says businesses are currently comparing the cost of on-premises maintenance with SaaS.
She explains that SaaS providers often add on extra storage and additional features costs. "These are nuisance charges. Unless the SaaS solution is strictly a one-off purchase, companies want to integrate it with the back office [which incurs extra costs]."
Xabier Ormazabal, senior manager of product marketing for EMEA at Salesforce.com, says Salesforce.com is making huge investment into datacentres to allow for "greater economies of scale" and to make storage cheaper.
"Storage for data used to be based on user licences. As we move to cheaper solutions, we can pass [the savings] on to customers to have more storage," he says.
Ormazabal says the company tries to make transparency as important as reliability for its SaaS: "We have made a big effort with trust.salesforce.com to see real-time connectivity problems to identify what the issue is."
Overall, he believes companies can benefit from the SaaS subscription model. "Traditional software is about buying upfront, but a subscription service means growing usage as you need to," he says.
Brand distribution, wholesale and marketing firm 2Pure UK is using NetSuite's integrated system for CRM, ERP and e-commerce to remove manual processes within its business. The firm migrated from on-premises Sage software.
George Bowie, 2Pure director, estimates that staff have 25% more time available to focus on sales. "Our turnover increased by 95% last year, and NetSuite has been a key component in supporting that growth," says Bowie.
Using NetSuite, 2Pure builds multiple standalone sites, which use NetSuite's single database for all e-commerce data.
"Our separate brands have different audiences and it is hugely important for us to maintain distinct online identities," says Bowie.
As a result, Ormazabal says the company is now actively targeting CIOs on how they can cut application backlog and develop apps five times faster to address "a lack of understanding of what the cloud can provide".But its subscription model does not cover liability for data loss. "In terms of liability, we think the greater liability and business risk of our software is in it being easy to use and data quality," Ormazabal argues.
Rob Desisto, vice-president at Gartner, says even SaaS providers' guaranteed uptime at 99.5% leaves "too much wiggle room" in terms of planned downtime.
"If you consider ERP a mission-critical application, the SaaS provider needs to provide strong service level agreements (SLAs) for uptime and disaster recovery commitments [to meet] recovery point and recovery time objectives - something that most SaaS providers fail to do," he says.
Other aspects of SaaS are starting to show signs of maturity. CRM SaaS firm RightNow introduced client success managers in 2010 to help customers meet business targets.
"The goal is to provide the same value as a traditional support environment," says David Vap, chief solutions officer at RightNow.
Vap says the company introduced a new cloud services agreement to "push the concept of software as a utility" and allow customers to terminate contracts after short periods of time.
Vap confirms RightNow is making additional investment into new datacentres and thinking hard about how its disaster recovery works alongside its compliance with data governance rules.
In the current ERP replacement cycle, companies have the option to adopt ERP SaaS for the first time. Considering the well-versed CIO concerns of cloud reliability, security and legal liability issues, most companies are likely to opt for a hybrid environment over the next 10 years, using some on-premises and some SaaS before considering a complete migration to the cloud.
As the figleaves.com example shows (see box above), sometimes a business will adopt SaaS if it decides to bring back an existing service in-house. While the experts Computer Weekly has spoken to do not regard SaaS as a replacement to ERP, it is clear that SaaS can supplement ERP systems.


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import unittest
from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch

from conjureup.controllers.juju.vspheresetup.gui import VSphereSetupController

class VSphereSetupGUITestCase(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.controllers_patcher = patch(
            'conjureup.controllers.juju.vspheresetup.common.controllers')
        self.mock_controllers = self.controllers_patcher.start()

        self.view_patcher = patch(
            'conjureup.controllers.juju.vspheresetup.gui.VSphereSetupView')
        self.mock_view = self.view_patcher.start()
        self.render_patcher = patch(
            'conjureup.controllers.juju.vspheresetup.gui.'
            'VSphereSetupController.render')
        self.mock_render = self.render_patcher.start()

        self.app_patcher = patch(
            'conjureup.controllers.juju.vspheresetup.common.app')
        self.mock_app = self.app_patcher.start()
        self.mock_app.ui = MagicMock(name="app.ui")

        self.controller = VSphereSetupController()
        self.controller.datacenter = MagicMock()

    def tearDown(self):
        self.view_patcher.stop()
        self.app_patcher.stop()
        self.controllers_patcher.stop()
        self.render_patcher.stop()

    def test_render(self):
        "vspheresetup.gui.test_render"
        self.controller.render()

    def test_finish(self):
        "vspheresetup.gui.test_finish"
        self.controller.finish({
            'primary-network': 'VMNet1',
            'external-network': 'VMNet2',
            'datastore': 'datastore1'
        })
        self.mock_controllers.use.assert_called_once_with('controllerpicker')

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Matt was recently interviewed by Gerri Detweiler of TalkCreditRadio.com about the benefits and joys of making your own natural cleaning products.
Because we're in Michigan mourning the loss of Betsy's amazing grandfather, we'll forgo publishing an article and just share this podcast with you.
Hopefully the podcast will inspire you to start making things yourself, or if you already do, to create a few new products.
Listen for recipes on laundry detergent, dishwasher detergent, deodorant, toothpaste, and more.
Hopefully this will also get you excited about the diyNatural podcast we're planning to start very soon!
You can also get this podcast on iTunes.
Thanks so much for your condolences and support everyone! Blessings.
I'm sorry for your loss! You are both in my prayers. Thank you again for all you do. Blessings!
Love that I found your website. Been using several of the recipes for over a month now and love them. My favorite thing is that I know I'm not exposing my family to the toxic chemicals of commercial cleaners anymore. The cost savings is a big bonus. I'm adding new recipes all the time and am excited to try the personal care recipes soon. Thanks for sharing all your work with us.
Betsy, I am so sorry for your loss. Your family is in my prayers.
Enjoyed hearing the podcast! I am now about two weeks in with your website. I've downloaded the book on my iPad and begun buying the supplies. I have essential oils on the way and made the toothpaste night before last with the baking soda, salt, water and peppermint extract. Yum! I LOVE how clean my mouth feels. I've only used Tom's toothpaste for many years, but guess I'm done with that now!
I've also made my laundry soap for almost two years using your exact recipe. I guess someone found your site and passed it on to my sister-in-law, who passed it to me.
I have been making and using the laundry detergent, toothpaste, airfresheners and deodorant for the past 7mos since I became unemployed and I absolutely love it. I have begun to stock up on my essential oils because I have also been making these for friends( word of mouth is truly effective adverisement).I am not only saving tons of money but I am truly getting so much joy out of making these products for others to help them save money.
LOVE your site with ALL its USEFUL information. I have tried so much sthuff that I love already!
Thank you so much for your website! I love it! I have learned a lot and a make a lot of your recipes. I have been doing a lot of diy products for awhile now and I will never go back tO commercial products. Thanks for this podcast too. God bless you both!
Love this site and looking forward to the upcoming podcasts!
Prayers are going out to your family in your time of loss.


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South Carolina believes gap is closing on No. 2 Clemson
By PETE IACOBELLI - Nov. 20, 2018 02:19 PM EST
South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp watches an extra point attempt during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Chattanooga Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's last trip to Clemson was memorable for all the wrong reasons. Two years later, the Gamecocks believe the gap with their highly ranked rival is closing.
In 2016, overmatched South Carolina did about everything wrong and left Death Valley on the bad end of a 56-7 beatdown, one of the most lopsided losses in Palmetto State rivalry history .
"It was embarrassing," linebacker T.J. Brunson said Tuesday.
South Carolina (6-4) gets a shot for redemption at No. 2 Clemson (11-0), hoping two years of building have gotten them closer to one of the country's most dominant programs.
The Gamecocks have lost four in a row to their rival . Another loss would mark the most defeats in a row to Clemson since the Gamecocks lost seven consecutive games from 1934 to 1940.
But South Carolina's offense, which sits sixth in the Southeastern Conference in offense (429 yards per game) and points (32.8), is clicking better the past month than it has all season. The Gamecocks have averaged almost 43 points in its past three games and feel primed to go against a Clemson defense that leads the Football Bowl Subdivision in fewest points allowed per game at 12.1.
"I think it's always important to start fast and try and get points on the board, no matter who you're playing," South Carolina tailback A.J. Turner said.
That wasn't the case at Clemson two years ago.
The Tigers led 21-0 after the first quarter and never slowed down. They finished with their largest margin of victory in the rivalry since winning 51-0 in 1900.
"We're in a really good mindset right now and we're really locked in," Bentley said.
Clemson was a veteran squad that had won the Atlantic Coast Conference title and played in the College Football Playoff the year before. The Tigers were led by some of the country's best players in quarterback Deshaun Watson and receiver Mike Williams.
South Carolina was in its first year with coach Will Muschamp with new faces, like freshman quarterback Bentley, still finding their footing.
"Everyone knows what happened," Bentley said. "We didn't play well."
Muschamp angrily said afterward that he'd never again coach a team where some players "flat out quit." And the coach believes his Gamecocks will be more competitive this time.
"We're much better now than we were then," Muschamp said.
Bentley will face a defensive front likely to see all four starters drafted high by NFL teams next spring. Tiger defensive ends Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant and tackles Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence have combined for 18 sacks and 38.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage.
Bentley understands he'll have to block out those reputations, along with the noise for close to 82,000 at Memorial Stadium, and perform with poise and composure.
"It's an awesome atmosphere and it's going to be fun to play," Bentley said.
Clemson has plenty at stake in this one. They'll try and go 12-0 for just the third time in school history, following the 1981 national championship team and the 2015 Tigers that reached the CFP title game at 14-0 before falling to Alabama.
Tigers coach Dabo Swinney isn't concerned with dominating the Gamecocks. "I'll just be happy that we won the game," he said. "I'm all about what's in front of us and what's after that."
South Carolina players understand their legacy could change dramatically with a stunning upset on Saturday.
"You're going to be forever remember at this university," Gamecocks receiver Bryan Edwards says, "for how many times you beat Clemson."
South Carolina would like to add a very big one to the tally this week.
More AP college football: https://apnews.com/tag/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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Apparently, I blinked and it's now October! And not even just October, a good week into it. How did that happen? One minute, I was dreading the summer (okay, maybe dread is a bit too strong a sentiment, but I was definitely apprehensive about it); the next, the summer has flown past in a Sardinian sun-drenched daze.
Festival over the first weekend in September, which was just magical (to use one of my father-in-law's phrases). Despite a very, VERY, soggy start to the weekend, it was a brill couple of days. Interesting things to see, great music courtesy of British Sea Power and the kids loved it. I did intend to write a full, proper review of the whole weekend but I just didn't have time. The week after we were there, we were flying off to Sardinia. So there was no time for blogging, it was full steam ahead on washing and packing.
Sardinia was amazing. We stayed in a small apartment on the Costa Paradiso resort. We were a little bit concerned before we went, to say the least… three weeks before we were supposed to fly out, we'd received an email from our accommodation owners saying that the surrounding landscape had all been burnt in a forest fire. So, we had to quickly find somewhere else to stay. Slightly stressful! We found this apartment, but we were apprehensive about staying in what was billed as a tourist resort.
However, our fears were unfounded as the Costa Paradiso area is lovely. Lots of weird rock formations creating an interesting and gorgeous backdrop to the holiday houses, which had been well incorporated into the hillside. The nearby beach, the Spiaggi Li Cossi, was just beautiful. We went there for four days out of the seven, and none of us got bored of the walk across the cliffs to get to the beach. We spent most of our week there visiting a beach in the morning and looking round an old town in the afternoon.
If you follow me on Instagram (@littleowlski) then you'll have seen some of the pictures I took of the beautiful scenery there. My photography skills can't do it justice! As always, after a family holiday, I come away feeling really relaxed and rejuvenated. I don't know why, because I read online all the time about how family holidays are stressful and everyone is exhausted by the time they get home. Not me! Probably because I'm happy to laze on the beach a bit while the kids paddle and play nearby.
Other than our big holidays, we've spent much of the holidays doing crafts, playing in the garden and visiting the local parks. Corliss properly learned to ride her back this summer, so she's absolutely loving whizzing around everywhere on her bike. Well, I say whizzing around… there's very often a reason why she can't cycle a particular bit. I.e., it's too steep, it's going downhill, it's near a road (that's miles away). But, she is getting more confident and she looks pretty cute on her bike. She's so tiny to be riding a bike!
Dexter is getting better with his concentration levels now so we can do a bit more with him. He's getting better at crafts too, so I can set things up for them both to play with now, confident that he might actually have a go too. I bought a load of old plastic animals from a car boot sale (thought they were Schleich ones, got mega excited, bought them for top dollar, turns out they're not Schleich…) and Dex had great fun washing them outside.
I love how his little tongue pops out when he's concentrating!
Dinosaur World went down very well with them both, particularly Corliss!
So Summer was lovely. And now it's October and my mind has turned to indoor things – keeping warm, getting the fire on, lighting candles, setting up indoor crafts, baking, making soups and stews. Corliss is in her final year of pre-school, which she still loves, loves, loves beyond anything else and we need to start thinking about primary school applications. Dexter is chattering away now, trying to copy pretty much anything you say. I feel like the difficult baby stage is just about gone.
These guys are becoming pretty good friends, despite a few tussles over various toys and Corliss not understanding that Dexter doesn't want to be bossed about all of the time!
I'm looking forward to the next part of the year the most; I love Halloween, Bonfire Night and now it's the kids' birthdays coming up too. Despite the dark nights, it's a fun time of year. Best get on with it!


Micorsoft Solitaire Collection of games, the much loved classic games from Windows PCs over the years have finally made its way to Microsoft's mobile platform today and is now available for download.
The collection includes five games which includes Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, TriPeaks and Pyramid. Along with the games, Microsoft has brought in some great additions such as Xbox LIVE integration which brings with it achievements, leaderboards, statistics and then there is a nice "Play, Pause, Resume" feature which lets you pause a game on your Windows Phone device and then resume playing on your Windows 8 device.
I vividly remember wasting a lot of time playing Spider Solitaire on my Windows XP PC long ago and it makes me a bit nostalgic to see the games arrive on phones. Anyways these games make a great time passer so hit the link below and get it on your Windows Phone smartphones.


Five celebrates the career of the legendary Nicklas Lidstrom. This publication features 175+ pages of colorful stories and spectacular behind-the-scenes photographs. Perfect bound, soft cover tribute publication.


Serves 4 to 6. Serve as a warm starter with salad or in a buffet.
200g (7oz) Plain Flour, plus extra for rolling the pastry.
100g (3 1/2 oz) butter cut into small pieces.
1 free range egg yolk.
200g (7oz) Applecross hot smoked salmon.
400 ml (14 fl oz) double cream.
You will need a round loose bottom tart case 24 cm (10 inches) x 3.5 cm (1 1/2 inches) deep.
Put the flour and butter into the bowl of a food processor, add a pinch of salt. Blitz until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs or rub the butter into the flour in a bowl by hand.
Add the egg yolk and enough water to bring the dough to a firm ball.
Flour your board and pat the pastry into a flat round large enough to line the tart tin.
Lightly butter the tin and dust with flour.
Push the pastry into the tin and trim any overhanging edges.
Set oven at 200C/400F/Gas 6.
Line the pastry case with parchment and baking beans and bake for 15 minutes. Remove beans and return to oven for 5 minutes or until base is dry to touch.
Flake the hot smoked salmon and put aside.
Lightly griddle the asparagus tips, cool slightly.
Place the hot smoked salmon onto the bottom of the pastry case.
Add the asparagus on top in a circle.
Beat the eggs lightly and add cream, season and pour over the mixture into the pastry case.
Bake for 25 minutes or until the eggs are set.


The Peech Boys, a group that Larry Levan formed and was part of (and who became the New York Citi Peech Boys when the Beach Boys threatened a lawsuit due to the similar sound of the name). With a strong gospel tinge in the vocal arrangements and driven by a tinkling piano, the latter song is a quintessential example of the deejay's soulful aesthetic. One of the first dance releases to incorporate a dub influence and an appended vocal-only edit, when it was finally released, much of the song's momentum had been lost and it stalled in the lower reaches of the charts. Re released as the all too famous 'Don't make me Jack' by the wonderfull Paris Grey, we stuck up back in the early days Here.
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Bradley Gibson took the stage as Simba in The Lion King earlier this month and he's exactly where he belongs. Gibson remembers sitting in the audience of The Lion King thirteen years ago. The embodiment of living in purpose and generosity, he shared with Lapalme Magazine about his style, his self-care regimen and what this landmark role has taught him.
What is your style? My style is comfortable yet stylish without being too trendy. I'm always afraid of being too trendy. I feel like I'm not cool enough to do the absolute most.
What would be the absolute most and what would be not doing it all? Doing the most would be wearing every current trend on your body at the same time even if it works for you or it doesn't. The opposite of that is finding a great balance of what you're drawn to and what flatters you.
Who inspires you? My family. They've always pushed me to work hard and to follow my dreams. I only do what I am doing because no one ever told me that I couldn't.
On the road to Lion King, what have you learned about yourself? I've reassured myself that I'm a hard worker and I'm doing exactly what I'm suppose to be doing. You hope that along the way living your dream or working that you're standing in your purpose and this is reminder to me that I am.
Do you remember the first time you saw The Lion King? Yes. Lion King was one of the first movies I ever saw in the movie theater as a kid with my mom and it was the first broadway show I fully remember seeing. I saw it in high school on a New York field trip with my choir about thirteen years ago.
What have you learned in your role as Simba? The show requires a lot of diligence and strength from every single person in the company. The show is hard whether it be vocally taxing or whatever it may be for a single person in the show. My body has to feel good, I have to be vocally aware because I sing quite high in my voice at certain parts in the show and need that energy ready to go every night. I'm still learning what my body and my mind needs to do because the show is so beloved by tourist, by New Yorkers, by the world really. The show's been seen by over 95 million people since it opened on broadway twenty years ago in some parts of the world. The expectation is high and because it's Disney and everyone has a connection to Disney in some way, when they come to see a Disney show on broadway, the expectation is definitely not low. They're not coming to some random show they know nothing about, even if you don't know The Lion King, you know Disney's name is attached to it, so you expect a high quality.
What are you grateful for today? I am grateful for my community and circle. I know I wouldn't be able to do what I do if I didn't have a great support system around me, whether it be my family, my friends or my fellow artists and the cast. We all have to be good to each other because if you don't have that, it'll be hard to make it through your day if you're around negativity and energy not benefitting your life.
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Allison, Anne: "Sailor Moon. Japanese Superheroes for Global Girls." In: Japan Pop! Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture. Hrsg. v. Timothy J. Craig. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 2000, S. 259–278.
BibTeX citation key: Allison2000a
Keywords: "Sailor Moon", Gender, Interculturalism, Japan, Manga, Superhero, Takeuchi. Naoko
Creators: Allison, Craig
Publisher: M. E. Sharpe (Armonk)
Collection: Japan Pop! Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture Views: 11/610
This chapter looks at the "transplantability" of Japanese superhero television series to overseas markets, analyzing the appeal and success of two popular programs, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Sailor Moon, in the US market. Allison highlights differences between these Japanese superheroes and typical Western ones and describes the changes that are made to the Japanese originals to make them less foreign and more "culturally appropriate" for American kids (and parents). For American viewers, Sailor Moon offers a new kind of role model for girls, one that combines fashion and human foibles with strength and self-reliance.
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Intellectual Property: China figured prominently in two theft accusations
Marc S. Reisch
Where there's technology, there's technology theft—and 2014 was no exception.
Seven employees of China's Dabeinong are charged with pilfering hybrid corn seed from fields in Iowa and Illinois.
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In March, the Switzerland-based chemical maker Ineos, whose technology is used in 90% of acrylonitrile plants worldwide, accused China's Sinopec of misusing its trade secrets to make the acrylics intermediate. Government-owned Sinopec denied the allegation.
Although Ineos claimed it has a "good and valuable" relationship with Sinopec, Chairman Jim Ratcliffe asserted that "unless we protect our intellectual property, ultimately we will see the demise of Ineos."
Chinese nationals were also fingered in a trade-secret theft case when a U.S. federal grand jury accused seven employees of Dabeinong Technology Group, a Beijing-based agricultural conglomerate, of stealing hybrid corn seed technology.
The July indictment claimed the Dabeinong employees tried to smuggle seed lines containing gene-modified and plant-bred traits from DuPont and Monsanto test fields back to China in microwave popcorn boxes.
Concerned over secrets stolen from companies for the benefit of foreign competitors, the U.S. Senate began to consider legislation called the Defend Trade Secrets Act (S. 2267). Announced in May and still pending, the bill would make it easier for companies to sue for data theft in federal court.
Several other trade-secret disputes during the year involved employees accused of theft by their employers. In April, Ineos filed suit in a Texas state court charging that electrical engineer Robert Trajkovski used confidential business process information in a book he planned to publish.
A former W. L. Gore & Associates employee, chemical engineer Kwang Seoung Jeon, was arrested in April on charges that he stole trade secrets from the fluorochemistry expert. Jeon, who worked on camouflage fabrics, was nabbed just before he was to fly to South Korea.


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The novels and stories of the Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø (1869-1954) evoke the life of the proletariat in a manner that transcends politics and nationality.
Martin Andersen Nexø was one of 11 children of an impoverished stonecutter. After spending 6 years as a shoemaker's apprentice, he attended a folk high school where he made his first acquaintance with literature. Supporters of the school sent him abroad to recover his health after a serious illness, and, while living in Spain, he discovered that the plight of the working class was international. His first book, a collection of stories, appeared after his return to Denmark, where he worked as a teacher. After 1901 he lived exclusively by his pen.
Nexø's first novels are in the decadent, pessimistic manner common around the turn of the century. His mature authorship began with the four-volume Pelle the Conqueror (1906-1910), and from this time on Nexø devoted his writing to the awakening proletariat, the existence of which had gone virtually unnoticed in Danish literature.
Pelle is the story of a boy who grows up in extreme poverty, awakens to the injustice of his class's suffering, and develops into a leader in the workers' struggle for political power. The first two volumes constitute one of the finest stories of childhood in European literature. The novel as a whole is peopled by a large number of memorable characters, such as Pelle's father, Lasse, and the occupants of the fabulous slum tenement appropriately called the "Ark."
The title figure of Nexø's other masterpiece, the five-volume Ditte, Child of Man (1917-1921), is Pelle's female counterpart, who symbolizes the situation of the proletarian woman. While this novel gives a darker picture of proletarian life than Pelle, Nexø's optimism is seen in Ditte's lifelong vitality and in the miraculous kindness and love that she and many other characters exhibit in spite of their crushing poverty.
After World War I Nexø broke with the Social Democratic party, became a Communist, and remained for the rest of his life a supporter of the Soviet Union. His politics often made him an unpopular figure in Denmark between the two world wars. In this period he lived for 7 years in Germany and made extended visits to the Soviet Union. After World War II he lived in Denmark, the Soviet Union, and East Germany; he died in Dresden, East Germany, where he had made his home since 1951.
Today Nexø is acknowledged as one of Denmark's finest realistic storytellers, the only modern Danish writer who has an undisputed place in world literature.
The only critical treatment of Nexø work in English in book form is "Socialist Humanism: Martin Andersen Nexø Pelle the Conqueror" in Harry Slochower, Three Ways of Modern Man (1937).
"Martin Anderson Nexø." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 09 April 2019. <https://biography.yourdictionary.com/martin-anderson-nexo>.