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Giorgio Beverly Hills Perfume & Women's Fragrance
Giorgio Beverly Hills was launched in 1961 by Fred Hayman and George Grant. It was the first luxury boutique on the corner of Dayton Way and Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. Other lavish shops soon followed (Gucci and Tiffany appeared in the mid- 1970s), but it was Fred who saw the potential of the location and set up his glamorous women's fashion boutique on this ordinary street with a grocer, a gas station and a hardware store.
The name, Giorgio Beverly Hills, was Fred Hayman's idea. It was derived from Grant's first name and from the lavish Beverly Hilton Hotel, where Fred used to work as an event organiser for the rich and famous. Giorgio Beverly Hills was not like any other luxury shop you had ever seen. It has appeared in several films, including Pretty Woman from 1990 where it was the first shop where Julia Roberts went on her spending spree with Richard Gere's credit card. A glass of champagne awaitied when you got the store and the very best Giorgio Beverly Hills customers were given pieces of exclusive Waterford crystal as a thank-you.
Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, Diana Ross, Charlton Heston, and Elizabeth Taylor were frequent Giorgio Beverly Hills shoppers. For the store's 20th birthday it was decided to launch a signature Giorgio Beverly Hills fragrance. It had to be bold, seductive and represent the sunshine, the power, the glamour and the limousines of the Hollywood lifestyle. The profile of the bottle was inspired by the elegant Tiffany vase, and the distinctive yellow stripes came from the signature yellow awning of the store.
Giorgio Beverly Hills (or Yellow as it was also called) was launched in 1981 and was diffused into the air conditioning in the store – the women loved it and the perfume became a best seller.
This was also one of the very first perfumes which were advertised as a scent strip. It would sit on the back of women's magazines and once you peeled the tape off you would be met with the powerful aroma vanilla, amber and patchouli.
The Giorgio Beverly Hills Yellow perfume is quite potent and according to the legend it was banned from some restaurants in the 80's because of its sheer power!
Today you can buy Yellow in a variety of gift sets, each year Giorgio Beverly Hills launches a new gift set containing this classic fragrance and a cuddly teddy bear. Other classic Giorgio Beverly Hills perfumes are Wings from 1992, which is a fresh and floral fragrance for women; this crisp invigorating perfume comes in an elegant glass bottle which is capped with a sky blue stopper. Red from 1989 is a sharp, woody, mossy fragrance. Ocean Dream from 1990 features an array of flowery notes and is a very feminine subtle fragrance. It is not just fragrances, colognes, body lotions and designer clothing that you will find in the Giorgio Beverly Hills stores, today they also sell luxury watches, sunglasses and jewellery.
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ATLANTA – Commercial and high-rise residential buildings, including federal buildings, must now meet requirements in ASHRAE/IESNA's 2007 energy efficiency standard, under recent rulings issued by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) that finds the standard saves more energy than the 2004 version.
The DOE also has issued a rule that requires new federal buildings, for which the design for construction begins on or after Oct. 11, 2012, to meet the requirements of 90.1-2007.
• Modification of requirements regarding demand controlled ventilation, fan power limitations, retail display lighting requirements, cooling tower testing requirements, commercial boiler requirements, part load fan requirements, opaque envelope requirements and fenestration envelope requirements.
ASHRAE and IES currently are working on the 2013 standard, having published the 2010 last year. Some 30 percent energy savings can be achieved using the 2010 version of Standard 90.1 vs. the 2004 standard. Without plug loads, site energy savings are 32.6 percent and energy cost savings 30.1 percent. Including plug loads, the site energy savings are estimated at 25.5 percent and energy cost savings 24 percent.
Since being developed in response to the energy crisis in the 1970s, Standard 90.1 now influences building designs worldwide. It has become the basis for building codes, and the standard for building design and construction throughout the United States. ASHRAE and IES publish a revised version of the standard every three years.


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H.R. 732 would prohibit government officials from entering into or enforcing any settlement agreement for civil or criminal actions on behalf of the United States if that agreement requires a party to the settlement to make a donation to a non-victim third party. That prohibition would not include payments to provide restitution that directly remedies actual harm caused by the defendant, including harm to the environment.
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on October 24, 2017 but was never passed by the Senate.
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5063 (114th).
A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee. The House Committee on the Judiciary issued the report which may provide insight into the purpose of the legislation.
H.R. 732 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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The house Sayoc paid $400,000 for had been appraised at less than a quarter that value in 2002, according to Broward County property records.
"Our product provides incredible value to our customers," he said, noting that unlike companies like Ollie or Common, PMG is both an owner and operator of co-living properties.
According to Gottlieb, PMG isn't trying to create a niche market. "We are intent on cannibalizing the existing apartment universe," he said, by developing luxury units that can be rented by the bedroom. Ryan Shear leads X Social Communities.
Between 20 percent to 50 percent of units in each development have a "Rent by the Bedroom" component. "It's important for our customers to be able to graduate within our building," Gottlieb said.
Last year , PMG became one of the first major developers to jump into co-living — a segment of the market mostly dominated by specialized companies until now. It currently offers co-living at the 120-unit X Logan Square in Chicago, the 99-unit X Chicago and the 464-unit X Miami.
Planned apartments include the 650-unit X Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale and the 220-unit X Denver, both set to open in 2020. Other projects are in the works in Orlando, Phoenix and Oakland.
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The global solar tracker market is expected to gain traction due to increased adoption of solar panels and demand of renewable energy sources. Solar tracker is a device used to follow the movement of the sun's rotation from the east to the west on a daily basis. The trackers keep the orientation of solar panels directly towards the direction of the sun to increase the energy output. Solar trackers alter their orientation throughout the day in accordance to the sun's path to maximize energy capture. These trackers enable photovoltaic systems to minimize the angle of incidence between the incoming light and the panel to improve the amount of energy produced. Solar trackers increase the amount of solar energy received by the solar panels, thereby enhancing the energy output. Use of solar trackers improves the output of solar panels by 20-30%. Solar trackers are primarily used for ground-mounted solar panels and large, free-standing solar installations. The different types of solar trackers include single-axis tracker, and dual-axis tracker. A single-axis tracker traverses on one axis of movement and is generally aligned with north and south. A dual-axis tracker enables panels to move on two axes, aligned both north-south and an east-west. This tracker maximizes solar energy collection throughout the year.
The growing demand for renewable energy sources, and increasing awareness regarding the use of clean energy is expected to drive the market. Governments across the globe are investing significantly towards the development of renewable sources such as solar energy. Governments also offer incentives and schemes for construction of buildings integrated with solar technologies. Other factors driving the growth of this market include less maintenance and low operating costs. Technological advancements, and growing demand from emerging economies is expected to accelerate the adoption of solar trackers worldwide.
However, high initial cost hampers the growth of the global market.
The global Solar Tracker market is segmented on the basis of type, application, and geography.
Geographically, the global Solar Tracker market is categorized into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa.
On the basis of geography, Europe is expected to dominate the global market over forecast period. The dominance of Europe in the global solar tracker market is owing to growing initiatives by governments, and rising awareness regarding use of renewable energy sources. The increasing demand for solar trackers from countries such as UK, Germany, and France supports market growth in the region. Presence of leading players in the region, along with increasing use of solar panels in commercial sector would support market growth during the forecast period.
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Don't blame Toronto Maple Leafs fans for feeling exhilarated right now, even if it's just one game.
Judging Reimer's outlook based on one game is even more dangerous than assuming that his first 25 NHL games are a clear indication of the future, but it was still a great performance. The Maple Leafs were out-shot 32-18 in their season opener, but Reimer was the biggest difference-maker.
As if that wasn't dazzling enough, the Leafs enjoyed great nights from their sometimes-criticized marquee players. That was most clearly seen in the game's insurance goal; Phil Kessel made a heads-up play and then sent a nice pass to captain Dion Phaneuf, who rifled a shot past Carey Price.
Leafs fans might have seen those performances coming, but Matthew Lombardi's contribution was far more surprising. He didn't just manage to play earlier than expected in his first game back from concussion issues; Lombardi notched the game-winning goal on a rebound while playing shorthanded. Lombardi and Mike Brown created a rush on the penalty kill, as a shot sent Carey Price to the ground. Price couldn't get up in time to stop Lombardi, who pounced on a rebound to score his first goal since April 10, 2010.
Overall, it was quality over quantity for Lombardi, though. He only played a little more than 11 minutes and took just two faceoffs (which he lost). You can understand head coach Ron Wilson's decision to ease him back into the lineup, though.
Speaking of players returning from tough injuries, Max Pacioretty played in his first regular season game since that ill-fated Zdeno Chara hit last season. The up-and-coming Habs winger played a bit more than 15 minutes, threw two hits, took four shots and had a -1 rating.
Again, some Toronto fans are probably dreaming of watching their players shake open champagne bottles and raise the Stanley Cup, but most are reasonable enough to put this win in perspective. Seeing a sharp Reimer and a healthy Lombardi – not to mention good games from Phaneuf and Kessel – won't make them feel glum, though, either.


The Atlanta BeltLine is a modern repurposing of railroad lines that connect around the City of Atlanta. The Piedmont Heights section was serviced by the Airline Belle, a commuter train that ran 93 miles from Atlanta to Toccoa, in north Georgia. Even with 39 potential stops along the way, the journey took only three hours. After 52 years in service, the Airline Belle made its last run in July 1931.


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"Cabinet Reshuffle" sees greater cathedral focus for Archdeacon Trevor
At the conclusion of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols on 19th December, Archbishop Philip Richardson issued a License to Archdeacon Trevor Harrison as Acting Dean of Taranaki Cathedral. Until now, Harrison has been designated Priest in Charge of the Cathedral, alongside his other roles as Vicar General of the diocese (deputy to the Bishop in his absence) and Archdeacon of Waitotara. He will set aside the latter role for the interim, allowing a greater focus on cathedral matters. Canon... read more
Cathedral Project receives $500,000 funding boost
The Cathedral Project has received a $500,000 grant from Lottery Environment and Heritage for the earthquake strengthening and development of Taranaki Cathedral. "This is fantastic news and a real boost as we head into 2019 – a year during which we aim to begin work on our $15 million project," The Cathedral Project fundraising lead Cathy Thurston said. "We thank the Lottery Environment and Heritage committee for their much appreciated support, which greatly acknowledges the regional and national significance of... read more
Cathedral Remediation Work
Taking a Light Approach
So where should the light switches be in our re-opened cathedral? That is one of the questions our electrical engineers have asked. Seems simple enough, but with all the wiring being renewed – yes the cathedral is being literally re-energised - there are opportunities to rethink the positions of our distribution boards and switches to ensure they are less intrusive elements in our stone church. Electric lighting was probably installed in the church in the early 1900s and replaced gas pillar... read more
Commemorative tea towels to help fundraising
The Taranaki Cathedral tea towels are available in red or black writing. Taranaki Cathedral has been immortalised on a commemorative tea towel as part of the fundraising campaign to restore the historic church. Designed by The Cathedral Project remediation and design manager Jenny Goddard, the tea towel features architectural line drawings of each elevation of the cathedral and the words "History, faith, worship, community, friendship, education and celebration". "The wording reflects our aspirations as we work to raise the $15... read more
Cathedral Project Stories
Bishop's Commission to Examine Future Options
Archbishop Philip has today announced the establishment of the Bishop's Commission to consider options for Episcopal Leadership in the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki. He indicated his intention to establish this Commission, at the Diocesan Synod this year and has now finalised the Terms of Reference and has appointed the Commissioners. The Commission will be chaired by the Bishop of Waiapu, the Right Reverend Andrew Hedge. The Reverend Tric Malcolm, Chair of the Anglican Care Network and, until recently, City Missioner... read more
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Cathedral Cake for a cause
Taranaki Cathedral's array of ornate stained glass windows is the inspiration behind a fundraiser for the restoration of the historic church. Bakers from the Taranaki Cathedral congregation have been busy making Cathedral Cakes to help raise money to earthquake strengthen the cathedral and redevelop the site. The Cathedral Project campaign manager Jan Mason says 100 of the 750g cakes, packed with fruit and nuts, will be available for purchase from Monday, 12 November, for just $40 each. "The Cathedral Cake... read more
Cross removal proves more difficult than expected
Warren Boys and Ian Roebuck, of Ian Roebuck Crane Hire, remove the northen gable cross at Taranaki Cathedral. Having sat atop Taranaki Cathedral for more than 100 years, it was perhaps understandable that the large stone cross looking out over New Plymouth clung on for as long as possible. The cross, on the northern gable facing Vivian Street, was removed today as part of the preparatory work for the earthquake strengthening of the historic church. All the crosses on top... read more
Stone cross to be removed from roof of cathedral
One of the stone crosses that sits atop Taranaki Cathedral will be removed early tomorrow morning. The Cathedral Project design and remediation manager Jenny Goddard said the cross, which is on the northern gable and faces Vivian Street, could be a safety concern and would be taken down by crane. "As part of the earthquake-strengthening of the building, it has always been planned for the crosses on top of the cathedral to be removed and then reinstated when the remediation is... read more
A meeting of minds at cathedral
The Cathedral Project design and remediation manager Jenny Goddard (centre) speaks with building services engineer Patrick Arnold, of eCubed, and project architect Brenda Solon, of Tennent Brown Architects, at Taranaki Cathedral. The people who have been entrusted with developing the plans for the earthquake strengthening and refurbishment of Taranaki Cathedral came together on-site this week, gathering information for the last push towards a finalised design. "It's a mark of how much closer the project is getting to actually physically starting,"... read more
Mark 8:27-38 I don't know about you, but I often have a crisis of character as I try to work out who I really am. I can blame this on the roles I am now in for some of it and those I have recently been in. In my current role as Priest-in-charge of this Cathedral I struggle to know whether I am a resident of Hawera or of New Plymouth. In my previous role I was equally recognised as an... read more
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Hailed, fundraising spread unevenly across black colleges – CBS17.com
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ATLANTA (AP) – Two recent appointments of top professors could be a fundraising and enrollment boon for Howard University, one of the most prestigious black colleges in the country. Many other black schools are not so fortunate; in fact, many are in difficulty.
Some, especially the smaller private colleges, have been fighting for their survival for years, with low endowments, aging buildings and steadily declining enrollments, all made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.
"While larger HBCUs often have the financial resources to attract accomplished talent like Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates, many smaller institutions need donors to come forward, providing much-needed financial resources for us. allow it to compete, "said Dr. Paulette Dillard, president of Shaw University, a private black university in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Hannah-Jones accepted a professorship at Howard amid controversy over whether she would be tenured at the University of North Carolina after critics questioned her credentials, especially her award-winning work Pulitzer "The 1619 Project", which traces the history of the country with slavery. Howard's graduate Coates is a bestselling journalist and author who also recently joined Howard's faculty.
Billions of dollars in federal virus relief will help higher education, but that may not be enough to change the long-term fortunes of some historically black schools. An Associated Press analysis of enrollment and staffing data shows large disparities between 102 historically black colleges and universities, and an additional divide between private and public institutions.
For example, the five richest black private colleges had endowments ranging from $ 73,000 per student to over $ 200,000, well above the median endowment of less than $ 16,000 per student. The largest endowment for a black public college was less than $ 25,000 per student, although public schools also receive state aid.
Overall enrollments at historically black colleges have declined 11% in the most recent 10-year period for which data is available, from 325,609 in 2010 to 289,507 in 2019. Enrollment on some campuses has fallen by half during that time, and several administrators said registrations had dropped. further during the coronavirus pandemic last year.
Typically, black colleges also lack the fundraising capacity of other universities. The cumulative endowment of all historic black colleges through 2019 was just over $ 3.9 billion. This is roughly equal to the University of Minnesota endowment alone.
Of that amount, only eight private black colleges held 54% of the total: Spelman College, Hampton University, Meharry Medical College, Xavier University of Louisiana, Morehouse College, Tuskegee University, Morehouse School of Medicine and Howard, which has vice president Kamala. Harris among his graduates.
Last summer's protests against racial injustice brought renewed attention to historically black colleges and universities and led to an increase in private donations, at least for some.
Mackenzie Scott, the ex-wife of former Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, gave $ 560 million to 22 black colleges, some with very limited endowments, as well as the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the United Negro College Fund, both of which fundraise. for black colleges and universities. Netflix founder Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin split $ 120 million between the United Negro College Fund, Spelman and Morehouse. Former New York City mayor and entrepreneur Michael Bloomberg has pledged $ 100 million for student aid at the four historically black medical schools.
"It allows schools to see the opportunity to be bigger than they ever thought they were," said Harry Williams, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall Fund.
Yet many lesser-known schools continue to struggle and scratch for money. Shaw, one of the oldest historically black colleges in the South, has an endowment of just $ 8,436 per student and did not benefit much from the wave of private donations last year, said David Byrd, vice -president of college finances.
The college is able to "pay the bills" and get by, he said, but it still has $ 26 million in deferred maintenance. Shaw and other smaller black colleges that rely primarily on tuition are counting on help from the federal coronavirus relief championed by President Joe Biden and passed by Congress this spring. This aid program will send about $ 2.6 billion to historically black colleges, although the US Department of Education has yet to announce how it will allocate the money.
Shaw plans to use the money to repair older buildings and dormitories and expand a variety of student services. Federal aid can be used to make up for lost tuition income during the pandemic, hire more teachers, offer salary increases, and modernize heating and air conditioning systems.
Wilberforce University in Ohio, another historically black small private college, plans to use its pandemic relief money in the same way, after the government forgave much of the $ 25 million in debt. federal university.
"In summary: This is very beneficial for the faculty, staff and students of this university as we now have additional opportunities for support," said William Woodson, vice president of finance at Wilberforce.
Student debt is a big drag on historically black college graduates, and administrators say it's hurting enrollment. Limited endowments mean their campuses can't subsidize tuition as much as wealthier colleges.
A large percentage of students enrolled in historically black colleges come from the poorest families, those earning $ 20,000 a year or less, forcing them to borrow. Federal figures show that the typical black college graduate who has borrowed money owes $ 52,000 in student loan debt, about double what the typical white student owes.
In addition to giving more financial aid to students, many black colleges are considering using their federal pandemic money to create on-campus study jobs through which students can earn income, provide education services. subsidized child care, buy personal computers and help students pay for broadband. internet connections.
At Shaw, officials are hoping for a revival of national interest in historically black colleges, and the role they play could spark excitement for schools with much smaller endowments that have had to choose between upgrading buildings, closing programs, or maintaining. affordable tuition fees for their students.
Over 80% of Shaw's undergraduates are eligible for Federal Pell Grants, compared to about 45% of Howard's students. But Byrd, the school's financial officer, said this is also where the university has made an impact over the past century and a half: giving low-income students the tools to find careers and succeed.
He said it was "really hard to predict" how long it will take the university to recover from the pandemic. Its finances are mostly driven by tuition fees and donations, but enrollments fell nearly 53% from 2010 to 2019. He cited the need for continued federal aid or private donations that trickle down to small businesses. schools.
"People think we want handouts for nothing. We've been proven to produce a certain type of kid for 150 years, "Byrd said. "So it's not really a handout; it is an investment.
Hudspeth Blackburn reported from Louisville, Kentucky. Fenn reported from New York.
Hudspeth Blackburn is a member of the Associated Press / Report for America Statehouse News Initiative corps. Report for America is a national, nonprofit service program that places reporters in local newsrooms to cover undercover issues.
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Q: Importing project form from Eclispe ADT to Studio throws error I am importing an Eclipse ADT project I received from a colleague into Android Studio 1.4. I have selected import as a non android studio project and when importing it is throwing the below error.
OS: Mac 10.10.3
* Project a_final:/Users/John/AndroidStudioProjects/a_final/project.properties:
Library reference ../appcompat_v7_29 could not be found
Path is /Users/John/AndroidStudioProjects/a_final/../appcompat_v7_29 which resolves to /Users/John/AndroidStudioProjects/appcompat_v7_29

I added Android support Library to Studio already hoping that would resolve the issue but the issue still prevails. I am unable to import project at all.

A: Not quite sure what caused it but you can fix it by editing the project.properties file for the eclipse project. You will see a reference to this rogue compatibility library. It might look like
android.library.reference.4=../android-support-v7-appcompat

Delete those lines and import the project, then add the support library again into your grade build manually.
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'

A: Try this.
Delete all dependencies in project.properties file. Then try import the project as Android project itself.

A: why are you importing your project as a non android project, I think it will work if you import  it  as a android project.

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Home > Elected Officials, Flagstaff Liberty Alliance, Food, Libertarian, New Media, Politics	> Food Freedom For Coconino County?
Food Freedom For Coconino County?
A large cross section of concerned Coconino County residents plan to attend tonight's Coconino County Board of Supervisors meeting to call for more local food sources and local food freedom. The motivation for people to attend the meeting stems from Coconino Game Processing attempting to become USDA certified and running into roadblocks.
The meeting starts at 5:30 pm today (July 31st) and will be held in the supervisor chambers in Flagstaff at 219 E. Cherry.
Many in Flagstaff have been calling for more food freedom for years. One group that I work with, Flagstaff Liberty Alliance, recently expressed support for some kind of local food freedom ordinance. Possibly modeled after food freedom ordinances passed by small towns in Maine.
The simple concept of "food sovereignty" is gaining lots of momentum around the country as people across the political spectrum look for ways to gain more control over what they eat, grow and sell. If we don't have control over our food can we really claim to live in a free society?


It's the 50th Anniversary of the X-Men, ring it in with some of the greatest creators to ever work on the X-Men! CHRIS CLAREMONT is joined by classic X-Artist BOB MCLEOD to bring you an untold story of the X-Men starring Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Kitty Pryde and Rogue! Also jam-packed with all-star creators from X-Men past including Stan Lee, WALTER SIMONSON, LOUISE SIMONSON AND FABIAN NICIEZA! Final cover may vary.
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DES MOINES, IA (February 16, 2017) - ARAG®, a leader in legal insurance, announced today it was awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Integrated Talent Management by the Association for Talent Development (ATD). ARAG's personal development initiative and "No Elephants" campaign to eliminate obvious problems or difficult situations nobody wants to talk about were recognized. ARAG Talent Development Manager Sarah Noll Wilson accepted the award.
"ARAG continues to raise the bar in developing our team members," said Noll Wilson. "We kicked off our 'No Elephants' work last fall by creating training opportunities to explore and respond to disagreement. Our efforts continue in 2017 as we offer workshops to all team members on building trust through conversation."
In addition to accepting this award, Sarah was invited to speak as a panelist by ATD and share insights on innovative talent development strategies.
The Association for Talent Development (ATD) is a professional membership organization supporting those who develop the knowledge and skills of employees in organizations around the world.


Shop our collection of accessories inspired by our wonderful capital city. As a momento of a trip or to show your appreciation of the city you call home, our fashion accessories and souvenirs celebrate all of londons unique charm. You'll find illustrations of black cabs and red post boxes ans London landmarks. The London Gown and the London Scarf depict a London street map, printed in gorgeous subtle hues - the gown being a favourite of the one and only Nigella!


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Laz word: China syndrome
Liverpool goes it alone to Shanghai as the only UK city at the 2010 World Expo. Will the riches of the Orient be ours? Or not?
Published on September 29th 2009.
SHOULD Liverpool pull the plug on its expensive presence at the 2010 World Expo in China's biggest city, Shanghai?
Independent consultants speak of an expected £50m of business to
be generated for the
city as a direct result
of Expo, making the £3m cost, at least on paper, a safe bet. I find that difficult to accept
The USA had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the showpiece event, London has cancelled its stand so savings can be diverted to the 2012 Olympics.
Larger than life Liverpool, though, is carrying on regardless. It is estimated the cost of the city's participation will be around £3m and last week Cllr Eddie Clein demanded a report into Liverpool's presence to make sure it is not going to cost the city a "penny more" than promised.
The NWDA has pledged £1.25m. That's if they don't take their ball home following Warren Bradley's attack on the agency at the Lib Dem conference.
Peel, owners of Liverpool docks and John Lennon Airport, are the biggest significant private sponsor, throwing £100,000 into the rice bowl. The city council itself is pouring in £300,000.
That means they are just over half way to meeting their target.
Liverpool is the only UK city, apart from London, to be invited to take part in Expo, perhaps because the city is twinned with Shanghai.
Was it Warren himself who said Expo will be bigger than Capital of Culture? The blurbs from the Far East talk of a six month event attracting an audience of 70 million people.
It seems too good to be true – the chance for Liverpool to fly the flag for the city, Merseyside and the North West at what will be the world's biggest exposition.Sadly, potential private sponsors ran for cover when the collection tin was rattled, citing the recession. Indeed when the organisers held a rallying call pow-wow in Manchester to generate support from the burgers of Wetherfield, just one organisation was present.
Independent consultants speak of an expected £50m of business to be generated for the city as a direct result of Expo, making the £3m cost, at least on paper, a safe bet.
I find that difficult to accept. Most countries participating in Expo have their own national pavilions. Liverpool has an area in a themed hall, shared with other exhibitors. With a mock up of the Cavern planned, a showbiz approach will help wow visitors.
Most of the 70m visitors will be ordinary Chinese folk, soaking up the event and enjoying the spectacle, but with no intention of investing anything anywhere, including China. All of the provinces and regions of China have their own pavilions so locals will make a bee line for those.
I wish for once Liverpool would cut out the hyper-spin and the promises of great riches and just say Expo is a brilliant opportunity for Liverpool to show itself off to the world in style. No promises, no expectations, just a feeling it will be good to be there, and if it just so happens to lead to investment in Liverpool or the North West so much the better.
I've been to trade fares in China and they are frantic as well as exciting, and require constant hard work to attract potential investors.
The opening of Expo will be something on the scale of the ceremonies opening and closing the Beijing Olympics.
First and foremost, China is selling itself to the world and the other participants, including Liverpool, will be after a share of the spoils.
Yes, it is great Liverpool will be participating in Expo. But a city of high unemployment, many citizens feeling skint will not take kindly to more being extracted from council tax payers to pay for the jamboree.
Larry Neild
warriorSeptember 28th 2009.
China,is one of the Countries to watch. Shanghi,is the financial centre of the Pacfic basin area.Many local business have contracts their doing everything from Engineering to Infra structure works. Their are a lot more contracts to be won for firms in the area and the NWest. The University has built a Uni for the locals. Who will come and spend their 2/3years in Liverpool. In coming here they use our equipment,and when they go back they order and use equipment they are familiar with. We should go and fly Liverpools and the NW flag as if we dont other Regions will
Shanghai ScouserSeptember 28th 2009.
What will happen if the private sponsors don't emerge, will it be scrapped? Seems to be something wrong in funding strategy, why would any private firm want to sponsor, can't see the value to them. The idea of Chinese money coming to Liverpool is remote, Chinese have far more attractive opportunities at home than abroad, and only go out for natural resources. The place where there can be a return on investment is education, and as most visitors will be ordinary Chinese, suggest focus should be in that area rather than Cavern or superlambanana which have zero relevance to Chinese people.
Bubbles the chimpSeptember 28th 2009.
Bollocks. If you believe in all that stuff about Liverpool being an international city still, then I can only assume you've been sitting in Warren Bradley's fire engine for too long. And what relevance have the Chinese people got with the world cup. Am I missing something here?
Bull in a China ShopSeptember 28th 2009.
It could be good for the city as long as we don't have any of the usual representatives who go on these jollies acting like a bull in a china shop...
Urban PaulSeptember 28th 2009.
I think it's great that Liverpool wants to put itself on the world stage oncemore....the city does have a new found confidence and we should continue to build on that in any way we can. I am looking at getting involved at the Expo myself....let's keep our minds (and our acceptance of new ventures and ideas) open :)
Sir Howard WaySeptember 28th 2009.
Has anyone bothered to calculate the income to the city from wealthy Chinese sending their children to summer schools here to learn English at colleges, as well as to study at our three higher education institutions? As well as the students paying out to live here, their parents pay huge course fees to send them here so a bit more publicity in a massive business centre like Shanghai is not to be sniffed at!
Rusty SpikeSeptember 28th 2009.
Well, Laz old son, I'm on your side here - the nonsense spouted by clowns who haven't read or understood the brief about the Shanghai Expo bringing some £50 million worth of investment and business to the city is sheer baloney. The Expo is NOT a business or trade exhibition. It is about cultural issues, about flying the flag for one's city or country etc, in a 'soft power' kind of way - sort of sophisticated rather than a stall flogging off widgets by buckaroos in suits. If Liverpool entrepreneurs and the like want to woo their Chinese counterparts then they need to peddle their wares and the 'attractions' of Liverpool and the North West of England at a... trade fair. Mind you, as you know Laz, its unlikely that any Chinese business person or government official worth his or her salt would cast a second glance at Liverpool. There is no infrastructure to speak of or manufacturing base that could attract them - the Beatles nostalgia bandwagon and endless pap about wondrous Scouse football teams etc., simply wont do, particularly as in the latter case the Chinese are very, very, very big into American style basketball. And, actually, no matter what the council fondly likes to think, it hasn't exactly turned Chinese heads over the ten years of the twinning arrangement with Shanghai, more the opposite. There is a bizarre assumption in the dimly lit corridors of power in Dale Street that it is Shanghai courting Liverpool. Erm, no. Shanghai couldn't give a flying feather about a former once great maritime city on the far western edges of Europe, a city in decline as one Chinese official described it to me recently, unlike Shanghai which is busting out and up all over. The Expo is, though, a one off and fabulous opportunity for us to blow our trumpets loudly and brag about our cultural heritage: our art galleries, our museums, our literary and musical legacies, our academic institutions, even our fabulous maritime history etc. But of course the main thrust of the Liverpool Pavilion is focused on a dingy club (and not even the real one) where a band that folded over 40 years ago played a few times - unlike the Star Club in Hamburg, cough, cough - and erm, I presume football ballyhoo along with a sculpture created by a Japanese bloke- and in Shanghai, of all places. Will Liverpool Museums have a presence? Or the Tate? The Expo is China's next step in its determination to stand tall on the world stage, demonstrate its modern outlook, and forget the humiliations piled on it by foreign powers in the past. It is NOT about making money or cutting deals - it is a cultural and political statement and a celebration of a nation's awakening, like the glittering Olympic Games and this week's coming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Mind you, now that Biggles Bradley has put the spike into the Liverpool Pavilion's main sponsor (the NWDA) and Cllr Eddie Clein has once again revived that Liverpool propensity for negativity, it probably wont matter a tinker's cuss.
RickySeptember 28th 2009.
Can't see that the city will benefit from this. Most people in the city are unaware that it is happening
Moody MattSeptember 28th 2009.
I agree with Larry. 300 grand is a small price to pay for simply turning up and showing off to a bemused audience half-way around the world? £300 grand is a drop in the ocean. And lots of female scousers will turn up and show off for a pint of Cains. I am sure nbo one can thank of any other way for council taxpayers money to be better spent. Stop being a spoilsport everyone - let Bradley go on all expenses paid trip to Shanghai so he can show off. Bargain.
AnonymousSeptember 28th 2009.
Recreate weekend nitetime Mathew Street in Shanghai. That'll show 'em what us Northerners are made of.
Liverpool is a little fishing village compared to Shanghai with its population of millions. Just wonder whether we are all being taken for an expensive ride. I somehow don't see Chinese businessmen flocking to Merseyside to set up shop here. Won't they want to attract our few surviving manufacturers to move there for the cheap labour, etc. At the end of the day it depends on whether we afford these jaunts and my instinct tells me it's unlikely
ADSeptember 28th 2009.
Do you havea reason for disbeliveing the "independent consultant"? your reasons seem to be more conjecture. with london not their any business man looking to the UK will only have liverpool to think of which has to work in our favour. As for Anon's point on manufacturing moving to china, China is producing the worlds goods which come back to Europe on Ships, Liverpool is one of the worlds great ports - surely this gives us the chance to bring more of that shipping business to the city.
Liverpool wagSeptember 28th 2009.
Excellently said, Rusty.
DigSeptember 28th 2009.
After CoC we should keep the momentum going. Keep the city on the world stage to establish ourselves as a major tourist destination. Also with the possibility of the World Cup visiting England again relatively soon we should be aiming to ensure we're a host city. I bet not many people know that the Brazil squad stayed in The Golden Eagle in Kirkby in 66'. The Expo may cost a lot but the possible returns could be massive for years to come.
Read the 8th and 9th paragraphs. The potential, if it's all true... What harm can it do to trade and tourism by creating stong links with the fastest growing economy and largest populations in the world? If Liverpool keeps promoting itself and its potential around the world it would help us be a host city for the World Cup, if England gets it of course. It's not about the Chinese people and the World Cup. It's all about the success of Liverpool, it's global appeal and our future. So in a nutshell, yes, you did miss something.
Other regions aren't and like Spike said, this is not a trade fair but a cultural celebration. What are they going to make of the centrepiece of the Liverpool stand, the Superlambanana? I can see £50 million coming straight this way
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Gisela Kozak Rovero, née le  à Caracas, est une écrivaine, essayiste, enseignante et chercheuse vénézuélienne.

Formation et carrière
Gisela Kozak a commencé à écrire à l'âge de huit ans, comme un jeu, en imitant d'autres auteurs comme Oscar Wilde et les frères Grimm. Elle est diplômée en littérature de l'Université centrale du Venezuela et a ensuite obtenu un doctorat à l'Université Simón Bolívar.

Elle a travaillé comme conseillère en politiques culturelles, comme consultante pour des organisations publiques et privées au Venezuela et comme collaboratrice avec l' Agence espagnole de coopération et le Goethe-Institut dans la formation de managers culturels. Elle s'est également engagée dans l'activisme politique et a organisé des ateliers d'essai et de narration à l'École de littérature, ainsi qu'à l'ICREA.

Kosak a également été professeure invitée à la Faculté latino-américaine des sciences sociales de la République dominicaine et chargée de cours dans plusieurs universités.

Ouvrages

 1993 Rebelión en el Caribe hispánicoː urbes e historias más allá del boom y la posmodernidad (Caracas, Ediciones La Casa de Bello) (essai)
 1997 Pecados de la capitale y otras historias (nouvelles)
 1998 La catástrofe imaginaríaː cultura, saber, tecnología, instituciones (Caracas, Planeta-Celarg) (essai)
 1999 Rapsodia (roman)
 2003 Vida de machos (roman)
 2006 Latidos de Caracas (Caracas : Alfaguara) (roman)
 2007 Venezuela, el país que siempre naceː literatura, política y pasión de historia (Caracas : Alfadil) (essai)
 2011 En rojo, narración coral (Caracas : Alfa) (nouvelles)
 2011 Todas las lunas (Caracas : Equinoccio) (roman)
 2012 Literatura asediada: revoluciones políticas, culturales y sociales (enquête)
 2014 Ni tan chéveres ni tan iguales. El «cheverismo» venezolano y otras formas del dissimulo (essai)
 2017 Siete sellos: crónicas de la Venezuela Revolucionaria (anthologie)

Kozak a également publié plusieurs articles dans des revues spécialisées nationales et internationales, des anthologies et des mémoires de congrès.

Récompenses et reconnaissances

 1997 Prix Armas Alfonzo por Pecados de la capital biennal
 1999 Titulaire d'une bourse DAAD en Allemagne
 1999 Finaliste du prix Miguel Otero Silva (Editorial Planeta, pour Latidos de Caracas)
 Finaliste du SACVEN Story Contest 2003 (pour Vida de machos )
 2006 Enrique Bernardo Nuñez Essai Bienniel mention honorifique Valencia Athenaeum (pour Venezuela, el país que siempre naceː literatura, política y pasión de historia )
 2009 Prix Sylvia Molloy pour le meilleur article académique sur le genre et la sexualité, décerné par la Latin American Studies Association (LASA, USA-Canada, pour l'article « El lesbianismo en Venezuela es asunto de pocas páginas »)
 Finaliste du Critic Award 2012 (pour le roman Todas las lunas )

Vie privée
Kozak est ouvertement lesbienne.

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Sri Lanka interviews 47 potential hangmen
Sri Lanka on Wednesday began interviewing 47 applicants for two positions as hangmen, officials said, as Amnesty International urged Colombo not to bring back capital punishment.
President Maithripala Sirisena announced in February that Sri Lanka would end a 43-year moratorium on executions this month in a Philippines-inspired war on drugs.
Am official said that 47 male applicants would be interviewed on Wednesday and Thursday, after the government advertised the vacancies in February.
But the successful candidates may face a delay in carrying out their new role.
"Since there is no living person in Sri Lanka who has carried out an execution, we need to send the new recruits abroad for training," the official, who asked to remain anonymous, told AFP, adding that Colombo was also yet to identify a country to provide training.
"The rope (used for hangings) has not been used at all since it was imported (in 2015), it will have to be tested and certified."
Rights group Amnesty International meanwhile said resuming hangings would not end drug-related crime and that innocent people could be executed due to flaws in Sri Lanka's criminal justice system.
Sirisena has said that he was inspired by the anti-drug war in the Philippines and was keen to replicate the success of his counterpart Rodrigo Duterte. Sirisena has since deployed security forces in his battle against drugs.
In a nationally televised event in Colombo, Sirisena pledged to end the spread of narcotics within two years.
Restoring capital punishment is a centrepiece of his anti-drugs policy.
Criminals in Sri Lanka are regularly given death sentences for murder, rape and drug-related crimes but until now their punishments have been commuted to life in jail.
Sri Lanka's last judicial hanging was in 1976, but an executioner was in post until his retirement in 2014. Three replacements since have quit after short stints at the unused gallows.
On Monday, Sirisena witnessed the destruction of nearly 800 kilos (1,280 pounds) of cocaine seized between 2016 and 2018.
In February, police seized nearly 300 kilos of heroin worth $17 million, the island's biggest haul, at a Colombo shopping mall. In 2013, police seized 260 kilos of heroin brought into the country hidden inside tractors imported from Pakistan.
Sri Lanka's biggest drug haul, by weight, was in December 2016 when police seized 800 kilos of cocaine. Six months earlier, authorities discovered 301 kilos of cocaine inside a shipping container.
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Singer Avery Sunshine is performing tonight at the Southern Heritage Classic Festival, in Memphis, Tennessee, where she'll open for Anthony Hamilton, Fantasia and Johnny Gill. The Chester, PA born singer who has hit with her second album The SunRoom says that she's been enjoying her success by trying to achieve some personal goals.
"I've been trying to get my mind right and lose some weight…but I'm not not going to be able to do it," she laughs. "I'm just going to be chunky and sexy," she said. Memphis has proven particularly tempting because of its ubiquitous barbeque spots.
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"I can't dance," she says. "I just learned to do the Nae Nae. You know my kids taught me."
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Color postcard of the Hotel De Soto with radio station WTOC call letters on the roof, with white border and divided back, postmarked October 11, 1937. Caption from back of card: "Hotel De Soto, Savannah Ga. Fireproof J. B. Pound, Pres., Chas. G. Day, V. P. & Mgr. European Plan, Open All Year, Superbly located--covers entire city block. Offering splendid auto parking facilities--8900 square feet of porch space. Air conditioned tavern, Dancing Nightly (except Sunday.)"
In the 1880's, Savannah was an important stop in Florida's burgeoning tourist trade. A railroad to Tybee Island was opened in 1887 with the idea of promoting the beach and Tybee as a resort area. Rail and steamship lines were well in place between Savannah and points north and south. It was hoped that Savannah would become a destination rather than a stopover. A major luxury hotel was the element missing that would draw people to stay in the city. Construction on the Hotel DeSoto began in 1888. It was a Richardsonian Romanesque style building designed by Boston architect William Gibbons Preston. The hotel building took up an entire city block and was constructed of terra cotta, brick, and shingle. Part of the hotel was five stories and the rest was six stories. It had 206 rooms and also housed solariums, a barbershop, drug store, lunchrooms, coffee shops, and a restaurant. There were separate entrances for ladies and gentlemen and large piazzas with rocking chairs. The many brochures in the collection boast of a swimming pool, 18 hole miniature golf course and proximity to tourist attractions, hunting, and fishing.
In 1923, Jerome Pound, who also owned the Hotel Savannah, purchased the Hotel De Soto. Over many years, he spent nearly one million dollars renovating the building. He added air conditioning, the tiled swimming pool, and the gardens. He states that throughout the modernization, he was ever mindful of the historic beauty and the significance to the community of the hotel. Murals were added to the north and south walls of the lounge. The first mural depicted Fort Pulaski and the second, the founding of Savannah by Oglethorpe. He placed Charles Day, who had worked for him since 1913, at the DeSoto as manager.
The publisher of the postcard was E. C. Kropp, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They published chromolithographic cards and, later, linen cards with a fine grain, between 1907 through 1956.
12688 appears on back of card above the address side.
Copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.


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Below you'll find an interview between Dan LeRoy, author of The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, and now of the B-sides chapter on Scritti Politti's Cupid & Psyche 85, and Scritti Politti frontman himself, Green Gartside! They discuss how it feels to listen to your own music, having Sir Elton John as a fan, and Gartside's new music.
All manner of albums are touted as influential, as difference-makers, as revolutionary. I submit that there are few that have had such audible influence on music as Scritti Politti's Cupid and Psyche '85. It was so far ahead of the game on its release that if you listen to any pop record, whether MOR power ballad or new jack swing, from the half-decade that followed, you'll hear musicians and producers frantically trying to catch up. They got some of the sounds, but almost none of the soul that made Scritti a one-of-a-kind proposition.
An interview with frontman Green Gartside, conducted via email, arrived a bit too late to be included in the chapter on Cupid in this book, but I've excerpted some of it for this post. Even truncated, it makes clear that Green's dual reputations — as music's moist reluctant should-have-been-superstar and its wittiest interview — are both entirely deserved.
And while it may be gauche, allow me to brazenly campaign for your votes in the contest attached to this book, for the chapter readers wish to see turned into a full-length 33 1/3 entry. I've interviewed just about all the key players of this story, and am ready to write the Cupid and Psyche installment for this series. All I need, my fellow citizens of the literary world, is your support. (And maybe a year's sabbatical.)
When we spoke in 2006 for Billboard, you stated clearly — and have repeated this idea several times since — that you had no interest in listening to your old stuff, Even when talking about live performance, you said, "I make the band listen to it and tell them, 'You figure it out."
Obviously, you've had to revisit things occasionally, but has that stance about your past changed at all over the last dozen years?
I still recoil from the idea of listening to my own music. I say if it's vulgar and unseemly to talk about oneself then it's vulgar and unseemly to listen to oneself. What kind of egomaniac wants to hear their own songs?
It's not a stretch to conclude that the reason it kind of disgusts me to hear myself is because I'm kind of disgusted with myself. It's non-specific self-loathing. I'm appalled at myself for having the temerity to make records.
Having said that I'm happy to listen to the hours of unfinished music I'm working on now. Maybe that's because I'm not listening to anything that's been heard and found wanting by the ears of others.
You talked in Simon Reynolds's Rip It Up and Start Again about you and your manager Bob Last meeting with American labels, and trying to convince them to part with "large sums of money" to make Cupid. Obviously Warner Brothers signed on, but do you remember any of the other labels you met with?
I met with some major labels in the UK before Bob Last got involved. There was a buzz around Songs to Remember. I was courted, fed and watered very handsomely by a bunch of different companies. Dinner with Chris Blackwell. Chrysalis Records suggested they could immediately facilitate a tabloid press presence for me by orchestrating my appearances at the right nightclubs with the right women. Appalling. Hilarious. Another company flew me to Jamaica for a Christmas holiday. That kind of stuff. Sort of horrid, ghastly, fascinating. Lunch on Richard Branson's houseboat. All of that.
Then Bob got on board and it got more serious. And more playful. I think in the states Bob and I talked to everyone. Clive Davis. CBS. Everyone. It was fun. The guys at Warner Bros were the best. By that time David (Gamson) and I had done a couple of demos which were a lot more accomplished and professional and 'contemporary' sounding than the Songs To Remember stuff.
Bob and I shared and enjoyed an interest in politics and theory. We were a good double act in meetings with record companies. We had a kind of articulacy, wit and sense of purpose that served Scritti well.
Geoff Travis of Rough Trade told me he "accidentally" sent keyboardist David Gamson a promo version of Scritti's "The Sweetest Girl" because he felt you two would work well together. Do you remember the first time you heard David's work?
I can't remember which of David's tunes Geoff Travis first played for me. Geoff initially thought of us as potential collaborators. He put us together. Scritti Mark Two was kind of Geoff's invention. I loved the sound of David's work immediately. I can't now remember if it's true but I think test pressings of my song "The Sweetest Girl" were sent to David in Westchester (N.Y.) by mistake. The story goes – as I choose to recall – that David liked the echoes of the 'Canterbury Sound' on that record. Not surprisingly since I had liked that 'genre' and Robert Wyatt played keyboards on that track.
Everything about David's approach tickled my fancy. Still does.
Cupid is an album that not only has its share of die-hard fans, but also some quite well-known examples. Miles Davis is an obvious one, as well as David Bowie; Sir Elton John reportedly gives people copies umprompted. Does that praise ever move the needle for you? And what is the most meaningful praise you've ever received about this album, from someone well-known or unknown?
It's nice to have the approbation of people you admire. McCartney and Stevie Wonder said nice things too. But for some reason, like I've said, any kind of attention makes me uncomfortable, positive or otherwise.
Meaningful praise I wouldn't recognize. I'm fond of the reaction of British journalist Andy Gill, who criticized my voice for not being authentically soulful. I think he said I sounded more like Violet Elizabeth Bott (a spoiled, lisping schoolgirl from English children's comic fiction) than, say, Sam Cooke or Wilson Pickett. I genuinely love that.
At first I wanted to be original and not ask about your new album. Then I realized that we are now in the midst of the longest Scritti hiatus ever, at least album-wise. So I can't resist. And I would also be remiss if I didn't ask about your memoir.
Many many hours of unfinished new songs. I think easily the best stuff I've written is in there somewhere. Vocally more competent. Lyrically improved I hope. It's very varied stuff. Big trap influences in places. Guitars elsewhere.
I have procrastinated and prevaricated, shilly-shallied and pussy-footed as much with the book as the music. It's maddening. All I can say is that I have promised to deliver both this year. Please don't remind me that I said that last year.
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Lord Of The Mics Volume season was officially declared open as guests boarded a cruise down the River Thames towards Grime's spiritual home in East London, where the genre originated in the early 2000s. Along the journey, attendees bore witness to an evening hosted by Lord Of The Mics' co-founder Jammer, kicking off with the…
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JAMMER – BARS
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Cortana is now an AI-powered bot that can run errands for you in Skype
It's been a couple of years since Microsoft launched its very own assistant, Cortana, which it has since incorporated in its entire product lineup, including Windows 10.
Starting now, Microsoft will be fully integrating Cortana into Skype.In fact, the Skype preview for iOS and Android came with a Cortana bot that was pinned by default and to which users could assign it tasks.
Image source: WindowsCentral
Apart from the iOS and Android preview, we have also seen Skype implementation as a helper object embedded within the chat windows. Cortana can be suggestive as well, and offer template responses to the messages. However, if you wish to, you can chat exclusively with Cortana by "Turning on suggestions."
Moreover, users will be able to add Cortana to a chat. This can be done by selecting the "+" button and swiping the screen left. That being said, the implementation is half-baked since it's just a preview build. Yet another glaring downside is that integration doesn't include Cortana Notebook, which means that it can neither access your personal information or calendar. As of now, Cortana seems more of an AI-powered bot that will run errands for you in Skype.
Needless to say, Cortana integration with Skype is pretty basic right now but will definitely change in the future, especially once Microsoft starts integrating APIs. That being said, Windows Central has confirmed the new feature is already up and running on Android, iOS and Skype Desktop Preview for Windows, appearing only for those who have updated Skype to the latest version.
Despite being available for non-preview users, we are still not sure if Microsoft will go ahead with a full fledged Cortana-Skype integration. Interestingly, Microsoft has once again decided to ditch the Windows 10 Mobile (Universal Windows Program.) It's most likely that Cortana will be turned on via a server side switch.
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A History of Changing the Clocks in Britain
Posted on November 2nd, 2011	by GEM Motoring Assist
With debate raging about whether we should put the clocks back in winter, a look at the history of the debate.
News that the government is considering moving the UK's clocks forward by an hour for a three-year trial period has prompted a strong feeling of déjà vu among many of us.
From 1968 to 1971 a similar experiment was conducted – when, instead of putting the clocks back in winter by an hour, the clocks of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland remained unchanged.
This four-year trial resulted in lighter evenings – something which road safety associations like GEM Motoring Assist believe would result in safer roads for the members they provide breakdown cover to.
There is much to learn by rewinding the clock and looking at the history of British Summer Time (BST) and the debates related to this controversial system.
BST begins on the last Sunday of March and ends on the last Sunday of October. At the start of this period, the clocks are advanced by one hour from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). At the end of the period the clocks are put back by an hour.
A history of British summer time
1880 – GMT was adopted across Britain. Prior to GMT, and until the advent of the railways, people kept time by the sun – an organic system known as local mean time
1916 – Surrey builder William Willett proposes to put the clocks forward by 80 minutes in staggered 20-minute weekly steps beginning each April with the repeat procedure being staged in September. A simplified two-stage version of his idea is adopted and BST is born
1940 to 1945 – During World War II, Britain operated on a British 'Double Summer Time' system – with the clocks jumping two hours ahead of GMT during the summer month
1968 to 1971 – In response to business and public opinion polls, Harold Wilson's government introduced the British Standard Time trial with Britain remaining on GMT +1 hour throughout the year. Analysis of the first two years of the trial found that the resulting darker mornings in the autumn resulted in an increase in road casualties during the early hours. But this was offset by a substantially greater reduction in the number of road casualty incidents occurring in the evening. A total of 2,700 fewer people were killed or seriously injured during the first two winters of British Standard Time.
Despite the success of the trial, the House of Commons voted by 366 to 81 votes to discontinue the trial.
2004 – Labour MP Nigel Beard tabled a Private Members Bill proposing that England and Wales should be able to set their own clocks independently of Scotland and Northern Ireland (two countries where opposition to extending BST is particularly strong). If the Bill had been adopted, it would have seen the UK split into different time zones – something current Prime Minister David Cameron has ruled out.
2010 – Tory MP Rebecca Harris tables the Daylight Saving Bill which requires the government to instigate, and act upon, research into whether living an hour ahead of GMT in winter and two hours ahead in summer would benefit the UK.
2011 – The Bill has now reached Committee Stage. English government ministers are writing to counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to seek consensus on a three-year experiment trialling the effect of moving the clocks forward by an hour.
Any move which results in lighter evenings in the winter is welcomed by David Williams, CEO of GEM Motoring Assist.
Mr Williams said: "When the clocks go back each winter, the number of road accidents – some of them fatal – rockets. It happens every year. There's a big difference in kids coming out of school in daylight and then suddenly coming out of school in pitch darkness. All evidence points to the fact that having an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day will help the environment, help the elderly, help the young and help road safety."
The road safety expert added: "It's the most cost-effective safety measure the government could introduce and it won't cost a penny!"
But the Bill is unlikely to have a smooth passage. The Scottish National Party (SNP) remains staunchly opposed; with many of its MPs pointing out that if the clocks didn't go back in winter, some parts of the far north would remain in darkness until 10am.
The SNP's Westminster Office declined to comment on the matter when I contacted them.
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Rust's Garry Newman responds to Riftlight announcement backlash: "the more things we're working on the better"
I think it's safe to assume that for every action, there is at least one person on the internet angry about it. For instance, I ate a cheese, ham and pickle sandwich for lunch, and can only imagine that my decision has already sent someone into an incandescent fury. Luckily, what I didn't do was announce a new game. Facepunch Studios did , and the Rust developer is now faced with a backlash. The reason? Early Access survival game Rust isn't yet finished.
"Are we crazy?" asks Facepunch's Garry Newman , who is about to drop some analogies up ins. "Are we doing it wrong? Should every person in the company be working on the same thing? Should HBO make one TV show at a time? Should Warner Brothers make one movie at a time?"
The point, as you can probably tell, is that work on Riftlight won't affect the development of Rust. In fact, it's one of a number of games being developed by the company. "Assuming [internet commenters] read the full post and got all the information and are still angry... they are probably going to be even angrier to find out that we have three other prototypes being worked on by Facepunch staff."
"Our strategy at the moment is to hire talented people to make the games they want to play," Newman writes. "We're not asking you to fund this. We're not starting a kickstarter and begging you for money – we're funding it.
"We are spending money Rust and Garry's Mod make to do this. Arguing that we should be re-investing that money back into only those games is like telling apple they can't spend the money they made from iPhone and Macs to fund the development of the iPad. Keep in mind that we spent money Garry's Mod made to develop Rust – and that turned out pretty good, right? Or should Helk and Pat have been working on Garry's Mod all that time?"
Newman points to the @RustUpdates Twitter account as a sign of the work that's still being done on the game, and also states his belief that "funding" a game is different to buying into Early Access. "We funded Rust for 1-2 years before it eventually became what it is. You bought early access to it. When you buy a pizza you aren't funding Dominos, you're just buying a pizza. It's true that the sales of Rust have been insane and we have stepped up development to suit, and I think you only have to compare the experimental version to the live version to see that."
Finally, Newman confirms that all the people who work on Rust are still working on Rust—not the studio's other prototypes.


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June 11, 2022 June 11, 2022 / Fraser
Broken Tigers: A Sword Noir Adventure
In a city of memories is a city of violence.
I've released another adventure for Sword Noir 2E. In it, the PCs go back to Everthorn and East Reach outside the walls to face a piece of their past.
Traditional wisdom says one cannot go back to one's home, because one cannot travel in memory. To forget one's past is to forget one's self, but the past is always a trap for the present. Of course, you've never been one to let good advice ruin a bad plan. An old friend is in trouble, and no matter what trap the past has laid, you'll help them if you can—and you are certain that you can.
Broken Tigers is a 45-page PDF adventure for Sword Noir: A Role-Playing Game of Hardboiled Sword & Sorcery (Second Edition) with 6 pre-generated characters for use by the players. While the adventure does not require the use of Sword Noir, the narrative characters and some situations are based on that system and would require modification to use with another.
You can purchase Broken Tigers at itch.io.
Updated on June 8, 2022 March 19, 2022 / Fraser
Speaking Of Winter's Silence
Some of you may have noticed that SEP has released a few Sword's Edge adventures recently, as well as updating two Sword Noir adventures to 2E. I've just finished the first draft of a third and original Sword Noir adventure that I hope to have out soon.
Betrayal is part of the game.
The client claims to be a mythical figure of legend, exiled from his body, inhabiting that of another until he can regain his sanctum sanctorum. Whether you believe him or not, he's got gold and he seems ready to spend it. You know it means trouble, insinuating yourself into the world of the guilds and their wealthy members, but trouble is always part of the bargain. And the client's story is only the tip of a very cold and very dark iceberg.
Hopefully that gets you in the mood and gets you excited. Another Sword Noir adventure is in the works, though I have done nothing other than write down some conceptual notes. I intend to get that to you as quickly as I can.
Updated on June 8, 2022 August 23, 2020 / Fraser
Sword Noir Second Edition Kickstarter
Are there those who only get their information on my work from this website? On that possibility, here's your cue to go and back Sword Noir Second Edition on Kickstarter.
Sword Noir Second Edition is a clarification, update, and tightening of the existing rules rather than a wholesale change. If you own the original Sword Noir and it works great for you, you likely don't need this version. If you own the current Sword's Edge, you will see that Sword Noir 2E is very similar—Sword's Edge was derived from Sword Noir, and with Sword's Edge having had its update, I wanted to update Sword Noir to bring it back in line with the basic Sword's Edge rules.
Updated on June 8, 2022 May 3, 2020 / Fraser
Everthorn: The Centre of the World
A once proud city, the centre of an empire, has fallen into disrepute. Its empire gone, its power diminished, it remains a vibrant commercial and cosmopolitan crossroads for trade from around the known world. Its gold still shines, but its streets are darker than ever.
This is Everthorn.
Everthorn is the default setting for Sword Noir and was presented in the original core rules. With the completion of Sword Noir 2E, now would be an excellent time to reconsider Everthorn, re-work it, and present it anew. While the mechanics attached to the setting would be Sword Noir 2E, that system is abstract enough to allow easy adaptation of Everthorn to any setting seeking a major port city in which the PCs find themselves enmeshed in dark and gritty adventures for questionable patrons.
Everthorn: The Centre of the World is one possible project slated for a vote on my Patreon.
Updated on June 8, 2022 April 29, 2020 / Fraser
Sword Noir 2E Adventures
Finding the lost love of a shattered criminal. Becoming pawns in the struggle of an undead necromancer to regain his former powers. Getting trapped in a complex web of betrayal and underworld politics.
All of these are adventures for Sword Noir. Farewell, Something Lovely was presented in the core rulebook for Sword Noir, while the Kheufer Scrolls and Crossing the Millers were released as stand-alone adventures. With the completion of Sword Noir 2E, now is an excellent time to update these adventures—both the writing and the mechanics.
Sword Noir Adventures update is one possible project slated for a vote on my Patreon.
July 10, 2017 July 10, 2017 / Fraser
Patreon-izing
As Sword's Edge slowly moves towards completion and delivery to its backers, I have been using what time I have to get some other projects in order. Right now, both Lawless Heaven and Face 'Splosion are ready to go. These are Sword's Edge adventures designed for convention play, meaning they are one-shots with prepared characters, although they could be introductions into longer campaigns if so desired. Right now, I am working on the Nor'Westers, which may get a new name for its release, and is different than the other two releases in that it is a campaign, though one built of the truncated summaries I use to run adventures, which I tend to lump together as one-pagers.
Along with these three Sword's Edge products, I have a Centurion and a Nefertiti Overdrive adventure that I could release, as well as a possible second campaign product (a covert special forces campaign set in modern Africa) that could be completed.
You may wonder about this flurry of activity. It is because I am intent on exploring another type of crowdfunding – Patreon. Unlike Kickstarter, Patreon is a subscription service in which one pays a specific amount per month or per release. My intent is to set mine to "per release" and to release adventures as well as some other items at a planned rate of once per month.
As it stands, I'll have three months (possibly four) covered, and I intend to keep that buffer going – so I will always have some extra time in case there is a month in which I am unable to get a product completed. Each product will be around 20 pages. The idea is that they will be provided to backers of Patreon. Depending on the amount of money I am making on Patreon, the products may then be sold elsewhere or they may remain available only through Patreon. Along with adventures, I intend to offer game supplements – such as an Egyptian history and culture supplement for Nefertiti Overdrive and a Sword Noir supplement for the new version of Sword's Edge – and fiction – I am toying with the idea of a serial novel along with speculative fiction short stories.
This will happen once Sword's Edge reaches its backers as a PDF. I don't want to put a date on that as all is going well and I don't want to raise expectations only to then have to dash them.
I'll be talking about this both at the SEP Google+ community and on Twitter.
I hope that you'll be kind enough to support me on Patreon when the time comes. If you like what I do, it is a way to make sure I keep producing.
You can find the SEP G+ community here.
You can find me on Twitter here.
May 8, 2017 May 8, 2017 / Fraser
This Is How (What) We Do It
After having a fair break with minimal pressure following the success of the Sword's Edge Kickstarter, with the payments in, project management has started. But that's not all. There are a bunch of other projects on which I am working, and here's a general overview of what I'm working on and what stage it's at.
Sword's Edge: So the text is off for editing, and I have both the indexer and the fulfillment locked in. Right now, I am finishing off the setup for BackerKit and once that is running, this will move to project management, which means long periods of monotony punctuated by spurts of effort.
Fiction Commission: I can't say more until this happens, but I am updating a fiction commission that I had thought was done. That's okay, because the reason for the revision is one I whole-heartedly support. It has kind of changed how certain characters should be impacting on the story, but it is totally manageable and I'm happy with how this is turning out.
More to follow when I can.
"Lawless Heaven": This is going to happen. It is actually very close to being in presentable form. Unfortunately, I won't have portraits for the pre-made characters, but I do have some art for the book and most of the text is written. I will be doing some tweaking with it before it is released, but it won't actually hit the public until after Sword's Edge is released as a PDF – which will likely be November 2017, a month after the Kickstarter backers get theirs.
"Face 'Splosion": Another Sword's Edge adventure, this time a science-fiction high octane actioner heavily inspired by Borderlands and especially Borderlands 2. Like "Lawless Heaven," this will be released after Sword's Edge hits the public, but this requires more work. The adventure and pre-made characters are all ready, but I need to write the other text that will be included, like an introduction, an explanation of the genre, and a discussion of the intended setting in case this will become the intro to a wider adventure.
Head Crushers: Another role-playing game, but this one is at the intersection of Nefertiti Overdrive and Sword's Edge. Its default is fantasy, and it was designed to replicate the Skull Kickers comic, which was itself based on RPG sessions. The writing on this one is done, but it's going to sit on the backburner for now, though I have plans to release it.
The Wall: And yet another RPG, but this one far and away from anything I've done before. Rather than fast, high octane action, the Wall is much more about creating narrative scenes. Its subject – the difficulties of being a foreign occupier in an unfriendly city – screams for deep thinking and drama rather than hacking and slashing. The mechanics on this one are ready, but there is a lot of writing to get it ready to hit the public. The intention, though, is there.
"The Nor'Westers": This is a Sword's Edge campaign set along the North West Company's fur trade route in Canada in 1810. This campaign is made up of short scenarios, and so needs to be fleshed out more with lots of supporting text. This will likely be the last of the Sword's Edge supplements that will be put out as it needs the most work. This is very much a backburner project. Once Sword's Edge is out, this will take a higher priority.
Sword Noir: I paused on the updates for this, my first RPG, but much of the mechanics revision is done. There is a lot more, though, because the included setting of Everthorn needs much more work than the SN mechanics do. For now, SN is going to follow Sword's Edge, but with its own special differences. Everthorn, however, needs a very major overhaul in regards to characters, and I have considered releasing the mechanics separate from the setting.
Nefertiti Overdrive: The historical addendum to this game is growing, but I am still in the middle of research on the 25th Dynasty. This is scheduled to happen after Sword Noir is done, so likely not for a while. A cool part of this project is that I have an actual Egyptologist who has agreed to review my work. For those who wanted more history in their insane action, this should go a long way to scratching that itch.
Crowd-funding: One of the ways in which these projects might see fruition is through Patreon. I have been toying with the idea for a long time, and I think as a system it works better for me than Kickstarter. All of the projects listed could be Patreon projects – some of which might be released in components rather than a single work. I need to get enough in order that I will have a regular release schedule, so this is not something that will likely happen for a couple of months, but I think it makes sense. It is also a way to release my games and supplements in advance of Sword's Edge hitting the public.
So, yeah, I've got a few things on my plate.
February 9, 2017 February 9, 2017 / Fraser
State of the Edge
I've finished updating Sword's Edge. I mean I've really finished. As in the Ashcan Edition has been sent off to the printers. This doesn't actually mean that Sword's Edge will be soon available at discriminating retailers near you. Those Ashcan Editions are specifically for Breakout Con in Toronto, running 10-12 March 2017 at the Holiday Inn at Yorkdale. I'll be running three sessions of Lawless Heaven, my love letter to Korean action cinema using the updated Sword's Edge rules, and the Ashcan Edition will be available there.
It's an Ashcan Edition because it is not entirely complete. It has not been professionally laid out. It has not been professionally edited. It has not been professionally indexed. Does it need these things? Maybe not. The original didn't have any of these. I would, however, like to have these, so I'm looking at costs and strongly considering Kickstarting once again. This would likely happen in April or May, but we'll have to see.
Lawless Heaven is also done. Not only is it done in the sense that it is ready for me to run, it is also done in the sense that it could actually be published. If I Kickstart, it will likely be a stretch goal, because I would dearly love to have portraits for each of the characters and maybe some other art and a stretch goal might afford that. Otherwise, if Sword's Edge heads out into the wild without Kickstarting, Lawless Heaven will likely follow it there.
So now I am working on updating Sword Noir: A Role-Playing Game of Hardboiled Sword & Sorcery. Most of the mechanical changes will follow those from Sword's Edge, but there are also some idiosyncratic parts of Sword Noir – like Flaws, Reputation, and the magic system – that will need to be fit into the new rules. We'll see how that goes.
And if you are at Breakout Con, come and say hi!
You can find out more about Breakout Con here.
You can find out more about Lawless Heaven here.
You can register for a game of Lawless Heaven at Breakout Con on Friday at 20:00, Saturday at 14:00, or Sunday at 11:00.
August 31, 2016 August 31, 2016 / Fraser
Updating the Sword's Edge
So much time with so little said, but that is because I have been working.
Honest.
With the start of a new course right around the corner, I haven't wasted the two months I took off from my MA program. Starship Commandos is right around the corner and a few months after that will be an updated version of the Sword's Edge System, now just titled Sword's Edge RPG. I had started to update Sword Noir and then realized I really should update the core before I did the variants. Sword's Edge is the core of both Sword Noir and Kiss My Axe, so they will be updated after Sword's Edge is out. Since I will be studying at the time, that work will go slower, but it will get done.
For now, I have a cover for Sword's Edge and soon will have a first draft version that will be shared around to a preview audience.
I have been quiet here, but busy elsewhere.
Sword Noir Rising
This weekend I've had a couple of moments in between preparing for a move in early August. It's mostly been in the morning along with my coffee, so it's been pretty productive. At this point, I've completed updating the mechanics section in Sword Noir, and I'm delving into the GM section. This will give me a chance to discuss explicitly the sharing of narrative control I use in my games. I was much more clear in Kiss My Axe about how I run Sword's Edge System – as it became known – and this will give me a chance to do so in Sword Noir.
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I am also thinking about removing Everthorn as part of the core book and publish it separately along with the different adventures written for it – the intro adventure in Sword Noir, the Kheufer Scrolls, and Crossing the Millers. Given how abstract Sword Noir is, the setting and series of adventures might sell better separately. It wouldn't be system neutral, but I think it could be an excellent resource for any RPG.
This won't be appearing any time soon, because I believe that very soon my quiet moments are going to be fewer and farther between. That said, I've finished a freelance assignment, have put Starship Commandos in for layout, and am updating Sword Noir, so I've been pretty productive on my break from my MA program.
On a side note, updating Sword Noir has reminded me that I actually really like the system. I think I'm going to get back into running it after leaving it for about five years.
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