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As promised, this week I've padded the rather slim pickings from December 26 with some leftovers from December 19.
By the way, folks, I tried to read Incoming!, the big issue that's supposed to lead us into what Marvel's doing in 2020. But I couldn't get through it. It's all supposed to link back to a mysterious murder, which was intriguing enough. But the massive scope of the story, with all the different plot threads and characters, was just too much to follow.
Thankfully, Marvel is pretty well represented this week…
TITLE: Dr. Strange #1
AUTHOR: Mark Waid
ARTISTS: Kev Walker, Java Tartaglia (Colorist), Cory Petit (Letterer). Cover by Phil Noto.
The twist here is that Stephen Strange now has use of his hands again. Now he can resume his work as a surgeon, while continuing on as a master of the mystic arts.
I'm not much of a Doctor Strange fan. But I can't find much to fault this issue for. The opening page is its best. It's got a Twilight Zone feel to it, while also reminding me of one of the opening splash pages for an issue of Saga.
I don't feel a huge pull to come back next issue. But what the hell? I won't rule it out.
TITLE: Spider-Ham #1 (of 5)
AUTHOR: Zeb Wells
ARTISTS: Will Robson, Erick Arciniega (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Wendell Dalit.
For yours truly, the biggest surprise coming out of Spider-Ham #1 was that our titular character is on a team with other anthropomorphic animal heroes. Iron Mouse, Squawkeye, Quacksilver, etc. Basically the same Looney Tunes concept, but with the Avengers.
If you like this sort of thing, or enjoyed the character in Into the Spider-Verse, then this Spider-Ham miniseries should be right up your alley. Me? While the issue was fine, I'll take a pass on this one.
TITLE: Shazam #9
AUTHOR: Geoff Johns
ARTISTS: Marco Santucci, Scot Kolins, Dale Eaglesham, Michael Atiyeh (Colorist), Rob Leigh (Letterer). Variant cover by Kaare Andrews.
Most of this book takes place in the "Wozenderlands," an amalgamation of the worlds of The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland. We're told there was a "crisis," and the worlds had to be merged. So essentially, it was Crisis on Infinite Earths, but with these fairy tale settings and characters.
That is so friggin' random, that I absolutely love it. Who in the hell could have called this? All the while, we continue to advance the story of Billy Batson and his family. Truly, Shazam! has become one of the best books DC has right now.
TITLE: Batman/Superman #5
AUTHOR: Joshua Williamson
ARTISTS: David Marquez, Alejandro Sanchez (Colorist), John J. Hill (Letterer)
This whole "Secret Six" thing ended up not being the mystery I wanted it to be. And at times Williamson's dialogue is a little awkward. But at the end of the day, this first story arc was fine. I did love the nice little "trust moment" he gave our titular characters in this issue.
I also feel like I haven't heaped enough praise on David Marquez and Alejandro Sanchez. They've put together an absolutely beautiful book. Marquez can make virtually anything look good. Whether he's working in the DC, Marvel, any other universe.
TITLE: Star Wars: Empire Ascendant
AUTHORS: Charles Soule, Greg Pak, Ethan Sacks, Simon Spurrier
ARTISTS: Luke Ross, Roland Boschi, Paolo Villanelli, Caspar Wijngaard. Cover by Ricardo Federici.
COLORISTS: Guru-eFX, Rachelle Rosenberg, Arif Prianto, Lee Loughridge
LETTERERS: Clayton Cowles, Travis Lanham
Empire Ascendant serves as a bridge into the four new Star Wars books Marvel's releasing in the near future. Apparently they all take place after The Empire Strikes Back, as opposed to the previous ones, which were set beforehand.
We get four short stories set just before Empire. Not a lot from the main characters, Luke, Leia, etc. But if you give it a chance, this stuff actually has some meat to it. My personal favorite is the set-up for the Bounty Hunters series. I think The Mandalorian has wet the fandom's collective appetite for more stuff like that.
TITLE: Family Tree #2
AUTHOR: Jeff Lemire
ARTISTS: Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur (Inker), Ryan Cody (Colorist), Steve Wands (Letterer)
Family Tree needs to be careful it doesn't accidentally become a comedy.
It's meant to be a horror/adventure comic about people being forcibly changed into trees. But there's a flashback in this issue where Judd, the book's resident grizzled old man character, is caring for a fully transformed…uh…tree person? When the tree tries to talk back to Judd, I couldn't help it. My funny bone was tickled a bit. I still buy Family Tree as the horror story it's trying to be. But sometimes there's a thin like between horror and hilarity.
TITLE: The Low, Low Woods #1
AUTHOR: Carmen Maria Machado
ARTISTS: Dani, Tamra Bonvillain (Colorist), Steve Wands (Letterer). Cover by J.A.W. Cooper.
This feels like a Stephen King story. (Heh…)
The Low, Low Woods takes place in 1997, which hits a nostalgic soft spot for me. There's a lot of exposition in this issue. We learn about a small town forever changed by a raging fire, and two teenage girls who discover some gory surprises.
If you like this sort of thing, I'd definitely recommend it. For me personally, this issue is a little low on intrigue. But the characters and the setting are interesting enough to at least get me to consider coming back for issue #2.
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Weekly Comic 100s: Star Wars Finale, Batman/Superman, The Question
*"Weekly Comic 100s" keeps it nice and simple. Comic book reviews in 100 words or less. Nothing too in-depth here. Just straight, concise, and to the point.***
TITLE: Star Wars #75
AUTHOR:Greg Pak
ARTISTS: Phil Noto, Clayton Cowles (Letterer)
A fine way to end the series. Great pacing, mixed with good character work and some nice action scenes. Once again, Greg Pak and Phil Noto shine a glowing spotlight on Chewbacca and C-3PO. What's more, they find a way to subtly weave the tragedy of Darth Vader into everything. (See the closing page.)
In particular, I'm sad to see Pak go. He's proven here that he knows how to tell a good Star Wars story. And as we've learned through a couple of the recent movies, that's not something everyone can do.
PENCILLER: David Marquez, Alejandro Sanchez (Colorist), John J. Hill (Letterer)
In this issue we learn the identities of the six "Jokerized" heroes, a.k.a. the "Secret Six." They didn't play it up as a mystery the way I hoped they would. It was essentially reveal after reveal after reveal. A disappointing execution for what is still a compelling story concept.
Can we come up with a nickname for the Batman Who Laughs? Saying the whole thing every time makes for awkward dialogue. ("Don't listen to the Batman Who Laughs, Donna!") If this guy's sticking around for the long haul, that's something that needs to be fixed.
TITLE: Batman #83
AUTHOR: Tom King
ARTISTS: Mikel Janin, Jordie Bellaire (Colorist), Clayton Cowles (Letterer)
This is the issue where Bruce finally discovers what's happened to Alfred. Keep in mind it happened back in August. That tells you all you need to know about whether they're padding this thing out…
As a framing device, the issue uses a recording of Alfred. I always like when writers use Alfred's journal like that, so King's twist on it was cool. Janin has the unenviable, yet in the end quite successful task of showing us Batman grieving for several pages.
I've been ready for this climactic battle for awhile now. So let's get on with it, shall we?
TITLE: Something is Killing the Children #3
AUTHOR: James Tynion IV
ARTISTS: Werther Dell-edera, Miquel Muerto (Colorist), Andworld Design (Lettering)
After a very strong opening page, and our longest scene yet with one of the monsters, we spend the bulk of the issue with our heroine, the bad-ass Erica Slaughter. There's an eight-page sequence with her in a police station that's a lot of fun.
We still don't know much about…anything. What these monsters are, who Erica is, who she's working for, etc. Sometimes that sort of mystery works, sometimes it doesn't. It works here. The nervous dynamic James has with Erica doesn't hurt in that regard. It's not romantic. But it's cute in its own way.
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Weekly Comic 100s: Star Wars Stuff, Batman/Superman,
Tacked an extra one down on the end here. The most recent issue of Superman. But of course, in the spirit of the Rise of Skywalker hype, we begin with Allegiance…
TITLE: Star Wars: Allegiance #3
AUTHOR: Ethan Sacks
ARTISTS: Luke Ross, Lee Loughridge (Colorist), Clayton Cowles (Letterer). Cover by Marco Checchetto.
Leia, Rey, and some of the Resistance are still on Mon Cala in this issue. Because it's largely an underwater planet, Leia has to wear the equivalent of a scuba suit. Imagining an older Carrie Fisher in an outfit like that is…weird.
The "B story" in Allegiance has been about Finn, Poe, and BB-8 stealing weapons for the Resistance. Sacks writes their chemistry very well. Well enough, in fact, that I felt a pang of sadness that they didn't end up being romantically involved. Yeah, I was on that team.
No Kylo Ren in this issue. Bummer.
AUTHOR: Greg Pak
This volume of Star Wars is going out strong as we head toward its issue #75 finale. Greg Pak knows how to weave the multi-strand rip-roaring adventure, as all of our main heroes fight for their lives.
But for yours truly, the star of this "Rebels and Rogues" storyline has been Phil Noto. He's been one of my favorite Star Wars artists dating back to the build-up to The Force Awakens. His "sketchy" style is a lot of fun, and he nails all the likenesses. As far as I'm concerned, he's welcome in this galaxy any time.
Unlike many, I'm not really into the Batman Who Laughs, or much of the Metal stuff. But the premise of that character "infecting" six characters across the DCU, and our two heroes having to solve the mystery of who they are was enough to draw me in.
But the way Williamson has executed it thus far, it's not so much a mystery as it is them happening upon each victim. It's still a cool idea. I just wish they'd dig a little deeper into it. On the upside, it's great to see Marquez drawing the World's Finest.
TITLE: Action Comics #1016
AUTHOR: Brian Michael Bendis
ARTISTS: Szymon Kudranski, Brad Anderson (Colorist), Dave Sharpe (Letterer). Cover by Jamal Campbell.
I absolutely adore the framing device for this issue. A Daily Planet reporter does man-on-the-street interviews to recap a fight between Superman and the Red Cloud. Bendis is as good as almost anyone at playing up the journalism element in Superman's world.
A Szymon Kudranski comic that's this colorful takes some getting used to. There's nothing wrong with it. But his M.O. is typically on the dark and gritty side. Type his name into Google Images. You'll see what I mean.
TITLE: Superman #16
ARTISTS: David LaFuente, Paul Mounts (Colorist), Dave Sharpe (Letterer). Cover by Ivan Reis.
I'm not sure I've ever seen Superman look quite so…blocky. I know LaFuente's style is more on the cartoonish side, and generally I like what he turns in. But the Superman we see here looks more like a Superman action figure than the Man of Steel himself.
This issue gives us the inevitable reunion between Superboy and Robin after Jon Kent's trip into space, which aged him a few years older than Damian. Bendis gives us what you'd hope to see here. The initial awkwardness, some hijinks and a feel-good exit. A strong issue, blockiness notwithstanding.
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Panels of Awesomeness: Justice League: No Justice #1
CREATORS: Scott Snyder (Author), Joshua Williamson (Author), James Tynion IV (Author), Francis Manapil (Artist), Hi-Fi (Colors)
THE SCENE: In a battle between Brainiac and the Justice League, Superman lands a high-impact blow. But Brainiac's motivations aren't what the Man of Steel thinks they are.
WHY THEY'RE AWESOME: One thing I've always remembered about Superman Returns is the critique about its action sequences. Specifically, the notion that we needed to see Superman punch somebody. I don't necessarily agree with that. However, it is always satisfying when Big Blue hits a big blow on a big bad. Case in point, this moment with Brainiac.
What makes these two pages truly awesome the layout. Francis Manapul makes the punch as giant and epic as it deserves to be, complete with a heroic one-liner and Superman's fist coming straight up at us. But then you've got the figures overlapping just a bit with the panels on the opposite page. More often than not, that trick makes for a really fun visual.
I also really like the sequential storytelling here. On the previous page we see Brainiac on top of his ship, with the rest of the League wrapped up in those tentacles. Then we get the punch, and in the next two panels we follow them off the ship and through that building. And based on how that lower middle panel is framed, we can see what kind of distance they've covered in relation to the ship.
Finally, that lower right panel gives us a really nice pull into the next page. Not only do you have that defiant line from Brainiac, but he's blocking another punch. Thus indicating the momentum is about to shift.
Justice League: No Justice wraps up today with issue #4. As I've said previously, this is the first Justice League story I've picked up in a couple of years. Very curious to see where this goes.
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A Batman/The Flash: "The Button" Review – Take the Good with the Bad
TITLE: "The Button"
AUTHORS: Joshua Williamson, Tom King
PENCILLERS: Jason Fabok, Howard Porter
COLLECTS: Batman #21–22, The Flash #21–22
TENTATIVE COLLECTION PRICE: $19.99
COLLECTION RELEASE: October 2017
***WARNING: Spoilers lay ahead.***
I want to like what I'm seeing here. And I guess I do, for the most part. I just have to turn a certain part of my brain off. Namely, the part that registers guilt about a company cashing in on imagery and characters from a landmark story without their creator's blessing.
After months without any leads relating to the mysterious button Batman discovered during the events of DC Universe: Rebirth #1, the Dark Knight gets a surprise visitor: The Reverse-Flash. But what's his connection to the Button? Where does it come from? How does it connect to the apparent changes made to the timeline? And how does all of this somehow involve the world of Flashpoint?
"The Button" doesn't give us any answers. But it does wet your appetite for the just-announced Doomsday Clock event in November. It also manages to tug at your heartstrings with some pre-New 52 imagery and characters. So it does what it's supposed to do. We even catch a little glimpse of Dr. Manhattan at the end…sort of (shown below).
While we've known about the DC Universe/Watchmen stuff for about a year now (Has it really been that long?), I still feel dirty when I see the Watchmen imagery. It doesn't do much good to complain about it, as what's done is done. But considering what an achievement Watchmen was, and how revered it is to this day, without Alan Moore's blessing there's a certain lack of purity here. That's only going to become more pronounced as we go forward.
Our inciting incident occurs when the button comes into contact with the Psycho-Pirate's mask, causing the Reverse-Flash to materialize in the Batcave. After a fight, Batman and the Flash attempt to trace the button's unique radiation to locate it's source using Flash's Cosmic Treadmill (Yup, that's a thing.) After the Crisis on Infinite Earths reboot came and went in the mid-'80s, the Psycho-Pirate was the one character who retained his pre-Crisis memories. I assume Reverse-Flash's reemergence has something to do with that memory retention. There's no other explanation…is there?
"The Button" definitely gives us the vibe that this New 52 continuity we've been in for the past several years is an injustice perpetrated by Dr. Manhattan. Several years have been from the timeline, forcefully robbing our characters of their memories and in some cases their very existence. We check back in with Johnny Thunder, who at one point cries, "We lost the Justice Society! It's all my fault!" We also see Saturn Girl of the Legion of Superheroes, who's screaming about a future only she knows about. As Batman and Flash make their way through the timestream, we see glimpses of events from Crisis on Infinite Earths, Identity Crisis, and other stories that have seemingly been out of bounds for the New 52.
Then there's the big surprise in the final issue: Jay Garrick's brief return. Jay comes back much the way Wally West did in Rebirth, but is unable to find a tether to reality the way he did. He's seemingly jerked back into non-existence via some familiar blue energy.
There's a surreal and almost meta element to seeing characters like Jay and Wally pine to come back. Jay has a line, "They took everything from me, Barry. I don't know how. I don't know why." Odd as it may sound, it feels like he's talking about DC itself, doesn't it? I've enjoyed the DC Rebirth initiative as much as anybody. But it does entail the company eating some crow. Yes, we're happy to see so many familiar elements back in our books. But who took them away to begin with? Would they have gone through with the reboot if they knew they'd be backtracking it just four years later?
Oddly enough, the emotional meat of the story isn't so much the return of Jay, or the drama of what's been lost. It comes in when our heroes accidentally find themselves in the Flashpoint universe, and they come across that reality's Batman, Thomas Wayne. Thus, we get a reunion of sorts between father and son, each Batman in their own world.
We've seen stories where Bruce somehow gets to talk to his parents again. Whether they're ghosts, visions, or what not. But Batman #22 gives us two unique moments that manage to really hit home. The first is when Bruce tells Thomas, "You're a grandfather. I have a son." For older fans, that's a really strong, relatable moment. The second comes as the Flashpoint sequence is ending. In their final moments together, Thomas asks Bruce not to be Batman anymore, and to instead find happiness. That's a really compelling use of the Flashpoint Batman. I wasn't expecting it here, but it creates a hell of a potential conflict for down the road. Can Bruce continue his crusade now?
Jason Fabok handles the Batman side of things, and handles them quite well. You can't deny quality when you see it. His work has a definite epic quality to it, and is very much worthy of what we see here. The Flash issues are pencilled by Howard Porter, who I have a lot of respect for. That being said, his style has never really been my cup of tea. As cool as the time stream sequence in The Flash #21 is, Porter's work gives it a certain awkwardness. For instance, there's a panel where we can almost see up Batman's nose. Not necessarily what we're supposed to be looking at, is it?
"The Button" is a fine bridge between DC Universe Rebirth #1 and Doomsday Clock. For some of us, there's going to be a lot of Watchmen-related discomfort on the horizon. But it looks like we'll be getting our share of feel-good moments too. Take the good with the bad, I guess…
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A Review of The Flash: Lightning Strikes Twice – Teacher and Student(s)
TITLE: The Flash, Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice
PENCILLERS: Carmine Di Giandomenico, Neil Googe, Felipe Watanabe. Cover by Karl Kerschl.
COLLECTS: The Flash #1-8
Barry Allen got his powers from a bolt of lightning, and the Speed Force has always been somewhat electric in nature. So it's natural that at certain points the Flash crackles with energy. But that doesn't mean he should constantly look like a lightning rod in a storm. But that's how our main artist draws him in this first volume of The Flash under the DC Rebirth banner. At certain points it's cool, but it eventually becomes a distraction that drags the entire book down. Which is a shame. From a story standpoint, Lightning Strikes Twice is pretty good.
We open the book with the events of DC Universe: Rebirth #1, this time seen from Barry's point of view. A short time later, numerous citizens of Central City are struck by lightning bolts just like Barry was, and are imbued with the power of the Speed Force. Now our hero must not only mentor those who would use their powers for good, but corral those who abuse them. All the while, a mysterious killer calling himself Godspeed is killing off these new speedsters. Thankfully he'll have help from not only Iris West, but a young man who'll soon call himself the new Kid Flash.
That classic Carmine Infantino Flash costume is so sleek and cool. Many consider it the best costume redesign in history. It's one of those things I wish they wouldn't tinker with. Granted, artistic tweaks are always gong to be part of he industry. But drawing lightning all over the Flash in every panel is overindulgent, not to mention redundant and annoying. We go over Barry's origin at the beginning of the book, and the whole story is about people getting hit by Speed Force lightning. We get it. He's electric. (Boogie woogie, woogie.)
I like the idea of Barry being a teacher or a mentor. It's almost part and parcel to the superhero concept. Sidekicks, inspiring people to do good, etc. First he finds a new partner in fellow scientist August Heart. Then the Speed Force lightning storm gives him several new trainees. Of course, it all culminates in Wally West becoming the new Kid Flash. (That's the New 52 Wally West, not the pre-Crisis one that just came back. Thank God that's not confusing.) It all ties nicely together with the original Wally West's return, and it's cool to see the gratification Barry gets from it.
I can appreciate that when he got his powers, young Wally wasn't immediately thrust into the Kid Flash role. We all knew that's where he'd end up anyway. But Williamson does a fine job taking him from a kid who's content to sit on the sidelines and help out occasionally, to a hero who realizes he can't be on the sidelines. It gives him that much more depth.
As for the other Wally, the first issue in this collection, The Flash: Rebirth #1, gives us a little bit of follow up on the events of DC Universe: Rebirth #1. The reunion continues, as Wally tells Barry about Linda Park, and we see how they part ways. We also get a very brief corroboration between the Flash and Batman. But that plot thread is mostly dropped for the remainder of the book. It's obviously a larger story for down the road. We do, however, get a very interesting reference to what happened to Barry in Crisis on Infinite Earths. That's obviously out-of-sync with what they set up in the New 52. It's a little reminder that they haven't dropped that story. It's just a slow build.
On paper, the identity of Godspeed shouldn't be hard to figure out. But I'll admit: They got me. The character's motivations are believable, and they spend a good amount of time building them up. Godspeed represents Flash's darker impulses. The ones he doesn't allow himself to follow. The character asks some classic questions about why those impulses shouldn't be followed. It more or less boils down to "Why doesn't Batman just kill the Joker?" Or in this case, why doesn't Barry just kill Zoom? They leave the door open for him to come back, and there's potential for some more interesting stuff with him.
I've avoided picking up The Flash on a monthly basis, largely because of Di Giandomenico. The whole lightning thing aside, he knows how to convey the speed and energy of a character like the Flash. The characters hit most of the right emotional notes, and I'm into the story. But the line work is so dark and heavy that it ends up weighing down the impact of the art. It's almost like you have to look through all the senewy lines to register what's going on. When Neil Googe tags in for issue #4, and Felipe Watanabe for issue #5, it's a welcome break.
With the CW TV series still going strong, Wally West's return, and Barry being linked to what's sure to be DC's next big event comic, It's a pretty good time to be a Flash fan. If we could find an artist that fit the book a little better, it'd be downright amazing. But for now, we'll have to settle for pretty good.
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but things are going slowly.
to ask to be moved to the local hospital.
I had so wanted to have positive experiences at the birthing centre.
I had liked the small, community feel of it when I had looked round when I was pregnant.
I wanted my husband to be able to stay overnight with us on the first night.
I wanted visitors to come and go without visiting hours.
and where I had spent the first two weeks of my life.
was making the decision to leave.
I was taking control again.
I was trusting my instincts.
I didn't feel confident or in control of myself.
I didn't want my baby born here.
The hospital had a room ready for me.
I couldn't stand any more.
The ambulance was on the way.
The car was packed for my husband to drive to the hospital in the next town.
while my midwife travelled with me in the ambulance.
my contractions had all but stopped.
I walked myself into the ambulance.
I enjoyed my flashy light ride to the hospital.
It felt like I was in a rally car.
I only puffed on the gas and air a couple of time in the whole journey.
the midwife confessed that I had made the right decision.
she would have been forced to transfer me anyway.
to produce the much wanted urine sample.
and the fact that I suddenly felt relaxed and in control again.
so we waited about half an hour before we were introduced to our new midwife.
You can read the next part of my story here.
Ooooh you are keeping me dangling! It's like reading a chapter of a novel in instalments!
I like the chapter by chapter approach!
Oh I am so glad the transfer went smoothly and with not too many contractions so you could regain yourself and prepare yourself for the next bit.


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Odie Parkins
Customer Service: How We Impact Our Communities & the Vital Role We Play | Odie Parkins | Carpenter Contractor Trust
My experience lies in the fields of adult technical and professional education and development. My career began as a Carpenter Apprentice working in the construction field under some amazing journeyworkers from a variety of trades. I left the field to pursue a position as Carpenter Apprenticeship and Training Director for the state of West Virginia where I focused efforts toward developing a solid instructional team and administrative process for developing craft workers. I later was recruited as a facilitator of leadership and development programs at the Carpenter's (UBC) International Training Facility in Las Vegas, NV. During my tenure at the International Training Center, I have spoken and presented to thousands of men and women who work to impact positive culture change on Union jobsites throughout the United States and Canada.
Paisley Demby
Strategies to Accelerate Revenue | Paisley Demby | Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
Mr. Demby serves as the Business Services Director of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative. As Director Mr. Demby is responsible for partner development, marketing, promotion and recruitment of small business owners into the program. Mr. Demby designs and delivers small business development training and manages a team of Business Advisors that provide direct services to business owners in the program.
Mr. Demby has been employed by such renowned firms as Accenture, JP Morgan, Synergie Capital Group, IBM, General Motors, The May Davis Group, and Westinghouse. Mr. Demby holds an MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in Engineering and Economics from Brown University.
John Cordier
Understanding Risks and Relationships between the Pandemic and Live Events | John Cordier | CEO & Co-Founder of Epistemix Inc
John and his team at Epistemix have worked with the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and other federal and state agencies. Specific to the events industry, they've worked with Freeman, Informa, Emerald, SISO, IAEE, and other leaders of the Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance to understand the risks and relationships between the pandemic, events, and mitigation strategies. Their data is being currently used by the event industry, businesses, school districts, and insurers to manage COVID-19.
If you are in the live events industry this is an important and relevant topic to what live event professionals do each and every day. Join us for this important discussion and bring your questions! To learn more about Epistemix and their important industry work visit www.epistemix.com
Industry Updates & Trends
Kevin Carty
Kevin started at Classic in 1994, when there were only five employees. For the first 16 years, Kevin did everything from build exhibits (for the first 4 years), to process orders, to assist with marketing, and visit distributors (next 12 years). In 2009, the company hired two outside sales managers which allowed Kevin to focus on the day-to-day business operations. Since then, Kevin has focused on sales and operations management including developing new markets such as Retail, Corporate Environments, Broadcasting Sets, and Special Events.
Kevin is the Co-Chair of the National Trade Show Alliance. He most recently served as a Director on the Board of the EDPA (Experiential Designers and Producers Association) for 10 years and served on many subcommittees within EDPA.
Tommy Goodwin
Thomas F. (Tommy) Goodwin is the Vice President of Government Affairs for the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA), a newly-formed association dedicated to the recovery and advancement of the business events industry. In this role, he leads ECA's advocacy on behalf the interconnected ecosystem of exhibitors, show and event organizers, suppliers, venues, and destinations that comprise the $396 billion business events landscape.
Prior to joining ECA, he spent more than 20 years leading a wide range of government relations, public affairs, and issue advocacy efforts for several globally-recognized associations and corporations, including Oracle Corp., AARP, and the Project Management Institute (PMI). Additionally, he was a research fellow at Harvard Business School focused on the international political and legal environment in which business operates.
Recognized by The Hill in its 2020 list of association "Top Lobbyists," he has a B.B.A. from The George Washington University, an M.B.A. from Auburn University, and a Postgraduate Diploma in European Union Law from King's College London. He also holds a Certified Association Executive designation from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and a Project Management Professional certification from PMI. He currently serves as President of the National Institute of Lobbying & Ethics and the Immediate Past Chair of ASAE's Government Relations and Advocacy Professionals Advisory Council.
Dasher Lowe
Dasher Lowe is the Executive Director of the Experiential Designers and Producers Industry (EDPA).
EDPA is committed to driving growth within the experiential, exhibit and event industry through Advocacy, Networking, Education and Good Works. The EDPA is THE network for leaders in the customer experience industry. Its members combine marketing, design and production leadership to help organizations create effective face-to face customer experiences & environments for tradeshows, events, corporate environments, museums, retailers, education and entertainment.
Don Svehla
Coming from the show floors of Chicago, founder Donald Svehla realized the need for an industry news source back in 1993. To fill the void, Svehla—with the support of industry friends—began putting his 20+ years of tradeshow experience down on paper. The result was the first Exhibit City News, which launched in June 1994 and was a small eight-page newsletter for Chicago's tradeshow workers and community. With a national distribution of 15,000 and read by more than 37,500 industry professionals, Exhibit City News is the premiere magazine covering the meeting, convention and tradeshow industries.
Committed to being a voice for the meeting, convention and tradeshow industry while maintaining a reader-friendly format, ECN boasts a broad-based readership. The ever-growing subscriber base includes CEOs, CFOs, VPs, managers, meeting planners, suppliers, facility personnel, account executives, show floor workers and exhibitors.
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Rick Counihan | VP Client Services and Operations
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Every convention, event, and exhibit program has unique needs. Recognizing those needs and implementing a 360 strategic approach will ensure that your company's convention marketing program achieves optimal success. Several main considerations play a role in the development a of successful program:
Review and understand best practices relating to all aspects of convention execution
Understand association and industry regulations and requirements prior to kick off
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Identify appropriate partnerships and clearly define roles & responsibilities
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Develop a tiered convention strategy including national, regional and local opportunities
Join Poretta & Orr as we share successful strategies that are utilized by some our most successful pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech clients. We'll provide a road map and discuss key considerations ensure success and help you reimagine your tradeshow marketing toolkit.
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Seth is a professional lighting designer and founder of Brass Lantern. He has worked on Law and Order: SVU, Billions, The Last OG, Saturday Night Live; as well as having done commercials for Tom Ford, Google, Facebook, Mercedes, Tesla, Revlon, Zara, and Prada. His company provides a virtual consultation that applies tried and true movie-making techniques to your home office. By applying the movie concept of "framing," which works to harmonize camera, lighting, background, and the presenter to make a lasting positive impression on the audience. Are you a client-facing individual who now uses video, or an employer who wants your company represented professionally on camera? Attend this session to learn the secrets from behind the camera. Who should attend – those who want to improve on camera presentability, vlogers, podcasters, social media gurus, and professional influencers.
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Did you pivot? A professionally produced Virtual Event, Webcast or Zoom Meeting can help you communicate new products and services offered by your company. Learn how to engage with customers and guests who can benefit from your product or service and create a valuable asset that you can use in email campaigns, newsletters, social media and more.
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Milo in Maine whale onesie: This Portland-based clothing company makes soft cotton clothing for babies, kids and adults. Their simple designs feature nautical and Maine-themed prints. Roll up the onesie, tie a ribbon around it, and you've got the perfect stocking stuffer for a little one.
Yarn & Cloth notebooks: MP has long admired Melissa Sailer's work. Her new line of notebooks come in pretty florals and fun graphic pattens. The 4 x 5.5″, 36-page blank notebooks are just the right size to keep in a purse or school bag.
Royal Rose Cardamom Clove Simple Syrup: A Brunswick-based husband and wife team makes small batch simple syrups with organic ingredients and no artificial colors or preservatives. You'll find a variety of enticing flavors, including a holiday-inspired Cranberry Spice and a smooth and creamy Orange Vanilla. We especially like the sweet warmth of the Cardamom Clove syrup, which is excellent with hot cider.
Mulxiply Hand-Felted Polar Bear: This Portland design studio has made it its mission to support artists in remote villages in Nepal, who create memorable gifts like this hand-felted, wool bear.
Ridge Pond Herbals Pretty Lippy Lip: This soft-hued lip and cheek balm is perfect for those of us looking for just a touch of color. Made at a Palermo, Maine farm, the lip balm is created with all good things, including organic oils, beeswax and cocoa butter. For younger children, the balm also comes without color in an Orange Mint fragrance.
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The traditional American book club, with its focus on novels, is alive and well across the land. But in changing times, new groups are borrowing the book club idea and adapting it to their own needs.
Many factors have contributed to the rise of new model book clubs, but among them, two stand out: The movement of Baby Boomers into retirement, and the increasing desire of many Americans to understand the complex issues confronting their country – and the world – in the new millennium.
As Boomers retire in large numbers, these youthful seniors find themselves with time on their hands, plenty of energy, and – in economically uncertain times – a sense of caution about spending too much on travel and adventure. Add to this the curiosity of a well-educated generation which has devoted several decades to focusing on reading for career advancement, and there is a natural explosion of interest in broader topics such as history, politics, economics, international affairs, education and the environment.
To answer this demand, two new types of book club are emerging.
The general interest non-fiction book club focuses broadly on a wide range of topics. Most successful non-fiction book clubs include members with a reasonably diverse range of views together with a strong commitment to the open exchange of ideas. In any case, to succeed, a non-fiction book club must resolve such thorny issues as setting informal rules for maintaining civility when debate becomes intense and developing a mutually satisfactory procedure for selecting books.
Structurally, some non-fiction book clubs will develop strong leaders, while others will function more or less democratically. If such a club can maintain itself for a year, with decent attendance, it has a good chance of becoming a long-running success.
A variation on this theme, the focused non-fiction book club, brings together readers with a particular interest. Unlike the general interest book club, a focused book club will very likely include members more attuned to activism. This will tend, over time, toward the exclusion of minority voices and points-of-view.
Such a development is not, in and of itself, dangerous to the success of the club. The real danger lies in group-think. As long club members remain open to new information and allow their ideas to evolve in response to what they are learning, all will likely be well. However, in today's polarized political environment, such a club runs the risk of degenerating into a group of like-minded people agreeing with each other and mocking those (usually absent) who do not share their views. In such a case, the purpose of continuing to read and learn will be defeated. The club may persist, but not as a genuine book club. Strong leadership is essential in avoiding such an outcome for a focused, non-fiction book club.
In addition to their interest in serious topics, many Boomers and older seniors find themselves eager to return to the literary passions of their youth – or to subjects they overlooked in their college days. For some such readers, a traditional book club, with its literary emphasis, will answer. But for others – especially those who want to tackle some of literature's more daunting challenges – a different model is needed.
An increasing number of adult readers have found that their personal "bucket lists" include one or more great works of literature which seem overwhelming in their length or density. Tackling Tolstoy's "War and Peace" or Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is an enormous undertaking at any age. For some readers, the answer lies organizing a "bucket list book club".
Unlike a traditional book club, a bucket list book club meets frequently – usually once a week – but only for fifteen minutes or so. The key to starting a bucket list book club is to remember that it is essentially a support group – modeled on weight loss and twelve-step programs where each member sets individual goals. Because each member may be reading a different book – and setting different personal weekly goals – there is limited ground for discussion. Instead, members applaud each other when they reach their goals, and encourage those who fall short. A bucket list book club is a place for mutual support and easy camaraderie among friends who love books.
A modified form of bucket list book club can be created where several readers share a desire to tackle the same book, or the collected works of the same author. Such a group might be started by one or two readers determined to get through Gibbon, or Chuchill's "The Second World War"; to undertake the complete works of Dickens, Tolstoy, Trollope or Twain; or to find out why the grandkids are so fascinated by Harry Potter.
Like a bucket list book club, a marathon book club will probably meet at least weekly. However, with its emphasis on a common goal, a marathon book club will tend to tackle this challenge like a team of climbers assaulting Mount Everest – starting together and, as much as possible, sticking together to the end.
Unlike a bucket list club, marathon readers will probably want to meet for a full hour. With every member committed to read the same chapters or pages each week, there will be ample room for discussion.
Also unlike a bucket list book club, a marathon book club will tend to be less democratic. In order to keep a group of readers together – gathering up stragglers and restraining those who want to rush ahead – strong group discipline will be necessary. In a successful marathon book club, one or two leaders will usually emerge by general consent. On their shoulders, the success of the venture will rest.
These four new models are among the many ways Baby Boomers and other serious readers are meeting their need for lifelong learning. More such experiments are certain to take place, using the familiar book club model as a starting point, and adapting it to the needs of new generations and changing times.


The VSTE VE PLN will once again "Survive the Summer" in Minecraft! This year, the organizer, Kim Harrison, is asking for community input when planning this experience. Anyone interested being part of this now-annual event should meet with the team on Monday, May 7, at 8 PM Eastern time, in Minecraft ( IP address 69.175.17.26:25565) and on Discord (https://discord.gg/ZHbjsv) to discuss it.
Participants may be able to earn points from their division with the VSTE certificate of participation. There will be a list of achievements to accomplish within a certain time period. Participants can complete them in a few weeks or take the entire summer. The idea is to have fun while networking with other educators inside Minecraft, learn why our students love this game, and brainstorm ways to use it for instruction.
Won't you come help organize?
In order to participate, you must have a computer Minecraft account from https://minecraft.net/en/ to join. There is a one time fee of $26.95. Download and install the software. Choose multiplayer and add a server: Name VSTE Place IP 69.175.17.26:25565 Our server is protected. If you want to be whitelisted to enter anytime you want to continue building this, or anything else, email Kim Harrison at [email protected] or [email protected] from an educational email address with your real name and minecraft name.
The Virtual Environments Professional Learning Network sponsors events in virtual environments including Minecraft and Second Life. The best way to keep up with their work is to join their Google Plus community.


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Q: How to apply a mulitstep function to several datasets and then combine the results into a new dataset I would like to apply a set of functions to multiple datasets to 1) edit the datasets (e.g. add new variables and remove NAs), 2) concatenate the resulting datasets, and 3) calculate summary statistics on the new datasets and combine the resulting statistics in a table.
Below is my current code to manually apply the functions to the datasets (which all contain the same variable structure, but have different lengths)
library(tibble)
library(doBy)
library(plyr)

# STEP 0: create example datasets.
# In reality, I have numerous sets of data that are systematically named, such as
#   a1 = population A, scenario 1
#   b1 = population B, scenario 1
#   b2 = population B, scenario 2
#    etc...
a1 <- tibble(min = c(10:14, NA), count = c(10, 25, 0, 29, 36, 5)); a1
b2 <- tibble(min = c(8:11, NA, NA), count = c(10, 5, 0, 23, 36, 5)); b2

## STEP 1: choose which datasets to process
tab <- a1

## STEP 2: Add identifying variable to each dataset (in preparation for rbinding). Ideally this is integrated into step 3 below and it would be automatically generated based on the original dataset name (or some type of for loop) Currently, I do it manually below. In the last step, I apply the summaryBy function using pop and scenario vars.
tab$pop <- "a"
tab$scenario <- "1"

## STEP 3: Apply below steps to each population dataset. I will include many more steps, but for brevity I only include a couple here
tab <- tab[!is.na(tab$min), ]     # remove rows with NA values for min var
tab$min05 <- tab$min * 0.5    # create new var

a1_new <- tab  # save as new edited dataset

## STEP 4: Repeat STEP 1-3 for each dataset.
tab <- b2
tab$pop <- "b"
tab$scenario <- "2"
tab <- tab[!is.na(tab$min), ]
tab$min05 <- tab$min * 0.5

b2_new <- tab

## STEP 5: Concatenate the edited population datasets
dt0 <- rbind(a1_new, b2_new); dt0

## STEP 6:  Create summary statistics table
sumTbl  <- summaryBy(min + min05 ~ pop + scenario, data = dt0,
                     FUN = function(x) { c(
                       min = min(x),
                       median = median(x),
                       mean = mean(x),
                       max=max(x)
                     ) } )
sumTbl

Below is my attempt to create a function and apply the function over a list of the datasets.
my.list = list(a1, b2)

myfxn <- function(duck){
  tab <- as.data.frame(duck)

  tab$pop <- substr(deparse(substitute(duck)), 1, 1)  # DOES NOT WORK
  tab$scenario <- substr(deparse(substitute(duck)), 2, 2)  # DOES NOT WORK

  tab <- tab[!is.na(tab$min), ]     # remove rows with NA values for min var
  tab$min05 <- tab$min * 0.5    # create new var

  return(tab)
}

all.lst <- lapply(my.list, myfxn)

However, there are several issues with my approach:

*

*I am not able to properly extract the correct characters from dataset name to create the pop and scenario vars

*The resulting "all.list" is a list of data frames and I'm not sure how to combine them (in order to run the summaryBy function.)

*Could I add the summary stat function into myFxn and then run a separate ldplyr function to combine the results?

Many thanks in advance for your help. I've already searched many posts, but apologies in advance if I've missed something!

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Microsoft currently has 3 operating systems for consumer devices: Windows, Windows RT, and Windows Phone. And according to the new head of Windows, Julie Larson-Green, that's at least one too many.
While Larson-Green didn't elaborate, it's likely that Windows RT is the odd operating system out and that it could eventually be merged into Windows Phone or simply replaced with full-fledged Windows software.
Windows RT is basically a stripped-down version of Windows designed to run on low-power devices with ARM-based processors. Because ARM chips have a different architecture than most Intel and AMD chips, the vast majority of apps developed for Windows won't run on Windows RT (at least not unless they're recompiled to work with ARM chips).
Most apps designed for the new "Modern" or "Metro" user interface do run on both Windows 8 and Windows RT. But if you want to run iTunes, MediaMonkey, Photoshop, GIMP, LibreOffice, or other desktop apps you'll need Windows and not Windows RT.
It made a lot of sense for Microsoft to develop Windows for ARM a few years ago when the iPad was dominating the tablet space. But by the time Windows RT arrived a funny thing had happened: Intel had slashed power consumption of its Atom chips, enabling device makers to release tablets with the full version of Windows without really sacrificing battery life.
Given the choice between a Windows RT tablet and a Windows 8 model there's almost no reason to choose the RT model — especially since the prices tend to be similar.
And given a choice between a Windows RT device and one running Android or iOS, the Windows RT tablets still don't look so good: Not only can they not run desktop Windows apps, but as of late 2013 some of the most popular mobile apps for Android and iOS still aren't available for Windows.
Things might have been different if Microsoft had marketed Windows RT as an extension of its smartphone operating system, Windows Phone. Nobody really complains that iPads don't run OS X software because they're basically big iPhones. If the Microsoft Surface and other Windows RT devices were basically big Windows Phone devices nobody would expect them to run desktop software.
So maybe that's what Larson-Green is suggesting: in the future Windows RT and Windows Phone could merge and Microsoft could take a more Apple-like approach to mobile devices such as phones and tablets.
Or maybe something else will happen: Maybe Windows Phone will start to look more like desktop Windows software. As more and more apps are developed for the Windows "Modern" user interface, it'll be easier for developers enable support for phones, tablets and desktops with ARM or x86 processors. You may eventually be able to use a single Windows Store to download apps that will run on any of your devices, and rather than paring down three operating systems to two, Microsoft's grand plan could involve just a single Windows operating system that runs across all your devices.
Whether you'll be able to run Flash Player, Steam, iTunes, Thunderbird, or other desktop apps on that operating system remains to be seen.
I think the future is Windows (no desktop, modern plus the merger of RT and Phone) and Windows Pro (still has a desktop and legacy support) and those OS siblings will be customized only so much as necessary for the device class they'll be used on.
Probably they would have a modern version of File Explorer.
I don't think the UI would be the same, that would be the different part, but they would share all the same API's and base code.
Let's hop that Windows RT gets the axe and Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 finally share all the same apps, but specified by screen size.
No Cal, this is not okay. You don't (and even I didn't before seeing how it can be used) realize the importance and utility of Windows RT. It's just awesome for most Windows users out there. 90% of them are still noobs who need just web, media, file management. Windows RT does everything, doesn't catch viruses, doesn't winrot.
2 of my family members are more than happy with their Surface 2.
If those are your only uses you don't need Windows. Why do you think that the second a non-windows option that didn't require a mortgage appeared people who didn't need (and never needed) Windows fled by the million? It is too late for Microsoft to try to sell end users a reliable, no user adjustable options device because in their mind Microsoft == PC and they don't want it.
Their only viable option now is to retrench into the PC/Workstation market of people who DO need what a full PC can offer and try to convince those people that Windows is now good enough they don't need to jump to Red Hat or Ubuntu. Up until now they have been pretty good at that, odds are they could retain a nice business selling software to those white collar professionals who aren't in IT.
My point is that Windows RT and Windows Phone can be integrated into one platform. Making one mobile device platform that doesn't have viruses and doesn't require the full openness or user control of Windows 8 or other OSes would be just fine. That also saves money on development, since they would be one platform.
I can see x86 Wndows as the sole survivor, with both desktop (for desktop PC and laptop) and modern (for phone and tablet/slate/convertible) interfaces. Microsoft moved too slowly and passively to let the non x86 Windows OSs get traction (a good reason to break up the company, it has too many products).
In the meantime, the hardware got a lot better, no doubt Intel was spurred on in mobile by ARM's competition, the same way x86 desktop/laptop CPU develpment is spurred on by AMD. MS should just concentrate on x86, and abandon ARM the way it did with Windows NT.
"Windows" has been Windows NT ever since WinMe bit the dust. NT was never abandoned, just the opposite. Even Windows RT is NT. The only other things left are the phone OSs, which are Windows CE.
The likely losers? Windows as we knew it and CE, i.e. only Windows RT will remain after the dust settles. Goodbye legacy applications, goodbye open development. It'll cover x86, x64, and ARM.
Sadly, you are exactly right about Microsoft's intention.
Time to migrate away from an OS coming from a Company that makes self serving decisions directly injuring their customers and partners, as well as destroying the waning attractiveness of their OS.
I wonder if Windows RT was made as a threat to Intel.
Microsoft: Lower your tablet CPU prices or else!
Intel: Or else what? What're you gonna do, switch to some other chip?
Microsoft: Yep, that's what we'll do.
Intel: Ha Ha! Go ahead, I dare ya!
Intel: Um, well, uh … introducing, lower prices on tablet CPUs, I guess.
It makes me wonder what happens to Intel CPU prices if Windows RT goes away? Maybe the desire to take Android tablets and phones away from ARM will keep Intel CPU prices low.
While RT with the original legacy software support did work out to be a significant threat to Intel's inflated profit margines, I don't think that was Microsoft's aim… they desperately wanted to keep their OS monopoly from eroding any further.
But, Intel is not one who make x86 chips.
At least, there are AMD, and some other odd guys like VIA (ha-ha, their's CPU as cheap as bad) and DM&P Electronics with their Vortex86 (else one odd guy, who offers performance, but lack of modern instructions).
Xbox isn't considered and OS or how about their Sync?
This is simply incorrect. Microsoft already had legacy windows software running on Windows RT, when Intel pulled some trump card out of their sleeve and convinced Microsoft to remove legacy software support from Windows RT, so Intel wouldn't have to suddenly compete with a horde of ARM chip manufacturers.
I can't imagine what Intel must have offered to Microsoft or threatened them with, to get Microsoft to turn Windows RT into an undead zombie before it was even released.
After that, the only customers for RT tablets were disheveled Walmart shoppers in pajamas who mistook them for portable Televisions.
#1 The way that legacy windows software ran on Windows RT was that they recompiled for ARM.
#2 Microsoft was the one who made the decision to prevent users from recompiling their own applications on ARM in order to promote the Store API programs.
The way Intel hurt Windows RT running on ARM was simply to provide better processors for the $, and shrink the power requirements of the Bay Trail Atom that powers the latest small tablets.
Yup. They got a bad case of iEnvy watching Apple raking off thirty fat juicy points on every app sale and want to move all Windows sales into the Store. RT was the pilot project and thankfully it has failed. Because the key to making it work wasn't the ban on native apps entirely, it was the sealed bootloader that was the key to forcing every 3rd party app vendor to use the Store.
Now the question is whether they get a new CEO who can learn the correct lesson or will they get one who thinks Balmer had the right idea but just pooched the implementation and marketing.
I agree 100%. The tech press is in love with all things Apple and Google and hates Microsoft. I think that's shortsighted. I own and use products from all three. I like nice things, don't care as much who makes them, although I'm quickly becoming less enamored with how Google does things.
Windows RT is brilliant. But gets swamped by people who don't get it because it's not as built out as iPad for apps (of course not, it's newer) or because they can't game and run their legacy apps. They're out of touch with the market for this device, a market that doesn't download as many apps as the reviewers do. Most of the apps I've put on my iPad are workarounds for solutions prebuilt into Windows RT.
Yeah but a Windows Atom tablet is also cheap, has awesome battery, AND has Metro. Why hamstring yourself with only RT/Metro when you can have a full windows OS? It's not like you are forced to use it, you can stay in Metro mode 100% of the time if you so desire.
If MS had developed an Atom powered Surface tablet with their beautiful hardware AND having full Windows, with the battery life, size, thinness, weight of the ipad, and cheaper to boot, well they probably wouldn't be looking at that $900 million loss. 900 million reasons why RT doesn't make sense IMO.
They only need to remove the desktop option from Windows RT and make a fullscreen metro Office! TADA!
With Intel moving to a 14nm process, I see no need for WindowsRT. Why use an ARM processor when you can use and X86 processor that will be relatively cheap, powerful and very energy efficient? I can see a time when RT and WP both disappear. Microsoft will just need to figure out the UI based on screen size. Give it a year or two and phones will be able to run full Windows9.


"My Antivirus and Security software won't get rid of the Browser Redirect Virus!"
This is a statement we have all read time and time again in countless comments and on support forums. You have spent good money on software to protect your computer from malware and viruses yet you still fall victim to the redirect virus. What Gives?
Unfortunately the redirect virus was designed to evade the very security measures you were probably advised to take. The hijack virus is a very advanced mini application whose attacks are multi-tiered. It is activated with no help from other applications. It then makes its changes to your computers Windows settings and register files and then disguises itself as a file that should be present on your computer. Not only does it disguise itself, it hides where your anti-virus program won't even look. The only way to be 100% sure you have removed the browser redirect virus is to use a program specifically designed to deal with it.
Often times the hijack virus will send you to websites where malware exists. You will then have spyware or other hideous malware installed on your computer. Your antivirus software may detect this malicious code and remove it. Unfortunately the root redirect virus still remains hidden and undetected on your computer. In a matter of time the browser virus will become active again and start the process of redirecting you to unwanted ad sites and malicious code sites all over again. The permanent removal of this virus must be obtained to stop this cycle. This is only obtained through a multi pronged approach.
Fortunately for us there is a program available to remove this menacing virus permanently. This solution was designed by a veteran computer technician whose computer was infected with the browser virus. He has created a program with a multi prong approach to removing the virus. This is the only way to be sure you have permanently removed this browser hijacker. His program not only permanently removes the Google redirect virus, it guarantees it 100%,or your money back. You won't get that guarantee or any guarantee from one of these internet "Gurus" claiming to have all the answers.
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	class COT_API PhysicsManager final
	{
		COT_SINGLETON_H(PhysicsManager);
	private:
		std::vector<ICollider*> _colliders;

	public:
		void Add(ICollider* coll);
		void Update(Time& time);

	};
}

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The moon. Photo: Gregory H. Revera.
The Gregorian calendar – the most commonly used calendar on earth today – is solar. It is based on the time it takes the earth to go around the sun, which is a tiny bit less than 365 ¼ days. The months are arbitrary. They are called "months" because they are a reflection of the lunar cycle – the time it takes for the moon to circle the earth. A lunar month is 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 3 seconds long. On lunar calendars, months typically are either 29 or 30 days long.
The Islamic calendar is lunar. Since 12 lunar months don't add up to 365 ¼ days, the Islamic months occur a bit earlier every solar year. The month of Ramadan will begin on June 29 in 2014. Since Muslims are required to fast during the day and eat only at night, the fast will be extremely long at northern latitudes. Twenty years ago, in 1994, Ramadan began on February 12. When a calendar is lunar, the holidays move around the year, and so the fast in the northern hemisphere was noticeably shorter in 1994 than it will be in 2014.
The Jewish and Chinese calendars are solar-lunar. A month is a real month – the time it takes for the moon to circle the earth. A year is a real year – the time it takes for the earth to circle the sun. Since the lunar months don't quite add up to a year, an extra month is added in leap years. In both calendars, leap years occur seven times every 19 years.
Sometimes a Chinese year begins on the first day of Shvat, the month before Adar, rather than the first day of Adar. That's because Chinese and Jewish leap years don't always coincide. Even though both calendars add a month 7 times every 19 years, the leap years don't have to take place the same year.
The current Jewish year, 5774, is a leap year. There will be two months of Adar this year. Whenever there are two Adars, the Chinese year begins on the day when Adar I will begin at sundown. Adar I will begin at sundown on January 31, the day that the Chinese Year of the Horse arrives at 12:01 A.M.
Jewish and Chinese holidays often occur on the full moon. The Jewish holiday Sukkot often coincides with Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Cake day. In 2014, these two holidays will be a month apart, since both the Chinese and Jewish years are leap years, but the extra month on the Chinese calendar is added at the very end of the year, generally in late January. Sometimes the Jewish holiday of Purim coincides with the Chinese Lantern Festival. Both are cheerful days occurring on a full moon. Since there are two Adars in 5774, and since Purim occurs in Adar II when that happens, they will be a month apart this year.
Hanukkah is an exception to the common occurrence of Jewish holidays at the time of the full moon. It begins on the 25th of Kislev, when there are two remaining days of the waning moon. Then come four days with no moon at all, followed by the first two days of the waxing moon. Hanukkah is on the darkest nights of the year (at least, in the northern hemisphere) when the days are shortest and there is either no moon or merely the last two or the first two of the lunar cycle. It is a perfect time for the Festival of Lights.
Christmas occurs on the 25th of December, an echo of the 25th of Kislev. It too occurs at a dark time of the year and is associated with lights, but since the Gregorian calendar is solar and not solar-lunar, it is possible for a full moon to take place at Christmas.
A solar-lunar calendar and holidays on the full moon are two of the similarities between Chinese and Jewish traditions. There are cultural similarities as well: Jewish and Chinese children are likely to do well in school. On the other hand, there is nothing in Chinese tradition that in any way resembles Kashrut, since pork, dog meat, and donkey meat are all part of China's culinary traditions.


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as the addition of proper fractional terms which denominators are single prime numbers and their powers.
Yet, I don't know if those two problems are essentially related (I suspect not).
How do you find the numerators, that is: 1, -3, 1 and 2?
For fractions which denominators have simple prime factorizations you can see what the numerators should be, but I have never found a complete theory about such rewriting of proper fractions which numerator and denominator are coprimes as additions of proper fractions which denominators are the factors belonging to the denominator's prime factorization.


We cannot say we were excited, but many changes in administration salaries are expected for the coming year. We have prepared a summary of different changes and adjustments and offer procedures to properly perform each operation in ProConcept ERP.
The contribution rate for the allocation of loss passes gain of 0.5% to 0.45%, setting the rate AVS / AI / APG to 5.125% since the latter is joint.
Therefore, it is appropriate to adjust the levels in your salary software.
Please note that this distribution involves the management of three decimal places and may need to change the salary wage type in your software.
The Federal Council has decided to lower the contribution rate, which is again set in the regulation on allowances for loss of earnings for a period of five years (i.e., from early 2016 to the end of 2020).
The Fund reserves the APG - which also pays benefits to people serving in the military, the civil service, or civil protection - have fallen sharply in the years following the introduction of maternity insurance in July 2005. The Federal Council therefore faced provisionally until 2015 the contribution rate from 0.3 to 0.5% of salary from 1 January 2011 to ensure the liquidity and replenish the fund. Under the law, the fund's assets must not be lower than 50% of annual expenditure.
According to current projections, reserves should again reach 55% by the end of 2015. The financial position of the Fund APG therefore lowers the contribution rate to 0.45%, without the fund's holdings will fall below the legal minimum. The Federal Council therefore decided to lower the contribution rate.
The contribution rate is set once again for a period of five years (i.e., from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2020). The Federal Council will reassess the situation before the end of this period, to take the necessary steps for the future.
Increased Maximum Insured of 126,000 to 148'200.
From 1 January 2016, the unemployment insurance ceiling, depending on compulsory accident insurance, will also be increased to CHF 148'200 instead of CHF 126'000.
Naturally, you should add this new value to the various ceilings and floors for compulsory accident insurance, and additional UI software in your wages.
The Federal Council raised the maximum amount of the insured in the accident insurance valid from 1 January 2016, which ensures that the vast majority of insured workers will be fully covered in case of accident. It also has implications for unemployment insurance (AC) and disability insurance (DI).
The maximum amount of the insured income determines not only premiums but also the benefits of compulsory accident insurance. It is set by the Federal Council, to ensure that, as a rule, at least 92% but not more than 96% of insured workers are covered for the full gain.
The last adjustment of the maximum insured earnings at January 1, 2008. It was adjusted upwards because of wage developments. The Federal Council decided that it would increase from 126,000 to 148'200 francs from 1 January 2016. This increase is in the average of the previous adaptations. It will allow 95% assured of full coverage in case of accident.
The maximum amount of the insured in the compulsory accident insurance influences other social insurance. Indeed, it also determines contributions and UI benefits and the maximum amount of benefits paid by the AI. The rate currently set for premiums and contributions remain unchanged in the new regulation. They also apply against by salaries exceeding 126,000 francs.
As in the past, the rates of tax at source, defined by the cantons, have changed, and therefore, you need to update these in your salary software.
The Federal Tax Administration website provides various cantonal files that have been updated as of year end.
As usual, the end of the year brought changes to salary certificates and other statements around social insurance.
In the system, you should check the various data, such as the activity rate of wages and the remarks certificate.
Also, if you have created new genres wages during the year, we recommend that you carry out the verification of the list of wage types to ensure that they appear in the right place in the salary certificate.


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Guest Post by Simon Galloway from Glossop Record Club
Over the last few years at Glossop Record Club, we've had sessions dedicated to the years 1966, 1967 and 1968, little vinyl time capsules exploring music made in those years by playing key tracks and albums as they celebrate their 50th anniversaries. So it follows that we'll be doing the same for 1969, and as we bring the decade to a close with a stack of records, we've also picked out a stack of music-related books from the shelves of George Street Community Bookshop that represent the incredible arc of the 60s, from biographies and autobiographies to cultural histories and even some fiction.
It's still an endlessly fascinating era for writers in books and magazines, a fast-moving decade rich in world-changing music. As we get further away from that time, some may wonder if all these things really happened at all. The music tells only part of the story, and so it's to books like these we can turn to paint the picture in greater detail.
The books we've picked out actually start in 1950s Memphis, with Elvis Presley (Greil Marcus' Mystery Train) and Johnny Cash (his autobiography) at Sun Records, cutting discs that would prove a vital spark for the next and subsequent generations of artists. Without the foundations they laid, it would be hard to imagine all that followed.
From The Beatles (represented here by Philip Norman's Shout!, one of the first books to offer a comprehensive overview of their career), The Rolling Stones (Keith Richards' autobiography Life) and The Who (the retrospective Whose Who) to the tall tales and excess of The Doors (No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins & Danny Sugarman), Led Zeppelin (When Gods Walked The Earth by Mick Wall) and Phil Spector (Wall Of Pain by Dave Thompson), this selection provides a good overview of some of the main movers and shakers of the 60s. For those who want to dig deeper and go further than the usual suspects, biographies of Marianne Faithfull (Mark Hodkinson) and Neil Young (Sylvie Simmons) do just that. There's even a fictional 60s pop star in the shape of Nick Cohn's Johnny Angelo, loosely based on PJ Proby.
For a more in-depth history and analysis of 1960s music and culture (and beyond), James Miller's Almost Grown (The Rise Of Rock) and Robert Palmer's Dancing In The Street fill that role. Palmer's book accompanied the mid-90s BBC TV series, and takes a fresh look at the accepted history of pop by placing blues and soul centre stage, and how that influence was taken by white artists into the mainstream.
Clinton Heylin's 'Bootleg: The rise & fall of the secret recording industry' explores the illicit world of bootleg records, a phenomenon that first raised its head with Bob Dylan's Great White Wonder, a collection of outtakes, demos and live recordings, which alerted fans to existence of recordings other than those that were officially released by the record companies.
Finally, a couple of books that look to the 1970s, with David Bowie (Dave Thompson's fan-fiction work To Major Tom: The Bowie Letters) and Elton John (a mid-70s profile edited by Paul Gambaccini). By the close of the 60s, these future superstars were on the cusp of finding fame, Bowie scoring his first hit with Space Oddity (after a succession of misses), and Elton releasing his debut album.
There are loads more great music books on the shelves in the bookshop, covering many eras and genres, including some very interesting looking jazz books. So if you want some reading material to go with the music, go and have a dig and see what you can find.
Glossop Record Club is the musical equivalent of a book group or a film society, and meets once a month in Glossop Labour Club to listen to albums on vinyl and in full on a decent sound system, in a relaxed environment as free from distraction as possible.
The sessions usually revolve around a theme, with one or two featured albums played in full and a selection of other relevant songs aired along the way. There's also the occasional guest host sharing stories and records that mean something to them.
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Mystery Train - Greil Marcus
Cash - Johnny Cash (autobiography)
Shout! The True Story Of The Beatles - Philip Norman
Whose Who? A Who Retrospective - Brian Ashley & Steve Monnery
Life - Keith Richards (autobiography)
Led Zeppelin: When Gods Walked The Earth - Mick Wall
No One Here Gets Out Alive (The Doors) - Jerry Hopkins & Danny Sugarman
Wall Of Pain: The Life of Phil Spector - Dave Thompson
Neil Young - Sylvie Simmons
Elton John & Bernie Taupin
To Major Tom: The Bowie Letters - Dave Thompson
As Tears Go By: Marianne Faithfull - Mark Hodkinson
Andy Warhol and Pat Hackett - POPism
Almost Grown - The Rise Of Rock - James Miller
Bootleg: The rise & fall of the secret recording industry - Clinton Heylin
Dancing In The Street - Robert Palmer
I Am Still The Greatest Says Johnny Angelo - Nick Cohn
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https://www.mixcloud.com/simongmusic/


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Biden's Transition Team Signals Early Warning to Wall Street
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There's been tremendous excitement from some over President-elect Joe Biden's win, but Wall Street might be less than enthusiastic over the looming transition of power. For the last four years, the financial industry has enjoyed loosened — or altogether undone — regulations during the Trump administration. But the Biden administration is looking like it won't be nearly so magnanimous toward big banks.
The agency review teams that Biden has assembled to review finance-related agencies comprise outspoken advocates of strong government regulations on the financial industry. Gary Gensler will head the team working with financial regulatory agencies including the Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He's known for leading the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during the Obama administration and spearheading tough laws following the Great Recession. Also on the agency review teams are Leandra English, former deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Dennis Kelleher, a co-founder of Better Markets, a financial reform advocacy group that promotes transparency and accountability.
"The big-bank CEOs who read that list are probably somewhat concerned," Isaac Boltansky, director of policy research at Compass Point Research & Trading, told CNN on Wednesday. "Progressives absolutely won the day on this." Also winning, to a minimal extent, are supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has passionately fought for stricter regulations and accountability in the finance sector. Biden's agency review picks could be seen as taking a page right out of the Warren playbook. There has been speculation that Warren could be tapped for a Biden cabinet seat, but we'll have to wait and see. Trump still has not conceded, despite the immovable fact that he lost the election.
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Homosexuals Before Stonewall
The LGBTQ population has long been marginalized and until very recently did not gain a significant portion of equality. Even, now the community faces troubles and a threat of losing some of their gains after this upcoming election. The documentary Before Stonewall, showcases the gay movement and how over time the gay movement came to be what it was by the time of
Stonewall.
In the1920s, the gay population had to hide and use symbols to know the other person was also gay. An example of this was wearing a red tie or a matching tie and handkerchief. There were groups of gay and lesbian people gathering in bohemian neighborhoods. In these neighborhoods people could meet each other during parties. In these parties and sometimes bars and clubs there …show more content…
Later on, the first group about homosexuality was created and it was seen as bold and courageous because of the dangers that they faced. Writing about homosexuality began to surface in magazines which allowed people to feel more united. People began researching them and showing the prevalence of homosexuality and how they could be well adjusted the same as a heterosexual person. At this time, homosexuals still faced their families disowning them. They would often be harassed in the streets so it was safer being masculine and feminine in their couples in order to pass as a heterosexual couple. It seemed men expressed more of a variety of masculine and feminine qualities than women at the time. These people were arrested a lot by
police who would trick them to arrest them. After the arrests, the police would publish their names in the paper and they would lose their jobs and be outed to their families.
In the 1960s with all of the civil rights movements, homosexuals began to feel the liberation. Since these groups were being militant and trying to fight for their rights there …show more content…
Homosexuals had a breakthrough into mainstream publicity. Even so, they still hid themselves by trying to appear straight so that they could be employed. With the DSM, people considered homosexuals mentally ill which caused them even more issues with employment. As time went on and the hippie movement happened, more homosexuals joined it and it allowed people to feel free and happy for some time.
President Obama's designation of the Stonewall area as a National Historic Site is a
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Gay Marriage Arguments
While the LGBT community increases in big cities, other cities where gay marriage is illegal will be facing a decrease of the people who does support gay marriage. With an unbalanced population where there's a increase of people who have the same negative opinions over a topic, such a gay marriage, discrimination tends to take place more often and bullying becomes a more common element in public places. This issue is alarming because parents who live in a geographical regions where the majority of people have the same strong opinion on gay marriage, parents tends to be more strict when it comes to discipline their kids. With such discipline forms; the evolution of homophobia in kids will be transmitted from their parents and it will psychologically affect their kids as they gets…
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A marriage is a relationship between two people that love each other. Many couples are desired to get married not only for the recognition of relationship from the society, but also the ultimate expression of love towards each other. It is a relationship between two people, and that they arSame sex marriage may be a topic that a lot of individuals in the world have had their own opinions and considerations on. Since, America has a large population, individuals see homosexuals to be abnormal. To have the legal right to marry the same sex has been a fight for a lot of homosexual people within the United States, because it is currently legal in thirty seven states and illegal in seven states and in review in a half - dozen.…
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In comparison to today , the topic of sex was very closeted which is why homosexuality was criminalized. With the evolution of the exposure of sexuality over the eras , the more sexualized society allows for fetishes and "unnatural" sexual acts to be more accepted because they main purpose of sex shifted from procreation to pleasure. Therefore , things such as anal are not seen as abnormal anymore because they are pleasure to a variety of people including those who are not homosexual. Therefore the change in the view of homosexuality is due to the LGBT movement but also because of the incorporation of governmental policy and shift into a more sexualized public sphere. As…
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On the eve of the International Day of the Tiger, WWF said it was crucial for governments to identify and close so-called "tiger farms", which are distinct from zoos or breeding centres with a legitimate conservation mission.
Tiger farms have been linked to the highly lucrative and internationally prohibited trade in tiger parts.
The conservation group estimated that there remained 200 tiger farms in Asia, mostly in China, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.
"Closure of these operations… would significantly boost efforts to save the world's remaining wild tigers," WWF said in a statement.
The tiger population in farms is about 8,000, more than double the estimated 3,900 living in the wild, WWF said in a statement.
The so-called Tiger Temple in western Thailand was closed in May after Thai wildlife officials discovered dozens of dead cubs inside a freezer.
"The shocking images from the Tiger Temple of tiger cubs frozen and prepared for the illegal trade provide clear evidence of what is really going on behind the scenes at these tiger farms and why they must be closed," said WWF tiger specialist Michael Baltzer.
Some tiger farm operators have insisted their aim is to provide tourists an opportunity to interact with exotic cats.
But WWF said the "incredibly high operating costs" of these farms made it more likely they were involved in black-market trade.
Tiger parts are sometimes used in Asian remedies which are claimed to boost virility or fight disease.
Tiger farms "undermine efforts to protect wild tigers and halt the illegal trade by complicating enforcement activities, and by normalizing and legitimizing the sale of tiger parts and products, which in turn drives up demand," WWF said.
A hastily-organised blanket closure of all tiger farms would however be disastrous for the animals, the organisation added.
Tigers living in farm-like captivity have become habituated to human presence and cannot simply be released in the wild, the group said.
It said a tiger resettlement plan needed to be in place before the farms were closed.
At a conference in St. Petersburg in 2010, 13 Asian countries agreed to double the number of tigers living in the wild on the continent by 2022, which is China's next Year of the Tiger.