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PITTSFIELD – J. Wesley Oliver, 94, passed away Aug. 5, 2005, at Sebasticook Valley Hospital, Pittsfield leaving a profo-und impact on everyone who knew him. The son of Solomon Hardy Oliver and Annie Mae (Sellick) Oliver, Wesley was born March 22, 1911, in Alberton, Prince Edward Island. He moved to the U.S. on his own, at the age of 13. He proceeded to work his way through high school and then through the University of Maine at Orono, graduating in the class of 1938. He also served in the National Guard. Wesley lived most of his adult life in Monroe, where he raised his family. He will be remembered as a wonderful storyteller, a great athlete, a strong advocate of education, a civic leader who was very involved in local and state politics, an avid gardener, an enterprising entrepreneur, teacher and poultry farmer. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Maine Farm Bureau and the Maine School District Commission. He also served many years as a selectman and school board member. He is survived by his wife, Berta Gasper Oliver of Pittsfield. He is also survived by his eight children, John W. Oliver III and his wife, Marie, of Cottonwood, Ala., Heather Sargent and her husband, Don, of Robbinston, Anne Bradeen and her husband, Rodney, of Unity, Janet REED and husband, Flint, of Pittsfield, David Oliver and his wife, Alisa, of Thorndike, Joan MacAulay and her husband, David, of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Doug Oliver and his wife, Diane, of Monroe; Pam Oliver of Franklin; and several grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his first wife, Ruth Currie, mother of John; second wife, Katherine Claire Profit Oliver, mother of Heather, Anne, Janet, David, Joan, Doug and Pam; and one special grandson, Shawn Oliver, formerly of Thorndike. A memorial service to celebrate Wesley's life will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at Monroe Community Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Donald H. Shorey Funeral Chapel, 35 Hartland Ave., Pittsfield. <>
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Giants roam the earth once more, but the Zoo Crew is nowhere to be found! When the world's resident super-team is away during an emergency, who do you call in but — the Farm Team? But this group of new and forgotten heroes will have more to deal with than mere giants when they stumble upon a plot from another dimension to take over Earth-C! Introducing Ducktor Quackum, Comic-coo-coo, the Plaid Porcupine, Commander Fowl, Firefox, and their friends and allies, the Outhyders — Black Lightning Bug, Stink Bomber, Where Wolf, and Block Wolf!
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Federal judge dismisses trial contending ATF "created fictitious crime"
All three plead guilty after their arrest in September and were awaiting sentencing from Real, who instead, dismissed the case.
According to court transcripts, the three defendants had been recruited by confidential informants, who were given $8,600 to "convince citizens to join the government's scheme," in Judge Reals' words.
Judge Real dismissed the U.S Attorney's case against the three men, "for the government's outrageous conduct," and ordered their release in the May 12 hearing. He found that, in his opinion, there had been no crime to charge them with in the first place.
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The Climate Crisis Is Changing How LA VCs Invest — Here's How
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Many leading venture capitalists in Los Angeles say they've altered their investment strategy because of climate change, and some are responding to the crisis by pouring more cash into clean-tech startups.
A majority, or 60%, of the more than two dozen investors polled by dot.LA said climate change is affecting how they invest.
The trend is fueling a record-setting year for the sector, as investors put billions behind Southern California-based companies such as electric vehicle maker Rivian and home energy storage firm Swell.
As of late October, Pitchbook tracked $6.4 billion in Southern California "climate tech" deals this year — nearly twice as much as in the entirety of 2020. The expansive sector, as mapped out by the data firm, includes everything from clean-energy generation and electric transportation to the development of plant-based proteins (a.k.a fake meat).
By deal size, Rivian and Faraday Future led the pack in SoCal, followed by Swell, nuclear fusion firm TAE Technologies and Bird, the scooter company that just debuted on the New York Stock Exchange.
"I've been actively investing in the space," Thomas McInerney, L.A.-based angel investor and World Wildlife Fund national council member, told dot.LA. "I think venture can change the world. Its role is crucial," he added, and pointed to several investments in startups such as carbon-removal company Charm Industrial and battery-swapping startup Ample.
Most of the venture capitalists polled said the climate crisis has prompted them to fund more clean-tech startups. One investor noted they were on the lookout for "more novel solutions to these problems."
Globally, climate investments have skyrocketed. In the third quarter of 2021 alone, Pitchbook tracked a record $30.8 billion in related deals. "The industry could give rise to 500 to 1,000 unicorns in the coming years," Pitchbook added in its recent climate report.
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The promising fundraising trend comes as the White House argues that yet-to-be developed tech will play a critical role in the response to the climate crisis.
"I am told by scientists that 50% of the reductions we have to make to get to net zero are going to come from technologies that we don't yet have. That's just a reality," U.S. Climate Envoy and former Senator John Kerry said in May.
But like others skeptical of Kerry's optimism, Dr. Deepak Rajagopal, professor at UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, views the environmental problem as less a "technological one but more socio-political at an aggregate level and behavioral at an individual level."
For years experts have warned that tech alone cannot solve the crisis, and emerging tech often yields unexpected outcomes.
"My research on life cycle assessment of technologies always has shown every technology has unintended consequences and it is an ethical question whether the unintended consequences are worth it. You cannot find a solution which does not have some type of negative impacts," Rajagopal told dot.LA
Dr. Greys Sošić of the University of Southern California, whose research includes supply chain sustainability, called the rise in clean tech investments "commendable," but urged a holistic approach.
"I am wondering what is happening with the rest of their investments? Are there any trends toward reducing investments in "dirty" startups? Until this happens, we cannot make a lot of progress," said Sošić. "Just adding some clean tech startups in one's portfolio, without doing additional changes, looks more like greenwashing than a serious effort to help the environment."
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Despite — or in many cases because of — the raging pandemic, 2020 was a great year for many tech startups. It turned out to be an ideal time to be in the video game business, developing a streaming ecommerce platform for Gen Z, or helping restaurants with their online ordering.
But which companies in Southern California had the best year? That is highly subjective of course. But in an attempt to highlight who's hot, we asked dozens of the region's top VCs to weigh in.
We wanted to know what companies they wish they would have invested in if they could go back and do it all over again.
Startups were ranked by how many votes each received. In the case of a tie, companies were listed in order of capital raised. The list illustrates how rapidly things move in startup land. One of the hottest startups had not even started when 2020 began. A number doubled or even 16x'd their valuation in the span of a few short months.
To divvy things up, we delineated between companies that have raised Series A funding or later and younger pre-seed or seed startups.
Not surprisingly, many of the hottest companies have been big beneficiaries of the stay-at-home economy.
PopShop Live, a red-hot QVC for Gen Z headquartered out of a WeWork on San Vicente Boulevard, got the most votes. Interestingly, the streaming ecommerce platform barely made it onto the Series A list because it raised its Series A only last month. Top Sand Hill Road firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners reportedly competed ferociously for who would lead the round but lost out to Benchmark, which was an early investor in eBay and Uber. The round valued PopShop Live at $100 million, way up from the $6 million valuation it raised at only five months prior.
Scopely, now one of the most valuable tech companies in Los Angeles, was also a top vote getter.
The Culver City mobile gaming unicorn raised $340 million in Series E funding in October at a $3.3 billion valuation, which nearly doubled the company's $1.7 billion post-money valuation from March. It is no coincidence that that was the same month stay-at-home orders began as Scopely has benefited from bored consumers staying on their couch and playing ScrabbleGo or Marvel Strike Force.
The company's success is especially welcome news to seed investors Greycroft, The Chernin Group and TenOneTen ventures, who got in at a $40 million post valuation in 2012. Upfront Ventures, BAM Ventures and M13 joined the 2018 Series C at a $710 post-money valuation.
Softbank-backed Ordermark, which flew more under the radar, also topped the list. The company's online ordering platform became a necessity for restaurants forced to close their dining rooms during the pandemic and raised $120 million in Series C funding in October.
On the seed side, two very different startups stood out. There was Pipe, which enables companies with recurring revenues to tap into their deferred cash flows with an instant cash advance, and Clash App, Inc., a TikTok alternative launched by a former employee of the social network in August.
We will have the list of Southern California's top seed startups out tomorrow.
PopShop Live ($100 million)
The live-streaming shopping channel created by Danielle Lin reportedly found itself in the middle of a venture capital bidding war this year. Benchmark eventually won out leading a Series A round, vaulting the app at a $100 million valuation. The Los Angeles-based platform has been likened to QVC for Gen Z and it's part of a new wave of ecommerce that has found broader appeal during the pandemic. Google, Amazon and YouTube have launched live shopping features and other venture-backed startups like Los Angeles-based NTWRK have popped up.
Scopely ($3.3 billion)
One of the most valuable Southern California tech startups with a $3.3 billion valuation, the Culver City mobile game unicorn has benefitted from a booming gaming market that has flourished in this stay-at-home economy. Scopely offers free mobile games and its roster includes "Marvel Strike Force," "Star Trek Fleet Command" and "Yahtzee with Buddies." In October the company raised a $340 million Series E round backed by Wellington Management, NewView Capital and TSG Consumer Partners, among others fueling speculation that it was on its road to an IPO. Co-CEO Walter Driver has said that he doesn't have immediate plans to go public.
Ordermark ($70 million)
The coronavirus has forced the closure of many dining rooms, making Ordermark all the more sought after by restaurants needing a way to handle online orders. Co-founder and CEO Alex Canter started the business in 2017, which recently rang in more than $1 billion in sales. Ordermark secured $120 million in Series C funding by Softbank Vision Fund 2 in October that it will use to bring more restaurants online. The company's Nextbite, a virtual restaurant business that allows kitchens to add delivery-only brands such as HotBox from rapper Wiz Khalifa to their existing space through Ordermark, is also gaining traction.
Cameo ($300 million)
Cameo, which launched three years ago, had its breakout year in 2020 as C-list celebrities like Brian Baumgartner banked over a million dollars from creating customized videos for fans. In the sincerest form of flattery, Facebook is reportedly launching a feature that sounds a lot like Cameo. Even though the company is still technically headquartered in Chicago, we included Cameo because CEO Steven Galanis and much of the senior team moved to L.A. during the pandemic and say they plan to continue running the company from here for the foreseeable future.
Mothership ($64 million)
Co-founded by CEO Aaron Peck, Mothership provides freight forwarding services intended to streamline the shipping experience. The company's tracking technologies connect shippers with nearby truck drivers to speed up the delivery process. It raised $16 million in Series A venture funding last year, driving the platform to a $48 million pre-money valuation.
Nacelle ($6.7 million)
Founded in 2019, Nacelle's ecommerce platform helps retailers improve conversion rates and decrease loading speeds for their sites. The software integrates with Shopify and other services, offering payment platforms and analytics integration, among dozens of services. Nacelle raised about $4.8 million earlier this year with angel investors that included Shopify's Jamie Sutton, Klaviyo CEO Andrew Bialecki and Attentive CEO Brian Long.
Boulevard ($30 million)
Matt Danna and Sean Stavropoulos came up with Boulevard when an impatient Stavropoulos was frustrated wasting hours to book a hair appointment. Their four-year-old salon booking and payment service is now used by some of Los Angeles' best-known hairdressers. Last month, the two secured a $27 million Series B round co-led by Index Ventures and Toba Capital. Other investors include VMG Partners, Bonfire Ventures, Ludlow Ventures and BoxGroup.
CloudKitchens ($5.3 billion)
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick CloudKitchens rents out commissary space to prepare food for delivery. And as the pandemic has fueled at-home delivery, the company has been gobbling up real estate. The commissaries operate akin to WeWork for the culinary world and allow drivers to easily park and pick-up orders as the delivery market has soared during pandemic. Last year, it raised $400 million from Saudi Arabia's colossal sovereign wealth fund.
GOAT ($1.5 billion)
Founded by college buddies five years ago, GOAT tapped into the massive sneaker resale market with a platform that "authenticates" shoes. The Culver City-based company has since expanded into apparel and accessories and states that it has 20 million members. Last year, Foot Locker sunk a $100 million minority investment into 1661 Inc., better known as Goat. And this fall it landed another $100 million Series E round bankrolled by Dan Sundeheim's D1 Capital Partners.
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The lingerie company co-founded by pop singer Rihanna in 2018 is noted for its inclusivity of body shapes and sizes. It has raised over $70 million, but The New York Times' DealBook newsletter recently reported that it's been on the hunt for $100 million in funds to expand into active wear. The company generates about $150 million in revenue, but is not yet profitable, according to the report. It became the focus of a consumer watchdog investigation after being accused of "deceptive marketing" for a monthly membership program.
FabFitFun ($930 million)
The lifestyle company provides customized personal subscription box services every three months with full size products. Started in 2010 by Daniel Broukhim, Michael Broukhim, Sam Teller and Katie Rosen Kitchens, it now boasts more than one million members. Last year, the company raised $80 million in a Series A round led by Kleiner Perkins last year and appears to be preparing for an eventual IPO as it slims down costs and refocuses on its high value products.
Dave ($1 billion)
Launched in 2016, the finance management tool helps consumers to avoid overdrafts, provides paycheck advances and assists in budgeting. Last year, it began to roll out a digital bank account that was so popular that two million users signed up for a spot on the waitlist. The company, run by co-founder Jason Wilk, has raised $186 million in venture capital and counts billionaire Mark Cuban as an early investor and board member. Other backers include Playa Vista-based Chernin Group.
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Sure ($59 million)
SURE offers multiple technology products to major insurance brands — its platform can host everything from renter's insurance to covering baggage, so customers never have to leave an agency's website. It also offers its platform to ecommerce marketplaces, embedding third-party insurance protections for customers to purchase all on the same webpage. Founded in 2014, the Santa Monica-based startup last raised an $8 million Series A round led by IA Capital in 2017.
Zest AI ($90 million)
Founded in 2009 by former Google CIO Douglas Merrill and ex-Sears executive Shawn Budde, Zest AI provides AI-powered credit underwriting. It helps banks and other lenders identify borrowers looking beyond traditional credit scores. It claims to improve approval rates while decreasing chargeoffs. The company uses models that aim to make the lending more transparent and less biased. This fall the company raised $15 million from Insight Partners, MicroVentures and other undisclosed investors, putting its pre-money valuation at $75 million, according to PItchbook.
PlayVS
Santa Monica-based PlayVS provides the technological and organizational infrastructure for high school esports leagues. The pandemic has helped the company further raise its profile as traditional sports teams have been benched. Founded in early 2018, PlayVS employs 46 people and has raised over $100 million. In addition to partnering with key educational institutions, it also has partnerships with major game publishers such as Riot and Epic Games.
Tapcart ($40 million)
A SaaS platform helps Shopify brands create mobile shopping apps. The marketing software saw shopping activity jump 50% over 90 days as the pandemic walloped traditional retailers. Founded by Eric Netsch and Sina Mobasser, the company raised a $10 million Series A round led by SignalFire, bringing the total raise to $15 million.
Papaya ($31.8 million)
Papaya lets customers pay any bill from their mobile devices just by taking a picture of it. The mobile app touts the app's ease-of-use as a way to cut down on inbound bill calls and increase customer payments. Founded by Patrick Kann and Jason Metzler, the company has raised $25 million, most recently a S10 million round of convertible debt financing from Fika Ventures, Idealab and F-Prime Capital Partners.
Floqast ($250 million)
FloQast is a management software that integrates enterprise resource planning software with checklists and Excel to manage bookkeeping. The cloud-based software company claims its system helps close the books up to three days faster. It is used by accounting departments at Lyft, Twilio, Zoom and The Golden State Warriors. In January, it raised $40 million in Series C funding led by Norwest Venture Partners to bring the total raise to $92.8 million.
Brainbase ($26.5 million)
The company's rights management platform expedites licensing payments and tracks partnership and sponsorship agreements. It counts BuzzFeed, the Vincent Van Gogh Museum and Sanrio (of Hello Kitty and friends fame) among its clients. In May it announced $8 million in Series A financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Nosara Capital, bringing the total raised to $12 million.
OpenPath ($28 million)
The Los Angeles-based company provides a touchless entry system that uses individuals cell phones to help with identification instead of a key card. The company offers a subscription for the cloud-enabled software that allows companies to help implement safety measures and it said demand has grown amid the pandemic. Founded by James Segil and Alex Kazerani the company raised $36 million led by Greycroft earlier this year, bringing its total funding to $63 million.
FightCamp ($2.5 million)
FightCamp is an interactive home workout system that turns your space into a boxing ring with a free standing bag, boxing gloves and punch trackers. The company is riding the wave of at-home fitness offerings including Peloton, Mirror and Zwift that have taken off during the pandemic as gyms closed. The company has raised $4.3 million to date.
Numerade
The Santa Monica-based company provides video and interactive content for education in math, science, economics and standardized test prep. Founded in 2018 by Nhon Ma and Alex Lee, who previously founded Tutorcast, an online tutoring service, the company gathers post-graduate educated instructors to create video lessons for online learning.
Our Place ($32.5 million)
The creator of a pan with a cult following on social media, this Los Angeles-based startup designs and retails cookware and dinnerware. Founded by Amir Tehrani, Zach Rosner and Shiza Shahid, the company completed its Series A funding earlier this year, bringing its total raised to date to $10 million.
Tala ($560 million)
For customers that have no formal credit or banking history, this company's application promises more financial access, choice and control. It gathers data to create a credit score that can be used to instantly underwrite and disburse loans ranging from $10 to $500. Co-founded by Shivani Siroya and Jonathan Blackwell, Tala has raised $217.2 million to date. Its investors include PayPal Ventures, Lowercase Capital and Data Collective.
ServiceTitan ($2.25 billion)
Founded in 2007 by chief executive Ara Mahdessian and president Vahe Kuzoyan, ServiceTitan operates software that helps residential home contractors grow their businesses. It provides businesses tools like customer relationship management and accounting integration to streamline operations. The company closed a $73.82 million Series E funding round from undisclosed investors earlier this year.
100 Thieves ($160 million)
Founded in 2017 by former professional "Call of Duty" player Matthew Haag, 100 Thieves manages esports competitions in major titles including "Counter Strike Global Offensive" and "League of Legends." The company also produces apparel and merchandise, opening a physical store and training ground called the "Cash App Compound" in collaboration with Fortnite earlier this year. The company has raised $60 million to date, from investors including Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Aubrey Graham, better known as the rapper Drake.
Emotive ($16.5 million)
This AI-powered customer service platform automates text conversations between customers and businesses to increase sales. Emotive uses their sales team to verify questions, distinguishing it from other bot-driven marketing services, according to the company. The company was founded in 2018 by Brian Zatulove and Zachary Wise, who serve as the chief executive and the chief operating officer, respectively. It has raised $6.65 million to date, from Floodgate Fund and TenOneTen Ventures.
Everytable ($33 million)
Created by former hedge fund trader Sam Polk, the Los Angeles-based startup wants to be a healthy fast food chain. It prices its healthy pre-packaged meals around $5 in underserved communities while costing more in other neighborhoods with the goal of reducing so-called food deserts in low-income neighborhoods. It also offers a subscription delivery service. The company recently closed a $16 million Series B round led by Creadev along with Kaiser Permanente Ventures.
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TalentLearning & DevelopmentNHS Wales discusses implementing a coaching and mentoring mindset
NHS Wales discusses implementing a coaching and mentoring mindset
Unzela Khan
Date published June 23, 2017 Categories
James Moore, Assistant Director OD at NHS Wales, Welsh Ambulance Services joined HRD Connect to talk about the importance of mentoring and coaching.
In a demanding workplace such as the public sector, employees often struggle with staying motivated and positive. James shares his thoughts and leadership techniques to tackle difficult situations, which can be applied to any workplace.
The 'drama triangle'
In the 1960s, Steven Karpman introduced the 'drama triangle' after observing human behaviour, he observed that humans need to be wary of this drama triangle as it can be detrimental.
The theory consists of three elements or types of people in the workplace, the rescuer, the victim, the persecutor.
In the workplace, these three roles can be interchangeable, for example an employee may see their manager as a prosecutor, even if the manager deems themselves to be a rescuer. In that case, the employee may feel like the victim.
As a victim, the employee may seek help from a rescuer in the help of either a colleague or trade union – in turn making the manager feel like a victim.
As a counter to this, he suggests that the inverted triangle is what companies need to aim towards.
The inverted triangle looks at these roles differently: in this you have the creator, the coach and the challenger.
James says: "David Emerald in 2009 suggested that the thing we are trying to do in the work place is rather than having colleagues and in particular, subordinates as victims – we want them to be creators. This is the inverted drama triangle that we need to try and create."
"It starts being about coaching and challenging, the people in the organisation create their own solutions – in this case, employees take decisions themselves rather than being told what to do, and make decisions about their own health and well-being rather than expecting the service to be provided."
Embedding a coaching and mentoring culture
Changing mindsets is important when a company needs to embed a coaching and mentoring culture.
In the Welsh Ambulance Services, a formalised structure aims to tackle the challenges that come with coaching. James shares the idea of 'formalised coaching' which includes qualifying stages and levels.
James says: "This includes our chief executives and executive directors; we are trying to change all behaviours. These are the key ways we have a very clear sense of our story, what we are trying change from, and where are we going to – this is supported by sufficient resources, willpower and focus."
He added that it is also important to teach employees to get into conversations where they are able to ask patients to think of solutions – much like in the workplace where a mentoring technique may be to ask employees to think of what they hope to achieve.
He says: "The job is to listen first instead of diving in and taking control. We teach our paramedics to do this and it's exactly the same as leadership and managers, rather then you taking ownership you can ask what your employee wants out of this."
The reverse mentoring strategy
As a leader, James suggests that an approach where you are humble and anti-hubristic is vital. This is where the reverse mentoring strategy steps in, an approach that allows not only mentoring, but also one that encourages leaders to be inclusive.
James said: "If you take someone like Donald Trump – my sense is personally that he thinks he knows the answer to everything and doesn't listen very much to anyone else, which is hubris at its highest.
"The thinking we are trying to implement with reverse mentoring is: 'I don't know the answer, as a senior person I am going to ask some people to mentor me, particularly if they are junior to help me find the answer.' It is about seeking answers, it is the idea that more heads are better than one."
Staying positive in a demanding job
Employee motivation is one of the most important aspects of business performance – if your employees are motivated, they will produce good work and so the company will thrive.
Focusing on the negatives is detrimental during a long day, especially in the healthcare world where employees are dealing with difficult situations. However, the balance needs to be right – employees are encouraged to acknowledge that the negatives are necessary to an extent, as this is how you can see the positives.
key element to staying positive, dedicated and motivated actually comes down to the ability to make your own decisions, says James.
"The underpinning idea forming our approach is that people are the healthiest and happiest when they have the maximum level of control, e.g. in decision making, so when they have the ability to make decisions on what they do and how they do it."
He concludes: "Healthy happy colleagues give healthy happy services, your own well-being as an employee is paramount. If you feel looked after, you will give your best."
Lynda Gratton and Tammy Erickson talk about building intelligent organisations to foster greater innovation
HR Strategy Lynda Gratton and Tammy Erickson talk about building intelligent organisations to foster greater innovation
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The first official portrait of Kate Middleton has been revealed today (11 January).
The Duchess of Cambridge, who is expecting her first baby with husband William this summer, is slightly smiling in the painting by artist Paul Emsley.
He had two sittings with the 31-year-old royal and was asked by her to be portrayed in a natural light, rather than her official self.
The portrait will go on display from today at London's National Portrait Gallery, of which Kate is a patron.
Kate studied history of art at St Andrews University and is understood to have been involved in selecting Paul as her painter, along with the gallery's director Sandy Nairne.
Paul, who specialises in strong, contemporary and simple portraits and whose previous subjects include Nelson Mandela, described Kate as "enormously open and generous and a very warm person."


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Track-Only KTM RC16 Expected to Cost €140,000
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The motorcycle world is still processing Honda's decision to make a road-going version of its RC213V MotoGP race bike, and whether you think its price tag overwhelms, or its spec-sheet underwhelms, the Honda RC213V-S is a testament to the engineering that HRC is capable of producing for its...
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Speaking to Speedweek, KTM CEO Stefan Pierer announced that the Austrian company will be entering the MotoGP World Championship in 2017. KTM will race with a brand new machine that features a V4 engine and will be called the KTM RC16. Pierer said that KTM will debut the V4 engine in May of 2015,...
The RC16 draws some serious inspiration from the Honda RC213V, with its whale-shark air intake design, underbraced swingarm, 90° V4 engine with a "screamer" piston firing order. There are of course obvious differences, with the KTM RC16 having steel trellis frame, WP suspension pieces, and 17″...
KTM MotoGP Project Begins Nearly Two Seconds Off Top Pace by staff Thursday, November 17, 2016 This just in from KTM: KTM launches road to Qatar 2017 at final MotoGP IRTA test MotoGP IRTA Test 2016 - Valencia (ESP) The KTM Factory Racing Team immediately started to prepare to officially join the...
We knew from the outset of KTM's MotoGP project with the RC16 race bike that the "Ready to Race" brand would also release the KTM RC16 as a track-only model for customers, which would costsix-figures in European currency. Good news too, as Pierer says that KTM hopes to make at least 100 units of...
The KTM RC16 has finally been spied testing, this time at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. For those who don't remember, KTM is set to join the MotoGP paddock for the 2017 season, after announcing that it was working on a new V4 MotoGP platform that it will sell to the public for €140,000...
From the inauguration of KTM's new RC16 MotoGP project the brand made clear it would eventually sell a track-only, customer-spec model somewhere in the six-figure range. Mika Kallio raced the KTM RC16 at Valencia as a wild card. Pierer says KTM intends to build at least 100 consumer-spec RC16s,...
At the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, at the Austrian round of MotoGP, KTM finally officially presented its MotoGP project, the KTM RC16. There had been months of testing, with press releases and photos issued. There had been KTM's participation in the private MotoGP test at the Red Bull Ring in...


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WEST BOYLSTON-Dean E. Wolfe, 64, of West Boylston died Thursday, December 10 in Bay State Hospital.
He leaves his wife of 42 years, Carol A. (Cote) Wolfe; two daughters, Alyssa G. Coffey of Sterling and Shawna M. Munoz and her husband, Gregory of Phoenix, AZ; three grandchildren, Kaitlyn G. Coffey, Emily G. Coffey and Presley Munoz; a brother, Dennis Wolfe; a sister, Carol Matis and nieces and nephews. He was born in Worcester, son of the late Albert S. and Violet G. (Cummings) Wolfe and graduated from the West Boylston High School.
Dean worked for Wyman Gordon Company for over 30 years, retiring in 2013. Dean had an adventurous spirit and loved the outdoors. He enjoyed scuba diving, hunting, sky diving, four wheeling and most of all had a passion for riding his motorcycle. He was a jack of all trades and could build or fix anything. Dean's true love was his grandchildren and loved spending every minute with them.
A Funeral will be held Wednesday, December 16 from FAY BROTHERS Funeral Home with a Mass at 11AM in Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 111 Worcester Street. Burial will be private in High Plains Cemetery. Visiting Hours are Tuesday, December 15 from 4 to 7PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 111 Worcester St., West Boylston, 01583.
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"Everything Is Beautiful" is a song written, composed, and performed by Ray Stevens. It has appeared on many of Stevens's albums, including one named after the song, and has become a pop standard and common in religious performances. The children heard singing the chorus of the song, using the hymn, "Jesus Loves the Little Children", are from the Oak Hill Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee. This group includes Stevens's two daughters.
The song was responsible for two wins at the Grammy Awards of 1971: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Ray Stevens and Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance for Jake Hess. Stevens's recording was the Number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in the summer of 1970. The song also spent three weeks atop the adult contemporary chart. Many country stations played the song, with it peaking at number 39 on Billboards chart. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 12 song of 1970. The song includes anti-racist and pro-tolerance lyrics such as "We shouldn't care 'bout the length of his hair/Or the color of his skin."

This song was a major departure for Stevens, as "Everything Is Beautiful" is a more serious and spiritual tune, unlike some of his earlier ("Gitarzan" and "Ahab the Arab") and later ("The Streak") recordings, which were comedy/novelty songs. While Stevens would continue to perform novelty songs throughout his career, the success of "Everything Is Beautiful" would allow Stevens to record more serious material throughout the 1970s.

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South African singer Jody Wayne covered "Everything is Beautiful" in early 1972. His version reached number 20 in his home nation.

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Jim Nabors covered the song in 1970, for his vinyl album of the same name. Reaching #124 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart.
 Bing Crosby recorded the song for his 1972 album Bing 'n' Basie.
 Neil Sedaka performed a version of this selection on his 1976 album Live in Australia.
 Dana named her 1980 album after that song. It made #43 in the UK chart. In 1986 her single reached #42 in Ireland.
 Foster & Allen recorded a version of the song for their album Songs We Love to Sing (1994) which reached number 41 on the UK Albums Chart that year and number 66 on the Irish albums chart.
 Cledus T. Judd also did a version for the album Boogity, Boogity – A Tribute to the Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens. It featured Michael English, Wynonna Judd, Trace Adkins, Rascal Flatts, Dobie Gray, Erika Jo, and SHeDAISY as accompanying vocalists.
In 2005, American Idol season 4, top-ten finalists covered this song during the top 10 results show.
Stevens re-recorded the song in 2020. This "50th Anniversary" re-recording includes a spoken prologue and epilogue noting how much progress had been made since 1970, while calling out those who use diversity to divide society and beseeching Americans not to fall apart.

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The glaciers shrinking fastest are in central Europe, the Caucasus region, western Canada, the U.S. Lower 48 states, New Zealand and near the tropics. Glaciers in these places on average are losing more than 1 percent of their mass each year, according to a study in Monday's journal Nature.
While people think of glaciers as polar issues, shrinking mountain glaciers closer to the equator can cause serious problems for people who depend on them, said Twila Moon, a snow and ice data center scientist who also wasn't part of the study. She said people in the Andes, for example, rely on the glaciers for drinking and irrigation water each summer.


Semi-permision visit. Although I did stray off-course more than a little bit, as is my wont.
I received a mild bollocking from an old chap, an experience I'll have to come to terms with.
Yet another of many amazing spaces in London, not largely seen by the masses.


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Women In Jazz launch new digital channel
Image Credit: Sam Browne
New video series 'Uncovered' will celebrate new female jazz talent, starting with chart-topper Celeste.
Women In Jazz host a monthly radio show on Soho Radio, organise live events and broadcasts, and run a talent development program amongst other educational work. Now the organisation has launched a new digital editorial platform. 'Uncovered', their first YouTube show, features interviews and live performances from some of the brightest female stars of the jazz world.
Women In Jazz are an organisation dedicated to championing female talent in the genre. Alarming statistic time: despite the current jazz renaissance happening in the UK, especially in London, only 5% of all jazz instrumentalists in the UK are women. Women In Jazz founders Louise Paley and Nina Fine are all about addressing the problems of gender disparity in jazz from a positive, proactive standpoint; celebrating performers, professionals and producers working hard to make an impact on the music scene.
Reflecting on the launch of their new editorial platform, co-founder Louise Paley said:
We believe that celebrating the talents of women will help inspire the next generation of artists. Our new digital platform champions the top female talent in jazz, exploring their artistry through live performance and storytelling.
Louise Paley, Women In Jazz co-founder
Newly released on YouTube, in the first episode of 'Uncovered' neo-soul singer Celeste effortlessly showcases her delicate but rich vocals with a stripped-back performance of her track 'Some Goodbyes Come With Hello's' and discusses her work. Celeste has just released confident debut album Not Your Muse which made her the first female artist in five years to reach number one in the UK album chart. She also earned a Golden Globe nomination for the song 'Hear My Voice' which featured on the soundtrack of film The Trial Of The Chicago 7.
Celeste's episode was shot at Shoreditch Town Hall in East London. The next episode of 'Uncovered' by Women in Jazz is due to feature jazz drummer Jas Kayser who released her debut EP Unforced Rhythm of Grace last year.
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Home Blog Team Oulu competes in UNESCO's Youth Mobile Ocean App Competition
Team Oulu competes in UNESCO's Youth Mobile Ocean App Competition
Within its YouthMobile Initiative, in 2015 UNESCO supported the organization of a YouthMobile Ocean App Competition between schools in the city of Oulu in Finland. Argo data and on-line resources were used by the competition to encourage students to interact with mobile App technologies and environmental sciences. The winning App, called "Aaro's Adventure" was conceptualized and designed by 17-year-old students from the Laanila High School, Oulu. The application concept, which was not fully implemented, in view of its complexity, aims at sensitizing people on the fragility and preservation of Oceans. It consists of five different mini games in which the data from the world oceans' Argo buoys, reporting on the salt levels, temperatures and water pressures, are combined with other data sources in an attempt to stimulate the user in interactive activities, such as boat-fishing or garbage collection. With the help of this mobile app, students hope that "the spreading of information on the condition of the world oceans will be both informative and fun". Working at the design of this App, they said, "unites information technology, game design and open data resources for a more sustainable future on our planet".
The school competition was organized by the Arctic City of Oulu, in cooperation with the Finnish Meteorological Institute, to draw national and international attention to the unique sea area of the Baltic and the Arctic areas covered by sea and ice as climate change has a major impact on the Arctic region. The City of Oulu has challenged the six largest cities in Finland through shared development strategy (6Aika) to combine open data, marine ecosystems and sustainability.
UNESCO's YouthMobile Initiative aims at engaging young women and men to develop mobile apps and address issues linked to sustainable development, especially those related to poverty reduction, climate change and youth unemployment. http://en.unesco.org/youthmobile
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We introduce a statistic, the genealogical sorting index (gsi), for quantifying the degree of exclusive ancestry of labeled groups on a rooted genealogy and demonstrate its application. The statistic is simple, intuitive, and easily calculated. It has a normalized range to facilitate comparisons among different groups, trees, or studies and it provides information on individual groups rather than a composite measure for all groups. It naturally handles polytomies and accommodates measures of uncertainty in phylogenetic relationships. We use coalescent simulations to explore the behavior of the gsi across a range of divergence times, with the mean value increasing to 1, the maximum value when exclusivity within a group reached monophyly. Simulations also demonstrate that the power to reject the null hypothesis of mixed genealogical ancestry increased markedly as sample size increased, and that the gsi provides a statistically more powerful measure of divergence than FST. Applications to data from published studies demonstrated that the gsi provides a useful way to detect significant exclusivity even when groups are not monophyletic. Although we describe this statistic in the context of divergence, it is more broadly applicable to quantify and assess the significance of clustering of observations in labeled groups on any tree.


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import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
import {Action} from '@ngrx/store';
import {Actions, Effect, toPayload} from '@ngrx/effects';
import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/observable/from';
import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/switchMap';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/mergeMap';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/do';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';

import {WsService} from '../services/ws.service';
import * as auth from '../actions/auth';
import * as wsAuth from '../actions/ws-auth';

@Injectable()
export class WsAuthEffects {

  @Effect({dispatch: false})
  authenticate$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
    .ofType(wsAuth.AUTHENTICATE)
    .map(toPayload)
    .do(payload =>
      this.wsService.authenticateUser(payload)
    );

  @Effect({dispatch: false})
  authSuccess$ = this.actions$
    .ofType(wsAuth.AUTHENTICATE_SUCCESS)
    .map(toPayload)
    .do(() => {
      // TODO: send notification to snackbar
      this.wsService.emitEvent('users');
      this.wsService.emitEvent('rooms');
      this.wsService.emitEvent('messages');
    });

  @Effect()
  authFailure$ = this.actions$
    .ofType(wsAuth.AUTHENTICATE_FAILURE)
    .switchMap(() => Observable.of(new auth.LogoutAction()));

  @Effect({dispatch: false})
  disconnect$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
    .ofType(wsAuth.DISCONNECT)
    .do(() => {
      this.wsService.disconnect();
    });

  constructor(
    private wsService: WsService,
    private actions$: Actions
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}

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Adam Simac (ur. 9 sierpnia 1983 w Ottawie) – kanadyjski siatkarz, grający na pozycji środkowego, reprezentant Kanady.

Sukcesy reprezentacyjne
Puchar Panamerykański:
  2009
  2011
Mistrzostwa Ameryki Północnej, Środkowej i Karaibów:
  2015
  2013
  2011
Igrzyska Panamerykańskie:
  2015

Sukcesy klubowe
MEVZA:
  2011
  2012
Puchar Słowenii:
  2011, 2012
Mistrzostwo Słowenii:
  2011, 2012
Mistrzostwo Turcji:
  2013
Mistrzostwo Szwajcarii:
  2014

Nagrody indywidualne
 2009 - Najlepszy blokujący Pucharu Panamerykańskiego

Przypisy

Kanadyjscy siatkarze
Siatkarze Arkas Spor Izmir
Urodzeni w 1983
Siatkarze ACH Volley Lublana
Ludzie urodzeni w Ottawie


A cool, modern loft apartment in west London. This urban loft has been stripped back to its solid original structure. It has been reformed into an open plan space with high ceilings and plenty of natural light. The space is focused on entertaining and its easy low maintainace design, compliments a busy life style. Warmth, fun and individuality are central to this design scheme.


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United States • 1948 • 107 mins.
Welles' passion project was made at the scrappy Republic Pictures on discarded lots previously used for Roy Rogers Westerns. At the time of its production it was only the fourth Hollywood adaptation of a Shakespeare work. Despite its low-budget origins, Macbeth retains a striking visual style consistent with Welles' earlier films in addition to a psychological intensity found in few films of the period. Welles stars at Macbeth, an ambitious Scottish general intent on acquiring power by any means necessary, whose moral corruption is spurred on by Jeanette Nolan's conniving Lady Macbeth. Welles dives into the role, his immense dramatic powers channeled through a thick Scottish brogue.
Appears in: Orson Welles at 100
35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive; restoration funding provided by The Film Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.


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The EPA Is Finally Getting Serious About Protecting Poor Communities
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) passed a ground-breaking rule requiring industry-wide monitoring of emissions at petroleum refineries. The new regulations, which the agency says will reduce pollution by 5,200 tons per year and lower cancer risk for 1.4 million people, mark a turning point in the agency's spotty record on environmental justice.
The EPA has long been criticized for ignoring the disproportionate impact of environmental issues upon minorities and the poor. But in its 745-page ruling this week, the agency specifically focused on "environmental justice populations"—groups that often live close to refineries and are most heavily affected by the resulting pollution. Until now, the EPA did not require monitoring at refinery fences, but the new ruling will place between 12 and 24 monitors at each distillery. According to EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, the regulation is designed to create "refineries that are better neighbors" to the communities that skirt their boundaries. If the mandate is properly implemented, local residents will be able to access a database to see whether dangerous levels of pollutants have passed from refinery barriers into their communities.
"This rule is one of EPA's first to include an environmental justice analysis," said environmental justice activist Hilton Kelley, who has fought for regulation of petrochemical and waste facilities in Texas. According to Jesse Marquez, founder of the Coalition for a Safe Environment, the new regulations should enable communities to better understand their air and any health issues associated with it. "Our community is elated," he said of Wilmington, Los Angeles, a low-income, majority-Latino neighborhood that sits in the shadow of four refineries. "We did not get everything we asked for. … But this is the first major step in that direction."
These regulations further demonstrate the EPA's renewed dedication to environmental justice under the Obama administration. Since becoming EPA administrator in July 2013, McCarthy has made pointed attempts to incorporate environmental justice as a talking point and issued the draft EJ 2020 plan, which intends to include environmental justice in rulemaking and increase dialogue with affected communities. Now, these commitments are seeing action.
"The EPA's recognition that communities need to know the amount of cancer-causing pollution in their air around refineries will be a defining part of this administration's legacy on air pollution and environmental justice," said Emma Cheuse, an attorney with environmental law organization EarthJustice.
But the new mandate should not be considered a complete success. Next comes a formidable challenge, one the EPA has historically struggled with: implementation. The overburdened agency only managed to pass this regulation a day before its court-ordered deadline. It's likely the new refinery rule will take years to be fully implemented.
"The test ultimately, is whether communities get the relief they need when the monitoring shows the pollution does go too high at that fence-line," Cheuse said. "In terms of long term goals, there's no question that EPA has more work to do."
Emma Foehringer Merchant was a Reporter-Researcher for the New Republic.
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Scotland manager Alex McLeish says Kazakhstan defeat 'horrible'
Scotland lost 3-0 against Kazakhstan in their opening European Qualifier on Thursday
Last Updated: 22/03/19 8:15am
Alex McLeish was not impressed by Scotland's performance against Kazakhstan as he suffered his biggest defeat in a competitive match as the national manager
Alex McLeish has described Scotland's humiliating 3-0 defeat to Kazakhstan in their opening European Qualifier as "horrible".
Scotland were hoping to get their qualification for Euro 2020 off to a good start against a team ranked 117th in the world, but two quick first-half goals and another in the second saw them defeated at the Astana Arena.
Manager McLeish tried to use Scotland's rugby team as inspiration after their 38-38 draw with England in last weekend's Six Nations finale, but unfortunately, it did not have the desired effect.
He told Sky Sports: "It was horrible. We started brightly and then they hit us with two blockbusters. It was then really difficult and it was disappointing not to see a great reaction.
"At half-time, we tried to change it a little bit to see if it could unsettle Kazakhstan, but they were first to the second balls, they looked very sharp on the night and unfortunately, after a good start, we didn't get up to speed.
Highlights of the Scotland's European Qualifier opener against Kazakhstan
"You can only impart your experience to the players and we actually brought the rugby team into it and their reaction last week at Twickenham and use that as an example. We said 'you've got to roll your sleeves up' and I believe if we could have got one goal, we then could have gone on and got another one. But unfortunately, Kazakhstan were a team on fire tonight.
"It's a sore one. We've had big defeats before but the facts are that we were beaten by a team who are lower than us so on paper, we should win but I think you've got to give a little bit of credit to Kazakhstan in the way they played and took advantage of us and our inability to get to the second balls, to play if forward quicker, taking too many touches and that was a big factor.
"It was an extremely important game and it's the first one, so we know there are a lot of other games but we know that tonight wasn't good enough."
Scotland captain Callum McGregor - who was filling in as skipper for defender Andy Robertson - says the team must take responsibility for the performance.
"Obviously, we're devastated. We were nowhere near good enough on the night and they totally deserve it. We have to hold our hands up and say we were nowhere near it tonight," he told Sky Sports.
Callum McGregor says he is devastated following Scotland's 3-0 loss against Kazakhstan in their European Qualifier and admits his team did not do their jobs
"We never started the game well. We came here, it's an intimidating stadium, but you've got to start well and give yourself half a chance, but we lost two goals in quick successive and that throws us off and we never recovered from that.
"It's massive frustration. You come away, you want to start the campaign well, but you've got to play better than that if you want to gain points. We know it's a bad result and we've got to go again in the next couple of days, we've got another game to try and take steps to make it right.
"If we get a good result in that game, we can finish on that positive but we know we've got to be better than that."
Scotland will face San Marino - the lowest ranked side in world football - in their next European Qualifier on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.


Copyright 2016, Signed, Sealed & Undelivered Team. Courtesy of the Museum voor Communicatie, The Hague.
Copyright 2016, Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and MIT. Courtesy of the Unlocking History Materials Collection, USA & UK.
2,600 letters have been recovered in a postmaster's trunk, containing extensive historical and cultural evidence from 17th-century Europe, BBC History Magazine has revealed. 600 of them are still sealed shut, and will be read for the first time using the latest advances in x-ray technology.
The trunk contains 2,600 letters sent from France, Spain and the Spanish Netherlands between 1689 and 1706 but never delivered – including 600 letters never opened – because their recipients could not be found or would not pay outstanding postage costs. The trunk has been stored in The Hague's Museum voor Communicatie since 1926. An international team of experts from MIT, Utrecht University, Leiden University, University of Groningen, and King's College London is exploring them to find out more in a ground-breaking project called Signed, Sealed, & Undelivered.
Collected by the postmasters of the Dutch city of The Hague – Simon de Brienne and his wife Maria Germain – the letter-writers come from all levels of society, from aristocrats to wandering musicians, women as well as men, each with their own stories to tell. Beyond its written information, the trunk is a valuable physical resource, from the wax seals on its seal-skin-covered exterior to the ways the letters were folded.
Dr David van der Linden, from the University of Groningen, says: "The collection contains unique letters sent between Huguenot family members, evincing the emotional strains of exile and separation. These Huguenot letters point to the emotional toll that displacement and migration could take in the early modern period – and still does today." "So many of the concerns expressed in these letters are the same as today: parents worried about their children, wives angry at delinquent husbands," adds Dr Rebekah Ahrendt, from Utrecht University.
The Briennes were at the heart of European communications networks, serving William of Orange both before and after The Glorious Revolution of 1688, which saw William and his wife Mary depose King James II following a successful Dutch invasion of England, Scotland, and Ireland which shocked the world and changed Europe forever.
For further information, please visit: www.brienne.org. The team is tweeting with the hashtags #signedsealedundelivered, #SSU, and #preservethefolds; or follow @letterlocking.
The research team comprises Dr Rebekah Ahrendt (Associate Professor of Musicology, Utrecht University), Dr Nadine Akkerman (Associate Professor of Modern English Literature, Leiden University), Ms Jana Dambrogio (Thomas F. Peterson Jr. (1957) Conservator, MIT Libraries), Dr David van der Linden (NWO Veni Fellow and Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of Groningen), Dr Daniel Starza Smith (Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature, King's College London), and Mr Ruben Verwaal and Mr Koos Havelaar (Curators of Postal History, Museum voor Communicatie, The Hague). They bring together a mixture of historical, archival, and linguistic approaches, and draw particularly on recent insights of conservation practice.
The project has received funding from MIT Libraries and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), in order to conserve and catalogue these letters. In the next stages of the project the opened letters will be transcribed, translated, and edited. Finally, the unopened letters will be scanned using x-ray tomography, an extremely sensitive technique from the field of dentistry, which has already been used successfully on some of the Dead Sea Scrolls.


of where we're going to go in this module, what we're going to talk about.
We're going to talk about the process of getting a patent.
In this module, our focus is on process, the journey of getting a patent.
we're going to talk about the substance of what's in the application.
interesting cases about patents and lawsuits and challenges.
the journey on the path to patent.
that lead to four steps in the process of getting a patent.
or something that happens after you get a patent.
there's four main steps in that case.
Obtaining a provisional patent, step one.
Filing for formal application, step two.
Navigating the reveal and appeal process within the patent office, step three.
And going to court when you get rejected, fourth step.
The timing of each of these is quite different.
The provisional patent is fast, you can even skip it, but you shouldn't skip it.
and it gives you some important protections.
We'll talk about that in our session on provisional patents.
The formal patent application is much harder, it's much more work.
quite a bit of money to get that formal application in.
start to get more serious as you get into the patent review and appeal process.
over a couple of years, with the patent office.
might work with just that amount, you might get your patent easily.
But most of the time, the costs are going to be higher.
and that can happen anytime during the life of a patent.
it's not a trivial process, thank you.


In the dramatic final Germany secured their sixth title, whilst Austria reached first ever silver. Defending champion needed three straight matches to clinch gold. SHAN Xiaona, HAN Ying and Petrissa SOLJA beat Sofia POLCANOVA, LIU Jia and Li Qiangbing.
"First match between SHAN and POLCANOVA was very important for us. Both players were very nervous, but SHAN played at top level. In second, HAN found herself in new situation at this tournament. She lost two games! LIU Played very well today. SOLJA gave solid performance. Our team proved they are in top shape. Throughout the tournament they were at the top of the game," said coach Jie SCHOPP.
SOLJA was also full of energy. "I could not wait to enter the box. I wanted to play so much. I was focused and ready. I was running like a crazy before the match at the warm up and started perfectly from the first point." said Petrissa SOLJA.
Austria clinched first ever medal at the European Championships in team's Event. They lost final in Lisbon, but they put Germany on test. Two opening matches went full distance. "Sofia POLCANOVA improved her rankings by 100 places in last year, but she still needs experience. That was the breaking point in her match against SHAN Xiaona. She started good, but then SHAN changed the tactics and Sofia could not follow. That will come with time," said coach LIU Jan Jun.


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Who better to develop and implement our core values than the people who work here.
Centralines' goal at the end of the day is to get our work done safely, efficiently and productively. Our staff and management team contribute their ideas and vision to create the positive energy that's behind all our processes, procedures and policies.
We want our people to feel empowered and confident in their ability to do their job well, and to go home safe to their families each day. Performing our company values helps us to achieve these goals.


Whether you're looking to do Paid Search Advertising yourself or to hire someone to do that for you - you should know what makes a Pay Per Click campaign successful - or you will end up suffering.
Unfortunately most of them don't really educate themselves enough on what to do and how to do it, and then they end up spending a helluva lot of money, with little to no results. Next they declare that Paid Search Marketing doesn't work and then they're out!
Well - despite the doom and gloom scenarios above, I'm here to tell you that PPC works for most businesses!
It works very well, and can be one of the best, quickest, most cost effective and best tracked medium of advertising/promotion there ever was... Sure, there are other ways you can market your business, but if you know how to, and if you want almost immediate results that are fully tracked - then PPC can't be beaten.
It's as obvious as daylight, but people still go into PPC without doing their research. Bear in mind that you may know your market place offline, but when you consider the internet - it may be a whole different environment. So make sure you look into it - even if you have to pay for professional research - it will be worth your while.
If you're letting an agency manage your paid search, then make sure you ask them about your market - make sure they have done their homework thoroughly.
Again an obvious one - and yet again people don't do this step properly. Don't just list out a bunch of demographics about your prospective customers. Get into character - engineer 'real-life' people profiles (avatars), describing everything about them.
Creating about 3 customer avatars for your business, will help you understand your customers, and thus you'll be able to anticipate how they behave. Knowing how they are likely to behave, will allow you to setup a VERY effective PPC campaign process, that will guarantee you success.
Remember - your customer just wants to feel understood, then if your product/service is good - they will buy.
- call you to make an appointment?
- email you with more info about themselves, before setting up a consultation?
- click on the "Buy Now" button on your landing page?
- sign up to your membership site?
- sign up to your free newsletter?
- download a free report?
This one's not so obvious. Only very good paid search marketers know that keywords have different intent behind them. In other words, if a searcher on Google types in "running shoes" they are highly likely to be doing some preliminary research on what types of running shoes there are.
If the same searcher typed in "running shoes reviews" - then they are likely to be still researching - but they now know that they will buy - when they find the shoe that appeals to them.
This simply means that it is better to find the most suitable keyword phrases for your business, and run with that small group first. This will allow you to test the 'waters' and it will help you keep control of your budget.
Later on, when you know what works and what doesn't you can add other phrases to your heart's content.
It is amazing how many people don't take advantage of this feature on Google AdWords. Split - testing will give you a constant way of improving on your ads. Your ad is the 'window' to your sales... so you cannot afford not to be constantly trying to make it better converting than before.
Landing pages are powerful when using them correctly. They allow you complete control of what your visitor experiences. I always recommend that if you are only wanting one result from your prospect you should use LPs. But if your resources and knowledge are limited, then at least make sure you are leading the searcher to the most search-relevant page you have on your site.
This says it all - even if you don't know how to, or with what - find someone that can help you. Outsource this job, or simply head over to Google and read all there is on their Analytics service. In some cases this is perfectly sufficient.
Once you have your tracking working, make sure you look at your stats to see the results. I recommend you look at them once a day in the beginning - depending on the size of your campaign, the amount of traffic your keywords are getting, and the amount of money you've budgeted to spend.
Once your campaign is working and making you profit, you can start looking at it less often, but at least once a week. Also make sure to optimize it regularly on the basis of your stats.
Learn from your successes, your failures, your competitors' successes and their failures too... I have a document template that I use for all my campaigns called - Lessons Learned. It's only through experience that you will be able to progress and optimize any paid search campaign.
Well - hopefully you'll find the above list of PPC essentials very useful. Of course there are a lot of other important points to consider, like daily budget, competitive research, and return on investment requirements, but the above 10 will be able to start you off in a very strong way.
Bear in mind that whether you're managing your own PPC campaigns, or you're hiring a professional to do it - you can use the list above to make sure you're getting the best out of your campaigns.
*) About the Author: Anita Chaperon is an experienced Paid Search Marketing professional who has managed multi-national campaigns with large budgets for a variety of small and medium businesses.


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Home Facts & Tips Fascinating Facts About Malaysia That will Get You All Excited
Fascinating Facts About Malaysia That will Get You All Excited
By Poonam Purohit -
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia and we don't have to mention what a beauty it is. The country flaunts a rich mix of modern architecture and natural habitat. Winged in Peninsula and Borneo, it's a country jam-packed with festival spirit, colonial buildings, sprawling malls on the former part and has the wild jungles, remote tribes and granite peaks on the later.
Tourists love the warmth of ambience, the wave of beaches and the calmness of nature here.
But you can experience a bit more than the ordinary when you find out some interesting facts about Malaysia. Keep reading to unfurl them one by one-
#World'sGreatest
1. You can go rounds on the unrivalled roundabout on Earth
Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah or Putrajaya Roundabout is the phenomenal thoroughfare in Putrajaya. This is the world's largest roundabout with a diameter of 3.5 km (2.2 miles). It displays some major landmarks along the road as Federal Government Complex, Perdana Putra, the Putrajaya Independence Square and Putra Mosque.
2. Drive on the highways that beat even the earth's circumference in length
While you are whizzing around the country, you might miss on the fact that the roads and highways are brilliantly built. One of the amazing stretches of highways is found in Malaysia and that's not it, the best part is the length of highways 40,934 miles (65,877 km) surpass the circumference of earth 24,901 miles (40,075 km). Isn't it something out of this world?
3. The world's largest underground chamber can occupy 40 Boeing 747 jetliners
Discovered during the British-Malaysian Mulu '80 Expedition, the Sarawak Chamber is unbelievable. It is located in the Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak and is unconvincingly hollow for 1.6km long. Imagination can hardly help!
4. Stay at the world's largest hotel that has 7,351 rooms
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Genting in Malaysia is home to the First World Hotel, which is apparently the largest hotel combined with right amenities. It is jammed with wonderful attractions for the tourists and is certainly the value for money.
5. Visit of the oldest English school
Penang Free School is the oldest English-medium school in Southeast Asia and symbolises the everlasting heritage. It dates back to 21 October 1816 and was established by Reverend Robert Sparke Hutchings.
6. Borneo is large, very large!
You might not believe that Borneo is the third largest island in the world, next to Greenland and New Guinea. Stretching over 743, 000 km2, the Borneo Island is branched in Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia. Hold on, not just that, this island is also hosting another reason to visit and that is the world's oldest rainforest residing here.
#MalaysiaFlag
7. The Malaysian flag was designed by an architect!
Yes, not a professional designer but a 29-year old architect was the man behind Jalur Gemilang, the Flag of Malaysia. His name was Mohamed Bin Hamzah and was a government employee. He submitted four different designs and only one made it to the top selections.
8. Jalur Gemilang was born out of a competition
Who would believe the national flag of Malaysia, (bearing 14 alternating red and white stripes, with a blue canton that has a 14-star point) is designed in a nationwide competition organised by the Federation Legislation Council in 1949. 373 submissions were given by everyday Malaysians and only 3 were selected.
#TheHistory
9. It had Singapore as a state
Did you know the 'si' in Malaysia is for Singapore? Initially, Singapore was a part of Malaysia and was included in the 14 states of the country, from 1963 to 1965. The merger was however unstable due to a conflict on economics and politics, and the explosion of race-related riots. Cleft happened and Singapore emerged as an independent city-state. However, this didn't affect the name.
10. It has a history of changing names
What about the oldest name of Malaysia- any guesses? Greco-Roman geographer Ptolemy in his book Geographia named the country as Aurea Chersonesus, which means 'peninsula of gold'. Originally the place was called Tanah Melayu, meaning The Land of Malays. And soon the British came up with the title Malaya, which are the native inhabitants of the land. When Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore joined the federation, 'sia' (the abbreviation of three names) was added to the previous and finalised as Malaysia.
11. The only nation to win against Communism
In the guerrilla war fought from 1948-60, the Malayan National Liberation stood against the Commonwealth armed forces; a total of 12 years, 3 weeks and 5 days. This period was referred to as Malayan Emergency.
#TheNature
12. Want to see the last surviving rubber tree?
The Kuala Kangsar district officer's official residence is the address to the last surviving rubber tree of the nine trees that were brought by H.N. Ridley from London's Kew Gardens in 1877. Standing tall outside the Department of Lands And Mines, it is also the oldest rubber tree of over 140 years and is a major contributor in the economy.
13. It grows the world's largest flower
Rafflesia Arnold, the rare flower blooms only in few places on the earth. One of those lovely places is the rainforests of Borneo. It is absolutely valuable and there is a guard to protect the flower in the jungle, 24/7. You can discover this unreal nature at Kinabalu National Park. This flower weighs 11 kilos and grows up to 106.7 cm in diameter.
14. A leaf that's undivided
In Malaysia, you can discover the largest undivided single leaf in the world. Alocasia macrorrhiza (elephant ear plant), from Sabah, is a specimen found in 1966 and was 3.02 metres long and 1.92 metres wide. It is a fleshy and non-woody plant, with leaves that are heart-shaped and are often seen growing near damp areas that have streams or rivers, alongside.
15. Meet the greatest ape alive in entire Asia
Orangutan is commonly known as the 'Man of the Forest' (the literal translation of 'orang' 'utan') and is natively found in the wilderness of Borneo. With a 96.4% DNA match to humans, they are our closest relatives. Unfortunately, they are in endangered zones now. So, the next time you come to Malaysia, say hi to these guys.
Impressed enough with Malaysia facts? We agree, it is incredible to find a country with such brilliant attractions, from world-recorded commodities to hard-to-believe events!
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Poonam is a travel writer and loves to visit new places, new people, and learn about the history of places. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, painting and trying out new recipes in her kitchen.
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It has been announced that TDK Corporation is expanding its Chirp Microsystems ultrasonic product portfolio with Chirp SonicTrack, an ultrasonic six-degree-of-freedom (6-DoF) controller tracking solution for all-in-one virtual reality systems. Chirp SonicTrack is an inside-out tracking system that fuses ultrasonic and inertial sensor data to provide 6-DoF position and orientation tracking of a hand-held controller with sub-millimetre precision over a field of view of over 240°.
Leap Motion and 7invensun integrated technology, together with the new open-palm controllers, allow Pimax to give VR enthusiasts a truly immersive experience. The most crowdfunded VR brand in the world, Pimax, will showcase its 8K series VR headsets with brand new Pimax controllers, designed to free your hand for an open-palm immersive experience. The headsets are embedded with Leap Motion and 7invensun technology and together the three brands open up the era for VR 2.0 and bring a truly immersive experience for VR enthusiasts.
The release of version 2018.12 of the Synopsys RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite, which introduces new features to advance the design of optics used in augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) systems, has been announced by Synopsys. The latest RSoft release supports Synopsys' optical design workflow for nano-textured diffractive optical elements that enable smaller, lightweight AR/VR devices with improved displays and immersive experiences.
Situated next to the world-famous Wembley Stadium, a fully immersive virtual reality (VR) experience centre from ImmotionVR can take visitors to the London Designer Outlet (LDO) at Wembley Park into new realms thanks to motion simulators, wrap-around sound and multi-direction movement. One minute they could be travelling around the globe with Santa's elves making sure presents are delivered on time, the next they're in space and trying to save civilisation.
Developer of optoelectronic technology, Plessey, has announced that it has been named a CES 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Embedded Technologies category. The company has been recognised for its monolithic microLED displays, which reportedly deliver greater light output, better contrast and improved resolution in AR applications.
Developer of optoelectronic technology solutions, Plessey, is collaborating with EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment, to bring high-performance GaN-on-Silicon (GaN-on-Si) monolithic microLED technology to the mass market. microLEDs are a key optical technology for next-generation AR applications.
A new training aid using mixed reality and holographic computing technology has been introduced by certification specialist Bureau Veritas to enable trainees to experience inspecting large or difficult to access industrial equipment.
Developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, OmniVision Technologies, has announced the OP02220, a 1080p liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) microdisplay with integrated driver functions and memory. This compact, low-power and cost-effective microdisplay is suited for augmented reality (AR) applications such as glasses and head-mounted displays that need durability, compactness and lightweight.
A new collaborative venture is being launched by Semcon with XMReality, to enhance the user experience of product information with the help of augmented reality (AR). Through smart visualisation, it will be easier for service technicians to get the right information and thereby more effectively solve problems.


Safi is a beautiful town (400.000 residents) situated on the Atlantic Ocean ; this town is well known for its pottery, its monuments and nice beach. The climate is normally hot in summer however warm closes are advised to be used in fresh nights.
Safi is about 150km away from Marrakech, 250 km from Casablanca and 350 from Rabat.
The project, which will be organized in collaboration with the local delegation of education, will take place in a school; it consists in painting and cleaning the rooms and the surrounding area. In the work a technician animator will organize the work programme and will lead the volunteers. The general organization of the workcamp will be done by another camp leader.
The volunteers will be lodged in the centre itself. The meals will be prepared by the volunteers themselves (2 or 3 times a day).
50 Euros are asked to volunteers on arrival to help us to pay the preparation and organisation of the workcamp and general costs of JEC.


Daniel Owen are actively recruiting for Train Cleaners to assist with an on-going project around the Milton Keynes area.
All shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 7 days of application.
Ensure trains are cleaned to the required specification.
Understand and comply fully with documents and instructions issued.
Wear correct PPE as directed and only use the equipment which is supplied. Ensure your PPE and equipment are maintained and report any defects or damage, so it can be repaired or replaced.
Should you be available or would like to discuss this position in more detail, please contact the Daniel Owen Rail Team.


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Q: Sending http POST Request from Java client to WCF REST C# I do know that there are so many blogs and questions about this type of communication between two different languages by leveraging HTTP protocol. However, after reviewing relevant content on the web, I realized that one can't easily find a straightforward approach to achieve this type of communication. Consider the following scenario:
My java application takes a file of any type, convert it to a byte array (file size is large >3MB), the application can request a WCF REST (webHttpBinding) service, therefore it must use direct web request, in effect, the java application will receive a stream and start buffering the file content, send the stream to the WCF with at least a param (querystring field) to indicate the file type, Now the WCF service has to read the stream and reconstruct the file on the server side. hence the WCF would have to offer the following at least:
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my question is twofold:
1) the bytes in the posted stream from Java to C# obviously are in different representation than the byte representation of C#, how to solve that efficiently?
Note: Serializing the byte array in the java side into string with Base64 and sending string post to C#, then inverse back to bytes on the c# side  is in fact naive, at least from my humble opinion, because there are a lot of complexity overheads especially with large files such as videos and scanned books, that require reading the entire file, converting large number of bytes back and forth on both sides
2) is there any programmer out there that can post neat and efficient sample of how to post bytes array (java) to WCF Rest service (C#), so that it can be a reference for those programmers who want to achieve java-C# Introp?
Note: My request to supply a sample doesn't have to be detailed but at least it will be very kind of some expert to highlight the guidelines of achieving such communication architecture.