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The Interesting Instrument
Music has been called the greatest thing that humans do; some are of the opinion that it, even if only in the form of songs sung around the campfire, it is the oldest example of human art. However, whilst a huge amount of music's effect and impact can be put down to the way it is interpreted by our ears and brain (I once listened to a song comprised entirely of various elements of urban sound, each individually recorded by separate microphones and each made louder or softer in order to create a tune), to create new music and allow ourselves true creative freedom over the sounds we make requires us to make and play instruments of various kinds. And, of all the myriad of different musical instruments humankind has developed, honed and used to make prettyful noises down the years, perhaps none is as interesting to consider as the oldest and most conceptually abstract of the lot; the human voice.
To those of us not part of the musical fraternity, the idea of the voice being considered an instrument at all is a very odd one; it is used most of the time simply to communicate, and is thus perhaps unique among instruments in that its primary function is not musical. However, to consider a voice as merely an addition to a piece of music rather than being an instrumental part of it is to dismiss its importance to the sound of the piece, and as such it must be considered one by any composer or songwriter looking to produce something coherent. It is also an incredibly diverse tool at a musician's disposal; capable of a large range of notes anyway in a competent singer, by combining the voices of different people one can produce a tonal range rivalled only by the piano, and making it the only instrument regularly used as the sole component of a musical entity (ie in a choir). Admittedly, not using it in conjunction with other instruments does rather limit what it can do without looking really stupid, but it is nonetheless a quite amazingly versatile musical tool.
The voice also has a huge advantage over every other instrument in that absolutely anyone can 'play' it; even people who self-confessedly 'can't sing' may still find themselves mumbling their favourite tune in the shower or singing along with their iPod occasionally. Not only that, but it is the only instrument that does not require any tool in addition to the body in order to play, meaning it is carried with everyone absolutely everywhere, thus giving everybody listening to a piece of music a direct connection to it; they can sing, mumble, or even just hum along. Not only is this a wet dream from a marketer's perspective, enabling word-of-mouth spread to increase its efficiency exponentially, but it also makes live music that other level more awesome (imagine a music festival without thousands of screaming fans belting out the lyrics) and just makes music that much more compelling and, indeed, human to listen to.
However, the main artistic reason for the fundamental musical importance of the voice has more to do with what it can convey- but to adequately explain this, I'm going to need to go off on a quite staggeringly over-optimistic detour as I try to explain, in under 500 words, the artistic point of music. Right, here we go…:
Music is, fundamentally, an art form, and thus (to a purist at least) can be said to exist for no purpose other than its own existence, and for making the world a better place for those of us lucky enough to be in it. However, art in all its forms is now an incredibly large field with literally millions of practitioners across the world, so just making something people find pretty doesn't really cut it any more. This is why some extraordinarily gifted painters can draw something next to perfectly photo-realistic and make a couple of grand from it, whilst Damien Hirst can put a shark in some formaldehyde and sell it for a few million. What people are really interested in buying, especially when it comes to 'modern' art, is not the quality of brushwork or prettifulness of the final result (which are fairly common nowadays), but its meaning, its significance, what it is trying to convey; the story, theatre and uniqueness behind it all (far rarer commodities that, thanks to the simple economic law of supply and demand, are thus much more expensive).
(NB: This is not to say that I don't think the kind of people who buy Tracy Emin pieces are rather gullible and easily led, and apparently have far more money than they do tangible grip on reality- but that's a discussion for another time, and this is certainly how they would justify their purchases)
Thus, the real challenge to any artist worth his salt is to try and create a piece that has meaning, symbolism, and some form of emotion; and this applies to every artistic field, be it film, literature, paintings, videogames (yes, I am on that side of the argument) or, to try and wrench this post back on-topic, music. The true beauty and artistic skill of music, the key to what makes those songs that transcend mere music alone so special, lies in giving a song emotion and meaning, and in this function the voice is the perfect instrument. Other instruments can produce sweet, tortured strains capable of playing the heart strings like a violin, but virtue of being able to produce those tones in the form of language, capable of delivering an explicit message to redouble the effect of the emotional one, a song can take on another level of depth, meaning and artistry. A voice may not be the only way to make your song explicitly mean something, and quite often it's not used in such an artistic capacity at all; but when it is used properly, it can be mighty, mighty effective.
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One of the most endlessly charming parts of the human experience is our capacity to see something we can't describe and just make something up in order to do so, never mind whether it makes any sense in the long run or not. Countless examples have been demonstrated over the years, but the mother lode of such situations has to be humanity's invention of counting.
Numbers do not, in and of themselves, exist- they are simply a construct designed by our brains to help us get around the awe-inspiring concept of the relative amounts of things. However, this hasn't prevented this 'neat little tool' spiralling out of control to form the vast field that is mathematics. Once merely a diverting pastime designed to help us get more use out of our counting tools, maths (I'm British, live with the spelling) first tentatively applied itself to shapes and geometry before experimenting with trigonometry, storming onwards to algebra, turning calculus into a total mess about four nanoseconds after its discovery of something useful, before just throwing it all together into a melting point of cross-genre mayhem that eventually ended up as a field that it as close as STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) gets to art, in that it has no discernible purpose other than for the sake of its own existence.
This is not to say that mathematics is not a useful field, far from it. The study of different ways of counting lead to the discovery of binary arithmetic and enabled the birth of modern computing, huge chunks of astronomy and classical scientific experiments were and are reliant on the application of geometric and trigonometric principles, mathematical modelling has allowed us to predict behaviour ranging from economics & statistics to the weather (albeit with varying degrees of accuracy) and just about every aspect of modern science and engineering is grounded in the brute logic that is core mathematics. But… well, perhaps the best way to explain where the modern science of maths has lead over the last century is to study the story of i.
One of the most basic functions we are able to perform to a number is to multiply it by something- a special case, when we multiply it by itself, is 'squaring' it (since a number 'squared' is equal to the area of a square with side lengths of that number). Naturally, there is a way of reversing this function, known as finding the square root of a number (ie square rooting the square of a number will yield the original number). However, convention dictates that a negative number squared makes a positive one, and hence there is no number squared that makes a negative and there is no such thing as the square root of a negative number, such as -1. So far, all I have done is use a very basic application of logic, something a five-year old could understand, to explain a fact about 'real' numbers, but maths decided that it didn't want to not be able to square root a negative number, so had to find a way round that problem. The solution? Invent an entirely new type of number, based on the quantity i (which equals the square root of -1), with its own totally arbitrary and made up way of fitting on a number line, and which can in no way exist in real life.
Admittedly, i has turned out to be useful. When considering electromagnetic forces, quantum physicists generally assign the electrical and magnetic components real and imaginary quantities in order to identify said different components, but its main purpose was only ever to satisfy the OCD nature of mathematicians by filling a hole in their theorems. Since then, it has just become another toy in the mathematician's arsenal, something for them to play with, slip into inappropriate situations to try and solve abstract and largely irrelevant problems, and with which they can push the field of maths in ever more ridiculous directions.
A good example of the way mathematics has started to lose any semblance of its grip on reality concerns the most famous problem in the whole of the mathematical world- Fermat's last theorem. Pythagoras famously used the fact that, in certain cases, a squared plus b squared equals c squared as a way of solving some basic problems of geometry, but it was never known as to whether a cubed plus b cubed could ever equal c cubed if a, b and c were whole numbers. This was also true for all other powers of a, b and c greater than 2, but in 1637 the brilliant French mathematician Pierre de Fermat claimed, in a scrawled note inside his copy of Diohantus' Arithmetica, to have a proof for this fact 'that is too large for this margin to contain'. This statement ensured the immortality of the puzzle, but its eventual solution (not found until 1995, leading most independent observers to conclude that Fermat must have made a mistake somewhere in his 'marvellous proof') took one man, Andrew Wiles, around a decade to complete. His proof involved showing that the terms involved in the theorem could be expressed in the form of an incredibly weird equation that doesn't exist in the real world, and that all equations of this type had a counterpart equation of an equally irrelevant type. However, since the 'Fermat equation' was too weird to exist in the other format, it could not logically be true.
To a mathematician, this was the holy grail; not only did it finally lay to rest an ages-old riddle, but it linked two hitherto unrelated branches of algebraic mathematics by way of proving what is (now it's been solved) known as the Taniyama-Shimura theorem. To anyone interested in the real world, this exercise made no contribution to it whatsoever- apart from satisfying a few nerds, nobody's life was made easier by the solution, it didn't solve any real-world problem, and it did not make the world a tangibly better place. In this respect then, it was a total waste of time.
However, despite everything I've just said, I'm not going to decide that all modern day mathematics is a waste of time; very few human activities ever are. Mathematics is many things; among them ridiculous, confusing, full of contradictions and potential slip-ups and, in a field whose age of winning a major prize is younger than in any other STEM field, apparently full of those likely to belittle you out of future success should you enter the world of serious academia. But, for some people, maths is just what makes the world makes sense, and at its heart that was all it was ever created to do. And if some people want their life to be all about the little symbols that make the world make sense, then well done to the world for making a place for them.
Oh, and there's a theory doing the rounds of cosmology nowadays that reality is nothing more than a mathematical construct. Who knows in what obscure branch of reverse logarithmic integrals we'll find answers about that one…
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The Great Mr Adams
As one or two of you may be aware, my very first post on this blog extolled the virtues of one man- a certain Dr M von Vogelhausen of Amazon, internet, and his truly legendary reviews. He's still a legend, check his stuff out. However, since then I haven't done a one-man profile again, but today that is about to change, as I review a man once described as 'a possible fragment of the humour singularity'. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mr Douglas Adams.
Now, I am quite aware that Adams, being a bestselling novelist and general public figure, is quite more well known than Dr M is, and probably doesn't need me to add to the chorus of voices who have extolled his virtues over the years. But bring him up I nonetheless do, for three reasons- firstly, there are STILL some new people I meet who have never heard of him, despite the fact that his earliest work is now 34 years old, secondly because I would like to reintroduce those who have been put off by his odd writing style and inability to tell a straight-faced joke and labelled him 'unfunny' to his world, and thirdly because I had something of a Hitchiker's refreshment course yesterday evening. It was awesome.
So, Douglas Adams: born in Cambridge in 1952, his story really comes to be of interest in 1971, whilst hitch-hiking around Europe. Lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck, Austria, with his copy of 'The Hitchiker's Guide to Europe' beside him and staring up at the Milky Way above him, he thought that somebody really ought to make a Hitchiker's guide to the Galaxy as well, showing the sparks of offbeat, eccentric genius that would typify his later work. After graduating from Cambridge University he headed to London to try and break into radio & TV as a writer, following his English degree and a passion for creative writing. Despite working with Monty Python's Graham Chapman for a while and even appearing in a couple of sketches, he struggled to fit in with writing for his chosen media, and work was slow for much of the seventies. Then, in 1978, he began working on a six-part radio series called 'The Ends of the Earth', the idea being that each episode would end with the world being destroyed in a different way. Working on the first episode, Adams realised he had a problem. To make his story work, he needed there to be an alien of some sort on Earth, and more importantly a reason for him to be there. Eventually, his piece of 7 year-old inspiration came back to him, and his character became a roving researcher for a wholly remarkable book: The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The character became Ford Prefect (so named because, having not done his research properly, he thought that the name would be nicely inconspicuous) and, along with the tea-obsessed, dressing gown-wearing and very English main character Arthur Dent, would become a central feature of both that episode and, as Adams quickly changed tack to follow this new story instead of writing 5 new ones, the rest of the series of The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy.
That radio series was broadcast in 1978, and catapulted Adams to fame. It was something of a love/hate thing- some thought Adams quirky, offbeat sense of humour was weird and unfunny, whilst others declared him a comic genius for the invention of, say, the Babel fish:
The Babel Fish is small, yellow, leech like, and possibly the oddest thing in the universe. It feeds on brainwave energy, absorbing unconscious frequencies and then excreting a complex matrix formed from the concious frequencies picked up from the speech centres of the brain- the practical upshot of which is that if you stick one in your ear you can instantly understand everything said to you in any form of language. The speech you here decodes the brainwave matrix.
Now, it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could evolve purely by chance that many races have chosen to use it as final clinching proof of the nonexistence of God*. The argument goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist" says God, "for proof denies faith and without faith I am nothing"
"BUT" says man "the Babel Fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It proves you exist and so therefore you don't, QED"
"Oh dear" says God "I hadn't thought of that", and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
"Oh that was easy" says man, and for an encore he goes on to prove that black is white and get's killed on the next zebra crossing.
Meanwhile the poor Babel fish, having effectively removed all barriers of communication between species, has caused more and bloodier wars than any race in the history of the galaxy.
*It is worth mentioning that Adams was a staunch atheist
So… yeah, that's Douglas Adams humour- my unfortunate friends have to put up with me spouting that kind of stuff a lot. That's hardly an isolated example either, for Adams has proposed, explained or made mention of the concepts of spaceships powered by improbability (and, indirectly, tea), restaurant mathematics and bad news, exactly how to throw oneself at the ground and miss, custom-made luxury planet building, a restaurant at the end of the universe that works by being impossible in at least 6 ways, the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster (the effect of which is like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick) the unimaginable usefulness of a towel, the Somebody Else's Problem field, Vogon Poetry (and that of Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings, a corruption of the name of someone Adams went to university with) and the Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe, And Everything (42, in case you're interested- they just keep having problems finding the Ultimate Question). To name but a few. You get the general picture.
After the success of the first radio series, the BBC commissioned a second. Between and after this, Adams turned his attention to novel writing, and began a tradition of substantially rewriting the storyline with each new incarnation of it to, among other things, 'annoy the fans'. The first part of what would later become his famous 'trilogy in five parts' was published in 1979, and was later followed by The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life the Universe and Everything, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless (all of which are references to parts of the first book). He also produced a 1981 TV adaptation, and a few other projects including the novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, the little joke dictionary The Meaning of Liff, and a radio series and book entitled Last Chance to See, about endangered species.
But… what is it that makes him so special? Why the cult following? Why national towel day? Why do I know that Babel Fish quote above by heart? Well… I really don't know. I can't quantify the quirkiness, the jokes, the flashes of abstract genius that none bar perhaps Terry Pratchett have ever emulated, the way that every successive adaptation is sufficiently different that every fan's experience is a little difference. I was indoctrinated through the radio series, think the TV adaptation is rubbish and that the books can't quite capture the humour as well- but other people I know insist that the literary form is the greatest piece of writing in the universe. As for the film, I think it's… different and not quite as amazing, but for some of my friends it's their only dip in the ocean of Adams, and they loved every minute. Others thought it was terrible. It's a funny old thing.
Adams died in 2002, long before his time. As Richard Dawkins said, in his passing "science has lost a friend, literature has lost a luminary, the mountain gorilla and the black rhino have lost a gallant defender". But his stories will never die, so long as there are people willing to enjoy and remember them. They are not stories for everyone, but they're something everyone should try, just in case they're perfect for you. And remember, on May 25th: everyone should know where his towel is.
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SHORT BIO – EDUCATION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
At the age of nineteen Jerry attended the internationally noted Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa as an undergraduate. After leaving college he taught himself photography and used his new-found knowledge taking his first pictures of the actor Hal Linden with the mayor of Flint, Michigan.
Later, after moving to the Twin Cities and working as a commercial photographer for companies that included 3M and Target, and as a wedding and events photographer, Jerry took a position as a biological photographer at the University of Minnesota. Upon teaching himself to use Photoshop, image analysis programs, and high-end microscopes, Jerry ended up as program manager of a core microscope facility, one of the largest in the country.
During that time he was published as a co-author in Science (and other peer-reviewed journals) wrote two books on digital imaging and post-processing, and taught scientific imaging and image ethics at major universities and at Woods Hole.
He left the University of Minnesota as a scientific imaging consultant to work on detection of early Alzheimer's, macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy from retinal fundus images; technical writing for regulatory agencies; promotion and development of a color calibration device for microscopy; detection of cancer therapy effectiveness via development of an innovative device (for which Jerry submitted four patents); and continues work on measurement of particulate from blood vessel walls for cardiology devices (See http://imagingandanalysis.com for more information).
Jerry now divides his time among scientific consulting jobs, events (and other) photography and writing; and pursues ways to create jobs and opportunities for the homeless (see http://prevailnews.org).
JERRY SEDGEWICK'S ARTIST STATEMENT
I'm uncovering wonders. These wonders are found when peering through a microscope. The most wonderful are the parts of plants, insects, flora, rocks and other objects. These are visually more compelling than the whole. Abstractions, textures, and topographies come alive. My intent lies in revealing how even those things we'd regard as mundane, repugnant, lovely and creepy contain awe-inspiring elements. So much so we can only marvel at creation.
AESTHETIC BIO
More that any artist, some of Mark Rothko's works of art enliven me in a spiritual way. His work requires quiet contemplation and that leads to an uplifting sensibility that instills wonder at a deeper and more encompassing world. And there's nothing tangible in the paintings–whether black on black or swaths of color–to account for it. It just happens.
The art I love touches something in me that transcends the simple framed work of art made up of brushstrokes, color and texture. In the same way that the tiniest creature or cross section of plant touches a part of me where wonder spawns and marvel expands. Even as a child I knew something of that when sitting in fields behind my house exploring the tiny world at my feet and over my head. I spent many an hour eyeing leaf hoppers, black ants, scurrying bugs, wriggling worms. These hours were a silent retreat from the loneliness and anxiety I felt around people.
While my first love was writing–and while I was complimented for my imagery in writing–my second love was photography. And rather than develop my eye for seeing color, light, contrast and texture through conventional means via art school, I developed my eye through scientific imaging. In the scientific imaging world I could control light and see the results far more easily than in studio settings. I could understand the consequences of light.
Photography, art and science converged with microscopic imaging to what I'm doing now with my artwork; not to mention non-staining methods to create contrast in dead creatures and plants. It was an unusual path to art. But that's been my life's story. Unusual, and often uncanny.
Email Jerry: jerry(at)prevailon(dot)com.
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MPX International's Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Canveda Inc., Enters Into an Agreement for the Manufacturing and Distribution of Cannabis Products in Israel
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Canveda's medical cannabis brand
TORONTO, Aug. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MPX International Corporation ("MPX International", "MPXI" or the "Corporation") (CSE:MPXI; OTCQX:MPXOF), a multinational diversified cannabis company, is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Canveda Inc. ("Canveda"), a licence holder under the Cannabis Act (Canada), has entered into a production and distribution agreement with Panaxia Pharmaceutical Industries Israel Ltd. ("Panaxia"), the largest manufacturer and distributor of medical cannabis products in Israel, for the packaging and distribution of cannabis which will be marketed and sold in Israel under Canveda's medical brand "Salus BioPharma".
"MPXI has a long-standing relationship with Panaxia and welcomes the opportunity to market our brand in Israel as part of our international cannabis strategy," noted W. Scott Boyes, Chairman, President and CEO of MPX International. "Panaxia is a major player in the Israeli market and an emerging participant in the global cannabis space and we are honored to be able to work with them on this initial project."
A first shipment of 100 kg of high-quality cannabis flower will be shipped from Canada to Israel as soon as an export permit from Health Canada is acquired. All the required import permits from Israel have been issued.
Panaxia uses high-quality cannabis flower to manufacture and distribute a variety of standardized, pharma-grade, smokeless, measured dosage cannabinoid-based products including sublingual tablets, slow release tablets, pastilles, rectal suppositories, vaginal suppositories, skincare ointments, topical patches and oral spray inhalers.
The Salus BioPharma products will be sold to patients with a variety of conditions such as PTSD, chronic pain, cancer, epilepsy, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, anorexia and HIV/AIDS.
"We are proud to work on this project with our Canadian partners MPX International Corporation and expand our collaboration to the Israeli market. As an experienced pharmaceutical company and the largest manufacturer and distributor of medical cannabis products in Israel, we are committed to providing premium, standardized, and scientifically-backed pharmaceutical cannabis products to our partners and patients worldwide. MPXI leads the pharmaceutical approach to medical cannabis in Canada, which makes them a natural partner for distribution of high-quality pharmaceutical cannabis products in Israel," said Assi Rotbart, GM of Panaxia.
"We will be shipping our initial 100 kg of bulk high-quality Sativa and Indica cannabis strains to test the market in Israel. Panaxia will be responsible for quality control, packaging and distribution of Salus BioPharma products," said Michael Arnkvarn, COO, Canada of MPXI. "The Salus BioPharma brand is our premier medical brand and we are excited to commence international distribution of our Salus BioPharma products with Panaxia in Israel. Following this initial foray into the international cannabis market, we are working to expand distribution of the Salus BioPharma Brand to additional international markets."
About MPX International Corporation
MPX International Corporation is a multinational diversified cannabis company focused on developing and operating assets across the international cannabis industry with an emphasis on cultivating, manufacturing and marketing products which include cannabinoids as their primary active ingredient. With current operations spanning four continents in Canada, Switzerland, South Africa, Malta and Australia as well as evolving partnership and distribution opportunities in other jurisdictions, MPXI continues to position itself as an emergent global participant in the cannabis industry.
About Panaxia Pharmaceutical Industries Israel
Panaxia Labs Israel, Ltd. is a publicly traded company (TASE:PNAX.TA). It is the largest Israeli manufacturer and home-delivery distributor of medical cannabis products, and the first to have received the approval of the Israeli Ministry of Health for the manufacturing of medicinal cannabis-based pharmaceuticals (under the IMC-GMP directive) as well as EU-GMP standard certification required for commercial production and export of medical cannabis and its products to Europe. The company manufactures over 30 hemp-based medicinal products and has accumulated a broad foundation of clinical experience based on tens of thousands of patients.
Panaxia is a subsidiary of the Segal Pharma Group, owned by the Segal family and founded over forty years ago. The company manufactures over 600 different pharmaceutical products that are distributed in over 40 countries worldwide. Panaxia Labs Israel is a subsidiary of Panaxia Pharmaceutical Industries, co-founded by Dr. Dadi Segal, Dr. Eran Goldberg, and Adv. Assi Rotbart as the cannabis division of the Segal Pharma Group. A sister subsidiary, Panaxia US, manufactures in North America over 60 hemp-based medicinal products, including sublingual tablets, lozenges, oils, and inhalators designed for treating conditions such as PTSD, cancer, chronic pain, epilepsy, anorexia, burns, and many other ailments. Panaxia Group has over 150 employees, who also conduct all of its clinical trials.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This news release includes certain "forward-looking statements" under applicable Canadian securities legislation that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results, performance, prospects, and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, MPX International's objectives and intentions. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: general business, economic and social uncertainties; litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; delay or failure to receive board, shareholder or regulatory approvals; those additional risks set out in MPX International's public documents filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, including its audited annual consolidated financial statements for the financial years ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 and the corresponding annual management's discussion and analysis; and other matters discussed in this news release. Although MPX International believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except where required by law, MPX International disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
MPX International Corporation
W. Scott Boyes, Chairman, President and CEO
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For additional information on MPXI visit our website www.mpxinternationalcorp.com or http://mpxi.tv.
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Battle Ravage is a ferocious member of the Terrorcon race. Incapable of emotion, he knows no mercy. In robot mode, he attacks its enemies with a relentless arsenal of powerful Energon weapons. In cougar mode, beware of his Energon-eating jaws and powerful mace tail. Created and unleashed by Unicron, Battle Ravage is sure to give the Autobots a hard time.
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We ask you to share your customer support FAQs from the FAQs Tab > Add FAQ to help us start the training our Chat Agents for your website.
To begin with, you can provide the basic FAQs, so that by the time you share the comprehensive FAQs with us, our Chat Agents would have already learned the basics of your business.
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You can copy the code from Setup > Paste The Code & paste it right before the closing "</body>" tag on all the pages you would like the chat tool to appear.
To utilize the free trial the best way, we suggest pasting it on all the pages.
From the moment you share the FAQs with us, we start with the training of our Live Chat Agents specifically for your website. The training is provided on the basis of the FAQs, your specific instructions & your website content.
Under this 48 hours training, we train at least 9 Chat Agents (2 main Chat Agents & 1 backup Chat Agent for each shift), Shift Managers, Lead- QA Team, Lead- Compliance Team & of course, your Dedicated Manager.
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Rise of Self Service Analytics: What's your take?
Gartner's Research Director Joao Tapadin has coined this new term for people who are still using traditional business intelligence (BI) platforms, and considering new norms like Self Service Analytics as mere trends. According to Joao at year's Gartner BI Summit, these BI-nosaurs will eventually become extinct if they don't accept new norms and best practices in the world of business analytics.
Self service analytics is disruptive, yet it empowers your employees to run their own analyses with the data (more often raw data), raise questions about the data, evaluate it, gain insights (of course!) and infer the data as per their business needs.
Are you ready to move your business to full self service analytics? Yes, there are definite advantages to that for sure – the different teams in your organization wouldn't have to be dependent on each other, or on any analyst, to access and grab reports from your data. Your sales team will run their own sales reports, marketing team can analyze the ROI of their efforts directly and tweak their marketing strategy accordingly, and what you would get is an ideal situation where teams are being more productive with direct access to data and self service analytics. But is it really so?
What if someone misinterprets the data? Miss the key insights completely because they are looking at the wrong data or running the wrong analysis? The chances of misuse of data and/or analytics can be limitless. 100% self service analytics is definitely not the answer – you need a professional to not only streamline your data, optimize your business analytics tools, but also to plan your analytics strategy. And that's where Cresco comes in.
Your analytics strategy should be a combination of BI reporting and self-service analytics, and Team Cresco will show you how to balance both types of business analytics. Our experts will counsel the different teams in your organization how to identify key insights from data, work with visualizations to avoid the wrong analyses, data conflicts, and finally, perform further analyses on their own. Our data scientists will enable your different teams to leverage self-service analytics in the right way. And you can then definitely avoid the tag of a being a "BI-nosaur".
To get started with self service analytics, get in touch with us today.
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Entrepreneurial discoveries in Norway, what's new?
R&D in teacher education milieus. A descriptive mapping of research and development in milieus that educate teachers for primary and lower secondary schools in Norway (GLU).
From the dictionary of the innovation strategy: How do we interpret "smart specialisation", "entrepreneurial discoveries", and "related variety"?


Using an advanced EHR may lead to significant per patient savings, according to a recent retrospective analysis.
If your organization is using an advanced EHR, it may be saving you a significant amount per patient according to a study published in American Journal of Managed Care.
Per patient savings can amount to as much as $730 for hospitals using advanced EHR software compared to the cost per patient at hospitals where there is no advanced EHR in place. For the purposes of this study, organizations that achieved the benchmarks set forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' EHR Incentive Programs were categorized as advanced EHR users.
According to EHR Intelligence, the research team looked at 550 hospitals, of which 104 qualified as advanced EHR users. The average savings per patient at those 104 hospitals was 9.66 percent, or $730. This cost difference is attributed to increased efficiency provided by advanced EHRs.


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Hi, what do you do with the half full packets once you have decanted the contents into a container? A space at the back?
You should find containers that fit the whole packet, if not you risk bugs getting in your food.


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So after finishing dinner at Pinks, we headed back to the hotel and then over to the convention center. On that Wednesday evening, we had the privilege of getting in line for BotCon early registration. Since I had a customizing class the next day, we were able to get registered and pick up my box set before the regular attendees.
We got in line around 7pm for when they opened the doors at 9pm. The convention as a whole was being held at the the Exhibition Hall and Ballroom portion of the Pasadena Convention Center. Although the line outside was fairly short, it was foreshadowing what was to come.
Once inside, they split us up by last name. Dealers received special treatment and got their own instant service line. It seemed that lots of these folks had purchased multiple sets, and many small groups were walking out with 4-5 of the Wings of Honor boxes. Some fans also decided to open their toys right there in the center immediately after obtaining them.
After about 45 minutes, it was my chance to go up and claim my first convention exclusives.
The free attendee exclusive figure: Leozack.
The final item I received was the very limited lapel pin of the Elite Guard faction symbol. I was able to be one of first 100 people to order a Primus or Iacon Package, and for doing so I received this pin. It was an unexpected benefit of faxing in my registration on the first day several months ago, and it is nice little unique trinket that I ended up pinning to my badge's lanyard.
Having finally completing the registration for my first convention, let alone a BotCon; we took at my new toys in hand and walked back to our hotel.
Once back in the room, I quickly opened the Wings of Honor boxed set to get a look at all the figures. Now these figures were somewhat rare in that you couldn't get them in stores, but I open and play with my toys. This box was not going to remain untouched.
Each one was carefully taken out of the foam box and transformed. Only one of the toys (Scourge) was from a mold that I previously owned, and so each toy initially dumbfounded me as I attempted to transform them. At first I wondered where all the tech specs / instructions were at. How was I supposed to correctly transform these guys?
Luckily underneath the foam inset were the instructions and all the remaining pieces of the boxed set including several cyber-planet keys, weapons, and missiles. I also opened up the bagged Leozack and transformed him.
By this time it was roughly midnight and we very tired after a long day of driving. This constant tired feeling ended up being a common theme across all the days of the convention with the long, late nights.
Needless to say after having these items in hand I was getting stoked for the convention. I finally had my first exclusives and was convention ready. The next stop was some sleep and then my customizing class early the next day.
You can see more detailed photos of each toy and item of the Wings of Honor / Primus Package by visiting this Flickr gallery.
We stayed at my folk's house a final night before driving to Pasadena on Wednesday morning. The plan was to casually make our way into the Los Angeles area by early afternoon.
Of course, there are many Targets and Wal-Marts on the way along I-10 to check for early toy releases. Plus we had budgeted a little time for these little stops along the way.
The first Wal-Mart had the Revenge of the Fallen themed limited edition Strawberried Peanut Butter M&M's. They aren't nearly as bad as they sound and taste more peanut buttery than strawberry.
Just after crossing the California border, we saw a new Target off the side of the road which we backtracked to on a hunch. The hunch ended up working because I was able to finally pick up the voyager class Vector Prime, and at a discount no less. I had never seen this figure in all my searching, and it was nice picking him up. My classics had be relegated to storage bins but it was probably more sound to get this guy now that at a possible markup in the con's dealer room.
A little bit further down near Indio we came across another Target that we felt lucky about. Fortune smiled on us and it led to more pre-release RotF toys and I was able to pick up 3 more deluxes: Sideswipe, Rampage, and Breakaway. I really didn't expect to find any more of these guys before the convention. I thought we'd just take the occasional break by stopping for a drink at these stores, but these were an added bonus.
Sideswipe is definitely the coolest looking of these three, and his package was opened shortly after leaving the store while we were still driving. He has a very sleek look and looks to be an interesting character that they added to the film. He isn't quite like his old G1 self, and Sunstreaker is nowhere to be found, but I look forward to see what they do with him.
Having hit the outskirts of town, we decided to stop visiting stores and just head to the hotel to drop off our stuff and then head out to an early dinner. The menu for this first day of the trip was Pink's Hot Dogs.
Last time we visited the LA area, we tried to hit up Pink's for a quick bite. Little did we realize on that trip it was midday on a weekend and the line was around the building and appeared to wrap several times.
However this time on an early Wednesday afternoon it was much different. We parked along a nearby street and got into a line of about 15. A few minutes later we had one plain dog, one Brooklyn Pastrami-Swiss Cheese Dog, fries, onion rings, and two bottled drinks.
The food was above average, with the onion rings standing out and the fries being fairly bland. It was worth visiting just for the experience and would recommend it if you ever visit Hollywood.
After Pink's we tried a few more local Targets located on the way back to the hotel to no avail.
Since there is just so much content to write about our trip to BotCon this year, I'm going to be splitting it up into multiple posts and maybe going into detail about specific things. So here is the first bit.
I'd say the start of the BotCon adventure began with my parents' house being broken into the weekend before the convention. They had been out of town on a trip to Ireland and my sister, Jessica, and myself had been watching the house while they were gone. Unfortunately during one of the spans between us checking up on the home, the front door was broken into.
Nothing apparent was stolen, but it did necessitate us having to stay over at the house for several days, installing a metal security door at midnight, and travelling between their home and ours multiple times.
I suppose a good thing that happened while we were there was that Fry's Electronics released some Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen toys early on Friday May 22. The toys weren't officially supposed to be available until May 29th, and most places that had them on the shelves weren't allowed them to be sold. In fact BotCon was advertising the fact they'd have these first figures available exclusively early and with special first release stickers. Not one to wait, Jessica and I headed over there after breakfast and picked up my first RotF figures: Leader Optimus Prime, Leader Megatron, Deluxe Bumblebee, and Deluxe Sideways.
So that was a nice little surprise to a fairly rough start of a weekend.
Fast forward a few days to Memorial Day and on another trip back to the folk's house for another sleepover and the Tempe Marketplace Target decided to slip some more RotF toys early. This trip netted Deluxe Wheelie, Deluxe Chromia, Deluxe Soundwave, Gravity Bot Bumblebee, Bumble Spud, and a Robot Replica's Optimus Prime.


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Q: How to bind Model Fields inside another Model in the Controller? I have a Model (Register.cs) that contains 2 other Model (ProfileMeta ,ProfileDetail) as fields. How do I bind these 2 Model fields in my Controller class? When I name my 2 field objects the same as the Model file names, as I've seen. When I reference them in ProfileController, they're seen as types and not objects.
Error   26  An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'ContosoUniversity.Models.ProfileMeta.password.get'   C:\Projects\DatingSite\datingSite\ContosoUniversity\Controllers\ProfileController.cs    63  40  DatingSiteInitial

However, when I rename them to different names, and refer them like so in ProfileController, I get the compilation error below:
  " doesn't exist in the current context"
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace ContosoUniversity.Models
{
    public class Register
    {
        public ProfileMeta ProfileMeta { get; set; }
        public ProfileDetail ProfileDetail { get; set; }
    }
}

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// POST: Profiles/Create
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        public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include = "ProfileMeta,ProfileDetail")] Register register)
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                profileMeta.Username = ProfileMeta.Username;
                profileMeta.password = ProfileMeta.password;
                profileMeta.ID = ProfileDetail.ID;
                db.ProfileDetails.Add(ProfileDetail);

                db.SaveChanges();
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            return View(profileDetail);
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Create

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                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.ProfileMeta.Username, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.ProfileMeta.Username, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })

            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.ProfileMeta.password, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })

                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.ProfileMeta.password, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.ProfileMeta.password, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })

            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.ProfileDetail.Age, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })

                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.ProfileDetail.Age, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
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}

    @Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index")

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    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")
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You can customize your network's media players (this includes music players, video players and badges) in the Design Studio. Open up the Design Studio and go to the Customize panel. There, click on the Media Players tab and you'll see that you can change the text, player or playlist colors.
The watermark is a stamp to help brand and promote your network. You can choose from the Network Icon, Network Name, a custom image, or no branding at all. This watermark will only appear on your embedded media players (for example, if someone embeds your media player on their own external website or blog), and not on your built-in Video Player, Music Player, or Photo Slideshow.
Save your changes by clicking "Publish" and you'll then see these customizations apply to your media players.
If your network is using the Classic Appearance Editor (this is only available on older networks),you can customize your Ning Network's media players by choosing the color scheme, as well as the watermark, that will appear. To do this, just navigate to the Appearance page from the My Network tab.
Click on any color bar to open up an entire pallette. If you want to restore your color scheme to the default theme settings, just click "Reset these colors".
Choose an option for your watermark, and click "Save". You're all set!


Coats (Learn How to Wear Coats) are the most descriptive style symbols of winter outerwear. Each of us has a certain set of principles, which determine the ways we choose for wearing coats, the color and shape peculiarities, as well as the overall looks they are meant to create. On the other hand, inspiration is an important factor for every time fresh and creative options, so it's also good to seek for certain sources able to provide us with the right fashion tips. In addition, it's really interesting to find out what the choice of celebrities is for the cold season this year, what they use in combinations, and what style they give preference to. So we have the chance to figure this out, finding the answers to all of our questions. Here is a brief list of the celeb's main coat choices for this winter, which stand out with their creative and cool drives, at the same time suggesting extreme comfortable and girly looks.
Our list starts with the options chosen by Olivia Palermo, which are described as extremely comfy and cute shapes, presented as a combo of a fur waistcoat (Learn How to Wear Fur), skinny pants, a classy black and a colorful scarf. In her next look, we see the same fur elements this time matched with a brownish sweater, and classy jeans. Finally, it's the camouflage printed skinny pants with a matching army-colored jacket and a chic black alligator Givenchy handbag.
Next comes Victoria's Secret's favorite angel Miranda Kerr, who gives preference to some oversized-with-skinny pairs, presented as a Rag & Bone oversized and quilted jacket, paired with skinny leather pants, which are complemented with a Balmain bag, Stella McCartney sunglasses, and Longiness Anita Ko watch and rings. In the second look of hers, she has chosen a very spectacular and casual-inspired combo of a Givenchy wool coat, a Ksubi denim miniskirt, a cute white shirt, Miu Miu sunglasses, a Valentino Studded bag and Barbara Bui booties for the best match.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is also in the list again giving her preference to Balmain options, presented as an angora coat, dark blue J. Brand skinny jeans, a Givenchy handbag, and Balmain high heel boots.
Later, Kate Bosworth introduces the drives and designs made by herself, particularly picked as a minimalistic black coat, a Burberry heart-shaped handbag, and black skinny jeans. The next option of hers features the overwhelming white shades for coat and top and Karen Walker sunglasses.
Liv Tyler opts for all-black alternatives adding some animal prints to accessories like handbags and stripes along the sides of skinny pants.
The cool cropped leather pants by Isabel Marant combined with fur elements and some black and white cells for the top are the choice of Alessandra Ambrosio.
Isabel Marrant is popular with Kate Moss's looks, too, put as a cool pair of boots, the star-printed pants of Sandro, and a leather coat.
Alexa Chung presents an all-Burberry-made look, composed of a leopard printed coat and classy ankle strap shoes.
Miroslava Duma wears the awesome and modernized florals by Valentino used for a classy and chic coat.
The floral motives go on with the options of Eva Mendes, as well, this time put as a NY & Co girly dress, and super fabulous Christian Louboutin heels.
Further, it's the all-animal-printed variants that we can observe with Elena Perminova's looks, who has chosen the black and white coat plus top and pants combo for her best picks.
What we encounter with Gwyneth Paltrow is the color play of grey and black, set with a grey minimalistic coat and skinny slightly stripy pants.
The comfy looks are most vividly demonstrated with Sarah Jessica Parker's options, put as a warm padded jacket, black pants, and Prada handbag finished with a cozy beanie.
Finally, it's the never dying classics of animal prints that are shown as Sienna Miller's elongated coat with sumptuous and sophisticated leopard prints.
So we can see that the trendiest and the most stylish drives are what make up this array of the famous celeb's picks for the perfect winter looks. Apart from being just chic and cool, they also offer very comfy and casual wear alternatives for your best and most impressive looks.


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Home/Reviews/Younique Review – A Thorough Look At This Newer MLM Company
Kevin MartinJune 19, 2020
Younique is somewhat of a new player in the beauty industry and is also new to the MLM world. The company was founded in 2012 and has experienced tremendous growth during its short lifespan. Social media has been the driving force behind its growth, and it markets its products almost exclusively through this channel. However, the company's growth may have peaked as revenues have been declining over the past couple of years.
The MLM world is a big one. With so many MLM companies out there, such as Scentsy and OPTAVIA, how does Younique truly measure up? Let's see what this company is all about with this review of Younique.
Younique Company Overview
Making Money With Younique
Comparison To Other MLMs
Conclusions For Younique
History Of Younique
The story behind Younique is a little different from most other MLM's. Younique was not founded with the products or profits as the main goal. Instead, the company was founded as a way to financially support an existing charity, The Younique Foundation. The Younique Foundation supports survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Younique was founded in 2012 by brother and sister pair Derek Maxfield and Melanie Huscroft. Derek and Melanie teamed up to bring something different to the MLM world. They wanted to support their foundation while also empowering women by growing their self esteem and providing a financial opportunity.
Prior to starting Younique, Derek spent 12 years creating software for companies in the direct selling industry. He recognized that technology could be used to transform the direct selling business model and empower the company's distributors. Melanie spent 16 years as a full-time homemaker, so this allowed her to connect with the company's Presenters on a deeper level.
In 2017, Coty, Inc. bought a majority share of the company for $600 million. This valued the company at $1 billion, a huge feat considering it had only been around for 5 years. As of May 2020, the company had approximately 1.5 million Presenters. Revenue for the company hit its peak in 2017 at $450 million but has since declined to $350 million in 2019.
Younique has avoided any major scandals or investigations since its inception. There are the occasional claims that the company is operating a pyramid scheme, but no company in the MLM world is immune from that. Those claims are mostly unfounded, and there are no official investigations going on related to those claims.
Younique has gotten into a little trouble with one of its products, its Moodstruck mascara product. The company states that the mascara is made from completely natural green tea fibers; however, a class action lawsuit alleges that the product is made from nylon fibers. While the company did not admit liability, they are working on a $3.25 million settlement agreement to avoid further litigation costs.
Co-founder Derek Maxfield still serves as the company's CEO today, and the company is still headquartered in Lehi, Utah. Melanie Huscroft is the company's Chief Visionary Officer, and her experience in marketing and art allow her creativity to run through every part of the company.
While Coty, Inc. did own a majority share of the company beginning in 2017, Coty decided to re-sell its share back to the original founders in 2019. Coty admitted that the Younique business model was unlike any other company it had owned, and declining sales led them to sell their share.
Today the company is still one of the only MLM companies in the world that sells its products almost exclusively through social media and online channels. Co-founder Derek Maxfield knew that technology could change the way that MLM companies did business, and the company has utilized technology that allows Presenters to run their business from anywhere in the world.
Younique Product Lines
Younique is focused on the beauty industry, and the majority of their products are in the makeup category. They offer many types of makeup products from foundations and bronzers to eye shadow and lipstick. In addition, they offer makeup accessories such as brushes and applicators.
Younique has expanded their product line past just makeup now. Today they also offer a skincare line that includes cleansers, toners, serums, and masks. They also have a line of fragrances as well, so you can find almost anything you need from a personal beauty perspective.
Company Marketing Practices
Younique prides itself on the fact that it utilizes social media almost exclusively in the marketing and sales of its products. It is still one of, if not the, only MLM company in the world to sell its products only through social media. In fact, some experts attribute Younique's explosive growth to its focus on digital selling.
Through social media, Presenters are able to host virtual parties where they can showcase the company's products. They can also use this platform to encourage other people to join their team and become presenters with them. By using social media, they can include participants from anywhere and are not bound by geographical limits. This has had a large positive impact on sales.
With roughly 1.5 million presenters already enrolled with the company and declining sales, is it possible to make money with Younique? The beauty industry is quite large and people are almost always willing to spend money on those products, but the hype around Younique seems to be dwindling.
The fact that Younique does not publish an Income Disclosure Statement should be an immediate red flag to anyone looking to sign up as a Presenter. However, it's possible to use other numbers that they publish to get a rough estimate of how much their Presenters are earning. Spoiler alert – it's not much.
Factoring in business expenses, the average Younique presenter likely earns somewhere in the neighborhood of $14 per month. Also consider the fact that you must maintain a minimum level of sales to remain active as a Presenter so that you can continue to earn commissions. This highlights the fact that selling Younique is not a great business opportunity.
Enrolling as a Presenter with the company is easy. Just complete their online signup form and buy the $99 starter kit, and you are on your way to selling Younique products. There are no annual renewal fees once you become a Presenter, but minimum purchase requirements need to be met to stay commission eligible.
Younique takes pride in the fact that they offer a simple and concise compensation plan. Presenters earn 20% – 30% commission on products they sell based on their current status. In addition, they earn commissions from the sales of their team from 3% – 6%. Presenters can earn commissions up to three levels deep in their downline.
Another plus to their compensation plan is the fact that they advertise instant commissions. Presenters receive their commission payments within three hours after a customer places their order. This is unlike any other MLM company out there.
As mentioned already, Younique relies almost exclusively on social media marketing for their products. Presenters who have a large social media following are much more likely to be successful within the company. This channel is also used to recruit other Presenters into the company. Social media is used to host virtual parties to showcase the products as well as pitch the idea of the business opportunity to potential presenters.
While Younique has a simpler compensation model than most MLMs, the odds of making money with the company are very low. Their unique selling model does allow people to sell the products without the need to perform in-person sales. However, the hype surrounding the company appears to be dwindling as sales continue to decline. Their products appear to have been a fad that are on their way out and people are turning to other, more stable brands for their makeup products.
While most customers are happy with Younique's products, they seem to have been a trend that is slowly dying. Some Presenters were able to make decent money riding this trend, but the overall odds of success are incredibly low. The company promotes a good mission and cause, but this is not a great business opportunity for anyone looking to make extra money.
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 5
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Q: I'd like to select a random YouTube video from MySQL database, and display it on my webpage I have a MySQL database table called 'Videos' with only three columns (fields?): ID, EmbedURL, and Name.
I'd like to use PHP (or something, anything) in the actual index.html to grab a random YouTube video from the DB and put the EmbedURL into an iFrame so that when the user clicks a button (or refreshes the page) another random video from the database loads.
I know I could do this with an iframe embed, like so:

But I really want this simple, 1-page website to have a big, fun, attractive button to click, and the iframe embed player just has this boring "next" button.
Below is my code so far. As a starter step, I was just trying to see if I could get my page to display the EmbedURL that's saved in the database, but it's not echoing anything on the page, and I know it's not addressing the iframe issue.
I did a pretty thorough search (60min) and can't quite put the pieces together. The query is working in phpMyAdmin.
Any pointers appreciated.
[EDIT: My webhost is running PHP v. 5.2.17].
<?php
    mysql_connect("localhost", "admin", "xxxxxxx") or die(mysql_error());
    mysql_select_db ("my_db_name") or die(mysql_error());

    $select = mysql_query("SELECT EmbedURL FROM `Videos` ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1");
   while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($select)) {
?>

<?php echo $row ['EmbedURL']  ?>

A: Is that the script you are running?
The last line seems to be missing a semicolon.
Otherwise it seems fine. Although, as pointed out by Marc B, you do not need to use a while loop if it is just one. And as mentioned by Fanis, you should do error checking.

A: It looks like they are deprecating the mysql calls and recommend using the mysqli object oriented calls instead.
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php
<?php
    $mysqli = new mysqli("host", "username", "password", "database name");
    if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
        echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: (" . $mysqli->connect_errno . ") " . $mysqli->connect_error;
    }
    echo $mysqli->host_info . "\n";

    $res = $mysqli->query("SELECT EmbedURL FROM `Videos` ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1");
    $row = $res->fetch_assoc();
?>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="<?php echo $row['EmbedURL']; ?>" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

<?php echo $row['EmbedURL'];?>

This worked for me on my local server running php 5.4.  The first comment on the constructor recommends using a different set of commands if you are are using a php version below 5.2.9.


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Video: Fifth-Annual LWSD Teen Entrepreneur Event Is the Best Yet
Eleven student teams competed in the Investor Round of the 2019 LWSD Teen Startup Challenge event for a grand prize of $2500 and a spot on the stage at the Greater Kirkland Chamber's Investor Sharks Northwest event this November.
Map it out – Tesla STEM students make up the entire top five in online mapping contest
Five submissions from Nikola Tesla STEM High School students took the top five prizes at the Esri ArcGIS Online Washington State Competition.
Lake Washington High School Football team honored with Team Sportsmanship Award
The football team at Lake Washington High School (LWHS) was awarded a 2018 Team Sportsmanship Award by the Pacific Northwest Football Officials Association (PNFOA), a group that provides high school football officiating services.
Science curriculum connects students to the nature around them
Science teacher Jason Wessels wants his students to understand the world around them.
Sky high – Six LWSD juniors onto phase two of aerospace scholars program
Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) chose a handful of students from across the state to participate in its summer experiences program. Six of the selected students are from Lake Washington Schools.
Student & School Support Services
Student & Professional Learning Services
Student Academic Success Services
Central Leadership Team >
Contact information and organizational charts for Operational Services in LWSD
Shannon Parthemer | Director
Communications and Community Engagement
425-936-1342 | sparthemer@lwsd.org
Mrs. Parthemer provides overall leadership for the district's communications operations and serves as the district's Public Information and Communications Officer. She acts as district spokesperson for the media and the public, ensuring timely, reliable, accessible and accurate provision of information and communications. She leads the development, integration, and implementation of the district's public/media relations and communications plans aligned with district goals and objectives. Mrs. Parthemer assumes responsibility for internal and external district publications; print and social and multi-media communications; and, volunteer community engagement efforts.
Communications and Community Engagement Organizational Chart
Sally Askman | Director
Technology Operations
425-936-1249 | saskman@lwsd.org
Ms. Askman provides overall leadership for the success of the district's technology operations, ensuring robust and reliable infrastructure to support student learning and productivity of district staff. She leads the development, integration, and implementation of the district's technology policies and plans aligned with district goals and objectives. Ms. Askman assumes responsibility for technical and network operations, hardware and software support; data center functions; and, technical applications and technology project management and works collaboratively with technology integration to develop and implement efficient and effective cross-departmental systems and processes.
Technology Operations Organizational Chart
Pat Fowler-Fung | Director
425-936-1266 | pfowler-fung@lwsd.org
Ms. Fowler-Fung provides overall leadership for human resources (HR), assuming responsibility for the processes, policies, and programs that enable the district to recruit, hire, and retain highly effective personnel. Ms. Fowler-Fung assumes responsibility for ensuring positive and collaborative employee and labor relations, as well as efficient and effective HR operations aligned with district goals and objectives. She is responsible for certificated and classified recruitment and hiring; staffing; substitutes; and, compliance with all legal and contractual matters pertaining to employment. Ms. Fowler-Fung serves as the district's civil rights compliance coordinator, monitoring and coordinating the district's compliance with non-discrimination laws and policies.
Human Resources Organizational Chart
Jerred Kelly | Associate Director
Human Resources, Classified Staff
425-936-1333 | jerrkelly@lwsd.org
Mr. Kelly works in collaboration with the director to provide leadership for the district's human resources (HR) and to integrate and implement effective HR operations aligned with district goals and objectives. Mr. Kelly assumes responsibility for classified staffing and employee relations processes and compliance with all legal and contractual matters pertaining to classified employment. Mr. Kelly oversees employment-related processes pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Bill Rosen | Associate Director
Human Resources, Certificated Staff
425-936-1344 | wrosen@lwsd.org
Mr. Rosen works in collaboration with the director to provide leadership for the district's human resources (HR) and to integrate and implement effective HR operations aligned with district goals and objectives. Mr. Rosen assumes responsibility for certificated staffing and employee relations processes and compliance with all legal and contractual matters pertaining to certificated employment.
Emily Young | Associate Director
Human Resources, Recruitment and Talent Acquisition
425-936-1224 | emyoung@lwsd.org
Ms. Young works in collaboration with the director to provide leadership for the district's human resources (HR) and to integrate and implement effective HR operations aligned with district goals and objectives. Ms. Young assumes responsibility for development and implementation of classified and certificated recruiting and strategies and processes, including social media strategies. She collaborates with the Professional Learning department to assist with systems and processes to ensure appropriate onboarding, orientation, and training for new employees.


The Wyoming Well Blowout: What Does It Mean for Pennsylvania Fracking?
In late April, a blowout at a hydraulic fracturing gas mine in Wyoming became a major news story. A plume of natural gas and mud blew into the air, and the roar of venting methane gas could be heard from six miles away. Some 67 residents near the well were asked to evacuate their homes. There were no reports of injuries or fires.
The well is located in Converse County, Wyoming, about ten miles northeast of Douglas. It taps into the Niobrara Shale, a field of underground rock that has pockets of oil and natural gas trapped underneath. Chesapeake Energy, based in Oklahoma City, operates the well; Chesapeake is the nation's second-largest U.S. natural-gas drilling company.
Three days after the accident, the leak was capped. Ironically, the company's stock price rose immediately following the incident.
While investigations into the cause of the accident are still underway, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Supervisor Tom Doll assured residents the incident "had nothing to do with fracking." Perhaps that's technically true—the shale hadn't actually been broken at the worksite—but it's obvious that the rig blowout occurred only because the gas exploration operation was in progress.
Mr. Doll is also letting Chesapeake take the lead in investigating the incident and estimating the environmental damage, according to news reports.
In the aftermath of the Wyoming incident, many commentators and advocacy journalists have taken positions on what this means for gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region. Some editorials have raised alarm, and more — more friendly to the business perspective — have assured us that, no, it can't happen here.
That ignores one difficult fact: It already has happened here.
About a year ago, Chesapeake Energy had a blowout at a Pennsylvania fracking well—an accident that took nearly a week to bring under control. In that incident, the ruptured well led to the release of thousands of gallons of fracking fluid to contaminate a stream near Canton. Several families were asked to vacate their homes.
Many people believe that the 2011 Bradford County blowout was crucial in convincing concerned citizens to mount an organized resistance to dangerous Pennsylvania fracking operations. Certainly, in recent months, there has been a growing awareness that the expansion of fracking operations has not been a completely positive experience for Pennsylvania.
How long can we trust to good luck?
The people of Wyoming were lucky, just as we were lucky a year ago. There were no immediate injuries or fatalities from either of the well blowouts. Given the record of horrific accidents at oil and gas wells, we can be thankful that workers and nearby homes were spared this time.
We can't pretend that our luck is going to hold forever. Given the huge boom in Marcellus Shale fracking projects, someday — maybe soon — someone is going to get seriously hurt.
If you or a family member have been injured due to a negligent Pennsylvania energy company or employee, you may be eligible to receive compensation for your medical bills, lost income, and suffering. It is vital for you to preserve your legal rights by calling Ostroff Injury Law at (855) 880-6667 today. Jon Ostroff is the Pennsylvania fracking injury lawyer prepared to work intensively to get you the recovery you deserve. Contact him today or fill in the online form to get a FREE, no-obligation evaluation of your case.


A Shot Across the Bow !
In our October 11 issue, we discussed the fact that several commodity markets had experienced major price advances. We explained that global economic growth was turning the corner from three years of "stagflation," but it was worldwide monetary expansion that was beginning to lift all boats.
This week, during the peak of harvesting a record crop, the corn market exploded and gained 24 cents in a three day period. The wheat market also participated in the buying frenzy and gained 41 cents in the same period. What's happening? Are harvest results below expectations? Was it only fund buying?
In August, we published a special report entitled: The Grain Drain of 2004. That report illustrated the extreme tightness that grain markets would experience during 2004 as world reserves fell to 30 year lows. It explained how China had decided to cut grain reserves to a minimum after moving to a more open economy and joining the World Trade Organization. Because China is the world's largest producer and consumer of wheat and the second largest exporter of corn, any change in their import/export policies would have a dramatic effect on world grain prices.
Although US production of both wheat and corn turned out larger than estimated in August, the world balance has changed little. In fact, since that time, China's corn production estimate has fallen 4 million tonnes and Europe's wheat slipped another 2.5 million tonnes.
Unfortunately, the USDA has not changed its corn export estimate for China or its wheat import estimate for Europe since August. This has contributed to a false sense of surplus grain supply for the US. However, Europe is beginning to buy feed wheat from the US and China announced this week they were halting all export sales of feed wheat. China has also been slow to offer corn for export after the first of the year. In fact, they raised the price of corn exports $15.00 per tonne this week as domestic prices advanced $20.00 per tonne. Corn prices in South China, the primary producing area for livestock and poultry, advanced to $4.29 per bushel on Thursday.
Sudden realization that China may be forced to curb corn exports and import wheat next year shocked the futures market this week. Subscribers should view this week's abrupt turn in corn and wheat futures as only the first shot across the bow. As more becomes known about tightness in European and Chinese grain supplies, The Grain Drain of 2004 should become a reality.


We collaborate closely with academic institutions, biotech and pharmaceutical companies and other organizations working on ALS and related fields.
We could not do this alone. Partners are critical to the success of the Innovation Ecosystem.
Increasing industry involvement is a major goal for Target ALS, and we are pleased that many biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies as well as venture capital firms have joined our Innovation Ecosystem.
Although for understandable reasons, the ALS research funding landscape in the past was divided between a number of excellent foundations and federal funding sources, there is an exciting and positive trend toward overall strategic consultation and partnership on specific initiatives.


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Biden laid out his first 100 days in office and said he won't use DOJ as his personal 'vehicle' to investigate Trump
President-elect Joe Biden said he wouldn't use the Justice Department as his "vehicle" to investigate President Donald Trump — allowing the agency to be independent.
Biden laid out his priorities for his first 100 days in office to NBC News anchor Lester Holt in the president-elect's first televised interview since the November election.
"I will not do what this president does and use the Justice Department as my vehicle to insist that something happen," Biden told Holt. "There are a number of investigations that I've read about that are at a state level — there's nothing at all that I can or cannot do about that."
"But I'm focused on getting the American public back at a place where they have some certainty, some surety, some knowledge that they can make it," he continued.
President-elect Joe Biden said he wouldn't use the Justice Department as his "vehicle" to investigate President Donald Trump — echoing a campaign phrase about allowing the agency to be independent.
Biden appeared on "NBC Nightly News" with anchor Lester Holt in his first televised interview since the November election, where he was asked about tapping former Democratic rivals for his cabinet, how the presidential transition was moving along, and how he envisions a vaccine rollout next year.
During the interview, the president-elect laid out his priorities in his first 100 days upon taking office in January and responded to a question about investigations into President Donald Trump. As Business Insider's Dave Levinthal previously reported, Trump could face a litany of federal investigations.
"But I'm focused on getting the American public back at a place where they have some certainty, some surety, some knowledge that they can make it," he continued. "The middle class and working-class people are being crushed. That's my focus."
Earlier this month, Rep. Bill Pascrell, a Democrat from New Jersey, called for federal investigations into Trump and members of his administration upon Biden's transition into the White House.
"[The president] has attacked our elections and sought to throttle democracy," Pascrell said. "He was rightly impeached by the House of Representatives. He has engaged in treachery, in treason. He has all but given up on governing and protecting our nation and if he had a shred of dignity he would resign today."
"Failure to hold financial and political wrongdoing accountable in the past has invited greater malfeasance by bad actors," he continued. "A repeat of those failures in 2021 further emboldens criminality by our national leaders and continues America down the path of lawlessness and authoritarianism. There must be accountability."
Biden has previously said he aims to restore independence that typically exists between the White House and the Justice Department.
During the campaign he responded to an ABC News town hall question in October, saying: "What the Biden Justice Department will do is let the Justice Department be the Department of Justice. Let them make the judgments of who should be prosecuted."
The line between the DOJ and the president had been blurred with the Trump administration and Attorney General Bill Barr.
Following Election Day, Barr authorized federal investigations into Trump's disputed claims of election fraud, which were largely rooted in conspiracy theories related to voter fraud and mail-in voting.
Biden told Holt that he will take action on immigration and climate change in his first 100 days, but his main priority will be dealing with the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
He opened up on his own experience not having health insurance and related it to what some American families may be feeling amid the ongoing pandemic.
"I remember my dad being restless … so the next morning I asked my mom, 'What's wrong with dad?'" Biden said. "She said, 'Honey, he's worried. We just lost our health insurance. He doesn't know what to do.' Think of all the people who are lying awake at night staring at the ceiling thinking, 'God forbid that happens.'"
"We have to act to guarantee that they have access to affordable health insurance," he continued. "This is more than just a financial crisis. This is a crisis that is causing real mental stress for millions of people and it's within our power to solve it and to grow the economy at the same time."
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There are lots of sightseeing spots in Osaka.
From HOSTEL 64 Osaka, it is easy to get those places.
Here is the access information to Osaka's famous places from our hostel.
by subway, one line to Morinomiya station, about 20 min.
by subway, one line to Osakako station, about 20 min.
floating garden observatory on the height of 173m!
by bus, one line to Osaka station, about 40 min.
by subway, just one stop to Dome Chiyozaki Mae station, about 10 min.
on foot, with our original map, about 25 min.
by bus, to the west end of the island, about 10 min.
for more information, please ask at the front desk.


Connect with your fellow new members at our quarterly New Member Orientation, sponsored by AllSouth Federal Credit Union, on Wednesday, October 9 at 11:30 a.m. at the Greater Lexington Chamber.
Meet the Chamber Board Executives, staff and others involved with the Chamber.
Learn how to take advantage of your membership benefits.
Find ways to get involved in the Chamber with our Ambassador Program and other committees.
Hear about the Chamber's upcoming events.
To attend, please RSVP to Tabitha Davis by Monday, October 1.


Raconteur is a fancy word for, well you need to stick around to find out.
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