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Legends Blackjack & Huffer Accidentally Revealed?
TFW2005 boards member Jalaguy has made a potentially interesting discovery – the the background of one of the SDCC combiner images revealed today, the Hasbro filenames for Blackjack and Huffer can be made out. Blackjack is speculated to be the Legends figure who forms Menasor's chest, and Huffer may be a new, as-of-yet unrevealed Legends mold.
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Damn! You have some good eyes! I don't think I would have noticed that!
Never allow your computer screen (with file listings) to be in the background of a pic.
Something tells me this was done intentionally.
Holy crap…..I was just thinking the other day it would be cool to have a new Blackjack……..
And yeah Huffer was definitely a given. Heh…IDW for the most part pretty much reveals upcoming plans to us, especially when a particular character is suddenly thrusted for to the forefront, if not always.
I'm one issue behind on MtMtE. Did Huffer get a role in the most recent issue, because I don't remember him having more than a couple one- or two-panel cameos throughout the rest of the series.
Dammit, I still want GALVATRON!
Since next year is officially year of the combiner… I think most of the toys and characters (even though by canon does not combiner)… will be part of a combiner team.
pipes: Transforms from heroic autobot truck to stepped on guy!
wow. Hasbro slipped on this one! I wonder who got in trouble for dropping the ball!
Interesting that we finally get a name of a transformer with the word Black in it.
I thought they had to be all politically correct.
In any case, that's a pretty sweet name.
The original G1 Blackjack toy was released in 1989 as a part of the Decepticon Micromaster Sports Car Patrol set.


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First appearing on the PC in 2014, this Multiplayer Online Battlefield Arena has since come to Xbox One and Playstation 4. In Smite, you take the role of one of dozens of gods or demigods from various mythological texts in order to take part in high stakes arena combat.
Smite joined the world of eSports in 2015 with the first Smite World Championship, in which teams from all over the world took part. With millions of players in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, Smite has attracted some of the best players and teams in the world, including Epsilon eSports, Cloud9, and Team eXcellence.
Paddle configuration: With a SCUF, you use the paddle system on the back of the controller to press a button and then the "release" in one simple hand motion. Paddles dramatically reduce the time it takes to use an ability while leaving your thumbs free to move your character or shift the targeting view to hit the target. Quick casting is faster than Normal and the SCUF paddle system lets you utilize the speed of that mode without sacrificing your accuracy or the ability to turn the player perspective for escapes.
Triggers: Our hair trigger system allows you to use your abilities in a fraction of a second, hitting that sweet spot the moment that your cooldown is finished!
Thumbsticks: Thumb sticks are always a matter of personal preference, but we tend to like having two regular length concave thumb sticks for this game. They offer a level of control and grip that will help you keep up with anyone.


The previous SEO or marketing manager thought that the best way to build relevancy for their target keywords was to place their head term in the page title and URL of 3-4 blog posts per month and then crank out thin, non-value creating posts as fast as they could.
To say you upped this site's traffic game is an understatement. You really achieved incredible and commendable results. Bravo my friend!
Throughout your case study I liked your use of real examples. On that note, I know you regularly begin site audits with a (deep)crawl, and would like to thank you for mentioning us.
Like you said, when doing an audit, look for critical elements and fast wins, ain't nobody got time to blow tens of hours on max effort and minimal results. Let's work smart instead!!
Humble brag: I think DeepCrawl's Page Groupings feature (within the Advanced Settings in Step 4 of crawl setup) is worth a shout out here.
This was created with our aim to give clients the max value for the least cost in mind. It identifies patterns and issues on your site, by crawling a snapshot (percentage) rather than crawling the whole thing.
We know huge crawls (million URLs+) are often hard to view in Excel and harder still to action.
We think this feature helps SEOs overcome this, and I thought your readers might want to know about it.
Thank you for taking the time to leave such a detailed and thoughtful comment.
The re-crawl function on DC is one of my favorites, along with the ability to then, within any of the detailed views, quickly filter based on any data pattern – this has been extremely helpful in identifying pages that need additional attention in one form or another.
Thanks Alyssa! I wasn't aware of that page groupings feature. Going to have to give that a try.
but here, here, and here don't have links?
Hey Harry – Yup, good catch. This is fixed. Thank you.
That's Great Nick. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and findings … just in the middle of an SEO review for a client myself, so very useful.
great post; really informative and good to see an SEO case study where the examples are not all in the internet marketing niche!
Couple of questions i wish i had emailed about when i recieved your "what do you want to see" email.
1. The competitons – how did you go about getting links from launching these? Was the entry mechansim write a blog post with a link or do people just happen to mention the competitin on thier sites. Was there any seeding of communities etc.? A bit of detail here woukd enhance the post tremendously.
2. Appreciate the post is not about keyword research and you link out to your course (folks, this is awesome by the way, I recommend you buy it as I did when it first came out), but where some insight would be appreciated is what tools you'll use to now pull keyword data given last years changes to Google Keyword Tool around search volume and grouping similar terms' volumes together which obfuscates things.
Once again, great post – a lot of work I'm sure, but worth it!
1. Links for the contests come in a variety of ways, almost all of the social elements (links with shares from real accounts with trust + share of voice) are built into the contest tools. My favorite platform right now is Gleam.io. In addition to this we have a list of ~100 contest sites that take free and paid submissions to promote contests to their respective audiences. The last component is to run an outreach campaign to bloggers and media sites in the specific industries and simply share the details with them.
2. The best answer I have here is actually the post I wrote here that I linked to in the post above too (I didn't actually link to my course at all IN the post, only link to it is the "after-entry" promotion image 🙂 In that post I go over the tools I'm now using to get kw data and how to handle a world where Google is no longer providing this for free.
On that note, it's also worth mentioning that KeywordsEverywhere (the Chrome extension) is free and pulls data into many other services and their premium tool, KeywordKeg is excellent, affordable, and provides data from I believe 11 other sources.
Thanks for sharing some really interesting and detailed insights with some great tools recommended too.
I was just wondered what tool you used to help you visualise the keyword mapping to content exercise?
Yes it's the tool we use for information architecture design and sitemap building called Slickplan, it's excellent!
All my life I ve been creating content but not able to drive quality traffic, thanks to this comprehensive guide of yours Robbie. I will practice the way how you create content and will definitely replicate this case study in no time. Again hats off to you for sharing this stuff and I ll starting doing my research now so that I could create a good quality content.
Awesome piece of content, Nick! great value.
Wow, over 300% is an amazing result. It happens to me but just because I find "low competition" good keywords.
Did you mean to post screenshots of people's email addresses?
Yes I got permission from all those wonderful folks.
Indeed great info shared in this post about seo case-study..valuable post for all the newbies like me. Will you please keep it updated every time so it will help me in future.
Thanks Sherin – Yes, my plan is to continue to add to this post overtime including more specific details in the sections and then also expanding the verticals.
Huge gains with great actionable content. Very useful indeed!
Thanks for sharing this. You got my attention on the follow, nofollow tags and how easily this is forgotten. Also thank you for the link building ideas.
Found your article through a private SEO FB group. What a great read.
I feel like you're missing one section though..
How would you handle smaller type site! I realise it might not be your market but doing an 80/20 SEO campaign for a small business would be a great addon to this article.
Could you elaborate a bit on what you mean by smaller? We have local sites that do 80-100,000 visits/mo so looking for some gauge on what constitutes "small" – definitely happy to add in some specific tips that will have the biggest impact for local.
Awesome.. Amazed to see that websites still can attract that many visitors and that to without posting ton of content daily. I am sure there is a lot of learn for me. I am way way back.
Superb insights as always, Nick!
In a recent audit, I worked off of inflow's amazing best-in-class Ecommerce CRO feature matrix and layered in some of the SEO elements you covered. What really jumped out at me was the emergence of mega menus on mobile. Some sites I reviewed are even applying these elements down to the category pages in place of faceted filters. For me, this connects a bit to your category page ranking observation from earlier this year.
Hey, Nick—thanks for the reminder that you won't see an immediate increase in traffic from an increase in backlinks (even good ones!). I know I've been guilty of thinking as follows: if X is known to increase traffic, then if we do X, we'll see our traffic increase overnight.
As the time grows between cause (publishing) and effect (traffic), it gets harder and harder to see the connection between the two, but that doesn't mean the connection isn't there.
elsewhere about SEO, thanks very much for your approach and insights.
It is said that website built on big platforms got some advantages in SEO, is that right?
Not at all, TrafficSafetyStore.com is completely homegrown for example.
In the section "build a keyword matrix" there is a screenshot of a tool. What tool is that? Do you insert one keyword at a time manually or how does it work?
REALLY interesting post. Thank you for sharing it!
Hey Claus – That is from a tool I built called Sentinel, right now it uses data from TermExplorer and automatically builds a keyword matrix. It also has built in support to tag your keywords for search intent based on the 4 established intent buckets; informational, navigational, commercial investigation, and transactional.
I really appreciate you mentioning how content is not king here and the main factor for the success of your campaigns. It's really tiring to see people still eat that up as a main ranking factor.
And when it comes to back links, you were spot on with saying simply "more". In competitive areas having a steady flow of incoming looks not only looks natural but builds authority to Google's eyes, which will justify your high rankings and increased traffic down the road.
The report you have shown is good and impressive. I came to know lots of new things. I think some of my friends want this stuff. It's totally worth able to share with my friends.
Great article! Thanks for sharing your results! Have to read this again later – lots of stuff to look into. Keep up the good work!
Having been away from the online marketing world for a few years, I've started to dip my toe in and seeing posts like this reminds me that solid, common sense mixed with tremendous hard work is still the way to be successful online.
Despite all of your great content here, many people will still read it looking for the shortcuts to success.
Excellent content, i read every word from start to finish. I hope it too brings you many links because of just how useful it is.
Loved this article! I liked everything about your details and depth article.
I'm also finding eCommerce sites ranking slowly. I can see from your post you made some guides and blog posts as a tactic and blocked all posts under 500 words. Posts under 500 words rank for me, possibly due to low competition so I won't noindex them as yet but I'm going to do a content audit with seo spider to check for some quick wins.
Thanks for the tips Nick.
thanks for giving us such a nice information about organic traffic and page grouping knowledge your article is very helpful and have a lot of information.
Hey Nick, Thanks a lot for sharing your experience and knowledge. of organic traffic with real examples. Very useful indeed!
it's nice Nick. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience work through by posting this post i'm just doing SEO for my web designing website so need guidelines for SEO your post really help me and inspire this post is like "cheese on bread for me"………thank you so much again.
Thanks for sharing this complete case study. IT gave me some new idea which i would like to try in my coming projects.
– Why do u prefer built flat design for big brand store instead of sub-folder architecture, what is the difference?
– What kind of itemprop markup you use for give relevancy to parent directory? Do u have any example?
– The last one, do you use some checklist after publish or update new content? Like external links from x sites or just only link internally for move PageRank score?
Thank u for your help and the content.
– I actually don't prefer this for categories and sub-categories, just products. The main reason is so products can live in multiple cats/sub-cats without the need to use canonical tags to set a master URL version.
– I will often use formats from WebPage and Product.
– Not one in particular but I do really like this post from Robbie Richards which covers a lot of strategies for getting your content out there.
Thanks for great post! I have a question about affiliate links.
Why don't you add canonical tag on landing page that you want to boost in rankings? It's easier and it helps to indicate that all affiliate links with parameters should deliver link value to the one URL. What do you think about my solution?
Hey Terry – Not a bad idea at all. Personally I would always rather have direct full path links and only use canonicals when there is no other option.
When you use bitly or any other redirect tool you don't land all your link juice on the URL that you want to promote. Basically, you lose a part of it. And I'm not sure if platforms like CJ will allow to do it as they pass lots of data with their custom URL.
What affiliate platforms did/do you use that are OK with bitly?
The # in URL isn't cool either. Top affiliate platforms like CJ let affliates to add their tracking ID to any URL, so you don't control the way URL is placed.
Seriously good post, one of the best SEO case studies I've read (although it is much more than just case studies).
I hadn't heard of deep crawl before but noticed you mentioned it together with Screaming Frog. Which would you recommend out of the two, or do you use both for different situations?
As an SEO always trying to overdeliver for my clients it's incredibly inspiring when you come across someone doing that within the community. I've learned some very actionable tips in your magnum opus here and I truly appreciate your efforts.
Some parts a bit hard to understand, but the case of study is pretty good!
Good work.. This case study is very greatly explained with the help of top quality tools like semrush and ahrefs. Case study in SEO is very important if you are learning or your a advance user. Different case study from anyone has always give a different way of watching the backlinks, researching of keywords. Thank you admin for the share.
Thanks for making my day with this amazing post.
I know there are lots of keyword research tools out there but which is your favorite and which one you use ?
What a SEO case study! I've never seen an in-depth case study that has much gold information and detail like this. Thanks for take time to write down and share.
One thing I want to hear from you: how do you think about role of "taxonomy: tag" in WordPress? Is it help ful or just remove it completely from site structure, just use page, category and posts for SEO?
Epic guide, Nick! Now I should read 3 more times to get everything clear. Thank you for your work.
Lol, this could be turned into a book!
But it's truly a great piece of content. Most definitely will be using this for our own business as well as pass it on to a few friends.
Thanks Team, keep up the good work!
Hello Nick, your case study is so awesome!!!!
Can you write more about contest seo?How does it work?
Thank you for taking time and writing down this amazing case study this can be used to train interns and people who are new to seo.
Amazing piece of content really helped me a lot. thank's for sharing.
Your case study is really is very helpful and informative especially for SEO newbie like me.


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Finding and Stopping Fraud with AI. Dec 2017. ITMO Students Develop AI to Combat Car Insurance Fraud. Jul 2018. Users will send pictures of the damage with their smartphones to be analyzed by AI, which compares such data as past incidents and car. Canstar provides comparisons and reviews for all major companies. The company uses AI algorithms to adjust risk and sometimes.


Oracle vs. Workday: Who Has the Best Vision for the Future?
A few weeks ago I was in San Francisco, attending Oracle OpenWorld, and I saw some of the most exciting demos I've seen in my entire career. I've been in the IT business a long time, seen many changes in underlying technology and it was clear— this is not hype.
We're entering a world of continuous convergence. New technologies like artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT), when they are harnessed together, are poised to change the way we work and interact in ways we've only just begun to imagine.
The future of work was on display at Oracle OpenWorld 2017. Watch the video.
For example: let's take a peek into the future of agriculture. Soon, farmers around the world will use IoT-enabled equipment for automated crops management. They can monitor data and control that same machinery in real time in the cloud using mobile devices. The artificial intelligence embedded in the system will warn the farmers of impending issues or update them on optimal times for harvesting—and as the farmers and agricultural workers use the system, it will learn how they work, what recommendations are consistently followed, and how to help the farmer achieve maximum productivity and sustainability.
And it's not just agriculture. In healthcare, cardiac surgeons can make 3D-printed replicas of their patients' hearts for more personalized and effective surgical plans. And in our own homes, voice control permeates applications we use for everything—from ordering pizza to executing the monthly close of multi-billion dollar enterprises.
These technologies are driven by growing amounts of data, and it's not going to stop. In fact, it's just beginning. It's estimated that the amount of data in the digital universe is more than doubling every two years. If organizations don't make the right decisions about applying this knowledge in the most effective way, they will be at an enormous disadvantage.
Data is like water, in that it has to be contained, processed, and delivered to the point of consumption to be useful. If you do this for only parts of your organization, how can your entire organization successfully transform into a digitally-enabled, future-ready enterprise?
Quite simply, it can't. Every decision you make about technology needs to consider how the organization as a whole can scale to operate with speed and agility in a rapidly changing world.
Businesses are bombarded daily with marketing messages about technology. Sometimes those messages sound similar but are actually promoting very different approaches to change.
This is the case with a recent Workday campaign, which describes digital transformation as simply a matter of getting the truth, without giving a complete picture of what the "truth" is. Getting the complete story is crucial considering the huge amount of data—and its potential value—that is pouring into enterprises.
Unfortunately for Workday, the truth extends far beyond the boundaries of finance and HR. Oracle, as a company with a long history of data management across all lines of business, understands this intimately. The impressive innovations showcased at Oracle OpenWorld would not have been possible without pulling data from across the enterprise, turning raw information into an exciting vision for the future of your business.
To set things straight, we have compiled this list of three myths about digital transformation that you should never believe.
Myth #1: Digitizing finance and human resources is enough.
Workday would love for you to believe this, because they sell mainly HR software, and have only recently moved into the finance realm. I agree with them on one point: modernizing finance and HR, aka "the back office," are core to transformation success. Finance holds the reins (and the purse) to the entire enterprise, while HR ensures that the right people are in place to drive change.
But to become a truly digital, future-ready business, you need to look across all lines of business—and even outside your business, to customers, suppliers and partners.
We know this based on input from, and experience with, thousands of clients. To be successful today, companies need to operate as a unified, connected enterprise. Otherwise, advantages from innovations such as advanced predictive analytics and task automation will return limited value—specifically, limited only to people and money management, and not extended to operations or customers and partners.
Why would a company limit beneficial capabilities when it doesn't need to? Why shouldn't all functions be able to communicate and collaborate with enterprise-grade cloud applications that are smoothly integrated and available on mobile devices?
It's true that Oracle Cloud customers often start with ERP and HR systems to demonstrate value and establish a model for the rest of the organization to follow. But our goal and vision is always end-to-end connectivity for a complete business transformation.
Myth #2: Point solutions that address isolated business requirements are all you need.
It can be tempting to believe that solving the most pressing business pain with a targeted solution like Workday is the best choice. The problem with this approach is that the singular solutions multiply, and the benefits of enterprise transformation move farther away instead of closer. Once you're finished transforming finance or HR, you need to move onto customer experience, sales, supply chain, partner networks—and the list goes on.
Data from one piece of software needs to connect to data from a second piece of software that must talk with yet another piece of software. Before you know it, you've created an IT infrastructure that, if you looked down and traced lines over it, would look like a hairball.
Business pain might go away in the short term, but at the same time, you are building in long-term disadvantage. Instead of integrated, unified technology, this path creates a jumble of different solutions with no single view of the truth. It's inevitable that organizations using this model will face future challenges and have trouble trusting their own data.
Myth #3: Any cloud provider can help with digital transformation.
It has been our experience that cloud migrations go much faster than on-premises upgrades, and that the benefits nearly always exceed expectations. Even so, a move to the cloud requires careful planning and a trusted partner with experience across industries and company sizes—from the smallest companies to the Fortune 100.
That's why Oracle Cloud implementations are fast, personalized and hands-on, and our products can be adopted at a pace that accommodates the customer. We can start wherever it makes sense for the customer, but our goal is always true, lasting transformation. It's serious work, and it takes a thorough evaluation to effectively plan and implement.
Moreover, we've found transformation to be an ongoing process—an exercise in agility to keep pace with whatever innovation comes next. Promises of a standard, predetermined timeline should make decision-makers wonder if a provider really understands the intricacies and co-dependencies of enterprise functions and systems.
At Oracle, we have a clear vision of digital transformation: a complete, unified, future-ready cloud that gives you the confidence to thrive in a world of continuous change.
We're investing in technologies that radically improve business processes, supporting the integration of knowledge and workflows across the enterprise. And we're embedding the latest capabilities into our business software—blockchain, AI/ML, intelligent chatbots, and more—to help keep you ahead of your competitors.
Yes, we have simple, mobile and easy-to-use finance and HR applications in the cloud. But our vision extends beyond lines of business. We want to help you prevent the business hairballs of the past, and guide you into a seamless, digital future.
I encourage you to watch the keynote videos from Oracle OpenWorld to get a glimpse into the future of your business, and download the latest Magic Quadrant report from Gartner.


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Tracking changes following spinal cord injury: insights from neuroimaging.
Freund, P; Curt, A; Friston, K; Thompson, A; (2013) Tracking changes following spinal cord injury: insights from neuroimaging. Neuroscientist , 19 (2) 116 - 128. 10.1177/1073858412449192.
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Traumatic spinal cord injury is often disabling and recovery of function is limited. As a consequence of damage, both spinal cord and brain undergo anatomical and functional changes. Besides clinical measures of recovery, biomarkers that can detect early anatomical and functional changes might be useful in determining clinical outcome-during the course of rehabilitation and recovery-as well as furnishing a tool to evaluate novel treatment interventions and their mechanisms of action. Recent evidence suggests an interesting three-way relationship between neurological deficit and changes in the spinal cord and of the brain and that, importantly, noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging techniques, both structural and functional, provide a sensitive tool to lay out these interactions. This review describes recent findings from multimodal imaging studies of remote anatomical changes (i.e., beyond the lesion site), cortical reorganization, and their relationship to clinical disability. These developments in this field may improve our understanding of effects on the nervous system that are attributable to the injury itself and will allow their distinction from changes that result from rehabilitation (i.e., functional retraining) and from interventions affecting the nervous system directly (i.e., neuroprotection or regeneration).
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Art Brussels 2022 announces content of its 38th edition
Hector Zamora. "Truth always appears as something veiled", 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Albarrán Bourdais.
BRUSSELS.- Now in its 38th edition, Art Brussels - one of Europe's oldest and most established art fairs - reveals details of presentations by 157 galleries from 26 countries. With a strong and international line up and a mix of established and emerging talent as well as artists to rediscover, Art Brussels maintains its reputation as a place for discovery. It presents the best of the contemporary gallery scene, showcasing close to 1,000 artists as part of a vibrant programme. Alongside the new initiatives and works commissioned for the fair, Art Brussels will feature thought-provoking artworks which examine identity and the body, technology and environmental issues.
The participating galleries are divided into different sections according to the fair programme: PRIME (for mid-career and established artists), DISCOVERY (emerging artists), REDISCOVERY (artists where recognition is long overdue), INVITED (emerging galleries that are transcending the typical gallery format) and SOLO (solo artist presentations).
The fair continues to show its dedication to curated displays by hosting a record number of SOLO presentations with more than 30 galleries highlighting the work of individual artists. Key SOLO presentations include: Wanda Koop at Blouin Division (Montreal) who examines the landscape through the lens of technology; Paul McCarthy at Xavier Hufkens (Brussels) whose works criticize American mythologies and politics; Dankyi Mensah at Maruani Mercier (Brussels, Knokke, Zaventem) whose colourful portraiture documents the development of the social and political landscape in Ghana; Nazanin Pouyandeh at Sator (Paris) whose works explore her personal evolution and relationship between Iran and Europe; and Noel W. Anderson at Zidoun-Bossuyt (Luxembourg), known for his exploration of black male identity using textiles as a medium. The best SOLO presentation will be awarded the SOLO Prize (supported by Hiscox), with the winning artist receiving €10,000.
Other works at the fair examine notions of gender, identity and the body. Examples in PRIME include: Kiki Smith at Lelong & Co (Paris, New York), known for her figural representations of mortality, abjection and sexuality; Kenny Dunkan at Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris) who refers to Caribbean culture, particularly the Carnival, and the ambiguous duality between colonialism and local tradition mixed with the African slave history and Didier William at M+B (Los Angeles) who draws on Haitian history and his personal experience regarding colonialism and resistance. At Steve Turner (Los Angeles) in DISCOVERY, Jingze Du's black and white paintings represent the artist's status as an immigrant.
Also at DISCOVERY, several artists are highlighting concerns around the environment and climate change. Ronan McCrea's work at Green on Red (Dublin) centres on the controversial Dublin Waste-to-Energy facility; Chris Soal at WHATIFTHEWORLD (Cape Town), creates sculptures with disposable objects such as toothpicks and bottle tops to comment on ecological concerns; whilst at Axel Vervoordt (Antwerp, Hong Kong) and Laurent Godin (Paris) in PRIME, Peter Buggenhout's unpolished sculptures are created from industrial waste, horsehair, entrails and house dust.
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The influence of technology and social media on society is addressed by a number of artists. At DISCOVERY, ASPN (Leipzig) presents Katarína Dubovská whose installations use images that are dragged and twisted until all the cells are disintegrated; and House of Chappaz (Barcelona, Valencia) and Joey Ramone (Rotterdam) present a shared booth with works by Momu & No Es that criticize hyperconnectivity and express distrust towards the use of 'new reality' technologies. In PRIME, Charlot (Paris, Tel Aviv) displays among others Quayola who merges classical aesthetics with software and algorithms.
Art Brussels is known as a hotbed of young talent, and a number of artists aged under 30 are exhibiting in the DISCOVERY section including: Rose Barberat (1994) at PACT (Paris); James Collins (1992) at Claas Reiss (London); Megan Dominescu (1997) at Anca Poterasu (Bucharest); Afra Eisma (1993) at No Man's Art Gallery (Amsterdam); Brandon Lipchik (1993) at Robert Grunenberg (Berlin); and Charlotte Vandenbroucke (1993) and Loïc Van Zeebroek (1994) at Dauwens & Beernaert (Brussels). Awarded in recognition for their work nurturing emerging artists, the best DISCOVERY presentation will be awarded with the Discovery Prize – supported by Moleskine - with the winning gallery receiving €5,000.
In PRIME Michel Rein (Paris, Brussels) Romanian artist and peace activist Dan Perjovschi will unveil a new series of original black and white drawings, criticising the invasion of Ukraine. He has also created a series of five pins that will be on sale at the fair, inviting visitors to show their support for the country. The entire purchase price of the pins will be donated to the charity Ukraine 12-12.
New initiatives for 2022 include a partnership with Parallel.art to create an NFT 'touch point' designed to inform, educate and support NFT collectors and visitors who are curious about blockchain-based art practices. A series of talks hosted off-site in collaboration with the fair's institutional partner iMAL – the pioneering centre for digital cultures and technology in the Brussels – brings together major players in the artworld and crypto/NFT experts, building bridges between the two worlds.
New commissions and special projects include My, Our, Yours by artist Valérian Goalec, curated by Maud Salembier and presented by Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, which uses the often clinical and standardised dimension of art fairs as a backdrop to explore personal space and conversational distance in communication, and L'Air, a new performance by Myrthe van der Mark, which will be presented every two hours during the fair.
L'Oeuvre et son Double in the Stibbe Lounge is an exhibition that unites the work of several artists participating in this year's Venice Bienniale. Curated by Sam Steverlynck, the title is a reference to Le Décor et son Double, the installation conceived by Daniel Buren for the iconic exhibition Chambres d'Amis, curated by Jan Hoet in 1986, which invited 50 artists to exhibit their work in private houses in Ghent. Buren went a step further, also realising a reconstruction of the room in a museum. Playing out the contrast between copy and original, the private and the public, the installation functions as a metaphor for the exhibition where a number of artists will show works which derive from those shown at Venice, while others play with the notion of double, copy or mirror image. Artists include: Ignasi Aballí, Francis Alÿs, Mirella Bentivoglio, Mariana Castillo Deball, Latifa Echakhch, Jane Graverol, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Louise Lawler, Rosana Paulino, Solange Pessoa, Carol Rama, and Sandra Vásquez de la Horra.
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The Student Partnership Programme (SPP) has been an integral part of the fest, helping us to leap our boundaries reach out to as many students as possible throughout the country. Our Student Partners (or Campus Ambassadors) help in spreading the word about Cognizance and expand our outreach to every region of the country. The Student Partners compete for the top spot on the leaderboard to win exciting merchandise from the sponsors of Cognizance 2018! Reaching out to more than 40,000 students around the country is fete that cannot be accomplished without your support.


NEPSE has published notice regarding the listing of bonus shares of two companies namely, Janaki Finance Limited and Nirdhan Utthan Laghubitta.
887,466 units of Janaki Finance that were distributed as 22% bonus shares, are now listed on NEPSE. Similarly, 2,000,000 units of Nirdhan Utthan Laghubitta that were distributed as 20% bonus shares have been listed on NEPSE.
These shares are now tradeable in the secondary market.
Did finance companies perform well enough in the first quarter? Did ICFC Finance take a lead even in this quarter?


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Lawsuit accuses Baltimore County entrepreneur of defrauding Rehab.com investor
By: Madeleine O'Neill November 28, 2022
A Baltimore-area businessman has been accused in a federal lawsuit of enticing investors with false promises and misusing his company's money for lavish personal expenses.
The lawsuit claims that Patrick B. Nagle, the owner and CEO of Rehab.com, told investors he would convert the company into a C-corporation and launch Series A fundraising but then repeatedly refused to do so.
The plaintiff is the Ryan N. Rice 2018 Irrevocable Trust, which invested $1.5 million in Nagle's company in 2019. Nagle's goal for the business, based in Lutherville, was to create a one-stop website at Rehab.com where users could compare addiction treatment facilities.
The trust invested in the company based on Nagle's representation that it was "cashflow positive," according to the complaint. When the trust brought its total investment to $1.5 million, it agreed that the balance of the trust's loan, after company expenses, would be converted into an equity investment that would result in a valuation of $12.5 million in company stock, the complaint alleges.
Nagle then spent about two years refusing to convert the company or begin Series A fundraising, the trust claims in the complaint. During that time, Nagle became increasingly erratic, relocated to Puerto Rico and lost $100,000 of company money in a cryptocurrency scam, according to the complaint. He ultimately returned to Baltimore but continued his erratic behavior, including being verbally abusive toward the company's employees, the trust wrote in the complaint.
A review of Rehab.com's books in 2022 also revealed that Nagle had misused funds invested by the trust to pay for his own personal expenses, the complaint claims. Nagle is accused of spending $1.7 million in company money on personal vehicles, extended hotel stays and gambling.
"This course of spending demonstrates that Nagle never intended to create a profitable business with equity opportunities for the Trust," an attorney for the trust, Michael E. Blumenfeld, wrote in the complaint.
"Rather, Nagle intended to create a business in which he could string the Trust and other investors along with intermittent promises so that he could continue to extract investments and use those funds to pay for his personal expenses and lifestyle, while retaining sole control over all company assets, and hiding his misdeeds by refusing to convert the company into a C-corporation and engage in Series A fundraising."
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to void the trust's agreements with Nagle's company and order the return of the trust's investment with interest. It also asks that Nagle be prohibited from using company funds for personal expenses and claims that Rehab.com is insolvent.
"The Trust now brings this action to protect its investment in Rehab.com and protect Rehab.com itself, which has the potential to help millions of people if its funds are properly directed at initiatives that benefit the business rather supporting Nagle's lavish personal spending and extravagant lifestyle," Blumenfeld wrote.
Blumenfeld did not return a phone message seeking comment Monday.
Nagle could not be reached for comment for this story. A phone number listed for Rehab.com was not working Monday, and an email to the company's general account was not returned.
In an interview with Forbes.com in 2017, Nagle claimed that he realized the need for Rehab.com after he tried to get help dealing with his alcohol addiction. Nagle, who is credited with buying the popular Rate My Professors website at age 23, told Forbes his goal for Rehab.com was to "Save 1 million lives by 2020."
Baltimore County drug treatment fraud rehabilitation series A 3:38 pm Mon, November 28, 2022 Maryland Daily Record
Madeleine O'Neill
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For one night only - Devon More's signature Cold War cabaret comes to Way Off-Broadway Wednesday - just in time for the 28th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall!
NO ticket required! Just show up: Pay-What-You-Want...if you like it?
Learn the single word(!) that ultimately brought down that infamous Wall in the city at the centre of the 20th century...and sneak a peek at what's happened to Berlin since.
Way Off-Broadway Wednesday serves up fresh theatre from the fringes in a casual cabaret setting - EVERY Hump Day @ 7:30pm. Pay-What-You-Want. Tasty beverages and satisfying snacks, optional. :) Reserve a table in The Heritage Grill's Back Room: 604.759.0819.


When you're a parent seeking to raise a bilingual child, it's vital to be well-informed on the subject. The better informed you are, the better you'll be able to effectively support your child's bilingual upbringing.
There are a number of books about children and bilingualism, but I think Raising a Bilingual Child is one of the best. It was written by Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D., an expert on bilingualism who has done extensive research on bilingual development.
To me, the book stands out because the author not only provides plenty of helpful guidance, she backs up this advice with solid scientific findings. Other books I've read may offer similar suggestions, but Raising a Bilingual Child pursues a deeper discussion of these ideas and issues.
At the same time, it's not a scholarly tome. It's very readable, and would no doubt prove useful and thought-provoking to every parent of a bilingual child.
How about you? Have you read "Raising a Bilingual Child"? Or other books on bilingualism that have benefited you and your children?
Her website: http://www.bilinguisme-conseil.com/ressources/ I am not sure if her latest book is available in English yet.
Isabelle, thank you for the helpful tip. If I had taken French beyond high school, I would be very tempted to read the book—it sounds really interesting. I'd be eager to read an English version!
Oh, Adam!!! So you read this book also and it was your first step, just like my case…what an amazing happy coincidence. Besides, since I re-read the book during my pregnancy, to pay closer attention and take notes, I gotta confess that I highlighted this part also, I think I wrote it in Spanish in my notebook and posted it on my Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYkrRjhz9j/. My second step will be to read your book and the third could be write my own book to inspire parents from Colombia—born and living here—to travel with confidence in this bilingual journey. Just fantasizing, so far, since I'm just at the very beginning of the adventure, but yeah…why not?
Caro, I'll be eager to hear your impressions of my book! And, yes, why not eventually write a book about your own experience, which could surely be helpful to others? It's a lovely vision and I applaud your enthusiasm!
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So, I tried updating to the new VSTGUI version.
IDropTarget has name collision with Win32 OLE struct.
but D2D drawing headers include oleidl.h etc, so this doesn't work.
How do you get it to compile on your machines?
To me the simplest is just to rename VSTGUI IDropTarget, it's going to cause grief to more people.
This can only happen if you have somewhere "using namespace VSTGUI" in your header.
Ah. Thanks for that. I had it in one place, removing that cleared up my code.
So that macro needs to be defined always?
while also getting away from the IDropTarget redefinition errors.
so that it precedes any vstgui header inclusion.
Was in this edit, but it's irrelevant to thread topic, so removed now.
please checkout the master branch from GitHub (https://github.com/steinbergmedia/vstgui).
It should contain the necessary fixes to get you going and let me know if it works for you.
Ah, I got it working in the end, but much better to have the official.


New data shared by Edison Research and Triton Digital shows that the audience for podcasts has become more ethnically diverse in the past five years.
Based on results from their 2016 Infinite Dial study, which surveyed by phone 2,001 people 12 years of age and older, the share of African-American podcast listeners had increased 2 percent compared to the 2011 Infinite Dial study, from 14 percent to 16 percent. Hispanic listeners increased from 11 percent to 12 percent; Asian listeners increased from 3 percent to 4 percent; and the "other" category increased from 4 percent to 5 percent. In 2016, 21 percent of survey respondents had listened to a podcast within the last month.
Image courtesy of Edison Research and Triton Digital.
Tom Webster, v.p. of strategy at Edison Research, pointed out in a post on Edison's site that "the percentage of African-American listeners has not only grown, but also over-indexes from the U.S. Population." African-Americans make up about 12 percent of the population, according to 2010 Census Bureau data.
The increase in the ethnic diversity of podcast listeners is due in part to the "increasing diversity of [podcast] content available," Webster wrote.
The overall podcast audience in the Edison/Triton sample is also more ethnically diverse than NPR's radio audience, which is 8 percent Latino and 7 percent black with the "vast majority" of the rest white, according to a post by NPR's ombudsman last year.


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Clean Air Zones coming to a city near you!
Posted 2nd August 2018 Web Dev Team
Environmental, Government
Tags: CAZ, Clean Air Zone, Derby City Council, Leicester City Council, Low Emissions, Nottingham City Council
Under the new Clean Air Strategy 2018, a consultation process was set out by the Department for Environment Food & Rural Services (DEFRA). As a result of this many towns and cities in the UK are considering the introduction of Clean Air Zones (CAZ) or Low Emission Zones (LEZ) as a way to combat the growing concerns of pollution levels which the World Health Organisation has identified as a significant threat on the health and lives of individuals.
As part of the consultation process many councils are now outlining and considering new plans which would mean that drivers and businesses could be charged for driving into a city centre boundary or its urban outskirts.
Derby leads the way for Clean Air Zones in the East Midlands
The race to be the cleanest city in the East Midlands is certainly heating up with Derby leading the way, demonstrating their ambitions for Clean Air Zones and pioneering the way as a green innovator in the region. The city is not only cleaning up with the push for Clean Air Zones, but they are also supporting the same philosophy through Derby based industry, who are developing newer, cleaner and more efficient technologies from the likes of Rolls-Royce who are investigating EV powered jet engines with Siemens.
Juxtaposed with Nottingham City Council who claimed that a 'Clean Air Zone is no longer necessary' [1], (even though it was identified as number 16 [2] in the worst polluting UK cities) and Leicester City Council who are only expected to apply CAZ to buses from 2020. Derby's innovations could have sparked a revolution this week from their announcements with those for, against and in competition.
Derby's Clean Air Zone Options
This week's announcement from Derby City Council outlined three possible options that could introduce clean air zones to the city of Derby, meaning drivers and businesses could be paying up to £20 a time to enter the city. This has the potential to affect thousands of motorists and businesses. For those businesses who operate a fleet, it may be time to book a free consultation with Sandicliffe Motor Contracts for up-to-date advice on how to tailor your future mobility plans to align with the Clean Air Strategy.
Option 1 – Traffic Management Measures
The first option – a £20m to £30m plan – would involve changes to the Stafford Street part of Derby with new measures which would insure smoother flow of traffic. This could also include one-way schemes, traffic priorities at key times and altered junctions.
This option would be the quickest to deliver from the Government's perspective and would also offer incentives for people to change their non-compliant vehicles by either trading them in for up to £6,000, having equipment fitted where possible to make them compliant, or looking at having an alternative power source fitted such as an LPG system.
The same incentives would also exist for options two and three.
Option 2 – Chargeable Clean Air Zone within the Inner Ring Road
In the case of the £30 million option two, this would affect the area within the inner ring road and non-compliant vehicles only would pay a clean air charge if they crossed the boundary at a series of major points which would be monitored by cameras.
This charge would be up to £20 in the case of cars and potentially £100 for non-compliant lorries.
Option 3 – Chargeable Clean Air Zone within the Outer Ring Road
Option three, which could cost £60 million, would cover an area bounded in the city by the outer ring road and drivers of non-complaint vehicles would be charged every time they entered the city.
Although it is not entirely clear which specific makes and models would be non-compliant, it is likely this will be by a restricted vehicle CO2, in general terms some pre-2015 diesel and pre-2014-15 petrol vehicles would be non-compliant.
Councillor Matthew Holmes who is leading the project said 'this is something that Derby has to do' and wants people to have their say on which option they would prefer to introduce [3].
CAZ coming to a city near you soon!
Like Derby City Council, many cities across the UK are also looking at Clean Air Zones and with this many business need to start planning and preparing for the potential risks and threats which may be presented to their business operations. Want to know which cities are looking at introducing CAZ, click here.
[1] Nottingham CAZ
[2] Most Polluted Cities
[3] Story source: Derby Telegraph
(Images/Content source: Derby Evening Telegraph)
Contact Sandicliffe Motor Contracts today and we will evaluate the potential threat that any CAZ may have on your vehicle fleet and your ability to operate:
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What are the best scientific calculator apps?
"I really love taking online courses, you can learn about anything and it's affordable and convenient. The thing is that sometimes things get slow and then you break your groove, so a good fast browser like Brave is necessary"
Calculator ++ is a multipurpose calculator app that will help you to solve both simple and complex problems. It has a standard and an engineer layout, so you can choose the most that suits you. You can calculate percentages, square roots, powers, trigonometric functions and more.
"Calculator ++ has a ton of features you would want in a scientific calculator. It has standard and engineer layout and a very fast UI making it my choice as the best scientific calculator apps out there. You won't need any other app."
"This is a great app. It is useful whenever I need to do any scientific calculations. "
Scalar is a function calculator powered with a math engine and math scripting language. It features a simple and standard calculator, yet it has the flexibility of scripting. This is good for calculations, expressions, and functions graphs.
Mobi Calculator is a calculator with scientific features. It has support for math expressions, percentages, time calculation, radix mode, trigonometric and logarithmic functions and more. Very user-friendly, has large buttons and different color themes to customize it.
"I've been using variations of mobi calculators for years. They're not super fancy but they get the job done. They're used by a lot of people and they have most of the math functions to get you through a few years of math classes. And they're easier to use than a TI -84."
"Need a new calculator app for your phone? This one is for you!"
What are the best graphing calculator tools?
What are the best android math apps for elementary students?
Scientific Calculator Free helps you to solve basic and advanced problems where and when you need it. Has support for fraction calculations, trigonometric and logarithmic functions and more. Includes also full-color graphs.
"for android is one of the top names in the list, allowing users to perform mathematical operations. With the free version, you can perform some basic math functions such as trigonometry, logarithm, radians as well as unit conversions"
"When I needed a calculator, I didn't want to buy one and lug it around like I used to in school. But I have a phone already with me, so I downloaded the Scientific Calculator app and that was what I needed."
PCalc Lite is a fully functional scientific calculator with multiples functions. Includes an optional RPN mode and multi-line display, a choice of button layouts, unit conversions and constants and more.
"Does what it you need it to do and more. Definite pro of this is that you don't have to spend extra money to have a calculator. Almost want to say it's redundant considering Apple devices have their own calculator, but this is a decent app."
"The complete app is $9.99. Wow. It is a lot of money for something that you can do on your browser freely. The app does what it says. Simple and user friendly."
Write the mathematical expression on your device's screen and let MyScript technology do the work: it will transform the symbols and numbers you have written into digital text, and it will give you the result quickly.
"I have seen a lot of these apps for sure."
With Awesum Scientific Calculator you can resolve fractions, exponents, square roots and other complex problems. Has support for complex numbers and includes degree/radians toggle. Its simple interface will save you a lot of time searching for buttons or entering an expression.
"This is a great app if you re in need of a scientific calculator. You know longer will have to search endlessly through different calculators to find the help you need with solving fractions or exponents. This calculator does it. It displays fractions as you would write them on paper. It even will keep a history of previous calculations you have made."
"If your kids are struggling with math, this calculator will work. It's simple interface is designed and can support problems, from simple to hard."
Calculator Plus is a handy calculator with a beautiful and intuitive design that will help you to resolve complex problems. Remembers everything you calculate and, if you make a mistake, you only have to use backspace to correct it, instead of starting over the problem.
"If a calculator app sounds boring to you, think again. I was surprised by how much additional utility Calculator Plus provided over my Android phone's stock calculator. The interface is quite sleek, the buttons are large and the intelligent use of color proves that even a calculator can be pleasant to look at. One of the best features is the ability to easily access your history if you need to double check to make sure that you entered the right numbers for your calculations. Calculator Plus also features haptic feedback and swipe compatible keys if you're so inclined to utilize them."
"Today's world doesn't afford the luxury of carrying around your old TI 85 anymore. And most phone calculator apps are far to basic to keep up with the needs of today. Meet the newest answer! Simple, fast, and powerful. Everything you need to get your jobs done."
Pocket Scientific Calculator is an application used for scientific calculations. The user can even input variables, add scientific constants, store equations, and plot graphs. This calculator is for students, scientists, and programmers.
"This is a functional scientific calculator providing a number of unique features amongst scientific calculator apps. Designed to speed up calculations while retaining a clean material design. With this scientific calculator you can insert variables, add scientific constants, store equations, access to equation history and plot graphs. All presented in a beautiful mathematical format, making this an essential scientific calculator for students, scientists, programmers and engineers. The option of a scientific calculator widget makes for quick access to simple calculations."


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Climate change is now a credit issue for city and state governments vulnerable to extreme weather events and natural disasters made worse by global warming. And that will make a complicated problem a lot easier for people to understand, because it could hit them where they feel it: in their wallets.
In a welcome but long overdue development, one of the world's leading credit-rating agencies, Moody's Investors Service, announced recently that it would give more weight to climate change risks in evaluating the creditworthiness of state and local governments.


There is an unexpectedly powerful scene in 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi in which private military contractor Jack Silva (John Krasinski) calls home from Benghazi, Libya. His wife, Becky (Wrenn Schmidt), is going through the McDonald's drive-through en route to Disneyland with the pair's two girls and several friends. She is tired, overburdened with bills and household responsibilities, and wants her husband home. One of the young girls unexpectedly reveals her mom is pregnant, sending Becky into hysterics while Jack listens and fights back tears of joy. This well acted scene caught me off guard, as Director Michael Bay is not known for emotional melodrama. Perhaps Bay, a director I appreciate for his willingness to go big, is softening in his fifth decade, as 13 Hours is his most mature film to date. The film follows a group of men thrust into the Libyan conflict in Benghazi, where they guard a CIA outpost dubbed "the Annex." After the U.S. Ambassador to Libya is attacked on the one-year anniversary of September 11th, these soldiers respond without backup and at great risk to their lives. The 2012 Benghazi attack is a talking point in our current election cycle, and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has been heavily criticized for security lapses in Libya during her tenure as Secretary of State. Politics aside, Bay has assembled a strong film to honor these men and their actions during this important world event.
After the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi, heavily armed and warring militant factions take to the streets of Benghazi. Many foreigners have left the country, and most embassies are shuttered. The United States keeps diplomatic operations open, and Ambassador Christopher Stevens continues to operate inside the country despite the volatile environment. The Annex is near the diplomatic compound, and is staffed by Silva, Rone (James Badge Dale), Tanto (Pablo Schreiber), Boon (David Denman), Tig (Dominic Fumusa) and Oz (Max Martini). When the diplomatic compound is attacked, the soldiers are called to defend the ambassador without backup or air support. 13 Hours depicts the intense, overnight stand against the opposition, and largely avoids partisan politics and conspiracy theories about Benghazi. Bay knows the outcome of the battle is already written, but keeps the film intense and largely emotionally involving.
Sure, there are flashes of "Bay-hem" in the explosions and gun battles of 13 Hours, but this is a more restrained, mature film than Bay typically shoots. The director certainly respects the subject matter and characters, even if most are quickly drawn. The film wastes little time with extended introductions on anyone but Silva, who is revealed to be a devoted husband and father consistently called to wartime service. Ambassador Stevens is a catalyst for the conflict, and 13 Hours does not spend much time with that character. Instead, it unspools with the soldiers, proceeding linearly through the night with occasional reminders of the time stamped on screen. The opposition forces are not given much introduction, either, but that is not the film's purpose. Once in motion, 13 Hours becomes quite a thrilling ride, but it never loses sight of the real men and women involved in the conflict.
The film is divided into two parts: the run-up to the attack and the prolonged confrontation between militants and U.S. allies. There are the contractors, diplomatic personnel and the friendly 17-Feb soldiers, many of whom desert their posts when the fighting reaches its crescendo. Bay keeps his camera in motion, chasing Silva, Rone and the others through the streets of Benghazi as seemingly unlimited attackers come from all sides. The film is technically impressive, with notably gritty cinematography from Dion Beebe, effective editing by Pietro Scalia, and typically accomplished camerawork from Bay. Unlike London Has Fallen, which I watched before 13 Hours, the environments in 13 Hours are totally believable, and Bay transports the viewer to a chaotic, frightening urban battlefield. Krasinski is stoic and effective, and has come a long way physically and dramatically since his days as Jim on "The Office." Although the limited character exploration is a weakness, 13 Hours does a lot right. This is an effective film about an important modern event, and Bay proves he is willing to grow as a filmmaker.
The 2.40:1/1080p/AVC-encoded image is, in a word, fantastic. Paramount continues to release some of the most technically impressive Blu-rays of any studio, and 13 Hours is no exception. Even Bay haters have to admit the man can shoot a film, and this project retains some of Bay's signature elements, like slow-motion pans, stylized colors and massive, gritty explosions. Fine-object detail and texture are superb. Every pore, dirt speck and drop of blood on the soldiers' faces is visible in stunning clarity. Deep-focus shots reveal impressive detail in the backgrounds of downtown Benghazi. Viewers see exactly what the soldiers see as they peer at the burning diplomatic compound from behind the Annex's walls. There are some exaggerated highlights and stylized colors, but skin tones appear natural and any hot reds and yellows are intentional. Sharpness and clarity are both excellent, and I noticed no issues with aliasing or compression artifacts. Black levels are impressive, as is shadow detail in the numerous nighttime scenes, and I noticed only very minor digital noise.
The Blu-ray offers a Dolby Atmos mix, which I experienced via a 7.1 Dolby TrueHD output that my equipment can handle. The mix is just ridiculous and offers a wonderfully full, theatrical experience. This is an active, totally immersive mix to say the least. The action sequences are absolutely stunning; with an intricate sound design that uses all speakers and the LFE. Gunfire pops and screams across the sound field, explosions roll through the room, and a car chase offers directional effects and dialogue at demo-worthy levels. Dialogue is always crystal clear and appropriately layered with effects and score. The mix's range and fidelity are impressive, and the track excels at both quiet exposition and huge, room-shaking action sequences. English 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital mixes and 5.1 French, Spanish and Portuguese Dolby Digital dubs are included, as are English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
For the Record: Finding the Truth Amid the Noise (8:02/HD) - This short piece discusses the run-up to the 2012 Benghazi attacks and what attracted Bay to the project.
Uncovering Benghazi's Secret Soldiers (27:34/HD) - An interesting featurette on security contractors that offers interviews with real people stationed in Libya. You also hear from the actors and what they learned talking to the men and women involved in the conflict.
Preparing for Battle: Behind the Scenes of 13 Hours (26:24/HD) - Watch Bay direct this action thriller in this piece, which offers great behind-the-scenes footage from the set.
Operation: 13 Hours Premiere (3:00/HD) - A fluffy piece that goes inside the premiere in Texas.
In Memoriam (2:58/HD) - A reel of photos depicting the men who died in the attacks.
Director Michael Bay crafts an entertaining, tonally impressive and mostly politics-free film about the 2012 Benghazi attacks. Bay takes viewers inside the chaos and follows government contractors working to protect the U.S. Ambassador to Libya after militants attack his diplomatic compound. Paramount's Blu-ray looks and sounds amazing, and offers a second disc of supplements. Highly Recommended.


I adore broccoli. Maybe, subconsciously, that is why I decided to blog about it on Valentine's Day. I just can't get enough of this delicious cruciferous vegetable. Did you know that it contains almost twice as much vitamin C as an orange? Amazing, huh? Usually I stick to roasting it with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of salt to help bring out its natural sweetness. Cooked like that, it is better than popcorn. My husband and I often devour a whole baking tray of the crispy little florets. But today I decided to make something a bit different… this roasted broccoli and white bean soup.
I'm always looking for tasty ways to make sure I reach my recommended daily intake of fiber (25 grams for women, 38 grams for men). Fiber is hugely beneficial to our health. Not only does it help keep our digestive system functioning smoothly (and who doesn't want that), it also helps lower cholesterol, keep you feeling full for longer, and feeds the good bacteria in your colon. Just one bowl of this delicious roasted broccoli and white bean soup contains a whopping 10 grams of fiber. That's 40% of a woman's daily needs, and more than 25% of a man's.
Another great thing about this soup is that the cannellini beans combined with the coconut milk make it nice and creamy, without the need for dairy products. So if you follow a vegan diet, this is one for you. It is also grain free, dairy free, easy to make, and very tasty. What more could you ask for in a soup?
This deliciously creamy broccoli soup is made with cannellini beans, coconut milk, and roasted garlic.
Chop the broccoli into florets and put the stalks to one side.
Place the broccoli and garlic on a baking sheet, drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil, and roast in the preheated oven for 18 minutes.
Meanwhile, peel the broccoli stems and chop into ½ inch cubes.
Heat the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil in a pan over a medium heat.
Add the shallots and broccoli stems, cover, and cook gently for about 3 minutes.
Add the vegetable broth and beans, cover, turn down the heat, and simmer for 15 minutes.
Add the roasted broccoli and garlic to the pan, transfer to a blender, and blend until smooth.
Return to the pan, add the coconut milk, and salt and pepper to taste.
Top with salad onions and serve.
Very hearty and healthy! Love the green onion final touch.
They are sometimes called white kidney beans. Any kind of hearty white bean would work.


I love mixing old and new styles of clothing, even if just hanging out with family at my parents. While checking out the vintage shops in Santa Fe, I came across quite a few AWESOME finds. Including the vintage suede vest. Besides just around, it can be western, it can be worn on safari, and safari-western is really what I am all about! Shopping for vintage clothing is always a hit and miss but worth it when you find something great.
My jeans are Joe's, if you have a bit of a booty this is a great brand. Keep in mind they stretch, and going down a size is a good idea. If you are going for the big cuff look use a straight leg style jean.


Our production took place in Juarez, Mexico, a city notorious for a slew of unexplained deaths and disappearances of young women. Using the inhumane distortion and objectification of the predatory gaze as a launching pad, I implemented unorthodox angles and asymmetry in the layout, seating arrangement and nearly every set piece. This was designed so that even upon walking into the space, audiences are in a place that is as alluring as it is alienating. Iphigenia had to inhabit a world that was one part eternal rave, one part pseudo-Grecian architecture and one part infinite sky of stars. The space had to breathe and pulse with the sound and light of the play. For this reason, it was important to make almost every element transformative even though only one element of scenery moved.
Iphigenia was an incredible lesson in the importance of textural building materials. It is often intimidating to commit to a type of wood or finish without any prior knowledge of the way it functions onstage. Sometimes, however, these risks can result in a big visual payoff. Without the use of plastic, the space wouldn't be able to dramatically change and move the way it did. Without cardboard, an essential texture would be lost. Without fluorescent paints, there would be no stars. This show taught me that knowledge of resources is key.


Lasts night I got stuck in configuring a virtual host on Apache 2.2. Regardless of which port I set (including the port 80), the Apache server ignored my DocumentRoot setting for the virtual host. Until I read this post, it reminded me to check all wildcard settings. The problem I had was slightly different from the one in the post.
In that post, the problem was from the wildcard setting on the ServerName. For me, I was missing a port number next to the wildcard when I was setting it at the VirtualHost directive for localhost. Everything works fine after the port number had been added.
Please don't make the same mistake as I did. Even you are using port 80, you should always put the port number next to it. Otherwise, your virtual DocumentRoot will NOT be recognized.
The followings are my virtual host settings in httpd-vhost.conf.


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Head of Russia's military intelligence agency dies in Moscow
CBS/AP November 22, 2018, 3:30 AM Head of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency, Igor Korobov, dies in Moscow
In this Aug. 25, 2017, photo, Gen. Col. Igor Korobov, the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, speaks during a news conference in the Russian Defense Ministry's headquarters in Moscow, Russia.
MOSCOW — The head of the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, which has been accused of meddling in U.S. elections, has died in Moscow. He was 62.
The Defense Ministry said Thursday in a statement that Igor Korobov, who led the GRU since 2016, died Wednesday of "a lengthy and grave illness," a usual Russian euphemism for cancer. His predecessor had died two years earlier, at 58.
The United States and its allies have accused the GRU of hacking the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, orchestrating the March nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy in Britain, and disrupting anti-doping efforts in world sports. Russian authorities have rejected the accusations, calling them part of a Western smear campaign.
Korobov was among the Russian officials hit with U.S. sanctions in March for efforts to "undermine cyber security on behalf of the Russian government."
According to the Reuters news agency, Korobov's fate had become uncertain in the wake of the botched assassination attempt against Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal in England in March. Britain and the U.S. say Russian intelligence agents used the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok in the attack, which failed to kill Skripal but left a civilian dead.
The GRU chief was, according to an unconfirmed Russian media report, reprimanded personally by President Vladimir Putin over the fiasco which made Russia's premiere military intelligence agency look hapless on the world stage.
Korobov was notably absent from a ceremony this month marking the 100th anniversary of the GRU's establishment, Reuters reported. Putin was there, and lauded the agency's "unique abilities."
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Āryabhaṭa (Devanāgarī: आर्यभट) (476 – 550) is de eerste van een aantal grote Indiase geleerden in de astronomie en in de wiskunde uit het klassieke tijdperk van de Indiase wiskunde en de Indiase astronomie. Aryabhata is de vader van het Hindoe-Arabische talstelsel, dat heden ten dage over de hele wereld wordt gebruikt.

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Hij werd geboren in het dorp Ashmak bij Pataliputra (huidige Patna). Zijn twee belangrijkste boeken waren de Aryabhatiyam uit 499 en de Aryabhatta-siddhanta. De Aryabhatiyam bracht een aantal vernieuwingen in wiskunde en astronomie gezet in verzen. De oorspronkelijke tekst was kort. Een van de leerlingen van Aryabhata, Bhāskara schreef ca. 600 een commentaar (bhashya). Het plaatswaarde-systeem voor getallen dat voor het eerst verscheen in India in het derde-eeuwse Bhakshali-manuscript, was al goed ingeburgerd in Aryabhata's werken. Ook het gebruik van letters om onbekenden aan te duiden, was te vinden bij Aryabhata.

Heliocentrisch systeem
Aryabhata's berekeningen waren consistent met heliocentrische beweging van de planeten rond de Zon en een Aarde die om een eigen as draait. Hij was niet de eerste die dit beweerde maar zijn autoriteit was wel belangrijk. De vroeg-Indische astronomische teksten; Shatapatha Brahmana (rond de 9de-7de eeuw v.Chr.), Aitareya Brahmana (rond de 9de-7de eeuw v.Chr.) en de Vishnu Purana (rond de 1e eeuw v. Chr.) bevatten vroege elementen van een heliocentrisch systeem. Heraclides van Pontus (4e eeuw v.Chr.) wordt soms als grondlegger van het heliocentrisme genoemd. Aristarchus van Samos (3e eeuw v.Chr.) wordt dikwijls vermeld als bezitter van kennis van heliocentrisme. In het oude India kende men een boek over de oude Griekse astronomie dat Paulisha siddhanta genoemd werd (mogelijk door Paul van Alexandrië geschreven) maar daarin wordt geen gewag gemaakt van heliocentrisme. In de achtste eeuw werd de Aryabhatiya vertaald in het Arabisch en die Arabische versie werd in de dertiende eeuw vertaald in het Latijn.

Aryabhata's berekening van de omtrek van de Aarde was slechts 0,2 % kleiner dan de werkelijke waarde. Dit was een verbetering van de berekening van Eratosthenes (rond 200 v.Chr.). Hij wist zijn lezers ook te vertellen dat maanlicht een weerkaatsing van zonlicht op de Maan was.

Zie ook
 Brahmagupta

Externe links
 Aryabhata

Indiaas wiskundige
Indiaas astronoom

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18 April 2007: We look at the Horned God, a major character in many Pagan faiths.
12 February 2007: We complete our coverage of the main Pagan festivals with the Spring Equinox, Samhain, Beltane and the Autumnal Equinox.
20 January 2007: We continue through the Pagan year with the Summer Solstice and Lammas.
19 December: Our final post for the year covers two Pagan festivals, Yule and Imbolc.
6 December: To support our introduction to Paganism we begin our series on major Pagan festivals with a look a the Pagan Year.
11 May 2014: The Yorkshire Wolds are perhaps the most scenic area in England without any legal protection, a area of chalk downs with wide open uplands cut into by winding steep sided valleys.
2 March 2014: This month we look at the North York Moors, one of the quieter of Britain's National Parks, but an area with vast areas of heather moorland and a stunning coast with attractive villages.
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28 May 2016: The two members of the genus Aix live in widely separate parts of the world. The Wood Duck is native to the eastern United States, while the Mandarin Duck lives in China and Japan.
17 April 2016: The Sandwich Tern (Sterna Sandvicensis) is one of the earliest winter migrants to return to the United Kingdom, and can be found around large parts of the British coast.
12 March 2016: The Roseate Tern (Sterna Dougallii) is similar in size to the Common Tern, but is whiter looking, with a pink tint on its body features from the start of the breeding season.
3 January 2016: We start the year with a gallery of pictures of Spider Webs, showing some of the variety to be found.
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Arthur Koldomasov had a rough start in the music world when he was barely 16 years old. After a notorious performance on Ukraine's X-Factor he's been struggling with bullying. Thankfully young and talented Arthur has not given up music and is currently finishing his debut album "The Road of Life". It's set to be his tribute to personal growth, coping with negativity and a collection of stories and topics that concern him as a person, an artist and a human being. We're happy to let you in his cosy little world with this interview.
Hi out there! My name is Arthur Koldomasov and I try to talk with the world by music. I grew up in a totally musical atmosphere. When I was 4 my mom took me to a musical school in my town and that's how it started. When I finished the School of Arts, I recorded some covers, because I am a Eurovision Song Contest fan and I've always dreamt about performing on such a huge stage. As a result, my covers were highly appreciated on several contests and this was the green light for my musical career. Now I have a lot of obstacles on my way, but I hope that my music makes people's lives better.
I've written some songs for other people, but now I'm fully concentrated on my debut album "The Road of Life". This album is so special for me, because it tells a very important story. It gives me a chance to tell my own truth. My life is split in two – "Before" and "After" my performance on the Ukrainian "X-Factor", which wasn't so successful but I have accepted and understood it, I always understand. It was nearly 2 years ago but people in the town, where I'm studying at the moment couldn't understand it the way I did and I became an object of a massive bullying everywhere – in shops, supermarkets, even in my university. The only thing I could do was write songs. As a result, this album consists of songs which are written in this same period. They show this split. The album will tell you the story from the happy start to the happy end – just like in real life. This story is my real and this is what I want to tell now. In the world of music people are still bullying others – people don't want to listen to my songs or watch my videos. They just give bad feedback without any logical explanation. This album is my method to say "sorry" and tell about my feelings, because real life is not sugar-coated. I think, you have to search some the Easter eggs around.
Sometimes I want to give up, but when I see people writing me that my music inspires them, it makes me confident and satisfied. Besides that, I can't really live without music and as a student of international relations, I understand how high the bets are. Music and art in common can tell about people's problems and their solutions. There's no time for empty topics, it's time to change the world by new ways, because the old ones are no longer effective. I feel that my music can change not only the music industry, it can even change how the world goes round.
My local scene has some gems in it, but it's so cruel, because with a lot of money and the right connections you can make popular even the worst things. I want to show that without "sugar-daddies", major labels and big finances you can still reach international stages. In my country my art is not so highly appreciated, but I see the stats – listeners from more than 20 countries buy and listen to my songs and people from more than 70 countries are watching my videos on YouTube. It's cool to connect with all these people, even if it's not millions or billions of them. Ukrainian music keeps getting better, but some Russian pop influences and teen pop-rock favors are still in people's mind.
In my childhood I always loved some synth sounds. In 2015 I stumbled upon a song of the Australian synth-pop band "Owl Eyes". It's called "Closure" and it impressed me a lot. It has a progressive and atmospheric production, a charming melody and deep lyrics. It sounds perfect. I love songs which tell something to the listener. Right now my favorite song is "Chained to the Rhythm" by Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley. It has this lovely retro-modern vibe. It has a simple but effective production and the lyrics are so dark but reveal such a nice concept. This catchy tune channels a very important message. I am not a fan of one album or one performer, but I love Katy Perry's "Witness". It's a fresh pop album with a tight concept and has influenced me a lot.
I usually work with incredible Ukrainian producer Viktor Berbeka and he can magic happen with Fruity Loops, Adobe Audition a variety of plug-ins. Recently I have decided to do almost everything by myself and I use similar stuff. Soundtrap is not a bad tool too. But the main thing is the good idea and then come the instruments.
A song can stuck in your head everywhere and at any time. You can't predict when you will write it. Sometimes you start from the verse, sometimes from the chorus. It maybe depends on the stars in the sky. I want to develop my skills and subjects I want to highlight. So, I try to do that and I think, you will see some results soon. Oh, you can see them now. The romantic "Centre of the Universe" turns to a sad and depressed "Paper Birds" and the really raw and difficult "Silent House".
My friends, by the way, have written songs for me too. My Russian friend and visual artist White Blood wrote one of the tracks in my upcoming album. When the song is done, I send it to a friend for grammar check, because it's important for me to give everything in the right way. Vlad, thanks for that! Sometimes, my friends would also give me ideas for songs. That's how it happened with "Silent House". My friend Galina Sezamskaya from Belarus, who lives in the Netherlands, was researching the topic of Dark-net, which is called a "silent house", but she gave me this metaphor to use a bit different way. That's how it works for me.
Of course, the "X-Factor" performance, because it gave me a lot of experience and a lot of struggle. I perform really rarely, because I'm concentrated on the work in the studio and studying. As I said, my music is not very appreciated in Ukraine, because some patriotic stuff is usually the preferred choice for concerts.
My biggest goal is to see music changed by me and to see that my music is heard and my signal is not lost, because that's the only way to tell the world about the stuff that really disturbs me. A lot of people know me as a very positive person, some people think that I'm a clown, but in my music I show my true side.
It gave me more confidence. It's great to see such a good feedback from people who breathe music and it's cool to use all these opportunities to be heard. I am very grateful to the whole Drooble community. You really listened to me and the charts and comments prove that. I appreciate it and stay tuned for you and my other fans everywhere.


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Bank holiday pay to be determined by NHS trusts and employers
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Mimi Launder, Katherine Price
Bank holiday arrangements – including pay – will be determined by NHS trusts and employers for the day of the Queen's funeral, with supporting guidance due the be published shortly, the Department of Health and Social Care has told Nursing in Practice.
The statement did not clarify whether the Government would be fronting the cost for any enhanced bank holiday pay for NHS staff.
It comes after the RCN called for clarity over whether nurses will receive enhanced pay if they work on the 19 September bank holiday, and whether the Government will front the cost.
Brian Morton, RCN associate director for employment relations, argued that ministers had also previously 'failed to provide leadership, leading to uncertainty for staff and confusion for the public' for the bank holiday on the Queen's Jubilee.
In his statement to Nursing in Practice at the time, he urged: 'We must not see another situation where this is left to NHS Trusts and other NHS organisations locally to navigate.'
For the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June, pay arrangements for the day, including arrangements for staff who are required to work, were determined locally.
But under NHS public holiday terms and conditions, staff on Agenda for Change contracts should receive unsociable hours payments when working on public holidays, in the evening, at night or over weekends.
Mr Morton continued: 'The UK Government should follow the Scottish Government's lead and confirm that Monday 19th will be treated as a 'Public Holiday' in accordance with NHS terms and conditions.'
Dr Layla McCay, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, also said that NHS leaders are 'awaiting confirmation from the Government that this additional cost will be compensated in full.'
This comes as GP practices have been told they are entitled to close core services on 19 September for the Queen's funeral to allow staff to pay their respects.
Nursing in Practice has contacted the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England for comment.
This story was updated on 15 September to reflect the Department and Health and Social Care's confirmation that bank holiday arrangements would be left up to local NHS trusts and employers.