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"He was a True Gentleman and a Giant in the Industry." - Barbour Concrete Company
By : Scott Burnett
NPCA Founder Jim Barbour Passes at 81
Co-Founder and Charter Member Helped Establish NPCA's Culture
Jim Barbour, a central figure in the founding of the National Precast Concrete Association more than 50 years ago, passed away Sunday, Sept. 9, in Independence, MO. Barbour, 81, was the fourth president in NPCA's history, serving in 1969-70. H is peers presented him with the association's highest honor, the Robert E. Yoakum Award, in 1974.
A charter member of NPCA, he owned Barbour Concrete Company in Independence, MO., and worked with a small group of founders to craft the association, carrying on the vision of a trade association that would link precast concrete companies and suppliers in the U.S. and Canada to create a unified voice for the fledgling industry.
In a 2013 interview, Barbour recounted the basic premise for the founding of NPCA. "It was to establish a forum for the free exchange of ideas," he said. "The philosophy is that we don't have secrets. We want to share to make the industry stronger and better, and do a better job for our customers."
A second-generation precaster with a Mechanical Engineering degree, Jim led the evolution of the company founded by his father James "Woody" Barbour from a small ornamental precaster to a unit step producer to a regional supplier of a wide range of precast products in the Kansas City region.
He involved his entire family with NPCA from the earliest days of the association and helped to create a family-friendly atmosphere that continues to this day. When the 1974 NPCA Convention came to Kansas City, for example, the Barbour family hosted the Board of Directors meeting at their house.
Jim's wife, Daneen, was instrumental in establishing the NPCA Educational Foundation and was the second in the family to earn the Yoakum Award. Upon her death, to mark her dedication to education, the family created the Daneen Barbour scholarship in her honor in 2010. Son, Dan Barbour chaired the NPCA Board of Directors in 2007 and was presented with the Robert E. Yoakum Award in 2010 for his many years of service to the association. He is a current member of the Foundation. Daughter, Amy Burnett currently serves on the NPCA Board of Directors and also has served many years on the Foundation.
In 1993, Jim and Daneen served as the organizing committee chairs for the international BIBM conference in Washington, D.C. It was a signature event in NPCA's history, bringing an international group of about 4,000 precast industry representatives and concrete experts from around the world to the United States.
"The first person I met in the industry – before I ever met with the search committee – was Jim Barbour," said Ty Gable, NPCA president. "I remember thinking, if all NPCA members are like Jim Barbour, I really want to work in this industry."
When Gable was named NPCA president and moved with his wife Barbara and children to Indianapolis from Washington, D.C., Jim and Daneen Barbour were welcoming NPCA ambassadors, Gable said.
"Jim and Daneen were instrumental in helping Barbara and me understand the association and the industry. During the BIBM planning, we spent many memorable hours working with members of precast associations throughout Europe, and he represented us in a very statesmanlike manner. He was a true gentleman and a giant in the industry."
The family will greet friends on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18029 E. 39th St., Independence, MO., from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. A brief memorial service will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the chapel. The family will continue to receive guests after the service.
Memorial donations may be made in Jim Barbour's name to the Daneen S. Barbour Scholarship Fund at the National Precast Concrete Association, 1320 City Center Dr., Carmel, IN 46032. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.speakschapel.com.


Brianna is a seventh-generation daughter of the goddess Danu. Blake is a son of Killian, trained to slay any daughter of Danu. Their families are ancient enemies, but their passion for each other is overwhelming. With their souls magically bound together, their only hope is to end the war between their families and the fear that keeps them apart. "As I step into the room, a silver flash blurs my vision. Before I can take a breath, the world falls away." Brianna has always felt invisible. People stare right past her, including the one boy she can't resist, Blake Williams. But everything changes at a house party when Brianna's charm bracelet slips off and time stands still. In that one frozen, silver moment, Blake not only sees her, he recognizes something deep inside her that she's been hiding even from herself. Discovering she is descended from Danu, the legendary Bandia of Celtic myth, Brianna finds herself questioning the truth of who she is. And when she accidentally binds her soul to Blake, their mutual attraction becomes undeniable. But Blake has his own secret, one that could prove deadly for them both. Bound together by forbidden magic, Brianna and Blake find themselves at the heart of an ancient feud that threatens to destroy their lives and their love. AGES: 12 to 18 AUTHOR: Talia Vance has worked as a horse trainer, a freelance writer, and an attorney. Her YA novel Spies and Prejudice is being published by Egmont in 2013.
In a frozen, silver moment, Brianna, used to being invisible to boys, is seen by handsome Blake Williams who recognizes her as a descendant of Danu--legendary beings his family is sworn to hunt--but before Brianna understands the truth she accidentally binds her soul to Blake.


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The EU, Strategy and Security Policy: Regional and Strategic Challenges
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This edited collection is a timely and in-depth analysis of the EU's efforts to bring coherency and strategy to its security policy actions.
Despite a special European Council summit in December 2013 on defence, it is generally acknowledged that fifteen years since its inception the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has yet to acquire a clear sense of purpose. This book investigates those areas where the EU has established actorness in the security and defence field and asks whether they might constitute the elements of an emergent more coherent EU strategy on security. Taking a critical view, the contributors map the EU's strategic vision(s) across particular key regions where the EU has been active as a security actor, the strategic challenges that it has pinpointed alongside the opportunities and barriers posed by a multiplicity of actors, interests and priorities identified by both member states and EU actors. By doing this we demonstrate where gaps in strategic thinking lie, where the EU has been unable to achieve its aims, and offer recommendations concerning the EU's future strategic direction.
This book will be of much interest to students of European security, EU policy, strategic studies and IR in general.

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Soul Perspective LLC Introduces New Children's Book, Simeon Bleeker's Magical Sneakers
Their recently debuted children's book emphasizes the importance of walking in someone else's shoes.
by Amy Unger, Photography by Andrew Tomasino
Take a minute to conjure up the must-have kicks from your childhood days. Were they the classic canvas Chuck Taylors—blisters and all? Perhaps it was the Reebok Pump sneaker that topped your early 1990s wish list. Or maybe you appreciated the chic vintage vibe of slip-on Vans or suede Pumas. Whatever your go-to sneakers were, and whatever they added to your athletic or style game, chances are they couldn't compete with the transformative possibilities of Simeon Bleeker's red high-tops.
Simeon is the brainchild of three Lehigh Valley-based best buddies turned business partners: Paul Walsh, Ronnie Nase and Susie Sewell, who collectively make up Soul Perspective LLC, a company with a mission of creating products that promote tolerance and understanding.
Their first endeavor is a children's book: Simeon Bleeker's Magical Sneakers. At the time of conversation with Lehigh Valley Style in late summer, they were busy managing a Kickstarter fundraising campaign while finalizing the book's layout ahead of an expected November 30 release date. "It's been a mad dash," says Walsh of the journey to transform Simeon from an abstract idea into a children's book character whom they hope will resonate with his young audience.
But let's rewind to pre-pandemic times in early 2019. Authoring a children's book wasn't on anyone's to-do list. Walsh had a full plate as the artistic director of literary arts at Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, Sewell was staying busy juggling freelance graphic design work with her job as a bartender at Zest in Bethlehem and Nase, the self-described "man of a million jobs," was working as a regional director for peer support services provider Peerstar LLC. In March of that year, Walsh and Nase had a casual conversation about a rough idea Nase was kicking around for a children's story; it involved a boy who could gain insight into different experiences and livelihoods by slipping on a special pair of sneakers. "That was it, and then we didn't talk about it for a year," says Walsh.
But then in March of this year, Walsh was working with local writer, editor and publisher Jennifer Bright, founder and CEO of Bright Communications LLC and Momosa Publishing LLC, on a workshop for his school. He brought up the concept for the book, and Bright was all in. Suddenly Simeon, as their central character would come to be named (the Hebrew meaning translates to "listener"), was off the back burner. But talking about a children's book and making that book a reality are two very different things. "It was definitely overwhelming at the start," says Nase. Luckily Walsh did have some experience in this world. He self-published a novel, Lemonade, via Barnes & Noble last year. And Nase, who is one of seven children ("I've pretty much been raising kids my entire life," he says with a laugh), had spent many years working with kids in a variety of capacities. So, wordsmith? Check. Kid expert? Check. "The only problem now is, neither one of us draws," Walsh says.
Enter illustrator Sewell, who studied fine arts and graphic design at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and at Northampton Community College, respectively. While Walsh and Nase hammered out the storyline, she started coming up with some sketches to bring Simeon to life. "It was exactly what Ronnie and I were thinking in our heads," says Walsh. The style they agreed upon favors characters with heads that are a bit larger than life, and backgrounds that are intentionally a little blurred. "We really wanted to focus on the emotions of the faces," Sewell explains.
And it's those emotions, after all, that are at the heart of five-year-old Simeon's adventures. His magical sneakers allow him to spend some time in someone else's shoes; in his case, it's in the shoes of another child whose experiences are unfamiliar to him. In this first offering, Simeon gets to know Madelyn, a kindergarten classmate who is autistic. Nase says she's based on a girl he met while working in an autism support unit in the East Penn School District. "It was the first name that came to mind," he says. "I remember thinking how special she was."
The goal of distilling the enduring idiom of walking a mile in someone else's shoes for the kindergarten set is to teach tolerance and empathy, two values that are of paramount importance to all three team members. For Walsh, it's something that speaks to him as an educator and as the father of a toddler son.
"I don't think parents or teachers can ever have enough resources to show kids how to be good people," he says. Nase sees the book as an important gateway to essential discussions about issues that can divide us if they're not addressed early and often. "We need to look at things like racism, sexism, discrimination against a group of any kind," he explains. And Sewell adds that it's not just children who need to be reminded of these lessons. "We hope the parents just as much as the kids find value in it," she says.
They hope to send Simeon on many more journeys with his magical sneakers. It's possible that down the road he might graduate to higher grade levels and to the more advanced social challenges that come with them. "What we're doing is to use this as a tool to basically have a character who is introduced to a generation and grows up with them so that from a young age they are learning what it means to have empathy," Nase says. "It's really just the beginning," adds Walsh. "I really see this book series as having the potential to impact kids in such a positive and impactful way."
It's no secret that best friends don't always make the best business partners, but the Soul Collective three say their professional collaboration has been a positive experience so far. Walsh and Sewell have known each other since middle school, starting when Walsh moved onto Sewell's street in Bethlehem. Nase came into the fold a few years later when he was Walsh's roommate at Kutztown University. "The three of us have a really good rapport and we consider each other family," Sewell says. That's not to say the process hasn't had its challenges, particularly when it comes to the non-creative demands of nurturing a fledgling company. "We really quickly had to become business people, when we're not business people," Walsh says. Cracks Sewell: "The most unlikely trio to start a business, started a business." They make it work, they say, by making sure their friendship stays at the forefront. "We can meet and we can talk about business, but if something else is going on, we can talk about that, too," says Nase. "It's not something we have to sweep under the rug. Being friends makes the business part better because we all care about each other."
Bringing Simeon to life has also been uniquely energizing for the team for a myriad of reasons. Nase says it's reminded him of his affinity for working with children: "It's definitely where my passion lies." Sewell says she, too, relished the opportunity to rekindle her creative side. "It was nice to take a second and get back to what I love doing." And Walsh says the book has helped him up his game professionally. "I've always been a writer, a reader, a teacher," he says, "but this gave me the opportunity to teach on a whole different level."
The creative process of putting the book together also proved to be a bright spot for the team during a time when the COVID-19 pandemic was sparking uneasiness and anxiety around the globe, and exacerbating long-simmering socioeconomic inequalities. "It created a really joyful experience for us in the middle of March, which was something we were not expecting," Walsh says. And now they hope Simeon can do the same for anyone who tags along as he laces up those magical sneakers.
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Mostly gluten free is my chosen lifestyle. Back in 2011 my wife was diagnosed with celiac disease. Right after that we had to kick off a lifetime of a research project. One in which we first had closely examine all the ingredients we use for cooking. At the very beginning we had to thoroughly read the labels of ALL food and drink we bought. As a side effect we had made quite a few discoveries, like the surprisingly low percentage of meat in some processed meat products (like frankfurters, hams). Previously we thought these contain mostly meat. A simple shopping became a 4 hours long exercise which resulted in not more than 10-15 items in the basket. Gluten was everywhere. We have found it even in the least anticipated places, like in some spices or pickles which we used to ate on a daily bases. This was terrifying. We thought we are not going to be able to cook more than just a few type of dishes.
The selection of gluten free product back then in Hungary wasn't wide. Luckily we have found a special shop which was selling bio food as well as a number of gluten free products. Once we have managed to find a few suitable ingredients, experimentation started. Initially we had little success. The bread fall apart into small pieces. The salad was not proved as a fulfilling meal and when we overcooked our first gluten free cake we couldn't just grab one from a confectionery. With patience and persistence my wife increased the number of dishes we can cook and now, 7 years later there are only a few dishes which she still cannot cook gluten free. Right from the start we agreed that we won't be cooking gluten free for her and non-gluten free for me, just one dish for both of us. Hence my chosen lifestyle being 'mostly' gluten free. We celebrated together every time she have managed to cook a dish in consistently good taste and without gluten. I vividly remember the first gluten free pancake which was soft, rollable and in the same time tasting just like the one my mother used to cook with wheat flour.
We are living in the UK since 2015. Once or twice a year she visits our family and friends back in Hungary. She stays for a week to two while I am in the UK, carry on working. I used to often call her for the recipe for a dish I wanted to make while she was away. Then there is this recurring question throughout the year 'What shall I cook today?'. We combined the two issues and decided to solve it by writing down the recipe or sometimes filming the process too. This meant anyone can cook with those instructions and there is now an ever growing list of dishes we can choose from. Then we noticed that more and more of our friends and acquaintances got diagnosed with gluten sensitivity or celiac disease. We felt we could help them by sharing our recipes which were result of experimentation over years. I think these are very helpful even though that both the selection of ingredients and the awareness is much wider nowadays. She is driven by not only her allergy, but the people who read her recipes and watch her videos and then provide valuable feedback or sharing their tips and tricks how to make life whole without gluten.
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Secretary, Board of Directors, and Co-Founder
Lisa Barbaris is a 30 year veteran of the music business. She started her career in the publicity department of Elektra Records in 1985, where she worked with such artists as Metallica, Teddy Pendergrass, Motley Crue, Natalie Merchant, Simply Red, Anita Baker, and many more. In 1990, she moved to Geffen Records to serve as Director of Publicity, looking after XTC, Cher, Don Henley, Aerosmith, The Sundays, among others. Her last label position was as the head of the press department for Atco EastWest/Atlantic Records.
In 1996, Lisa opened So What Media and Management, a boutique publicity and artist management shop. In 1998, So What transitioned to being solely a management company. So What currently manages the careers of Billy Porter, Hunter Valentine, and Cyndi Lauper, with whom Lisa co-founded the True Colors Tour in 2007 and the True Colors Fund in 2008. Lisa served as the True Colors Fund's first Board of Directors President until 2015, helping to establish the organization as the nation's leading force working to end homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth.


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The Mystery of the Leaping Fish: Douglas Fairbanks' Craziest Comedy by Half a League
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the uncharacteristically crazy Douglas Fairbanks comedy The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916).
While Fairbanks was primarily a light comedian until the founding of United Artists, his comedies were usually of the straight, romantic sort. This highly surreal jaunt was written by none other than Todd Browning, (Freaks, Dracula) with titles scripted by Anita Loos and direction by her husband John Emerson in collaboration with Christy Cabanne.
In this Sherlock Holmes parody, Fairbanks plays Coke Ennyday, a drug addict and detective who spends every second of the film snorting coke (which he keeps in a big can marked "cocaine"), shooting up, bouncing up and down, and giggling insanely. (Holmes, too, had been a cokehead, but perhaps with a little more subtlety). His house is full of whimsical spy devices. A man from the secret service comes and summons him to a case about a "suspicious man". Ennyday dons his disguise — an entirely checkered outfit (with a checkered car to match) which couldn't be more conspicuous. He arrives at the scene of our mystery, the beach. The titular "leaping fish" turn out to be inflatable water toys. He goes to rescue "the Little Fish Blower" (Bessie Love) and soon requires rescuing himself. We soon beome buried under an intrigue that involves drug smuggling and the Sum Hop Chinese laundry. It all seems inexplicable — until the twist that explains it all, and folds this highly idiosyncratic comedy nicely back into the Fairbanks canon.
This movie (much like the early comedies of the Marx Brothers) was later rediscovered by college students in the late 1960s and early 70s, and screened and screened before audiences who were,well, shall we say, in the right frame of mind.
For more on silent and slapstick comedy, including the films of Douglas Fairbanks, don't miss my book: Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, just released by Bear Manor Media, also available from amazon.com etc etc etc
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As long as the parent approve it…its ok. besides its only candy for crying out loud! Its only for a couple of minutes im pretty sure she gave them the candy right back. It is &##280;ART&28221;… the art of our emotions!
I would like to buy a racquet like the shark. What do you think is similar?
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I agree with Ben's findings. You can check out my comparison between the 2017 Gear 360 and original Gear 360 here. I also have an updated comparison here (comparing the original files). I will also be working on the mega-comparison (with twelve 360 cameras) as soon as I get the Xiaomi Mijia Sphere 360 (which should be arriving this week).
So, did Samsung fixed overheating issue?
Hi Den. For me, the 2017 has better overheating resistance than the original. But Aram Pan in Singapore said his 2017 is overheating after just 8 minutes (in 90F ambient).
I just got the new gear 360 2017 and the overheating issue still there. At 28 celsius it records for about 5 minutes and then it stops recording. I use a Samsung EVO Plus micro SD card 128 Gb, reading 90 Mb and writing 20 Mb. Can it be the problem? I find it stupid that a camera like this, meant for outdoor main use maybe on a beach can not stand more than 28 celsius degrees. I just think I will send it back if I can not fix the overheating problem.
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MetalWorks Vector perforated tiles offer a smart semi-concealed look by utilising a standard 24mm exposed grid suspension system. The perforated tiles are located into the grid and are locked in place by a spring mechanism. This results in a clean and fast installation with no visible fixings. MetalWorks Vector tiles are available in standard powder coated colours or in Timber Grain finish, providing a soft and natural look to the interior space. They offer a cost effective and light weight alternative to pre-slotted timber or Ply / MDF ceilings. All Armstrong MetalWorks ceiling have been tested to ISO 5660 and achieve a group 1-S rating.


It's time once again for March Madness and I'm back on the road alongside my former colleagues at NCAA Photos to cover NCAA Basketball for the NCAA Courtside project, giving fans at home not only another angle on the action, but also everything else going on surrounding the games, the fans, bands, cheerleaders, team huddles, locker rooms and more. Spent the last weekend in Louisville for the Rounds of 64 and 32, covering some great games from a diverse set of schools, including legendary program UCLA and current #1 seed Kentucky. Hope you enjoy my take on the games.


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Javanshir Izzat oglu Rahimov ( ; June 5, 1973 – August 6, 1992) was an Azerbaijani soldier and the National Hero of Azerbaijan.

Early years
Rahimov was born in Qaşqaçay, Qakh. When he was one year old his family moved to Baku , Qaraçuxur. He finished secondary school No. 104 in Suraxanı raion.

Military service
In April 1992, Javanshir Rahimov entered active military service. He became an onboard shooter on Military helicopters. He expressed his desire to go to war as a volunteer and was assigned to a MI-24 Helicopter.

Nagorno Karabakh War
On August 6, 1992, on his second flight of the day he was wounded. Rahimov insisted that he was ready for flight and flew again. This time their helicopter was shot down by missile fire from Armenian forces.

He was posthumously awarded the title of the National Hero of Azerbaijan on 14 September 1992, by the decree № 204 of the President of Azerbaijan Republic.

See also

 First Nagorno-Karabakh War
 List of National Heroes of Azerbaijan

References

Sources
Vugar Asgarov. Azərbaycanın Milli Qəhrəmanları (Yenidən işlənmiş II nəşr). Bakı: "Dərələyəz-M", 2010, səh. 241.

1973 births
1992 deaths
National Heroes of Azerbaijan
People from Qakh District
Azerbaijani military personnel
Azerbaijani military personnel killed in action

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Why Matt Reeves' The Batman gets low Buzz?
Why Matt Reeves' The Batman gets low Buzz?
Warner Bros. and DC's The Batman is set to release in first week of March.
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Warner Bros and DC's The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, got less buzz as compared to other projects, believe it or not it's a bitter truth. Robert Pattinson' The Batman is almost a week away from release. But there seems to be no enthusiasm among DC fans for the film, it's a pity. Although it looks quite promising.
It wouldn't be wrong to say that currently the buzz for any other DCEU project is The Batman, be it Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam Ezra Miller's The Flash. There are many reasons behind this, let's talk about them.
Matt Reeves's The Batman exists in another alternate Universe. It has nothing to do with the main timeline of DCEU. In this way, it reduces the excitement towards the film. Unless the fans get to see some Easter eggs or cameos, their interest in the film wanes. Ever wondered why Marvel became the world's most successful superhero franchise, as each of their projects features ester eggs and cameos that keep fans excited about upcoming TV shows be it movies.
Now that Warner Bros. is about to reboot its universe, fans are hesitant to join Robert Pattinson's Batman. Fans know that some other actor will play this role in the future. Apparently there are rumors that Ezra Miller's The Flash will wipe out Superman and Batman.
Not so with Matt Reeves' The Batman, we don't even see a cameo here or Ester Eggs. In such a situation, it is natural for the film to have less gossip. If we knew that Robert Pattison's The Batman could see Black Adam, Wonder Woman or Superman, then the hype of the film would be in seventh heaven. That's why fans have little inclination for The Batman. So The Batman not being in a Collective Universe is the biggest downside for it.
Why We Should Support 'The Batman'?
Warner Bros.' The Batman could be the underdog film of 2022. 2019's Joaquin Phoenix starring Joker is its biggest example. Joker also existed in a different alternate universe like The Batman. Joker become most profitable comic film ever. The film earned $1.074 billion at the box office from a budget of only $55 million. The film grossed almost 20 times its budget, which is the highest in any comic book adaptation till date.
Second, Matt Reeves' The Batman will give us new content that hasn't been seen yet, whether if it is Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy. Warner Bros has made 6 standalone films about Batman so far like Michael Keaton, George Clooney, Val Kilmer, Robert Lawery, Ben Affleck and Christian Bale with same story. But Matt Reeves' superhero flick offers us something different. For the first time, we will see Batman as a detective. Paul Dano's Riddler seems to be overshadowed by Robert Pattinson without showing the other's face also Colin Farrell's Penguin looks quite promising.
So we should support this Batman from Matt Reeves.
Warner Bros.' The Batman is set to release in theaters on March 4, 2022.
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Of the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Sydney, Donald Feinberg, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner, said the disruption created by digital disruption — too much data — has also created an unprecedented opportunity. The vast amount of data, together with increasingly powerful processing capabilities enabled by the cloud, means it is now possible to train and execute algorithms at the large scale necessary to finally realize the full potential of AI.
Augmented analytics is considered, by Gartner, will be the next wave of disruption in the data and analytics market because it will use machine learning (ML) and AI techniques to transform how analytics content is developed, consumed and shared.
Gartner says by 2020, augmented analytics will be the main selling point for analytics and BI solutions. Data and analytics leaders should plan to adopt augmented analytics as platform capabilities mature.
Augmented data management leverages ML capabilities and AI technology to make data management categories including data quality, metadata management, master data management, data integration as well as DBMSs (database management systems) self-configuring and self-tuning.
It automates many of the manual tasks and allows less technically skilled users to be more autonomous using data. It also helps highly skilled technical resources be able to focus on more valuable tasks. According to Gartner, manual tasks in data management will be reduced by 45% because of ML and automated service-level management through to the end of 2022.
Continuous intelligence leverages multiple technologies such as augmented analytics, event stream processing, optimization, business rule management and ML. It is a design pattern where real-time analytics are combined with business operations, processing current and historical data to prescribe actions in response to events. It provides decision automation or decision support.
AI models are increasingly used in data management and replace human decision making. However, most of AI models are not able to explain why they reached a specific recommendation or a decision. This is where explainable AI comes in.
Explainable AI in data science and ML platforms is about generating an explanation of data models in terms of accuracy, attributes, model statistics and features in natural language.
According to Gartner, graph analytics is a set of analytic techniques that allows for the exploration of relationships between entities of interest such as organizations, people and transactions. The application of graph processing and graph DBMSs will grow at 100% annually through 2022.
Data fabric enables a single and consistent data management framework, which allows seamless data access and processing by design across otherwise siloed storage.
Through 2022, bespoke data fabric configurations will be deployed primarily as a static infrastructure, forcing organizations into a new wave of cost to completely re-design for more dynamic data mesh approaches.
Gartner predicts 50% of analytical queries will be generated via search, natural language processing (NLP) or voice, or will be automatically generated by 2020. The need to analyze complex combinations of data and to make analytics accessible to everyone in the organization will drive broader adoption, allowing analytics tools to be as easy as a search interface or a conversation with a virtual assistant.
Gartner predicts that 75% of new end-user solutions leveraging AI & ML techniques will be built with commercial solutions rather than open source platforms by 2020.
Commercial vendors have built connectors into the Open Source ecosystem and they provide enterprises with features necessary to scale and democratize AI and ML, such as project and model management, data lineage, reuse, transparency, and platform cohesiveness and integration that Open Source technologies lack.
The core value proposition of distributed ledger technologies, such as blockchain, is providing decentralized trust across a network of untrusted participants. The ramifications for analytics use cases are significant, especially those leveraging participant relationships and interactions.
But, according to Gartner, it will be several years before four or five major blockchain technologies become dominant. Until that happens, enterprises will instead partly integrate with blockchain technologies and standards which will likely be dictated by their dominant customers or networks. This includes integration with your existing data and analytics infrastructure. The costs of integration may outweigh any potential benefit.
Blockchains are a data source, not a database, and will not replace existing data management technologies.
It has the potential to improve application performance, availability, boot times, clustering methods and security practices, while keeping costs under control. It will also help organizations reduce the complexity of their application and data architectures by decreasing the need for data duplication.
According to Gartner, augmented analytics, continuous intelligence and explainable artificial intelligence (AI) are among the top trends in data and analytics that have significant disruptive potential over the next three to five years. Gartner recommends that data and analytics leaders talk with senior business C suite about their critical priorities and explore how these trends can enable them to the success.
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Kelly Connell (* 9. Juni 1956 in Seneca Falls, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

Er studierte Schauspiel am Herbert-Berghof-Studio in New York und an der Syracuse University in New York.

Er wurde in Deutschland durch seine Rolle als Gerichtsmediziner Carter Pike in Picket Fences – Tatort Gartenzaun bekannt. Connell hat einen Bruder namens Pasha.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1988: Cocktail
 1989;1990: Harrys wundersames Strafgericht (Night Court, Fernsehserie, 2 Folgen)
 1990: Der Prinz von Bel-Air (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Fernsehserie, eine Folge)
 1991: Eine starke Familie (Step by Step, Fernsehserie, 2 Folgen)
 1991: Hot Shots! – Die Mutter aller Filme (Hot Shots!)
 1992: Ausgerechnet Alaska (Northern Exposure, Fernsehserie, eine Folge)
 1993: Mein Vater – Mein Freund (Jack the Bear)
 1993: Hot Shots! Der zweite Versuch (Hot Shots! Part Deux)
 1992–1996: Picket Fences – Tatort Gartenzaun (Picket Fences, Fernsehserie, 73 Folgen)
 1997: Party of Five (Fernsehserie, eine Folge)
 1997: Buffy – Im Bann der Dämonen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fernsehserie, 2 Folgen)
 1998: Chicago Hope – Endstation Hoffnung (Chicago Hope, Fernsehserie, 3 Folgen)
 2000: Thirteen Days
 2000–2001: CSI: Den Tätern auf der Spur (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Fernsehserie, 4 Folgen)
 2001: K-PAX – Alles ist möglich (K-PAX)
 2001: Tremors 3 – Die neue Brut (Tremors 3: Back to Perfection)
 2004: Spider-Man 2
 2006: Boston Legal (Fernsehserie, 2 Folgen)
 2012: Happy Endings (Fernsehserie, eine Folge)

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US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1956
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Q: Flutter release apk crashes although debug version works fine I am working on application which uses these packages

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*flutter_local_notifications: ^1.4.4+2

*android_alarm_manager: ^0.4.5+11

*provider: ^4.3.1

*http: ^0.12.2

*shared_preferences: ^0.5.8

*cached_network_image: ^2.2.0+1

*reviews_slider: ^1.0.5

*flutter_screenutil: ^2.3.0

*scroll_to_index: ^1.0.6

and it works fine in the debug version but when I create a release version it crashes The message that I receive
and the error is
Build fingerprint: 'xiaomi/onc/onc:9/PKQ1.181021.001/V11.0.6.0.PFLMIXM:user/release-keys'
Revision: '0'
ABI: 'arm64'
pid: 7383, tid: 7383, name: ry.zonedelivery  >>> com.zonedelivery.zonedelivery <<<
signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 (SI_TKILL), fault addr --------
Abort message: '[FATAL:flutter/shell/platform/android/platform_view_android_jni.cc(76)] Check failed: CheckException(env).
'
    x0  0000000000000000  x1  0000000000001cd7  x2  0000000000000006  x3  0000000000000008
    x4  0000000000800000  x5  0000000000800000  x6  0000000000800000  x7  0000800000000000
    x8  0000000000000083  x9  f6d71a4470a7e267  x10 0000000000000000  x11 fffffffc7ffffbdf
    x12 0000000000000001  x13 0000000000000070  x14 0000000000000000  x15 00006c977aa9f8c0
    x16 0000007f993c42c0  x17 0000007f992f3bc4  x18 0000000000000010  x19 0000000000001cd7
    x20 0000000000001cd7  x21 0000007fcab9d588  x22 0000000000000002  x23 0000000000000095
    x24 0000007efbfc9f80  x25 0000007ef90fe440  x26 0000007efdeb2000  x27 0000007f18a1de00
    x28 0000007efbf87000  x29 0000007fcab9d570
    sp  0000007fcab9d530  lr  0000007f992e7084  pc  0000007f992e70ac
backtrace:
    #00 pc 00000000000220ac  /system/lib64/libc.so (abort+116)
    #01 pc 00000000002af058  /data/app/com.zonedelivery.zonedelivery-4d2RJrQKN4uoup8dF8morw==/lib/arm64/libflutter.so (offset 0x290000)
    #02 pc 00000000002a3828  /data/app/com.zonedelivery.zonedelivery-4d2RJrQKN4uoup8dF8morw==/lib/arm64/libflutter.so (offset 0x290000)
    #03 pc 00000000002a223c  /data/app/com.zonedelivery.zonedelivery-4d2RJrQKN4uoup8dF8morw==/lib/arm64/libflutter.so (offset 0x290000)
    #04 pc 00000000002dda94  /data/app/com.zonedelivery.zonedelivery-4d2RJrQKN4uoup8dF8morw==/lib/arm64/libflutter.so (offset 0x290000)
    #05 pc 00000000002b068c  /data/app/com.zonedelivery.zonedelivery-4d2RJrQKN4uoup8dF8morw==/lib/arm64/libflutter.so (offset 0x290000)
    #06 pc 00000000002b27dc  /data/app/com.zonedelivery.zonedelivery-4d2RJrQKN4uoup8dF8morw==/lib/arm64/libflutter.so (offset 0x290000)
    #07 pc 0000000000014ff8  /system/lib64/libutils.so (android::Looper::pollInner(int)+836)
    #08 pc 0000000000014c18  /system/lib64/libutils.so (android::Looper::pollOnce(int, int*, int*, void**)+60)
    #09 pc 0000000000127798  /system/lib64/libandroid_runtime.so (android::android_os_MessageQueue_nativePollOnce(_JNIEnv*, _jobject*, long, int)+44)
    #10 pc 0000000000df0f7c  /system/framework/arm64/boot-framework.oat (offset 0xa3d000) (android.media.MediaExtractor.seekTo [DEDUPED]+140)
    #11 pc 00000000017a7920  /system/framework/arm64/boot-framework.oat (offset 0xa3d000) (android.os.MessageQueue.next+240)
    #12 pc 0000000001f7efdc  /system/framework/arm64/boot-framework.oat (offset 0xa3d000) (android.os.Looper.loop+636)
    #13 pc 0000000000f29688  /system/framework/arm64/boot-framework.oat (offset 0xa3d000) (android.app.ActivityThread.main+664)
    #14 pc 000000000055704c  /system/lib64/libart.so (art_quick_invoke_static_stub+604)
    #15 pc 00000000000cfce8  /system/lib64/libart.so (art::ArtMethod::Invoke(art::Thread*, unsigned int*, unsigned int, art::JValue*, char const*)+232)
    #16 pc 000000000045dcfc  /system/lib64/libart.so (art::(anonymous namespace)::InvokeWithArgArray(art::ScopedObjectAccessAlreadyRunnable const&, art::ArtMethod*, art::(anonymous namespace)::ArgArray*, art::JValue*, char const*)+104)
    #17 pc 000000000045f750  /system/lib64/libart.so (art::InvokeMethod(art::ScopedObjectAccessAlreadyRunnable const&, _jobject*, _jobject*, _jobject*, unsigned long)+1440)
    #18 pc 00000000003ef450  /system/lib64/libart.so (art::Method_invoke(_JNIEnv*, _jobject*, _jobject*, _jobjectArray*)+52)
    #19 pc 000000000078eed4  /system/framework/arm64/boot-core-oj.oat (offset 0x2dc000) (java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethodInternal [DEDUPED]+180)
    #20 pc 000000000247de18  /system/framework/arm64/boot-framework.oat (offset 0xa3d000) (com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run+136)
    #21 pc 000000000248a1b8  /system/framework/arm64/boot-framework.oat (offset 0xa3d000) (com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main+2104)
    #22 pc 000000000055704c  /system/lib64/libart.so (art_quick_invoke_static_stub+604)
    #23 pc 00000000000cfce8  /system/lib64/libart.so (art::ArtMethod::Invoke(art::Thread*, unsigned int*, unsigned int, art::JValue*, char const*)+232)
    #24 pc 000000000045dcfc  /system/lib64/libart.so (art::(anonymous namespace)::InvokeWithArgArray(art::ScopedObjectAccessAlreadyRunnable const&, art::ArtMethod*, art::(anonymous namespace)::ArgArray*, art::JValue*, char const*)+104)
    #25 pc 000000000045d95c  /system/lib64/libart.so (art::InvokeWithVarArgs(art::ScopedObjectAccessAlreadyRunnable const&, _jobject*, _jmethodID*, std::__va_list)+424)
    #26 pc 0000000000362d70  /system/lib64/libart.so (art::JNI::CallStaticVoidMethodV(_JNIEnv*, _jclass*, _jmethodID*, std::__va_list)+652)
    #27 pc 00000000000b287c  /system/lib

A: I realized that the problem is R8 shrinking technique because it removes some needed code from the local Notification package and to solve it you need to keep the needed code by adding it to the proguard-rules file
it's mentioned here in their documentation.

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Well today I am going to kill 2 birds with one stone as they say. I saw a challenge over at Gingersnap Creations a few days ago and what better way to make a tag for this challenge and make it one of my 12 tags.
So the theme GC81: Chestnut Theme Challenge - is Snowpeople .
This tag took a bit of doing but turned out so cute. I love these snowmen in their globe and they just make me smile. I love snowmen, some peeps like Santas some like angels, some like gingerbread but I really like snowmen. When I first saw these stamps I had to break the bank and get it. I have had this a couple years now but I use it quite a bit for cards etc and I have some single snow peeps by the same designer.
This is a Canadian company called Sunshine Designs but you cannot buy from their site, you must find a retailer who sells them. I bought my locally.
Back to the tag.... I stamped the image on Watercolour paper with Black StazOn ink. I then used Watercolour pencils and waterbrush to colour my images with. I cut out the image and just ran a black ink pad around the edges, learned to do that trick after cutting images out from InkStains by Roni. I cut a shipping tag shape out of this great holiday BoBunny scrap paper. It is two sided and had purple swirls on the back so I cut a few strips with decorative scissors and put a little trim at the top and bottom of the tag. Still needs something......I found a strip of sticky backed snowflakes in my stash and cut some to fit the top and bottom just for a bit of filler and eye candy. Oh and I also inked the edges of the tag before placing the snowglobe on with Dusty Concord DI. I then took a Studio G clear stamp and stamped Friends in the same ink on a scrap of WC paper inked the edges then attached the globe and the Friends sign with some foam tape to raise them off the tag a bit. I added some.......you guessed it ....Stickles to the large dots on the bottom of the globe and added some white fiber and that was it.
So a bit different than distressing but I like how it turned out. Thanks for dropping by again and hope to hear from you soon. I see a couple peeps are commenting every day, so.....keep up girls.
Til next time......create with what you have.
Very cute! I'm a snowman collector too. These guys are adorable. Great non-traditional Christmas colors - very fun. Thanks!
This is beautiful. You come by liking snowmen honestly. They are my absolute favourite! Keep them coming sweetheart!
super sweet tag and the snow people stamp is adorable!
A fantastic tag! The snowpeople are so cute!!! Thanks for playing along with Gingersnap Creations.


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package com.narphorium.freebase.services;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
import org.stringtree.json.JSONReader;
import org.stringtree.json.JSONWriter;

public class AbstractFreebaseService {

	private static final String USER_AGENT = "Freebase Java API (" + System.getProperty("os.name") + ")";

	private MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager connectionManager = new MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager();
	private HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient(connectionManager);

	private URL baseUrl;
	private JSONReader jsonParser = new JSONReader();
	private JSONWriter jsonWriter = new JSONWriter();

	public AbstractFreebaseService() {
		try {
			baseUrl = new URL("http://www.freebase.com/api");
		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	public AbstractFreebaseService(URL baseUrl) {
		this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
	}

	public synchronized URL getBaseUrl() {
		return baseUrl;
	}

	protected String fetchPage(String url) throws IOException {
		StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer();
		url = url.replaceAll(" ", "%20");

		System.out.println("URL: " + url);

		GetMethod method = new GetMethod(url);
		try {
			method.setRequestHeader("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);

			int status = httpClient.executeMethod(method);

			if (status != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
	        	throw new IOException(status + ": Unable to reach host.");
	        }

	        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(method.getResponseBodyAsStream(), "utf8"));
	        String line = null;
	        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
	        	content.append(line + "\n");
	        }
	        reader.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} finally {
			method.releaseConnection();
		}

		System.out.println(content);

		return content.toString();
	}

	protected String postContent(URL url, Map<String, String> content) throws IOException {
		StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();

		PostMethod method = new PostMethod(url.toString());
		method.setRequestHeader("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
		method.setRequestHeader("X-Metaweb-Request", "");
		for (String parameter : content.keySet()) {
			method.setParameter(parameter, content.get(parameter));
		}

		try {
			int status = httpClient.executeMethod(method);

			//if (status != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
	        //	throw new IOException(status + ": Unable to reach host.");
	        //}

	        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(method.getResponseBodyAsStream(), "utf8"));
	        String line = null;
	        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
	        	result.append(line + "\n");
	        }
	        reader.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} finally {
			method.releaseConnection();
		}

		return result.toString();
	}

	protected Object parseJSON(String results) throws IOException {
		return jsonParser.read(results);
	}

	protected String generateJSON(Object object) {
		return jsonWriter.write(object);
	}
}

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Concord pharmacy ramps up patient care during pandemic
By Madison Elliott Concord
PUBLISHED 6:30 AM ET Nov. 10, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:30 AM EST Nov. 10, 2021
CONCORD, N.C. — The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a huge burden on the health care system, but according to an article published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, community pharmacies played a big role in filling the gaps of critical health services.
Pharmacies played a big role in filling gaps of critical health services during the pandemic
Local pharmacists say this has expanded their role in the community
They're doing more community outreach
Dr. Abi Scott, pharmacist at Moose Pharmacy in Concord, has seen this firsthand.
She makes home visits a few times a week, depending on her schedule, and learns what patients need.
Scott will deliver medicine, administer the COVID-19 vaccine and flu shot and talk with patients. She treats it as a wellness check.
"I ask them, 'are these things working for you? How's it going? Are you checking your blood pressure, checking your blood sugar?'" Scott said.
She values these home visits. It's what brought her from Oklahoma to North Carolina, because Moose Pharmacy values this too.
"They just were a really good fit for who I wanted to work with, the things I wanted to do," Scott said.
These more frequent home visits are one way she has seen her role expand during the pandemic.
"We already did delivery," Scott said. "We did this for years, but what about those people who are homebound and now they can't get to their appointments, we had to get creative with it."
One of those visits on her route is for a man named Jimmy Rayhelms. He has cancer and is at higher risk during this pandemic.
Rayhelms says he appreciates the pharmacy coming to him.
"They are good to me cause they know I am unable to come out there," he said.
Scott sees how this expanded role is already impacting the people Moose Pharmacy serves.
"I feel like it helps them trust us," Scott said. "So when we say, 'hey, you [need] to do this to help your diabetes' or whatever, we have more trust."
Scott expects this role to continue.
"I am a part of the community, so I want to be a part of their community and have a big role in their life," she said.
Along with going from home to home, the pharmacy also reaches out to patients to talk to them about the COVID-19 vaccine.
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy is seeing the expanded role as a trend that's happening nationally.
They say community pharmacies will continue to play a bigger role in their patients' care.