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(4) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v. Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco (Bracy Anderson et al., Real Parties in Interest), S221038 #14-133 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v. Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco (Bracy Anderson et al., Real Parties in Interest), S221038. (A140035; 228 3 Cal.App.4th 605; Superior Court of San Francisco County; JCCP 4748.) Petition for review after the Court of Appeal denied a petition for peremptory writ of mandate. This case presents the following issues: (1) Did the plaintiffs in this action who are not residents of California establish specific jurisdiction over their claims against the nonresident pharmaceutical drug manufacturer? (2) Does general jurisdiction exist in light of Daimler AG v. Bauman (2014) 571 U.S. __ [134 S.Ct. 746, 187 L.Ed.2d 624]?
#14-14 State Department of Finance et al. v. Commission on State Mandates (County of Los Angeles et al., Real Parties in Interest), S214855. (B237153; 220 Cal.App.4th 740, Superior Court of Los Angeles County; BS130730.) Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment in an action for writ of administrative mandate. This case presents the following issue: Are the requirements in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued to real parties in interest by the regional water quality control board state mandates subject to reimbursement under article XIII B, section 6, subdivision (b), of the state Constitution?
#14-80 Horiike (Hiroshi) v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Company et al., S218734. (B246606; 225 Cal.App.4th 427; Superior Court of Los Angeles County; SC110477.) Petition for review after the Court of Appeal reversed the judgment in a civil action. This case presents the following issue: When the buyer and the seller in a residential real estate transaction are each independently represented by a different salesperson from the same brokerage firm, does Civil Code section 2079.13, subdivision (b), make each salesperson the fiduciary to both the buyer and the seller with the duty to provide undivided loyalty, confidentiality and counseling to both?
(7) Kesner, Jr. (Johnny Blaine) v. Superior Court of Alameda County (Pneumo Abex LLC, Real Party in Interest), S219534 and Haver (Joshua) et al. v. BNSF Railway Company, S219919 (consolidated cases) (To be called and continued to the September 2016 calendar.) #14-98 Kesner, Jr. (Johnny Blaine) v. Superior Court of Alameda County (Pneumo Abex LLC, Real Party in Interest), S219534. (A136378, A136416; 226 Cal.App.4th 251, and Haver (Joshua) et al. v BNSF Railway Company, S219919. (B246527; 226 Cal.App.4th 1104, mod. 226 Cal.App.4th 1376b; Superior Court of Los Angeles County; BC435551.) Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment in a civil action. Superior Court of Alameda County; RG11578906.) Both cases present the following issue: If an employer's business involves either the use or the manufacture of asbestoscontaining products, does the employer owe a duty of care to members of an employee's household who could be affected by asbestos brought home on the employee's clothing?


MK Dons Ladies suffered their second defeat in a row after they were narrowly beaten 2-1 by Chichester City.
The Dons dominated for the majority of the game but couldn't find a breakthrough and the result sees them slip to ninth in the South East Combination League table.
John Dyer's side, who were still missing a number of key faces through injury, got off to the worst possible start, conceding inside two minutes after Bryony Levitt sliced a clearance from a Chichester past Tripp Witney in the Dons goal.
This seemed to kick-start the Ladies who levelled things up soon after Hannah Barrett after caught Chichester 'keeper Hannah McNamoo off guard with a fierce drive.
However, two minutes later, the visitors had restored their lead. City's Lucy Harnell found room to whip in a dangerous ball to Abbey Shrubb, who volleyed past Witney to cap off an exciting opening 15 minutes.
Chichester could have extended their advantage through Shrubb once again but the forward's fierce shot cannoned back off the crossbar.
The Dons then started to create chances of their own and Heather McDonnell went close after a tremendous run allowed her to get a shot away but the forward just couldn't steer it past McNamoo.
Emily Mann could evened things up before half time, the midfielder extremely unlucky not see her volley fly into the net after another fantastic stop from McNamoo.
After the re-start, Shrubb saw a 20-yard free kick come back off the post before McDonnell hit the side netting for the Dons late on.
The Ladies kept pressing for an equaliser but it never came as they fell to their fourth defeat of the campaign.
Manager John Dyer told mkdons.com: "We dominated possession throughout the match and we have come away with nothing.
MK Dons Ladies: Witney, Mulhill, Kaczorowski, Robinson, Balcosta, Barrett, McDonnell, Wright, Mann, Cudone, Levitt.


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Here's what Peru is teaching the fashion industry
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Esther Núñez Balbín - published on 08/19/17
A new initiative is helping to revolutionize how style and responsibility go together.
Have you ever wondered what the garment you're wearing is made of, how many natural resources were used to make it, and how much pollution its production caused? Most of the time we just see the garment, ask the price, and buy it. End of story.
But clothing can be environmentally sustainable and fashionable at the same time. In Peru, for example, clothes, footwear, and accessories are part of a new green revolution that has given rise to the Association of Sustainable Fashion of Peru.
How a fashionista is fighting human trafficking one headband at a time
So far, there are 75 Peruvian brands of clothing, footwear, jewelry, and accessories aimed at reducing environmental pollution. La Petit Morte designs garments that are biodegradable. The brand K'hantu works with artisans from the Yanesha and Shipibo-Conibo communities who manufacture natural latex shoes from shiringa trees.
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For five years, the brand Khana has been the social arm of Reciclando, a civil association that Daniela Osores created to collect the plastic bottles that people from the capital city of Lima throw in the trash. The young woman delivers all the plastic to a processing plant where they make it into blankets. The association then distributes those blankets to poor children.
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Her association also makes espadrilles from plastic taken directly from industrial factories. The colorful embroideries with motifs of coast, mountain range, and forest are done by a group of artisans.
As Daniela noted, the espadrilles thus have a triple impact: they are environmentally friendly because they reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in the garbage, socially beneficial because they give work to artisans, and even culturally valuable because they are reinforced with embroidery that reflects the identity and culture of the local artisans.
Pineapple flavored suitcases
Piñatex leather (vegetarian leather made with pineapple leaves) changed Sandra Valle's view of nature. Once she realized that backpacks could be made from pineapple leaves, she decided to go for it.
"Traditional leather contaminated too much. It was becoming increasingly scarce," Sandra said. The fibers of pineapple leaves are cheaper than animal leather — and more environmentally sustainable.
Breaking this one little habit would have a huge effect on the environment
The young designer has already managed to present her first collection of brown backpacks and fanny packs. Sandra has been producing wallets and backpacks with alternative leathers for several years, and some of her clients have been pleasantly surprised at this new version with pineapple leaves.
How was Piñatex born?
Filipinos traditionally used pineapple fiber to make their traditional garments. Carmen Hijosa, a Spanish designer, observed this unique method when she was traveling there. She then dared to develop a technique for processing the pineapple fibers and converting them into weave. This was how distribution began to various countries, including Peru.
Other ways to reduce pollution
Fairmined, which is an environmentally friendly mining association, focuses on reducing mercury emissions, stopping the use of cyanide, banning child labor, and guaranteeing workers' rights.
Valeria discovered that in Peru there are artisanal miners in the process of obtaining certification. Then, last year the young Peruvian launched "Condor Jewelry," her brand of jewelry made with metals exclusively from Fairmined miners.
The effort to offer pollution-free products is increasingly relevant since the fashion industry is the second most pollution-causing on the planet after the oil industry.
This article was originally published in the Spanish edition of Aleteia and has been translated and/or adapted here for English speaking readers.
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1. Is it possible to save the game during a race?
2. Is it possible to accelerate time, in car, while your AI "teammate" is driving?
Thanks for the responses. Hopefully these are features that can be included in future patches. They were in GTR and GTR2, hopefully they will be added.
On 1. we do actually have the code to allow saves during a race but we decided against it for gameplay reasons. I recall F1 by Ubisoft ages ago allowing it and I was saving every corner.
2. Again, we could do it but I'm not sure it's high on most people's list.
I understand wanting to have restrictions on such a feature to prevent "abuse", but it'd be very nice if at least we could save while in the pits (saving race progress would be mostly useful when running "endurance" races).
Mods, at it to my secret special list please.
could we do like in GTR2 and saving only allowed in the pits?
Yes so saving mid race may come to endurance races? I hope so as I would love to do full 24 hour races but obviously there's no way I'm going to dedicate a full 24 hours and I'd rather not have the AI drive with the xbox on without me watching as I'll probably come back to find myself in last or something.
GT5/6 does it the same way and it works really well. I say it's something you should really look into adding.
I guess the main thing here is for endurance races, but could prove useful in any race with a decent length to it. Heck I'd probably up the session lengths in my GT3 career if saving in pits was added.
In pits prevents abuse entirely from what I can see and could be compared to swapping in a driver while you get to rest and pick up later where you left off. Love it!
Just a thought, if you want to retain the immersion would it be possible to only allow (or do it as an auto save feature) a save after 10 laps, perhaps with a warning that if you have done less than that number since the last save that "x laps of progress will be lost if you quit now"
Not terribly well worded I know but I trust you get the idea.
Very excited to hear there will be mid-race saves!
I'd like to also suggest the opportunity for saves between sessions, such as after a good qualifier before the race starts.
I did not try in "normal" races, but in endurance races that works already.
You can save after warmup and/or after qualifying and leave the race for later.
Sorry if I'm requesting something that exists, but if it's only for endurance races I'd definitely request adding it to any multi-session race.
Damn! Shame you can't say :D :p. You have 4 lists? Cant say one of them? You will still have 3 secret lists! Lol.
Great idea for saving in the pits! I often shorten race length (thank you for this option by the way) so I can complete races in whatever time I have available. Saving allows me to do both!
It would be fantastic to be able to save the game while in the pits. I normally get 1-2 hours a night on the game before my girlfriend gets home, there's no way I could even consider taking on a race longer than a couple of hours at the moment and I'd dearly love to have a go at a few 24 hour events!
My electricity bill is sad to hear this, it was going for an all time high this quarter.
Last time I went 100 laps on Le Mans I just paused the game and left it sitting there all night, guzzling maybe 5-600W, then resumed in the morning.
I regret nothing, global warming and all, I just left the freezer door open to compensate for the added heat.
I don't have more than half an hour playing time a day, cause some people have a busy life outside videogames. Right now my only way to play PC is 10 minute qualifying and 4/5 lap races, no more, which means not being able to fully enjoy this beatiful game. Game saves are a must, especially in a game which is lenghty. If you think someone might overabuse it then limit it in some way, like allowing only every 1,2,3,5 10 laps instead than at every corner. Saving in the pits is not enough. Your decision is really hindering me, since you have the code, this might be squeezed in the next patch, then do it.
Reading the forums I see that there are many fans of endurance racing. All together with me are asking for the ability to save the game during the race. Is SMS is able to implement this option in next Patch? Please !!!!!!!
Just to make sure Ian and SMS realize how important this is for some people... many racing wheels tell you very specifically *NOT* to suspend the system with the wheel plugged in, so mid race saves is the only way some wheel users would ever be able to complete a 24 hour race without leaving the system turned on for days if not weeks at a time.
I *REALLY* want to do a proper 24 hour race, but even time compressed to 2 hours it can still be tough on a busy schedule. Really really hope to see this soon, especially since the code for it already existed in some form or fashion!
After a few months break, I want to again play Pcars. I question whether you can finally save the game during the 24h race?
I do not understand why this is still a problem.
Because it would mean a lot of coding, and at this late stage it's not really feasible.
I'll even point out again, wheel users are completely out of luck since we can't (shouldn't? I don't know, but I'm not risking my $300 wheel to find out) suspend the console mid-race... so without this ability, completing a 24 hour race just can not happen for us.
So I would go so far as to say this really isn't a request anymore... this is a plea. *PLEASE* give us wheel users a fair method to at least attempt to complete a 24 hour race that doesn't involve having a small team of drivers, or ingesting near lethal levels of amphetamines.
pre-dates it by 6 months, and is right there in this thread.
I know this post but the newer one is more relevant. It's out of scope so it won't come unfortunately.
Ian stated back then that they have the code to do it, not that the code is actually in the game. It is that, I suspect, that he refers to in his post that Bealdor linked, citing the complexity of actually adding that code in. It's one thing to have the code to do something, it's another to actually implement it, especially without breaking other things :o.
Would I like that feature myself? Yes, of course I would, should I ever want to try and do a full 24hr race. Unless SMS can pull off a minor miracle - as they did with the optimisations to make the Nürburgring 24hr layout possible - I won't be holding my breath for it to happen.


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Q: Adding text to sprite causing scaling and visibility problems I'll add a simplified version of the code at the bottom.
I have a sprite, it's visible and happy.  I have a textfield, this is visible and happy.  If I print the textfield to the sprite for animation purposes, all hell breaks loose.
The sprite has a drop shadow, output throws a warning swing the sprite is 8900+ pixels wide and 7000 pixels tall if I parent the textfield.  I know I could use a hack to keep the textfield and sprite together during animation, but I'd rather not.  Code:
private var headerField:TextField = new TextField();  //text field for the header text
private var contentBox:Sprite;  //box surrounding text elements

headerFormat.font = boldFont.fontName;
            headerFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.LEFT;
            headerFormat.color = (0xDDDDDD);
            headerFormat.size = headerSize;
            headerFormat.leading = 2;

contentBox = new Sprite();
            contentBox.graphics.beginFill(uint(pageColour));
            contentBox.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
            contentBox.graphics.endFill();

contentBox.filters = [new DropShadowFilter(4, 90, 0, 0.75, 4, 4, 0.75, 3, false, false, false)];

contentBox.x = 25;
                contentBox.y = 150;
                contentBox.width = 1140;
                contentBox.height = 555;

headerField.x = 50;
                headerField.y = 180;
                headerField.width = 610;

addChild(contentBox);
addChild(headerField);

Works fine, change:
addChild(headerField);

to:
contentBox.addChild(headerField);

And the textfield will not show, the output says the shadow cannot be rendered, and everything runs really slow.
I've tried adding the items to the stage before changing the width etc, no difference.  Any ideas?
Cheers.

A: I coped with this problem when using with TweenMax and its MotionBlur plugin. Do you also use it?
Or try to use an embeddedFont and see if it's OK.

A: Keep in mind that when a DisplayObject's X and Y properties are determined based off of the parent. So changing the parent of the text means that it's probably not ending up where you think it is (for instance its X location will no longer be 50px from the left of stage, but instead 50px from contentHeader which is itself 25px from the left of the stage). Try commenting out the drop shadow line (as that seems to be the one causing the error) and then seeing where the textfield is actually ending up position wise and adjust that. I'm not sure why that should cause an error though.
Alternatively, try commenting out the lines where you set the header's X, Y and width and see if that changes anything. Perhaps this will help you narrow down the bug.

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How to make Vegan Fish Sauce! – a great substitute for Asian fish sauce that adds depth and umami flavor to Asian dishes without the fish or shellfish! Gluten-free adaptable!
Many of you have asked for a good substitute for fish sauce. Here's a simple recipe for Vegan Fish Sauce – that you can easily make at home. It is so easy! Make a batch and refrigerate – it will keep for months in your fridge – a meat-free, plant-based, non-fishy substitute for fish sauce that works well in all Asian style recipes that call for fish sauce!
After sampling sips of straight fish sauce (now you know how much love you!) this is the recipe that I came up with.
It's basically a very condensed broth infused with soy sauce -shoyu, tamari or gluten-free Bragg's Liquid Aminos, mushrooms (use either dried or fresh), seaweed and a few garlic cloves. The broth is simmered and reduced, and flavors become very concentrated. What remains is a very intense salty briny liquid that with deep umami flavor that to me, comes pretty close to fish sauce. The seaweed really hints of the sea and gives it the "fishiness" it needs without the fish!
Smoked Shoyu adds even more complexity if you can track it down. Grilled onions, black garlic or roasted garlic add even more depth. You can get pretty crafty when you start thinking about creating depth and umami, so please, feel free to experiment and play around.
Here is the simple recipe and of course feel free to embellish, leaving notes for other readers in the comments.
I prefer dried shiitake mushrooms in this recipe for Vegan Fish Sauce- but know they may be hard to track down for some. I also tried this with cremeni mushrooms and they were a great substitute.
Vegan Fish Sauce is delicious in Thai and Vietnamese Dishes! Try this in in 15 minute pad thai, any of the curries on the site or Asian style soups like my Thai Broccoli Soup .
Here area also my favorite soul warming, Thai Recipes that this vegan fish sauce would be really useful in!
How to make Vegan Fish Sauce! – a great substitute for fish sauce that adds depth and umami flavor to Asian dishes. Gluten-free adaptable!
optional additions- 1 fat shallot sliced, grilled (charred) onion, roasted garlic, black garlic, small splash rice wine, sherry, or rice vinegar. Smoked Shoyu if you can find it, is a great option for the soy sauce.
Bring all to a simmer in a medium pot, uncovered, over medium heat. Simmer until reduced by half. You should have about 2 cups of liquid.
If you have time, let this steep over night, or up to 24 hours, covered on the counter. Then strain and pour into jar. If liquid is less that 2 cups, add water to make it 2 cups. This will ensure the right amount of saltiness.
Store in the fridge and use as you would fish sauce, one to one.
Thank you and can't wait to try this out!
Made this to go on vermicelli bowls and egg rolls. Amazing!! Added 2-3 Thai chilies and a couple of tablespoons of sugar and used fresh crimini and shiitake mushrooms. Was a wonderful substitute for the Vietnamese style fish sauce my mother in law taught me to make.
Awesome Amy, Glad it worked out for you!
Thanks so is it a 1/4 cup each of soy tamari amino acids and shoyu – or just one of them?
Looks great! How long does it keep?
What would you use in replacement of the mushrooms for a mushroom allergy?
Maybe just leave them out, I can't think of a replacement!
Hahaha.. no! I understand your concern though!
I think I love you more and more with every new recipe I find! After my recent discovery that I'm intolerant to gluten, dairy, and cane sugar, I've been looking for new staples to cook at home. Family members are also allergic to fish and soy, so finding dishes everyone can eat AND enjoy (without "labels" 😉 ) is a bit of f a challenge. I'm SO EXCITED about this soy-free, vegan condiment! My fish-allergic husband, vegan Indian son-in-law, and gluten-free/dairy-free siblings can ALL eat this! It may become Christmas gifts as well!
Thank you Sylvia! Your recipes are helping me completely change the way I eat. So, yes, you ARE a life-saver, a tasty one at that!
Awww thanks Laura! Im so glad the recipes are helping!
thanks for this, i will make this week.. Is there an expiry date?
It lasts for months! I've had mine in the fridge for probably a year now and still use it.
This was pretty yummy tho not exactly the flavor of fish sauce . Do you know how long it last in the fridge or freezer?
It will last forever! Mine is a year old.


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When using Labs to find products, I just can't find any supplier for that items, none of the potential suppliers mentioned for each product seems to sell them (at least on the searches I have made), it happens with every single product of the list from that search. Any suggestion? Am I doing something wrong, maybe? I'm new to this.
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Hi Mark, thank you very much.
wzamarron wrote: When using Labs to find products, I just can't find any supplier for that items, none of the potential suppliers mentioned for each product seems to sell them (at least on the searches I have made), it happens with every single product of the list from that search. Any suggestion? Am I doing something wrong, maybe? I'm new to this.
im having same problem, so far not one product i can find to resell.
im dropshipping on amazon and im trying to find shtf kits, freeze dried foods, emergency backpacks , solar items etc no luck at all.
Thank you for replying with the link to the labs post. I read through that and can definitely appreciate the syncing issue. Have others found a work around for this? Taking the list back over to the directory seems like it will be extremely tedious to process through. Any additional suggestions?
One example of the problem I encountered (why I'm afraid this will be tedious) is that Jerusalem Gift Store is listed as a potential seller of baby boppy pillows in the lab. They actually sell anointing oil, shofars, Jesus sandals and other items related to Jewish and Christian traditional practices. When I made a search for shofar in the directory, it stated there were no suppliers for that product.
What you've highlighted definitely seems to be an issue with the search engine formatting. I'll bring this to the attention of support and have them discuss this with the tech team in regards to refining the search terms.
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The Market Research Lab is designed to give you ideas on profitable products selling items right now on eBay, Amazon, and other marketplaces.
Our development team is changing our matching algorithm to make it more accurate, nonetheless. It's a new feature and still not fully developed.
2. Reach out to our support team (Link hidden: Login to view) and we can do a custom search for you.
l would like if anyone could help me find dropshipper from China that manufacture cosmetics and offers a dropship program and ships internationally. Looking for company names, website addresses etc I have checked through the SaleHoo directory but have not found what I am looking for.
Shoot support an email to Link hidden: Login to view with your requirements and they'll do their best to find you some supplier leads to follow up with that match your criteria.


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Wide range of order types and expiry.
Define liquidity sources and depth by pricing groups.
Easy configurable of spreads/ skew by currency pairs.
Synthetic cross creation and risk splitting.
Rule-based and Algo-Driven auto-hedging.
Margin calculation and auto-closeout.
Trading limits – NOP, ticket, counterparty.
Real-time risk control functions: Credit Limit and Fat Finger Limit.
Privileged user may set trading limit controls by Firm, Book, Ticket for traders.
Post trade analytics.
Help client deliver pricing solution with their own branding.
Customized trading experience.
Enhance client's offering to their customers.
Compare Spark Systems with traditional platforms
Traditional Platform
High rejection rates in volatile markets
Rigid legacy systems
Separate chargeable risk management options
High implied trading cost
Limited liquidity pool/ venue connectivity
Improved fill ratios in volatile markets
Built in risk management tools
High trading returns through low market impact
Ability to aggregate broad variety of liquidity sources
Developed by industry veterans
Our team of experts holds over a century of industry experience, and are available to provide unique insights, knowledge and expertise on how you can best build Spark into your workflow and implement our end-to-end FX trading solution.
WONG JOO SENG
Wong Joo Seng is founder and CEO of Spark Systems. A company he conceptualised and started up in April 2016. Spark's focus is on building the next generation of FX trading platforms that are ultra-fast, resilient, low latency and cost efficient. In addition to being a recipient of an MAS grant, Spark Systems also raised USD8.7 million in a Series A investment round (with venture capital as well as strategic investors) in 2017.
Joo Seng is also a Venture Capitalist and is a Venture Partner with both Vickers Venture Partners as well as an Investment Partner with True Global Ventures. Wong, Joo Seng is also co-founder of M-DAQ; Jan 2010 and the company's founding Chairman (Non Executive). He assumed the role of Executive Chairman in Jan 2014 and led the company to a successful Series C investment round with a major e-commerce company in Nov 2015 with a valuation of $250 million.
YE TING SONG
Prior to Spark Systems, in 2013 Ting Song worked at "buy side" US hedge fund Pine River Capital Management in Hong Kong, where he designed and built from scratch a bespoke state-of-the-art algorithm electronic trading system, and managed intraday trade strategies and executions. Before his return to Asia in 2011, Ting Song has already built a distinguished career having worked in London for over 10 years.
He first entered the world of FX electronic trading in 2009, at Barclays Capital in London, where he was a senior quant developer for Barclay's bespoke Algorithmic Trading System (BATS). The BATS team was responsible for providing automated pricing and electronic risk management for the award-winning Barclay's FX e-commerce platform BARX – it was one of the top three single-dealer platforms in the world at the time.
JASON WANG KEE HUAT
As Chief Operations Officer at Spark Systems, Jason Wang is tasked to manage the day-to-day operations of the business, handle the upstream relationships with the liquidity providers on the platform as well as oversee the sales and marketing functions of the business. Jason has a long and illustrious career in FX and FX sales. He has joined Spark Systems from KGI Futures, where he was Head, Institutional Sales covering a vast geography including Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Korea, Japan, India and Australia.
Prior to that, he was the Head of FX Sales in Flextrade, covering a similar geography and targeting clients looking at FX Trading Solutions, White Label and FX Treasury Solutions. Before Flextrade, he was Vice President, Sales for Hotspot FX at Knight Capital Group focused on client acquisition and account management for the same wide reach and geography, promoting Hotspot FX's ECN Liquidity.
Prior to M-DAQ, Joo Seng was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of G K Goh Financial Services (S) Private Ltd., then a member firm of the Singapore Exchange – Derivatives Trading ("SGX- DT"). G K Goh Financial Services (S) Private Ltd. is the wholly owned securities & derivative brokerage and foreign exchange trading subsidiary of G K Goh Holdings Ltd; a listed company based in Singapore. He joined in 1998 and was instrumental in the start-up of the unit as its founding CEO, a role he continued in until his departure in Jan 2014 when he joined M-DAQ as Executive Chairman. In his time there, he grew GKGFS from a new company into one of the largest institutional foreign exchange trading houses in Asia.
Joo Seng started his career in 1987 in United Overseas Bank Singapore. There he was dealing in precious metals as a trader in Gold, Silver and Platinum over-the-counter Spot, Forwards and Options as well as exchange traded Futures and Options.
Thereafter he joined Republic National Bank of New York, Singapore; now part of the HSBC, as Vice President – Foreign Exchange & Precious Metals Options. At Republic National Bank of New York, he was responsible for interbank price-making and risk management of the bank's foreign exchange and precious metal options portfolio in Asia, as part of a global options risk management team with centers in New York, London and Singapore.
He subsequently joined Bank of New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand as Manager – Foreign Exchange Options where he was overall in charge of the currency options desk. His responsibilities included the strategic positioning of the bank's global currency options portfolio and all price-making activities to both retail & institutional clients of the bank as well as to the interbank market at large.
He returned to Singapore to take up the position of Head of Treasury at TLB Bullion and Futures, the wholly owned derivative brokerage arm of Tat Lee Bank Singapore, prior to joining G K Goh to start up and run G K Goh Financial Services (S) Private Ltd. in 1998.
Joo Seng holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics from the National University of Singapore. He is also a member of Mensa Singapore, the local chapter of Mensa International, and was the society's Vice President.
Prior to Spark Systems, in 2013 Ting Song worked at "buy side" US hedge fund Pine River Capital Management in Hong Kong, where he designed and built from scratch a bespoke state-of-the-art algorithm electronic trading system, and managed intraday trade strategies and executions.
Previous to Hong Kong, in 2011 he was a FX Algorithmic Trading Strategist at the "Sell Side" investment bank – JP Morgan, in Singapore, where he was responsible for developing the electronic pricing of Asian and NDF currencies on the bank's e-commerce FX platform, including building and supporting the pricing infrastructure and auto risk management.
Before his return to Asia in 2011, Ting Song has already built a distinguished career having worked in London for over 10 years. He first entered the world of FX electronic trading in 2009, at Barclays Capital in London, where he was a senior quant developer for Barclay's bespoke Algorithmic Trading System (BATS). The BATS team was responsible for providing automated pricing and electronic risk management for the award-winning Barclay's FX e-commerce platform BARX – it was one of the top three single-dealer platforms in the world at the time.
Ting Song's first crack at banking industry was at UBS in 2007, where he was associate director and led a team of high calibre developers to design and deliver a Java/Oracle-based enterprise data solution, as part of a high-profile bank-wide strategic integration framework initiative.
After his graduation from Trinity College, University of Cambridge with a degree in Computer Science in 2000, Ting Song started his career in telecoms during its boom in the early 2000s. He later moved into the consultancy industry and became technical architect and principal consultant with the boutique UK firm Detica, now BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, where he led technical teams and managed consultancy projects such as CASE Management System for the UK government and customer insight project for telecom company T-Mobile.
As Chief Operations Officer at Spark Systems, Jason Wang is tasked to manage the day-to-day operations of the business, handle the upstream relationships with the liquidity providers on the platform as well as oversee the sales and marketing functions of the business.
Jason has a long and illustrious career in FX and FX sales. He has joined Spark Systems from KGI Futures, where he was Head, Institutional Sales covering a vast geography including Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Korea, Japan, India and Australia. Prior to that, he was the Head of FX Sales in Flextrade, covering a similar geography and targeting clients looking at FX Trading Solutions, White Label and FX Treasury Solutions.
Before Flextrade, he was Vice President, Sales for Hotspot FX at Knight Capital Group focused on client acquisition and account management for the same wide reach and geography, promoting Hotspot FX's ECN Liquidity. Clients included Hedge Funds, Bank Trading Desk and Broker Dealers. He was also responsible for strategic alliances between Prime Brokers and other FX trading platforms.
Prior to Flextrade, Jason was with Standard Chartered Bank in Advanced Channel Solution Sales. Other institutions that Jason has worked with include Saxo Capital Markets, Barclays and Accenture where he was the integration and interface team lead for the IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore) Project, one of the biggest NET project in Asia.
Jason holds a Bachelor of Computing with Merit from the National University of Singapore.
Ashley Koh
COO (Strategy and Operations)
Decade's experience within the Equity and FX trading space with both buy-side and sell-side institutions
Chin Shi Mei
Seven years of audit experience in the Big4 firms
Goh Boon Yam
Over a decade of experience building and managing client relationships
Patrick Ng
Technology veteran with over a decade's experience under his belt
Lee Piau
Wealth of experience within both buy side and sell side businesses of the FX industry
Low Han Tah
IT Infrastructure Lead
More than a decade's experience within the tech industry
Alain Kamagi
Mervyn Fong
Alain is Managing Partner at UNTL, a leading global capital markets expert specializing in foreign exchange. The firm was founded by professionals with over 35 years of combined foreign exchange and capital markets experience in major financial institutions.
Prior to co-founding UNTL, Alain was Managing Director at HSBC Bank U.S.A., where he established and led a team which covered Central Banks, Foreign Pension Funds, Multinational Corporations, Hedge Funds, Proprietary Desks and Family Offices. In that role, he also assembled and spearheaded a multi-product team responsible for cross selling FX and Fixed Income products to international institutional and family office clientele.
Alain graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in Finance and possesses an MBA from the C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston.
Mervyn has had a distinguished career spanning over 36 years with leading financial institutions and industry associations. As an Advisory Board Member of Spark Systems, Mervyn brings extensive knowledge in investment banking, treasury & capital markets origination, structuring, sales & trading, and strategic management, making him a valuable resource to Spark System's operations.
He started his career at London-based Samuel Montagu & Co Limited as a merchant banker. Following its acquisition by the HSBC Group, Mervyn moved to HSBC where he would eventually spend a total of 26 years holding various senior management positions including Managing Director and Head of Treasury and Capital Markets. From the firm's regional hub in Singapore, he was responsible for HSBC's trading, sales, treasury and capital market operations. Although he retired from HSBC in 2008, Mervyn rejoined the HSBC Group in 2016 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board Risk Committee at HSBC Bank (Singapore) Limited.
After retiring from HSBC in 2008, Mervyn spent the next decade as the Managing Director of ACI Singapore; the industry association for financial markets professionals in Singapore. He also served on the Global Council, Committee for Professionalism, and Board of Education of ACI – The Financial Markets Association, the largest wholesale financial markets industry association representing ACI members from over 60 countries. Mervyn was also a past Chairman of the Singapore Investment Banking Association.
Apart from his professional career, Mervyn serves actively as a member of the Executive Board and Vice Chairman of the Board of Finance of the Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC), representing the 21 English churches in the Methodist Church in Singapore.
Mervyn graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and also holds an MBA from the National University of Singapore.
Spark Systems in the Media
Goldman-Backed FX Platform Clinches HSBC, Citigroup Funding
BLOOMBERG, 15 MAY 2020
A Singapore foreign-exchange platform has won financial backing from HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc. just as…
Citi, HSBC back Singapore fintech startup Spark in $10.5m round
TECH IN ASIA, 15 MAY 2020
Singapore-based Spark System, a tech-enabled trading platform, today announced the first close of its series…
Singapore-based forex platform clinches HSBC, Citigroup funding
THE BUSINESS TIMES, 15 MAY 2020
A Singapore foreign-exchange platform has won financial backing from HSBC Holdings and Citigroup just as…
Helping doctors make faster and better decisions
THE BUSINESS TIMES, 7 NOV 2019
An AI solution seeks to improve the speed and accuracy of medical diagnoses…
Singapore steps up efforts to boost FX ecosystem as hong Kong closes in fast
ASIAN BANKING & FINANCE, 10 JAN 2020
Citi launched a pricing engine that cuts the time it takes to route a trade between Singapore to Tokyo…
Young guns fire up Singapore industries
THE BUSINESS TIMES, 4 OCT 2019
They may be young companies, but they are pushing the envelope in their respective industries – and making money from it too…
Adding a spark to forex trading
THE BUSINESS TIMES, 18 SEP 2019
From a little spark may burst a flame, as the saying goes. For Spark Systems, that is exactly the point…
Wong Joo Seng, Jason Wang & Ye Tingsong, Spark Systems
MONEY FM, 18 SEP 2019
No annual award better honours the bold ambition of Singapore's young businesses under ten yeasr old than…
Singapore woos banks in battle of Asia's biggest forex hubs
BLOOMBERG, 16 SEP 2019
Singapore saw its lead over Hong Kong shrink to just a whisker in the battle to be Asia's biggest foreign-exchange currency hub…
S'pore aims to cut sub-second lag to boost forex trading
THE STRAITS TIMES, 26 APR 2019
Singapore is grabbing a sub-second opportunity to win a bigger slice of the world's US$5.1 trillion (S$7 trillion) a day foreign exchange market…
Shaving milliseconds off currency trades could make Singapore billions
THE BUSINESS TIMES, 25 APR 2019
Singapore is grabbing a sub-second opportunity to win a bigger slice of the world's US$5.1 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market…
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Client Services Specialist (Night Shift)
Software QA Engineer (Mobile)
GUI Developer
Infra Intern
Fulltime | Singapore
Tier 1 FX Banks
(NIGHT SHIFT)
Singapore | Fulltime
Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform.
We are looking for a Client Services Specialist within our energetic startup team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play an integral role in delivering unparalleled customer service to our clients. An ideal candidate is someone who exhibits great personality, strong passion for customer success and continuous improvement on customer service. This role will suit an individual who loves to build client relations and deliver exceptional customer service.
Perform daily system health checks.
Provide 1st and 2nd level technical and functional support for client queries and issues over phone and email.
Research problems thoroughly, test solutions and make recommendations to clients.
React to critical issues on a timely basis i.e. troubleshoot, investigate and escalate (if necessary) issues and create or apply appropriate solutions to immediate issues.
Troubleshoot problems across a wide range of technical skills including Unix, SQL, XML, FIX and Java.
Provide assistance in our product and explaining processes in accordance with internal procedures.
Provide project management for onboarding of (i) Client setups and (ii) Bank connections.
Provide weekend support for deployment and post-checks.
Configure demo environments for sales.
Maintain awareness of relevant technical and product trends with self-learning and job shadowing.
Work across teams to continually provide feedback, improve product, and drive future innovation.
Experience working in a Technical Support environment with excellent customer service skills.
Basic understanding of FX market and/or a desire to learn FX.
Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in writing with customers and colleagues at all levels of technical and non-technical skill sets.
Knowledge on UNIX command line, SQL or Java programming is a plus.
Able to work NIGHT shifts
Minimum Diploma in Computer Studies or related discipline.
Basic knowledge of Linux environment.
At least 2 years of experience in support related fields is required.
Knowledge of FX is a strongly preferred. If not, knowledge in other financial asset class is helpful.
A positive and helpful attitude to serve customers and assist colleagues.
Ability to multi-task, prioritize and deliver in a mission critical / time pressured environment.
Someone who is undeterred and would not give up easily.
Proactive with good analytical and organization skills.
Positive work attitude, motivated and resilient in tough situations.
A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques.
Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.
Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform. As an early member of the firm you will be involved from the beginning of building a truly innovative product, and be duly rewarded with a fast-track career.
Be involved in the end-to-end software development life cycle, working together with development team and project management team
Prepares test plan and test design, writes test cases and test scripts
Execute regression tests, functional tests and data tests
Perform usability testing, compatibility testing for mobile apps
Bug reporting, analysis and tracking
Set up and maintain test environment, coordinating with development team to resolve the issues
Continuous improvement of the testing framework, process and testing quality and efficiency
Experience with mobile testing (iOS or Android)
Experience with Android, iOS debug tools
Experience with Android, iOS logs collection
Have a deep understanding of Manual test methodologies and principles
Experience with mobile automation frameworks such as Appium, UI Automator, XCUITest
Experience with Linux or Unix operating system
Experience with at least one programming language such as Python/Java
Experiences with database (SQL/NoSQL)
Basic understanding of mobile development
Proficient in test procedures and test case design methods can take the initiative to technical research
Strong logical thinking ability, negotiation ability, and conflict management ability
Good at teamwork, understand and adapt to changes, take results and actions as the criterion, and strive for success
Work with business users to elicit and validate business needs for both new projects and change requests.
Analyze user requirements and identify gaps within the system and translate them into functional and technical specifications.
Facilitate requirements workshops to engage various stakeholders such as front office, middle office, back office, compliance etc to ensure project meets business needs.
Document management – clear and concise requirements ensuring input from all relevant parties, with proper sign off and effective change and version control.
Drive day to day operational aspects of project management –this includes driving prioritization process, tracking tasks assigned to teams, delivery coordination to meet project schedule, quality and budget.
Engage external and internal stakeholders to meet project timeline – primarily client users, sales, engineering and QA teams, working closely with all to ensure effective and efficient implementation.
Support user acceptance testing such as problem resolution, tracking, escalation and closure.
Execute implementation activities and provide post implementation support.
Lead and manage issues during UAT/Sprints to ensure all defects are tracked to closure.
3-6 years IT business analyst and project management experience within the banking industry.
Diploma/Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
Business knowledge of Forex or other financial asset classes is a plus. Good understanding of Foreign Exchange (FX) products and trade process such as trade entry, confirmation and settlement.
Strong written and verbal communication, including technical writing skills.
Ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
Proactive personality with good analytical and organization skills.
Familiar with Agile values, principles, processes and methods such as iterative and incremental development, continuous integration, test-driven development, unit testing, code refactoring and Scrum ceremonies. Knowledge of Jira Tracking Tool is a plus.
Develop top grade trading application GUI connected to backend trading engine with the state-of-art in-house built transport protocol, for front office trading desks.
Develop UI tools/dashboards to track performance, provide first-level analysis, visualizing, monitoring and reporting for suite of server-side applications
Extensive experience in developing application front-end GUIs, thick clients.
Strong UI programming skills in Java or C#
Proficient in one or more GUI development frameworks such as WPF, Swing or Java FX
Solid knowledge of MVVM design patterns and other client-server design patterns
Highly skilled in developing responsive and interactive applications
Experiencing in any of modern web framework is a plus.
Proficient in CSS style sheets for customizing UI elements
Good understanding of object-oriented Analysis and Design
Develop top grade trading mobile applications (iOS and Android) connected to backend trading engine
Implement mechanism to monitor mobile application performance and continuously improve them on both code and user experience
Gain first-hand knowledge to cutting edge and class leading technology for financial trading solutions
Educational Background and Experience
Degree educated in an Engineering subject
2+ years of mobile development experience
Proficient in mobile application development (iOS and Android)
Strong UI programming skills in Swift and Java/Kotlin
Understanding on mobile application architecture to deliver reusable codebase and scalable application
Knowledge of Apple's and Android design principles and application interface
Familiar with code versioning tools, eg. Git.
Familiarity with push notifications, APIs and cloud messaging
Self-starter, good work ethics, being able to gain initiative, work independently and produce high quality solutions
Trading system UI development experience and knowledge of financial industry is desired
SAs a member of Infrastructure Team, you will have a chance to work and learn with experience people that has been working on the IT Industry for a number of years. You'll be working together with Infra Team to build a monitoring system that is close to a real time monitoring system. You'll have a chance to learn how cutting-edge technologies works for a low latency sensitive system.
Assist the Infrastructure team to maintain hardware, software and other systems
Participate in Infrastructure Operations
Organize and maintain IT resources
Must be in academic pursuit of Computer Science, InfoTech or related field
Must have basic understanding on Windows/Linux/Unix Environments
Basic understanding on network concepts preferred
Ability to work well in teams
Strong work ethic and attention to details
Gain hands-on experience in advanced Infrastructure Technology
Shadowing and training experience with knowledgeable professionals
Opportunity to attend technology networking events
A chance to learn how these cutting-edge technologies works on Infrastructure environment using the below tools.
RedHat Enterprise 7
Nagios XI Enterprise Edition – for monitoring system level events, like usage of [CPU,Memory,Disks,Load,Users]
Cacti – for monitoring network latency
Smokeping – for monitoring network latency
VMware vRealize Operation – for operations management across our virtual environment
Ansible Automation– for automating system tasks and VM deployments
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text:
package beacons

import (
	"testing"
	"reflect"
	"github.com/BitfuryLightning/tools/rt/graph"
)

func TestFindClosestAddr(t *testing.T) {
	n := 10
	nodes := make([]graph.ID, n)
	for i:=0; i<n; i++{
		nodes[i] = graph.NewID([]byte{byte(i)})
	}
	nodesInit := copyArr(nodes)
	a := FindClosestAddr(nodes, nodes[1], 5, map[graph.ID]struct{}{
		nodes[1]: struct{}{},
	})
	if ! reflect.DeepEqual(nodes, nodesInit){
		// ERROR
		t.Error("findClosestAddr should not modify input arguments")
	}
	correctAns := []graph.ID{
		nodes[0],
		nodes[3],
		nodes[2],
		nodes[5],
		nodes[4],
	}
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(a, correctAns){
		// ERROR
		t.Errorf("Incorrect result got %v, want %v\n", arrToStr(a), arrToStr(correctAns))
	}
}

func TestGetKeysWithLargestValues(t *testing.T) {
	n := 10
	nodes := make([]graph.ID, n)
	for i:=0; i<n; i++{
		nodes[i] = graph.NewID(i)
	}
	m := map[graph.ID]int{
		nodes[0]: 5,
		nodes[1]: 2,
		nodes[6]: 6,
		nodes[7]: 1,
		nodes[8]: 0,
	}
	ans := GetKeysWithLargestValues(m, 2)
	correctAns := []graph.ID{nodes[6], nodes[0]}
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(ans, correctAns){
		t.Errorf("Incorrect result for TestGetKeysWithLargestValues, got %v, want %v", ans, correctAns)
	}

	ans = GetKeysWithLargestValues(m, 0)
	correctAns = []graph.ID{}
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(ans, correctAns){
		t.Errorf("Incorrect result for TestGetKeysWithLargestValues, got %v, want %v", ans, correctAns)
	}

	ans = GetKeysWithLargestValues(m, 10)
	correctAns = []graph.ID{nodes[6], nodes[0], nodes[1], nodes[7], nodes[8]}
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(ans, correctAns){
		t.Errorf("Incorrect result for TestGetKeysWithLargestValues, got %v, want %v", ans, correctAns)
	}

}

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I tend to push myself and stay on the road for a while, always hoping to see as much and meet new amazing friends. This trip was a great way to begin the year.
My favorite place was definitely Boston and that is why I decided to include it in my next tour :) I am also heading to Milwaukee ad Chicago for the first time!
I hope everyone's January went as well as mine.


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https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring/sports/article/Softball-playoffs-Spring-rallies-past-Bridgeland-13813446.php
Softball playoffs: Spring rallies past Bridgeland to take 1-0 series lead
By Alvaro Montano, Staff writer
Published 9:25 am CDT, Thursday, May 2, 2019
Spring senior shortstop junior shortstop Chloe Gomez, center, celebrates her bases-clearing triple in the top of the 4th inning against Bridgeland and Bears sophomore third baseman Jaelyn Simmons, left, during their Region II-6A Softball Area Playoff Game at Klein Cain High School on May 1, 2019.
Spring senior shortstop junior shortstop Chloe Gomez, center, celebrates her bases-clearing triple in the top of the 4th inning against Bridgeland and Bears sophomore third baseman Jaelyn Simmons, left, during
Photo: Jerry Baker, Houston Chronicle / Contributor
While the Lady Lions have taken care of business during the regular season, the unbeaten back-to-back-to-back district champions know well that playoffs is a new season.
After successfully clinching a postseason spot in their first varsity season in Class 6A under head coach Candi Weige and advancing past the first round, the Lady Bears just want to keep pushing through.
Spring scored six runs in the fourth inning, after Bridgeland had put up four in the previous inning, and held on for the 10-7 victory in game one of a three-game series in the 6A Region II area round, Wednesday evening, at Klein Cain High School.
"I'm glad to see my kids stand up to the pressure and just go take care of business," Spring head coach Julie Wyrick said.
Game two is Thursday, 7 p.m., at Klein Cain High School. If necessary, game three will be the next day, 7 p.m., at Klein Cain.
Spring (20-5, 14-0) placed first in District 16-6A, beat Klein Oak 7-6 in the bi-district round, in a one-game series, in eight innings. After winning the district title last year, the Lady Lions advanced to the regional quarterfinals where they were swept by Klein Collins. In 2016, they lost to Cedar Ridge in the area round.
Bridgeland (20-9, 13-3) finished in a tie for second in District 14-6A along with Bryan. The Lady Bears beat Hendrickson in the bi-district round 7-6, in a one-game series, after scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh.
Yoni Moore, Baylor signee, finished with three hits and four RBIs for the Lady Lions. Teammate Chloe Gomez had three RBIs and Madalynn Leal had two.
"My heart's palpitating pretty hard right now," Wyrick said. "But it's just a lot of fun, I can't say enough about how my kids stepped up tonight."
Moore's two-run home run to center field put the Lady Lions on top, right out of the gate, in the first inning.
Singles by Jaelyn Simmons and Acie Prince in the bottom of the second had the visiting team looking to tie it with no outs. Emily Jara's ground out to first base scored Simmons from third, cutting the deficit to one. Simmons finished with four hits.
In the following inning, Simmons' double scored Avery Wagner from second to even the score. With the bases loaded, Tyler Scott's triple cleared the bases to give Bridgeland a 5-2 lead after the second baseman was unable to secure a pop out.
Shelby Pelton had a chance to respond in the top of the fourth with the bases loaded. Peyton's bunt scored Jayda Williams from third and Leal drew a walk to make it a one-run game, 5-4.
Gomez's triple to right field then cleared the bases, giving Spring the lead, and Moore's single scored Gomez to put the Lady Lions up by three, 8-5.
RBI doubles by Leal and Moore in the top of the sixth made it 10-5, a wild pitch by Yasmine Rivera in the bottom half cut the lead to four.
Rivera pitched a complete game and Makenzi Jenkins, who started for Bridgeland, was taken out in the sixth for Raina Lange.
Simmons' RBI double in the bottom of the seventh made it 10-7.
"I told them, 'We take it one game at a time and see where we go from here,'" Wyrick said.
alvaro.montano@chron.com
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Victoria Luxury Group is committed to providing a streamlined home buying experience. We strive to ensure home buyers are informed to make the right decisions throughout the buying process.
Our network brings over a decade of real estate experience to the table offering comprehensive knowledge of Vancouver Island's real estate market.
From advice on homes and developments with the best potential return on investment, to insight on properties and neighbourhoods that best match your life stage and lifestyle, we are with you every step of the way.
From condos, townhomes, and single-family homes to property that demands specialized knowledge such as raw land, commercial developments, and luxury estates, our network is prepared to ease the purchasing process.
Every one of our clients receives knowledgeable, responsive service that is also discrete, and confidential.
We regularly work with local and international high-net worth individuals, leveraging Sotheby's illustrious brand, and unparalleled network.
Monitor and promptly deliver listings that meet your criteria, facilitate viewings and property tours according to your individual needs and schedule, and skillfully facilitate the negotiation and purchase of your home.
If your purchase depends on the sale of your current property, we make the process efficient and seamless. Our real estate marketing program targets qualified buyers through exclusive international, national and local publications, as well as online marketing that generates over one billion annual media impressions.
Insider access to exclusive properties not listed on the MLS including estates, acreages, private islands, as well as commercial and residential development opportunities.
Sotheby's International Realty provides unparalleled access to the global real estate market through a network of over 850 offices in 69 countries.