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Theater department at Cherry Hill West looking to warm hearts as calendar turns to 2019
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Talented troupe to present "Almost, Maine" as winter production
Sean Tomasetto and Laura Myers act out their scene from "Almost, Maine," during rehearsal at Cherry Hill High School West on Dec. 20.
A young woman hits a young man square in the head with an industrial-sized ironing board. Two best friends spontaneously and repeatedly faint in each other's presence. The amount of love given between a man and woman during the course of a long-term relationship is quantified in the size of red bags. A young man finds himself literally diminished after losing hope he'd ever find love.
These are some of the unique, personal interactions contained within the upcoming winter play to be staged by a small, yet dedicated cast at Cherry Hill High School West, called "Almost, Maine."
"Almost, Maine" is a work by John Cariani, comprising 11 short scenes — including a prologue and epilogue — within nine short plays, all taking place simultaneously, that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical location in America's northeasternmost state. On one cold and magical night, the citizens of Almost — not organized enough for a town, too populated to be considered wilderness — experience the life-altering power of the human heart. Relationships will end, begin or change beyond recognition. Strangers will become friends, friends become lovers, and lovers turn into strangers.
Junior Perry Gallo may not have entered into acting and this heady subject matter with purely altrustic intent, but he's clearly caught on and remains enthusiastic the work ahead will pay off.
"I got into theater my freshman year because my mom made me. But there's a few reasons I stuck around — I just love the opportunity to express myself on stage and to make people laugh, and that thrill you get when you look up at those lights and just go for it, is like no other. So, you better believe that I'm stoked to perform 'Almost, Maine' with the rest of this incredible cast."
During rehearsals at West on the evening of Dec. 20, eight principal actors and their three-student production team were jovial but focused during scene blocking and running through their lines over the course of multiple scenes. It was a significant departure from the usual fall play, spring musical aspect of high school productions, where one actor is expected to play one role and difficulties may arise in the execution of singing, dancing and line memorization.
As an ensemble piece, "Almost" demands each actor take on at least two, and in some cases up to four roles, at one time. Young minds, with upcoming holiday break on the brain, needed to be as flexible as possible when inhabiting more than one personality within the play's different vignettes. The same thing can be said for adults in charge of providing guidance and focus to the production.
"I like directing and I really enjoy working with the students in this capacity, to see how they take their characters from the first time they read the script to the time when they actually perform it," said Katelyn McWilliams, director and co-advisor of Cherry Hill High School West's Theater Workshop.
"What's challenging about this show in particular is there's no set storyline, there's no real beginning and end. It's a bunch of scenes all happening at the same time which makes it fun and interesting but difficult to have the audience truly understand what's happening."
Junior Megan Nutt will bear the heaviest load of her peers, having to inhabit the roles of Ginette, Suzette, Lillian and Gail, but for her it's a labor of love.
"I love to act and do plays, especially since it's a chance to focus on the 'acting' aspect of theater, since musicals include all three — dancing and singing — all of them are the focus of those shows. But when you do a play, it's different. This particular play, I love it so much, and when I found out we were doing it, I was so excited, because it has so many hidden moments that are beautiful. And I'm really excited to put the show up."
Sean Tomasetto, a senior who will assume the roles of Steve, Randy and Dave, and who is tasked with some of the play's more physically-demanding moments, approached this production and his work within as a calling.
"I only started acting last year and I participated in the junior one-acts. The main thing about acting is that I love to make a positive impact on people, and when I play a role well … I enjoy it when the audience gets a positive reaction because it makes me feel like the work I've done has made other people's lives slightly better."
"Almost, Maine" will be performed on Friday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. at Cherry Hill West's auditorium. To purchase tickets, or for more information about the show, call (856) 663–8006 ext. 1224.
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PhD defense of Sayed-Ali MOUSSAOUI
Sayed-Ali MOUSSAOUI (LHYS) will defend his Ph.D. dissertation entitled "Liquid/liquid separation governed by kinetics" on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11.00 am (ICSM Auditorium).
The optimization of the extraction processes requires a thorough analysis of the thermodynamic and kinetic features of the system. While there is considerable amount of literature on the equilibrium aspects of solvent extraction of metals, there is much less information available on the extraction kinetics. In this thesis we characterized the extraction kinetics of Pd(II), Nd(III) and Fe(III) with two malonamides of the same molecular formula but different topologies: N,N,N',N'- tetrahexylmalonamide (THMA) and N,N,N',N'- dimethyldibutyltetradecylmalonamide (DBMA). A thermodynamic characterization of the extraction systems was first carried out, and THMA proved to be very selective for the extraction of Pd(II) compared to DBMA. The characterization of the extraction kinetics was performed using the single drop technique, where the global transfer constants of Pd(II), Nd(III) and Fe(III) in the extraction with THMA and DBMA were determined. The study was further developed to determine the extraction rate laws of the systems. For this purpose, an experimental methodology based on the initial rate method, in small scale batch experiments was implemented for a fast and reliable screening of the extraction kinetics. Proceeding with this methodology, we could highlight the differences of the extraction kinetics of Pd(II) with THMA and DBM. The corresponding extraction mechanisms were proposed. Finally, screening of extraction kinetics in batch experiments demonstrated the benefit of excess dihexylamine (DHA) employed during THMA preparation through a gain in kinetics performance. Thus, a performing molecular system for the extraction of Pd(II) with THMA was established. Altogether, this work has highlighted the interest of mastering the kinetics of solvent extraction for the development of selective processes of separation.
Keywords: Liquid Extraction; Recycling; Downstream of the Fuel Cycle; Kinetics; Transition Metals; Ruthenium

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3 Reasons You Should Pay Attention to Performance Video
Performance video adversiting might be the future of marketing. Here's what you need to know about it.
By Robert Glazer@robert_glazer
The marketing world moves a mile a minute, and it can be hard to identify what trends will dominate the landscape. Just like when programmatic advertising took the marketing world by storm in 2017, performance video is a new trend that offers the personalization and return on investment marketers need to get ahead in a fast moving space.
Performance video specifically targets customer demographics with personalized messaging, allowing a business to show different potential customers programming that will directly appeal to them.
While video advertising has been a hallmark of marketing for years, brands are changing the way they use it. Specifically, they are looking for video that is the proper length for social media embedding, while engaging the viewer with a specific call to action.
For a practical example, imagine how a coffee company might use performance ads to target specific groups. The company may target young professionals with a video showing a group of office workers clustered around the coffee maker. For social activists, the same company might focus their ad on the brand's fair-trade practices and humane worker treatment.
As with every other area of marketing, performance video results are measured with data analysis and adjustment--advertisers can use data to adjust their video message with different calls to action to best appeal to an audience. Companies that produce performance videos start with an idea that they think will engage their audience, then measure what works about the ad and what doesn't work. If an ad has a good click-rate, but a poor conversion rate, marketers simply adjust to see if simple tweaks can make a difference.
Having established what performance video is, here's why it's transforming the marketing world and has applications in webpage advertising and social media touch points:
1. Performance video gets higher conversation rate.
Because performance video ads are tailored to specific customer personas, they get higher conversion rates than more generic visual advertising.
The clothing startup ThirdLove is a performance video success story. Before it invested in the tactic, the women's undergarment company relied on static image ads that had a stagnant conversion rate. After making the switch to video, ThirdLove saw its click-through rates rise by 27 percent, while its cost per acquisition decreased by 25 percent.
Performance video maximizes conversions by communicating directly to the customer. In a video, advertisers use a clear call to action that asks the viewer to learn more, shop now or reach out. While most advertising requires the viewer to remember the ad for future research, this video tactic gives a direct step viewers can take to engage with the brand.
2. Performance video reaches new audiences.
Many brand websites use consistent, general language that's meant to appeal to everyone who visits. By contrast, performance ads allow brands highlight specific, more niche product uses or services that will appeal to a narrow subset of customers. Not only can marketers do this with the content of the ad, but they can also play experiment with placing ads where their audiences are most likely to stop scrolling and view the video.
For example, to directly market their new pocket printer to millennials customers, the tech company HP produced a series of Facebook performance videos. By testing multiple types of videos, HP discovered that their six-second videos performed best with younger viewers, rather than 15-second videos. By focusing on those shorter videos, HP used performance video to drastically cut their cost per acquisition among millennials consumers.
3. Performance video works on new platforms.
Performance videos have been popular on Facebook for years, but the trend is catching on with newer platforms like Pinterest and TikTok as well.
Businesses can use Pinterest to target an audience of crafty users who are always looking for new projects, but they vary widely in age, artistic media and income level. Rather than trying to capture this varied audience with generic advertising, performance video allows brands to narrowly target those individual demographics.
For different reasons, performance videos are growing in popularity on TikTok. TikTok clips are 15 to 60 seconds long, a perfect fit with the quick video advertising. And because many videos on the site are intentionally low-quality, brands can keep production costs lower by minimizing editing, working with amateur actors and actresses, and creating an organic, do-it-yourself aesthetic.
Performance video may be new to the marketing world, but it is about to become one of the most important tools at your disposal. Personalization will only become more important in marketing, and brands need to create video that engages narrower audiences to stay ahead. Featuring more relevant content in an easy to package format, performance video is perfect for the modern marketplace.


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U.S. Seizes Shipment Of Human Hair Products Believed Made In Chinese Detention Camps
A watchtower on a high-security facility near what is believed to be a camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained in China.
U.S. customs officials have seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to have been produced by Muslims held in labor camps in China's western Xinjiang Province.
The production of the goods "constitutes a very serious human rights violation," said Brenda Smith, executive assistant commissioner for trade at the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).
The products were part of an $800,000, 13-ton shipment from Lop County Meixin Hair Product Company, the CBP said in a statement. CBP has ordered that the company's goods be held on grounds it uses prison and forced labor, including children.
Smith said the detention order, dated June 17, is intended to send a message to all entities seeking to do business with the United States "that illicit and inhumane practices will not be tolerated in U.S. supply chains."
Lop County Meixin was the third Xinjiang exporter of human hair to be blacklisted in recent months for using forced labor. The products are typically used in weaves and extensions.
Beijing has faced condemnation for placing more than 1 million Uyghurs and members of other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in Xinjiang in concentration camps since early 2017.
China says the camps are reeducation and training centers needed to combat separatist terrorism and extremism.
Uyghurs are the largest Turkic-speaking indigenous community in Xinjiang followed by Kazakhs. The region is also home to ethnic Kyrgyz, Tajiks, and Hui, also known as Dungans.
The CBP said it is the responsibility of all U.S. importers to confirm their supply chains are free of forced labor to ensure that the origin and quality of goods imported align with U.S. laws.
The announcement came as the U.S. State, Commerce, Treasury, and Homeland Security departments warned U.S. businesses to beware importing goods through supply chains that involve forced or prison labor in Xinjiang and elsewhere in China.
The departments also warned companies against supplying surveillance tools to authorities in Xinjiang or aiding in the construction of facilities used in the mass detention of Uyghurs and other minorities in the province.
The Chinese government "continues to carry out a campaign of repression in Xinjiang, targeting Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, ethnic Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups," the State Department said.
Businesses that expose themselves to this "should be aware of the reputational, economic, and legal risks," they said.
A report published earlier this week by China expert Adrian Zenz said China is forcing women to be sterilized or use contraceptive devices in an attempt to limit the population of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang.
The report, which said China's policies may amount to slow-motion demographic "genocide," led to calls for an international investigation into China, which called the allegations "baseless."
With reporting by AFP


You are a young woman who has just turned twenty years of age, and your father, no longer able to support you, has sent you out into the world to seek your fortune. There are "evils yet to be vanquished, treasures yet to be harvested... Nothing remains for you here. Only one path is laid out for you."
The player character identity is randomized between three characters varying in ethnicity, clothing and academic major.
Chancellor (Kevin Venzke; 01-Oct-2005; TADS 2).
Beta-testing by Mike Snyder, Peter Mattsson, Kristian Andresen, Johnny Rivera, and Trisha Venzke.
IF Comp 2005: 9th place.
Note: Finalist for Best Game, Best Writing, Best Story, Best Setting and Best Individual Puzzle, XYZZY Awards 2005.
chancel.gam (522 KB; story file; download).
chancelhints.txt (1.2 KB; hints; download).
Chancellor - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
Chancellor - at SPAG - reviewed by Valentine Kopteltsev.
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Q: Generating a thumbnail for HTML5 CORS  This question has 2 parts, really - the getting of the thumbnail image using canvas is straight forward. K Scott Allen did a post of this here
Basically, this is the code and I have tried it:
$output = $("#output");
var video = $("#video").get(0);
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
    canvas.width = $video.videoWidth * scale;
    canvas.height = $video.videoHeight * scale;
    canvas.getContext('2d')
          .drawImage($video, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);

    var img = document.createElement("img");
    img.src = canvas.toDataURL();
    $output.prepend(img);

The second part is more complicated. Since my .mpg videos are being served by Azure Media Services, the call to canvas.getDataUrl() is a Cross Domain request and fails.
Setting CORS headers/flags should work but does not. There is a  work around for images contained in the answer to this StackOverflow question here.
This work around has the following code example function that runs on body load:
function initialize() {

    //will fail here if no canvas support
    try {
        var can = document.getElementById('mycanvas');
        var ctx = can.getContext('2d');
        var img = new Image();
        img.crossOrigin = '';
        //domain needs to be different from html page domain to test cross origin security
        img.src = 'http://lobbydata.com/Content/images/bg_price2.gif';
    } catch (ex) {
        document.getElementById("results").innerHTML = "Failed: " + ex.Message + "";
    }

    //will fail here if security error
    img.onload = function () {
        try {
            var start = new Date().getTime();
            can.width = img.width;
            can.height = img.height;
            ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, img.width, img.height);
            var url = can.toDataURL(); // if read succeeds, canvas isn't dirty.
            //get pixels
            var imgd = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, img.width, img.width);
            var pix = imgd.data;
            var len = pix.length;
            var argb = []; //pixels as int
            for (var i = 0; i < len; i += 4) {
                argb.push((pix[i + 3] << 24) + (pix[i] << 16) + (pix[i + 1] << 8) + pix[i + 2]);
            }
            var end = new Date().getTime();
            var time = end - start;
            document.getElementById("results").innerHTML = "" +
            "Success: Your browser supports CORS for cross domain images in Canvas
"+
            "Read " + argb.length+ " pixels in "+ time+"ms";
        } catch (ex) {
            document.getElementById("results").innerHTML = "Failed: " + ex + "";
        }

    }

}

So my question is how do I modify K. Scott Allens' code to correctly set the CORS headers and generate the thumbnail from the video rather than the img as its in the example?
I have tried by setting crossOrigin ="" and crossOrigin="Anonymous" on both the video element and the canvas with no luck.
Any help would be appreciated.
Roberto
PS. There is a test for browser CORS image support here. And thsi method of getting the thumbnail does work. There's a page that uses it here (tho,  no cross domain stuff)

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Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara Exits Company in Wake of Scandal
Posted on Monday, March 18th, 2019 by Ben Pearson
After six years leading the company, Kevin Tsujihara is out as the chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment.
WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey released a statement today explaining the decision: "It is in the best interest of WarnerMedia, Warner Bros., our employees and our partners for Kevin to step down as Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Kevin has contributed greatly to the studio's success over the past 25 years and for that we thank him. Kevin acknowledges that his mistakes are inconsistent with the Company's leadership expectations and could impact the Company's ability to execute going forward."
Get more details below.
Earlier this month, The Hollywood Reporter published an article detailing how Tsujihara was caught up in a scandal involving an actress named Charlotte Kirk. The piece included texts between the two which indicated that they'd been having sex, and that Kirk wanted Tsujihara to use his position at the studio to secure auditions for her. He reportedly set up meetings between Kirk and studio executives, and she ended up getting small roles in two WB movies over the past few years: How to Be Single and Ocean's 8. An independent investigation into Tsujihara's conduct is still ongoing. (Because that wasn't bad enough on its own, director and accused sexual harasser Brett Ratner was also involved in this whole scheme. You can read the full story here.)
Tsujihara's tenure as CEO of WB has been something of a mixed bag. He started his career by creating a tax preparation company called QuickTax, Inc., so he's been a numbers guy from the very beginning. When he joined WB in the mid-90s, he helped manage the company's Six Flags theme parks, and eventually moved all the way up to become the fifth CEO of the company in its nearly-100-year history and the first Asian American person to lead a major studio. But he never had any hands-on experience producing films or television shows. Under his leadership, WB produced a few billion dollar hits but also bungled some high-profile properties, including the DC Extended Universe and the Harry Potter spin-offs.
This all comes at a turbulent time for Warner Bros. Last year, the studio and its parent company, Time Warner, were just acquired by AT&T, and the ripple effects of that acquisition are just starting to be felt. Tsujihara was just given more responsibilities by the new AT&T bosses only days before this scandal broke, so they probably aren't thrilled with being made to look foolish in such a public way. A few days ago, Tsujihara apologized to employees in an e-mail, saying in part:
"I deeply regret that I have made mistakes in my personal life that have caused pain and embarrassment to the people I love the most. I also deeply regret that these personal actions have caused embarrassment to the company and to all of you."
No successor has been appointed yet.
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Q: Testing Chef roles and environments I'm new to Chef and have been using Test Kitchen to test the validity of my cookbooks, which works great.  Now I'm trying to ensure that environment-specific attributes are correct on production nodes prior to running Chef initially.  These would be defined in a role.
For example, I may have recipes that converge using a Vagrant box with dev settings, which validates the cookbook.  I want to be able to test that a production node's role.  I think I want these tests as the source of truth describing my environment.  Looking at Test Kitchen's documentation, this seems beyond its scope.
Is my assumption correct?  Is there a better approach to test a cookbook before the first time Chef is run on a production node to ensure it has the correct settings?

A: You can set both roles and environments in your .kitchen.yml, so you certainly can test this with test kitchen.
....
provisioner:
  roles_path: path/to/your/role/files
  client_rb:
    environment: your_environment
.....

That said, I personally prefer to use role cookbooks.  If you have a fixed set of environments, as we do, then you can also use simple conditionals in the attributes files of your role cookbook to adjust attributes based on environment too.  That way, you have a single cookbook that defines the entire configuration of your node by wrapping other cookbooks and setting variables.  With that setup, it is very easy to setup kitchen tests that validate the exact production system.

A: I pleasantly discovered that chef_zero uses the "test/integration" directory as it's chef repository.
Just create your roles under

*

*test/integration/roles

Example
Standard Chef cookbook layout.
├── attributes
│   └── default.rb
├── Berksfile
├── Berksfile.lock
├── chefignore
├── .kitchen.yml
├── metadata.rb
├── README.md
├── recipes
│   └── default.rb
└── test
    └── integration
        ├── default
        │   └── serverspec
        │       ├── default_spec.rb
        │       └── spec_helper.rb
        └── roles
            └── demo.json

.kitchen.yml
---
driver:
  name: vagrant

provisioner:
  name: chef_zero

platforms:
  - name: ubuntu-14.04

suites:
  - name: default
    run_list:
      - role[demo]
    attributes:

Notes:

*

*Provisioner is chef_zero

*The runlist is configured to use a role

recipes/default.rb
file "/opt/helloworld.txt" do
  content "#{node['demo']['greeting']}"
end

attributes/default.rb
default['demo']['greeting'] = "hello world"

Notes:

*

*Cookbook won't compile without a default

test/integration/default/serverspec/default_spec.rb
require 'spec_helper'

describe file('/opt/helloworld.txt') do

  it { should be_file }
  its(:content) { should match /this came from my role/ }

end

Notes:

*

*Integration test is looking for the content that is set by the role attribute

test/integration/roles/demo.json
{
  "name": "demo",
  "default_attributes": {
    "demo": {
      "greeting": "this came from my role"
    }
  },
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[demo]"
  ]
}

A: When coming to validating attributes the part of Test Kitchen your should be using is ChefSpec.
You can define a complete runlist in a spec file and ensure the rendered files are correct.
There's a part of Chefspec documentation about it here.

Another way to do this is to have a "role cookbook", instead of using a role on chef server, you define the attributes you wish to define in an attribute file and make this cookbook depends on what the role runlist would be.
This role cookbook recipe would have include_recipe only referencing the recipe you would have set in the role runlist.
The main advantage here is that you can include your specs in this cookbook independently of the referenced cookbooks.


The FBI's investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Judge Brett Kavanaugh was delivered to the Senate early Thursday.
The report that really matters when it comes to the question of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court came out Thursday morning, and it's not the one that Senators are now reviewing in a secure facility on Capitol Hill. We haven't seen the FBI report on its investigation, if you can call it that, into the sexual assault allegations against the judge, and we may never will. But we can pretty much guess what its import will be: not much. Republicans say it vindicates him, Democrats say it doesn't. We suspect the reality, given the limited time and scope, is that it doesn't say much of anything we don't already know or suspect.
The report that will make a difference is a string of new polls showing sudden gains for Republicans amid the Kavanaugh fight. An NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist poll shows a surge in Republican enthusiasm for voting in the midterm elections next month, a shift so large that it has erased the energy gap that has had Democrats anticipating a blue wave in November. Other polls in battleground state Senate contests show good news for the GOP including a big swing toward North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp's Republican challenger and gains in Indiana, Missouri and Tennessee. Some polling models suggest the gains are only apparent in the aggregate on the question of whether Republicans will retain control of the Senate (which they have generally been favored to do, blue wave or not), but it is, after all, the Senate that will decide the judge's fate. Mr. Kavanaugh's nomination may remain relatively unpopular in the broader electorate, with more voters opposing it than supporting it, but midterms are about turning out the base, and the headlines Thursday morning gave Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell more leverage in his efforts to pressure wavering Republican senators back in line behind the nominee.
In his most direct attack on Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault while both were teenagers in Maryland, Trump sought to highlight holes in the account Ford gave in sworn testimony to the Judiciary Committee last week.
We'd say the politicians get it well enough. They get whether supporting or opposing Mr. Kavanaugh in the wake of credible, if unproven, allegations against him, his partisan rant in the Judiciary Committee and his questionable statements about his past conduct is good for them. They get that what matters is not whether they believe Mr. Kavanaugh or Ms. Ford or even whether they think he will make a good Supreme Court justice, but which vote will get their base of supporters out to the polls.
Senator McConnell held a Supreme Court seat open for nearly a year in hopes that a Republican president would fill it because he thought he could get away with it. Now he and President Trump are ramming through Mr. Kavanaugh's nomination for the same reason. Indeed, Mr. President, we think the people do get that.


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The White House has named Kevin Martin to succeed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell in overseeing the countrys communications and media industries. A commissioner at the agency since 2001, Martin will not require confirmation by the Senate.
A Republican with strong ties to the administration, Martin worked on George W. Bushs first presidential campaign, and his wife is an advisor at the White House. While he typically sided with his predecessors deregulatory penchant, Martin somewhat famously voted against Powell on weighty rules governing the extent to which incumbent local telephone carriers must lease access to rivals.
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Martin will preside over an agency that is grappling to adjust a nearly century-old communications policy to rapidly changing new technologies, including voice over IP, wireless broadband and satellite systems. Among the challenges will be figuring out how to sustain social policies, such as emergency dialing, affordable services for all, disabilities access and law enforcement access, without hampering the burgeoning technologies.
While a hefty load of telecom responsibilities awaits the new chairman, including figuring out how to reform the thorny, outdated system of cross-payments that telecom providers make to each other, Martin will be watched closely by the general public for his attention to broadcast decency issues and media ownership.
Powell announced last week that his last day at the agency will be Friday.
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So happy to introduce myself here on this love filled forum of healing and growth and am really looking forward to meeting everyone and sharing lots of love and light!
So a little about me - I'm a Reiki Master working with a few different energy based / divinely guided healing systems - I love to meditate and love to help others and I am really happy that the universe has guided me here today to find this beautiful forum.
So a big and love filled hello from my heart for all my dear Reiki family and friends and I look forward to sharing lots of love with you here in the future!
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Creating a successful Internet presence involves much more than designing a great web site or having the "perfect" product. Listing your web site with the Search Engines is your first step; however, you must not solely rely on the Search Engines to bring you traffic. Editor's Note: Search Engine Promotion is a profession and as such, it is always recommended that one refers the process to a professional.
You must design a complete promotional strategy and work it every day. If you're launching a new web site, your first step will be to submit your site to the Search Engines and Directories.
A good way to organize your promotions is to set up a web page, for your personal use, that will contain your complete strategy. This page should be stored on your hard drive and not uploaded to your server. Your page should contain four sections.
Each of these four sections should contain the appropriate information for each of your promotional resources, such as web site name, user ID, password (if applicable) and hyperlinked web addresses for each web site you plan to use for your promotions. This will enable you to open your web page each day and visit the sites you have listed.
Visit some popular discussion boards and share your expertise. Although you may not advertise on discussion boards, you can include your signature file with your post. Before you begin posting to discussion boards, make sure you lurk a while and see exactly how the board functions.
To organize your ad placements and swaps, place the publication names, publisher names, ad dates and hyperlinked web addresses within your weekly promotions list.
Your monthly promotions should include writing an article in the area of your expertise, promotional exchanges with similar web sites, and offline promotions. To organize your monthly promotions, place the names and hyperlinked web addresses for each of your promotional resources within your monthly promotions section.
Cross promoting is a powerful technique used by many Internet marketers to increase the exposure of their products, services or publications. You simply decide what type of promotional exchange you would be interested in and contact fellow marketers to discuss an exchange.
Link Exchanges - Exchange links with web sites similar to yours, but not in competition. Many Search Engines are now utilizing a system that tracks and ranks sites according to the number of quality links pointing to a particular web site. By exchanging links with similar web sites, you will not only increase your Search Engine ranking, but you will also increase your web site traffic, look at this site for link building.
E-zine Ad Swaps - Exchange subscription ads with other e-zine publishers. E-zine advertising is one of the best forms of advertising on the Internet. By swapping ads with fellow e-zine publishers, you can run your ad in other publications free of charge.
Subscription Exchanges - Exchange subscription information with fellow e-zine publishers. Provide recommendations within your e-zine's welcome message, thank you page and even on your multiple subscription e-zine form.
E-zine Column - Partner with a similar publication and provide content for each other. This may be a weekly tips column, question and answer column or whatever you'd like.
E-book Exchanges - Partner with fellow Internet marketers and create free e-books to freely distribute. The e-book should mutually benefit and promote both of you, while providing valuable information for your visitors.
Ride A Longs - A ride along is any extra information (advertisements) sent along with a direct mailing. You can use this same technique with any e-zine solo mailings you may run by including an exchange recommendation within your mailing. In addition, you can include recommendations within your thank you letters you send out when you deliver your products.
Up sells - An up sell is used when your customer is in the process of ordering your product. Another product is introduced, for a small additional cost, just as you're closing the sale. This technique is used with many infomercials when the customer calls in their order. The operator will introduce an additional product for a minimal extra charge. You can use this same technique on your order page by trading product recommendations with fellow marketers.
A quality recommendation will pull a much higher response rate than just a link or banner. Cross promote with individuals you truly respect and believe in, as your professional reputation is on the line.
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The boyfriend-inspired look is back for fall. To nail this chic trend, we took a trip downtown to New York City's trendy Flat Iron District and met up with blogger Serena Goh of The Spicy Stiletto. Here, are her pro style tips and how we gave her menswear-inspired look just the right touch of feminine flare.
Serena pulled this look together with a classic cropped trouser and tailored jacket. It's all about striking the perfect androgynous balance, so she accessorized with an oversized men's watch, cute heeled booties and a feminine clutch.
To complement Serena's tailored look, we went with a makeup palette in the season's hottest neutral shades and applied a pretty pink nail shade to her fingertips. Long, voluminous lashes are the ultimate look of femininity, so we made Serena's lashes flutter with a winged-out lash look. Apply mascara to root of the upper eyelashes, turning the wand slightly with every stroke. To deploy the eyes even more, apply mascara on the roots of the lower lashes as well, without overloading them.


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Raising an Angel
About Angelman Syndrome?
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Chromosome Disorder Test Can Rule Out Angelman Syndrome, Study Suggests
by Iqra Mumal
A test that assesses a fetus's risk of having a chromosome disorder can help rule out the possibility that a baby will develop Angelman syndrome, a study reports.
The test, which doctors began using in 2011, is called a cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) screening.
Researchers published their article in the American Journal for Obstetrics and Gynecology. Its title is "Positive predictive value estimates for cell-free noninvasive prenatal screening from data of a large referral genetic diagnostic laboratory."
CffDNA screening has become widespread in just six years. A number of studies have shown it to be effective at spotting diseases with chromosomal abnormalities. They include Down's, Patau and Edward's syndromes.
The hallmarks of these three fairly common disorders is a portion of the body's third chromosome appearing three times instead of the normal twice. Cells usually have 23 pairs of chromosomes, each composed of DNA.
In addition to using cffDNA screening to detect Down's, Patau and Edwards syndromes, doctors are using it to test for microdeletion syndromes, or disorders caused by deletions of parts of a chromosome.
Some scientists have wondered whether the screening can do a good job of detecting microdeletion disorders, however.
Researchers at Texas Children's Hospital decided to study the issue. They wanted to know whether cffDNA screening was a good predictor of some disorders or whether it was generating false positive readings —that is, signaling the presence of a disease when it actually wasn't there.
The team used a number of tests to re-examine 712 genetic samples that cffDNA sequencing had shown to be at high risk of having a chromosome abnormality.
Their goal was to determine the positive predictive value of the screening, and its false positive rates.
They discovered that cffDNA screening was able to predict Patau syndrome correctly 46 percent of the time, Edwards syndrome 76 percent of the time, and Down's syndrome 84 percent of the time. The findings were consistent with previous studies.
In addition, the team found that the screening was able to predict monosomy X sex chromosome abnormalities 26 percent of the time, 47,XXX abnormalities 50 percent of the time, and 47,XXY abnormalities 86 percent of the time.
The screening did a poor job of correctly predicting microdeletion disorders, which include Angelman, Prader-Willi and Cri-du-Chat syndrome. For example, it was able to correctly predict 1p36 deletion syndrome only 14 percent of the time and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome 21 percent of the time.
Meanwhile, the false positives that the screening generated for microdeletion disorders ranged from 79 percent to 100 percent of readings.
The team also looked at the screening's negative predictive value — that is, its ability to predict when a person did not have a disease. Scientists can use a negative predictive value to rule out a disease.
A previous study had suggested that cffDNA screening was nearly 100 percent effective at ruling out microdeletion disorders such as Angeleman syndrome. This means that doctors could use it to exclude the possibility of a fetus having a microdeletion syndrome.
The findings "highlight the importance of educating clinicians [doctors] and patients on the limitations of cffDNA screening tests," the researchers wrote. "Improvement of the cffDNA screening technology and continued monitoring of its performance after introduction into clinical [medical] practice will be important to fully establish its clinical utility," they wrote.
Tagged cell-free fetal DNA, microdeletions, non-invasive prenatal screening, screening.
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To me, it just looks like a costume being sold as ready-to-wear, which is kind of funny and stupid.
There is already a massive Twitter thread, so forgive, this is going to be redundant: people who don't need to look for jobs (who have $500 to burn on this shoe) probably don't need to make a "great impression". Poor people on the other hand, don't have a choice but to wear a shoe like this, even if they are trying to get a job or look "put together". One person's pain is another person's leisure. Capitalism at it finest.
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Phone system down at newspaper offices for maintenance - see contact list
Verde Valley Newspapers is upgrading its phone system today, Friday June 29, 2018, between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Obituary: John Edwin Tennyson
John Edwin Tennyson, 72, of Cottonwood, Arizona went to be with the Lord February 4, 2014. John is survived by his wife Kathleen, brother Robert, children Mark, Matthew and Alex, grandchildren Michael, Robert, Nicole and David.  John taught school in Casa Grande and Shonto Boarding School.  We moved to Cottonwood in 2011.  A memorial service will be held in the chapel at Verde Baptist, 102 S. Willard St., Cottonwood, March 5 at 11:00 AM.Information provided by survivors.
2012: Those Were The Days!
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I never thought I'd feel sympathy for orcs.
But the movie Warcraft makes a strong case for equity and inclusion…even if the people to be included are big, green, and have a predilection for war.
Despite that belief, orcs value the same things we do. They care for their families (there's nothing cuter than a baby orc growling and baring its tusks), they want a sustainable world, and they're big softies when it comes to love and honor.
The film – directed by Duncan Jones and written by Jones and Charles Leavitt – addresses familiar themes, such as "power corrupts." You don't have to know anything about the video game World of Warcraft, on which the movie was based, to enjoy this classic story of the hero's journey and good versus evil.
The orc and human protagonists' paths mirror each other. They must make difficult decisions that will cost lives. The human hero must help his king defend their world from the invading orcs who are fleeing their destroyed homeland. Both sides have a powerful magician with good intentions to protect his people.
I wasn't sure how well I'd handle having to look at orcs for two hours. They're so…ugly and green. And how do they talk with those tusks sticking out of their mouths?
But I needn't have worried. Interesting, well-developed characters and fast pacing hold moviegoers' attention. The story features smart women and a female half-orc* who strives to demonstrate her value to a tribe that treats her like a second-class citizen. There's even a cameo by an Academy Award-nominated actress.
"I actually enjoyed that," I said as the credits rolled. My girlfriends agreed.
The only reason I went was to return a favor to a friend who had cheerfully accompanied me recently to the romantic cry-fest Me Before You. Misgivings ensued when I checked on Warcraft seat availability two days prior, and learned that no tickets had been sold. Egads!
Then I saw Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly had given Warcraft a "D." He said watching it was "like being bludgeoned on the head with a Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual for 123 minutes." This was both hilarious and sobering. I'm throwing away money, I thought. Oh, well, it's only $5.50.
I agree. Warcraft succeeded in entertaining us. The film contains messages of hope, love, cooperation, and having compassion for people (or creatures) who don't look like you. In a world that's increasingly marred by violence, you'd think most people would welcome a story featuring these themes.
Equality for female half-orcs? Check. A human world that has enough room to include orcs? Maybe. The filmmakers left a few loose strings, indicating a sequel might be in the works.
Why not? I wasn't bored once.
Katherine Valdez's new motto is "Orcs are people, too!" Before watching this film, everything she knew about the video game World of Warcraft she learned from watching South Park and The Big Bang Theory.
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Just an small correction Garona is not half human-orc, she is half draenei-orc, that is why she speck with one slave draenei and understand her.
I never would have considered watching this movie until I read your review, Katherine. I've added it to my Saved list on Netflix so I don't miss it when it's available on DVD.
Glad to hear it, Pat! I'll be interested to get your take on this movie. Thanks for taking time to comment!


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Q: LibGDX TiledMap - don't detect Collisions first of all, sorry, because of my rusty English. Since i learnt German i forgot the English.
I'm doing tests with libGDX and my code doesn't detect any collisions.
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        screenHeight = Gdx.graphics.getHeight();

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        camera = new OrthographicCamera();
        camera.setToOrtho(false, 1000, 840);
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        mapas =  new Mapas(camera);

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        stage.act(Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime());
        stage.draw();

    }

indiana_actor Class:
 public indiana_Actor() {
        W=Gdx.graphics.getWidth(); H=Gdx.graphics.getHeight();
        bounds=new Rectangle((int)getX(), (int)getY(), (int)getWidth(), (int)getHeight());

    }
    Animation anim_temp;

    @Override
    public void draw(Batch batch, float parentAlpha) {
        stateTime += Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime();
        batch.setColor(getColor());
batch.draw(Assets.indiana_stop_arriba, (W/2), (H/2), 110, 160);

        bounds=new Rectangle((int)getX(), (int)getY(), (int)getWidth(), (int)getHeight());

    }

and Mapas Class.
In these class i get the Objects in the "objetos" TiledLayer, and triying to check collisions with a for(...) in the renderer.
public Mapas(OrthographicCamera camera2){
    map = new TmxMapLoader().load("terrain/prueba.tmx");
    renderer = new OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer(map, 10);//ESCALA
    renderer.setView(camera2);

    collisionObjects = map.getLayers().get("objetos").getObjects();
    collisionRects = new Array<Rectangle>();
    collisionRects_total=collisionObjects.getCount();
    int tileWidth = 32; // whatever your tile width is
    int tileHeight = 32; // whatever your tile height is
    for (int i = 0; i < collisionObjects.getCount(); i++) {
        RectangleMapObject obj = (RectangleMapObject) collisionObjects.get(i);
        Rectangle rect = obj.getRectangle();
        collisionRects.add(new Rectangle(rect.x / tileWidth, rect.y / tileHeight, rect.width / tileWidth, rect.height / tileHeight));
    }

}
public void MapasRender(OrthographicCamera camera2,indiana_Actor indi){
    camera2.update();
    renderer.setView(camera2);
    renderer.render();

    for (int i = 0; i < collisionRects_total; i++) {
        Rectangle rect = collisionRects.get(i);
        if (indi.bounds.overlaps(rect)){
            Gdx.app.log("EVENTO", "MAPAS RENDER - COLISION!");
        }if (rect.overlaps(indi.bounds)){
            Gdx.app.log("EVENTO", "MAPAS RENDER - COLISION!");
        }
    }
}

I know (Through the logcat) that the
" for (int i = 0; i < collisionRects_total; i++) {
        Rectangle rect = collisionRects.get(i); "
get always the objectsRectangle , but in the next line find any overlaps.
Is that a problem with the actor bounds-rectangle?A problem when moving actor through the map??....
Thanks in advance!!

A: Why dont U at first check if your rectangle for collision draw correctly on position. You can do that by calling
  shapeRenderer.begin(ShapeType.Line);
  shapeRenderer.setColor(Color.NAVY);

  shapeRenderer.rect(object.getrect().x,
 object.getrect().y,object.getrect().width,
  object.getrect().height);

may be you draw collision rectangles at wrong position so collision will never occur.


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The neoliberal policies and instrumentalist approach of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund tend to undermine the international labour standards on freedom of association and collective bargaining in the recipient states whereas the human rights policies and approach of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development tends to promote and them. These are the findings in a new dissertation in Labour Law from Stockholm University.
International Financial Institutions give member states financial support for development in the form of loans. These loans are attached to conditionality requiring recipient states to undertake various reforms, including labour market reforms. In addition, the policy advice, and technical support these institutions provide to the members have a bearing on labour policies in member countries.
The dissertation investigates the legal implications of the loaning activities of six International Financial Institutions, namely the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
In accordance with the neoliberal policies of the World Bank and the IMF, freedom of association and collective bargaining are often considered obstacles to flexibility of the labour market and thus obstacles to economic development. These labour rights are therefore seen as instrumental values and are thus promoted only in cases where these IFI's deem the rights necessary to enhance economic growth.
"The World Bank and the IMF and their economic rationale have an instrumentalist approach to freedom of association and collective bargaining, where these rights are taken into consideration if and when they have an impact on the success of a program or project, like a variable in an equation, rather than a goal in itself", says Mpoki Mwakagali, the author of the dissertation.
On the other hand, the EBRD hold these rights, as intrinsic values and therefore they tend to play a positive role in the application of freedom of association and collective bargaining. Finally the IDB the ADB and the AfDB are more in the grey area in respect of their activities actual effect on freedom of association and collective bargaining, despite the AfDB having incorporated these labour standards in its policies.
The dissertation also explores whether the conditionality in the loaning activities of the IFI's is compatible with the principles of international law. The findings are that, even though the IFIs are subjects of International law, their human rights obligations are not very clear.
"Their functional immunity should not be absolute; if an IFI influences a recipient state to violate its human rights obligations, it should be possible to hold it accountable", says Mpoki Mwakagali.
Finally, the dissertation discusses how IFI's can play an enhanced role in the promotion and implementation of freedom of association and collective bargaining. Mpoki Mwakagali proposes that the IFIs should embrace a more holistic and sustainable concept of development which acknowledges and considers the correlation between economic growth and social and political values where human rights is not an option or just a means-the human rights-based approach to development.
Mpoki Mwakagali defended her thesis "International Financial Institutions and Labour Standards: A Legal Study of the Role of These Institutions in the Promotion and Implementation of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining." 27 April.
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Other popular brands such as Next Home, Sea Life Manchester and Legoland Discovery Centre also form part of the retail and leisure the line-up.
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You need to win over prospective customers with an end goal of participation in your pilot. Throughout this process, it's important to remember: Don't sell your service – sell participation in a six-month pilot at a fixed price. This is how you stay away from the pitfalls of live chat as a service.
The ultimate goal of any pilot is to get the results and evaluate, right? That means you won't have all the answers at this point, and you should be transparent about that fact.
Entrepreneurs can generally spot growth opportunities and are willing to take risks. So appealing to those personality traits is usually a good idea. They can relate to the challenges of founding a company, and they can decide quickly. This is why founders and entrepreneurs are my favorite pitch targets.
I know it is tempting to try to talk to the big fish in the pond. But generally, they are risk-averse – going for track record and taking their time to decide. So save them for later.
So how do you pitch?
Why should your prospect sign up? Because they are missing business opportunities.
They have a beautiful website. Google Analytics shows the numbers – thousands of monthly visitors. But they are just that – numbers. The magic of live chat is, once you place the widget on the website people will start conversations about topics that matter to them, which will result in leads.
So spending lots of money on a beautiful website and advertising to drive traffic is wasting money if visitors have no way to engage. Ask your prospects: When is the last time you filled in a webform? What are your expectations when you email an organization? Because today's consumers want it now, and you better give it to them or they'll move on.
This will be your prospect's key question and concern: How is it possible that your agents can answer questions about my company, products and services?
You have to move this rock out of the way by focusing on 80/20. Roughly 80 percent of all conversations revolve around seven to 15 topics for which your employees can be prepared and trained. The rest will be learned step by step by adding missing information to the know-how system.
Second, have a knowledge-based system in place. During onboarding, your client will gain access to his or her online client portal, which contains articles, location and campaign information. The info can also be gathered via an online questionnaire. It is equally important to point out that everything is in writing, so agent performance is very transparent.
Finally, put a feedback system in place, making it possible to gather feedback (ratings, comments, etc.) from visitors. This feedback loop will be your, and your client's, handle on quality monitoring.
You will be staffing their website 250 hours a month, allowing them extended opening hours. Effectively their prospects can now reach out to them seven days a week, 14 hours a day, given your service profile is Monday through Friday 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. and weekends 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. What will you be delivering? Leads and service chats. But keep in mind, percentages will differ from sector to sector.
While onboarding clients, their business goals are translated into tangible results. What kind of outcomes are desirable for the business? Let's use a car dealership for example. They may be looking for showroom visits, test drives, scheduling service appointments and financing offers. During the chat, agents will select result codes and collect the associated data-elements, which are shown as form fields. When the chat ends, the client receives an email containing the transcript of the conversation as well as the contact data gathered.
Finally, it's time to talk numbers. How many chats should you expect, and what will be the cost of the pilot participation?
In our previous blog Calculating Your Critical Mass of Pilot Customers we ran the numbers. All you have to do is apply those numbers to your prospects. For example, you are talking to a prospect with 15,000 website visitors per month. Expected total chats would be 1 percent of 7,500 visitors or 75 chats. And just so you're aware, a 1 percent conversion rate is very conservative. Their pilot cost of $15k out of $200k (break-even visitors per month) equals 7.5 percent of total pilot cost. Their share is $2,475 total or $412 per month.
This then breaks down to $5.45 per chat or roughly $16 per lead (if utilizing a 30 percent lead conversion). If the numbers add up for your client's business case, agreeing to participate is really a no-brainer.
To round it out, be sure to keep your presentation really compact, eight to 10 pages works fine. Be sure to communicate participation costs and results on 1 page. And ask for a decision on the spot. Good luck!