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Antón Pizarro (muerto en 1622) fue un pintor español activo en Toledo, a quien Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez creyó discípulo del Greco y como tal se le ha considerado, sin que nada en su obra conocida permita afirmarlo con certeza.

La primera noticia documental, de 1594 y titulándose ya pintor, lo sitúa en Toledo donde en 1596 contrató unas pinturas para el retablo de la Concepción Francisca. En el contrato se le ponía como condición copiar el San Juan Bautista del cretense, con la salvedad de que la pintura ha de ser «conforme a lo que se pinta en España». Noticias de trabajos menores para años sucesivos, siempre en Toledo, se completan con la firma en 1609 de dos cuadros del martirio de San Acacio y los diez mil mártires para la iglesia de Santos Justo y Pastor, cuyas figuras, cuidadosamente dibujadas y de proporciones exageradamente alargadas, se pintan con colores cálidos de gusto manierista. De hacia 1618, según Ceán, que señala su presencia en la sacristía del convento de trinitarios calzados de Toledo, es la Institución de la Orden Trinitaria por Inocencio III en 1190, propiedad del Museo del Prado, en el que ingresó procedente del Museo de la Trinidad.

Obras firmadas, sin fecha, son un  Nacimiento de la Virgen en la parroquial de Casarrubios del Monte, donde copia directamente un conocido grabado de Cornelis Cort sobre una composición de Zuccaro, añadiéndole una gloria de ángeles para darle formato vertical, y el retrato de un Caballero con su hijo, de colección particular madrileña. Situados ante una ventana abierta a un paisaje de cierto aire veneciano, a la manera de Alonso Sánchez Coello, y con probable significado simbólico en la rosa que lleva el hijo, algunos destellos de luz en el rostro del caballero de la familia Solís podrían proceder del Greco, enriqueciendo con ellos un esquema propio del retrato cortesano. Su maestría en el retrato se pondrá de manifiesto también en el grabado hecho a partir de un dibujo suyo de Rodrigo Ponce de León, duque de Cádiz, publicado en 1620 con la Crónica de los Ponce de León. También suyos son los dibujos de El glorioso San Ildefonso de Pedro de Salazar y Mendoza, grabados por Alardo de Popma.

Completan su producción conocida un gran lienzo de la Asunción de la Virgen en el monasterio de Bernardos de Montesión de Toledo y una Presentación de la Virgen en las Comendadoras de Santiago de Madrid, ambas con recuerdos de la pintura escurialense, y los dibujos para las estampas que ilustran la Vida de San Ildefonso de Salazar de Mendoza, editada en 1618. Angulo y Pérez Sánchez le han atribuido, además, los lienzos de los cuatro evangelistas en el retablo del monasterio de Guadalupe, cercanos a los lienzos de San Acacio en el alargamiento de las figuras y su complacencia en el desnudo.

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Pintores de España del siglo XVII
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Q: Django channels group_send not working properly I was trying to implement a bidding module with django-channels. Basically I broadcast any message I received from clients, and my consumer part goes as the following code snippet:
class BidderConsumer(AsyncJsonWebsocketConsumer):

    async def connect(self):
        print("Connected")
        await self.accept()
        # Add to group
        self.channel_layer.group_add("bidding", self.channel_name)
        # Add channel to group
        await self.send_json({"msg_type": "connected"})

    async def receive_json(self, content, **kwargs):
        price = int(content.get("price"))
        item_id = int(content.get("item_id"))
        print("receive price ", price)
        print("receive item_id ", item_id)
        if not price or not item_id:
            await self.send_json({"error": "invalid argument"})

        item = await get_item(item_id)
        # Update bidding price
        if price > item.price:
            item.price = price
            await save_item(item)
            # Broadcast new bidding price
            print("performing group send")
            await self.channel_layer.group_send(
                "bidding",
                {
                    "type": "update.price"
                    "price": price,
                    "item_id": item_id
                }
            )

    async def update_price(self, event):
        print("sending new price")
        await self.send_json({
            "msg_type": "update",
            "item_id": event["item_id"],
            "price": event["price"],
        })

But when I attempted to update the price from browser, the consumer could received the message from it however it could not successfully call the update_price function. (sending new price was never printed):
receive price  701
receive item_id  2
performing group send

I was just following this example:
https://github.com/andrewgodwin/channels-examples/tree/master/multichat
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

A: Basically, change from this:
await self.channel_layer.group_send(
    "bidding",
    {
        "type": "update.price"
         "price": price,
         "item_id": item_id
    }
)

to this:
await self.channel_layer.group_send(
     "bidding",
     {
         "type": "update_price"
         "price": price,
         "item_id": item_id
     }
)

Notice the underscore in the type key. Your function is called update_price, so the type needs to be the same.

A: This might help you:
Inside routing.py try path("", MainConsumer.as_asgi()) instead of path("", MainConsumer).

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By The Bay Bridged|June 12, 2013|Comments Off on Volunteers needed for Phono del Sol 2013!
The 2013 Phono del Sol Music & Food Festival is taking place on Saturday, July 13th, and we need your help to make it happen! Volunteers at Phono del Sol perform a variety of critical event production tasks in two to three hour shifts. In addition to the good karma that comes with knowing that you're helping the festival, you'll also get a couple of drink tickets for your time.
If that sounds good to you, e-mail volunteers[at]thebaybridged[dot]com with your name, contact info, and any other information that might be helpful to know (past volunteer work, festival experience, etc). Thanks!


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Q: How can I make the screenshot Prompt to provide me with the option to select a region? Right now, when I press the prtsc button, I recieve the following prompt:

But instead I want to get to this prompt when I press the prtsc button:

I can only get the second prompt if I click screenshot through the menu:

shift + prtsc does not give me any prompt, and no other combination of keys gives me the second prompt. How can I get the second prompt using a key combo? Is there somewhere where I can define such a combo?
Or does one already exist which I was not aware of? I am using Xubuntu-Desktop if that helps. I specifically want the prompt in the second screenshot, NOT the one shown here:

Which is a completely different prompt that is less user-friendly in my opinion.

A: The program you are looking for is xfce4-screenshooter Go to System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts. You can add your custom combination there. For the command you want to execute by pressing your special combination enter
xfce4-screenshooter

Tip: When you have your screenshot application shown on screen try ps ax and you can see, which application is actually running. I am pretty sure it is xfce4-screenshooter.


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Chun: Making Sense of Scandal
by Steven Chun | 10/11/15 6:18pm
On Oct. 7, collegiate Greek life once again found itself in the center of national scrutiny and outrage with allegations of hazing and potential sexual misconduct. Earlier this month, a video surfaced online, which shows a crowd of cheering students surrounding a mattress upon which a boxer-clad male student is performing oral sex on a woman. At times, he seems to struggle to get up, but he is pinned by the woman's arms and legs. A crowd of similarly shirtless students sit in the foreground — cheering the appalling spectacle. Soon after, Indiana University suspended Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and the national chapter revoked the campus organization's charter.The details around the video are murky — whether either person consented or whether the woman was a hired stripper remain unclear. Sadly, uncertainty provides a potential escape for those wishing to mentally distance themselves from the video's content. I saw the video as many others likely did — huddled around a smartphone screen. I initially thought I had just watched an assault, yet others raised their eyebrows at my reaction. Maybe it is because the victim was a male or because cheering brothers surrounded him. These factors do not align with the common narrative of sexual assault, and some qualify this with statements of doubt — "He probably agreed to this," or "You can't be forced to do that." It is possible that the skeptics are right. The facts are unclear, and jumping to conclusions without more information would be inaccurate and irresponsible.The immediate assumption that the video fails to reveal some exonerating truths is equally — if not more — dangerous. As comfortable as assuming the best possible scenario may be, it encourages inaction and stagnates productive conversation. It is a form of confirmation bias. We latch onto the facts — or lack thereof — that allow us to make comfortable conclusions. No one likes to think that Greek life, the same system that permeates our campus, can allow for this. Yet, asking critical questions is the only line of thinking that leads to progress. Sometimes, to deny is to be delusional.We must reject the mental acrobatics we perform to avoid the grave reality of events like those seen in the video. We need to ensure our focus does not waver from the problems at hand. In the weeks after incidents such as this, there often come a slew of articles criticizing or defending the entire Greek system as a whole. The latter strain to point out that the majority of fraternities and sororities are positive, charitable and responsible communities. While true, reiterating this exhausting point is useless. When a rusting bridge breaks, the solution is to repair that bridge and others like it. There is no point in passionately arguing that most bridges are safe. Doing so distracts from the most urgent issues, which in the case of Greek life, is the safety of members and non-members alike.There will always be a period of fact-checking and re-assessment following these scandals. It has already come to light that the initial accusations of hazing may not be true, as the man involved was already an initiated member — regardless, his membership status does not address the potential recorded sexual assault. In the same way that the tragic untruths of a poorly-vetted Rolling Stone article do not change the realities of rape on campuses, any false alarm do not change the realities of Greek life. They did not change the racist chants of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Oklahoma. They did not change the fate of Baruch College freshman Chun Deng, whose potential Psi Delta Psi brothers tackled him to the ground and tried to cover up the incident before taking Deng to the hospital for the brain injury that ultimately killed him.Our initial reactions to videos like the one at Indiana University have a powerful impact. In the cloud of half-truths and uncertainty that accompany every breaking story, we must be willing to come to uncomfortable conclusions. We must recognize that the revulsion we feel is a mark of the responsibility of every college student to change our campuses for the better. We cannot delude ourselves into complacency. Those in power, such as college administrators and law enforcement officers, will investigate and ultimately take action. Yet it is the student perception of these events — whether they are skeptical, disgusted or apathetic — that tell us far more about how far campus culture has come and how far we still have to go.

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Q: Validating EditText View on TextChanged I am trying to put some constraints on my EditText field in my app.  For the fullname and some other fields, I would like to only allow letters, space and some other characters like '.' or '-'.
I saw some stuff online and put this together:
mFullnameView = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.activity_register_et_fullname);
TextWatcher fullnameTextWatcher = new TextWatcher() {
    @Override
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
        validate(s.toString());
    }

    @Override
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {}

    @Override
    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
        //
    }

    private void validate(String s) {
        if (!(Pattern.matches("^[A-Za-z\\s]{1,}[\\.]{0,1}[A-Za-z\\s]{0,}$", s))) {
            if (s.length() > 0) {
                final String cleanText = s.substring(0, s.length());
                mFullnameView.setText(cleanText);
            }
        }
    }
};

However now my app freezes for a few seconds and then crashed when I try typing a "." in the EditText field, I do not know why this happens or how to resolve it.

A: If you change the text in TextWatcher , the method in TextWatcher will callback again.
So , you should avoid recursive calls or use InputFilter.
    InputFilter[] filters = new InputFilter[1];
    filters[0] = new InputFilter() {
        @Override
        public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start, int end, Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) {
            if (source == null) return null;
            Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^[A-Za-z\\s]{1,}[\\.]{0,1}[A-Za-z\\s]{0,}$");
            Matcher m = p.matcher(source.toString());
            StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
            while (m.find()) {
                builder.append(m.group());
            }
            return builder.toString();
        }
    };
    mFullnameView.setFilters(filters);


The debate over the potential role of for-profit organizations in public education isn't unique to the United States. Across the developing world, public education systems struggle, depriving millions of children of a basic education and exposing them to a continued life of poverty. Social entrepreneurs have seen this as an opportunity to cure a pressing social ill while turning a profit. With their entries into the educational systems of Asian, African, and South American countries, they have raised questions about their effectiveness and whether, even if they do benefit the children they teach, they will do more harm than good.
Tina Rosenberg took a look at the efforts of one company, Bridge International Academies, as it expands into Liberia as part of a government experiment to test the merits of privatization. The story begins with a failing public school effort where "a girl is more likely to be married by 18 than to know how to read. The last two times the University of Liberia held its entrance exams, 15 students passed—out of some 38,000 who took the test. Only 59 percent of 6-to-11-year-olds are actually in school." Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, facing an election in 18 months, came upon the work of Bridge International Academies' schools in Kenya and Uganda and decided that radical transformation of public education was worth a try if it would improve outcomes.
Results show that Bridge pupils gain an additional .34 standard deviations on core reading skills and an additional .51 standard deviations on maths compared to their peers in neighboring schools, based on USAID-designed exams administered by an independent monitoring and evaluation company—this translated into over 250 additional days of learning. Thanks to economies of scale, Bridge is able to charge just $6 a month per pupil on average with academies reaching operational sustainability after just one year.
Comparing its current national system against these results makes Liberia's decision to invite private operators to take over 150 public schools quite understandable and with little downside. The current system is failing, and the government on its own does not seem to have the ability to make it better. If firms like Bridge can bring that improvement, how could anyone say no?
Our experience with privatization in the United States has some lessons that Liberia and other developing countries can learn from. Improving education in one school is difficult, but not unusual. The real challenge comes in taking the successful innovations to scale and bringing equal education to all children. The Liberian experiment would do well to be thinking about that issue as it begins.
But establishing parallel systems, one its traditional public model and the other made up of privately run schools, is not without risk. Bridge's model includes a small monthly fee; it will serve as an obstacle for a large portion of the population who will not be to afford it, creating a further barrier between the poor and the less poor. While the Liberian government seems aware of this pitfall and has taken steps to control the downside as far as possible during the experimental year, there is real concern that should the private school model prove more effective, the cost of expansion is beyond the government's resources, resulting in an unwanted two-tier system.
Under these conditions, the new model may not be fiscally viable and scalable. What remains to be seen is whether, as for-profit ventures, they can produce improved results without relying on their owners' willingness to operate at a loss and see this as part their overall objectives.
In Liberia, private operators have been asked to use state-certified teachers rather than those they have trained in Teach for America–like programs. In return, the private operators have asked for the right to select the teachers they want to implement their program. Will this result in the new schools having the best teachers, leaving the less effective ones to the rest of the nation's schools? Can they achieve better results if they don't "skim" their personnel?
In an attempt to make what Trump would undoubtedly call the greatest peace deal of all time, his administration threatens to undercut the lives of seven million refugees.


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Washington Post Publisher Rips Trump's Response To Khashoggi Murder
By Joshua Kranzberg
President Trump said "we may never know" who killed the journalist in October.
The publisher of the Washington Post criticized President Trump's response to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Fred Ryan released a statement saying in part, "President Trump is placing personal relationships and commercial interests above American interests in his desire to do business as usual with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia."
U.S. intelligence agencies believe Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved in Khashoggi's murder in October. The Washington Post reports the CIA believes Salman personally ordered the attack.
But on Tuesday, President Trump said "we may never know" who was responsible for the journalist's death, adding that the U.S. would remain in an alliance with Saudi Arabia, in part because it made sense economically.
Trump said, "I'm not going to destroy the world economy, and I'm not going to destroy the economy for our country by being foolish with Saudi Arabia. It's about America First"


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FORTUNE Global 500
Saying no to corruption
Business needs to be held accountable in developing economies.
By Marc Gunther, Fortune senior writer
October 23 2006: 9:54 AM EDT
(Fortune Magazine) -- Anwar Ibrahim was a rising star in Asian politics during the 1990s as Finance Minister and then Deputy Prime Minister under Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. But in 1998, after leading a campaign against government corruption, Ibrahim was thrown in jail on trumped-up charges and held in solitary confinement for six years.
He has since become an advocate for democracy, a teacher at Georgetown University, and honorary president of AccountAbility. Fortune's Marc Gunther spoke with him recently in his office on the Georgetown campus.
Accountable companies More
What did you learn from your experiences in Malaysia about the role of business in development?
Business has to be part of the development process, so we made intense efforts to promote the private sector. I strongly support market reforms, deregulation, privatization, all the mantras of today's global economy.
But for this to work, we need business to be accountable, and we observed serious flaws in this regard. In my experience, business can tend toward cronyism, corruption and other poor practices in the absence of a free press, a vibrant civil society and effective law enforcement.
Was the corruption driven by local businesses, or were global companies involved as well?
It was primarily local, but the multinationals cannot be absolved. Often it's not a question of blatant, outright corruption. It's the subtle endorsement of unsatisfactory practices - for example, when it comes to labor standards or the exploitation of natural resources. Some international corporations become involved in inappropriate practices when meeting their financial bottom-line goals requires working with repressive governments.
Some say that it's wrong to apply Western ideals on issues like the environment, labor rights, and democracy to the developing world. What's your view?
Many use the notion of Asian values to make excuses for governments that do not support democracy, accountability, the need for a free press and an active civil society. Others say security and development take precedence over freedom and democracy.
I don't accept any of this. Certainly there may be regional variations in how business is done, but accountability, universal human rights, an independent judiciary and a free press are not Western or Eastern values. They are universal values that we should all embrace.
Still, there are those who say it is wrong for Western governments or NGOs to force the developing world to adopt the labor or environmental standards of highly mature industrial societies while they are still developing.
Emerging economies should not be dictated to by European or North American lobbies. In Malaysia we have in the area of Sarawak about two million acres of timber. More extreme environmental groups would deny us the right to any extraction. This position is as misguided as the equally extreme position by the Sarawak state government to allow for the indiscriminate rape of these jungles. Sustainable forestry is the right balance, accountable to those communities that need a livelihood with the need to protect the environment.
Did any companies you dealt with in Malaysia impress you with their commitment to accountability and social responsibility?
Intel (Charts) and Motorola (Charts) come to mind as two that made major investments, shared technology, invested in training locals and were more honest and transparent than others.
Any that disappointed you?
Many, sadly, but this is not the place to name names. I recall one occasion when a major multinational hosted me for a dinner shortly after I came into office. They proposed an "arrangement" to facilitate their interests, pointing out that this was merely a continuation of their ongoing practice in Malaysia. They were astonished and distressed when I referred them to the official ministry channels rather than to an intermediary through whom they could funnel funds on my behalf. These occasions convinced me of the need to introduce stronger measures against corruption when I was acting Prime Minister in 1997, a decision that ultimately landed me in jail.
Did any of the Western companies you had done business with come to your aid?
None that I'm aware of. Many individuals and human rights organizations took up my case, but it was only after I came out of prison that some businesspeople expressed sympathy.
Would you have known if any businesses had lobbied on your behalf?
Oh, yes, they could have contacted my wife, my family, my lawyers.
Did they?
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A second Thomasville man was arrested Thursday after police say he was also involved in a string of storage unit break-ins early this year.
Joseph Junior May, 39, of 505 Pontiac Drive, Thomasville, was charged with three counts of breaking and entering.
Edward Robert Jenkins, 24, of 205 Moore St., Thomasville, was previously charged with nine counts of breaking and entering and four counts of larceny after breaking and entering.
According to his arrest report, May was involved in two of the eight break-ins in which Jenkins was charged. The three break-ins occurred at a storage facility on Julian Avenue on Jan. 18.
May is being held in the Davidson County Detention Center under a $5,000 secured bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on May 22.


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If you step back from the perceived glamour of the feature-film industry for a moment and look at it through dispassionate eyes it becomes obvious it's really about creating a new product and taking it to market. Like any product, it starts with an idea and someone to champion it. In the film industry, that person is the producer.
The producer's relationship with the idea, if it achieves the levels of success they are banking everything on, will most likely last a lifetime even though for the consumer it will come and go within the blink of an eye.
It could be argued that the most important part of a producer's job is to inspire people to commit either creative endeavour or fistfuls of cash to a product that has a high rate of market failure and, for the end user, only exists in a darkened room for a couple of hours.
While advantageous to have a working knowledge of most aspects of the filmmaking process, producers generally employ various experts in their fields, such as accountants, lawyers, production managers, directors of photography, who in turn assemble their own team.
Budget is a determining factor in how much work the producer can contract out.
A micro-budget film might see a producer doing everything from raising the money to organising meals, while a film with a larger budget will enable the producer to step back from the minutiae of the production process and focus on the bigger picture.
Typically, the development phase is the longest and can take many years with no guarantee of the project ever seeing the dark of a cinema. After purchasing the right to develop the source material, the producer will work with the writer to develop the screenplay.
As the script advances, a director will be brought on board who will, invariably, have input into the further development of the screenplay. Together, the creative team will establish the best way to turn a hundred pages of A4 paper into a film.
To give the project the best chance in the marketplace, the producer will seek to attach at least one high-profile actor who satisfies the creative needs of the story as well as the expectations of the many and varied potential investors who are seeking to mitigate their risk.
The producer must balance the needs of each party with the overall vision for the project; it is not uncommon for the creative and financial needs to be at odds with each other.
Financing a film is a delicate balancing act that draws on a producer's entrepreneurial skills.
Investors range from international distributors to local television broadcasters to private individuals. All have expectations. What satisfies one investor may not be in the best interests of another. It's a house of cards that can fall over at any moment.
If an actor's schedule on another project changes and consequently makes them unavailable for the producer's film, it is probable that some investors will pull out. How far this sets the producer back depends on the hole in the budget that this leaves. Stressfully, this can happen at any time up until production and even beyond.
Most productions will employ a line-producer whose job it is to keep track of the day-to-day spending and to revise the shooting schedule as challenges arise. But large-scale budget and schedule blow-outs are the responsibility of the producer as is the overarching job of ensuring that the delivered product does not deviate significantly from what was promised to investors.
A major failing here can mean the difference between a theatrical release and a straight-to-DVD release or, worse, no release at all.
As the project enters the final phase before completion – post-production – the producer's attention again turns toward the audience and distributors.
While not as common in Australia as in the US, test screenings provide an opportunity for the producer to gauge a sample reaction to the film. The outcome of those screenings is significant. It can determine the publicity and advertising spend that the distributors allocate, the release strategy and the general level of support and enthusiasm from distributors and exhibitors.
The producer's work does not finish with the film's theatrical release. Box-office performance is a major predictor of the film's longevity.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) was adapted for the stage 12 years after its initial release, and the reality television show, I Will Survive, aired some 18 years later. Contract negotiations, residuals, revenue and emerging platforms and formats have the potential to keep the producer of a successful feature film busy for decades to come.
On most of these large-scale creative and economic undertakings there are usually several types of producers performing a variety of functions – executive producers, associate producers, co-producers and line producers. All work to support the producer in different ways, but none would have a role at all without the producer having backed a good idea.
The ability to recognise a good idea is much less tangible than, for example, drawing up a budget or a schedule and, while the latter can be out-sourced, the former is the very foundation of a producer's business. Without a nose for it, and the ability to inspire the right people, it's pointless knowing whether a studio or location shoot is preferable.


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By livio - 5 November 2017, 22:30
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane insists goal-shy Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema "will be back scoring soon."
The pair remain stuck on a League goal each after they fired blanks once more in Madrid's 3-0 win against Las Palmas on Sunday, with Casemiro, Isco and Marco Asensio instead on hand to dispatch the islanders.
"After what happened in our last few matches, it was important to win," the Coach said after the game.
"Everyone won't be able to rest as many of the players are going to join up with their international teams, but for the others, they'll have two days of rest and then we'll think about the next game.
"It's not been a bad start to the season. If you watch our last two games, yes, we've had a bit of a slump, but we know we can improve.
"It was important to win. We found it difficult at first, but we upped the tempo in the second half and I'm happy because the players needed [the win].
"Youngsters? It's important for them to play, especially Vallejo, who was starting only his second match but did very well.
"Asensio scores when he plays, Ceballos hasn't been lucky because he picked up a knock, but I'm happy with how everyone played.
"Achraf? He has no problems. I wanted to rest him because he'd been playing a lot. Nacho and Casemiro? I'm not going to drop them just because they have four yellow cards.
"Casemiro also scored, so it's better to have him on the pitch. Ronaldo's drought? He's not scoring, but he's been useful and ultimately, he'll be the one that makes the difference.
"Ronaldo not celebrating Isco's goal? You always look at the negatives, but I can tell you that he was very happy to set up Isco for his goal.
"We know that he likes to score, but we're all convinced that he will make the difference for us.
"Isco and Asensio top scorers? It is what it is, but Cristiano and Benzema are doing well on the pitch.
"Isco's goal came from a Cristiano Ronaldo cross. Now he's giving assists and the runs have changed.
"Bale? We intend to push him. He couldn't be with us, but we have 15 days to get him in perfect nick.
"After that, we'll see how we manage him, but the idea is that he'll be ready after the break and for the game against Atletico?
"Whistles for Benzema and applause for Ronaldo? I don't know, I didn't see it, but what we want to do is keep working.
"It's true that when you look at the League, I don't know how many goals they've scored, but they're the first ones to be unhappy about it. Karim and Cristiano will be back scoring soon.
"Atleti? Every match is different, but we'll have time to prepare for that match. I don't know how we're going to get there or how we're going to play it, but we've played well so far."
"Varane with France? Yes, he's going to go with them and show what he's got. We'll see how it goes with them.
"Return of BBC? We'll be able to work with them and do things, and it's good that we'll have all three back.
"We'll be able to do some interesting things over the next two weeks, but I can't explain what they'll be.
"It's a good time for us to work in front of goal, which is where they want to make a difference."
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							<option value="/uz/">Uzbekistan </option>
							<option value="/vu/">Vanuatu </option>
							<option value="/va/">Vatican City </option>
							<option value="/ve/">Venezuela </option>
							<option value="/vn/">Vietnam </option>
							<option value="/wf/">Wallis & Futuna </option>
							<option value="/ye/">Yemen </option>
							<option value="/zm/">Zambia </option>
							<option value="/zw/">Zimbabwe </option>
						</select>

Payment Method
						<input type="radio" name="payment" id="paypal" value="paypal">
						PayPal
						<input type="radio" name="payment" id="visa" value="visa">
						Visa
						<input type="radio" name="payment" id="mastercard" value="mastercard">
						MasterCard

							Card Number
							<input type="text" name="cardNumber" id="cardNumber">

							Expiration Date
							<input type="text" name="expiration" id="expiration">

				</fieldset>
				<fieldset>
					<legend>Shipping Information</legend>

						<input type="checkbox" name="hideShip" id="hideShip">
						Same as billing

							Name
							<input name="shipName" type="text" id="shipName" size="36">

							Address
							<input name="shipAddress" type="text" id="shipAddress" size="36">

							City
							<input name="shipCity" type="text" id="shipCity" size="36">

							State/Province
							<input name="shipState" type="text" id="shipState" size="36">

							Postal Code
							<input name="shipZip" type="text" id="shipZip" size="36">

							Country
							<select name="shipCountry">
								<option>Choose your country </option>
								<option value="/us/">U.S.A. </option>
								<option value="/us_espanol/">U.S.A. - Español </option>
								<option value="/af/">Afghanistan </option>
								<option value="/al/">Albania </option>
								<option value="/dz/">Algeria </option>
								<option value="/as/">American Samoa </option>
								<option value="/ad/">Andorra </option>
								<option value="/ao/">Angola </option>
								<option value="/ai/">Anguilla </option>
								<option value="/ag/">Antigua </option>
								<option value="/ar/">Argentina </option>
								<option value="/am/">Armenia </option>
								<option value="/aw/">Aruba </option>
								<option value="/au/">Australia </option>
								<option value="/at/">Austria </option>
								<option value="/az/">Azerbaijan </option>
								<option value="/bs/">Bahamas </option>
								<option value="/bh/">Bahrain </option>
								<option value="/bd/">Bangladesh </option>
								<option value="/bb/">Barbados </option>
								<option value="/ag/">Barbuda </option>
								<option value="/by/">Belarus </option>
								<option value="/be/">Belgium </option>
								<option value="/bz/">Belize </option>
								<option value="/bj/">Benin </option>
								<option value="/bm/">Bermuda </option>
								<option value="/bt/">Bhutan </option>
								<option value="/bo/">Bolivia </option>
								<option value="/an/">Bonaire </option>
								<option value="/ba/">Bosnia-Herzegovina </option>
								<option value="/bw/">Botswana </option>
								<option value="/br/">Brazil </option>
								<option value="/vg/">British Virgin Islands </option>
								<option value="/bn/">Brunei </option>
								<option value="/bg/">Bulgaria </option>
								<option value="/bf/">Burkina Faso </option>
								<option value="/bi/">Burundi </option>
								<option value="/kh/">Cambodia </option>
								<option value="/cm/">Cameroon </option>
								<option value="/ca_english/">Canada - English </option>
								<option value="/ca_french/">Canada - Francais </option>
								<option value="/cv/">Cape Verde </option>
								<option value="/ky/">Cayman Islands </option>
								<option value="/cf/">Central African Republic </option>
								<option value="/td/">Chad </option>
								<option value="/gb/">Channel Islands </option>
								<option value="/cl/">Chile </option>
								<option value="/cn/">China </option>
								<option value="/co/">Colombia </option>
								<option value="/cg/">Congo - Brazzaville </option>
								<option value="/cd/">Congo, The Republic of </option>
								<option value="/ck/">Cook Islands </option>
								<option value="/cr/">Costa Rica </option>
								<option value="/hr/">Croatia </option>
								<option value="/an/">Curacao </option>
								<option value="/cy/">Cyprus </option>
								<option value="/cz/">Czech Republic </option>
								<option value="/dk/">Denmark </option>
								<option value="/dj/">Djibouti </option>
								<option value="/dm/">Dominica </option>
								<option value="/do/">Dominican Republic </option>
								<option value="/ec/">Ecuador </option>
								<option value="/eg/">Egypt </option>
								<option value="/sv/">El Salvador </option>
								<option value="/gq/">Equatorial Guinea </option>
								<option value="/er/">Eritrea </option>
								<option value="/ee/">Estonia </option>
								<option value="/et/">Ethiopia </option>
								<option value="/fo/">Faroe Islands </option>
								<option value="/fj/">Fiji </option>
								<option value="/fi/">Finland </option>
								<option value="/fr/">France </option>
								<option value="/gf/">French Guiana </option>
								<option value="/pf/">French Polynesia </option>
								<option value="/ga/">Gabon </option>
								<option value="/gm/">Gambia </option>
								<option value="/ge/">Georgia </option>
								<option value="/de/">Germany </option>
								<option value="/gh/">Ghana </option>
								<option value="/gi/">Gibraltar </option>
								<option value="/gr/">Greece </option>
								<option value="/gl/">Greenland </option>
								<option value="/gd/">Grenada </option>
								<option value="/gp/">Guadeloupe </option>
								<option value="/gu/">Guam </option>
								<option value="/gt/">Guatemala </option>
								<option value="/gw/">Guinea Bissau </option>
								<option value="/gn/">Guinea </option>
								<option value="/gy/">Guyana </option>
								<option value="/ht/">Haiti </option>
								<option value="/hn/">Honduras </option>
								<option value="/hk/">Hong Kong </option>
								<option value="/hu/">Hungary </option>
								<option value="/is/">Iceland </option>
								<option value="/in/">India </option>
								<option value="/id/">Indonesia </option>
								<option value="/ir/">Iran </option>
								<option value="/iq/">Iraq </option>
								<option value="/ie/">Ireland </option>
								<option value="/il/">Israel </option>
								<option value="/it/">Italy </option>
								<option value="/ci/">Ivory Coast </option>
								<option value="/jm/">Jamaica </option>
								<option value="/jp/">Japan </option>
								<option value="/jo/">Jordan </option>
								<option value="/kz/">Kazakhstan </option>
								<option value="/ke/">Kenya </option>
								<option value="/kw/">Kuwait </option>
								<option value="/kg/">Kyrgyzstan </option>
								<option value="/la/">Laos </option>
								<option value="/lv/">Latvia </option>
								<option value="/lb/">Lebanon </option>
								<option value="/ls/">Lesotho </option>
								<option value="/lr/">Liberia </option>
								<option value="/ly/">Libya </option>
								<option value="/li/">Liechtenstein </option>
								<option value="/lt/">Lithuania </option>
								<option value="/lu/">Luxembourg </option>
								<option value="/mo/">Macau </option>
								<option value="/mk/">Macedonia, The Republic of </option>
								<option value="/mg/">Madagascar </option>
								<option value="/mw/">Malawi </option>
								<option value="/my/">Malaysia </option>
								<option value="/mv/">Maldives </option>
								<option value="/ml/">Mali </option>
								<option value="/mt/">Malta </option>
								<option value="/mh/">Marshall Islands </option>
								<option value="/mq/">Martinique </option>
								<option value="/mr/">Mauritania </option>
								<option value="/mu/">Mauritius </option>
								<option value="/mx/">Mexico </option>
								<option value="/fm/">Micronesia </option>
								<option value="/md/">Moldova </option>
								<option value="/mc/">Monaco </option>
								<option value="/mn/">Mongolia </option>
								<option value="/me/">Montenegro </option>
								<option value="/ms/">Montserrat </option>
								<option value="/ma/">Morocco </option>
								<option value="/mz/">Mozambique </option>
								<option value="/mm/">Myanmar/Burma </option>
								<option value="/na/">Namibia </option>
								<option value="/np/">Nepal </option>
								<option value="/an/">Netherlands Antilles </option>
								<option value="/nl/">Netherlands </option>
								<option value="/nc/">New Caledonia </option>
								<option value="/nz/">New Zealand </option>
								<option value="/ni/">Nicaragua </option>
								<option value="/ne/">Niger </option>
								<option value="/ng/">Nigeria </option>
								<option value="/no/">Norway </option>
								<option value="/om/">Oman </option>
								<option value="/pk/">Pakistan </option>
								<option value="/pw/">Palau </option>
								<option value="/pa/">Panama </option>
								<option value="/pg/">Papua New Guinea </option>
								<option value="/py/">Paraguay </option>
								<option value="/pe/">Peru </option>
								<option value="/ph/">Philippines </option>
								<option value="/pl/">Poland </option>
								<option value="/pt/">Portugal </option>
								<option value="/pr/">Puerto Rico </option>
								<option value="/qa/">Qatar </option>
								<option value="/re/">Reunion </option>
								<option value="/ro/">Romania </option>
								<option value="/ru/">Russia </option>
								<option value="/rw/">Rwanda </option>
								<option value="/an/">Saba </option>
								<option value="/mp/">Saipan </option>
								<option value="/sm/">San Marino </option>
								<option value="/sa/">Saudi Arabia </option>
								<option value="/sn/">Senegal </option>
								<option value="/rs/">Serbia </option>
								<option value="/sc/">Seychelles </option>
								<option value="/sl/">Sierra Leone </option>
								<option value="/sg/">Singapore </option>
								<option value="/sk/">Slovak Republic </option>
								<option value="/si/">Slovenia </option>
								<option value="/so/">Somalia </option>
								<option value="/za/">South Africa </option>
								<option value="/kr/">South Korea </option>
								<option value="/es/">Spain </option>
								<option value="/lk/">Sri Lanka </option>
								<option value="/gp_english/">St. Barthelemy </option>
								<option value="/vi/">St. Croix </option>
								<option value="/an/">St. Eustatius </option>
								<option value="/kn/">St. Kitts and Nevis </option>
								<option value="/lc/">St. Lucia </option>
								<option value="/an/">St. Maarten/St. Martin </option>
								<option value="/vi/">St. Thomas </option>
								<option value="/vc/">St. Vincent </option>
								<option value="/sd/">Sudan </option>
								<option value="/sr/">Suriname </option>
								<option value="/sz/">Swaziland </option>
								<option value="/se/">Sweden </option>
								<option value="/ch/">Switzerland </option>
								<option value="/sy/">Syria </option>
								<option value="/tw/">Taiwan </option>
								<option value="/tz/">Tanzania </option>
								<option value="/th/">Thailand </option>
								<option value="/tg/">Togo </option>
								<option value="/vg/">Tortola </option>
								<option value="/tt/">Trinidad and Tobago </option>
								<option value="/tn/">Tunisia </option>
								<option value="/tr/">Turkey </option>
								<option value="/tm/">Turkmenistan </option>
								<option value="/tc/">Turks and Caicos Islands </option>
								<option value="/vi/">U.S. Virgin Islands </option>
								<option value="/ug/">Uganda </option>
								<option value="/ua/">Ukraine </option>
								<option value="/ae/">United Arab Emirates </option>
								<option value="/gb/">United Kingdom </option>
								<option value="/uy/">Uruguay </option>
								<option value="/us/">U.S.A. </option>
								<option value="/uz/">Uzbekistan </option>
								<option value="/vu/">Vanuatu </option>
								<option value="/va/">Vatican City </option>
								<option value="/ve/">Venezuela </option>
								<option value="/vn/">Vietnam </option>
								<option value="/wf/">Wallis & Futuna </option>
								<option value="/ye/">Yemen </option>
								<option value="/zm/">Zambia </option>
								<option value="/zw/">Zimbabwe </option>
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Sex in society
FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2017 file photo, A.J. Calloway attends the 2017 Glamour Women of the Year Awards at Kings Theatre in New York. Calloway is leaving the syndicated entertainment news show "Extra" in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. Warner Brothers issued a statement on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 saying the company has investigated the claims into Calloway's conduct and he and the company "have mutually agreed to part ways." The statement did not say when the agreement was made.(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Host A.J. Calloway exiting 'Extra' after allegations
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A.J. Calloway is leaving the syndicated entertainment news show "Extra" in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. Warner Brothers issued a statement on Wednesday saying the company has investigated the claims into Calloway's conduct and he and the company "have mutually...
Gen. John Hyten, right, hugs his wife Laura, following a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, for his confirmation hearing to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hyten's former aide, Army Col. Kathryn Spletstoser, alleges he subjected her to a series of unwanted sexual advances. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Senate panel OKs defense pick despite sex assault allegation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee has approved the nomination of an Air Force general to become the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, largely discounting charges of sexual misconduct filed against him by an aide. Gen. John Hyten flatly denied the allegations during a Senate Armed...
FILE - This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein is set to return to court Wednesday, July 31, 2019, to face sex trafficking charges just days after he was found injured in his cell. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP)
Jeffrey Epstein set to return to court in sex abuse case
NEW YORK (AP) — Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein is set to return to court Wednesday to face sex trafficking charges just days after he was found injured in his cell. U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman had scheduled the pretrial hearing before Epstein was found on the floor of his cell last...
NEW YORK (AP) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein is set to return to court to face sex trafficking charges just days after he was found injured in his cell. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman had scheduled the pretrial hearing for Wednesday before Epstein was found on the floor of his cell last week with...
Gen. John Hyten appears before a Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, for his confirmation hearing to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
July 30, 2019 - 7:33 am
The Latest: General denies sexual misconduct allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on confirmation hearings for Air Force Gen. John Hyten (all times local): 10:30 a.m. The Air Force general nominated to the Pentagon's second-in-command is strongly denying allegations of sexual misconduct as he appears before the Senate committee considering his...
FILE - In this April 11, 2019, file photo, U.S. Strategic Command Commander Gen. John Hyten testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
General's Senate hearing will air sex misconduct charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force general nominated to become the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is going before the Senate Armed Services Committee amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The hearing Tuesday morning will be the first time that senators will publicly question Gen...
Tyson keeps museum post after sexual misconduct probe
NEW YORK (AP) — Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will keep his job as head of the Hayden Planetarium at New York's American Museum of Natural History after the museum concluded its investigation into sexual misconduct charges against him. A museum spokesman said in a statement Thursday that based...
Cosby appeal to focus on other women's testimony, Quaaludes
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month say the accusations from other women are no coincidence, but "the culmination of a decades-long pattern of behavior." The 82-year-old comic actor is the first celebrity convicted and...
AP source: Jeffrey Epstein found injured in NYC jail cell
NEW YORK (AP) — Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein was found injured on the floor of his cell early this week in the federal jail where he is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, a person familiar with the episode told The Associated Press on Thursday. It wasn't clear whether bruising on the...
Florida lawmaker: Probe Epstein work release from jail
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida lawmaker known as a champion for child sexual abuse victims asked Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday to authorize a state investigation into the circumstances of wealthy convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's freedom to leave jail on work release a decade ago...


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Michael "Mike" Fuhrmann (December 15, 1958 - September 27, 2015)
By Lynne Pace - October 01, 2015
Michael G.Fuhrmann, 56, of Chandler, AZ, passed away unexpectedly on September 27, 2015. Mike was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend.
He was born December 15, 1958 in Deadwood, SD to parents John and Sofia Fuhrmann. Mike enjoyed growing up in Deadwood, roaming the Black Hills, and graduated from Lead High School in 1977. He went on to attend the University of South Dakota in Vermillion and graduated with a BA in 1981. After graduation he went to work for Peter Kiewit & Sons and traveled the west in his 20+ years with the company. In 1997, Mike and his family settled in Arizona. There he enjoyed the warm winters and hiking throughout the state, including his annual single-day hike of the Grand Canyon, North Rim to South Rim, which he has completed the past 8 years. He spent the last decade working as a Divisional Controller for FNF Construction in Tempe. The role he cherished most, however, was being Grandpa to his young granddaughter, Edith Mae. Mike was known for being a fitness fanatic, working out before dawn 5 days a week, and his impressive weightlifting feats. His primary passions were home improvement projects (much to the benefit of his family), working on his cabin in Pine, AZ, and chocolate, preferably chocolate milk.
Mike is survived by his wife, Rosemary; children, Eric (Jennifer) of Tempe, AZ, and Angela of Chandler, AZ; granddaughter, Edith Mae; sister, Sophia Bichler of Deadwood, SD; sisters-in-law Barbara Fuhrmann of Lewisville, TX, and Judith Radelat of Chandler, AZ; brother-in-law Dale (Jeanne) McFall of Ozark, MO; and nieces and nephews, Mary (Larry) Bonrud of Spearfish, SD, Linda (Don) Willis of Redding, CA, Trina (Ward) Colt of Titusville, NJ, Timothy (Maria) Fuhrmann of Yardley, PA, Christy (Glen) Sullivan of Flower Mound, TX, Natalie (Michael) Allnutt of Flower Mound, TX, Frank (Nicole) Ambrosino of Palm Bay, FL, Gina (Kristine) Ambrosino of Cibolo, TX, and numerous great-nieces and nephews. Mike is preceded in death by his parents, John and Sofia; brother, John Fuhrmann; sister, Katy Fuhrmann; brother-in-law, Fred Bichler; and nephew, David Bichler.
Visitation for family and friends will be from 4-6 PM on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at the Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish, SD. Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM on Monday, October 5, 2015, at Grace Lutheran Church, 827 Main St, Deadwood, SD 57732, followed by interment at Oakridge Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Grace Lutheran Church of Deadwood.
Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels and Crematory Service of Spearfish. Online condolences may be written at http://www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com/fh/resources/sympathy/?&fh_id=13327
Jim Bracy October 2, 2015 at 10:45 AM
Such a tragic loss, my thoughts and prayers are with the family. May you all find the strength to carry you through this tragedy
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The future of filling stations is tech fueled
Arno Van Ruymbeke
Our filling stations are changing and it's not just the switch from fuel pumps to electric charging points. Arno Van Ruymbeke looks at how retail tech is also helping filling stations adapt to their new economic challenges.
Have you noticed that car filling stations are changing? Now when you pull up on the forecourt, you see more and more people plugging in their electric car to charge, alongside those traditionalists still filling up with fuel at the pumps.
With growing concern about environmental impact, it appears to be a societal change that looks set to continue. Transport is the fastest-growing greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting sector, expected to reach 30% of total GHG emissions in the future, as well as contributing to air pollution.
Europe is addressing this problem by continuing to accelerate its purchase of electric cars, with a predicted Compond Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25% between 2020 and 2027. Soon, we will have to change the name of fuel stations to charging stations!
Protecting profits
But this trend is already having a huge impact on these station operators. Profits on fuel are being squeezed with high prices and less demand and fuel thefts - where drivers fill-up and drive away without paying – are a growing challenge.
So, what can filling stations do to address these economic challenges? Increasingly they are turning to technology and a host of solutions that can assist with protecting profits and attracting new customers to drive revenue growth.
The latest AI-enabled security cameras are being used to protect profits. They can monitor activity at the pumps in realtime and automate actions when criminal behaviour is spotted. By processing information quickly and automatically on the camera, without the need for human intervention, essential time can be saved when identifying fuel theft, capturing the vehicle number plate and informing police.
Visually attracting new customers
Technology is also being used to attract additional revenues. While those electric vehicle passengers are waiting for their cars to charge, they have more time to spend browsing in-store. Attractive digital signage, using the latest displays and projectors can be used to draw customers into the store while they wait. For additional revenues, the displays can even be rented out to other brands for advertising.
Optimising retail sales
Once in the store, filling station retail outlets are typically smaller than other stores, so owners are keen to use technology to maximise their floor space and save time and money. One easy way to achieve this is with the introduction of Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL).
Filling station operator, team energie GmbH & Co. KG, in the north of Germany ran a pilot trial with Panasonic Connect at its first fuel station in Flensburg, near the German and Danish border. 800 electronic shelf labels were installed and working in just one day. Each ESL is connected to the central Point of Sale (POS) system, enabling pricing to be changed at the touch of a button. As well improving pricing accuracy, it saved a lot of staff time – team energie proved they could save 30 minutes a day, per store using the automated system.
ESL is also ideal for increasing sales through marketing. For example, the easy use of the system helps with the fast introduction of new product trends with new lines priced centrally in seconds. The electronic labels can also be customised to display logos, flash special offers or provide more product information, using NFC and QR Codes.
Supply chain automation
The latest AI-enabled supply chain software from companies such as Panasonic's BlueYonder can also assist in making the efficient ordering, delivery and management of goods even more profitable for retailers. By monitoring the availability of stock on the shelves and in the warehouse, ordering can be automated to optimise the supply chain. In the future, these AI enabled systems could even be monitoring local weather information to know when to order extra ice-creams or de-icer!
More customer insight
As as security, AI can be used in-store to bring more intelligence to retail. For example, the latest AI-enabled cameras, can be used for better understanding customer buying patterns. They can monitor customer movements through the store and identify buying cold and hot spots to help optimise the store layout and sales potential in the retail space.
Smartlockers pay
Lastly, it's not just inside the store where there are new revenue opportunities. For those stations in prime community locations, the renting of smartlockers is another revenue generating option. Last mile deliveries are under pressure and not particularly environmentally friendly. So, if customers can pick up their goods as they pass, it's a convenient solution and potentially also brings more traffic to the station's retail store.
The Panasonic Smartlocker solution even offers a range of four different temperature lockers – ambient, chilled, freezer and heated – for different uses from deliveries to storing hot takeaways and frozen goods.
Tech fuelling the future
When you think about it, it's not just the technology on our filling station forecourts that will be changing. As well as switching from fuel pumps to charging points, filling stations will be rapidly deploying the latest technology to optimise their retail sales.
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The ability to control and optimise the just in time delivery of materials to the production process is one of the fundamental challenges for the future of automated manufacturing. Peter Barber, Head of Solutions Engineering at Panasonic Factory Solutions Europe, looks at the progress being made.
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Panasonic Connect Europe 1st Year Anniversary
It's a year since the formation of Panasonic Connect Europe (PCOEU) and there have been significant changes in both the business and the wider macro-economic environment. On its first anniversary, CEO Hiroyuki Nishiuma reflects on how the organization is now better positioned than ever to help European businesses in these challenging times.
Displaying & developing the Future of the Supply Chain
Stefan Hauck, Head of Business and Industry Marketing, at Panasonic Connect Europe, tells us more about the Future of Supply Chain streaming event that took place at Panasonic's Customer Experience Center in Munich.


Cubicibuc is a technical consulting firm specialising in intellectual property, with a core expertise in consumer electronics and telecommunications. We have the resources necessary to develop detailed evidence of use, and claims chart for standards based technologies. We have worked with clients submitting patents to patent pools; organisations looking to sell patents requiring evidence of use; and organisations looking to prove infringement in support of legal actions.
Automated IP analytic systems are not yet able to perform the deep technical analysis required to produce high quality technical analysis such as standards mappings, evidence of infringement and evidence of use. The approach of mapping patents to products or standards requires a detailed understanding of the patents claim language as well as the technology underlying the product.
Our experience shows that there are far too many weak mappings presented in the IP market place. Patents with little or no evidence of actual usage undermines patent transactions. Often analysis stretches patent claims well beyond their language wasting time and effort in downstream review by multiple parties.
Poor infringement analysis also adds unnecessary pressure from spurious claims for licensing, or threats of litigation.
These are all useful metrics and are increasingly available in commercial patent analytics tools, either alone, or as a combined "strength" metrics.
While these metrics are useful to filter and prioritise large patent portfolios the biggest driver of patent value is how precisely the patent maps to deployed technologies and commercial products – infringement analysis.
Regardless of whether the patent is maintained for defensive purposes (to protect your own products and services) or aggressively against a third party, if the patent doesn't read on to products then there is no value. Simply put, if a patent isn't infringed then it has no purpose and no current value.


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The Nursery Alice
Macmillan Children's Books
Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel
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"I wrote to Macmillan to suggest a new idea: a 'Nursery Edition' of Alice with pictures printed in." Lewis Carroll's diary, 15th February, 1881
The Nursery Alice, originally published by Macmillan & Co. in 1890, was the very first colour edition of Alice. It was intended, wrote Carroll, "to be read by Children aged from Nought to Five. To be read? Nay, not so! Say rather to be thumbed, to be cooed over, to be dogs'-eared, to be rumpled, to be kissed . . ."
With this new, younger readership in mind, Carroll rewrote Alice, simplifying and abridging the original text, while Tenniel redrew, enlarged and coloured twenty of his iconic illustrations. The resulting book is a delightfully engaging experience, readers prompted to interact not only with the story but also with the images and even the physical book itself, in a way that is thoroughly modern.
Gloriously reproduced for the anniversary year, this edition retains the every word of the original The Nursery Alice and restores the exquisite delicacy of Tenniel's artwork - lost in reproductions across the decades - along with the delightful cover artwork by Emily Gertrude Thomson. This gem of a book is the perfect introduction to Alice, a delight for child and adult readers alike.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
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The Macmillan Alice: White Rabbit Notebook
The Macmillan Alice Colouring Book
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: The Little Folks' Edition
Alice in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole Book and CD Pack