Sanofi-Aventis unveils the iBGStar mobile device at the EASD diabetes conference to convert the iPhone and iPod Touch into a glucometer.
At the European Association for the Study of Diabetes conference in Stockholm, Sweden, pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Aventis took the wraps off its iBGStar Blood Glucose Meter, which will attach to the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
The iBGStar uses a technology by medical device manufacturer Agamatrix called Dynamic Electrochemistry to read a spectrum of information in the blood and produce accurate glucose counts. Dynamic Electrochemistry readings can compensate for altitude and temperature variations, Sanofi-Aventis reports.
Sanofi-Aventis, based in Paris, makes Lantus, the top-selling insulin drug and has been producing diabetes medication since 1923.
The iBGStar glucometer with iPhone and iPod connectivity allows diabetics to record 300 glucose readings, with each test session lasting 6 seconds, and then send the data to their doctor. Sanofi-Aventis also makes a stand-alone version of the mobile device called BGStar, which will hold 1,865 test results, recording the date, testing time and meal time. The BGStar unit also can sound up to seven alerts to notify users when it's time to take a reading.
Patients will be able to download iBGStar Diabetes Manager from the Apple App Store on iTunes to record blood glucose readings, carbs intake, insulin dose, injections, medications and exercise patterns. The app also forms an analysis of reading patterns based on different circumstances, like if a diabetic ate a food item that's not on the meal plan, and uses the iPhone's power to compute data and display results.
While introducing the device at the Stockholm conference, Pierre Chancel, senior vice president of Sanofi-Aventis' global diabetes division, stressed how the new device will easily fit into the daily lives of diabetics.
"This generation of innovative blood glucose monitors is key to making diabetes care fit into the everyday lives of people with diabetes and potentially improving their confidence in managing their condition," Chancel said according to a Sanofi-Aventis statement. "It is an important step toward our goal of delivering seamless connectivity between diagnostics, treatment and monitoring."
Although Sanofi-Aventis claims that the iBGStar is the first medical peripheral that can be connected to the iPhone or iPod Touch, others have come before. Johnson & Johnson's LifeScan division demonstrated its OneTouch glucose-reading gadgets at Apple's iPhone 3.0 preview event in March 2009. The OneTouch units connect to the iPhone via Bluetooth.
As the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions reported earlier in September, mobile devices have a big future in health monitoring. The Deloitte study found that diabetic and hypertensive patients at the Cleveland Clinic who used their smartphones to send medical readings to electronic medical records kept by physicians were able to reduce their visits to the doctor's office.
According to the American Diabetic Association, 23.6 million people in the United States, or 7.8 percent of the population, have been diagnosed with the condition.
Both the iBGStar and BGStar, announced on Sept. 21, will be available in early 2011. Sanofi-Aventis is seeking FDA approval for the products.


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Q: Equivalent of "make install" in the Java world TL;DR: Is there a standard way in the Java world, to have the build tools install the executables they just built (like the make install of the C world)?
(I would be happy with a solution that would work only on Linux)
More details:
I have a Java project distributed via github. Compilation and dependencies are managed with maven 2. Running mvn package builds a tarball with my jar and the dependencies needed at runtime, plus an executable script which set the classpath and launch the main jar:
#!/bin/bash
cpBase="$(dirname "$0")"
java -cp "$cpBase/*" dw.cli.Program $@

So, if someone wants to install this on her computer, one need to:

*

*run mvn package

*and then to unpack the tarball and to copy the content in a directory on her PATH.

On the other hand I like the way the autotools are working: the user doesn't need to copy anything manually, because the build step make install handles the installation for her.
I could emulate this behaviour using cp through ant tasks in my pom.xml, but I'm more interested in learning the Java good practices than to provide non standard behaviors.
It seems maven doesn't provide this behavior. On the other hand, I'm totally ignorant of what the other Java build tool can do wrt to this.

Edit:
As far as I understand mvn install and mvn deploy don't fit my need, because they will install my jar in my local or remote repository. Whereas I want to install my executables on my PATH (eg: to install my wrapper script in /usr/local/bin)

A: The question is tagged "gradle", so I'll supply the Gradle answer.
I take it you're building an application, not a library. In that case, Gradle is thoughtfully supplying the application plugin.
apply plugin: 'application'

The plugin will supply you the run, distZip, distTar and installDist tasks, which do just what they sound like. Check out the documentation at
the official web site.
Note that the installDist task doesn't, by default, put the software anywhere centrally on the system. Rather, it will install in a subdirectory of build, where temporary files are kept. You could set the destinationDir property on the task to remedy this.

A: You can created a distribution archive (zip, tar.gz) which can be downloaded by the user and only needed to unpack and add the bin folder to the path.
The problem is that you can't automatically enhance you path environment variable. But if you use the generated scripts from appassembler-maven-plugin you can simply can call directly the generated scripts without enhancing your path. This works on linux as well as on windows.
This can be achieved by a combination of appassembler-maven-plugin and maven-assembly-plugin.
The appassembler-maven-plugin will create the appropriate shell/bat/cmd files for you and the maven-assembly-plugin can create the appropriate archives (tar.gz, zip) for you.
As an example you can take a look here:
https://github.com/khmarbaise/supose/tree/master/supose-assembly

A: "make install" works by copying your built artefacts into their target location. This behaviour is quite easy to emulate in ANT, because like make it allows you to specify your own build logic:
<target name="install" description="Copy binaries into install location">
  <mkdir dir="/opt/myapp/bin"/>
  <copy file="${dist.dir}/myproject.jar" todir="/opt/myapp/bin"/>
  <copy file="${dist.dir}/myproject.sh" todir="/opt/myapp/bin"/>
  <chown owner="${install.owner}">
    <fileset dir="/opt/myapp" include="**/*"/>
  </chown>
</target>

Course you'd have to run this target as root:
ant build
sudo ant install

Maven on the other hand is a highly opinionated build tool that does not support this kind of workflow. Why? This is really a deployment action. Of course you can customize the Maven setup using ant ANT plugin, but I'd advise to just have a shell script you run afterwards. Lot easier to understand:
mvn install
sudo install_myapp.sh

The script can pickup the built jar from the Maven local repository "$HOME/.m2/repository" or better still download it from a Maven repository!

A: You have other mvn goals like 'mvn deploy' and 'mvn install' that do what you need.

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DUBLIN – May 1, 2018 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval for Medtronic's Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy as adjunctive treatment for reducing the frequency of partial-onset seizures, in individuals 18 years of age or older who are refractory, or drug-resistant, to three or more antiepileptic medications. DBS therapy for epilepsy delivers controlled electrical pulses to a target in the brain called the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT), which is part of a network involved in seizures.
The FDA approval is based on both the blinded phase and the 7-year follow-up data collected in Medtronic's clinical trial called SANTE® (Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Epilepsy). The SANTE trial was a prospective, randomized, double-blind pivotal study to evaluate the use of DBS therapy for patients with medically refractory epilepsy with partial-onset seizures, with or without secondary generalization, that were drug-resistant to three or more antiepileptic medications. The trial collected data from 110 patients who were implanted with a Medtronic DBS system at 17 centers located in the U.S.
In addition to medically refractory epilepsy, DBS therapy is currently approved in many locations around the world, including the United States and Europe, for the treatment of the disabling symptoms of essential tremor and recent and longer-standing Parkinson's disease. Under Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) approvals in the United States, the therapy can also be used to treat chronic intractable primary dystonia and severe, treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Medtronic plc (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is among the world's largest medical technology, services and solutions companies – alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions of people around the world. Medtronic employs more than 84,000 people worldwide, serving physicians, hospitals and patients in more than 160 countries. The company is focused on collaborating with stakeholders around the world to take healthcare Further, Together.


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President Trump: New Sanctions on Iran After Missile Strikes
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions after the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top general (all times local):
President Donald Trump says the U.S. will immediately impose new sanctions on Iran in response to its missile attacks on military bases in Iraq that house American troops.
In an address to the nation Wednesday, Trump said those new "powerful sanctions" will remain until Iran abandons its nuclear ambitions and ends its support for terrorism.
Trump also said he would ask NATO to become more involved in the Middle East. That seems to indicate continued U.S. involvement in the region despite Trump's desire to withdraw troops from what he calls "endless wars."
At the same time, Trump says the United States is "ready to embrace peace with all who seek it."
President Donald Trump says the American people should be "extremely grateful and happy" that no Americans were harmed when Iran launched ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops early Wednesday.
Trump says Iran "appears to be standing down" and is crediting an early warning system "that worked very well" for the fact that no Americans or Iraqis were killed.
The launch was Tehran's most brazen direct assault on America since the 1979 seizing of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and came days after Trump authorized the targeted killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force.
Iran had pledged to retaliate, bringing the two countries closer to the brink of war.
Trump added: "We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far!"
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I'm gratified to say that issue 13 of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly has received another great review from the Sword and Sorcery blog. My story shared some of the very kind words.
"In my review of HFQ Issue 12 I noted that Seamus Bayne's "Crown of Sorrows" could serve as jumping off point for a much longer story. Kudos to me for noting the obvious. Bayne returns in Issue 13 with the continuation of mercenary Ordwin's struggles against his malefactor, the sorcerer-king Thiesius. Undeterred by the baleful transmogrification worked on him in the previous story, Ordwin has marched on Thiesius' royal city and laid siege to it.
Bayne's characters are solid. In "Crown of Sorrows", both Thiesius and his guard captain, Kadir, were vivid and more than one-dimensional. Ordwin, as narrator, was more so. In "Dance Upon Sand", Ordwin provides much more of his history giving the reader deeper understanding of what made him the man he has become.
I 'm new enough at writing that these reviews are surprising and delightful. I hope I never lose that feeling, or become jaded to seeing someone take pleasure in reading something I wrote.
I just read that, so cool!


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Sandweiler mayor to retire
Sandweiler's mayor has announced he will not stand in this year's communal elections, citing "malicious" behaviour from colleagues.
(JB) Sandweiler's mayor has announced he will not stand in this year's communal elections, citing "malicious" behaviour from colleagues.
Charles Unsen's departure follows criticism from coalition party Déi gréng (the Greens) which accused him of abusing his position to purchase land at a highly favourable price.
According to the political party, last November Mr Unsen purchased nine acres of land on the outskirts of Sandweiler at a favourable rate of 16,500 euros per acre.
Just over a week beforehand, the commune of Sandweiler had purchased a three acre plot adjacent to the site for 70,000 euros per acre.
Déi gréng party, which is in coalition with Mr Unsen's LSAP party said in a statement released on Friday: "We simply cannot justify the significant price difference since both sites have similar qualities," before adding: "Déi gréng explicitly disapproves of the actions of Mr Unsen."
The commune raised issues over the pricing of land citing the housing covenant, which allows all communes to have the right of first refusal on a plot of land. The commune says it was never given the option to purchase the nine acres, which were later bought by Mr Unsen.
Mr Unsen has denied any charges of wrongdoing, saying that he leaves his post with head held high. He lambasted the "malicious" attitude of certain colleagues, saying three individuals had profited from his absence at the beginning of August to oust him from the list of electoral candidates.
He said: "As to the accusations, I have nothing to reproach myself for...I have taken this decision in the interest of protecting my family and the party."


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June 2016: some improvement at last, but belly hold capacity increase still outpaces volume growth
In need of some positive news after the poor start of 2016, the air cargo business picked up in June. Worldwide chargeable weight improved by 2.7% year-over-year (YoY).
The uptick in June was largely caused by a strong showing of the Asia Pacific region, which grew by 7.1% in incoming and by 6.6% in outgoing air cargo, quite a change form earlier months. Europe as a destination continued to do well (+4.8% YoY), but Africa and Central & South America fell back, in incoming as in outgoing air cargo volumes. With a drop of almost 11%, African imports were particularly hard hit. North America performed on average, while the region Middle East & South Asia (MESA) was lacklustre with a performance below the other areas in the northern hemisphere.
Most product categories grew in June more or less in line with General Cargo, except pharma, which showed an increase of over 10%. Thanks to this growth, with yields well above average, the overall USD-yield in June remained stable, i.e. the same as in May 2016.
The first quarter of 2016 hardly lent itself to a proper comparison with the same quarter a year earlier. Therefore, the second quarter may be a better indicator of what 2016 will turn out to be: it showed an average YoY volume increase of 2.1% worldwide. The smaller country pairs outgrew the larger ones, as the top-100 country pairs grew by much less than average (0.6% only). Yet, twenty-one of these top-100 grew by more than 10%. India figured in six of these twenty-one country pairs, China East and Germany in five, and Hong Kong in four. As far as destination areas are concerned, growth was only recorded for Asia Pacific and Europe, both over 5%.
Much is being said about the cargo capacity growth as a consequence of growth in passenger aircraft. What are the consequences for air cargo? We are now in a position to share our first observations regarding the relationship between volumes carried and bellyhold capacity offered. We looked at Q2 YoY changes on the routes between MESA and Europe, and between Europe and North America. For these routes, the growth of cargo capacity on board of passenger aircraft outpaced the % increase in cargo carried on these aircraft, in some cases quite considerably.
Bellyhold capacity grew most from MESA to Europe (+6.8%), but a good part of that capacity growth was taken up by cargo carried (+4.9%). In the other direction, the figures were +5.3% and +2.2% respectively. For Europe to North America, however, the picture was more worrisome: a bellyhold capacity growth of 5.5% combined with a volume decrease of 1.5%. The result was slightly better in the other direction, i.e. from North America to Europe, where bellyhold capacity grew by 3.2% and cargo carried in the bellyhold dropped by 0.7%.
For the routes between MESA and Europe, more than half of the airlines reporting capacity data to WorldACD, notched up a higher volume growth than capacity growth for the bellyhold, thus improving their cargo loadfactors on their passenger aircraft. For the routes between North America and Europe, the picture was quite different: only 20% of the airlines reporting improved their cargo loadfactor on passenger aircraft.


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College: UNC Greensboro
Conference: Southern
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Monster create and make's inbox was delighted to see work from Furry Feline Creatives. Los Angeles-based design studio was founded by designer artist Cheri "Furry Feline" Ong and husband Alvin Ong. "We are makers of handmade plush toys with a positive message to share". Have a look at Furry Feline Creatives website by clicking here.


Starting a business is an exciting time for the soon-to-be business owners! They're full of great ideas, positivity and endless amounts of passion – key ingredients to a business' success.
GST registration – do you need to be registered for GST? If so, how do you do this, and when? If not, should you consider registering regardless?
Accounting software – these days, we are spoilt for choice with easy to use, intuitive software packages that don't require extensive training courses to use. Most people require a 2 hour training session on the basics, and then pick up on the extras as time goes on. Best part? Super affordable!
Business plan – business plans don't need to be extensively long or even detailed. Rather, its a place where you can gather thoughts and go to when motivation runs low during the course of your business life cycle. This is where you can remind yourself of WHY you started the business, and what your objectives were. TIP: my favourite template is by NAB and is available to download via their website.
Best of luck on your new business venture!


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Q: How does the internal energy and entropy depend on mass? I've found this thermodynamics question:

Given a fluid described by the following equations:
$$PV^{1/3}=aT^3 ,\quad U=3aT^3V^{2/3}, \quad S=\frac{9}{2}aT^2V^{2/3}$$
The parameter $a(n)$ is a positive function of the amount of substance $n$.
How does $a(n)$ depend on $n$?

$a(n)$ should increase if $n$ increases (since both are extensive), so I think that the most obvious answer would be that it's a linear relation. This would be the case of an ideal gas, where:
$$U=C_VT$$
But, is it possible that $a(n)$ is non-linear or is there any reason we can restrict the behaviour of $a(n)$?

A: Assuming that $V\propto n$, since $P$ and $T$ are intensive quantities, the first equation implies that $a$ it's proportional to $n^{\frac{1}{3}}$. As you can see this also works good with the other two.
I'm not sure that is always the case that $V\propto n$, though. Since $n$ is directly proportional to the mass, which is directly proportional to the volume through density, this would be the case if the density was not constant.


One thing I'm just learning about an old farmhouse (and I'm embarrassed to admit this because generally, I'm a smart person) is that is it soul-crushingly expensive to heat in the winter.
Allow me to introduce y'all to what my fiance and I refer to as "Bill Engineering." I do not think the previous owner and his wife ever met a inefficient system they didn't love, because this house is basically held together with duct tape and prayer. Yes, that's a propane shop heater. It's mounted on the ceiling in the dog run (large hallway in the center of the house) and blows straight to the thermostat. So it goes on and off and on and off all day and night. The air never seems to beeline to other areas of the house, but the dog run is awful comfy. Too bad we don't actually live in that space.
The other heating system is a wood burning stove which is situated outside the house and has ducts running underneath the house to two vents cut into the floor. As you can see, they're superbly placed to deter any furniture or common sense in the bedroom and living room. Until we remove them, they're merely "decorative," because we are never, not ever, going to use that janky-assed death box to heat our house. I'd rather die under a suffocating pile of blankets, thanks.
Anyway, the propane dude was just out here (we call him "Dang Ol' Dang Ol'" because he sounds like Boomhauer), delivering half a tank (100 gallons). We get 100 gallons in our 200 gallon tank, because at $2.80 a gallon, we can't afford any more than that at one time.
With electricity through the roof for this old house, too, this spring, summer, and fall will be spent finding and implementing other solutions to our heating (and forthcoming cooling) dilemmas (we have window A/C's…I'm going to cry real tears when the first A/C electricity bill hits). The cost of running this horrifically inefficient shop heater setup is over $150 a month in electricity alone (the total monthly nut for this old wiring is $300).
The math portion of the post: $280 (propane) + $150 (electric, approx.) = Stabby-Time Donna.
It's egregious that we spend so much a month sucking off the grid's teat. So friggin' over it already.


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Op-Ed: More Could Work From Home if States Would Let Them
Posted to Finance September 10, 2020 by Jennifer McDonald and Daryl James
Minnesota entrepreneur Nicole Pomije knows firsthand how a small residential business can grow into something more.
She launched The Cookie Cups bakery from her home in 2015, and today the enterprise offers catering services, classes and over-the-counter sales at two retail locations near Minneapolis.
"It's extremely satisfying that I can come into my office, located in my second bakery, and hear people baking in my kitchen that I built," she says. "It's amazing what we've done over the past five years."
Pomije provides a pattern for growth during COVID-19, when conditions require more people than ever to work remotely. Bakers with access to blenders and ovens under their own roofs can give a much-needed boost to local economies without leaving home. No-contact product delivery is also possible.
Unfortunately, government regulators put limits on many types of home-based businesses, including homemade food production.
The annual sales cap for Minnesota home bakers is $18,000, which translates to even less pay after subtracting expenses. Many other states enforce even tighter controls, which makes no sense — especially during a global pandemic.
New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture documents the benefits when states allow homemade food sales.
"Cottage food" laws, which govern the microenterprises, give thousands of people increased freedom to buy and sell safely in their own communities. Related research from the nonprofit Institute for Justice, cited in the USDA study, shows that cottage food business owners are overwhelmingly women, live in rural areas and have working-class income.
Many of these entrepreneurs prefer to keep their businesses small, especially when they have obligations at home or limited mobility.
Cottage food producer Kristy Thompson, for example, cannot work outside her home in Bismarck, N.D., due to diabetic neuropathy and seizures. Other entrepreneurs like Pomije use their residential kitchens as a gateway to brick-and-mortar retail. Either way, "growing the pie" becomes somewhat literal when regulators let people bake.
Pomije already is planning her next leap forward with shippable cookie and pizza kits. The innovation, conceived in response to COVID-19, will let homebound customers anywhere in the nation make their own treats in miniature muffin tins—the same way Pomije does hers. "We wanted people to be able to order the kit and have this Cookie Cups experience right at home," she says.
The jump from cottage food producer to store owner to nationwide distributor would have been even harder under Minnesota's old regulatory scheme, which capped annual cottage food revenue at $5,000 and banned sales out of the home and online.
Sellers like Pomije had to travel to community events like farmers' markets. And if they sold too much because people liked their products, they had to pause—even if they hit the government-imposed sales limit early in the year.
Fortunately, litigation from the nonprofit Institute for Justice helped spur legislative reform in 2015. Since then, more than 5,000 cottage food businesses have emerged in Minnesota. During the same five-year span, 18 other states and Washington, D.C., created cottage food programs or expanded existing laws.
The next reform might come in New Jersey, which remains the only state that completely bans homemade food sales. Following an Institute for Justice lawsuit, New Jersey lawmakers have introduced legislation that would bolster proposed new rules from state health officials.
None of the science points to any downsides. Yet conditions remain harsh for cottage food producers in many parts of the country. Despite legalized sales in New Mexico, for example, city officials impose a cottage food ban in Albuquerque. Rogue regulators try something similar in Lincoln, attempting to nullify a statewide Nebraska law.
Rhode Island, meanwhile, allows only farmers to sell homemade food. And North Dakota, which passed one of the nation's best cottage food laws in 2017, reversed itself in January with new Health Department rules that erase the progress.
Even in Minnesota, unnecessary restrictions remain. Besides the $18,000 sales cap, the state bans cottage food producers from registering as limited liability companies, which leaves them exposed to business debts and lawsuits.
Pomije's bakeries show the folly of such interference. Home-based business owners find revenue, consumers find locally produced products, and job seekers find employment when regulators get out of the way and let people pursue their dreams.
That's a recipe for success.
Jennifer McDonald and Daryl James
Jennifer McDonald is a senior research analyst at the Institute for Justice and author of Flour Power, the basis for research cited by the USDA. Daryl James is an Institute for Justice writer.
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Insights, advice, and recommendation for modern parents dealing with kids and free apps.
This comprehensive list of 2017's best educational apps for kids has been compiled by Common Sense Media, so you know it can be trusted. It covers a wide range of ages and interests and makes for a handy, quick reference. While some apps on this list do not have an obvious educational focus, elements of learning and development are incorporated into these apps.
The Best Apps for Kids in 2017.
Free apps are great — but wading through all the terrible free apps in the App Store and the Google Play Store? Not so great. This list features some of our favorite free-to-download apps for kids, and although some of them have optional in-app purchases, we've only included the highest-quality selections that are still fun to play. If you're looking for apps with more learning potential for your kids, check out these awesome educational resources that won't cost you a dime.


The Business Debt line in the UK is a great resource to small business. They provide some excellent fact sheets as well as telephone advice and support.
As well as the advice contained on this site, and the extra help available to you by phoning one of our advisers, we have also published a range of fact sheets giving you more information on different aspects of debts and arrears.
All fact sheets are available for you to print off and use for future reference.


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How to Run Windows on a Mac
Phil Castillo - 24/07/2020
Windows have always been an essential operating system that's use worldwide. However, if you want to run Windows on a Mac but don't know how, read this guide!
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Windows was first introduced in 1985. After more than 3 decades of existence, it has now become the primary operating system of computers worldwide. On the other hand, the operating system of Mac which is macOS comes in at second place. It goes to show that nothing beats PC especially its functionality.
However, there are times where you might want to revert back to the classic Windows when you're using a Mac. This seems to be the case for some users worldwide. After all, when you use a Windows then a Mac, you'd immediately know the differences. While Macs are good for certain things, it still can't beat the overall functionality of Windows especially for gaming. So, if you're looking for a way to run Windows in your Mac, read on!
Windows vs Mac
Windows and Mac were released one year apart of each other. Mac was released in 1984 and Windows in 1985. According to Wikipedia, Microsoft Windows has 70% or more share of the computer market worldwide. On the other hand, Apple's MacOS is at around 9.6% to 13%.
This is a clear indication that Windows is the standard when it comes to computers. This is because Windows is more open and have more functionalities than other operating systems out there. Aside from that, there are more people who recognize this brand. Lastly, it's generally cheaper than Apple products which is a huge indicator.
Ways to Run Windows on a Mac
If you have a Mac but you miss using Windows, don't fret! Your dream of using a Windows OS again isn't impossible. If you though that it isn't possible to run Windows on a Mac, think again! Here are some ways to do so:
Bootcamp – The first and the most recommended way to run Windows on Mac is through Bootcamp. Bootcamp is a utility that comes with your Mac. This is the first supported option of Apple that allowed users to switch between MacOS to Windows. When you use Bootcamp, there are no virtually handicaps because it's fully supported by Apple. Furthermore, it can even increase the performance since most Macs have higher end specs. To use Bootcamp just follow these: Use Bootcamp assistant to create a Windows partition > format the Windows (Bootcamp) partition > Install Windows > use the Bootcamp installer in Windows. And then you're done! Now you can freely switch between MacOS and Windows anytime you want by restarting then pressing and holding the Option or Alt key during startup so you can switch.
VirtualBox – Unlike in Bootcamp, VirtualBox is another way of running Windows on your Mac which is known as virtualization. Virtualization is great if you want to run both MacOS and Windows at the same time. To do this, just download VirtualBox and install it. Then, launch it and select the blue "New" button in the toolbar. This will create a new virtual machine which you can rename. You can also then choose your preferred operating system such as Windows 10. Then, you'll need to allocate resources to your virtual machine such as RAM and storage space. This really depends on how you will use the 2 OS simultaneously. If you're going to use them equally, then it's wise to divide the resources equally as well. Once everything is installed, you can now select the virtual machine in the sidebar and select the "Settings" button.
If you thought that running Windows on a Mac was impossible, this guide just proved you wrong! Just refer to this guide whenever you want to do so!
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Q: How to move ImageView over camera? Is there a way to have an imageview that can be moved over the camera? I want to be able to take a picture with the imageview on top.
Thanks!!

A: yes, all you need to do is
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center" >

<!--Add your surface view to this frame layout  -->
<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/camera_preview"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</FrameLayout>
<ImageButton
    android:id="@+id/button_capture"
    android:src="@drawable/camera" />

the imagebutton or any other view will be shown on the top of the framelayout where your surface view displaying camera frame exists.For moving the image you can do something like
void onTouch(Event event){

 params.leftMargin = (int)event.getX();
 params.topMargin = (int)event.getY();
 imagebutton.setLayoutParams(params);
}

A: Actually it sounds like you are wanting to make composite images. You can use the method described in the other answer for the preview, but when you actually take the photograph, you will need to insert the image into the picture taken. Dont forget the size of the picture taken probably will be larger than the preview, so you may need to change the inserted image size/position to match.


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Dreams about Time
Adriana Zaharijević University of Belgrade
Author(s): Adriana Zaharijević
Title (English): Dreams about Time
Citation (English): Adriana Zaharijević, "Dreams about Time," Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Summer 2020): 64-65.
Adriana Zaharijević, University of Belgrade
Adriana Zaharijević is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade. Currently stranded at (or banished to) a flat at the fourth floor in Berlin, where she writes The Life of Bodies. Political Philosophy of Judith Butler. Fighting to dream about Belgrade and Warsaw.
Zaharijević, A. . (2020). Dreams about Time. Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, 17(1), 64-65. Retrieved from https://identitiesjournal.edu.mk/index.php/IJPGC/article/view/420
Adriana Zaharijević, How to Know a Citizen When You See One? The Sex of a Citizen , Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture: Vol. 10 No. 1-2 (2013): Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer - Winter 2013) - Issues No. 20-21 | Vol. 10, No. 1, Topic: Science, Media, Necropolitics and Bastard Trans-feminism(s), edited by Marina Gržinić | Vol. 10, No. 2, Topic: The Post-Human, the Non-Human and its Political Revolt


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/*
  Cog Stack Usage Test.c

  Test how many int variables the cog actually used.

  http://learn.parallax.com/multicore-approaches
*/

#include "simpletools.h"                     // Library includes
#include "stacktest.h"

void myCog();                                // Function prototype
int *cog;                                    // Cog process ID variable

volatile int elements = 20;                  // Elements for cog's array

int main()                                   // Main function
{
  cog = cog_runStackTest(myCog, 512);        // Run the cog test
  print("Please wait 2 seconds...\n");       // User prompt
  pause(2000);                               // Give time to put cog to work
  int stacksize = cog_endStackTest(cog);     // Get the result
  print("Stack int usage = %d.\n",           // Display result
        stacksize);
}

void myCog()                                 // Function running in other cog
{
  int array[elements];                       // Declare an array
  int n = 0;                                 // Initialize counting variable
  while(1)                                   // Function's loop
  {
    array[n % elements] = n++;               // Add 1 to array cell, add 1 to n
    pause(10);                               // Wait 10 ms before repeat
  }
}

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const models = require('./index');

/**
 * A list pipeline runs.
 *
 */
class PipelineRunQueryResponse {
  /**
   * Create a PipelineRunQueryResponse.
   * @member {array} value List of pipeline runs.
   * @member {string} [continuationToken] The continuation token for getting
   * the next page of results, if any remaining results exist, null otherwise.
   */
  constructor() {
  }

  /**
   * Defines the metadata of PipelineRunQueryResponse
   *
   * @returns {object} metadata of PipelineRunQueryResponse
   *
   */
  mapper() {
    return {
      required: false,
      serializedName: 'PipelineRunQueryResponse',
      type: {
        name: 'Composite',
        className: 'PipelineRunQueryResponse',
        modelProperties: {
          value: {
            required: true,
            serializedName: 'value',
            type: {
              name: 'Sequence',
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                  required: false,
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        }
      }
    };
  }
}

module.exports = PipelineRunQueryResponse;


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Tresviri oder Triumviri (lateinisch wörtlich "drei Männer", Singular tresvir oder triumvir) war im antiken Rom die Bezeichnung für ein Kollegium, das aus drei Magistraten bestand, die für einen bestimmten Aufgabenbereich zuständig waren.

Die

 Tresviri capitales (mit polizeilichen und Justizvollzugsaufgaben)

und die

 Tresviri monetales (Münzmeister)

gehörten zu den Vigintisexviri, der Gruppe der Eingangsämter der senatorischen Ämterlaufbahn (cursus honorum).

Daneben gab es Triumvirn als zeitlich befristet eingesetzte Sonderkommission zur Gründung von Kolonien (Tresviri coloniae deducendae) oder zur Verteilung von Ackerland an römische Bürger (Tresviri agris dandis adsignandis). Solche Kommissionen (mit der etwas geänderten Bezeichnung Tresviri agris iudicandis adsignandis) wurden auch während der gracchischen Reformversuche eingesetzt.

Die bekanntesten Zusammenschlüsse von drei Männern in spätrepublikanischer Zeit, die zur allgemeinen Bezeichnung eines solchen Bündnisses als Triumvirat führten, waren die informelle Abmachung zwischen Gaius Iulius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus und Marcus Licinius Crassus im Jahr 60 v. Chr., später als "Erstes Triumvirat" bezeichnet, und die Errichtung einer dreiköpfigen Sondermagistratur 43 v. Chr. für Marcus Antonius, Octavian (den späteren Augustus) und Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ("Zweites Triumvirat", formal Tresviri/Triumviri rei publicae constituendae "für die Wiederherstellung der Republik").

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Study says cyber bullying of students in England is severing than in any other country
The experts urged the educational institutions to take initiations which can potentially avoid such situations
Published On Jun 21 2019 10:10PM IST, Last Edited On Jun 21 2019 11:05PM IST Published By Ujjwal Samrat
The global education reports stated that cyber bullying is worst in England. The head teachers of the different schools around the world were asked to provide the information on incidents of students who were posting depressing information on social media about students.
After a week of observation, it was very shocking to know that on an average around 2.5% of head teachers reported the incidents of cyber bullying. According to the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) reports it is the worst to record 13.9% of cases where the students had been subject to bitter comments online.
Around 27% of reports suggest the unwanted electronic contact among the students in schools. The experts urged the educational institutions to take initiations which can potentially avoid such situations.
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They also warned that "Schools really need to get to grips with" especially English schools, in particular, to "make this a priority".
This international report is the result of the survey conducted across 48 countries, indulging 260,000 teachers and school leaders of 15,000 schools in which England is facing the worst cyberbullying in students.
Australia is just a little behind England with 10.6% of principles reporting the incidents of cyber bullying. They are followed by the USA with 10.2% of reported cases and Belgium and Brazil with 9.2% both.
In the report of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) the results stated that countries like Vietnam, Chinese Taipei, Slovak Republic, Russia, Portugal, Lithuania, Kora, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Chile have 0% of cyber bullying.
The OECD director for education and skills Andreas Schleicher said, "Cyberbullying in terms of unwanted contact or students being exposed on the internet is the dark side of the modern age. But it is something that schools really need to get to grips with."
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"Are you okay?" When we witness one-on-one incidents, we sometimes feel like it's not our place to intervene. There's the fear that a person of color will respond to our well-meaning intrusion with something like: "Get out of my business, you don't need to rescue me!" In this type of situation, start by approaching the person being victimized. Introduce yourself. If the perpetrator seems volatile, sometimes simply standing between them and their target is enough to send the message to STOP. Don't put your back to the perpetrator, because then you become more vulnerable. Addressing the victim with a question about their well-being opens up the possibility of providing support without assuming what that support needs to look like.
"Excuse me, can you explain what you mean by that?" If you're like me, not the fastest thinker on my feet, a first line of defense against verbal offenses is to simply ask the perpetrator to explain themselves. This can be particularly useful with micro-aggressions – insensitive statements where the person may not even be aware that they have said anything hurtful. In group settings, this pushes the person to name out loud what might be coded language, and to reflect on how it landed.
Is it really just an isolated incident? Whether it's micro-aggressions on the job or police brutality on the street, it's not going to get addressed if we don't document and report it. We've seen the power of photos and videos. Depending on the situation, send documentation to whoever has the power to change things, or take it to the media if necessary. This enables us to discern the depth of the problem and push for changes to practices and policies that have persistently racist impacts.
How am I doing? One critical form of accountability is building relationships across difference, relationships that are trusting enough to get honest feedback. This doesn't mean constantly relying on people of color to tell us what to do, or not do, which unfairly places the burden on them. It's about building a solid network that invites diverse experiences and views, a Beloved Community. SURJ is one such network that supports white people in this work, with chapters across the U.S.
Don't let your blunders derail you. You will make mistakes. The real test of our commitment to challenging racism is not that we "get it right" every time. Rather, it's that we continuously work to educate ourselves, pick ourselves up and keep at it. There is no end to the unlearning and relearning – about the racial history of our country and communities; about where our respective identities position us in terms of power, oppression and privilege; and about how to use these understandings to skillfully challenge unacceptable behavior, policies and practices.
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Q: DHCP interface never transitions to configured state in systemd I have a server running CoreOS, and my main network interface that gets configured via DHCP gains a carrier and is routable, but never leaves the configuring state. This causes systemd-networkd-wait-online.service to fail. Looking at the journal files for systemd-networkd.service, I see where the interface gets a carrier, but I see no error messages that would help me figure out why it's stuck in the configuring state. Any suggestions on how to debug this?
Below are some relevant details:
core@server ~ $ networkctl
IDX LINK             TYPE               OPERATIONAL SETUP
  1 lo               loopback           carrier     configured
  2 enp0s25          ether              routable    configuring
  3 docker0          ether              no-carrier  configured

3 links listed.

core@server ~ $ networkctl status enp0s25
● 2: enp0s25
       Link File: /usr/lib64/systemd/network/99-default.link
    Network File: /usr/lib64/systemd/network/zz-default.network
            Type: ether
           State: routable (configuring)
            Path: pci-0000:00:19.0
          Driver: e1000e
          Vendor: Intel Corporation
           Model: Ethernet Connection (3) I218-V
      HW Address: b8:ae:ed:76:f9:cd (Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd.)
         Address: 10.20.1.10
                  fe80::baae:edff:fe76:f9cd
         Gateway: 10.20.1.1 (ADI Engineering, Inc.)
             DNS: 8.8.8.8
                  8.8.4.4
  Search Domains: localdomain

core@server ~ $ journalctl -r -u systemd-networkd
-- Logs begin at Sat 2016-08-06 23:23:32 UTC, end at Sat 2016-10-08 17:29:00 UTC. --
Oct 08 17:03:41 nm-nuc systemd-networkd[1209]: enp0s25: DHCPv4 address 10.20.1.10/24 via 10.20.1.1
Oct 08 17:03:41 nm-nuc systemd-networkd[1209]: enp0s25: Gained carrier
Oct 08 17:03:41 nm-nuc systemd-networkd[1209]: docker0: Could not set bridge vlan: Operation not permitted
Oct 08 17:03:41 nm-nuc systemd-networkd[1209]: docker0: Failed to assign VLANs to bridge port: Operation not permitted
Oct 08 17:03:41 nm-nuc systemd-networkd[1209]: docker0: Could not append VLANs: Operation not permitted
Oct 08 17:03:41 nm-nuc systemd-networkd[1209]: docker0: IPv6 enabled for interface: Success
Oct 08 17:03:38 nm-nuc systemd[1]: Started Network Service.
Oct 08 17:03:38 nm-nuc systemd-networkd[1209]: lo: Configured
Oct 08 17:03:38 nm-nuc systemd-networkd[1209]: enp0s25: IPv6 enabled for interface: Success
Oct 08 17:03:38 nm-nuc systemd-networkd[1209]: Enumeration completed
Oct 08 17:03:38 nm-nuc systemd[1]: Starting Network Service...
Oct 08 17:03:36 localhost systemd[1]: Stopped Network Service.
Oct 08 17:03:36 localhost systemd-networkd[350]: lo: Lost carrier
Oct 08 17:03:36 localhost systemd[1]: Stopping Network Service...
Oct 08 17:03:35 localhost systemd-networkd[350]: lo: Configured
Oct 08 17:03:35 localhost systemd-networkd[350]: eth0: IPv6 enabled for interface: Success
Oct 08 17:03:35 localhost systemd[1]: Started Network Service.
Oct 08 17:03:35 localhost systemd-networkd[350]: Enumeration completed
Oct 08 17:03:35 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Network Service...


Yes, Foster Collaborations, But How?
I was re-inspired by my fellow panelists and other speakers at the Social Impact Exchange Conference this week about the many ways philanthropy can contribute to social good. At the same time, I was struck by the complexities involved in how we select and exercise different roles.
During our panel discussion on "When is Philanthropy (Ir) Relevant?" Sam Karp of the California HealthCare Foundation described his foundation's leadership of an eleven-state, cross-sector collaborative to develop a standardized user-friendly interface for health care enrollment connected to implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Sharon Alpert of the Surdna Foundation talked about Surdna's work to support and network city officials across the country and others dedicated to implementing sustainability strategies. And, at the opening luncheon on Wednesday, Rip Rapson shared the Kresge Foundation's impressive multi-faceted effort to reinvigorate Detroit's economy. In each case, funders had identified an opportunity to tackle a critical issue by pulling together creative cross-sector partnerships.


The name of Nasir Saeed Khosa, former Chief Secretary of Punjab, has been withdrawn as the Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab. More than Khosa's credentials and alleged political allegiances, the withdrawal denudes the hasty planning process of PTI.
Punjab is the most important of all the provinces in terms of winning the upcoming elections 2018 on 25th of July, but PTI took it as lightly as it took NA-154 in February 2018. And this withdrawal is alarming. The constituency of Lodhran was considered a stronghold of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), and its loss came as the total unexpected victory to PML-N. PML-N's candidate, Iqbal Shah, won with a huge margin by attaining 113,542 votes, while his competitor, PTI's Ali Tareen (son of Jahangir Khan Tareen), contesting his first election on his father's seat, attained only 85,933 votes.Many political stalwarts from within the party resisted Ali Tareen selection for contesting the Lodhran but, obviously, it fell on deaf ears.
With Mr. Khosa's name withdrawal , it appears once again that the political bulldozing within the party was resisted successfully at the eleventh hour. Mr. Khosa was not turned to for consent prior to the recommendation of his name for the top slot of the interim setup in Punjab, according to media reports. If this rumor is true, it further explains the brashness of the party volition.
Mian Mehmoodur Rashid, leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly, told the media yesterday that party had taken the name back following the reaction "within" and outside the party for installing Mr. Khosa as Caretaker Chief Minister. The house committee meeting was held immediately under the chairmanship of Imran Khan in Bani Ghala to recommend other names, in which Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Jahangir Khan Tareen, Pervez Khattak, Dr. Babar Awan, Imran Ismail, Dr. Shahzad Waseem, Asad Omar, Dr. Shereen Khan Mazari, Shafqat Mehmood, , Shibli Faraz, Murad Saeed, Azam Swati, Naeem ul Haq, Nadeem Afzal Chan, Liaqat Jatoi, Iftikhar Durrani, and many other important names were present.
It stupefied us all that Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed came up with a name and the archrival PML-N's Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif right away, without a fraction of resistance, agreed over the name of Nasir Saeed Khosa as the Caretaker Chief Minister of the province. It appeared as if PTI was playing for PML-N from Punjab.
PTI's central information secretary, Fawad Chaudhray, in a television show last night, bluntly accepted and told that suggestion of the name was not engraved in stones, and oath-taking had not taken place yet. So there is no point for this criticism. In the past five years, PTI's entire fight was geared toward exposing corruption through mass media rather than working on provincial constituencies.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif not only articulated his surprise over the PTI's change of heart but also affirmed that "now this matter has to be legally looked at. It has to be seen whether it is allowed for the party to withdraw the name after making a public announcement." He further told that "Mr Khosa's name had been given by the PTI and finalized after a detailed consultation." It is beyond one's comprehension why PTI withdrew the name of its own nominee after finalization of the process," CM Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif, wondered.
Mr. Khosa has been very close to PML-N for the past many years and it's a known fact to all. PTI not in the know of such a fact is obfuscating for many as it is the second largest political of Pakistan. PTI Chief, Imran Khan, struggled long and hard for more than two decades for the supremacy of justice. And it would be tragic if few of his players fail him when he is so near to crowing his struggle.
Recently, PTI also warmly welcomed the Caretaker PM, Justice (retd.) Nasir-ul-Mulk. Justice (retd.) Mulk is the same judge who declared the General Elections of 2013 "fair"—the very point on which PTI carried out the sit-in of 126 days in 2014.
Prior to this endorsement, PTI's induction of Aamir Liaqat Husain with the excuse of securing electables for the upcoming elections 2018, was a concern for many. Husain, a televangelist with a political background, is notorious for inciting public sentiments with his religious slurs and insulting remarks against minorities. He was also allegedly exposed for acquiring fake degree from Axact degree-mill. According to the media sources, his name was discovered on the server of Axact when raided by FIA. With his induction, many old workers and friends of PTI of more than two decades parted ways. Rest assured, this parting was not an amicable one. And those who parted ways upon the induction of Aamir Liaqat Husain were proven right when he got recently banned to run into an unwarranted argument with a religious scholar and a caller of his program from India. Such media-stunts of Husain would definitely taint the image of PTI.
It is gravely feared that if they don't work on the careful selection of electables with a coherent and active in-house political process, their struggle for "change" would remain an apolitical rhetoric contradictory to their political aspirations of securing power in the federation.
PTI can't win just by exposing the corrupts which in itself was an uphill task; it needs to beat them technically as well. Or else this nation has a tendency to select the corrupt again and again owing to the deeply penetrated illiteracy and poverty.
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'Joy of My Life'
Posted by storres@timespublications.com | Dec 17, 2020 | 0 |
Suzanna Guzmán leads 'La Virgen de Guadalupe' livestream
By Jana Monji
For the Emmy Award-winning star of a holiday tradition, Sierra Madre resident Suzanna Guzmán has found 2020 to be a year of transformations.
Fans can still see her in the city of Los Angeles' largest theatrical holiday production—the Latino Theater Company's annual production of "La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin." An archival version is available to stream for free through December 20.
The mezzo soprano—who has appeared as a principal soloist at the Metropolitan and Washington National operas as well as the Los Angeles and San Diego operas—originated the titular role. Directed by José Luis Valenzuela and produced by the Latino Theater Company in association with the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, "La Virgen" has been performed annually since 2002, featuring more than 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as well as community children and seniors.
This year would have been her 18th year as La Virgen. "It has been absolutely the joy of my life. The cherished role for the village is the role of the angel at the Virgin's feet. I have witnessed angels going to college now," Guzmán said. Some locals have made attendance part of their holiday tradition, coming every year.
"La Virgen" is based on the mid-16th century text of "The Nican Mopohua," the first and oldest source on Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Catholic title for the Virgin Mary and, according to The Nican Mopohua, she appeared four times before a poor Nahua man, Juan Diego, and directed him to build a shrine that is known as the Nican Mopohua in the mountains of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531.
Evelina Fernández ("East Los High") adapted the story for a stage production. Valenzuela and Fernández are among the founding members of the Latino Theater Company.
Speaking from her home in Sierra Madre via FaceTime, Guzmán recalled, "When we first started it was like cooking dinner without a recipe from your memory."
Ten days before rehearsals started, Valenzuela dropped a verbal bomb.
"He told me my first monologue was in Nahuatl, Aztec."
She penned her lines phonetically.
"I had no idea what I was saying," she said. "It was horrifying, plus I didn't have the Spanish script. Spanish is not my first language; English is my first language."
Valenzuela told her she could put the words in her hands because she was so far from the audience.
"In dress rehearsal, it worked like a charm," she said.
For the performance, the battery on the spotlight died.
"It got dimmer and dimmer and then blackout," she said. "I got three sentences out before it was pitch black on me."
There was the defective microphone during her second appearance.
"I start to sing, and my microphone battery gives out. The sound guy comes running down with a handheld singing-at-the-Ritz nightclub microphone."
That was the excitement of live performances.
The pandemic restrictions caught her at the end of an Opera Santa Barbara production of "Il Postino."
"We kept hearing, 'They're going to shut it down. They're going to shut it down. They're going to shut it down.' We were so lucky. March 8 was our final performance," she said.
Not so lucky was the opera program at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) where Guzmán serves as the co-opera director.
"Our spring production was supposed to be 'West Side Story' and we had a partner program we were doing called 'Star-Crossed Lovers,'" she said.
The program included references to people as disparate as French composer Charles Gounod ("Roméo et Juliette"), Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca ("Blood Wedding"), American composer Leonard Bernstein ("West Side Story") and British singer Des'ree ("Kissing You" from Baz Luhrmann's 1996 "Romeo + Juliet") and would have touched on teenage mental health and teenage suicide.
"We had our final room run and the principal said over the speaker, "his is our last day of in-person classes. We are going to shutdown, and everyone needs to go home."
While Guzmán was optimistic, her students were upset.
"There were tears galore," because, she explained, "the seniors all knew it meant: no prom, no graduation, no final performance."
And the uncertainty continued. "Little by little, my contracts started postponing. I have a contract for April 2020. I'm doing the Mother Abbess in 'The Sound of Music' with La Mirada Civic Light Opera."
She got notices that explained, "We are not gone; we are coming back July."
That then became September.
"Just a month ago, we got a notice that said, 'Do not despair. Things are looking really good for our one-year anniversary of waiting.' All of her summer work traveling to festival and either performing or giving master classes were canceled. Then Saul Levine decided to reopen K-Mozart (105.1 KKGO-HD4 Los Angeles and digitally) and he asked Guzmán is she wanted to bring back her show, "The Best in Opera." Guzmán and Nick Tyler ("The Arts Reports") now share what is happening in the local arts community.
More difficult is finding a way for her LACHSA students to perform. She's tried to devise ways for her kids to perform after being certified as a COVID-19 compliance officer. A snow globe concept was way over the school's budget. Another idea using plexiglass boxes was also nixed. She did find a studio outdoor amphitheater and their performance will be part of the PBS holiday celebration on December 24. which she will host with Brian White.
"One song that we did, ended up being our fall production and it took all of our fall production budget."
Still, Guzmán has noticed some creative ways others have addressed the pandemic. Esa-Pekka Salonen and Minna Lindgren (libretto) developed a comedic adaptation of Mozart's "Cosi fan Tutte" as "COVID fan Tutte." The Michigan Opera Theatre performed Wagner's "Twilight Gods" in a multilevel parking lot using technology to combine the voices of the singers and the music of the orchestra so that it reached the audience members in their cars via an FM radio station.
Her recent Emmy Award was one of the positive things to come out of "such a surreal year." Guzman has won many competitions for opera, but opera singers don't generally win Tonys, Emmys or Academy Awards."
At first, she thought she might only be receiving a certificate and she even missed the announcement for the Live Special Events-Programming for the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards in June. There, after all, was no swirl of events and hustle to get red carpet ready. When she got her statue, she had no one to show it off to and got in her car.
"I went to my 99-year-old Aunt Martha who lives in Alhambra," she said.
For a while, she was even taking it with her and leaving it in her car when she went for groceries.
"I look at this entire period as the phoenix period," because the holidays will be less stressful, and she can find "such a joy to reconnect with my intimate family" while zooming in for others. Her wish is we continue trying to be responsible and safe.
"La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin"
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Z-MAN: Best Soft Lure…and More!
Z-Man® Earns Commitment to Excellence Award & Best Soft Lure
Rising star tackle company earns double accolades at Pitman Creek Fall Dealer Show
Ladson, SC (October 18, 2019) – – In baseball parlance, it's referred to as the five-tool player. That rare combination of speed, power, fielding, arm-strength and hitting for average. Out of 750 Major League Baseball players on active rosters, only 5 possess such a rare combination of talent and determination.
Each year, more than 300 fishing tackle manufacturers gather to showcase their wares and compete for coveted awards at Pitman Creek's Fall Dealer Show. Very few companies walk away with accolades. This year, Z-Man won two in one crack of the bat.
Singled out as one of the world's truly exceptional tackle companies, Z-Man Fishing Products recently earned the prestigious Commitment to Excellence Award. Complementing the honor, the tackle dealers in attendance also voted Z-Man's radical TRD BugZ™ the Best Soft Lure. Cultivated by Z-Man confidants such as Luke Clausen and Ned Kehde, the TRD BugZ is perhaps the hottest new bait in the Ned Rig category.
"The Pitman Creek Commitment to Excellence Award is not awarded annually," says John D. Johnson, Chief Operating Officer for Pitman Creek Wholesale, LLC. "The honor is actually reserved for those companies who go above and beyond normal business practices and greatly exceed the expectations of Pitman Creek.
"This commitment is exemplified by Z-Man Fishing Products, and its rare collection of capabilities, from product innovation, manufacturing, customer partnerships and connection with the consumer via Social Media Marketing," said Johnson.
Z-Man National Sales Manager Glenn Young believes the award affirms the company's longterm aspirations. "To follow up last year's President's Award with the Commitment to Excellence award this year is truly an honor," said Young. "This award belongs to everyone at Z-Man who has been working hard to excel for many years. Our machine operators, pickers and packers, shipping department and sales and marketing teams have all contributed to winning this award. I'm grateful to Pitman Creek for recognizing the amazing team we have at Z-Man."
According to Johnson, Z-Man's selection for the Commitment to Excellence Award was attributed to several key achievements. "Z-Man showed a sales growth of nearly 20-percent in 2019," Johnson noted. "This, on top of a banner year of triple digit (425% increase) growth in 2018. That's special.
"Consumer demand for their products increases year after year. Especially important, Z-Man consistently provides the inventory to fill such demand. They've shown the proficiency to submit any and all requested information and to quickly respond to the needs of the customer and the consumer alike."
Proving its talents extend from manufacturing, marketing and customer service to product innovation, Z-Man won its second major "best lure" award of 2019. At the January 2019 Big Rock Sports Show, Z-Man took top honors in Best Freshwater Lure with its TRD CrawZ™. During last week's Pitman Creek show, the company's TRD BugZ was awarded Best Soft Lure, as voted on by Pitman Creek dealers.
An intelligent evolution of Z-Man's finesse TRD bait series, the 2-3/4-inch TRD BugZ has been a hot seller since its summer release. The new mini creature bait also gives fans of Ned Rig style fishing a super-lively, yet subtle option, as well as a finesse-sized jig trailer. Pro anglers like Mark Daniels Jr. have also praised the bait's flair on a dropshot rig.
"Winning Best Soft Lure with the TRD BugZ was a huge bonus," said Young. "It means a lot when the people who will be selling the bait are excited enough to vote for it. Two awards and one really great partner."
Z-Man President Daniel Nussbaum echoes Young's thoughts on the mutually beneficial relationship that's thrived between the companies. "I feel like Z-Man and Pitman Creek have a lot in common," Nussbaum asserts. "Both companies have seen explosive growth over the last few years. We believe it's largely due to being extremely customer-focused and investing in marketing, good people and infrastructure."
About Z-Man Fishing Products: A dynamic Charleston, South Carolina based company, Z-Man Fishing Products has melded leading edge fishing tackle with technology for nearly three decades. Z-Man has long been among the industry's largest suppliers of silicone skirt material used in jigs, spinnerbaits and other lures. Creator of the Original ChatterBait®, Z-Man is also the renowned innovators of 10X Tough ElaZtech softbaits, fast becoming the most coveted baits in fresh- and saltwater. Z-Man is one of the fastest-growing lure brands worldwide.
About ElaZtech®: Z-Man's proprietary ElaZtech material is remarkably soft, pliable, and 10X tougher than traditional soft plastics. ElaZtech resists nicks, cuts, and tears better than other softbaits and boasts one of the highest fish-per-bait ratings in the industry, resulting in anglers not having to waste time searching for a new bait when the fish are biting. This unique material is naturally buoyant, creating a more visible, lifelike, and attractive target to gamefish. Unlike most other soft plastic baits, ElaZtech contains no PVC, plastisol or phthalates, and is non-toxic.
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Carter Wagstaff waits for the start of "Hamilton" at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 20, 2018.
SALT LAKE CITY — Years ago, when downtown Salt Lake City's future 2,500-seat theater was coming down to a vote, critics feared it would end in disaster: an unprofitable and underused stage that would dilute business for other theaters while still relying on a subsidy.
Fast forward seven years: Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County officials are thrilled — some even shocked — to see the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater's first-year revenues are booming, more than doubling budget projections.
That's according to unaudited revenue numbers the Deseret News obtained from the Salt Lake City Mayor's Office last week. The theater's advisory board, the Utah Performing Arts Center board of directors, was briefed on the numbers in a meeting earlier this month.
The news comes as the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater's box office is bustling with patrons flocking to see the Tony Award-winning Broadway phenomenon, "Hamilton: An American Musical."
"I would say we hit it out of the ballpark," said Holly Yocom, community services director for Salt Lake County, which operates the theater.
Yocom credited the first year of success to partners such as Broadway at the Eccles and MagicSpace Entertainment for "an amazing job of bringing in shows we normally wouldn't get in our state."
"The theater has certainly outperformed any budgets we set," said Lia Summers, senior arts and culture adviser in the Salt Lake City Mayor's Office. "We're glad it's being well-visited."
Darrin Casper, Salt Lake County's deputy mayor of finance and chief financial officer, attributed the extra revenue to not only high box office sales, but also huge savings in utilities because the building was even more energy-efficient than expected.
"We were conservative when we budgeted for sure," Casper said. "This was new to everybody, and we weren't sure for our first full year of operations how well the shows were going to do or how patrons were going to respond, but the response from the community was overwhelming."
Casper, who helped draft the theater's financial projections when county and city leaders were debating whether to approve it, said "any fears I have had as a financial manager" for the theater's performance have disappeared.
"I am absolutely thrilled," he said. "It's exceeded our expectations. It's been remarkable and just a jewel for the community."
In fact, there was so much extra revenue in the first year, there was enough to fill the theater's $1 million operating reserves (in case the theater ever has a bad year) and the $850,000 reserve for long-term maintenance projects, Casper said.
Even after topping off reserve funds, there was still extra money to split for both Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County. On top of the $600,000 Salt Lake County received as part of the contract with the city to offset any impacted programs and the $350,000 back to the city's Redevelopment Agency, both the city and the county got more than $200,000 in extra revenue.
The county's profits will go directly into its Tourism, Recreation, Culture and Convention fund, Casper said, which can be used for capital projects like playgrounds or other programming.
As for the city's extra cash, it's up to city leaders to decide what to do with it. City Councilman Derek Kitchen said that's a discussion to be had with the City Council, but he suggested it could perhaps be used to pay off the theater's debt service sooner.
"I think this was a visionary project, and it's obviously paying for itself so we're thrilled about it," Kitchen said.
Former Mayor Ralph Becker, who drove the project, caught heat in his 2015 failed bid for re-election. Some candidates, including former City Councilman Luke Garrott, criticized Becker for spending millions of taxpayer funds on a theater that would only cater to a portion of the city's population. Then-candidate Jackie Biskupski, who went on to win the mayoral election, also criticized Becker for approving the extension of an old bond originally voted on for the Salt Palace to fund the theater without first asking voters.
Becker, in an interview with the Deseret News Thursday, noted there was pushback from critics who "thought it was a bad idea in a lot of different ways, but I say the proof is in the pudding."
"We can't project out 20 years of the life of the bond, but we can see it's off to an incredibly strong start," Becker said. "I don't think there's a reason to believe that this not only won't adversely impact taxpayers, but in fact, it's showing good financial returns for taxpayers and benefits the community."
There has been "a little bit" of impact to other downtown theaters like the Capitol Theatre, Summers noted, mostly because the Broadway series moved to the Eccles. But Yocom said there has been some "backfill" with Ballet West, as well as new opportunities for other groups, so "we're not seeing a lot of dark nights."
Salt Lake County Councilman Max Burdick, who was on council when the theater was approved and is now serving as chairman of the theater's advisory board, remembered it was a "really trying experience" when the theater was coming down to a vote.
"It was a rough time because there were a lot of individuals that were either strongly for or strongly against it." But in the end, Burdick said he cast his vote "with great faith" in the financial projections.
Burdick said he knew the theater was doing well, but he was still surprised when he saw its 2017 returns, calling them "incredible."
"Now you never know what's going to happen tomorrow, so you've got to keep your finger on the pulse," Burdick added. "But I have been so pleased, and it has turned out to be one of the most remarkable, positive experiences."
Correction: An earlier version misspelled the name of Salt Lake County Community Service Director Holly Yocom as Yocum.


(Nature) – An ambitious study that will follow 80,000 children from cradle to grave has launched in the United Kingdom, two months after a similar project in the United States ended in expensive failure. The project aims to track a generation of twenty-first-century babies and work out which factors in their early lives are important in shaping their health and wealth as they grow into adults. There are reasons to hope that the Life Study will have a happier ending than its US counterpart, the National Children's Study.