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Online solar and battery sales platform wins commercialisation grant
Battery storageCommercial SolarSolar
By solarinsider On Feb 26, 2021
Australian start-up UPowr has won a federal government grant to accelerate the development and deployment of an all-digital sales platform, that the company hopes will shake-up the solar and storage market.
UPowr said the innovative digital platform would allow customers to generate personalised quotes for the installation of solar and battery storage, as well as helping to optimise the positioning of solar panels on their property, taking shading and location into account.
The platform also manages the logistics of the sales and installation process, including providing ongoing insights and support for customers, without a reliance on dated sales tactics.
"The platform manages the entire installation, providing ongoing support and system performance insights for households, simultaneously tackling many of the challenges facing Australia's solar industry," the company said in a statement.
The company pitches its sales platform as an end-to-end solution, that manages the initial expressions of interest from potential customers, through to the quote and sales management processes. The platform has integrated data-driven algorithms to provide accurate and specific quotes for the installation of solar and storage.
The company launched the platform in October last year,[1] which uses information provided by prospective customers, including energy use data and property locations, to generate personalised offerings. Over the last 12 months, almost 1,000 customers have used the platform.
UPowr has secured a $493,746 grant from the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources under the Accelerating Commercialisation grants program. CEO and co-founder Stu Philpot said the commercialisation grant would help the company accelerate the development and deployment of the platform.
"We are excited to receive funding through this program. We set out to create an end-to-end service that puts customers first and this funding will help to take us to the next level," Philpot said.
"Australia is a world-leader in rooftop solar and this funding will help us to change the way it is delivered to offer a better experience for customers."
Company CIO and co-founder, Daniel Friedman, said that UPowr would continue to focus on the development of the digital platform, including by ensuring that the platform can be adapted for use by different types of customers.
"To date, our focus has been completely on the customer-facing portal, along with the automation that ensures an installation is completed without avoidable error," Friedman said.
"This funding will allow us to build out the portals that will be used by our network of accredited installers, as well as business partners who want to provide their customer or member bases with simple, clear and easily managed access to installing solar – a good example of this might be large corporates who want to offer employees access to solar."
Also receiving a commercialisation grant from the federal government are the producers of a seaweed supplement, originally discovered by the CSIRO[2], which has the potential to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the raising of sheep and cows, when small amounts are mixed into feed.
^ launched the platform in October last year, (onestepoffthegrid.com.au)
^ seaweed supplement, originally discovered by the CSIRO (reneweconomy.com.au)
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America's 2016 federal budget has designated funds for the first phase of a mission to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, orbiting almost 500 million miles from Earth. Planetary scientists who examine the possibilities of alien life across the universe gathered at a workshop at NASA's Ames Research Center in California last Wednesday to deliberate strategies for finding life on Europa. Current studies of Europa by NASA are centred on assessing whether Europa is habitable. However, given the recent sighting of plumes of water vapour picked up by the Hubble Space Telescope, astrobiologists are now considering if life already exists on Europa.
Europa is mostly made of silicate rock and has a water-ice crust, surrounded by an atmosphere composed mostly of oxygen. Its surface is covered in brown cracks and fissures. Scientists maintain it appears to cover a titanic ocean of water hundreds of miles deep, with a hot iron-nickel core at its centre. In December 2013, NASA reportedly detected the presence of clay-like phyllosilicates on the icy crust, which is often associated with organic matter.
Scientists and engineers at NASA have posited a voyage to Europa for a couple of years. A spacecraft named 'Clipper' has been designed, which aims to orbit Europa for three years to study its surface with an ice-penetrating radar to examine signs of life beneath. The detection of sporadic water plumes on Europa rising 125 miles above the surface near its south pole finally motivated NASA's Washington headquarters to call for action.
The icy plumes have only been spotted once, when they were first observed in 2012, however they offer a pertinent and interesting opportunity in the search for life in the universe. The plumes strongly suggest volcanic activity on Europa, powerful enough to rupture the thick, icy crust allowing water to erupt above the surface. Space geophysicist at NASA's Ames Research Center, Christopher McKay explained, "That ocean could be a soup of organics, and we'll take finding life there whether it's [extinct] or alive — because [extinct life] is evidence of life anyway," as he spoke to hundreds of scientists at last week's meeting.
The current mission concept is estimated at around $2 billion and might begin as early as 2022. Given the possibilities Europa may hold, scientists wish to modify the current mission concept to include other gadgets capable of searching for signs of life. Scientists are even calling for wild, seemingly unconventional ideas since the next Europa mission may likely occur a lifetime from now. For example, one idea is to penetrate the moon's crust and sample any material that comes out. Ideally, NASA might melt through the crust and traverse Europa's massive oceans using submersibles.
Apart from figuring out how to reach Europa, astrobiologists have been debating the fundamental question of what exactly to look for on Europa. Scientists believe it may be possible that Europan life-forms are chemically different to Earthly creatures, making it challenging to envision what Europan signatures of life might look like. In other words, it may be possible that scientists might encounter a multitude of Europan microbes without even knowing.
Christopher McKay has suggested that the search should focus on amino acids – the molecules essential to all known life and thought to be responsible for the origin of life itself (at least on Earth). Other scientists recommend looking for complexity as a clue to living organisms functioning nearby.
What might be the most fundamental differences between how life adapted to Earth's environment versus, potentially, Europa's?


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Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib speaks at the swearing-in of the city's new all-Muslim elected government, Jan. 2. Photo courtesy: Hamtramck Review
Hamtramck's all-Muslim elected government is sworn in during historic inauguration
Posted: Tuesday 01.04.2022 12:00 pm Revised: Thursday 01.06.2022 12:00 pm Hassan Abbas COMMUNITY, Local
HAMTRAMCK — New members of Hamtramck's first all-Muslim City Council and its first Muslim Arab American mayor, Amer Ghalib, were sworn in on Sunday, Jan. 2
Judge Alexis Krot swore in Ghalib and new Council members Khalil Al-Refai, Amanda Jaczkowski and Adam Albarmaki. They joined current Councilmen Mohammed Hassan and Mohammed Alsomiri on the stage and delivered remarks.
At the ceremony, 14-year-old Maria Saad, a Yemeni American student from Dearborn, sang the national anthem.
The speakers included former Hamtramck Mayor Karen Majewski, who lost last November's election to Ghalib after 16 years of public service. Local officials and former Mayor Pro Tem Fadel Al-Marsoumi were also in attendance.
City Manager Kathy Angerer served as master of ceremonies.
"As veteran of many of these ceremonies, I know how deeply meaningful and moving they are," Majewski said.
The atmosphere definitely reflected that meaningfulness on Sunday, as a large crowd, many from the local Yemeni American community, gathered inside the city's high school and community center to witness a historic inauguration of the first all-Muslim elected city government in the country.
"As a community we have become the exception to what was previously thought of as impossible," Ghalib said as he stood on the stage at the school he graduated from some 20 years ago.
Hamtramck's new mayor and its new City Council at a swearing-in ceremony at the Hamtramck High School Community Center. Photo courtesy: Hamtramck Review
As a community we have become the exception to what was previously thought of as impossible. — Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib
Ghalib told the story of a school adviser who discouraged him from his interest in political science studies in college due to his accent and an immigrant background, saying he didn't have a future in politics.
Ghalib instead studied medicine and currently works in health care, but eventually returned to politics out of a passion for public service to his community.
Throughout his campaign, he has promised to work towards unity and healing in a city that has recently seen ideological division over such hot button topics as marijuana dispensaries and the flying of the gay pride flag at City Hall during pride month.
Hamtramck, which has a weak mayoral system in which the city manager conducts day-to-day business, also has economic challenges to deal with. This includes infrastructure problems of flooding and road repair, as well as a large police and fire retirement system obligation that the city is attempting to find creative ways to meet.
The 2020 Census showed Hamtramck has had the second-highest population increase in Michigan over 2010 numbers. The 2020 Census showed a total of 28,433 residents, a 26.8 percent increase from 10 years ago.
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Luís Carlos Balbino Gambogi (Elói Mendes, 18 de novembro de 1954) é um advogado e político brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais.

Luís Gambogi foi deputado estadual constituinte de Minas Gerais na 11ª legislatura (1987-1991), pelo PFL.

Licenciou-se para ocupar o cargo de Secretário de Estado de Recursos Humanos e Administração, sendo substituído por Dirceu Pereira de Araújo no período de 17 de maio de 1988 a 3 de janeiro de 1989 e Lacyr Dias de Andrade de 4 de janeiro a 10 de abril de 1989. De 1991 a 1994, foi secretário adjunto da Secretaria de Estado do Trabalho e da Ação Social. Hoje é professor titular da Fumec e atua como Desembargador na 5ª Câmara Cível do Tribunal de Justiça de Minas Gerais, tendo sido eleito para preencher vaga referente ao quinto constitucional.

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With the holidays just around the corner, Tropical Smoothie Café has brought back the ever-popular "Naughty or Nice" campaign for the third year in a row. The year's featured smoothies include two amazing flavors providing guests the choice to indulge or to play it nice. The two highlights of the menu are the Blueberry Pom Truffle— seasonal limited time offering—and the Blueberry Bliss Smoothie—a popular standard menu item. According to the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council, the brand's industry partner for the program, both smoothies are packed with antioxidants, vitamin C, and fiber from their key ingredient, blueberries.
Although the Ghiradelli white chocolate containing "Naughty" Blueberry Pom Truffle smoothie is more indulgent than the "Nice" Blueberry Bliss smoothie, it still remains true to the brand and offers those better-for-you, superior, and simple ingredients like avocado, pomegranate, and blueberries that Tropical Smoothie Café fans have come to expect.
"It is OK to indulge every now and then," Dimson says. "That's part of what this time of year is about. But when you can do so while also benefitting from better-for-you ingredients that improve your daily intake of fruits and vegetables, that makes it indulgent without the added guilt." On the nicer side, The Blueberry Bliss Smoothie still lives up to the brand's "Eat Better. Feel Better." philosophy, with high levels of vitamin C from strawberries and potassium and fiber from the fresh bananas.
The Blueberry Pom Truffle smoothie will be available through December 27 while supplies last. After that, guests will have to wait for a seasonal return to indulge in this delectable and tempting treat. Blueberry Bliss will remain a core menu item available year round.


I was shopping with my sister over the weekend and was so excited to see how much spring stuff is already trickling into stores. Over the month of March I will be sharing various trends for Spring 2015 and today I am kicking it off with a trend that is straight out of the 1970s... Flared Pants! I remember seeing this on the runway last fall and at first wasn't sure if I could pull it off but have come to really love the pants. I already bought a pair and can't wait to wear them! I rounded up some perfect options that won't break the bank! What are your thoughts on this trend? Hope everyone had a great weekend!


"Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular" (I Cor. 12:27). These words were spoken to "the church of God which is at Corinth" (I Cor. 1:2). Paul compared the local congregation to a physical body. Paul did this often in his epistles to the churches (Rom. 12:4-5; Eph. 1:22-23; Col. 1:18).
A body is a harmonious unit. This unit, however, has many body parts. Each part has a job to do. Each part is vital to the operation of the body. Paul confirmed these facts about members of the body in Ephesians 4:16. "From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love" (Eph. 4:16). Paul refers to "every joint" and "every part" working together in order to make the body increase.
Within each local congregation, God expects every member to do his/her part. He expects each part to effectually work. The word "effectual" means "energy." Each member needs to energetically work in order to build up the body of Christ. Yet, in most congregations there are members who are not working effectually. They may attend the A.M. worship service and a Bible class from time to time. They may put a little money into the contribution plate. However, they do not truly fulfill the role that God has given them in the body of Christ.
In this article, we want to exhort all inactive members to become a vital part of the body of Christ. We want to look at some steps each can take in order to be a member who is contributing to the well-being and growth of the local congregation.
The first thing that an individual must do to become an active member is to acknowledge his/her lack of contribution to the body of Christ at this point in his life. This is not easy for individuals to do. They do not like to admit faults and shortcomings. This step, however, is a must. A person needs to say: "I have not been the kind of member God desires for me to be." If the person will confess this to God, he can be assured that God will forgive him. It was the apostle John who wrote: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (I John 1:9).
The second thing that one must do to be an active member of the body is to develop a desire to become active. Desire is nothing more than "want to." A person must want to be active. He/she must want to find a place of work in the body of Christ. If there is no desire, the individual will not be effective. Sadly, many do not desire to be active. They are content with their slothful, lukewarm service to the Lord Jesus Christ. They will be held accountable as was the one talent man (Matt. 25:24-30). If an individual will truly study and contemplate the cross of Calvary and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, he will see the love of God shown toward him. This love should prompt love in response. This love will constrain one to serve in the precious body of Christ (II Cor. 5:14).
If an individual has a desire to serve, the third step in the process involves locating an area of work wherein one can serve. The Bible reveals that God has "set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him" (I Cor. 12:18). In other words, God has a place where each person can labor in the Lord's vineyard. Talents, personality, and stage of maturity are all factors that can assist in making this determination. It may be that an individual has to labor in several areas before he finds a good fit.
Once a person finds a place of service, the fourth step is to develop his abilities. A teacher needs to find ways to increase his/her abilities. A person who visits the shut-ins, hospitals, or nursing homes needs to develop skills that will help him/her to relieve the burdens of those who are sick, afflicted, or lonely. Peter exhorts his readers to grow with these words: "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen" (II Pet. 3:18).
The fifth step is very simple: serve. Once one has found his spot and has developed his abilities, he needs to serve day in and day out. He is desperately needed. It may be that God raised him up to serve in his position for a specific purpose (Esther 4:14). The day may come when he must quit, but as for now he should labor with all his might. Paul gave the admonition with these words: "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord" (I Cor. 15:58).
The sixth and final step is one of true maturity. It is also a step that enables one to leave a legacy. This step involves teaching, training, and mentoring others to do the work in which one is involved. Paul admonished Timothy to do this. "And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teachers others also" (II Tim. 2:2). One day we may have to cease from our sphere of work. It is comforting to know that when that time comes we have trained someone for the task. There will not be a void. The body of Christ will continue to effectually work in the measure of every part.
In this article, we are calling upon those members who are presently inactive to become vibrant and active members of the body of Christ. We are exhorting you to take your God-given place in the body in order to help the body grow and mature. If we fail to do this, ultimately we will be cut off and cast into the fire. Jesus said: "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered, and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned" (John 15:6).


Mid-century Scandinavian and Californian design meet in Carl Hansen & Son's new showroom in San Francisco, which the Danish furniture brand has opened to continue its US expansion.
Carl Hansen & Son's West Coast flagship store occupies a ground-floor space in the city's Design District – a hub for homeware and furniture brands close to the South of Market and Mission neighbourhoods.
The company previously operated a store in Los Angeles, but decided it would have more success in the Bay Area, so moved to a larger and more prominent location.
The flagship joins the brand's New York location, which was similarly relocated and expanded last year, as it aims to capitalise on the American market.
"San Francisco has long represented an intersection of international ideas and values, and combined with the city's reputation as a design destination, provides an ideal backdrop for our first ground level retail location in the US," said CEO Knud Erik Hansen.
"Our exceptional furniture is rooted in a tradition of collaboration with pioneering designers, and that philosophy finds excellent synergy in San Francisco."
Carl Hansen & Son describes the aesthetic of the store as a blend of Danish minimalism and Californian modernism.
Measuring nearly 200 square metres, it features high ceilings with exposed fittings and a backdrop of white-painted walls and wooden flooring. This creates a light and airy setting similar to the loft style of the New York location.
Furnishings on show include the brand's collection of pieces by well-known mid-century Danish designers like Hans J Wegner, Kaare Klint and Arne Jacobsen. A simple material palette of white oiled oak and walnut, and muted hues of pink and green, are used for the display.
There are two main exhibition spaces within the showroom. Lit by a large street-facing window, the main area is open plan and arranged as a series of room-like setups, including a kitchen, a living area and two wooden dining tables.
A pair of Ole Wanscher's 1949 colonial chairs are placed in the lounge, while the CH23 dining chair by Hans J Wegner – which the brand relaunched last year – is among a mix of seating at the dining tables.
Pieces by Poul Kjærholm and Frits Henningsen join the range of iconic mid-century designs, alongside the brand's collaborations with contemporary designers Naja Utzon Popov, Anker Bak, and Japanese architect Tadao Ando.
In the kitchen, a custom-built island is made from wooden bookcases designed by mid-century Danish architect Mogens Koch.
Koch's design is also used to form shelving, used as a library of books celebrating Carl Hansen & Sons' heritage and as a divider for the second exhibition space.
This area is focused on celebrating traditional Danish craftsmanship. It contains a display of chairs that includes Kaare Klint's 1914 Faaborg Chair, which is regarded as the "first Danish modern design classic".
"The new flagship store has been thoughtfully framed to serve as an inspirational and memorable resource for myriad stakeholders in the realm of design – to cater to the unique needs of a contract professional's specifications, as well as the private customers process of discovery," said Hansen.
Carl Hansen & Son's US expansion follows a suite of European brands similarly finding success across the pond.
British designer Tom Dixon has also expanded his retail offering to both US coasts, while Moooi, Arper and Lee Broom have all opened showrooms in New York in recent years.


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Ursuline College's new physician assistant program welcomes 30 students from far and wide
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023, 1:12 a.m. |
Published: Jan. 21, 2023, 11:48 a.m.
The inaugural class of Ursuline College's physician assistant program began classes Jan. 9. The diverse group includes Michael Brown, 25, top row, right, who was raised in Compton, Cal.
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PEPPER PIKE, Ohio -- Compton, Calif., is a long way from Pepper Pike and the grassy, suburban setting of Ursuline College. But Michael Brown, 25, has made that long trip, and is looking toward a future that's even greener.
Brown is one of only 30 students chosen from among more than 500 applicants to make up Ursuline's first class of future healthcare professionals as part of the school's new physician assistant (PA) program.
The program accepted applicants from locations including California, Iowa and Texas to become part of the inaugural class, which began classes Jan. 9.
Physician assistants (PAs) are licensed clinicians with master's degrees who provide care to all ages in every medical specialty and setting. In assisting doctors, they gather medical histories, perform physical examinations and order tests to make diagnoses and develop treatment plans.
While students have come from many places to attend PA courses at Ursuline, Brown, despite his Compton roots, can still be considered somewhat of a local.
"My one brother (of two) and my sister moved here with my mom (Cerilla Wright) to get a better education, better opportunities," said Brown, who has lived in the Cleveland area for the past nine years and attended Lakewood High School.
"There wasn't very much in Compton."
Brown's mother chose to move to the Cleveland area because she has relatives nearby.
According to city-data.com, the 2019 crime rate in Compton was 1.7 times greater than the U.S. average, and higher than 94.7 percent of U.S. cities.
Of growing up in Compton, Brown said, "Actually, it was fun. You don't really have any perception (there) of the outside world, of the bad things going on (in Compton). Of course, there were bad things going on. People selling drugs, fighting, shootings, things like that.
"But I feel my personality, always looking at the bright side of things -- with all that was going on -- I believe having that way of thinking helped me to do the best I can."
Speaking as to why he chose to pursue a career in the healthcare field, Brown said: "A number of different factors, but my mom was one of them. She works as (a licensed practical nurse), so she put the healthcare field in my head.
"As I was exploring different fields, like architecture, I just circled back to health care. And I believe with my personality traits, that it's definitely my calling, helping others.
"I know everybody says it, but people like to help people."
Brown, who has worked as an ophthalmology technician and physical therapist, believes his ability to make others feel at ease will help relax patients. He said he wants to make a patient's visit to him as a PA the "highlight of their day."
"People aren't usually ecstatic about going to the doctor," he explained. "I basically want to change that narrative. I feel that's one of the strong suits I have -- being goofy, being the class clown, making people laugh. That's pretty much what I've been doing all my life."
Brown also credits his relationship with God in bringing him to his current place in life.
"As I became older and continued to challenge myself in school, I realized that my relationship with God and the people I surround myself with plays a big part into how I feel about myself and my goals and aspirations in life," he said.
About one-third of the first Ursuline PA class represents diverse populations, well above the 19.8 percent national average of diversity found in the PA field.
'Increasing representation in our diverse communities builds trust and improves patient-centered care," program director Dr. Ryan Adler said in an Ursuline news release.
More than 55 percent of the first class are from Northeast Ohio, and Adler said it is Ursuline's hope that the future PAs will stay in the area and help the local community.
Despite the level of diversity, Brown is the group's only Black member.
"Being the only African-American in the class, it was definitely a little daunting at first, because there's not a lot to relate to in certain circumstances," he said. "But I'm definitely excited to show them my culture and express to others where I came from."
He believes his career choice can serve as an inspiration to young Black people.
"When it comes to showing little Black girls and boys that they can do anything -- me, growing up in Compton, you really didn't see there any clinicians or therapists or anybody who was African-American. So me, growing up in Compton, I wanted to be that person that I didn't see when I was younger."
Brown said he was thrilled to be accepted into Ursuline's PA program.
"Oh my goodness," he said, recalling his letter of acceptance. "All the other places I applied to were out of state. So I was kind of thinking, 'How am I going to do this (if he had to move out of state)? Do I take out extra money, because my family isn't made of money.'
"I applied (to Ursuline), and they were the first people to contact me a week after the interview. I was just very, very excited."
Brown and his classmates will perform 12 months of didactic instruction, combining curriculum and hands-on technical skills, followed by 12 months of clinical experience.
Adler and his Ursuline team had been building the program for two years before the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) granted the program "Accreditation-Provisional" status.
"The status of Accreditation-Provisional recognizes Ursuline's commitment to excellence in meeting the ARC-PA standards, as well as its dedication to its future alumni," Adler said.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of physician assistants is expected to grow by 31 percent from 2019 to 2029.
Ursuline College will accept applications for its PA Class of 2024 starting April 27, 2023.
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SILVER SPRAY with Zinc - sticks to wound!
Silver Spray product is perfect for cuts, abrasions, and general wound / skin care. Silver / Zinc combination kills bacteria and fungi as well as providing a deodorizing layer of protection. Easy to apply, no-touch application provides a long lasting moisture barrier for continuous healing in active situations.
IT REALLY STICKS TO THE WOUND!!!
Don't let the small bottle fool you - we have been surprised how long it is lasting.
Touchless Silver Spray combines skin protectant ingredients- 25% Zinc Oxide/20% Dimethicone- with 25 ppm Colloidal Silver. Silver offers unique antimicrobial/antibiotic properties, which are supported by the formula's moisture barrier ingredients. No irritating preservatives, surfactants, alcohol or fragrances. Our active Silver formula reduces healing time and fights infection.
Moreover, ionic/colloidal silver is used for deodorizing and enhancing the healing skin. The product is ideal for large surface wounds that are associated with painful application and post surgery (spay or neutering) wounds. As well as severe case hot spots, rain rot, grease heel and more.
This cleared up scratches in a very short time. 2 weeks for our horse. All we did was towel dry the spot and then sprayed it on all around. It was definitely a surprise. We sprayed a few days more just in case, and the skin is back to normal. Worth every penny and we still have some left in the bottle. Don't let the size fool you. We couldn't believe it until we used it.
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Chilenophilus porosus är en mångfotingart som beskrevs av Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff 1938. Chilenophilus porosus ingår i släktet Chilenophilus och familjen storjordkrypare. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Wielansky singled to left field; Fling advanced to second.
J. Lackner singled to center field, RBI; Wielansky advanced to third; Fling scored.
Crum flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Wielansky scored.
Tornow reached first on an error by 1b; J. Lackner advanced to third.
Taylor Luckenbill singled to right field.
Dylan Jenkins doubled to right field; Taylor Luckenbill advanced to third.
Dippman advanced to third on a balk.
J. Lackner singled through the left side, RBI; Wielansky advanced to third; Dippman scored.
Nathan Madden to p for Sean Rodriquez.
Crum reached first on an error by 2b; J. Lackner advanced to second, advanced to third on the error; Wielansky scored, unearned.
Cory Fallon singled to left field.
Nick Berger singled to right field.
Fernando singled to right field.
Dippman singled to second base; Fernando advanced to third.
Fling reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; Dippman advanced to second; Fernando out at home ss to c.
Taylor Luckenbill hit by pitch.
Fernando singled to left field.
Fernando advanced to second on a passed ball.
Taylor Luckenbill singled to right field; Danny Gordon advanced to third.
Wielansky doubled to right field.
Crum reached first on an error by 3b, advanced to second on the error, RBI; Wielansky scored, unearned.
Wielansky homered to left field, RBI.
J. Lackner singled to left field.
Jack Kinney to p for Nathan Madden.
Pries to p for Houdek.
Zach Leone singled to left field.
Severance pinch hit for Kail.
Walls pinch hit for Fernando.
Walls reached first on an error by ss.
Stuursma pinch ran for Walls.
Fling doubled to right field, RBI; Stuursma scored, unearned.
Thomson pinch ran for Ostendorf.
Wielansky walked; Thomson advanced to second; Fling advanced to third.
Kaplan to c for Thomson.
Strausbaugh to lf for Severance.
Whitaker to p for Pries.
Ben Burman pinch hit for Cole Luzins.
Cameron Ott pinch hit for Cory Fallon.
Shane Turk pinch hit for Justin Miller.


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Q: How do I fix the error message "use of an internal package not allowed" when go getting a golang package? I am using go 1.5.3. I ran this
go get -x github.com/goji/goji

and I am getting this error message:
git checkout master
package github.com/goji/goji
imports goji.io/internal: use of internal package not allowed

How do I resolve this ?

A: From that goji issue 13, the right command is:
go get goji.io

That page http://goji.io/ has the go-import meta directive:
<meta name="go-import" content="goji.io git https://github.com/goji/goji">

That way, go does not consider goji.io/internal (see for instance router.go) as trying to import internal package of a "third-party".
This issue illustrates the wrong internal import case:

You are not allowed to import internal package (or its subpackages) of a third party repo.


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Ezekiel's prophecies: the Doom of Jerusalem, the Branch, the Shepherd of Israel and the Valley of Death
This is an edited version of chapter 11 of Mauro's book, 'the Hope of Israel'.
The prophecies of Ezekiel are often cited as lending support to the idea of the future re-constitution and earthly dominion of a Jewish nation. While these contain many clear warnings of judgments to come upon the house of Israel and the city of Jerusalem, they also contain predictions – not so clear perhaps as the threatened judgments, because they are prone to being interpreted according to the desires of the carnal mind – concerning the healing and recovery that would be accomplished through the work of the coming Redeemer.
We must remember when studying Old Testament prophecies that we have the New Testament as the sure guide as to their interpretation. In particular, we have these important principles: first, that all the prophecies of mercy to the Jewish people that are cited in the New Testament are declared to have their fulfilment in this present era of the Holy Spirit. For "all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after – have likewise [i.e. like Moses, who had been mentioned previously] foretold of these days" (Acts 3:24), there being no instance where the fulfilment is allocated to a future dispensation; and second, that in the New Testament all promises of future blessing for the Jews are applied to the faithful remnant and those joined with them as co-heirs together of the same promise (Ephesians 3:6).
It is very easy indeed, for it requires no searching of the Scriptures, or effort of the mind, or spiritual discernment, to say of every prophecy, concerning the Jews that it must be taken "literally," that it has not yet been fulfilled, and that it will be fulfilled to "Israel after the flesh" in a coming dispensation. Those who habitually deal with Old Testament prophecies in this manner, find the millennium a convenient, and indeed an indispensable, receptacle for all passages whose meaning is not immediately apparent. On the other hand, it generally requires both patient effort, and also real spiritual understanding, to explain a prophecy according to its true intent, and the spiritual significance of the various symbols and figures employed in it.
Keeping these facts in mind, let us take a rapid survey of the prophecies of Ezekiel that have a bearing on the subject of our present inquiry.
In chapter 14 God declares through the prophet the four sore judgments (the sword, the famine, the noisome beast and the pestilence) He purposed to bring upon Jerusalem, "to cut off from it man and beast" (v. 21). But some of its inhabitants were to be saved. For He goes on to say: "Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters" (v. 22).
Inasmuch as Isaiah had previously foretold the salvation of "a remnant" at the time when God's judgments should fall upon Israel and Jerusalem, and as Paul had explained that Isaiah's prophecy referred to those who were to be saved through the gospel, this part of Ezekiel's prophecy is quite clear.
In chapter 15, God foreshows the complete rejection of Jerusalem, under the figure of the branches of a vine, which, when broken off, are fit only for the fire (cf. John 15:6). There is no hint of mercy or of recovery in this chapter.
In chapter 16, the sins of Jerusalem are denounced as worse that those of Sodom and Samaria; for God addresses Jerusalem, saying, "As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done as thou hast done. Neither hath Samaria committed half thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they all" (vv. 48-51). And then He pronounces the irremediable doom of Jerusalem, saying: "When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then I will bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them" (v. 53). And, "When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate."
Manifestly this is just a strong way of saying that the overthrow of Jerusalem was to be forever; since the cities of the plain, and the northern kingdom, of which Samaria was the capitol city, had been completely obliterated. God had already said to the people of Israel through Moses that their overthrow would be "like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah … which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath" (Deut. 29:23). In fact, Sodom and Gomorrah are in Scripture the very type of complete and irrecoverable overthrow (See Isa. 1:8,9; Jer. 49:18; 50:40; Matt. 11:23).
God had said through Hosea, concerning the northern kingdom (Samaria), that He would "cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel," and would "no more have mercy on the house of Israel" (Hos. 1:4,6). And now God concludes His threat of judgment upon Jerusalem by saying: "For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant" (v. 59).
So there was to be a complete breach of the covenant, that had subsisted between God and the earthly Jerusalem. And will God ever mend or renew that broken covenant, and rehabilitate that doomed city and nation? Some of our modern Bible teachers say He will; and, strangely enough, they cite this very prophecy in support of that idea. But the prophecy itself goes on to declare, as Jeremiah had already foretold, that God would work out His purposes under a new and "everlasting covenant"; and that He would give to the Jerusalem of that coming day those who should be saved out of Sodom and Samaria (so to speak) "but not by thy covenant" (vv. 60,61).
It is easily to be seen, in the light of the New Testament Scriptures, and in the way that Old Testament prophecies are interpreted by Christ and Peter and Paul, that this latter part of chapter 16 is a foretelling of the work of the gospel, which was to be proclaimed "to the Jew first," and which would have the effect of separating the true "Israel" (Rom. 9:6) from the mass of the apostate nation. The words are: "Nevertheless, I will remember My covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant" (v. 60). And agreeably to this Paul declares that "as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake" (Rom. 11:28). Thus does God remember His covenant with that nation in the days of its youth, by preaching to them first, of all the peoples of the earth, the unspeakable blessings of the new covenant."
Chapter 17 foretells, in the form of a parable, God's coming judgments upon "the rebellious house" (v. 12); and it closes with a promise of Christ's coming as a "Branch," to be planted "in the mountain of the height of Israel." As this is clearly a promise concerning this gospel era (cf. Isa. 11:1; 2:2, Zech. 3:8,9; and like passages), it supplies us with a further indication that the prophets were always looking to "these days" (Acts 3:24) when they foresaw mercies in the future for the people of Israel.
Chapter 20 contains a withering indictment of the nation of Israel for its persistent sins and rebellions, first in Egypt (5-9), secondly in the wilderness (10-27), and thirdly in the land of Canaan (28-32). Therefore God says, "I will purge you out from among the rebels, and them that transgress against Me" (v. 38). This chapter also closes with a view of the true Israel on God's "holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel" (v. 40); which corresponds with "the heavenly places" mentioned in the Epistle to the Ephesians.
Chapters 21 – 23 foretell further judgments that were to fall upon Jerusalem, and give details of the general corruption of priests, prophets and people; and chapter 24 again foretells the approaching "woe to the bloody city."
Likewise the prophecy of chapter 36:21-38 is a foretelling of the present era; for the blessings of the New Covenant are distinctly foretold. The first step in the fulfilment of this prophecy was the return from Babylon (v. 24); then the preaching of Christ (v. 25, cf. John 15:3 and Heb. 10:22); then the gift of the Holy Spirit (vv. 26,27, cf. John 20:22). We have seen that His disciples are the true "Israel" and their land ("the heavenly places") is the true "Zion."
In chapter 36 God promises that He will gather His people out of all countries, will bring them into their own land, will sprinkle clean water upon them; will cleanse them from all their filthiness; will put a new heart and a new spirit within them, and will put His Spirit in them (vv. 24-27). Manifestly these are promises of gospel-blessings, with which God has now blessed His people in heavenly places – the true Zion, "their own land." For He gives them a new heart and a new spirit; with the blood of Christ He cleanses them from all sin; and He puts His own Holy Spirit in them. We have seen that the land God gave their fathers, and which they were looking for, was "a better country, even an heavenly" (Heb. 11:16; 12:22).
THE VALLEY OF THE DRY BONES
Here the same prophecy of salvation to the true Israel, the sheep who knows their Shepherd's voice, is given in the form of an allegorical vision. The Spirit of Jehovah transports the prophet from Jerusalem and sets him down in a low lying place, a "valley" which was full of bones. "And" says the prophet, "He said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live?" (v. 3).
This question gives the clue to the significance of the vision. God is bringing to mind that He is the God of Abraham, who quickens the dead (Rom. 4:17). That valley represents the dominion of sin and death (Rom. 6), and the dry bones represent the state by nature of all the Israel of God; for we were all "dead in trespasses and sin" ere He "quickened us together with Christ" (Eph. 2:1,5). This was the condition of the whole "commonwealth of Israel" (Eph. 2:12).
By this prophecy God makes known that He would employ, in the mighty work of regeneration and recreation, the same agencies He used in the old creation – the Word ("prophecy to these bones") and the Spirit ("Breath"); for the salvation of all those who compose "the Israel of God," that "holy nation," is effected by the word of the gospel, preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven (1 Peter 1:12).
The chapter foretells the gospel era beginning with the ministry of John the Baptist (who prophesied unto the dry bones of Israel). In verse 4 mention is made of the Word and in verse 9 of the Spirit. In verse 11 is foreseen "the whole house of Israel" (the true Israel), a people quickened together with Christ, baptized into His death, and made partakers of His resurrection (See John 5:25; Eph. 1:1-4; 2:5-6).
Historically, in the fulfilment of this wonderful prophecy, "when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son" – not to set up the political kingdom, for which the Jews were looking, but – "to redeem them that were under the law" – Jews (Gal. 4:4); and He spake unto them the word of life (prophesied unto the bones), the result being that there was a great stir among the Jews, "a shaking" of the bones; and that a company was formed; the bones coming together "bone to his bone." But there was as yet no live body (v. 7). But at Pentecost there came the mighty Breath of God. God began then to breath upon those who had been dead in their sins; and they lived, and "stood upon their feet." And the work begun that day has been going on ever since, until the company of the regenerated ones has become "an exceeding great army," an innumerable multitude (Rev. 7:9).
It is not to be wondered at that the Jewish rabbis should have interpreted this vision as a prophecy of the socio-political reconstruction of their nation; for they were grossly carnal in their thoughts (God's thoughts were not their thoughts, Isa. 55:8), and they were, moreover, narrowly selfish and exclusive as regards their expectations of Divine blessing. And furthermore, they were ignorant of the "mystery" of the true "Israel" (Eph. 2:12,12; 3:1-6), namely, "That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ, by (means of) the gospel."
But it a great wonder that any of those to whom that "mystery" has been revealed, and who have learned moreover, how the Old Testament prophecies are fulfilled in these days of the Holy Spirit's presence on earth, should discard what has been the accepted Christian interpretation of the prophecies for nineteen centuries, in favour of that held by those "blind leaders of the blind," whose leadership at the time of Messiah brought about the ruin of the Jewish nation.


Hyderabad: It was heartbreak for Mumbai despite registering a comprehensive seven-wicket win over Hyderabad as they failed to qualify for the knock-out round from Group A of the Vijay Hazare Trophy One-Day tournament, here today.
Tamil Nadu and Punjab qualified for the quarterfinals from Group A garnering 20 points apiece from six matches, while Mumbai could only manage 16 points from as many games.
Opting to bat, Hyderabad scored 217 for eight, which was achieved largely on the back of skipper Hanuma Vihari's 95 and Jawed Ali's unbeaten run-a-ball 44 towards trhe end.
But Mumbai chased down the target quite easily in 44.2 overs, with Akhil Herwadkar (85) and Shreyas Iyer (84) hitting the high notes.
Their 134-run stand between Herwadkar and Iyer flattened Hyderabad, even before Ajinkya Rahane made a sprightly unbeaten 31 to take Mumbai home by seven wickets.
Hyderabad: 217 for seven in 50 overs (Hanuma Vihari 95; Shardul Thakur 2/33).
Mumbai: 221 for three in 44.2 overs (Akhil Herwadkar 85, Shreyas Iyer 84; Mehdi Hasan 1/36).


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Playing With The Past
By Miriro Matema on	 April 11, 2018 Gallivant Africa
Eight hundred years ago, the Great Mosque of Kilwa was a spectacular tribute to the richest state on the East African coast. Today it is a playground. The children are a ragtag bunch with split trousers, climbing over broken walls and running under ancient alcoves tinged yellow with age. They delight in the camera. They skip between old stone pillars, shout under the domed roof of the mosque, pose in the alcove which faces Mecca, just to be seen through my lens.
Their home is in the Unesco World Heritage Site of Kilwa Kisiwani, on the southern coast of Tanzania.
The little village on the island in Kilwa Kisiwani is home to barely 1200 people, a tenth of the number who used to sleep behind its walls. Today most survive on fishing and tourism.
Kilwa was once a thriving port city straddling the trade lanes of East Africa, rich from the trade in Great Zimbabwe's gold. The city claimed dominion over most of the islands and city-states of the east coast, all the way to Mombasa in modern day Kenya, across to Madagascar, and south to Mozambique. The town's wealth was legendary, mentioned by Milton in Paradise Lost; its beauty was praised by the Arab explorer Ibn Battuta and the Portuguese captain Francisco d'Almeida; it traded with the Middle East, India, and even China, as early as the 11th century.
Today the great round towers of the 18th century Omani fortress provide shade for boat repairs.
We meet the children in the 12th century Great Mosque, playing unsupervised in their ruin.
The Great Palace of Husuni Kubwa, also built in the 12th century, is only kilometres away but we barely make it on foot. It is mid-morning during the hottest part of the year, and the heat is alive. A blanket of humidity, a tangible presence around us cut by rivers of sweat. It eventually inches into us as we dehydrate, invading our head with tendrils of pain starting above the neck and working forward. We guzzle our water as fast as we can, while our guide refuses any. He says he is fine and needs no water. I will come to miss this humid blanket when I leave Tanzania, but now I want only to hide from it.
Along the narrow winding footpath we glimpse villagers drawing water from a centuries-old well, deeper and cleaner than the new one.
Though these tours are touted as "community tourism"and the proceeds supposedly go back into the community, the people of the island are entirely uninvolved, and appear largely uninterested. Information about the village and villagers is given when asked, but not volunteered. Perhaps most tourists care only about the past.
The palace, Husuni Kubwa, is disappointing. Of its one hundred rooms, courtyard and octagonal pool built on the ede of a cliff, only the foundations are visible. The walls and roof are long gone.
But what is clear is its scope. It was huge.
There was probably a fishing community here before Persian settlers from Shiraz got rich taxing the trade of the Swahili coast. Fruit was grown locally as it is today. Meat was imported from the mainland, as it is today. Sail-powered mashua dhows still ply the channel between the village and the mainland, as they did then, carrying goods and people. Today there are fish traps along the coast under the palace pool.
Kilwa Kisiwani has gone from a small local fishing village, to a huge Persian trading hub, to a Portuguese outpost, to an Omani town, and back to a small fishing village.
The children are a ragtag bunch with split trousers, climbing over broken walls and running under ancient alcoves tinged yellow with age.
Kilwa was once a thriving port city straddling the trade lanes of East Africa, rich from the trade in Great Zimbabwe's gold. The city claimed dominion over most of the islands and city-states of the east coast, all the way to Mombasa in modern day Kenya, across to Madagascar, and south to Mozambique.
North of Kisiwani, is the sandy harbour town of Kilwa Kivinje, whose wealth was tied to the slave trade, long after its southern island neighbour had fallen to ruin. Caravans snaked across the dry hinterlands to the coast where the slaves were packed into ships headed for Zanzibar, Madagascar or Reunion. Today's big jihazi dhows ply the waters to the north and south with very different cargo.
Villagers walk at low tide to the dhows at the water's edge, returning with bright green buckets filled with fish. Thousands of tiny black crabs scuttle across the sand. Families catch boat rides to the islands of Songo Songo or Mafia, or south to Lindi.
The town bleeds history. Intricately carved doorways in the old Swahili style rot in the blistering sun, the old German boma has long lost its roof. Families have taken shelter in yesterday's colonial administration, a child shooing us away as we tentatively approach. Behind the boma are Swahili houses with broken walls, trees melting into walls melting back into trees, rubbish for floors.
Pockmarked walls are a reminder of the mangrove poles that would once have supported a roof here, a stairwell there. Open stone stairs lead into broken archways, giving a view over nothing but broken walls.
Residents wander through the ruins wearing bright yellow T-shirts made in China. Conservatively dressed Muslim women lead wide-eyed children, their toy a stick with a plastic water bottle at one end.
We meet a local elder, Simba, who's name means "lion" in Swahili. He is a welcoming, kind, gentle, and bitter old man of 69 years. He has lived through colonialism to independence, Uhuru, to Nyerere's socialist Ujamaa, to the IMF-friendly policy that the country has today. In all these years, he says, through all these disparate policies, Kilwa Kivinje did not change.
"I had a teacher, long time ago. He told me, we [Africans] just help each other to die. I remember… Now we are all waiting to die."
"There are no factories here, no work". He sees our fascination with his town, doesn't resent us for it, nor, I suspect, does he believe that a few factories will truly revive the picturesque old town's fortunes any more than will a few tourists. When we leave, he asks us for money, apologising as he does so. His tone suggests an intense dislike for this part of the 'job', and I suspect he would show us his town for free, if he could.
The hub of the region now is Kilwa Masoko. Historically the least interesting of the three settlements, this is now where the money is. Masoko is the place to find a decent hotel, with a half-dozen beach resorts providing fishing trips, safaris to Selous game reserve, or excursions to the nearby islands. We stayed on the beach, in a bright blue chalet with wonderful sunrise views across the sea and excellent food, coconut calamari and grilled tuna.
Cheaper but decent lodging can be found in town, where the few restaurants serve the standard fare of ugali (maize meal) or chips with some kind of meat in tomato sauce or fried fish. It is almost as good as it is cheap, and is eaten with the hands in the Swahili style.
In sharp contrast to Kivinje, Masoko is modern, solid, and clean. Banks have replaced empty houses, restaurants have replaced crumbling walls, accountants saunter past the market in crisp suits. It's a useful gateway to the region in general and to Kisiwani in particular. It's from here that the local boats and the expensive tours from the big hotels leave for the old ruins.
In the microscosm of time that is Kilwa, Masoko is the new, Kivinje is the old, and Kisiwani is the eternal.
This article was written by MATHIEU DASNOIS
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Idris Elba Directs Short Film for New Song
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music Videos, Videos, Electronic, New Releases,
Idris Elba has directed a new short film for a track produced by Dutch DJ R3hab.
The actor chose to work on the promo for the song "Unstoppable," featuring Eva Simons, which will be included on the Pepsi Max Beats of the Beautiful Game album to celebrate the World Cup this year, because he loved the idea of being unstoppable. Idris, who has also achieved success as a DJ, said, "When I first heard the song I really loved the idea of being unstoppable ... it's self belief, its someone that just says, 'Guess what? I can do anything I want to do.'"
The six-minute video (seen after the jump) is set in the 1970s and features a group of teenagers on a school bus, outlining "the nerd," "the lads" and "the popular girls," who are all in different social circles. The promo tackles bullying and eventually shows the school nerd throwing away his glasses, standing up for himself and showing off his skills in a game of football as the girls watch one.
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Fan Sues Skrillex Over Stage Diving
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Gossip, Electronic,
Skrillex is reportedly being sued after he landed on a fan on while stage diving at a gig in 2012.
The 26-year-old musician - real name Sonny Moore - could be forced to pay out after Jennifer Fraissl allegedly filed a lawsuit against him, claiming she suffered a stroke as a result of the trauma.
The female supporter claims Skrillex asked the crowd at the Belasco theater in Los Angeles to move forward so that he could leap from the stage and crowd surf. However, Jennifer was stood at the front, so it was impossible for her to get out of the tight spot among the other fans, which resulted in her allegedly being injured by the star. Jennifer is reportedly claiming for unspecified damages, medical expenses and loss of income.
According to TMZ.com, both Skrillex and the nightclub have been named in the lawsuit as she believes the event organizers failed to step in and stop the star from behaving recklessly on their premises.
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Charli XCX Wants to Write for Hilary Duff
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Collaborations, Gossip, Electronic, Pop,
Charli XCX wants to write a song for Hilary Duff.
The 21-year-old singer/songwriter, who is behind Icona Pop's hit "I Love It," is eager to be involved in Hilary's first album in five years, after she submitted a song for Britney Spears' latest record.
"I want to write a song for someone like Hilary Duff, she's making a comeback and I want to be involved, it would be awesome. The Britney song didn't get used but there might be something with Icona Pop's next record and there's a lot of cool things in the pipeline," Charli said.
Meanwhile, the "Stay Away" singer is also focused on recording her own album, the follow-up to last year's True Romance, which she promises will be "aggressive." She told BANG Showbiz, "I've been working on my second record for four months, mainly in Stockholm. It's very much punk inspired, it's way less electronic but it's not going to be a massive departure for people who liked my first record. It's still a pop album but it's aggressive. I've been listening to The Hives a lot. I've written about 20 songs for it, I feel like I'm eight songs in [recording] but that could all change, I could decide I hate them. I want to have it done by February."
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Daft Punk Wins Big at Grammy Awards
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Awards, Dance, Electronic, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, New Releases,
Daft Punk scooped Best Song and Best Album at the Grammy Awards Sunday night.
The French duo took him Best Album for Random Access Memories and both Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo or Group performance for their collaboration with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, "Get Lucky."
The duo - Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, clad in their trademark robot suits - didn't speak as they accepted their trophies, but Pharrell gave thanks on their behalf while collecting Record of the Year. "I supposed the robots would like to thank ... you know, honestly, I bet France is really proud of these guys right now," he said.
Lorde took home the third big prize of the night, winning Song of the Year, for her debut single and breakthrough hit, "Royals." Accepting the trophy she paid tribute to co-writer Joel Little, adding, "Thank you to everyone who has let the song explode, because it's been mental."
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Taylor Swift to Perform at Grammy Awards
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Awards, Performances, Alternative, Country, Dance, Electronic, Folk, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock,
Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Pink are among the artists set to perform at the Grammy Awards later this month.
The "Just Give Me a Reason" hitmaker is set to perform the duet, nominated for Song of the Year, with indie rocker Nate Ruess from FUN, while Katy will sing her recent hit "Roar" at the 56th ceremony at Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 26.
"Everything Has Changed" singer Taylor, who is nominated for Album of the Year, Best Country Song, Best Country Duo/Pop Performance and Best Country Album, will also take to the stage.
Other performers will include Kendrick Lamar, Metallica, Imagine Dragons, T.I., Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and Robin Thicke, who will sing his hit "Blurred Lines" alongside the '70s and '80s band Chicago, whose "The Chicago Transit Authority" album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this year.
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Rick Ross Suing LMFAO Over "Party Rock Anthem" Lyrics
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Rick Ross is suing LMFAO over some of their "Party Rock Anthem" lyrics.
The 37-year-old rapper has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the electropop duo after claiming the pair's use of phrase "everyday I'm shuffling" in the 2010 chart-topper is too similar to the phrase "everyday I'm hustlin,'" which was on his 2006 hit "Hustlin." He alleges LMFAO's lyric is an "obvious attempt to capitalize on the fame and success of 'Hustlin'" and is "performed in a manner to sound like" Ross' own.
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Daft Punk to Play at Grammy Awards
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Awards, Performances, Dance, Electronic, Hip-Hop & Rap, New Releases,
Daft Punk will perform at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in 2014.
The "One More Time" hitmakers are set to play material from their fourth studio album Random Access Memories for the first time during the ceremony on January 26 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The duo - which includes Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Tomas Bangalter - have been nominated for four awards in the ceremony. These include Album of the Year and Best Dance/Electronica Album for Random Access Memories and Record of the Year and Best Pop Group performance for "Get Lucky," which features Pharrell Williams and was co-written with Nile Rodgers.
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Lindsay Lohan Hits the Recording Studio Again
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Rumors, Upcoming Releases, Dance, Electronic, Pop,
Lindsay Lohan wants to reignite her music career.
\The 27-year-old actress, who released her debut album, Speak in December 2004, is interested in moving on from her pop past and spent some time experimenting with Electronic Dance Music (EDM) tracks in a recording studio in New York City last weekend.
A source told gossip website TMZ.com that Lindsay, who signed a recording contract with Casablanca Records, headed by Tommy Mottola in 2004, is eager to ink a new deal with a label but hasn't signed anything yet. The insider said that The Canyons star has also been in touch with her friends in the industry, including Lady Gaga and ex-boyfriend Max George from The Wanted, to ask them for advice and support.
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Jay Z Leads Grammy Nominations
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Awards, Country, Dance, Electronic, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock,
Jay Z leads the way in the 2014 Grammy Awards shortlist with nine nominations.
The star has picked up several nods ahead of the ceremony next year including two in both the Best Music Video and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration categories. He was also nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album and Best Recording Package.
Nominations were revealing during a special live concert last night and Jay Z's collaborator Justin Timberlake is also in the running to dominate the ceremony in January. As well as being nominated alongside his friend in four categories, the "Mirrors" hitmaker is on the shortlist for Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best R&B Song.
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 26, and the duo face stiff competition across all categories.
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Chris Martin's Skeleton DJ Disguise
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Performances, Alternative, Electronic, Rock,
Chris Martin disguised himself as a skeleton to DJ at an Arcade Fire show.
Concert-goers were completely unaware the Coldplay frontman was in the fancy dress outfit spinning records at the band's show at London's Roundhouse earlier this month.
Speaking about the gig - in which fans were asked to attend in either formal wear or fancy dress - frontman Win Butler told BBC Radio 2, "[Chris] was out at the DJ booth with me the other night wearing a skull mask. It was pretty cool. He was the hype man, he's an amazing hype man." When quizzed as to whether the audience recognized Chris, the "After-Life" singer replied ,"I don't think so."
Win also hinted Arcade Fire will be appearing at UK festivals next summer, but remained tight lipped as to which events they would perform at, teasing "get your wellies ready" and saying he had recently bought his six-month-old son his first pair of wellington boots in preparation for the festival season.
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View photos, watch videos and get a quote on a new 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan in San Rafael, CA.
Drivers in the San Rafael area, and near the North Bay Area and Oakland, searching for a stylish SUV, may get awestruck by the design that the 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan has. It has striking contours and lines, and available radiant LED headlights that offer an Adaptive Front-lighting System that can move with your SUV while you turn. The cabin sports a cleverly redesigned interior that has impeccable craftsmanship. Made up of contemporary accents and enhanced rear legroom, traveling in the new Volkswagen SUV is luxurious. With an available third row, you can bring more friends along or store more items for your epic journeys.
The new 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan gets equipped with many exciting features. There's the innovative Volkswagen Car-Net® App-Connect that allows you to easily connect your compatible smartphone and use your favorite apps right on the large touchscreen. You can access fun-to-use elements such as Bluetooth®, Apple CarPlay™, Android Auto™, and more. You also get the convenience of a USB port, Rear View Camera System, and folding second-row.
Having peace of mind while traveling in your new SUV may be at the top of your list. The 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan takes safety to new heights with its available amenities. In addition to its solid construction with front and rear crumple zones, there are offered features like Pedestrian Monitoring, a Blind Spot Monitor, and an Overhead View Camera. Do you want to be able to park your SUV without a problem? If you opt for the Park Distance Control feature, sensors can assist you while backing out or driving into a parking space. If you do a lot of highway travel throughout Marin County or Sonoma County, the available Adaptive Cruise Control can come in handy. You can keep a secure distance from the vehicle in front of yours with this useful feature.
Do you want to feel secure in a variety of driving conditions? The 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan offers 4MOTION® all-wheel drive for the right amount of power and traction through various scenarios. You can use the available driving modes to select a performance that is right for your driving conditions at the moment. Want added power throughout your adventures? With the available turbocharged engine and 8-speed automatic transmission with Sport mode, your explorations will be thrilling.
If traveling in style and with a plethora of features around you sounds like your perfect ride, visit us at Sonnen Volkswagen to explore our 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan inventory. We can provide you with more details about the vehicle, as well as set up a test drive so you can experience all the vehicle offers for yourself.
Visit Sonnen Volkswagen for a great deal on a new 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan. Our sales team is ready to show you all of the features that you will find in the Volkswagen Tiguan and take you for a test drive in the San Rafael Area. At our Volkswagen dealership you will find competitive prices, a stocked inventory of 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan cars and a helpful sales team. Stop by our car dealership today and take a 2019 Volkswagen for a spin.


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flowers mostly 6–8 cm wide in life, capsules rounded-triangular in cross- section, lacking longitudinal ridges, and seeds D-shaped in outline (vs. I. ensata, with flowers 8–15 cm wide in life, capsules terete or nearly so in cross-section with 6 longitudinal ridges, and seeds +/- circular in outline).
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UPDATE 8/20/2018 @ 9:15 PM: Mr. Eli Powers has been located and is safe.
The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating a critical missing male.
On August 20, 2018, at about 1:00 p.m., Eli Powers was last seen on foot in the 7800 block of Querida Lane. Mr. Powers is a White male, 21 years old, 6 feet tall, weighs 170 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a black shirt with a Public Enemy logo, and green shorts. Eli Powers may be a danger to himself and in need of assistance.
If you see Eli Powers please call 9-1-1 or the Dallas Police Department at 214-671-4268.


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The Current State of Dolphin on Android
Συντάχθηκε από τον JMC47 στις 04/08/2018
Dolphin on Android has had a bit of a checkered history since its inception. Users loved the idea of being able to take their favorite GameCube and Wii games on the go, but expectations and reality have never quite aligned. When Dolphin was first uploaded to the Play Store, developers tried to make it absolutely clear games wouldn't be playable, even going as far as calling it "Dolphin Emulator Alpha". Unfortunately, despite many warnings, many people got their hopes up the moment they saw Dolphin was on the appstore and were ready to play their favorite games, even if their device wasn't. While not everyone had false pretenses as to what should be possible, a lot of users blamed Dolphin for being poorly optimized rather than understanding that it wasn't even meant to run full speed yet.
The endless stream of poor ratings and angry comments eventually reached a breaking point and Dolphin was removed from the Play store mid 2016. That didn't mean development on Dolphin on Android had ceased, though. Instead, builds were provided on our download page, safely tucked away from the majority of users who may not understand the current state of the app.
Suddenly, earlier this month, the Official Dolphin Android app returned to the Google Play Store* complete with all the latest and greatest improvements featured in the Progress Reports!
After a 2 years break, Dolphin for Android is back on the Play Store! From now on, our beta versions will be updated there every month (synced with our monthly Progress Reports).
Give it a try at https://t.co/MNlT39Fc2r
(No, your potato phone still won't run games at 60FPS.)
— Dolphin Emulator (@Dolphin_Emu) August 3, 2018
On July 13th, 2008, Dolphin went open source, now just over ten years ago. While it could be easy to drift off into how much things have changed... there's one particular feature that has never quite lived up to the hype despite debuting that very same year - netplay.
As surprising as it may sound Dolphin Netplay has been around since the emulator went open source. For roughly a decade, users have tried their hand at taming the beast of synchronizing multiple instances of a GameCube and Wii despite their relative complexities. Netplay allows users to run the same instance of game on multiple computers by having two or more emulators in the exact same state, only transferring inputs between one another. By staying in lockstep like this, theoretically the emulators' states will never diverge assuming perfect determinism. This would allow people across the world to play a game together, even if it only featured local multiplayer on the console.
The problem has always been attaining that determinism. Back in the early days of netplay, it didn't especially matter what settings were used; Dolphin wasn't deterministic enough to stay in lockstep for very long. Then in the early days of the 3.0 era, it was finally possible to stay synced - if you were willing to sacrifice audio and performance. Early netplayers would hack up Dolphin to reduce requirements with 30 FPS hacks to Super Smash Bros. Melee, hacks to LLE audio to make it slow down less during attacks, and much more.
Despite the stutters and desyncs, some serious Melee players saw the potential and kept with the project. It wasn't until New-AX-HLE Audio (part 2) hit Dolphin that audio was both performant and deterministic enough to use in netplay. By the time Dolphin 4.0 rolled around, netplay had become a staple for Melee users and could be used by advanced users willing to suffer through some annoying quirks.
In the last few years, a focus has gone toward adding highly requested features to make netplay easier to use. Dolphin's STUN service allows some users who cannot port-forward play on netplay without issues, saves can be disabled to make synchronizing party games easier. But the one constant is that despite all these advances, simply getting netplay to work was a chore and crashes were common even if you did everything right.
Getting netplay into a more user-friendly state has been quite the process. In July, we saw some of the most drastic changes to netplay that we've seen in the past couple of years! Emulated Wii Remotes also saw huge usability improvements and some non-NVIDIA Android devices will finally be able to use Dolphin's Vulkan backend. If that wasn't enough, spycrab0 delivered some very big improvements to the DolphinQt GUI to give a new way to display your favorite games in the gamelist. Let's not delay any longer, please enjoy this month's Dolphin Progress Report.
Myth Debugging: Is the Wii More Demanding to Emulate than the GameCube?
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On the Dolphin Forums, one of the more common questions that come up is "How come I can emulate this Wii game just fine but this GameCube game is slow?" While those more knowledgeable about the intricacies of emulation may roll their eyes, it does warrant some explanation. Usually when stepping down from a newer console emulator to an older console emulator, the minimum requirements for emulation drop significantly. While there are some exceptions when dealing with exceptionally obtuse hardware, that concern doesn't hold up here: The GameCube and Wii, …
While we prefer to get these progress reports shortly after the turn of the month, sometimes things happen out of our control. June wasn't exactly a slow month, but it was backloaded with tons of changes that we weren't expecting to get merged so soon.
Due to some big late merges, the Progress Report will be a little late this month. But our blog writers are working hard, and hopefully it will be ready soon! pic.twitter.com/buZTILauRl
— Dolphin Emulator (@Dolphin_Emu) July 2, 2018
Sometimes delays are inevitable, but the notable changes that we were able to include thanks to extending the deadline should more than make up for the several day wait. You've been waiting long enough - without further delay, please enjoy this month's notable changes.
Dolphin Progress Report: April and May 2018
Users of Dolphin may have noticed that things look a little bit different in the GUI. That's right, mid-April DolphinQt was unleashed to the masses as the default GUI! It hasn't been without some expected headaches and growing pains, but, overall most of the features are working and the transition is going along as smoothly as we could have hoped. For those having problems, the DolphinWx.exe is still included and will be updated with all the core changes.
Considering that we spent a whole monthly article on Qt, let's get into some actual emulator changes. In between the mountain of Qt changes has been an explosion of progress and fixes hitting everything from CPU edge-cases to Vertex Loader fixes! With that, please enjoy this month's notable changes!
The Legend of Dolphin: A Lens Between Worlds
Chapter 1: The Will of the Old Gods¶
Within the Kingdom of Dolphin, a legend has been passed from generation to generation. While many of the facts have long turned to myth, fragments of this tale are echoed to this day.
This tale began way back in the ancient times known as "2003" when the Old Gods sought to create a wondrous tool that would allow denizens of the PC realm to peer into that of the GameCube dimension. Behind …
Dolphin Progress Report: February and March 2018
February came and went quietly, especially on the blog. While we do prefer to run a Progress Report every month, we were put into a bit of a bind. February saw a lot of interesting changes - but most of them were setting up for changes that weren't quite ready to be merged yet. Rather than rushing things or writing a Progress Report about things that would be coming soon, we decided to wait.
Well this Progress Report is no April Fools' joke - a lot of big changes landed! While a lot of what's important is under the hood, some of what has been finished has major user facing implications as well. If you were sad about missing a Progress Report for February, have no fear, this double report should more than make up for the lengthy delay!
Because so many of the changes rely on one another, we're going to be jumping around quite a bit between the two months. So hold on tight, and get ready. This is a big one.


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Ambulance Victoria boss explains 'worst..
Ambulance Victoria boss explains 'worst case scenario' plan for paramedics
Defence force personnel are being sent to Victoria to help paramedics cope with the coronavirus pandemic, but the Ambulance Victoria boss is hoping they'll never be utilised.
Under the plan, ADF personnel would go out on the road with paramedics and provide assistance through tasks including using stretchers and driving, if too many paramedics come in contact with coronavirus.
Ambulance Victoria CEO, Tony Walker, says ADF staff may be seen on the road with paramedics as early as next week, but that doesn't mean the 'worst case scenario' plan has been activated.
"We'll start some on-boarding over the next week or two … so people might see defence force personnel working with our paramedics," he told Neil Mitchell.
"It's been part of our plans for some time, as part of our worst case scenario.
"I'm hoping we won't have to ever get to the point of exercising this."
Mr Walker said the strategy is a safeguard in case Melbourne reaches a situation like the one seen in many overseas cities.
"If we get to a point where we have, for example, 30 or 40 per cent of our workforce off because of furlough or illness, and we see significant increase in demand, we've got a number of agencies in play to assist us," he said.
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Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries' lead singer, died on Monday in London, according to a statement released by her publicist. She was 46 years old.
The Cranberries, from Limerick, Ireland, rose to international fame in the mid-'90s with hits such as Zombie, Linger and Dreams. Over the course of their career, the Cranberries sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.
Tune in to VOLUME (Ch.106) as they pay tribute to O'Riordan on Feedback (7 am ET) and Debatable (4 pm ET).
Additionally, Lithium (Ch. 34) will re-air an in-studio performance from The Cranberries, which was recorded in 2012. Hear Lithium Live: The Cranberries on 1/17 at 9 pm ET; 1/18 at 9 am & 4 pm ET; 1/19 at 12 pm ET; 1/20 at 9 pm ET; 1/21 at 3 pm ET.
You can hear music by The Cranberries on Lithium (Ch. 34), PopRocks (Ch. 17) and 90s on 9.


The 5th unit of "Mesogeios" Group is located in Kalamata and more specifically in Fyties Messini. This unit opened in February 2009 and accommodates the needs of the local community, as well as of patients-visitors of the wider area of Messini.
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Q: can kafka consumers with same group.id consume different topics separately We have multiple kafka consumers on different hosts.
Consumer-1 (on server-1) consumes data from Topic-1.

Consumer-2 (on server-2) consumes data from Topic-2.

The group.id of Consumer-1 and Consumer-2 are the same.

It's expected that Consumer-1 and Consumer-2 can run separately to process message from Topic-1 and Topic-2.
However, we found that sometimes when we reboot Consumer-2 (on server-2) it will try to fetch metadata about Topic-1 and failed finally. If we reboot it again, it may fetch metadata about Topic-2 and works as expected.
I'm confused and find out this page , if it's correct, the key for topic re-balance is like (topic:consumer_group_id) , why it's not stable?
We are using kafka version 0.11.0.1.

A: Use Manual partition assignment Consumer.assign method instead of subscribe. With assign, you have more control over which topic-partition a consumer should read data from. You can also commit the offset in Kafka with the same group.id
NOTE: With assign mechanism, there won't be any rebalance mechanism happens within the group.


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Аарон Зельтцер (; род. 12 января 1974, Миссиссога, Онтарио) — американский киносценарист, режиссёр и продюсер.

Биография
Родился в Миссиссоге, Онтарио, Канада.

Известен фильмами-пародиями в соавторстве с Джейсоном Фридбергом. Трижды был выдвинут на получение пародийной премии «Золотая малина» в общей сложности в пяти номинациях.

Фильмография

Режиссёр
 Киносвидание (2006)
 Очень эпическое кино (2007)
 Знакомство со спартанцами (2008)
 Нереальный блокбастер (2008)
 Вампирский засос (2010)
 Очень голодные игры (2013)
 Суперфорсаж (2015)

Сценарист
 Неистребимый шпион (1996)
 Очень страшное кино (2000)
 Киносвидание (2006)
 Очень эпическое кино (2007)
 Знакомство со спартанцами (2008)
 Нереальный блокбастер (2008)
 Вампирский засос (2010)
 Очень голодные игры (2013)

Продюсер
 Очень эпическое кино (2007)
 Знакомство со спартанцами (2008)
 Нереальный блокбастер (2008)
 Вампирский засос (2010)
 Очень голодные игры (2013)

Награды и номинации
 «Золотая малина», 2008 — номинация в категории «Худший сценарий», Очень эпическое кино
 «Золотая малина», 2009 — номинации в категориях «Худший сценарий» и «Худшая режиссура», Нереальный блокбастер
 «Золотая малина», 2011 — номинации в категориях «Худший сценарий» и «Худшая режиссура», Вампирский засос

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Сценаристы США
Кинорежиссёры США


Capilation2022 Never dissapoints <3 Favorite track: Tour de Force.
Drums recorded in Paris and music recorded in Nairobi in June 2015.
Charif Megarbane: drums, electric and acoustic guitar, electric sitar, electric bass, keys, farfisa, glockenspiel, vibraphone, mandolin, harpsichord, stylophone, flutes, bandoneon, melodica, percussion, vocals.
This album is released under non-commercial creative commons license by Hisstology Records, 2015.
HST61 – Hisstology Records, 2015.


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Cam is a 2018 American psychological horror film directed by Daniel Goldhaber and written by Isa Mazzei from a story by Goldhaber, Mazzei and Isabelle Link-Levy. The story is partially drawn from writer Mazzei's own experience working as a camgirl. The film is the first feature film for both Goldhaber and Mazzei.

It stars Madeline Brewer, Patch Darragh, Melora Walters, Devin Druid and Michael Dempsey. It is a co-production between Divide/Conquer, Blumhouse Productions and Gunpowder & Sky.

The film premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 18, 2018, and was released on November 16, 2018, by Netflix. It received a largely positive reception from critics, who praised the atmosphere, direction, and Brewer's performance.

Plot
Alice Ackerman works as a camgirl on a website called FreeGirlsLive, broadcasting sexually promiscuous live shows from a studio she has set up in her home under the name "Lola_Lola". She is obsessed with her rank on the site, hoping to be number 1, a spot currently held by a camgirl named BabyGirl. Her mother is unaware of her career, believing that she works in web development. Her younger brother, Jordan, knows about Alice's job and has agreed to keep it a secret, though he persuades Alice to tell their mother the truth someday. During one livestream, Alice simulates her suicide by slitting her own throat using fake blood, which greatly increases her popularity. Alice has two loyal viewers, Barney and Arnold (also known as "Tinker"), whom she regularly engages in private video calls with. She soon learns that Barney will be in her area next week, and agrees to meet up for a date. Alice also recognizes Arnold in a store, and realizes that he has moved to her state.

During her next show, Alice finally reaches the top 50, but her rank quickly drops due to a rival camgirl known as Princess_X. She is able to bring her rank up to 47 with a successful joint show featuring another camgirl, Fox. The following morning, Alice finds that she cannot access her FGL account, but that Lola is still active and currently streaming. Curious, she logs into a spare account to watch the stream to find that the channel has been taken over by someone with her exact appearance and mannerisms – even the studio is an exact replica of Alice's studio in her home.

Alice contacts the site's customer service, believing that they are replaying old shows, but they assure her that this is impossible. When Alice messages the channel, the "Lola" on-screen responds to her and addresses her directly, proving that the stream is in fact live. Alice confides in her fellow camgirls about the situation, and accuses Princess_X of being the one responsible for it, but Princess swears her innocence.

Alice continues to try and access her FGL account, as well as create a new one, but all her attempts fail. At Jordan's birthday party, a fight breaks out between him and his friends after they happen across one of Alice's streams and ridicule her, which causes her mother to inadvertently find out the truth. A humiliated Alice panics and leaves. That night, the fake Lola hosts a show in which she stages her own suicide by shooting herself in the mouth. It causes Alice to have a panic attack, and she contacts the police, who are largely unhelpful and judgmental. When the fake Lola announces an upcoming joint show with BabyGirl, Alice unsuccessfully attempts to get in contact with Baby, though she grows suspicious when Baby uses the same phrases in her stream that the fake Lola did.

During her date with Barney, Alice cleverly manages to get him to reveal Baby's hometown. She excuses herself to the bathroom to further investigate on her phone, but "Lola" goes live right at that moment. Barney confronts and assaults her, accusing her of lying about her identity to try and scam him, but Alice manages to free herself. Alice uses the information provided by Barney to find Baby's real name, which is Hannah Darin, and discovers that the real Hannah had passed away in a car crash six months prior – meaning that she has been replaced by a doppelgänger as well. She searches for other camgirls that she assumes to be doppelgängers and notices that each of the fake girls have Arnold as their top friend. She seeks him out at a motel he mentioned he was staying at earlier, tearfully begging for his help. He offers to let her stay the night at his motel out of concern for her safety. Alice wakes up in the middle of the night to find Arnold in the bathroom, masturbating while in a private cam session with Lola. An enraged Alice demands answers from Arnold, who reveals that he knows about the replicas, but insists that he is not behind them. Alice then talks to the fake Lola from Arnold's computer, who appears to be oblivious to the fact that they are identical. She angrily leaves, ignoring Arnold's pleas with her to stay.

Alice goes home and sets up her vanity mirror, camera, and television in a position that creates an illusion showing multiples of her. She joins a private cam session with the fake Lola (who once again doesn't recognize her) and suggests that they go live together. The fake Lola enthusiastically agrees and viewers chalk up the two Lolas to special effects. Alice challenges Lola to a game – they must imitate each other; whoever the viewers think does the best wins. If Alice wins, she gets to ask anything of Lola. Alice is declared the winner after breaking her own nose, and she demands Lola's account password. She then deletes Lola's account just as it reaches the number 1 rank.

Some time later, she prepares to start a live show under a new account, with her mother assisting. The film ends as she starts all over again with a new identity.

Cast

Production
Screenwriter Isa Mazzei, a former cam girl herself, wanted to create a documentary film about cam girls. She decided that a documentary was not the best medium, telling Vice, "I felt like often, for people that I talk to about camming, no matter how much I would explain it or show it to them, they still didn't fully get it." She decided a horror film would be a better way to present the story.

Much of the story was drawn from Mazzei's own experience as a cam girl. The story element of Lola having her image stolen came from Mazzei having her camming videos pirated and reposted without crediting her. Alice's interactions with the police officers are taken from Mazzei and other sex workers' experiences of being dismissed and hit on when reaching out for help. According to Mazzei, the question one of the police officers asks her, "What's the weirdest thing you've ever had to do?", was actually asked of her by several Hollywood executives in meetings once they learned that she had previously worked as a cam model.

Mazzei and director Daniel Goldhaber had been friends since high school, and he had previously directed some of her pornographic videos. Goldhaber's directing credits had previously only been shorts and student films.

The film was shot over 20 days. Principal photography on the film began on March 27, 2017. The film wrapped on April 23, 2017.

The film has a joint opening credit "A Film by Isa Mazzei & Daniel Goldhaber", in place of the traditional opening credit which only credits the director. According to Mazzei and Goldhaber this was done as "a rebuke to director-oriented auteurship".

Release
The film had its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 18, 2018. Shortly after, Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released on November 16, 2018.

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of  based on  reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads, "Smart and suspenseful, CAM is a techno-thriller that's far more than the sum of its salacious parts – and an outstanding showcase for Madeline Brewer in the leading role." Metacritic reports a weighted average score 71 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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2018 films
2018 directorial debut films
2018 horror films
2018 horror thriller films
2018 psychological thriller films
2010s mystery thriller films
2010s psychological horror films
American horror thriller films
American mystery thriller films
American psychological horror films
American psychological thriller films
Blumhouse Productions films
Films about the Internet
Films about social media
American mystery horror films
Nudity in film
English-language Netflix original films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films