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As an iconic global brand, Nike's communications are all about high performance. Every consumer touchpoint needs to deliver consistency, quality and impact. For the past two years, we've been working with Nike to create retail experiences that meet these exacting standards and keep them ahead of the competition.
Nike is a byword for high achievement and inspiration. But to maintain its global success, the brand needs to protect its well-crafted reputation in partner retail environments. Our work with Nike for Sports Direct and Lillywhites focuses on elevating the brand's in-store environment – spanning retail comms, merchandising principles and digital fixtures.
From launching campaigns through to implementing a new digital strategy, we push for creative excellence across every element to craft compelling brand and product stories.
Retail and advertising campaign – Lillywhites Piccadilly Circus
To celebrate Nike's new sponsorship deals with London-based Premier League clubs Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, we transformed an entire floor of Lillywhites' flagship Piccadilly Circus store.
In-store, we created a 'football journey' for customers – redesigning the 'Lillywhites Bootroom' category area to incorporate digital elements and build product stories. Our team also reviewed the store's merchandising, incorporating more graphic opportunities to break up stock density, making products easier to shop.
We also promoted the 'Home of Football' campaign extensively across London – encompassing digital, social, large scale advertising and OOH on the city's transport network.
Telling a tale of greatness
Retail, digital and advertising campaign – CR7
Aligning their brand with the world's biggest sports performers is a key part of Nike's strategy. To support the launch of a new football boot inspired by the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo, CR7 splits into seven 'chapters', each part of the campaign introduces a new visual treatment for each stage of Ronaldo's story.
CR7 chapter 5 'Cut to Brilliance' is inspired by Ronaldo's move to Real Madrid, where his appetite for scoring goals and his brilliance on the pitch was unrivalled and revered.
Using bespoke 'art-style' installations, our bold store comms created unique stand-out in the Sports Direct retail environment, while our 'Lift & Learn' touch-table allows customers to learn more about the product through a hands-on experience. The campaign also includes a full SDI.com and soccerscene.co.uk website takeover, all designed and produced by our in-house team.
A different kind of brand space
Interior design – head office
We were briefed to refresh the existing environment to create a more effective workspace for the Nike team. The space needed to be an agile environment that could flex to suit the needs of the users whilst communicating the brands values. We created a block plan that focused on prioritising the quality of the team's workspace placing people next to natural light and allowing the team to flex their space depending on the type of task.
Private focus desks are dispersed with collaboration spaces and whiteboard walls. We added a kitchen/diner to act as a heart to the space – a place to hang out and socialise. Presentation spaces were redefined to move from fixed rooms to a more flexible set of components and freestanding walls that allow categories to grow and shrink as required.
The completed space includes a map showing where Nike was founded, an archive image of a personal message written by its founder Bill Bowerman, and a commissioned illustration by Edward Fairbairn. Rather than using standard wall coverings, we laser-cut archive photography into screens which became the walls themselves. These were all then painstakingly set out, scaled and hand drawn in situ to create a powerful piece of brand art that commanded attention.
Our idea was to bring the passion, technology and craft back into branded art installations by authentically communicating Nike's dedication, telling the story of the business and representing the brand values.
A First for Sports Direct
The CR7 chapter 3 'Explosive Speed' was inspired by Ronaldo's incredible physical attributes that make him one of the quickest, most agile players in the world. CR7 chapter 3 was the first-ever Nike-focused TV commercials broadcast by Sports Direct.
The CR7 chapter 4 'Forged for Greatness' campaign tells the story of Ronaldo's time at Manchester United. A time that shaped him into the player he is today, the hard knocks, the hours on the training pitch and the big names that pushed him on to greatness. The campaign also includes a full Sports Direct website takeover, all designed and produced by our in-house team.
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Honestly…….how do you do your editing? There are so many fabulous editing tools, it's hard to decide which I like best. But I am currently in love with Lightroom Presets! With just one click of the mouse, my image can changed in oh so many ways……..and of course kept original at the same time with Lightroom.
I could literally spend hours just playing in Lightroom and changing one photo in so many ways and still can't decide which preset I like best! And I simply am spending way too much time editing.
My original edit normally consists of bumping up the clarity (which I have set as a preset when importing my images – boom! done!). Then I'll try an auto tone and maybe check the white balance, MAYBE fiddle with the saturation, vibrance, and contrast or play with the curves. But this is the EASY part.
THEN it comes time to decide on which Lightroom preset I may want to treat my image with. To name a few, I have presets from Kim Klassen, MCP Action Presets, Pretty Presets, OnOne Presets……..and more. And of course I consider using external editors such as Rad Lab and Topaz Labs (BOTH of which I adore!).
So I ask you, what's a gal to do? How do you decide which way to edit your images? I just know I need to cut down on my editing time so I'm thinking…..choose one of the external editors OR just a couple presets each time I edit and then change it up the next time. I can be SO indecisive sometimes……good grief!
I'll begin by showing you just one of my basic edited images because they are all pretty much the same light conditions and were edited in my basic BASIC way. Then I'll move onto the various images and share which preset and/or external editor I used.
I got out a few of my Vintage Tulip Bowls, a couple vintage cook books, an old wooden spoon, a couple white sheets and my favorite go-to cheesecloth. I hung one white sheet from our sliding glass doors to filter the light and put the other sheet on top of a card table. Then I arranged the cheesecloth and other props and began shooting. (I forgot to shoot a pull back image).
I first used a sharpening preset by Pretty Presets on all these images. On this one, I also added 2 presets by Kim Klassen…….kk-lightly and kk-breathe.
Then I got in a bit closer for this one – same editing as before.
I removed the book and applied Kim's kk-quietdreams preset to this one with just a small tweak to the preset.
I love how the presets can create such a dreamy effect to the images.
I grabbed a different cook book, moved in close, and applied Kim's kk-hazey preset to this one.
And for the final image in this set, I moved back out, changed the spoon around and decided I hadn't done any black and whites in quite some time. I used Rad Lab's Magical Black and White on this one.
I know I spent a good hour to an hour and a half on preset experimentation with these images. I still haven't decided which one is my favorite.
I'm thinking of doing a series, using just one still life and showing various presets used, maybe a week of presets……sound good?
Can you pick a favorite? I'd love to hear.


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Spain striker Torres retires from soccer
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"After 18 exciting years, the time has come to put an end to my football career," Torres wrote on Twitter. (File photo: AFP)
Spain's World Cup-winning striker Fernando Torres announced his retirement from football on Friday, bringing an end to a glittering 18-year career.
Torres, who scored more than 100 goals across two spells at his boyhood club Atletico Madrid, also played for Premier League sides Liverpool and Chelsea and Italy's AC Milan.
He left Atletico to join Japan's Sagan Tosu in July last year but has struggled to hit the heights of his best days at Atletico and Liverpool at the J-League side.
"After 18 exciting years, the time has come to put an end to my football career," the 35-year-old wrote on Twitter, adding that he would hold a news conference in Japan on Sunday to explain his decision.
Torres made his Spain debut in 2003 and scored the winning goal in the 2008 European Championship final against Germany before helping his country win their first World Cup in 2010.
He was the top scorer at Euro 2012 as Spain successfully defended their title and scored 38 goals in 110 appearances for his country in total, making him Spain's country's third-highest goal scorer behind David Villa (59) and Raul (44).
Torres enjoyed the most prolific spell at Liverpool between 2007 and 2011, netting 81 goals in 142 games across all competitions.
He moved to Chelsea from Liverpool for a then British record fee of 50 million pounds ($63.49 million) and won the FA Cup, Champions League and Europa League with the London club.
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Cozy Mysteries Set in Oxford
Ahhh! The British (English) city of Oxford. City of Spires. Home to many a famous writer and academic, and of course the world renowned 'University of Oxford'. A city that has a rather personal connection for me too as it happens. You see, my father was born in Oxford, and my nan spent many years of her life as a patient at the santorium where she lived in as part of the treatment at the time for tuberculosis. It was also where I was based for my work with the Royal Navy, and in my earlier career as a Neuropsychologist I was very involved with neuroscience research at the hospital and the university, spending long summers involved in different projects, including research on phantom limb pain, and on autism.
Oxford was the place where my nan would take me for treats when I stayed with her, and we would often catch the bus there and nip into one of the department stores for a cup of coffee, something my nan found quite exciting since most people just drank tea at home and coffee shops were a relatively new thing. It's hard to imagine an Oxford pre Starbucks or Costa Coffee, or McDonalds!
For me, Oxford was always really exciting, but it must have held different memories for my nan, as she would only really visit for hospital appointments or spend her hours desperate to get back home to her family whilst residing at the sanitorium. For me it is a place filled with memories of dining in my Royal Navy Uniform at fancy balls and drinking a little too much port as part of the maritime traditions! Lots of late nights polishing boots or doing drill practice, or working on improving my knots.
Funny how a single place can mean so many things to different people, and I suppose that is what I love about cozy mysteries that are set in Oxford. Each author draws on the thing that most inspired them about the city, experiences they had there, or people that they met. That's the beauty of books, and there is definitely no shortage of wonderful places to read a good book in Oxford. And plenty of lovely bookshops to visit too. I don't think I ever came back from Oxford without at least one, brand new, sweet smelling, and shiny covered paperback!
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"Scones, a tea shop in England, a kitty & a murder - yes, please!"
When an American tourist is murdered with a scone in her quaint English tearoom, Gemma must solve the mystery with the help of the nosy Old Biddies and a mischievous little feline named Muesli. Soon she finds herself apron-deep in a mystery involving long-buried secrets from Oxford's past. But between her bossy, matchmaking mother and the return of her old college love as a handsome CID detective, Gemma has her hands full and her head spinning!
Murder is bad for business, especially when customers think your scones are more deadly than delicious. With the body count rising and her tearoom going bust, can Gemma find the killer before things turn to custard?
Meet Jenny Starling: travelling cook and reluctant amateur detective.
Jenny Starling has a summer job cooking at a prestigious Oxford college. But she's not expecting murder on the menu.
Then womanising taxidermy society president, Maurice Raines, is found with a knife in his neck in the dining hall.
Everyone is in classes at the time of his death. So, frustratingly it seems they all have an alibi.
However there are many suspects, including Maurice's wife and his lover.
The college and police need Jenny's help to solve this perplexing case. But can Jenny keep her concentration with a budding romance on the cards?
Every family has annoying relatives; mine just happen to be undead.My Grandmother, Agnes Bartlett, used to own Cardinal Woolsey's knitting shop in Oxford then died and left her shop to me, without informing me that she wasn't actually dead.
She's a vampire and part of the world's strangest craft circle – the Vampire Knitting Club.As you might imagine, this means she's free to interfere in how I run the business that used to be hers. She's trying to teach me to knit and it's not going well. She's also trying to teach me how to be a witch, since it turns out I'm from a long line of witches. Another tiny detail about my family that no one ever told me, along with the long-lost witch cousins I recently discovered. But I'm learning. I've got my family spell book, my black cat familiar, some powers that sometimes scare me, and an interesting new group of friends. My archaeologist parents are coming to visit and bringing me a gift I could do without. So, to recap, I run a knitting shop and I can't knit. I'm a beginning witch who can't always control her cat, never mind her magic, and my love life is as tangled as the last sock I tried to knit. Oh, and for some reason, I keep getting involved in murder investigations. Good thing I have my vampire knitters to help sniff out clues. At least I've finally hired the perfect assistant, a real demon with the crochet hook. Or is she too perfect?
(The first part is set in Oxford with Oxford Girls Maddy and Eloise)
A murdered chef. A poisoned pastry.
Can a young barista deliver a killer their just desserts?Maddy dreams of opening her own detective agency with her best friend. Fresh off her A-levels and looking to save up funds, she and her BFF take a gap-year job serving coffee to rich tourists at an Austrian ski resort. But when someone tampers with one of Maddy's sweet creations to snuff out a snooty pastry chef, the offending doughnut becomes a recipe for disaster…
With her dreams of becoming a PI in serious danger, Maddy has next to no time to preserve the cafe's reputation and clear her name. But as the suspect list rises and the trail of breadcrumbs grows stale, her future rests on bringing the killer to justice.
Can Maddy close her very first case before she's cooked?
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Why a survey about classification methods?
Vegetation classification is an exercise of abstraction from observed vegetation patterns to vegetation units. This kind of exercise is artificial in the sense that there is not a unique (or natural) way of classifying plant communities. The purpose of this survey is to determine what are the most usual aims and approaches followed in plot-based vegetation classification exercises around the world.
Who was gathering this information?
This questionnaire has been designed by Miquel De Cáceres (Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Spain) and Milan Chytrý (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) on behalf of the Vegetation Classification Committee of the International Association for Vegetation Science (http://www.iavs.org).
People could select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.
What are the main purposes of vegetation classification based on plot records?
What are the most important levels of abstraction that can be derived from plot data?
What are the most elemental 'objects' in vegetation classification?
If you work in the field, what strategy of plot selection do you use in field sampling?
If you work in the field, please describe briefly the most rellevant details of your approach to select sampling locations.
This was a free text question where people could indicate more than one method, so percentages do not add up to 100%.
If you work with vegetation-plot databases, what strategy of plot selection from the database do you use?
If you work with vegetation-plot databases, do you use some kind of stratified resampling before data analysis?
If you marked (3), (4) or (5) in the first question, please explain briefly how do you normally deal with problems of heterogeneity in field methods.
What are the vegetation attributes that you normally use for vegetation classification?
What kind of scale(s) of measurement do you normally use for these attributes?
What kind of data-transformation and/or resemblance measure do you normally use?
How do you deal with vegetation units previously-defined in your study area?
What are the most important criteria to validate the resulting vegetation units ?
What aspects are the most important to characterize vegetation units before publication?
Indicate your preferred supervised classification method(s) (e.g., neural networks).


Thanks so much for all of the beautiful comments I so appreciate each and everyone during this horrible time.I have finally packed my bags, and I'm headed far away from Irma tomorrow. I love love the sunshine state and hate to leave but safety first. What I've seen so far down here is desperate times. Gas stations are running out of gas, people are panicking left and right, no food or water at stores, and people fighting over parking spots to find out that there is no more water. I feel for the people that are going to have to stay here and make it work..it won't be easy whatsoever. All of my friends and family have been evacuating as fast as possible. For anyone in the effected areas reading this: stay strong, it's going to be one of the toughest times in your life, but remember items are replaceable but you aren't. You only have one life and that should be your priority, I pray that the storm is does not do as much damage as projected. All we can do at this scary time is just hang tight and pray.
Thank you for the post. I shall be sharing it on my Facebook if that's okay with you. Thinking of you and everyone effected. <3 Let us know if there is anything we can do to help!
Hope you come through this ok.
Be careful! Blessings to you. We are bracing just off the coast of Hilton Head, as well.
Thank you! You as well, hope it misses you guys.
Safety is first! Be safe leaving your home. Thank you for the update!
Sending on light and love for protection and safety for you and all those in the hurricane's path.


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Meet the Candidates: Matt Buechner for ANC 3F07
September 22, 2020 by FHC 1 Comment
In early October, ballots for the November 3rd election will start arriving in the mailboxes of registered voters. The names on the ballots will include the candidates for president and at-large members of the DC Council. And, if you live in ANC 3F (which encompasses much of the 20008 Zip code's northern half), you will see at least one name on the ballot for your single member district.
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Though you will get to cast your vote for just one ANC candidate, we think you should get to know them all. As a group, they will vote on resolutions and otherwise be granted "great weight" by DC agencies considering local issues. We invited the candidates for the seven seats on 3F to send us statements.
We've published the statements from Alexandria Appah in 3F02, Dipa Mehta in 3F03, Stan Wall in 3F04, and Claudette David and Ryan Keefe in 3F05.
Next up: Matt Buechner, who is running unopposed in 3F07.
This single member district covers the southernmost part of Forest Hills and dips into Cleveland Park. It includes single family homes and high-rises, the Burke School, Hillwood Museum, a handful of embassies, and Melvin C Hazen Park East.
Matt Buechner is committed to engaging with the residents of ANC 3F07 to ensure the Cleveland Park and Forest Hills area remains a vibrant, inclusive community. A midwestern-native, Matt moved to the District in 2013 and has seen the city transform in front of his eyes. He was first drawn to the Cleveland Park neighborhood's access to public transportation, proximity to nature, and variety of local restaurants and small businesses nearby.
He envisions a Cleveland Park and Forest Hills that gives residents ample opportunities for employment and recreation. Safe and accessible roadways and pedestrian infrastructure that serves neighborhood needs, now and for years to come. A neighborhood that draws guests from around the city to enjoy our public spaces, businesses, and landmarks. Matt sees development that acknowledges the history of our neighborhood, while also creating rental and home-ownership opportunities accessible for those working nearby to afford, along with families, young professionals, and older adults—all living together in an open, supportive community.
Matt first became engaged in local government as a fellow at the DC State Board of Education while completing his Masters of Public Policy at American University. He has worked in health care policy and strategic programming and is currently a senior data analyst at American University Washington College of Law. Matt also serves on the Board of Directors of the DC State Fair and can be found traversing the city via public transit, taking in live music, or enjoying one of DC's many patios or rooftops.
Contact Matt Buechner at matt4anc@gmail.com.
Tomorrow and Thursday: The last two candidate statements, from David Cristeal of 3F01 and Monika Nemeth of 3F06. Both are incumbents and are running unopposed.
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About 43 Nigerians were deported from Germany, Belgium and Italy on Thursday night for immigration offences and unruly behaviour, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. The deportees arrived through Hi-Fly chartered Airbus 330 with registration number CS-TQW at Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 8:50 p.m.
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Yukie Chiri
In this Japanese name, the family name is "Chiri".
Yukie Chiri (知里 幸恵, Chiri Yukie?, June 8 1903 - September 18 1922), a Japanese transcriber and translator of Yukar (Ainu epic tales), was born into an Ainu family in Noboribetsu, a town in Hokkaidō, the northernmost prefecture of Japan, at a time in Japan's history when increasing immigration of Japanese (Wajin, as distinguished from the Ainu) to Hokkaidō was resulting in the Ainu being relocated into separate communities and, in many cases, their means of livelihood being taken from them. The Ainu were viewed as a backward people, and it was the policy of the government to assimilate them into the Japanese way of life. The Ainu themselves, for the most part, saw this as the best (and perhaps only) way to survive the changing times (Sjoberg 1993, Kayano 1980).
Chiri was sent to her aunt Kannari Matsu in Chikabumi, on the outskirts of Asahikawa, when she was six years old, presumably to lessen the financial burden on her parents. Matsu lived alone with her aged mother, Monashinouku, a seasoned teller of Ainu tales who spoke very little Japanese. Chiri thus grew to be completely bilingual in Japanese and Ainu, and had a familiarity with Ainu oral literature that was becoming less and less common by that time. Although she had to endure bullying in school, she excelled in her studies, particularly in language arts. But she suffered from an ethnic inferiority complex that afflicted many of her generation (Fujimoto 1991).
Chiri was in her mid-teens when she first met the famous Japanese linguist and Ainu language scholar Kyōsuke Kindaichi during the nation's Taishō period. He was traveling around Hokkaidō in search of Ainu transmitters of oral literature and had come to seek out Matsu and Monashinouku. Kindaichi immediately recognized the girl's potential. When Kindaichi explained to Chiri the value of preserving the Ainu tales, a welcome but completely unfamiliar pride in her Ainu roots began to awaken in her, and she decided to dedicate the rest of her life to studying the yukar of her ancestors (Kindaichi 1997).
Kindaichi returned to Tokyo, but sent her blank notebooks so Chiri could record whatever came to mind about Ainu culture and language. She chose to record her grandmother's chanted tales using romaji to express the Ainu sounds, and then she translated the transcribed yukar into Japanese. Eventually she was persuaded to join Kindaichi in Tokyo to assist his work and polish the collection of yukar. Only months after arriving in Tokyo, the very night Chiri completed her yukar anthology, she died from heart failure. She was only nineteen years old (Fujimoto 1991).
Chiri's anthology was published the following year under the title Ainu Shinyōshū (A collection of the Ainu epics of the gods). Her younger brother Chiri Mashiho later pursued his education under Kindaichi's sponsorship and became a respected scholar of Ainu studies. Her aunt Matsu also continued the work of transcribing and translating yukar.
Chiri Yukie (1923), Ainu Shinyōshū (Collection of Ainu epics of the gods), Kōdandō shoten: Sapporo
Fujimoto Hideo (1991), Gin no shizuku furu furu mawari ni: Chiri Yukie no shōgai (Silver droplets falling—the life of Chiri Yukie), Sōfūkan: Tokyo
Kayano Shigeru (1989), Our Land was a Forest: An Ainu Memoir, Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado
Kindaichi Kyōsuke (1997) Watashi no aruita michi (The road I walked), Nihon tosho sentaa: Tokyo
Sjoberg, Katarine V. (1993), The Return of the Ainu, Harwood Academic Publishers: Amsterdam
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Name Chiri, Yukie
Alternative names 知里 幸恵 (Japanese)
Short description Yukar transcriber and translator
Date of birth June 8 1903
Place of birth Noboribetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan
Date of death September 18 1922
Place of death Tokyo
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Compatibility module to encapsulate primops API change between GHC 7.6 GHC 7.8.
In GHC we use comparison primops in a couple of modules, but that primops have different type signature in GHC 7.6 (where they return Bool) than in GHC 7.8 (where they return Int#). As long as we allow bootstrapping with GHC 7.6 or earlier we need to have this compatibility module, so that we can compile stage1 compiler using the old API and then continue with stage2 using the new API. When we set GHC 7.8 as the minimum version required for bootstrapping, we should remove this module.


What is a Manufacturer Code?
Where is a Manufacturer Code used?
What are the requirements and how to request a Manufacturer Code?
1. What is a Manufacturer Code?
A Manufacturer Code is a global identifier assigned to a KNX member. Manufacturer Codes are administered by the KNX Association. The data length Manufacturer Code is 2 octets.
In System 1 devices however the foreseen data length for the Manufacturer Code is 1 octet.
2. Where is a Manufacturer Code used?
A Manufacturer Code is used by ETS in order to check whether the originator of the to be loaded Application Program corresponds with originator of the device.
The Manufacturer Code is also used as part of an ETS App identifier.
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The company shall be a KNX Member.
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Login to the MyKNX account linked to the company.
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128 dead and और than 200 wounded are for now counted. This is a tragedy.
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Joint Release
Banking Agencies Issue Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that the banking agencies will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. These ratios update data released on June 12, 2007.
In general, section 109 prohibits a bank from establishing or acquiring a branch or branches outside of its home state primarily for the purpose of deposit production. Section 109 also prohibits branches of banks controlled by out-of-state bank holding companies from operating primarily for the purpose of deposit production.
Section 109 provides a process to test compliance with the statutory requirements. The first step in the process involves a loan-to-deposit ratio screen that compares a bank's statewide loan-to-deposit ratio to the host state loan-to-deposit ratio for banks in a particular state.
A second step is conducted if a bank's statewide loan-to-deposit ratio is less than one-half of the published ratio for that state or if data are not available at the bank to conduct the first step. The second step requires the appropriate banking agency to determine whether the bank is reasonably helping to meet the credit needs of the communities served by the bank's interstate branches.
A bank that fails both steps is in violation of section 109 and is subject to sanctions by the appropriate banking agency.
The updated host state loan-to-deposit ratios are attached.
Section 109 Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios
FDIC-PR-51-2008
Federal Reserve Ben Hardaway 202-452-2955
FDIC LaJuan Williams-Dickerson 202-898-3876
OCC Kevin Mukri 202 874-5770
Last Updated 06/26/2008 communications@fdic.gov


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Hermann Schwarz (* 29. März 1908 in Nördlingen; † 10. November 1995 in München) war ein deutscher Wissenschaftler und Industrieller.

Leben
Hermann Schwarz wollte ursprünglich, wie sein Vater, Lehrer werden und begann 1927 sein Studium der Physik, Mathematik und Geophysik, zunächst in Heidelberg, dann in München. Nachdem ein Freund ihm die Hochfrequenztechnik schmackhaft gemacht hatte, wechselte er 1929 an die Universität Jena zum seinerzeitigen "Hochfrequenzpapst" Abraham Esau am Technisch-Physikalischen Institut. In Jena lernte er auch seinen Studienfreund und späteren Unternehmenspartner Lothar Rohde (1906–1985) kennen. 1931 promovierte er mit seiner Dissertation über Strommessungen bei sehr hohen Frequenzen. Seither beschäftigte er sich mit Messtechnik.

Aufgrund der Wirtschaftsdepression blieben Schwarz und Rohde noch zwei Jahre an der Universität, Schwarz arbeitete als Blitzschutzsachbearbeiter am Landmaschineninstitut. Im Herbst 1932 hatten sie zufällig den Oberingenieur Hans Handreck der Hermsdorf-Schomburg-Isolatoren GmbH (kurz: HESCHO) getroffen, der zu dem von Erich Werner Rath (1899–1987) entwickelten keramischen Isolationsmaterial Calit den elektrischen Verlust bei hohen Frequenzen messen lassen wollte. Eine industrielle Hochfrequenzmesstechnik gab es in Europa noch nicht. Andere Institute hatten unterschiedliche Werte des Verlustfaktors im Frequenzbereich 1 bis 100 MHz gemessen. Als erstes gemeinsames Messgerät entwickelten sie einen hochpräzisen Frequenzmesser und konnten bereits nach kurzer Zeit sehr genaue Messwerte liefern. Da Handreck ihnen weitere Aufträge zusicherte, ermutigte sie dieses, trotz der Rezession, ein eigenes Labor zu gründen. Am 17. November 1933, drei Monate nach Arbeitsbeginn, meldeten die beiden Gründer gewerbepolizeilich das Physikalisch-technische Entwicklungslabor Dr. Rohde und Dr. Schwarz (kurz: PTE) an, nachdem misstrauische Nachbarn, die eine Falschgeldproduktion vermuteten, Anzeige erstattet hatten und die Kriminalpolizei Nachschau hielt. Ebenso hatten die beiden Gründer auch einen Gesellschaftsvertrag vergessen, dessen Errichtung erst Jahre später erfolgte. Im September 1939 wurde zu Rohde & Schwarz umfirmiert, die Herkunft fand danach nur noch im Firmenzusatz PTE Niederschlag. Seither werden unverändert unter Rohde & Schwarz u. a. Messgeräte produziert.

Hermann Schwarz ist auf dem Bogenhausener Friedhof, Grabstätte 3-1-101, bestattet. Zu seinem 100. Geburtstag legte die Stadt München am 29. August 2008 einen Kranz mit Stadtschleife nieder.

Familie

Sein Sohn Friedrich Schwarz (* um 1940) war bis Ende 2005 im Vorstand des Unternehmens, davon die letzten zehn Jahre als Vorstandsvorsitzender. Am 30. September 2004 wurde er, wie zuvor schon sein Vater am 24. November 1983, mit der Ehrenbürgerwürde der Gemeinde Markt Teisnach geehrt.

Christian Leicher ist der Enkelsohn des Firmengründers Hermann Schwarz und Mitgesellschafter des Familienunternehmens. Zum 1. Januar 2005 trat Leicher in den Vorstand ein und übernahm mit 1. Juli 2016 den Vorstandsvorsitz.

Auszeichnungen
  Bayerischer Verdienstorden
  Staatsmedaille für besondere Verdienste um die bayerische Wirtschaft
 1959: Ehrensenator der Technischen Universität München
 1968: Prägung einer Silber-Medaille von der Firma Rohde & Schwarz zum 60. Geburtstag von Hermann Schwarz (Entwurf: Eugen Wankmüller)
 1971: Honorarkonsul der Republik Island für Bayern

 vermutlich 1978: Großes Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
 1983 Ehrenbürgerwürde der Gemeinde Markt Teisnach
 1984: Stadtsiegel der Stadt Memmingen für vorbildliche Industrieansiedlung
 1991: Ehrendoktorwürde der Physikalisch-Astronomischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
 1993 Goldene Ehrenmünze der Landeshauptstadt München

Postum:
 Am 10. Mai 2006 wurde die bisherige Tabakstraße in Memmingen im Gedenken an die beiden Firmengründer Lothar Rohde und Hermann Schwarz in Rohde-und-Schwarz-Straße umbenannt.
 Am 22. Mai 2014 wurde für die beiden Physiker, Technikpioniere Lothar Rohde und Hermann Schwarz am Gebäude des Instituts für Festkörperphysik der FSU Jena, Helmholtzweg 3, eine Gedenktafel enthüllt, die vom Alumni-Verein der Physikalisch-Astronomischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena initiiert wurde.

Literatur
  Albert Habermann: Dr. Hermann Schwarz, ein Pionier der Meß- und Nachrichtentechnik. Nachruf. In: Neues von Rohde & Schwarz. Heft 150, 1996/I. Rohde & Schwarz (Hrsg.), München 1996, S. 2–3 (Volltext online (PDF; 5,4 MB) auf der Website des Unternehmens).
 K. Jäger, F. Heilbronner (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Elektrotechniker, VDE Verlag, 2. Auflage von 2010, Berlin/Offenbach, ISBN 978-3-8007-2903-6, S. 395

Weblinks
 Dr. phil.nat. Dr. E.h. Hermann Schwarz. In: Website der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät, ohne Datum.

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Unternehmer (Deutschland)
Persönlichkeit der Elektrotechnik
Hochfrequenztechniker
Träger des Großen Bundesverdienstkreuzes
Träger des Bayerischen Verdienstordens
Träger des Falkenordens (Ritter)
Ehrensenator der Technischen Universität München
Ehrendoktor der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Konsul
Deutscher
Geboren 1908
Gestorben 1995
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Home Guard Arrested, Sacked for 'Rape'
BHUBANESWAR: A home guard, identified as Prasanna Kumar Lenka, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a girl on Monday night. The victim had lodged a complaint in the Mahila poli
Published: 23rd February 2012 03:34 AM | Last Updated: 16th May 2012 06:01 PM | A+A A-
BHUBANESWAR: A home guard, identified as Prasanna Kumar Lenka, was arrested on Wednesday  for allegedly raping a girl on Monday night. The victim had lodged a complaint in the Mahila police  station.
Police said the home guard offered the victim lift on his motorcycle while she was on her way to Lingaraj temple on the occasion of Shivaratri.
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Josh Boak And Hannah Fingerhut
Updated: November 10, 2022, 6:53 AM
Tags: Taylor Swift, Arts, Government, Joe Biden, Brett Favre, Sports, politics, Marsha Blackburn, entertainment
AP VoteCast: How voters felt about happy hours, Taylor Swift
Published: November 10, 2022, 4:18 AM Updated: November 10, 2022, 6:53 AM
FILE - A vast array of single malt scotch bottles are displayed at Wink & Nod, basement-dwelling, speakeasy-like bar, in Boston, on Dec. 10, 2019. In Massachusetts, Democrats and Republicans could find an issue to agree on: letting bars have happy hours. Commonwealth law bans bars and other establishments from having special discounts on beer, wine and liquor. AP VoteCast shows a majority of voters favor the state legalizing happy hour. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
WASHINGTON – In Massachusetts, Democrats and Republicans could find an issue to agree on: letting bars have happy hours.
Commonwealth law bans bars and other establishments from having special discounts on beer, wine and liquor. AP VoteCast shows a majority of voters, about 6 in 10, favor the state legalizing happy hour.
AP VoteCast is an extensive survey of more than 94,000 voters revealing U.S. voters' views on some of the most significant issues affecting the nation. And some that are less significant, too.
Beyond the happy hour question, AP VoteCast explored Alabama college football rivalries, what Mississippi voters really think about former football star Brett Favre and whether Tennessee voters like Taylor Swift. These questions weren't larks but part of a broader effort to understand how politics and culture intermingle. The survey was expansive enough to cover topics ranging from state ballot issues to theological questions about interpreting the Bible.
In Alabama, college football can feel like a religion. One of its senators, Tommy Tuberville, coached at Auburn University, with The Associated Press awarding him coach of the year in 2004. But the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide claims 18 national titles.
About half of Alabama voters say they are Roll Tide fans, compared with just under 2 in 10 who root for Auburn. About 1 in 10 say they back both teams. But a quarter of Alabama voters say they're fans of neither team.
In Iowa, the survey dug into voters' feelings about being the first in the nation to caucus for their party's next presidential nominee. The caucuses don't involve direct votes but a series of speeches and open haggling to decide which candidate to support. That process generated controversy in 2020 because Democrats had a delay in reporting results.
Six in 10 Iowa voters say they want their state to continue to hold caucuses rather than switch to holding primaries with direct votes. But voters for Democrats are about evenly split following their party's caucus meltdown two years ago.
Pop star Taylor Swift has some bad blood with Republican lawmakers in Tennessee. She called one of that state's senators, Marsha Blackburn, in a 2020 Netflix documentary "Trump in a wig."
But many Tennessee voters are willing to shake off the tensions, with about 4 in 10 feeling favorable to Swift. About 3 in 10 felt they are never, ever getting back together with the songstress, most of them Republicans. But another 3 in 10 said they didn't know enough to say how they felt about Swift, whose latest album, "Midnights," had 10 songs in the top 10 slots of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In Mississippi, Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre appears to have fumbled his reputation with voters. An investigation this year showed the three-time NFL MVP had misappropriated $8 million intended for welfare programs, even texting the governor to see if the funds could build a football practice facility at his alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi.
Only about 2 in 10 Mississippi voters viewed him favorably, with most of them also backing Republicans. Roughly 4 in 10 had an unfavorable opinion of Favre, a group that was roughly split between backing Democratic and Republican candidates.
Still, nearly 4 in 10 said they didn't know enough to say how they felt about Favre.
While he's better known, President Joe Biden was similarly rated by Mississippi voters. By 2-1, they were more negative than positive toward both the Democratic president and the famous quarterback.
AP VoteCast is a survey of the American electorate conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for Fox News and The Associated Press. The survey of 94,296 voters was conducted for nine days, concluding as polls closed. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish. The survey combines a random sample of registered voters drawn from state voter files; self-identified registered voters using NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population; and self-identified registered voters selected from nonprobability online panels. The margin of sampling error for voters is estimated to be plus or minus 0.5 percentage points. Find more details about AP VoteCast's methodology at https://ap.org/votecast.


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I got a card in the mail yesterday that said I was part of a class action suit against Gamestop for a credit card breach last year. I did some digging and it seems that Gamestop has recently settled a Class Action Lawsuit alleging they failed to adequately protect customer's credit card data. If you purchased anything from gamestop.com between August 2016 and February 2017 you are likely part of the class and may be entitled to compensation.
As it happens, a couple months after the breach my Amex was stolen and I had to get a new one. I was directed to fill out a claim at the link below.
Anyone else get this? It seemed pretty phishy to me at first but I think it's legit. I'd heard about the breach but I had no idea someone got a class action together.


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Head & Neck. 35(6):788–793, JUN 2013
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23032
Follow-up of parotid pleomorphic adenomas treated by extracapsular dissection
Heinrich Iro;Johannes Zenk;Michael Koch;Nils Klintworth;
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany*Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Waldstrasse 1, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
Background.This study was carried out to evaluate tumor recurrence following extracapsular dissection of pleomorphic adenomas of the parotid gland.Methods.We conducted a retrospective evaluation and clinical follow-up of the patients who underwent extracapsular dissection of a pleomorphic adenoma as primary surgery in the otolaryngologic department of the Erlangen University Clinics during the period from 2000 to 2005.Results.In all, 601 surgical interventions on benign parotid tumors were carried out from 2000 to 2005, 219 of which were primary operations for removal of a pleomorphic adenoma. In 76 patients (34.7%), extracapsular dissection of a primary pleomorphic adenoma was carried out. Tumor recurrence has not been observed in any of these patients to date after an average monitoring period of 7.38 years (range, 5.05–10.52 years).Conclusions.Extracapsular dissection is a conservative and safe surgical procedure for extirpation of pleomorphic adenomas that should be firmly established in the repertoire of parotid gland surgery.


Here is my list of the best self-improvement books to turbo-boost your career and your personal life.
1. How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie. This is a must-read book for anyone who aspires to succeed. For decades, the time-tested advice in this book has carried countless people up the ladder of success. Among the vital success tips in this book: the six ways to make people like you; the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking; and, the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment. Click here to buy from Amazon.
2. Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss. I highly recommend this book for anybody seeking to improve their life. Ferriss reached out to top performers in the world (including writers, athletes, business owners, spiritual leaders, actors, and more) to identify key tips and techniques peak performers use to be successful. This book is an absolute treasure trove of success tips. Click here to buy from Amazon.
3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. Covey identifies the seven core principles and habits necessary to succeed in life. Daniel Pink, author of Drive and To Sell Is Human said it best: "Every so often a book comes along that not only alters the lives of readers but leaves an imprint on the culture itself. The 7 Habits is one of those books." If you want to be effective and successful in life, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a must-read. Click here to buy from Amazon.
4. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth. The key to success isn't talent or IQ but a combination of passion and persistence known as "grit." Chapter 7 alone— "Practice"—is worth the price of the book. I happened to read "Grit" while I was training for a strenuous cycling event, and after reading about the way "gritty" athletes approach practice I changed how I was training. Duckworth says elite performers practice differently than other people—they engage in deliberate practice to work on their weaknesses or to reach specific objectives. So after reading "Grit" I started training with more intensity, doing focused drills and exercises to build leg strength, cardio, and mental toughness. The new, "gritty" approach paid off for me, and I successfully completed the cycling event. Click here to buy from Amazon.
5. Think and Grow Rich: The 21st-Century Edition: Revised and Updated by Napoleon Hill. Don't make the mistake of assuming this is just a book about getting rich, because it is so much more. Hill studied the lives of dozens of the wealthiest, most successful men of his era, including Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie and Charles Schwab, and reveals the key traits that helped them to rise to the top. Yes, this book is "old-timey" but in my opinion it is still a must-read for the valuable insights about wealth and power, and overcoming the mental barriers that hold many people back from becoming successful. Click here to buy from Amazon.
So that is my list; are there any books you would add?


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High-quality pre-school 'critical for kids'
Sandra Davie
Sixteen years of tracking a large group of British children from the age of three have convinced Oxford University professor Kathy Sylva that pre-school education is critical.
"Research has shown that all children benefit from attending pre-school but those who attend high-quality pre-schools benefit even more," says Professor Sylva, Britain's leading expert on pre- school education.
The Harvard-trained academic's work has questioned several orthodoxies on early-years education and care, including the ideology of unbridled "free play". Her studies have demonstrated the impact of education not only on children's knowledge but on their problem- solving abilities, social skills and disposition to learn.
But she is best-known for leading an ongoing 16-year national study examining the benefits of pre-school education in Britain. Called the Effective Provision of Pre-school Education, it was launched in 1997 and is closely watched by early childhood educators and policymakers as it has tracked more than 3,000 children from the age of three - the typical age when British children start pre-school - and through primary and secondary school.
The latest extension of the study involves tracking the same subjects through their final year of secondary school and into their post- school educational, training and employment choices. Now 16, they will soon sit the General Certificate of Secondary Education, the British equivalent of the O levels.
The findings of the latest study will be out next year. But earlier results - when the children entered primary school at five, and subsequently at the ages of seven, 11 and 14 - showed that attending pre-school clearly benefited them both in their cognitive as well as social development.
More importantly, pre-school attendance continued to pay off. Their scores in reading and mathematics kept improving compared to the scores of those who did not attend pre-school. It is no surprise then that Prof Sylva, whose research has influenced the British government's policies on early childhood education, believes Singapore is on the right track in starting government-run kindergartens to develop best practices and teaching methods.
In an interview, she says that she hopes Singapore's Education Ministry will pull out all the stops to ensure that the facilities and programmes at the five kindergartens opening next year are of high quality and the teachers are well-trained, skilful educators.
Given the results of her study, she says it is also good that children from poor homes will get priority at the new kindergartens.
One-third of the places will go to children from disadvantaged homes.
"The study showed that going to pre-school benefited all children but it benefited children from disadvantaged homes even more, especially if they attended pre-schools which were of high quality and where there were children from different social backgrounds," she says.
"When we assessed the children at age three, one in three children was 'at risk' of developing learning difficulties at the start of pre- school. However, this fell to one in five by the time they started primary school." Prof Sylva was in Singapore in 1990 as keynote speaker at the first kindergarten conference held here. Since then, she has made several more visits and admires Singapore for consistently performing well in international benchmarking tests.
One of the aims of the British study was to see if different types of pre-school affected the development of children differently.
Prof Sylva notes that one of the reasons why the study's findings are trusted by members of the academic community and policymakers is that it took into account the contribution of background factors such as birth weight, gender, and parental qualifications and occupations to the child's development.
"Only by taking into account background influences can fair comparison be made across settings," she explains, noting that the researchers spent many hours assessing each child in the study. The 3,000 children attended 141 centres ranging from private nurseries to local authority-run pre- schools, play groups and integrated childcare and pre-schools. A small group who did not attend pre- school were also included in the study.
Among the findings: After two years of age, the earlier the children started pre-school, the better was their intellectual development. Also, attending pre-school full time led to no better gains than attending part time. But there were significant differences among the type of pre-schools, and the quality was important.
Although the study's team found good pre-schools in different settings, integrated centres combining pre-school education and childcare with a higher proportion of trained graduate teachers had higher-quality scores. Says Prof Sylva: "There is a need to provide proper education and training for early childhood educators.
The results showed that if they were taught by a university-trained pre-school teacher, the children performed better academically."
Another key finding is that the home learning environment - what parents did to help their children learn - is more important for all children's intellectual and social development than their parents' jobs, education or income.
"What this means is that what parents do is more important than who parents are," she says. Poor parents with few qualifications can improve their children's progress and give them a better start at school by engaging them in activities at home.
"Reading storybooks, singing songs, drawing, painting and taking them to the library, all have a positive effect on their development," says Prof Sylva.
Yet another significant finding was that those who began pre-school at the age of three went on to do better than those who started a year later. An earlier start led not only to better intellectual development but also improved concentration, independence and sociability.
This finding led to the British government providing free pre- school for all children from the age of three. Given all that she has found out, Prof Sylva is all for the Singapore Government's bigger involvement in the pre-school sector.
"The evidence is clear. Pre-school education is crucial to the cognitive and social development of a child," she says. "Any country that wants to develop its children to their fullest potential must ensure that there is access to good-quality and affordable pre-school education."
sandra@sph.com.sg
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I spent 5+ hours on Saturday outside on our driveway repairing our van. Actually I assisted in the repairs, a friend of ours did the hard work. And hard work it was. We replaced the fuel pump. This involves removing the gas tank, which happened to be full of gas, and then removing the old pump, insering the new pump, and putting the gas tank back in place. I, like most people, complan about the cost of auto repairs (actually, I complain about the cost of just about anything…) but the guys who work on cars and know what they're doing get a tip of the hat from me.
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Listen: Sean Kingston And Tyga Bring Back LL Cool J's 'Doin' It' On 'Ecstacy'
April 25, 2014 - 7:44 pm by VIBE
Sean Kingston and Tyga pop an addictive new track into your system with "Ecstacy." It's Flashback Friday as the song comes equipped with a sample from the Grace Jones' 1982 jawn "My Jamaican Guy," more prominently known on LL Cool J's X-rated smash "Doin' It." Listen to Kingston and T-Raww get in the zone for this bedroom bumper below.
Not gonna be on my album... but think you all will love this one..
— SEAN KINGSTON © (@SeanKingston) April 25, 2014
Sean Kingston,
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Eminem fans were greeted with a pleasant surprise today, with 20 new tracks from the rap legend. But there's plenty of new music this week: Mac Miller fans are left with a final musical memory from him, Dreamville revamped their Grammy-nominated compilation, and Thundercat released a new single with Steve Lacy and Steve Arrington. Look below for today's New Music Friday.
Mac Miller – Circles The passing of Mac Miller in Sept. 2018 was one of the toughest losses that hip-hop has had in years, with the rapper/singer/producer's kind spirit and immense artistic growth touching the lives of many. Today, his legacy continues with the release of Circles, his first posthumous album. According to a note from his family, Mac was "well into the process" of recording the Jon Brion-produced album, which was meant to be a companion piece to Swimming, the last album he released months before his death. Apple Music | TIDAL
Eminem – Music To Be Murdered By In the first major surprise release of the year, Eminem has surfaced out the blue with Music To Be Murdered By, the follow up to his 2018 surprise release Kamikaze. Eminem tweeted that the album was inspired by filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, and the 20-track final product has guest appearances by the likes of Young M.A., Juice WRLD, Black Thought, Q-Tip, Anderson .Paak, and a partial Slaughterhouse reunion. Apple Music | TIDAL
Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III: Director's Cut The Dreamville crew's Revenge of the Dreamers III compilation made history in 2018, uniting over 100 musicians from around the world for a "rap camp" in Atlanta and earning a Grammy nomination in the process. Now, they're releasing a deluxe edition with an extra 12 tracks from the same lineup that made the first edition special. Apple Music | TIDAL
Thundercat - "Black Quails" Jazz maestro Thundercat announced a new album this week, and the beautiful first single "Black Quails" has him playing and singing alongside Steve Lacy (of The Internet) and Steve Arrington. Apple Music | TIDAL
2 Chainz ft. Future - "Dead Man Walking"
Bad Boys For Life Soundtrack Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reunited for the third installment in their hit Bad Boys buddy cop franchise, and DJ Khaled flexed his superstar rolodex for the film's soundtrack. Meek Mill, Rick Ross, City Girls, The Black Eyed Peas, Pitbull, Nicky Jam, and more make contributions. Apple Music | TIDAL
Stretch and Bobbito + The M19s Band – No Requests Stretch and Bobbito are largely known for hosting the Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show, a New York radio program from the 90s that welcomed many of the greatest rappers ever before they officially blew up. But they're music fans first, and their new album showcases their tastes to brilliant effect: the two DJs compiled a playlist of their favorite songs to DJ, and then they enlisted the handpicked M19s Band to play them live. Their foundation is hip-hop, but No Requests is a diverse set of Latin, afrobeat, samba, jazz, reggae and soul. Apple Music | TIDAL
Theophilus London – Bebey Theophilus London's new album, Bebey, is "a celebration of self-love and represents a return to Theophilus' roots, inspired by his Caribbean heritage and the Brooklyn neighborhoods he grew up in, steeped in Dominican, Puerto Rican, Jamaican and his native Trinidadian traditions," according to a press release. Tame Impala, Lil Yachty, Ian Isiah, Raekwon, Giggs, Ariel Pink, Gemaine, and Kristian Hamilton provide guest appearances. Apple Music | TIDAL
070 Shake – Modus Vivendi Many music fans discovered 070 Shake with her standout vocals on the G.O.O.D. Music run in 2018 with Kanye's 2018 album Ye ("Ghost Town," "Violent Crimes"), Pusha T's Daytona ("Santeria"), and Nas' Nasir ("Not For Radio," "Everything"). Since then, the rapper/singer has been steadily taking her time to drop her G.O.O.D. Music debut, Modus Vivendi. Apple Music | TIDAL
Madlib and Oh No – The Professionals Recent years have seen all-time great producer Madlib enjoy critical acclaim after his two albums with Freddie Gibbs, and this year he's teaming up with his blood brother Oh No, a talented producer and rapper in his own right, for an album called The Professionals. Apple Music | TIDAL
Raekwon – The Appetition Three years after his stellar album The Wild, Chef Raekwon has teamed up with Red Bull to release The Appetition, a three-song EP of new songs with producers and songwriters from Red Bull Songs and created at Red Bull Studios in NYC. Apple Music | TIDAL
Tech N9ne – Enterfear Level 2 =One of the most prolific rappers of all time, indie or otherwise, Tech N9ne follows up his 2019 studio album N9NA with the EP ENTERFEAR Level 2. Apple Music | TIDAL


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How modern tech is helping the fight against conflict diamonds
With many of these technologies becoming common within the industry, we might soon live in a world without conflict diamonds, which should contribute to peace and stability in war-torn areas of the world – at least in the long run.
Sourabh Sharma
It's been close to two decades since the global effort to rid the world of conflict diamonds began.
At the turn of the century, diamonds had come to mean different things to different people. For many in the developed world, diamonds meant joyful, teary-eyed proposals and lifelong commitments. For brokers and high-end jewelry retailers around the world, they meant thriving businesses and handsome profits.
But for the huge labor force that toiled day and night in mines under precarious working conditions, diamonds meant a chance for a meal and, for many in African war zones, a chance to live.
Conflict or blood diamonds became the name for diamonds mined in war-ravaged areas, chiefly in Africa, the source of 65% of the world's diamonds. Armed rebels had turned most of the continent's diamond mines into their cash cows, fanning a relentless reign of terror that gripped the continent for years.
Over a decade later and after relentless efforts to rid the world of blood diamonds, a significant number of conflict diamonds still find their way into the multibillion-dollar international market, thanks to loopholes within established systems meant to keep them out. In the Central African Republic, for instance, a country plagued by conflict since a 2013 coup, you can get blood diamonds by simply searching through Facebook and WhatsApp for your stone of choice.
But with advances in technology, we might finally have a world that is free from conflict diamonds. The past few years have seen industry players using tech to keep blood diamonds out of circulation.
Here are some of the ways technology is lending a helping hand in the fight against conflict diamonds.
Back in 2015, the USAID and the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) deployed an advanced scanning drone, the Phantom 1 UAV, in Western Guinea to help map and monitor diamond mining operations within the expansive diamond mining regions of the country.
The scanning drone, fully equipped with several hi-res cameras, was used to create elevation models and maps of the seven major mining sites in the country in efforts to keep tabs on mining locations, the intensity of activities and production, and to track the long-term trajectory of the industry.
Maintaining aerial surveillance with drones is among the best uses of modern technology to help keep track of diamonds from the mining fields to eventual jewelry shops. It's also an important element of the Kimberley Process, the global initiative to stop the flow of blood diamonds.
After initial success in Western Guinea, drones have successfully been used to flush out illegal mining camps in many African countries, helping slow down the proliferation of conflict diamonds.
Blockchain technology is among the most exciting technologies we've seen over the past decade. The blockchain, a decentralized ledger that holds a permanent record of all transactions on its platform, first became popular as the basis for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
In recent years, it's become a game-changing addition to many industries, including the jewelry industry. The Kimberley Process, a major movement against blood diamonds, largely depends on documentation and many human-dependent processes that can be easily tampered with, making it impossible to ascertain with 100 percent certainty the legitimacy of the diamonds.
This is where the blockchain comes in. Because the records on the blockchain cannot be tampered with and remain visible across the network, many in the diamond industry are embracing blockchain technology to store details about individual stones, including its color, clarity, and carat.
This way, distributors and buyers can establish the true source of the diamonds, thanks to the tamper-proof audit trail left by each diamond as it passes through the blockchain network.
RFID and NFC
For many of us who live in a tech-centric world, RFID and NFC should be familiar terms, even though we might not fully grasp their technical aspects.
RFID, short for Radio-frequency identification, uses electromagnetic technology to keep track of objects via an RFID tag attached, for instance, to your luggage bag at the airport or manage stock at your local retailer.
NFC, which is short for Near Field Communication, allows two devices to communicate wirelessly as long as they are within 4 cm of each other. It's usually common with payment systems, for instance with credit cars and smartcards.
For the past few years, these technologies have been increasingly used to keep track of diamonds. NFC and RFID-based technologies are being used to tag diamonds from their point of origin, making it difficult to tamper with the precious stones along the supply chain. They are used to track movements, identify deficiencies, and monitor production, often from the second the ore is loaded onto a transport vehicle at the mine.
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MOQO, the engine for shared mobility services, has joined the DAV Alliance.
SlipStream Advantage, High Drone Chile and ANRA Technologies have joined the DAV Alliance.
DAV and MOBI aim to make transportation more affordable, safer and accessible globally.
Global Robot Expo and Drone Market Watch join the growing DAV Alliance, demonstrating the breadth of interest in the coming transport economy.
The DAV Alliance has further expanded with the addition of BLKTATU, INDrone Aero Systems and Drone Industry Insights.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce Sai Yagnyamurthy, the Director of Corporate Strategy at Ford Motor Company, as the latest addition to the foundation's advisory board.
Drone Terminus, GRADD and Air Media are the latest members to join the burgeoning DAV Alliance.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce Biren Gandhi, the former Head of Drone Business at Cisco Systems, as the latest addition to the foundation's advisory board.
Moovee Innovations, an A.I. sensing R&D firm in the autonomous vehicle sector based in Vancouver, Canada, has joined the DAV Alliance.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce a new advisory board member: George Zamka, an ex-NASA shuttle pilot and commander, and former FAA executive.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce Dr. Giovanni Lanfranchi has joined as an advisor.
Skysense, a drone infrastructure company with offices in Germany, the U.S. and Italy, has joined the DAV Alliance.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce that United Parcel Service's Director of Autonomous Systems, Jerome Ferguson, has joined them as a new member of its advisory board.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce H3 Dynamics, based in Singapore, has joined the DAV Alliance.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce that SAP's Head of Emerging Technologies, Priyanka Khaitan, has joined them as a new member of its advisory board.
Mr. Alan Messer, ex-Chief Technical Officer of General Motors, has been announced by the DAV Foundation as their latest addition to the advisory board.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce Scorpiox Technologies, based in Toronto, Canada, has joined the DAV Alliance.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce a new addition to their advisory board: Ethereum core developer Dr. Greg Colvin.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce Copter Express, based in Moscow, Russia, has joined the DAV Alliance.
The DAV Foundation announces Husarion membership in the DAV Alliance.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce Advanced Aircraft Company, based in Virginia, USA, has joined the DAV Alliance.
Ethereum Foundation veteran, John Frazer, joins DAV Foundation, the blockchain company that will bring the future of transportation one step closer. The company is also partnering with PR agency Blonde 2.0 towards an upcoming ICO.
The DAV Foundation is pleased to announce ex-NASA astronaut Dr. Scott J. Horowitz has joined them as a key member of its advisory board.
Nick Johnson, Founder of Ethereum Name Service and Ether Cards, to join the DAV Foundation as Advisor.
Jay Adelson, Co-founder of Equinix, Digg, and Revision3 to join the DAV Foundation as Advisor.
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CA Officials Institute New Sexual Assault Guidelines
May 18, 2015 March 6, 2016 Maria Sebas
California Attorney General Kamala Harris and University of California President Janet Napolitano announced a new framework to improve how California college campuses handle sexual assault cases. On Wednesday, May 13, Harris released a Model Memorandum of Understanding on Campus Sexual Assault.
In a press release, Harris pointed out that the Model MOU will bring law enforcement and university officials together to assist victims of sexual assault.
"The model agreements will help break down silos between campuses and law enforcement agencies to provide sexual assault victims with the help they need and hold more perpetrators accountable," Harris stated.
Napolitano added that cooperation between campuses and law enforcement will improve investigations into sexual assault cases.
"Working closely with Attorney General Kamala Harris and law enforcement agencies will help us build trust and ensure appropriate outcomes for criminal acts of sexual violence and assault," Napolitano said.
The Model MOU consists of a how-to guide and a template MOU for law enforcement agencies and institutions of higher education to facilitate better coordination in dealing with sexual assault cases. In addition, it highlights student victims' rights to a Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (rape kit), to choose whether or not to participate with local law enforcement in pursuit of a criminal investigation and to participate anonymously therein.
University of California Student Association President Jefferson Kuoch-Seng told the UCSD Guardian in an email that the MOU is not enforced for California college campuses that already have similar policies and procedures in place.
"It's available for guidance but not required if a campus already has agreements in place with their local law enforcement agencies that address collaboration and information sharing related to responding to sexual assault and other Part-I violent crimes," Kuoch-Seng said.
The Model MOU is intended to help campuses comply with Assembly Bill 1433. The law requires institutions of higher education to implement written policies and procedures ensuring any report of sexual assault that campus authorities receive are immediately forwarded to local law enforcement. California campuses must do so by July 1, 2015, which is stipulated in the California Education Code.
According to a press release by the Office of the Attorney General, up to 20 percent of undergraduate students are victims of an attempted or completed sexual assault. Additionally, 80 percent of campus sexual assaults go unreported to law enforcement.
In January 2015, Harris released an information bulletin to California law enforcement agencies and higher education administrators summarizing AB 1433 as well as Senate Bill 967, commonly referred to as the "Yes Means Yes" law. Gov. Brown signed the law into force on Sept. 28, 2014. The law put in place an affirmative consent standard in determining whether "consent was given by both parties to sexual activity."
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