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Introducing Kpopalypse's super crypto NFT offering that is very environment
I didn't know what an NFT was yesterday, and today I wake up and it's suddenly all that the k-pop Internets can talk about. As it's the duty of Kpopalypse to always be current with the latest trends and fads, it's time to reveal Kpopalypse's NFT offering!
So I've been reading up on this NFT thing, and trying to learn all I can, out of sheer duty to report accurately to the kpoposphere about these important matters. Here's what I've learned so far.
NFT apparently means "non fungible token". "Fungible" means "like the fungus that grows between k-pop trainee's toes from being trapped in shoes for 18 hours per day while they learn some random k-pop dance over and over just for fans to criticise them for being lazy anyway", so in other words, very common and not unique. So they could have just said "unique token" instead of "NFT" but "unique token" actually makes sense and is easily understood by the unwashed masses and therefore not as buzzwordy, so it's no good for describing the latest flashy tech trend that you want suckers inquiring minds to spend money on be excited about. The content of the token can be anything, but it's actually the link itself that is the valuable thing that gets traded, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me but people with more money than me told me this so it must be true.
Links for NFTs are powered by Etherium which is a boring crypto nerdcoin that does not mrds. Mining Etherium uses a lot of energy so people say it's not very environment, but that depends on how you're generating the energy. If we are making energy from renewable resources such as a turbine powered by Wonho's lower body workout, then NFTs could be made much more environment than they currently are. Let's look at Wonho's lower body workout now to study energy consumption and efficiency.
A lot of k-pop fans are upset about the recent nerdcoin NFT thing by A.C.E, because they worry that it's not very environment. However A.C.E also seem to posses the natural resources that could generate nerdcoin energy more efficiently. Let's examine these natural resources closely to determine their energy potential.
So while NFTs definitely do have their issues, there are also potential solutions on the horizon. However until these new solutions are implemented, we can safely say that NFTs are not very environment. Wouldn't it be good if there was an NFT that you could purchase, that is very environment? Now there is, with the Kpopalypse NFT offering!
The Kpopalypse unique non-fungible token consists of a link to the following cat images. These images have been selected for maximum rarity and thus maximum value to you, the NFT holder.
Here is a picture of my cat with a very rare k-pop album, Spica's first album reissue "Painkiller", which contains the songs "Painkiller", "Russian Roulette", and "Doggedly". Spica weren't a very popular group when they were around, so not many people have this Spica album, and even fewer people have my cat.
Here is my cat again, with an even more rare k-pop album, Gangkiz' "Mama" reissue, containing the tracks "Mama" and "Honey Honey". Despite having one of the most expensive music videos in the history of k-pop and benefiting from a huge promotional push due to their association with T-ara, Gangkiz never even lasted long enough to make a single comeback and disbanded almost immediately after debuting, with only approximately 1000 copies of this reissue album available worldwide.
Maximum album rarity means maximum token value, so here is my cat again with yet another rare k-pop album, Piggy Dolls' "Hakuna Matata", featuring the tracks "Know Her" and "Trend". Despite much delight from international k-pop fans when they debuted due to the group's "body positive" image and message, nobody actually put their money where their mouth was and bought their fucking album because k-pop fans are hypocrites who pretend to be "woke" but don't walk the talk, ensuring that this group's fortunes sunk like a plus-size stone. Of course, unlike most k-pop fans who like to trend hashtags and cancel people but fall short of doing anything material, Kpopalypse actually ponied up the dollars for this ultra-rare album.
Here's my cat again, this time with the album from F-ve Dolls "Can You Love Me", featuring the tracks "Can You Love Me (ft. Kim Dani)", "You Cheated" and "Soulmate #1". Note that she is keeping a safe distance from the album and has also dug up some dirt to throw in Hyoyoung's face as a defensive measure should she try anything with a knife. Smart kitty!
For extra super-rare blockchain value-add points, here she is again with the inner photo card, hand-signed by all six then-members of F-ve Dolls.
All of these super-HD images will be available at a special link to the person who signs up to my new $10,000 NFT offering tier on the official Kpopalypse Patreon. This link is not hosted by an Etherium-run service so this means it is very environment, and that's because the link actually doesn't exist at all yet, because I will wait until someone subscribes at this level before even making it, therefore saving even more environments. Note that the same super-HD images are also available to all of you lovely readers right now just by right-clicking the image, clicking "open in new tab" and then in the new tab deleting the bit of the URL at the end that says "?w=640" and refreshing, and if that's too tricky they can also be accessed together as an archive over at my Patreon page, for free, whether you are a Patreon subscriber to Kpopalypse or not. The reason why I'm giving you this content for free is because I have read that with NFTs, it's the link itself that is the valuable thing, not the content which is in the link. I'm not completely sure why this is the case, but these are apparently the crypto-nerd rules so who am I to question them?
Anyway that's all for this post and hopefully you all now can enjoy very environment Kpopalypse crypto content! Kpopalypse shall return!
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Art Snapshot: Swindlers, Convicts, and Dirty Minds
By Julia Halperin • 07/16/10 9:29pm
The Vancouver Gallery moves to avoid marijuana fumes, a Chelsea gallery owner and a media magnate are sued for swindling artists, and Russian curators are indicted for a controversial exhibition. This week in art news: art worlders getting into trouble.
1. Versailles to Hold Annual Contemporary Exhibitions
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami will be the next artist to showcase his wares at Versailles. The museum's director announced that the exhibition will become an annual tradition, featuring alternating French and foreign contemporary artists.
Our take: We're not sure what's more shocking: Manga in the Hall of Mirrors or French people poking a little fun at their own kitschiness. (Our pick for the next artist? Yayoi Kusama.)
[New York Times]
2. Controversial Beaver Sculpture Reinstated
A four-foot tall beaver sculpture was removed from public view in Bemidji, Minnesota in response to concern that the beaver's abdomen featured an image of the female anatomy. The decision incited heated debate over censorship in public art, and "Gaea" the Beaver was ultimately reinstated by the city council.
Our take: The combination of a beaver and vaginal imagery is so inventive, if makes us wonder if Georgia O'Keefe was just thinking inside the box.
[The Bemidji Pioneer]
3. VAG Moves to Avoid Marijuana Fumes
The Vancouver Art Gallery (affectionately abbreviated "VAG") cited the stench of marijuana smoke in the art gallery's vault as a reason behind its proposed move. Cue Edward Winkelman's competition for the best punny headline.
Our take: The phrase "high art" takes on a whole new meaning.
[The Globe and Mail]
4. Russia Convicts Curators for Controversial Exhibition
Two curators who organized the exhibition "Forbidden Art" in Russia were found guilty and fined $6,5000 for "inciting hatred," but escaped jail sentences. The 2007 exhibition featured controversial religious images such as a print of Jesus with the head of Mickey Mouse.
Our take: In targeting curators, the suit discourages art professionals from organizing future exhibitions in the country-a serious blow to the fledgling Russian contemporary art scene.
[AFP]
5. Owner of Chelsea Gallery Sued for Swindling Artists
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas and designer Paula Scher are suing Harry Stendhal, owner of Chelsea's Stendhal Gallery, for refusing them a fair cut of sales in order to fund his own extravagant lifestyle. Mekas alleges that Stendhal gave several of his works to restaurateur Guiseppe Cipriani to pay off a $90,000 tab.
Our take: Not paying your employees is the new black.
[NYP]
6. Russian Billionaire Fights Faberge for Name
Russian Billionaire Alexander Ivanov is looking to expand his collection of Faberge eggs and his museum, located in Baden Baden, Germany. But the expansion isn't coming easy: Ivanov's Faberge Museum is locked in a legal battle with Faberge, Inc. over the use of its name.
Our take: You'd think Faberge would be a little friendlier to a guy who paid $17.7 million for a single Faberge egg in 2007. What ever happened to "the customer is always right"?
[Bloomberg]
7. Avedon Foundation to Sell at Christie's
The Richard Avedon Foundation will action off a selection of the famed photographer's prints at Christie's in November. The sale, estimated to bring in $6 million, will feature 65 lots including the largest extant print of the famous "Domiva with Elephants."
Our take: Looks like Sotheby's isn't the only one nabbing high-profile photography shows.
[Art Market Views]
8. Britain's Gentry Deaccessions
Many royal Brits, including Princess Diana's brother, have been flooding summer auctions with heirlooms and artworks in an effort to stave off the economic crisis. Notable lots include an over $30 million Turner painting and an over $10 million Peter Paul Rubens work.
Our take: This is what happens when a harsh economic climate collides with a record-setting auction season. No one ever said the art market wasn't complicated.
[The Guardian]
9. Art Comes to the iPad
Caravaggio paves the way for artist-related iPad apps. The multimedia company Scala Group International has launched a $1.99 "CaravaggioMania" app, which features over 300,000 high-resolution images of artworks and an interactive video tour of Rome's Galleria Borghese.
Our take: Caravaggio may be in vogue since the discovery of his remains, but we'll wait for iPad fanatic David Hockney's inevitable app.
[Artinfo]
10. Louise Blouin Doesn't Pay Anyone
A bevy of former employees are suing Louise Blouin, the Brit behind Art + Auction and artinfo.com, and her company Louis Blouin Media. Plaintiffs include writers, a Manhattan design firm, and a placement agency that found a butler for Blouin's Southampton home. All claim Blouin has not paid them for their work.
Our take: Which reflects more poorly on the economy: that Blouin didn't have enough money to pay her employees or that people still lined up to work for her despite her reputation?
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With 2019 behind us, it's helpful to think through some of the trends we've been tracking and how we believe they will impact technology and its users over the course of 2020.
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With 2019 behind us, it's helpful to think through some of the trends we've been tracking and how we believe they will impact technology and its users over the course of 2020. In some cases, these predictions influence our own bets from a product strategy and technology perspective. In other cases, it's the pace of innovation itself motivating the call-out. Hey, we like to geek out about technology, too!
In that spirit, here are four predictions for tech-enabled brands in 2020:
Consumers Demand More Content
Content is king is a universally applicable concept. Consider that 83% of surveyed buyers voted product images and photos the most important driver in making a product decision. Now consider that, in 2016, buyers expected at least three images per product in order to make an informed purchase decision. Today, they expect up to eight images and two videos per product. That one of our customers—a large travel startup—imports over 100,000 images a day is evidence enough to demonstrate that Content is King. Without this valuable product context, buyers will go elsewhere to get their product questions answered in order to eventually make a product purchase. Without the right content readily available, a digital business has no chance of keeping its doors open.
In 2020, we predict that the number and variety of content formats will increase exponentially, with augmented reality (AR) formats, in particular, becoming part of the norm. We are beginning to see this across our own customer base as well, with the percentage of images overall giving way to far more video and innovative formats, like augmented reality-infused images. On that latter point—from eyewear companies to beauty brands to home furnishing giants like Ikea—AI-powered augmented reality experiences are already helping customers better visualize how a specific product will look when placed in their home or when worn with their current wardrobes. In 2020, we expect that several major players, particularly the more established brands, will move past the gimmick phase for augmented reality, and position AR-led product buying experiences front-and-center in order to attract their target buyers in an increasingly competitive retail market.
One Platform for Any Content Type
Over the last few years, slowly but surely, the lines dividing DAMs, PIMs, WCMs - and virtually all other content management focused platforms - have been blurring. Some of this is out of necessity and an increasingly collaborative and cross-functional workforce that demands having different types of assets (e.g., marketing assets and product assets) in the same system. But some of it is also due to key innovations in AI. Today, AI can organize and search across various forms of unstructured data types, all within the same system. For example, the e-commerce marketer is often responsible for optimizing product images and descriptions across online channels, requiring data pulls from multiple teams and systems like a DAM, PIM, and WCM. AI can automatically pull this information from these systems in mere seconds, eliminating the need for any individual DAM or PIM that typically handles only one content type.
We believe that this trend will pick up steam and that, over the course of 2020, the first general-purpose content platforms will emerge. Having a DAM and a PIM and a WCM for each organization to manage its own unique content types will be a thing of the past. Across our own customer base, we are already seeing the average customer start with four content platforms, and eventually move to two as our own Data Intelligence Platform takes on the work of other applications in their ecosystem. With AI powering the automation, we believe brands will be able to further simplify their tech stack by leveraging just one platform to manage all of their content data. In 2020, we'll see a big shift from content data lakes to content data platforms and we don't believe these offerings will come from any of the major cloud providers.
Year of the Citizen Developer
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) leaders like Blue Prism, UiPath, and Automation Anywhere took down significant rounds in 2019 to help fuel their rapid growth. However, in spite of the millions pouring into RPA startups and companies, the future trajectory of AI seems to be trending toward developments on Low Code platforms instead. Experts at Gartner believe that Low Code platforms will quickly take market share from RPA with 50% and 80% of RPA projects going to Low Code-powered initiatives by 2021 and 2022, respectively. Efforts by Google and Microsoft seem to suggest the same.
What does this all mean? Against the backdrop of helping consumer products companies accelerate AI adoption, we see 2020 as the year for Low Code much like 2019 was the year for RPA. On the back of Low Code technologies, Citizen Developers will be able to implement innovative data management technologies to automate their content-heavy workflows. This, in turn, will do wonders for bottom-line growth and directly enable the survival of smaller direct-to-consumer brands. But even with 2020 as the year of Low Code, we should expect some hiccups. For example, the user experience will still be atrocious. We should expect that many vendors in this space will use the 2020 cycle to improve Low Code and make it truly usable for the Citizen Developer.
Privacy is the New Normal
With both the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) now in effect, consumers have greater control over how their personal online data is being handled by businesses. Though consumers win out with increased privacy, online brands looking to continue their personalization efforts with targeted marketing are experiencing significant challenges with the shortage of essential granular customer data. Though advances in machine learning models have improved ad targeting in the past decade, that itself cannot make up for the lack of personal information. Absent personal data, brands will be shooting in the dark, relatively speaking.
Given these data constraints, we believe that brands will place an even greater emphasis on experimentation, coming up with creative ways to target and engage with consumers and influence how they search and buy online. For example, advertisers will test multiple ad creative, copy, and format combinations, but at breakneck speeds and in greater volume in order to find new but equally effective ways to market to consumers in a privacy-laden landscape. We also anticipate that brands will recalibrate their campaigns, focusing on audiences versus individuals and keywords versus hyper-personalized personas, in order to balance their targeting efforts. Ultimately, this will give rise to an explosion of both unstructured and structured data. In 2020, we expect that this increased volume of content and complexity means brands will continue to struggle with managing all of their data and with optimizing content for the end consumer.
2020 is just a few weeks old and we are excited to see how the trends above—and many others—will steer the broader technology landscape. But, if we know one thing, it's that whatever happens, it won't be boring!
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PHILADELPHIA UNION vs NEW YORK RED BULLS
PPL PARK, Chester, Pa.
May 13, 2012 (WEEK 10, MLS Game #95)
12:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2/Deportes)
The New York Red Bulls put their three-game winning streak on the line Sunday afternoon when they travel to PPL Park to face Philadelphia Union. The Red Bulls have recorded three consecutive 1-0 shutouts, the last on Wednesday evening in a home win against the Houston Dynamo. Union are coming off a fourth shutout on the season, a 1-0 loss at Seattle Sounders FC last weekend.
REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. SAR (bench): C.J. Morgante; JAR (opposite): Greg Barkey; 4th: John McCloskey
MLS Career: 79 games; FC/gm: 24.7; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 23; pens: 23
INJURY REPORT:
PHILADELPHIA UNION - OUT: MF Roger Torres (L knee surgery recovery); FW Krystian Witkowski (concussion); GK Zac MacMath (concussion symptoms); DOUBTFUL: DF Chris Albright (L big toe sprain); QUESTIONABLE: DF Danny Califf (L hamstring strain); PROBABLE: DF Gabriel Farfan (L hamstring strain)
NEW YORK RED BULLS -- OUT: FW Jose Angulo (R knee sprain); FW Thierry Henry (R hamstring strain); DF Stephen Keel (back strain); DF Wilman Conde (L groin strain); MF Teemu Tainio (R knee sprain)
ESPN2 Preview: Philadelphia vs. New York
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
SUSPENDED: PHI: Gabriel Farfan (through May 13)
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: PHI: Gabriel Gomez
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NY: Dane Richards, Dax McCarty
ALL-TIME (2 meetings): Union 2 wins, 4 goals ... Red Bulls 2 wins, 4 goals ... Ties 0
AT PHILADELPHIA (2 meetings): Union 2 wins, 3 goals ... Red Bulls 2 wins, 1 goal ... Ties 0
RETURN MATCHES: 7/21: New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN/Deportes); 10/27: Philadelphia Union vs. New York Red Bulls, 1:30 (NBC Sports)
LAST YEAR (MLS):
4/9: PHI 1, NY 0 (Torres 68)
10/20: NY 1, PHI 0 (Richards 8)
The home team has won all four meetings lifetime between the clubs. Each team claimed 1-0 victories at home in their meetings of a year ago.
The teams also met in a U.S. Open Cup play-in match in 2010, won by New York at Red Bull Arena.
Coaches record: Peter Nowak vs. NY: P16 W9 L4 D3 ... Hans Backe vs. PHI: P4 W2 L2 D0
Philadelphia Union fell for a second consecutive match, this time on the road in a 1-0 defeat by Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday afternoon at CenturyLink Field. Union are in ninth place in the Eastern Conference with 7 points from 8 games.
HIGHLIGHTS: Union falter at CenturyLink Field
The game's lone goal came in the 63rd minute. Fredy Montero found Mauro Rosales on the right wing with a perfectly weighted pass from the top of the penalty area. The Argentinean took one touch and beat Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath to the far post.
Sounders FC goalkeeper Bryan Meredith, making his first professional start, was credited with one save in the shutout.
Union boss Peter Nowak made one change to the team that dropped a late 2-1 decision to the San Jose Earthquakes at PPL Park. Keon Daniel came into the midfield in place of Amobi Okugo.
PHILADELPHIA UNION (4-4-2): Zac MacMath - Sheanon Williams, Carlos Valdes, Danny Califf, Raymon Gaddis - Freddy Adu, Michael Farfan (Danny Mwanga 76), Gabriel Gomez (Josue Martinez 83), Keon Daniel - Kai Herdling (Brian Carroll 61), Lionard Pajoy.
The Union have been shut out four times in eight matches this season. Their five goals are tied for fewest in MLS, with Chivas USA, after Week 9 of the season.
"It's the second week in a row we lose the game by a goal against two of the best teams in the league right now, so we don't feel like we're not there. We know we can play better, we know we have to fix this problem we have of being more dangerous and opening teams up a little more, creating some chances and taking some more," said Union assistant coach John Hackworth. "We'll just have to continue to work on that. I think we all believe that we are a good team, we've put our back against the wall and we have to play out of it. It's still very early here so no need to hit the panic button at all. We have a lot of young guys in our locker room, a lot of new guys in our locker room we just need to give ourselves time."
Hackworth was on the sideline in place of suspended manager Peter Nowak. "From our side, we didn't do enough to make Seattle really defend us well," he said. "We have to be a little more dangerous in the final third. We didn't do a great job of that."
Vista Previa Partido: Nueva York
Union were credited with just one shot on target on rookie goalkeeper Bryan Meredith. Union are last in MLS in shots on goal this season, averaging just more than two per game.
"With a rookie goalkeeper in there making his first start, we talked about putting balls in the box and testing him and putting shots on frame and getting numbers forward," Hackworth said. "And we continued to struggle a little bit with that, so we're disappointed."
Said Freddy Adu: "That's how soccer is, somebody makes a brilliant play and then the floodgates open. Then goals start pouring in, that's just how it is. We've got to keep going, we've got to keep doing the things we're doing. This is a tough place to play and we only lost 1-0 here. We still lost, but I thought we fought hard and at the end of the day they got a goal and we didn't. We have to be better at that."
Goalkeeper Zac MacMath was able to finish out the match despite taking a knee to the head in the first half. However, he will miss the New York as part of the league's concussion protocol after suffering concussion-like symptoms.
On Wednesday, Union defeated FC Schalke 04 of the German Bundesliga 2-1 in a friendly at PPL Park. Lionard Pajoy put Union ahead in the 21st minute, but after Schalke missed a penalty kick, they tied the game with a goal from Sergio Escudero on 41 minutes. But Chandler Hoffman hit for the game-winner two minutes from the end.
The New York Red Bulls won by a 1-0 scoreline for a third consecutive match, this time against the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday evening at Red Bull Arena. The Red Bulls moved into second place in the Eastern Conference, with 19 points from 10 games.
HIGHLIGHTS: Red Bulls get third straight shutout victory
The game's lone goal came after seven minutes. Kenny Cooper raced onto a lazy back pass from Dynamo defender Corey Ashe, and deflected the ball into the back of the net as goalkeeper Tally Hall attempted to clear.
Red Bulls goalkeeper Ryan Meara was called upon to make three saves on the night in recording a third consecutive shutout.
Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe made no changes to the team that knocked off the LA Galaxy 1-0 at The Home Depot Center
NEW YORK RED BULLS (4-1-4-1): Ryan Meara - Brandon Barklage, Tyler Ruthven, Markus Holgersson, Connor Lade - Dax McCarty - Dane Richards, Mehdi Ballouchy (Juan Agudelo 46), Joel Lindpere, Jan Gunnar Solli (Roy Miller 87) - Kenny Cooper (Jhonny Arteaga 91+).
The Red Bulls extended their shutout streak to 293 minutes, the sixth-longest streak in MLS this season. Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe maintained the same back four he's run out for all three shutouts in the streak.
"Brandon Barklage now has played three games and you can say after three games that he has a future as a right fullback. He defends phenomenal, he's quick, he's very composed in the attacking game. Of course I'm surprised that a player like Tyler Ruthven has never played in an MLS game before, playing for Atlanta. Connor Lade coming from the Academy, doing so well," said Backe. "I was quite worried before when we got all these injuries."
After going his first seven professional starts and allowing 14 goals - multiple goals in five of seven - Ryan Meara has been credited with three consecutive shutouts.
"Ryan Meara from Fordham University, having clean sheets, having made maybe one mistake in all these games. Of course it's a huge surprise," said Backe. Said Dax McCarty: "For a young back line and a young goalkeeper, three 1-0 wins in a row, you can't ask much more than that."
Dax's domination vs. Houston
The three 1-0 wins have all basically come without Designated Player Thierry Henry - he was forced out of the 1-0 win vs. New England before the game was a half-hour old, and missed the LA and Houston games.
"I think you lose a guy like Thierry Henry and it really changes how we play. He's so good with keeping possession for us, he's so good with dropping back and helping us keep the ball," said McCarty. "I think at this point right now, we're a little bit timid, we're a little bit scared. I think some of the new guys are really focused on making sure that they don't make mistakes and when you play like that it just kind of radiates throughout the team. I think we need to do a better job of trying to keep the ball, and keep possession and create chances when we're up 1-0."
While Rafa M·rquez was again available after serving his three-match suspension, he was held out of the lineup with a minor ankle injury. Dax McCarty again filled the role of a holding midfield screen in front of the back four.
"That's a good position for him," said Red Bulls center back Markus Holgersson. "He reads the game and we talk to each other and keep it tight, so that's important."
Backe said M·rquez could figure in the trip to Philadelphia. "He picked up an ankle injury [Tuesday] during training. I would say his future is to play in a holding midfield role. I think it's a soft one so he can be back any day now," Backe said.
Kenny Cooper scored his eighth goal of the season, but his first since April 14 (four games), the last game of a four-game stretch where he hit for six goals.
"I think if you look at the record, the stats with Kenny, he's always been good for around 10-15 goals," said Backe. " ... He's more of a striker that runs the channel, hardworking, sometimes tap-ins and things like that like the goal today. But he's a typical team player. I think he can improve."
Jan Gunnar Solli maintained his place on the left side of the midfield for a second consecutive match. "He's a versatile player. In Norway he played all midfield positions in a 4-3-3 wide, and I think with his running capacity, he's definitely an option in midfield," said Backe.


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Ernest Lotinga (19 March 1875–28 October 1951) was a British comedian and film actor.  Lotinga became known for the Josser character whom he portrayed in a series of comedy films during the 1930s.

Biography
Lotinga was born in Sunderland into a middle class Jewish family of partly Danish origin.  His father was a respected community leader who part-financed the local synagogue.  Ernest left school early and moved to London, where he worked as a baker's assistant and was able to watch music hall performances by Dan Leno and others.  He began his stage career by performing Leno's sketches, under the stage name Dan Roe (or Roy), and by the late 1890s developed a strong reputation in his own right as a comedic talent.  He joined a touring comedy troupe, the Six Brothers Luck, who also included Shaun Glenville, and in 1901 Lotinga married another popular music hall entertainer, the male impersonator Hetty King.

In 1909, after a poorly-received tour of the United States with the Six Brothers Luck, Lotinga left the troupe, and developed his own act as the character Jimmy Josser, an "irreverent everyman". "Josser" was a slang term for a simpleton.   He maintained the Josser character in theatre tours over subsequent decades.  For several years he toured widely with Hetty King, including visits to entertain troops in France during the First World War, but King's infidelity with the American singer and songwriter Jack Norworth led to the pair's much-publicised divorce in 1917.   Lotinga remarried in 1918, to actress Kathleen Barbor.

Lotinga was a popular success.  In 1924, he took a leading role in the farce Khaki, which made fun of army officers and judges, taunted by Lotinga's character.  The Lord Chamberlain's Office described the show as "a farrago of idiocy, vulgarity and sham sentiment", and Lotinga was obliged to rewrite the script.  After seeing him perform on stage in 1927, T. S. Eliot wrote to Virginia Woolf that Lotinga was "magnificent... the greatest living British histrionic artist, in the purest tradition of British obscenity."  He was also portrayed, in character, in the final panel of the sculptural frieze by Gilbert Baynes, Drama Through The Ages, on the Saville Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue.

In 1928, Lotinga moved into sound films, at first making a series of shorts for DeForest Phonofilms, and then, from 1931, making feature films.  These included Doctor Josser K.C. (1931), Josser in the Army (1932), Josser's Detective Agency (1935), and Love Up the Pole (1936), the last of which featured striptease performer Phyllis Dixey, who later toured with Lotinga. The films were again disparaging of authority and were censored by the Lord Chamberlain's Office, but their bawdy, knockabout humour was popular with the public.  Lotinga also featured in broadcasts on BBC radio from the mid-1930s.

During the Second World War, he toured and entertained as part of ENSA.   Although his style of humour and wordplay became increasingly unfashionable during the 1940s, he continued to perform in theatres as the Josser character.

He died in Hammersmith, London in 1951, aged 76.

Selected filmography
 Doing His Duty (1928) short film featuring Lotinga as Jimmy Josser, made in the Phonofilm sound-on-film system by British Sound Film Corporation
 Spirits (1928), short film made in Phonofilm, directed by Hugh Croise
 The Raw Recruit (1928), short film made in Phonofilm, directed by Hugh Croise
 The Orderly Room (1928), short film made in Phonofilm, directed by Hugh Croise
 Acci-Dental Treatment (1929), short film made in Phonofilm, directed by Thomas Bentley
 P.C. Josser (1931)
 Doctor Josser K.C. (1931)
 Josser on the River (1932)
 Josser in the Army (1932)
 Josser Joins the Navy (1932)
 Josser on the Farm (1934)
 Josser's Detective Agency (1935)
 Smith's Wives (1935)
 Love Up the Pole (1936)

References

Bibliography
 Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.

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1875 births
1951 deaths
English male film actors
English male comedians
Male actors from Tyne and Wear
Comedians from Tyne and Wear
20th-century English male actors
People from Sunderland

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Home World NEO: The MH17 Crash, Coming into Focus, Hebdo and much more (2015)
NEO: The MH17 Crash, Coming into Focus, Hebdo and much more (2015)
Gordon Duff, Senior Editor
Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor
First published … October 03, 2021
Veterans Today is a clearing house for intelligence leaks from a number of countries, the US certainly but two dozen others as well. We are thankful that there are so many out there who get us the truth and more thankful that they represent factions of those who still value honor and decency and are seldom "lone wolf" whistleblowers, driven by scarred psyche's and bizarre personal agendas.
That being said, I continue here down a very slippery slope but not alone, backed by my friends in the US, Russia and around the world. If there is reason for hope, and on many days finding reason for hope is almost impossible, this may well be it. It is for me, certainly.
We are addressing the attack on Russia, which is what we are terming the downing of a civilian airliner. It was a personal attack on President Putin, by my estimation, and we will get to this and those responsible but first we will address "Charlie" Hebdo after their "cartoon attack" tied to the crash.
The January 7, 2015 "attack" on "Charlie" was not what it seemed. Veterans Today, with its extensive Paris based news organization, was able to track down several leads while VT editor Kevin Barrett and penned the "medium best seller, "We are NOT Charlie, Free Thinkers Question the French 9/11."
"Charlie" was as much a test of international levels of ignorance as anything else.
In order to confirm or debunk any incident, it is only necessary to attack the weakest link. With the "Charlie" shootings, we had a high quality video of two terrorists supposedly killing a French police officer with assault rifles.
Doing a frame by frame analysis and ballistic tests, which included blood spatter analysis, we conclusively proved that the video showed terrorists firing blanks and that this one episode was staged by actors.
I did the impact analysis myself and, while doing comparisons, where the French scene had powerful and highly penetrating assault rifle cartridges blowing puffs of dust, when reenacted with real bullets baseball sized pieces of concrete blew out of the pavement.
The video showed nothing of the kind, quite the opposite, a childishly staged piece of street theatre "on the cheap."
We don't even want to begin talking about what happens when you shoot someone in the head while they are laying on a sidewalk. John Kennedy's head was supposedly "exploded" by a single low power 6.5mm rifle cartridge. The 7.62mm from an AK47 combined with a powerful muzzle blast from inches away totally obliterates a human head, much less as in the "Charlie" staged video which was both blood and injury free.
There were also no appropriate muzzle blasts or recoil and muzzle rise. The blanks had to have been loaded with almost no powder at all, in weapons with barrels heavily crimped to protect the actors and provide backpressure to allow auto-reloading. We tested that too.
My own estimation is that a movie "prop department" was used.
Real world analysis; blood and brains would be stuck to everything within 15 feet with a high likelihood that pieces of skull would, on their own, have wounded or killed the imaginary terrorists.
The staged obscenity that brought Netanyahu to Paris to shove his way to the front of a funeral cortege was just another political game, like so many.
I am not an "activist" with an agenda. I simply use forensic training to critique the childish exercises of intelligence agencies who stage such events for a controlled press.
Thus, when "Charlie" tries to anger and humiliate the Russian people by publishing its current "usual obscenity," more an insult to the fine French people than anything else, we ask why.
Now we look at the downing of the Russian plane in Egypt that was blamed on ISIS planting a bomb on it somehow and blew up over the Sinai desert.
VT personnel know the Sinai well. VT editor Jeff Smith was there with the UN for some years and has furnished us with his personal photo album of tents, sand and helicopter rides. The first thing VT did was look at the video supplied by those claiming to be ISIS.
Backtracking the position using analytical tools,, we quickly found an abandoned Wadi on the flight path which tracked back to a single road, straight to an Egyptian port with a ferry to Jordan.
We also found the placement of the video team as conclusive evidence that the explosive device as controlled by far more than a simple timer. It was likely triggered through satellite communications. Who can do that?
We also found that the video equipment was relatively sophisticated but the video was downgraded to appear as done by an Apple mobile phone. Who does that as well?
We were told that Saudi and Egyptian intelligence used two teams, one planting the bomb at Sharm al Sheikh while the other, further north, infiltrated Sinai from Jordan and did the video pretending to be "ISIS."
Some of this story was verified when we examined the best evidence, the Al Jazeera story, a fabrication about an imaginary radio call and planned landing in Cairo. Jeff Smith pointed out that there is a UN airfield with sufficient runway for an A321, known to all pilots, very close by in Sinai.
Al Jazeera claimed to have an Egyptian source for their story, later proven to have been fabricated. There was no source. We concluded that Al Jazeera was part and parcel to the staged terror act, a hypothesis based on our long experience with that organization and its relationship to Qatari and Saudi intelligence services.
Al Jazeera is an intelligence front, continually planting "seeded material" created by intelligence agencies the same way Wikileaks does, as was pointed out in December 2010 in an interview on National Public Radio with Zbiginew Brzezinski.
To create context, I will run the clock back to 9/11. Though most find discussions of this event tiresome, we will put minds to rest. We will take a very short look at one incident on that day, as we did with "Charlie" and make our case.
At that time, the most famous journalist in the world was Dan Rather, evening anchor on CBS News, inheritor to the "throne" as it were, of Walter Kronkite. On 9/11, Rather reported that a moving van filled with explosives was stopped by New Jersey State Police on the George Washington Bridge. There, two individuals were arrested, found to be "Israeli art students," who were heavily armed. Quoting Rather, "the van contained enough explosives to bring down the bridge."
Two other such vans were stopped in Manhattan and other arrests were made as well but were not reported on national television. All those arrested were Israeli, with over 200 Israelis arrested tied to 9/11 according to high level sources.
CNN carried the same report as CBS and Rather, which has been removed from YouTube many times but still exists, republished on VT last week.
Rather, today, has no memory of making the broadcast.
We also have surveillance logs showing these same "art students" meeting in Fort Lee, New Jersey, near the bridge, with a Saudi intelligence officer named Mohammed Atta, cited as the mastermind of 9/11. We end our vignette here, assume what you will.
"Art students" were also arrested recovering radio jamming equipment placed on high rise residential buildings in Fort Lee, New Jersey. We only mention this to show the scope of events of this kind and to what degree denial, deception and deceit can influence events.
Now we address what we have been told about the crash. Our initial assumption was that Saudi Arabia with or without their supposedly "new found friends," the Israelis had done this to humiliate Russia and push President Putin into an act of reprisal that would bring the US and Russia to war.
Using only sources from intelligence agencies, we were then informed that Russia was under the assumption that Saudi intelligence and their paid operatives within Egyptian intelligence were responsible.
It's been stated that: "Half the Egyptians work for Israel, the other half for Saudi Arabia anyway, Egypt has no security services, only paid foreign spies."
Where does this leave us? If Putin openly attacks the obvious culprits, the Saudis, as if it was ISIS, everyone will assume Saudi Arabia directed them. Then, of course, there is no evidence that ISIS can penetrate airport security.
Usually such things are done by Israel, as Israeli companies tied to the Mossad work in almost every airport and Israel produces phony passports for assassins the way a potato factory turns out crisps.
If Russia fails to act openly, the Russian people will feel weakened and humiliated. If Russia acts openly, Putin will have allowed himself to be maneuvered.
This is why this was done, always a "plan within a plan" as with "Charlie" or "9/11," game theory using press assets and the childish narrative that only the most ignorant of the public and the political puppets who pretend to be world leaders openly accept.
Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. He is a disabled veteran and has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades. Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world's largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.
Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than "several" countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology.
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Konehead October 19, 2021 at 2:39 pm
OCT 18:
I was in taxicab two days ago in Minsk Belarus.
I cant speak Russian but my wife likes to with drivers, I ask after what did he say? As taxi drivers always knoe whats going on in Belarus.
This driver was from Ukraine.
I said "Kiev?" "Fascista?" (a little bit rude coming from an American idiot but I could tell he was not a nazi fuck – as they just dont have them in Minsk Belarus…Belarus more Russian than Russia is how I like to describe it here as)
He said Nyet, "Donetsk!"
Next day we got the same driver again (yesterday)
Now I asked him about MH17 being shot down by a missle.
He said he was there, and he saw it! (wow)
He said Nyet, there was no missle. A Ukrainian jet shot it down.
I said you didnt see a missle??
He said there was no missle. A Ukrainian jet shot it down.
I told him in America they said in all the news and magazines "Putin did it"
He said that was a lie, and regardless he doesnt really like Putin that much, nor Trump or Biden or president of Belarus either for that matter.
He was freaked out from the 285 bodies that fell from sky, he really didnt want to talk much more about it.
There is popular Russian phrase that sounds something like NAHOOEE which means "on my dick"
So this word put after of all the current world leaders name when describing them.
I asked him did you come to Belarus because the Ukrainian Nazis stormed your village?
He said yes.
I said you know the USA paid all the fascistas to do that.
He said I know
Konehead October 3, 2021 at 5:07 pm
Downing of Russian passenger jet over Sinai was vengeance attack plus warning for Russia overstepping it's "role" in Syria.
What brought it about was Putin deciding to blast the shit out of the hundreds/thousands of ISIS oil tanker trucks driving into Turkey selling oil stolen from Syria, after the US did nothing but pretend to be fighting ISIS from the air.
Warning was:
f Putin wants to get serious in destroying ISIS in Syria,. then he needs to know just how far he can go with that, before more 9/11 style events will be "staged" against Russia.
So they downed Russian airliner over Sinai, and at first it announced to be an ISIS missle from ground but then turns out it was actually bomb triggered by satellite on board seems to be jist of it.
Russia would know instantly if missle or bomb so there is the warning.
Nothing about MH17 in article! Misprint in title?


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Celt es una variedad cultivar de manzano (Malus domestica).
Un híbrido del cruce de Cox's Orange Pippin x Blenheim Orange. Criado en 1943 por David Harris en Melksham, Wiltshire. Las frutas tienen pulpa fina y dulce.

Historia

'Celt' es una variedad de manzana, híbrido del cruce de Cox's Orange Pippin x Blenheim Orange. Posee el patrón de rayas del Cox estándar. Criado en 1943 por David Harris en Melksham, Wiltshire, (Inglaterra).

'Celt' se cultiva en la National Fruit Collection con el número de accesión: 1951-221 y Accession name: Celt.

Características

'Celt' árbol de extensión vertical, de vigor moderado. Portador de espuelas. produce cosechas pesadas. Tiene un tiempo de floración que comienza a partir del 2 de mayo con el 10% de floración, para el 8 de mayo tiene un floración completa (80%), y para el 15 de mayo tiene un 90% caída de pétalos.

'Celt' tiene una talla de fruto medio; forma truncado cónico, con una altura de 47.00mm, y con una anchura de 60.00mm; con nervaduras débil-medias; epidermis con color de fondo verde amarillo blanquecino, con un sobre color rojo, importancia del sobre color alto, y patrón del sobre color rayas, "russeting" (pardeamiento áspero superficial que presentan algunas variedades) bajo; carne es de color crema. Jugoso, aromático. Alegre y meloso con sabores intensos.

Listo para cosechar en la primera mitad del segundo período.Su tiempo de recogida de cosecha se inicia a principios de octubre.

Usos

Una buena manzana de uso de postre fresca en mesa.

Ploidismo

Diploide, auto estéril. Grupo de polinización: C, Día 8.

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2022 August KRlll Visitor Centre shortlisted for museum of the year
KRlll Visitor Centre shortlisted for museum of the year
Photograph exhibition shows life under apartheid
Leicester gets ready to celebrate Chinese New Year
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Published on Monday, August 29, 2022
AS Leicester marks the tenth anniversary since the search for the lost King began, the city's King Richard lll Visitor Centre is in the running for another national award.
The centre has been named as a finalist for the museum of the year in the Group Leisure and Travel Awards, which aim to shine a spotlight on the best destinations, attractions and people in the leisure and travel industry.
It's up against some stiff competition with the Science Museum, London, and Bletchley Park among the other finalists.
Leicester's City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said: "It's hard to believe it will be ten years ago this December when we purchased the former Leicester Grammar school building, with the aim of transforming it into a world-class visitor centre.
"Thanks to the hard work and creativity of a number of people we achieved that within a remarkably short timescale, and the centre has been wowing visitors since the summer of 2014.
"This latest nomination is well deserved, and bodes well for the future of the centre as tourism across the UK and the world starts to grow again."
Phil Hackett, general manager of the visitor centre said: "It's fantastic for us and for Leicester to be on the shortlist for museum of the year, especially amongst such an awe-inspiring group of attractions.
"Unlike the other attractions we are on the doorstep of Leicester residents, and we look forward to welcoming them through our doors as we mark the tenth anniversary of the start of the search for King Richard lll."
The winner of the Group Leisure and Travel museum of the year award will be announced in October.
The Tiger Who Came to Tea comes to Leicester
More festive fun as the countdown to Christmas continues
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namespace Google.Cloud.GkeBackup.V1.Snippets
{
    // [START gkebackup_v1_generated_BackupForGKE_CreateRestorePlan_sync_flattened_resourceNames]
    using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
    using Google.Cloud.GkeBackup.V1;
    using Google.LongRunning;

    public sealed partial class GeneratedBackupForGKEClientSnippets
    {
        /// <summary>Snippet for CreateRestorePlan</summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// This snippet has been automatically generated for illustrative purposes only.
        /// It may require modifications to work in your environment.
        /// </remarks>
        public void CreateRestorePlanResourceNames()
        {
            // Create client
            BackupForGKEClient backupForGKEClient = BackupForGKEClient.Create();
            // Initialize request argument(s)
            LocationName parent = LocationName.FromProjectLocation("[PROJECT]", "[LOCATION]");
            RestorePlan restorePlan = new RestorePlan();
            string restorePlanId = "";
            // Make the request
            Operation<RestorePlan, OperationMetadata> response = backupForGKEClient.CreateRestorePlan(parent, restorePlan, restorePlanId);

            // Poll until the returned long-running operation is complete
            Operation<RestorePlan, OperationMetadata> completedResponse = response.PollUntilCompleted();
            // Retrieve the operation result
            RestorePlan result = completedResponse.Result;

            // Or get the name of the operation
            string operationName = response.Name;
            // This name can be stored, then the long-running operation retrieved later by name
            Operation<RestorePlan, OperationMetadata> retrievedResponse = backupForGKEClient.PollOnceCreateRestorePlan(operationName);
            // Check if the retrieved long-running operation has completed
            if (retrievedResponse.IsCompleted)
            {
                // If it has completed, then access the result
                RestorePlan retrievedResult = retrievedResponse.Result;
            }
        }
    }
    // [END gkebackup_v1_generated_BackupForGKE_CreateRestorePlan_sync_flattened_resourceNames]
}

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In this new occassion we have had the opportunity to interview the Black Metal band Heathen Beast from India. Check out the interview and follow the band on their FACEBOOK PAGE.
HB: When we first got together and started jamming we had the idea of the kind of music we wanted to me. We also shared a common hatred for religion and were all atheists. So with our ideology in place we wanted a name that would stand up to that. Heathen Beast fit the style, sound and ideology we had. We are heathens and a beast that cannot be stopped.
HB: We are all big fans of Norwegian black metal and it's a genre that is rooted in the hatred for organized religion. It's what came to us naturally when we jammed in our initial years. We decided while we love the sound and style of black metal, we wanted to give it our own spin and create a sound that represents us. Later on when we felt the need speak against the politics of this country, we found a sound more towards grindcore that suited the message we wanted to send. At the end of the day we don't restrict ourselves to a particular style, we play what fits the message that we're trying to spread.
HB: The original members of the band knew each other before the band was formed. However we've grown from a band into a collective and we've met like minded people along the way and involved them in this project. For all intents and purposes the names of the members are always the same, but who is behind the name, changes constantly.
HB: As we are a collective we're inspired by all kinds of music right from metal to Hindustani classical. We are inspired by the world around us and the events that unfold. The cancer of religion inspires us, how it breeds hate and how it controls people. This is our inspiration.
HB: As we said above, the world inspires us. The events of the world, religion, politics. God is a tool to enslave the masses and we are hoping to set them free with our music.
HB: We have never played live.
HB: We are not actors. 8. Whom would you like to feature with?
HB: We would love to be along any of the Norwegian black metal legends.
HB: We've never played live so never had that problem.
HB: The early Norwegian black metal scene. Bands like Mayhem, Darkthrone, Bathory, Venom, Celtic Frost, Emperor. More recently bands like Anaal Nathrakh and Hate Eternal. We also do love bands like Marduk and Dark Funeral.
HB: In the online world we have thankfully not been at the receiving end of this weirdness. We have received threats of violence of course. But those are not fans, those are political goons and religious trolls.
HB: We couldn't be more grateful for them, we have received incredible support from them. HAILZ TO THE HEATHEN ARMY!!!
HB: We love what you do and the support you extend to the music. It's great to see a website so passionate and honest. HAILZ!
HB: Thank you for the interview and hope some of your readers will check out our music. HAILZ!!!


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The 2019 Major League Rugby season was the second season of Major League Rugby, the professional rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The regular season began on January 26 and concluded on June 2.

Two teams made their debut in 2019, the Toronto Arrows and Rugby United New York. The Seattle Seawolves won the championship for the second consecutive season, defeating the San Diego Legion 26-23 on June 16.

Teams

Notes:

Regular season
The regular season was expanded from ten weeks in 2018 to nineteen weeks for 2019, with each team playing 16 matches.

Standings
The standings for the 2019 Major League Rugby regular season are:

Matches
The following are the matches for the 2019 Major League Rugby regular season:

Updated to match(es) played on
Colors: Blue: home team win; Yellow: draw; Red: away team win.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Week 19

Playoffs

Semifinals

Final

Players Statistics

Top scorers

The top ten try and point scorers during the 2019 Major League Rugby season are:

Last updated June 5, 2019

Sanctions

Awards
MVP of the Championship Match

All-MLR Awards

All-MLR First Team

All-MLR Second Team

Attendances

Notes:

References

Major League Rugby seasons
Major League Rugby
Major League Rugby
Major League Rugby


West Palm Beach – The diverse and authentic Caribbean Jerk traditions are the key ingredients that event producer, Full-A-Vybez, Inc. has prepared for the 15th annual 1-800-411-PAIN Palm Beach Jerk and Caribbean Culture Festival, which will be held on Monday, May 28th, 2018 at the South Florida Fairgrounds (9067 Southern Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33411) from 2pm-10pm.
1-800-411 PAIN is once again the proud title sponsor.
This year's festival includes talented culinary personalities who will take center stage to compete for the Caribbean's top culinary honors.
There will also be an opportunity for patrons to partake in live cooking demos conducted by internationally renowned chef Noel Cunningham alongside specially invited guests.
Attendees will have an opportunity to indulge in succulent dishes and tasty libations, music, and more. To bring the diversity of the islands to West Palm Beach.
The festival honors the cultural richness, heritage and flavor that the Caribbean Jerk Seasoning lends to food and traditions. The dizzying variety of Caribbean Jerk can be found in the many food offerings that include succulent Jerk Lobster, Juicy Jerk Chicken, the Spicy Jerk Shrimp, the Sensational Smoked Jerk Pork and the popular Jerk Ice Cream.
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To complete the taste of the islands, Fulla -Vybez Inc has created a fantastic lineup for the mainstage performance. Performers will be announced shortly.
Tickets can be purchased at Palm Beach Jerk Festival or popular local Caribbean community locations. Children 12 and under are admitted FREE of charge.


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This Is The Best Restaurant In New York, According To The Times
Julie Zeveloff
Photo: © Deborah Jones
Outgoing New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton has finally revealed his pick for the best restaurant in New York City.The honour goes to Per Se, the Thomas Keller restaurant in the Time Warner centre that's known as much for its astronomical prices as the ornate parade of delicacies that appear seamlessly before diners.
In a four-star review in tomorrow's dining section, Sifton writes:
So this is the best restaurant in New York City: Per Se, in the Time Warner centre, just up the escalator from the mall, a jewel amid the zirconia.
I make the argument unreservedly. I have eaten in restaurants five or more nights a week for the last two years, always in search of the best and most delectable, the most interesting and important. And I have come back again and again to Per Se to find it.
If you thought Per Se was impossible to get into before, just try calling up to reserve a table now.
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Ex-convicts, former gang members and recovered drug addicts chronicle a single journey of triumph by breaking out of their self imposed imprisonment and addiction and breaking in to Hollywood as artists
By: Jonas Mohr and Jason Porath
Publisher: Real Deal Entertainment
Review – LA Opinion Newpaper
"Surviving street violence, family disintegration, poverty, alcoholism, institutional abuse, and drug addiction is a challenge that many human beings aren't able to overcome. Most die trying. However, the artists selected to participate in this book, both alarming/touching and at the same time full of hope, demonstrate that it is possible to go to hell and come back with the heart full of life, without losing any piece of soul in the journey. Presented in black and white, avoiding to resort to gray tones or moderate whites, the powerful images captured by Jonas Mohr's cameras correspond perfectly with the simple and honest texts redacted/written by Jason Porath that accompany the photographs that illustrate these pages. All of it serves to remind us that the paths to reach Hollywood and to succeed in the film industry continue as mysterious and unfathomable as they have always been."
and Co-Creator of Mugshots,
Jonas Mohr
Mugshots: A Celebration of the Journey from Ruin to Redemption (Mugshots website) won the 2008 Independent Publisher Awards. The IPPY awards recognize excellence in independent publishing and Mugshots was selected from over 3,200 entries and 2,500 publishers in seven countries.
Mugshots was singled out for an Outstanding Achievement Award and won for "Most Life-Changing Book of 2008" An awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles in June, 2008 during the Book Expo America, the largest book trade show in the world.
Mugshots co-creator Jason Porath, actor Emilio Rivera, Suspects Ent. manager Manny Jimenez, actor John Wesley, Mugshots co-creator/photographer Jonas Mohr, Ty, and co-creator Tom Moyer.
Book Signing at the world famous bookstore, Esowon Books…. Ty (right) stands with Mugshots photographer and co-creator, Jonas Mohr (left)
Ty (center) sits between Mugshots creators Jonas Mohr (left) and Tom Moyer (right) during a Q&A at the Esowon Book Store signing
Ty (far right) stands with Mugshots creators (from left to right) Tom Moyer, Jason Porath, and actor Emilio Rivera who's also included in Mugshots


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Book Review: "Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair" from National Geographic Tells the Story of the Punished Kids of Nazi Defectors
by Alex Reif | Jan 17, 2021 6:25 PM Pacific Time
Tags: Disney Books, National Geographic, Review
Like most kids, I was first exposed to the history of World War II through The Diary of Anne Frank. In relating to a girl who was around my age who lived through tragic events, I was better able to form an empathetic bond with the greater World War II story. Through another girl's diary, Ann Bausum tells a story of true courage and heroism from within Germany in Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair, published by National Geographic.
Approachable by the same readers starting their exploration of World War II history with Anne Frank's diary, Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair follows the lives of children whose fathers were part of a coup attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader sought revenge beyond having the men executed by imprisoning their families and sending their kids away to a remote camp where their names were changed. Local residents nearby nicknamed them "Ghost Children" because they were so quiet, living in fear and uncertainty about their future.
"Inside the 1944 plot to kill Hitler and the ghost children of his revenge," reads the additional text on the cover. In seven chapters with accompanying black and white photos, Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair is a quick read full of stories not usually found in school history books. Even your most well-read World War II history buff is likely to find some unpublished information here, as author Ann Bausum worked with the surviving grown up "Ghost Children" to get their personal recollections of their time at the Borntal in Bad Sachsa. At first glance it may look like it's aimed at middle school readers, but it's truly a book for all ages old enough to understand the intricacies of war.
Christa von Hofacker's diary entries from her time as a ghost child were published in Germany and became celebrated proof that the entire country wasn't culpable for blindly following Hitler. The Valkyrie mission that her father was a part of is now a celebrated part of German history with monuments and memorials celebrated to the men that tried to assassinate Hitler.
Bausum embeds the story of these separated children within the greater context of World War II, starting with the events that led to Hitler's rise to power and some of the earliest attempts within Germany to stop him. The title comes from the name of Hitler's main base, the secluded and heavily guarded Wolf's Lair where the Nazi leader survived a bombing attempt and then sought vengence not only on the men who orchestrated it, but their families and children. The book also talks about the aftermath of the war for Germany and how these kids eventually found their way back to surviving family members.
Perfect for kids, parents and educators, Ensnared in the Wolf's Den tells the story of some brave German families who stood up for what they knew was right. It has an inspiring message and reminds readers of the importance of not blindly following a leader that goes against the grain of science and reason. History is doomed to repeat itself unless we keep it alive and learn the lessons we need from it.
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Alex joined the Laughing Place team in 2014 and has been a lifelong Disney fan. His main beats for LP are Disney-branded movies, TV shows, books, music and toys. He recently became a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA).
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Marker Motion Adjustable Demo Binding (DIN 2.5-10). The Speedwall S is a new ski in the Volkl collection, a high-performance hard-snow carver like the Speedwall L. But it is narrower than the L (74 mm, where the L is 76 mm in the waist) and offers a slightly tighter sidecut (16.5 at 173 cm). Volkl's Code incorporates race-bred performance and construction built for high-speed carving precision and performance on firm, flat snow.
All feature Power Construction: full wood cores, vertical sidewalls for edge grip; internal torsion box construction for positive tip and tail edge engagement. The two top models, Speedwall L and Speedwall S, are metal reinforced. All models borrow the Speedwall technology from Volkl's Racetiger race skis: high-density sintered base material is used to construct the sidewalls, so they'll hold wax just as the bases do. Moderate tip and tail rocker makes the Code skis significantly more forgiving than the true race skis, but they're still built to have plenty of power. Features include: Tip & Tail Rocker Tip/waist/tail of 122/74/104 Turning radius - r16.5 Sensorwood Power Construction Powered by Titanium Speedwall This photos are similar to the overall condition of the skis you will receive.
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Scott Quigg is a man who seems unable to silence the critics, despite adding yet another dominant win to his record on the undercard of the Tony Bellew v Nathan Cleverly rematch at Liverpool's Echo Arena this weekend.
The 26-year-old extended his unbeaten record to 30 wins and two draws with a comprehensive points victory over Hidenori Otake, a game Japanese bantamweight who continued to come forward despite taking a constant barrage of shots on foreign shores last night.
Quigg finished 2014 in style but couldn't get the stoppage, a testament to a tough opponent who earned every penny of his purse in his maiden world title tilt.
Otake, aged 33, came into the fight with little known about him other than his record of 22 wins, one loss and three draws. An unknown fighter is a very dangerous one as it would be so easy to underestimate them and then come unstuck on the night.
Becoming complacent and underestimating opponents in not Quigg's style though. He is a grounded and dedicated young man who lives and breathes the sport. Part of the hugely successful Joe Gallagher gym, Quigg has thrived in recent fights, with three consecutive early stoppage victories.
Macklins World Title Dream Over?
Quigg is the WBA regular champion, which means that he has world honours doesn't hold the highest level of world champion status for the WBA. That honour goes to the incredibly skilled Guillermo Rigondeaux. As a result of being regular champion Quigg gets huge criticism from boxing fans, which is far from deserved on the whole.
It isn't Quigg's fault that the world titles are so fragmented and he is a world champion, whether fans like to accept that or not.
Quigg started this fight cautiously looking to see what his opponent was all about. Quigg landed the better shots throughout the fight and looked very comfortable in there.
Quigg, as ever, sustained attacks to the body of Otake which would normally have floored or slowed down his opponent on the night. The Bury native was only able to hurt his opponent on a couple of occasions and he never looked as though he was going to force the stoppage against this very tough boxer.
Otake suffered a bad cut late on in the fight which led to doctors examining the eye a couple of times. They allowed the fight to continue and to Otake's credit he kept on going. He gave everything that he had and will not go back home wondering what if.
For Quigg this was a much needed hard fight in which he was able to get valuable rounds under his belt for the tougher tests which surely lie ahead for the Bury man.
The fight that all boxing fans really want to see Quigg involved in is the huge domestic dust-up with fellow world champion Carl Frampton.
Frampton became the IBF world champion earlier this year by defeating Kiko Martinez. Many hoped that this would spark the dream of a Quigg v Frampton fight into force but as yet we seem no closer to the fight.
Frampton or Santa Cruz next up?
The other big fight out there for Quigg is a battle with Mexican fighter Leo Santa Cruz. The 26-year-old is an undefeated fighter who would present Quigg with an excellent challenge and the chance to introduce himself to the American audience.
Quigg got the job done on the night in convincing fashion but we all want to see him face another world champion sooner rather than later.


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Q: How to use extension to insert before an xsd:sequence? In all examples about extending a sequence, all new elements are appened at the end.
See personinfo and fullpersoninfo at :
http://www.w3schools.com/schema/schema_complex.asp
How to define a new sequence by extension to insert new elements before ? Example (the 2nd part is wrong; how to correct it ?) :
<xs:complexType name="address">
  <xs:sequence>
    <xs:element name="city" type="xs:string"/>
    <xs:element name="country" type="xs:string"/>
  </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

<xs:complexType name="fullpersoninfo">
  <xs:complexContent>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string"/>
    </xs:sequence>
    <xs:extension base="address"/>
  </xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>

The aim is to validate some elements where city and country are at the end of many sequences.
Example :
<Employee>
  <name>A.Miller</name>
  <city>Madrid</city>
  <country>Spain</country>
</Employee>
<Flight>
  <airport>CDG</airport>
  <city>Paris</city>
  <country>France</country>
</Flight>

A: As @Xstian mentioned in the comments, xs:extension doesn't work that way.  Details follow, along with an alternative suggestion...
XSD 1.0
Extension cannot insert new elements before a sequence; they must be appended after the sequence.  According to the XSD 1.0 spec, XML Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition:

A complex type which extends another does so by having additional
  content model particles at the end of the other definition's content
  model, or by having additional attribute declarations, or both.

*

*Note: This specification allows only appending, and not other kinds    of extensions. This decision simplifies application
  processing    required to cast instances from derived to base type.
  Future versions    may allow more kinds of extension, requiring more
  complex    transformations to effect casting.

XSD 1.1
Some special cases are supported but still not ones that would allow insertions before a sequence as you seek.  According to the XSD 1.1 spec, W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 1: Structures:

A complex type which extends another does so by having additional
  content model particles at the end of the other definition's content
  model, or by having additional attribute declarations, or both.

*

*Note: For the most part, this specification allows only appending,    and not other kinds of extensions. This decision
  simplifies    application processing required to cast instances from
  the derived    type to the base type. One special case allows the
  extension of    all-groups in ways that do not guarantee that the new
  material occurs    only at the end of the content. Another special
  case is extension via    Open Contents in interleave mode.

Alternative Suggestion: Groups
Instead of xs:extension you could use xs:group to factor out the common element definitions and insert new elements before them.
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <Employee>
    <name>A.Miller</name>
    <city>Madrid</city>
    <country>Spain</country>
  </Employee>
  <Flight>
    <airport>CDG</airport>
    <city>Paris</city>
    <country>France</country>
  </Flight>
</root>

XSD
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

  <xs:group name="AddressGroup">
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name="city" type="xs:string"/>
      <xs:element name="country" type="xs:string"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:group>

  <xs:complexType name="EmployeeType">
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string"/>
      <xs:group ref="AddressGroup"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>

  <xs:complexType name="FlightType">
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name="airport" type="xs:string"/>
      <xs:group ref="AddressGroup"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>

  <xs:element name="root">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="Employee" type="EmployeeType"/>
        <xs:element name="Flight" type="FlightType"/>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>

</xs:schema>

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