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Review: Sundered (Sony PlayStation 4)
Review by Matt C.
Before Sundered, I'd never have thought that "procedurally generated Metroidvania" is a thing that could work. Meticulous, intricate level design is the single most important thing for the genre, and that's something always better achieved by a deft hand than by lines of proc-gen code.
But Sundered proves that with a smart developer behind it, this is an idea that absolutely can work. When you take the best bits of handcrafted level design, the best bits of procedural generation, and you mix them together, you get something that's so much more than the sum of its parts.
The typical Metroidvania gives you a complex labyrinth of caves, corridors, and rooms to explore, aided by a growing suite of abilities. Only a small section of the map is accessible at the start, but new tools change the way you can interact with the environment, opening previously blocked paths in the process. A simple double jump lets you reach platforms that were too high before; Samus Aran's famous morph ball lets her roll throw passageways to narrow to walk through.
As new abilities open new paths, the map tends to loop back around, open shortcuts to previously - visited areas, allowing you to look for doors or treasures that you missed the first time round. Gradually uncovering the workings of such intricate mapping is the hook that makes the genre so captivating. So how do you procedurally generate something like that?
Sundered's elegant answer is to use a combination of the two. At a macro level, the map is set in stone: every boss room and every ability statue is locked in place, as are the huge caverns that link them. The exits that lead from one cavern to the next are in place by design, including the all-important shortcuts and ability-gated paths. To look at Sundered's map at this level, it's your standard Metroidvania.
But zoom in closer, and you see the procedural generation at work. Each of those caverns I just mentioned is made up of dozens of smaller rooms, the configuration of which changes each time your character dies. The main entrances and exits for each cavern are static, but how you make your way through changes with every reset, bringing with it the excitement of exploration and discovery with each new run. You don't have to worry about getting stuck because the proc-gen decided to throw up a roadblock tied to an ability you don't have yet; if you can get into a cavern, you can always find your way to the exit. At the same time, ability-gated treasure caches and the like are a common occurrence, so revisiting even the early caverns is often worthwhile.
Zoom closer still, and the hand-crafted design comes back into play. The rooms are configured semi-randomly by a script, but each of those rooms is carefully designed to deliver the sort of moment-to-moment platforming challenges that are a common feature of Metroidvanias. The "edges" of each room flow seamlessly into one another, creating sequences that feel almost like they're that way by design. After some time, you'll start to recognise individual rooms by sight, but the way they come together is a constant source of fascination.
There's another random element that's less successful, though, and that's in enemy spawns. Instead of being set in specific points, monsters spawn at random as you explore. This is generally not a problem, because they don't really present much of a threat and are easily outrun, but there's a lot of missed opportunity to use enemies as a part of the platforming puzzles. However, hordes are another matter: at almost any time, you can get attacked by a huge swarm of enemies that just keep coming until a dice roll decides they should stop. They're a nuisance at best, and at worst they can make platforming almost impossible. The worst part is that enemies drop little in the way of treasure, so fighting off the hordes often feels like a waste of time.
Bosses, on the other hand, are exceptional. You'd expect as much from the people behind Jotun, but that doesn't make the encounters in Sundered any less impressive. Mini-bosses are usually much stronger versions of regular enemies, but with more varied and creative attacks. The main bosses are the real stars though; giant, god-like beings that demand quick wits and mastery of your abilities.
The story wrapped around all of this is one of eldritch horrors and dark, twisted fantasy. It's an abstract tale of a warrior's fight for her sanity and the future of humanity, and though it's the most original or complex tale, it's captivating nonetheless. Perhaps the most interesting aspect is a sort of moral choice system in which you can choose to either embrace or reject the dark power. Embracing it gets you powerful new abilities right away; rejecting gets you a small treasure bonus and unlocks new nodes on your skill tree for delayed gratification. Most importantly, the choice affects which of three endings you get, and which final boss you face.
Sundered proves that procedural generation and smart, hand-crafted level design are far from mutually exclusive. The combination of the two, and the way the play off each others' strengths makes this one of the most engrossing Metroidvanias I've played in a while. The random approach to regular combat leaves something to be desired, but epic boss fights more than make up for it. If you have even the slightest interest in Metroidvanias, this is a game you need to play.
- Matt C.
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El 30 de agosto de 2017 firmó con el Horsens IC de la Basket Ligaen danesa, pero únicamente disputó diez partidos antes de ser cortado, promediando 5,5 puntos y 4,4 rebotes. Acabó la temporada en el Panionios BC griego, donde promedió 2,5 puntos y 2,5 rebotes por encuentro.

En agosto de 2018 fichó por el BC Souffelweyersheim de la NM1, la tercera división francesa, con los que consiguió el ascenso a la Pro B, colaborando con 9,4 puntos y 6,7 rebotes por partido. Mediada la temporada siguiente dejó el equipo, regresando a la NM1 al firmar con el SO Maritime Boulogne.

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What makes an entrepreneur?
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Scottish Business Owner
If you have your own business (i.e a sole trader) where you are effectively the business do you still regard yourself as an entrepreneur?
Or is an entrepreneur all about being the person that has the wacky ideas and then taking this through to a viable business model etc?
What would make you call someone an entrepreneur and what qualities would you look for in a person to describe them as entrepreneurial?
profitxchange
Entrepreneurs make their money from building and selling businesses, not running them
They have a new spin on a business opportunity. it is never me to.
They are obsessive and passionate about making it work
They do not consider the risks.
They get the very best people in the business to support them.
They go for the big kill its never incremental growth its always step.
They are rarely the doers they are the thinkers / strategists.
They will establish multiple businesses concurrently.
They get unconventional funding, often clients, suppliers and friends.
They will ultimately exit the business and do it again.
The one skill that comes out is they really get a handle on the critical numbers and ratios. Operational not accounting.
Adventurelife
I do not really like the word entrepreneur. Not really sure why. Probably as their are so many people running about calling themselves by that tag.
Tend to agree with the above post from profit exchange with exception about the line about risk. All decent business people consider risk and take actions to mitigate it to the best of their ability.
Dont disagree with adventure life,
From my experience with Real Entrepreneures, the risks they are prepared to take can be very high, including bankruptcy if it goes pear shaped.
AJEKLimited
I never fully understood it when people banded the term about, or called themselves entrepreneurs.
With what i'm doing now, one role is sole trader with the consultancy work i am doing and i wouldnt have regarded myself as an entreprenuer personally.
Now with the services company, setting up from new, taking risks that could see me lose a lot, have thought about this obsessivley for about 2 - 3 years, have self funded etc i would regard that as entrepreneurial.
With having merged the two into one single operating company, i guess its a bit of both, the consultancy work i see as a kind of safety net, but the services company is where my ambitions and passion lie.
Also mentioned above is the want to run multiple companies, another route i want to go down this year. But wether i regard myself as truly an entreprenuer is another thing, i really just think of myself as someone who is now in a comfortable position to take the chance and try and make an oppurtunity work, if it dosent then its back to the drawing board and start again.
scarycaravan media
I think profitxchange hit the nail on the head with that!
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Personally I think Peter's closer to the mark on this. I too dislike the word entrepreneur; at least as it's been abused and spun in recent years.
... And I agree absolutely that risk, whilst something that is inevitable, is something that you work towards mitigating as thoroughly as is possible... Calculated and necessary in other words.
Although I tend not to talk about it on open platforms like this I have, over the years, seeded and built a number of various projects. I have current interests for instance in things a diverse as catering, the motor trade and even a motorcyle despatch company!
'Entrepreneurship' (if the 'E' word must be used) is something that was almost 'built in' to growing up; with part of the family coming from Hong Kong in the early '60s it seemed like everyone on that side had, or were working towards, their own business... and this spread to the Scots/Irish side of the family with the more affluent and experienced members seeing it almost as a moral duty to help seed new ventures and guide the less experienced through to the point where a return could be had and the 'stabilisers' could be taken off...
By the age of about twelve I was collecting old bicycle parts, canibalising, restoring and assembling what I could into complete machines for sale... and selling the waste to the local scrappy! I still remember the absolute joy and pride on my Uncles' faces when they saw me with the brand new Raleigh Chopper I'd walked into the shop a bought for cash with the profits... For it was they who had chipped into buy me the tools and shown me how to keep a simple record of what I was spending and what I was taking in...
So for me it's a social obligation to some degree... To invest where it strikes me as fitting to do so; and to warn of the pitfalls (i.e. help mitigate risk) wherever possible... And risk is all around....
No; you'll find that's actually just the brief for "Only Fools and Horses", "Minder" and "Howards Way"...
Occasionally people strike lucky. Just like occasionally people become Pop Stars, Footballers, Film Stars, get themselves 'discovered' and are 'somehow' thrust into the limelight... UNfortunately, because these 'fairy tale' successes tend to have the greatest profile (and indeed dominate many people's lives) people assume they reflect the everyday reality. They don't!
The restaurant trade for instance. Infamous for its high failure rate. All people see are varous celebrity cooks breezing around living the high life with their grand getures and flamboyant style... Even on a local level it looks like an easy game to play. I'm always bemused when I go into a city-centre restaurant owned by a friend or family member... For there they are, in their designer suits or posh frocks stewarding the evening with ease and applomb before breezing home in the Merc to relax in the substantial bungalow out in the 'burbs...
The reality is probably that no-one (not even the kids) in their household gets more than six hours sleep a night. Everyone has to pull their weight to get the doors open. And twelve hours before those doors opened the guy now in the designer suit was dressed like a scaffy shovelling rotting food scraps into a bin before moving on to the rest of the thousand-and-one tasks necessary to get those doors open and keep them open...
Almost invariably the restaurants that fail are those where the proprietors have bough into a business they only-half understand and where what they've bought into is the fantasy of being that guy in the designer suit apparently breezing their way nonchalantly through life....
And therein lies the danger... Actually believing the PR spin. Imagining the fantasy is reality. Only yesterday I found myself in conversation with two fellow lecturers. Both respected and well-known musicians the topic was students that don't apply themselves to the grim reality of the courses they're involved in. It's a big problem in Creative Industries courses. People join thinking these are 'easy' courses and that all they've to do is hang out looking glamourous and wait to be 'discovered'...
Likewise in more general business circles. Where Dell Boy and Arfur Daley had T.I.T. (Trotter's International Traders) and D.I.E. (Daley Into Europe) these days you only have to click a few links to find assorted random Muppets pushing assorted random fantasies all under the entrpreneurship banner...
Wacky ideas arent necessarily bad ideas. But the reality is that making them into viable business models is quite a dry and in many ways tedious process. The critical factors that drive them forward are no different from those that apply to any other kind of idea. The somewhat dull and pedestrain business of business isn't what we see from the outside of course... And therein lies the danger.
In the mere couple of years we've been here at SBF how many flim flam artists have been seen off? There was the daft kid who claimed he was a web guru who had developed a business with an £800k turnover. A chancer who claimed to be some forensic I.T. guru... Various others of course. All come and gone and somewhere-else now trotting out the next load of B.S. in some other forum. On a different level pick up a copy of "Stuffed Shirt Monthly"; the ultimate 'Fantasy football League' of the business world. The very 'types' who brough you the credit crunch and the verge of economic meltdown playing the same old games and the same old tunes... Entrepreneurship being one of the key terms favoured...
Most people in the real world who make their living through things like music, sport or entertainment do so in relatively mundane ways. They do very ordinary jobs in what are, in reality, very ordinary industries.
Likewise with real entrepreneurs... You'll find one (or several) on almost every street corner; they're hard to spot though. Those who actually are rarely (if ever) really embrace the term for themselves. For there is, in my view, a certain pretentiousness to it. When I hear someone describe themselves as such I aye find myself questioning who they're trying to convince... And in that sense my answer to the question "what makes an entrepreneur" is 'a very clear view of their own colon'...
What makes a legitimate business person however is a different and more relevant question...
bsfweb
A one man business might be a 'would-be/could be' entrepreneur.
An entrepreneur starts businesses, or buys them and grows them.
Many of the comments in the previous posts can apply.
One of the most important aspects of an entrepreneur is that we need them.
Entrepreneurs are one of the drivers of the Economy.
How good are Entrepreneurs are driving the Scottish economy?
In the eighteen and nineteen hundreds Scotland had some of the best inventors, engineers and entrepreneurs in the world. How does Scotland shape up today?
Scottish entrepreneur and Dragons Den star, Duncan Bannatyne, is known for his business interests which include Health Clubs and Hotels, Media, Stage Schools, TV, Transport and Property. His net worth is thought to be £320 million. How has his wealth benefited Scotland directly?
kmbookkeeping
Duncan Bannatyne isn't really a great example as he was born in Scotland and is Scottish, but hasn't lived here since before he started his first business. There are better examples, Tom Hunter, Tom Farmer. I think Scotland has benefited hugely from both.
Whilst you may say that Scottish entrepreneures may not have done much in Scotland.
Having travelled the world - the world is full of Scottish entrepreneures and business leaders. Perhaps there are too many good ones to be accommodated in Scotland.
dwightvanman
I think 'entrepreneur' has essentially become a tabloid term -we've done celebrity chefs to death (sadly only metaphorically) and now the media has moved on to celebrity entrepreneurs which is massivley unhelpful to people like myself who are starting out. The people who embrace the entrepreneur tag run businesses and live lifestyles which are completely unattainable to most people starting out in business - while its good to know that someone can start from scratch and become massively successful the route to this success is generally pretty similar to the guy who started out as a shop assistant and now runs a chain of local stores, so the relevance of the celebrity entrepreneur to me, personally, is pretty minimal. You also then have people like Paris Hilton and the woman behind Jimmy Choo held up as examples of successful entrepreneurs - both running business built on daddy's money. On a lower level, there are several well-known business people local to me who are running successful businesses which were started on the back of significant family money or success. It would be interesting to see how well these people would have survived without the significant family backing or if they'd had to grow their business in an economic environment like we have just now where getting funding is not so easy.
Maybe I'm cynical but to me, in general, an entrepreneur is just someone who got lucky with someone elses money... I draw greater inspiration from people who start a business, grow it and have the belief and attachement to their business to stick with it so the benfit is almost an emotional one as opposed to being purely financial.
Interesting viewpoint though not one I entirely support. But to just add a comment re multiple generations of "entrepreneure" It is said that it is the odd numbered generations that take a business forward and the even ones that coast.
DickW
If it was true that an entrepreneur was someone that got lucky with someone elses money then there would very few in Scotland given the dirth of risk equity capital available here! In fact of course there are hardly any at all...
To my mind though a "real entrepreneur" is someone like James Dyson and not someone who sets up a Gym or a chain of Sushi bars.. The latter are more opportunists than genuine creators. Dyson is a creator that has built an international manufacturing business based on first class product design.
Well one thing is for sure the coming few years or maybe decade is going to see who can cut it and who cannot.
I have never thought the lack of funds to be a issue in fact I have always seen it as an advantage because it sure raises the creativity in individuals and in businesses. Then when you eventually do start to produce profits you tend to be a dam site more careful where you invest them.
With regards to people being lucky because they got left money or businesses. Good luck to them, fate dealt them a good starting hand, it does not by default mean they will finish the game in a good place. If they do carry it on and do well, well done them they will have kept others in work and spread some of the wealth.
In reality every single one of us on here are exceedingly lucky. We are educated and live in a society where it is hard to go hungry and success is measured by how much money you have, houses etc. For many food and water is the only desire they have each day and it is hard work meeting that desire.
This is an interesting question, guys. I'm going to mull it over and come back to it. To me, an entrepreneurial thinker is someone who can think out of the box and think creatively in a working situation, whether they own businesses or are employed by someone. This however doesn't necessarily make them an entrepreneur. Thought provoking question.
paulmcd
I would like to add a simple thought - entreprenuers have the drive and vision to seek out opportunities to add value through implementing sustainable business design - this can be applied to profit and not for profit ventures
Scottish entrepreneurs is a good discussion point, not only because there are many highly motivated and talented Scots in the UK and beyond, but also because it raises the question of business and borders. Is a good entrepreneurial Scot someone who stays in Scotland? Are there sufficient opportunities here North of the Borders to create wealth. If so, what are these opportunities, and who are the entrepreneurs already exploiting them and what are their results?
New markets must be virtual, or service based. I can think of IT Server Centres, High class Food retailing, High Quality Tourism, Search Engine optimisation, High End English Language Tuition as a few of the areas of continued opportunity for Scottish entrepreneurs to make a mark.
Business experts recognise that to succeed in business today relies heavily on one's ability to successfully trade outside of the region. What are Scotland's best examples of global trade today, especially amongst the small and medium sized companies?
DickW said:
Of course, Scotland has a magnificent heritage of world class engineers and inventors. Who is leading the pack in Scotland today?
It's an interesting point bsf makes about needing to expand your business outside it's local borders. Is a true entrepreneur a person who wants to take something to a national or international level. I know a few people (a musician and an artist) that I would describe as being very entrepreneurial but not in the sense that it would make them a millionaire. I'm wandering whether people view the monetary aspect as being part of what is a true entrepreneur.
Something else I feel we haven't covered is as much as some can have entrepreneurial skills is that enough or so they also need enough business acumen to run whatever venture it may be successfully?
Does this make someone an entrepreneur? Someone who lies about his revenue and misleads corporate investors and regulators?
I refer to Michael Dell and the recent fraud case against Dell's reporting of its own financial performance.
Breakthrough In Dell Fraud Case
This is the second time in the same number of years that Dell has misled Stockmarkets on financial performance.
What effect will this have on stock value and investor relations, customers and suppliers?
Is this the death knell of the business, or doesn't the CEO's behaviour make much difference to the performance of the business as a whole?
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757 Accelerate, a mentor-driven program that helps startups grow, reported that its 11 alumni companies have generated more than $3.5 million in revenue and added more than 48 jobs to the regional economy.
The nonprofit accelerator program operated its second 12-week course last fall. The program provides promising startup founders $20,000 in capital without taking equity. The alumni have raised more than $10 million of investment capital since finishing the program, according to a 2019 757 Accelerate impact report.
The entrepreneurs can continue leveraging 757 Accelerate resources and network long after the formal training ends, according to a news release.
"757 Accelerate helped us improve our business acumen, build our team, and refine our sales process," Lee Lesley, co-founder of Addison Weeks, a jewelry and hardware retailer, said in the news release. "The most important change for us, however, was the connections we made within the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem."
Evans McMillion, 757 Accelerate's executive director, said: "We at 757 Accelerate are excited about what our alumni founders have accomplished and feel lucky to have played a role on their entrepreneurial journey."
The program relies on regional collaboration. Since the program began, 757 Accelerate said more than 170 mentors representing more than 30 industries have spent more than 680 hours helping the 11 teams grow their businesses.
"We continue to focus on building an inclusive ecosystem that supports the growth of all founders, including women, people of color, and military vets," said Monique Adams, 757 Accelerate board chair. "We are proud that over half of the 757 Accelerate alumni companies have underrepresented founders on their teams."
757 Accelerate is already receiving applications for its third cohort that runs Aug. 24-Nov. 20. For more information: T57accelerate.org.
Virginia Beach firm lands grant
The Virginia Beach Development Authority awarded a $125,000 Economic Development Investment Program grant to Valkyrie Enterprises Inc.
At its Virginia Beach headquarters, the company employs 202 people and plans to move from 4460 Corporation Lane to 2877 Guardian Lane to accommodate anticipated growth, with plans to add 100 jobs over the next three years.
The firm provides engineering and related technical services and training to commercial and governmental clients, including the federal government and Department of Defense.
Hotel industry should improve
Hotel revenue was down 67% in Hampton Roads May 10-16 compared with the same week last year, according to analysis from Old Dominion University economists using the latest data from STR, a global hospitality insights firm. Rooms sold fell by 48%.
The Chesapeake/Suffolk and Newport News/Hampton submarkets appear to be faring better than other submarkets in the region, as they primarily rely on business travelers, according to ODU economists. In these two markets, hotel revenues declined by 48% and 53%, respectively.
Hotel revenue fell 89% in Williamsburg, 70% in Virginia Beach and 67% in Norfolk/Portsmouth.
From mid-April to mid-May, compared with the same time last year, the hotel occupancy rate in Hampton Roads declined by 50% with revenue per available room declining by 71%, according to the ODU economists' analysis. The worst-performing submarket over the past four weeks was Williamsburg, with occupancy declining by 78%, average daily rate by 54% and revenue per available room by 90%.
"We expect to see an improvement in room revenues as well as in rooms sold over the coming weeks," said Vinod Agarwal, deputy director of ODU's Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy. "We should brace ourselves for a slower rebound as the nation largely reopens from COVID-19; however, it will take time for business and leisure travelers to fill rooms again."
Norfolk helps with outdoor dining
OpenNorfolk, a program developed by the city of Norfolk and partners, is helping Norfolk restaurant, bar and retail owners open safely under Gov. Ralph Northam's phase one guidelines. Since launching May 14, more than 70 businesses have signed on to participate and receive free, hands-on help for everything from safely locating outdoor dining to building parklets, placing furniture, and hanging outdoor lighting and signage.
For example, several downtown Granby Street restaurants are using on-street parking spots to extend their dining space. To ensure there is plenty of on-street parking, the outside lanes of Boush Street between Martin's Lane and Bute Street are being transformed into free, two-hour on-street parking and a multi-use path for walking, biking and dog-walking.
Other partners include Team Better Block, Yard & Co., Work Program Architects and the Downtown Norfolk Council. A free resource guide and toolkit with downloadable guides, signs, and stencils are available for businesses at Norfolk.gov/OpenNorfolk. Interested small businesses should email opennorfolk@wparch.com.
Eye care giveaway for those in need
Because of the financial hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hilltop Eyecare in Virginia Beach is offering one free eye exam and one free pair of glasses or annual supply of contacts for those in need.
These eye care benefits will be provided free of charge to one community resident each month throughout the year with the first patient selection planned for June 1. Interested participants must fill out a short survey at Surveymonkey.com/r/T3GT7YB.
Versona opens in Norfolk
Versona, a boutique selling women's apparel, jewelry, shoes and accessories, opened a store in MacArthur Center at 300 Monticello Ave., Norfolk, on May 21.
The store's concept is to offer all the items needed to complete an on-trend individualized outfit. Versona is a brand of The Cato Corp. based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company operates three Versona stores in Virginia, including at Jefferson Commons in Newport News.
The store employs about 25 workers. Brittany Migliaccio was named as store manager. Hours are noon- 6 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays.
United Way raises crisis funding
Since the United Way of South Hampton Roads launched the Coronavirus Recovery Fund and the Coronavirus Response Hotline two months ago, the nonprofit has raised $2.5 million to support response efforts and nearly 4,000 calls have been received from individuals and families seeking assistance.
The money is a combination of corporate gifts, including a $250,000 gift from Dollar Tree, and individual donations. Those funds will continue to allow United Way to issue $1.6 million in direct financial assistance to those in need and grant funding to nonprofits on the front lines.
The nonprofit released its first round of rapid response grants and issued another request for proposals to support agencies. A group of more than 50 community volunteers is helping review submissions and make award decisions.
Support has not only been monetary. Thanks to a donation of nearly 70,000 rolls of toilet paper from Kimberly Clark and Cottonelle, and using warehouse space provided by Dollar Tree, United Way distributed this hot commodity to nonprofit partners across the region as part of its #ShareASquare campaign.
Collaboration has been critical to the organization's response, particularly on the Coronavirus Response Hotline — a coordinated effort led by United Way with help from ForKids, Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia, Children's Health Investment Program of South Hampton Roads and the Up Center.
United Way is looking toward the future for collaborative solutions to address the long-term effects of the crisis. For more information on how to get assistance or how to get involved, visit Unitedwayshr.org/coronavirus.
Advice: Flush plumbing before reopening
Directors of Hampton Roads water utilities and health department officials are advising business owners and operators who closed or evacuated buildings due to COVID-19 to thoroughly flush their establishment's plumbing systems before reopening.
The idea is to flush water sitting in the pipes with fresh water from the water utility system, said Dan Horne, field director at the Virginia Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. When water is not used, the disinfectant in the water dissipates over time. Without chlorinated water flowing through the pipes for an extended period, microorganisms can grow in water pipes, fixtures and tanks.
These practices are recommended for schools, day cares, lodging, offices, places of worship, event venues, retail, libraries, museums, restaurants, gyms, health care centers and other facilities that have remained closed during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Hampton Roads utility directors say to follow these steps:
Flush cold water first. Remove aerators and screens from all faucets. Then, turn on the cold water and open all cold water outlet valves, such as faucets (bathroom, kitchen, and laundry) and bath tubs and showers.
Start with the outlets on the lowest floor, then move to the second floor, and then higher floors in order. All cold water outlets should be flowing at the same time during flushing and should run for at least 30 minutes.
Flush toilets and urinals two or three times each, to purge any stagnant water and bring in fresh water. Turn off faucets and outlets in the same order as you opened them.
Flush hot water second. Turn on the hot water and open all hot water outlets (same way) and run for 45 minutes for a residence or small business.
Close the outlets in the same order as you opened them. Then, clean and replace all aerators and screens. (Note: water heaters should be set to at least 120 degrees to prevent microorganisms from growing.)
Another best practice, especially for schools and day care facilities, is the removal and thorough cleaning of end-point devices such as drinking fountain filters.
For more info, visit www.hrpdcva.gov/buildingflushing.
— Tara Bozick, staff writer


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South-South Beware: The Witch-hunt Is On! - Femi Aribisala
Author: kettykings » Wed May 06, 2015 9:54 am
NO doubt about it, the North betrayed Goodluck Jonathan in the last election. The greatest ally of the North in Nigerian politics has been the South-South. Therefore, it was not asking too much for Jonathan to expect the North to return the favour under his administration; when he is clearly carrying the mantle of the South-South.
Jonathan did not take Northern support for granted. In his six years in office, he spent the overwhelming proportion of resources at his disposal on the North. The $1 billion Kashimbila Dam, one of the biggest projects handled by his administration, is in Taraba in the North. Jonathan built over 150 Almajiri schools in the North. He revived Nigerian agriculture, to the primary benefit of Northern farmers.
Most of Jonathan's political appointees were Northern. He entrusted a Northerner, Attahiru Jega, with INEC, bucking the tradition whereby INEC chairmen tend to come from the South-East. When the North complained about the Chief of Army Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika, Jonathan replaced him. When the North complained about Festus Odimegwu at the National Population Commission, Jonathan fired him. Nevertheless, when the election time came, the North betrayed Jonathan and the South-South.
Northern PDP governors secretly worked for Buhari's victory. In Jigawa, Sule Lamido only paid lip-service to Jonathan's campaign. In Bauchi, Isa Yuguda watched as Jonathan's campaign train was stoned. In Niger, Babangida Aliyu did not care that no Jonathan poster was placed anywhere in the state throughout the campaign. The blunder of these recalcitrant governors was in thinking they could be lackadaisical about the PDP at the federal level, but passionate about the PDP at the state level. They all ended up losing their states to the APC.
Retracting on promises
In order not to scare off dodgy members of his party with his anti-corruption rhetoric, Buhari promised to let corrupt sleeping dogs lie if elected. APC party chairman, John Oyegun, declared that Buhari would not waste time going after embezzlers of public funds before 29th May, 2015. He said: "The future of the people of this country is too important for us to spend valuable time trying to dig into the past."
But now that the election has been won, Buhari no longer feels any obligation to keep his word. Instead, he said on TV Continental that, unlike the Quran and the Bible, the APC position during the election is subject to change. The signs indicate that the APC is now inclined to engage in a vicious propaganda campaign of maligning the Jonathan administration and the South-South through mud-slinging probes.
Buhari now says he will revisit the issue of the allegedly missing $20 billion from NNPC accounts. He said in Hausa to his Northern constituency: "Imagine a situation where the former CBN governor, who by God's grace, is now the Emir of Kano, raised an issue of missing billions of money, not in naira but in dollars, $20 billion. What happened, instead of investigating whether it was true, they simply found a reason to remove him."
In short, in spite of the forensic audit of NNPC accounts by the prestigious PriceWaterhouseCoopers, which concluded no money was missing, Buhari has already declared Diezani and the NNPC guilty and Lamido Sanusi innocent. He claims the matter was not investigated, which means PriceWaterhouseCoopers is not good enough for him. Who is he now going to ask to conduct a new probe when we already know the answer he wants?
Witch- hunting
What we have here is the beginning of a witch-hunt. One of the first questions of interest is where Buhari's oil minister is going to come from. Within the context of the cynical view that the insistence of a cabal that power must return to the North is not unconnected to pending oil bloc allocations, the question remains whether our new oil minister must also be from the North.
In Nigeria, the FCT Minister is always from the North. However, the oil minister is not always from the South. The North has no oil, but it longs to control the lucrative oil industry. Under Jonathan, oil minister Diezani Allison-Madueke has come under prolonged attacks and harassment, not only because she is a woman, but also because she is from the South-South.
Under Yar'Adua, the Petroleum Minister, Dr Rilwanu Lukman was from Kaduna. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Sanusi Barkindo, was from Adamawa. The Director-General of the National Petroleum Directorate, Alhaji Bello Gusau, was from Zamfara. The Executive-Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Mustapha Rabe Darma, was from Katsina. Are we in for a Northernisation of the oil industry again under Buhari?
If Buhari is now determined to probe the oil ministry under South-South stewardship, contrary to his campaign promise; he must also probe it under South-West stewardship. President Obasanjo doubled as his own oil minister for eight years. If Buhari is now going to probe Diezani, then he must probe his new ally, Obasanjo, as well? Otherwise, if care is not taken, Buhari's war against corruption will quickly divide Nigeria along ethnic fault-lines.
Once you decide to probe the Jonathan administration, the Niger-Delta is going to insist on a probe of the Obasanjo administration. Once you probe the PDP, which represents Southern rule, there is going to be insistence that you probe Northern rule. Should Buhari decide to probe NNPC, the issue of his own tenure as petroleum minister and the 2.8 billion saga will also be brought up. He cannot apply today the discriminatory standard he used yesterday, whereby vice-president Ekwueme languished in jail while president Shagari relaxed under house arrest.
If our president-elect wants to stay true to his election campaign promise, he should stick to the issue of passing the Petroleum Industry Bill expeditiously, instead of opening the Pandora's Box of NNPC probes. He should also look into the whole process of dismantling the NNPC itself, and selling it off. Hankering after the past suggests the APC is bereft of innovative policy ideas. Witch-hunting Diezani is no substitute for lack of policy.
Press censorship
The first thing General Buhari did on seizing power in 1984 was to declare in a television interview his determination to "tamper with the press." The first thing he has done this time around, even before being sworn in as president, was to seek to impose a ban on the AIT. AIT is one of the press houses that did not support him during the election campaign. Moreover, it is owned by Raymond Dokpesi, a South-South man.
History, they say, has a tendency to repeat itself. Those of us who were adults during the first coming of General Buhari took great pains to warn Nigerians of his antecedents. Those too young to know about him were convinced we were making up stories. Others denied the relevance of Buhari's pedigree. One man tweeted: "Even if PDP shows a video of Tinubu and Buhari on AIT robbing the Central Bank of Nigeria, it won't change our minds."
A cease-and-desist order on Buhari's censorship of AIT came thankfully from APC Central. Sane minds prevailed from the party's headquarters, mindful that any attempt to curb the press this time around is likely to end Buhari's honeymoon with the media immediately. Suffice to say the press operates everywhere as a tight union. Attack on one is deemed an attack on all.
APC-friendly press houses had a field day maligning Jonathan for over five years. No one tried to muzzle them. APC itself came up with all sorts of lies. APC publicity secretary for Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, wrote a libelous and defamatory article against me entitled: "Behold the Wind Chaser called Femi Aribisala." Igbokwe claimed I am a registered member of the PDP, which is false. Among other lies, he said: "In Osun Femi and his robbery gang came with helicopters, guns, bombs, jackboots, tanks etc. but ordinary people with bare hands stopped their open robbery."
I was not in Osun during the 2014 gubernatorial election. I have no robbery gang. I have no helicopters, guns, jackboots, or tanks. I could have sued Igbokwe for all he has got. But I decided to let it pass. However, until called to order, our president-elect seems inclined to use the apparatus of the state to settle personal scores. This is a bad omen about his incoming administration.
Election offenders
The same discrimination is already evident in the president-elect's stated position vis-à-vis election offenders. President Jonathan was magnanimous enough to concede defeat in a flawed election. But APC is not prepared to let sleeping dogs lie. Despite now holding sway in 22 states to PDP's 13, the APC continues to cause trouble everywhere. Once it is not declared the winner, the election must have been rigged.
The president-elect has joined the fray. He proclaimed his determination to prosecute election offenders. But he only enunciated this policy with reference states where APC is currently disputing the results. Accordingly, he instructed the governors of Edo, Imo and Rivers to document all offences alleged to have been committed.
These states happen to be those with APC governors; and in the South-South and South-East where the APC was routed. Are we going to get corresponding prosecutions in cases in the North, including the president's home state of Katsina where, surprise surprise, more ghost-voters came out of the woodwork to vote in the lackluster governorship election than in the high-profile presidential election?
Mr. President-elect should be reminded that he is going to be president of all Nigerians; including especially those who did not vote for him. He should be very careful how he treats the South-South. Without a doubt, nerves are much frayed now in that geopolitical zone; which also happens to be the economic jugular of Nigeria.
My advice to him, for what it is worth, is that he should leave the sons and daughters of the South-South alone. Thanks to President Jonathan, we have just missed the bullet of the much anticipated post-election turmoil. This is no time to start stepping injudiciously on South-South toes in the name of anti-corruption. Upheaval in the South-South will be far more economically devastating for Nigeria, and for his vaunted presidential agenda, than what we have experienced under the onslaught of Boko Haram.
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Re: South-South Beware: The Witch-hunt Is On! - Femi Aribisala
Author: Akpan » Wed May 06, 2015 9:58 am
Thank You. For Buhari to probe the phantom $20b and the Petroleum Industry means he has to probe the FRCN indictment on Emir Sanusi. He has to probe the NNPC of 1977-1979, he has to audit NNPC account from 1999 to 2015, he has to probe PTF, he has to probe the $12b Oil Windfall of IBB, he has to probe the Abacha family, he has to probe Obasanjo spending of N1.3trn for electricity alone with nothing to show. He has to probe the PTDF allegation and indictment against Obasanjo and Atiku. He has to probe the indictment against El Rufai while he held sway as BPE boss and FCT Minister...There are lots of probes to be done. Baba we are waiting
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Akpan
Author: Francis » Wed May 06, 2015 10:01 am
Akpan » Wed May 06, 2015 8:58 am wrote: Thank You. For Buhari to probe the phantom $20b and the Petroleum Industry means he has to probe the FRCN indictment on Emir Sanusi. He has to probe the NNPC of 1977-1979, he has to audit NNPC account from 1999 to 2015, he has to probe PTF, he has to probe the $12b Oil Windfall of IBB, he has to probe the Abacha family, he has to probe Obasanjo spending of N1.3trn for electricity alone with nothing to show. He has to probe the PTDF allegation and indictment against Obasanjo and Atiku. He has to probe the indictment against El Rufai while he held sway as BPE boss and FCT Minister...There are lots of probes to be done. Baba we are waiting
And then I should seat back and watch as our leaders from the SS are selectively embarrassed with phony prosecution? Not anymore!
Nigeria On Track To Achieving MDG As South- East, South-West, South-South Lead In Attainment Of MDG Goals
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We have a jag too. The seats are a joke!
My hubby wants a Cayenne very badly. We settled for the Lincoln Navigator, which is awesome. Still had issues with carseats though.
My MIL always says, we didn't need carseats I just put my babies in a laundry basket on the floorboards. I'm like, uh ok, crazy lady!
Ah maternity leave. I looked forward to it desperately. Getting off my feet, being able to relax, not having to deal with super cranky and rude customers…the break was much needed. How is L feeling about taking the time off? Afraid she'll be bored, or glad to finally be able to put her feet up?
I've always liked Navigators (as well as Escalades), but L thought they were "too big" for her to drive, whereas the Cayenne was more "right-sized." And, I am something of a Porsche fan. Indeed, that's how we ended up with the Cayenne as a third car — the prospect of parting with my two-seater caused me to whimper softly into my pillow at night.
Yeah, based on the differences in childrearing, it's actually amazing that most of us lived as kids.
That's why we're sending all of the 'rents to "Modern Grandparenting" classes. No class attendance; no caring for the Emerson. It's the advantage of being both only children. We can get away with making almost any demand.


Create a port mirroring session to mirror vSphere distributed switch traffic to specific physical switch ports. Typically, you cannot use logical-volume manager software on virtual machines to mirror virtual disks. However, if your Microsoft Windows virtual machines support dynamic disks, you can protect the virtual machines from an unplanned storage device loss by mirroring virtual disks. I am curious if it possible without a RAID controller to have ESXI do mirroring of 2 HDDs. You mean software RAID? No, VMware ESXi does not.
Mirror Mode is a backup feature that replaced Changed Block Tracking in VMware vSphere as the mechanism for tracking changes and confirming Storage. Note: The following procedure is based on the ESXi Web Client. If you are using Allocate a spare NIC on your VMware server to receive the mirrored traffic. So effectively I needed to setup port mirroring from a physical network port to a VMWare ESXi virtual machine. Solution: The solution turned out.
Today, I'd like to walk you through the process to configure a mirror port in VMware's VSphere. After you've deployed your new FlowPro Virtual. Port mirroring is a feature of a dvSwitch that allows you to mirror a port's traffic mere-dinguote.com On the vSphere world, port mirror is a specific features available on distributed switches. A workaround is available if only standard switches.


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New Orleans grabs top pick in NBA lottery
Posted by Staff (05/30/2012 @ 11:32 pm)
Let the NBA mock drafts begin. New Orleans will grab Anthony Davis, and then we'll see if Micheal Jordan snags Michael Kidd-Gilchrist as Chad Ford predicts, or whether he goes with Thomas Robinson as predicted in the USA Today mock draft.
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I'm confused.
Yesterday, I wondered why Fran Fraschilla is convinced that Xavier Henry lacks lateral quickness, and today, as I was reading ESPN's mock draft, I saw this exchange:
15. Milwaukee Bucks (Russillo): Xavier Henry, SF/SG, Kansas
The Explanation: I was afraid he would go to Memphis at No. 12. He could be the answer to Michael Redd if he isn't healthy and the Bucks lose John Salmons.
The Peanut Gallery: Ford comes at him ruthlessly, saying, "Didn't Cole Aldrich post better lane agility numbers in Chicago?" Fraschilla hits the slow note as well, while Hume knocks Russillo for even thinking Redd might be healthy. Backed into a corner, Russillo can merely muster, "But they need a wing scorer!"
Again, according to ESPN's own numbers, Henry scored an 11.1 on the lane agility drill, which was the 8th fastest time of the 45 players who participated.
Why is Ford saying that he's slow?
By the way, Aldrich finished in 11.48 seconds.
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Tags: 2010 NBA Draft, Chad Ford
Luke Babbitt on the rise
Chad Ford writes that this year's Tyler Hansbrough is Nevada forward Luke Babbitt.
Babbitt measured around 6-9 in shoes with an 8-9 standing reach. That doesn't blow you away. However, he had an impressive 6-11 wingspan and essentially measures up with Griffin (6-10 in shoes, an 8-9 standing reach and a 6-11 wingspan).
But Griffin is way more athletic, you say? Not according to the combine numbers.
Babbitt had a 37.5-inch max vertical, a 3.2-second sprint and an impressive 10.98 lane agility score. Griffin's numbers were 35.5, 3.28 and 10.95, respectively.
Griffin clearly had the strength advantage, benching a 185-pound bar 22 times to Babbitt's 15. But 15 reps is still an impressive number.
What about production on the court? Griffin clearly had Babbitt bested here. Griffin averaged 22.2 ppg and 14.1 rpg in 32 mpg his sophomore year. Babbitt averaged 21.9 ppg and 9 rpg in 37 mpg his sophomore year. However, Babbitt does bring two things to the table that Griffin doesn't — 3-point shooting and ball-handling ability. Babbitt shot a blazing 43 percent from beyond the arc this past season and showed excellent ball-handling skills for a big man in the combine.
Of course, Babbitt isn't as good of a prospect as Griffin was. That's why we've had Babbitt No. 12 on our mock draft for two straight weeks. However, we might have him too low. Based on what I'm hearing, Babbitt could be in play as high as No. 9 to the Jazz.
There's a difference between averaging 22-14 in 32 mpg against Big 12 competition and averaging 22-9 in 37 minutes in the WAC. Ford's point is that athletically, Babbitt is right there with Griffin.
Here is what DraftExpress had to say about Babbitt back in February:
On the offensive end, Babbitt possesses an extremely high skill level to go along with an outstanding feel for the game, assets which allow him to score easily and efficiently from all over the floor. The smooth left-handed shooter is hitting with deadeye accuracy from the free-throw (89%) and three-point lines (41%), while also showing strong ability off the dribble, namely with his mid-range jumper.
Using a combination of ball fakes and jab steps along with rangy strides with the ball and excellent footwork, Babbitt does a very good job getting separation for his jumper in spite of his limited athletic ability. Getting open inside the arc, he shows very good ability to hit jumpers on the move, going left and right, with a hand in his face, and fading away from the basket.
Babbitt's shot has consistent mechanics and a high release point, while he also has NBA three-point range. His ability to hit shots in a variety of situations if very impressive for a player his age, though there are concerns about how his off-the-dribble shots will translate to the next level against longer, more athletic defenders.
I put those two phrases in bold because it seems Babbitt's athleticism has always been something of a concern. I wonder — is it because he's white? Maybe scouts see a white player and automatically start to question his athleticism until proven otherwise.
But Babbitt showed at the combine that he's every bit the athlete Blake Griffin is, at least according to the numbers. Given his ability to score and basketball IQ, this will make him an interesting name to watch in the first round.
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Tags: 2010 NBA Draft, Chad Ford, Luke Babbitt, Nevada Wolf Pack
Tanking in the NBA
In a recent chat, ESPN's Chad Ford supported the idea of tanking (with regard to the Pacers).
The NBA gives them an incentive to do so. If tanking now gives me the chance to win MORE games next year, of course you do it. And I think the fans understand. What do you think Pacers fans want? Another three or four meaningless wins in late March/April or John Wall or Evan Turner?
I don't disagree with Ford with respect to a team tanking to improve draft position. My problem is with the lottery rules that encourage teams to throw games.
We shouldn't be rewarding ineptitude. All non-playoff teams should have an equal chance to land the top pick. Maybe the top 6-7 picks are randomly selected and the remaining picks are assigned starting with the worst record. Better yet, the entire lottery should be randomized. Then there would be no incentive to lose.
I suppose fans understand why teams tank, and would rather have John Wall or Evan Turner than a few meaningless wins in March or April, but a dad doesn't want to take his kid to a game to watch their favorite team try to lose.
It's just uncouth.
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ESPN's Future NBA Power Rankings
Chad Ford and John Hollinger tag-teamed a piece [Insider subscription required] where they ranked all 30 NBA teams with five criteria — players, management, money, market and draft — with an eye on the future.
The top three were the Blazers, Magic and Lakers. The bottom three were the Bobcats, Bucks and Kings. Here's the writeup for the Blazers:
On paper, no other team possesses as bright a future as the Portland Trail Blazers. It all starts with the players. Nobody, not even Oklahoma City, can match the stable of young talent the Blazers have built. Brandon Roy is already a superstar, and joining him are potential stars like LaMarcus Aldridge (24), Greg Oden (21, even if he looks more like 51), Nicolas Batum (20) and Martell Webster (22). That doesn't even count the other assets the Blazers have that could eventually pan out, such as talented second-year benchwarmer Jerryd Bayless and a veritable farm team in Europe that includes Joel Freeland, Petteri Koponen and Victor Claver.
Portland also gets strong grades in other categories. The management under GM Kevin Pritchard has been rock-solid, with the only minor quibble being the decision to draft Oden ahead of Kevin Durant — a decision, one should remember, that all 30 GMs were prepared to make, even if a lot of fans and analysts weren't. In terms of money, the Blazers have no cap room to speak of for the foreseeable future, but being owned by one of the world's wealthiest men in a rabid city where sellouts are the norm means the Blazers can comfortably go into luxury tax and beyond should the need arise.
Portland market didn't score as highly in the market category — witness Hedo Turkoglu's about-face — as sad, dreary winters, the nation's highest state taxes and a relative lack of diversity for a major metropolitan area limit its attractiveness to free agents. They stay in the middle of the pack in this category largely due to Allen's largesse, with first-rate team facilities, and the fact that a lot of players grow to like the place once they've been there — it helped bring Steve Blake back, for instance.
The draft is where Portland scored poorly, but even that is a positive in a sense — with such a bright future, it can expect to pick in the mid-to-late 20s in coming seasons.
The feature does a pretty nice job of evaluating how each team is positioned heading into the next five years.
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An Evening with Astronaut Garrett Reisman
To compliment our Space: A Journey to Our Future exhibit, Bossard Memorial Library, in collaboration with the Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center is proud to present "An Evening with Astronaut Garrett Reisman."
Dr. Reisman will speak at the Gallia Academy High School Gym (2855 Centenary Road, Gallipolis, Ohio) on Tuesday, September 24 at 7:00 PM.
This event is free and open to all.
Garrett Reisman, Ph.D. was selected by NASA as a mission specialist astronaut in 1998. His first mission was in 2008 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor where he was dropped off at the International Space Station for a 95-day stay. He returned to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. His second mission, in 2010, was aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. During these missions, Dr. Reisman performed three space walks, operated the Space Station Robot Arm and was a Flight Engineer aboard the Space Shuttles.
Not only was Dr. Reisman an astronaut, but he also served as an aquanaut crewmember aboard NASA's NEEMO V, living at the bottom of the sea in the Aquarius Deep Underwater Habitat for two weeks.
After leaving NASA in early 2011, Dr. Reisman joined Elon Musk at SpaceX where he served in multiple capacities -- most recently as the Director of Space Operations. He stepped down from his full-time position at SpaceX in May 2018, and, in June 2018, became a Professor of Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering.
Dr. Reisman is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.S. in Engineering and a B.S. in Economics. He then attended the California Institute of Technology where he received his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and his Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering.
In addition to his evening presentation, Dr. Reisman will be speaking to all area middle school students at local schools during the day on Tuesday.
We hope that you will join us on September 24 to hear Dr. Reisman speak about his adventures in space and his life as an astronaut.
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Le rio di (ou de) Santa Maria Zobenigo (canal de Sainte-Marie-du-Lys) est un canal de Venise dans le sestiere de San Marco.

Toponymie
Le nom provient de l'église Santa Maria del Giglio.

Description
Le rio di Santa Maria Zobenigo a une longueur de 201 mètres. Il raccorde le rio de le Veste depuis le ponte Storto dei Callegheri en sens sud jusqu'au Grand Canal. Ce pont était dit ponte dei Callegheri (de callegher, mot vénitien pour calzolaio, cordonnier) au , lorsqu'un palais proche leur fut loué. En 1773, on comptait 340 de telles boutiques employant 1162 personnes à Venise.
À mi-chemin, à hauteur de l'Église Santa Maria del Giglio sur son flanc est, le rio passe le ponte de la Feltrina, reliant celle-ci au campiello de la Feltrina. Vers 1740, la ville de Feltre exploita ici la casa Feltrina.
Le rio passe ensuite sous le ponte Duodo, qui relie l'église au Fondamenta Duodo et au palais Malipiero.
Il longe ensuite sur son flanc ouest l'arrière du palais Duodo Balbi Valier avant de rejoindre le Grand Canal entre les palais Barbarigo et Marin Contarini près de l'appontement Giglio.

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Where were you when Bob Dylan switched from acoustic to electric guitar? I know that may seem like a wholly rhetorical question to many of you reading this, since a lot of you probably weren't around yet. But when Bob Dylan picked up a Stratocaster, he helped change the course of popular music—and definitely the history of guitars. Introduced in 1963, this Guild S-200 Thunderbird would have existed anyway, but Dylan's plugging in certainly helped propel it into the limelight.
In the summer of 1965, Folk Music was still the most popular music in America, well, among a lot of young folks, at least. Oh, there were the Ventures and The Beach Boys, both semi-Surf bands, and there was that little quartet from England with a hit in "I Want to Hold Your Hand." But Hootenanny was a hit TV show and the Folkies who played on it were religiously acoustic. Bob and his compatriots played "vintage" Martin and Gibson guitars. The concept of "vintage" wasn't invented back then, but that's where it started.
In the Spring of 1965 Dylan released his album Bringing It All Back Home, half acoustic, as expected, but the other half backed by a rock band. Less than a week before his appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in July Dylan released the rock classic "Like a Rolling Stone." At Newport Dylan played backed by Mike Bloomfield and other electric musicians.
The reaction to Dylan's "going electric" was swift and hostile. I was teaching and performing folk music back then and subscribed to Folkie rags like Broadside and Sing Out!. They were full of op-eds loaded with righteous indignation. Electric guitars just weren't…well, correct!
It took about 5 minutes for the electric guitar to become "correct." A once-venerable jug band became The Lovin' Spoonful, with Zal Yanovsky playing lead on a Guild Thunderbird. A relatively minor, up-and-coming folksinger named Jesse Colin Young became the leader of The Youngbloods who had a major hit with "Get Together." He hired a lead guitarist named Lowell Levenger, who went by the moniker Banana, and was one of the few bold enough to play the distinctive Guild Thunderbird.
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Guild really went out on a limb with the S-200. Professional musicians mainly played Gibson or Fender guitars, occasionally a Gretsch. Guild had made its reputation with its fine acoustic guitars in the '50s. Someone must have been smoking something when they designed the Thunderbird! Or was a big fan of Gumby. What made Guild's move even more bold was that this was the time when Japanese were making their move on the American guitar market and those guitars were, by U.S. standards, often a little bizarre. Especially from the perspective of the time, still heavily influenced by World War II. Guild risked the chance of being identified with what were considered to be "beginner" guitars.
But the Guild Thunderbird was anything but a "beginner" guitar! Despite the somewhat goofy appearance, the 1966 S-200 seen here was actually a guitar engineering marvel. The S-200 Thunderbird was actually unveiled in 1963 along with two down-scale companions, the S-100 Polara and the S-50 Jet-Star, all similar with fairly equal cutaways.
As unusual as the Guild Thunderbird looks, it's a pretty remarkable guitar, with a set-in neck, and those are pretty nifty sounds available, especially for that time.
Folk music and electricity seemed to be Blowin' In The Wind. The Lovin' Spoonful and The Youngbloods weren't the only bands plugging in. There was this little group called The Byrds. Critics had to invent a new term: Folk Rock. By 1967 even the venerable Folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary were singing "I Dig Rock and Roll Music," which was supposed to be satire but was almost universally accepted by their fans as gospel.
The Guild Thunderbird was actually offered from 1963-1968, but I don't think it was very popular and I doubt if a whole lot were sold. Still, it's a unique American guitar design that reminds us of what a big deal it was when Folk musicians finally plugged in!


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Q: SQL - Trim and only leave the last word left in a string when convert and replace already use This is my Output : =//Resources/Users/233d4f24-010a-4b22-b7d6-384a101b2f3c;John Smith.
How do I trim it so that it only displays John Smith.
Thanks so much.
This is my code.
Select
convert(xml,replace(convert(nvarchar(max), jq.Arguments), 'UTF-8', 'UTF-16')).value('arguments[1]/services[1]/instance[1]/data[1]/owner1[1]','varchar(100)') as 'Owner2',

A: If semicolon will always be your separator, and there will only ever be the one semicolon, you can use Char Index to find where the semicolon is in your string, use length and subtract that from the full length of the string for how many characters you want, then grab all characters after it with a right trim:
right(YourColumn,len(YourColumn)-CHARINDEX('-',YourColumn))

If the above code is what you used to get your column, replace all instances of YourColumn in the above statement with your code:
right(convert(xml,replace(convert(nvarchar(max), jq.Arguments), 'UTF-8', 'UTF-16')).value('arguments[1]/services[1]/instance[1]/data[1]/owner1[1]','varchar(100)'),
len(convert(xml,replace(convert(nvarchar(max), jq.Arguments), 'UTF-8', 'UTF-16')).value('arguments[1]/services[1]/instance[1]/data[1]/owner1[1]','varchar(100)'))
-CHARINDEX('-',convert(xml,replace(convert(nvarchar(max), jq.Arguments), 'UTF-8', 'UTF-16')).value('arguments[1]/services[1]/instance[1]/data[1]/owner1[1]','varchar(100)'))) as Owner3,

A: Your code looks like SQL Server.  If you want to get rid of everything up to the semicolon:
select stuff(jq.Arguments, 1, charindex(';', jq.Arguments) + 1, '')

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The boundary of the buffer zone has been defined and is awaiting approval from the government prior to submitting it to the World Heritage Centre.
The completion of the soil stabilization, piling, and the rehabilitation of the roads leading to the site.
This broad outline does not provide comprehensive details how the plan is going to be achieved and when works are going to commence. It is recommended that the Committee request the State Party to submit detailed information and plans to the World Heritage Centre before the commencement of works.
It is to be noted that the Conservation Plan foreseen in the project implemented by the World Heritage Centre and funded by the "Fonds Culturel Arts et Ouvrages" (FCAO), and not yet started, shall be revised to avoid overlapping with the activities undertaken by the State Party.
The preparation of a conservation plan, defining short-, medium-, and long-term objectives and establishing technical parameters (materials, techniques, etc.).
Though the State Party has made some progress in considering and addressing the concerns of the World Heritage Committee, urgent measures are still required to be implemented to ensure the ongoing protection and conservation of the property. Therefore, it is recommended that the Committee request the State Party to implement all the relevant measures mentioned in the previous mission reports and Committee decisions.
Given the above, it is considered that the Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR) has not yet been fully met and that, although the State Party has made commendable efforts, the corrective measures have yet to be fully implemented.