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Lorin Varencove Maazel (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 6 maart 1930 – Castleton (Virginia), 13 juli 2014) was een Amerikaanse dirigent, violist en componist.

Leven en werk
Maazel werd geboren in Frankrijk uit Amerikaanse ouders van Russisch-joodse afkomst, maar groeide op in de Verenigde Staten. Zijn ouders waren musici en al op vijfjarige leeftijd kreeg hij les in dirigeren. Hij debuteerde toen hij zeven was. Arturo Toscanini ontdekte zijn talent en bezorgde hem engagementen. Op zijn twaalfde toerde hij door Amerika als dirigent van belangrijke orkesten. Op vijftienjarige leeftijd debuteerde hij als violist. Hij studeerde later wiskunde, taalkunde en filosofie aan de universiteit van Pittsburgh. In Wenen studeerde hij orkestdirectie bij Hans Swarowsky. Een van zijn eerste verbintenissen was met het Radio Filharmonisch Orkest in Hilversum.

In 1960 was Maazel de eerste Amerikaan die bij de Bayreuther Festspiele dirigeerde. Hij werkte met de Deutsche Oper Berlin van 1965 tot 1971, en met het Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin van 1965 tot 1975.

In 1972 volgde hij George Szell op als muzikaal leider van het Cleveland Orchestra. Dit was zeer tegen de zin van de musici, die zich bij de benoeming buitengesloten vonden. Slechts twee van de honderd leden vonden Maazel de beste keuze. Maazels emotionele interpretatie van muziek verschilde enorm van de precisie en punctualiteit van Szell. Maazel bezette de post tien jaar. Zijn grootste verdienste in die periode was de opname van George Gershwins Porgy and Bess, met een volledig gekleurde bezetting. Maazel werd vooral bekend door zijn elf optredens als dirigent van het nieuwjaarsconcert van de Wiener Philharmoniker, waarbij hij ook viool speelde. Baanbrekend was het goodwillconcert dat hij in 2008 met de New York Philharmonic gaf in de Noord-Koreaanse hoofdstad Pyongyang.

Na Cleveland was Maazel twee jaar directeur van 1982 tot 1984 bij de Weense Staatsopera. Hij werkte daarna bij het Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra van 1988 tot 1996 en het Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks van 1993 tot 2002. In dat jaar volgde hij Kurt Masur op als muzikaal leider van het New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Sinds 2006 was hij chef-dirigent van het Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana in Valencia. Als chef-dirigent van de Münchner Philharmoniker legde hij in 2014, enkele maanden voor zijn dood, om gezondheidsredenen zijn taken neer. Wel bereidde hij zich nog voor op het Castleton Festival dat hij sinds 2009 jaarlijks in zijn woonplaats organiseerde.

Maazel stond bekend om het vermogen zijn uitgebreide repertoire uit het hoofd, zonder partituur te dirigeren. In de omgang met orkestmusici gold hij als hooghartig. Zijn interpretaties worden wel beoordeeld als wisselvallig. Hij kon soms routineus dirigeren, maar als hij geïnspireerd was bereikte hij de top. Een van zijn meest legendarische plaatopnamen maakte hij in 1961 voor Deutsche Grammophon van L'Enfant et les sortilèges van Ravel.

Als componist was Lorin Maazel het meest productief na het jaar 2000. Zijn bekendste werk is de opera 1984 uit 2005, naar de gelijknamige roman van George Orwell.

Maazel was gehuwd met de Duitse actrice Dietlinde Turban. Ze hebben twee zoons en een dochter. Op 13 juli 2014 overleed hij in zijn huis in Castleton, Virginia op 84-jarige leeftijd.

Externe link
 Website gewijd aan Lorin Maazel en het Castletown Festival

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erykadellenbach@gmail.com
Embodied Filmmaker
Choreographer/Performer
Documentarian
Make the Brutal Tender
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E r y k a D e l l e n b a c h (she/they)
is a genderfluid, nomadic filmmaker, performance artist and educator from Chicago. Their embodied films and performances are rites of passage for themselves and collaborators driven by consent practices, inquisitive hedonisms, cross-cultural correspondence and a belief in the capacity for mutual transformation through collaboration and art-as-life process. Their works mine relationships to power, the malleability of consciousness and psychophysical thresholds.
Her process and technique have been informed by studies in dances of resistance and especially by her teachers Wendy Clinard (flamenco), Atsushi Takenouchi (Butoh), Vangeline (Butoh), Deborah Stratman (celluloid film), and the late Dr. Waud Kracke (psychoanalytic-anthropologist). She has worked with artists across mediums including Yunuen Rhi, Martin Toloku, Atsushi Takenouchi, Tino Sehgal, Amanda Gutierrez, Tori Wrånes, Éva Mag, Matty Davis, Nola Sporn Smith, Amelia de Rudder/La Casa de Satanas and the band HOGG.
Eryka has presented work at venues such as Alliance Française Kumasi (Ghana), crazinisT artisT studio (Ghana), Communitism (Greece), Movement Research at the Judson Memorial Church, Coaxial Arts (LA), Casa Moloch (MX), Lausanne Underground Music & Film Festival (Switzerland), Ann Arbor Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, Roulette Intermedium, Green River Cemetery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Intuit Outsider Art Museum, Links Hall, No Nation Gallery, and at the Shiryaevo Bienalle of Contemporary Art (Russia). She has been a resident artist at perfocraZe International Artist Residency (Ghana), eX...it! international butoh dance exchange and performance festival (Germany), Earthdance (MA), Echo Luna (Ukraine) and Cucalorus (NC).
She earned a bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a master's degree in Film, Video, New Media, Animation and Sound from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
She works as an independent, freelance filmmaker, performer, choreographer, educator and contracted worker. She is a celluloid filmmaking instructor at MONO NO AWARE, a collaborator of the transnational group HEKLER and an advocate with California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP).
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NOLA, APT.
Film: Eryka Dellenbach
Performance: Nola Sporn Smith
Shot in 2018
Edited in 2020
Location: Eryka's apartment in Brooklyn
Material: 2x 100 ft. rolls of digitally transferred Color Negative 16mm film
Nola, Apt. features two segments of a solo Eryka witnessed Nola performing when they first met. Partially influenced by visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 2013, the solo explores the act of private ritual put on public display, and inversely, the individualization of public ritual.
The Western Wall is the only remains of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, held to be uniquely holy by the ancient Jews and destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. There is a lasting practice of kissing the surface, placing notes, or whispering into the crevices of this wall by visitors. The wall is also strictly divided by gender - women are allotted about half of the space devoted to men - though it is easy to peer through the fencing to witness the practices of those on the other side.
'A wall is like a projection screen for fantasy, how the further we turn away from the outside world, the deeper we go within - and also, the blinder we become to what surrounds us. ' (Nola, 2020)
Switching the context of Nola's performance [back] to a private setting brings the work to a confrontation with its own vulnerability. Adding a third layer of celluloid film documentation creates a new, fragile dynamic between performer and viewer. The editing of the performance by the filmmaker emphasizes the sensual element in the performance and juxtaposes choreographic moments located at the poles of the brutal, and the more gentle, perceived through the lens of the female gaze.
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Have you adopted Content Marketing?
Let us race forward to today….We find ourselves yet again at the crossroads of an information revolution. Change has come. The Content Revolution is here. And yes, the rules of marketing have changed forever, once again.
Content, whether it is produced by enterprises or individuals, whatever form it is in, is being published and distributed to multiple platforms like never before. The flood gates have been opened and publishing and distribution have been democratized. Distribution of content has become very fragmented thanks in part to the unforeseen growth of channels and forums and new media outlets. Haven't eBooks changed the face of the book publishing industry in just a few years?
What does this Content Era mean to you?
Why? What purpose do these contents serve?
How does this content fit in with my overall marketing strategy?
How does marketing change with social media?
How do I reach prospects and customers by providing valuable content?
Wikipedia defines Content marketing as an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases. In contrast to traditional marketing methods that aim to increase sales or awareness through interruption techniques, content marketing subscribes to the notion that delivering high-quality, relevant and valuable information to prospects and customers drives profitable consumer action.
High quality, compelling content is the one of the important routes to finding potential customers. Content is any piece of information used to inform, educate or entertain. Examples: video, blog post, white paper, podcast, webinar etc. More and more marketers are moving away from traditional marketing materials like ads towards an integrated content marketing strategy to get their message across.
Developing content, either for white papers, thesis, the web or any other platforms, is not an easy task. Everyday we are confronted to increasing amounts of information that we need to process and make sense of – thousand of blogs keep popping up each day while Twitter's incessant feed adds noise to the mix. More than ever before, having an efficient content strategy is crucial to produce relevant and significant information.
Content goes beyond literary and semantics. There are relationships between pieces of text, text and images, images and images, text and links, links and structure – the list goes on. According to Lovinger, building meaningful content means you have to build relationships between all elements that constitute your content. For instance, if you're writing a white paper, you need to consider other writings on a similar subject as well as the relationship between your text, graphics, images and layout. Creating content means that you're setting the table for interactive experiences.
The Razorfish white paper makes for a great introduction to content strategy and how strategists can help you construct meaningful relationships. You may also want to have a look at this article by Jeffrey MacIntyre and this one called The Discipline of Content Strategy by A List Apart.
Have you used content strategies to write and market your white papers? Please tell us about your experiences! We're always eager to learn about your practice.
Why do we love lists? Lists help us remember things and make abstract ideas concrete. In the spirit of list-making, every Monday of this month I will compile and publish lists of the many exceptional blog posts from thought leaders on the topics of content marketing and white papers. For this first week in May, I have compiled a list of how to's for Content Marketing that are relevant if you are creating, marketing whitepapers and eBooks or for that matter any type of content.
What is the problem you will try to solve?
Who's going to care to read your content and share it?
What's the best platform and format to use for your content?
Patsi Krakoff in her blog post Content Marketing on Your Blog: How to master Better Business Blog Writing shares her insights on what it means to do content marketing on your business blog.
One of the important goals of creating content is to attract customers and prospects. It is important to understand buyers' concerns and how you can help them. Newt Barrett in his blog post How to Sell Successfully Online by Understanding and Engaging with Your Buyer Personas points out that understanding your buyer's conerns will lead you to tell stories that are very powerful . You can use this key lesson to engage your ideal target reader by creating compelling content for their most important informational needs.
How can you engage the buyer personas of your ideal target audience with compelling content that addresses their most important needs?
In her blog post How to Use Content to Find Customers, Sonia Simone recommends that you make your content like a birthday cake – content that's exciting, that feels special and that tastes good.
What should be the goal when creating any content? Yes, focus should always be on the audience. Newt Barrett's blog post on How To Create the All-Important Elevator Speech For Your Presentations and for Your Content Marketing is on the applicability of the elevator speech to marketing and focusing on the audience.
The following key components of an excellent elevator pitch will also make a great white paper or eBook.
Brian Clark recommends you to use constraints when writing rather than start with a "blank page" approach. How to Create Better Content With Constraints. How does this advise apply to writing a white paper? Use a framework. Start with a template. First write the title and then come up with an outline.
James Chartrand recommends using 'your own voice to write' in his blog post How to Create Remarkable Content When There's Nothing New Under the Sun. Another tip – give lots of examples in your white papers.
Jonathan Morrow has 21 great tips on how to write interestingly in his blog post How to Be Interesting. My favorite is this – Put your readers first.
Modular writing requires defining what your modules are, describing how they are structured and how to write them.
Determining where content will be reused and thinking about how it will be structured for reuse is the beginning of your information architecture.
I hope you have found this list useful. No list is by any means exhaustive. Please add to this list.
White Papers: Educational Documents or Advertisement?
I think of white papers as highly persuasive documents that persuade by educating. You are showing the reader a proposed solution to a problem. When done well, the paper truly helps the reader. They are persuasive because they allow the reader to visualize a proposed solution and in doing so, usually lead the reader to the company which provides said solution.
Jim brings up an interesting point: Where is the line drawn between educational white papers and advertisement?
White papers are notorious for generating sales leads. For instance, they can propose business solutions, present new ideas and concepts or serve as a condensed sale's pitch (think Change This' manifestos). By educating both decision makers and the public, most white papers manage to "soft sale" their pitch. That being said, some documents are clearly more oriented towards a "hard sell", hence being more akin to traditional advertisement.
According to this article, "prospects today look to white papers for insights and education – not a sales pitch. When companies ignore this expectation, they risk losing credibility and valuable sales opportunities. They're killing the goose only to find that there are no golden eggs inside." We have all experienced at some point hard selling from a clothing store or a telemarketing call. Does this sort of marketing work? A lot of experts seem to think otherwise.
Do white papers with an educational purpose generate more leads than "hard sell" documents?
Is the lead-to-sale ratio better on educational pieces than on advertisement pieces?
Do "hard sell" documents presented as white papers end up hurting the white paper industry?


"If we put someone in a box, we're not open to the true communication that leads to real understanding," said Reverend Jane Thickstun, interim minister of the First Unitarian Society, speaking to a room full of Ithacans at the Ithaca Coalition for Unity and Cooperation in the Middle East's (ICUCME) Feb. 8 pot-luck and community conversation at the Just Be Cause Center. The topic – "Faith and Dialgoue" – led Rev. Thickstun into reflections on how stereotypes hinder understanding between people.
The entire group came back together to share their discussions, including experiences of faith-based discrimination as well as positive examples of how to conduct conversations with people of strongly held convictions.
The evening concluded with lively music from members of the Cornell University Middle Eastern Music Ensemble and enthusiastic Middle Eastern dancing, featuring the Lebanese Debkeh, taught by Radwan Tajeddine, and Israeli folk dances, taught by Nomi Tami.


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Born as Samantha Zoe Janus on 2 November, 1972, she is a British actress, singer, model and director whohas worked in theater and also the big as well as small screen mediums.
She came to prominence in the mid 1990s when she played the role of Mandy Wilkins in Game On. Of late, she has been famous for appearing as Ronnie Mitchell in EastEnders from 2007 to 2011. She made a comeback to the series in 2013 before she left the series for good after her character was killed off .
The role of Ronnie gave her a lot of fame and acting assignments after she was out of action for a number of years. Womack has gone on to become a household name and Ronnie has assumed iconic proportions among the EastEnders characters since the show's start in 1985. For her performance in this role she has won a number of awards and been nominated for many more.
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Womack had first wanted to become a singer and also represented the UK in the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest. She sang "A Message To Your Heart" in the contest and it was released as her one and only single in April 1991. The song reached number 30 on the UK Singles Chart.
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Jeff Skinner's second goal of the game with 1:58 remaining broke a 5-5 tie and gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 6-5 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C.
Skinner and Valentin Zykov, playing just his second game of the season, each had two goals and Phillip Di Giuseppe finished with a goal and two assists for the Hurricanes (32-31-11, 75 points). Teuvo Teravainen also scored for Carolina, which also got three assists from Jaccob Slavin plus two assists from both Elias Lindholm and Sebastian Aho.
Cam Ward picked up the win in net with 28 saves but gave up arguably the strangest goal of the season when the puck got stuck in his right skate while he was trying to clear it from behind his net. Ward, who lost track of the puck on the play, then circled back into goal area and his skate crossed the goal line for an Arizona goal which was credited to Alex Goligoski, who had dumped the puck behind the net.
Goligoski finished with two goals and Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist for Arizona, which had a two-game win streak snapped. Josh Archibald and Nick Cousins also scored goals and Darcy Kuemper had 24 saves for the Coyotes (25-38-11, 61), playing the second game of a 10-day, six-game road trip that covers 5,862 miles.
Carolina, behind Skinner's goal off a pass across the crease by Lindholm, and Zykov's first of his career on a wrist shot from the slot past Kuemper's glove, took a 2-0 lead in the first five minutes. But the Coyotes came back to tie it, 2-2, after one period on Goligoski's first goal and one by Keller off a crossing pass from Derek Stepan.
Goligoski's second goal of the game, this one on a rebound of a Keller shot, gave Arizona a 5-4 lead after two periods but Zykov, recalled from Charlotte of the AHL on Monday, tied it midway through the third period. Skinner than slammed home the game-winner during a scramble in front of the net, his 22nd of the season.


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The secret to manifesting anything you want!
How many of you have studied work such as 'The Secret' or the Law of Attraction?
These ideas have fascinated me for a number of years, but such teachings have been ridiculed because 'they don't work'. They've also been given a bad name because many people abused the teachings and used them for financial greed.
However, that doesn't mean to say these ancient laws of the Universe don't work. The real secret is to know how to use them!
In this compelling video, the presenter explains 'the field' or the 'Divine matrix' as he calls it. 'The Field' has been a controversial topic for hundreds of years amongst scientists who say that our beliefs, feelings and emotions have no effect on the world outside of our body.
According to the presenter, we're creating electrical and magnetic waves in our bodies that extend many kilometres beyond where we physically reside.
He believes that when many people get together with one feeling, this feeling can change the world. This is why many people hold Peace or healing meditations at the same time across the world; because they know that their collective intention can alter the energy of our globe.
As the presenter points out, things in life are only a miracle until we understand the science. Once we understand the science, it becomes a powerful, internal technology.
He shows an example of a 'medicine-less' hospital in Beijing that has successfully treated over 180 cancer patients in less than 3 minutes. Instead of medicine or surgery, three practitioners use chanting to create the feeling in their bodies as if their patients are already healed. The chant they use loosely translates to 'already happened' or 'already done' and this is they key to working with any 'Law of Attraction' principles. You don't focus on something happening in the future but that it has already happened. This is important because the field of energy is a mirror and reflects our feeling of what we are experiencing in the moment.
If our belief is that our healing is about to happen or will come to us some day, the field will keep reflecting 'some day' because it is open ended; there is no outcome or conclusion.
This is a very subtle, yet powerful understanding of how this field, the Divine Matrix works. It mirrors NOW, not in the future, not in the past, but in this moment. In other words what we choose to experience in our lives we must first feel in our hearts as IF IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.
Western medicine would term this type of healing from 'inoperable cancer' a miracle because they do not understand the field that connects everything or the language that speaks to that field. Yet the idea that everything is connected is a very old idea which has been with us since the beginning of time.
It's a complex subject and I'd love to hear your thoughts. If you believe we are all connected, does this help you to live a 'greener' life where you become more aware of the impact of your actions and choices on others? Or do you think it's all a load of hocus pocus?
I have a theory about manifesting … I believe that there are many opportunities for us. In fact, for anything we want, there is an opportunity to get it. Unfortunately, we often don't see those opportunities. We walk through life with blinders on. When we focus on something … like peace or living green … we take those blinders off and allow ourselves to "see" the opportunities that are (and have been) around us. Then, it's just a matter of accepting them. It's like learning a new word and then seeing & hearing it everywhere … it's not that it wasn't there … it's just that we had those blinder on.
Nice, thought-provoking post! Thanks, Mrs. Green!
I've always found this kind of thing to be extremely interesting. In my own life, I have used the power of my own mind to get through countless things. Though I don't always use it, I do when I have no other alternatives.
This raises a really important issue. The power of the mind is poorly understood and under utilised in conventional medicine. You can see that in 2 people with the same disease that the one with fighting spirit copes better and lasts longer. We need to support the state of mind more holistically and effectively!
@Small Footprints: love the bit about the plants; animals and plants are a good barometer of what is going on in a household I think.
@Alicia C.: the power of the mind can be amazing and perform miracles; sometimes it's hard to believe, but when we do we can change our lives.
@nazima: Yes! my feelings exactly; thanks for sharing!


MassCEC's Commonwealth Wind (CommWind) Program assists appropriately-sited wind energy development in Massachusetts that can help achieve the Commonwealth's goals for a clean environment and a robust economy. Grant funding and technical assistance is available for residential, commercial, industrial and public facilities, and is based on the size and other characteristics of the wind project. Detailed information regarding the Commonwealth Wind Program is available in the Commonwealth Wind Program Manual.
MassCEC's Acoustic Study Methodology for Wind Turbine Projects, found in the Commonwealth Wind Program Manual, establishes a standardized methodology for concluding acoustic studies for projects that receive or request technical or financial support from MassCEC.
MassCEC's Contractor Database provides a list of companies that provide various services related to wind development. Companies are listed upon request; they are not vetted or endorsed by MassCEC.
Eligible applicants include legally-registered corporations, limited liability companies, business organizations (for profit or not-for-profit) and public entities – including federal, state and local government. Private individuals are eligible for funding only for small wind installations where the power is used on-site.
For detailed eligibility requirements for residential, commercial and community wind projects, see the Commonwealth Wind Program Manual.
MassCEC offers solicitations on a rolling basis through the year, meaning that applications can be submitted at any time the solicitation is active.
How many megawatts (MW) of wind power are installed in New England?
As of July 2016, roughly 1,040 MW of wind power were operating in New England.
How many megawatts (MW) of wind power are installed in the US?
As of July 2016, over 74,000 MW of wind power were operating in the US.
How many Massachusetts towns have installed wind turbines?
As of September 2016, 34 MA towns installed large-scale (100kW and greater) wind turbines. There are numerous small scale turbines (<100kW) that are not included in this total.
What are MassCEC's review criteria for wind projects?
Commonwealth Wind and its predecessor programs have been providing support to electric customers and the wind community since 2000 and have helped to establish the Commonwealth as a thought leader in the field of appropriate wind energy development. MassCEC's programmatic approach to appropriate siting for wind projects combines rigorous project analysis with careful, open decision making that involves all stakeholders.
Small wind: A wind project that utilizes wind turbines with nameplate power capacities of less than 100 kilowatts (kW).
Community Wind: A wind project that utilizes one or more wind turbines with power capacity of 100 kW and greater and typically 1) serves a load that is located on the project site, 2) will have a net-metering agreement with the utility company or 3) will serve the load requirements of a host municipal light department.
Commercial Wind: A wind project that typically serves the ISO New England wholesale electricity market or a municipal light plant system, or has an on-site load that does not qualify for net metering. Commercial Wind projects typically have three or more turbines.
Offerings under Commonwealth Wind include: Site Assessment Grants of Services, Feasibility Study Grants, Development Grants and Small Wind Construction grants.


As you probably realized, I totally missed last week's theme of reflection. Nothing popped out to me on the theme and was going to see if I had something older to share that fit the theme, but I blinked and all of a sudden it was Tuesday and I realized it just wasn't happening that week.
To look back at reflection for week 40 though, let me share my favorite from those that did link-up last week.
My favorite was from my fellow co-host Sarah over at Whimsy and Hope with her bubble!
Fun, right? I knew right away this was going to be my favorite for the week as soon as I looked at it.
I went two ways this week with the theme of button this week. I figured I'd kind of makeup with not doing it last week and because it was a cute little theme.
First we have a picture of Roxy. Looking cute as a button, to me anyway. Cuddling in tight with me one night this last week.
I then flipped it and did an actual button. What I had in mind wasn't quite this type of button. I wanted a big button like this, but I was envisioning not being a black item as the background. It was all I could find in the house though to share to be like the button I was thinking of.
Now it's your turn. Show us your button by linking up with us below. We can't wait to see them!
Come back next Friday and link up your "Fall" photo. I'm so excited by this theme and can't wait to see your photos for it. So get out there and get your Fall shot to share with us next week.


MIAMI -- There has been a massive home run spike in 2017, but MLB commissioner Rob Manfred insisted during a news conference with reporters on Tuesday that he can say with "absolute certainty" that the baseballs in use are within specified limits -- or not juiced.
"Will we ever know the whole answer? Probably not," said Manfred, who added that there has been more testing done on baseballs than ever.
MLB teams have combined for 3,343 homers -- 261 more than the total at the All-Star break last season -- and are on pace to break the sport's single-season record of 5,693, set in 2000.
"Our research shows that the home run is a popular play in baseball," Manfred said.
As one NL scout recently told Daily News columnist Jon Harper: "The one that left no doubt something is going on was (Jacob) deGrom hitting a ball out to left-center (at Citi Field). I almost fell out of my seat when I saw that one.
"He's not a bad-hitting pitcher but he's not a guy with any real pop. To see him hit one to the opposite field like that, I had to laugh."
Manfred suggested MLB could look into testing bats, which could be the reason for the spike.
MLB union chief Tony Clark said his group is engaged with the commissioner's to see if baseballs have changed.
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, who has already allowed a career-high 18 home runs this season, and other pitchers at the All-Star Game insisted the ball still feels the same in their hands.
"I feel no difference," Kershaw said. "MLB says there is nothing different with the balls.
"I really have no explanation (for the increase in home runs)."
Privately, pitchers vent that something is going on, pointing not just to the home run balls but guys who are now getting blisters who never did before. Marcus Stroman pointed a finger for his new blisters at the ball publicly earlier this month. Closer to home, Noah Syndergaard had a blister early this season for the first time since early in his minor league career and Jacob deGrom has twice had the ball tear skin off his finger on a pitch.
"I don't know," deGrom said when asked if he thought the ball was contributing to this issue. "I just know I have never had this happen before. One pitch and it keeps tearing the same piece of skin off."
Several pitchers said off the record that they didn't think they should talk publicly about the increase in home runs, especially after MLB issued a memo last week about it in response to a story that called the balls into question.
But the question hangs in the air here at the All-Star Game and across baseball.
A recent report by ESPN's FiveThirtyEight was skeptical about the baseballs during the home run spike.
Back in 2000, FiveThirtyEight wrote, an MLB commissioned report said that two balls could both pass inspection even if they were constructed so differently that one would be hit 49 feet further than the other.
Former Met and Yankee pitcher Al Leiter, now with MLB Network as a TV analyst, told Harper: "I pitched in the teeth of the steroids era, and there were times you knew something was up. You knew when a hitter barreled one against you but there were times when you'd make a good pitch in a good location, the hitter didn't get the barrel on it and it still went out.
"I don't think it's PEDs this time. The testing is too strong. So what is it? The weight training hasn't changed just in the last couple of years. The bats they're using now have been around for a while. So what else could it be if it's not the ball?"


In addition, the government will be supporting activities and events to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary in 2017, with $150 million to be spent over two years.
The budget also proposes to spend another $3.4 billion over five years earmarked for national parks, harbours, airport, and border infrastructure. Additional proposals call for the earmarking of $20 million over two years to Parks Canada, including historic lighthouses and railway stations; an additional $45 million for service, safety and capital improvements; and proposes $73 million in new funding to support ferry services in Atlantic Canada.


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CoD dev claims Modern Warfare won't have loot boxes
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After a number of leaks regarding loot boxes and microtransactions for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, an Infinity Ward dev has come out to set the record straight.
Joel Emslie, the game's art director took to Reddit in order to put these rumours to bed.
"Sigh. There continues to be misinformed and incorrect info being pushed about Modern Warfare," Emslie wrote. "What I can say right now is that we are definitely NOT working on any kind of supply drop or loot box system."
Emslie also noted that functional items would be unlocked through gameplay, and that info would be released later this week.
Previous Call of Duty titles have included loot boxes under the name "supply drops." Their inclusion in Modern Warfare was already hinted at in the beta with post-match UI indicating at unlocked "Common Supply Drops" in the full release.
Call of Duty fans have already been up in arms about the latest installation after the game's Spec Ops Survival mode was revealed to be a year-long exclusive on PlayStation 4.
The future of loot boxes in Modern Warfare will hopefully be detailed later this week.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare releases October 25 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
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Home›World News›WNBA star Brittney Griner appears before a Russian court with a July 1 criminal trial
WNBA star Brittney Griner appears before a Russian court with a July 1 criminal trial
More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport A Russian court has set the start of criminal proceedings against US basketball star Brittney Griner for cannabis possession on July 1.
The Phoenix Mercury star has also been ordered to remain in custody for the duration of her criminal case. If convicted of large-scale drug trafficking, she faces ten years in prison. Less than 1% of defendants in Russian criminal cases are acquitted, and unlike in the US, acquittals can be overturned.
On Monday, a court in the Moscow suburb of Khimki extended Griner's detention for a further six months after she appeared for a preliminary hearing behind closed doors. Photos provided to the AP showed them in handcuffs. Griner had previously been ordered to remain in custody until July 2.
U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner arrives for a hearing at the Khimki Court outside Moscow June 27, 2022. –
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Griner's imprisonment and trial reach an extraordinary low in Moscow-Washington relations. She was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport less than a week before Russia dispatched troops to Ukraine, adding to already high tensions with sweeping sanctions from the United States and Russia's denunciation of US arms sales to Ukraine.
Amid the tensions, Griner's supporters had withdrawn in hopes of a quiet resolution until May, when the State Department made representations classifies them as unjustly imprisoned and shifted oversight of her case to the President's special envoy for hostage affairs – effectively the US government's chief negotiator.
The move has drawn additional attention to Griner's case, with supporters sponsoring a prisoner swap like the one in April that brought home Navy veteran Trevor Reed in exchange for a Russian pilot convicted of drug trafficking conspiracy.
Russian news media have repeatedly raised speculation that she could be swapped out for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed "The Merchant of Death," who is serving a 25-year sentence on charges of conspiring to kill US citizens and supporting a terrorist organization was convicted.
Russia has been campaigning for Bout's release for years. But the discrepancy between Griner's case — she was allegedly found possessing vape cartridges containing cannabis oil — and Bout's global deadly weapons trade could make such a swap uncomfortable for the US
Others have suggested she could be traded alongside Paul Whelan, a former Navy and Security director who is serving a 16-year sentence on a spying conviction that the United States has repeatedly called staging.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who asked on CNN on Sunday whether a joint trade between Griner and Whelan for Bout was being considered, dodged the question.
"As a general statement … I have no higher priority than making sure that Americans who are being held illegally in one way or another around the world come home," he said. But "I can't comment in detail on what we're doing other than to say that this is an absolute priority."
Any swap would appear to require Griner to first be convicted and sentenced, and then seek a presidential pardon, Maria Yarmush, a lawyer specializing in international civil affairs, told Kremlin-funded TV channel RT.
On Friday the US house passed a cross-party resolution demands Griner's release.
The resolution, introduced by Arizona Rep. Greg Stanton, calls on Russia to "immediately release" Griner, 31, and asks US officials to "raise the case of Griner's release" when communicating with Russia.
Mercury applauded the resolution, tweet saturday that "Stanton and many others continue to work with the White House, the State Department and Brittney's family to ensure her safe return home."
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Q: trying to change imageview onPictureTaken from inside a module i know how to show image if image is taken using this code if all code is in same module(module app)
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
    pictureFile = getOutputMediaFile();
    if (pictureFile == null) {
        return;
    }
    try {
        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(pictureFile);
        fos.write(data);
        fos.close();
// ---- added to display imageView ----
        BitmapFactory.Options scalingOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        scalingOptions.inSampleSize = camera.getParameters().getPictureSize().width / imageView.getMeasuredWidth();
        final Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, data.length, scalingOptions);
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bmp);
        imageView.setVisibility(ImageView.VISIBLE);
// ---- end of changes to display imageView ----
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

    } catch (IOException e) {
    }
}

but what if my onPictureTaken is inside a module lets say with the name of magicfilter for example
i know it's not possible to get resource from module app inside sub modules.is there any workaround so i can show my picture inside an imageview after the image is taken?
i did copied all files from that module to my main module app to be able to do this.but some functionality of my app not working anymore

A: i solved my problem using callback functions that new onPictureSaveListener is a callback listener function so i wrote my code like this
mMagicCameraDisplay.onTakePicture(Constants.getOutputMediaFile(), new onPictureSaveListener() {

                @Override
                public void onSaved(String result) {

                }

                @Override
                public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {

                }
            },null);

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By Adam Polaski •	February 24, 2016 • 8:51 am
On Tuesday, February 23, Governor Dennis Daugaard met – for the first time ever – with transgender South Dakotans who worked to show him the real people who would be hurt by the harmful HB 1008, a bill specifically designed to target transgender children, prohibiting them from using the restroom or other facilities of the gender with which they identify. The bill landed on Gov. Daugaard's desk yesterday after it had passed in the South Dakota House and Senate – and now, Gov. Daugaard has five days to veto the bill, or it becomes law.
"It helped me see things through their eyes a little better and see more of their perspective," Daugaard said about the meeting with the transgender students.
One of the students was Thomas Wayne Lewis, who has been outspoken about the long-term damage of the exclusionary, unprecedented bill: If it becomes law, South Dakota will be the first in the state to pass such a terrible bill. Thomas is working with the ACLU of South Dakota to fight back against this legislation.
Earlier this month, Thomas – a transgender 18-year-old who said his teachers call him by his proper name and use the correct pronouns – testified before South Dakota lawmakers urging them to reject the bill. "This law means that no matter what people might think at school, how they might accept me at school, the state doesn't," he later told The Associated Press.
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Elected officials – including the Governor – in South Dakota and in dozens of other states considering anti-LGBT legislation must take a stand against dangerous bills like H.B. 1008. Furthermore, these states must advance even further, passing affirmative protections for the LGBT community and ensuring that no one faces discrimination because of who they are or who they love.
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A Example IP multimedia application scenarios B Business models use cases C Basic communication cases for IMS networks D Access to IMS via non-3GPP access or via NPNs using alternative authentication E Example use cases for IMS Inter UE Transfer (i.e. transfer/replication/sharing) G Example use cases for IMS-Based Telepresence
A Example IP multimedia application scenarios p. 31
The following example scenarios describe the personalised handling of individual media in multimedia applications (note that this list is neither complete nor exhaustive):-
The user is in a voice communication, and receives an incoming IP video communication. The user decides not to accept the communication, but diverts the incoming video to a messaging system. Further, the user is given an indication that there is a video message in his mail box
The user is in a voice communication, and receives an incoming video communication. The user decides to accept the communication but wishes to switch between the two communications.
The user is idle in a network and not involved in a communication. The user modifies his user profile to divert all voice communications other than those from high priority, pre-identified callers (e.g. his boss). In this scenario all emails and text messages continue to be received regardless of the sender.
On receiving a communication, the calling party's identity is displayed (if not restricted) and user shall be able to decide whether to accept the communication, or divert to a messaging system. The user shall be able to request media handling of the communication (e.g. media splitting to different destinations, media conversion).
The user is busy in a communication when receiving an incoming communication, but responds to the originating party that he will respond later. The user may request that the originating party's details (if not restricted) are stored with a reminder in user's profile.
Hi-fi sound (nuances, character of voice)
Person(s):
Marketing Manager, Rita
She is at a launch party for some customers in London. In the break she listens to her messages and one from another customer in Tokyo gets her attention. He just wants her to call, but doesn't say if it is urgent or not.
Due to the excellent sound quality of the terminals involved and the messaging system, she picks up the faint irritation in his voice and decides to call him immediately. It was urgent and she could remedy the situation easily by emailing the information from her built in PDA storage. The customer was relieved as he was just going in to a very important meeting.
Benefit(s):
Good sound quality gives more information to base judgements on, i.e. emulates real life meetings better.
Stereo sound (nuances, character of voice plus positions, sound-scapes)
Purchase Officer, Gustavo
Participates in a conference to discuss purchase of a new kind of steel for the factory in Rio. As he is on the road he calls from his hotel room in Sydney. The conference is in the head office in Rio. The local department has invited the two final contenders to have them argue their cases. The two companies are positioned at the different ends of the table. One of the groups is presenting and mentions something about deliveries. A side remark is barely audible, "we can't deliver that quality and that quantity this year !" Who gave this remark?
The excellent sound quality together with the stereoscopic sound gives Gustavo the information he needed. It was the other group that gave the remark. The decision was made for him at that point. He gave the order to the presenting group right after they finished a very good presentation that told him everything he wanted to hear. The setup at the head office was done with two synchronized UEs at each end of the table.
Stereoscopic sound gives even more information than just hi-fi sound to base judgements on, i.e. emulates real life meetings better.
Conference/chat with "private rooms"
A project team at an IT company: Rick, Diana, Ted, Sven and Liu
They are based in different cities.
The project team has one of their weekly reporting meetings using their mobile communicators. In the middle of the meeting, Rick and Diana get lost in a lengthy arguing on some detailed design matters that bores the rest of the team. Ted, the moderator, finds that it is nevertheless necessary to give Rick and Diana some minutes to finish their discussion, so he decides to not interrupt them. At the same time Sven remembers that he need to remind Liu to send a report to him on the latest findings from her research work.
The team use a conference/chat service with the new facility "private rooms". This allows Sven to direct a few words in privacy to Liu. Sven activates easily this feature by the GUI of his communicator. Liu is immediately notified by the GUI of her communicator that Sven is now talking privately with her (this is necessary to avoid embarrassing misunderstandings that could occur if Liu would answer Sven in the "common room" instead of in the new "private room" that Sven has created).
Since the voices of all conference members are synthetically mapped in a stereophonic projection, Liu is able to hear what Sven is saying, even though he speaks simultaneously with the other team members (the communicator will not automatically adjust the sound volume of the "common room", since it cannot know if Liu is more interested in Sven's comments or in continuing to listen to the other team members).
This service emulates virtual presence in a conference room in the best possible way without adding more visionary technologies like holographic projections, etc. The synthetic stereophonic sound projection provides good possibilities for a conference member to discriminate unwanted voices even if the meeting situation is informal and spontaneous and everyone are talking at the same time. The flexible possibilities to create one or more "private rooms" make it easy to make private comments to selected colleagues. The easy-to-use and fast responding GUI makes the needed end-user effort to create a new "room" so low, that it feels natural to use the function even for exchanging just a few quick words.
Alternative use:
Exchange the IT project team with a gang of teenagers that are planning what to do in the weekend. The service works perfectly well also in that scenario and provides the same benefits.
Easy GUI controlled addition of new participants (can be initiated by any of the participants), including addressing, notification/invitation, etc. (cf. "outgoing call" in PSTN). GUI notification of new incoming session invitations (cf. "incoming call" in PSTN) and possibility to choose action as desired (incorporate the "calling party" in the existing conference session, creating a new separate session, rejecting the invitation, diverting it to a messaging system, etc.) Whiteboarding and/or application sharing.
Multiplayer mobile gaming with voice channel
Joe (age 15), Blenda (age 14), Fredric (age 15) and all their "cyber friends" in the Shoot-n-Shout v.14.0 community
In the legendary multiplayer game Shoot-n-Shout v.14.0 the most popular game mode is a team competition. The idea is simply to shoot down the members of the concurring teams. There are always a lot of active game sessions in CyberSpace. At a web/WAP service operated by the game application provider, interested potential players can choose a game session and also find other gamers to form a team with. There is a text chat service where potential team-mates can learn to know each other.
Joe, Blenda and Fredric meet on the web/WAP chat and decide to form a team to take up the fight in one of the Shoot-n-Shout sessions. They are preparing a game strategy in advance through the text chat service, but when they have started the battle it takes too long time to type text, so they the will need another way to communicate with each other.
The game application provider makes use of a conference/chat service with "private rooms" in order to provide a multi-player voice service to the players of Shoot-n-Shout. When a game starts there is one "common room" where all players can talk (or rather shout) to each other and one "private room" for each team. Players in a team can also dynamically create more "private rooms" if they only like to talk to one (or a few) of their friends. (See the conference/chat scenario for details.)
The volume (and stereophonic position) of the players voices when they are using the "common room" is controlled so that it matches the virtual surroundings in the game environment. As an example, players that are behind a wall will only be heard as a vague whisper in the distance.
A voice channel will enhance the gaming experience for several popular network games.
Application sharing with voice commentary
Marketing Manager, Rita and Media expert, Jones
The launch of a new campaign for some customers in London. Last minute feedback is that one of the customers is expecting the latest gadget to be included, even if its only a prototype. Rita knows it's not included in the presentation and she has no information with her.
Rita calls Jones, the media guru they employed for design of their important presentations. He has the information and some pictorials. He sends them over into Rita's PowerPoint application and they edit the new slide together as they discuss the textual information to be included.
The process is extremely interactive and the session takes only 5 minutes thanks to the broadband connection and the fact that they don't need to Ping-Pong the pictures and the text back and forth. (Emphasize mobile or fixed access as required). The customer is happy and a Letter of Intent is signed.
By adding voice and pictures in an interactive session we achieve both effectiveness and interaction, two desired components.
Emergency location with voice conversation, navigation and picture transfer
Ma Beth, her children and the pet dog Bobby
The family is out driving in the country side and they take a turn on the slippery country road a bit too fast. They slide down into the ditch. Bobby the dog in the back of the van gets a heavy box of books on top of his left paw. It may be broken, and you can tell it certainly hurts from the loud yelps that come out in a rushed stream. The rest of the family is ok. They were all buckled up.
Ma Beth reaches for her communicator as soon as she has recovered from the initial shock. She calls 112 (911 or similar). The answer comes after 23 seconds and the operator immediately confirms the identity and the location of the van. Ma Beth is a bit taken aback by this quick information and has to think for awhile, then confirms the location as possibly correct. She then states the problem and she gets connected to a vet that asks a few pertinent questions. She can show a close up picture of the dog's left paw and the vet confirms a possible (95%) broken leg just above the paw. He gives a few quick instructions and sends her a map of the closest emergency animal hospital. The map shows her current position and soon displays the quickest way to get to the hospital. Well there, Bobby is taken care of and things are looking up. Even the kids are smiling now that the dog is calm and free from pains, and he looks so funny with his little cast.
The initial call transfers emergency information to the operator automatically. This ensures minimum delay to correct action. The Communicator transfers the picture that gives enough information to make a very accurate and fast assessment of the situation. Then the map transfer and display on the terminal together with the current position gives clear information and directions for Ma Beth to drive and make the right turns at every corner. In her still half-shocked state she can drive to the hospital without hesitation about where to go. Very reassuring for all parties including the dog that gets fastest possible help.
The call is initially just a voice call but evolves with the best of positioning in emergency situations and navigational aid together with picture and graphics transfer.
The Real Virtual Theatre and Foyer Chat room - Fixed Network example
Theatre going "cultural" group with one member (Bob) in a hospital bed.
The group is watching the play and are utterly fascinated by the first act. When they come out into the foyer in the break they remember Bob. They really want to share this first act with him since they know Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream is his favorite.
Bob uses the theatre's online streaming service via the hospital network. (At only half the price of a theatre ticket!). The play displays in color and stereo surround sound on his bedside TV set. In the break his friends call him up from the theatre chat room. The chat room is equipped with 3D sound pick up and local display screens with streaming facilities. They set up the streaming from one of the screens to be synchronized with Bob's bedside equipment. Their voices are also mixed into the sound streams as they talk. Bob now gets both the playbacks from the first act and his friends' voices in 3D surround sound. Bob's voice is projected close to the screen as if he was standing leaning on the bench right there. His voice is very clear and full of emotions as he speaks to the various playbacks. Both parties can control the playbacks and watch their own selection in a second window on the screen.
Bob can pick up every nuance in the lively discussion, including the whispered comments from Greta in the back. The group is almost feeling Bob's presence because of the emotional clarity and distinct position of his voice. As both parties have control and visibility of the streaming sessions, it is very effective and very interactive.
Experiential services are sought after. This one can be a bit exclusive because of the equipment requirements, but the uses are many.
Mobile synchronized MM container
The married couple Bill and Christine and their daughter Linda
Bill is on a business travel to Spain. He calls his wife Christine every night using his MMM terminal. Often Christine is answering at home using her Screenphone, but this particular evening Christine has arranged a baby-sitter for their children so she could go to a restaurant with some friend. When Bill is calling, she is sitting on the commuter train on her way home. Bill often show some pictures during his calls (both live pictures showing the environment where he is at the moment and pictures that he has been taking during the day with his separate digital camera).
Today, their talk starts off as a common voice conversation. After a while Bill likes to show Christine the lovely sunset view that he can see from his hotel room, so he make some snapshots with the built-in camera of his terminal and sends them in real-time mode to Christine. Christine likes to show one of them to their little daughter Linda when she comes home.
With a quick gesture on the touchscreen of Christine's MMM terminal, she instantly moves the selected picture from the real-time session window to the "multimedia container" icon. All the contents of the "container" is automatically mirrored between the MMM terminal and her home server. In this way, Christine can easily pick up the picture from her Screenphone at home. If Linda is at sleep when Christine comes home, she can wait until tomorrow.
The "multimedia container" can be used for every type of MM content that one likes to have available both at home and at another location. This "container paradigm" is very intuitive and stimulates the use of images, video clips etc. for a multitude of purposes. The "container" can be used both for transferring content from the MMM terminal to the home server (as in this scenario) and in the opposite direction.
B Business models use cases |R8| p. 35
The IMS supports agreements between the access network operator and the network operator providing IMS services (IMS operator).
The IMS shall be able to offer services to users that are attached to access networks owned by another operator.
The service offering may be restricted by the capabilities of the access network and the agreement between the access network operator and the IMS operator.
The IMS shall support at least the following operator's domain relationships:
Access network to IMS relationships
a.1)
Access network and the IMS it connects to, belong to the same operator as shown in Figure B-1.
Figure B-1
Access network and the IMS it connects to, belong to different operators having an interconnection as shown in Figure B-2.
IMS level relationships
b.1)
The IMS (e.g. 3GPP or NGN) to which the access network connects and the Home IMS (e.g. NGN or 3GPP) which provides the IMS services belong to different operators as shown in Figure B-3.
The IMS (e.g. 3GPP or NGN) to which the access network connects and the Home IMS (e.g. NGN or 3GPP) which provides the IMS services are the same as shown in Figure B-4.
The IMS (e.g. 3GPP or NGN) to which the access network connects and the Home IMS (e.g. NGN or 3GPP) which provides the IMS services belong to the same operator as shown in Figure B-5.
An IMS operator shall be capable of connecting to other network operators via:
an interconnect model where agreements are established between two operators;
an interconnect model where intermediate network(s) can provide interconnect on behalf of multiple operators (and may be based on an agreement between the operators and their intermediate network provider).
A single IMS operator shall be able to choose to support either of the interconnect models, or both of the interconnect models simultaneously.
C Basic communication cases for IMS networks |R8| p. 37
A basic communication case can be described on a per IMS basis by stating the IMS entry point and an exit point for the communication as shown in Figure C-1.
The following general types of entry/exit point can be identified:
Access (for communication to from terminals);
Interconnect to non-IMS network;
Interconnect to other IMS;
Internal network resource (e.g. a conference bridge for conferencing services).
As a general rule a network based on IMS shall support the following basic communication cases on a per network basis, as shown in Table C-1.
Table C-1
From (entry point)
To (exit point)
Access Network
Interconnect to other IMS
Interconnect to non-IMS network
Internal Network Resource
Access Network Required Required Required Required
Interconnect to other IMS Required Required
Interconnect to non-IMS network Required Required Required
Internal Network Resource Required
It is not precluded that other, more complex communication cases may be provided by service level concatenation of basic communication cases, e.g. by means of call diversion services.
Figure C-1: Graphical representation of supported basic communication cases
(⇒ copy of original 3GPP image)
D (Normative) Access to IMS via non-3GPP access or via NPNs using alternative authentication |R8| p. 39
This Annex defines additional specific requirements for access to IMS via non-3GPP access or via NPNs using alternative authentication.
These requirements shall not apply to terminals having a 3GPP access and not accessing IMS via NPN using alternative authentication.
For non-3GPP-only terminals or terminals accessing IMS via an NPN using alternative authentication with neither ISIM nor USIM, the IMC may be used to access the IMS via a non-3GPP access technology or via the NPN. However, if ISIM [21] is present it shall be used to access IMS or if ISIM is not present but USIM [24] is present, USIM shall be used to access IMS.
E Example use cases for IMS Inter UE Transfer (i.e. transfer/replication/sharing) |R10| p. 40
Users of communication services will increasingly use different devices with different communication capabilities to meet their communication needs. Users may wish to initiate, transfer, manipulate, or otherwise maintain the simultaneous real time streaming of multimedia components (e.g. video, speech, audio) between multiple devices for a variety of reasons. For example, users may wish to control:
the coordinated delivery of simultaneous multimedia streams to multiple devices owned by the same user (e.g. to take advantage of the different video and audio capabilities of the different devices: high definition television, surround sound stereo, home speaker phone, etc)
shared multimedia content in real time across multiple devices owned by others (who may be in different locations)
This annex defines some of the use cases for IMS Inter UE Transfer (i.e. transfer/replication/sharing), examples of which are given below (note that this list is neither complete nor exhaustive):
Shared control of session across multiple IMS users
Jill calls Jane to share and discuss a video.
Jane and Jill's controls are synchronized so they share the seamless video experience. Both UEs are capable of shared control.
Either Jill or Jane can pause the shared video to provide comments. Either of them can resume the video when they are ready to do so.
Jane and Jill need to be authorized by network after Jill allows Jane to share control.
Transfer of service control
Jane is having a multi-media call (audio/video stream) on her mobile with Jill while coming home. After arriving at home, Jane transfers the video stream and service control to another device that belongs to her (e.g. a PC that is IMS capable and on which she is logged in), but keeps the audio on her mobile to keep the conversation private from the other people in the room.
Media Replication
Jane is watching a video clip on her cell phone, which another family member (Jane's Dad) starts to watch, so they are watching together and talking about it. Jane's Dad wants to continue watching the video clip on another device (e.g. Jane's PC that is IMS capable and on which she is logged in), so he requests replication of the video component to Jane's PC.
Video replication
Steve, president of a wine-tasting club schedules a video documentary to start at an agreed time for all club members, so that they can watch it from their home and chat together about it while watching. In this case, all sessions are synchronized, and Steve is able to control the video playing: he can put the video on pause for all members in the same time.
F Void
G Example use cases for IMS-Based Telepresence |R12| p. 41
This annex provides a use case for IMS-Based Telepresence.
In the scenario below, a project team has one of their weekly reporting meetings using a Telepresence conference. Steven, John and Marc are in a meeting room in San Francisco. Fred and Liu are in another room in Paris. Ted is on the road and joins using his mobile phone. Bill is at home and joins using his PC. Both meeting rooms are equipped with multiple cameras and large display monitors. Three cameras and screens are arranged to provide a panoramic view of the room. Additional cameras and screens are used to share presentations among the participants.
Multiple video streams are shared along with additional information (e.g. spatial information, video resolution, and environmental), so that the user experience is as if they are in same location. Audio information (e.g. spatial information) is exchanged to facilitate the rendering of the audio in accordance with the rendering of the video. Users in the meeting enjoy a strong sense of realism and presence between all participants.
Figure G-1: Telepresence
In the above scenario participants may be from different operator's networks, or from enterprise networks. In such cases, IMS-based Telepresence has interconnection with Telepresence in other networks.
Figure G-2: Interconnection of Telepresence


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The idea was inspired by similar events happening all over the world. Italy, Spain, France, Austria, India, Turkey, The Netherlands, Israel, and the U.K. Some countries are making it a daily occurrence such as Canada and the United States.
Many of those countries are struggling in the fight against the coronavirus. The Bahamas government has put precautions and mandates in place to protect the people of The Bahamas but with each new case the situation grows increasingly more dangerous. Our doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff are putting themselves on the frontline to keep the nation healthy.
#ClapForHealthCareTeam242 is asking people to go on their doors, windows, balconies, stand in their gardens, living rooms or wherever they are at 8:00am on Tuesday March 31st and clap, sing, shout, shake cowbells, bang pots and pans, just make some noise as a show of gratitude and support for those who risk their health and lives for the benefit of others.
People are encouraged to take photos or videos and post them on their social media pages with the hashtag #ClapForHealthCareTeam242.
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