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It took iOS 9 less than a day to reach 12% adoption
It took the latest version of Android several months to reach 12% adoption, but iOS 9 was able to do it in less than a day. Analytics firm Mixpane claims that iOS 9's adoption rate is even faster than its predecessor's, which CEO Suhail Doshi believes could be due to the fact that iOS 9 was the first version of Apple's mobile operating system to have a consumer beta, which means people had plenty of time to familiarize themselves with the changes, not to mention that the update was much smaller than last year's iOS 8 update.
According to analytics firm Mixpanel, iOS 9 is making its way into the mainstream with the quickness, even though there were some early download troubles for some. The company tells us that iOS 9 is nearing 12 percent adoption less than 24 hours after it was released into the wild, which is faster growth than iOS 8, says Mixpanel's CEO Suhail Doshi. I suspect that some of this had to do with the first-time consumer beta getting people familiar with the new features and in tune to the release schedule. Here's what Doshi had to say, including how iOS compares to Android adoption: "iOS 9 has received 12% adoption in the last 24 hours and is being adopted similar to iOS 8 last year. This kind of adoption took Android's latest operating system, Lollipop, in comparison 5 months to achieve. One huge advantage Apple got right this year over last year was that the update is much smaller than last year (3.5x smaller) — Apple has empathy for its users who have nearly maxed out the space on their phones. However, one issue for it being substantially slow compared to iOS 7 is that servers are having trouble keeping up right now as people update."
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Q: Aurelia.js pushState doesn't seem work with nested routes - static resources are lost after refresh My routes:
[domain]/manage
[domain]/manage/clients
[domain]/manage/users

I've got pushState set to true.
Here's my htaccess:
php_value max_input_vars 10000;
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) /index.html
AddType text/css .css

This worked perfectly in my Angular 1.x app. Moving to Aurelia it works at the [domain]/manage level but not at the [domain]/manage/clients level. Everything works just fine at all levels until you are two nodes deep into a route and you hit refresh, then suddenly it fails completely.
I've even tried using a node server (spa-server) with exactly the same results. Once you go more than one level deep the static resources can no longer be found. So it can't even bootstrap.
Any thoughts?

A: The Aurelia Cheat Cheet is telling that u need to: add a base tag to the head of your html document.If you're using JSPM, you will also need to configure it with a baseURL corresponding to your base tag's href.
<base href="http://www.example.com/page.html">
<script>System.config({baseURL: '/manage'});</script>
also you have to set pushState to true in your router configuration
config.options.pushState = true;

A: Make sure of the following general checks
1.) Your apache / nginx config is correct
Nginx - no rewriting required
location /api {
    //some proxy backend
}

location / {
   try_files $uri /index.html;
}

2.) Make sure your config.js paths are mapped from / (absolute paths)
paths: {
    "*": "/dist/*",
    "github:*": "/jspm_packages/github/*",
    "npm:*": "/jspm_packages/npm/*"
}

3.) Make sure your index.html uses paths from / (absolute paths)
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/jspm_packages/npm/font-awesome@4.6.3/css/font-awesome.min.css">

<script src="/jspm_packages/system.js"></script>
<script src="/config.js"></script>

A: Tjad's answer is only missing one element :
You have to add that if you want pushState to work with aurelia and nested route.

<base href="/">

Source: https://github.com/aurelia/documentation/issues/33

A: When your entry point is a nested route and you are using the pushState configuration with angular router, there seems to be an issue with any subsequent import paths being relative to the current url (was / but is now /manage/).
After much frustration and head scratching, I found this to solve my problem:
<base href="http://www.example.com/">

(in the head of index.html)
Another successful, if less maintainable solution was to add each route explicity to .htaccess:
RewriteRule ^someroute/?$ "\/index\.html" [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^anotherroute/?$ "\/index\.html" [R=301,L]

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What to expect from 2019 in digital marketing and how new marketing directions can effect to affiliate marketing learn below.
Everyday life in the style of Cyberpunk. We live in the age of digitalization and automatization. Technologies that were released a few years ago started to work with a digital market directly. Every year you can see how news about innovation pop up and come over the internet, everything revolves around advertising.
And, as we know, tendency shows that digital progress will continue to accelerate in every industry and business. And without big investments, clever affiliates, and far-sighted marketing strategy there is no development. Some innovations were put into action recently, and their impact to our work, communication, and interaction are tremendous. It will continue to land far beyond the year ahead.
We've made a little research about new marketing directions and their possible effects to affiliate marketing in the upcoming 2019 year, take a time to classify and come up with a marketing strategy for the next year.
Rumour has it that new iOS 12 gives more power to users and more options for marketers. The iOS 12 will prevent ad system from tracking you without your permission. Also, Safari will fend off advertisers that collect unique device characteristics to retarget ads across the web. This is a big change for advertisers who use device targeting. Also, users will be able to opt-in and opt-out notifications in real-time, and Siri will be able to make suggestions to users, based on their engagement. It means a big headache for mobile marketers. In this case you, marketers, have to make sure that your content is valuable for and attracting the audience. And good news: push notifications stay.
Another innovation in the new iPhone is that in 2019 Apple will continue using organic light-emitting diodes (OLED). So, pay a special attention to a quality of banner advertising. And also a little addition from the Apple. They said: "With the launch of the new App Store on both iOS and macOS and their increased methods of app discovery, we will be removing apps from the affiliate program. Starting on October 1st, 2018, commissions for iOS and Mac apps and in-app content will be removed from the program. All other content types (music, movies, books, and TV) remain in the affiliate program." So be prepared for big changes in 2019.
Any third person on the planet knows about Shazam. And we are not talking about the DC comic character, which by the way will be presented in a new movie in 2019. No, we are talking about the first application that helps to identify music, movies, advertising, and television programs during 30 seconds. Affiliate marketers have to notice that this type of search gain popularity and 2019 is not an exception. Optimizing your placements for voice search is helpful to compete against other affiliates and marketers.
According to recent researches of Google "People like to be able to find answers to their questions as fast as possible." The analytic research of Backlinko confirms that voice search results loading faster than web pages. This means an obvious direction vector to voice search in 2019, regardless of mobile or web search. So, take a note, marketers, adaptation of your ad campaign on voice search will be crucial.
Marketing is going to be even more data-driven and responsive. We've made this research to show you how you can be a winner in the voice search space and increase your affiliate revenue. We expect that until the end of 2019 about half of the search queries will be based on voice research.
Whether you want it or not, but artificial intelligence (AI) progresses at the speed of light. We are already having conversations with chatbots and use data collection. In giving data-related answers they have no equal because they are faster than human.
Chatbots have a sense of humor, they can chat with you on any topic and can provide you a service to any customer in need anytime. They are integrated into web, social media and sure in-app. People used to deal with chatbots, take at least Momo bot. This is kind of new viral challenge, it dares you to add a WhatsApp bot Momo in your contacts and chat with it. The purpose of affiliate marketing is to create a "human touch" of recommendation and inspire the trust about the product or service. So, does the machine perform its functions? Definitely indeed!
"right user, right message, right time, right place." AI allows affiliate marketing to pick the information and improve their services based on them. More than 40% of large businesses are planning to implant the neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) by the end of 2019. Daniel Newman a digital transformation analyst and global speaker makes sure that companies are going to improve their workforce in delivering and gathering the information.
The machine learning process was increased. We already can see digital leaders. Data is a good key for companies to make good researches and afterward decisions about their products, services, strategies, and ad campaigns. For now, we are using only 1% of the data effectively and this is a big number. Evertrack thinks that during the next year the percentage will increase to 3% of the data. It will speed up the formation of the marketing strategy to affiliates and make some researches in this area.
In February 2018, Forbes made research about the blockchain tech effect on digital marketing. Reportedly blockchain will help marketers better target consumers, remove the middleman in digital advertising, and ensure the trust between brands and consumers.
However, blockchain is not going to be fast and easy to introduce into digital marketing. Daniel Newman published a Forbes article about blockchain heading fast into digital marketing and advertising, but later he had to take his words back.
In his list on Twitter next to blockchain, Daniel wrote "maybe." He thinks that today blockchain for martech is a too complicated concept for the layman and that it looks like a marketing ploy rather than an upright technology offering. Daniel guesses that it will take 2+ years before we start to see the draft. We also think that good and sharp-witted marketers will continue to work on the potential of blockchain in 2019, the rest will abide by a classic way of development.
Over the last few years, we have been observing an explosion of shady ads that violate advertiser's campaigns and break the publisher's revenues. Ashley Walters, a media marketing specialist, says that blockchain smart contract will allow verifying how and where ads actually run, which will be a huge plus for fraud prevention.
According to rejection rates that use fraud prevention tools, losses form mobile fraud are valued at billions. The overall volume of fraud is much higher. And when the affiliates find a solution how to fight fraud, fraudsters come up with new tricks. It's kind of an infinity war with mobile ad cheating. So we think that marketers will continue to pay a special attention to fraud prevention, work with partners they can trust, and monitor KPIs around viewability. So, be patient and use proven companies that specialize in fraud verification.
In 2019 blockchain-backed ad platforms will be popular in affiliate marketing because smart contracts will enable automatic traffic attribution and simplify affiliate payouts by recouping digital funds from the customer and paying over to the affiliate. The commission can be paid in cryptocurrency or in fiat currency, and payments will be processed in real-time, not after a few months.
As blockchain essentially allows for direct, cost-effective deals without worthless intermediaries involved in the supply chain, some people mistakenly think that blockchain-driven digital advertising will kill affiliate marketing. In fact, blockchain will help remove layers of inefficiency in the supply chain in a natural way, without compromising affiliates that can generate value for advertisers and publishers.
We look at 2019 as a good year for innovative startups to drive blockchain tech into affiliate marketing. Besides, industry-level organizations like IAB and AdLedger will strengthen their presence and continue evolving the martech ecosystem towards a decentralized, transparent and secure supply chain.
Facebook announced a release of new VR headset Oculus Quest for spring 2019. They are working hard on bringing virtual reality (VR) to expand the auditory.
Apple also released ARKit framework that brings millions of iPhone and iPad owners to a new augmented reality (AR).
Microsoft is working on mixed reality (MR) that also combines virtual objects with reality.
It's so cool to see the evolution of the virtual world. Although at the first place are services, offering customer service. Virtual and extended realities became more common occurrence as a marketing tool for brands, and that is why they use affiliate programs.
For example, Apple together with IKEA launched the AR program that helps to solve some design solution with furniture arrangement. Because, you know, the user wants to be engaged in brand messaging. With the ARKit developers will be able to create more immersive augmented reality experiences. It is a big potential for marketers to share new AR experiences through multiple channels.
Another example is how Renault Tracks uses MR to control quality at one of the factories. Lots of brands have already started testing reality technologies in action.
The widening of AR and VR can solve two ad problems: games and services. This a very prosperous area for affiliate marketing, selling the virtual reality is a step to the future for publishers and advertisers.
First, you help VR generate sells, then VR helps you. Seriously, it is not necessary to have your own product, you just can be an affiliate and help to develop the business. We think that VR will continue to develop itself in digital transformation and will become the name of the digital marketing industry in 2019, and accordingly a good platform of the profit.
The network of physical devices IoT continues to develop. You can see it in the growing popularity of the concept of smart and autonomous vehicles, smart cities and houses. In terms of a trend of digital transformation in 2019 IoT will be in the leading positions. Analytic and data will be processing in real-time. More data and more traffic on the already overloaded Internet will lead to the fact that in 2019 can launch a 5G connectivity to handle with devices increase and speed up the information processing.
Now lots of vehicles set up an app that shows the diagnostic information about the car, this is done with the help of IoT technology. You can check tire pressure, oil level and other information about your car. Also, it alerts the owner when something is going wrong with his vehicle. Can you believe that? Everything is changing with IoT upgrades, the vehicle app is connected with voice search and current traffic. It brings a new way for affiliate marketers to spread the ad.
Personalization of marketing brought the ad players to a new level. Thanks to AI, marketers got off the ground (relying on demographics, habits, desires, income level etc.), and start to work on how to use effective metrics to turn data into sales.
Affiliate marketologists always want to know what their customers think about. And if it used to be a guessing game, 2019 will be oriented towards embracing a customer-centric mindset. A leading company such as Amazon uses the help of AI that collects data of historical transaction, trending sales, competitive info, CRM data, and social media feeds. Thanks to a better understanding of consumer behavior Amazon, compared to other companies, can accelerate the sale for a consumer.
Digitalisation rapidly conquers the affiliate marketing industry and gives consumers new and improved digital services, and new ways of content and communications consumption. So what is the near future of the affiliate marketing?
Comparing the main digital marketing ad channels, Statista made a research of the effectiveness. And as we can see the banner advertising continue to be on the top.
Search advertising is static and doesn't progress as expected. Move on with voice search advertising.
As for video advertising, although there is growth, in fact, it is a failure. It was predicted as a huge increase in advertising, and as we see it turned out wrong.
And the last, but not the least social media advertising is still on the top.


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Dieter Speer (born 24 February 1942) is a former East German biathlete.

He was the first German to hold the title when he became world champion in biathlon in 1971, beating the outstanding Alexander Tikhonov over 20 kilometres. Tikhonov could be said to be partly responsible for Speer's success, since the rifle was a gift from Tikhonov.

Speer was able to return the favour a year later at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, lending Tikhonov his ski when the latter fell during the relay and broke a ski. In that event, the Russians won, and the East German team only got a bronze medal.

Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games
1 medal (1 bronze)

World Championships
3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze)

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

References

External links

 SGD Zinnwald
 Article of the German Soviet Alliance
 Portrait

1942 births
Living people
People from Legnica
German male biathletes
Biathletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes of East Germany
Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in biathlon
Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
Biathlon World Championships medalists

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Половое возбуждение — изменения в организме человека или животного, происходящие под воздействием сексуальных стимулов. Это начальная фаза, первая из четырёх фаз в цикле полового ответа человека.
Половое возбуждение у человека предшествует моменту непосредственного начала полового акта или занятия мастурбацией. Как правило, оно наступает в результате просмотра и чтения эротических материалов, разговора на сексуальную тему, воздействия на эрогенные зоны, воспоминаний, общения.

Компоненты полового возбуждения
Компоненты возбуждения, общие для мужчин и женщин:
 учащение дыхания;
 учащение сердцебиения;
 повышение кровяного давления;
 повышение мышечного тонуса;
 повышение слюноотделения;
 изменение состояния кожных покровов (покраснение, появление мурашек);
 расширение зрачков;
 эрекция сосков;
 изменения во взгляде, голосе, поведении.

Компоненты полового возбуждения у мужчины:
 эрекция пениса;
 выделение предэякулята.

Компоненты полового возбуждения у женщины:

 эрекция клитора;
 увлажнение влагалища;
 выделение вагинального секрета.

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Will be tearing down finished basement in 60 year old bungalow and renovating. Is an asbestos/ mould inspection required prior to tear down or rebuilding ?
Likely should inspect; whether you need to or not will depend on the municipality.
If your contractors are comfortable tackling the job on their own, let them. If they're uncertain and want the inspection, its probably worth having the inspection done.
Since January in Edmonton, Asbestos inspections are required on house demolitions (for infill etc.). I dont think they are required for interior basement demolition, but if you're feeling uncertain and suspect asbestos, its probably worth having the inspection & abatement done before you start the renovations.
No, just mask up as the particles are friable and remove all ceiling, and floor tiles and you should be good.
Asbestos can be quite hazardous to your health and is well documented. It's friable which means it beaks easily into very small pieces when disturbed. Especially if cut with a saw, for example. It's also the same weight as air, so once released it drifts around in the air for a very long time, where it can be inhaled into your lungs and will stay there forever. Hence the lung hazard.
It costs a few hundred dollars to have the material tested. We tested on two older houses before Reno's and the asbestos was in the bottom layer of the kitchen Lino. Small amounts of asbestos were present so we put on a mask and broke up large pieces with no power tools, and hauled them outside. We also placed a couple of fans pointed towards open windows to blow out any asbestos. Risky? Probably.


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. In fact, I won the very first Editor's Choice Award for science fiction chapters; the first fantasy Editor's Choice went to a guy named Jim Butcher. Wonder what ever happened to him? -)
The question of whether to join a writer's group gets asked a lot. Every writer has an opinion, but the consensus is that a bad group is worse than no group. What constitutes a bad group? In my opinion, it would be one that wastes your time. The trick is figuring out which ones are doing that. If you spend a lot of time reading and critiquing other folks and no one is giving you useful feedback, then that's a waste of time. Useful feedback has several characteristics. It has to be honest, and it has to be specific. "You have no talent," is not useful feedback. "This story didn't work for me because the protagonist was too smart and too perfect and never changed or grew," is useful information.
So, at it's simplest, a good group has to provide useful feedback. At the same time, that feedback can't be at the expensive of what makes your story your story. Some honest, constructive feedback is really just a subconscious attempt to make a story over into the critiquers own story. In a good group, you listen, you say thank you, but you have no obligation to take anyone's advice. When you get a critique, listen with your mind. Does the suggestion or comment ring a bell in your head that says, "Hey, this person is right!" Or is it simply a matter of it's not their kind of story and they're trying to make it something else?
Further, any critique given in a snarky tone is suspect from the get-go. If a writer can't suppress his or her inner snark in offering advice, then quite possibly he or she doesn't care whether your story succeeds or fails.
I have stuck with WGFH partly because they offer flexibility. They will let writers submit whole novels, or works in progress, whichever the novelist prefers. There are very few rules, so we don't get bogged down in procedure, and finally, it's a fun group.
My husband calls them my support group, and I'm not saying he's wrong.
Writer's groups: my take
I belong to a face-to-face critique group, known affectionately as the Writer's Group From Hell (WGFH). Truth to tell, it is not hellish at all. The membership right now hovers around 9 or 10 people, with some folks attending more regularly than others. One person is not a writer, but she reads extensively in the field, and hey, who are we to turn down a good critiquer. We meet more or less monthly and while some folks submit work only rarely, others are very active.
In the past, I also belonged to the Del Rey Digital Workshop, which later morphed into the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. In fact, I won the very first Editor's Choice Award for science fiction chapters; the first fantasy Editor's Choice went to a guy named Jim Butcher. Wonder what ever happened to him? -)
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Massachusetts Pro-Casino Referendum Takes the Day
Massachusetts Pro-Casino Referendum Takes the Day
Ah, sweet victory: Steve Wynn's Everett, Massachusetts casino can finally move forward after a referendum vote supporting casinos passed last night.
Residents of Massachusetts have selected to uphold the state's three-year-old casino law, voting overwhelmingly in yesterday's midterms in favor of maintaining the fledgling casino market, since the polls had predicted.
Somewhat confusingly, 'no' meant 'yes' for casinos on this ballot, as voters were asked whether the statutory legislation should be repealed, with 59.5 per cent to 40.5 percent deciding that no, it should not be repealed, meaning that yes, they desired gambling enterprises.
Some commentators have actually recommended that the language used in posing the question was deliberately muddled and created to confuse.
Nevertheless, it is a victory for MGM and Wynn Resorts, who may have had their respective projects offered the greenlight by regulators and who can now finally and definitely move forward with the certification procedure, a privilege which is why they will fork out $85 million a bit before a cornerstone that is single laid.
Not surprisingly, casino executives were jubilant and anxious to emphasize exactly what the casinos will do for their future communities.
'Voters across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts today voiced their support of the 10,000 permanent job opportunities and significant financial benefits provided by the Gaming Act of 2011,' said pleased MGM Chairman and CEO Jim Murren. 'MGM Resorts International want to thank the thousands of volunteers and supporters who comprehended precisely what was at stake and worked so difficult to bring this historic opportunity to realization for themselves and their neighbors … we are now able to begin the job of rebuilding a great downtown, and igniting a renaissance in Western Massachusetts.'
The Next Big Step
MGM now plans to build an $800 million casino resort on a 14.5-acre plot in downtown Springfield, with construction likely to begin within the spring and a scheduled opening in summer time of 2017.
Wynn Resorts, meanwhile, which fought a bidding that is protracted with Mohegan Sun for the right to apply for the only eastern Massachusetts license, the right it was granted just in early September, will go ahead using its plans to create a $1.6 billion casino for a contaminated former chemical plant in Everett, north of Boston. Wynn will spend millions to own the site cleaned up and decontaminated before construction ensues.
'it,' said Wynn Resorts quick hits slot machine Senior Vice President Robert DeSalvio while it has been a long process, the benefits to everyone in the Commonwealth will be worth.
Never in Doubt?
The license that is third secured earlier within the year by Penn National Gaming, which quickly moved ahead having its plans to expand Plainridge Park harness racetrack in to a slots parlor, despite knowing there was clearly a chance that the bill might be repealed.
'It's a risk, however it's a risk that is calculated' said Jay Snowden, Penn National's chief operating officer, almost a year straight back. 'We're confident we are going to prevail in November.'
And he had been right, nevertheless the issue had been perhaps hardly ever really in doubt. While the Repeal the Deal contingent was vocal, it lacked the funding of its powerful opponents, and the pro-casino vote had led regularly in the polls.
In accordance with campaign that is recent reports, 'no' (meaning yes) vote campaigners had raised nearly $12 million, most of it donated by casino companies, while the 'yes' meaning no vote was able to raise just $675,000.
MGM donated $2.5 million and Wynn Resorts $1 million, while Penn National topped the bill with $3.2 million. This had been the explanation that the pro-casino effort ended up being able to spend $2 million on casino advertising in October alone, at a period when its opponents had been a declaring a balance of $30,000 and debts of $400,000.
Nationwide Election Results May Affect US Online Gambling
Supporters of a Wynn casino in Everett celebrated the defeat of the casino repeal effort in Massachusetts. (Image: Barry Chin/Globe Staff)
Election 2014 didn't feature a referendum on Internet gambling, nor did anything earth-shattering occur that will forever change the gaming landscape in the United States day.
Still, there were a true number of regional results that were of interest to people who care about gambling issues, and one overarching storyline that may contour the motion of this debate over online gambling for the next two years.
That story that is big while you may have guessed, had been the Republican takeover of the Senate.
The GOP has clinched at least 52 seats in the Senate, one more than was needed in order to take the majority while final results (including a runoff election and a decision by Independent Senator Angus King on which party to caucus with) won't be known for some time.
Republican Majority and Online Poker
The Republican majorities in both houses are worth keeping an eye on while this shouldn't incite panic among those who enjoy online gambling. Thanks to a plank within the national Republican platform and the support of Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson, the most vocal voices in opposition to online gambling tend in the future from the GOP. The majority that is new lead supporters of the Restoration of America's Wire Act to try and advance the bill in Congress.
However, the chances of such a bill passing are still rather slim. Not everyone in the Republican Party is in favor of an online gambling ban, as well as many of those which can be cannot think the issue is well worth fighting over, as it really is hardly an important consideration among the list of public. While those in favor of a ban could probably court enough Democratic support to offset the losses in their own party, that's far from specific, and the possibility of a split within the GOP in the issue might be enough to stop it from ever gaining any energy.
Massachusetts Casino Repeal Defeated Handily
In more results that are local there have been two ballot initiatives of interest to the gaming industry, one on each coast. Regarding the East Coast, perhaps the gambling that is highest-profile of the 12 months happened in Massachusetts, where anti-casino activists were hoping to repeal a law that allowed for the certification and building of three resort gambling enterprises in their state, along with a slots parlor. As present polling suggested, the anti-casino forces came up well short, with 59 percent voting 'No' on the repeal.
Still, state officials acknowledged that the significant part of the populace that had been against their efforts had made their sounds heard.
' We realize that approximately 41 percent voted in favor of the ballot initiative [meaning for the repeal], and it is our job to continue to earn the confidence of all the social people in Massachusetts proponents and opponents alike,' said Steve Crosby, chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.
Meanwhile, voters in California rejected Proposition 48, a measure that would have allowed the North Fork Rancheria Band of Mono Indians to build a major casino about 40 kilometers away from their reservation. Had the proposition passed, opponents said it could have set a precedent tribes that are allowing build video gaming facilities far beyond their lands.
'This vote no puts the ball squarely in the state Legislature's court: they now can make a constant policy on tribal video gaming,' stated Cheryl Schmit, director of Stand Up for California, friends opposing the proposition.
Some gubernatorial events may also provide an effect on the future of both land-based and gambling that is online various states. Perhaps many notably, the re-election of Florida governor Rick Scott in a tight competition over Democratic challenger Charlie Crist was seen as a bad sign for on line gambling within the state, as Scott has become a supporter of Adelson's efforts to ban online gambling.
Chukchansi Gold Casino Tribal Leaders Turn Themselves In After Break-In
Tex McDonald, leader of the group that stormed the Chukchansi casino final thirty days, turns himself in. (Image: fresnobee.com)
Two tribal council users faced with serious offenses relating to last month's armed standoff during the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino near Coarsegold, California have turned themselves in. The casino was stormed by 20 armed men on October 9, the culmination of the power that is bizarre between competing factions vying for control of the casino.
No arrests had been made at the scene, since the siege occurred on tribal land, but Madera County District Attorney Michael Keitz announced last Friday that 15 of the aggressors would be charged with serious felonies, including kidnapping, false imprisonment, assault by having a firearm, attack with a deadly weapon, and battery inflicting injury that is serious.
The group's leader, Tex McDonald, 64, and council that is fellow Vernon James King, 59, switched themselves in on Monday, observed several hours later by two members associated with the security force that accompanied the group on the raid.
McDonald, who has past convictions for assault having a deadly weapon and making criminal threats, is charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, assault by having a firearm, assault with a lethal weapon, battery causing serious injury, and assault with a stun gun, and his bail has been set at $1 million. The others face similar costs, with bail set at $800,000 for each.
Another safety guard was arrested Sunday, but during the time of writing, 10 people remain at large.
Disenrollment Controversy
The origin of the dispute among the Picayune Ranchera of Chukchansi Indians seems to connect towards the controversial practice of 'disenrollment,' where a tribe strips certain members of their tribal status, therefore doubting them the associated benefits, in this case benefit from the casino.
Since 2003, hundreds of members have been stripped of their tribal affiliations, including a number of the last native speakers of the Chukchansi language. This led up to a disputed election in 2012 and a schism within the tribe between those who supported disenrollment and those bitterly opposed.
This indicates the McDonald faction was indeed managing the casino from its base at a nearby business complex up until August, if the rival faction, led by Reggie Lewis, a proponent of disenrollment and incumbent frontrunner of the council following the disputed election, occupied the tenth and 11th floors of this casino in the very early hours of the early morning, efficiently taking it over.
Then in October, the Tribal Gaming Authority threatened to close the casino down and fine the tribe as much as $16 million, due to late filing of audits. This prompted the McDonald faction to act, in whatever they claim was an attempt to retrieve the audits and save the casino.
Criminal or Hero?
And to some, despite the criminality of his tactics, McDonald is really a hero, a 'patriot' fighting for the nice of this tribe. 'My clients went in to recover papers so that the casino would not shut down,' claimed his attorney, adding that the faction represented the 'duly constituted council that is tribal. They simply took steps to protect the tribe.'
Others, however, don't see quite exactly the same tactics that are heroic the break-in.
'Calling Tex McDonald a patriot is like calling a dictator democratically elected,' said Richard Verri, representing the Lewis group. ' The justice that is criminal will determine whether or otherwise not the images caught on video of this illegal actions therefore the violence he committed upon a casino employee ended up being lawful or criminal.'
Whatever the truth associated with matter, McDonald now faces a 'significant amount of the time' in state prison, in accordance with District Attorney Keitz. And meanwhile the casino remains shuttered by order of a federal judge, with the consequence of lost revenue becoming devastating to the community.


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Qantas has confirmed that its group chief technology officer, Chris Taylor, has tendered his resignation.
Taylor will leave Qantas in May to take up a new position overseas.
In addition to the CTO role — which he has held since the start of 2014 — Taylor has been acting as chief information security officer for the Qantas group. Taylor has been the airline's interim CISO for a year and a half.
Former IHS Markit's group chief information security officer, Darren Argyle, has been appointed ongoing CISO at the airline, with his tenure as its cyber security chief to begin later this month.
Argyle was appointed to the CISO role after a recruitment process that began last year as part of a cyber security strategy revamp.
Qantas in December appointed a new chief information officer.
Former SAP executive Susan Doniz filled the role left vacant after Luc Hennekens left Qantas for a role at Airbus Group in France.
Qantas has begun advertising for a new CTO to replace Taylor.
Recruitment documents state that the airline's CTO "will operate across infrastructure, security, application and data domains", helping group and segment CIOs "understand the business and commercial imperatives for IT support and delivery across the 3-5 year horizon and develop pragmatic architecture solutions to help achieve the business results".


One summer our young family traveled 2,000 miles (3,200 km) across the country for my husband's new job. We were excited for our new adventure, but we felt very far from our home, our families, and everything else we knew. We pulled up to our new home during a downpour, and in an attempt to protect our home's newly laid carpet, we unloaded the truck with umbrellas overhead and sheets underfoot. We knew that heavy rains had been causing basements to flood, and we nervously kept an eye on ours after everything was unloaded.
"Sounds like you guys could use some help," he said with a bright smile. Suddenly, I didn't feel so far from home.
At midnight, the doorbell rang. Pulling the door open, I was met by Brother Lindsay Sewell, the only person we knew in the ward.


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Motocross tracks in Maidstone and the surrounding areas
Looking for a motocross track located in Maidstone or the surrounding areas? Well look no further. We have over 290 mx track locations across the whole of the UK. Below is a list of 24 motocross tracks within a 75 mile radius of Maidstone. You will see a summary of information for each track below, further information such as the location, directions and contact information can be found on the subsequent pages.
Don�t forget that the motocross tracks listed below are just a small number of the mx tracks near Maidstone. You can use our motocross track search to perform a more detailed search of places to practice in your area.
Staplehurst Motocross Track
Located 7 miles from Maidstone. Track information is currently unavailable If you can help with any additional information, please email us, or post a thread below....
Sandway Motoparc
Located 7 miles from Maidstone. See pictures below for track layout and conditions. Track isn't suitable for auto riders. When there is bad weather they only have parking for 50 vans, no lorries. It costs £35 per rider. There are toilets, first aiders and marshal points and there will be a burger van on site. The track will be only open on sundays for the time being. This is due to the council restriction of only being...
Lamberhurst Motocross Track
Located 12 miles from Maidstone. The track is used by the schoolboys clubs, and race meets take place here on a regular basis. Track information is currently unavailable If you can help with any additional information, please email us, or post a thread below....
Newnham Motocross Track
Located 13 miles from Maidstone. This track is used by EKSSC for regular meets.  ...
Barton Point Motocross Track
Located 16 miles from Maidstone. PLEASE NOTE THIS TRACK HAS BEEN CLOSED, PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE TRACK HAS BEEN RE-OPENED....
Canada Heights
Located 16 miles from Maidstone. Sidcup MXC Race here and and own the track, they are extremely proud of their asset and encourages its use by the Police, for officer motorcycle training, walkers, horse riders, the Scouts, mountain bikers and others who love the countryside but are not involved in motorcycle sport. The track itself is spectacular and demanding. It brings out the very best in motocross riders allowing them to use...
Joyce Green Dartford
Located 19 miles from Maidstone. This track is now closed!...
Off Road Action Park
Located 22 miles from Maidstone. It has 2 hard packed tracks one for kids and the other for adults. Main MX trackThey run in 3 groups on the tracks,  novice (including pit bikes), intermediate and expert. Each group is run in 20 minute sessions but during quieter periods intermediate and expert will run together. Kids MX trackTheir kids track is suitable for quads(upto 110cc) and motocross bikes. The sessions are split in ...
Docklands kg 5
Located 25 miles from Maidstone. A unique facility within inner London. A hardpack surfaced Super-cross style outdoor track.At approximately 1/3 of a mile, it contains a mixture of tabletops, ski-jumps, bermed and bowled corners; it is an ideal place for junior and youth MX riders and adult beginners. Sections of the track can be altered to suit riders of all abilities We run a youth and junior MX practice club held on alternate...
Morelands-MX
Located 27 miles from Maidstone. A good track for beginners. Two tracks, one for autos and pit bikes, 2nd for solos. On-site spares and accessories, and can offer some assistance with fitting of parts, including tyres. Sometimes have a few mx bikes for sale too. Sorry no quads....
Mill Lane Motocross Track
Located 27 miles from Maidstone. The track has ski jumps and table tops throughout. They charge £25 for Saturdays 10-2pm and £20 for sundays 10-1pm. They run 3 groups a day with 4 riders in each group on Saturdays and 3 riders in each group on Sundays. They are doing this at the moment due to the time restrictions which they have to abide by to ensure the track stays open. They have first aid and marshalls on site...
Bletchingley Motocross Track
Located 28 miles from Maidstone. Please note that this track is only open for race meetings orgainsed by the East Kent motocross club. Due to local residents, there is very strict opening restrictions. The track is only opened once or twice a year. Opening dates will be announced on the discussion section here or in the motocross shedule / event section. The track is laid out on the side of a hill and on the flat at the bottom....
Ringmer Motocross Track
Located 30 miles from Maidstone. The track is set back within a farmers flat field, so everything is man made. The track has a short start straight it also has a mixture of jumps including 40-50ft tabletop. The track is used by many schoolboy clubs....
Essex MX Track
Located 36 miles from Maidstone. PLEASE NOTE!!! The track has been forced to close by the council, the track will be closed untill further notice. For more info, check the discussion board at the bottom of this page. The track is open 10am - 4pm Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays. Track Fees Main track £35.00, Members £30.00,  Membership (1 year) £5.00 There are now toilets available, a burger van ...
Golden Barn Raceway
Located 44 miles from Maidstone. Golding Barn Raceway is a professional moto-cross practice and race facility set in a picturesque valley in the South Downs. It is built and run by Danny and Steve Beamish. Steve is an ex professional moto-cross racer with National, International and Grand Prix experience. Danny has also had a lot of National and International experience but is now just riding for fun at selected events.Along with...
Runnymede Youth Motorcycle Club Track
Located 47 miles from Maidstone. This is a non-profit organisation who maintain the track for practice. Track is open Saturdays 11am-4pm and closed on Wednesdays. This is used for practising only, no racing. They run a turn up and ride policy. Costs: upto 100cc £10 per rider or £15 for over 100cc. Sessions are in 30 minute intervals. Adult sessions begin on the hour, children's sessions begin on the half hour....
Wakes Colne Essex Motocross Track
Located 48 miles from Maidstone. Track information is currently unavailable If you can help with any additional information, please email us, or post a thread below....
Slough MotoX Parc
Located 50 miles from Maidstone. Yearly membership £20 you can get it on the day, and £20 to ride there after. It has jetwash toilets hot food and spares van. Very friendly atmosphere based in Upton Court Park, Slough.The club is aimed at all ages and all levels of experience; Schoolboy, Adult, Solos, Sidecars and Quads all very welcome. Riding starts at 11am and is grouped according to age and ability. The facilities...
Flackwell Heath Track
Located 59 miles from Maidstone. The track is NO longer called Z Racing- it is now called Flackwell Heath Moto Park. Open sat 10-4, Sundays 11-4 and weds 3-8 but times vary depending on daylight hours unless stated on Facebook. We have one main track that caters for all levels of rider from novice/intermediate to expert/pro the track has a variety of table tops,step ups,doubles,triples and ski jumps,tight and sweeping corners. We...
Rushmere Track
Located 63 miles from Maidstone. 3 tracks, the biggest at a mile and a quarter long, an intermediate track, if there's too many 250's on the big track and a kid's track. Sandy track with approx. 10 jumps. Set in a wonderful valley with great spectating views. Toilet facilities and food trailer. New kid's track just been built.Fee: £20 Open every weekend in January and February and switch to fortnightly after that. Ring on...
Located 67 miles from Maidstone. Update 21/09/2016:  This track remains closed to the public until further notice. This is not a conventional track, more like a practice area. It is open farm land with acres of woodland better suited for enduro practice. The ground is usually hard with lots of stones scattered about. There are natural terrain jumps and plenty of tracks to choose from to make a circuit. There's ha...
Wildtracks Motocross Track
Located 71 miles from Maidstone. Chippenham Motocross circuit at WildTracks has been operational for over 30 years. Motocross practice operates most Saturdays and Sundays weather permitting. Opening Times: 10am - 4pm. Costs: 125cc bikes and above - £30, 100cc bikes and below - £25, Autos - £20 They have 3 circuits: autos, beginners and adults. There are over 6 configurations of the adult course each of which...
Elsworth Motoparc
Located 72 miles from Maidstone. One-mile supercross-type motocross circuit prepared for the British Championship standard. Track has many decent sized jumps with Table tops, doubles/trebles, step-up jump and skijump. Varied corners with both flat and burmed edges. Soil is hardpack clay/soil. Has Good medical resource i.e St Johns Ambulance. Over 100cc £30 Up to 100cc £25 Open some Wednesdays and most Sundays. Ref...
Located 72 miles from Maidstone. This track was requested to be removed from the website.   This track is only ever used for organised race meetings. Anyone found attempting to ride the track will be prosecuted. West Meon is on the side of a hill, chalky, so it drains really well. It has a few man made jumps, a small table top and a bomb hole! You can see 95% of the track from the spectator area....
Check out some of our Motocross Tracks: Sandway Motoparc | Runnymede Youth Motorcycle Club Track | Brookthorpe Motocross Track
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I think I did okay for myself. I didn't discover a cure for cuticles, but I did wash the kitchen floor and buy a new floor mop for the wood floors. I also made a really awesome chicken dish, signed up for a new stock photo website and uploaded 10 photos to see if I have what they're looking for. I shopped for things online and didn't buy all of them, because some of the things I don't need yet. I made a really awesome chicken dish for lunch – the kind of thing that a real cook might make. I didn't even take a full-blown nap this weekend, even though I REALLY WANTED TO.
Oh, and I updated my website, which actually took many many hours of my weekend. Taa-daa. I was going to reward myself with a glass of wine but it's too late and I'm tired and some joker made arrangements for tomorrow to be Monday. Last week for my group to work out of the Marlboro office before moving to the Smithfield RI office. I think it's going to be REALLY weird in there this week, what with all the packing, etc. I think I'm going to bring in lots of canned goods and make them move them all down to RI. Just because.
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There are sixteen Counties in Maine. Prior to statehood. The first county to be created was York County, created as York County, Massachusetts by the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1652. Maine was granted statehood on March 15, 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise. Nine of the sixteen Counties had their borders defined while Maine was still part of Massachusetts, and hence are older than the state itself. Even after 1820, the exact location of the northern border of Maine was disputed with Britain, until the question was settled and the northern counties took their final, official form by treaty in 1845.
Sagadahoc County is a county located in the state of Maine. Based on the 2010 census, the population was 35,293. Its county seat is Bath. In geographic area, it is the smallest county in Maine.
Sagadahoc County is part of the Portland-South Portland, ME Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sagadahoc is named for a Native American word meaning mouth of big river.
Sagadahoc County is situated upon the lower portions of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers. Within it are contained Merrymeeting Bay, where the two rivers join; Sagadahoc River, which they form; and Sasanoa, an arm of the Sagadahoc. Generally, however, the name Kennebec is applied to this stream quite to the sea, thus making the Androscoggin its tributary. This county contains ten towns and one city, as follows: city of Bath, towns of Arrowsic, Bowdoin, Bowdoinhani, Georgetown, Perkins, Phi pshurg, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath and Woolwich. The length of the county north and south is 33 miles, and its breadth, from 6 to 17 miles. It has an area of about 300 square miles, including water surface, which is about 45 square miles. The county is chiefly remarkable topographically for the number of its streams, bays and coves, and its numerous tide-powers. The surface of the county, though considerably broken, has no high hills, and the general altitude is such that the fresh-water streams and salt inlets are not productive of deep ravines. In the south-eastern portion of the county especially, the bed rock is imperfectly covered with soil, and consequently, it shows many ledges. Three of its towns, Arrowsic, Perkins and Georgetown, are islands, and three, Phipsburg, Bath and West Bath are nearly so. The business is agriculture, ice-storage, lumber manufacture, ship-building, navigation, commerce and the fisheries. Steamboat communication with Portland and Boston is had through the whole length of the county, while during the hot months steamers run across the country from the Kennebec towns to Boothbay beyond the Sheepscot River. The Maine Central Railroad traverses the western part north and south along the course of the Kennebec, and connects with the Knot and Lincoln Railroad, which connects Bath with Rockland on the Penobscot.
Sagadahoc County was formerly included in Yorkshire, and later, in Lincoln County; having been set off from the latter and incorpo rated in 1854. The exploring company of DeMonts, led by the intrepid Champlain made the first known visit of Europeans to Sagadahoc. Popham's colony, having erected buildings and constructed a vessel, after a few months' sojourn forsook their settlement in 1608; but voyages of the English to the vicinity for fur-trade and fishing were continned. Capt. .John Smith, of Virginia fame, explored the region in 1614 ; and on the map of the country which he displayed to King Charles, that monarch eiiterecl the name "Leethe" as a substitute for "Sagadahoc."
When the Council of Plymouth was dissolved, and the territory divided, 10,000 acres somewhere on the east side of the Sagadahoc were added to each of seven of the twelve divisions, that each of the noble owners might share in the visionary metropolis of New England. The grant to Sir Ferdinatulo Gorges, in 1622, had for its eastern boundary, the Sagadahoc. From this he granted to Sir Richard Edgecomb, a tract on the north side of the Lake of New Somerset (Merrymeeting Bay) and another on the coast, probably on New Meadows Harbor. The Pilgrims of New Plymouth received their patent rights of trade on the Kennebec in 1623, which was enlarged in 1629 to a right to the soil and exclusive rights of trade within its limits. The boundaries of this grant, like those of most of the early ones, were not accurately defined; and when the patent passed from its Pilgrim ownership and became the Kennebec Purchase, its wealthy proprietors extended their claims over the territories of their neighbors beyond what generally found warrant in law, when the issues came to be tried in the courts. The indefinite boundaries, therefore, were the cause of much litigation. Rights to the soil were sought from the natives also; the first known being the Nequasset purchase, made in 1639; the islands below soon after, and within 20 years the whole of Sagadahoc County was held under titles from its Indian possessors. The grant to Purchase and Way which, together with the Pejepscot Purchase included a large part of Bowdoinham, and all of Topsham, Bath, West Bath,and Phipsburgh, was made in 1630; Purchase himself having resided near the Pejepscot (Brunswick) Falls since 1627. In 1654 New Plymouth colony instituted a form of government covering all the settlements of the Kennebec. This was succeeded by the more effective jurisdiction of Massachusetts, which continued, with a partial interruption only for a few years by the Duke of York's government, until Maine became an independent State. In 1672, upon a petition of the settlers for protection, the territory beyond the Kennebec, which had been erected into the county of Cornwall by the Kings' commissioners,- deputies of the Duke of York, was transmuted into the county of Devonshire; York being limited to the western side of the Sagadahoc. An appearance of right to exercise this jurisdiction had been secured by a new interpretation of the terms fixing the boundary of her patent by Massachusetts. The motive for this movement was found in the new claim of the French, under the treaty of Breda, to the territory as far west as the Kennebec.
The first Indian war in Maine, called King Philip's war, broke out in 1675; yet the plundering of Mr. Purchas' house was the only hostile act in Sagadahoc County until August, 1676. At this date occurred the descent of the savages upon the settlements of Hammond, Clark and Lake, in which 53 persons were made captives by the Indians. The region was now almost wholly abandoned by settlers; and though various small and temporary settlements were attempted, there was no permanent occupation until 1715, when twenty families located on Arrowsic, and the Pejepscot town of Augusta was begun under Dr. Noyes in Phipsburg. Yet these were swept away; and forts and garrison houses were often the only places of safety for the inhabitants, until the fall of the French power in the North in 1759 terminated the Indian wars in Maine. From 1717 to 1720 many Scotch-Irish Presbyterians had come in; and after Governor Dummer's treaties of 1725- 7 the immigrants became numerous.
During the Revolution, there was much alarm in the Sagadahoc region from British cruisers; but no considerable action occurred. Two British armed vessels which threatened Bath, were attacked on their way up the river, and turned back. In the war of 1812, the noted action between the Enterprise and Boxer occurred off its southeastern shore. In the war of the Rebellion the county furnished to the Union forces 2,488 men. Robert Gutch and Ichabod Wiswall were the first religious ministers in the county, the first coming about 1660.
Steam-power was first used on the Kennebec as early as 1818, for propelling rude craft; and in 1823 steam communication was opened. between Bath and Boston. What is now the Bath branch of the Maine Central Railroad was opened to the city in 1849; and the Knox and Lincoln Railroad was opened in 1871. The first newspaper was published in the county in 1820. There are now but two. Eight national banks and three savings institutions are located in the county.
As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 370 square miles (959 km2), of which, 254 square miles (658 km2) of it is land and 116 square miles (301 km2) of it (31.41%) is water.


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Come and see this great fixer upper in Herbertsville before it's gone! The kitchen has been nicely updated. The roof is 10 years old as is the gas furnace. The home has central air. Sellers say there are hardwoods under the carpet. This home has good bones and with some tlc you can make this your dream home. There are spacious bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms plus a full finished basement waiting to be finished and an attached full garage. Home is located on a quiet corner with a side yard. Close to shopping, parkway, beaches, marina and reservoir.
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Spacious 4 Bedroom-2.5 Bath Bi Level with possibility for 5th bedroom is located on an oversized beautifully landscaped lot with mother/daughter possibilities. Home has all public utilities, hot water baseboard heat & central air. This well maintained and cared for home features 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms on the upper level. Retreat to your master suite which features a walk-in closet, large separate bonus room and large outside deck. Extra bonus room could be potential 5th bedroom or office. The upper level features a nice sized kitchen as well as spacious open living & dining rooms. Wood Floors under carpet in D/R, L/R, Hallway & 2 Bedrooms. The lower level offers a huge 18x21 family room with bar area and wood burning fireplace. Sliding door leads to the large patio.
Yesteryear cottage in waterfront community of Breton Woods. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, detached garage, yankee basement. Newer timberline roof, plank flooring, appliances included. Features sliders to deck and cozy fireplace/stove in Living Rm. Bring a bit of TLC and decorating ideas and make thiis cute cottage your new home! Ideal for first-time buyers or an ideal ''get-away'' to enjoy summer fun.
Come fall in love with this 3 bedroom, 1 bath ranch in a great family neighborhood. This home sits on a large 75 x 115 lot with a storage shed and backyard patio that makes this home a must see! Bring your own special touches to make this lovely ranch your own. Items that are Less than 1 year old: SS Refrig, Stove (gas), Dishwasher, Microwave, Washer & Dryer, Ceiling Fans, Sink, New Back Fence, Electric upgraded to 200 amp. Hardwood floors. Close to Restaurants, Shopping, Beaches and Major Highways/Parkway. Hurry this one won't last!!! Can accommodate a quick closing. Have the kids settled in before school starts.
Amazing waterfront home just 8 minutes to the ocean! Newley renovated home features: expansive inviting open floor plan. dining room w/wet bar, wine cooler, perfect for entertaining. Gorgeous kitchen, Cherry cabinets, Granite counters, tiled back splash, breakfast bar, top of the line appliances. Custom moldings & archways throughout, HW & Marble FLR's., gas fireplace, HWBB heat, newer 30 year roof, newer cedar impression siding, Large MBR suite, walk in closet, master bath jetted tub. Enjoy your coffee on your private balcony w/custom Balusters. 2nd BR suite plus 2 additional BR. 3rd level terrace offers breath taking views of the River. Relax on your newer deck, newer vinyl bulkhead. Boaters delight just 400' form the Metedeconk River! Private beach w/playground. Just so tranquil!
End Unit Ranch w/ full Basement. Move right in to this neat and clean 2 Bedroom 2 full Bath condo. Large rooms throughout and ample closet space. Great Eat-In Kitchen (with Pantry) leads to great custom patio. Private end unit with lots of side yard too. Walking distance to residents pool. (One of three). Kevin Court offers ample parking ...a plus. Gas Forced Hot Air. Central Air - 3 years young. Basement partially finished with great rec room & full bath. Laundry room & Storage Area too. Close to GSP North & South & Bus Transportation. Close to Jersey Shores Finest Beach's, Shopping & Medical Hub. Clubhouse, Tennis, Basketball, Swimming & Playground.
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Don't Miss this Well Maintained 4 Bedroom, 3 Full Bathroom home with a 1 car garage sitting on a Large 100x100 lot. This Home has all of the major items updated: Roof is 7 yrs, Furnace, AC, and the Hot Water Heater are 3 yrs old. There are Hardwood floors on the main floor, a spacious vaulted ceiling eat-in kitchen, a formal dining room, and a Master suite with a private bathroom with Radiant heat. The downstairs has a bonus room that could easily be a 5th bedroom and a large Family room with a slider leading to the private backyard. The Backyard is built for entertaining with a spacious patio, pool, and a raised composite deck with an awning. The Garage and attic are foam insulated making the home very energy efficient. Nothing to do but move in. Close to schools, shopping, and beaches.
Mint condition newely renovated home featuring an eat-in kitchen with a breakfast bar, granite counter tops and a full appliance package. There are two good sized bedrooms, a beautiful bath with a large walk in shower and an oversized custom vanity. The home is freshly painted and features laminate flooring throughout with sliders leading to the sunroom and patio, a new electrical service and a newly installed in 2018 Central Air System! Greenbriar 1 is an active well maintained adult community that offers two swimming pools, a large clubhouse, library, exercise room, card room. woodshop, bocceball, a 6 hole golf course and a community bus! Close to shopping, public transportation, beaches and the GSP.
WOW !!! One of a kind of home in brick, this home has hardwood flooring throughout. A brand new kitchen with white shaker cabinetry, stainless steel appliances granite counter-tops and a stunning backsplash !!! Large bedrooms, and large living and dining areas as well as a bonus family room, all set on a large corner property with a nice gated yard. Call this place home today !!!
This is a great home! Enjoy the yard on your deck with new gazebo, fire pit, have fun playing horseshoes, outdoor lighting and pond - tranquility, peacefulness and relaxation. Skylight and newer appliances in kitchen. Living room with bar room and wood burning fireplace to keep you warm and cozy in winter. Sun drenched heated and air conditioned three season room to relax or pursue your favorite hobby. 3 bedrooms and full newly updated bathroom. Full finished basement to include laundry room with laundry tub, half bathroom, office and family room. 2 sheds, new garage door with opener. Home at the Jersey Shore!


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During this time, the process of formation of the Moon is still a mystery. After going through a series of studies, some scientists finally managed to explain the theory behind when the birth of the Moon.
When the newborn Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, and had suffered a collision with a Mars-sized space rocks and meteorites layer covering both. Leftover debris from the collision incident is believed that formed the Moon. The researchers also believe that the Moon was born shortly after the Earth.
In the 1970s, there is an explanation of how the birth of the Moon in a presentation entitled 'Giant Impact Hypothesis,' explained that the moon was formed because there was a collision of two 'young' planets, the Earth and the object named Theia, which is also considered to be about the size of Mars. Then the Moon was born from the ruins of the two.
According to the presentation, Theia formed along with other planets in the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago then circled the Sun in roughly the same orbit with Earth about 60 degrees ahead or behind the Earth.
Stability in Earth orbit then interrupted because of Theia then grow beyond the maximum limit of 10 percent of the mass of the planet Earth. As a result, the force of gravity makes Theia left orbital position and is approaching the Earth and collide with each other.
According to astronomers, a collision between the Earth and Theia occurred around 4.53 billion last year, or about 30 to 50 million years after the formation of the solar system. However, from recent evidence, indicated that the collisions were happening more slowly, which is 4.48 billion years ago.
In the presentation also said that the Theia material is much more contained in the Moon, which is more than 60 percent. However, if viewed from the sampling rocks that taken from Moon, the components showed more similarities with the Earth.
"In terms of composition, Moon and Earth arguably almost like twins," said lead researcher Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, an astrophysicist at the Israel Institute of Technology, as quoted by NBC News.
Then Alessandra and her colleagues made a collision simulation in the early solar system was made up of 85 to 90 protoplanetary where each planet contains 10 percent of Earth's mass. Not only protoplanetary, there are also thousands of tiny objects called planetesimals ie everything has 0.2 percent of the mass of Earth.
From simulations, the team found that the collision could create three to four rocky planets, with the greatest ratio of the mass of the Earth. And about 20-40 percent of the composition in the new planet is very similar to the arrangement that the composition of protoplanetary collision.
"It's very exciting because we can express the novelty of the mystery of the birth of the Moon," says team member Hagai Peretz.


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Founded in 1941, the Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (CUWBC) began as a student-run club, reliant on volunteer coaches and the support of College clubs for equipment and training facilities.
In 2016, a year on from the first Women's Tideway Boat Race and 75 years after it was founded, the club is a professionally run elite programme competing at the highest level. Winning against Oxford in the Boat Race remains the ultimate goal of each crew, but CUWBC also competes in major national competitions such as the British Rowing Championships, the Fuller's Head of the River Fours, the Women's Eights Head of the River Race and the British Universities & Colleges' Sport (BUCS) Head and Regatta.
For a club of this standard, it has long been recognised that better facilities are required. Happily, with planning permission secured for a new boathouse in Ely (to be shared with the Cambridge University Boat Club and Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club), and support from numerous donors, many of them alumni of the University and other boat clubs, this vision is being realised. When complete, the new site aims to be the premier training programme and rowing facility for women in the country, boasting access to the best training water, four boat bays and a wet dock, as well as space to launch multiple boats at the same time. Custom-built areas for crew members to complete their academic work around training will enable the athletes of CUWBC to manage the demands of their university workload alongside the intense training programme required to compete at the modern Boat Race.
There are not many times in life when you can contribute to something that will be a game-changer for your sport or university. Here is our chance to begin to level the playing field and support future generations to achieve great things on the water. I hope every rower who has ever competed for CUWBC will contribute whatever they can afford to make it happen.
Project Ely is not just for the club members of today, but has been powered by a desire to secure the future of CUWBC for generations to come – a future where the drive and ambition of Cambridge's women rowers can be unleashed and nurtured, and where each crew member can fulfil their potential. The opening of Ely Boathouse will be a significant development in Cambridge University rowing and a historic occasion in women's rowing.
There are over 700 clubs and societies at the University of Cambridge. They are an integral part of Cambridge, where many students have some of the best experiences of their lives. In 2014-15 £3.3 million was given to support sports clubs and societies.
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HONG KONG — There's no one secret to succeeding in real estate. But here are nine tactics that could put you on the right path.
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1 Partner with other agents
Perhaps a buyer or seller isn't your cup of tea. Or maybe their price point isn't in your wheelhouse.
Rather than turn these prospective clients away, you should co-list or co-represent them with competitors, according to a panel of top-producing agents at Inman Connect.
"Fifty percent of something is better than 50 percent of nothing," noted Peter Gilpin, an Agent at Bangkok – based Terra International Realty (Thailand).
How successful agents succeed
2 Use a publicist
For as little as $500 a month, you can tap a publicist's long-standing relationships with journalists to help position you as the local "noted source" for all things real estate.
3 Pitch stories to reporters
Reporters are constantly hunting for story angles. Rather than merely suggest that they use you as a source, hand them scoops on a silver platter.
Are large garages or guest houses trending? Tell them.
– "They're hungry for topics," said Peter, Sales Manager of Terra International Realty (Thailand).
Also read: How to Sell Your House Fast: 5 Must-Know Tips to Move Your Property
4 Tap vendors and investors for leads
Dzhibrailova milked business from vendors and investors she met as a property manager to "build a foundation" for her real estate business. Accountants and lawyers tend to be particularly potent sources of business, Kramer said.
5 Host lots of open houses
"Open houses are the best thing when you don't have business," Peter said. You don't have to spend any money to host them, and in addition to reeling in leads, they can help you familiarize yourself with a neighborhood and its residents.
6 Don't turn down any deals
When you're getting your legs, never turn a buyer or seller away. Some transactions may not translate into fat commissions. But they might send more business your way or buy pricier homes in the future.
7 Maintain connections with past clients and referral sources
Peter says buying lunch (typically $50 per meeting) four times a week for contacts delivers about a 10 percent return on investment, much higher than the 2 percent return on investment he sees from blanketing neighborhoods with postcards.
Peter sends market updates, just-listed cards, just-sold cards, and birthday and holiday cards to past clients.
Sending former clients listing and open house notifications can also pay dividends, Kramer said.
8 Hire a real estate coach
Coaches aren't for everyone, but Christophe Choo, an agent at Coldwell Banker Previews International, said coughing up $1,000 a month on coaching from The Mike Ferry Organization has delivered a tenfold return on investment.
– "I need that little boost to get me going to the next week," Choo said.
9 Cultivate an online presence
Paying developers to build a website that ranks high in search results is a more cost-effective and sustainable online marketing strategy than buying search engine advertisements, panelists said.
Mike, who said he has three in-house employees constantly working on his website's SEO (search engine optimization), said he recently won a $30 million listing through his online presence.
– "That is your lifeblood going forward," Mike said of SEO.
Dzhibrailova said Yelp, where she ranks as one of the top five agents in her market, has had a "tremendous impact" on her business.
Also read: Why Should I Consider Using a Third Party Website for My Real Estate Business?
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Great opportunity for first time buyers, or investors. This well maintained condo is located in a quiet neighborhood, no through street. Very convenient to shopping and restaurants, Airport, community schools, UTC, downtown and major highways. Main living area with tile floors in kitchen and baths. Spacious living and dining on main floor with half bath. Upstairs, bedrooms are carpeted with tile bath floor. Concrete patio for grilling and entertaining.


MAPPS offers a forum in which some of the most influential individuals in the geospatial industry are at your fingertips.
The opportunities to make connections and build lasting relationships are tremendous.
Can your first meeting be intimidating? 100% YES. Some of the members have been in the geospatial industry for over 30 years and attending MAPPS since the 1980's. But don't let their vast knowledge and experience scare you, MAPPS members are very open and friendly to "new comers" and the knowledge/experience they bring.
Be open. Open to meeting new people, exploring new topics, speaking in public, and discussing the real issues.
Try to meet someone new at every event.
Participate. Give your opinion during round table discussions. Present on a topic that interests you. Attend the networking events and be engaged in the activities.
Bring Business Cards to every meeting and networking event. You will constantly be meeting new people and the conference moves quick. You may not have the opportunity to speak with a person twice, so always be prepared to leave them your contact information.
Review the attendee list before the conference and reach out to those you would like to meet. As I mentioned, the conference moves quickly and concludes in the blink of an eye. If there are connections you want to make at the conference, be proactive and reach out to members beforehand.
Business Casual during the day, dress for the event at night. MAPPS is a welcoming but professional environment. You can view typical daytime attire on the MAPPS Facebook page. Networking events are a different story. If you're going to a rodeo (MAPPS Winter Conference 2019), wear your plaid shirt and cowboy boots. If you're going on a cruise around the harbor (MAPPS Summer Conference 2018) wear your boat shoes and a sun hat. If you're going to a Lawn Party (MAPPS Winter Conference 2017), wear an outfit that lets you participate in the very competitive corn hole tournament.
After the conference, stay in contact. Reach out to those you met and discuss potential teaming or partnership opportunities. Aside from the business aspect, maybe you met someone and there is no potential business relationship between your companies. The reality is, you will most likely see them at the next conference. Be sure to stay connected with those who you made a connection with. Some of the members, even "competitors" have built lasting relationships to the point where their family's vacation together and they stay very involved in one another's personal lives.
You gain a lot of new information, inspiration, and contacts at each conference. Share your experiences with your co-workers, colleagues, and friends. Spread the word about your MAPPS experience and try to get others involved.


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Brazil grants work visas for overseas students
by The Language Club / Monday, 20 February 2017 / Published in Latest News
International university students in Brazil can now obtain a work visa to legally pursue employment in the country while studying, after recent changes to the immigration system.
Brazil's new authorisation of the work visa for overseas students also extends to recent graduates who wish to stay in the country.
Application conditions state that the request for the visa transformation may be made six months after the beginning of the programme in Brazil and within twelve months after the end of the course. The new immigration status of the student will be valid for one year and can be extended for the duration of their studies, the deadline to be outlined by the education institution.
Undergraduate or postgraduate students wishing to seek employment can send their work authorisation request to the General Immigration Coordination (CGIG) in the Ministry of Labor, where applicants will be revised and work visas issued, as conversion of the visa from study to work will not be immediate or automatic.
Speaking to StudyTravel Magazine Paula Prado of Study in Brazil, said, "This is great news not only for overseas students but also for Brazilian academic institutions and Brazilian employers in many sectors.
"Combining studying and working will include Brazil in the list of interesting destinations not only for tourism or leisure.
"The recent change is a great opportunity to increase the number of incoming students to Brazilian academic institutions – public and private ones. The possibility of having more diversity in our classrooms brings benefits for the whole environment including native professors and students.
"From the industry's point of view this change is also amazing and will make life easier for all parties involved. Employers will have the opportunity to enhance their selection process with qualified foreign students who already have good Portuguese language knowledge as they live and study in Brazil."
Study in Brazil's Rafaela Rolim also highlighted the positive impact the change would have on the economy, "The students will bring a new culture and work practices to the host company. New perspectives often generate insights and innovation in processes and products. This is great also for international companies or those that are seeking to expand their operations to other countries. This diversity is very positive for the country."
The conversion of study visa to work visa is on the condition that the work must be related to the academic curriculum of the visa holder.
"We are still studying and analysing all aspects of these new rules but I strongly believe that the work visa process will run in a very smooth way," Paula concluded.
Previously, overseas students were prohibited from working in the country. Those wishing to do so after completion of their students had to return to their country of origin and apply for a work visa there.
The new measure is expected to lower the number of international students finding jobs in Brazil's informal sector, on which taxes are not paid.
"They are qualified people because they are attending undergraduate and graduate school, [but then] working informally or dropping out of school and staying here because they could not afford to pay for college," said President of the National Immigration Council, Paulo Sergio de Almedia.
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Zype, an emerging star in video-content management and distribution, on Tuesday unveiled several tools and capabilities within its infrastructure to improve video delivery to social media, mobile apps, and OTT platforms.
Zype Social and OTT Multicasting software-based infrastructure can simultaneously live-broadcast events to websites, connected TV, mobile apps, and social platforms.
The company's focus is three-fold: to help clients reach larger audiences, to simplify client video workflows, and to speed the go-to-market processes of live video.
On the audience front, Zype has debuted Zype Social and OTT Multicasting, a software-based infrastructure that can simultaneously live-broadcast events to websites, connected TV, mobile apps, and social platforms. That's coupled with Zype's App Distribution Marketplace, which makes it easier to expand the footprint and availability of one's content. Channels can be created everywhere from Xumo and on popular Smart TV devices, including LG, VIZIO, Panasonic, Samsung, Philips, and more.
The company is dialing up its internal workflow tools with the introduction of Zype Live Events APIs, which allow clients more control of creation, scheduling, broadcasting, encoding, packaging, delivery, and archiving of live broadcasts.
The Marketplace Connect service unifies in-app payment processing, viewer authentication, and entitlement management.
Zype has also placed the business and monetization end of live-streaming video in the crosshairs with Marketplace Connect. This service helps clients drill more deeply into app payment, authentication, and content management of viewers and subscribers. Clients can better sell packages and integrate them through popular destinations like the iTunes Store or the Google Play Store. Its wider exposure with more opportunities to collect data to make a sale to a consumer.
Lastly, Zy.pe instant social-sharing-ready video pages remove the need for individual web-hosting services or integrations by allowing clients to distribute and sell their own content themselves. Social-sharing tools to Reddit, Facebook, and Twitter help amplify viewer discovery and virality of video content.
The company is also taking strides to help clients function better as a universal unit to meet the challenges of today's rapidly changing video world. At the forefront of that is the VidOps framework designed to connect video teams, their processes, and their technology by removing silos across the video-production and -distribution life cycle.
The company has published a white paper that more deeply outlines the framework.


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