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Soo Bae
Canadian Korean cellist Soo Bae, was recently praised by The New Yorker as "superb" and by The Strad, for being "rich and romantic with crisp incisive technique" She has performed across the world from HongKong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Spain, Austria, Germany, Italy, South America, Canada and the US, including a sold-out debut recital at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall and prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C , Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Japan. In addition, she was featured soloist for the closing ceremony of the Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, where she performed on Casals' own instrument.
As a concert soloist, she was recently honored as the musician of the month in Musical America Magazine. Ms. Bae is also a winner of the 2005 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. In 2006, the Canada Council of the Arts awarded her First Prize in its Instrument Bank Competition, resulting in a three-year loan of the ca. 1696 Bonjour Stradivari cello. Earlier that same year, she became the first Canadian ever to win a prize at the Adam International Cello Festival & Competition in New Zealand. In 2009, she was awarded the McGraw-Hills Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach from the Juilliard School.
Her recent CD for the Naxos label featuring all of the solo cello works by Alfredo Piatti has been praised for the 'staggering display of technical brilliance and outstanding range of expression transforming these works, often thought of as nothing more than etudes, into fulfilling musical jewels'. An avid chamber musician, Ms. Bae has collaborated with celebrated artists such as Richard Goode, Charles Neidich, Lynn Harrell, Joel Smirnoff, Michael Tree, Mitsuko Uchida, Arnold Steinhardt, David Soyer and Peter Wiley among others. She has also toured with "Musicians from Marlboro" appearing in numerous chamber music festivals including Marlboro, Yellow Barn, Amelia Island Music Festival, Sarasota, and Verbier. As a supporter of new music, Ms. Bae has premiered new solo cello works written especially for her by such renowned composers as Huang Ruo, David Ludwig and Shinuh Lee.
Soo Bae received her Bachelor of Music from The Curtis Institute of Music under Orlando Cole and her Master of Music Degree and the prestigious Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School where she also served as assistant faculty under Joel Krosnick. Intensely involved in teaching, Ms. Bae has given master classes around the globe and has been asked to judge for various competitions including the recent Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition. Ms. Bae is the director and founder of Angelos Mission Ensemble Chamber Music Program in New Jersey which is dedicated to training and empowering young musicians to serve and love the community through music. She also teaches at the Curtis Summerfest in Philadelphia and performs as part of the 'Curtis on tour'.
Ms. Bae uses the Ivashkin Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae of Cremona cello dated 1710 on a loan from a generous private donor and resides in New Jersey with her husband and three children.
Website: Soo Bae
Gregory Beaver
Cellist of the Chiara String Quartet for 18 years, Gregory Beaver performed over 500 concerts in concert halls on 3 continents, garnered a Grammy nomination, premiered 40 works, and recorded 7 major albums. Beyond traditional concertizing, the Chiaras were the first quartet to perform in clubs and bars across the country, reaching younger audiences and hiring a manager specifically for that role. Recently, removing the barrier of music stands and connecting with audiences more directly, the quartet offers all programs memorized. In 2016, the quartet presented all 6 of Béla Bartók's string quartets memorized in a 2 day period at the Ravinia Festival and recorded the quartets on Azica Records Bartók by Heart. Their final performance in May of 2018 featured the New York premiere of Philip Glass's piano quintet, composed for the Chiaras and pianist Paul Barnes.
From the beginning of his work as a performer, Gregory has been fascinated with the process of growth. This fuels his performing, composing, teaching, and writing with a passion from 18 years of performing internationally with the Chiara String Quartet. It permeates his published writings in Strad Magazine, a book on computer programming, his contributions to the open source programming world and even his personal recipe for guacamole. Mr. Beaver takes this passion and devotes it to expanding his solo performing, composing, and teaching activities. It extends to his role as a Senior Software Engineer at Braze, Inc. where he gets to hack on interesting problems that help business engage with their customers in more authentic ways, seamlessly transitioning between musical practice and computer work in a typical day.
Before his professional life, Mr. Beaver studied with Joel Krosnick at the Juilliard School, and Norman Fischer at Rice University. He had the opportunity to work with great conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, played principal cello of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and won first prize at the Corpus Christi International Competition. He began his cello studies under Char Sherman as a Suzuki student and studied in high school with renowned pedagogue Louis Potter, jr. Mr. Potter studied with Willem Willeke at Juilliard, graduating in 1935. Mr. Willeke had a long and fruitful relationship with Johannes Brahms, perhaps explaining why Mr. Beaver feels an affinity for Brahms. Gregory has performed cycles of Solo Bach, Beethoven Cello/Piano Sonatas, as well as Brahms, Beethoven, and Bartok cycles with the Chiara Quartet. He lives with his wife, violinist Hyeyung Yoon, 2 daughters and cat in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Website: Gregory Beaver
Rebecca Fischer
Praised for her "beautiful tone and nuanced phrasing" (Boston Musical Intelligencer), violinist Rebecca Fischer is sought after as a highly expressive, intuitive performer of solo, chamber music and chamber orchestra repertoire. Garnering attention for her compelling programs of solo violin and singing violinist music, Ms. Fischer has premiered solo works by composers Lisa Bielawa, Nico Muhly, Paola Prestini, Mathew Fuerst, Augusta Read Thomas, Byron Au Yong, Pierre Jalbert and others. Recent solo recital engagements include Columbia University's Miller Theater Pop-Up series, The Stone, and the University of Oregon. She is the concertmaster of Ensemble Baroklyn, a group run by pianist Simone Dinnerstein specializing in the music of Bach. Ms. Fischer is also a member of The Afield, a multidisciplinary collaboration with visual artist/writer Anthony Hawley combining new and original compositions for violin, voice, and electronics with video and other media. The Afield has performed at the Harare International Festival of the Arts in Zimbabwe, Brooklyn's National Sawdust, Boston University, and KANEKO in Omaha.
First-violinist of the Chiara String Quartet for eighteen years until the group's final season in 2018, Ms. Fischer recorded and performed numerous works by heart, held residencies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harvard University, and premiered many major new works by composers such as Philip Glass and Gabriela Lena Frank. Performance highlights include the complete Bartók Quartets by heart at Chicago's Ravinia Festival, several complete Beethoven quartet cycles, and collaborations with such artists as the Juilliard and Saint Lawrence Quartets, Roger Tapping, Robert Levin, and the electronic duo Matmos. Ms. Fischer has recorded for Azica Records (the complete string quartets of Brahms and Bartók) and New Amsterdam Records (the string quartets of Jefferson Friedman, a Grammy-nominated album).
Committed to working with musicians and artists of all kinds, Ms. Fischer has given masterclasses and run workshops at Carnegie Hall, Rice University, Seoul National University, Peabody Conservatory, the University of Michigan, and San Francisco Conservatory, among others, and she served for over a decade on the faculty of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She currently teaches violin and chamber music at the Mannes School of Music and at Greenwood Music Camp, where she is also Associate Director. Ms. Fischer holds degrees from Columbia University (B.A.) and The Juilliard School (M.M., A.D.). Her writing on artistry and creativity has been published in Strings Magazine, and her first book of personal essays "The Sound of Memory: Themes from a Violinist's Life" will be available in spring 2022.
Website: Rebecca Fischer
Omar Chen Guey
Brazilian violinist Omar Chen Guey has performed internationally as a soloist with orchestras, in recitals and chamber music concerts throughout Brazil as well as the United States, Europe, Taiwan, Kenya, and the Seychelles. He has been a featured soloist with the Brazilian, Campinas, Goiania, Minas Gerais, Claudio Santoro National Theater, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo Municipal, and the State of Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Amazonas Philharmonic, Petrobras Pro-Musica, Experimental Repertoire, Manhattan School of Music, Stony Brook University Symphony, Maidstone Symphony and the Seychelles International Music Festival Orchestras. Following a recital in Oslo, Norway, he had the honor of performing for the King of Norway, Harald V. He is a prize winner at both Tibor Varga and Lipizer International Violin Competitions in Switzerland and Italy, respectively.
Mr. Guey released the Bach Concerto for Two Violins on the Paulinas Label with the Brazilian soloist Elisa Fukuda and the Camerata Fukuda, of which he was also concertmaster. He premiered and released a work for solo violin of renowned French Lebanese musician Marcel Khalife on Nagan records. As an avid chamber musician, Mr. Guey has performed at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium, Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Semaine Musical in Portes du Solei in France, and the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Spain. He participated in the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop in 1999. He has collaborated with such renowned chamber musicians such as Lynn Harrell, Ani Kavafian, David Finckel, Lawrence Dutton, and Colin Carr.
Mr. Guey received a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University, where he studied with Philip Setzer, Ani Kavafian and Pamela Frank. He also holds a Master's degree from the Juilliard School as a student of Robert Mann and a Bachelor's from Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Sylvia Rosenberg. He was awarded a full scholarship for graduate studies from the Brazilian government as well as a scholarship from the Juilliard School and the Aspen Music Festival Fellowship.
He was assistant concertmaster of the Orquesta de la Comunidad Valenciana, in Valencia, Spain, under the direction of Lorin Maazel. He has served as concertmaster of the Jerusalem International Symphony Orchestra in Israel, and guest assistant concertmaster with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet.
He has taught at several music festivals in Brasil, among them, the International Winter Music Festival of Campos do Jordão, the largest in South America, and the Juiz de Fora International Music Festival. He has also taught at the Buñol Music Festival, in Spain.
Website: Omar Chen Guey
Majid Khaliq
Described as having "a unique blend of improvisation, groove, and technical sophistication" by legendary musician Wynton Marsalis, Majid Khaliq is cut from a different cloth. A violinist, composer, and a bandleader, Majid graduated from the Juilliard School with a Bachelor of Music in 2002 and a Master of Arts in Jazz Performance from Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in 2010. His music expertise knows no bounds, lending his talents to various artists including Wynton Marsalis, Mr. Cheeks (from hip hop group The Lost Boyz), Antonio Hart (jazz saxophonist), Craig G (from hip hop collective The Juice Crew), John Blake Jr. (jazz violinist), Dyme-a-Duzin (from band Phony Ppl), Itzhak Perlman (classical musician/ world known violinist), Keith David (actor/singer/voice actor), Isaac Stern (Grammy award violinist), and Regina Carter (jazz violinist). In 2008, Majid was the recipient of the prestigious Edward and Sally Van Lier Fellowship Award for composition. In 2011, he and his eponymous band, Ma*Jid, released a debut jazz EP in 2011 called The Basilisk as well as two mixtapes on Soundcloud called Sfumato Symphony Volume 1 & 2. Majid Khaliq's music is an eclectic blend of styles and influences, which pull from European classical, jazz, and hip-hop.
Website: Majid Khaliq
Hyeyung Sol Yoon
Hyeyung Sol Yoon (she, her) has been seeking to connect deeply with audiences since starting her career as a violinist with the Chiara String Quartet in 2000. Out of this desire she launched "Chamber Music in Any Chamber," that brought her ensemble to over 50 clubs and bars across the country. The quartet's project of memorizing its repertoire, including the performances of the Complete String Quartets of Bela Bartok at the Ravinia Festival in 2016, also came from this desire. Without stands in the way, the audience could sense the music more vibrantly. Discography includes Jefferson Friedman's Quartets, which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2011 and the Complete String Quartets of Béla Bartók, released in 2016. Hyeyung is the co-founder of Open Space Music, a music event series whose mission is to create multicultural spaces in music where the boundaries between artists and audience fade away and is the founder of Asian Musical Voices of America (AMVA), a platform to create community among Asians working and creating in classical music in the U.S. and to uplift BIPOC experiences within the field. She traveled to Korea in Spring 2019 to research folk performance practices and performed and taught in Tunisia in March 2019 and February 2020 as part of Tunisia88, an organization that has created student-led music clubs in every high school in the country. Hyeyung recently gave a world premiere of Anjna Swaminathan's Anandham: A Homecoming, a piece commissioned by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy, at Roulette Intermedium in November 2020. She was the Blodgett Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University (2008-2014) and a Hixson-Lied Artist-in-Residence at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2005-2018). She is a graduate of The Juilliard School [B.M. and Artist Diploma) where she studied with Sally Thomas and coached with the members of the Juilliard String Quartet.
Website: Hyeyung Sol Yoon

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Ticketmaster warned rival StubHub! on five separate occasions that it believed the upstart was violating its exclusive contracts between venues and Ticketmaster, only to be virtually ignored every time, according to Ticketmaster's 77-page lawsuit against StubHub! obtained by Ticketnews.com.
The brief, filed last week in Los Angeles Superior Court, outlines a pattern of alleged wrongdoing and malfeasance by StubHub! toward Ticketmaster that dates back at least two years, which contributed to the decision to file suit. Most recently, Ticketmaster said it believes StubHub! acted improperly as it relates to the current Rowdy Frynds tour featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams Jr….
At the heart of the lawsuit is Ticketmaster's belief that it has exclusive ticket-selling rights at virtually all of the 20 venues where the Rowdy Frynds tour is playing, and that StubHub! as the tour's "official Premium Ticket provider" is a breach of those contracts. StubHub! is auctioning tickets in several of the front rows at most of the venues.
Ticketmaster wrote StubHub! about similar alleged contractual violations on August 17, 2005; October 10, 2005; December 16, 2005; July 27, 2005; and March 23, 2007, but StubHub! continued with its business practices and didn't respond to the letters, according to the lawsuit.
The impetus for the suit is partly because Ticketmaster has seen the proliferation of secondary ticket seller websites and brokers in recent years, and those new businesses have taken large chunks of the market away from the perennial ticket giant. This is Ticketmaster's proverbial line in the sand.
In the lawsuit Ticketmaster's contracts with venues are described as an exclusive right for it to sell tickets on behalf of the venue. "This exclusivity generally is expressed in Ticketmaster's client agreements through language that grants Ticketmaster the exclusive right to sell 'all Tickets for the Sellable Capacity [i.e., tickets other than season or 'house' seats] for every Attraction, via any and all means and methods, including, without limitation, on the Internet, by telephone, computer, IVR, television, clubs, or outlets, or by any other means of distribution.' These agreement also typically require Ticketmaster's clients to 'ensure that the entire Sellable Capacity for every Attraction shall be made available for distribution on the TM System in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement," the suit states.
How much Ticketmaster might seek in damages would be determined during the civil trial, according to the company. Ticketmaster alleges that StubHub! deliberately misled several venues as to where the premium tickets would end up. Ticketmaster has its own ticket exchange and auction site where tickets are routinely resold for above face value.
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doesn't it seem to you that the real breach of contract here is between Ticketmaster and its clients. An artist threatening to not play a venue unless they control ticketing is a perfectly valid threat and the buyer does not have to agree – they can pass on the show and let the agent know that agreeing to the deal puts them in breach of their ticketing contract. Done.


I went up to Budapest for the night, catching a ride with Jeroen and Lennard, to have my regular birthday dinner with Chris. First I met my old friend Gergő who makes his own beer. Our neighbour Simon recognised that we had lots of wild hops growing along our back fence, so I bagged these up to give to Gergő to try. Hops reek like marijuana, and I was afraid the cops would stop me on the 4-6 tram but nothing unwarranted happened. After enjoying a beer with Gergő at the Kiadó, I wandered around for awhile waiting for my friends Jackie and Csaba to get home from Balaton so I could give Jackie her birthday present. Nothing appealed to me for lunch along Teréz or István Krt., so I ended up at an old haunt - the Pozsonyi Kisvendéglő, which we all affectionately called "The Deli" when a group of friends and I used to frequent once a week for a lunch. I was lucky to get a seat even at 2:30, and that was out on the terrace in the rain. The terrace was covered but my seat was unfortunately very close to where the trolley buses pulled in and splashed through a big puddle. The staff I used to know are all long gone. I do not even know if it is a family concern anymore. But, the matzo ball soup is still huge and delicious, second only to my own.
After catching up with Jackie and Csaba, and eating a birthday apple strudel with them, I met Chris to try a Vietnamese pho restaurant. Just as we were leaving Budapest 5 years ago, these places were popping up all across the city. According to some friends, the Dangmuoi is the best and has the most authentic food. It is a hole in the wall place between Moszkva tér and Déli. I had already had a soup for lunch, so I still have not tried a pho. Chris and I tried to order summer rolls and spring rolls, but they were all out. I had a coconut curry chicken. The waiter was friendly, but the tables could have used a wipe down. The place had a bit of a dirty aura. The food was not fantastic, but it was good, and worth a visit if you like Vietnamese.
Back home, Kata had baked mini blue cheese puffs, made a huge salad with the last of our fresh tomatoes and cukes, and a huge birthday cake with mascarpone, banana, pineapple, peanuts...Jeroen and Lennard gave us tickets to see Fiddler on the Roof at the Miskolc Arena in October, directed by Robert Alföldi. Kata surprised me with a trip to the Zsóry Thermal Baths in Mezőkövesd. We have been planning on going for years, but somehow never made it. We took the old Rt. 3 through Miskolc and made it in good time. Our first stop was at the local Tourinform office in the centre where the friendly staff answered all our questions and loaded us up with useful brochures. We entered the bath complex at what we took for the main entrance across from the big parking lot. However, after once getting our tickets, it took us a good half an hour before finding the other ticket office at another entrance where we could buy the supplementary tickets for the sauna and adventure pools. The signage is abysmal - mostly non-existent, and when there is any, just plain counterproductive. Another wander and we found where to get our changing room keys, both changing rooms conveniently marked with a big "C" with no reference to gender. By this time I was frustrated and very much not in the relaxed state the whole trip was meant to inspire. The complex is huge, but without rhyme or reason. The planner should have been shot. The indoor pools of course include several medical thermal baths of temperatures ranging between 36 and 40 degrees. Kata also sprung for the adventure pools which include a wave pool, Jacuzzi in a teacup suspended above a swimming pool, water slides, and a small sauna. The main swimming pool is very nice and was surprisingly empty. It could be more separated from the screaming kids on the water slides. The outdoor pools were mostly closed for the season, but there were still 3 open. Enormous water slides are also open in the summer. In the final analysis, Zsoly has a lot to work with, but the planners screwed it up, and what could have been a lovely autumn day in the thermal baths was overshadowed for me by confusion and frustration.
By this time we were hungry, and Zoli Fehér, one of the chefs at the Tengerszem Hotel Restaurant in Jósvafő is from Mezőkövesd and recommended a couple places we could try. Sadly the Rózsa Étterem recently lost its roof in a fire and it is still under repair. The other recommendation was in a blue house somewhere near the baths, but no one knew what we were talking about and Zoli could not remember the name. We ended up at the Turul Étterem back near the Tourinform Office. I had the fried fresh ewe cheese and Kata had fried chicken breasts with potato crockets in cream sauce. The cream sauce was meat gravy and everything tasted like it had been fried in pork fat.
Then we had to make a decision, visit the Mátyó Museum, or the Hadas living history museum? While the weather was windy, we opted to stay outside. Hadas is only a 5 minute walk from the centre. On the way, we bought ice creams at Fantasy Fagylalt which turned out to be the worst we had ever tasted - like pure semi-hard whipped cream with flavouring, and also ridiculously expensive at 200 HUF a scoop. We dumped these in the nearest trash can.
We had better experiences in the afternoon. The Hadas area was created when the municipality bought a bunch of traditional houses, many with reed roofs, in order to preserve at least a few from development. The houses were offered to artisans for free or minimal rent. A few craftspeople accepted the offer, all local. Eventually some, like the furniture maker, bought the houses from the government. Many years ago I asked what the equivalent of my grandmother's expression, "What am I, chopped liver?" would be in Hungarian. My friends answered, "Nem vagyok Mátyó himzés." Not that I have ever heard anyone else ever use this phrase, I adopted it. I have never admired Mátyó embroidery motifs, but they have taken Hungary by storm in the past couple years, showing up on everything, including the Hungarian Olympic team's track and swim suits. The first workshop we visited was the furniture maker. Szabolcs Kovács welcomed us and told us interesting stories and local history for at least a half an hour before he was called away to be a handicrafts jury member. We did not even have a chance to look around his workshop much! He said he would return in half an hour. However, I did learn what a Mária szekrény is, violin-backed chairs, and how and why dowry trunks were designed. The ginger bread house and enamel jewellery workshop were closed by this time, but the potter Tibor Fehér was still open. I especially liked the greyish, partly unglazed pieces at the pottery, and we had a good chat with his wife. On the way out, Kata spotted a chicken of the woods mushroom growing on a tree which we wanted to tell the furniture maker about (we have plenty in the freezer), but he was not back yet. Other workshops in Hadas include a weaver, painter, embroiderer, playhouse, agricultural machine museum... This place is well worth a visit, and we will certainly return sometime, and earlier in the day.
Just on the corner by the entrance to the Hadas we admired a small shop which turned out to be a café as well. Kedves Pöttyös is filled with very nice and creative items mostly made by the owner, all at reasonable prices. Kata and I could have bought quite a few things, but we settled for a cup of coffee, a browse and a chat. The upstairs wooden floor has a newspaper design covering it, and the wc has a bike parked in it. The extra toilet paper is kept in the bike basket. We were constantly pointing this or that out to each other, items, or quite often just details on certain items that caught our attention. The coffee was pretty good, too.


Another case of CRAPE MURDER!!!
Have you driven around town at this time of year and seen trees (Crape Myrtles) that look like they have been pruned with a chain saw?? Educated Horticulturist's in the industry call this "Crape Murder", because in a way you are committing a crime against what is a widely used and loved member of our urban landscape pallet. Though I don't know when or how this annual practice began, often home owners will imitate what they see some un-educated semi-professionals do, PLEASE STOP!!!
This is not the proper way to prune this beautiful tree/shrub, have you ever noticed some Crape Myrtles with knurled, knotty, scared trunk tops..... well these are just that "scars" from the tree healing the deep wounds inflicted by bad pruning, Besides creating these large unsightly nodules on your tree this practice leads to a growth habit of fewer weaker blooming branches or what we call "witches broom" appearance.
Remove all suckers from the base.
Remove side branches from the main trunk up to four feet or so.
Remove higher branches that grow inward toward the center of the tree instead of outward, and any crossing or rubbing branches.
You can remove seed pods if you don't like the look of them, but it will not affect flowering the following year. Plus it's a tough job on a larger crape myrtle tree. However, removing green seed pods immediately after summer bloom can encourage a second flush of flowers.
Stand back and look at the tree. Are there any dead branches, or branches growing in a weird direction that should also be removed? No? Good-you're done. And your crape looks great! Crape Myrtles have a wonderful vase-like shape and can be a very beautiful and hardy member of your landscape if cared for properly. If you would like more information about pruning, care and disease control for your Crape Myrtles your state extension/agriculture office is a great source of creditable information!!
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As you've probably learned by now, the series we're calling "I AM CEDIA" is about connecting with our members, finding out how they got into the business, and learning about their lives.
They tell us their story.
Then we share those stories with you.
Here in their own words are Jamie and Jeff Briesemeister of Integration Controls in St. Louis. They've been members of CEDIA since 2005.
Working with interior designers, architects, and builders is a very specialized interaction, and being able to speak to them in their language is crucial. It's great to have someone on staff that knows how to address the design community in ways that I can't. Plus – the training involved to become an interior designer involves many of the same skills we look for in an employee, such as creating CAD/3D drawings, lighting and shade specification, project management, and so on.
I find it fascinating that of the business owners I've talked to, coupled with our own personal experience, people with car audio backgrounds tend to be great installers and integrators. Again – the skillset is similar: they work in small spaces with tiny wires and the aesthetic has to be there or it will get noticed.
It's been interesting how our business has changed, having an interior designer on board. Since our marketing efforts have primarily targeted architects and the interior design community, it's been wonderful having someone on our team that can relate to them and help address our systems in ways they can understand.
Where do I begin? Most recently, and probably the biggest obstacle that I've personally overcome, was a medical hurdle that was discovered in late 2012. I was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm, and in spring of 2013 I had brain surgery — and it was life-changing.
I mean, it's my wife. It's the mother of my child. At the time, we were trying to have another child, and now this life-changing event happens. It makes you do a lot of soul-searching. It makes you ask the question, "Is this all worth it?" Does it make sense for us to keep going down this path? It's been interesting the way that that kind of event affects your personal life, and when you're this involved in a small business – when you're only six to eight people – it really can affect everything you do.
We only have so much time on this planet … To be able to save minutes turning lights on and off and to be able to have a more comfortable atmosphere at home because someone's not getting yelled at or because they left the garage door open or didn't lock the front door or didn't turn off the light – all of those moments really matter and it became even more apparent when you're staring at your own mortality.
If someone had told me that I would be selling home technology 20 years ago, I would have not believed them in the least bit. I was a practicing speech-language pathologist and worked with children with disabilities. Unfortunately, I burned out quickly and when the opportunity came to change my profession, I took it.
In high school, I thought I wanted to be a journalist and I wrote a lot, for the school paper and for fun. (I once had a poem published!) If I wasn't doing this I would probably be a writer or inspirational speaker.
I've grown up around live theater, live music, studio music. My father had a recording studio here in St. Louis and started recording gospel, drifting into rock and roll bands. He actually found out the rock and roll people were willing to give their last dime to get their recording out there. As a theater service person, he was fundamental in installing some of the first Dolby Digital systems in theaters here in St. Louis.
The first business I started was a car audio shop. I saw a need when I lived in Lake of the Ozarks for somebody to do that kind of work. There were a couple of businesses in the area, but they were mediocre at best, so I thought I saw a need and I enjoyed the work.
We have one son: Logan, eight years old. He has an amazing, amazing mind. He is one of the most unique kids I've ever been around, and I don't say that just as a parent, because we hear it from almost everybody that meets him. I mean, this is a kid that used his Christmas money to buy a heavy brass sundial. Who does that?
I love working with people and creating something new and special and custom that's almost like magic in their house.
I just like being able to create solutions where people are actually comfortable again with the overwhelming aspects of the technology in their lives. That, and I guess I just love making people happy.
The biggest luxury that we all have is time and it's something that no one can create or fabricate or make more of. If we can provide more time back to our clients, then we've succeeded.
The best advice that I've received as a business owner would probably be to slow down a little bit. Enjoy the downtime when you can. Use it to plan. Use it to structure and try and work towards that work/life balance, which is ever so elusive.
You can't be a technician and be a business owner. For some people, it does work if they're one- and two-man shows – that works out for smaller operations. But – when you're in a company that grows into more people — beyond six to eight people, you can't be both technician and owner.
We bought our building about four years ago and had the ability to remodel parts of it. It was exactly what we wanted when we started this journey: a business that looks like a home. Through remodeling our workspace, we fully updated some rooms and partially updated others to show what it would look like for new construction and homeowners that would install things in an existing home.
CEDIA has helped our business in a variety of ways, one of which would be the training that we receive. Both business and technical — we've learned a lot about how to better our business, how to structure our business, how to price everything. At the annual tradeshow, I have countless conversations with peers, sharing business wins – and losses.
Being a CEDIA Outreach Instructor offers me the opportunity to approach a design professional with something legitimate to offer instead of a sales pitch. Providing continuing education helps create the dialogue needed to bring the professionals we work with – architects, designers, builders, and so on – together as a team.
I believe our clients hire us because they know that we will care about their space as much as they do. Their children are there, they have valuables, and they have to trust the people in their home – now and in the future. Our clients know that they have a technology go-to person that will be there beyond the initial sale.
We've learned when not to take on a project, and it's been hard, because there are a lot of things we know we are capable of doing. It's hard to decline a referral when they are like, "Hey, do you want to do this big commercial video wall project? I know you guys can do it."
At this point, I think, our overall objective is to make sure we pick projects and we pick clients that are a really good fit for us, and specifically for our value structure.
On the plane home, after the first Business Xchange, we were brainstorming on how to quickly capture who we are in a way that we could share with our clients and share with our staff. Everything pointed to the fact that we care: that is our secret sauce. CARE became an acronym. It stands for being Candid, Attentive, Responsible, and Ethical. We value our CARE statement with every interaction and as such, when we run up against a situation where an employee, client, or design professional doesn't care – it's typically not the right fit for us.
This story brought tears to my eyes! Such an inspirational story. I hope to share the story behind this wonderful company I am lucky to be apart of one day soon.


Um, Did Google's Project Soli Just Perfect Motion Control Tech?
Motion control has been in existence, in one way or another, for decades. But it's never really....worked. Think about those doors at the grocery store, or even a Wii. They are generally clunky, obtuse, and prone to misinterpretation. Often motion sensing technology simply isn't worth it.
Leave it to Google to turn a million wrongs into a right, with their potentially revolutionary Project Soli. Motion sensing technology that might actually...work. Whoa.
Project Soli uses broad beam radar to detect and translate the motion of your hand—making it ideal for interacting with smaller pieces of tech, particularly wearables. Can you imagine being able to control a smart watch with a flick of a finger? Google seems to be gambling big on your interest here.
Needless to say, they have our attention. Check out the video below for a full run-down on the team behind Project Soli, and what it can do for our tech.


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The Archdeacon of Leeds, previously Archdeacon of Ripon, is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Leeds. As such he or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the four deaneries (Allerton, Armley, Headingley and Whitkirk) making up the archdeaconry of Leeds. Until 2014, the post was in the Diocese of Ripon.

Since the creation of the Diocese of Leeds on 20 April 2014 (approved by the General Synod on 8 July 2013) the archdeaconry forms the Leeds episcopal area. Paul Ayers has been incumbent archdeacon since from 28 February 2017.

List of archdeacons
The archdeaconry was founded (as the Archdeaconry of Ripon) on 31 August 1894, from the Archdeaconries of Richmond and of Craven
1895–1905 (ret.): Arthur Waugh
December 1905 – 1934 (d.): Lucius Smith, Bishop suffragan of Knaresborough
The archdeaconry was renamed the Archdeaconry of Leeds on 15 March 1921.
1934–1937 (res.): Paul de Labilliere, Bishop suffragan of Knaresborough
1937–1940 (res.): Donald Bartlett
1940–1950 (res.): Lovell Clarke
1950–1969 (ret.): Charles Ellison (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
1969–1981 (ret.): Alfred Page (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
1982–1992 (ret.): Tony Comber (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)
1992–2005 (ret.): John Oliver
2005–2012 (res.): Peter Burrows
201231 October 2016 (ret.): Paul Hooper
1 November 20162017 (acting): Arani Sen
28 February 2017present: Paul Ayers

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Q: Best method of transferring information between Gstreamer objects In a gstreamer pipeline, I need a downstream element (a congestion control module) change the properties of an upstream element (an encoder) on the fly. What is the best mechanism to transfer this information?

A: I would the element reporting post a message on the bus (see fpsdisplaysink for example). The application polling the bus can then react to that message and set something on some element as desired. That way the logic how to react is at the application layer and not necessarily on the elements themselves.
Alternatively check the GStreamer QOS handling which is already in place. Usually video sinks report if they received a video frame to late and report this upstream. Usually this continues to the file source where then the element decides to drop some frames to catch up again. So your encoder may intercept a similar perhaps custom message from your congestion control element and act accordingly.

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One thing about being a child and growing up in rural poverty is that you don't know you are poor or even that you are rural. (That's two things I guess.) But we lived in a bump in the road, Ora, South Carolina where the train no longer stopped, seven miles outside of Laurens, where the train stilled stopped. And our four room house contained no toilet or bathroom facilities. We bathed in a wash tub; for other needs we had a chamber pot, and my grandma's outhouse, and the great outdoors. Till this day when I find myself in highly vegetated areas I have this urge to jump out of the car and relieve myself in the bushes.
In 1955 we moved to California, where my father joined a union, became a bricklayer and we acquired indoor plumbing. One of my brothers got a BA in Philosophy and went on to work for years as a postman until his back gave out. Then he worked as a clerk in a Radio Shack, and now he takes tickets at a Mexican American Flea market. Another brother became a brick layer, like our father, but decided to use his brains and became the executive director of the bricklayers and tile setters local for San Diego County. He works to qualify for medical insurance, but actually he is at 55 pretty much retired. Another brother worked for 12 years as a beer truck driver and then decided to use his brains. He now works for what he calls a computer firm and makes 100K per annum, more than doubling what I make as a writing instructor and all this with no sort of higher education degree.
I was a reader of course and well aware of class issues in a theoretical sort of way. I came to take class more to heart when I took the action that, as far as I am concerned, marks my entry into the middle class. I started seeing a psychotherapist as soon as I had a fulltime job as a writing instructor. When I had recourse to working class issues as an explanation for my general alienation and sense of estrangement, my therapist would have nothing to do with it. First, she would look at me and say, "You are not a working class person. You have a PHD and you have read deeply and broadly." Second, she was not in the least concerned with what I thought might be causing my misery; she was mostly concerned that I, as an individual, face my emotions and feelings and, by looking into their real causes in early life, assume responsibility for them. The ideology of psychotherapy, as well as the fact that she was French, allied her completely with the individual. She couldn't stand groups or group thinking.
But I was reading a good deal about class–Marx, Althusser, Eagleton, Jameson, and a host of others–and when I thought back to my graduate work some events took on a different coloring. One professor had for example said that I had a strong but wild and untamed intellect. What was he saying but what Bourdieux says: that a person who comes to middle class culture from outside that culture will always lack a certain polish. This seemed further confirmed by my being fired as a TA because, as one of the reviewers said, I lacked "university decorum." And another, who had worked with hundreds of TAs over the years, said I was the only one she couldn't put into a box. At the time, I didn't know what to make of these remarks at all. I got lost in them. But looking at them through a class lens, they seemed to me expressions of unconscious class bias.
About the time I started psychotherapy, I began for four or five summers in a row to work at literacy development with members of the California Conservation Corps. The members of the corps ran from 18-23 years old and a good 90% had not been graduated from high school. I have to say I felt like a bust as a literacy developer. I wanted to show these kids the pleasures of writing as a form of self expression and means towards the acquistion of self-knowledge. I wanted to show them reading as a way to enter into and participate in the "larger" world. I wanted to show them culture as a means of introspection and a way to enter into the subjectivies of other people in other times and other cultures.
Instead when I asked these young people to write page, they fill up the page with words as if they were filling a box with rivets. I was not just the teacher; I was the boss. They would obey my orders, but they weren't going to do any more than what was asked for. They were not going to involve their selves at all; perhaps because their selves had been much bruised by their previous educational experiences. The number of them that believed at least that they had one or another learning defect was astonishing.
So there I was–sort of strung out in the middle of nowhere. These were working class kids. I felt comfortable with them and them with me as a person, but I was not one of them nor could I show them important parts of me. The things I had worked hard for had no meaning for them. Reading Paul E. Willis (Learning to Labour) helped me to understand how working class lads assert their identities as working class against the bureaucratic school structures. The kids in the Corps seemed to feel there were two kinds of work: indoors and outdoors. They wanted to be outdoors and as far away from the pencil pushers and paper shufflers as possible. These were indoor people, like me.
About this time I started hating my university students. This was the big 80s when greed was good. A Business Econ department was flung together where I taught as a way of attracting students who more and more were voting with their feet. The department overflowed. Then someone recognized that, while they were placing their accounting students in one of the big six firms, many of their graduates couldn't write. Suddenly, these students, having been ordered by their department, began to flood one of our courses. And I was given the task of teaching one, even two of them, a quarter.
I did not do a good job teaching these students. But I tried hard, as I always do, but I felt more and more isolated. I began to dread going to class. Slowly I grew to hate them, deriding them behind their backs as the Busy Econs, ant people who didn't have the faintest idea what to do unless you spelled it out for them. Some of them had actually taken assertiveness training classes and would burst into my office, hand extended, to introduce themselves, they would say. These people all wanted to make a million. That wasn't why I had gone to college. While Sennet and Cobb in the Hidden Injuries of Class argue that working class kids are drawn to college mostly for career reasons, they also note something more subtle. For some the idea of career means, in part or in whole, becoming a "better person." The working class person perceives the middle class people as more "autonomous" because they seem, at times, relatively unaffected by the ebbs and flows of the economy that may lay waste to working class families and their hopes.
This autonomy appears to endow the middle class person with greater interior reserves or resources for dealing with changes in the environment. As one worker put it, the member of his family of origins seemed creatures of impulse, driven hither and thither by circumstance, and impelled by their own desires. They seemed, said the worker who had risen to the middle class, more like "animals" than did members of the middle class. Characterizing working class people as "animals" could smack of elitism. Maybe I toyed with that. But I wanted an education because I had found that knowing stuff seemed to help me to understand the world and my place in it. Maybe this would help me to become not a better person but better as a person—not perpetually boiling over with rage, like my father, or wrapped in depression like my mother, or just too frequently afraid, as was my case.
The busy econs were guaranteed to set my teeth on edge. They didn't care about being better people. They wanted to pile up the units, get a degree, and get on to making money. This was painful and isolating because disillusioning. Here personified in the flesh was the "real" middle class attiude towards the education I had so idealized. The parents of the students at my particular branch of the UC system have consistently had the highest income level of all the UCs. At present, the annual income of the top 4/5s of students averages 120,000 per year. My students have all had braces; they all have had dermatologists too. They have traveled, not just in the USA, but all around the world. One student even went on a Safari but he said it was mostly bogus.
For the Busy Econs getting a middle class education was not about becoming a better person. It was about forwarding the crass materialistic and self-protective agenda of the middle class while covering up this threadbare ideology with a pretense to higher things. I had to hate these students. They pulled the wool from my eyes and rubbed my face in the fact that middle class education was intended to inculcate certain values into middle class people–concern, for example, with something called "professionalism." Education was about throwing together a bogus business economic department because that's what middle class students wanted.
Chickens come home to roost. While I didn't fit into the working class as my therapist maintained, I didn't, via the employment that allowed me to do a middle class thing like visiting a therapist, fit into the educational agenda of the middle class. No wonder thinking about teaching the busy econs made me feel sick. Just being around them, broke me into a fragmented mass of self-contradictions. Oddly, the more, though, I viewed these as self contradictions the less I viewed them as things caused by the busy econs. I had been so blocked by my anger at their crass materialism (and their cavalier attitude towards the poor in our society) that I failed to listen around the edges.
When I did, when I used a little empathy, I heard that the students didn't just want money, they wanted it for something. How could I have missed that? They wanted to marry for example and have a family and believed that money might afford them protection in the dog eat dog world of crass materialism. Some wanted lots of money as soon as possible because they were concerned they would not be able to maintain for their children the standard of living that their parents had given them. And some wanted money as soon as possible because they were seeking a quick way to retirement, to getting off the wheel of fortune and out of the jungle of social Darwinism. Perhaps my affluent students did not share my view of education or my particular social values, but I was familiar with anxiety and fear.
It's good that when one is a poor child one doesn't know it. Looking back I have come to see how much fear of falling right to the bottom pervaded my family. At the time, as I began to get a foothold in the middle class and having no sense of a personal safety net, I was full of the fear that I might become a bum on the streets. This fear had been increased by my having tested the job market with my PhD in lit and come up with nothing. Additionally, the UC had a rule that lecturers of the kind I was could work for four years and then they would be summarily dismissed. However the American Federation of Teachers took this ruling to the Public Emplee Relations Board where it was proclaimed illegal. And when an tenured member of the AFT came to me and a colleague and asked us to organize locally for an election to ratify the AFT as the sole bargaining agent in all negotiatons with the UC, we did so. Then followed three years of meetings, calling meetings, nobody showing up to meetings, distributing information, and finally a vote that did ratify the Union.
My willingness to join and work with a union arose directly from my working class background. When the family came to California things did improve, however slightly, when my father joined the union. I have worked with the executive board of my local in different ways since 1985. And quite recently, after 3 terrible years of negoiations, lecturers, who had passed the equivalent of a tenure review, came to be called Continuing Lecturers. The University after 20 years had decided to admit the obvious. We lecturers were not temporary and I have been told that I will have employment till I retire, unless the buildings fall down. It took a while, nearly 20 years, but the union has contributed significantly to the job security of lecturers.
Over my years working for the local, I have been involved in recruitment and I have struggled better to understand why many of my fellow lecturers refuse to join the union. Maybe some of this is the free rider phenomenon, but I think it's more than that. Most of my fellow lecturers do not come from working class backgrounds. As middle class persons many seem to have invested in the notion of personal achievement and individual accomplishment in a way I have not and do not even quite understand. They wish to prove successful at their careers and for some reason the notion of career does not involve collective effort.
Really, I just don't get it—this conception of individual acheivement; but as I said I understand fear and anxiety, and while my job situation has stablized, knowing about these things helps me to understand the very career orientated students I teach today. They don't go around vulgarly talking about making a million as quickly as possible, but they are very intent on making sure they get a profitable career. This is even more the case given the massive quantities of debt middle class students are building up while going to college. While I understand their fears, I know that our trajectories into this fear are different. I still don't understand the idea of career. It seems as if one selects a career or decides upon it. I never felt I had a choice. First, I didn't know enough to know I had choices; second my entire education was informed by money and the need for it. I didn't go to the best graduate school that accepted me; I went to the one that would give me the most support. And I got through my entire education owing 1000 dollars because as a working class person I inherited an enormous fear of debt.
So I understand students career aspirations; at the same time, I don't think systems of education do these students any favors my catering to career aspirations. I think the kind of education I sought might be the better way to go. As a working class person, I sought an education that might help me be better as a person. I wanted tounderstand the world and my place in it. As a working class person moving into the middle class, I needed a compass. As traditional family and religious and social structures continue to change, more will be required of the individual; he or she will either be blown by the winds of change or seek the comfort of prefabricated ideologies. Or they will locate a compass that will guide them on their particular course. This is the kind of education all students—whether from the middle or working class—deserve.


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COLLABORATION AND DATA KEY TO ENSURING LASTING CHANGE
At Riverbank (Calif.) High School, teachers across subject areas incorporate multiple Content Enhancement Routines into their daily instruction. Students learn strategies in both general education and resource classrooms. And scores on state competency tests have risen dramatically—more than 50 points in the first two years alone of the school's extensive literacy improvement program.
The now five-year-old program—based on the Strategic Instruction Model and following the Content Literacy Continuum framework—is the result of a team effort involving teachers, school and district administrators, and SIM Professional Developers.
Among the challenges Riverbank faced when it began its literacy improvement process were large numbers of struggling students. Many among the predominantly Hispanic student population speak Spanish outside of academic settings yet must perform well in course work and on tests in English.
"That makes the gains they are making even more incredible to me, because the students are doing what they're doing in their second language," says Jean Schumaker, retired associate director of the Center for Research on Learning.
In launching the CLC initiative, the district looked at long-term goals as well as short-term needs. "We didn't want this to be another one of the one-year or two-year flash-in-the-pan changes that comes in and goes away," says Ron Costa, assistant superintendent for business and secondary educational services.
Far from being a temporary fix, the Riverbank CLC initiative continues to gain strength and credibility through a collaborative approach that ensures teachers are involved in decision making. At the center of the collaboration is the school's site literacy team, which principal Ken Geisick views as vital to long-term success. Integral to the process is a commitment to grounding decisions in data.
"It's starting to change the culture of the campus, so that when I leave and my VPs leave and the CLC team leaves, everything will still run" Geisick says. "It will change, it will morph, but it will certainly still be there."


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Sony Pictures TV Acquires Funimation
By Megan Peters - September 5, 2017 02:43 pm EDT
Changes are coming to Funimation, anime fans. Earlier today, news confirmed the anime distributor reached a deal with Sony Pictures TV, and the latter has agreed to acquire Funimation for several pretty pennies.
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Deadline broke the news about Funimation's acquisition not too long ago. According to the site's report, the anime company will be subsumed by Sony Pictures TV since the latter has agreed to purchase 95% of Funimation's stock for $143 million. Sony assessed the company's worth to be a staggering $150 million total, and the company seems ready to explore the anime market as this acquisition moves forward.
Over at Funimation, the company shouldn't have too many shake-ups internally in the wake of the buy-out. Gen Fukunaga will remain the CEO and retain a small stake in Funmation.
After the company's acquisition news went public, Fukunaga released a statement that can be read here: "With Funimation's long-established leadership position in anime and Sony's direct access to the creative pipeline in Japan, it will be a great partnership to take Funimation to the next level."
This is not Sony's first dive into anime. The company already owns Aniplex, an anime production company which subsidizes A-1 Pictures (Fairy Tail, Sword Art Online). Still, the acquisition of Funimation stresses the lucrative nature of anime's distribution points. The company is poised to gain rights to Funimation's extensive library which includes Dragon Ball, One Piece, Attack on Titan, and more.
"Around the world, Sony's networks have been major players in the anime space for nearly two decades, and in more recent years we have rapidly increased our networks' over-the-top and digital offerings to consumers. With the acquisition of Funimation, the combined IP of Animax, Kids Station and Funimation allows us to deliver the best anime to fans across all screens and platforms," Andy Kaplan said, the president of worldwide networks at Sony Television.
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For now, there is no word on how the Sony's acquisition of Funimation may change the distributor's releases, but fans are hoping any transition will be done smoothly. Funimation acts as the biggest gateway for anime into the U.S, leaving many fans dependent on the company to come through with otaku goodies. If Sony were to mess that flow up somehow, anime fans will surely let their frustrations be heard.
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The dangers of teeth whitening
by Kristen Fischer
Aug 08, 2011 at 12:45 pm EDT
Think teeth whitening is safe because you purchased an over-the-counter toothpaste? If you bleach, beware!
When you look at someone with a knockout smile that's gleaming, the thought of brightening your own pearly whites doesn't seem so bad. In fact, each year, Americans spend approximately $1.4 billion on tooth-whitening products — and that's just over-the-counter solutions. Everyone's doing it — but there are some hidden dangers to whitening your teeth.
Bleachorexics hurting their dental health
With the availability of OTC whiteners comes an emerging issue: bleachorexia. This happens when whitening addicts load up on products and over-whiten, often not waiting enough time between treatments. They have a sort of dental dysmorphia that was reported recently on Good Morning America, and the results can be, well, quite dark.
The whitening agent, carbamide peroxide, can irritate gums so much that they start to bleed or recede. When you whiten too much, teeth are also susceptible to brittleness and sensitivity. Teeth can become so discolored they appear blue or translucent. In extreme cases, people must have their teeth capped or replaced because the enamel becomes too thin from over-whitening.
Toothpastes are just for surface 'whitening'
Dr. Vincent Mayher, a New Jersey dentist, said that toothpastes can clean off stains, but the term "whitening" is misleading because toothpastes only clean the tooth surface. Bleaches in toothpastes are useless because they get rinsed away before they do anything. If a toothpaste is too abrasive, it can wear away the outer layer of enamel on a tooth, exposing the yellowish dentin beneath, Mayher added. That means darker teeth instead of whiter teeth.
Watch out for toothpaste abrasiveness
A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Dentistry reported on research on abrasiveness and the cleaning power of 26 whitening toothpastes.
Anything that had a relative dentin abrasion (RDA) score of more than 100 was considered highly abrasive; if the RDA was above 150, the toothpaste was considered potentially damaging to enamel. The results showed that Crest White Vivid ranked 17th in terms of cleaning but was the fourth-most abrasive, scoring above 200. Rembrandt Intense Stain came in around 90, but was not the strongest in terms of cleaning power. Ultrabrite Advanced Whitening from Colgate earned top honors for stain removal, but that removal comes at a price, as the RDA was about 260.
Lead study author Bruce Schemehorn said it's a general rule that the most effective toothpastes are generally the most abrasive. When asked what the ideal product is, he responded, "I've been studying this for 30 years, and I haven't found it yet."
The safe way to whiten teeth
To whiten safely, consult with your dentist first to ask about your options; if you use an OTC tooth whitener, stick to the top brands. If you experience discoloration or sensitivity, stop product use. And, dentists warn, wait six months between treatments. "Bleaching is very effective in moderation and it's safe in moderation," says Dr. Jennifer Jablow, a dentist from New York.
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Q: How can i make these custom dynamic sections in Wordpress? Not sure if "custom dynamic sections" is the proper sentence to describe my desire. But I hope this description would tell you what I really need.

As you can see in the screenshots above. It's a normal article in a cooking website, which contains two sections. The first one in the first picture is a dynamic sections for ingredients which is like a todo list and user can tick on each one as shown. Also he can adjust servings to double or trible the ingredients.
The second section is showing each step numbered.
All these are beside the normal paragraphs they can type anywhere.
Now the question is: What is the logic behind this? How to add different sections in the article without plugins (i want to code it myself), for example is it custom fields or what? and how to make it dynamic to be like a todo list and adjusting servings. And steps.
That's all. How can I do these in my code?

A: It depends on what kind of article that is. There are mainly three types of content in worpress: page, post and custom post. If it's page then you can go to 'pageName-page.php' to make custom edits or you can only change them from admin 'pages' option. And, if it's post or custom post, you can only change the content from the admin section i.e. for post you can browse the post and edit one of them.
As far as I can guess this should be a page, so find the page name and if their is file called 'pageName-page.php', then you can edit it.


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The Liberty Bell
Is cable television dying?
Georgia Gansereit, Opinion Editor
The dreaded cliffhanger: the pivotal moment in the best show ever, and then it ends just before the dramatic conclusion. Man, now it will be an entire week before anyone knows how it ends. Oh wait! Nevermind, Netflix already has the next 4 seasons.
In our culture today, there is no more waiting an entire week to see the next episode of the latest television series. Everything is instant, literally with just the click of a button one person can watch an entire season of a show in a single day.
Now, I'm going to be honest: I am completely guilty of binge-watching a show in a day (hello Stranger Things), and I often don't realize how crazy it is to have the ability to even do that.
Not too long ago, Netflix was simply a movie rental company, where people could get movies delivered to their house by mail.
Today, however, Netflix is the world's largest streaming service, allowing hundreds of millions of people to watch thousands of shows and movies whenever they please.
Some other popular streaming services are Hulu, Prime Video, and Disney+, all of which provide millions of people with thousands of shows and movies to watch.
Unfortunately, with this rise of such streaming services, shows that are only on cable television are rapidly losing popularity.
Now don't get me wrong, my mom and I still look forward to The Bachelorette every Monday (or Tuesday) night, but many other shows on cable are on the decline.
Especially with COVID-19, many television shows around the world have had to cancel or postpone filming, causing even more people to switch from cable to a streaming service, where many shows are readily available to watch.
What does this mean for the future? I'm not really sure. However, what I do know is that millions of people have already made the decision to cut off cable, and I believe millions more will soon do the same.
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Ivo Pauwels (1950) est un écrivain belge d'expression néerlandaise.

Biographie

Après avoir enseigné pendant vingt ans, Ivo Pauwels s'est mis à écrire des reportages et des colonnes de jardinage dans divers journaux et magazines. Depuis 1995 il est en outre l'auteur de quelque soixante livres sur le jardinage, les antiquités, les quilts, les plantes, les herbes aromatiques, les couleurs, le compostage, le diabète sucré (affection dont il est atteint), le barbecue en sécurité, les bâtiments annexes en bois, les serres et les couches, ainsi que des biographies d'artistes et d'architectes. Il a en outre assuré la photographie de plusieurs de ces livres et de divers ouvrages d'autres auteurs. Plusieurs de ses livres ont été traduits en anglais, en français, en allemand, en japonais et en afrikaans. Il a par ailleurs participé aussi à quelques florilèges poétiques et érotiques.

Ivo Pauwels a été pendant quinze ans rédacteur en chef des magazines Bloemen & Planten et De Tuinen van Eden/Les Jardins d'Eden, et pendant une dizaine d'années de l'émission Groene Vingers sur VTM, dans laquelle il a en outre figuré en tant qu'expert. Son jardin à Zoersel est ouvert au public aux mois de mai et de juin.

Ivo Pauwels est le jardinier de la radio flamande Radio 2. Il y participe à des émissions dans lesquelles il répond en direct aux questions des auditeurs. Il a par ailleurs donné de nombreuses conférences, en particulier sur les roses, dans divers pays d'Europe, en Thaïlande, en Indonésie et en Nouvelle-Zélande. Il trouve son inspiration au cours de ses nombreux voyages et expéditions botaniques.

En 2006, il a reçu à Osaka le World Federation of Rose Societies Literary Award pour son ouvrage Louis Lens - L'élégance et la Rose et la même année le Beervelde Award pour la photographie du livre Rozenraad.

Références

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Lien externe

  Les conseils jardinage d'Ivo Pauwels sur Garden-Deco
  Le site d'Ivo Pauwels

Écrivain belge néerlandophone
Naissance en novembre 1950
Journaliste belge
Jardinier


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Microsoft Offers FastTrack To Office 365 for SMEs
Posted by Kara Copple February 5, 2016
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In a bid to attract more small and medium sized businesses to Office 365, Microsoft has announced new offers for SMEs to make the move to Office 365 easier.
In the Fast Lane
Microsoft's FastTrack service, previously only available to Office 365 customers with 150 users or more, will now be available to customers with 50 to 149 Office 365 Enterprise and Small Business Plan users.
The FastTrack service provides resources and dedicated engineers to assist SMEs not just with the implementation of Office 365, but also staff familiarisation with the product and strategies to get the best business value from it. The service will be offered to Microsoft Partners working with small businesses too.
Microsoft is also expanding the FY16 Adoption Offer to include Office 365 Small Business Plans and adding payouts of $25 for customer deployments of 50–149 users. This means Microsoft Partners will be eligible for a payout of $25 per user for 50–149 users, in addition to the existing payouts they receive for 150 users and above.
So why the change? Because the 50 user mark is a meaningful milestone in the growth of a company and brings a need for strong IT solutions, says Bryan Goode, Senior Director of the Office 365 Modern Collaboration product marketing group. "We know that around 50 employees, a company tends to get their first full-time IT professional, and it becomes their really full-time job to make sure that the company's IT infrastructure is stable, and robust, and basically fulfils the needs of the business."
Squaring Up To Google
Microsoft's blog post about the new offers was quick to point out that The Gartner Report, which analysed cloud email usage among public companies of different sizes, industries and locations in a comparison study of Microsoft Office 365 and Google Apps for Work, found that Microsoft 'leads in all segments, and especially so among larger organizations.'
Matt Katzer, a Microsoft partner and principal of Kamind IT, claims there's a good reason that companies choose Office 365 over Google for Work. "Companies tend to reach a breaking point with Google Apps around the 50-employee mark because it doesn't provide the centralized management and security capabilities, nor the breadth of integrated collaboration tools, that Office 365 does," he says. "Choosing the right solution early on can help businesses avoid the costs of integrating disparate systems or making a big change with their IT later on."
Last year, Google offered Google for Work for free to Microsoft customers for the length of their contract. Currently, 60 million people use Office 365 at work and 50,000 SMEs become Office 365 customers every month. Will these new offers see these numbers increase, and customers flock from Google to Microsoft – or perhaps return to it?
"We think we're making a very strong case for customers to switch over from Google Apps," Goode says. "This isn't about finding artificial ways to increase demand; that demand exists."
It seems likely that Google will come up with a counter measure sometime soon, so let the battle recommence!
Kara Copple February 5, 2016
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Q: How can I pass java -jar arguments in a batch file? How can I pass java -jar arguments in a batch file ?
Code below doesn't work:
set classpath = c:/users/abc/desktop/project/trunk/.CLASSPATH

java -jar java_file.jar "%classpath%"

( the java jar file needs to take the location of the .CLASSPATH file as the argument ) .
In my main batch file, classpath variable takes the value depending on which project is checked out from the SVN .
Hope my question is clear.

A: That's because your set command has spaces around the =. Remove them and it works.
What you have there now essentially means that an environment variable classpath<SPACE> is set to the given value which starts with a space. Therefore, the environment variable %classpath% (without the space in the variable name) doesn't exist at all.


We presently hold 1-2 performing events and plan to organize our first performing arts series.
We currently have a series and want to improve the quality of performing arts events.
We currently have a series and would like to reach a new audience.
This is calculated as 20% of the total artist fee plus 50% of the total residency fee. It cannot exceed $2,000.
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OB Surf Camps Request for Extended Hours Meets Opposition
by Frank Gormlie on September 28, 2015 · 6 comments
in Culture, Environment, Health, History, Labor, Life Events, Media, Ocean Beach, Politics, San Diego
First outside meeting of the OBTC?
Report of OBTC Meeting of Sept. 23rd
In an historic first – probably – the Ocean Beach Town Council held their monthly public meeting outside. Due to some kind of alarm problem at their usual venue – the Masonic Center – which made it impossible to meet inside, the Town Council met right outside using the blare of lights to illuminate their goings-on. Sixty audience members joined the ten or so OBTC board members.
It was a nice change – as it was quiet comfortable outside in the Masonic's parking lot – inside would have been hot. It also made it almost impossible to read the agenda handed out.
Audience at outside OBTC meeting – some are trying to read the agendas.
Another reason the meeting was memorable, it had some contention with the last item on the agenda – the request by surf camps in OB to extend their hours. Admidst the usual reports from politicos' reps and the more common agenda items – the issue of the surf camps drew some vocal opposition from local surfers, and an at time heated debate occurred between the surfers, their supporters and the surf camp managers and their seemingly lifeguard supporter.
(Editor Side note: why the OBTC places the community issues at the end of the agenda is beyond us. By time the long meetings roll around to important subjects, people are tired and many have already left the meeting.)
Proposal to Extend Surf Camp Hours
OB has two privately-run surf camps who use the sand and water at the foot of Newport Avenue. A San Diego city lifeguard manager – Lt. Garlen (sp?) presented the proposal to the Town Council and the community at large to allow the camps to extend their afternoon hours.
Some background: there was an RFP (request for proposal) process that occurred between the city and the surf camp concessionaires. The Real Estate Assets department of the city determined the location and signed the MOUs (memorandum of understanding) with the camps that outlined the rules of operation. Hours of operation, etc are set in the MOU.
The lifeguards, we were told, are the enforcement branch of the MOU and the liaison with the concessionaires. "As a good partner", the lifeguards often represent the surf camps. They were there that night to shepard the surf camps through the community process of approval.
Now the surf camps wanted extra hours on water time, and extend their lease of the beach from 4 to 5pm, another hour.
The lifeguards have no issue with the hours, no extra lifeguard service would be necessary as the camps "run safe operations" and any extension will not affect lifeguard hours. "We're not here to sell it, but we think it's a good idea."
Andy of the San Diego Surf Camp spoke first from the surf camp reps. He explained that they want to expand their after school program. They have 6 kids with 2 instructors, he said – and always maintain that ratio of 3 to 1. "These are local kids," he added, and the parents have requested additional hours so they don't have to rush from school or work.
The audience was invited to comment or ask questions. One point that was made was that the operation agreements allow 25 students per school per session. "That's 50 students in one session," the commenter concluded.
Another person complained of the large, over-sized truck that one of the schools uses – and the parking spaces it takes up at the lifeguard parking lot. Another person suggested the schools – or camps – move to Dog Beach.
The rep of the 2nd camp spoke to the audience – from Pacific School Surf School – they're in PB as well as OB. Someone pointed out that the location of the camps are chosen by the City's Real Estate Assets. He also stated that expanded hours helps locals, as that's whom they teach.
More comments from the audience:
it's a very small surf area – and the 2 schools take up valuable space and water;
the space the camps use is the only legal surf area close to the OB Pier;
there are 2 camps;
the truck is over-sized;
they take up the prime spot at the beach all day;
it's a horrible deal;
camps should move to Dog Beach – it's an easier surf break and there's more space;
the schools were using rope to measure out their space – then asked by lifeguards to remove the rope;
one surfer who complained claimed he was physically threatened by surf instructors;
another complained that he hadn't seen very good surf etiquette out in the water with the students and/or instructors;
one said "it's not a school!" in the traditional sense, as up to 10 to 15 kids are left on their own in the surf, creating hazards for other surfers.
This reporter had a question: if the MOU can be amended to change the hours, why can't the MOU be amended to have the camps moved to Dog Beach? No one really had an answer.
"The issue," I continued, "is the private use for private profit of a public beach and public water."
I also added: "It's highly inappropriate for the lifeguards to be pushing this issue."
Someone else in the audience made this point: "It's a safety issue to have the schools have more people in the surf during the busiest times – after work and after school."
OBTC President Gretchen Newsom asked the camps' reps if they were open to move to Dog Beach? Without really getting any resolve, Newsom admitted that there are lots of questions but asked the audience via a quick hand vote whether they approved the extended hours. The vote was close in rejecting the expanded hours, but as one observer noted, the half dozen surf camps reps and employees and the lifeguards also voted.
It's unclear if the issue will return to the OBTC in October or not.
New Flight Path Being Considered by FAA
A new flight path for the jets landing and taking off at Lindbergh is being seriously considered by the FAA. They're looking for public comments and the deadline for those comments is October 8th. The new paths will be implemented supposedly in November 2016. Someone in the audience mentioned that there is a petition at change.org against the new paths, and that they claimed 1500 had already signed it. Conrad Wear of Zapf's office assured OBceans that the changes wouldn't affect OB. He did add that the Peninsula planning committee has been active on the issue.
OBTC Treasury Bulges
Treasurer Donna Zoll, in probably her last appearance as a board member, announced that the OBTC currently has $37,153 in their bank account.
Orchard Cave
The city will finalize its analysis of the cave and the repairs by October 2nd. The contractor selected will basically crack the concrete covering and leave it as it is. Wear of Zapf's office said construction will be during the week of October 12th.
Lifeguard Stats for August
Here are the statistics from the lifeguards – as read off by Sgt Lonny Stevens:
238,100 crowd count
8,282 preventive acts
194 water rescues;
93 medical assists;
1 cliff rescue;
4 lost and found kids;
The Arch Crack-down
The lifeguard reps at the meeting also reported the crack-down at The Arch – where they joined a task force with SDPD created just for Labor Day. So, over that 3 day weekend, they observed 800 visitors to the Arch on just one day and prevented 600 from jumping off the popular but dangerous spot. That was on Saturday. On Sunday, there were 600 visitors and 700 on that Monday. On Monday, they also had 20 rescues.
Simulated Airplane Rescue Off OB
Lifeguard reps also announced that 2 member of the current OBTC Board, Donna Zoll and Trudy Levenson, will be observers at a much-ballyhooed trial mock airplane rescue planned off the coast of OB. They will have a hundred people in the water during the simulated rescue – Zoll and Levenson will be observers only. This will all come down Wednesday morning around 9 am on Sept. 30th.
Zapf's Office Looking for Vacation Rental Solutions
The Committee of Planning Committees voted against the city's proposed ordinance to deal with the issue of short term vacation rentals. Their rejection still allowed home-sharing. If you have a solution, send it to Zapf's office via email.
DECCO Bikes
The firm will be opening up another DECCO Bikes stand at Sunset Cliffs and Newport Avenue.
Sunset Parks Ranger(s)
They should be up and on board by mid-October, says Conrad Wear.
Red-Strip Parking Placard for Police Sgt
The OBTC gave SDPD Sgt Sal a parking placard with the OBTC seal of approval that allows him – as far as they are concerned – to park in the red zones as he walks around the community. We were told that people actually "hassle" the cop when he's parked his cruiser in the red.
OB Library AC Coming
It was announced that air-conditioning for the OB Library – the only library in the entire city system without AC – will be arriving in "a week" – around the time of the simulate airplane rescue.
OBTC Election Results Announced
(See our earlier post.)
Editor: I apologize for issues or subjects not covered and for not knowing names of people who spoke, but it was somewhat difficult to hear way in the back of the crowd.
Um. Dog Beach is NOT an easier break… it's just more spread out. And dog beach already has enough kooks.
ACE September 29, 2015 at 10:04 am
" it's just more spread out", Dog Beach. Exactly why it is a better place for the schools. I learned how to surf at "Dog beach" 55yrs ago BEFORE it was called Dog beach. My daughter learned at Dog Beach. Almost everyone I know from back then learned at Dog Beach..Why because it has a LONG whitewater ride off the center of the beach..NOT the Big Jetty not Stub Jetty. You would have been chased out of South Beach, "Go back to Dog Beach and learn" if you were not ready. Dog beach has a flat sand bottom and way less hazards. And unless you are still a beginner people riding the white water off dog beach are rarely going to be in your way. Dog Beach is a WAY better option than all these beginners dumped into a one peak wave, surf speak, at the Pier. Whenever I get someone who wants to learn how to surf I say Dog Beach or Tourmaline. And yes Dog Beach is an easy break compared to others in the area. It would be up to the instructors to keep their students out of the way. easy to do at Dog Beach not so easy at the Pier..
ACE September 29, 2015 at 8:29 am
Good breakdown on the surf school thing. I spent a couple of daze trying to figure out why the Lifeguards were so for them, especially when every lifeguard I know in OB agrees they are a safety issue "off the record", until I came up with this…
"I just had a really scary vision of the future of surfing in San Diego after attending the OBTC meeting last night…"If you did not pay to be in this surf school you can not surf here".. We are way closer to this then you can imagine. After last weeks OBTC meeting and seeing how cozy the lifeguards have gotten with the surf schools I can see public and private, paid, surf sessions in our very near future…Just like swimming pools. Finally they have figured out a way to make money out of our ocean. Sadly there are lots of people that would be willing to pay for this exclusive service. Just like swim clubs rent pools, surf clubs, surf schools etc. can buy ocean time..$$$$$ Controlled and enforced by lifeguards…No more localism you and your kids are safe from those mean locals."… We are so close to this becoming a reality it is scary.
Once we sell off our beach it will be gone forever. I hope more beach goers surfers or not realize the impact of having up to 100 "students" on the sand and 50, not counting instructors, PLUS private lessons that are not part of group lessons in the water, will have on our little stretch of beach.
Geoff Page September 29, 2015 at 4:10 pm
I have a theory why the lifeguards are for this. As long as the beach and water are filled with these surf camp students, the lifeguards have additional help in watching the water. The people who run the schools have responsibility for student safety. The lifeguards have the ultimate responsibility but it is much easier on them to have an organized, supervised group in the water.
Over the years, I've noticed a trend in life guarding that really bothers me. The lifeguards are continually herding people into what they believe are the safest areas and they get irritated if someone doesn't comply. I've had a few words with them myself. As Jimmy Buffet put it, they want people "to swim in a roped off sea" making their jobs easier. Their job is to watch the water and the people in it, not control the people in it but that is what you'll see on a busy summer day. In my opinion, they had no business speaking up for the surf camps like this.
Crosswalks September 29, 2015 at 9:02 am
We've seen that cop park in front of a crosswalk (by Culture Brewing.) They should be allowed to park in the red, but blocking a crosswalk and ADA curb cut doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Rocky September 29, 2015 at 11:59 am
No it is red for a reason he needs to get a scooter
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Q: Why doesn't my alias work over ssh? I have an alias defined in my .bashrc
alias l.='ls -d .* --color=auto'

It's very useful :) but it doesn't work via ssh:
$ ssh localhost l.
bash: l.: command not found

Why is that?

A: Try:
ssh localhost -t bash -ci l.

Note:

*

*The alias should be in ~/.bashrc on the remote server, not on your local machine.

*The -i option tells bash to run an interactive shell. Aliases are enabled by default only in interactive shells.

*The -t options tells ssh to allocate a pseudo-tty. Without this, bash emits a warning message when started in interactive mode. This also enables ls colors. Without it, you'd have to use --color=always, see man ls.

*There is another way to enable aliases, without setting the interactive flag, namely shopt -s expand_aliases. So you could try:
ssh localhost 'bash -c "shopt -s expand_aliases; l."'

However:

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*Your .bashrc might only define aliases if the shell sourcing it is interactive. In this example, the shell would not be interactive at that time.

*If you try to define aliases on the same line, see this.


i was talking to a guy at my local airsoft site a couple of months back, he had a krytac gun i liked. anyway he said if i was looking to get one i should wait for the version 2 to come out. anyone know when they are likey to be in stock in uk?
Have you used the search tool ?
Yeah I'm wondering the exact same thing, i think they're available in the states but i can't find any mk2's over here.
-Adding spring tension release to that little button thingy near the charging handle (I LOVED this on my G&G, shame my CRB Mk1 doesn't have it!) .


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Meet Ziba Lennox, the Dancing Mama Who Is Transforming the Lives of Women Through Dance Fitness
The first time I heard about dancing fitness, I wasn't sure it was even a thing. However, that was years ago when I thought dance was just a reserve of the pros. Fast forward to 2019, Ziba Lennox caught my eye on Instagram for combining dance fitness & fashion. I had the chance to interact with Ziba Lennox, an entrepreneur and professional ballerina who is changing lives through dance. Lennox has been in the fitness industry for ten years now. Over the years, she has created and developed the revolutionary Dancing Mama Style into an irresistible trend and brand among women from all walks of life. A mother of two boys, Lennox stands both as a source of inspiration and encouragement to mothers. I spoke to Lennox about what she does, and she obliged to let me in on her success journey. There was so much to learn from this woman who believes that, "Dancing & moving are the best things you can do for your mental health."
Growing up in a Ballet Class to Co-Founding a Company with Her Sister
Well, Lennox did not exactly grow up in a ballet class but considering that she enrolled at the tender age of two, you would be forgiven for saying she did. Her passion for dance was fanned to the extent that she became a full-blown professional ballerina. Surprisingly, or maybe not quite so, Lennox tagged her sister, Marisol, along in her love affair with the dance floor. The two were, and still, are inseparable. They even partnered to open MaZi Dance Fitness, a company that allows women to leverage dance to live healthy lives, with a focus on mental wellness. MaZi is a first of its kind in the world because they focus on the real feel of a dance studio that embraces everyone. Unlike what some might expect, Lennox went to school like all other kids and later to the University of Rochester where she graduated with an MBA in Finance. "I decided to go to business school after seeing how hard it can be to transition out of dance later in life," she says. As you can guess, a few years in business school didn't do much to erase Lennox's passion for dance. The dance guru worked for Target/Best Buy in Minneapolis shortly after which she and her sister formed MaZi.
Making Profit and a Difference in Women's Lives Without the Help of Investors
I asked Lennox what amazes her most when she looks back on how far she and her sister have come, and she told me she is proud that they, "have never had investors and were profitable since the first month of operation." Considering that only a handful of businesses can boast of such a fete, Lennox positions herself as the daring entrepreneur who is not afraid to do things differently and win every time. Despite being tempted to think that dance is not that much of a life-impacting activity, Lennox made me realize that there is a whole lot of things people don't know about the relationship between dance and wellness. She says, "Beyond being profitable and evolving with the fitness trends, the biggest success I feel is changing the lives of the people that come to MaZi."
In our conversation, I must admit I wasn't as surprised as when Lennox told me, "I don't often think about where I'm headed. I just work as hard as I can in the moment. It's a strength and a weakness." Come to think of it. If the dancing mama has come this far without being obsessed and worried about the future, she is more than okay going a thousand more miles in the same fashion. The kind of easiness she approaches life with is very inspiring. However, Lennox did mention something about working on the part of her business she wants to use to create awareness on causes.
In summation, there is nothing quite like a woman motivated enough to take life by the horns. Ziba Lennox uses her experience in business, dance, and motherhood to inspire women to reach for greatness in life, and not take for granted talent and opportunity. If you are out there and like I have ever doubted the power of dance, you should reread this and share it with a friend.
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import React from 'react'
import s from './ToggleButton.css'

// A button with toggle classes based on state and
// either a visual-only display (for putting inside of an a link)
// or onClick support (which will render as a button)
const ToggleButton = (props) => {
  const className = `${s.toggleButton}
                     ${props.enabled ? s.enabled : ''}
                     ${props.extraClasses || ''}`;

  if (props.visualOnly) {
    return (
      <span
        className={className}
        // No onClick support - use button for that
        title={props.label}
      >
        {props.label}
      </span>
    )
  } else {
    return (
      <button
        className={className}
        onClick={props.onClick}
        title={props.label}
      >
        {props.label}
      </button>
    )
  }
}

export default ToggleButton

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