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package com.qianmi.tda.exec;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
import com.qianmi.tda.bean.DubboRequest;
import lombok.Setter;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.http.*;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * DubboExecutor
 * Created by aqlu on 2016/11/10.
 */
@Component
@Slf4j
public class DubboExecutor {

    @Autowired
    private RestTemplate restTemplate;

    @Autowired
    private ObjectMapper objectMapper;

    @Value("${default-test-server-url:http://127.0.0.1:8080/executeTest.do}")
    @Setter
    private String defaultTestServerUrl;

    public String exec(String request) throws IOException {
        return exec(objectMapper.readValue(request, DubboRequest.class));
    }

    public String exec(DubboRequest request) {
        MultiValueMap<String, String> paramMap = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();

        paramMap.add("methodName", request.getIntfName());
        if (StringUtils.hasText(request.getDubboServiceURL())) {
            paramMap.add("serviceUrl", request.getDubboServiceURL());
        }

        String testServerURL = StringUtils.hasText(request.getTestServerURL()) ? request.getTestServerURL() : defaultTestServerUrl;

        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
        headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED);
        HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, String>> requestEntity = new HttpEntity<>(paramMap, headers);
        try {
            paramMap.add("params", objectMapper.writeValueAsString(request.getParams()));
        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("参数解析失败,格式不合法");
        }

        ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity = restTemplate.exchange(testServerURL, HttpMethod.POST, requestEntity, String.class);

        if (responseEntity.getStatusCode().is2xxSuccessful()) {
            String response = responseEntity.getBody();

            if (!StringUtils.hasText(response)) {
                throw new RuntimeException("未获取到接口执行数据");
            }

            DocumentContext json = JsonPath.parse(response);
            Boolean success = json.read("$.success", Boolean.class);
            String msg = json.read("$.msg", String.class);

            if (!success) {
                throw new RuntimeException(msg);
            }

            return msg;
        }else{
            throw new RuntimeException("执行请求失败, statusCode:" + responseEntity.getStatusCode());
        }
    }
}

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Alisa is a remote sensing scientist based in Australia, with over 16 years' experience working in both Public and Private sector. Alisa specialises in working on Environmental, Natural Resources applications. Alisa has extensive experience in applying scientific methods and research to the commercial environment.
NSW and QLD to integrate Earth Observation analytics with Water Resource Planning projects.
Alisa's PhD focuses on 'Water in the Landscape' – using Earth Observation analytics to determine water inundation dynamics for key water resource assets (waterholes, groundwater dependent ecosystems and wetlands) in key catchments. This work leverages the vast archive of Earth Observation data available – from Lidar to Landsat.


The Friends of the Cheat celebrated their largest turn-out ever for their 4th annual Cheat Fest 5K Run and Walk. Over 100 racers gathered at the Preston County Country Club in Kingwood, WV.
As part of the 2008 Morgantown Area Grand Prix Sprint Series Presented by Dynamic Physical Therapy, the event was number file out of eleven races.
Overall race winner, Todd Lagimonier of Kingston, New Hampshire, finished the 5K in 16:49.
At the last sprint race, the Parents Place 5K, Murshid Latif lead the sprint series points. With his 2nd place win at Cheat with a time of 17:03, Larry Taylor surpassed Latif by 27 points making him the new leader.
Morgantowner, Travis Cyphert (17:33), rounded out the top spots.
Jenn Sober of Mchenry, Maryland bested her last sprint performance from second to first with a time of 19:36 to claim the women's overall top spot. She finished 10th overall. Her son sported his favorite shirt "My Mom Rules."
Sherry Spilker of Fayetteville, WV took second with a time of 21:02 and Tammy Turner (21:14), of Morgantown, currently 10th overall in the sprint points race, crossed the line as the third female finisher.
Many racers enjoyed the Cheat Festival afterwards, which offered a wide variety of mountain music, arts, and food.
The next MAGP Sprint Series race is the Albert Gallatin Regatta 5K starting at 5:00 pm on Sunday, May 25. Join us at Point Marion Community Park in Point Marion, Pennsylvania for Memorial Day fun including post race refreshments.


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Dariusz Wódke, né le  est un escrimeur polonais, pratiquant le sabre.

Biographie

Palmarès

Championnats du monde
 1981 à Clermont-Ferrand
   Médaille de bronze par équipes
   Médaille d'or en individuel
 1979 à Melbourne
   Médaille de bronze par équipes

Championnats de Pologne
 en 1979 et 1983, en individuel:
 2  Champion de Pologne de sabre

Liens externes
  Les champions du monde d'escrime sur mat-fencing.com

Sabreur polonais
Champion du monde d'escrime
Naissance en février 1957
Naissance à Varsovie

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Amlogic has just released Android 5.0 SDK for Amlogic S805, S802, and S812 processors on their OpenLinux website, but before you get too excited, this is only available people who have signed an SLA with the company, or somehow got a username/password to their git server. Although most people can't access the SDK, it still means that popular Amlogic S8xx devices are likely to be upgraded to Android 5.0 in the weeks or months ahead.
The company has not released any Android 5.0 SDK for older AML-8726M? processors however, so apart from WeTek Play, I would not expect any other Amlogic single or dual core devices to get a Lollipop treat.
If you own a MK808B Plus TV dongle, you don't even need to wait, as WeTek ported Android 5.0, more exactly CyanogenMod 12, to the cheap HDMI TV Stick for evaluation, and since finally they don't intend to design a device with Amlogic S805 processor, they released the image and instructions on XDA Developer Forums a few days ago.
Some precompiled libraries for stagefright (OMX) don't work anymore, including HD audio passthrough and HEVC libraries. But somehow HDMI pass-through still seems possible via SPMC/XBMC, and H.264/AVC is working just fine.
Christian Troy, the developer who released the image, also mentioned "these two bugs won't be fixed until AMLogic releases an updated SDK for Lollipop, where they will include the working libraries". So that could be a new image for the fresh Amlogic SDK could be released soon and fix most issues on MK808B Plus Lollipop port.
Thanks to Stanislav for the tip about the new SDK.
There is a full image of linux for this device?
Or better, there is a linux SDK full?
Their SDK is now based on Android 5.1.1. Officially supported platforms are S805, S812 and S905 (next gen soc, 64bit).
They are still on 3.10.33 kernel, but kernel 3.14 is in development and probably will also support all mentioned platforms.
Besides officially supported platforms, it runs just fine on S802 too if developer put some effort and create device tree for eg k200 project.
All that means that every m8 device on market can run Lollipop (I admit I did not test it on MX, but I think WeTek guys made it work) but knowing Chinese manufacturers, they will rather put out new product than release update firmware (take Geniatech ATV1900AC for example).
Also, couple days ago, Cyanogenmod on their official github account started to push CM12.1 stuff for Amlogic (primary target is Odroid C1 i think). That will open gate to all devs to make custom roms for devices based on Aml SoCs.
Do you have any news about the DRM problem described in the article? I am running the CM12 rom by Christian Troy on my MK808B Plus, but unfortunately almost every streaming service does not work (because of broken drm).
Because you said there is a new SDK from Amlogic my question is if something has changed about this issue (did they include DRM in the new SDK?)?
Hi everyone, I'm working with a MXIII Android 5.1 Amlogic S812 Box. I want to add some feature to the kernel, but I have some difficulties with the Mali at the kernel and user side after recompiling and replacing the uImage and the drivers. I don't have the Android SDK from amlogic, I requested the access though. I'm using the 3.10.61 kernel release from codesnake. I did the same process for the kit kat with a S805 chip and it worked well. Do you know if it is possible to do this without the SDK from amlogic?. Do you know some successful cases?. Thank you.


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Coventry University is running a series of free Taster Days this July. A Subject Taster Day provides students who are looking at coming to university in September 2013 (currently in year 12) with a taste of what student life at Coventry University is like. at Coventry University
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Coventry University is running a series of free Taster Days this July. A Subject Taster Day provides students who are looking at coming to university in September 2013 (currently in year 12) with a taste of what student life at Coventry University is like.
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Your students will take part in an interactive workshop in their chosen subject area; gain an understanding of the different teaching methods used by university academics and see at first hand the academic facilities available to them. They will also be able to meet some current Coventry University students and get an inside view from them about the CU experience.
On the Industrial Design Taster Day you will be welcomed to the Coventry School of Art & Design and the department of Industrial Design. After a 20 minute presentation, you will be split into groups depending upon your subject of interest: Automotive or Transport Design, Product Design or Interior Design. Each group will be encouraged to participate in a subject workshop, followed by a tour of the facilities. You will also have the opportunity to ask members of the teaching staff questions relating to the course content and student experience.
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Appointed as Professor for Scientific Foundations of Design, Design Theory, and History of Design and Media in 2005. Course Leader MA Product Planning and Design, Counsellor for further education in university didactics. Karger gained her doctorate in philosophy in 1981, and qualified to teach at professorial level in 1986 with the topic of the theory and application of semio-morphogenetic transformations in Nature, genetics, and culture. She has taught at the Universities of Freiburg and Osnabruck and at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt. She has been a consultant to industry, architectural practices, and design offices for a decade. Her areas of specialization are theory of science, philosophy of technology, process-oriented design theory, aesthetics, and the history of design and media.


Please enjoy the photos with captions below to see how this 7' statue gets 'born'. BOLD SPIRIT - wax/clay original, 7'6" tall, being cast in a limited edition of 5. $85,000.
The point up of the maquette arrives in pieces in lots of large boxes.
Starting to assemble the foam parts and the first layer of wax.
The head was nearly completed before attaching to the neck. It was easier to do it on the work table than working six feet off the ground.
More and more done, making changes and adjustments as desired.
Finally completed and I am so pleased and delighted. It has become very much like having a living horse in the studio and an old dear friend has come alive again. He was the grandest horse I've ever owned, a winning race horse, then a dressage horse, and finally retired to my home. He lived to be 37.
The foundry starts the dis-assembly process for transport. We are supporting the body on planks while the legs and pipe armatures are removed.
Mike and Jeremy fit the neck and body into the trailer. The long journey to bronze begins.
Number 1/5 is being cast now. Look for photos of the completed statue about mid-April. Contact Gabe if you have any questions or to ask about owning a BOLD SPIRIT.


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Regular driving, accelerations, reverse, engine on/idle/off, rpm ramps (recorded with microphones onboard), and exterior perspective covering passes with different speeds, stopping and reverse sound effects.


My name is Elise Franck and have published in france a quite successful book about how I was able to earn my "financial freedom" investing in real estate and applying my expertise in renovating and decorating the appartments. I now run a small business that helps other people do the same, investing in real estae "the right way".
Mine is a new concept (at least here in France) blending financial success (investing in real estate) and aesthetics (interior design & decoration, home staging).
To enhance visibility and attract possible future clients I'm setting up a blog, that should complement my current business (makng money, investing, real estate, interior design & decoration), while at the same time reflect my personality: dynamic, provocative, teasing, hot, feminin, french... so a mix of all this!!
A header (banner) for my blog. The title is "rentiere.fr", the subtitle is "Le blog d'Elise Franck".
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Apart from the pleasure of working with man's best friend, Nawras's job as a dog trainer is an important part of his new life in Malta. A life of safety, hope and independence.
A free training course in carework has given refugee and migrant women the opportunity to gain a useful qualification, and the prospect of a more independent future.
Refugee and migrant participation in civil society is growing, with the emergence of organisations led by the very people they seek to support. UNHCR Malta met six individuals to discuss the power of their voice, challenges facing refugees and migrants in Malta, and how they are working to carve out a better future for their communities.


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The load carrying ability of the plastic bearing material is listed as a PV (pressure/velocity) factor.
P = Listed as pounds per square inch over the projected bearing area.
V = The velocity in feet per minute of the shaft at the surface.
Use the Material "PV Table" to see if the selected material is within the PV limits.
Note: The PV value of any material may be affected by many variables, such as low or high temperatures, shock loads, shaft material, hardness of finish, etc. Lubrication can increase the capacity as much as 100%.
Plastic bearings must be designed around their own abilities and characteristics, then proven by actual performance. Field testing under actual conditions is strongly recommended.
Plastic bearing clearances should be much greater than those recommended for standard precision steel bearings. The additional clearance is required to compensate for expansion or contraction of the plastic material due to frictional heat or cold environments which can cause significant changes in the bearing dimensions.
The use of lubricants can decrease the static and dynamic coefficients of friction and permit the plastic materials to operate at higher PV's than a bearing that is not lubricated. Most plastics listed in the selection table on page TP 01 do not require lubrication but some lubricant will usually increase the material performance. In most cases water will provide sufficient lubrication during bearing operation. It is good practice to apply a light coating of grease to the bore of the bearing during the installation of the bearing.
Shaft hardness and material is a major factor in the operation of the plastic bearings. The bearing and shaft will last much longer as the hardness increases and the finish is smoother.
Due to the number factors involved in material selection for chemical resistance information please consult factory. You will need to supply the chemical name, concentration and operating temperatures for evaluation.
All statements, technical information and recommendations contained in this publication are presented in good faith, based upon tests believed to be reliable and practical field experience. The reader is cautioned, however, that BNB Industries, Inc. cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this information, and it is the customer's responsibility to determine the suitability of these products in any given application. BNB Industries, Inc. recommends actual field testing of the material and application under actual conditions for evaluating suitability for use.


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Man Shot By Grand Prairie Police After Chase And Pointing 'Gun' At Them
Filed Under:chase, Christopher McGrew, evading arrest, Grand Prairie Police, officer-involved shooting, replica gun
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A man was shot by Grand Prairie officers after leading them on a chase Sunday morning and then pointing a gun — that turned out to be a replica — at them, police say.
According to police, an officer saw suspicious behavior in a parking lot at South Great Southwest Parkway and West Marshall Drive at around 1:40 a.m. As the officer tried to detain Christopher McGrew, the 39-year-old fled in his vehicle and a chase ensued.
Christopher McGrew (Grand Prairie PD)
Police say, during the chase, McGrew waved what appeared to be a firearm out of his window multiple times. He then abandoned his vehicle in the 2100 block of Bardin Road and tried to flee officers on foot.
McGrew then pointed what appeared to be a shotgun at the pursuing officers. The officers feared for their lives and shot the 39-year-old.
The suspect was transported to a hospital where he was treated for the gunshot wounds.
Police say it was determined that the gun pointed at the officers was a replica.
McGrew will be charged with evading arrest and for an unrelated warrant for marijuana possession in Rockwall County. Additional charges in Grand Prairie are pending, as well.


The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the Catholic University "Our Lady of the Good Counsel" is among the first in the country in terms of private university education and aims at the care and health of persons. The Faculty of Medicine offers study programs of various levels such as: Bachelor in Physiotherapy and Nursing; 6-year cycle in General Medicine and Dentistry and Dental Prosthesis; as well as masters of 1st and 2nd level.
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MJPD announces Guardian Shield program
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The Mt. Juliet Police Department announced last week the institution of Guardian Shield, a new law enforcement program designed to protect the city from crime by using fixed-place automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to catch hot-listed vehicles attached to various crimes and suspects.
The Guardian Shield program has not yet been fully budgeted and could, therefore, require the mayor and city commissioners to amend the fiscal budget for a yet unknown amount. On the other hand, MJPD Capt. Tyler Chandler said the amount "would be minimal" due to the city having already budgeted $100,000 for the program.
The program will be operated by Rekor Systems Inc., a tech firm focused on the use of artificial intelligence applications for public safety solutions. The firm boasts of providing law enforcement and security solutions in more than 70 countries worldwide, and they were one of four firms whose technology was tested in the city — one of three to respond to MJPD's request for proposals.
Mt. Juliet police worked with IT professionals during an extensive review of ALPRs from not only Rekor Systems but also Skycop, Vigilant and Flock. They concluded that Rekor's system performed best, and the conclusion was partly based on the fact that Rekor's product led MJPD to successfully apprehend a wanted shooter who had driven into the city from Franklin.
"Rekor's Edge and Watchman vehicle recognition technology provided better results than its competition during our trial period," according to Police Chief James Hambrick. "With higher accuracy than other providers, as well as the ability to affordably scale, Rekor's solutions fit the needs of our department both now and for the future."
The scale to which he referred starts with covering 37 undisclosed areas throughout the city with Rekor's AI-assisted cameras, and these locations were selected in order to make for the most efficient coverage of the entire Mt. Juliet community.
MJPD has emphasized on more than one occasion that ALPRs are not for use in traffic law enforcement; rather, they're purposed with recognizing vehicles that are either attached to a hotlist or to investigations in progress. Hotlists are made for vehicles connected to specific crimes like forcible rape, criminal homicide, kidnapping, motor vehicle theft, burglary, robbery, aggravated assault, general theft or certain drug offenses.
For $89,000 per year, Rekor Systems will support these ALPR units, assuming contract negotiations are successful. According to Chandler, this "means that if we provide a mounting surface, Rekor handles the installation and maintenance of the system. If it is damaged, they fix it. If it is having technical issues, they fix it. If they upgrade their technology, they replace it."
The contract, however, is still being finalized, so elements remain subject to change. Once the contract is completed, it will be made available to the public, pending local government approval.
"It will also have two be approved by the Board of Commissioners," Chandler added.
Transparency is a sticking point with ALPRs since multiple cities and states like Chicago, Virginia and Texas have been led to civil suits over apparent violations of privacy laws, gathering too much information on drivers and holding it for too long. Tennessee, and much more so Mt. Juliet, has made a conscious effort to obviate such possibilities from the equation with strict measures on data retention.
The state mandates that data collected via ALPRs can only be held for 90 days whereas the city shortens this even further to only 30 days. This data includes not only still images but videos of the vehicle, but in Mt. Juliet, the technology will not be used to track drivers or passengers. Furthermore, the system doesn't access the state's license plate database, which means personal data and vehicle ownership are not collected through these ALPRs.
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This winter has not been as bleak as some. The lack of snow was getting me down there for awhile, but now I set my sights toward spring. A long time ago I heard someone refer to Itasca State Park in winter as "the cathedral." That idea stuck with me, and I was pleased to be able to work some cathedral vocabulary into an ode , of sorts. So often it is easier to write from a distance. In a different winter I would ski. This winter, I'll write about skiing.
for this one cloistered breath.
This is a perfect poem about a perfect place at the perfect time.
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The Conservative Warriors in the Never-Trump Faction Have Exposed Themselves as the Liberal Democrats They Are
By Brad Slager | 2:02 PM on January 28, 2020
NYT contributing op-ed writer, Wajahat Ali, "CNN Tonight" host Don Lemon, and Never Trumper Rick Wilson - 1/25/2020. Screen grab via CNN.
NYT contributing op-ed writer, Wajahat Ali, "CNN Tonight" host Don Lemon, and Never Trumper Rick Wilson – 1/25/2020. Screen grab via CNN.
For a group claiming to be ''conserving conservatism,'' they never seem to espouse a single conservative view.
This weekend, as Sister Toldja detailed, Florida political operative Rick Wilson was on with Don Lemon, beclowning himself as he and a New York Times writer, along with Lemon, went on a lengthy mocking streak of calling Trump supporters dumb rubes. It was a contempt-rich display of elitism and it was a prime example of not only the bubble-dwelling media's lack of regard for our citizens but it also exposed many of the problems with President Trump's opponents.
Namely those purportedly from the right. Wilson is a major voice in what is collectively regarded as the Never-Trump movement. This herd of pundits who formerly claimed a Republicaan/conservative position have spent the past four years loudly declaring their opposition to Trump. This much is not the issue. Political opposition is accepted and expected. But the messaging from this troupe is what is the revealing detail.
Along with Wilson there is a clutch of primary names — Bill Kristol, Jonah Goldberg, Charlie Sykes, Max Boot, to list a few — who make very loud pronouncements about all that is wrong with the president, and by extension the republican party. What is notable but far less acknowledged — they rarely, if ever, provide viable solutions or alternatives that would support their claims of their values.
The Kristol-Sykes outlet ''The Bulwark'' laid claim to the phrase that has been promoted as the mission statement of all right-of-center opponents to Trump — ''Conserving conservatism''. This is a dubious claim for an outlet funded by Silicon Valley leftist billionaire Pierre Omidyar. However there are two very distinct realities with the NT crowd that defies this banner; they rarely ever promote a conservative position, and they exclusively seem to curry favor with Democrats and left-leaning media. Wilson's appearance on CNN continues this practice.
Wilson, and many others, have been on this years-long effort, managing to curry favor with the distinctly leftist news outlets for being Trump opponents from the right. What is revealing is how they are not on the air based on being correct. This is a group that begins with opposing Trump on any position, not what they regard to be a core belief. Their entire messaging is to declare how Trump/Republicans are in the wrong without ever declaring what is actually supposedly correct. It's fine to say ''He's not conservative'', but to never espouse the conservative position is their flaw.
In 2017 Florida saw an influx of Puerto Rican residents fleeing the aftermath of a destructive hurricane. At the time Rick Wilson had declared this was the doom of the Florida GOP, which had the majority in Tallahassee at the time. "If you put an influx of 100,000 Puerto Ricans who vote Democratic eight times out of 10 in the Orlando area, there you go," he said. I wrote a piece for a Florida political outlet refuting this prediction.
Residents had been migrating in large numbers well ahead of the storm due to the Democrat-run economy on the island, I noted. Many were registering to vote in Florida as independents, these professionals arriving being disenchanted with the liberal policies. I also noted Governor Rick Scott and Marco Rubio were leading in hurricane recovery aid, earning respect from those residents.
The result — In the 2018 midterms Florida actually strengthened its GOP hold in the legislature. The biggest rebuke came in the US Senate. Longtime office holder Bill Nelson lost his seat to Governor Rick Scott. Nelson's home base is the Orlando area, a huge enclave for Puerto Rican residents, but this group never did deliver the wave of support Wilson promised. Florida now has two GOP senators for the first time since the reconstruction.
Following this electoral success Wilson had a thread in April of last year that was also revealing. He was giving a list of ways the Democrats in Florida had made errors in the acquisition of support from those voters. But what is clear now is that he was not delivering a withering rebuke on how the opposition failed — this was a series of directives on how the Democrats could repair things and win. The GOP political player was actually coaching the opposition.
1/ Just a reminder of the why Democrats are holistically terrible at politics.
Trump is HANDING you Puerto Rican voters in Florida. On a platter.
It's a layup. But the Democrats will do just what they did in 2016: jack, followed by squat.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 2, 2019
Just to follow suit, the brave Trump-slaying warrior Wilson has a new book out, ''Running With The Devil''. The subtitle says it all: The plot to save America from Trump — and the Democrats from themselves. So more conservatism is going to be preserved, by showing the party that despises conservative values. We have seen this same strategy play out repeatedly with the Never Trumpers; throw all their support to the Democrats in the name of defeating the scourge.
Recently it was shown that a pair of names who declared they would oppose Donald Trump in the GOP primary — Joe Walsh, and Bill Weld — were foundering in their attempts. Both candidates were failing to qualify for the ballot in many states. This is a blatant example of the failings of the NT pundits. While they might come out and state how they never actually backed either of these candidates this faction has failed significantly in this regard — they have not brought forward anyone to oppose Trump.
It is one thing to decry the state of the GOP, but to not lend anything approaching a viable alternative within the party reduces you to simply being a loud crank, and nothing more. They might claim to be the holders of true conservatism but if no one is offered up as a sound conservative choice on the ballot exactly how influential do you think you can claim to be?
In the days just ahead of the 2018 midterms NT soldier Max Boot begged for attention by stating boldly that Republicans needed to send a message to Trump by voting for Democrats exclusively. Yet following the election, when Democrats made gains, Boot came out and loudly bemoaned the number of victories by the Dems, and how it was a sign of GOP problems. Boot was actually complaining about the result that he had lobbied for and declared was needed.
This may be the best summation of all of the Never Trump contingent; even when things go according to their plan they declare the results to be unacceptable. No wonder the liberal media love them so much.
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One longtime Coldstream council resident is running for a seat on council, and it could be the seat being vacated by an incumbent.
Ruth Hoyte has announced she'll seek a seat on the district council in the Oct. 20 election.
"I moved to Coldstream in 1974 and have lived here over half my life, I've raised my family in this community and my grandchildren live here. I can't imagine living anywhere else," said Hoyte.
Hoyte served on the Coldstream Advisory Planning Committee for five years and noticed from those who served with her their passion for their community.
She's had the opportunity to review the Official Community Plan and provide input which helped create a template for the future.
"I hope to bring forward that Coldstream passion and provide meaningful discussion at council table in developing a community showcasing its best," she said.
Hoyte could take over from Peter McLean, who has announced he is not seeking re-election.
McClean has been on and off council for three terms since being elected in 1990.
He ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1993, came back to council and resigned in 2005, then returned to council in 2011 because of agricultural bylaws and zoning issues.
"Our council doesn't want to look at people participating on council while they're away," said McClean.
Fellow incumbents Pat Cochrane, Doug Dirk, Gyula Kiss and Glen Taylor have announced they plan to seek re-election. Dirk will be gunning for a 23rd consecutive year on council.
Richard Enns has not publicly declared his intentions.
Jim Garlick has announced he plans to seek re-election as district mayor.
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Derby Lacemaker Louise West has been shortlisted for the Creative Industries Entrepreneur of the Year for the Midlands region at the 2020 Great British Entrepreneur Awards.
Louise, who is based at Connect Derby's Friar Gate Studios, was nominated for the award in recognition of her work to teach the skill of contemporary lace making using traditional techniques.
She is widely regarded as a leading international contemporary lace artist and develops designs from traditional bobbin lacemaking techniques, specialising in the English laces of Bedfordshire and Bucks Point lace.
She travels across the world to teach her lacemaking. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, however, she has set up online meetings with lacemakers across the globe to offer advice and support to keep them working.
Louise beat off the challenge of more than 2,600 other entrants to reach the finals for the Midlands region. The winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony taking place on the evening of Wed 23 September.
Founded in 2013, the Great British Entrepreneur Awards celebrate the hard work of entrepreneurs and businesses across the UK. Over the years, they've celebrated some outstanding entrepreneurs, including Julie Deane OBE of Cambridge Satchel Co., Shaun Pulfrey of Tangle Teezer and James Watt of BrewDog.
Judges of the awards include Hayley Parsons, founder of Go Compare, Cath Kidston, Lord Bilimoria of Cobra Beer and Kanya King, founder of the MOBO awards.
Commenting on the award nomination, Louise said:
"I'm over the moon to have been shortlisted for the Creative Industries Entrepreneur of the Year Award. It's great to have my work recognised by such a well-known organisation.
"The other creatives that have been shortlisted are all so talented and it's a huge honour to be nominated alongside them.
"This year has been extremely busy for me with the release of my second book, hosting online workshops and a charity swim and this nomination really is the icing on the cake."
Ann Bhatti, head of Connect Derby, added:
"Congratulations to Louise for being shortlisted for such a high-profile award. She is an incredibly talented lace maker and businesswoman and has been a key member of the Connect Derby community for many years.
"She really deserves this award and I hope all her passion and dedication for her art are rewarded at the regional awards on 23 September."
Francesca James, founder of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, said:
"Given what we've seen over the past few months, the 2020 edition of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards is arguably the most important. Now, more than ever, it's vital we celebrate the achievements of the country's entrepreneurs and their determination in the face of such adversity.
"Congratulations to each and every single entrepreneur who has made it to the shortlist this year, and I wish them the very best of luck for the regional finals."
Louise started lacemaking in 1992. She went on to complete an MA ADAPT (Art and Design Applied Practice and Theories), at the University of Derby in 2013, majoring on 3D contemporary lace, then set up her own business, which is now based at Friar Gate Studios, the home of the city's creative industries.
She recently published her second book, 'Bucks Point Lace Workbook' which features new and original patterns and designers for beginners and experts to try their hands at. The book has already sold more than 200 copies, with orders coming in from as far afield as Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Spain, Taiwan and USA.
She is also in the process of producing here third book, which she hopes to publish early next year.
Just before lockdown was announced, Louise swapped completed a 5K swimathon for charity, raising £500 for Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie.
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Udhagamandalam: "This place is ours, let us keep it clean." To drive home this message among various sections of the society in this hill station, residents of the Melkawhatty village set in motion a cleaning campaign near the Government Headquarters Hospital here on Wednesday.
It involved the removal of wild growth and litter which have over the years become ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
The effort was also carried out in order to create areas suitable for forming gardens and greening the environment.
Pointing out that the volunteers belonged to an outfit called 'Mannuga Matha' in Badaga meaning 'Decorating the Earth', which came into being about four months ago, its president N.Nataraj, a retired teacher told The Hindu that their mission is to enhance awareness about the environment.


The MA in Audiovisual Translation is an internationally leading course in its field, recognised by the European Commission as a European Masters in Translation.
This international leading programme addresses the growing demand for translators with skills in translating audiovisual texts. It covers a range of areas, including subtitling, accessibility (subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing, audio description and live subtitling), multimedia localisation, dubbing and voice-over for films. The programme is open to bilingual students wishing to work between different languages, but it also welcomes monolingual English-speaking students.
This programme places significant emphasis on accessibility in the media and offers a grounding in translation theory and research methods. Through your work with dedicated software and high-tech industry-standard equipment, you will equip yourself with the skills necessary to enter the professional market and the knowledge to pursue further research in this field.
You will be taught by staff who are experts in their field and influence the policies of organisations such as OFCOM. They will bring their professional experience into the classroom, meaning you will always be benefiting from the most up-to -date research and practice.
Roehampton's location in London means you are ideally situated, as the city has established itself as one of the main centres for translation in the world. Work placements opportunities are also available on the course; in addition to putting the skills you have learnt on the course into practice, you'll also learn valuable new ones, build a strong CV and make vital industry contacts.


In the festive season most cooks feel like cooking something different and seafood is often cooked for friends when they come for a meal.
Lobsters are very popular around Christmas time. Many think that they are buying crayfish for Christmas (because that is how they are labelled), but they are actually buying lobsters – lobsters are sea creatures and crayfish live in freshwater.
I often buy spiders (the legs) – they can be quite meaty and very suitable for this pasta dish that requires cooked lobster. Although this recipe is especially suited lobster, other crustaceans can be used, including crabs. When I lived in South Australia I was spoiled with Blue Swimmer crabs. You can buy them in Victoria, but they are not local. If you prefer local crabs, Sand crabs are caught around Portsea, Rye or Sorrento.
I ate this pasta (see photo) in a beachfront restaurant in Mondello, a seaside town near Palermo, Sicily. It is made with their local crab. In my recipe I have added parsley and basil – I find it difficult to cook without herbs.
Make a tomato salsa with ¼ cup oil, 2 cloves of garlic, the tomatoes and a little salt and pepper.
Cook the crabs lightly (enough to kill them).
Remove as much crab or crayfish meat as you can, but leave some of the entire legs for decoration.
Heat the rest of the extra virgin olive oil, add the other cloves of garlic and sauté the crab or crayfish meat for a few minutes. Add the parsley and mix it through the hot mixture.
Add this to the hot salsa (you may need to reheat this) and toss it through.
Combine the hot, drained pasta with the sauce and mix well.
Add basil and present to the table.
When I was a little girl in Tampa Florida, I used to go crabbing with my blind grandfather. Nano would pull the nets up when I could see that there were crabs in them and yell "Pull Nano, Pull". I still remember the amazing taste of the crabs cooked in the sauce, the piles of shells in the middle of the table, the sauce running down chins and arms. Thanks for stirring up the great memories!


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#include "mode_tunnel.h"

static const rgb_color space_ship_color = { 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff };

/*
 * public library interface
 *
 */
extern "C" mode_interface* create_mode(size_t pWidth, size_t pHeight, bool pAudioAvailable, vector<size_t> pSegments)
{
  return new mode_tunnel(pWidth, pHeight, "Tunnel", pAudioAvailable, pSegments);
}

extern "C" void destroy_mode(mode_interface* object)
{
  delete object;
}

/*
 * constructor
 *
 */
mode_tunnel::mode_tunnel(size_t pWidth, size_t pHeight, string pName, bool pAudioAvailable, vector<size_t> pSegments)
: mode_interface(pWidth, pHeight, pName, pAudioAvailable, pSegments)
{
	mFirstLaunch = true;
	mLastRun = 0;
	mLost = false;
	mTunnel.resize(mHeight);
}

/*
 * destructor
 *
 */
mode_tunnel::~mode_tunnel()
{

}

/*
 * private functions
 *
 */
void mode_tunnel::initialize_tunnel()
{
	mSpaceShip.score = 0;
	mSpaceShip.position.x = mWidth / 2;
	mSpaceShip.position.y = mHeight - 1;
	mSpaceShip.color = space_ship_color;

	for (size_t i = 0; i < mTunnel.size(); i++) {
		mTunnel[i].position = 4;
		mTunnel[i].width = 10;
	}
	mLost = false;
}

void mode_tunnel::move_tunnel()
{
	bool ready = false;
	int difficulty = mSpaceShip.score / 500;
	struct wall_t new_wall;

	do {
		new_wall.width = 10 - difficulty + (mSpaceShip.score < 200 ? 1 : 0);
		new_wall.position = mTunnel[0].position + random(3) - 1;
		ready = ((new_wall.position + new_wall.width) <  mWidth &&  new_wall.position >= 0);
	} while (not ready);

	for (size_t i = mTunnel.size() - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
		mTunnel[i].position = mTunnel[i-1].position;
		mTunnel[i].width = mTunnel[i-1].width;
	}
	mTunnel[0] = new_wall;
}

void mode_tunnel::collision_detection()
{
	if (mSpaceShip.position.x-1 == mTunnel[mSpaceShip.position.y].position) mLost = true;
	if (mSpaceShip.position.x   == mTunnel[mSpaceShip.position.y].position + mTunnel[mSpaceShip.position.y].width) mLost = true;
}

/*
 * public functions
 *
 */
void mode_tunnel::paint()
{
	int speed;
	rgb_color tunnel_color = int_to_rgb(0xffff0000);

	speed = (45 - mSpaceShip.score / 500);
	if (speed < 15) speed = 15;

	if (mFirstLaunch) {
		initialize_tunnel();
		mFirstLaunch = false;
	}

	if ((get_tick_us() - mLastRun) > speed * 1000 && not mLost) {
		mLastRun = get_tick_us();

		move_tunnel();
		collision_detection();
		mSpaceShip.score++;
	}

	if (not mLost) {
		//draw
		mBitmap->clear();

		// draw tunnel
		for (size_t y = 0; y < mTunnel.size(); y++) {
			// adjust color to score
			if (mSpaceShip.score > 500)  tunnel_color = int_to_rgb(0xffff8000);
			if (mSpaceShip.score > 1000) tunnel_color = int_to_rgb(0xff00ff00);
			if (mSpaceShip.score > 1500) tunnel_color = int_to_rgb(0xff00ff80);
			if (mSpaceShip.score > 2000) tunnel_color = int_to_rgb(0xff00ffff);
			if (mSpaceShip.score > 2500) tunnel_color = int_to_rgb(0xff0080ff);
			if (mSpaceShip.score > 3000) tunnel_color = int_to_rgb(0xff0000ff);
			if (mSpaceShip.score > 3500) tunnel_color = random_rgb();

			for (int x = 0; x <= mTunnel[y].position; x++) mBitmap->set_pixel(x, y, tunnel_color);
			for (int x = mTunnel[y].position + mTunnel[y].width + 1; x < mWidth; x++) mBitmap->set_pixel(x, y, tunnel_color);
		}

		// draw space ship
		mBitmap->set_pixel(mSpaceShip.position.x  , mSpaceShip.position.y  , mSpaceShip.color);
		mBitmap->set_pixel(mSpaceShip.position.x+1, mSpaceShip.position.y  , mSpaceShip.color);
		mBitmap->set_pixel(mSpaceShip.position.x-1, mSpaceShip.position.y  , mSpaceShip.color);
		mBitmap->set_pixel(mSpaceShip.position.x  , mSpaceShip.position.y-1, mSpaceShip.color);
	} else {
		mBitmap->fill(ColorRed);
		if ((get_tick_us() - mLastRun) >= 3000000) {
			mFirstLaunch = true;
		}
	}
}

void mode_tunnel::handle_udp_receive(uint8_t *pData, size_t pLength)
{
	string command((char*)pData, pLength);
	printf("%s\n",command.c_str());

	if (command.compare("up") == 0) {
 		mSpaceShip.position.y = MAX(--mSpaceShip.position.y, 0);
	} else if (command.compare("down") == 0) {
 		mSpaceShip.position.y = MIN(++mSpaceShip.position.y, mHeight-1);
	} else if (command.compare("left") == 0) {
 		mSpaceShip.position.x = MAX(mSpaceShip.position.x, 0);
	} else if (command.compare("right") == 0) {
 		mSpaceShip.position.x = MIN(mSpaceShip.position.x, mWidth-1);
	} else if (command.compare("A") == 0) {

	} else if (command.compare("B") == 0) {

	} else if (command.compare("select") == 0) {

	} else if (command.compare("start") == 0) {

	}
}


The Austin Animal Center will celebrate the holidays by offering specials on pet adoptions through Jan. 4, 2014. Pet adoptions for all ready-to-go dogs and cats will be $25.
All pets adopted will include spay or neuter surgery, a microchip and vaccinations – a package valued at more than $200. The usual adoption fee is $75.
The shelter will have a "Home for the Holidays" kick-off event from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec.13 that will include games, prizes, treats and pictures with Santa.
The Austin Animal Center will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27 and on Christmas Day, Dec. 25.
Additionally, the Austin Animal Center will be launching a donation drive for items needed for the pets such as toys, treats, jackets for large dogs, and dog houses. Items can be dropped off at the Austin Animal Center daily.
City shelter pet adoptions are available at the Austin Animal Center, 7201 Levander Loop, and the City's dog overflow kennels at Town Lake Animal Center, 1156 W. Cesar Chavez St. The centers are open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. For more information check www.austinanimalcenter.org or call 3-1-1 or check Facebook for daily pet updates, www.facebook.com/austinanimalservices .
Austin Animal Center, the largest municipal animal shelter in Central Texas, provides shelter to more than 20,000 animals annually and services to Austin/Travis County. This facility accepts stray and owned animals regardless of age, health, species or breed.
The goal is to place all adoptable animals in forever homes through adoptions, foster care or rescue partner groups. Since 2011, the City's animal shelter is the largest municipal shelter to sustain its no-kill city status—saving 90 percent or more of the homeless pets that enter the shelter.


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BISBEE — They say that history repeats itself, but when it comes to unforgettable events like the Bisbee Deportation, locals like Laurie McKenna are working in ways to make sure that doesn't happen again. And with those intentions, The Arizona Commission of the Arts awarded the Double Adobe resident a $5,000 Artist Research and Development Grant in support of her work on a multimedia performance piece about the 1917 incident.
"I feel like we're living in dangerous times right now because the country is split into two opposing positions and that's what makes something like the deportation possible...the erosion of constitutional rights and not listening to each other," McKenna said.
In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the Bisbee Deportation, McKenna — the executive director of the Central School Project in Bisbee — began researching the historic incident in 2014. Through that research, the multidisciplinary artist cultivated an online presence surrounding the investigation and crafted a number of artistic projects, which ultimately became the "work-in-progress" multimedia creation of "The Undesirables."
According to historical records, McKenna said, in July of 1917, two mining companies and the sheriff armed more than 1,000 locals known as the "Loyalty League" and rounded up 1,196 striking miners at gunpoint, marched them off to the baseball park — four miles away — loaded them into cattle cars and exiled them to the desert of New Mexico.
"The workers were accused of being subversive, anti-American Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)," she explained. "I really believe that a lot of labor history is lost to most of us and it's not available to most of us. And there's a lot to learn about the power of people coming together to make the change they want for their lives and for their country as workers. And because of the anniversary coming up, I wanted to do a project for the deportation — to really commemorate the workers that lost their place in Bisbee."
With the grant, McKenna intends on expanding her research, experimentation and already-produced work to further the spoken-word portion, develop standalone sound and projection elements, and refine the overall presentation.
Back in July, on the 100th anniversary of deportation, McKenna presented the first iteration of the gallery installation and live performance with video at the Central School Project.
"For the premiere of The Undesirables, I stood at a Lecternette, a 1960s portable amplifier with microphone. It has a warm tube sound — a strangely nostalgic tone. Maybe the audience expected a Ted Talk, but it's not a lecture. I am a vulnerable person. Expertise is dangerous. Nostalgia is dangerous. I heed these thoughts,' she wrote in her application to The Arizona Commission of the Arts. "What I deliver in The Undesirables is a personal, reflective, funny and tragic series of stories punctuated with biting text projections and videos. I turned my research into a rich reduction, like soup stock. I want to make The Undesirables better and tell more stories.
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Included in the "work-in-progress" video vignette —viewable at rockpaperfence.com — McKenna said there is a section that uses antique pot metal figures as characters.
"There's also a glimpse of a timed-projection loop that displays a series of words that are subtext to my monologue: 'Are you loyal?' and 'think it over'," she said. "(These) are two examples of about 30 words and phrases (included)."
McKenna is one of 18 applicants to receive an award of up to $5,000. According to Steve Wilcox, director of communications for The Arizona Commission of the Arts, the Artist Research and Development Grant awards funding to artists in the state as a way to not only assist in the development of artistic work and support the advancement of artistic research, but also to recognize the contributions individual artists make to Arizona's communities.
"I think this program is one that I am personally and particularly fond of. On the part of the agency, we believe artists have a vital role to play in their communities and we want to highlight that role they can play and give them the tools they need," he said.
McKenna has received an invitation from the IWW to bring her presentation to San Pedro, California and is in talks with PBS NewsHour about bringing her work to an even larger audience.
"I have a degree in filmmaking, so this project has brought me back to my roots in media and it was high time to return to that, return to media projects," she said. "It's a labor of love for the love of labor."
Laurie Mckenna
The Arizona Commission
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Museums, like many organisations, are embracing the agile world of digital media to build cohesive, visitor focussed experiences that bridge the physical and digital. Drawing on the principles of good user experience design (UX), our goal is to make sure visitors have great experiences and interactions with the V&A wherever they are – whether that's online or in our buildings.
We all talk of creating – in what now feels like something of a cliché – 'seamless experiences', where visitors move fluidly between the physical and the digital. We know it's vital to ensure consistency between these physical and digital touchpoints (in other words, the points of contact between a business and its customers). That consistency is not just visual, it's tonal, functional and gestural.
The idea of a standalone digital strategy is therefore becoming increasingly redundant: it's more relevant now to talk of experience strategy, one that doesn't separate out the digital, but puts the visitor at the heart of the experience, whether that's a digital or a physical experience, or – most likely – a blend of the two.
It was with this thought in mind, that we approached the development of a welcome experience for the new Exhibition Road Quarter, which opened in July 2017 and provided the V&A with a new entrance, courtyard and purpose-built gallery for temporary exhibitions.
An interesting aspect of (indeed, one of the original intentions behind) the V&A's new Quarter, is that it's completely changed our relationship with Exhibition Road, the main artery of Albertopolis. We are better able to entice people into the Museum and, we are now truly connected with our Exhibition Road neighbours the Science Museum and Natural History Museum and, further up, Imperial College London and the Royal Albert Hall.
The new Sackler Courtyard offers a 'decompression zone' – a threshold space between the busy Exhibition Road and the Museum itself. Like plazas, parks and entrance courtyards to other museums, this threshold space allows people to enjoy the beautiful surroundings without having to commit to entering the building. These are important transitionary spaces, helping to ease people into the Museum which – for some – can be intimidating. The Courtyard can simply be a place to hang out, to let small people run around, to enjoy the sunshine or to have a coffee.
The development of the Exhibition Road Quarter has changed how we welcome visitors to the building. It has helped open up the Museum to visitors – regulars and newbies alike – to help them understand the V&A story and to get the most from their visit. This was not by accident but rather by design. By experience design.
Back in late 2013, when I joined the V&A, the building works had begun on the Exhibition Road Quarter. We were thinking about our 'digital welcome', a concept that had been put forward in our funding application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), who contributed significantly towards the development of the new quarter.
So, what was the 'digital welcome' that had been proposed? Our application spoke of ambition to better use digital technologies to help people to find out what was on offer at the V&A and to explore the building and its heritage. Well ahead of opening, the document promised, we would have a 'digital welcome app' that visitors would be using throughout the Museum. And, for the opening, we committed to developing a 'Tour the V&A Building' app and as well as digital signage. But the original proposal to the HLF was written in 2012, and so much had changed since then, both in terms of technology and in visitor behaviour and expectation.
I struggled with the term 'digital welcome' – it conjured up visions of Blek Le Rat's Computer Man. I feared it would entail potentially clunky digital additions to the physical experience. The intention of ensuring digital media is a core part of the welcome experience is, fundamentally, a good one. But to separate out the digital from other elements of the welcome experience risks a fragmented visitor experience that doesn't intuitively blend the digital and the physical.
Instead of focussing on the delivery mechanism – digital or otherwise – we needed to take a step back, and understand what our visitors want and need as they enter the Museum. So, we created a customer experience map – a visualisation of the different journeys our visitors take, with a view to improving their overall experience.
The map shows all the touchpoints that a visitor could encounter as part of their visit. It includes both temporal and spatial elements, moving from the pre-visit interactions with the Museum, and into different parts of the building, ending with their post-visit encounters.
A tech savvy music loving exhibition visitor, 43, at the V&A for the first time to see the You Say You Want a Revolution?
Naturally, visitors will have interactions with different touchpoints according to their individual journeys. As well as mapping their physical journey, we mapped their emotional journey too.
Most obviously, our staff help mesh the experience, and are a vital part of making people feel welcome.
Some digital touchpoints, such as the digital map weren't immediately obvious or apparent to the visitor as they weren't sufficiently advertised in the building.
There wasn't a well-defined purpose for some of the touchpoints, such as the digital screens in the Cromwell Road entrance.
There was an opportunity for additional touchpoints, such as digital donation points.
It was this penultimate point that helped us identify a direction for some of the digital touchpoints that would form part of the welcome for the new Exhibition Road Quarter. Each new touchpoint needed a clear purpose and position within the visitor journey. And, it was vital to understand all these touchpoints – whether digital or physical – as an ecosystem; they needed to work cohesively and as part of a holistic experience. While the focus was on the new entrance, it was also important to ensure consistency for all entrances, and not to forget the Cromwell Road entrance and tunnel entrance (which was also being refurbished).
Like most visitor attractions, the most important element of our welcome experience is our staff and volunteers. To support the opening of the new Quarter, we recruited a raft of new volunteers, aiming to double our volunteer numbers by opening.
Our volunteer team prioritised recruitment from areas of London with a high percentage of BAME populations, and travelled the boroughs, introducing the V&A to volunteer forums and fairs, and inviting people to come and visit the Museum to find out more. It was a big success, and we increased volunteer numbers from 210 in 2012 (when we submitted the HLF application) to 450 in May 2017. Not only were the numbers up, but our volunteers were more diverse, with 26% from a BAME background, and 10% with a disability. By celebrating the diversity in our workforce, we hope to welcome a broader range of people to the Museum.
People are what pulls together both the physical and digital elements of our visitor experience: through their conversations with our visitors, our staff can best identify which of our touchpoints might best help them – a printed map to navigate the building or a guide to 20 of our greatest treasures, the digital map to locate particular objects, or perhaps an audio guide for those interested in our Europe 1600-1815 galleries.
Since some of our digital touchpoints are not so visible to people inside the museum, our staff play an important role in making our digital products more obvious and apparent to the visitor. We are now looking to install additional promotional screens to advertise our digital products (among others), the digital medium being best suited to showing some of the features and value of these products in enhancing the visitor experience.
We'd learnt from our mapping exercise that some of our digital touchpoints – screens mainly – didn't have a clear purpose. For example, our existing screens had a mixture of promotional and informational messages and could end up being overwhelming to the visitor. And so, we've also created a much clearer rationale of what elements are used for what purpose.
AL_A's designs for The Blavatnik Hall included a spectacular bank of eight 56 inch screens, which showed information about events, content from exhibitions, map and navigational information. However, when it came to designing a digital experience for these screens, we wanted to launch with a minimum viable product (MVP) that served the core user need.
Having done some research around current ticket purchasing behaviour, we discovered that 98% of purchases at the Cromwell Road entrance were for today's exhibition tickets (rather than future events). So, for our MVP, we prioritised selling exhibition tickets for today only. Our former design lead Chris Pearson wrote a blog post which tells the design story behind the screens, and how he designed a beautiful, functional and accessible interface for ticket sales.
We had proposed digital signage in our HLF application. Our user research suggested that wall screens should help visitors discover events and activities but should only focus on that day's events. We drew on the work we'd recently done for the new What's On, and, within a matter of days, we developed a lightweight version of What's On that stripped out extraneous information to provide easily scannable event listings using the same events API. Working closely with our Visitor Experience and Marketing teams, we created this web app to power the screens, which refreshes every morning using Scala CMS.
Though the impetus was for the opening of the Exhibition Road Quarter, these screens are now used in the tunnel entrance, and will soon rolled out in our Cromwell Road entrance too.
A key driver in our redesign of the new entrance was to celebrate the heritage of the building. We originally proposed a Tour the V&A app which would help visitors explore the architectural history of the building. Since writing our HLF proposal back in 2012, we (like many others) have learnt that museum apps don't typically have the uptake we'd have once hoped for. Bar a few notable (and well-funded) exceptions – like the SFMOMA app and the Brooklyn Museum Ask app – most have become expensive, hard to maintain experiments. Picture yourself on a tourist trip to a museum. Are you going to fill up your phone with a new app that you'll use once, and reducing the battery life you might prefer to save for tourist snaps later on?
However, knowing that the uptake of mobile within the V&A is still relatively low, we also created a paper guide to the V&A Story as told through its buildings, alongside a family paper trail, as part of the interpretation that supported the opening of the Exhibition Road Quarter. This meant the narrative could be accessed by a wider range of audiences in ways tailored more distinctly for them.
Given that we consider all our touchpoints as part of an ecosystem, it's vital that each draws from the same design language, and helps communicate a consistent brand experience. We worked hard to ensure that all the digital and physical components work together cohesively – from the Wi-Fi welcome page to the wall screens, and from the V&A Story trail to the volunteers.
In digital terms, we used the design language established in our 2016 website refresh, further developed for What's On, to develop the wall screens and ticketing kiosks. We use generous, compelling imagery, with bold use of the iconic V&A logo and clear labelling and calls to action. We drew on our design library, Fractal, (a little like a Lego kit of digital components), which ensures we use the same code for each feature, making for a more efficient design and development process, and consistency for the user.
Our work on the Exhibition Road entrance helped us consider consistency not just at product level, but across all our entrances, to ensure that there is a consistent welcome at each.
Security of our visitors, staff and collections, is critical, however. And there are new forms of security that are less obtrusive, yet just as effective (if not more so). For the opening of the Exhibition Road Quarter, we rolled out a more dynamic approach to intelligence-led security. Our new behaviour detection officers aim to make visitors feel welcome, and to provide a secure environment. They use an intelligence-led approach so that they're looking for unusual behaviour in the space, rather than unusual people. It's an approach that has proven successful in Amsterdam where is used by the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum – it has reduced petty crime across Museum Plaza by 70%.
In mapping out user flows across the physical space we begin to put ourselves in the shoes of our visitors, to understand better which touchpoints can help them at different points in their journey. Staff are the most important touchpoints for our visitors, and that's why it's important they are the first people our visitors encounter, rather than being greeted by security staff or screens.
Digital touchpoints are an important part of our welcome ecosystem. But there is room for more. As part of our mapping exercise it became clear that there was potential for digital donation points, and these have been recently introduced to the building. It's been an interesting process and we hope to share the results of our digital donation pilot soon.
In future, we'll be exploring how best to show branded video content, and content about our collections to help people understand what's on offer. We're about to embark on a new wayfinding project which will see us develop a new version of the award winning V&A digital map, and explore the potential of information kiosks at some of the physical pinch points where we know our visitors could do with some assistance.
Designing a good welcome experience not only helps our visitors, but also helps us achieve some of our business goals (around selling tickets and upselling membership, for example). This project reminded us that the best results come from working in cross-functional teams, (in our case across Visitor Experience, Digital Media, Marketing, Design, CRM and IT) and that using data and user insights to inform the development of our welcome is vital. We've learnt that building a brand experience culture takes time.
Now, more than ever, we need to understand and grow value for the business – to get more people in, give them a better experience when they're here and leave them wanting to return. We need to understand when and where in the visitor journey we should be presenting different calls to action: when should we be asking for donations? When best to capture customer data? When to encourage visitors to become members? These questions are ones we tackle every day working in the digital space. And these questions apply as much to digital as they do to the physical – we must actively work to bring the two together.
The development of the new Exhibition Road Quarter has prompted us to rethink how we welcome people to our buildings, and we've learnt a huge amount on the way. And now we turn our thoughts to designing our farewell moments, to make them as compelling as our welcome.
I oversee all digital goings on at the V&A.
Writing as a regular Tuesday afternoon volunteer at the V&A, I never saw anyone use the digital donation point that was stationed for weeks in the Blavatnik Hall, a few feet to the right after entering from the Sackler Courtyard. Maybe I was just unlucky! But I suspect the digital donation points would be used more if they were placed right alongside traditional cash donation boxes. That way visitors could not be in any doubt about what the digital donation points are for.
I just what to say great job, i can see that you guys work for the visitors, not like other places that i went to, i entered to see an exhibition, and left with no idea what i saw, there was no information no guidance… nothing. After reading this article just makes me want to visit you guys. Keep up the great job.


Strawberry Shortcake and Custard her cat are based on the American Greetings' card series created by illustrator Muriel Fahrion and made their debut in 1977. She went on to successfully design 32 more characters in the series. Later Cindy Moyer Patton and Janet Jones took over for Fahrion. Originally the Strawberry Shortcake doll line had scented hair to match their theme and General Mills became the first to license the character.
It's heyday came in the 1980s with a series of television specials, dolls by Kenner, even an Atari 2600 video game called Strawberry Shortcake Musical Match-Ups. Then again in 1991, THQ (Toy Headquarters), a video game publisher, revived the line briefly. It wasn't until 2002 when Strawberry's "look" was overhauled by aging her and her friends into preteens and changing their look. We enjoyed their popularity once again with new DVD releases, movies, video games, and a brand new line of dolls in 2006. These new dolls are now part of a line called "A World of Friends". The animated children's TV specials were a hand drawn 2D creation by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and Toei Doga, later by Perpetual Motion Pictures, produced by Robert L. Rosen & Romeo Muller and debuted in 1980. Starting in 1983, Canadian animation giant Nelvana produced one TV special a year for three more years.
The original voice for Strawberry Shortcake in the 1980s was Russi Taylor, a very famous voice actress, who has voiced Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck and Webbigail Vanderquack in the DuckTales animated series. Her most famous job has been voicing Minnie Mouse since 1986. Bob Ridgely voiced the Peculiar Purple Pieman while Romeo Muller, the writer/producer for the show, voiced Mr Sun the narrator. Music for the specials was composed by John Sebastian of Care Bears fame.
Trivia: American Greetings is also known as Those Characters from Cleveland. The first product was a rag doll designed and created by Fahrion and her sister Susan Trentel. Feel free to look around a bit.


Blue Light And Sleep: Are Smartphones Giving You Insomnia?
Since getting an iPad Pro, I've noticed that I'm reading a lot before bedtime on it. I also have a Kindle paper white, which supposedly doesn't produce light in the High-energy visible light band.
So I've been wondering if my sleep is being affected. Because it seems like I'm waking up a lot more during the night, whereas I used to sleep straight through.
Time to do a little digging.
Scientists have known for years that certain wavelengths of light in certain doses can heal, but it seems they are finding that it can also harm.
High-energy visible light is high-frequency, high-energy light in the blue band from 400 to 500 nm in the visible spectrum. HEV blue light has been implicated as a cause of age-related macular degeneration, weight gain, and sleep loss.
All light is made up of electromagnetic particles traveling in waves. Blue light has a wavelength of between around 380nm and 500nm. This makes blue light one of the shortest, highest-energy wavelengths.
The majority of modern electronic devices use Light Emitting Diode (LED) back-light technology to help heighten screen clarity and brightness. These LEDs emit very strong blue light waves.
Cell phones, computers, tablets and flat-screen televisions are just among a few of the devices that use this technology. And they are becoming more and more a part of our lives.
According to a 2011 poll by the National Sleep Foundation, 90 percent of Americans use some kind of electronic device within the hour before bed.
A 2014 poll by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 74% of teens aged 12-17 access the internet on cell phones, tablets, and other mobile devices at least occasionally.
Children and teenagers (ages 8-18) spend more than 7 hours a day consuming electronic media, according to a study by the Kaiser family Foundation. Prior to age 10, children's eyes are not fully developed.
The lens and cornea are still mostly transparent and thus overexposed to light, so over exposure to blue light is made worse for these children.
You are probably already, or soon will be, part of those statistics. One of the millions of people who keep their smartphone or tablet by your bedside.
Maybe you like to read some news or watch a few videos before falling asleep. You've probably even woken up in the middle of the night to check your text messages or Facebook.
Because blue light is especially pronounced in daylight, our bodies link it with daytime. That may be why exposure to blue light can make us more alert and improve our response times, as anyone who has used a light therapy lamp to fight Seasonal Affective Disorder knows.
Blue light also has been shown to suppress melatonin.
Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland at night and under conditions of darkness in both diurnal and nocturnal species. It is a timing messenger, signaling information needed for circadian rhythms throughout the body.
Over the last decade, neuroscientists have discovered unique light-sensitive cells in the eye that detect light. These cells are separate from those we use for vision and contain a photopigment called melanopsin that is particularly sensitive to blue light.
Xue Ming, professor of neuroscience and neurology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, in a study on the effects of texting on sleep, found that students who turned off their devices or who messaged for less than 30 minutes after lights out performed significantly better in school than those who messaged for more than 30 minutes after lights out.
The effects of blue light emitted from smartphones and tablets are intensified when viewed in a dark room, Ming says.
A Mayo Clinic study suggests dimming the smartphone or tablet brightness settings and holding the device at least 14 inches from your face while using it will reduce its potential to interfere with melatonin and impede sleep.
And until manufacturers develop more "circadian-friendly" electronic devices that increase or decrease light exposure based on time of day, Mariana Figueiro, associate professor at Rensselaer and director of the LRC's Light and Health Program, recommends dimming these devices at night as much as possible in order to minimize melatonin suppression, and limiting the amount of time spent using these devices prior to bedtime.
There is also an app called f.lux available for computers and mobile devices that adjusts a display's color temperature according to location and time of day. The program was designed to reduce eye strain during night-time use and disruption of sleep patterns.
Symptoms of digital eyestrain, also known as computer vision syndrome, include headaches, blurred vision, neck pain, redness in the eyes, fatigue, eye strain, dry eyes, irritated eyes, double vision, vertigo/dizziness, polyopia, and difficulty refocusing the eyes.
Digital eyestrain has even surpassed carpal-tunnel syndrome as the number one computer-related complaint.
If you spend a lot of time at the computer or focusing on any one thing, you sometimes forget to blink and your eyes can get fatigued.
One of the common recommendations for fighting digital eye strain is to use the the "20 20 20 rule": every 20 mins, focus the eyes on an object 20 feet away for 20 seconds. This can help reduce eyestrain.
Some ophthalmologists and researchers also recommend eyes glasses with blue blocking filter coating to help mitigate the adverse effects.
I will be following the above suggestions from now on, to see if they are effective.
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Reddy, Chandrasekhara; Low (2013). Computer vision syndrome: a study of knowledge and practices in university students. Neoalese Journal of Ophthalmology 5 (2).
Kids Still Getting Too Much 'Screen Time': CDC.
Teens and Technology 2013. Pew Research Center.


Daan Weggemans is a researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. He is conducting research regarding the de-radicalization and reintegration processes of violent extremists and new terrorism strategies and technologies.
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In today's fast-paced world of social media, here's one new rule: Avoid any show of force that could be perceived as grossly disproportionate. People view the world's big guys as being in a better position than its little guys, and that places the onus on you to behave reasonably and justly, even when defending yourself.
If you call them, will they come?
Robert Bruner, dean of the University of Virginia's business school, offers these answers on what it takes for leaders to draw followers: moral authority, a credible plan—and the loudest megaphone.


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Kate Wallis, MD, MPH
Developmental Pediatrician
Kate Wallis, MD, MPH, is an attending physician in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)'s Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, an Instructor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, and an active member of the CAR research team.
Dr. Wallis has long been interested in understanding what is driving disparities in the identification and age of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder among children from minority backgrounds. Her recent work has explored referrals made after young children screen positive for autism spectrum disorder during primary care pediatric well-child visits. She aims to continue to focus on improving the equity of identification of young children with developmental disorders and autism spectrum disorder, to help children from diverse backgrounds access earlier intervention.
Dr. Wallis earned her undergraduate degree in Health and Societies with a minor in Hispanic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She attended medical school at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, where she also earned a Master in Public Health degree. She completed pediatrics residency at NYU School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital, followed by fellowship in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at CHOP. Dr. Wallis is the recipient of a Bright Futures Young Investigator Award from the Academic Pediatric Association.


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Safety Zone is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released on October 27, 1975, by United Artists Records. The album debuted at number 147 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Bobby Womack; except where indicated

Personnel
Bobby Womack - guitar, vocals
Scott Mathews - drums
Wah Wah Watson - guitar, associate producer
Louis Johnson, Willie Weeks - bass
Sonny Burke - piano, synthesizer
Herbie Hancock - piano on "I Feel a Groove Comin' On"
James Gadson - drums
Bill Summers - percussion
Greg Wright, Ivory Stone, Julia Tillman Waters, Lorna Willard, Pointer Sisters, The Valentinos - backing vocals

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1975 albums
Bobby Womack albums
Albums produced by Dave Rubinson
United Artists Records albums