The biggest part of the animations created by the studio team was intended for games and apps, creating loop sequences, adjusting the animations to the programming specifications. Despite that the animation artists also have the skills to create 2D animations as well as long animation sequences for movies. Every animation is unique and requires close study of the real movements that could later on be transferred to a character which sometimes has no anatomical equivalent in the real world.
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Takiyah Thompson and Martha Grevatt of the Workers World Party. BTL Photo: Jem Zero
Relaxation and Activism at Trans Pride in the Park
By Jem Zero|2018-08-14T08:44:20-04:00August 14th, 2018|Michigan, News|
Ferndale's Geary Park was packed with members of Metro Detroit's transgender community on Saturday, August 11. Six hours of intense sun, vendors, and food welcomed trans folks and allies at the annual Trans Pride in the Park picnic event. Guests were invited to bring dishes to share in addition to the free hotdogs provided by the organizers.
Susan Crocker, operations director for Transgender Michigan, said that she and her partner Rachel Crandall-Crocker, executive director and co-founder, have been hosting this event for 18 years. "It gets bigger every year. This is the largest event of its kind in the area," Crocker told Between the Lines. "When it started out it was just a picnic, and it was a part of Michigan Pride. Then we moved it here. Now we have all these vendors and sponsors, so it's becoming a real Pride now."
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For some participants, the event was the only place where they could come out and be themselves. Many attendees, however, were regulars in the Metro Detroit LGBTQ+ scene who fit their schedules around all the local events, including June's multiple Pride celebrations and the Black queer community's Hotter than July.
Booths dotted the open spaces between trees, featuring vendors, sponsors, and activist groups. Planned Parenthood and HRC were familiar staples, along with an art therapy booth, Trans Stellar Film Festival, and Rosemary A. Jozwiak, PC & Associates. Representing Jozwiak & Associates, a holistic psychotherapy clinic, was John McDowell, who was attending the event for the first time.
John McDowell attends Trans Pride in the Park on Saturday, August 11. BTL Photo: Jem Zero
Of the experience, McDowell said, "I feel good knowing I can come to an event and feel safe and see others feeling safe and supported – knowing that we can do this together and not alone."
Further away from the gazebo filled with mingling and snacking picnickers sat a smaller table draped with bright political signs. The Workers World Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party that was founded in 1959. Workers World activists passionately celebrate the LGBTQ+ members making up a rich amount of their history, including Leslie Feinberg, who was the transgender butch lesbian author of Stone Butch Blues.
Among the two people representing the booth was Takiyah Thompson, an activist from North Carolina who was arrested after participating in tearing down a Confederate statue during a protest in Durham. She had traveled North to support WWP at this event. "Worker's World Party has always been known as 'the gay one,'" she said. "It's the party of lesbian women […] and transgender people in the now." She explained that she sought to raise awareness of how capitalist oppression and LGBTQ+ oppression are entwined.
Kids ran around the nearby play set and dogs lounged in the shade. As with all of Metro Detroit's LGBTQ+ events, Affirmations had a booth front-and-center with information about how to get further involved and where supportive resources could be found for those in need. Other stations around the park featured similar literature, particularly informational pamphlets about transgender topics, from the basics (What is transgender?) to the more nuanced (Help for Significant Others).
While standing at the Transcend the Binary booth sorting through pins sporting pronouns and Pokémon-themed pride flags, Tobi, a genderfluid androgynous person, told Between the Lines, "Pride events [allow] you to be who you are, find people who you can connect with, and find resources to help support."
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The Netherlands Celebrates Prince's Day (Prinsjesdag)
By C. Alihusain On September 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Every year, on the third Tuesday in September, The Netherlands celebrates Prince's Day (Prinsjesdag). This day signals the start of the Dutch parliamentary year. Queen Beatrix, Head of State, delivers the "Speech from the Throne" ( De Troonrede) before a joint meeting of both chambers of parliament, members of the cabinet, the Council of State and other invited guests. The Speech sets out the main features of government policy for the coming parliamentary session.
The occasion of Prince's Day is written in article 65 of the Dutch Constitution which states:
'A statement of the policy to be pursued by the Government shall be given by or on behalf of the King before a joint session of the two Houses of the States-General that shall be held every year on the third Tuesday in September or on such earlier date as may be prescribed by Act of Parliament.'
This afternoon, some of our colleagues watched and took pictures of the procession as the Queen rode a golden horse-drawn carriage from the Noordeinde Palace to the Hall of Knights ( De Ridderzaal) in the Binnenhof, the seat of the Dutch parliament in The Hague.
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L'Hydrographie ou Descriprion de L'Eau c'est a...
Nicolas Sanson
L'Hydrographie ou Descriprion de L'Eau c'est a dire des Mers, Golfes, Lacs, Destroits, et Rivieres principales, qui font dans la Surface du Globe Terrestre
Paris / 1652
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One of the earliest of Sanson's world maps and one of the earliest obtainable maps to show the five Great Lakes. The map is based upon Sanson's 1651 map of the world (Shirley 390), but with more prominence given to marine and river features. California is shown as an island.
In this map Sanson has renamed Nouvelle Albion in the northwest part of North America as Terra de Iesso and the Detriot d'Anian has been moved to just north of California. Australia is only partially shown, still marked Beach (after Marco Polo), and there is a faint outline of the southern continent labeled Terre Australe Magellanique & Incogneue. The curious massive land mass which nearly connected Asia and the northwest coast of America is also shown in a faint outline, which is very different than illustrated in Shirley 390. There is no known explanation for this landmass, which extends to Niphon and would nearly double the size of the usual landmass shown in this area on Sanson's other world maps.
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Shirley 394; Wagner 367.
Nicolas Sanson Biography
Nicholas Sanson (1600-1667) is considered the father of French cartography in its golden age from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-eighteenth. Over the course of his career he produced over 300 maps; they are known for their clean style and extensive research. Sanson was largely responsible for beginning the shift of cartographic production and excellence from Amsterdam to Paris in the later-seventeenth century.
Sanson was born in Abbeville in Picardy. He made his first map at age twenty, a wall map of ancient Gaul. Upon moving to Paris, he gained the attention of Cardinal Richelieu, who made an introduction of Sanson to King Louis XIII. This led to Sanson's tutoring of the king and the granting of the title ingenieur-geographe du roi.
His success can be chalked up to his geographic and research skills, but also to his partnership with Pierre Mariette. Early in his career, Sanson worked primarily with the publisher Melchior Tavernier. Mariette purchased Tavernier's business in 1644. Sanson worked with Mariette until 1657, when the latter died. Mariette's son, also Pierre, helped to publish the Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (1658), Sanson' atlas and the first French world atlas.
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La Carte Generale du Monde. dressée sur les Relations les plus recentes. Par P: Du Val
Unrecorded By Shirley.
World Map of the Major Tropical Diseases
Tropical Disease Pictorial Map.
Orbis Terrarum Typus De Integro In Plurimis Emendatus Auctus et Icunculis Illustratus . . .
Visscher's Bible World Map, with an Unprecedented Portrayal of Australia
Planisphere Terrestre Suivant les nouvelle Observations des Astronomes Dressee et presente Roy Tres Chretien par Mr. Cassini le Fils . . .
Fine example of Vander Aa's map of the World, utilizing Casini's important north polar projection.
Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta. 1522. L.F.
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9:00 TV-am: Roland Rat would start my day. Yeeeaaahhh!
9:30 BBC: An old black and white serial – I'm thinking of something like the old Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers serials, or the equally cool King of the Rocketmen! If it was Champion the Wonder Horse though I would perhaps watch whatever ITV might have on instead though.
10:00 ITV: Normally a cartoon show of some sort, maybe the Smurfs or Wacky Races or something of that ilk.
10:30 BBC: Back to the Beeb for Why Don't You. A great little show with kids as the presenters. Something for everyone – jokes, recipes, things to make and those reports on other kids hobbies.
11:00 BBC or ITV: Really depended what was on. Normally this would be around the time that the BBC would air one of those long running live action serials. The classic example here would be Heidi, but there was also Silas and Robinson Crusoe. If I didn't fancy that then ITV might have something good on, but if ITV failed to intrigue then the TV would probably go off now.
11:30 Sorry, couldn't tell you. The TV had usually gone off in the previous half hour so I really can't remember what sort of shows would have been on here. There might have been a cartoon but I have a feeling things started to revert back to normal lunchtime/early afternoon TV fodder.
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The old Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers serials were superb.
I can remember ITV rerunning Battlestar Galactica and Streethawk in the holidays in the mid 80s.
I did spot the Pink Panther cartoon in the holiday schedules the other month…. A quick peak at BBC2's schedule for this week reveals they're running cbeebies shows as they usually do during the day and not switching to a schedule for older children.
Ah, the old sparkler for a rocket thruster effect used on the Flash Gordon serials. Brilliant.
I don't think the schedules change that much on BBC and ITV any more, not since they added dedicated CBBC/CBeebies and CITV channels.
BBC2 has done in recent years: during term time they run CBeebies programs but in the holidays it's been CBBC.
Huckleberry Finn and the Littlest Hobo are the two that come to my mind, but I suspect that's because I can still sing the theme tunes for both word for word!
Oh yeah, I had forgotten about The Littlest Hobo being a holiday TV regularly. I'd also forgotten about the Hucklebury Finn series completely until reading that. That's going on the list of things to write about – thanks GingerDoll!
Does anyone remember the name of the program about a group of kids that used to hang around a youth club and get into trouble quite a bit? It was almost like summer holidays grange hill.
Benji the dog was one of my memories. There was a series where he had an alien robot friend that floated around with him. Canada seemed to be pretty good for producing bad kids tv programs for the summer holiday but you ended up watching anyway.
Oh god, memories. The Red Hand Gang regularly annoyed me, as did The Flashing Blade. Bank holidays always gave us Disney Time, a selection of their best cartoons and a boring documentary style film. My all time favourites were Baba Papa and Goober and the ghost chasers. I'm 41 now but feel 11 again.
does anybody remember a T.V show that would have been on ITV during the summer holidays that had a Spanish/South American character that would travel round the world and back in time giving history and geography lessons. Can't remember the name of it but it is driving me nuts!
here are some I can remember.
There was a westworld one where lifelike robots had infiltrated positions of power throughout the world. it was around 11.00 am 1981-1982 central/anglia region.
whattoo whattoo(spelling?) japanese animated bird cartoon. stingray, earlier stuff I remember, belle and sebastian (real life not cartoon) big white dog in mountains. some animated puppet show with a rabbit called oscar and a dragon called gnashers, this was 70s im afraid though.
help! im trying to find out what was the name of a summer holiday series on itv or the beeb that was a moto cross trials competition!
I would imagine you are referring to Kick Start. I was never all that interested in motor bikes but I LOVED Kick Start.
Can anyone help me remember a program i'm pretty sure used to be on itv in the school hols, that I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to find out for ages. it was a record breakers style program (AFAIR) and the show logo was done in a neon graffitti style writing on the wall besides the presenters. i think there was a guy presenter, or a girl, and I think they were Australian? I can't remember whether it was a show itself, or just introducing the programs. I can remember 'Ox Tales', and The Littlest Hobo' being on in the daily schedule.
Hmm, not really ringing any bells I'm afraid, though how could anyone forget Littlest Hobo. Ox Tales sounds oddly familiar but I don't really remember it.
The only show I can think of that *might* be a fit was called 3-2-1 Contact (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-2-1_Contact) which was an American series exploring sciencey subjects. It definitely formed part of the ITV school holiday line ups at one point, though I don't remember Littlest Hobo ever being on ITV (might well be wrong about that though).
Sorry, no idea. Doesn't sound much like a children's programme though!


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News Roundup: Texas House And Senate Propose Different Ways To Spend $9 Billion On Education
Our daily look at Texas headlines.
By Becky FogelMarch 29, 2019 12:52 pmTexas News Roundup
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The Texas Senate chamber.
The Standard's news roundup gives you a quick hit of interesting, sometimes irreverent, and breaking news stories from all over the state.
The Texas Senate is following in the footsteps of the Texas House with its latest proposal for public education funding, to the tune of $9 billion.
State Sen. Larry Taylor, a Friendswood Republican, gave an overview of how that money would be spent during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday.
"So far, this buys in $4 billion for teacher pay. This bill has $2.3 billion for school finance. … It also has $2.7 billion in property tax relief for a total of about $9 billion this group is putting forward for public education in Texas," Taylor said.
Even though both chambers are now proposing the same sum, the way each wants to spend that money is different. While the House wants to spend $2.7 billion on lowering property taxes, it wants the rest of the money to go toward boosting overall spending within public schools, such as funding full day pre-K.
Taylor noted he does expect the figures to change as the budget works its way through the legislative process.
"I know that at the end of the day, we're going to take very large steps to improve our educational outcomes for our students," Taylor said.
The Texas House is scheduled to debate its school finance plan next week.
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform is investigating Texas' attempt to remove alleged non-citizens from the state's voter rolls. Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings sent letters to state officials Thursday. KUT's Ashley Lopez has more:
In his letter to Texas Secretary of State David Whitley, Cummings said his committee is "disturbed" by the state's attempt to remove people from the state's voter rolls. This past January, state officials announced they compiled a list of more than 90,000 people they believed might not be citizens. In that announcement, Whitley asked local election officials to verify or cancel voter registrations linked to those names. However, local officials, and eventually state officials, announced there were thousands of errors in that list. Mostly, the list contained thousands of names of people who were recently naturalized and eligible to vote. In the letter, Cummings asked Whitley to turn over documents related to this voter removal effort by April 11th. The committee also announced yesterday that they are also investigating "voter irregularities" in Kansas. A federal court ordered Texas officials last month to temporarily halt the voter removal effort as legal challenges work their way through the courts.
Former Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke is officially kicking off his 2020 presidential campaign with three events in Texas Saturday. The first rally will be held in his hometown of El Paso, followed by similar events in Houston and Austin.
O'Rourke and his wife Amy said in a video posted on Twitter this week that there will also be a thousand watch parties across the country Saturday.
"Go to one, meet the incredible people there and have an amazing time kicking off this grassroots campaign," Amy O'Rourke said.
We have more than 1,000 organizing parties happening across the country on Saturday with events in every single state and territory. Find one near you and join our grassroots campaign at https://t.co/jy3Rt103FT pic.twitter.com/4HwhL0AbyU
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N. Minor hit by pitch.
J. Lantigua singled, RBI; B. Hernandez advanced to second; R. Mercado scored.
J. Paulino doubled, RBI; J. Lantigua advanced to third; B. Hernandez scored.
M. Lorenzo reached first on an error by 1b, advanced to second, RBI; J. Paulino advanced to third; J. Lantigua scored, unearned.
J. Santos advanced to second on a balk.
K. Foster to p for K. Collett.
K. Perez walked; B. Burtner advanced to second.
S. Schuerman doubled, RBI; K. Perez advanced to third; B. Burtner scored.
A. Rodriguez doubled, 2 RBI; S. Schuerman scored; K. Perez scored.
E. Estrella to p for A. Encarnaci.
N. Minor singled, RBI; A. Rodriguez scored.
D. Lang reached first on an error by ss, RBI; N. Minor scored, unearned.
R. Rutledge singled; D. Lang advanced to second.
C. Wright pinch hit for D. Perez.
S. Anthony singled; N. Smith advanced to third.
R. Mercado doubled, 2 RBI; S. Anthony scored; N. Smith scored.
J. Lantigua singled, RBI; R. Mercado scored.
T. Long to 1b for S. Schuerman.
M. Emond to p for E. Estrella.
C. Wright advanced to second on a wild pitch.
B. Toikka to p for M. Emond.
R. Mercado walked; S. Anthony advanced to second.
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When Should You Consider A One-Year MBA?
The one-year MBA format has become increasingly popular globally and even in the United States. But who is a one-year MBA for?
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Wed Jan 9 2019
Karthika Nair's experiences on Cornell's One-Year MBA extended outside the classroom
Karthika Nair's son, Shiv, was just six months old when she joined the One-Year MBA program at Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. She left her consulting job at Deloitte and moved her family a four-hour drive north of Philadelphia to live for a year in Ithaca, New York.
Karthika chose an MBA degree to complement her background in life sciences—she'd previously earned a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell—and to advance her career in management consulting.
For Karthika, the one-year MBA format was the ideal option. "I had a very clear idea of where I wanted to end up," she explains. "I didn't want to pivot my career; I just wanted to augment my skills and get the full business school experience."
While one-year MBAs have become convention in Europe and Asia, two-year MBA programs have historically dominated the MBA market in the United States—Cornell is the only Ivy League school to offer a one-year MBA.
But today, more working professionals want an affordable, top-ranked MBA experience without having to take too much time out of the workplace. Globally, 40% of one-year MBA programs recorded growth in 2018 compared with 32% of two-year MBAs, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council's 2018 Application Trends Survey Report.
Outside the US, one-year MBAs are targeted at a range of profiles. Inside the US, Karthika says one and two-year MBAs are for different people at different stages of their careers. Most people in her class, she says, had a clear idea of where they wanted to be after graduation.
Students in the One-Year MBA and Two-Year MBA programs at Cornell share a similar average age and years of work experience. But the One-Year MBA is targeted at career enhancers rather than career switchers, and all One-Year MBA students have some form of advanced degree.
The One-Year MBA program format does not include the summer internship, taken between two-year MBA students' first and second years and often critical for those in search of a career switch. In some industries in the US—investment banking on Wall Street for example—companies recruit almost exclusively from their internship programs.
Vishal Gaur, associate dean for MBA programs at Cornell (pictured below), says he sees two types of students in the One-Year MBA: those with a significant understanding of their chosen career path and dual degree students majoring in medicine or law and adding an MBA qualification to their degree with just one extra year.
This diversity of backgrounds, Vishal says, is complemented by the international and gender diversity of the program. Out of the 69 students in the One-Year MBA class of 2019, 46% are women and 59% are international.
The One-Year MBA in Ithaca is a generalized management degree; different from the Johnson Cornell Tech MBA, which is specifically focused on the technology industry. From 2018 however—alongside collaboration opportunities with the wider university across areas like entrepreneurship, healthcare, and hospitality—One-Year MBA students can choose to spend seven weeks of their final semester at Cornell Tech for intensive courses in fintech or digital marketing alongside Cornell Tech MBA students.
Fitting two years of MBA into one
Cornell's One-Year MBA costs around $102,000 in tuition; its Two-Year MBA costs just over $132,000. The shorter format and lower cost is not to say that One-Year MBA students miss out on the same kind of experiences offered to Two-Year MBAs.
Karthika chose to spend a semester at the Cornell Tech campus which brought her in front of tech giants like Amazon and Google. Prior to that, through the Management Practicum, she got a real-life, internship-like experience working on a semester-long project for a healthcare company. She went on career treks to Colombia and South Africa, working on consulting projects for manufacturers and retail firms. She also took salsa dance classes in Ithaca every Wednesday night.
"It's not just about taking MBA classes; I have friends who took wine classes, food and nutrition," Karthika smiles. "With the One-Year MBA, your time is crunched. You have 12 months to study, be part of the community, and recruit at the same time. Having a plan is really important," she continues.
"Juggling an MBA and a family was difficult but I had a lot of support from the community at Cornell."
Since completing her MBA in 2018, Karthika has switched departments and secured a new job at Deloitte—which offered to sponsor her MBA if she returned post-graduation. Now, she manages portfolio strategy in a group focused on life sciences products.
"It's almost like a little startup on its own," Karthika explains. "The main reason they hired me for this role was because I did my MBA. Now, in addition to my industry knowledge, they thought I'd be able to run operations and take this project to the next level."
Although most of her colleagues advanced their careers within the same industry, Karthika says that there were people who change their career paths in the One-Year MBA, and many of her international classmates landed new jobs in the US. According to the latest available figures from Cornell's one-year MBA class of 2017, 81% of students got job offers within three months of graduation with an average base salary of over $122,000.
"For a one-year MBA, whether you're 22 or 30, it doesn't matter," says Karthika. "It's about knowing where you want to go. In terms of content and outcomes, it's a full-time MBA and you get exactly the same benefits as you would on a two-year program."
Cornell University: Johnson One-Year MBA
Ithaca, NY - United States
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Devils Burn Flames with Shootout Win
Devils 2 Calgary 1 — shootout
It took 22 games, but the New Jersey Devils finally won consecutive games on Wednesday night and they may be on the right path to correcting their wretched start. It took a shootout, but a win is a win is a win — as the Devils topped the Calgary Flames 2-1 at Prudential Center behind the stellar goaltending of Johan Hedberg, who finished with 26 saves. Ilya Kovalchuk, whose last appearance in a shootout was forgettable (the puck slid off his stick before he could get a shot off on November 10) scored the only goal of the tiebreaker as New Jersey's first shooter and Hedberg denied all three Calgary shooters. "Moose deserved to be the first star tonight; he's the guy who's really helping us win right now, he's playing unbelievable," said Kovalchuk afterwards. "The way he played gives us so much confidence."
David Clarkson opened the scoring 13:06 into the opening period when Mattias Tedenby's wrist shot from the slot deflected off of his skate and past Flames' rookie goalie Henrik Karlsson. "I was just standing in front of the net and Teddy (Tedenby) shot it; I was just standing there and it went off my shin pad," Clarkson explained. "I think the refs thought I kicked it, that's why they reviewed it, but it just nicked off my shin pad and went in." On the scoring play New Jersey had kept the puck in the offensive zone after a power play expired, and Matt Corrente's blue line shot found its way to the back of the net after it was blocked; Tedenby found the loose disc and immediately shot it — hitting Clarkson at the right time. "I guess I was just in the right place at the right time," he said.
The Devils carried the 1-0 lead into the third period and Hedberg had stopped all 18 of Calgary's shots to that point. But the Flames scored as their power play ended when Rene Bourque deflected Matt Giordano's point shot into the back of the net 1:18 into the frame for his tenth goal of the season. "Even when you look at the one goal he gave up, I'm pretty sure it was a tip-in right? So, when somebody tips it, probably six feet in front of you, he can't do anything about it," said Devils' winger Dainius Zubrus. "To me he was real good — again nothing really went by him; it's huge."
Hedberg and Karlsson continued to stop everything they saw as the game moved to a five-minute overtime, and the Flames rookie goalie saved his biggest stops for a Devils' 4-on-3 two-minute advantage. New Jersey mustered five shots on their power play, two more than they managed in the twenty minute third period, but Karlsson stopped them all until he met Kovalchuk in the shootout. "It's all about the two points. Both teams were desperate; those games are usually down to the end. I wish it wasn't going to be shootout," said Kovalchuk, "we should've won in overtime, but listen what are you going to do? One team has to win."
Hedberg meanwhile, denied Niklas Hagman, Alex Tanguay and Brendan Morrison in succession during the shootout — sending his teammates' home happy and ready to enjoy their Thanksgiving dinners. "I don't know how much turkey we're going to have," said Zubrus, "but yeah it will taste better because we won for sure."
Game Notes: New Jersey has now won three in a row at home after dropping their first seven home contests. Tedenby now has points in three straight games and six (3g-3a) in seven games since he made his NHL debut. Calgary defenseman Jay Bouwmeester played in his 445th consecutive game, which leads all active players. Devils defenseman Henrik Tallinder led all skaters in ice-time, logging 27:12 and Giordano led the Flames with 23:33. Bourque led all players with five shots on goal, while Patrik Elias led the Devils with four. New Jersey (7-13-2) is off until Friday afternoon when they play at the New York Islanders (4-12-5) and Calgary (8-11-2) also plays Friday afternoon when they visit Philadelphia (16-6-2)
#2 – Ilya Kovalchuk (NJ) – g/w shootout goal
#3 – Henrik Karlsson (Cgy) – 20 saves, shootout loss (1)
Categories: Diablo's Doctrine . Tags: Alex Tanguay, Brendan Morrison, Calgary Flames, Dainius Zubrus, David Clarkson, Henrik Karlsson, Henrik Tallinder, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jay Bouwmeester, Johan Hedberg, Matt Giordano, Matthew Corrente, Mattias Tedenby, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, NHL, Niklas Hagman, Patrik Elias, Philadelphia, Prudential Center, Rene Bourque . Author: Dan Rice . Comments: Leave a comment
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Hey Style Lovers, happy Monday! Despite the crazy weather in most parts of the country, I hope you had an amazing weekend. Even Atlanta got snow this weekend. The snow is all gone now, however I still saw it necessary to create a stylish winter look to start the week. I am kind of obsessed with Snowman New York down jackets right now. Their jackets are stylish and warm and complete my classic-chic winter outfit of the day. Get inspired by today's post and use the shopping links to recreate the look.


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80. Love letter to Sofia
Sveta Nedelya Church, Sofia
Moving to a Bulgarian village is like moving to the 1950s. In our village, they could easily film one of those TV programmes where people live like Victorian farmers or Tudor doctors or something: everyone knows everyone, chickens roam the streets, no one throws anything away ever, and plenty of people still have a donkey and cart. It's like living in a Hovis advert. Except for the fact that the bread actually gets delivered in a white transit van with the words 'Let the good times roll' written on the side. Otherwise, it's exactly like a Hovis advert.
And that's great. It's what we wanted. But I'm a Pompey girl and, every now and then, I miss city life.
Unfortunately, our nearest towns don't deliver much in the way of city buzz. If our village is like the 1950s, nipping into town is like visiting the 1980s. It's all big hair, bumbags and matching tracksuits. And that's just the men. There's also an unfortunate amount of concrete. Our nearest town is a friendly and useful place, but our trips there tend to be more functional than fun.
So thank God for Sofia, Bulgaria's capital and a mere hour down the motorway.
I love Sofia, and not just because it's the only place near us that is located in 2015. Sofia probably rates in my top three favourite cities of all time, behind Istanbul and New York. I've been to some wonderful cities; many are prettier or more exciting than Sofia, but there's something strangely loveable about Sofia. Maybe it's the strong sense of culture. It's like a cross between Berlin and Havana – arty and gritty, historic and crumbly, quite poor but very charming. Sure, there are tons of weirdos. (In fact, I've never seen so many weirdos in one place – and I spent three years commuting on the Northern Line.) And the broken pavements are designed to snap as many necks as possible (I think it might be a deliberate population control exercise). And there's a minor problem with packs of killer stray dogs. But if you watch where you put your feet and don't carry bacon in your pockets, it's totally fine.
Flowers, cracks in the plaster, electrical cables and beautiful architecture. This is Sofia.
You should come. Yes, you. Come now before it gets any damn cooler. In the past four years Sofia has seen a 900% increase in beards, so don't say I didn't warn you. Not that I mind hipsters. I happen to like beards and craft beer and artisan anything so it's all good as far as I'm concerned. But you should come now before it gets too cool or too sanitized or too expensive.
I recently had a caipirinha in a bar in Sofia. A caipirinha! It's a cocktail. A Brazilian one.
Urban hipster image 1. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral at the end of the road.
Urban hipster image 2. Taken on a bus. I'm SO street.
Come now while you can still get a coffee at a news stand for 50 stotinki (about 20p). Come now while the old fellas still play chess in the parks. Come now while you can buy a handmade jumper or a tablecloth outside the cathedral from a sweet old baba. Come now while the police still direct traffic by hand outside parliament and there are hardly any Subways.*
Let me know if you do. I know where we can get a killer cocktail.
* Hardly any Subways. Not zero, unfortunately. And there's a shit load of Costas springing up.**
** Ah, Costa, I've missed you!
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Alexander Golitzen (Moscou, 28 de fevereiro de 1908 — San Diego, 26 de julho de 2005) é um diretor de arte russo. Venceu o Oscar de melhor direção de arte em três ocasiões: por Phantom of the Opera, Spartacus e To Kill a Mockingbird.

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College living and college life can be very expensive, as you know. Still, when a friend burrows a pen and doesn't return it, it's a loss you can afford. But what about losing your iPad or breaking it? That's a loss anyone would regret. Your iPad or tablet device is easily one of your most valuable items for college, so take good care of it. If you keep your tablet in its own specialized bag like this Pink/Green Floral iPad Bag, you'll be in the habit of keeping it properly stored. At some point everyone's left something valuable, be it a dorm item or a wallet, forgotten on a table somewhere. Instead of just carrying your tablet around and setting it down, keep it in this cheap tablet bag to help you remember to take it with you.
The multi-colored floral decor of this cheap iPad bag also means you'll carry that iPad around in style. Since iPads and other tablets have decorative cases, why not make your iPad carrier bag look just as nice? Aside from looking good, this college bag will keep that iPad snug and protected. If you carry your tablet by hand and someone bumps into you, your device is the last think you want dropped. This bag can also be placed in a backpack for college or a college messenger bag for even more protection and ease of transportation.


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Awake è un film del 2021 diretto da Mark Raso.

Trama
Dopo una catastrofe che ha messo fuori uso tutti i dispositivi elettronici, nessuno al mondo riesce a dormire; l'unica eccezione nota è rappresentata da una donna anziana, che viene quindi studiata in una base militare chiamata l'Hub. Gli scienziati sono incapaci di trovare una cura e l'umanità intera rischia l'estinzione per privazione del sonno. La veterana Jill Adams scopre che anche la figlia Matilda è in grado di dormire, così cerca di nasconderla per salvarla dagli esperimenti dei medici. Non riuscendo nell'impresa, finge di voler collaborare alle attività dell'Hub, dove la piccola viene ricoverata e messa sotto osservazione. Nelle seguenti ore, a seguito di crisi dovute alla mancanza di sonno, nella base militare scoppia il caos, che si conclude con una strage a colpi di arma da fuoco. Jill e Matilda riescono a salvarsi ma Noah, l'altro figlio di Jill, muore folgorato dopo aver tagliato un filo elettrico. Tuttavia si risveglia dopo qualche ora asserendo di aver sognato. Matilda capisce che la privazione del sonno non colpisce coloro che sono temporaneamente morti (infatti lei stessa era affogata, mentre la donna anziana era in coma al momento della catastrofe). Annegano quindi la madre per poi risuscitarla.

Distribuzione
Il film è stato distribuito sulla piattaforma Netflix a partire dal 9 giugno 2021.

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SAN FRANCISCO: Instant messaging app WhatsApp has upgraded its file sharing feature letting users share any type of document attachments.
Earlier, users were restricted to sharing only the PDF file formats.
According to a report in Engadget on Thursday, users could now share files up to 100MB size but it was rumoured that the iPhone users could send slightly larger files.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp now also lets users to see all of their pictures and videos in the in-app camera by swiping up.
One of the common complaints about WhatsApp that it compressed the photos has also been addressed. The company has decided to keep the original quality of photos intact.
Also, users would just need to tap and hold the text to bold, italicize or strikethrough.
The new update has been rolled out for both Android and iOS users.


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Beltone Legend nominated for 2016 Edison Award
(January 7, 2016) Chicago, IL – Beltone, a leader in hearing aids for the past 75 years, announced today that Beltone Legend™ has been announced as a 2016 Edison Award nominee. Named after Thomas Edison, The Edison Awards recognize excellence in new product and service development, marketing, human-centered design, and innovation.
Beltone Legend is the world's first full family of Made for iPhone® hearing aids, revolutionizing the sound experience by seamlessly integrating technology and lifestyle solutions to address hearing loss. Based on the latest technologies, Beltone Legend illustrates the company's role as a premier hearing care partner, providing lifetime support and service, and personalized care through convenient locations around the world.
"We are thrilled to see Beltone Legend recognized for its leading-edge innovation," said Barb VanSomeren, VP Marketing. "It is the latest demonstration of Beltone's ongoing commitment to advancing audiology and technology for the hearing impaired."
With support for Made for iPhone hearing aids built right into Apple® iOS devices, Beltone Legend users can answer and talk on the phone, make FaceTime® calls and listen to music in high-quality stereo sound. They can also easily access hearing aid features from within the device itself, including volume, battery life, presets, and Live Listen™, which uses the iPhone's built-in microphone to deliver sound to the hearing aid.
Two groundbreaking Beltone Legend features are uniquely designed to help users build a three-dimensional sound picture in their brain, making it easier to focus on conversations.
Personal Sound ID™ mimics the natural sound level difference between your ears, which can help users identify where sounds originate
CrossLink Directionality™ enhances sound quality by monitoring the sound environment and automatically selecting the most natural speech focus settings
Edison Award winners will be announced during an award ceremony in New York City in April 2016.
Beltone Legend can be found at more than 1,500 Beltone dispensers throughout North America.


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Q: $0\in \mathfrak h^*$ is a weight of $V(\lambda)$ if and only if $\lambda \in \Lambda^+$ is a sum of roots. This question appears in Humphrey's book on Lie algebras (Introduction to lie algebras and representation theory) page 116. Let $L$ be a semisimple Lie algebra with root system $\Phi$ and base $\Delta = \{\alpha_1,\cdots,\alpha_\ell\}$. Denote by $\Lambda^+$ the set of dominant weights.

If $\lambda \in \Lambda^+$, then $0$ occurs as a weight of the irreducible highest weight $L$-module $V(\lambda)$ if and only if $\lambda$ is a sum of roots.

The direction $\Rightarrow$ is simple: since $V(\lambda)$ is generated by a maximal vector $v$ of weight $\lambda$, its weights $\mu$ all satisfy $\mu\leq \lambda$, so $\lambda - \mu$ is a sum of positive roots. In particular,  $\mu = 0$ shows that $\lambda$ is a sum of (positive) roots.
I'm actually struggling to prove the direction $\Leftarrow$ . We may write $\lambda = \sum \langle \lambda, \alpha_i\rangle \omega_i$ in terms of the fundamental weights. Since the fundamental weights are a linear comb. of simple roots with rational positive coefficients and $\lambda \in \Lambda^+$, then $\lambda$ is a fortiori a sum of positive roots. Let then $\lambda = \sum k_i \alpha_i$ with $k_i\in \mathbb Z_{\geq 0}.$ Now the vectors $y_{\alpha_1}^{i_1}\cdots y_{\alpha_\ell}^{i_\ell}v \in V(\lambda)$ have weight $\lambda - \sum i_j \alpha_j$, so I must show that $y_{\alpha_1}^{i_1}\cdots y_{\alpha_m}^{i_m}v \neq0$ for some $\{i_1,\cdots, i_\ell\} = \{k_1,\cdots, k_\ell\}$. How can I prove that? I already know that $y_{\alpha_j}^{m_j+1}v = 0$ for $m_i = \langle \lambda,\alpha_j \rangle$, so why we cannot have $k_j>m_i$? If this situation can happen, how can I cancel out the factor $k_j\alpha_j$ of $\lambda$?
Any hint or help is very much appreciated.

A: Denote by $\Pi(\lambda)$ the set of weights of $V(\lambda)$. By proposition 21.3, it is saturated. We prove that if the set $\{\mu \in \Pi(\lambda): \mu \mbox{ is a sum of positive roots}\}\neq \emptyset$, then $0 \in \Pi(\lambda)$. In particular,  $\mu = \lambda$ solves the exercise.
Proceed by induction on $\mbox{ht}\,\mu$, the case $\mbox{ht}\,\mu = 0$ being clear, since $\mu = 0 $ if and only if $\mbox{ht}\,\mu =0$ and $\mu \in \Pi(\lambda)$ by hyphotesis.
The inductive hyphotesis states that if $\{\nu \in \Pi(\lambda): \nu \mbox{ is a um of positive roots and } \mbox{ht}\,\nu < \mbox{ht}\,\mu\}\neq \emptyset$, then $0 \in \Pi(\lambda)$.
Now, if $\mu \neq 0,$ let us write $\mu = \sum k_i\alpha_i, k_i\in \mathbb Z_{\geq 0}$.
Then, $0<(\mu,\mu) = \sum k_i(\mu,\alpha_i)$ implies that $(\mu,\alpha_i)>0$ for some index $i$ with $k_i\geq 1$, so it follows that $\langle \mu, \alpha_i \rangle\geq 1.$ Since $\Pi(\lambda)$ is saturated, we have at least that $\mu - \alpha_i \in \Pi(\lambda)$, and $k_i\geq 1$ assures that $\mu-\alpha_i$ is still a sum of positive roots. The induction hyphotesis now gives us that $0\in \Pi(\lambda)$.

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Following claims by "Morning Joe" hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough Friday that White House officials repeatedly warned them to apologize to President Donald Trump about their coverage in exchange for him telling the National Enquirer to kill a story about them, one of the officials has reportedly been identified: Jared Kushner.
The Daily Beast, citing two unnamed White House officials, reported Friday that Kushner and Scarborough spoke "many weeks ago," in the unnamed sources' words, about the upcoming Enquirer story.
The unnamed sources' claims contradict Scarborough's claim: that White House officials called him first, and asked that he apologize to the President in exchange for Trump requesting the story be pulled.
That account more closely matches Trump's assertion that Scarborough asked him to help kill the Enquirer story — that Scarborough reached out to the White House first, not the other way around.
The White House has not responded to TPM's questions about the blackmail claims.


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Q: JBoss LDAP Configuration not working in case AD CN has Slashes I have come accross a problem while configuring the LDAP of JBoss with AD i.e. while autheticating a java based application hosted on JBoss 5.0 with Active Directory the user doesn't get authenticated if his/her CN contains "Slashes". THe java application is simply sending the username to Active Directory using LDAP. Everything works fine if the user's CN doesn't contain "slashes" but when the user's CN/DN contain slashes the AD doesn't authenticate the user no matter what is being passed for authentication. The jboss configuration file (login-config.xml) has following configurations for LDAP: -
<login-module code="org.jboss.security.auth.spi.LdapExtLoginModule" flag="required">
<module-option name="debug">true</module-option>
<module-option name="java.naming.provider.url">ldap://mycompany.net.pk:389/</module-option>
<module-option name="java.naming.security.authentication">simple</module-option>
<module-option name="bindDN">MyCompany\edocadmin</module-option>
<module-option name="bindCredential">12345</module-option>
<module-option name="baseCtxDN">DC=MyCompany,DC=net,DC=pk</module-option>
<module-option name="baseFilter">(sAMAccountName={0})</module-option>
<module-option name="rolesCtxDN">CN=users,DC=MyCompany,DC=net,DC=pk</module-option>
<module-option name="roleFilter">(sAMAccountName={0})</module-option
<module-option name="roleAttributeID">memberOf</module-option>
<module-option name="roleAttributeIsDN">true</module-option>
<module-option name="roleNameAttributeID">CN</module-option>
<module-option name="roleRecursion">2</module-option>
<module-option name="searchScope">SUBTREE_SCOPE</module-option>
<module-option name="allowEmptyPasswords">false</module-option>
</login-module>

The AD user format is as follows: -
Test User/Admin/Procurement/My Company/PK

Please let me know what combinition of the LDAP configuration will work in the above mentioned scenario.


So What Are Seamless Hair Extensions?
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If you're going for a highlighted shade you may think that the hair colour in the new seamless wefts look a little different. But don't panic this is just how the wefts are sealed in the silicone banding , the tones blend beautifully once they are fitted to the head.
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WordPress Jobs in the West Midlands
WordPress Vacancies
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for WordPress skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WordPress over the 6 months to 16 July 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
England > West Midlands
Rank change year-on-year -23 -1 +5
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 52 98 124
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.66% 1.03% 1.24%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.07% 7.36% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 49 86 114
West Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £27,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
WordPress is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for application platform skills.
All Application Platform Skills
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,026 1,331 1,457
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.95% 14.03% 14.53%
Number of salaries quoted 770 1,010 1,239
Median salary % change year-on-year - +6.67% -
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing WordPress as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Salary Trend in the West Midlands
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WordPress in the West Midlands.
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing WordPress in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 July 2019.
Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 July 2019. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Coventry +31 21 £30,000 -11.11% 1
Birmingham +1 8 £35,000 +27.27% 10
Worcestershire -15 8 £40,000 +14.29% 4
Staffordshire +8 5 £30,000 +29.03% 1
Wolverhampton - 5 £37,500 - 1
Solihull -10 1 £30,000 +1.69%
Shropshire -14 1 £35,000 -12.50%
Warwickshire -21 1 £27,500 +2.80% 1
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 16 July 2019, IT jobs citing WordPress also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for WordPress.
1 44 (84.62%) PHP
2 37 (71.15%) CSS
3 36 (69.23%) Laravel
4 35 (67.31%) HTML
5 32 (61.54%) JavaScript
6 22 (42.31%) MySQL
7 21 (40.38%) jQuery
8 18 (34.62%) Magento
8 18 (34.62%) Vue.js
9 17 (32.69%) Sass
9 17 (32.69%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 16 (30.77%) Git (software)
11 14 (26.92%) Drupal
11 14 (26.92%) Node.js
11 14 (26.92%) MVC
12 13 (25.00%) SEO
12 13 (25.00%) CakePHP
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The door stopper on 993 driver side does not stand up well to treatment and he breaks itself quite often.
There are several ways to repair it, in some cases the big operation is needed as in the example shown here.
When the repair comes too late or when it is done as in this example, we must cut off the door feet to refurbish the fixing of the door stopper. We can see the two holes created on the opposite side by tearing of the two ties of the door stopper.
Once the door stopper is cut, we will be able to weld the front side and back side and strengthen from within. Then we can weld it in original place and make preparation for painting.
The door stopper repaired and strengthened is now like new.


A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Brooks Sports is a market-driven company with a specialty dealer channel strategy focused entirely on meeting runners' specific needs. Founded in 1914, the company has a long history of innovation in the athletic space, but no real history of marketing technology leadership. That's all begun to change.
I met with Joel Ballezza, Brooks' Digital Marketing Manager at the Connections 2012 Conference in Indiana. According to Bellezza, 18 months ago, Brooks was nowhere on the social scene. The company boasted a relatively measly 16k Facebook followers and only 4k Twitter followers.
Ballezza and Brooks evaluated two different social media management solutions and selected ExactTarget's SocialEngage product. Two features, in particular, drove the company's product selection. ExactTarget's solution enables easy content tagging. As social content arrives, it can be categorized and marked for future use. Brooks uses this multitude of user content to create its Book of Run Happy.
Next, SocialEngage enables easy workflow management. As inquiries and other content come in, Brooks uses the tool to quickly channel each to the appropriate internal department or resource. Together then, the company paired this new technology with a shift from product-focused content, to a solid content marketing strategy.
Brooks' marketing reach has three key elements to it. Foremost, is daily engagement. The company makes a practice to diligently engage with users on a daily basis. Promoting events, responding to requests via social channels, and even live Q&A all play into this effort. Send them a Tweet or a Facebook question and you'll get a response within no later than 24 hours. That's huge, and leaps above the company's competition, according to Ballezza.
Brooks sponsors community and organizational activities to drive brand exposure. Events like its PR Invitational for youth runners give brand prominence and produce compelling stories, videos, and other content used for content marketing. The company uses its social channels to market its event.
As social media marketing increased for Brooks Sports, traditional ad buying dropped. The company is seeing greater returns with is social engagement, and now selectively supplements it with occasional targeted ad buys. Next for Brooks is more social media advertising in the way of promoted Tweets and Facebook posts.
Today, Brooks registers more user comments per month than competing brands 100x larger. The company's social following on Facebook has reached the #3 spot for its industry, registering 226,909 fans at the time of this post. Brooks' Twitter profile has seen an increase in 50,000 followers, as well, making it the number two running brand behind Nike.


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Q: Why isn't StackBuilder installation of PostGIS working? I've installed PostGIS (ver. 2.0.1) on my Mac using EnterpriseDB's StackBuilder, which I also used for my PostgreSQL (9.2.2) installation. Although StackBuilder says that PostGIS is now installed, and although I have a PostGIS directory in /usr/local/PostgreSQL/9.2/, it doesn't appear to be actually installed (see queries below).
gregory=# select postgis_full_version();
ERROR:  function postgis_full_version() does not exist
LINE 1: select postgis_full_version();
               ^
HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts.

gregory=# create extension postgis;
ERROR:  could not open extension control file "/usr/local/PostgreSQL/9.2/share/postgresql/extension/postgis.control": No such file or directory

and select * from pg_available_extensions; does not return a record for PostGIS.
Does anyone know what's up with this and how to get it to work?

A: I think you need to load the postgis extension to your database like

CREATE EXTENSION postgis

or load these files to your query window and run them in database

windows default:
\Program files\Postgresql\8.4\share\contrib\postgis-2.0

postgis.sql
rtpostgis.sql
spatial_ref_sys.sql
topology.sql (if you want topology support)


Every year at this time people tend to review the past and look forward to the future. In business, a performance review acts in the same manner. We have already seen a number of "Year in Reviews" for our current Council, but what about the coming year? What you think Council should be focusing on?
If you were providing a review for Council, what would you say to them for 2009? What would you tell them to Start doing, Stop doing or Do differently?
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Great letter Phyliss. At least you stand up for yourself.
hallelujah – some one finally gets it!
It wasn't that the one woman out 'lost the vote' – she voted against the idea. And there's a thick line between publicly undermining the decision of council and asking for more details to be publicized, isn't there? Councillors or not, I'm sure the oath of office and the code of conduct doesn't say they have lost their freedom of speech.
Anonymous 1:16 said Some people are saying that Buck/Sisman…..Buck does censor her blog but demands free expression for herself.
Of course she only posts the comments that further the discussion, or that include information she wants to share with everyone.
It's her blog filled with her thoughts and her opinions. That's the beauty of it – it's a place where she can say whatever she thinks.
This town seems to be making an effort to respond to the many needs of its constituents.
I think their job is tough.
I believe they are trying, more than any council in my memory (I've lived here for at least 30 years), to listen to everyone. That alone is hard to do.
They've brought in experts, speakers on every issue that affects the community.
I feel the majority of council cares about each member of our community.
I think intention matters and I feel that with the exception of one member of council their intention is to hear and serve the members of our community, with the notion of community uppermost.
With that as their intention, it is obvious that they can't please everyone.
In previous years when I watched council meetings I felt I didn't understand how decisions were made.
Sometimes members of council made no contribution to discussions week after week.
The only issues I remember discussed had to do with parking, garbage, and traffic congestion at Yonge and Wellington.
Lots seemed like talk and no action.
I had no clue about big issues in town.
This council, for all its warts is making an admirable effort to inform us about issues that affect us.
I for one would not be able to withstand the pressures of office, and appreciate the efforts of those that do.
Goodie two shoes, I guess, having watched on my Cable 10 the discussion regarding the removal of windrows from the driveways of seniors and those who are handicapped, I agreed with the final decision.
I would be okay with paying the whole shot for that group as many municipalities do.
I just think there's something unusual about a member of council losing an 8-1 vote then publicly undermining the decision of council.
We as tax payers pay for many services we do not all use. That's what a community is about.
Opinions. You have yours, Evelyn has hers. If an argument has substance that supports both opinions then you have a debate. In this case you have those who just have nasty things to say and one who has facts to back her up, sharing them with you. You don't have like it, but at least she tells you how she sees things. Where are the facts backing up your arguments. Sounds like a lot of name calling. People are known to hide behind these kinds of attacks because they can't handle the truth.
Do you really have so much money that you don't care where or how it is spent. Why aren't YOU asking how much the windrow clearing is costing YOU? The facts are there in Evelyn's blog. You do the math and remember it's only January and we have had winter since November. The numbers DO NOT add up people! Full Cost Recovery, my a++!
Some people are saying that Buck/Sisman have devoted their time to bringing down this mayor and council.
It's like their goal, a test of their power or something.
I came to this site to check it out.
From what i see here and Buck's blog, that ironically is into VERY heavy censorship, I'm thinking there may be something to the stories I hear.
I do know that Buck does censor her blog but demands free expression for herself.
I do like the idea that the duo provide comedy and that may be what they are up to, during these cold winter months.
Yes, I did share it…I was under the impression that the meetings were for the purpose of debate before a decision was made, but it doesn't seem that way. Everyone arrives with a vote one way or the other (don't they?).
Reading Evelyn's latest post – I think the issue is more so that sometimes the rules apply, and sometimes not. I'm sure she'll tell you what she thinks if you ask her.
Thank you Heather Sisman for understanding my point!
I think that the majority of the 'work' done by the council is done prior to the meetings – isn't it? Reading agendas, researching, forming opinions, etc. All they do is finalize it in the council chambers. You shared this, Heather.
If only Ev had read the agendas,and researched she would have recovered the information she missed when she missed two council meetings in a row.
I think that the majority of the 'work' done by the council is done prior to the meetings – isn't it? Reading agendas, researching, forming opinions, etc. All they do is finalize it in the council chambers.
That being said, it's still very interesting to hear everyone's take on things around the table.
Hey in defence of Mrs. Buck her blog was posted on tuesday morning not on Tuesday night. If memory serves she had nearly perfect attendance last term so what is the big deal if she misses the odd meeting. Ever have a sick day yourself? Sh!t happens.
I heard she had some surgery and booked it in the summer break not like Al Wilson who goes on holiday during the working months.
At least mrs buck tells us what she thinks. Others should do the same. funny how she and Alison are the only councillors who have added to this blog.
I haven't a clue why suddenly Wilson, one of Buck's favorite targets, is being hit on, on this site.
Evelyn seems to be stirring the pot once again and I must confess to enjoying how outlandish her spin becomes.
Ev's our own Comedy Central, our own "Aurora Character".
If anyone takes her seriously they are the losers.
Every good play needs comedic relief, especially in the tough times that we are now approaching.
Ev sees herself as bigger than life itself. She knows all and looks down on those who do not recognize how brilliantly superior she is.
I find her enormously amusing. Anyone who is able to suspend belief, should enjoy our very own Auroran Court Jester Buck: long may she reign!
I can't believe anyone gives Buck a second thought. Not only did she not attend this week's council meeting, she didn't show up for the Dec.9 council meeting and apparently didn't read the minutes from the previous meeting.
She's not doing her job, but has become a spectator lobbing abuse at anyone who tries to deal with the many needs of this community.
I have yet to see her support any community initiative.
So easy to criticize: so hard to try new ideas.
You'd think an 8-1 vote might give Buck pause for reflection… but instead in her mind it is confirmation that EVERYONE is wrong and she alone holds the keys to the empire.
Given that Al Wilson got elected as our tax-paying watch-dog, he needs to be held to account during the budget process.
Al, put the taxpayers first. We'll be watching, and we don't want to see you looking to the Mayor for her direction and approval.
Buck hyperbole, it is still a head-shakingly ridiculous recounting of the time and energy expended on an issue that does not benefit the town as a whole.
Why didn't Ev go to the council meeting this week if she was so concerned?
On her blog it seems clear that she knew the issue she distorted was going to be cleared up.
She posted her blog, resurrecting one of her old issues, but didn't go (choosing to amuse herself on her blog rather than do a job she is paid to do: attend and work at council meetings).
It's easy to stir up trouble then hide. It's easy to write things but avoid the harsh light of day. That is something that is VERY clear in this instance.
Ev muddies everything with one sole purpose: attack and destroy.
It seems obvious that her intentions are not pure.
If she really wanted the information it was clearly available.
Anonymous Jan.23 8:28 AM:I'm very confused by your entry. Please explain away the minutes from the Nov. 25 council meeting that clearly shows the direction of council to staff.
THAT the Director of Public Works send a letter to all local high school principals, requesting that a program be set up for students to offer windrow clearing in order to fulfill volunteer requirements.
Buck lost that vote 8-1.
It means EVERY person voted for it except Buck.
It means Buck is misrepresenting the work of sitting council or is unable to process what is happening.
In either, she lacks credibility and is a drag on the workings of this town.
I think that it is sad that she suggests that she must seek information from the Freedom of Information Act when that information is available in the minutes posted on the Town's web site AND the information was public during a meeting that Buck DID attend.
Does the "Code" that Buck didn't want to sign cover this effort on her part to undermine the council on which she sits by using her position (pretending to be giving the inside story while totally misrepresenting reality)?
This situation is pretty clear cut.
It's hard to pretend when the evidence is so transparent and official.
My understanding of the whole windrow thing is that council approved the windrows to be removed by a contractor, and because there weren't enough people signed up, the contractor's minimum wasn't met, so the town went ahead and started the program with one of it's own trucks and some manpower. I don't know if it's one truck and one person, or more than one.
When she raised the question of why the plans were changed without council's approval, she was jumped on. "Decisions made on the fly like that are perfectly acceptable" – was the gist of it I think. But isn't that why Rogers was canned, for making a business decision on the fly? What makes this one okay?
During new business Buck gave notice she was going to bring a motion forward to have staff answer WHY they did this, and Morris told her she couldn't do that under new business.
Buck says on her blog that notice is required before you can bring a motion to the table, and the motion should be in writing. When else should she have mentioned it then? That's what I don't understand.
Can the town make money earning $7 for each windrow? That I don't know, but I doubt it, and if the money wasn't budgeted for, will it be in '09 and our taxes will go up?
There's another thing about the budget process. Morris raves about how low the increase will be..and then all year long they keep adding things in. Sure the initial snapshot is low, but where are we at on 12/31? Spooky.
I think I side with Buck on this one. You can't have a rule for one and not for all.
I'm told Wilson and Buck missed the last council meeting.
I heard Buck once again didn't want to face the music.
Buck is verbose in the Letters to the Editor and now it's brought her down. Her last letter about windrows showed she didn't remember a decision that she voted on a mere two months ago.
She wanted to use the Freedom of information Act (instead of reading council minutes) and called for the Code to be used, pretending evil had occurred, when Town Staff were following what the council had voted to do about clearing windrows for seniors 8-1.
I guess in Buck's world if she didn't vote for it it shouldn't happen.
She has become a cartoon character: not what I look for in someone making decisions for me, in my community.
She is a grumpy sort who crosses her arm, glares and bellows "no" when things don't go her way.
She seems pretty committed to gotcha politics, without letting reality get in her way.
I feel the same way about the "hip" part of the ads too. In looking at the people in charge of this town…. none of them are what I call "hip". I am not sure if I would want someone that is hip in a powerful position anyways.
As far as 2009 is concerned, I feel that it will be a "lame duck" year as will 2010. It is too bad but with the turnover of staff, the learning curve for the new folks will occupy a lot of the time and resources of staff.
It's funny to see the comments about Al Wilson here. He used to be quite verbose in the Letters to the Editor but now that he sits on council, he is quite unremarkable. I do enjoy his mannerisms when he thinks he has made a good point and he flings the microphone away from him and grins to the camera.
I feel embarrassed by the use of "hip" in the town advertisements. The meaning of the word "following the latest fashion", makes it seem like whoever wrote the advertisement is trying to represent the town in a superficial manner.
Taxpayers want experienced, results-driven professionals to be recruited.
Then let them do their jobs without micro-managing elected officials costing the taxpayers more money.
You missed a third cornerstone of Mr. Wilson's campaign…Fight crime in Aurora.
Question for the Mayor. Is it "Hip" to spend more money than we have? Come clean and show us every nickel you have authroized to cover the needless legal experts you've hired to support your bumbling.
I'd like to see Mr. Wilson give some attention to the 2 cornerstones of his campaign.
I guess he's finding it a lot tougher than when he sat in the stands and threw all the rocks at Council. Now he is having to produce and clearly, he's just not up to the job.
How can we expect the mayor to focus on what this community wants during the second half of the term, given it never happened during the first half. Now it's totally about getting re-elected, even moreso than the first half, if you can believe that!
I think that the only thing that most of this council and mayor will do in 2009 is work towards getting re-elected. This group of followers have done nothing and I hope they continue to do the same as most of them do not deserve to get re-elected or in one case get elected for the first time.


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Play. Pour. Drink. Repeat.
In which we take back the drinking trip from the wine snob. Here's how to mix world-class adventure and tasting, from Kentucky to Japan.
Christian DeBenedetti
Christian DeBenedetti, Jeremy Spencer, and Charles Bethea
CLIMBING, CYCLING, AND GRAPPA
THE DRAW Cyclists and climbers have been exploring WWI ruins in the Dolomites ever since the fighting ended. To navigate the area easily, base yourself in Cortina d'Ampezzo, near the Austrian border. Cortina Alpine Guides offers daylong via ferrate (European-style cable-assisted climbing) trips to the ruins ($120; guidecortina.com). To cycle the same passes that make pros in the Giro d'Italia turn to performance enhancers, take a weeklong bike tour with Trek Travel ($3,195; trektravel.com).
THE DRINK Fifty-five miles south of Cortina, fourth-generation distiller Jacopo Poli handcrafts a grappa that defies the after-dinner liqueur's reputation for harshness. Poli ages his Grappa Poli Barrique for 13 years and produces just 3,000 bottles annually ($90; poligrappa.com).
THE RECOVERY Stay at Cortina's Corte delle Dolomiti Resort (from $90; hotelboite.it) and fend off your hangover with the Tyrolean dumplings at Locatelli alle Tre Cime di Lavaredo, a historic stone climbers' hut 35 miles away (011-39-0474-97-2002).
Loire Valley, France
Cycling and Absinthe
Bike through the Loire Valley (Photodisc/Getty)
THE DRAW Synonymous with châteaux and wine, the Loire Valley is prime bike country, too: La Loire à Vélo, a new 200-mile network of paths, crosses the valley along its eponymous river. Rent a bike in Saumur (from $22; locationdevelos.com).
THE DRINK Long decried as an agent of madness, true absinthe is nothing of the sort. In Saumur's Combier Distillery (combier.fr), absinthe artisan T. A. Breaux has resurrected the anise-flavored spirit: Lucid Absinthe Supérieure ($60; drinklucid.com), which takes its name from the clear-headed nature of its buzz, is available in America; when in France, look for Breaux's Jade absinthes.
THE RECOVERY After touring the distillery, stay at Le Prieuré, a former Benedictine priory (doubles, $200; prieure.com).
Dartmoor, England
Paddling, Fly-fishing, and Gin
Strategies: The Hangover
1. PREPARE. Hangover symptoms are caused in part by a lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) in the brain, so take a B-complex vitamin before you go out. Glutathione supplements can also be of use. "They help the liver process toxins more effectively," says Santa Fe, New Mexico-based nutritionist Laurent Bannock.
2. GREASE UP. "Fatty foods grease the lining of the intestines," says Bannock. "The alcohol then takes longer to be absorbed." So load up before you drink, not after.
3. BURN YOUR TOAST. "The carbon that is found in charred toast filters impurities that develop during aging," says Bannock.
THE DRAW Dartmoor National Park is a 368-square-mile high moorland that's full of bogs and ghostly folklore—legend has it that the place inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. Less famous and more enticing are the park's rivers. The River Dart sees Class III rapids in the winter (daylong guided kayak trips with Plymouth-based Spirit of Adventure, $70; spirit-of-adventure.com). In the spring, cast for wild brown trout on the Dart's tributaries and the Teign (guided day trips, $210; comeflyfishing.co.uk).
THE DRINK The secret to the success of England's original dry gin is no secret: Plymouth Gin has been made with granite-purified water from Dartmoor reservoirs since 1793. It's an incredibly smooth and balanced spirit—the choice of Churchill and FDR, Hitchcock and Ian Fleming. Add a splash of vermouth for the world's best martini ($36; plymouthgin.com).
THE RECOVERY Stay in Plymouth at the 150-year-old Chester House (doubles, $84; chesterplymouth.co.uk).
Derby and Bourbon
Follow's Kentucky's Bourbon Trail (courtesy, Kentucky Department of Tourism)
THE DRAW The 134th Kentucky Derby takes place May 3 in Louisville, and while you're probably not interested in the stodgy Churchill Downs grandstand, the infield will quell your thirst for adventure: This debauched mud pit, full of fruit hurlers and flashers, inspired Hunter S. Thompson's first foray into gonzo prose (tickets, $40; kentuckyderby.com).
THE DRINK While worthy single-barrel bourbons like Elmer T. Lee's are all the rage with booze aficionados, we have a soft spot for Maker's Mark, the bourbon that first slaked our thirst when we were 21-ish. The reason is simple: Because Maker's uses wheat instead of the traditional rye, it has a softer, sweeter taste.
THE RECOVERY Sleep and drink at the Old Talbott Tavern, 20 miles from Maker's Bardstown distillery (from $78; talbotts.com).
Hiking, Hot Springs, and Shochu
THE DRAW The best way to cap a day of volcano hiking is to settle into a bath with a good drink. The 135,500-acre Kirishima-Yaku National Park, situated at the southern tip of Kyushu Island, provides ample opportunity: The park is home to 23 volcanoes, 15 craters, and countless onsen (natural hot springs). Rent a car in Kagoshima and drive 90 minutes to Ebino Kogen, gateway to the misty Kirishima volcanic range. The trail to the summit of Karakuni-dake, the highest peak in the region, starts at the Ebino Kogen-so hot-springs lodge (from $100; ebinokogenso.jp).
THE DRINK Shochu is a classic, clear Japanese spirit that's made from rice, barley, or sweet potatoes. Our choice is Ikkomon ($30; takarasake.com), a mellow, sweet-potato-based version that's distilled in Kagoshima. It's best served warm.
THE RECOVERY Don't miss the tonkatsu (pork cutlets) at Kagoshima's Ajimori, a traditional tapas-style pub (011-81-099-224-7634).
Climbing, Biking, and Scotch
The Scottish highlands (Robert Harding/Digital Vision/Getty)
THE DRAW Established in 2003, Cairngorms National Park is home to one-quarter of Great Britain's threatened flora and fauna, as well as five peaks over 4,000 feet. Scale them with Talisman Mountain Activities (private guiding, $275; talisman-activities.co.uk), or rent a bike at Basecamp Mountainbike, near Fort William, and dive into 22 miles of singletrack in Cairngorms' Laggan Wolftrax Mountain Bike Park (rentals, $40; basecampmtb.com).
THE DRINK Dalwhinnie, one of Scotland's highest-altitude distilleries, was built in 1897 near 1,484-foot Drumochter Pass. Good call: According to the late whiskey expert Michael Jackson, the cold local springwater is essential to the famed "honeyed with a touch of peat" character in Dalwhinnie's 15-year-old single malt. Drink it neat or on the rocks, and never with soda ($63; malts.com).
THE RECOVERY Crash near the distillery at the Suie Hotel (from $70; suiehotel.com) and taste dozens more Scotches at the woodstove-heated bar.
Filed To: Culinary / France / Louisiana / Japan


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SIVOO, Inc. pioneered a digital streaming network of on-demand multicultural entertainment over the Internet.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 26, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ — SIVOO, Inc., a global network of multicultural on-demand entertainment programming, announced today that they have expanded their CDN coverage globally by installing data servers in Lisbon, Portugal to supplement the US data centers. With this expansion, SivooTV will experience even more bandwidth, horsepower for increased users, and reduced latency across Western Europe and throughout Africa.
"We are excited to be launching our first data center, outside the USA, in Lisbon. It's the perfect location where many of the African undersea internet cables intersect with the rest of the world. In those data centers, our proprietary Sivoo Streaming Server appliances are running; built from the ground up for optimized video delivery. We want to bring a quality streaming experience to underserved markets," said Sean Berner, Sivoo's VP of Technology.
"Our goal is to create a global CDN spanning continents and multiple countries to help us distribute our video content around the globe. With the launch of these data centers on different continents, we are well on our way to accomplishing this goal," said Burhan Fatah, CEO of Sivoo.
About SIVOO
Founded in 2000, SIVOO, Inc., pioneered a digital streaming network of on-demand multicultural entertainment over the Internet. It serves telcos and mobile operators across the world with thousands of hours of quality on-demand content that is available to PCs, televisions, and mobile phones. In addition, SIVOO gives consumers the choice of watching ad-supported content for free or without ads for a nominal fee. SIVOO's proprietary system currently serves all major mobile platforms as well as OTT devices.
SIVOO is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
SIVOO is a trademark of SIVOO Holdings, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
For more information about SIVOO, please visit http://www.sivoo.com.
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