2017 is just getting started and not only do we have a strong candidate for the worst game of the year, but Life of Black Tiger may well be the most awful title we've ever played on PlayStation 4. Indeed, it may well be the worst game of the console generation so far - it really is stupendously bad, to the point where APB Reloaded on Xbox One is an immeasurably more enjoyable experience.
Surprisingly, Sony has granted a console license for what is effectively a very basic port of a years-old iOS and Android game. And even on its original platform, Life of Black Tiger is bad - to the point where booting the game up on an iPad 3 sees the game completely fail to load the 3D engine, resulting in a 'start mission' prompt immediately jumping to a 'failed' caption. Playing on an iPhone 6 Plus does get into the game but freezes the phone shortly thereafter, apparently because we're running a recent OS.
Booting up the new console version reveals a logo screen proudly revealing that it's powered by the Unity engine. It's easy to prototype game concepts on this platform, but producing an optimised, polished title requires a lot of work - something that Life of Black Tiger clearly lacks. As things stand, the basic idea is simple - the game drops you into one of several ugly, empty maps and asks you to hunt things down or survive for a fixed time. And that's just about it. Controls are awful and the action is slow, plodding and unresponsive, bookended by screens of text with only a passing familiarity of the English language.
The chances are you've watched the video by now or seen one of the PS4 trailers available online - and yes, it really does look and move just like that. Animation is extremely basic and there is no interpolation or any kind of transitional movement in play whatsoever, leaving the titular black tiger to rigidly snap between various directions as you attempt to run in a straight line. Also, bizarrely, there is no real collision detection whatsoever - everything can pass through everything else (attacking an enemy involves holding down the circle button and if an enemy is within a set radius, damage is inflicted). Annoyances even extend to the lack of options - so camera controls are inverted and cannot be changed. Sound is limited to a smattering of samples for each animal and ultra-repetitive background audio.
Yes, it really is that bad - as John Linneman demonstrates in this in-depth Digital Foundry analysis.
A title like this should run smoothly and flawlessly as there is almost nothing to it. The action starts off promisingly enough, running at 1080p60, but as soon as you arrive at the next map with a forest area, that silky-smooth frame-rate collapses to just 20fps. That's on PlayStation 4 Pro by the way, which appears to have no additional enhancements over the base PS4 whatsoever.
Multiplayer is seeming integrated - it's an option on title screen anyway - and from there you pick an animal avatar, such as a bear, wild boss dog (yes really) or even a chicken, but after jumping in, the player list reveals absolutely nobody to play with. So maybe there's no-one online to play with, but equally, maybe multiplayer just doesn't work? Remarkably, we managed to find someone on our friends list who also owned the game and couldn't set-up a working multiplayer experience at all. Alternatively, maybe the servers are being slammed and just can't keep up with demand.
All of which begs the question - what's the actual point of this? Perhaps there's an argument for opening out the PlayStation Store to all developers, similar to what we see with Steam on the PC, but questions must surely be asked about why Sony has actually allowed this miserable release onto its console. And here's the thing - players are charged $10 for the honour of playing a game that is completely free on mobile platforms. Right now, Life of Black Tiger is only available on the US version of the PlayStation Store. The EU PSN features no trace of the game whatsoever, thankfully.
So it really goes without saying here - we can't recommend this game at all, other than as a form of extremely cruel and unusual punishment. It looks awful, runs terribly (even the FMV sequences aren't smooth) and it lacks any kind of compelling gameplay whatsoever. The worst game we've ever played on PS4? Yes, really.


Remember when Lisa Vanderpump propositioned Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz at the end of Vanderpump Rules this season? Yeah, that was no joke. Schwartz recently opened up about where they are in the process.
He says that the group has even started looking at locations, but they haven't found the right place.
We have a feeling that the Tom Tom Bar would be massively successful. Between Vanderpump's experience and expertise and the Tom's burgeoning fame, it could be the perfect recipe for a hit.
Vanderpump Rules just wrapped for the season but luckily a spinoff starring Jax and Brittany will air this summer. We'll never be without the SUR gang again!


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Bridging entrepreneurialism and aging delivers limitless possibilities for new, innovative ways of supporting each other as we grow older.
As a gerontologist who never liked being put in a box, having worked in several settings within aging as well as across education, research, policy and practice, I often found myself inspired by out-of-the box, innovative ideas. My immersion in person-centered philosophy and practice further encouraged me to seek out new ways of doing things. So, I became something of an entrepreneurial gerontologist.
Entrepreneurialism, in the purest sense of the word, attempts to develop something new.
Entrepreneurial gerontology broadly refers to a bridging of the worlds of aging and innovation. This innovation is not just technological, although advancing technology provides us with possibilities to offer supports and services in a different way. This innovation is about allowing for creativity to develop and implement new ideas.
Entrepreneurial gerontology includes the entrepreneurial community and those in the field of gerontology and aging, which includes, but is not limited to, practice, policy, research, education, business, nonprofits, and government.
Gerontology, the study of aging, is necessarily a multidimensional field, as growing older is a multidimensional experience. Because gerontology looks at the whole person in all its complexity and uniqueness, and utilizes knowledge from various disciplines like psychology, biology, sociology, public policy, economics and healthcare, it has always had the potential to offer innovation. Unfortunately, the field of aging might be seen as the opposite of innovative.
It only makes sense that gerontology would find a perfect marriage with entrepreneurialism. This marriage exemplifies a paradigm shift in recognizing that growing older is best served by multidimensional supports and services. This is both for newly identified challenges, as well as longstanding challenges in aging, such as understanding how to best support people living with dementia, transforming long-term care and creating more senior residential options.
We need each other. We need entrepreneurialism to develop new ideas. And entrepreneurialism needs the field of aging to inform and test these ideas.
Within the aging ecosystem we hold pieces of experience and knowledge that is essential to entrepreneurial endeavors. Entrepreneurial gerontology taps into this knowledge and translates it into ideas that can truly be out of the box; are not "restricted" by payment sources, eligibility criteria, or traditional thinking about programs and services; and might be outside the traditional systems of supports and services, but also could be integrated/used by them.
There are several examples of this. One is the Village model, which offers a network of services to older adult members living in their own homes in a particular geographic area. Another is the development of compact homes with universal designs that foster interdependence, such as the Minka model.
Entrepreneurial gerontology includes ideas like LifeBio and MemoryWell, which capture older individuals' life stories. It is also organizations like Ibasho, which creates "socially integrated and sustainable communities that value their elders". Or In the Moment, which provides "online education, support and inspiration to thrive in dementia and in life." Just like there is no single story of growing older, there is no single story of innovations that are needed to support us as we grow older.
Yet, entrepreneurial gerontology is not just about developing new products and services. It is a mindset that also offers new approaches to how we develop products and services.
For example, entrepreneurialism offers practices such as user-centered design, which ensures we actively seek out and use the perspectives of people who are growing older. This is counter to traditional ways of thinking about supports and systems for older adults that are driven by policy, reimbursement, or even paternalism. Entrepreneurialism offers concepts like open source and crowdsourcing, which encourages ideas to belong to everyone.
Another approach we gain from the innovation in entrepreneurial gerontology is the cross-pollination of different fields (outside of aging) that might see challenges and possibilities differently. For example, Stitch, "an online community which helps anyone over 50 find the companionship they need" was created because its founders saw technology being underutilized to foster these social connections. The founders' backgrounds were in computer science, engineering, business, and communications.
Another opportunity in entrepreneurial gerontology is its potential is to break down silos in aging by integrating knowledge and experience from within various sectors of gerontology. While the silos of research, policy, and practice can be quite separated, entrepreneurialism is an opportunity to bring these worlds together. An example of this might be in the NIH SBIR (National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation and Research Grant) program, which provides funding for small businesses to creative innovations to improve health. A central criterion of proposed ideas is that they must be founded in scientific merit, as well as having practical, innovative, and commercial value.
Entrepreneurial gerontology has been given a boost by the presence of entities like Aging 2.0, MIT AgeLab, the Hatchery – AARP's Innovation Lab, and Ideo's Designs On Aging. And there are several ways in which we can all further engage in entrepreneurial gerontology.
Cultivate the involvement of stakeholders in aging with entrepreneurial activities. This might include connecting with incubators, startup groups, or innovator networks like Aging 2.0 chapters, 1 Million Cups or Creative Mornings.
Cultivate connections between entrepreneurs (who are not in the aging space) and professionals in aging to so that entrepreneurs gain from their knowledge. For example, an entrepreneur looking to disrupt long-term care might have an excellent innovation, but needs to better understand the culture of long-term care.
Ensure that older people, and those who support them, are actively involved, informing both entrepreneurs and professionals in aging of the challenges and opportunities.
Encourage students in gerontology and related fields to explore entrepreneurialism – there are limitless possibilities to do things differently and innovatively.
Sonya Barsness is the founder of Sonya Barsness Consulting and the author of "Being Heard" at www.beingheard.blog. She is a revisionary gerontologist, and helps organizations and individuals apply new paradigms of growing older and growing with dementia into practice.


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American Insurance Organization's sister company, Ideal Concepts, Inc., was recently presented with a Governor's Achievement Award for outstanding hiring and workforce development success by Governor Tom Wolf's cabinet secretaries. The awards are sponsored by the PA Department of Human Services, and were bestowed during the 2017 Pennsylvania Workforce Development Association Employment, Training & Education Conference in Hershey, PA.
Ideal Concepts was nominated for the award by PA CareerLink® Lehigh Valley. Ideal Concepts has partnered with CareerLink® for the past two years, frequently hiring referred job candidates and utilizing Pennsylvania Workforce Development programs like On-The-Job Training (OJT) and the Lehigh Valley Employment, Advancement and Retention Network (EARN) Program.
Since their partnership with CareerLink began, Ideal Concepts has utilized the OJT program 25 times, receiving wage reimbursement to help defer the costs of new hires. Positions range from Customer Service Representatives (CSR) to TeleSales Agents, to a Computer Systems Analyst. For many EARN participants, this is an invaluable opportunity to enter or re-enter the workforce.
Ideal Concepts prides itself in its willingness to hire individuals who may only have entry-level skills and provide a career pathway to more advanced positions. The vital programs through the PA Workforce Development Board allowed Ideal Concepts to save on training costs, and therefore grow at an extremely rapid pace. In the past year, the company has more than tripled their team, from 12 full time employees in December 2016 to more than 40 this month.
This state award joins a long list of local, statewide, and national recognitions the company has recently received. Ideal Concepts was voted as one of the Lehigh Valley's Top Workplaces by the Morning Call for 2017, was named Business of the Year by Lehigh Valley Business Magazine in 2015, and was ranked in the top 25% of the Inc. 5000, a national list based on revenue growth by Inc. Magazine in 2016 (and expect to rank even higher for 2017).


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Question: What Are People From Laos Called?
1 What do you call a person from Laos?
2 Is Laos the same as Laotian?
3 Are you Lao or Laotian?
4 What is the nationality of Laos?
6 What food is Laos famous for?
8 Why is Laos so poor?
10 What language is spoken in Laos?
11 What is the national flower of Laos?
13 What makes Laos unique?
What do you call a person from Laos?
A person from Laos and/or a citizen of Laos is called Laotian. The language that people speak in Laos is Lao, French, and English. Okay, now that you know what people from Laos are called and you know what language they speak, you may want to learn more about the people of Laos.
Is Laos the same as Laotian?
Linguistically, there is no distinction between descriptors of the country, its people, its culture and so on. There is only one word: Lao. In English however, both 'Lao' and 'Laotian' are widely used.
Are you Lao or Laotian?
Of course, 'Lao' is perfectly correct in English when used as an adjective. For example, a Lao person, the Lao language, a Lao poem, etc. In English, when describing this Asian nation, the correct pronunciation is 'Laos' with a voiced 's'.
What is the nationality of Laos?
The Lao people are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the eponymous language of the Kra–Dai languages, originating from present-day southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Laos, making up 53.2% of the total population. The majority of Lao people adhere to Theravada Buddhism.
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What food is Laos famous for?
Top 10 foods to eat in Laos
Kaipen. As the sun sets, a bowl of dried river weed from the Mekong river is easy to devour alongside a local beer or two.
Khao soi Luang Prabang.
Khao ji pâté
Laos dips with sticky rice.
Kua pak bong.
Hua moo Luang Prabang.
Nem luang.
Tam mak hoong.
Why is Laos so poor?
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In English, the 's' is pronounced, and not silent. In the Lao language, the country's name is Muang Lao (ເມືອງລາວ) or Pathet Lao (ປະເທດລາວ), both of which literally mean 'Lao Country'.
What is the national flower of Laos?
When travelling in Laos, one plant you can't fail to notice is frangipani, a flower you can see in almost all monasteries. Scientifically known as plumeria rubra, the flower is actually the national flower of the country and a symbol of sincerity and joy. Girls decorate their clothes and hair with frangipani.
What makes Laos unique?
Laos is the only landlocked country in the whole of Southeast Asia. Recently referred to as 'land-linked' rather than 'land-locked', Laos is an independent republic in Southeast Asia bordered by northeast Thailand, west Vietnam and is surrounded by Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Capers C. Funnye Junior est un Juif afro-américain, rabbin de la communauté "Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew" de Chicago (États-Unis), dont la très grande majorité des 200 membres est afro-américaine. C'est le premier rabbin noir du "Comité des Rabbins de Chicago", qui est membre du bureau du Jewish Council pour les Affaires urbaines et de l' American Jewish Congress du Midwest. Il est aussi actif à l'Institute for Jewish and Community Research (Institut de recherche juive et communautaire), qui s'occupe des communautés juives noires hors des États-Unis, telles que les Beta Israel en Éthiopie et les Juifs Igbo au Nigeria.

La communauté a été fondée par Funnye en 1985 comme une ramification de "Commandment Keepers", une secte juive fondée par le rabbin noir nigérian Wentworth Arthur Matthew, mais jamais reconnue officiellement par les autorités juives. Funnye a été ordonné rabbin par l'Académie rabbinique israélite en 1985. En 1996, Funnye était le seul rabbin officiel noir de la région de Chicago à être reconnu par les communautés juives. Il est Bachelor of Arts en études juives et a obtenu un master en Gestion des relations humaines de l'Institut d'études juives Spertus de Chicago.

Comme la plupart des membres de sa communauté, le rabbin Funnye n'est pas de famille juive. Il est d'abord chrétien méthodiste, mais insatisfait de cette religion, il a comparé plusieurs religions, y compris l'islam, avant de décider de se convertir au judaïsme, sentant dans cette religion un sens de libération intellectuelle et spirituelle dans l'interrogation permanente qu'elle encourage.

En plus des membres afro-américains, la communauté comprend aussi quelques hispaniques et des blancs, nés juifs ou qui se sont convertis au judaïsme. Comme le judaïsme ne pousse pas les non-juifs à se convertir, les membres non-juifs de la communauté doivent au préalable étudier le judaïsme pendant au moins une année avant d'entamer la procédure de conversion traditionnelle qui nécessite la circoncision rituelle des hommes et l'immersion rituelle des femmes dans un mikvé. La synagogue a une position située entre le judaïsme conservateur et le judaïsme orthodoxe moderne avec des influences afro-américaines; tandis que les hommes et les femmes sont séparés comme dans une synagogue orthodoxe, un chœur chante des spirituals au son d'un tambour. La synagogue de la communauté est actuellement une ancienne synagogue ashkénaze située dans les environs de Marquette Park au sud-ouest de la ville.

Bien que l'idée de Juifs afro-américains est parfois accueillie avec scepticisme, le rabbin Funnye affirme: « Je suis un Juif, et cela franchit toutes les barrières de couleurs et de races. »

Le rabbin Funnye est cofondateur avec Michelle Stein-Evers et Robin Washington, de l'Alliance of Black Jews (Alliance des Juifs noirs), formée en 1995.

Funnye croit que les Hébreux de la Bible étaient des Noirs. Il déclare qu'il ne fait aucune discrimination contre les blancs, mais reconnaît que certains juifs blancs sont racistes, ce qui entraîne quelques juifs noirs à avoir un comportement raciste anti-blanc. Il estime que c'est ce type de discrimination qui a conduit à la création de groupes noirs ultranationalistes et racistes comme la Nation of Yahweh. Funnye critique Louis Farrakhan pour ses commentaires contre les juifs.

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Naissance en avril 1952
Rabbin américain
Rabbin du XXe siècle
Famille Obama
Naissance à Chicago
Personnalité afro-américaine

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Family, Arts, Theatre
Dirty Dancing at the Kings Theatre
Wed, May 29, 2019 7:00 PM 19:00 Sat, Jun 1, 2019 10:00 PM 22:00
Kings Theatre, Southsea (map)
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage is back at the Kings Theatre Southsea. Exploding with heart-pounding music, breathtaking emotion, and sensationally sexy dancing.
Theatre, Family
The Unique Wedding Fair at Groundlings Theatre
Groundlings Theatre, Southsea (map)
Portsmouth's Groundlings Theatre presents the Unique Wedding Fair.
Theatre, Arts
Miss Hope Springs at Groundlings Theatre Portsmouth
Join Groundlings Theatre as Miss Hope Springs plays the piano and sings uniquely catchy songs from her all-original vintage Vegas style repertoire and recounts scandalous stories from her 'Ritz to the pits' showbiz life in this acclaimed 'laugh out loud-move you to tears' show
Arts, Theatre
Shivers: Stories from the Book of Darkness and Light
Groundlings Theatre Southsea (map)
Portsmouth's Groundlings Theatre presents Shivers: Stories from the Book of Darkness and Light by Adam Z Robinson. A trio of delightfully thrilling new ghost stories, set to the haunting sounds of the violin.
Comedy, Arts, Family, Theatre
Joanna Lumley at Portsmouth Guildhall
Portsmouth Guildhall (map)
The legendary Joanna Lumley will embark on her first ever live tour, IT'S ALL ABOUT ME, in autumn 2018. Joanna will take to the road for the 30-date tour on 6th October at Belfast's Waterfront Hall and then perform at major theatres in Ireland and across the UK.
Joanna will take audiences through her hilarious and interesting adventures from her incredible career spanning more than four decades, recounting some never heard before stories. She will also be joined on stage by friend and producer Clive Tulloh, who will put to Joanna questions from the audience that they've always wanted to ask, making the show a unique and hilarious night to remember.
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CCADS present Starlight Express
Wed, Jun 20, 2018 7:30 PM 19:30 Sat, Jun 23, 2018 9:30 PM 21:30
Petersfield Festival Hall (map)
In celebration of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webbers 70th birthday, the multi-award winning CCADS Theatre bring his record-breaking and spectacular musical Starlight Express to Petersfield for the very first time!
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Theatre at War
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100 years since the end of WWI, The Kings Theatre and Portsmouth Festivities 2018 invite you to celebrate this incredible era with a short performance piece by local actors The Lads of the Village, combining a talk from experienced archivists about the war and its effects on the local Portsmouth community, and theatre and life.
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Moonfall at New Theatre Royal Portsmouth
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An ideal Portsmouth Festivities event for Father's Day, Moonfall comprises 45 minutes of special family fun. Created by the brilliantly comical Hikapee Theatre, this magical story of a brother and sister is packed with physical comedy and aerial circus.
Family, Theatre
Kings Theatre Portsmouth open day
Portsmouth's Kings Theatre has stood in Albert Road for 110 years. On Saturday April 7th, the theatre's staff throw open the doors and welcome members of the public to see parts of the Edwardian playhouse that are usually out of bounds.
Theatre, Music
Russell Watson at The Kings Theatre
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Russell Watson, the English tenor known for his blend of operatic-style music and pop songs, performs his new show, Canzoni d'Amore, at Portsmouth's Kings Theatre on Sunday 11th March 2018.
Thu, Mar 8, 2018 7:30 PM 19:30 Sat, Mar 10, 2018 9:30 PM 21:30
It's one of the most memorable musical of all time — West Side Story tears up the New Theatre Royal Portsmouth stage between Thursday 8th and Saturday 10th March 2018.
Monty Python's Spamalot at New Theatre Royal Portsmouth
Tue, Feb 20, 2018 7:30 PM 19:30 Sat, Feb 24, 2018 11:00 PM 23:00
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The show that's funnier than the Black Death comes to New Theatre Royal Portsmouth from Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th February 2018!
Chinese New Year at New Theatre Royal
Join the Chinese New Year celebrations at New Theatre Royal Portsmouth on Wednesday 7th February 2018. Expect a unique and exciting show of cultural spectacle!
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Oliver!
Wed, Jan 24, 2018 7:00 PM 19:00 Fri, Jan 26, 2018 9:00 PM 21:00
The Petersfield School proudly present Oliver!, bringing Charles Dickens' beloved novel to life, and taking the audience on an adventure through Victorian England.
Wed, Jan 17, 2018 1:00 PM 13:00 Thu, Jan 18, 2018 3:00 PM 15:00
Peppa Pig and friends are back in the brand new live show, Peppa Pig's Adventure, taking to the Kings Theatre Southsea stage on Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th January 2018.
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Beauty and the Beast at the New Theatre Royal
Thu, Dec 14, 2017 6:00 PM 18:00 Sun, Dec 31, 2017 3:00 PM 15:00
This year's New Theatre Royal pantomime is Beauty and the Beast — an extraordinary adventure for the whole family.
to Jan 1
Snow White pantomime at The Kings Theatre Southsea
Tue, Dec 5, 2017 12:00 PM 12:00 Mon, Jan 1, 2018 12:00 PM 12:00
Snow White hits the Kings Theatre Southsea stage for their 2017 pantomime, from Tuesday 5th December 2017 to Monday 1st January 2018!
As You Like It at New Theatre Royal Portsmouth
Fri, Nov 24, 2017 7:30 PM 19:30 Sat, Nov 25, 2017 10:00 PM 22:00
Shakespeare's poetic and irresistibly funny comedy of mistaken identity and love comes to New Theatre Royal Portsmouth on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th November 2017.
Our House at The Kings Theatre Southsea
Mon, Oct 30, 2017 7:30 PM 19:30 Sat, Nov 4, 2017 10:00 PM 22:00
The Olivier Award-winning West End smash hit musical Our House takes to the Kings Theatre Southsea stage from Monday 30th October to Saturday 4th November 2017.
Belarus Free Theatre New Writing Project
Journeys Festival International Portsmouth collaborate with the world's leading refugee theatre company, Belarus Free Theatre, on this new writing project at New Theatre Royal.
Little Shop of Horrors at Groundlings Theatre
Tue, Oct 24, 2017 7:30 PM 19:30 Sat, Oct 28, 2017 7:30 PM 19:30
Little Shop of Horrors is a charming, kooky, and hilarious 1950s musical sci-fi spoof.
With music by the legendary Alan Menken, best known for his numerous Walt Disney film scores, it is a cult film, and one of the longest running off-Broadway shows of all time.
#JeSuis (In Progress) at New Theatre Royal Portsmouth
Journeys Festival International Portsmouth present the award-winning Aakash Odedra Company's JeSuis (In Progress) at the New Theatre Royal.
Torment at Gunwharf Quays
Fri, Oct 20, 2017 12:00 PM 12:00 Sun, Oct 29, 2017 12:00 PM 12:00
Torment is a new live scare attraction running at Gunwharf Quays from Friday 20th October to Sunday 29th October, inviting you to brave a Victorian manor house filled with malevolent demons.
Vienna Festival Ballet's production of Sleeping Beauty at New Theatre Royal
New Theatre Royal Portsmouth present Vienna Festival Ballet's production of Sleeping Beauty.
The Wizard of Oz at Kings Theatre
Tue, Oct 10, 2017 7:30 PM 19:30 Sat, Oct 14, 2017 10:30 PM 22:30
Award winning Musical Theatre Company The Portsmouth Players present The Wizard of Oz at Kings Theatre, Southsea.
ELO AGAIN at The New Theatre Royal
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This event celebrates the 40th Anniversary of ELO's iconic album 'Out of the Blue'. ELO AGAIN really do give you a dramatic taste of what the classic ELO were like in their heyday.
Dreamboys Tour at Kings Theatre Southsea
The Dreamboys are touted as the UK's top male strip show, with massive sold out worldwide tours and guest appearances on some of the country's biggest TV shows — the perfect girls night out at the Kings Theatre, Southsea.
Gaslight Tales at Wymering Manor
Wymering Manor (map)
Magicians Miller & Brooks invite you to step under the velvet curtain and into the era of Queen Victoria, where you'll be baffled with truly confounding magic!
The Rat Pack 20th Anniversary at New Theatre Royal
The acclaimed David Alacey stars as Frank Sinatra alongside Paul Drakeley as Dean Martin. They are joined by former Eastenders star Des Coleman as Sammy Davis Jnr. in the original Rat Pack show, now celebrating its 20th record breaking year, taking to the New Theatre Royal Portsmouth stage on Thursday 28th September 2017.
The Wedding Singer at Portsmouth's Kings Theatre
Tue, Sep 26, 2017 7:30 PM 19:30 Sat, Sep 30, 2017 8:30 PM 20:30
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The Kings Theatre are excited to announce their latest musical taking the stage, see The Wedding Singer on various dates in September.
More Portsmouth events
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Aug 10, 2019 – Aug 11, 2019
Portsmouth International Kite Festival 2019
Victorious Festival 2019
The Portsmouth Great South Run 2019
Nov 29, 2019 – Dec 1, 2019
Dickens Christmas Festival (formally Victorian Festival of Christmas)
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In celebration of the Grandparents' Day, Bayan Telecommunications gathered some grandparents on September 12, 2009 to be oriented on how to use the internet and make it easy for them to connect online. This event, held at Cyberzone of SM North Edsa in Quezon City, gave everyone the chance to meet and greet Lola Techie, the popular persona on TV, a grandmother who is very tech-savvy.
Internet has become an integral part of our daily lives. What better way to conect with our loved ones is through the internet. The elderly must not be left behind because even they must keep up with the trends of online communication such as the internet. But a lot of the elder ones are technophobic and wouldn't bother to try learning how to connect with their families, relatives and friends here and abroad. With this realization, Bayan Telecommunications (Bayan) introduced an internet-savvy character, Lola Techie, in TV commercials that still air nationwide.
Lola Techie proves in this TVC that once seniors go online, they are just as enthusiastic as younger users—proving untrue the notion that the World Wide Web may just bore the elderly out of their wits. In fact, Tessie Moreno, the cool grandma who plays the part of Lola Techie in the TV commercials, shares that the Internet has also changed the way she communicated with her friends and family.
I was assisting this lola to locate the answer on the internet for the questions the host had asked.
An effort that further proves Bayan's commitment of letting the Filipino voice be heard, the Lola Techie TVC seeks to reach more Filipinos nationwide and encourage the younger Filipinos to teach their Lolos and Lolas how to use the Internet. It also wishes to open the minds of older Filipinos that going online can be quick, simple and a lot of fun.
An informal poll, conducted by Bayan Communications with grandchildren via Plurk and Facebook social networking sites, revealed that given the chance, 87 percent would want to continue communicating with their grandparents.
The same informal poll revealed that 81 percent of Filipinos are close to their grandparents, and that 57 percent still visit from time to time.
However, in this fast-paced world where everything happens so fast and tasks have to be juggled simultaneously, the weekend lunches with lolos and lolas seem to be happening fewer and far-between, and even the occasional phone call gets to be neglected.
More people, usually of the younger generation, educated, single, either studying or at the prime of their careers, are using the internet – specifically its more cutting edge applications like instant messaging, social networking, and blogging.
The Nielsen study also predicts that the Philippines will have over 35 million internet users in 2012, from a little over 20 million this year.
As an additional treat, those will join the Teach Lola project will get one month free upon subscription to Bayan DSL Plan 899 with a maximum speed of 768 kbs. For more information log onto www.teachlola.com & www.bayan.com.ph.


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Our CRISPR future, according to J. Doudna
Posted on October 28, 2020 by Anna Meldolesi
The Nobel Prize for CRISPR is one of the most exciting ever assigned in chemistry and one of the most celebrated in the media, for reasons related to the invention and the inventors alike. On the one hand, the technique is changing the practice and the image of genetic engineering. On the other hand, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier are not merely great scientists; they are a success story in cracking the glass ceiling and a symbol of the strength of collaboration.
Among the genome editing pioneers, Doudna is the one who has put the most effort into initiating a debate on responsible innovation within and outside the labs by gathering working groups and writing for lay readers. Following her example, a community of researchers committed to dialogue has grown around CRISPR.
Recently an online symposium called World CRISPR Day offered the chance to listen to Doudna in the Nobel aftermath. Below you can read some extracts of her opening lecture and Q&A session, and measure the genome editing community's mood.
"CRISPR allows anyone with a little skills in molecular biology to manipulate genome, and that comes with extraordinary opportunity as well as incredible responsibility; I've been involved in both these aspects of the field in the last few years."
"I want to point out first of all that this technology comes from curiosity-driven research that was conducted by a number of scientists but including myself and Emmanuelle Charpentier. We have been interested in the last 12 years in understanding how CRISPR works as an immune system in bacteria to provide protection against viruses. And it was through studying the molecular mechanisms of this that we understood how a protein called Cas9 works as an RNA-guided DNA cutter, an enzyme that can cut DNA at precise positions defined by the sequence of the guide RNA. With that capability, it was possible to harness it as a technology for genome editing in cells that are able to repair DNA breaks using non-homologous end joining or homology directed repair."
"The work that Martin Jinek e Krzysztof Chylinski made in our laboratories, they found that Cas9 was a dual RNA guided enzyme, with two separated RNA molecules that provide the targeted information. They showed that these two RNAs could be combined into a single guide format that allowed a simplified system for programming Cas9 in cells, and this was for us that kind of proverbial moment when we realized that a curiosity-driven project to understand bacterial immunity had moved into something really different from what we imagined at the start of the project, which was an idea for a technology that could be used to trigger double-stranded breaks in eukaryotes and any cell type and trigger DNA repair introducing specific genome edits in these cells."
"Where is all this going? One of the really exciting applications, it is not only one, there are many, is the opportunity to cure genetic diseases. A few years ago it would have sounded like science fiction, but today we are a the point that we can manipulate DNA in cells in the laboratory to correct disease-causing mutations like the one that causes sickle cell disease. Clinical trials are underway using CRISPR to treat this disease, and there is the announcement about a patient that has this disease effectively cured."
"This is exciting for the field but also brings with it extraordinary challenges in terms of access and making sure that this technology is available to all those around the world who need it. The next stage in this field is how to make sure that people who need access to this technology can get it. It's something that my colleagues at the Innovative Genome Institute and I are working hard to do."
"One of the keys to all of this is delivery. We know that CRISPR works well, but the challenge is how to bring the molecules to the cells and tissues where they are needed. This is an area where we need innovation. We need smart people thinking creatively about how to do this effectively in specific types of cells. I feel very confident that this can be done. And this would be a way to reduce the costs and make this technology widely available worldwide."
"Safety and efficacy are obviously very important; we want to be sure that CRISPR is being used in an ethical way as well (there is the report released from the National academies and addresses particularly the use of CRISPR in the human germline and putting in place international guidelines for responsible use in clinical settings)."
"Cell technology requires cells to be manipulated and is typically being done ex vivo, collecting, manipulating and then returning the cells to the patient. I imagine a day when we have not to do that, and we actually have a way to manipulate the cells in situ. Imagine sickle cell disease, for example, rather than having to do bone marrow transplantation for each patient, we have a way to deliver CRISPR to the right stem cells in the bone marrow for manipulation in the body effectively and safely. It would be absolutely transformative. This is why we need to make this technology available to all of those that need it."
[About multigene diseases] "CRISPR is going to have an impact in uncovering the genetics of diseases and figuring out how genes interact in ways that are difficult to predict but you can now dissect through manipulation. That is going to take great work for sure. But having a technology that allows manipulation of specific genes is clearly key for addressing this kind of question."
"And then suppose you knew a set of genes that need manipulation to affect a disease outcome, then the question is for the technology how to manipulate efficiently and safely a large number of genes. I've seen extraordinary data, especially on plants where a collection of genes can be manipulated at one to get the desired outcome. I think the technology is going to go there, it's going to take additional clever work."
"One of the things exciting about CRISPR is that it's a very versatile platform. We understood that some CRISPR proteins have the ability to report on detection of an RNA or DNA sequence cutting a reporter molecule that has a fluorescent dye appended to it. This can be done for RNA detection using the family of enzymes known as Cas13 or for DNA detection using the family of enzymes known as Cas12."
"There is a number of groups working on this in commercial and academic settings, and I think that is exciting to think at the potential of this to provide alternatives to PCR or other kinds of amplification-based technologies for coronavirus detection in particular. But this a programmable technology that can be easily harnessed to detect other viruses and to prepare for future viral challenges that I have no doubt we will have to deal with in the future. I don't doubt we will see continued advance in the technology and new clever ways to use that fundamental mechanism to manipulate the genome."
[Abouy CRISPR as antiviral treatment] "CRISPR is a great technology to understand Sars-Cov2 and its interaction with the host. But using it therapeutically will be hard, at least in the short term because of this delivery challenge and because we are still learning a lot about the biology of this virus and how it interacts with the immune system that seems to be fundamental for why people respond quite differently to the same virus."
[About young researchers using CRISPR in the next 15 years or so] "You are the future and I'm so excited for the opportunity you have. It's an extraordinary time to be in the biological sciences and there is so much to be done and my fervent hope is that CRISPR is a wonderful tool for all of you that allows you to ask questions that were impossible to answer previously. Science is about asking and answering questions and trying to develop new tools that allow us to ask the future set of questions."
This entry was posted in basic research, Biomedicine, diagnostics and tagged coronavirus, delivery, equity, gene therapy, Jennifer Doudna, Nobel, sickle cell disease, World CRISPR Day by Anna Meldolesi. Bookmark the permalink.


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Plant a Tree for Sonya
Sonya Darlene (Pletcher) Lepley
March 27, 1963 ~ December 8, 2021 (age 58)
Sonya Darlene Pletcher Lepley, 58 of Byesville passed away December 8, 2021 at Riverside Methodist Hospital. She was born March 27, 1963 in Zanesville a daughter of Bobby Lee and Margie Ann Hill Pletcher.
Sonya volunteered at Daycare, was very helpful and loved her church and the Lord. Her favorite times were with her family especially at birthdays, holidays while playing board games and cards.
She loved her family and called every day to say "I Love You". In addition to her parents she is survived by her brother Raymond (Donna) Pletcher and her dogs Harley and Jax.
She was preceded in death by her brother Mitchell whom she adored; grandparents Roy & Mildred Pletcher and Everett & Juanita Hill and several aunt, uncle and cousins.
Visitation will be held from 10-12 on Thursday December 16, 2021 at THE SNOUFFER FUNERAL HOME, 1150 WEST MILITARY ROAD, ZANESVILLE. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon in the Snouffer Chapel with Rev. Clay Hannum officiating. Burial will follow in Iliff cemetery beside her brother Mitch.
To send the family a note of condolence, go to www.anoufferfuneralhome.com, find us on Facebook or call our caring Locally Owned staff at 740.450.8000.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Sonya Darlene (Pletcher) Lepley, please visit our floral store.
You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family, or by planting a memorial tree in the memory of Sonya Darlene (Pletcher) Lepley


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Q: how to substract between two tables by comparing them( according to a condition ) in sql? I have two tables like this
table1
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date   | name    | charge | coupon|
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10/01  | Alex    | 500    | 100   |
11/01  | Max     | 1000   |  200  |
13/01  |         |        |       |

table2
  ------------------------------------
date   | name    | error  | refund |
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10/01  | Alex    | crash  |        |
|      |         |        |

I want to calculate refund to table2  from table1, if theres a error in table2. Consider date and name  are unique.
I tried somthing like this, but it's not correct at all. I am a beginner to SQL
SELECT date, name, charge - coupon as Refund IF( error=True FROM table2 )
FROM table1

please help how to solve this ...

A: Hmmm . . . I think you want a join:
select t2.*, (t1.charge - t1.coupon) as refund
from table2 t2 join
     table1 t1
     on t1.name = t2.name and t1.date = t2.date
where t2.error is not null;

If you want all rows, with the refund conditionally on them:
select t2.*,
       (case when t2.error is not null then t1.charge - t1.coupon end) as refund
from table2 t2 join
     table1 t1
     on t1.name = t2.name and t1.date = t2.date;

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Have you done an assessment of your quit?
Have you gone deep into the emotions you create/perceive in the interactions with those around you?
Do you get pissed off thinking about it?
Don't stew, that does nothing, think it through.
Maybe it's time to examine where you think you are and if you are willing to reinvest and strengthen relationships to feel love, oneness, loyalty, and, continuity again?
move forward with the important things in life.
Already done! I know where I'm at, and I am more stronger in my life than ever, and totally enjoying all the important things in life!
Now....can we stop the kitty, poor thing, it's making me dizzy watching it!
Thanks Dale, I'm sure kitty is happy too! HeHe!!!!


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La Pfaff Industriesysteme und Maschinen AG è una società tedesca con sede a Kaiserslautern, operante nell'industria metalmeccanica e specializzata nella progettazione e costruzione di macchine per cucire.

Storia

G.M. Pfaff AG

Dal 1862 alla seconda guerra mondiale

L'azienda viene fondata dallo strumentista tedesco Georg Michael Pfaff (1823–1893). Nel 1862 viene venduta la prima macchina per cucire, presente ora al Deutsches Museum di Monaco di Baviera.
Nel giro di un decennio la società diventa uno dei primi costruttori in Germania e nel mondo di macchine per cucire, con una produzione annua di un migliaio di pezzi. Nel 1874 viene fondata da G.M. Pfaff una Cassa mutua per i propri dipendenti, e poi per la pensione. Nel 1885 viene aperta la filiale a Londra. Nel 1891 con un organico di 400 persone, venivano prodotto circa 25.000 macchine all'anno.
Dopo la morte di Georg Michael Pfaff nel 1893, la società viene presieduta dal figlio primogenito Georg Pfaff (1853–1917). Viene costruita la seconda fabbrica tra il 1894 e il 1896 e nel 1906 a Galgenberg.
Nel 1907/08 viene prodotta la prima macchina ad uso industriale. Nel 1910 Georg Pfaff espone la "milionesima" Pfaff-Nähmaschine presso lo Historischen Museum di Speyer.

Alla morte di Georg Pfaff nel 1917, la società esportava in 64 paesi diversi. La sorella Lina Pfaff (1854–1929) portò avanti l'azienda. La sorella continuò a estendere i benefit aziendali per la socialità dei dipendenti, comprese abitazioni e bagni. Nel 1926 la società divenne per azioni, e Karl Pfaff (1888–1952), figlio di Jakob Pfaff (1856–1889) divenne presidente. All'epoca la forza lavoro era di 2.600 collaboratori. Giornalmente venivano prodotte 300 macchine.

Nel 1936 viene prodotta la terza milionesima Pfaff-Nähmaschine.

Durante la seconda guerra mondiale la società produsse parti per armi. Nel 1944 circa il 60% della fabbrica venne distrutta dai bombardamenti aerei.

Dal dopoguerra al 1998

Nel 1951 viene prodotta la prima macchina per cucire da valigeria con braccio libero presente sul mercato.

Nel 1952 muore Karl Pfaff. La presidenza viene presa da Hugo Lind. Nel 1956 viene presa la fabbrica ETE di Landstuhl, nel 1957 la Gritzner-Kayser AG di Karlsruhe.

La G. M. Pfaff AG viene quotata in Borsa a Francoforte nel 1960. Viene presentata la prima Pfaff con taglio e senza uso di olio lubrificante. Nel 1967 viene presentata la rima macchina per cucire a zig-zag con 6.000 punti/min e nel 1968 la prima macchina per cucire semiautomatica per Jeanstaschen e nel 1973 la prima automatica programmabile.

Durante gli anni'80 vi fu un calo di fatturato causa la delocalizzazione della produzione di scarpe e abbigliamento verso i paesi in via di sviluppo. Nel 1988 la maggioranza delle azioni venne presa da Wolfgang Schuppli. Nel 1993 la società entra nel gruppo Semi-Tech (Global) Co. Ltd. e diventa nel 1997 sorella della Singer, diventando Singer/Pfaff.

Pfaff Industriemaschinen AG

1999 - 2007
Nel 1999 il gruppo entra in insolvenza e il marchio "Pfaff" passa a Husqvarna Viking. La società diventa Pfaff Industriemaschinen AG e nel 2001 venduta alla Rimoldi italiana e nel 2002 il 95% alla Bianchi Marè (il 5% alla Efibanca di Milano). Marè era uno dei più grandi distributori di Pfaff. Il marchio "Pfaff" su licenza venne concesso in uso a Husqvarna Viking.

Seguono dal 2008 al 2013 diverse cessioni a società asiatiche.

2013: SGSB Group
Il 6 marzo 2013 la società viene comprata dalla cinese SGSB Group Co. Ltd., che controlla anche la tedesca Dürkopp Adler.

Pfaff oggi

Pfaff oggi è di proprietà di SVP Worldwide fondo di private equity con sede a legale a Bermuda e quartier generale a Nashville in Tennese negli Stati e unità locali a Milano (Italia), a San Paolo (Brasile), a Londra (Regno Unito), a Shanghai (Cina) e a Sydney (Australia). SVP è proprietaria anche dei marchi Singer, Husqvarna e Viking. La produzione di macchine da cucire è localizzata in Cina nello stabilimento di Shanghai, mentre la produzione di aghi per macchine d cucire è in Brasile.

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Linda Hamilton Returning As Sarah Connor To The Terminator Franchise
Photo credit: TriStar Pictures
It appears James Cameron is determined to completely resuscitate the "Terminator" franchise, and he obviously wants to do it the right way.
Recently we learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger is already on board to reprise his role as the Terminator, and now the filmmaker is adding a yet another key element to the reanimation of this beloved sci-fi franchise: Linda Hamilton's character, Sarah Connor.
Cameron spoke at a recent event celebrating the first two Terminator films, when the movie mogul revealed he will indeed be bringing back the Sarah Connor character to the upcoming Terminator installment.
"As meaningful as she was to gender and action stars everywhere back then, it's going to make a huge statement to have that seasoned warrior that she's become return," said Cameron.
Gender (In)Equality In Action Movies
The filmmaker also stated that bringing Sarah back is part of his goal to remind us that gender equality and parity is paramount, especially when it comes to older action stars:
"There are 50-year-old, 60-year-old guys out there killing bad guys, but there isn't an example of that for women."
What Else Do We Know?
As far as other details related to the upcoming Terminator reboot are concerned, we know that Deadpool's Tim Miller will be directing the new movie(s) – don't forget that he's aiming to kick off a brand new Terminator trilogy – while Cameron has created a fresh story which was then turned into a script by currently one of Hollywood's favorite writers, David Goyer (The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Dark City) and Josh Friedman (The Black Dahlia, War of the Worlds).
(ALSO READ: Michael Keaton Boycotting Nolan's Batman)
Somewhat expectedly, almost all the details regarding the plot are still being kept closely under wraps, however we do know that Cameron's plan for the new movie is to make it a direct sequel to " Terminator 2: Judgement Day," and thus (fingers crossed) remove the recent Terminator movies from the storyline.
"We're starting a search for an 18-something woman to be the new centerpiece of the new story," says Cameron. "We still fold time. We will have characters from the future and the present. There will be mostly new characters but we'll have Arnold and Linda's characters to anchor it."
(RELATED: Top 9 Classic Action Movies To Get You Through The Work Week)


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