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Ep. 41 | Qualcomm's VP of XR Hugo Swart Explains How VR, AR, MR, and Metaverse Will Change The World
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Moore's Lobby Podcast
Episode #41 / 54:46 / March 15, 2022 by Daniel Bogdanoff
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How do you design hardware for an idea as big, ambitious, and mysterious as the Metaverse? Qualcomm's VP & GM of XR, Hugo Swart, takes us behind the scenes to discuss the Extended Reality (XR) technology that one day may immerse us in a virtual universe and change the way we work, live, and play.
The Metaverse is coming! It may be a virtual universe, but it has to run on real, physical, high-performance hardware. Tech mega-giant Qualcomm, led by Hugo Swart, is developing the chips behind new XR technology that has "the opportunity to change the world," similar to the smartphone era.
XR, for those still trying to catch up with the terminology, stands for "extended reality," a concept that encompasses VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), and sometimes MR (mixed reality).
In this episode of Moore's Lobby, Daniel talks with Hugo about his background and the steps that led up to heading one of Qualcomm's most forward-facing divisions—and when they realized they were "onto something" with this whole XR thing. Topics of discussion include cutting-edge IC design, the difference between designing for AR vs. smartphones, and the nitty-gritty of parameters like "common illumination."
In this Moore's Lobby Season 4 opener, there are numerous highlights that Daniel and Hugo cover that you won't want to miss:
Get that definition of the Metaverse you crave. (Spoilers: You'll need to make room in your brain for more buzzwords, like "spatial internet.")
Hear Hugo explain Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2 platform's impact on XR, the first mobile AR/VR chip uniting AI and 5G broadband connectivity with twice the CPU and GPU performance, and why TIME named it one of the "Best Inventions of 2021."
Discover how Magellan inspires engineers to sail for the "New New World" and why Hugo looks into the future and believes "your audience of engineers…they're going to have a lot of fun."
Learn what it takes to build a chip suitable for multiple XR use cases, protect IP, and Hugo's take on why "power is king."
Gain more knowledge on why Qualcomm's key partnerships with Microsoft, Meta, and other Silicon Valley partners are significant—years before they hit the mainstream.
A Big Thank You to This Episode's Sponsors
Meet Hugo Swart
Hugo Swart serves as VP and GM of XR for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. He is responsible for overseeing Qualcomm's XR business and P&L including go-to-market, product planning and roadmap, strategy, partnerships, and customer development. He spearheaded the standalone VR category in the industry with Qualcomm Technologies' first reference design in 2016 and built Qualcomm Technologies' XR business from the ground up.
Swart joined Qualcomm in 2003 as a technical marketing manager in charge of promoting wireless data technologies to operators worldwide. He has held roles of increasing responsibility since that time and has led several successful R&D projects from idea inception to customer adoption in the wireless space.
Prior to joining Qualcomm, Swart served as a sales engineer for Lucent Technologies and Telecom Italia.
Swart received his bachelor's (1999) and Master of Science (2004) degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Campinas, Brazil. In addition, he received a Master of Business Administration (2008) from San Diego State University.
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This blog has published numerous articles on data breach litigation and makes solid efforts to keeps its readers abreast of all the latest data breach litigation news. You can read a couple of these articles here and here.
I recently received an email from Toys "R" Us, Inc. alerting me that it had identified an attempt to gain unauthorized access to a small number of reward accounts. It was suspected that the activity was due to large breaches at other companies where usernames and passwords were stolen. Toy "R" Us's strong security measures tipped them off to the login attempts. Although no breach occurred, Toys "R" Us took the preventative step of sending a password reset email. This email recommended that all of its reward customers reset their passwords and gave step-by-step instructions on how it could be done. This type of proactive move will likely help Toys "R" Us avoid a successful hack attempt in the future. It certainly also gained customer trust.
It is not uncommon for people to use the same username and password for all of their online accounts. If that information is compromised just once, then hackers can use it to access any other account where that same username and password is used. It is also not uncommon for hackers to attempt to use stolen usernames and passwords on several websites. So while a data breach of your Toys "R" Us rewards account may not cause you too much heartburn. Your blood pressure likely increases the moment you realize that you use that same username and password to conduct online banking and manage investments. This is just one example of how a single security breach at a company can have widespread consequences.
What does this mean in the litigation world? Could the company responsible for the original information breach also be responsible for damages that its security failures caused another company's customers? If the attack on Toys "R" Us had been successful, would Toys "R" Us have a cause of action against the corporation that originally allowed the information to be stolen? To date, no lawsuits have been filed to help us answer these questions. That does not mean, however, that we will not see an attempt to bring one soon.
Therefore, this attempted breach, and Toys "R" Us's actions, should serve as a reminder for data breach best practices. All companies, regardless of size, should implement security features to guard customer's information. Let customers know that you are watching out for them by alerting them when calculated attempts have been made to gain access to their information. Be proactive and advise customers to use a unique username and password. Also require customers to update and change log-in information whenever suspicious activity is detected.


The National Short Stirrup Equestrian League (NCSSEL) provides an opportunity for novice junior riders to be a viable part of a team, promote the art of equitation, foster competition and camaraderie, as well as encourage social functions centered around equestrian activities. Good sportsmanship and a no stress competition atmosphere will be emphasized.
The League is composed of up to 12 teams consisting of novice junior riders with only 6 riders competing for points and up to three alternate riders whose points do not affect team standings.
Shows are typically held on Sundays. Shows will likely be held in November, December, January and February with the Finale scheduled for March. An awards banquet will be held in March or April at a central location selected by the League Board.
League meets rotate between host barns; and with the exception of the finale meet, riders must ride the school horses provided by the host barn. Teams trailer their own school horses to the NCSSEL finale.
Classes are judged on equitation. Meets consist of both flat and over fences classes.
Riders must be enrolled in weekly lessons as of October 1st of the show season.


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They are robust and rather easy to use.
Well documented with helpfile(s), examples and additional information at the vendor's sites.
Good support with easy access and fast service.
Offer yearly subscriptions which give regular updated components.
Cost effiency for my customers, i e less time is used in the development cycle and I can focus on the main task.
Makes me more competitive in bidding procedures.
Provide the customers with an attractive and end user friendly interface in my solutions.
Recently I have added a new tool to my toolbox – The Add-in Express 2007 for Microsoft .Net from Add-in Express Ltd. For the last weeks I've been working extensively with this tool and in my opinion it's a great utility. It shares the common aspects with the other mentioned components and tools.
What is the Add-in Express .NET?
Per se it supports RAD (Rapid Application Development).
It can contain several add-ins in one assembly.
It can create version independed (neutral) Interop Assemblies (IA) that are automatically added to the setup project.
In other words, we don't need to consider which version of Excel is available or if any PIAs/IAs are available or not on the targeting machines. If needed we can add additional prerequisities to the Add-in Express projects in the usual way.
It uses its own 'Shim' to isolate Add-in Express projects from other add-ins.
We don't need to rely on the unsupported COM Shim Wizard from MSFT (which at present doesn't support Excel 2007).
It can implement both RibbonX for Excel 2007 and Commandbars for version 2003 and earlier in the same project in a smooth way.
It can implement keyboard shortcuts at application level in an easy way.
The following screenshot shows the next step in the Add-in Express Project Wizard where we can choose to use the ADX Loader or not.
Creates the loader folder in the project's folder and places adxloader.dll in it.
Generates adxloader.dll.manifest and places it in the loader folder.
Adds the project's Primary Output to the setup project.
Adds the adxloader.dll and adxloader.dll.manifest to the setup project.
Generates customs actions that reference adxloader.dll.
The next screenshot shows the Wizard step where we can choose to add version independed (neutral) PIAs or not as well as using strong name or not.
I use Visual Installer 2006 in which it's easy to import setup projects and make a more customized installation package.
For more information please see Add-in Express 2007.
In an upcoming post I will present the VSTO development tool from Add-in Express Ltd.
It seems that it's still existing some confusion regarding what it actually requires to develop and use VSTO solutions and also which versions of Office are supported. This blogpost will try to give a better overview of VSTO.
At present there exist two versions of VSTO, 2005 and 2005 Second Edition (VSTO 2005 SE).
VSTO 2005 can either be used standalone or 'on top' of Visual Studio 2005 Professional and higher. It requires that we buy a license of it in order to use it.
Create workbook's level solutions, i e standalone workbooks and templates with managed code (VB.NET / C#) behind for Excel 2003 (and Excel 2007).
VSTO 2005 SE is available free for download. In order to use it we either need VSTO 2005 or Visual Studio 2005 Professional and higher.
Note 3 above is important as we cannot explicit use VSTO 2005 with Excel 2007 to develop workbook's level solutions. The workaround is to use Excel 2003 and then test the solutions with Excel 2007.
Note 4 above, I did test to have Office 2003 and Office 2007 installed side by side together with VSTO 2005 SE but it only ended up in a critical error message.
Finally, I have an article, that is regular updated, about online resources for VSTO here which includes all the relevant links for the above.


Former Prime Minister of Grenada Tillman Thomas should be extremely proud of himself given the current corruption scandal that FIFA and many of its executive members including our own Jack Warner are allegedly involved in.
Given his philosophy on the fundamental principles of accountability, transparency and good governance former Prime Minister Thomas would make the ideal candidate for President of FIFA.
Grenada and its citizens missed a golden opportunity to fully embrace Tillman Thomas and his moral and ethical values. Thomas tried to cultivate a culture of political, social and economic purification for his country in a manner that no other Prime Minister did.
As Prime Minister of Grenada he championed the cause of these principles even when he was heavily criticised by Keith Mitchell and the opposition NNP. He made a gallant effort to change the culture of corruption that was created by 13 years of NNPism.
Corruption then seemed to be the norm during the period 1995 to 2008.
The country lost millions of dollars and no one was ever held accountable for this travesty.
Today as a consequence of the alleged corrupt practices during that period Grenada's national debt went from 373.5 million EC dollars to over 2 billion dollars. The economic difficulties facing the nation currently are a direct result of the alleged corruption and mismanagement of that infamous period of governance of the NNP.
FIFA is embroiled in a similar scenario to what occurred in Grenada during that era. A number of FIFA executives allegedly engaged in wire fraud, racketeering, and corruption to the tune of over 150 million dollars. Given dollar for dollar this sum is far less than what Grenada lost under the NNP between 1995 and 2008.
Unfortunately for the people of Grenada, while a number of FIFA officials have been charged and under investigation not a single politician in Grenada is held accountable for those huge sums of monies that can't be accounted for.
What is even more unfortunate is that the vast majority of the Grenadian electorate gave the same perpetrators an overwhelming mandate to continue their corrupt form of governance. No wonder their economic malaise continues unabated.
There are some striking similarities between the governance style of Sepp Blatter and that of Grenada's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell.
Both men have been at the helm of their respective disciplines for over 30 years. Sepp Blatter has been involved with FIFA at various levels since 1974, while Mitchell has been involved in politics since 1972. Both men have very strong dictatorial tendencies and an innate hatred for any opposition or dissent. Their tenure has both been marred by allegations of mismanagement and corruption.
after winning a fifth term as President of FIFA he unceremoniously resigned. Mitchell, however, continues to ply his trade with the blessings of his newfound cronies Chester Humhrey and Peter David.
One day he will have to account to the people for his stewardship of their country. The arm of justice is extremely long. British Prime Minister David Cameron is on record as calling for an end to corruption in the world. Let's hope that his words will be followed by some decisive actions.
FIFA, the world's premier body governing world football, the most popular sport is currently embroiled in a major corruption scandal.
For decades the organisation has been marred by allegations of corruption which were vehemently denied by Sepp Blatter, the longstanding President.
of corruption against FIFA over the many decades. Had it not been for the United States Justice Department, FIFA would have continued on its filthy road of corruption. While these actions may not completely eradicate the scourge of corruption in world football, one thing is certain and that is, it won't be business as usual, as is the case in Grenada under Mitchell.
There is a serious culture of corruption in regional politics. The leaders of many of these countries govern their respective countries like a piece of their real estate. In many of these countries, including Grenada, millions of dollars have been lost as a result of allegedly corrupt deals and practices.
The recent revelations by Trinidad and Tobago MP Jack Warner, who himself has been charged and is under investigation by the US Justice Department, is a major cause of concern for the people of the region.
No one should be surprised if these investigations revealed malfeasance within the Grenada Football Association (GFA) and the involvement of local politicians, including the leadership of the country.
Former Prime Minister Tillman Thomas believed in his soul that, as a country and its people, stability, sustainable growth and development are only possible if there is accountability and transparency in the governance of the country.
He didn't receive the support of CARICOM, regional leaders and institutions in his effort to change the culture of corruption in Grenada and the Caribbean. His efforts to change this culture were vehemently resisted. Attempts were made to make him a scapegoat and someone out of touch with reality. The events of the past weeks are proof that Tillman Thomas was right. Many persons now come to the realisation of the merits of what he was trying to accomplish.
The question one must ask themselves is – would the Caribbean and CONCACAF be facing this level of embarrassment had Tillman Thomas received the support of the various stakeholders including regional Presidents and Prime Ministers?
Tillman Thomas refused to allow Joseph Gilbert to continue to serve as a minister in his administration after allegations of corruption surfaced against him. Today, the said Joseph Gilbert has found refuge in the house of the NNP.
Happy Birthday, Uncle Tilly, the peace loving and decent Grenadians salute you. FIFA could definitely do with the services of men and women like you. What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul? You may never have 19 million dollars in assets, but the asset that you bring to Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique is worth much more than silver and gold.
The political leader of the NDC Hon Nazim Burke, the NDC national executive and all sympathizers and supporters of the NDC and the entire state of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique love you.
Happy Birthday. The principles that you stand for will prevail.


We are delighted to announce a powerful new Delivery Routing Module.
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It is powered by Google Maps with live route information.
Organise deliveries for the shortest possible route.
Unlike many automated routing systems, Sharp-aX allows override of the chosen route to take advantage of local knowledge.
Alternatively, you can prioritise specific deliveries and/or manual collections.
Routes can be accessed via your drivers' mobile devices and/or printed out.
Know where your drivers are without having to phone them!
Live route information is accessible for your customer service team to update your customers.
Produce a consolidated picking report to streamline your warehouse process.
Ensure individual vehicles are loaded in priority order.
Use a mobile device to record items as they loaded onto your vehicles.
Essential weight compliance per vehicle.
At-a-glance weight check for the deliveries already listed as loaded onto your vehicles.
From the same screen, transfer individual orders to different vehicles.
Follow the navigation via Google Maps.
Record signatures, capture photographs and upload to Sharp-aX for proof of delivery or failed delivery attempts.
Update Sharp-aX with actual deliveries made at any time, as well as adjusting quantities for shortfalls / damaged goods.
Please contact our support team support@sharp-ax.com or call us on 01442 505950 for further information or to arrange demonstration.


Pouring out her heart when she was asked about her relationship with her love interest, Teddy A while she was still in the house, newly evicted housemate, BamBam has said she'd be willing to keep things going with the singer after the Big Brother house.
Following her eviction from the house last night when Ebuka paid a visit to the housemates and announced her removal from the house, while speaking with the talk show host earlier tonight, BamBam revealed that she'd 'genuinely' like to continue what she and her Teddy A started in the Big Brother house.
She says so long as he's also down to continue, then she too is also willing to have a relationship with him after the house – this comes after Teddy A, during a conversation with fellow housemate, Rico, revealed that instead of continuing with his babymama, he'd rather start a new life with BamBam.
Teddy, made this revelation while answering Rico's question of whom he'd rather be with outside the house.
BamBam too had revealed that she knows about Teddy A's baby mama outside the house.
Bambam said she was helplessly in love with Teddy A, who had in more one occasion talked about his baby-mama.


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NJ assemblywoman calls for action on 'Bayonne Karen' racist harassment
By: Stephen M. Lepore
BAYONNE, N.J. — A New Jersey lawmaker called for an investigation after a Black woman posted videos of a white woman yelling racial slurs in Bayonne on Monday.
The videos show Tameka Bordeaux being called racial slurs several times as she was "walking to the store."
State Assemblywoman Angela Knight, who represents Hudson County, demanded an investigation.
"I watched the social media live video posted by Tameka Bordeaux of her being racially harassed as she walked down a street in complete outrage and disgust," Knight said in a statement. "The white woman shown in the video trailed her and hurled the worst racial epithets imaginable to a Black woman who was calmly walking down a Bayonne street on the way to a store. This behavior is becoming so common now that we simply refer to these racist people as 'Karen' and let it go."
It's not clear what provoked the woman in the videos but once filming begins, she calls Bordeaux both racist and sexist slurs several times.
(Warning: The following videos feature several racial slurs and profanities.)
A man can be seen in one of the videos asking her why she keeps following Bordeaux.
PIX11 News has reached out to the Bayonne Police Department.
"I put myself in Tameka's shoes and I know it had to take a lot of restraint for her to endure what she went through today," said McKnight, claiming that Bayonne has a history of racist behavior. "I thank her for being the strong Black woman that she is to remain calm and reserved during the entire ordeal. This matter needs to be investigated for sure but regardless of the outcome of the investigation, one thing for certain is that Tameka was incredibly wronged today."
Bordeaux thanked McKnight in a post, saying she encouraged Bordeaux "to stand strong despite it all."

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package server

import (
	. "github.com/andres-erbsen/dename/protocol"
	"sync"
	"time"
)

type MessageBroker struct {
	serverID  uint64
	listeners []func(*Message) (bool, bool)
	messages  []*Message
	servernet serverNet
	subscribe bool
	sync.Mutex
	stop chan struct{}
}

const DOWNLOAD_INTERVAL = 300 * time.Millisecond

func (mb *MessageBroker) Collect(round uint64, phase int, reminder *SignedServerMessage) chan *Message {
	retCh := make(chan *Message, 1)
	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
	var once sync.Once
	closeChannels := func() {
		close(retCh)
		close(doneCh)
	}
	mb.StartWaitingFor(func(msg *Message) (bool, bool) {
		if *msg.Round == round && msg.Phase() == phase {
			retCh <- msg
			once.Do(closeChannels)
			return true, true
		}
		return false, false
	})
	go func() {
		for {
			select {
			case <-mb.stop:
				mb.Lock()
				mb.listeners = nil
				mb.messages = nil
				once.Do(closeChannels)
				mb.Unlock()
				return
			case <-doneCh:
				return
			case <-time.After(DOWNLOAD_INTERVAL):
				mb.servernet.SendToServer(mb.serverID, &BackendMessage{
					Download: &BackendMessage_MessageID{
						Round:  &round,
						Phase:  []uint64{uint64(phase)},
						Server: []uint64{mb.serverID},
					},
					SignedServerMessage: reminder,
					Subscribe:           &mb.subscribe,
				})
			}
		}
	}()
	return retCh
}

func (mb *MessageBroker) Notify(round uint64, phase int) chan struct{} {
	ch := make(chan struct{})
	mb.StartWaitingFor(func(msg *Message) (bool, bool) {
		if *msg.Round == round && (*msg.Round > round || msg.Phase() >= phase) {
			close(ch)
			return true, false
		}
		return false, false
	})
	return ch
}

func (mb *MessageBroker) StartWaitingFor(callback func(*Message) (bool, bool)) {
	mb.Lock()
	defer mb.Unlock()
	for i := 0; i < len(mb.messages); i++ {
		consumeCallback, consumeMessage := callback(mb.messages[i])
		if consumeMessage {
			mb.messages = append(mb.messages[:i], mb.messages[i+1:]...)
		}
		if consumeCallback {
			return
		}
	}
	mb.listeners = append(mb.listeners, callback)
}

func (mb *MessageBroker) OnReceive(msg *Message) {
	mb.Lock()
	defer mb.Unlock()
	for i := len(mb.listeners) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
		consumeCallback, consumeMessage := mb.listeners[i](msg)
		if consumeCallback {
			mb.listeners = append(mb.listeners[:i], mb.listeners[i+1:]...)
		}
		if consumeMessage {
			return
		}
	}
	mb.messages = append(mb.messages, msg)
}

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Zamek Hoheneck –  gotycka budowla znajdująca się w Ipsheim pośród winnic i wzgórz Frankenhöhe.

Źródła
 Ruth Bach-Damaskinos, Jürgen Schnabel, Sabine Kothes: Schlösser und Burgen in Mittelfranken – Eine vollständige Darstellung aller Schlösser, Herrensitze, Burgen und Ruinen in den mittelfränkischen kreisfreien Städten und Landkreisen. Hofmann Verlag, Nürnberg 1993, , S. 84–85

Zabytki Ipsheim
Architektura gotyku w Niemczech
Ipsheim


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Book Review: Poison Ivy (Stonehurst Prep Elite Book 1) by Steffanie Holmes
Title: Poison Ivy (Stonehurst Prep Elite Book 1)
Author: Steffanie Holmes
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance, Reverse Harem
I'll do anything to get in. I'll even become theirs.
Victor. Torsten. Cassius – the jock, the artist, the stepbrother.
The Poison Ivy Club.
Ruthless.
Connected.
Violent.
Untouchable.
They rule Stonehurst Prep with an iron fist.
If you want Harvard, Princeton, or Yale, they'll get you in.
But they'll take their pound of flesh first.
A deal's a deal – you give them whatever they want, and they'll make your dreams come true.
And they want me.
In their beds.
On their arms.
Part of their gang.
I'll do anything to get into an Ivy League school.
I'll lie. I'll cheat.
I'll get on my knees.
I'll kill.
But those three dark princes will never have my heart.
This is a new adult, dark contemporary romance with three poisonous guys and one fearless girl. It is intended for 18+ readers.
Poison Ivy is the first book in a reverse harem series featuring three notorious bad boys: Victor, Cassius (usually referred to as Cas) and Torsten. For those of you who don't know what reverse harem means, it's basically a story where the heroine doesn't have to choose. She doesn't need to choose one of these three as her love interest – she can have all three of them, and the boys don't mind sharing.
Despite that these types of relationships often are a lot more problematic in real life than they are in books, what with jealousy and all (not saying it is not possible in real life, just that I imagine it's a great deal more complicated than in fiction), the books of this genre often feature at least somewhat realistic scenarios. Here, not so much. It's not realistic that the three guys in question would run the school, or that their families would have that much power. And even if I'm willing to somehow accept that, the whole Coach Franklin plot (I won't go into detail because of spoilers) is just too outrageous and over-the-top.
Still… despite the plot certainly being a far cry from believable… I did enjoy this book.
First of all, the writing is great. Steffanie Holmes can conjure up descriptions that are vivid and original, and some even made me laugh out loud. She makes her main character, Fergie, sound like such a great person: on the one hand, a total badass, but with a vulnerable side. That's the second point here: the heroine is pretty awesome. She does have her flaws, though, like how she treats her best friend – not cool at all – but generally, her heart is in the right place and she's just dealing with some messed-up stuff. A lot of messed-up stuff, really.
Plus, I do have to applaud the author for writing about a main character who is blind. Fergie reads Braille, her descriptions of what is happening are mostly based on auditory sensations, and honestly, it's quite believable. When reading the Fergie chapters, I feel as if I'm blind–it feels slighty suffocating, and although you can rely on Fergie's other senses, it sometimes feels claustrophobic to read these chapters because you know her sense of sight is missing. It's a strange sensation, and I'm sure it was difficult for the author to write this character and no doubt it also took some research, but in my opinion, the author really pulled it off.
The three love interests were interesting, too. Especially Torsten, since it's obvious he doesn't quite experience the world the way others do. It's never mentioned what exactly is "wrong" with him, but there are hints that he has trouble functioning in certain circumstances. I liked how Fergie never judged him for that and instead tried to find ways that did work for him, and allowed him to set the pace for things between them. Then there was Victor, the savior, the knight in shining armor, probably every girl's dream guy. I could certainly understand why Fergie was drawn to these two.
But then, there's the last love interest. Cassius. Cas. Who happens to be Fergie's stepbrother. I don't mind that trope in general, but what I didn't like that much, was how instant their relationship was. And although it was basically fueled by desire and anger at the start, it never really develops from there. Maybe it will in the second book, but Cas seemed like the least likely person to do any kind of developing. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Characters – like people in real life – should grow and change, but not everyone does that at the same pace. In fact, given his personality, it's to be expected that Cas would fight any type of change or growth. But I hope that in the second book, he can at least learn from his mistakes, and keep some of his worser traits in check.
As far as contemporary reverse harems go, I rather liked this one. The main downside, for me, was the sometimes rather unbelievable plot. Also, I had expected more bullying from the guys. But they don't really bully Fergie, except at the start, and Torsten never really joins in. If anything, it's basically just Cas doing the bullying, and Cas bullies just about anyone except his two besties.
I already purchased the second book, and can't wait to start reading.
Filed Under: Contemporary Romance, New Adult, Reverse Harem, Reviews, Romance Tagged With: book reviews, contemporary romance, new adult, reverse harem
Book Review: Escape From Hotel Necro (The Blood and Gore Collection) by Amy Cross
Title: Escape from Hotel Necro (The Blood and Gore Collection)
Author: Amy Cross
It's supposed to be the perfect vacation. When Katie Johnson and her husband Jason arrive at Hotel Necro, they think they're going to enjoy a few days of peace, pampering and relaxation.
On the first morning, however, Katie wakes up feeling ill, and she has a strange scratch mark on her waist. She quickly realizes that something's very wrong, and that dark forces are at work beneath the hotel's facade. Strange nightmares interrupt her sleep, filling her head with hideous images. Meanwhile, the scratches keep appearing.
Soon, Katie discovers that Hotel Necro is far more than just a luxury hotel. As she ventures into the depths of the building, she realizes that something truly horrific is happening in the shadows. Can she and Jason escape before they become the hotel's latest victims, or does an even more awful secret lurk behind the one of the heavily-secured doors?
Escape From Hotel Necro is a horror novel about a woman who discovers just how far she'll go to save herself, and about an organisation that exists to save people from their own darkest fantasies.
If you've seen Hostel and its sequels, then you'll be familiar with the concept of Escape From Hotel Necro. Katie Johnson and her husband arrive at the hotel for a romantic weekend, but already on the first day, she wakes up feeling slightly ill and notices a scratch mark on her waist. This only gets worse as the weekend progresses: horrifying images fill her head as more scratches appear on her body.
What is going on at night in Hotel Necro?
Despite the predictability of some of the plot elements, I still enjoyed this read. In fact, thinking back on it, I think this was probably one of the first Amy Cross books I read, and after reading this one, I decided I just had to read some of Amy's other books. Fair warning though, some of the characters are quite sadistic in this one, and there's definitely a lot of gore as well, so it fits well in the "Blood and Gore Collection".
Filed Under: Horror, Reviews Tagged With: book reviews, horror
Book Review: Last Wrong Turn (The Blood and Gore Collection) by Amy Cross
Title: Last Wrong Turn (The Blood and Gore Collection)
Lost on a remote English country road, Penny and her husband are involved in a violent car crash. When she wakes up, however, Penny finds that she's been tied to a metal table in a farmhouse. She's the latest victim of a strange family, but Penny is different to the other victims in one crucial respect.
She's pregnant.
As she fights not only for her own life but also for the life of her unborn child, Penny comes face-to-face with the mysterious Enda. As the child of the family, Enda struggles to understand why their latest prisoner has to die. Can Penny find a way to escape, or is she destined to suffer a darker fate? And is her unborn child destined to become not only a victim of the farm, but one of its new occupants?
Penny and her husband are involved in a violent car crash along a deserted country road. When she wakes up after the crash, Penny discovers she's been tied to a metal table in a farmhouse — the latest victim of a deranged family. Penny has to fight to stay alive, not just for herself but also for her unborn child.
This story is brutal. That's really the best way I can describe it. Think Texas Chainsaw Massacre or The Hills Have Eyes. Penny is a strong woman who is willing to do whatever it takes to protect her child, and I greatly admired her for that. As far as the story itself goes, well… It's fast-paced, relentless, but it's also familiar. It's a plot we've seen before in countless of slasher movies. There are some small differences, but the jest of it is the same: unsuspecting couple gets a car crash and ends up at the mercy of depraved killers at an abandoned farmhouse. There are probably twenty, if not more, horror movies out there with the exact same story, so if you want to stand out, you need to add a surprising twist to it.
Here, unfortunately, I didn't really find the twist I was looking for. Still, it was an entertaining story and I enjoyed reading it, but it lacks originality.
Filed Under: Horror, Reviews Tagged With: book reviews, gore, horror
Book Review: The Blood House (The Blood and Gore Collection) by Amy Cross
Title: The Blood House (The Blood and Gore Collection)
On the run and deeply in debt, Owen Richards moves his family to a remote house in the middle of nowhere. Despite the strange portrait of an old man in the hallway, and the ticking sound coming from behind the walls, Owen promises his wife and daughter that this is their chance to start a new life.
Soon, however, Owen and his family discover that they're caught in a horrific trap. Seventy-five years ago, a family of three disappeared while living in the same house. Deadly dangers lurk in every room, and the ticking sound is just the first hint of a monstrous fate that has befallen everyone who has ever dared to step through the front door.
Can the Richards family escape from their supposed dream home, or are they destined to join their predecessors in a gruesome end?
The Blood House is a horror novel about a twisted genius with a vision, and about a family who only want to survive. This is the 2022 edition of the original 2016 book.
Owen Richards is desperate to start a new life with his wife and daughter. On the run from his past, he counts his blessings as he finds a remote house in the middle of nowhere–a perfect hideaway for a man on the run. But what Owen doesn't realize, is that the house he moved his family into, is far more dangerous than the past threatening to catch up with him.
The last family living here disappeared under mysterious circumstances, an ominous ticking sound acts like a herald of doom, and Owen has no idea that time is running out…
I really liked this book, particularly because I found the concept so intriguing and original. I won't give any spoilers, but let's just say this was a twist that I could appreciate.
There's definitely some gore, though (as the series title suggests) so this isn't for the faint of heart. I also felt that the book was rushed in some places, but overall, I really enjoyed this story and I thought it was innovative and original.
Book Review: The Haunting of Hurst House (Mercy Willow Book 1)
Title: The Haunting of Hurst House (Mercy Willow Book 1)
Genre: Horror, Paranormal
When she moves to a small coastal Cornish village, Mercy Willow hopes to start a new life. She has a brand new job as an estate agent, and she's determined to put the past where it belongs and get on with building a new future. But will that be easy in a village that has more than its fair share of ghosts?
Determined to sell the un-sellable Hurst House, Mercy gets straight to work. Hurst House was once the scene of a terrible tragedy, and many of the locals believe that the place is best left untouched and undisturbed. Mercy, however, thinks it just needs a lick of paint and a few other improvements, and that then she'll be able to find a buyer in no time.
Soon, Mercy discovers that parts of Hurst House's past are still lingering. Strange noises hint at an unseen presence, and an old family secret is about to come bursting back to life with terrifying consequences. Meanwhile, Mercy herself has a dark past that she'd rather keep hidden. After all, her name isn't really Mercy Willow at all, and she's running from something that has already almost killed her once.
The Haunting of Hurst House is the first book in the Mercy Willow series, about an estate agent in deepest Cornwall who develops the unusual ability to communicate with ghosts.
The Haunting of Hurst House is the first book in the Mercy Willow series, a series about real estate agent Mercy Willow. Running away from her past, Mercy is desperate to build a new life for herself working as a real estate agent in a small village. Unfortunately, her new career isn't off to a great start, so Mercy vows to herself that she will do the unthinkable.
She will sell the house no one can sell. Hurst House. Scene of a terrible tragedy, a house that has lain abandoned for years. If she can sell this house, then she can sell any house.
But Hurst House isn't an ordinary house. Strange noises haunt its corridors, during the renovation, items move from one room to another over night… Then again, Mercy Willow is no ordinary real estate agent, either, so if anyone can pull this off, it's her.
I liked parts of this book, but other parts were just too far-fetched. The twist about the family who had lived in Hurst House just seemed too impossible for me, not believable at all. Apart from that, I liked the story overall and Mercy is an intriguing protagonist because there's obvbiously parts about her that the reader doesn't know yet. I will definitely pick up the next book in the series.
Filed Under: Ghosts & Hauntings, Horror, Reviews Tagged With: book reviews, ghosts, horror, paranormal
Book Review: The Haunting of Edward House
Title: The Haunting of Edward House
Twenty-five years ago, Edward House and his sister Meg ran screaming from their family home. They claimed that a ghost had attacked their parents, that some kind of evil spirit had been trying to possess Edward and take control of his body. Their father lay dead on the floor, and their mother had lost her mind. Now Edward and Meg only had each other.
Today, Edward is a married man with a daughter of his own. When he and his family move into a new home, they have no idea that a dark force from the past is once again beginning to stir. Edward is certain that the events of his childhood are over, but his sister's not so sure.
And when Edward's daughter Molly starts seeing the same ghost that tormented Edward and Meg a quarter of a century earlier, history looks set to repeat itself.
The Haunting of Edward House is a ghost story about a man who refuses to face his past, a woman can't let go of one moment of horror, and a deadly evil that will stop at nothing to get what it wants.
The Haunting of Edward House is the story of Edward House, a rather bland married man with a daughter of his own. He and his family move into a new home, and strangely enough, his daughter Molly starts seeing the same ghost that tormented Edward and his sister Meg back when they were children–although back then they lived in a completely different house!
As usual, Amy Cross manages to put an interesting, unexpected spin on your typical run-down-the-mill ghost story, making her books stand out from others in the genre. This is not one of my favorites by Amy Cross, but it's still a decent story. What annoyed me the most was how long it took for Edward and his wife to finally admit they were being haunted. They did wrong by Meg by not believing her sooner. It also didn't make much sense, given what had happened in Edward's past, that he was so reluctant to believe.
Fans of ghost stories will find an interesting story here about trauma, family ties and also a lesson that not everything is always what it seems at first glance.
Filed Under: Horror, Reviews Tagged With: amy cross, book reviews, ghost stories, horror
Book Review: How to Make A Ghost by Amy Cross
Title: How to Make A Ghost
Twenty-five years ago, Eve Marsh's little sister Rebecca vanished. No-one in the family is willing to talk about what happened, and Eve has come to accept that she might never learn the truth.
When a huge storm erupts, however, Eve is forced to return to her childhood home. Her father lives alone, and the house is in danger of collapsing as it's battered by wind and rain. Eve hasn't talked to her father since she ran away from home many years earlier, and she soon finds that the old man's mind is deteriorating. Meanwhile, something seems to be in the house with him, lurking in the shadows and tormenting what's left of his sanity.
Eve soon begins to discover the truth about what happened to Rebecca. A strange, ghostly figure appears in the house, and a voice cries out for revenge. The more Eve learns, the more she comes to understand that something terrible has been happening to her family for many years. She's always held her father responsible, but is there something even worse that Eve doesn't know? And is the ghost of her dead sister really lurking in the shadows of the house?
How To Make a Ghost is a horror story about a haunted house, a dark family secret, and a horrific experiment that has been years in the making.
Over the past year, Amy Cross has become one of my favorite authors. She manages to combine a straightforward, no-nonsense, fast-paced writing style with original, imaginative stories that keep readers on the edge of their seat.
How to Make A Ghost is no different. Seemingly starting off as yet another ghost story, the plot soon takes a turn followed by an ever-more-complicated series of twists that make for an unpredictable, innovative story.
Eve Marsh's little sister Rebecca vanished more than two decades ago. No one in the family is willing to discuss the incident, and it has estranged Eve from her father, whom she blames for what happened to Rebecca. When a storm erupts and her sister begs her to go check up on her father, Eve reluctantly heads to her childhood home. Upon her arrival, she notices immediately that her father's mind seems to be deteriorating… But perhaps even more worrying, something seems to be inside the house, trying to destroy whatever is left of her father's sanity.
Is it the ghost of Rebecca? Or is something else at play?
What I enjoyed the most about this book, without giving too much away concerning the plot, is that the true horror doesn't come from the ghosts, but from another source entirely. And that is far more horrifying and nightmare-inducing than any ghost could ever be.
Filed Under: Horror, Reviews Tagged With: amy cross, book reviews, horror
Book Review: Refraction by Terry Geo
Title: Refraction
Author: Terry Geo
Genre: Science-Fiction / Fantasy
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Most stories start at the beginning; this one begins at the end. At least for Maria. Her sudden death sends shockwaves through her family and pushes her grieving mother to the very brink of insanity. After exhausting every avenue conventional medicine has to offer, Maria's father, Henry, brings together the world's greatest minds in the hope of carving out a new path. Months pass, and as Henry watches his beloved Elena slowly drift away, he begins to lose faith. It is only then that a solution presents itself. A discovery so momentous, it saves Elena and reveals the most important scientific and technological breakthrough in modern history.
Silicate is founded; a privately funded facility which delves deeper into the human mind, able to discover answers to questions we are yet to ask. Securing Silicate's secrets becomes of utmost importance; even after treating hundreds of patients, the public are still unaware of the wonders and terrifying reality Silicate has unearthed . . .
The world you know is only half the story.
Refraction was not at all what I expected. In ways, it went beyond what I had expected, diving into unconventional, unexpected territory, while at the same time dealing with issues that are known to all of us. A family, dealing with the loss of a loved one, for example, is something all of us unfortunately have to deal with at some point in their lives (however, in this story, it's the worst sorrow of all, that of parents losing a child). Trying to find a way to reach out to those we love, even after death, is something all of us have probably longed for at some point or another as well, and this book deals with exactly that, with grief, with trying to move on, with trying to save the people we love. And it's by going on this quest, venturing into this unknown territory of the human mind, that miraculous wonders and terrifying truths are uncovered.
The book is quite long (it was 700+ pages in the PDF I read), but it reads lightning-fast, and once you start reading, it's hard to put down. For a debut novel, it's especially surprising that the author manages to craft such an original, well-researched story, while keeping up the fast pace and still being able to introduce the reader to myriad characters that each bring their own uniqueness to the table.
I don't want to give away any spoilers, but the book had quite a few twists in the storyline that I didn't see coming, and this doesn't happen very often!
I'm definitely interested to read more works by this author in the future.
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Book Review: Edge of Death (Book #2 Admiralty Archives)
Title: Edge of Death: Book Two of the Admiralty Archives
Author: Joni Parker
In this second installment of The Admiralty Archives, the warrior Lady Alexin, the Keeper of the Keys for the Elf realm of Eledon, finds herself exiled to the harsh world of near-future London. Rendered little more than a political pawn by the Elfin Council of Elders to avoid a war with the Rock Elves, she has little choice but to struggle to find her way in this strange new land. Taken under the protection of kindly mentors, Vice Admiral Malcolm Teller of the British Royal Navy and his wife, Alex brings all her skills to the fore as she uncovers a series of deadly plots.
Murder is on everyone's mind as an underground White Supremacist organization takes aim at Admiral Teller while two wizards, resurrected from death, must kill Alex in order to survive. To make matters worse, the Rock Elves dispatch a hundred assassins from Eledon with their sole mission to bring Lady Alexin to the very… Edge of Death.
I read and reviewed some of Joni Parker's other books before: The Blue Witch, Gossamer and Noble Magic, all part of the Chronicles of Eledon series. In the Admiralty Archives series, I already read and reviewed the first book, Curse of the Sea, so you can say I'm definitely a fan of this author and the magical worlds she creates, with most of my ratings being either 4 or 4,5 stars. I mean, fantasy, elves, wizards, what's not to like?
Needless to say I had some pretty high expectations when starting the second book in the Admiralty Archives, Edge of Death, but the sequel certainly didn't dissapoint. The reader is once again following Lady Alexin, who by now has really become one of my favorite characters in fantasy books throughout. What I really enjoy about this series is how well it mixes fantasy and reality, and how well-crafted the fantasy world is, reminding me of the worlds created by Raymond E. Feist and Robin Hobb, and that I could spend hour hiding away in during my childhood and early teens. It's a rare gift to be able to create a world that is so different yet so relatable that people can imagine themselves there, and to be able to come up with characters who despite being relatable, can still surprise the reader – especially after so many books.
In this book, Alexin is forced into exile to the London of the near future, a terrible, sullen place. Not only does she have to get used to this new, strange world, but she also becomes a target in a complicated assassination plot, and she'll need all her skills, wit and some good old-fashioned luck to survive.
I don't want to give out too many spoilers for readers new to the series, but this book had me on the edge of my seat again. Memorable characters, a vast, extraordinary setting, excellent writing and a mercilessly fast pace, this is one book no fan of the genre should miss out on.
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The 45th annual L.A. Pride Festival took place this weekend, and plenty of attendees shared their experiences online with colorful photos.
The event, which reportedly attracted around 400,000 prideful attendees, was also an opportunity to promote social good and political action. During the parade, organizers held a moment of silence at 12 p.m. PT to honor members of the LGBT community "who are no longer with us, or cannot be here today." Metropolitan Community Church founder Rev. Troy Perry and transgender teen activist Zoey were the grand marshals.
Pictured: Channing Tatum and Matt Bomer.


NOPE, But DLCs will probably get added.... hopefully. always nice to get new maps, possibly with more modes to play.
No, not by me unster, just that 67deuce's comments about this being a simulator should be directed at the noobs who do not have the patience to realise that MR is not a mud bogging sim where you can just mash the throttle using speed and brute horsepower to get through..
erm... perhaps I cannot count..
Not just on PC, - I've noticed this on XBone too.
A good point there unster.


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Gemfibrozil for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in men with low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Veterans Affairs High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Intervention Trial Study Group
N Engl J Med. 1999 Aug 5;341(6):410-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199908053410604.
H B Rubins 1 , S J Robins, D Collins, C L Fye, J W Anderson, M B Elam, F H Faas, E Linares, E J Schaefer, G Schectman, T J Wilt, J Wittes
1 Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA. bloom013@tc.umn.edu
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199908053410604
Background: Although it is generally accepted that lowering elevated serum levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in patients with coronary heart disease is beneficial, there are few data to guide decisions about therapy for patients whose primary lipid abnormality is a low level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.
Methods: We conducted a double-blind trial comparing gemfibrozil (1200 mg per day) with placebo in 2531 men with coronary heart disease, an HDL cholesterol level of 40 mg per deciliter (1.0 mmol per liter) or less, and an LDL cholesterol level of 140 mg per deciliter (3.6 mmol per liter) or less. The primary study outcome was nonfatal myocardial infarction or death from coronary causes.
Results: The median follow-up was 5.1 years. At one year, the mean HDL cholesterol level was 6 percent higher, the mean triglyceride level was 31 percent lower, and the mean total cholesterol level was 4 percent lower in the gemfibrozil group than in the placebo group. LDL cholesterol levels did not differ significantly between the groups. A primary event occurred in 275 of the 1267 patients assigned to placebo (21.7 percent) and in 219 of the 1264 patients assigned to gemfibrozil (17.3 percent). The overall reduction in the risk of an event was 4.4 percentage points, and the reduction in relative risk was 22 percent (95 percent confidence interval, 7 to 35 percent; P=0.006). We observed a 24 percent reduction in the combined outcome of death from coronary heart disease, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and stroke (P< 0.001). There were no significant differences in the rates of coronary revascularization, hospitalization for unstable angina, death from any cause, and cancer.
Conclusions: Gemfibrozil therapy resulted in a significant reduction in the risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with coronary disease whose primary lipid abnormality was a low HDL cholesterol level. The findings suggest that the rate of coronary events is reduced by raising HDL cholesterol levels and lowering levels of triglycerides without lowering LDL cholesterol levels.
Cholesterol, HDL / blood*
Cholesterol, LDL / blood
Coronary Disease / drug therapy*
Coronary Disease / mortality
Gemfibrozil / adverse effects
Gemfibrozil / therapeutic use*
Hypolipidemic Agents / adverse effects
Hypolipidemic Agents / therapeutic use*
Hypolipoproteinemias / drug therapy*
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
Myocardial Infarction / prevention & control
Proportional Hazards Models
Triglycerides / blood
Cholesterol, HDL
Cholesterol, LDL


When execs from Priceline, Booking.com, Expedia and Google take turns to speak at a travel conference, the audience can become blinded (if not terrified) by the numbers bandied about.
At last week's Buy Tourism Online (BTO) conference in Italy, the audience of independent hoteliers, tech providers and destinations were left in no doubt just how huge these businesses are.
The David/Goliath disconnect is compounded in Italy where there are even more independent and non-chain hotels than in most major European tourism markets, while regional and national policies create a fragmented destination marketing environment.
But while Priceline Group's market capitalization of $75 billion, often referenced by moderator-in-chief Philip Wolf, is perhaps so stratospheric it becomes meaningless, some other numbers hit closer to home for the audience.
A figure that kept coming up during the keynotes was "$3 billion", the amount Priceline Group allegedly spends on Google every year. Glenn Fogel, its head of worldwide strategy and planning (as well as its executive vice president of corporate development) was asked about its Google spend, and noted that "we don't disclose it but I'll go with it..."
And that eye-watering amount could easily be higher.
"Any channel that gives us a good return on investment we will consider spending more on," he said.
He noted the "interesting conflict" that exists around Google. "Travel companies pay Google to get customers but seem to resent in a way that doesn't seem to apply to say, newspaper advertising. Maybe it is Google's dominance - you know you have to pay - and maybe it's the requirement that causes the angst".
The angst felt by smaller hoteliers in terms is how they can compete with booking.com - a business which many observers insist has become the market leading by working out how to optimise its Google spend - is understandable and real.
But from a top-view corporate perspective, Fogel tried to console the audience by saying that the success of booking.com - currently handling 1.2 million room nights every 24 hours - "shows how a little company can grow....by concentrating on its core competencies [and by] setting up the company to be flexible and agile."
Fogel, as head of corporate strategy, gets a lot of cold call emails from businesses wanting to be acquired. On the one hand this sounds good for some small tech companies - Hotel Ninjas came to the group's attention this way.
But the example of Qlicka - a mobile marketing segmentation technology firm which Priceline bought in 2014 - works the other way. Priceline not only spends loads of money on Google it can buy a business which will help it optimise (if not dominate) Google.
Javier Delgado Muerza, Google's head of travel search for southern Europe, was on stage later, and was very insistent that the widely-referenced "Priceline spends $3 billion on Google" has never been disclosed and was unable to confirm or comment on that specific figure. His observation was that Google's auction marketplace for hotel placement is neutral but acknowledged that it might also be intimidating for smaller businesses.
The fragmented nature of Italy's hotel market is driving a dynamic ecosystem of technology firms with whom independent hoteliers and destinations could partner with in order to have access to the Google audience. His argument, similar to what Fogel said when talking about if hoteliers need to add artificial intelligence and voice search to their "to do" list, is that partnerships allow hoteliers to concentrate on what they are good at - being an hotelier.
So the answer for small firms in this sector appears to be partnerships - but one truth for hoteliers (and the wider hospitality tech industry) is that is the OTAs themselves that are increasingly the partners. The B2B offerings - from BTO speakers booking.com and Expedia - pull in the data and analytics from the consumer traffic and create a circle where there is little distinction between B2B and B2C.
Whether that circle is virtuous or vicious remains under discussion.
So take Expedia, represented by its market manager for southern Europe, Walter Lo Faro. He talked up the various options available to subscribers to its Expedia Partner Central (EPC) extranet, from the revenue management possibilities gleaned by looking at the future bookings of up to 20 competitors to the real-time reputation management benefits of linking up guests on-property with the hotel operations team.
Rev+, a specific revenue management tool which went live in the US in September, will be launching soon in Europe, he said.
So businesses who sell via Expedia Inc's OTAs have access to these B2B tools to help them make the most of the OTA channel. Never mind those Web1.0 conversations about owning the customer, the question is now who owns the hotel?
Another huge number thrown out by Faro was "$400 billion" - the value of the global meetings, incentives, conference and events (MICE) market. Expedia is clearly putting a lot of attention on this sector via its Meetings Market by Expedia brand.
Meetings Markets was quietly launched in Germany earlier this year and made its biggest move to date last week, with Best Western's German properties signing up for a white-labelled version of the platform. Meetings Market offers a one-stop booking portal for meetings of between 20-30 people - booking the rooms, the catering, the AV equipment and more. There are potential commercial synergies with Expedia Inc's corporate travel agency Egencia and synergies with the hotel partners already engrossed in Expedia Inc's B2C and B2B world. The potential is vast.
Peter Verhoeven, director general of Booking.com, was not to be outdone in the big number stakes, although it's all relative - 1,000 is huge when it refers to the number of tests booking.com carries out on a daily basis across its desktop, mobile, apps and email messaging.
Verhoeven noted that small teams within his organisation had sufficient autonomy to test on an almost constant basis, and that while the majority of these tests did not result in any material improvement, it was part of its corporate culture. "We are always looking for the next big innovation but small steps are hugely important as well."
He added that this inbuilt encouragement of experimentation was also applied to its hotel partners, who are "encouraged to experiment [with our B2B tools] like we do with our consumer site."
The landscape is difficult for small hotel operators and others which do not have the scale and resources of these global behemoths. Whether the on-message presentations about the partnership opportunities are reassuring for the independents is a difficult call, but the reality of how things have turned out is that partnerships - and the costs associated - could be the lesser of two evils.
NB1: The author's travel and accommodation costs were supported by BTO as part of its media partnership with Tnooz.


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The story continues for the beginning with The Hobbit a film adaptation of the 1937 novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien classic. Fans of the blockbuster trilogy "The Lord Of The Rings" get excited, the story of the is finally told as Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian MckEllen), Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever … Gollum (Andy Serkis). Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities that can rule middle earth.
Story be told, that Frodo (Elijah Woods) does appear in the film, along with Legolas (Orlando Bloom), Galadriel (Kate Blanchett), Bard (Luke Evans) and many others.
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Marie Prouvensier, née le  à Dijon, est une joueuse française de handball évoluant au poste d'ailière droite à l'OGC Nice en Ligue Butagaz Energie.

Biographie
Formée au club, Marie Prouvensier débute en première division durant la saison 2010-2011 et intègre pleinement l'équipe première du Cercle Dijon Bourgogne en 2011-2012. Après la relégation du club en  à l'été 2013, elle participe à la remontée directe en remportant le titre de Championne de France de D2 en 2014.

À l'été 2014, elle participe au Championnat du monde junior avec l'équipe de France junior, qu'elle termine à la cinquième place.

En , elle figure dans la liste des 22 joueuses retenues en équipe de France A pour le stage de préparation à la Golden League en octobre. Elle honore sa première sélection à cette occasion le  contre la Serbie. Elle est finalement retenue pour participer au Championnat d'Europe 2014 en Hongrie et en Croatie. Pour son premier match dans la compétition, la seule ailière droite de métier du groupe réussit un bon match en inscrivant deux buts. La France termine finalement  de la compétition.

Ses bonnes performances en club lui permettent d'être élue meilleure joueuse du mois du championnat de France en . Régulièrement sélectionnée en équipe de France, elle est retenue dans la liste des 18 joueuses qui participent au championnat du monde 2015, sa deuxième compétition internationale consécutive.

Pour la saison 2015-2016, elle annonce s'engager avec le Brest Bretagne Handball.

Initialement non retenue en équipe de France pour disputer les Jeux olympiques de 2016 à Rio de Janeiro, elle intègre l'équipe au stade des quarts de finale pour pallier la blessure de Blandine Dancette et remporte ainsi la médaille d'argent olympique.

En , elle s'engage pour deux ans avec le club de Nice.

Palmarès

En sélection
  Jeux olympiques
  médaille d'argent aux Jeux olympiques 2016
 championnats du monde
  du championnat du monde 2015
  championnats d'Europe
  du championnat d'Europe 2014
 autres
  du championnat du monde junior en 2014
  du championnat d'Europe junior en 2013

En club
 compétitions nationales
 vainqueur de la coupe de France en 2018 (avec Brest Bretagne Handball)
 finaliste de la coupe de France en 2019 (avec Brest Bretagne Handball)
 vainqueur du Championnat de France de D2 en 2014 (avec le Cercle Dijon Bourgogne)

Distinctions individuelles
 élue meilleure joueuse du mois de  du championnat de France
 élue meilleure ailière droite du championnat de France de D2 2013-2014
 élue meilleure ailière droite du championnat de France de D1 2014-2015

Décorations
 Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite le

Références

Liens externes

Handballeuse internationale française
Handballeuse aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016
Médaillée d'argent olympique française
Joueuse de la Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball
Joueuse du Brest Bretagne Handball
Joueuse de l'OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball
Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite
Naissance en février 1994
Naissance à Dijon


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Why are most men annoyed by Jim Carrey?
I cannot speak for most men but for me it is the gurning; creepy.
I just learned a new word and it feels great.
It is a surprisingly handy word when approaching the issue of commuting by public transit in Toronto.


The end is near! As the year races towards its close, we follow our heroes through their final steps in space - and time! From the mean streets of Gotham to the far reaches of deep space, the last weeks tick down to their shattering conclusion. World War III is just the beginning! Plus, more origins of the DC Universe, including the JLA with Ethan Van Sciver and Batman with Andy Kubert! These final issues feature art by Darick Robertson, Eddy Barrows, Joe Bennett, Justiniano and more.


Municipal governments in Wyoming stand to lose more than $100 million in direct funding to offset anticipated shortfalls in the education budget. With that reality looming, the Wyoming Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee met two weeks ago in Buffalo to discuss a number of new ways to provide funding to cities, towns and counties.
Here we have the first attitudinal problem. The tax hikers are still running amok without any pushback, treating government finances as if there is nothing wrong with the spending side.
Critics said the plan — while offering much-desired flexibility for cities and towns — was flawed because it would disproportionately benefit large cities and towns and would not serve as a true replacement for the state's direct funding. Their argument: a large town with lots of tourists or strong retail can generate revenue small towns with no retail or visitor traffic can't, thereby creating a system where there are winners and losers.
Option A would allocate an increased amount of what the state already collects in sales tax revenues to cities and counties, ensuring local governments get to retain more of the tax revenues raised there. At the same time, it would raise the statewide sales tax from 4 percent to 4.25 percent.
Did you catch that? It is now perfectly fine to suggest that a proposal to raise the statewide sales tax from 4 to 4.25 percent and to increase property taxes, is a proposal to raise more tax revenue without raising taxes.
Option B would implement a larger splitting of the sales tax revenues (a 4 percent increase for local governments) as well as reinstating a 4 percent sales tax on groceries, a prospect that has been a politically tricky area over the years.
No victims. Try that again. No victims. According to the WCCA, as reported by the Tribune, if you go from Rock Springs to Casper to attend a convention, and you spend a couple of nights at a local hotel, you are not a victim of the statewide lodging tax. If your kid is getting married and guests check in at a hotel in town, they are not victims of the tax on their hotel rooms.
The only reason why people can have this attitude is that they meet no resistance out there. They meet no resistance because taxpayers in Wyoming are not hearing the counter arguments.
Help me educate Wyoming taxpayers. Help me start The Wyoming Center for Political Economy. This is the last line of defense for our state's taxpayers. If this fails, there will be no resistance when the legislature starts raising your taxes.


The Skins@HWT website currently has a reasonable backlog of downloads that have been posted with the message "screenshots will be added soon". Unfortunately soon has, so far, not come for many of the downloads. This is partly due to a lack of prioritisation of time on my part and partly due to the fact that I'd generally rather have the file uploaded and available than unavailable just because it doesn't have a screenshot.
If anyone can help by contributing screenshots to downloads that are missing them it would be a huge help. What we're generally looking for is clean screenshots (in the army painter is easiest, or in-game shots with no UI and no unit selection icons etc) in a style that's similar to our current screenshots. Sizes should be up to about 750px wide or high, whichever is the biggest (so crop and resize down to 500x750, not 750x1125) and preferably below about 125KB.
Please post links to screenshots in here (uploaded to somewhere like ImageShack or any other free hosting) and I'll take suitable ones and use them on Skins@HWT. Please don't post the images in the post (use [url] not [img] for the BBCode) as it will make the post take ages to load.
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gtx69: Thanks for those, I'll try to get them added soon. The comparisons can be quite useful for some of the textures, although I normally don't bother as people either know what the original looked like or can pick it up from the description and just use the picture to get an idea of whether they like the skin.
stfas: Any screenshots for downloads that don't already have them are useful.
I made those pictures in the way how I would like to see them on S@HWT myself. Maybe many people know what original look like or they can make choice only by reading the description, but I think, that is always nice to have a comparison which you can use instantly to look how the differences present themselves. I also think, that there is no need to always show view form every side of a model and show every detail, so I tried to catch only that, what's essential for every skin.
So, if the pictures I've posted here are OK, I'll try to add more soon.
In this pack there are two skins (one alternate) - and I think that there are problems with the second one (it looks very strange on model).
Thanks for those. I agree with your point about comparisons, but I'd kind of assumed that on the whole people would like larger single shots (largest side being 750px) than smaller divided pictures.
If it does turn out that people have a preference for split images (or a page of "original textures", which would be more efficient as you'd only transfer the original image once) then I'll keep it in mind.
ImageShack seems to be working at the moment, but I have had it fail on me before and then work an hour later. I'll snag the pictures now and hopefully get them uploaded tomorrow. Babies and feeding times don't lead to very productive time on the computer, especially not when his "feed" involves five minutes of sucking on the bottle followed by a ten minute sleep where he cries for more food if you put him down!
As for the Harlequin, IIRC it mentions somewhere (readme?) that one is for DC and one is for SS, or WA and DC or something along those lines. It would explain why one doesn't quite fit as well.
 Maybe I spoke too soon. None of the images from the img329 subdomain will load at the moment. They're all getting error 500. I'll get them later instead.
I've had occasional errors with ImageShack servers where they won't show the image. It does seem to be intermittent, but those remaining images on that one server aren't even loading at the moment! I'll get them at some point.
 Still no luck with the remaining three screenshots. Also, too much time was taken up by looking after Cyrus, so maybe tomorrow I'll get the screenshots up They are appreciated, though, it's just time is limited to thumbnail, upload and edit the pages!
I hope there will be no problems this time.


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My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey through Hollywood
Tom Mankiewicz, Robert Crane
University Press of Kentucky, 14 մյս, 2012 թ. - 400 էջ
The son of famed director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz ( All About Eve [1950], Guys and Dolls [1955], Cleopatra [1963]) and the nephew of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz was genuine Hollywood royalty. He grew up in Beverly Hills and New York, spent summers on his dad's film sets, had his first drink with Humphrey Bogart, dined with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, went to the theater with Ava Gardner, and traveled the world writing for Brando, Sinatra, and Connery. Although his family connections led him to show business, Tom "Mank" Mankiewicz forged a career of his own, becoming a renowned screenwriter, director, and producer of acclaimed films and television shows. He wrote screenplays for three James Bond films -- Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Live and Let Die (1973), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) -- and made his directorial debut with the hit TV series Hart to Hart (1979--1984). My Life as a Mankiewicz is a fascinating look at the life of an individual whose creativity and work ethic established him as a member of the Hollywood writing elite.
Mankiewicz details his journey through the inner world of the television and film industries, beginning with his first job as production assistant on The Comancheros (1961), starring John Wayne. My Life as a Mankiewicz illuminates his professional development as a writer and director, detailing his friendships and romantic relationships with some of Hollywood's biggest stars as well as his struggle with alcohol and drugs. With the assistance of Robert Crane, Mankiewicz tells a story of personal achievement and offers an insider's view of the glamorous world of Hollywood during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
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2 The 1940s
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Tom Mankiewicz (1942--2010) was a screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures and television series, perhaps best known for his work on the James Bond films, Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), and the television series Hart to Hart (1979--1984).
Robert Crane is coauthor of Bruce Dern: Things I've Said, but Probably Shouldn't Have -- An Unrepentant Memoir, Jack Nicholson: The Early Years, and SCTV: Behind the Scenes as well as a contributor to Hal Ashby: Interviews. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Screen Classics
Authors Tom Mankiewicz, Robert Crane
Հրատարակիչ University Press of Kentucky, 2012
Length 400 էջ


" And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18).
When a person first becomes a Christian, he is filled with the exhilaration of new life. The old has passed away and now before him is new life in Christ. Just to ponder our state as well as our relationship to God is enough to give us untold moments of adoration and praise to God. Nothing really trumps the change that happens in a person when they are converted to Christ. It does not get any better than this, or so we think at the time.
Every Christian begins his or her pilgrimage with a great deal of aspiration and determination to go forward for a glory of God. This is a noble ambition shared by everybody who was found Jesus Christ as Savior. We gather on Sundays and sing about it, and we fellowship together, sharing our testimonies of God's amazing grace.
Then we come to an unexpected wall.
We suddenly become aware of the fact that the Christian life, although the entrance into it is free, it comes with a heavy cost. Nobody talks about this prior to a person's conversion. They like to keep it in the positive and encourage people to come and enjoy the freedom we have in Christ. And it is true. We do have freedom in Christ. We cannot earn or work for our salvation. Then, it begins to settle in our heart that there is actually no way to live the Christian life in our own strength. Something seems to be wrong.
For many Christians the experience is pretty much the same. Up one day down the next. One little sliver of a victory followed by a whole series of failures. Yes, we keep a stiff upper lip and try to give a good performance, but those who have walked the same steps realize exactly what is going on.
It takes a while for a person to realize the Christian life is not of such a nature to be lived in the flesh. There is something supernatural about the Christian life, and those who try to live for Christ in their own strength often end in a miserable failure.
The apostle Paul says in Galatians 5:25, "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." Paul is saying that our walk in Christ cannot be done in the flesh. Everything about our new walk in Christ is designed for walking in the Spirit.
Along the same line the apostle says, "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." That is the key. Walking in the Spirit.
But the question that must be answered is, what is the secret of walking in the Spirit? And the answer has to do with sanctification. Only a life truly sanctified unto the Lord can accomplish this feat. We all know what the flesh can do and how it can ruin a Christian's life. A Christian can go on for several years and then be overwhelmed by the flesh. The tendency is to become adjusted to our present circumstance of failure and live in that expectation.
This brings us to the crisis. Every believer comes to this point, however, many turn back and give up to the ways of the flesh. Few brave saints press on and discover that walking in the Spirit is one of the glorious aspects of the Christian life. This crisis brings us to a moment of absolute surrender upon which all other surrenders are based.
Many people focus on the crises experience and forget that there is life after the crisis. The crisis is a moment of absolute surrender of everything in our life followed by a life of consecration to God. We are radically set apart from sin and exclusively set apart unto God. And our life from that moment mirrors that surrender.
Some insist that when a person becomes a Christian they are then on automatic pilot. Everything just unfolds naturally and automatically. So much evidence to the contrary exists that that argument hardly is worth repeating. What is true is that most Christians make a total mess of their life. And the reason is simply because they are trying to do it in their own strength. They are trying to live a life that was never designed to be live in the power of the flesh. Everything about the Christian life is designed exclusively to be operated under the supervision of the Holy Spirit and in his power alone.
We must look beyond this crisis, of whatever proportion, and see what is the long-term effect in the believer's life. There are three areas of our life that is drastically changed by this crisis of sanctification.
The first area our crisis affects has to do with our Christian walk.
Once a person becomes a Christian, they begin walking with the Lord. I like the word walk rather than run because walking carries with it the idea of something deliberate, on purpose and going in a straight direction. However, after walking with the Lord some obvious difficulties begin to develop. Unfortunately, many have perfected the zigzag walk in the Christian life.
Perhaps the primary difficulty is the lack of stamina. Jesus said to his disciples, "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." And for all practical purposes, our Christian life is lived in the flesh. We certainly do have the will to follow the Lord but we lack the power.
This is the start of the crisis. At this point, many people will question whether they are a Christian or not. The old enemy of mansoul will jump in and provide argument to the contrary that we are not Christians and have never been. And it is at this point that some Christians just give up. But for those who press on there is a crisis of encounter.
Every crisis represents the destruction of something. And in the Christian life, this crisis of sanctification is the destruction of the life of flesh. Once we have really encountered Jesus Christ our Sanctifier and has destroyed our dependency and reliance upon the flesh, we then entered into a walk with the Lord that is from on high. No longer is our soul dragged down by the weariness of the flesh. No longer are we chained to our own resources. Now, we have experienced such an encounter with Christ that all our dependency on the past or the flesh or ourselves has been so utterly destroyed that we throw ourselves completely on the Lord Jesus Christ as our sufficiency.
What the apostle Paul said to the Galatians has happened to us. "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I., but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the son of God, who love me, and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20).
After the crisis of sanctification, we now experience walking in the power and authority of the Holy Spirit.
The next area affected by the crisis has to do with our Christian worship.
It is my contention that worship flows out of our walk. The first thing we learn as a Christian is to walk. If we are walking in the flesh, our worship will be in the flesh. If, on the other hand, we are walking in the Spirit our worship will be of such a nature.
It is not hard to find worship in the flesh these days. In fact, it seems that no matter where you go there is such a display of the flesh in the church that it is hardly distinguishable from the world around us. The same music, the same presentation, the same everything. The only difference from Sunday morning worship and a Saturday night concert is - well sometimes, there is no difference between the two, except on Sunday morning someone will say a nice word about Jesus.
Worshiping in Spirit has everything to do with the exalting of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus himself said, "If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto me." And Christ cannot be lifted up in the flesh. It is as we walk in the Spirit that Christ is exalted in our life. And as Christ is exalted in our life, there develops such a spirit of worship, adoration and praise that can only be a result of the Holy Spirit within us. Worshiping in the Spirit has everything to do with a life completely surrendered to the Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing else matters but Christ. And as we worship our hearts are lifted up into the very presence of the Lord.
Much that goes by the name of worship today has very little to do with experiencing the presence of God. Rather, it has everything to do with experiencing the culture around us. Often we bring the culture of the world into the church and then label it as worship. We have confused performance with worship.
Out of our Spirit filled walk will come Spirit filled worship acceptable unto God.
The third area affected by this crisis has to do with our Christian work.
Much passing for Christian work today is simply the endeavors of the flesh. Some of the things we are doing and called Christian work is the same as what anybody even an atheist is doing. Feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, educating the uneducated. All of these things are splendid but which anybody can do them and sometimes do it better than the church. True ministry is the exercise of spiritual gifts.
Just as our worship flows out of our walk with Christ, so our work flows out of our worship. If we are not worshiping in the Spirit we can never work in the Spirit.
In some circles, it is the thing to work up our worship with some form of entertainment ambience. That kind of thing cannot be labeled as Christian work. Only that which really exalts the Lord Jesus Christ can be labeled as Christian worship. And then out of that worship will flow a worship that is honoring unto the Lord Jesus Christ. A work that needs the Holy Spirit in order to have it done. If it can be done in the flesh, it is not Christian work. Christian work that is acceptable to God is work done in the Spirit. Only as we have experienced the crisis of sanctification can this ever be a possibility in our life.
Two important events crown the life of the Christian. The first, is encountering Jesus Christ as Savior. Apart from this, nothing else really matters. But the second event in the life of the Christian is encountering Jesus Christ as Sanctifier. Dr. A.B. Simpson explained this is both a crisis and progressive work of the Holy Spirit. There is that crisis moment of experiencing the sanctifying work of Jesus Christ. Then after that there are those progressive moments of encountering Jesus Christ our Sanctifier in such a way that we go from glory to glory.


As a massage therapist of 18 years, I have used many heat packs to assist warming areas of the body during treatment of clients. Over the past 16 years I have been using a cherry stone heat pack which I have found to not only retain it's heat for longer, but a more robust product and more hygienic with a washable cover.
Knowing how good the cherry stone heat packs are as an alternative to wheat or rice heat packs, I began seeking out suppliers of the cherry stones to produce my own packs.
I have locally sourced cherry stones from Victoria as well as Young in NSW. These are sewn in to a cotton insert and then covered with a cotton, or polycotton washable cover, which are beautifully made by a local seamstress.
One of the best things about cherry stones is that they are lightweight, which enables them to contour to the shape of the body very easily. They also retain heat extremely well and have been known to still supply soothing warmth after 40 minutes of use. These are the two main reasons they are the preferred heat packs for my treatment rooms.
The history of the cherry stones as a heat pack is thought to have dated back to the Austrians who when making cherry liquor would reserve the stones and place them into a hessian fabric. These would be kept close to a furnace and warmed throughout the day. At the end of the day the hessian fabric would then be rolled up and placed around the workers shoulders for the walk home. Simple but very effective.
The heat pack I use in my clinic is 16 years old and still going strong. My passion for this product is based around not only using a product that is normally discarded and considered "waste" but knowing how fantastic these cherry stone packs work to soothe muscles.


Brits on my flist, I have a question about poppies. It's nearing that time of year again and I see them appearing around the place. I've seen TV presenters wearing them, I've seen a poster about them and I've seen quite a few people in town wearing them. But I haven't seen anybody selling them, which I find a bit weird.
Have you seen poppy sellers this year?
Yes, the same as usual.
Yes, but less than usual.
Ah, clearly I need to go to more liquor stores!


Set in the hills north of Denpasar, Ubud is the cultural centre of Bali and the major attractions of the town and its surrounding villages are the art museums and galleries, notably the Neka Museum, containing a huge collection of traditional and modern Balinese paintings. An enormous variety of Balinese art and crafts line the streets and crowd the market place of Ubud, and frequent performances of traditional dance and music, and restaurants offering some of the best food on the island, compel visitors to stay much longer than intended. Ubud is also close to several sites of interest, including the 'Mother Temple' of Besakih, majestically situated high on the slopes of the Agung Volcano, and hiking in the scenic Batur region with its volcano and lake are popular excursions.


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namespace Chippyash\Math\Matrix\Traits;

use Chippyash\Math\Matrix\RationalMatrix;
use Chippyash\Math\Matrix\Exceptions\ComputationException;

/**
 * Assert parameter is a rational Matrix
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Trait AssertParameterIsRationalMatrix
{
    /**
     * Run test to ensure parameter is a Rational Matrix
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    protected function assertParameterIsRationalMatrix($param, $msg = 'Parameter is not a rational matrix')
    {
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        return $this;
    }
}


The Epsilon program is offered once, twice, or three times week (Tues/Thurs, Saturday). This program is very developmental – swimmers will be taught the basics of swimming and focus on being comfortable in the water. The coaches for Epsi are in the water with the swimmers for the duration of the lesson, but they may not always be within arm's reach of them. Epsilon swimmers must be 4 years of age and developed enough not to require a one on one assist at all times.
Technical requirements for this group include being able to glide 3m unassisted. Be comfortable enough to not need constant attention. Be able to complete half the width of the pool assisted (kickboard). Be comfortable putting whole head underwater and floating on both the front and back. All swimmers must be able to get back to the wall with heads above the water without direct supervision, for safety.
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