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Here in Colorado, we are known for our love of certain things- dogs and beer being two things at the top of the list!
When it comes to selling in Colorado, there are certain features that could help increase the value of your home. In fact, many of them are pet related. In a study done by Zillow, they found that pet showers can increase the sale price of a home by 19 percent in Denver, while dog or cat doors can increase the sale price of a home by 5 percent.
Home theaters are also an important feature for home buyers in Colorado. According to Zillow, those can increase the sale price of a home by 17 percent.
Other top features across the nation include professional appliances or chef quality kitchens. According to Zillow's analysis, steam showers and professional appliances earned homes 29 percent above their expected values.
Zillow says millennials are also looking for homes with free standing tubs, pizza ovens and wine cellars. The study also found that homes with open shelving in the kitchen and subway tile sold faster than expected.
Maximalism– One of the best things about maximalism is it lets you tap into your creativity. Whether you have a small space or a large home, it's fun to play with tons of patterns and decor treasures. But yes, there is a difference between maximalist interiors and cluttered interiors. A maximalist interior has a theme and unity that creates a pleasing and welcoming space. Clutter comes from the irrelevant stuff that offends the senses leading to an overwhelming desire to escape the room. Maximalism is here to inspire us to be BOLD in our home.
Primary Colors– While pastels and jewel tones were popular in the past couple of years, this year is looking bright. Bold colors like primary yellows, reds, and blues are making their way into your home. For those who tire of neutrality, bold accent colors bring personality to a room.
Curvy Furniture– These pieces can add a modern yet retro touch to any room they're placed in.
Statement Appliances– Kitchen design is no longer just about countertops and cabinet colors. Many are taking the current trends into account when selecting their appliances as well.
Self Care– Decorating your home with self care in mind means incorporating elements that are pleasing to the eye, but also the body, mind and soul. Candles, crystals and plants are all great pieces to use.
Bold Wallpapers– Wallpaper is still making a comeback with even bolder prints being frequently used. Brighten up a small, dark space or create an eye-catching pop of color in your home.
Are you feeling settled or is a change brewing? Do you have a friend, family member, neighbor or co-worker who is looking to buy or sell due to their job or family circumstances? Let's have coffee. ON ME! Invite them along, pick my brain and ask me how we can strategize to make your real estate goals happen!
🏡 This cozy, charming condo in the west Wash Park/Speer neighborhood has just had a price improvement and is now listed at $219,900. Click the link in my bio for more details.
We (when I say we I mean me too) pulled an all nighter making blankets for Childrens Hospital for Mak's 11th birthday party. Love the kids' giving hearts ♥. They were troopers. Time to wake them up and deliver. We will see how that goes.
New Northglenn listing surrounded by so many gorgeous flowers, front and back.
Gorgeous home with amazing outdoor space in Arvada. Can't beat those golf course views!


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New single and EP recorded in the famous Abbey Road Studio 2
December 9, 2020 December 9, 2020 by Nick Capaldi
Nick, along with some great friends recently spent some time in London's Abbey Road Studios to record four brand new original songs. The EP is titled 'More Life Than You Can Shake A Stick At' and will be released February 8th 2020 digitally and on gold 10″ vinyl.
A single taken from this is available now. The song is called 'Hokey Pokey' Upon it's release Nick discovered that not only is there a Children's song called Hokey Pokey but that it is a name for a satanic ritual! "I had no idea about this until I googled to check that the digital release was live. I thought the older song was called Hokey Cokey and there is one, but I found out the tradition song is spelt like mine. Then I read that it has something to do with a satanic ritual! That worried me a bit. My song is far from anything as dark as that. I actually based it on a story I was told earlier this year when I was in Germany buying a vintage tape machine for the studio. The Engineer who looked after the machine told me his friend met a lady on holiday he called Hokey Pokey who he thought he was doing pretty well with. But when he returned home from holiday he wrote a couple of letters to her but never heard anything back. I liked the name so wrote it on my phone thinking it would make a good story for a song"
Get it on iTunes here or stream on Spotify here
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Connecticut Health & Educational Fac. Auth.
New York, January 25, 2019 -- Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the Aa3 rating assigned to Wesleyan University's (CT) Series 2016 revenue bonds and Aa3/VMIG1 rating on the Series H bonds. The bonds were issued by Wesleyan University and the State of Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, respectively. The ratings have a stable outlook.
Wesleyan's Aa3 rating reflects its excellent strategic positioning, with a national reputation as a selective private liberal arts institution with solid student demand and broad geographical reach within the US and internationally. Strong fundraising for the endowment, solid investment returns, and sizeable cash flow margins have built reserves that amply cushion operations. Wesleyan's effective management and governance remains a credit strength, yielding clear strategic direction. Conservative budget management and growing tuition have underpinned solid operating and cash flow margins providing strong financial flexibility including unrestricted liquidity. Offsetting challenges include intense competition from institutions with larger endowments and a moderately high reliance on student charges compared to peers.
The VMIG 1 portion of the Aa3/VMIG 1 rating reflects the university's self-liquidity program including strong treasury management and sound liquidity.
The stable outlook reflects the expectations that the university will maintain healthy liquidity, strong operating cash flow and abundant donor support relative to a relatively high leveraged position and ongoing capital needs.
All bonds are unsecured general obligations of the university. Reduction of the university's long-term rating on Series H bonds (which we expect to move in tandem with other ratings) below Aa3 would make effective additional security provisions, including a debt service reserve fund, rate covenant, debt service coverage ratio, and balance sheet requirement. In addition, if the Series H bonds are in the weekly or daily variable rate mode, a downgrade below the Aa3 rating level would require the university to add a Liquidity Facility to support the purchase of bonds not remarketed under optional and mandatory tenders.
The 2016 direct bank placement debt is on parity with the outstanding bonds. Failure to maintain a rating of Aa3 by Moody's or AA by S&P invokes several negative covenants requiring the bank's permission to incur additional debt, guarantees, liens, release property, or reorganize. Wesleyan also will grant the pledge in Gross Receipts to the authority and the bank on a parity basis as long as the bank simultaneously enters into a Qualifying Intercreditor Agreement.
Wesleyan University is a selective private liberal arts university situated on 316 acres in Middletown, Connecticut with operating revenue of more than $235 million in fiscal 2018. In fall 2018, the university enrolled 3,094 full-time equivalent students, of which 95% are undergraduates.
The principal methodology used in the long-term ratings was Higher Education published in December 2017. The principal methodology used in the short-term rating was Municipal Bonds and Commercial Paper Supported by a Borrower's Self-Liquidity published in March 2018. Please see the Rating Methodologies page on www.moodys.com for a copy of these methodologies.


Abbazia di San Paolo Fuori le Mura is a bit of mouthful, so you can call it St Paul's Outside the Walls. One of Rome's big four basilicas, this grandiose building is a little out of the centre but worth the trip for its beautiful cloisters and tomb of St Paul. It's also got a great cafe and gift shop.


Recording microphones – we all need them in our studio, but choosing the right microphone for the right situation can sometimes be tricky.
I get asked lots of questions when it comes to choosing the right microphone for recording: Where should I place my mic? What type of mic should I use for each instrument? What about my voice? Can I use more than one mic to record a sound? Plenty of questions and lots of possible answers!
Another very important point worth remembering is this: don't try to fix something in the mix. Aim to get the best sound you can from your instrument and your musician, whether you're recording yourself or someone else. If something doesn't sound right at the recording stage, you'll find it even harder to get right at the mixing stage. Take your time, you'll be paid back later for your effort.
Different makes and models of microphone also feature their own characteristics, which can have an effect on where they're best used.
The sound of a beautifully plucked acoustic guitar is obviously a lot different to the loud, crisp snap of a snare drum, so using a variety of different microphones for different sources makes perfect sense. But there are some great all-round 'go-to' microphones that will always do a solid job for you in your home studio, and that also won't break the bank.


New features include support for older models and a guest mode that lets non TiVo users see what they're missing.
TiVo's iPad app has made its way to the iPod and iPhone along with a few additional features. Like the iPad version, it uses gesture based controls and allows you to schedule recordings, view your program guide, and control your TiVo, but there's more too.
The best new feature for those using older TiVos is the ability to control TiVo Series3 HD and HD XL units. You won't have quite as many features as those using a TiVo Premiere, but it's still a nice setup. The TiVo app is also available to those without a TiVo so they can get a taste of what it's like.
"As the maker of the world's first and only smart DVR, offering a brilliant TV experience," says TiVo VP Jim Denning, "the TiVo App is an extension of TiVo's best-in-class user experience to iPhone and iPod touch users."


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The puzzle of Singapore's weak exports
Apr 21, 2014, 11:51 am SGT
http://str.sg/Zkp9
Fiona Chan
Singapore's exports have presented a puzzle of sorts to economists in the past couple of years.
Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) to other countries have been persistently tepid despite a pick-up in the global economy, including in Singapore's major markets - Europe and the United States. Compounding the mystery is the fact that local factories have stayed busy, with manufacturing output on the rise even as exports are falling.
Data from trade agency IE Singapore last Thursday showed that Nodx tumbled an unexpectedly sharp 6.6 per cent in March over a year ago.
This was much worse than economists' forecasts of a mere 0.8 per cent dip and reflected lower demand from a worrying eight of Singapore's top 10 markets.
Although it followed an 8.9 per cent rise in February, that month's increase was off a low base. In the last 12 months, Singapore's Nodx has grown over the previous year only twice, in December and February.
Hopes that these recent climbs finally heralded an upswing for exports were somewhat dashed by last month's dismal showing. As has been the pattern for the past two years at least, electronics shipments were a particular disappointment, slumping 16.1 per cent in March over a year ago.
In contrast, the other tech-focused exporters in the region performed well.
South Korea's exports rose 5.2 per cent in March from a year earlier following a 1.5 per cent gain in February. Taiwan's shipments grew 2 per cent last month over a year ago, beating forecasts.
Some economists have concluded that Singapore's poor export showing is proof of its declining competitiveness vis-a-vis its neighbours.
But that does not explain the other curious part of the export puzzle, which is why factories here are continuing to churn out a rising number of products despite falling exports.
The local Purchasing Managers' Index, a gauge of the manufacturing sector's health, has shown growth in manufacturing activity - including new orders and inventories - almost constantly over the last year. Actual manufacturing production has also enjoyed a rising trend in the last 12 months.
Since most factory output is produced for export, the twin trends of rising production and falling exports seem inconsistent.
Possible answers have been proferred. In February, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said some factories may be building up inventories ahead of stronger demand that has yet to show up.
Increasingly, more of what electronics firms "produce" here are also high value-added activities, such as design or research, while their actual products are made in other countries. The design and research would be captured as electronics output for Singapore without a corresponding increase in electronics exports, the MTI said.
Last week, economists offered another good reason: that Nodx, which most economic observers use as shorthand for Singapore's exports, may not in fact be the best indicator of what the Republic is selling to the world.
Nodx measures products that are classified as being made, assembled, processed or in some other way transformed in Singapore.
But there are two other main components of Singapore's total exports: services exports, which could account for activities such as design and research; and non-oil re-exports (Norx), which refers to goods imported into Singapore and then re-exported out in the same form. Norx would include products that are imported and then re-packed, divided into smaller lots or sorted here for re-export. These two other components may be becoming more important contributors to Singapore's total exports.
In March, Nodx in absolute terms fell to $13.2 billion, the lowest level since January 2010.
Norx, on the other hand, shot up to $20.3 billion, the highest seasonally adjusted level since 2003, IE Singapore told The Straits Times.
Just as Nodx fell in eight of the 10 top markets, Norx rose in eight of the 10 top markets.
Barclays economist Leong Wai Ho said this could be due to more products being classified as Norx rather than Nodx.
On the back of the political turmoil in Thailand, some manufacturers could have diverted part of their production to Singapore.
"This means that some components are made in Singapore but are shipped back to Thailand for final assembly and testing and, as a result, may not meet the required level of Singapore content to be classified as Nodx," Mr Leong said.
"This would also explain the increasing divergence between electronics output and Nodx that started last year."
As for services exports, they have been growing more strongly than goods exports in the last decade. In 2004, exports of goods were five times as large as exports of services; last year, the gap narrowed to three times.
This reflects how Singapore's services exports have grown 140 per cent in the period, compared with the 56 per cent expansion in goods exports.
In other words, the Nodx numbers may not be giving a full picture of external demand for Singapore's manufacturing activities. To get a better sense of how Singapore's exports are doing, one has to look at all three types of exports as a whole.
fiochan@sph.com.sg


Visualite International is conducting its first Basic photography one day workshop this weekend on March 10th. Although, photography or any art for that matter cannot be learnt in a day, a one day workshop will give you an insight into the subject and help you learn the basics. It is good for people who are on the fence about whether or not to join a full time course. This sort of one day workshop gives an idea of what the subject is all about and what you can expect from the course. The workshop will cover the fundamentals of photography and DSLR usage. The classes will be held at Visualite International's Nungambakkam campus.
The workshop will be held from 10 am to 3 pm with a 40 minutes lunch break in between.
We will provide lunch for all the candidates.


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QOA magazine, dont l'acronyme signifie Quand On Aime, est un magazine papier trimestriel lancé le  ainsi qu'une plateforme web. QOA Magazine est le premier magazine du voyage utile.

Le magazine est produit par un éditeur indépendant : l'association QOA-Quand On Aime. C'est une revue trimestrielle informe et promeut toutes les sortes de voyages dans lesquelles le participant peut jouer un rôle actif et utile à travers la réalisation d'une mission, partout dans le monde : éco-volontariat, volontariat, bénévolat, wwoofing, missions humanitaires, missions de préserves de la faune ou encore de la protection de l'environnement.

QOA Magazine réalise des reportages sur des pays, des dossiers, donne des idées de destinations et présentent des missions dans chaque numéro.

L'objectif est d'encourager le lecteur à s'engager pour la défense d'une cause qui lui est chère tout en découvrant un autre pays, une nouvelle culture et une façon différente de penser.

Le Voyage Utile
Le terme de  regroupe toutes les sortes de voyages solidaires et éthiques telles que l'éco-volontariat, le wwoofing, les missions humanitaires, les congés de solidarité internationale ou encore des chantiers natures.

Ces diverses formes de tourisme participatif permettent une totale immersion dans la vie locale des communautés dans lesquelles se trouvent les volontaires.

Les voyages utiles forment ainsi des citoyens du monde responsables et solidaires en contribuant de façon durable à l'évolution d'une société.

Histoire
C'est Jean-Claude Milani, ancien joueur professionnel de football, qui a décidé de fonder QOA Magazine et l'Association QOA-Quand On Aime.

En 2014, il fait le voyage qui motivera ce changement de vie : trois mois de mission pour la sauvegarde des animaux entre le Kenya et le Botswana.

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Site web de QOA Magazine:
 Site web de l'association:

Magazine français
Voyage
Presse trimestrielle en France

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Kickstarter provides a cash boost and community support to Oakland restaurants
Nausheen Husain on March 27, 2013
When Jenny Schwarz decided that she was ready to start a new restaurant in Oakland, she took to the Internet, rather than the banks.
"We had a personal loan and our savings. We had no investors and we didn't want another loan," she said. "We knew that another restaurant had done a Kickstarter campaign and so we started working on that instead."
Schwarz' restaurant, Hopscotch, opened in the uptown neighborhood last June and serves American food with a Japanese twist, along with a wide array of cocktails. Its Kickstarter predecessor was FuseBOX, a Korean-American restaurant located in West Oakland and which was opened last May by Sunhui Chang and Ellen Sebastian Chang. Last October, a third Oakland restaurant joined them in using a Kickstarter campaign to help with starting costs: Nido, a farm-to-table Mexican restaurant in Oakland's Jack London district. It shares space with Pietisserie, a pie shop that specializes in unique pies with mostly local and organic ingredients.
Kickstarter, which was launched in 2009, is a website that allows people to help fund projects, mostly creative ones such as independent films, music albums, comic books or technology-based inventions. A person who wants to get funding for a project can make a Kickstarter page explaining the project and its purpose—often using a video as well as text—then set a fundraising goal and a deadline. Then they spread the page's link around their social networks, urging friends and family to donate small amounts to their campaigns. But sometimes, projects go viral or are featured as Kickstarter "Staff Picks," which result in many strangers donating.
If the goal is met or exceeded by the deadline, the project owner gets the funds through Amazon Payments, which acts as a third-party payments processor. Kickstarter and Amazon take a small percentage fee. But if the goal is not met by the deadline, the project owner gets nothing.
Some recently successful projects include the funding of The Veronica Mars Movie, whose Kickstarter page was started by Veronica Mars TV show creator Rob Thomas, and Lumio, a portable lamp that unfolds from a book. Kickstarter has also been used to fund Academy Award-nominated documentary shorts like "Sun Come Up" and "Incident In New Baghdad." Last year, supporters used it to fund the Pebble, a customizable watch that connects to iPhone and Android devices. Pebble's inventors aimed to raise $100,000 and ended up getting over $10 million.
Yet successful projects make up less than 50 percent of Kickstarter projects, and most successful projects make less than $10,000, according to the Kickstarter stats page.
Kickstarter donations work on a rewards system, and the project owners can decide what rewards to offer donors for each pledge. Hopscotch owners Schwarz and Kyle Itani decided, for example, that a pledge of $5 or more would get the person who donated a high five and a big "thank you," while a pledge of $4,000 or more gets the person who donated a private party with 30 friends at the restaurant, which will feature a chef's tasting menu, beer, wine and cocktail pairings.
Currently, in the United States there are at least 100 restaurants that are running or have run campaigns on Kickstarter. The Good Karma Prasad Café in Los Angeles, a vegetarian/vegan musical café, recently raised more than $1,000 above its goal. In Brooklyn, the DUB Pies Food Truck project exceeded its fundraising goal by over $5,000.
Yet despite the number of restaurant owners using the site to help start their shops, Kickstarter's guidelines state that its site cannot be used to fund businesses. The Kickstarter website states that projects cannot be open-ended, as an ongoing business is. "A project has a clear goal, like making an album, a book, or a work of art," according to the Kickstarter project guidelines. "A project will eventually be completed, and something will be produced by it."
(Justin Kazmark, a member of Kickstarter's communication team, declined on behalf of the company to be interviewed for this story.)
Some restaurant owners say that they're not breaking the rules because they are using the money to fund specific projects within each restaurant, not the entire restaurant. Schwarz said Hopscotch's Kickstarter money was used to build out the restaurant's bar, and owner Cory McCollow said he used the money to bring Nido up to building codes by constructing a wheelchair ramp, among other things.
"It's great for getting a little boost of funding if you have specific things you need to get done," said Schwarz. "It's definitely not enough to start a whole business, though."
The first Oakland restaurant to get start up help from Kickstarter was FuseBOX, which was funded by November, 2011, and exceeded its goal of $15,000 by over $2,000. Today the restaurant serves Korean food as well as some non-Korean snacks to accompany after-work drinks, in the Japanese Izakaya tradition. (An Izakaya is a casual drinking place for working men.) Chef Sunhui Chang serves tofu and small dishes of beef, beans, cabbage or other fresh foods with rice.
Chang said that many of the restaurant's regulars are people who donated to the Kickstarter campaign. "It's an ingenious way of collecting funds and building hype," she said. "A lot of people gave us suggestions and advice. It was easy to feel like part of the community."
But Chang had some high-profile help—she's a former theater director and her friend, Whoopi Goldberg, donated to and helped advertise FuseBOX's Kickstarter campaign, and later used the site herself to help fund her directorial documentary debut, "I Got Somethin' To Tell You." Chang said Goldberg thought the concept was great. "She was obsessed with it for a while," said Chang, who worked with the Academy Award-winning actress many years ago in New York.
The other two Oakland restaurant Kickstarter campaigns, Hopscotch and Nido, were successful even without celebrity support. Hopscotch raised almost $500 more than its goal in May, 2012, and Nido ended its campaign with over $1,000 more than its goal in October, 2012.
All of the owners said the process of fundraising was nerve-wracking because of the immense costs associated with opening a restaurant, including renting a location, building out the restaurant and bringing facilities up to code. Schwarz said it took approximately $150,000 to open Hopscotch. "We had a personal loan and our savings, but we quickly realized that wasn't going to be enough," she said.
Nido's McCollow also said that the Kickstarter money was used in addition to loans and savings. "The Kickstarter money was just a fraction of what it actually took to get the place open," said McCollow, who liquidated a retirement account to fund the restaurant. "But using Kickstarter helped with advertising, marketing and community involvement, which you can't really get using investors or another loan."
Chang said that she went to Kickstarter because Oakland's city redevelopment funds had dried up. She had already taken out a loan and spent her savings on the place. "Young artists, the working class, people who don't have investors—they need this extra push to be able to make it happen," she said.
For the restaurants, however, donations from friends, family and community members, obtained through social media marketing, were the ticket to success. "We were able to create a community base and a lot of enthusiasm before even opening," Chang said. "This is what small towns are about."
Correction: While the article previously stated that Jenny Schwarz is a co-founder of Yoshi's, she is not. She was an employee of Yoshi's in 2007.
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function model = pascal_train_car_grammar(note)

% AUTORIGHTS
% -------------------------------------------------------
% Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Ross Girshick
%
% This file is part of the voc-releaseX code
% (http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~rbg/latent/)
% and is available under the terms of an MIT-like license
% provided in COPYING. Please retain this notice and
% COPYING if you use this file (or a portion of it) in
% your project.
% -------------------------------------------------------

% At every "checkpoint" in the training process we reset the
% RNG's seed to a fixed value so that experimental results are
% reproducible.
seed_rand();

if nargin < 2
  note = '';
end

cls = 'car';
conf = voc_config();
cachedir = conf.paths.model_dir;

[pos, neg, impos] = pascal_data(cls, conf.pascal.year);

max_num_examples = conf.training.cache_example_limit;
num_fp           = conf.training.wlssvm_M;
fg_overlap       = conf.training.fg_overlap;

% Small and large subsets of negative images
num_neg   = length(neg);
neg_perm  = neg(randperm(num_neg));
neg_small = neg_perm(1:min(num_neg, conf.training.num_negatives_small));
neg_large = neg;

model = car_grammar_init();

try
  load([cachedir cls '_star']);
catch
  seed_rand();
  model = train(model, impos, neg_small, false, false, 8, 20, ...
                max_num_examples, fg_overlap, num_fp, false, 'star');
  model = train(model, impos, neg_large, false, false, 1, 5, ...
                max_num_examples, fg_overlap, num_fp, true, 'star_2');

  save([cachedir cls '_star'], 'model');
end

save([cachedir cls '_final'], 'model');

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Kempinski Hotels has traveled the world in search of the most fascinating destinations since 1897. The group has 76 luxury resorts, business and spa hotels in 31 countries around the globe. Each one of these 5 star properties is unique, elegant, and offers guests a spectacular experience.
With this many distinguished properties around the world it's no wonder that Kempinski, Europe's oldest luxury hotel group, would be committed to presenting its prestigious brand consistently across the web.
The Challenge: Ensuring all Kempinski properties are displaying high-quality media that reflects brand standards and drives more bookings.
Branding is critical for any hotel chain, especially a luxury group with a legacy as prestigious as Kempinski. The brand has added exciting destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and Asia. While the growth proves the strength and success of the brand, the intention is to maintain a limited collection where exclusivity can flourish.
To present the right messaging to discerning travel shoppers, Kempinski emphasizes the importance of high-quality professional images that meet the brand standards.
When it comes to brand standards, Kempinski understands the value of offering travel shoppers a consistent online experience, building brand recognition and respect.
But how does a brand with 76 properties worldwide monitor brand standards and ensure the visual representation of each individual property meets the requirements of the chain? That's where Leonardo's solution comes in.
The Solution: Advanced capabilities to automate workflows and simplify media review.
Kempinski uses VScape's Workflow and Approval Engine – which is designed specifically for the needs of hotel chains – to oversee all their hotel properties' visual content and approve it prior to publishing.
By using the Workflow and Approval Engine, Kempinski maintains control over their individual hotels' media before it is published to third party travel channels, ensuring brand standards are always met.
The Benefits: Saving time, driving bookings, and learning brand standards.
While consistency to brand standards is the priority, there are many additional benefits for chains using Leonardo's Workflow and Approval Engine.
Finally, Workflow and Approval offers hotel properties a learning experience that otherwise might not be achieved.
For a global hotel brand with properties across 31 countries, the Workflow and Approval Engine is able to unite the team, communicate standards, and secure quality content quickly and effectively.
Understanding the value of quality images, upholding brand standards, and communicating across countries, Kempinski is continuing to provide a rich and meaningful experience for travel shoppers and guests.


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The Head Pastor, Rev. Cornelio Sacramento, talked to her about ASHTEC. But she had to wait for one year to get enrolled because she was under age and all the slots were already taken. However, ASHTEC reserved a slot for her months before June so she was able to enroll on the first semester.


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Émile Henri Delchambre (* 3. Dezember 1875 in Roubaix; † 8. September 1958 ebenda) war ein französischer Ruderer.

Als Teil seines Vereins Cercle de l'Aviron de Roubaix nahm er an den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1900 in Paris teil. Im Vierer mit Steuermann konnte er zusammen mit Henri Bouckaert, Jean Cau, Henri Hazebroucq und dem Steuermann Charlot in einer Zeit von 7:11 Minuten die Goldmedaille im ersten Finallauf gewinnen.

Weblinks

 Émile Delchambre auf der Seite der Olympischen Spiele (englisch)

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Ruderer (Frankreich)
Olympiateilnehmer (Frankreich)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1900
Olympiasieger (Rudern)
Franzose
Geboren 1875
Gestorben 1958
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Oct 04, 2018 · 11:16 am Updated Oct 04, 2018 · 03:40 pm
UK, Australia accuse Russian military intelligence of global cyber attacks
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the attacks were undertaken with the consent and knowledge of the government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin | Reuters
Britain and Australia on Thursday accused the Russian military intelligence of being responsible for a host of global cyber-attacks targeting targeting political institutions, businesses, media and sport bodies, reported AFP.
"The GRU's [Russian military intelligence] actions are reckless and indiscriminate: they try to undermine and interfere in elections in other countries," said British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. "Our message is clear – together with our allies, we will expose and respond to the GRU's attempts to undermine international stability."
Hunt also said that attacks had been undertaken with the consent and knowledge of the Russian government, according to The Guardian.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country's intelligence agencies in consultation with international allies had determined that the GRU was responsible for a "pattern of malicious cyber activity", according to ABC News. "By embarking on a pattern of malicious cyber behaviour, Russia has shown a total disregard for the agreements it helped to negotiate," Morrison said, adding that it caused "significant, indiscriminate harm to civilian infrastructure".
The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre said hackers from the GRU targeted the systems database of the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency, the US Democratic National Committee in 2016, Ukraine's Kiev metro and Odessa airport, Russia's central bank, two privately-owned Russian media outlets, and a UK-based TV station, BBC reported.
The National Cyber Security Centre said it has assessed "with high confidence" that the GRU was "almost certainly responsible" for the cyber attacks.
Hunt said this demonstrated the Russian military intelligence agency's "desire to operate without regard to international law or established norms and to do so with a feeling of impunity and without consequences".
In September, British Prime Minister Theresa May said officers from the Russian military intelligence used a nerve agent to try and kill former spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in March.
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Many companies say that their "most important asset is our employees" - which remains a nice little sentiment framed on a wall and quoted at annual meetings, but means little more.
At Pegasus, we "walk the talk,"making sure internal customers (our associates) are respected individually, supported with high-caliber resources, and immersed in a dynamic career that develops their potential.
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Over the last years, many low and middle-income countries have removed user fees in their health care sector. Researchers from Africa, Asia, Northern America and Europe have studied these policies; their findings are gathered in a supplement of the scientific journal "Health Policy & Planning," coordinated by Bruno Meesen from the Antwerp Institute of Tropical medicine. Experiences from Afghanistan, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nepal , Rwanda and Uganda, among others, are documented in this supplement. Conclusion: it is possible, but should not be done ill-advised.
- These policies are often decisions taken by the highest country authorities; sometimes during electoral campaigns.
- Many countries are opting for selective free health care (e.g. free health care for children under 5, free delivery). This allows a good alignment on the Millennium Development Goals and is probably reasonable, given the costs of free health care policies.
- When these decisions are taken in a hasty manner without sufficient consultation of stakeholders (including technicians working for the concerned ministries), health systems may experience a shock (difficulty to cope with the increase in patients; drug shortages).
- When these policies are well-designed, implemented with the appropriate accompanying measures and sufficiently funded, they can improve access to health services. Insufficient funding may however imply that the increased utilisation by the population paradoxically leads households to spend more for their treatment (for instance, because of drug shortages in free public health facilities, households may have to buy their drugs in private pharmacies).
- There are different ways to reduce financial barriers to health care; free health care is an option, health insurance is another. Any good solution – for the vulnerable populations and the public budget – will require a certain level of complexity. It is therefore important that leaders consult their technicians; the latter can help the former to build fair, efficient and sustainable health care systems.
- Donors, aid agencies and Northern Non-Governmental Organizations have a role to play, but in full respect of sovereign choices made by low-income countries.
Lucy Gilson, Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and at the University of Cape Town and co-editor of the supplement says: "As leaders take important decisions to strengthen health systems for the benefit of the poorest, their engagement with communities, health workers and technicians is vital in bringing those decisions alive in the day to day practice of health care delivery".
Citation: "User fee removal in the health sector in low-income countries: lessons from recent national initiatives" is a supplement of the scientific journal is Health Policy & Planning, Volume 26 suppl 2 November 2011, It was sponsored by UNICEF.


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The risk of food shortages increased from already high levels because of the conflict in Ukraine, said leading world agencies.
The number of severely food insecure people has doubled in two years – from 135 million pre-pandemic to 276 Read more
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The conflict in Ukraine and Covid are fuelling supply chain nationalism in a trend that could reverse globalisation.
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The UK government has been forced by Members of Parliament to publish its Brexit risk assumptions code-named Operation Yellowhammer. While the government says that the assumptions are out of date because of subsequent efforts to mitigate Brexit risks, Read more
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Since today's post from Jenni's challenge is supposed to be a moment in our day and since I am actually writing this in the past and not today because today is the future and I am off in some foreign land that Babe has whisked me off to as a surprise I am going to share a moment with you from a completely different day altogether. Ok, did any of that make sense to you?! I don't know if it did to me. Basically, since I am gone to some unknown destination this post was prewritten and scheduled. I am hoping (as my past self writes this) that wherever I am as you read this I am embracing whatever unexpected place I may find myself.
Enjoy these pictures from a recent moment in one of our days... dinner with the May May (one of our nieces).
I realize I am not actually in any of these. My moments in time typically take place behind the camera (or in this instance the iPhone). She melts my heart though and I have to capture that!


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Wii U Version Of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Will Not Be Playable On The GamePad Screen
Posted by Andy Green on 10/27/2012 · 1 Comment
Capcom have revealed that the Wii U version of the highly anticipated Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will not allow the player to switch the gameplay from the big screen to the GamePad screen. Various titles, such as New Super Mario Bros. U, will include this feature but it appears Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will not be one of them.
The GamePad will of course be used for such things as keeping a track of your inventory and the like, you just won't be able to play the entire game on the small screen should someone else want the television.
On a more positive note Capcom did also confirm with Siliconera that the downloadable quests that have already been released for the game over in Japan will also be appearing over in the West.
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will be available in North America and Europe in March next year on the Wii U and the 3DS. Both adaptations allow for cross-saving and cross-play between versions, but it's only the Wii U version that will allow you to play online.
It looks like you'll have to get the 3DS version if you're looking for a more portable feel to your monster hunting but if you fancy taking it online you may have to get the Wii U one. Are you excited for this game? Which version will you be picking up?
[Source: Siliconera]
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Both simply. Monster hunter deserves my money, I've sank at least 100 hours to in to each game, compare it to an fps with its 8 hour story and its great value for money


The practice of meditation has been around for centuries. Even before experts knew of the significance on the mind and body, people around the world still took time out of their day to sit down, relax, and reflect.
The practice benefits many different parts of the body, mind and soul. According to research, practicing daily meditation can improve the immune system, lower blood pressure, increase metabolism, as well as lower the feeling of physical pain and heart complication risks.
Another significant change meditation can bring is an increase in grey matter in the brain. This grey matter increases positive emotions, helps with emotional stability, as well as improve focus and energy.
Meditation also has many mental benefits, such as improving memory and boosting creativity. It can also increase your capacity to feel sympathy and compassion.
•	Listen to music that makes you feel happy.
•	Journal or free-write. Writing out your thoughts can help the mind process all of the day's events. Putting your thoughts and feelings down on paper can also help relieve the stress of having them bottled up.
•	Count your breaths. It is an easy way to help you clear your mind and focus yourself in the here and now.
•	Make yourself comfortable. There is no rule saying meditation only works if you're sitting cross-legged on a pillow. Find a spot, possibly in the sun, where you feel relaxed and at peace.
•	Anything else that you consider a mindful activity, such as taking a walk, cooking or knitting.
The most effective way to feel the benefits of meditation is to make it a daily habit. Schedule a few minutes of time each day and try to make it a priority.


2014 Honda City to be Unveiled in India on 25th December. Honda City will not just come with a diesel option but it would be larger than the previous model. Honda City is based on new generation Jazz and it means likely to get new features.
It is powered by a 1.5 litre iDTEC diesel engine which churns out 118Bhp and 225Nm of torque. Honda city will carry many features from the new generation Jazz. Honda has decided not to wait for Auto Expo and start the sales before the Expo. Expected features include automatic climate control and Bluetooth connectivity.
Honda City was the best in class but now the competition is tough, it will be competing with the cars like Hyundai Verna, Skoda Rapid, Volkswagen Vento and Suzuki Dzire.


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Your chance to live in The Castle - before it's demolished.
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Darryl Kerrigan argued that it was a home, not a house, but it seems the property's real life owner doesn't share his sentiment.
While the three bedroom, one bathroom Strathmore home is currently listed for $380 per week, owner Vicki Cosentino has said the property's demolition is imminent.
Having faced ongoing tenanting and maintenance issues in recent years, the owner of The Castle's much loved abode has said that she's seeking one last set of renters before the house meets its final end.
The Castle house in real life. Source: Domain.
But what about the pool room!? The two-storey dog kennel!? The many (read: one) holes dug by Dale!? The Grecian-inspired patio!?
"I know it's sad, but the home is going downhill and it's just taking too much to maintain," she told News Corp Australia earlier this week.
Cosentino also said previous tenants were constantly faced with strangers knocking on their door hoping to speak to Darryl.
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Ahh, where's the wood panelling gone? Source: Domain.
The home, which was made famous by the 1997 film, shares a fence with Melbourne airport, which acted as much of the storyline for the classic film.
But thanks to Denis Denuto and Lawrence Hammill, some comparisons to Mabo's land treaty and an solid argument about "the vibe" of the takeover, the Kerrigan's won the right to keep their castle (and their jousting sticks).
Inside the Castle house. Source: Domain.
The house was last up for lease in 2010, when Cosentino says tenants brought a film crew in to film a documentary about the house.
But after two weeks of filming, Cosentino found the house with "holes drilled in the walls" and countless of staples needing to be removed.
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Cosentino also said that "the tenants took off with the bond and proceeds of the filming."
This isn't the first house from the film to be sold.
Kerrigan's serenity palace at Bonnie Doon was also sold last year for $225,000.
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Andrew Edlin Gallery Got Its Own Tiki Bar
Sarah Cascone, July 9, 2014
The reception desk tiki bar at "Cafe Dancer Pop-Up: Gone Fishin'," curated by Sam Gordon, at Chelsea's Andrew Edlin Gallery. Photo: courtesy Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York.
Summertime in New York city galleries is usually a relatively sluggish period, marked by reduced hours, group shows and… tiki bars? That's the case at Chelsea's Andrew Edlin Gallery, according to GrubStreet, where the reception desk has been transformed into a pop-up location of the Lower East Side's artist-run bar Café Dancer, serving up tequila sunrises and margaritas.
The tiki bar is part of the gallery's summer show, a two-part exhibition curated by Sam Gordon titled "Purple States & Cafe Dancer Pop-Up." In the back, "Purple States" pairs work from 25 established art world "insiders" with that of outsider artists (Edlin's specialty), all hung salon style.
The bar, subtitled "Gone Fishin'," is Gordon's second collaboration with Café Dancer, after a dance program at last year's NADA Art Fair. Opened by Jessie Gold and Elizabeth Hart in November of 2012, the bar often hosts performance art events and displays works by artists such as Naomi Fisher.
The space is meant to evoke the aftermath of an epic Jimmy Buffet-style party, with, as Gold told Bedford and Bowery, a "collection of empty drinks, the Eagles record skipping, someone's bikini top strung over the bar stool, spilled drinks, laser effects, and a blown out flip-flop."
As for the art, there will be an hour-long documentary, Contemporary Dancing, and work from the Café Dancer family of artists, which Gordon calls "an interconnected group of peers and friends with relationships going back years, some over a decade."
Unfortunately, the tiki paradise won't be a full-time operation, and gallery-goers only have two more opportunities to see the space in action. Bartenders will be on hand this Thursday (July 10) for "Contemporary Poetry Too," a reading organized with NADA and BOMB, and for screenings and performances on July 24.
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Sensor Tower: Mobile game spending hit $48.3 billion in 2017
Stephanie Chan@sweijuchan	 January 5, 2018 5:05 PM
Candy Crush Saga is five years old on mobile.
Image Credit: King
Mobile spending was up across the board globally in 2017 mostly due to games. Total app spend was up 35 percent year-over-year, reaching $58.6 billion on the Apple App Store and Google Play according to mobile market analyst Sensor Tower. The bulk of that was from mobile games, which accounted for 82 percent of all revenue and rose 30 percent year-over-year to reach $48.3 billion.
The top-grossing title worldwide on the Apple App Store and Google Play was Mixi Inc.'s Monster Strike. It launched in 2013 and amassed a dedicated fanbase in Japan but had trouble gaining traction abroad, which makes it even more impressive that it topped the charts last year. Sensor Tower notes that its numbers don't account for China's Android app stores, which is the likely reason that Tencent's massively popular Honor of Kings places at No. 2 instead of No. 1. Other top titles include Aniplex's Fate/Grand Order, Supercell's Clash Royale, and King's Candy Crush Saga.
The U.S. market is still riding the sugar high — Candy Crush Saga came in at the No. 1 spot for top grossing title, even though the game debuted five years ago in 2012. MZ's Game of War and Supercell's Clash of Clans took the No. 2 and No. 3 spots and have also been around for a while, debuting in 2013 and 2012 respectively. At No. 4 and No. 5 are more recent big earners, MZ's Mobile Strike from 2015, and Clash Royale from 2016.
In the U.S., mobile games earned $10.7 billion, up 25.6 percent year-over-year. This accounted for 74 percent of the $14.4 billion total spend on apps, which is actually down year-over-year. In 2016, games made up 79 percent of app revenues. Sensor Tower suggests that this decrease is because users are spending more on other mobile entertainment like the video-streaming HBO Now app.
Mobile games passed a milestone last year, earning more revenue than PC and console titles for the first time ever. The game industry overall is growing quite briskly — so much so that market researcher Newzoo revised its previous estimates from $108.9 billion to $116 billion for overall revenue in 2017. And this year we may see even bigger numbers as some mobile giants expand their domains. Tencent launched its multiplayer online battle arena Arena of Valor in North America and Europe in December 2017, a mobile juggernaut that attracts over 80 million daily active users.
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Greece – one of the most multifaceted countries of the Mediterranean and indeed the whole of Europe. It seems to be so small, but regarding recreation options, it combines almost everything you can desire: chic beaches, delicious, healthy cuisine, bright, warm sun, rich culture and an exciting story. In Greece, the diversity of the islands is fantastic. You can study and grab best family holiday packages easily!
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The nature of Greece is fascinating; there are mountains and plains, seas and picturesque rivers, centuries-old pine forests and unique olive groves. Such a variety of flora and fauna in Europe is almost nowhere to be found. Also, it is one of the few ecologically favorable regions of the world, and UNESCO recognizes the water area of the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas in the coastal areas of Greece as perhaps the cleanest in Europe.
For those who like the beaches and the sea, the island part of the country or the resorts of Sithonia are suitable. Fans of outdoor activities are recommended to dive in Crete (in the areas of Skinaria, Panormo, and Samaria) and Santorini, rafting, hiking, windsurfing (Naxos Island, Paros, Mykonos, Rhodes, Ios, Crete or Lefkada) or yachting.
If you prefer loud parties and merry companies, go to the peninsula of Kassandra, and any sights (museums, monasteries, excavations, etc.) in Greece, even a dime a dozen.
In winter – if you are a skiing fan and are not averse to "travel" a couple of local routes. Or to make it to the carnivals in the cities of Kastoria or Patras. The first is celebrated within three days after Christmas; the second lasts a whole month (the start is in the middle of January).
Spring is an ideal time for a sightseeing vacation: the air still does not have time to heat up to maximum temperatures, everything is blooming and fragrant, and the mood is for walks. Besides, in March, Greece celebrates Independence Day – with noisy celebrations, parades, and other attributes.
From May to June – the optimal time to book a Greece vacation package for a beach holiday. In these months it is already hot enough (+ 26-28 degrees), and the sea is excellent for swimming. Chalkidiki, Rhodes, Corfu, Crete – there is something to choose from. But the second half of the summer is better spent in the north of the country or on the island of Corfu – where the proximity of the sea will soften forty-degree heat. And do not have to be bored: from mid-July until autumn, Greece starts a wine festival, and the International Sailing Regatta is also held.
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Q: Batch Script - Skip on errorlevel in a For loop I am trying to have this script go to the next part if the error level of a ping to a computer does not equal 0, but I cannot get it to work. The output says the syntax is not correct. Thank you.
@echo
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

for /f %%a in (main.txt)  do (
ping -n 1 %%a > NUL
IF %ERRORLEVEL%==0 (GOTO :COPY) ELSE GOTO :SKIP

:COPY
ROBOCOPY C:\Blah C:\Bloh
ECHO FILE COPIED

:SKIP
 ECHO FILE NOT COPIED
 )

A: You should try this:
@echo
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

for /f %%a in (main.txt) do (
  ping -n 1 %%a >NUL
  IF "!ERRORLEVEL!"=="0" (
    ROBOCOPY "C:\Blah" "C:\Bloh"
    ECHO FILE COPIED
  ) ELSE (
    ECHO FILE NOT COPIED
  )
)
PAUSE

There are a couple of things wrong with your code. First of all, you enable Delayed Expansion, but don't actually use it, only variables inside ! get expanded delayed. I also put quotes around your filepaths, to protect them against paths with spaces and stuff. Finally, goto and labels don't work inside for loops, so you need to replace them with if else logic

A: goto :Label inside a parenthesised block of code like for loops breaks the block/loop context, so the code at the label is executed as if it were outside of the block/loop. Therefore you need to work around that.

Dennis van Gils points out a way how to do it -- using if/else logic (his method as well as the following slightly modified snippet (applying numeric comparison) both require delayed expansion):
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for "usebackq" /F %%A in ("main.txt") do (
    > nul ping -n 1 %%A
    if !ErrorLevel! EQU 0 (
        robocopy "C:\Blah" "C:\Bloh"
        echo FILE COPIED
    ) else (
        echo FILE NOT COPIED
    )
)
endlocal

Or like this, avoiding the necessity of delayed expansion:
for "usebackq" /F %%A in ("main.txt") do (
    > nul ping -n 1 %%A
    if ErrorLevel 1 (
        echo FILE NOT COPIED
    ) else (
        robocopy "C:\Blah" "C:\Bloh"
        echo FILE COPIED
    )
)

To check the ErrorLevel against (non-)zero, you can also use the && and || operators:
for "usebackq" /F %%A in ("main.txt") do (
    > nul ping -n 1 %%A || (
        echo FILE NOT COPIED
    ) && (
        robocopy "C:\Blah" "C:\Bloh"
        echo FILE COPIED
    )
)

Finally, if you do want to keep the goto :Label structure, you need to use a sub-routine in order to move this part of the code outside of the () block (you also do not need delayed expansion here):
for "usebackq" /F %%A in ("main.txt") do (
    > nul ping -n 1 %%A
    call :SUB "C:\Blah" "C:\Bloh"
)
exit /B

:SUB
if %ErrorLevel% NEQ 0 goto :SKIP
robocopy "%~1" "%~2"
echo FILE COPIED
:SKIP
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This adorable 7 year old girl is looking for her forever home. Heidi is a 7 year sweetheart that was previously kept outside in a fenced pen away from the house before coming into our rescue. Because of this, she has some separation anxiety and really just wants to be with her human. Heidi is looking for a family that will be home often and make sure she gets lots of attention. Heidi will bark when left alone so her family shouldn't live in an apartment or condo. Heidi gets along great with everyone including other dogs. She hasn't shown any aggression at all. She will sit patiently and wait quietly for her food to be fixed. Heidi would be fine with a family that has other dogs OR as an only dog. Heidi walks well on a leash and doesn't need a fenced yard, if you are willing to make sure she gets plenty of walks. Heidi is a low rider so not a jumper or counter cruiser. She listens very well and loves when you give her kisses on her lips as she will kiss you back. Heidi is being spay this week (2/11) and is having a cyst at the base of her neck aspirated at the same time, so she will be ready for adoption soon. If you sound like the right family for Heidi, make sure to get your application in. You won't be disappointed adding this bundle of joy to your home.


The booklet accompanied the exhibition dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Andrei Voronikhin's birth. The article addresses the architect's creative path, detailed history of creation of buildings and interior designs by Andrei Voronikhin in St Petersburg and its environs. The article ends up with an analysis of the master's graphic heritage. The booklet includes reproductions of Andrei Voronikhin's works created in various periods: views of Count Alexander Stroganov's dacha, interior designs of the Stroganov Palace and sketches of historical scenes.


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Life is No Cakewalk for Barry Cutler as Assassin Charles Guiteau
Barry Cutler (far right) plays Garfield assassin Charles Guiteau (below), who marched to his own demented drumbeat.
As assassins go, Charles Guiteau is pretty obscure. Most people probably haven't even heard of the president he killed (James Garfield in 1881), let alone Guiteau himself. But despite Guiteau's relative anonymity, that doesn't stop Barry Cutler from playing him as "larger than life" in the Farmington Players production of Assassins.
Barry describes his character as follows: "Imagine if Zig Ziglar were a nutcase and you have Guiteau in a nutshell. Guiteau's glass is always half-full, although what he's full of can't really be printed here. He fell nothing short of a certifiable lunatic—a psychopath with an ego the size of the Eiffel Tower, if you will. He shot Garfield because the President refused to make him Ambassador to France." Barry is used to playing "colorful characters" and Guiteau is no exception, saying, "I'm having a blast with his 'cakewalk to the gallows,' Guiteau's funny and final attempt to prove to everyone that he matters. I enjoy the challenge of making this deeply flawed man seem at least a tad human, but certainly not likable."
With despicable characters and an uncomfortable subject matter, I asked Barry what audiences would enjoy about Assassins? His answer: "Not all stories are designed to make audiences 'feel good.' That being said, all stories should make audiences 'feel something.' People will enjoy the show for various reasons, the entertainment value, the glimpse into parts of history they may or may not have previously explored, and the revelation that each assassin is the 'hero' of his own story. While their goals are abhorrent, in their own minds they want what everyone wants – their own version of The American Dream."
The American Dream is a prevalent theme in Assassins. As director Mike Smith says, "Assassins uses these historical characters to shine a light on the promise and failure of the American Dream which, I think, is as valid an analysis today as when it was first produced. … I relate to what the assassins want because wanting is the American Way. It's never easy to get there by following the rules, but it can be done." Similarly, Barry understands the assassins' motives, but to him, the ends do not justify the means: "The assassins believe they have the right to happiness, whether they pursue it or not, and if they don't get it, it's everyone else's fault. – A warped version of the American Dream. Personally, I don't buy it. You want happiness, go find it. There's no need to wallow in self-pity, or to point fingers."
Barry's played numerous characters since joining the Farmington Players in 2006, having last appeared on the Barn stage as "Mushnick" in Little Shop of Horrors: "I joke with Jason Wilhoite (the Balladeer) that this our fourth duet on the Farmington Players stage. If I can stay on two feet cakewalking up the stairs, it could be one of our best."
The Farmington Players' production of Assassins is proudly sponsored by the Center for Financial Planning, Inc. The show runs from February 14 – March 1. Tickets can be purchased online at www.farmingtonplayers.org or by calling the box office at 248-553-2955.
Michael Soave is Well-Suited as the Santa Assassin, Samuel Byck
Michael Soave plays the Santa clad assassin, Samuel Byck (below), who attempted to assassinate President Nixon in 1974.
With his GQ look, Michael Soave conveys an image of suave sophistication, which is ironic given that his character in Assassins is anything but. Michael plays Sam Byck, who like many of the outsiders portrayed in the show, "felt the entire world was against him, including the government." On February 22, 1974, Michael explained that Byck "attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon by hijacking a 747 airplane and crashing it into the White House." (While Byck's plane never got airborne, he ultimately killed a few people onboard, including himself.) In the play, the Byck character appears in a Santa Claus suit, which the real-life Sam Byck once wore to a political protest.
In Assassins, Michael describes the Sam Byck character as "an interesting guy; fun-loving, bipolar, narcissistic and crazy. One second I'm jolly and singing a song and in the blink of an eye I turn explosively angry. The sudden shifts in mood are probably what I enjoy the most, but at the same time are the most challenging just because there's so much back and forth with myself. Sometimes it's even a little scary because acting crazy came a bit to naturally for me."
In real life, Michael is a stand-up comedian from Detroit, which might explain his crazy side. He is making is theatrical debut in Assassins because "I enjoy Stephen Sondheim's work and I'm also a fan of darker things, so this was right up my alley. Also I find it easier to identify with my character, Byck, just because he's like an everyday Joe. Working odd jobs just to make it by and then all this crap goes wrong in his life. We've all had times in our lives where we thought the world was taking a crap on us. Byck just took it too far."
While the show does not try to justify the assassins' actions, Michael explains that Assassins is "full of underdog, anti-hero characters who take it upon themselves to become vigilantes. Everyone loves an underdog story." Even if it's hard to root for them, it is interesting to try to understand each of the assassin's rationale for doing what they did. As Michael says, it's "different for everyone. Some characters want to be remembered, some just want to be noticed and some just want revenge."
When he's not doing stand-up, Michael's hobbies include magic, juggling and cooking, and watching horror movies. He's also a self-taught hypnotist.
Barbara Bruno Finds her Inner Outsider as Assassin Sara Jane Moore
Barbara A. Bruno plays Sara Jane Moore (below in 1975 after Moore's attempted assassination of President Ford)
The American Dream is an essential theme of Assassins, a dark Stephen Sondheim musical that explores the minds and motives of nine US Presidential assassins. With songs like Everyone's Got the Right (to be Happy) and Another National Anthem, Sondheim shows how people who have been marginalized by American society still try to justify their own actions in the name of the "pursuit of happiness." While not condoning the assassins' actions, Sondheim demonstrates that when their dreams are not fulfilled, the assassins feel justified in making someone pay – in this case, a President.
In the Farmington Players production of Assassins, Barbara Bruno makes her Barn debut as Sara Jane Moore, who fired a shot at President Gerald Ford in 1975. While this is not your typical "feel good" musical, according to Barbara, she finds that Sondheim's work "tends to be a little unsettling to audiences, but in a way that is thought provoking. When I read the script for the first time, I had a lot of, 'Gee, I never knew that' moments, which can be a gratifying experience." Barbara describes Moore as having a "really frenetic background, with a number of careers and husbands in her time. She's this odd mix of soccer mom and psychopath. The challenge of this role is to not only make her sympathetic so that the audience can relate to her, but to balance this calm exterior of who she really was with this hectic and flighty scripted interpretation of her."
Barbara can definitely relate to the play's message that the American Dream has left many people behind, as she explains: "Not unlike many people in the theater, I was a total outsider well into college. There's a rage that comes from not feeling accepted and feeling marginalized. I grew up in a fairly well off community, but we never had a lot of money. I felt the differences in class deeply. The hardest part is feeling not only like you're excluded and will never have what you perceive everyone else has, but also feeling like you don't matter, and I know that I had my ways of acting out on that." In relating this to the characters in Assassins, she says, "What's tragic about these people is that they lacked the power to feel like they belonged and that they mattered. I think, as a rule, people tend to get in trouble when they look to external signals for acceptance, which is, unfortunately, the most common manifestation of the American Dream."
Originally from Long Island, Barbara lived in Chicago for 20 years, often working on the production side in the Chicago theater community. She moved to Michigan about three years ago and has been active backstage at the Barn and appeared in the Barn's AACT Festival entry as Lita Encore in Ruthless.
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Business, Policy & Funding
Cancer Genetics Q4 Revenues Down 9 Percent
Apr 16, 2019 | staff reporter
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Cancer Genetics reported on Tuesday that its fourth quarter revenues fell 9 percent year over year, partially due to the impact on its clinical services business unit from the adoption of new revenues recognition standards at the beginning of 2018.
For the three months ended Dec. 31, 2018, the firm reported total revenues of $6.8 million, down from $7.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Biopharma services revenues rose nearly 6 percent to $3.7 million from $3.5 million, but clinical services revenues fell 26 percent to $1.4 million from $1.9 million in the prior-year quarter. This decrease in revenue was primarily related to the adoption of the ASC 606 revenue recognition standard, which resulted in implicit price concessions that lowered the overall average revenue per test, the company said. Revenues from the firm's discovery services unit fell 19 percent during Q4 to $1.7 million from $2.1 million, also partially as a result of the adoption of ASC 606 and the inherent variability in project start and end times at the individual contract level, Cancer Genetics added.
"In 2018, we focused on executing our transformation strategy to lower our costs and position our business to capitalize on the growing biopharma services industry, which leverages our expertise and quality systems to support innovative immuno-oncology drug development through precision oncology tests and services," Cancer Genetics CEO John Roberts said in a statement.
Roberts noted that the firm finished the relocation of its operations to the east coast at the end of Q3, and that the firm expects this move to reduce its total expenses by more than $4 million on an annualized basis.
He also said Cancer Genetics signed 105 new contracts for discovery and biopharma services during Q4, with anticipated future revenues of up to approximately $9.8 million, and that the company completed the year with up to approximately $38 million in signed contracts with revenues yet to be recognized.
"Recently, we raised gross proceeds of $6.5 million through two public offerings, which we believe provide the company with greater financial stability," Roberts added. "We remain committed to enhancing our unique test and service offerings that will help us expand our business overall, and our biopharma business in particular."
The company further noted that it continues to engage Raymond James as a financial advisor to assist with evaluating options for its strategic direction, including raising additional capital, the acquisition of another company, the sale of the company, or another type of strategic partnership.
Cancer Genetics' Q4 net loss narrowed to $3.8 million, or $.14 per share, from $7.9 million, or $.35 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Total operating expenses for Q4 fell 45 percent to $6.5 million from $11.8 million in Q4 2017. The decrease was primarily the result of the company's consolidation of its lab operations formerly in Los Angeles, and further reductions in R&D and sales and marketing-related expenses during the quarter.
For full-year 2018, Cancer Genetics' total revenues fell 6 percent to $27.5 million from $29.1 million in 2017.
The firm's 2018 net loss narrowed to $20.4 million, or $.75 per share, from $20.9 million, or $1.01 per share in 2017.
Cancer Genetics' R&D expenses for the year fell 48 percent to $2.5 million from $4.8 million in 2017. Its SG&A costs for 2018 dipped 2 percent to $24.5 million from $24.9 million in the prior year.
The firm ended the year with $161,000 in cash and cash equivalents and $350,000 in restricted cash.
Cancer Genetics' shares rose more than 4 percent to $.27 in midday trading on the Nasdaq.
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SHOWS WORTH NOTING FOR FEB. 2-8
By M.S. Mason
Super Bowl XXXVI (Fox, 6 p.m.): The New England Patriots take on the St. Louis Rams in New Orleans, which hosts Super Sunday for the ninth time. It's the first time the event takes place in February due to a delay in the season following Sept. 11. Before kickoff, the Boston Pops, Mariah Carey, and Marc Anthony will perform together. At halftime, U2 will provide the main entertainment.
American Porn (PBS, check local listings): Frontline's report on the big business of pornography is disheartening in the extreme. As the $10-billion-a-year industry thrives, big business has found it respectable to profit from it. Among the big earners are AT&T and Yahoo, and hotel chains like The Westin and Marriott, which earn more from in-room video porn than from their minibars. While Frontline does its best to cover the salacious issues - particularly the increase in extreme pornography - it fails to ask some key questions: Why have feminists been all but silenced on these issues? What is the demographic for this industry - who's buying it? Is viewing it an addiction? Why aren't obvious comparisons made to the illegal drug industry (pornography used to be illegal)? Why isn't participating in the filming of pornography considered prostitution? At one point, when an "actress" is really being beaten and kicked, the Frontline crew walks out. Why didn't they call the cops?
The Directors: The Films of Terry Gilliam (Encore, 7-8 p.m.): Fans of this eccentric director's films will be absolutely fascinated as Gilliam tells the stories behind his bizarre and meaningful movies. From "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Brazil," to "The Fisher King" and "12 Monkeys," this director's amazing imagination, his fabulous vision, and outrageous humor shake up complacency while seeking out the meaning behind the madness of contemporary life.
Winter Olympics (NBC, 8 p.m.): Athletes from more than 80 nations gather for the Opening Ceremony at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. After the lighting of the Olympic torch, the Utah Symphony and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will perform music composed by John Williams. Musicians such as Sting, the Dixie Chicks, and Yo-Yo Ma will also perform in the event, hosted by Bob Costas and Katie Couric.
Britain's battle against online porn
Is porn a public health crisis? Utah may be first state to say yes.
NYC child porn bust: Rabbi, cop, Boy Scout leader among 70 arrested
https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0201/p17s01-altv.html


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#ifndef HOUSETRAILIMAGES_H
#define HOUSETRAILIMAGES_H

#include <QObject>
#include <QAbstractListModel>
#include <QStringList>
#include <QGeoCoordinate>
#include <Geohash.hpp>

class HouseTrail: public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
    Q_PROPERTY(int dbId READ dbId WRITE setDbId NOTIFY dbIdChanged)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString houseTitle READ houseTitle WRITE setHouseTitle NOTIFY houseTitleChanged)
    Q_PROPERTY(QGeoCoordinate theLocation READ theLocation WRITE setTheLocation NOTIFY theLocationChanged)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString categories READ categories WRITE setCategories NOTIFY categoriesChanged)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString geoHash READ geoHash WRITE setGeoHash NOTIFY geoHashChanged)

protected:
    int m_dbId;
    QString m_houseTitle;
    QGeoCoordinate m_theLocation;
    QString m_categories;
    QString m_geoHash;

public:

    explicit HouseTrail(QObject *parent = 0): QObject(parent) {}

int dbId() const
{
    return m_dbId;
}
QString houseTitle() const
{
    return m_houseTitle;
}

QGeoCoordinate theLocation() const
{
    return m_theLocation;
}

QString categories() const
{
    return m_categories;
}

QString geoHash() const
{
    return m_geoHash;
}

public slots:
void setDbId(int dbId)
{
    if (m_dbId == dbId)
        return;

    m_dbId = dbId;
    emit dbIdChanged(dbId);
}
void setHouseTitle(QString houseTitle)
{
    if (m_houseTitle == houseTitle)
        return;

    m_houseTitle = houseTitle;
    emit houseTitleChanged(houseTitle);
}

void setTheLocation(QGeoCoordinate theLocation)
{
    if (m_theLocation == theLocation)
        return;

    m_theLocation = theLocation;
    std::string aGeoHash;
    GeographicLib::Geohash::Forward(m_theLocation.latitude(),m_theLocation.longitude(),12,aGeoHash);
    setGeoHash(QString::fromStdString(aGeoHash));

    emit theLocationChanged(theLocation);
}

void setCategories(QString categories)
{
    if (m_categories == categories)
        return;

    m_categories = categories;
    emit categoriesChanged(categories);
}

void setGeoHash(QString geoHash)
{
    if (m_geoHash == geoHash)
        return;

    m_geoHash = geoHash;
    emit geoHashChanged(geoHash);
}

signals:
void dbIdChanged(int dbId);
void houseTitleChanged(QString houseTitle);
void theLocationChanged(QGeoCoordinate theLocation);
void categoriesChanged(QString categories);
void geoHashChanged(QString geoHash);
};

class HousetrailModel : public QAbstractListModel
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    enum HousetrailRoles {
        DbIdRole = Qt::UserRole + 1,
        HouseTitleRole,
        CoordinateRole,
        CategoryRole,
        GeohashRole,

    };
    HousetrailModel(QObject *parent = 0){
        Q_UNUSED(parent)

    }
    void append(HouseTrail* aHouseTrail)
    {
        auto lat = aHouseTrail->theLocation().latitude();
        auto lon = aHouseTrail->theLocation().longitude();
        if (this->contains(lat,lon)) return;
        QString theHash= getHash(lat,lon);
        m_Contained[theHash]=aHouseTrail;
        beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(), rowCount(), rowCount());
        m_Housetrails.append(aHouseTrail);
        endInsertRows();
    }
    Q_INVOKABLE void clear()
    {
        beginRemoveRows(QModelIndex(),0,m_Housetrails.count());
        m_Housetrails.clear();
        endRemoveRows();
    }

    int rowCount(const QModelIndex & parent = QModelIndex()) const
    {
        Q_UNUSED(parent);
        return m_Housetrails.count();
    }

    QString getHash(double lat, double lon)
    {
        return QString("%1o%2").arg(lat,0,'f',7).arg(lon,0,'f',7);
    }

    Q_INVOKABLE bool contains(double lat, double lon) {
        QString theHash= getHash(lat,lon);
        return m_Contained.contains(theHash);
    }

    QVariant data(const QModelIndex & index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const
    {
        if (index.row() < 0 || index.row() >= m_Housetrails.count())
            return QVariant();

        HouseTrail* aHousetrail = m_Housetrails[index.row()];
        if (role == DbIdRole)
            return aHousetrail->dbId();
        else if (role == HouseTitleRole)
            return aHousetrail->houseTitle();
        else if (role == CoordinateRole)
            return QVariant::fromValue(aHousetrail->theLocation());
        else if (role == CategoryRole)
            return aHousetrail->categories();
        else if (role == GeohashRole)
            return aHousetrail->geoHash();
        return QVariant();
    }

protected:
    QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames() const
    {
        QHash<int, QByteArray> roles;
        roles[DbIdRole] = "dbId";
        roles[HouseTitleRole] = "title";
        roles[CoordinateRole] = "coord";
        roles[CategoryRole] = "category";
        roles[GeohashRole] = "geohash";
        return roles;
    }
private:
    QList<HouseTrail*> m_Housetrails;
    QHash<QString, HouseTrail*> m_Contained;
};

/*
class HousetrailImages
{
public:
    HousetrailImages(const QString& id, const QString& aName, const QString& aUrl, const QString& aYear, const QString& aDescription):
        m_Identifier(id), m_Name(aName), m_Url(aUrl),m_Year(aYear),m_Description(aDescription) {}
//    ~HousetrailImages();
    //ID, Name, Url, Jahr, beschreibung
    QString Identifier() const
        {return m_Identifier;}

    QString Name() const
            {return m_Name;}
    QString Url() const
    {return m_Url;}

    QString Year() const
    {return m_Year;}

    QString Description() const
    {return m_Description;}

private:
    QString m_Identifier;
    QString m_Name;
    QString m_Url;
    QString m_Year;
    QString m_Description;
};

class HousetrailImagesModel : public QAbstractListModel
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    enum HousetrailImagesRoles {
        IdentifierRole = Qt::UserRole + 1,
        NameRole,
        UrlRole,
        YearRole,
        DescriptionRole
    };
    HousetrailImagesModel(QObject *parent = 0);
    void addHousetrail(const HousetrailImages& aHouseTrail);
    void clear();
    int rowCount(const QModelIndex & parent = QModelIndex()) const;
    QVariant data(const QModelIndex & index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const;

protected:
    QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames() const;
private:
    QList<HousetrailImages> m_HousetrailImages;
};
*/
#endif // HOUSETRAILIMAGES_H


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Norway and Estonia win the Biathlon Patrol
Awarding of the last prizes at the Winter Military World Games
The last nomination of the Winter Military World Games goes to Estonia thanks to the great performance of Priit Narusk, Indrek Tobreluts, Kauri Koiv and Roland Lessing in the Biathlon patrol.
The four Estonian athletes completed the 50 km track in a time of 1h 04'09''9, without making mistakes at the polygon. The silver medal went to the Swiss team with a late of 17''74 and one mistake at the polygon. Toni Livers was one of the team and he also got the silver medal in the Sprint Biathlon and in the 15 km country-cross skiing. Ivan Joller, Christian Stebler and Remo Fischer were the other members of the Swiss team. France arrived third with four country-cross skiing athletes: Vincent Vittoz, who won also yesterday in Cogne, Robin Duvillard, Emmanuel Jonnier and Alexander Rousselet. They finished the competition 1'13''13 later than the winners and with two mistakes. The Norwegian team reached only the fourth place (gold medal in the Sprint, Hans Martin Gjedrem, Jon Kristian Svaland, Henrik Lung and Ronny Hafsas at 1'31''10, 2.) while Italy the fifth one with bronze medal in the Sprint Christian Martinelli, Markus Windisch, Mattia Cola and Dominik Windisch, who arrived 1'38''44 later than the winners and made one mistake at the polygon.
The Norwegian female patron won the Biathlon golden medal which consists in a track of 15 km. This discipline is typical of the Army Forces.
Yesterday, the four Scandinavian athletes, Kari Henneseid Eie, Anne Ingstadbjoerg, Jori Moerkve and Tiril Eckhoff, won the cross- country skiing silver medal in Cogne. They completed the 15 km track in a time of 42.43.69, with a stop at the polygon and no mistakes.
The Chinese athletes, Yuanyuan Liu, Xanying Liu, Chunli Wang and Chaoqing Song, arrived for second with a gap of 8.63. The Polish athletes got the bronze medal, reaching the finishing line 17"75 later and without making mistakes.
The Russian team, composed by Olga Anisimova, Tatiana Zevakhina, Liobov Petrova and Mariya Sadilova with a time of 1'45'46; 1) got the third place, while the Italiana one, with Michela Andreola, Roberta Fiandno, Christa Perathoner and Barbara Ert, arrived in late of 1'56''46 (0).
The "patron" has to be composed of a chief patron, who doesn't compete with a carbine and three armed patrolmen. The four athletes always have to stay and reach the polygon together. Only the three patrolmen can focus on the 50 metres far target. When the first athlete hit the target, he or she can leave the place to the second and the third one.


The prodigious leiger (Shane Smith) unveiled Multiplayer today, as "a website inspired by the calendar project and designed from the ground up for one purpose — to provide an easy way to schedule gaming events, most commonly matches between members of the website."
On Thursday I launched the idea of a 'feature auction', to a generally positive reaction. Today we've completed a simple web application, the Roadmap Project, which lets you make 'pledges' to push certain aspects of Wikidot's ongoing development.
This week we pushed out some database improvements. There have been one or two glitches, but response time has improved, with maximum loads now around 60%, and average loads around 45%.
Here is a question for thought. A lot of the signatures I see are people asking for (lobbying for) specific features. The one thing we have in abundance in Wikidot is demand for new functionality, as well as fixes and improvements to existing functionality. Our shortage is the supply of skilled brains able to make those changes.
As a Wikidot.com site builder you have snippets, themes, packages, and pre-built applications. A lot of choice, perhaps too much. Are you confused? Then allow me to explain a vision for making this simpler and more consistent.
For some time we've been getting reports of weird problems with Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). A few weeks ago we got around to fixing most of these problems, which were caused by IE8's buggy 'range' function (which is what Wikidot uses when you select text and then click the Bold icon or press Ctrl-B).