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First Interview With Olivier Janssens After 'The Truth About BTC Foundation' Post
[Update: The Bitcoin Foundation has issued an official statement, which can be found here. In the statement they deny being bankrupt and firing 90% of their staff. They don't mention Olivier Janssens or his status with the Foundation.]
Olivier Janssens, one of two newly elected Bitcoin Foundation Board Members made huge headlines when he wrote a Reddit post revealing the dire financial straits the Foundation seem to be experience. Janssens also stated that Executive Director Patrick Murck was about to be replaced.
Since that time, the Foundation has remained silent. In responding to inquiries from us, as well as on Twitter and its official blog. So far, there hasn't been a much noise from anyone, outside of Janssens, Core developers Gavin Andresen and fellow recent addition to the Bitcoin Foundation Board Jim Harper, things have been nearly silent from the Bitcoin Foundation. Executive Director Patrick Murck took some time to respond on the Bitcoin Foundation's forum, but left quickly and has otherwise remained silent.
Janssens sat down with us in his first interview with the media since his Reddit post. We talked about why he decided to make the post, just how bad he thinks the situation is, and what the community needs to do to keep core development funded.
Janssens has a long and contentious history with the Bitcoin Foundation. He made headlines last summer by funding a project with the intention of replacing the Bitcoin Foundation as the prime funding mechanism for Bitcoin Core Development.
The project became Lighthouse, a distributed crowdfunding application. Janssens paid USD $100k of his own money to fund that project. Janssens made his money in bitcoin and he has shown a clear desire to help it succeed. Think whatever else you want about the man, but he hasn't been shy about putting his own money towards solving problems, and he is continuing to do that now.
After Lighthouse morphed from a Bitcoin Foundation quasi-replacement to a distributed Kickstarter competitor, Janssens decided to attempt change from the inside. He ran for two open spots on the Foundation's board. After a run-off election and a few mishaps during the voting process, Janssens and the aforementioned Harper won the two open seats.
Harper was a little more moderate in his views, but also felt that the Foundation's new, singular focus on Core Development was harmful. He titled his candidacy announcement post A Foundation that can Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time and later posted on his blog that a reboot of the foundation should be kept on the table.
Janssens says that from the very beginning, both he and Harper were blackballed whenever they attempted to bring up any reforms.
"I had one board meeting, and one board meeting that Jim and myself called to discuss new potential plans, [that second meeting] was hijacked to fire most of the staff instead. Whenever Jim or me would bring a topic up during the board meeting, people refused to vote on it."
Janssens says it quickly became clear that things were far worse than he imagined.
"[The] first thought I had when I joined the board and learned the truth was 'I didn't sign up for this[.]'"
The Foundation is supported almost entirely by donations, from both individuals and corporate sponsors. There is a moral obligation for organizations that operate in that way to be as open as possible, something that doesn't seem lost on Janssens.
"You get entrapped, and the longer you go along [with the organization,] the more complicit you are."
What happened, exactly, to cause the Bitcoin Foundation to become insolvent, is the manner of some debate. The dropping bitcoin price certainly has something to do with it. Several scandals and misstatements have also made them more unpopular in the past year, likely leading to a decrease in donations. One theory is that they spread themselves too thin in 2013 and 2014, and then a refocus on core development did not result in a re-energizing of the community and sponsors as expected.
It does appear that the Foundation is broke. No one has come out to deny that, although Patrick Murck stated that the Foundation has at least another month of funding remaining, some doubt his claims and Janssens says that Core developers have already seen their paychecks stopped (we are still working to independently confirm that, and will update this space when we get word).
Even taking the apparently optimistic view of a month, that is hardly a healthy operating budget for an organization, especially one that is soliciting donations and funds development. How many people want to fund an organization that may not exist in a month or two? This seems to be confirmed by Murck's own statement on the Bitcoin Foundation forum, that seems to indicate he is hesitant to cash checks recently given to the Foundation.
"We have over $100,000 USD in commitments including $75,000 worth of checks that I told [Janssens] I would not cash because I didn't feel it was ethical given the restructuring and the posture of the new board members."
What Murck seems to be implying is that they their debts only amount to US $25,000 if they cash the checks he holds, but he feels it is unethical to cash those checks with the Foundation's status up in the air. But how many individuals knew that the Foundation's status is up in the air?
The 2013 tax return for the Foundation is publicly available, and it provides some clues to the Foundation's stability at that point, when the Bitcoin price was rising. Judging by the tax return, it appears they had less revenue than expenses in 2013, but their net value sky rocketed with the Bitcoin price. Depending on a rising bitcoin price to keep an organization running is a bad idea, for all sorts of reasons. The past year's tax return has yet to be posted publicly. As a non-profit organization, that was likely coming soon, but there was no official indication of when it would happen other than a vague "Spring 2015". With core developers and a significant part (Janssens says 90% Murck says 50%) of the staff let go, Janssens realized the turth couldn't wait.
With the Bitcoin Foundation apparently insolvent, or close to it, there comes the issue of Core Development. Someone needs to fund it and the Bitcoin foundation has traditionally filled that role. Janssens doesn't see them coming back from this in their original form.
"[I]f the Foundation would start doing something which is only benevolent (for example, engaging their members to go door to door to every store and explain to them the benefits of Bitcoin – or to help organize mass Changetip events (one of my proposals). Then yes, the community might accept that.
But, as long as they try to put themselves in positions of power (i.e. hiring the two most important core devs and leveraging that to do X), then no, [and that] has been proven."
Some would argue that Core Development is a benevolent goal. That was the idea behind the Bitcoin Foundation switching its focus to Core Development. Janssens has been very public about his concerns over the Bitcoin Foundation's potential control over funding. Gavin Andresen took to Twitter after Janssens' Reddit post to stress that he felt the Bitcoin Foundation has not been influencing his development decisions. Janssens, however, remains unconvinced.
"Even if Gavin is incorruptible, it's not a healthy spot to be in. I think core devs can only be truly 'free' if they are paid by the community, because the community trusts them and supports their vision."
Janssens also felt that the Foundation used Gavin Andresen's name to keep itself afloat but stressed that he believes Andresen to be an innocent bystander.
"I also feel that the Bitcoin Foundation has been able to sustain itself by "using" Gavin's name being part of it. I have a lot of respect for Gavin and I think he just wants to do his job, and he got dragged along."
Gavin Andresen is the most visible and popular member of the Foundation, especially after Andreas Antanopolus resigned late last year, also citing transparency issues.
The Foundation, for good or ill, has also served as the public face for Bitcoin to the outside world not used to the idea of decentralization. They have taken the lead in speaking to regulators, the mainstream media and helping set the general tone for Bitcoin, in addition to funding Core Development. Janssens doesn't feel like focusing on those issues is the way forward for the Foundation either.
"[A] 'face' will always come with a huge arrow on it's back, so no, I don't think it's good to have one face. It's great to have many faces, all playing their part. Decentralized faces so to speak. As you saw, there are many Bitcoin conferences being organized now, and there are many other orgs popping up which will do lobbying etc.
I think that we can still use a proper EFF [Electronic Frontier Foundation] for Bitcoin or actually have the EFF take on Bitcoin. One that protects us from oppressive governments and is great at it. Even better, multiple EFF's."
Which is true. In the past year or so, multiple organizations have popped up to do the jobs that the Bitcoin Foundation originally put on itself to do, The Chamber of Digital Commerce lobbies on behalf of bitcoin for an example. Conferences certainly aren't the exclusive realm of the Foundation and the Mainstream Media is slowly becoming more knowledgeable about bitcoin and can depend on organizations like the Foundation less.
It seems the ancillary jobs that the Foundation was originally charged with, are now being done by organizations with those specific goals in mind. Few seem to want them to handle the one job left to them, Core Development.
Replacing that, however, is easier said than done. Janssens is willing to fund development, starting with this year, but would like to see a real solution proposed by the community. His stop gap solution, using his own wealth the fund development, would be opposed to his ultimate goal of democratizing development. To help offset that, he is willing to give control of the funds over to the developers and stresses that he desires no control of the funds or development.
Still, the situation is not ideal, and Janssens knows that. He originally funded Lighthouse to replace the Bitcoin Foundation role in Core Development, but it too, isn't ideal, something Janssens points out.
"The problem is that it has several limitations which are still "dealbreakers" (for example the fact that you can only have XX donations per project, makes the minimum amount too large, or you have to create too many projects). While that can be resolved in the future, it's still an issue to use it today."
Janssens also indicated that Gavin would have concerns about that funding method and how he would report it on his taxes. Whatever solution is found, Janssens stressed that he doesn't want the final say.
"So I thought about setting up a trust fund that does something like that.. there was a concern about who gets voting power in it to add/remove developers from that trust fund. If you give it to the devs themselves, then they have to play politics again. If you give it to the people, then they can play politics.
What someone on Reddit suggested was to structure it in a way that you can give directly to the dev of choice. If we can find a way to do that, and the trust fund manager would take care of IRS/checks [then] devs don't have to worry about anything, and there's no voting power, that might be the best route, I don't know.
I don't want to be the one to have the final say in that, so I think it's best to discuss with the core devs and the community[.]"
It is important to remember that the Bitcoin Foundation exists to serve the Bitcoin, not the other way around. If the Bitcoin Foundation can't survive in the current Bitcoin environment, maybe it would be better going the way of the IP address send. Blockchain technologies provides non-profits and charities with an incredible opportunity to be as transparent as possible. Business models are opening up with the entire point being transparency. Yet, The Bitcoin Foundation, the most visible and powerful non-profit in the Bitcoin community, seems to have ignored that almost completely.
If the Bitcoin Foundation wants to rebuild its reputation and become a positive force in the world of Bitcoin again, it may want to consider leading by example. Before attempting to pivot yet again, maybe they should open up not only to their members, but to the public at large as well. Show the world that a non-profit done on the Blockchain is infinitely more transparent than one done in the fiat world.
The Bitcoin Foundation hasn't showcased that yet. Since I started covering bitcoin, they have been nothing but a series of controversies and embarrassments for the community at large. Janssens could not sit by silent, Andreas Antanopolus left citing similar concerns. The question the Bitcoin Foundation should be asking isn't if it can survive, but should it survive?
I'm finding it more difficult everyday to come up with a reason for it to.


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Lindi Roaming The Streets In Celebration Of Our Queens
March 22, 2019 Art & Design, Creative, Music & Poetry, Newsafrica, Apartheid, Celebration Of Our Queens, culture, Johanessburg, Lindi Roaming the Streets, Pretoria, taji magLindi Tshitlho
'Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo' (you strike the women, you strike the rock)
These words from the famous resistance song have come to symbolize the courage and strength expressed at the Women's March of 1956 as South African women refused to give into increasing oppression without some form of protest.
Before the 1950s, only Black men were required to carry passes. This gave them permission to be in an urban area. Only people who could find work were given a pass. This allowed the government to control the influx of Black men into the cities. The passed law was one of the most hated of the apartheid laws. Men were repeatedly arrested under this law and it had the effect of turning the majority of the population into criminals.
In 1952, the government announced that Black women would also have to carry passes. Women actively resisted this. The idea began in 1955 at a meeting of FSAW, where a suggestion was made: "Let us go to Pretoria ourselves and protest to the Government against laws that oppress us."
On the 9th of August 1956, over 20,000 women of all races marched in unison to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to hand over a petition to, the then South African prime minister, Hans (JG) Strijdom.
This was a significant turning point in the struggle against unjust apartheid laws. Though the march was against the restrictive pass laws, it led to significant changes towards the emancipation of women
'Nelisiwe Mwase', better known as "Nells", optimizes the word "Imbokoto" (rock)! She's a scriptwriter, content creator, music video producer, and actively manages Ofentse Mwase Flims, "OM Films". The company was officially launched in 2017 as a comedy skit brand.
In that short space of time, Ofentse Mwase has been able to secure 1million views on two of their short film videos. While they don't have a properly set up training program as yet, they take in a new intern from film school every three months.
They scout natural talent from underprivileged individuals who can't afford tertiary education, and are passionate about film… encouraging them to start creating content with what they have, to develop consistency and discipline.
'I DON'T BELIEVE IN MYSELF.'
"I couldn't believe my own words. I could think of 10,000 different ways and things that anyone in public could say to discredit me. In my heart, I knew without any dim light of doubt; that I am great. I am gifted. I am good for it. This is my life. But I was negative."
-Nells
"I'm here to inspire"
Radical Creative Entrepreneurs
"My name is Ennock Mlangeni, a self-taught visual art artist based in Sasolburg, Zamdela SA. I specialize in various mediums from pens, paints, fabrics and pencil works." His work is mostly influenced and inspired by women, as he has seen the strength that lies behind their beauty. Ennock started drawing in grade six and still remains loyal to the same resources he used when he began. He believes he stands a chance to compete with the new age technology material and artists, as he has refined and mastered his craft over the years using just basic tools… basic tools such as ballpoint pens, wax crayons, bottle caps, fabric etc.
"Black has never looked this good, bathed in the sun with pure sheer glow, black has never looked this beautiful. Dressed in the colours of my ancestors walking like the greatness of my past, I am not my scars but I am my heritage. Proudly reaping the presence of my heritage… black don't crack, don't crack, black don't crack, as it oozes out of me cause kenna, it's me, ndim dizibiqele ngoba ndim, black don't crack. It simply draws the path on the palm of my hand…YES, black don't crack! I am who I am because of my ancestors. My head wrapped in the presence of men to show respect, head bowed and knees bent to signify the presence of the man
Instika yesizwe
Black don't crack black don't crack black don't crack because I am Instika Yesizwe."
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Lindi Roaming the Streets on Africa Day
May 27, 2017 Culture, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, NewsAfrica Day 2017, Lindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi Roaming the Streets on Africa Day, Thabiso ThabetheLindi Tshitlho
"RANTA E WELE"
by Thabiso Thabethe
The mural painted at a public park in Winterveld PTA, South Africa, titled' RANTA E WELE' (meaning the rand has dropped)' is his first politically inclined artwork and first non commissioned public artwork. The piece is not a lash at the current ruling party, the president for the political instability. "I was simply attempting to reflect the concerns of the people in our poverty stricken township. After the SA president reshuffled the cabinet we have witnessed a decline in the value of the South African rand and this follows criticism from all political parties, accompanied by a few marches and demonstrations from the general public."
"The monochrome painting with a blood red for the injured and dying impala on the Rand, signifying the current state of affairs locally and nationally was a subtle yet effective way for me to be a mouthpiece for the people. I have used a spear to symbolize that the hurt to the Rand/ the country is done by one of the natives. The whole coin is still steel/silver material but the blood is 'realistic', because the value of the Rand is an idea which is generally accepted as a substance possessing value to pay for goods and services within the country… but its declining value has a very realistic backlash that the poor are not able to ignore. Taxi prices in Pretoria South Africa have gone up and that affects food prices and local businesses, so Winterveld people are facing difficulties to get by, hence the impala/springbok on the Rand (the prey representing 'the people') is turning its face backwards to express anguish and hopefully escape from the predator's fatal spear throw."
KausKulture is a Designer Brand that is primarily focused, but not limited to custom sock designs. KausKulture is inspired by the collective aspirations of the youth of South Africa through the expression of art in textile. It was formally established by two young black entrepreneurs Kabelo Moabelo and Marcus Prime Chabane, who wish to add value to the livelihood of our communities.
KausKulture aims to influence the fashion industry with its originality, spontaneity and class. The design element go against uniformity but still maintaining sophistication. "We have an unparalleled appreciation for attention to detail and cater for diverse and broad market." The company was established in 2015, when the spark to establish KausKulture as a movement started as a conversation and continues to grow as an instrument of change and artistic inspiration impact to our generation.
Kgomotso Neto Tleane
A South African photographer with the mouldings of rural life and trimmings of fast paced city living. Born and raised in Ga-Maja, the Johannesburg based photographer creates imagery that effortlessly reflects both the grime and glory of the city he inhabits.
Known for his documentation of informal and underrated aesthetics, taxis and everyday people form a prominent feature in his work, whilst his collaboration with renowned graphic designer, Rendani Nemakhavhani in The Honey is testament to his strengths as a conceptual photographer.
Featured on various tv and radio stations, various local and international publications such as between 10and5, okayafrica, Asian Photography (India) and Radio Africa Magazine (Barcelona) among others for his work, Tleane along with Nemakhavhani were one of the participating artists in this year's Fresh Produce category at the lauded Turbine Art Fair
African Art is a term typically used for the art of Sub-Saharan Africa. Often, casual, amateur observers tend to generalize "traditional" African art, but the continent is full of people, societies and civilizations, each with a unique visual culture. The definition may also include the art of the African Diasporas, such as the art of African Americans. Despite this diversity, there are some unifying artistic themes when considering the totality of the visual culture from the continent of Africa.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of its total land area. With 1.2 billion people as of 2016, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population. One interesting fact about Africa that is truly amazing is that long before humans were around (the early Mesozioc Era), Africa was joined to other continents in a massive continent called Pangaea. Over millions of years this huge continent broke apart shaping the world landscape as we know it today in what has been referred to the continental drift. On this day 2017 May 25, we salute You Mama Africa.
#AFRICA RISE
Lindi Roaming the Streets with Ntomb'enhle Dolls and Lulasclan
April 24, 2017 Art & Design, Creative, Fashion, NewsLindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi Roaming the Streets with Ntomb'enhle Dolls and Lulasclan, Lulasclan, Ndebele, Ntomb'enhle Dolls, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, ZuluLindi Tshitlho
Lindi Roaming the Streets with Ntomb'enhle Dolls and Lulasclan!
In Zulu, "Ntomb'entle" means beautiful girl. The Ntomb'enhle range represents just a few of our South African and neighbouring countries traditions.
Finally, South African cultural black dolls that children can identify with! Ntom'benhle Dolls is the concept and creation of Molemo Kgomo (46). This mother of two beautiful daughters brought the range into the market in 2005, after identifying the lack of pretty black dolls in the market which her daughters could relate to. Little did she know that in addressing this issue, that she would be answering the call of millions of other moms around the world, who wanted their children to have dolls that represents them. The dolls are beautiful girls as their name states. They have beautiful brown skin, brown eyes, short hair and curves. This is typical of a South African little black girl. In addition they celebrate the heritage of each of the South African cultures.
"BOTH MY DAUGHTERS ARE MY INSPIRATION, THEY ARE MY LIFE !!!!!!!!"
They are dressed in apparel representing the following 8 South African cultures:
"The goal with Ntomb'enhle Dolls is to provide little girls with a doll which they can see themselves in, and therefore start the process of redefining the definition of beauty in South African girls. The dolls can be played with by all races, as we see with white dolls. We believe that they will help to foster tolerance, understanding and friendship between children of different cultural backgrounds. We live in a diverse country and have much to celebrate!"
"It has been along journey and has not ended, I will keep going at it as I still have so much I would like to do with the brand, the journey continues."
Graphic Designer and Illustrator Bonolo Chepape, also the founder of LulasClan, manufactures and produces all products in Rustenburg, North West of South Africa. These designs are authentically created in-house. Material Scatter cushion designs are printed on 100% cotton twill using the latest digital sublimination printing technology. Designs are made according to individual specifications to create unique products with a personalised taste.
"We specialise in textile design, illustration, interior decor & design."
So she called this Journey Meet the other side of Africa, another side of Africa that is free from the negative perceptions of society but a place where colour plays in-between all the black and white lines that seem to define and divide us. "Let's put colour into play this time in a positive light, in a merge of two styles and a new breed that form when Africa meets West and women come together to rise up together to reach the stars."
When 'I' becomes 'We' that's when we will succeed in building one another and supporting one another's dreams and stories are passed on through generation and generations, stories that tell of amazing and inspirational women who helped to build an African mindset, that is all inclusive and creativity forms the unifying language.
Meet the other side of Africa is not just a collection of beautiful scatter cushions, it is Art, it is story telling, it is a movement and a collection with the aspiration of one day collaborating and sharing stories of women across all walks of life and celebrate all that society deems as imperfect, because in true reality imperfections are what makes us all beautiful, and unique.
It starts with 'I' with an aspiration of becoming "we", so if you would like to collaborate, and are a creative looking for a platform to showcase your talent, join the Clan, we all about creativity and bringing different parts together to form a whole. email your submissions to talent_colab@lulasclan.com
"Our limited collection of well-crafted bespoke scatter cushions, are designed to celebrate woman and to tell their stories. Each scatter is inspired by a graphic illustration piece and is specially printed for a high quality finish. Let your home tell a story, celebrate it with this collection."
MEET THANDO Meet Thando, she is made of love, she is the love that unites shapes and patterns whilst bringing all sweet pastel colours together.
MEET THULI A little attitude, pink lipstick, bold prints, and a huge 'Fro' sounds like nothing good oh! Thuli can't live without.
MEET MBALI She blossoms like a wild flower, planted among the weeds, and just like spring comes with joy so does she.
MEET NALEDI Just like shooting stars, Naledi is one that's hard to find. She lives a lucid dream and is determined to be much better, much brighter then she was yesterday.
MEET MAMA-AFRICA Mama Africa the mother of nature, and the salt of the earth, she is soft, nurturing and a strong rooted women.
"It's not easy leaving your job in the pursuit of happiness and a life out of comfort and security, but this journey is only truly beginning and I am still yet to scrape and fall on my way to reaching a place where I can feel I am at home and free from the many fears of the unknown."
Lindi Roaming the Streets at the Social Yaruna
February 16, 2017 Art & Design, Creative, Culture, Fashion, Music & PoetryAKA, and Mandoza, GRAYSCALE, Hector Pieterson, Hillbrow, jay_dundidit, Johannesburg, Kelly Khumalo, Kempton Park, Lindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi Roaming the Streets at the Social Yaruna, lindi tshitlho, Live Marimba Band, Midrand Social Squad, Sabata Sabo Mpholo, Sebokeng, Sio, Social Yaruna, South Africa, Steelpan, Tembisa, Thabang Modupo, Thabo Lovey Koloane, The Royal Vibrationz, The Shoe Cobbler, Thobile, Thobile Nhlapo, Tshepang Samson Ramoji, Vaal, YaRunaLindi Tshitlho
In this edition of Lindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi visits the Social Yaruna!
"CREATIVITY IS A WILD MIND AND A DISCIPLINED EYE"
Social YaRuna is an out of the box, diverse and artistic movement aimed at providing a platform to mold and nature future leaders of the entertainment world. "Ya Runa", which means ours, aims at creating unity among the artists as well as unifying art lovers with those that chose to pursue a career in the world of entertainment. The idea of YaRuna is to draw in the masses and teach them knowledge of how broad the art/entertainment industry is by bringing in a diverse group of individuals under one roof who will each bring in their own element; ultimately giving a platform for emerging artists to grow as artists as well as make a living from their crafts.
YaRuna, established in September 2016, is hosted every first Saturday of the month and is co-owned by Thabang Modupo & Thobile Nhlapo.
These emerging events co-ordinators & stylist/image consultants are also qualified Business Analysts. Born and raised in the east of Johannesburg (born in Hillbrow, resided in Tembisa (tshepo extention) till the age of 7, then moved to Kempton Park in 1999.
They were also recently a Top 15 finalist in the global blogger style challenge, being the only African to have been a part of the competition.
"What defines me is my capability to adapt well to ever changing circumstances in my life, constantly transitioning from what society's perception of what a young black man should look like as well as how a young entrepreneur like myself should dress or behave in order to be successful. I don't conform to the norms of society hence I don't want to restrict myself to just settling for the regular 9-5 lifestyle we as a black community have been trained since birth to take up, where we slave day in a day out only to make millions (daily) for someone else's company only to earn peanuts only once a month."
It's not everyday that society is gifted with a radical youth, who is not afraid to dance to her own tune or help liberate the minds of other youth around her. This 23 year old photographer from Sebokeng, Vaal, began using her photography career three years ago, as a self-expressive art that she now wishes to share with the world. She describes her photography as a form of "Expressionism"- as most of her work carries subliminal meaning and weight from within!
Thobile has photographed South African stars, including AKA, Kelly Khumalo, and Mandoza. "I hope to be given an opportunity to further develop my skills and more importantly, to working with people I can learn from."
"SPIRIT IS HER NAME"
"You can not use up creativity, the more you use, the more you have."
"The shoe cobbler"
"The Shoe Cobbler" is a customization business that was founded by 3 young entrepreneurs, Tshepang Ramoji, Thabo Kholoane & Sabata Mpholo who identified and realized how the local trend where they're from was so behind, so they re-introduced a forgotten street culture (sneaker customization) in the Vaal.
TSC basically gives all worn out sneakers a second chance by re-modifying them and giving them a brighter and better colour to match the look you've always had in mind.
•The vision of TSC is to be known and recognized internationally because of the creativity we all have to offer.
•Our mission is to provide high quality services that are trustworthy, join every well known markets that display art, and, most of all, enhance our entrepreneurial excellence.
IG-@the_shoe_cobbler
FACEBOOK – Tshepang Samson Ramoji
CELL no.- 0818790398
FACEBOOK – Thabo Lovey Koloane
CELL no-0603497163
FACEBOOK – Sabata Sabo Mpholo
CELL no.-0799882973
Hector Pieterson (1963 – 16 June 1976) became the subject of an iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in South Africa when a news photograph by Sam Nzima of the dying Hector being carried by another student while his sister ran next to them, was published around the world. He was killed at the age of 13 when the police opened fire on protesting students. For years, 16 June stood as a symbol of resistance to the brutality of the apartheid government. Today, it is designated Youth Day — when South Africans honour young people and bring attention to their needs. #FEESMUSTFALL
Soulful sounds by Sio
Live Body Painting
The Royal Vibrations is a marimba group that has a percussive musical combination of marimba, djembe, dance and vocals. The band comprises of ten Members who share common roots with different social and cultural orientations. The group represents the nicest melodies ever found in the musical history of mankind and is based in the heart of Johannesburg, Hillbrow (at the Hillbrow Theatre).
The Royal Vibrations fuses traditional music with western sound effects and a modernized interpretation of time, space and circumstance. The band plays a variety of musical styles that include Southern Africa traditional songs, Afro-fusion, jazz, house, gospel, afro-pop and classical sounds. Members of the band respectively are rich in experience of the entertainment industry and have performed on both local and international music festivals and concerts.
To date, the experience within the band blends into a unique acoustic feel with an essential rhythmic touch that refreshes, heals and gives an uplifting sensation that restores our sense of dignity and self-pride. The Royal Vibrationz works with a number of session musicians from all over South Africa, and has collaborated with international live bands on various occasions, including Melita Matsinhe based in Norway. The Royal Vibrations is currently the holders of the best marimba band in South Africa's National Marimba Festival 2013 and the International Marimba & Steelpan Festival 2013. The great band has a live audio recording they did in 2013 titled "The Journey" That includes cover versions from the great African and international musicians and some of their own compositions. "We are here to give you the best marimba music at festivals, concerts, graduation ceremonies, corporate functions, parties and weddings." They offer the following services:
Live Marimba Band (Afro-jazz, contemporary jazz, house, reggae, soul, afro-soul, RnB)
Take a chill pill and unwind with a game of Pack Man!!!
"Your attitude is like a box of crayons that colour your world. Constantly colour your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humour, and your picture begins to lighten up."
Midrand Social Squad
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"Fifty Shades of Duku" is a Must Have for Headwrap Lovers
September 10, 2016 Culture, Fashion, Lifestyle, Newsafrica, african fashion, art, black beauty, black culture, Black Fashion, Empangeni, Fifty Shades of Duku, Lindi Roaming the Streets, lindi tshitlho, ofee, Ofentse Maluleke, South Africa, taji mag, Taji ShopLindi Tshitlho
Ofentse "Princess Ofee" Maluleke is the CEO of Taji Holdings and author of Fifty Shades of Duku. Taji is a Swahili word for CROWN. The company is focused on manufacturing and distributing natural hair and skin products while teaching Queens how to take care of their crowns. She also has a relentless love affair with head wraps and began teaching others how to wrap in 2013 on her Youtube channel.
Ofee was born and raised in Empangeni (Kwa-Zulu Natal), South Africa, ensuring that she got an all-round South African experience and that she could speak at least 5 languages. Her love for entrepreneurship began in high school where she was nicknamed "the popcorn lady" as she sold popcorn during break times for pocket money. She continued to sell other items such as beaded jewelery and muffins all the way through to university.
The way that African women wear their duku's is significantly different to the way other ethnicities wear theirs. Instead of tying the fabric below the chin or at the nape of the neck African women tie it on the crown of the head or on the sides and tuck in the fabric in the wrap leaving the face and neck exposed. This ensures the head is puled upwards and the features of the face are highlighted. In other words, an African woman wears her duku as she would a crown.
"My life purpose is to inspire, heal and help African Queens to look and feel beautiful and be their authentic selves for God's glory through my products, seminars, blogging and vlogging online."
In this book, Ofee will showcase 50 different ways to tie a Duku step-by-step.
Headwraps (Duku) hold a significant role in the history of African women all over the continent and the diaspora. The tradition has been passed through the generations and has never gone out of fashion. Duku's have been historically worn by both men and women of all races but, in recent times it has become associated almost solely with women of African decent.
Among other incredible works, she also sells locally produced organic body, lip and hair products.
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Lindi Roaming the Streets in Celebration of Our "Imbokodos"
September 9, 2016 Culture, Lifestyle, Newsafrica, african fashion, black beauty, black culture, black excellence, Imbokodos, Lindi Roaming the Streets, lindi tshitlho, taji magLindi Tshitlho
In this edition of Lindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi celebrates our "Imbokodos" (Rocks/Women)!
"Take a girl to the dance Campaign"
Because every girl is a princess, they deserve that one night to celebrate their hard earned work. Rapunzel is a bit more relatable than the other princesses, especially because she doesn't even know that she's a princess until the very end. I like to think of her as the bohemian princess, as she's barefoot and living in a tower. She paints and reads… She's a Renaissance woman.
We are earnestly persuading all of our loving Queens out there to donate their matric dresses, and make someone's prom night one they never imagined. This initiative gives education a meaning in rural and underprivileged communities, as they can only dream of nights like this.
This campaign runs from 01 August 2016 to 01 August 2017, in honour of all the hard working princesses that never gave up despite the obstacles that barred them from all angles, for they are our future QUEENS.
"Let's take a girl to the dance, shall we?"
Please contact details below for more details and assistance.
Your donations are highly appreciated, and many thanks in advance.
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Lindi Roaming the Streets Celebrates Lebo Mathosa
August 3, 2016 Creative, Culture, Lifestyle, Music & Poetry, NewsLebo Mathosa, lebo mathosa foundation, Lindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi Roaming the Streets Celebrates Lebo Mathosa, lindi tshitlho, mandela squareTaji Mag
Lebo Mathosa enthralled our nation with her chart-topping and internationally acclaimed Kwaito hits. One of Africa's leading and most electrifying music performers, she was certainly gone too soon, but her legacy continues to move African music forward. 2016 marks 10 years since her passing.
10 Years of Lebo Mathosa Honoured
In her memory, The Lebo Mathosa Foundation was launched July 28th at Hard Rock Cafe, Mandela Square. The founders, Lebo's family and friends, introduced The Lebo Mathosa Foundation to the guests, explaining their vision to celebrate Lebo's life, music, and inspiration.
The Mathosa family expressed how proud they were to celebrate Lebo's lasting influence. Solly Mathosa, Chairman, shared their desire to motivate young people to be tenacious & bold in their pursuits. The Foundation is based in Daveyton, Gauteng, where Mathosa was raised from her teenage years.
The Mathosa Family (Founders)
Soul and pop singer and actor Moneoa Moshesh, was also there to honour Lebo. She recounted how Mathosa inspired her and looked forward to the motivation the young musicians would receive from the work of the Foundation.
@MONEOA
An array of new talent currently pushing their way towards their dreams, entertained the guests & supporters of the Foundation, many incorporating a tribute to the queen legend. The depth and variation of the rising musical talent the Foundation aims to nurture, was showcased by guitar and vocal duo TOES, Hip Hop artists K9, GovenderzEmpire, SbuMathosa, Magzin, as well as solo artist Lynol. Hard Rock Cafe, Nelson Mandela Square, was a fitting venue with memorabilia displayed from various musical legends, giving some of these new artists a first taste of performing in an upmarket venue.
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@LYNOL BROWN
In October, a musical experience concert will take place to commemorate the day the nation mourned Lebo Mathosa's loss. The Mathosa family and Showbizafrika (the creative agency supporting the Foundation) promise to celebrate "The Madonna of the Townships" in style.
Thulani Mbatha, Co-Founder
Director @SHOWBIZAFRICA
Ambassador @CLASSICMANSTYLE
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SHOWBIZAFRICA PRODUCER
@AFRIDRUM CREW
Many thanks to: Anna-Marie, Kasi FM, HardRock Café and everyone who came to support this initiative.
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Lindi Roaming the Streets Highlights Kearabetswe Setlhare
July 31, 2016 Creative, Culture, Lifestyle, Music & Poetry, NewsHouse of Khalid, Kearabetswe Setlhare, Lindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi Roaming the Streets Highlights Kearabetswe Setlhare, lindi tshitlhoTaji Mag
Evaluate, Educate and Express the dynamic lineage of Ancient African Royalty!!! Who is Kearabetswe Setlhare?
She refers to herself as the girl next door, who loved dressing her dolls and playing in her mom's closet. Staying true to that today, "I am an accessible, affordable, qualified fashion designer."
After completing her fashion design studies at LISOF, she decided to go straight into creating "House of Khalid" which is a family brand founded by herself, co-owned by her sister and mother. They focus mostly on the administrative photography and sales side of the business, while she manages the creative direction as the head designer.
"When I initially started, the brand only had one label, Khalid Couture, that was in 2011, and today, House of Khalid is a fashion brand that houses three labels namely Khalid Couture, Bow & Arrow Accessories, and Khalid Kids."
The name House of Khalid means House of "Eternity" in Ancient Egyptian.
The concept behind the label is to promote everything that distinguishes us as Africans be it textured fabrics, loud print, bold and bright colours and the beautiful lushness of the African continent, and its people. "We intend to bring uniqueness and individuality to a world otherwise ruled by fashion clones."
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Lindi Roaming the Streets Highlights South African Band "African Rhythm"
July 12, 2016 Creative, Culture, Lifestyle, Music & Poetry, NewsAfrican Rhythm, Lindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi Roaming the Streets Highlights South African Band "African Rhythm", lindi tshitlhoTaji Mag
In this edition of Lindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi highlights South African Band "African Rhythm."
Celebrating our Youth…
"When you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that makes it good or bad."
Miles Davis.
African Rhythm is a percussion band that performs a combination of Afro Soul and Tribal House music. This young band chose to make a good note…
"We are from Krugersdorp, South Africa and a fresh approach to the healing properties of African Music"
They find this very appropriate as their main aim is to Unite and Heal through music. This team has been friends for 10 years, and decided at some point to start a group that fused music, fashion and dance. "Music was not always readily available, so we started playing African instruments to make our own rhythms to dance to. This led to the formation of our band."
"Music unites"
*Bongane "Bongs" Vuso
*Thabang "Nikki Nak" Motsoahae (Shakers)
*Kamogelo "Youngman" Tshabangu (Percussionist)
*Tebogo "T.B.Z" Mabe (Percussionist)
*Katlego "K.Tee" Mathakeng (Xylophone)
* Vusi "Mavara" Mathule (Percussionist)
*Letlhogonolo "Mafa" Motshetshedi (Percussionist)
*Nthabiseng "Nthabie" Sentso(Vocalist)
*Kutlwano "Kaytee" Lubeko(Dj&Fashion
*Tshepo "Jozi" Mokgosi (Percussionist, Leader)
Their achievements include being featured in big music festivals such as:
Go West Festival in the Westrand
Jazz on the Lake at Zoo Lake
99% Local Music in Randfontein
Donaldson Dam Annual Picnic Explosion in Westonaria
"We spent Earth Hour 2016 performing for the mayor of Pretoria, Kgosientso Ramokgopa and various other dignitaries.
We have also been featured on "Skyroom Live" on SABC1 and won Brenda Fassie's 10year Legacy Competition in 2014.
Thus far our biggest highlight has been performing at Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in Krugersdorp, for World AIDS Day in 2014 and 2015. These performances solidified our belief in the healing power of our music as even the bedridden patients at the hospital got up to dance.
We have always believed in our talent but this became more apparent when our Facebook video went viral on 3 April 2016. Having achieved more than 900,000 views in 1 week, we have decided to dedicate the next few months to satisfying the overwhelming local demand for our live performances.
We are currently based in Pretoria and have been booked for events in Gauteng and the surrounding provinces, namely North West, Free State and Limpopo (MP, we are ready for you)."
"In the future, we want to elevate South African music by touring abroad and establishing fashion, music, and dance schools in under privileged areas in South Africa."
This man is a living testament of what a father is.
"When I met African Rhythm they had been staying with Katlego's Uncle for about 2 weeks.
About a week later they called that they needed to see me. Jozi, Nik Nak and Katlego came to see me and explained that their families were not too happy about them leaving home. Their Uncle approved and was willing to continue accommodating them but they didn't want to be the cause of a rift between the Uncle and the rest of the families. So they asked if they could stay with me.
It was nearly month end and I thought we would be able to find a place for them before the end of the month but that proved to be a very difficult task.
No agency would allow 10 people to move into one place so we had to find a place being rented directly by the owner. We eventually managed to find a place 2 months later.
Finances come from multiple sources:
– Some of their parents send them a little money monthly.
– The money they get from performing and sometimes busking (when things get really bad)
– I handle the shortfalls
"I have an agreement with them to get a certain percentage of their performance fees but I haven't taken a single cent yet. They just can't afford it. Feeding, housing, and transporting 11 people is very costly.
What we need to resolve this is more gigs. They have been getting a lot of publicity and requests but very few gigs (averaging a gig a week)."
To book them or for more information visit @african_rhythm!
Lindi Roaming the Streets of The Soweto Street Culture Arts Festival
June 4, 2016 Art & Design, Creative, Culture, Fashion, Lifestyle, News, Videosafrican culture, african fashion, Crossing African Borders, Lindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi Roaming the Streets of The Soweto Street Culture Arts Festival, lindi tshitlho, South Africa, Soweto Street Culture Arts FestivalLindi Tshitlho
In this edition of Lindi Roaming the Streets, Lindi explores South Africa's Soweto Street Culture Arts Festival.
#AfricaMonth
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but, if faced with courage, need not be lived again." '
Maya A.
SOWETO STREET CULTURE ARTS FEST
The Soweto Street Culture Arts Festival #SSCAFest2016 is proudly South African with authentic local street culture, live Contemporary Jazz & Hip Hop music, Literature, Art & Independent Film screenings.
Here, visitors can experience authentic street culture, fashion, music, stalls, gourmet, colour festival and so much more! The perfect way to experience Soweto and socialize with all of the artists.
VILAKAZI STREET in Soweto, South Africa is well-known for its rich history, particularly for its place in the struggle against apartheid. Given this, it is one of the main tourist attractions in Joburg, and the country.
'Talent Over Everything Sessions'
'TOES' is a hip hop based duo consisting of musicians Thabiso Thabethe and Prodigenius. The band blends alternative folk music with rap to create a unique hip hop sound and style. Their music is influenced by artists such as HHP, Freshly Ground, and The Parlotones.
The band originated in Winterveld (Sgandi), South Africa in 2014, when this dynamic team started off by performing concerts in Prodigenius' father's backyard. This developed into door to door music sessions, music mobs on the streets, performing on trains in Winterveld, and around Pretoria. TOES is currently performing music from Thabiso Thabethe's 9 track EP tiled "SHEBAH" and The Genius Touch's 10 track EP titled "Kastom Kult," both released in 2016 independently through hard copies and Soundcloud.
'Zimbabwe Showing Flames'
LYNOL BROWN
This multi-talented young man born in Gweru Zimbabwe was named after legend Lionel Richie. He is an Afro Contemporary artist with a mixture of Pop and Afrisoul.
"Copying denies collaboration as it is a trade amongst artist. It also affects musicians and lead to them forgetting they are the product." When he arrived in SA, he realised that he's going to represent his identity and culture. His main aim was to send a clear, outspoken message understood by all.
"Copying kills the potency in the art."
Ringo Madlingozi and Oliver Mtukuzi better watch out for the tremor approaching!!!
"You'll never go anywhere nor be recognised if you do not want to learn. Team effort is success, and with our different skills the world is just an oyster. Learn to stand your ground and take yourself seriously in order for people to. Believe in your craft and be unapologetic about it, and most importantly give and receive." His advice to people is to wait for your time, stick to what you do best and let it manifest as our fruits have different seasons.
"Happiness is what keeps me going."
Many thanks to the @THEBOXSHOP for hosting this prestigious event…
DEAR AFRICA…
'MY SCARS'
"The more difficult the process to become whole again;
The pain may fade but scars serve as a reminder of our suffering, and make the bearer all the more resolved and never to be wounded again.
So as time moves along, we get lost in distractions, act out in frustration, and react with aggression giving into anger and all the while we plot and plan as we wait to grow stronger, and before we know it, the time passes. We are healed, ready to begin a new…"
'MAMA AFRICA'
BY MANTALA NKOATSE
A seed like myself only needs to develop into roots
Feel the breath of Mother Earth in my Habitat; give a Shelter to Bugs or Sparrows.
I need to feel Mother Earths tears in my habitat, Let her Sunshine nurture my lungs.
I need to grow, I need to be an example of strength, I need to be a firm stem.
I need to be like Green Leaves Clothed in Mamas Favourite Green dress, I need to be Chlorophyll.
I need to gain beauty from my petals, I the seed; want to become a Flower!
I want to make butterflies smile as I take my duties of Brightening the World.
For the World needs to be mothered before it turns an orphan.
Dear mama Africa; I need my Great Gran Children to Enjoy the Pleasures of your beauty like my ancestors did before they died.
I don't want to fear War that will leave my habitat in draught, I don't want to see my Petals wither, chasing butterflies away.
I don't want to fear the Sparrows that will be left homeless. I don't want to fear anything.
I want to be in nature, I want your picture to inspire me to emancipate my mind. I want to relish on your ground after I've turned an ancestor.
Mama Africa, I want your beauty to remain timeless
Now, Dear Mother! Hear my cry when I call upon your name. Forgive my sins for I have polluted your breath with smoke and I let the World disturb your music, created by birds and the Ocean.
Forgive me for I have demolished some of the habitats to gain the pleasures of my material self, I have realized that the World is not as Important as you are because you gave birth to the World.
Mother, without you there's no more me, or birds or butterflies or trees or the ocean
Dear Mother Africa. Stay Strong and quench my strength with your mountains, inspire my beauty with all that you are, provoke my emotions with your ocean. Mama Africa, please keep clean for the sake of your legacy.
Alive with possibilities is what we are!
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Crack in the Road
Lykke LiI Follow Rivers (Tyler, The Creator Mix)
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All is the eccentric name on the tip of many peoples tongues this year, with the general consensus being that these boys have the potential to produce a pretty special record. As well as announcing a string of US dates including a sure to be animated show at Coachella, Tyler the Creator of OFWGKTA fame has dropped his take on Lykke Li's new single I Follow Rivers.
Slowing it down and adding a couple of verses of his own, whilst maintaining the original hook, it's far from the pop track Lykke Li had intended it to be. His stereotypical crude lyricism is startling obvious, a trait he may have to tone down for his appearance on the Jimmy Fallon Show next week. Tyler's remix is a available as a free download from below.
Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (Tyler the Creator Mix)


The Laurentian Bank logo is pictured in Montreal, on June 21, 2016.
Featured below are companies that have experienced recent insider trading activity in the public market through their direct and indirect ownerships, including accounts they have control or direction over.
The list features insider transaction activity; it does not convey total ownership information as an insider may hold numerous accounts.
Keep in mind, when looking at transaction activities by insiders, purchasing activity may reflect perceived value in a security. Selling activity may or may not be related to a stock's valuation; perhaps an insider needs to raise money for personal reasons. An insider's total holdings should be considered because a sale may, in context, be insignificant if this person has a large remaining position in the company. I tend to put great weight on insider transaction activity when I see multiple insiders trading a company's shares or units.
Let's begin the report featuring three companies that have had insider buying activity.
On March 15, Executive Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer Bob Rooney acquired 6,100 shares at a price of $40.80 per share, lifting his account's holdings to 10,500 shares.
Between March 1 and March 7, Rob Dexter, who sits on the board of directors, bought a total of 20,000 shares at an average price per share of approximately $10.65, increasing his portfolio's position to 469,116 shares. In February, he purchased 10,000 shares at a price of $11.52 per share (on Feb. 27).
Earlier in the month, we reported that fellow board member Frank vanSchaayk accumulated 4,500 shares at an average price per share of $10.98 on March 1, taking his portfolio's holdings up to 9,800 shares.
Two corporate directors were recent buyers in the market.
On March 6, Michel Lavigne purchased 2,000 shares at a price per share of $48.193, increasing his portfolio's position to 7,111 shares.
On March 5, Sonia Baxendale initiated a portfolio position with the purchase of 1,500 shares at a cost of $48.50 per share.
The following stock has had recent insider selling activity.
On March 15, Senior Vice-President - Corporate Services, Nigel Banks exercised his options and sold the corresponding number of shares (19,000) at a price per share of $47, leaving 8,012 shares in his account.


In its latest, most convincing iteration, the Polo GTI no longer exists as a warmed-up, glorified trim level and makes a strong case for itself as a bona fide sports car. A level of performance granted by an engine shared with its illustrious Golf GTI sibling sets it on the right path, but there's now a depth of engineering that simply wasn't there before.
There is fluidity, composure and no small measure of class in the way this supermini conducts itself along the full spectrum of British roads. Volkswagen has also delivered a class-leading interior in terms of both desirability and practicality, and so for a certain sort of driver this car will hold substantial appeal. But not necessarily for Autocar readers.
The Polo GTI's chassis gives its driver glimpses of fizzle, but it's not a match for the easily accessible, delicate adjustability of Ford's Fiesta ST or the Mini Cooper S. In its design, powertrain and handling, it trades on a cold, hard capability instead of character, and in this class we feel that's rather missing the point.
And yet despite this, we suspect those who do knowingly choose the Polo GTI will be delighted.


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Q: Java Servlet 205 command not found I'm following the headfirst book about Servlets and JSP and I'm trying to make the first example in the book work for me as well.
However when I type in the command :
sh bin/startup.sh    (I'm using Windows )
I get an error
/bin/catalina.sh : line 205 : tty : command not found.
Even though this error occurs I still get about 5 more lines saying USING CATALINA_BASE ...
I tried to ignore the error to see if I can see the page but it tells me that the requested resource is not available. I'm using Tomcat 7.0.47
The place that I'm running the command from is my tomcat 7.0.47 folder.

A: Well
You are trying to execute a *nix command in a Windows environment.
Could you please give more details about what are you trying to do?

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Nächstbereichschutzsystem MANTIS, também conhecido por NBS-C-RAM, é uma peça de artilharia de última geração do Exército Alemão, cuja principal função é proteger as posições alemãs, particularmente no Afeganistão, de perigos a curto-alcance. É produzida pela Rheinmetall Air Defence, uma subsidiária da Rheinmetall. É um dos componentes do futuro projecto de defesa antiaérea SysFla.

Artilharia de 35 mm
Artilharia antiaérea
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"Lean Into It" (на български: Накланям се в него) е вторият студиен албум на американската рок група Мистър Биг. Издаден е през 1991 година.

Произведението е големия пробив на групата. След издаването му, Мистър Биг се превръщат в една от най-популярните групи от началото и средата на 1990-те години. Баладата "To Be With You" достига до №1 в класацията на Билборд, а енергичните "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy..." и "Alive and Kickin'" стават световни рок-класики.

"Lean Into It" достига статус на "Платинен албум" в САЩ с над 1 000 000 продадени копия само за територията на страната. Албумът е сертифициран като златен в Германия с над 100 000 продадени екземпляра

Списък на песните
 "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)" (Sheehan/Gilbert/Pessis/Torpey/Martin) – 3:54
 "Alive and Kickin'" (Gilbert/Martin/Pessis/Sheehan/Torpey) – 5:28
 "Green-Tinted Sixties Mind" (Gilbert) – 3:30
 "CDFF-Lucky This Time" (Paris) – 4:10
 "Voodoo Kiss" (Martin/Pessis) – 4:07
 "Never Say Never" (Martin/Vallance) – 3:48
 "Just Take My Heart" (Martin/Pessis) – 4:21
 "My Kinda Woman" (Gilbert/Martin/Sheehan) – 4:09
 "A Little Too Loose" (Gilbert) – 5:21
 "Road to Ruin" (Torpey/Paris/Gilbert/Sheehan) – 3:54
 "To Be With You" (Martin/Grahame) – 3:27

Музиканти
 Ерик Мартин – вокали
 Пол Джилбърт – китари
 Били Шиън – баскитара
 Пат Торпи – барабани

Източници

Външни препратки
  Last Fm
 "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy" – YouTube
 "Alive and Kickin" – Reunion Tour 2009 – Live at Budokkan

Албуми на Мистър Биг
Музикални албуми от 1991 година


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tv Business Deutsche Welle December 6, 2019 5:45pm-6:01pm CET
watching the trade war is starting to affect economic growth in the world's largest cities that's according to a new oxford economics report researchers say g.d.p. growth in 9 of the top 10 biggest global cities will slow in 2020 they said the trade war in a general global slowdown is having effect american high tech regions like silicon valley will be especially hard hit over the next few years a growth in china's 4 largest metropolitan areas beijing shanghai and pictured here has been around 10 percent per year for the last decade but that's expected to slow to 6 percent over the next 2 years and the fastest growing cities in the world are in india but despite booming growth rates in places like surat and bangalore overall those cities are economic lightweights when compared to the likes of new york london and tokyo. so let's bring in our financial correspondent in singapore andrea hang. so many of the fastest growing cities here as i just said are in india
how do those what's driving growth 1st of all in those cities and then how do they compare to those top 10 cities well like you said you know the they may be the fastest growing in the next he cares but they're also the economic output from the cities on not going to be very significant compared to those global make a cities that you just mentioned now that said these powerhouses in and stick to such as i thief software development even health and pharmaceutical industries and engineering for example compared to other global cities it's home to global companies such as facebook and apple. now the report says that china's 4 biggest cities should enter the top 10 in g.d.p. in the coming years i believe 2035 it seems to me that's assuming that this trade conflict is basically a blip that it's over by then what would happen if it if it structurally changes everything. well the trade war and the outcome of the treat
war it's it's not quite critical but it's not entirely dependent on it either in terms of having these 4 cities rise up in the next few years now rolling back on terra would actually improve export to months so. it's a manufacturing that manufacturing and factory activity is going to go up again there's also the subject of intellectual property and that's relevant to the cities because it's where the young rich and impressionable chinese are living they want their about they want that apple as well it's also these cities are also where a lot of foreigners live and work and in order to attract more of these people to internationalize china so to speak that so-called international environment needs to be present and if the u.s. and china somehow which looks very far away right now managed to sort out that ip issue it means that these cities can continue to grow and boost their global tech
power. dressing joining us from singapore thank you very much. china is the world's biggest carbon emitter and also the biggest innovator in renewable energy sources as a nation that needs massive amounts of energy to feed developments but strides in the same time to reduce air pollution such contradictions are on display at the ongoing un climate change conference in madrid where china's carbon balance is critical to any plan to curb climate change. once upon a time this was a common sight not anymore over the past few years there's been a significant improvement in beijing's air quality that stands for a range of far reaching government policies most notably related to coal over the last. 5 years or so there's been a lot of improvements in beijing's air called in the air quality across northern china. that's being as a result of a lot of government measures. the burning of coal and households to switch.
heating with gas heating and also stricter emissions standards on industry still china the world's most populous country remains the biggest emitter of carbon the construction industry is especially to blame for steel and cement are both huge sources of pollution in the last 3 years the countries use more cement than the u.s. did in the entire 21st century. factories too many of them operated by multinationals have proven environmentally damaging that spirit environmentalist to provide data to ensure that consumer goods giants like dell at the dothan hate sin and keep tabs on their suppliers that environmental impact. 1st question there's always like you know we have a green policy but in china sorry i just don't know who are polluting no doubt and i still remember the 1st meeting that we're able to tell them look we hope
some data it's not just about cutting down on coal and monitoring emissions china itself of becoming a global leader in phone or energy investing more in renewables and any other country and don't borrow it. and stay with fossil fuels the op the opec oil cartel has agreed to cut production by half a 1000000 barrels a day that's the equivalent of half a percent of global output members of the organization of the petroleum exporting countries and russia agreed to the modest cut at a meeting in vienna there aim is to boost prices as the global economy slows down and to compensate for higher output from the u.s. and other producers outside the cartel. the opec has lost a bit of the influence in a joint only a decade ago why is that well there are more oil producers outside the cartel as well as internal disagreements over pricing the organization currently has 14 members for many of them oil is their main source of revenue revenue which is why
they like prices to be as high as possible here's the problem with that the world's biggest oil producers the united states and russia are not members of the cartel their outputs of around $12.11 barrels per day respectively exceed that of opec's top producer saudi arabia the thing is the u.s. is also the world's biggest oil consumer so while higher oil prices would help domestic oil companies they would tend to harm the rest of american industry. moving on meanwhile there's been an unpleasant surprise for the german economy industrial production fell sharply in october total factory output in europe's biggest economy fell by 1.7 percent compared to the previous month but came with analysts 6 expecting a rise of point one percent and it was down 5.3 percent year on year again much more sharply than anticipated. and let's go now to our financial correspondent in frankfurt chelsea delaney. these figures all seem to fit this narrative that the
german economy is on the rebound do they know i think this this and thus trail rebound narrative and germany looks about dad right now this report is being called dismal by a lot of economists it's not just the 1.7 percent drop from from the previous month if you look at the year over year decline it's about 5.3 percent that's the biggest drop in 10 years or so and it's also not just this data there's been a lot of reports this week including and gestural orders stating yesterday that was also surprisingly bad and survey data that's a little more recent through november that's also pointing to continue to climb so the conversation has really shifted over the past couple of days and now the conversation is really is germany heading for a recession and with growth already so low with stagnation really being the forecast it could certainly turn to recession a very quickly because you're in your drop in 10 years that sounds significant what
seems to be driving this fall is the car industry here in germany is it orders from china what would people say. i think it's both of those things the audio industry and the shift to electric vehicles and new emissions standards is definitely a weigh in on the auto industry here the the head of the automobile industry said yesterday they expect a 5 percent drop in auto sales this year the trade war with china in the u.s. is definitely had an impact on industry as well germany is a big supplier of investment goods to china and that's really dropped off but there's also been a big decline domestically and demand for capital goods which are things like machinery and tools so those are all sort of long term structural changes that could make this a bigger problem for germany. chelsea delaney joining us from frankfurt frankfurt thank you. and let's take a look at some of the other global business stories making news. china says it's
holding off on an increase in tariffs on u.s. imports it's also waiving a hike on levies for soybeans only goshi asians between the 2 countries continue trying to finalize a phase one trade deal 1st announced in october. and it's off after an initial hiccup space x. has launched its falcon 9 rocket its dozen for the international space station the cargo is rather diverse onboard or 40 genetically modified mice as well as christmas presents and fresh fruits for the lab 6 member crew. of uganda plans to borrow more than $660000000.00 u.s. dollars from international banks to plug a hole in its budget the government received less taxes than expected and it failed to get funds from the world bank you've got his debt has risen 30 percent in 2 years partly because of large chinese funded infrastructure projects. i'll say for a ride sharing apps well earlier this week several women in the u.s. filed lawsuits against lift over sexual assaults and cars affiliated with the
company now rival has revealed how many reports of sexual assault it's received in the u.s. in recent years the number is considerable. report made for some sobering reading there were more than 3000 sexual assaults recorded last year 235 of them were of rape this out of a total of 1200000000 journeys 99.9 percent of which was keen to point and did with that recorded incident the report which covers 20172018 is the 1st of its kind and comes just 2 weeks after it lost its license to operate in london after drivers using the app were found to have fakes their identity. and it's not just super either rifle lift is also facing pressure over its safety record earlier this week 19 women filed lawsuits in san francisco related to sexual assault or rape that happened in vehicles affiliated with the company. his hands touch had woken up
to him actually groping and touching. both lift and hooper have increased screening and background checks for drivers. lift has also pledged to release a safety report of its own but x. brits say sexual assaults often go under reported and that the problem could be far larger in scale than the figures suggest. and that's it for me in the business you can find out more about these and other stories online at www dot com slash business i'm stephen there's a truck. in
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stuff to do in oklahoma city
8 Surprising Things I Discovered at the Oklahoma State Capitol
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State capitol buildings are more than places for lawmaking and other state business. Many of them are also museums, open for the public to tour and learn about a state's legislative process and its history. While many features of capitol buildings are similar, each is unique to its own state. The first unique thing I noticed about the Oklahoma State Capitol on my recent visit was the oil derrick standing in front of it. Read more
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Life in the American West conjures up images of cowboys and homesteaders, cattle drives and rodeos. The Western way of life was romanticized and popularized in early 20thcentury books by Zane Grey and later in cinema movies. Today the story of the American West is told in Oklahoma City's National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum through world-class art galleries and exhibits. Read more
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Walking down the stairs from Oklahoma City's street level to board the Bricktown Water Taxi on the canal, my first thought was that it looked like San Antonio's River Walk from the many pictures I've seen. The photos always look inviting: a tour boat gliding along the river, a beautifully landscaped walkway, and restaurants with plenty of al fresco dining, tables adorned with colorful umbrellas. It turns out the Bricktown Canal was modeled after the San Antonio attraction. Read more
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Is there any more beautiful artwork than light streaming through colored glass? Think stained glass windows. Think Tiffany lamps. And think Dale Chihuly, creator of huge colorful glass sculptures in varying shapes and textures. One of the largest collections of Chihuly glass is on permanent exhibit at Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Read more


So if you survived the timing of VBO updates (or rather, my speculations on what is possible with VBO updates), now you're in a position to ask the question: how fast might glBufferSubData be? In particular, developers like myself are often astonished when glBufferSubData does things like block.
In a world before manual synchronizing of VBOs (via the 3.0 buffer management APIs or Apple's buffer range extensions) we can now see why a sub-data buffer on a streamed VBO might perform quite badly.
Fill half the buffer with buffer sub-data.
Issue a draw call to that half of the buffer.
Flip which half of the buffer we are using and go back to step 1.
In other words, double buffering by dividing the buffer in half, or treating it like a ring buffer.
This implementation is going to perform terribly. T sub-data call is going to block until the previous draw call has completed, even though they use opposite halves of the buffer, and we'll lose all of our concurrency. Let's see if we can understand why.
If we go to respecify a VBO in AGP memory using glBufferSubData while that VBO is in progress, glBufferSubData must block; it can't rewrite the buffer until the last draw finishes because we would see the new vertices, not the old, or maybe half and half. In order for the "fill" to complete, the driver would have to be able to determine that the pending draws and the new fill are completely disjoint.
You've drawn using glDrawElements, and thus the actual part of the vertex VBO you draw from is determined by the index table. The cost of figuring out the "extent" of this draw is to process all of the indices. The cure is worse than the disease. Any sane driver is going to simply assume that any part of the VBO could be used.
Let's assume you use glDrawRangeElements to tell the driver that you're really only going to use half the VBO. Even then, the structure to mark "locked" regions would be a complex one - a series of draws over overlapping regions would require a complex data structure. For this one special case, you're asking the drivers to replace a simple time-stamp based lock (e.g. this VBO is locked until this many commands have executed) with a dynamic range marking structure. If I were a driver writer I'd say "let's keep it simple and not eat this cost on all VBOs."
I think it's safe to assume that some implementations (and all if you use glDrawElements) are simply going to mark the entire VBO as in use until the draw happens, and thus the partial rewrite is going to block as if there was a conflict, even if there was not.
Of course, this technique isn't without peril - all synchronization is up to the client. The main danger is an over-run: your app is so fast that it needs to modify a range that the GL isn't done with - we made it all the way around our ring buffer. Probably the safest way to cope with this is to put explicit fences in place to wait until the last dependent draw call that we issued is finished.
There is really only a need for fences if you want to re-write data in place or do changes on a subsection of a buffer.
The workloads I am used to dealing with, have a variety of batch sizes coming out of client code.
The pattern we would use to deal with them efficiently, once we had the capability of non-blocking map, was to just follow the DirectX style - keep an ascending cursor, and pack subsequent batches into the same buffer until reaching the end, at which point it would be time to orphan. In this fashion, when using a 2 or 4MB buffer, it wasn't uncommon for maps/write/unmaps to outnumber orphaning events by 100 to 1.
If you follow this pattern, and do not have workloads that entail altering already-written data for a followup batch - there is no need for fences or any sync mechanism at all - the orphaning takes care of everything.
On OS X I'm not currently aware of any mechanism involving a VBO where the data does not land in system memory first, but maybe this has changed in Snow Leopard.
When we were working on MapBufferRange, one of the common questions was "why is BufferSubData not good enough?" - one of the key reasons is that BufferSubData must assume the original data is in a copyable form. If the CPU is unpacking something - for example, the height field data that WoW uses for terrain chunks - BufferSubData would only be useful if the CPU first expanded said data into a temp buffer and then BSD'd from there - yielding unwanted cache pollution..
The posts at the end being the most interesting, particularly Rob's.
Seems like this topic has been popping up more, that's for sure.


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Pope's Geneva trip to highlight 'rich collaboration' with World Council of Churches
by Joshua J. McElwee
Vatican City — Pope Francis' one-day visit to Geneva in June will be an occasion to highlight the "longstanding and rich collaboration" between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches, said the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
At a March 2 press briefing about the pontiff's June 21 trip to the Swiss city, Cardinal Kurt Koch said the journey is meant to help the Catholic Church and the World Council "continue to respond together to the challenges of our time."
Vatican spokesman Greg Burke confirmed the pope's planned visit to Geneva March 2. The visit, which comes during the World Council's 70th anniversary year, had previously been announced by Swiss authorities.
Francis will be the third pontiff to visit the World Council's headquarters, following visits by Popes Paul VI in 1969 and John Paul II in 1984.
Koch said the program for the Francis' trip was still being discussed but that Francis is also expected to meet with the president of the Swiss confederation, Alain Berset, and to celebrate a Mass for the Catholic community of Geneva.
Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, the World Council's general-secretary, said at the press briefing that his organization sees Francis' coming visit "as a sign of hope … for all who long and pray for unity of the church in the world [and] for those who work and pray for peace and justice."
"We see this as a great encouragement," said Tveit. "It's an affirmation of our shared focus on the need for our fellow human beings and to do together what we can do together."
The World Council of Churches was established in 1948 as an international organization of Christian churches and has the goal of fostering unity in fellowship, service and mission. Its members are spread across 348 churches of the Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox and Old Catholic traditions.
The Roman Catholic Church is not a member but has an official dialogue with the council and cooperates with it in various programs.
Asked about why the Catholic Church does not become a full member of the World Council, Tveit said: "We live very well with the relationship we have today."
"We don't focus on this question of membership but we focus on what we can do together," he said.
[Joshua J. McElwee is NCR Vatican correspondent. His email address is jmcelwee@ncronline.org. Follow him on Twitter: @joshjmac.]
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