Health Ed Trust (HET) and Careerforce are set to merge – a move that has support from both the sector and NZQA.
Careerforce and HET have a long history of working together to support training in the aged care sector. From 2 May 2016, the two entities will merge, with Careerforce assuming the responsibility of supporting all workplace training HET has and is engaged in. As part of this merger, the intention is to bring HET staff over to Careerforce, to help lead the transition and support all workplaces as they transfer to Careerforce.
In the short term, little will change for how HET trainees interact with their workplace training and the combined Careerforce, HET team are dedicated to ensuring the transition is not a burden to any workplace. Careerforce Chief Executive, Ray Lind believes the supports, expertise in workforce development, research and evaluation and the strong corporate services offered by Careerforce will further enhance the training experience for HET employers and trainees.


Fiction is a great source of escapism. And honestly, many of us have been in the mood for escapism lately. Politics have been more stressful than ever, turning on the news feels like an onslaught of depressing events, and grimdark fiction is still pretty popular. Cynicism in media just isn't cutting it the way it has in years past. Movies like The Dark Knight, with its message that great people can turn to evil with a little push, just don't feel the same anymore. Since so many things in the world are sketchy, I don't want fiction telling me that it's only going to get worse.
Luckily, optimism seems to be making a comeback. Although it comes in many forms—horror, fantasy, comedy, etc—a simple through-line no matter the genre is hope and optimism. I think that this is the commonality that brings us to escapist media. In horror, the chance of survival brings hope; in a fantasy, there's the awe of the mystical and unknown, showing that unfamiliar things can be positive; comedy shows us that any situation can bring joy. This hopefulness is what creates the escapism, and I believe that there are some very good examples in our contemporary fiction in properties like Steven Universe and Overwatch.
In the absence of regular Steven Universe episodes, I decided to venture into the wide, wide world of its fanworks to fill the gem-shaped emptiness inside me. However, while I do love and support the canonical pairings in the show, I'm not super married to actively shipping anyone, and so I decided to see what I could find in the more gen fic space instead.
I was delighted to stumble upon this particular fic, which examines the sometimes contentious but ultimately loving relationship between Connie and her mother.
Happy Black History Month, dear readers! This month has always meant a lot to me on a personal level. Being a Black person, I've witnessed erasure of our achievements, dismissal of our problems, and omissions of us from opportunities. These types of slights often expand into nerd media, where representation is already scant. In that spirit, I want to discuss an issue that makes the existing representation troubling. We need to stop giving non-human characters Black traits to code them as "other", as alien from the protagonist and audience. These characters, rather than just being another character in a group, are specifically different or strange.
I'll be candid with you, reader: it's been a tough few weeks for me. Like many others, between winter blues, the political climate, and the often negative nature of nerd critique, I've been in a bit of a slump. In times like this, I like to look at some of my favorite media that resonates with me on an emotional level.
I appreciate sincerity and vulnerability in media. In my opinion, that has been a common through-line in a lot of viral fandoms in the past few years. There is definitely room for being a badass, and admittedly, that's an enjoyable trait to watch play out in a story. However, I think many of us are craving a sense of vulnerability in our characters, not just physically, but also emotionally. We want to be be able to empathize and connect with the characters by knowing how they feel, what their aspirations are, and what they're thinking. Of course in superhero media, the protagonists are relatively invincible, but are they people under all that? In the past couple years, I've seen some really great uses of emotional vulnerability, and I think they illustrate the benefit of creating these character traits.
The sequence that probably sold tons of fans on the franchise.
Minor spoilers for Steven Universe and major spoilers for Undertale after the jump!
In honor of Bisexual Awareness Week and Bi Visibility Day, today I would like to talk about my favorite canon bi characters. Unfortunately, bi characters are so difficult to find, and even when you do, most of them fall under the same harmful stereotypes, not to mention that the word bisexual isn't even used in the vast majority of cases, making it harder for people find and identify or identify with the characters. So, with that in mind, I also want to share some of my dreams for better bi representation.
Our Pearl is (relatively) happy, but what about the others?
So… Steven Universe, am I right?
This "Summer of Steven" has been a wild ride, opening audiences' eyes further to the injustices going on on Homeworld, the internal struggles of the Crystal Gems, the increasing grey morality of everything, and how Earth and its inhabitants keep moving on through all of this. While the Crystal Gems are focused on the immediate problems on Earth—allowing Jasper to run around is probably not great for gemkind or mankind alike—today's fic takes a look at the current situation from another point of view: the view of Homeworld's Pearls.


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Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 11 Episode 8 Recap: What Have I Done?
In this week's episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Larry took things to the next level with Irma Kostroski in hilarious fashion.
The eighth episode of the season begins with Larry calling Jake at Hulu, telling him they have to recast the young Larry part (again) and it's going to be a couple of weeks. But before Larry gets to Jake, he makes small talk with Jake's assistant who makes a joke and says "ba dum bum" to drive it home. Larry is displeased with this particular turn of phrase, and with the fact that Jake's assistant listens in on Jake's calls. As Larry David often does, he makes his displeasure known.
Larry then reconnects with Irma Kostroski (Tracey Ullman), who is still salty that he cost her favored mayoral candidate the election in last week's episode by not voting. Larry gives Irma some flowers and apologizes. "Everybody's disappointed in me at some point," he says. Larry asks if he can take Irma out to dinner to make it up to her, and she agrees – although not tonight. She's finishing up a cleanse for a colonoscopy, because Irma continues to be shockingly repulsive.
While waiting in line at the pharmacy with Jeff, Larry reveals that his endgame here is to get Irma to repeal the city law that says you must have a fence around your pool, so he can get around the blackmail and fire Maria Sofia from his show. Jeff, meanwhile, is buying some lilac body wash to mask the fact that he's having an affair with Jake's assistant.
Back at home, a plumber (played by Horatio Sanz) arrives at Larry's house to say he has to replace parts in the house. Leon (J.B. Smoove) thinks something's not right, so he follows the plumber to his truck. He comes back and says the plumber has agreed to do the work for $50. "You know what you are, you're like a house husband," Larry says to Leon. This gives Larry the idea to start a business called House Husband, where Leon could step into situations where someone might be taken advantage of. "It's a little sexist, the name, a House Husband, but listen I would avail myself of it," Larry explains. "I'm a guy."
Ted Danson shows up at the house to tell Larry he can't work with Maria Sofia, but during the visit Cheryl calls Ted to say a mechanic says she needs a new transmission, and that it'll cost $4,000. Larry calls Leon into the room and enacts his new House Husband plan. Leon acquiesces, and we get a lovely montage of Leon helping out Cheryl, Susie and others in similar situations with his no-nonsense attitude.
Larry takes Irma to dinner, during which he and Irma immediately annoy the waiter with odd requests (no surprise here but they're arguably a waiter's worst nightmare). Irma's daughter Deirdre (played by Madeline Wise) shows up and meets Larry, during which she complains that the electricity in her house isn't working. Irma's daughter has a DVD of "Little Women" in her bag, to which Larry remarks that he's not a fan. "I can't understand those March sisters, they get on my nerves." Irma's daughter pushes back, and the two get into a brief argument where Larry lays into one of the most beloved pieces of literature ever written.
Larry asks Irma about the law that residents have to put a 5-foot fence around their pool. She notes that the law was passed before she became a councilwoman, but doesn't disagree with it. She's not going to be easily convinced, so Larry suggests they go back to his place after dinner. "I haven't had sex with anyone in 13 years," Irma says. Larry is about to make a big mistake.
Post-coital, Irma says, "It was better than I expected. But I have low expectations." Undeterred, Larry jumps back into the conversation about the pool fence, trying to convince Irma to see his side. She's not that interested, and instead asks to borrow his toothbrush. He says no, so she pulls her retainer out and goes to sleep. "What have I done?" Larry mouths as his new bedtime companion turns over.
The next morning, Larry and Irma are sitting in the kitchen together, arguing about a sweater. Leon arrives and looks puzzled, to say the least. Irma is put-off by Leon's language, "He comes in all effing and jeffing," then complains about her gas because she is the worst. She steps out to take a call, and Leon understandably asks, "What the f–k man?"
Irma says Larry made an awful impression with Deirdre, and notes that she can't be seeing someone her daughter doesn't like. Larry panics and begs for a second chance, so Irma invites Larry to a party at Deirdre's house.
Larry calls Deirdre's office to find out what time the party starts, but ends up getting into an argument with Deirdre's assistant when he asks her not to listen in on their phone call. He says all he needs is the time of the party, and she says 6:00.
Larry shows up to the party at 6, but when he arrives Deirdre says the party starts at 7 — Larry is convinced the assistant gave him the wrong time on purpose. Deirdre's a bit annoyed (understandably), and Deirdre and her husband try to get Larry to leave and come back at 7, but he doesn't want to leave. "I can sit here and guest without a host," Larry says. Deirdre goes to take a shower and Larry starts to wander around the house. The doorbell rings, and he answers and lets the videographer in. Larry comments on the fact that the videographer tucks in his sweater, saying it's weird. The videographer, as so many in Larry David's path do, moves on.
As Deirdre and her husband are getting ready, they see Larry fiddling around with objects in one of their rooms. Larry is caught on camera using a back scratcher, flossing his teeth in a glass door and spinning around in a chair. "Hopefully he'll just wear himself out," Deirdre's husband remarks. Then Larry is caught taking his pants down and tucking his sweater into his pants, inspired by the videographer.
Scott and Deirdre renew their wedding vows in front of the guests. The videographer scans the room to pick up audience reactions, and catches Larry making a gagging motion with his finger. When Larry realizes he's been caught, he goes to talk to the videographer to ask him to erase him from the tape. The videographer declines, and when Larry realizes the videographer's name is Samuel Tenenbaum, he asks if he could give him another take as a fellow Jew. The videographer reluctantly agrees, and catches a wildly emotional performance from Larry.
Irma shows up late, and Susie notices Jeff greeting her effusively. She then smells the lilac body wash on Irma – the same body wash Jeff's been using — and wrongly fingers her for someone Jeff is having an affair with. She makes a huge scene.
Scott and Deirdre later watch the tape of their vow-renewal and are moved by Larry's crying. "I have to text my mom," Deirdre says.
At the end of the episode, a montage reveals that all of Leon's "House Husband" advice he's been spewing across town has gone wrong. "You have no idea what you're doing, do you?" Larry says to Leon. Scenes of pipes bursting, cars not starting and then finally, the electricity in Irma's house going out while she's talking down the stairs. As a result, Irma moves in with Larry until her house is fixed. She gives him a laundry list of honey-do's, and he agrees to all of them – he's determined to get this law changed.
Because of the flood at her house, Susie finds Jeff's secret second phone. She calls Jake at Hulu, asks to keep the assistant on, and says, "She's f–king my husband. Ba dum bum." End of episode.
Irma Kostroski makes a better second impression than a first one, as Ullman's performance hit new levels of funny this week. This season-long affair with a woman Larry finds repulsive just so he can get himself out of a jam is proving to be comedic gold, and it'll be fun to see where this one ends up. As for the rest of the episode, the montage of Larry fiddling around Deirdre's house was certainly a highlight, and it was nice to see Madeline Wise after her excellent turn in HBO's short-lived comedy series "Crashing."
Next week, Bill Hader arrives!
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'Diplomacy, Media, Foreign Events': China Employing Various Means To Absolve President Xi, Claim Analysts
by Swarajya Staff - Apr 16, 2020 05:21 PM +05:30 IST
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Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic that has gripped the world, some researchers are of the opinion that the Chinese leadership is using a section of the western media to influence the public opinion globally and is trying to absolve President Xi Jinping, reports Asian News International.
"There are clear indications that China is conducting activities in a persistent and systematic manner to influence public opinion-making, academia, think tanks and political decision-making among the member states of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in general and western capital cities in particular," Siegfried O Wolf, Director of Research at Brussels-based think tank South Asia Democratic Front, was quoted by ANI as saying.
Some media reports claims that several Chinese officials were aware of the pandemic situation, yet they allowed Wuhan to hold banquet for tens of thousands of people and millions began their annual trip home for the Lunar New Year celebrations.
"The frequency and extra-ordinary large scale of Chinese sponsored events in European political hubs, like in Brussels, and the subsequent media coverage can be seen as evidence for Beijing's public diplomacy efforts. However, the rising scepticism within the EU regarding Xi Jinping's development projects and the emerging questioning of Chinese sources funding Free Universities, like the one in Berlin, shows that this strategy produced mixed results so far," Wolf said.
He added, "However, one must also state that these efforts helped China to gain certain leverage among many non-Chinese media, western as well as non-western ones. Today, we can observe that China's political leadership tries to instrumentalise this influence for a major image campaign to distract from the fact that it carries the initial responsibility for the dramatic spread of COVID-19 by holding back key information."
"Concretely, Beijing's obvious aim is to distract the domestic and international attention from the real, but hidden causes of the Coronavirus outbreak and its potential reputational and political consequences for Xi Jinping and his BRI," he stated.
Yoana Barakova, a Research Analyst at European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), an Amsterdam-based think-tank, said, "The death of Dr Li Wenliang, one of the very few medical professionals who tried to warn the world in December 2019 about the looming threat, sparked widespread condemnation around the international community in early February.
Yet, little did he know that his legacy would continue much later after his demise, with the emboldened Chinese government trying to cover up its missteps through hardcore censorship after being exposed for undermining and underestimating the initial danger."
The state narrative is strictly controlled by the local authorities in China by misplacing the media's focus on government's superficial attempts at tackling the crisis. As per researchers, this is a clear indication of deteriorating press freedom in China under Xi's regime.
A media report on 1 April claimed that the Chinese government has deliberately under-reported the total number of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and deaths in the country. Citing US intelligence officials, Bloomberg had alleged that "China's public reporting of COVID-19 infections and deaths is purposefully incomplete".
It should be noted that various reports have in the past pointed towards China buying good press across the world.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, COVID-19, which originate in Wuhan, has so far infected over 2 million people and led to the deaths of over 137,000 in the world.
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Patricia Treib's Paintings Are Abstract, But Rooted in the World of Objects
In Brooklyn-based painter Patricia Treib's expansive abstract canvases, frothy pastels and opulent jewel tones abut daring and clever interventions of palette — a sudden wash of matte elephant gray against a translucent seafoam green, or a block of deep mahogany propping up a pale blue stain. Her paintings are a pleasure to take in, with a healthy dose of art history and a deep interest in the world of material objects as well as the physical properties of paint.
The Mesmerizing Color-Field Paintings — Both Digital and Canvas — of Artist Ana Montiel
Questions about the nature of perception — the what, why, and how of consciousness — have been driving the work of Mexico-based artist Ana Montiel lately. And while any definitive answers to such age-old puzzles remain elusive, Montiel's work provides a kind of aesthetic response, making those mysteries both visual and material. There's a mesmeric, meditative quality to her canvas and digitally-created color field paintings, reminiscent of the Light & Space art of the '60s and '70s.
From Bauhaus to Bretagne: Senem Oezdogan's New Paintings at Cooler Gallery
A trip to the wild northeastern coast of France last summer inspired several of Senem Oezdogan's new paintings, on view now at Cooler Gallery in Brooklyn — "cliffs, sandy beaches, rough seas, small roads, and strong winds create there a beautiful landscape filled with abstract shapes and splashes of color," says Oezdogan.
Week of June 4, 2018
A weekly Saturday recap to share with you our favorite links, discoveries, exhibitions, and more from the past seven days. This week: limited-edition prints by one of our favorite up-and-coming painters, a new line of large-scale planters inspired by Julius Schulman's Case Study House photos, and a solo show of sculptures by Carol Bove (above).
Week of April 30, 2018
A weekly Saturday recap to share with you our favorite links, discoveries, exhibitions, and more from the past seven days. This week: It may be Frieze week but some of the coolest works can be found in smaller galleries around town. Plus, how to refresh your house for spring, the coolest color-coded museum in Copenhagen, and the $10,000 table that's currently at the top of our wishlist.
At Morgan Lehman, Two Artists Exploring the Slippery Nature of Spatial Perception
Seeing the work of photographer Erin O'Keefe and painter Matt Kleberg side by side, it's as if they are of one mind: the brightest orangey reds, the richest teals and greens, and the textured yellows; the crisp angles, the unexpected shapes, and the lively abstractions. Their current collaboration, a two-person exhibition titled Ecstatic Vernacular on view at Morgan Lehman in New York until May 19, is a conversation between the artists and their differing mediums.
A New Ceramics Collection — And So Much More — From Memphis Founder Nathalie du Pasquier
After thirty years of pushing her painting practice forward — only dipping her toes briefly back into design to produce textiles for American Apparel and HAY — Memphis co-founder Nathalie du Pasquier will debut a collaboration with Tuscan ceramics company Bitossi in Milan next week.
The Best Things We Saw at NADA, The Armory, and Independent
Design is ingrained in us so deeply, it even affects our taste in art; at this week's art fairs in New York, we were consistently drawn to things like plywood sculptures, powder-coated metal wall hangings, antiquity-inspired ceramics, degradé textile panels, the fact that fave artist Mattea Perrotta TURNED A PAINTING INTO A RUG, and, of course, Katie Stout lamps — i.e. things that wouldn't be totally out of place at a design show.
One of the Art World's Biggest Rising Stars is Inspired by Design
Less than a month after we spotted a stunning unknown painting on the walls of Kai Avent-deLeon's Brooklyn brownstone in 2015, we popped into L.A.'s MAMA gallery for a random visit and instantly recognized that we were surrounded by the work of the very same artist, Mattea Perrotta. It was either kismet or an intense case of Baader-Meinhof, but what's certainly no coincidence — because we're constantly drawn to the work of artists who do — is that Perrotta finds some of her inspiration in design.
Amir Nikravan's "Rational Design" Is This Week's Must-See Exhibition
Amir Nikravan's exhibition "Rational Design," on view now at Nathalie Karg gallery in New York, is the third exhibition we've featured this week exploring the relationship between painting and sculpture. But of all the artists we've written about, Nikravan seems the most interested in collapsing that boundary entirely.
Painting and Sculpture Make Easy — If Admittedly Strange — Bedfellows in a New Exhibition
Familiars — Fisher Parrish gallery's new exhibition of work by the Los Angeles painter Aaron Elvis Jupin and Rhode Island-based sculptor Zach Martin — makes easy, if admittedly still strange, bedfellows of the pair's divergent mediums. The duo's fascination with interiority sets the stage for a glimpse into some uncertain future, their works in harmony creating a sense of unease that speaks to a broader darkness ahead. The pieces in Familiars are subconscious, the artists asking us as much as themselves what will happen next.
A Brooklyn Painter Moves From Two Dimensions to Three
The last time Landon Metz showed at the Copenhagen art gallery Andersen's Contemporary, he created a series of stretched, amorphous canvases, each stained a deep indigo that reached seemingly past the edges of the frame, with many that wrapped around the gallery's walls or door frames. That series, he said, stemmed from an effort "to make the medium of painting more interactive and experiential, and to integrate it into the surrounding environment." His most recent exhibition for the Danish gallery, which opened late last month, takes that notion one step farther.


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Two long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly-produced expansion of their ground-breaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material.
Renegades- Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-colour photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders-one Black and one white-looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself.
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There is a lot to be enjoyed as they dig into a subject that has underpinned their very different careers: the gap between the glowing aspiration and cracked reality of the so-called American Dream . . . there is some serious political and philosophical content here. Springsteen and Obama are articulate and idealistic orators, and the conversation relentlessly pushes towards the shared goal of reclaiming a liberal, progressive vision of America in post-Trumpian times ― Daily Telegraph
This new book of conversations, photos and speeches is a beautifully presented, coffee table-friendly smorgasbord of uplift . . . Annotated versions of Obama speeches on their original notepaper, most movingly his passionate and compassionate eulogy for civil rights activist John Lewis ("like John, we have to keep getting into good trouble"), feel like a window on to history, as, to a lesser extent, do rather more pristine, handwritten Springsteen lyrics ― iNews
One may be a songwriter and the other a politician but Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama are both gifted storytellers who have crafted a story about themselves and their nation . . . Renegades reminds us that despite the hardness of the world and the challenges that demand to be faced there still exists the promise of better days -- Sarfraz Manzoor
In this beautifully curated coffee-table book, which bulks up the extended podcast transcripts with photographs, annotated speeches and handwritten song lyrics to lend a degree of polished intimacy, these American heavyweights find the silver linings adorning even the darkest of clouds ― The Times
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Do you dream of scoring an invitation to Springsteen's Colts Neck compound? Maybe strumming on those guitars, riding horses, riffing on the American experiment in the recording studio? Unless you're an American president, you're going to have to get in line. But in between daydreams, pick up Renegades. It's the closest thing to being a fly on the wall of an incredible friendship ― Esquire
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Bruce Springsteen has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is the recipient of twenty Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a Kennedy Center Honor. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Born to Run, and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. He lives in New Jersey with his family.
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I have loved both of these two since I first saw them, role models for men in general and American men in particular. Theoretically, I was going to dip into this book but I found myself unable to put it down. Each is so talented in his own field and I love how they have come together. As I read, I can hear each voice, a wonderful counterpoint to all the rubbish going on in the USA and around the world. The photos, the glimpse of how each got where they now are, just good stuff. I have read each's autobiography, so much of the thinking is not new to me but I love how they interact. A treat for fans/admirers of either or both men. This book will get dipped into over and over again.
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Two of America's greatest men, who are in their own ways the epitome of the American dream, discuss how far too many of their fellow countrymen cannot attain their dreams.
Aside from a book that may become a historic publication in its own right there are wonderful previously unpublished photos and the book itself is gorgeously presented. It really is very good value for a "coffee table" book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Book is great but pages are wavy and look water damaged
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The book itself is great, some interesting pictures and great history. Well presented and looks nice from the top. However all the pages are wavy as shown in the picture, it's quite noticeable when you flick through. We complained and had a replacement sent and refund which was very kind of amazon however the pages are exactly the same. Assume its an issue with all books?
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, but arrived stained
Unfortunately book jacket was a little stained with skid marks - perhaps from the warehouse conveyor belts?
Aside from this, it's a great book to gift a music and political history enthusiast.
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Nice book but and there is a but, the paper quality is poor and lets the book down the pages feel cheap and could have been better.


Konecranes recently commissioned the mobile harbour crane in Brindisi, where it will handle coal destined for power generation in continuous duty operation.
SIR srl (SIR), a leading provider of industry-related environmental services, purchased in May 2018 the eco-efficient diesel-electric crane to be the backbone of its new port business.
The Model 2 mobile harbour crane in the G HMK 2304 two rope variant for Brindisi will be operated with a motor grab. It provides a strong lifting profile with a maximum lifting capacity of 80 t, a strong 32 t motor grab curve for efficient handling of bulk material, and offers an outreach of up to 40 m.


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UPD Ofcom Report 73% of the United Kingdom Can Get Superfast Broadband
Thursday, October 24th, 2013 (10:26 am) - Score 1,460
The latest annual telecoms Infrastructure Report update from Ofcom has claimed that 73% of UK homes and businesses are now within reach of an NGA superfast broadband (30Mbps+) connection, which is up from 67.9% at the last update in May (here) and 65% in 2012. Uptake has also climbed to around 4.8m customers from 2.1m last year (out of 21.7m total broadband connections).
As a result of the progress some 22% of broadband connections are now superfast (up from 10% in 2012), with most of the take-up being driven by services delivered over BT or Virgin Media's respective telecoms platforms. Similarly the average modem sync speed over this period has also increased from 12.7Mbps to 17.7Mbps (note: real-world performance usually delivers less than the sync speed).
Ed Richards, Ofcom Chief Executive, said:
"Superfast broadband is rolling out fast across the country, and 4G mobile will reach at least 98% of the population. This is really good news but there remain considerable challenges, not least in hard-to-reach areas for mobile and home internet services.
We know consumers increasingly expect superfast speeds, but it's also important to make sure people can connect over a very wide area. That is why we are doing everything we can to support moves to improve coverage in difficult areas such as roads and train lines."
However, using the sync speed data, Ofcom also notes that 8% of all broadband connections in the UK currently operate at less than 2Mbps but two thirds of these "slow connections" are apparently in areas where superfast networks exist. In other words, approximately 3% of UK households are currently receiving sub-2Mbps speeds and do not have the option of switching to superfast.
But remember that superfast networks (e.g. FTTC) don't always deliver superfast speeds of 30Mbps+. Ofcom's analysis does however indicate that over 86% of current FTTC/VDSL connections have modem sync speeds of 30Mbps+ and over 90% are more than 24Mbps (the latter is the UK Government's definition of "superfast"). Here's a run down of some other interesting coverage stats.
The report also found that fixed line broadband customers in the UK gobbled 30GB (GigaBytes) of data per connection, which is up from 24GB last year. But breaking this information down we also find that the average data use for superfast broadband connections rises to 55GB (i.e. the faster you connect the more you eat). It should be said that these figures are fairly steady across the United Kingdom but they do dip a little more in Wales.
Separately the proportion of UK premises with 3G (Mobile Broadband) coverage from all operators increase from 77.3% in 2012 to 79.7% to 2013. Elsewhere the number of public WiFi (wireless Internet) hotspots throughout the UK has doubled over the year to 34,000 (from 16,000) and the amount of data being sent or received by consumers in these hotspots almost trebled to nearly 2 Million Gigabytes in a month (up from 0.75m GB in 2012).
One final thing worth noting is how the report claims that the Government has "committed to ensuring that virtually all households benefit from a speed of at least 2Mbit/s by 2017" (Universal Service Commitment), which appears to confirm that the USC was also delayed from its original 2015 target during the last spending review when an extra £250m was allocated to help fixed line superfast broadband connections extend to 95% of the UK by 2017.
Ofcom's 2013 Infrastructure Report (PDF)
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/…/IRU_2013.pdf
UPDATE 2:10pm
A comment from BT.
Sean Williams, BT Group's Director of Strategy, told ISPreview.co.uk:
"It's great to see the country's digital infrastructure improving so quickly. Superfast broadband is now available to 73 per cent of the UK and, each week, more and more homes and businesses are taking advantage of the faster speeds it brings. Average speeds have risen to 17.7Mbps and competition is keeping prices low, so the UK is already one of the best places for broadband in Europe.
BT is playing a huge part in those improvements. We're investing more than £3 billion to upgrade our network across the UK, so we expect to see even more progress on these measures in the years ahead."
Tags: Building Digital UK , Ofcom Regulation , Statistics
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Sisanie Reveals to Ryan If Those "Baby on Board" Car Signs Really Work
posted by Sierra Marquina - Oct 3, 2018
It's official, Sisanie is a mom 😂 Ryan's co-host revealed to Ryan Seacrest and Tanya Rad on-air on Wednesday, October 3, that she got one of those "baby on board" signs. Hers, naturally, says "twins on board" for Aiza and Maxon.
"I just put it on, I guess, to alert people that I do have babies in the car to be more careful but I didn't think it was going to give me the right of passage for every lane change I want to do," Sisanie revealed. "The minute I put my blinker on, the car brakes and let's me get in the lane right away."
Ryan added that he too observes baby on board signs, which are intended to be placed in the back window of an automobile to caution other drivers that an infant is traveling in the automobile.
"I was really pleasantly surprised too," Sis added. "We just went to Palm Springs last weekend and everyone's letting us get in the lane."
Tanya Rad, however, thinks getting a baby on board sign is a slippery slope ...
"I'm not rolling my eyes," Tanya hilariously said after being called out by Ryan. "I just think it's a slippery slope because I'm nervous like next week she's going to have the stick figures on the back of her car, like, 'Family of four!'"
The joke then turned that other signs should be available for all life stages.
"[There should be like a] 'Caution! Newly Single!" Ryan joked. "Hashtag road rage."
Patty also pointed out another exciting car decal: When your kids get into college!
"You know what I can't wait to put on my car?" Patty added. "The license plate that says like 'Harvard Mom' or 'Stanford Mom, No. 1 UC Berkeley Mom.'"
Ryan then revealed that growing up it was cool to put a college sticker on the back of your car to pretend you were older.
"I remember when I was a kid, it was cool to put a university [or] college sticker in your back window before you were in college and when you would drive around town, people would think you were in college but you were still in high school."
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Q: Loop through NodeList: Array.prototype.forEach.call() vs Array.from().forEach So I want an easy way to loop through nodelists, and I always hated that I can't use forEach on nodeLists.
So, now I do: Array.prototype.forEach.call(nodeList, callback).
and for index, i do: Array.prototype.indexOf.call(nodeList, node).
and for pretty much everything I use Array.prototype on nodeLists.
But I'm wondering if these are considered hacks?
Are they the right way to do it?
Also, assuming I don't actually need an array from nodeList, is there an advantage of using Array.from(nodeList).forEach(callback) instead?

A: Array.prototype.forEach.call(nodeList, callback) will apply the logic of forEach on the node list. forEach just have a for loop in it that goes from index 0 to this.length and calling a callback on each of the items. This method is calling forEach passing the node list as its this value, since node lists have similar properties of an array (length and 0, 1, ...), everything works fine.
Array.from(nodeList).forEach(callback) will create a new array from the node list, then use forEach on that new array. This second method could be split into two self explanatory lines:
var newArray = Array.from(nodeList);  // create a new array out of the node list
newArray.forEach(callback);           // call forEach on the new array

The first approach is better because it doesn't create additional uneeded resources and it work on node lists directly.

A: The first method is ES5 compatible:
Array.prototype.forEach.call(nodeList, callback).

The second method uses Array.from which was only defined in ES6:
Array.from(nodeList).forEach(callback)

However, you are not optimising the use of Array.from here, because you first create the whole array, and then iterate over it with forEach.
Instead use the second argument of Array.from:
Array.from(nodeList, callback)

Now the whole operation happens in one iteration.
The nice thing is that in the above expression, the callback is used as a mapping function, so if it returns a value, the whole expression returns the array as defined by those return values. But using this is of course optional. For instance, you could create an array with the text contents of the nodes like this:
texts = Array.from(nodeList, node => node.textContent)

Warning
If you use Array.from with callback, and the node list is a live node list (see NodeList), and you mutate the node list in the callback, then this can have undesired effects. In that case use the two step method where you first turn the node list into an array, and only then perform the callback on its entries.

A: var array=Array.from(nodeList);
//after some time
var array2=Array.from(nodeList);

If you compare these Arrays youll see that they are not necessarily equal. NodeLists reflect the change of the DOM, as you copy them the arrays stay static. If you want this behaviour / dont care about youre fine. However Array.from is quite new, therefore it isnt understood by older browsers, so it shouldnt be used in productional environments ( if youre not using sth like Babel).

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package test;

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

import castas.Paladin;
import personaje.Personaje;
import personajeEquipado.ConAnillo;
import personajeEquipado.ConArmadura;
import personajeEquipado.ConBastonAghanim;
import personajeEquipado.ConCascoDeLaMuerte;
import personajeEquipado.ConEspada;
import razas.Humano;
import razas.Orco;

public class OrcoTest {

	@Test
	public void quePuedoCrearUnPaladin() {
		Personaje paladin = new Orco(new Paladin(),null,null);

		Assert.assertEquals(120, paladin.getSalud());
		Assert.assertEquals(100, paladin.getEnergia());
		Assert.assertEquals(1, paladin.getNivel());
		Assert.assertEquals(0, paladin.getExp());
		Assert.assertEquals(12, paladin.getAtaque());
		Assert.assertEquals(3, paladin.getDefensa());
		Assert.assertEquals(5, paladin.getInteligencia());
		Assert.assertEquals(0, paladin.getMana());
		Assert.assertEquals("Paladin", paladin.getCasta().nombreCastaElegida());
	}

	@Test
	public void quePuedoEquiparlo() {
		Personaje paladin = new Orco(new Paladin(),null,null);

		paladin = new ConAnillo(paladin);
		// aumenta el ataque 15 pts
		Assert.assertEquals(12 + 15, paladin.getAtaque());

		paladin = new ConArmadura(paladin);
		// aumenta la defensa 13 pts
		Assert.assertEquals(3 + 13, paladin.getDefensa());

		paladin = new ConBastonAghanim(paladin); // aumenta el poder de hechizo
													// 5 pts
		Assert.assertEquals(2, paladin.obtenerPuntosDeHechizos());

		paladin = new ConEspada(paladin);
		// aumenta la defensa 13 pts
		Assert.assertEquals(12 + 15 + 5, paladin.getAtaque());

		paladin = new ConCascoDeLaMuerte(paladin);
		// aumenta la defensa 13 pts
		Assert.assertEquals(3 + 13 + 4, paladin.getDefensa());
	}

	@Test
	public void quePuedeAtacar() {
		Personaje paladin = new Orco(new Paladin(),null,null);
		Personaje orco = new Orco(new Paladin(),null,null);
		paladin.atacar(orco);
		Assert.assertEquals(109, orco.getSalud());
		Assert.assertEquals(88, paladin.getEnergia());
	}

	@Test
	public void quePuedeSerAtacado() {
		Personaje paladin = new Orco(new Paladin(),null,null);
		Personaje orco = new Orco(new Paladin(),null,null);
		orco.atacar(paladin);
		Assert.assertEquals(109, paladin.getSalud());
		Assert.assertEquals(88, orco.getEnergia());
	}

	@Test
	public void quePuedeHechizar() {
		Personaje paladin = new Orco(new Paladin(),null,null);
		Personaje orco = new Orco(new Paladin(),null,null);

		Assert.assertFalse(paladin.aplicarHechizo("Tormenta divina", orco));
		paladin.setMana(37);
		Assert.assertTrue(paladin.aplicarHechizo("Tormenta divina", orco));
		Assert.assertEquals(81, orco.getSalud());
		Assert.assertEquals(0, paladin.getMana());

		Assert.assertFalse(paladin.aplicarHechizo("Golpe heroico", orco));
		paladin.setMana(37);
		Assert.assertTrue(paladin.aplicarHechizo("Golpe heroico", orco));
		Assert.assertEquals(42, orco.getSalud());
		Assert.assertEquals(0, paladin.getMana());

		Assert.assertFalse(paladin.aplicarHechizo("Sanar", orco));
		paladin.setMana(37);
		Assert.assertTrue(paladin.aplicarHechizo("Sanar", orco));
		Assert.assertEquals(42+12, orco.getSalud());
		Assert.assertEquals(27, paladin.getMana());
	}

}

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var backendUtility = require('../services/backend-utility');
var memoryUtility = require('../services/memory-utility');
var builder = require('botbuilder');
var location;
var dates = [];
var rating;
var purpose;

var getHotels = function(session, args, next, builder) {
    console.log("Searching for hotels Initiated.");
    location = builder.EntityRecognizer.findEntity(args.entities, 'location');
    dates = builder.EntityRecognizer.findAllEntities(args.entities, 'builtin.datetime.date');
    rating = builder.EntityRecognizer.findEntity(args.entities, 'rating');
    purpose = builder.EntityRecognizer.findEntity(args.entities, 'purpose');
    if (!location) {
        if (memoryUtility.isFreshConversation(session.userData.stMem)) {
            var remberedHotels = memoryUtility.rememberInfoBySubject(session.userData.ltMem, 'hotel.name');
            if (remberedHotels.length != 0) {
                session.send("Please enter the city ?  🌇");
                var buttonsList = [];
                remberedHotels.forEach(function(element) {
                    buttonsList.push(builder.CardAction.imBack(session, element, element));
                }, this);
                var msg = new builder.Message(session).attachments([new builder.HeroCard(session).text("Last time you searched").buttons(buttonsList)]);
                builder.Prompts.text(session, msg);
            } else {
                builder.Prompts.text(session, "Please enter the city ? 🌇🌇");
            }
        } else {
            next({ response: session.userData.stMem.content });
        }
    } else {
        next({ response: location });
    }
};
var getHotels01 = function(session, results, builder) {
    location = results.response.entity || results.response;
    console.log("Location:", location);
    session.userData.ltMem = memoryUtility.updateLTMem(session.userData.ltMem, { subject: 'hotel.name', content: location });
    session.save();
    if (!purpose) {
        var buttonsList = ['Business', 'Personal'];
        builder.Prompts.choice(session, " What is your purpose ? 💼 🎉", buttonsList);
    } else {
        next({ response: purpose });
    }
};
var getHotels02 = function(session, results, builder) {
    purpose = results.response.entity || results.response;
    console.log("Purpose:", purpose);
    if (!rating) {
        var buttonsList = ['5 star', '4 star', '3 star', 'all'];
        builder.Prompts.choice(session, "What is your preference ?", buttonsList);
    } else {
        next({ response: rating });
    }
};
var getHotels03 = function(session, results, builder) {
    rating = results.response.entity || results.response;
    console.log("Rating:", rating);
    if (dates) {
        if (dates.length == 0) {
            session.dialogData.inputStatus = 0;
            builder.Prompts.text(session, "Please enter your check in date.");
        } else {
            if (dates.length == 1) {
                session.dialogData.inputStatus = 1;
                builder.Prompts.text(session, "Please enter another date.");
            } else {
                if (dates.length == 2) {
                    showHotels(session, builder, location, rating, dates, purpose);
                }
            }
        }
    }
};
var getHotels04 = function(session, results, builder) {
    console.log("Based on input status selecting date");
    switch (session.dialogData.inputStatus) {
        case 0:
            dates.push(results.response);
            builder.Prompts.text(session, "Please enter your check out date.");
            break;
        case 1:
            dates.push(results.response);
            showHotels(session, builder, location, rating, dates, purpose);
            break;
        default:
            session.send("Something wrong with me, I need to talk to my developer !!");

    }
};
var getHotels05 = function(session, results, builder) {
    dates.push(results.response);
    console.log("Dates:", dates);
    showHotels(session, builder, location, rating, dates, purpose);
}

var showHotels = function(session, builder, location, rating, dates, purpose) {
    session.userData.searchDetail = {};
    session.userData.searchDetail.location = location;
    session.userData.searchDetail.dates = dates;
    session.userData.searchDetail.purpose = purpose;
    session.save();
    console.log("Getting hotels [", session.message.user.id, location, rating, dates, purpose, session.message.user.id, "]");
    var hotels = backendUtility.getHotels(session.message.user.id, location, rating, dates, purpose, session.message.user.id);
    if (hotels) {
        if (hotels.length > 1) {
            var hotelList = [];
            hotels.forEach(function(element) {
                var card = new builder.HeroCard(session)
                    .title(element.name)
                    .text("Rating: " + element.starRating + " User rating: " + element.userRating)
                    .images([
                        builder.CardImage.create(session, element.hotelImage)
                    ]).buttons([
                        builder.CardAction.imBack(session, "Hotel Selected:" + element.hotelCode, element.name)
                    ]);
                hotelList.push(card);
            }, this);
            var msg = new builder.Message(session).attachmentLayout(builder.AttachmentLayout.carousel).attachments(hotelList);
        } else {
            var msg = "Sorry ! The hotel you are looking for are not available. :'(";
        }
    } else {
        var msg = "Sorry ! The hotel you are looking for are not available. :'(";
    }

    session.send(msg);
};

var hotelCode, roomType, guestName = "";
var hotel;

var bookRoom01 = function(session, args, next, builder) {
    hotelCode = builder.EntityRecognizer.findEntity(args.entities, 'hotelcode').entity;
    console.log("Hotel Code:", hotelCode);
    hotel = backendUtility.getHotel(hotelCode.toUpperCase());
    session.send("Select your type of room ")
    var roomList = [
        new builder.HeroCard(session)
        .title("Deluxe Room")
        .text("Price " + hotel.deluxeRoomRate + " INR")
        .images([
            builder.CardImage.create(session, hotel.deluxeRoomImage)
        ]),
        new builder.HeroCard(session)
        .title("Normal Room")
        .text("Price " + hotel.normalRoomRate + " INR")
        .images([
            builder.CardImage.create(session, hotel.normalRoomImage)
        ])
    ];
    var msg = new builder.Message(session).attachmentLayout(builder.AttachmentLayout.carousel).attachments(roomList);
    session.send(msg);
    builder.Prompts.choice(session, "which room?", ["Deluxe", "Normal"]);
};

var bookRoom02 = function(session, results, builder) {
    roomType = results.response.entity || results.response;
    console.log("Room type:", roomType);
    builder.Prompts.number(session, "How many people are travelling with you ?");
}

var bookRoom03 = function(session, results, builder) {
    var numberOfCotravellers = results.response.entity || results.response;
    numberOfCotravellers = Number.parseInt(numberOfCotravellers);
    console.log("Number of Co-travellers:", numberOfCotravellers);
    if (numberOfCotravellers > 0) {
        builder.Prompts.text(session, "Please tell me the name of co-travellers?");
    } else {
        makeBooking(session, hotelCode, "2", roomType);
    }
};

var bookRoom04 = function(session, results, builder) {
    guestName = results.response.entity || results.response;
    console.log("Cotraveller Name:", guestName);
    makeBooking(session, hotelCode, "2", roomType, guestName);

};
var bookingId;

var makeBooking = function(session, hotelCode, floorNumber, roomType, guestName) {
    var data = {
        "checkinDate": session.userData.searchDetail.dates[0],
        "checkoutDate": session.userData.searchDetail.dates[1],
        "cotravellers": [guestName],
        "floorNumber": "2",
        "hotelCode": hotelCode.toUpperCase(),
        "purpose": session.userData.searchDetail.purpose,
        "roomType": roomType,
        "userId": Number(session.message.user.id)
    };
    console.log("Making Booking [", session.userData.searchDetail.dates[0], session.userData.searchDetail.dates[1], data.cotravellers, 4, hotelCode.toUpperCase(),
        session.userData.searchDetail.purpose, roomType, Number(session.message.user.id), "]");
    console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
    var bookingDetails = backendUtility.makeBooking(data);
    bookingId = bookingDetails.bookingId;
    var msg = new builder.Message(session)
        .attachments([
            new builder.ReceiptCard(session)
            .title(session.message.user.name)
            .items([
                builder.ReceiptItem.create(session, bookingDetails.totalCost, bookingDetails.hotelName).image(builder.CardImage.create(session, bookingDetails.imageURL)),
            ])
            .facts([
                builder.Fact.create(session, bookingDetails.bookingId, "Order Number"),
                builder.Fact.create(session, "VISA 4076", "Payment Method")
            ])
            .total(bookingDetails.totalCost)
        ]);
    session.send(msg);
    setTimeout(function() {
        builder.Prompts.choice(session, "Will you checkin today ?", ["Yes", "No"]);
    }, 10000);

}

var getCheckingDetails = function(session, results, builder) {
    var answer = results.response.entity || results.response;
    console.log("Checkin answer:", answer);
    var data = {
        "bookingId": bookingId,
        "name": session.message.user.name
    };
    if (answer == "Yes") {
        var checkinDetails = backendUtility.getCheckinDetails(data);
        var imageUrl = checkinDetails.qrCode.qrcodeLink;
        var card = new builder.HeroCard(session)
            .title("Booking QR Code")
            .text("Please scan this qr code at Kiosk at hotel reception.")
            .images([
                builder.CardImage.create(session, checkinDetails.qrCode.qrcodeLink)
            ])
            .tap(builder.CardAction.openUrl(session, checkinDetails.qrCode.qrcodeLink));
        var msg = new builder.Message(session).attachmentLayout(builder.AttachmentLayout.carousel).attachments([card]);
        session.send(msg);
        session.send("Your room number is " + checkinDetails.roomNumber);
        session.send(checkinDetails.weatherMessage);
        session.endDialog();
    } else {
        session.send("Your booking has been cancelled. Hope you will choose us for next stay.");
    }
}

var getDirection = function(session, args, next, builder) {
    builder.Prompts.text(session, "Please provide your location.");
};
var getDirection01 = function(session, results, builder) {
    try {
        var lat = session.message.entities[0].geo.latitude;
        var long = session.message.entities[0].geo.longitude;
        console.log("Location recieved [", "lat", lat, "long", long, "]");
        var directions = backendUtility.getDirection(session.message.user.id);
        // var button = builder.CardAction.openUrl(session, "https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/" + lat + "," + long + "/" + directions.locationCoordinates, "Open in maps");
        var button = builder.CardAction.openUrl(session, "https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/" + lat + "," + long + "/12.9731271,77.6467923", "Open in maps");
        var msg = new builder.Message(session).attachments([new builder.HeroCard(session).text(directions.hotelName).buttons([button])]);
        session.send(msg);

    } catch (e) {
        console.log(e);
        session.send("Sorry ! Unable to fetch direction at this time :')")
    }
};

module.exports = {
    getHotels: getHotels,
    getHotels01: getHotels01,
    getHotels02: getHotels02,
    getHotels03: getHotels03,
    getHotels04: getHotels04,
    getHotels05: getHotels05,
    bookRoom01: bookRoom01,
    bookRoom02: bookRoom02,
    bookRoom03: bookRoom03,
    bookRoom04: bookRoom04,
    getCheckinDetails: getCheckingDetails,
    getDirection: getDirection,
    getDirection01: getDirection01
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Emeryld releases BLOODLINE EP on Neon Gold Records
PRESS RELEASE | JANUARY, 24 / 2023
Photo credits: Adam Moody
Emeryld releases her new EP, Bloodline, featuring the dynamic high-powered single, "Take The Exit" accompanied by an equally hypercharged music video. She is the newest signing on Neon Gold Records, the record label that brought you Charli XCX, HAIM, MARINA, Christine and the Queens, etc. Emeryld previously released three songs from the Bloodline EP, "Bombs Away" and "Scandal" and closed out 2022 with the EP title track "Bloodline".
The Texas-raised singer, songwriter, and genre alchemist speaks her mind over a canvas of sparkling alternative, unpredictable rock, and lush pop stitched together with soulfully evocative and powerful vocals. With lyrics rooted in authentic and vulnerable storytelling, Bloodline clearly illustrates Emeryld's limitless artistic progression.
Throughout the project, Emeryld has created artful visuals to provide a dual-sensory experience, inviting you to peek into the depths of her mind firmly putting her world of chaos and theatrics on display.
Emeryld says: "I untethered so much about myself and my patterns through this chunk of time writing. Not writing for anyone to hear or worrying about opinions on the music, but having it be deeply honest and cathartic for me. I found entertainment and interest in the duality of imposter syndrome and performative art. I'm very inspired by alternative 80's and 90's rock & pop, theater, character play, fashion, mental juxtaposition, and nostalgia. There is no rule for what 'goes together' because we are all filled with complexity and I try to find beauty in that."
While the previously released title track "Bloodline" is about poking fun at how a potential suitor's performative actions when trying to be noticed often come across as cringe, embarrassing but nonetheless entertaining, on "Scandal" she dives deeper, examining and questioning a predisposition for toxic relationships over a multi-layered beat and hypnotic guitar, produced by Solomonophonic (Remi Wolf, Dora Jar, etc.). Earlier this year she released the forceful "Bombs Away", accompanied by a timeless music video directed by Andy Madeleine.
Emeryld continues: "I think a lot of our subconscious habits trace back to childhood. It's inherently in our bloodline, how we show up in the world and how we feel when we're alone. The cool thing is we can unweave ourselves from predisposed behavior and become authentic versions of ourselves. Bloodline on the surface is honestly playing the victim and blaming everyone else, and that it's their predisposition. The project later revealed itself to me that below the surface, I was attracting self -fulfilled prophecies due to programmed mentalities I hadn't healed from. This EP helped me heal my inner child wounds and find inner validation. I finally found a home within myself."
With truth and the nuance of human experience projected as loudly as possible in her music and inspired by the likes of Heart, Lady Gaga, and PJ Harvey, that exploration started in earnest at age twelve when she released her first song online and again at fourteen when she performed at SXSW for the first time.
Three years later, she dropped out of high school and moved to Los Angeles, where she embraced her destiny by diving into her passion wholeheartedly. By 2019, she found herself captivating crowds at local hotspots as she released her Young EP highlighted by "Cellophane" and "Hope You're Happy" feat. EARTHGANG. The project has notably racked up 4 million Spotify streams and counting. She maintained her momentum in 2020 with "97 gold infiniti." Of the latter, V Magazine proclaimed, "Emeryld is taking us on an intoxicating ride." On its heels, "Right There" elicited similar enthusiasm with Lyrical Lemonade hailing it as "a 10/10."
After amassing over 10 million streams and counting and garnering acclaim from Billboard, FLAUNT, Lyrical Lemonade, V Magazine, and more, her soul and identity expand on her newest adventure, Bloodline.
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Max does many little things that annoy me. He often noses in to get attention when I'm busy with something else (including eating). He incessantly begs for attention. When on walks he often stops to smell things at every step, preventing us from getting anywhere quickly.
And as these things pile up throughout the day, they really get under my skin. By supper time I'm ready to let him outside and have some peaceful time to myself.
This was all put into perspective last week when he was gone. In his absence, I was surprised in many ways by what it felt like to live without him.
I was especially surprised that I did not even think about all those annoyances that usually fill and cloud my mind when he is around. I did not remember how annoyed I often get when he bothers me for attention. Or how annoyed I am when I have to take him out at night after I'm already tired.
Instead I actually missed giving him attention and taking him out.
I think this was more than experiencing the maxim "absence makes the heart grow fonder" though. It was a realization that the little things that can pile up and annoy me don't have to. The problem is not Max being an annoying being, but rather me letting those little things get under my skin.
By seeing our shared life from a new perspective, I realized that what really matters are all the ordinary things that increase the great bonds of affection between Max and me. I shouldn't let his unique doggy traits get in the way of that.
Rather, I must see and love Max for who he is, including all his eccentricities. All those things he does that annoy me are just him being his dog self. He does not intend to annoy me in doing them, nor does he hurt me – those would be separate matters entirely.
In this case, I can embrace those things he does unintentionally as expressions of himself or strain against them as perceived annoyances. Only one of those options will help our relationship. Only one of those options will bring either one of us peace.
And I think Shrek learns that lesson the hard way. I just hope I learn it the easier way with Max's kind tutelage.
So thank you Max, for teaching me that we all have eccentricities and that while it is often tough to live with another person's (or dog's) quirks, I can choose to see those from the perspective of love and grace rather than annoyance.
I spent three full days without Max this weekend as I took a trip out of town.
Two of those days, however, were at home and Max's presence was sorely missed (which was, in itself, a lesson).
Nevertheless, I was not without a teacher. Max sent, unknowingly to me, a substitute – the thing I was around/with the most during that time – my car.
I have not had a name for my car, but thankfully over the weekend she got named. Without my input or permission several friends named her "Big Momma Bear." I confess I did not put up a fight, and I guess the rule is: once named, always named.
So, Big Momma Bear dutifully carried me across the state and back for some wonderfully fun times. It was a lot of travel in a short amount of time, and honestly I was a little worried. Big Momma Bear is a little old and well traveled and has recently gone through some major operations, including getting a new radiator.
Nevertheless, she operated at peak performance…until I started out to pick Max up from the friend who was taking care of him. I noticed the a/c get warm and looked down to see that pesky heat indicator all in the red again.
So, I pulled off the highway and let her cool down. As I checked under the hood, it immediately struck me that I only check on Big Momma Bear and really get to know her when something goes wrong.
And as I sat in the car waiting for her to cool down more, I realized that this pattern is a problem with all my relationships. Too often I am not really present until something major happens – good or bad. I expect things to run smoothly and to be there ready for me whenever I need them.
But that's not how relationships work with any being – family, friend, pet, neighbor, car, enemy, etc. Big Momma Bear showed me that relationships take continual work. I have to make the effort to check in regularly and really care about what is going on on the inside.
If I don't stay invested, if I take the relationship for granted or treat the other entity as merely an object, it will not be a healthy relationship. It may even explode in my face.
Knowing that what goes on under the hood matters is not enough, however – I have to actually know what is going on under the hood. And it is important to know in order not just to prevent disaster, but rather to increase closeness, to grow in vulnerability, and to rejoice in a deeper way with all people.
So thank you Big Momma Bear, for teaching me about how relationships work and for showing me that we must take time to check in and know what is going on inside those around us so that we might maintain meaningful closeness.
…And thank you for taking me so many fun places and experiencing many wonderful journeys with me.
Max has this bad habit of eating anything he comes across that does not smell like air. So, I have to keep a close watch on him to make sure he does not go eat something he shouldn't.
But sometimes he is so determined or I am so distracted that he gets his tasty surprise. And fairly often it makes him sick. He has a weak stomach anyway, but I really think that a lot of it has to do with him eating random stuff off the ground.
I'd like to use this paragraph to make a meaningful, metaphorical turn, but I realize that I still need to learn this lesson along with Max – that we simply are not suppose to consume whatever random stuff we find.
It wasn't as big a problem when I was in high school and college and my stomach could handle it, but now there are just more problems than it is worth.
But, I also can't resist the turn. Max has taught me to watch what I consume, even the stuff that seems so appealing, like the enticing TV shows and music and gadgets that are lying around everywhere.
If I'm honest with myself, my physical acts of consuming are not the worst. My mind seems to be the most voraciously consumptive organ in my body, seeking out and taking in just about anything it can.
Don't get me wrong – I like my shows and gadgets. And most of them are not really bad. In fact, I've found it very important and meaningful to relax in front of the TV (especially with other people), laughing and crying with made up characters in moving stories. It not only can be restful, but also often awakens my imagination.
But sometimes, just being in that consumer mindset makes me sick. My head is down looking for the next surprising treat that I fail to be fully aware of the beauty and life around me.
I'd argue that the true root of life sickness lies not in overconsumption itself (though that is definitely a strong branch of the problem), but rather in not taking full advantage of opportunities because of some prevailing distraction (as Buddy so aptly proves to his dad in Elf) – even if that distraction is looking for the next treat.
Max has taught me that everything we consume has some effect on us – even the act of seeking things to consume. Thus, it is important to refocus on what is really meaningful and valuable every once and a while. And this includes both the various media in which I indulge as well as the literal food I consume.
So, thank you Max, for teaching me not to eat whatever I find on the ground, and to refocus on what is really valuable so as not to get stuck consuming the latest treats and miss the joy of life all around me.


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We work hard to ensure that you do not have any unwelcome surprises about the property. We do this by taking clear instructions from you and your lender, checking and dealing with your lender's requirements if you are borrowing money to fund your purchase, making relevant official property searches including with the Land Registry and Local Authority, raising enquiries with the seller, checking the owner has good title to the property, checking and negotiating the sale contract drafted by the seller, reporting back to you and to your lender, attending to exchange of contracts and signature to the mortgage deed, effecting necessary pre completion searches, drafting the transfer deed relating to the property, completing your purchase, preparing the Stamp Duty Land Tax Return and attending to registration of property at the Land Registry.
We will advise you on the best solution if the property concerned has issues regarding third party rights over the land you are buying, or covenants that restrict what you can do at the premises. Also you may need a sale contract with the seller which becomes binding only on your obtaining planning permission. This is known as a conditional contract and we will advise you if you need one.
Buyers can be asked by sellers to agree to contract terms requiring the buyer to pay the seller an agreed proportion of the uplift in the value of the property arising from a future grant of planning permission to develop the property in future eg for housing. This is known as 'overage' and we are experienced in advising both buyers and sellers on overage agreements.
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BevCanna Enterprises Announces Appointment of Camilo Lyon to Board of Directors
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BevCanna Enterprises Inc. (CSE:BEV, Q:BVNNF) ("BevCanna" or the "Company") announced that it has appointed top equity analyst Camilo Lyon to the Board of Directors and the audit committee of the Company, effective August 26, 2019.
Mr. Lyon brings over two decades of corporate finance and consumer brand experience to BevCanna, primarily as an equity research analyst in the US focusing on global lifestyle brands and retailers at top investment banks. He is Founder and CEO of Harixston Consulting, a firm focused on capital raising and advising early stage consumer brands as they progress through their stages of growth. Prior to this role, Mr. Lyon served as Managing Director and Head of US Consumer Research at Canaccord Genuity for eight years. During that time, he advised institutional and corporate clients on investment and business strategies. Prior to that, he was a Vice President in Equity Research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch covering consumer discretionary companies. Mr. Lyon began his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and is a graduate of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Boston University.
"We're pleased that Camilo is joining the BevCanna team," said Marcello Leone, CEO of BevCanna. "The combination of financial, strategic and branding expertise that he brings to the table will be invaluable in this stage of rapid growth."
"As the cannabis industry continues to evolve across geographies and categories, brands will become an increasingly important distinguisher of success," noted Mr. Lyon. "To that end, I'm thrilled to be joining the Board of BevCanna as it prepares to launch its cannabis-infused beverage brands into the North American market."
As a member of the Board of Directors, Mr. Lyon will be granted 100,000 BevCanna share options. As a member of the Audit Committee, Mr. Lyon will be granted an additional 50,000 BevCanna share options.
About BevCanna Enterprises Inc.
BevCanna Enterprises Inc. (CSE:BEV, Q:BVNNF) develops and manufactures cannabinoid-infused beverages and consumer products for in-house brands and white label clients. With decades of experience creating, branding and distributing iconic brands that have resonated with consumers on a global scale, the team demonstrates an expertise unmatched in the emerging cannabis beverage category. Based in British Columbia, Canada, BevCanna has a 100-acre outdoor cultivation site in the fertile Okanagan Valley and the exclusive rights to a pristine spring water aquifer, as well as a world-class 40,000-square-foot, HACCP certified manufacturing facility, with a current bottling capacity of up to 72M bottles.
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Either. Depends what device you're on. It's super powerful and free.


The chart shows the steady downgrading of earnings per share (EPS) estimates for the companies that make up the BSE Sensex. Motilal Oswal analysts have cut their FY13 EPS estimates for the Sensex by 0.5%. Taking the Sensex EPS for FY12 at ₹ 1,131, the brokerage is estimating EPS growth for the Sensex at 17.7% for FY13. That seems to be optimistic, considering that economists have started revising their targets for GDP growth downwards.


WELCOME to the Color Guard page of the Clements website! Here you can find details about travel, rehearsals, performance and more! Our guard director is Darren Martin. Please come to us with any questions!
Who do you admire? There are three incredibly important women in my life who I admire most: my mother, my grandmother, and my great-grandmother. Their strength and love for their family are to be cherished and admired.
Where did you grow up? I was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The majority of my life was spent in a small town; Spiro, Oklahoma. That is where I got my start in the marching arts/Color Guard. It was a very small band of only about 30 members total. During my junior and senior years of high school, my mother and I moved to Oklahoma City, OK where I graduated from Westmoore High School and continued to participate in Color Guard with a much larger Band and Guard program.
What do you like to do when not teaching? My entire livelihood is Color Guard. I believe there isn't a Darren Martin if color Guard isn't involved. My days not teaching Color Guard at Clements are usually spent planning for the future of the Clements CG, teaching The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps Color Guard, teaching Spirit Independent Winter Guard from the University of Houston. On the slight chance that I have a free weekend I do enjoy being outdoors and active and spending time with my family and my dog Regina.
What's the one piece of advice you'd give a senior? SOAK UP EVERY MOMENT, is the first thing to come mind. Beyond that, I would say attend all functions and try new things, find what it is that YOU truly enjoy and what makes you happy. Never be afraid to follow a dream. The only way that your dream can come true is if you make it become true, it won't just happen. Have courage, take a leap a faith, and always be true yourself.
What are your favorite movie and favorite song? The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie and has been for as long as I can remember. The message that it sends about home and family is something I cherish since I am very close with my own family and always look forward to going home for the holidays. Now that I'm older I appreciate smaller details of the movie and how things were created and shot. If you want to know some interesting behind the scenes facts let me know, I've got a few. Such as Toto's real name is Terry the Terrier and first starred alongside Shirley Temple.
My favorite song is a bit tougher because I love all kinds of music. My favorite genre is probably country since I was raised around it, but some of my favorite artists include Lady Gaga, Pink, Taylor Swift just to name a few. As of today, I would say my favorite song is Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken by Pink.
Why did you choose color guard? Since I was young I remember always wanting to dance. Being from a small school there wasn't a dance team available. During my middle school years movies such as Got To Kick It Up, and the Bring It On franchise, which for those of you who don't know are movies revolving around competitive cheerleading. In the movies, I watched male cheerleaders dance and perform which actually inspired me to audition for my school's cheerleading squad and I made it. It wasn't long after that I watched The Cavaliers, an all-male drum corps, perform and fell in love with what color guard was. From that day in 2006 until today in 2018, Color Guard has been my life. The inspirational educators who taught me taught me more than Color Guard, but they instilled in me great life lessons, self-confidence, and much more. That is why I have continued to pursue this career and passion.
How is the color guard this year? The color guard this year is incredible! They have truly embraced having a new director and allowed me to come in and give them information to make them not only better spinners but also better students and a stronger/closer team. It's a learning curve for both them and myself. I have to learn the ropes at Clements while they have to learn the ropes of a new director. This group is extremely talented and I am excited to be able to push them to new challenges and help them achieve goals they thought were impossible.


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Sometimes we need a clear picture for a project or perhaps we have just taken over a new server to administer. We need to know certain things like what the heck is going on with all of these databases and why is the disk full?
Been a while since my last post, it has been an incredibly busy past couple of months. Getting back into the swing of things I wrote this script to make moving database files around a little easier and less time consuming. This was developed in conjunction with a project I am working on where there are hundreds of SQL Servers and each of them has their database files scattered into the winds. It literally looks like someone took all the database files loaded them into a shotgun and blasted the server with them. Moving the databases to standardized locations is one of the many tasks I have to perform on all of these servers and moving all of those files was just to much to do by hand.
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Humanity stands at a crossroads. We face a myriad of existential challenges, yet we are closer than ever to realizing the dream of global flourishing. Finding the right path forward has never been more consequential.
ReRoute is a podcast about creatively navigating around disaster and towards a brighter future.
Join us as host Gavan Wilhite and a series of cultural and technological visionaries explore new systems and stories for brightening our shared path forward.
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National Well-Being
In this episode, we speak with Andrew Frawley. Andrew is many-talented force in American politics. Starting from a background in marketing, he became the first person hired onto the Yang2020 presidential campaign, created the MATH hat, and helped grow the movement into the force it is today.
He currently is the Executive Director of the "Good Life Movement", an organization dedicated to advancing mental health policy through bipartisan civic engagement, awareness, and direct action.
Today we'll dive into topics including the power dynamics present in American politics, how shifting views on mental health can lead to improved policy, and better metrics we can use to evaluate national success.
>> Activations > Links and References
Good Life Movement
Mad Pride Movement
Mindful Creation
In this episode, we speak with Alex Maki-Jokela. Maki is an engineer-turned-artist and entrepreneur. His work includes Burning Man art installations, arctic vaults designed to preserve open-source code for millennia, and an AI-driven fashion company. He is currently the COO of GreenCubes, a startup building automated infrastructure for urban food production.
We'll dive into topics including integrating AI into design workflows, mindfully navigating the emotional challenges of entrepreneurship, and positive ways to push yourself to execute on intentions.
>> Links and References
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Piql Arctic World Archive
Spirit & Glitch
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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Platforms for the People
In this episode, we speak with Aviv Ovadya. Aviv is a consultant who specializes in the governance of emerging technologies, particularly those of artificial intelligence and online social platforms. He has been a Technology and Public Purpose Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center, and served as Chief Technologist at the Center for Social Media Responsibility at the University of Michigan. We'll dive into topics including lottocracies, incentive-structures for change in big-tech companies, and promising social media algorithms for improving online discourse.
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Finding the Way Within
In this episode, we speak with Adam Elzer. Adam is the founder of Within, a wellness retreat and event space in the Delaware River Valley, which is an hour or two outside New York City. His background includes 20 years of building NY-based organizations focused on hospitality and food, including Everyday Hospitality and Empellon. Today we'll dive into topics like the healing power of nature, getting land-based projects off the ground, and how the inner work you do for yourself can turn into the outer work you do for others.
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Housing Our Neighbors
In this episode, we speak with Gabby Beans. Gabby is a member and lead producer for the New York-based aid network Home is a Human Right. She is also an actor, writer, and filmmaker, who has been recently featured in TV shows like Succession, House of Cards, and Blue Bloods. Today we'll dive into topics including mutual aid networks, tactics for helping house the unhoused, and better ways to think about those living on our streets.
>> Links and References > Research Regarding Homelessness and Criminality
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Securing the Social Layer
In this episode, we speak with friend of the show Dr. Matthew Canham. Dr. Canham is the CEO of Beyond Layer 7, a consultancy that assists with cybersecurity analytics and culture development, as well as the Senior Director of Operations at the security company Khonsoo.
He previously worked as a Professor of Cyber Security at University of Central Florida, and as a Special Agent in the FBI. During his career in law enforcement, he served as the Program Manager of the Emerging Technologies Program for the FBI's Operational Technology Division.
While there, he evaluated new technologies for use in law enforcement, and as a special agent, he investigated cyber-crime, intellectual property theft, and insider threats.
Today we'll dive into topics including information warfare during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, securing against social engineering attacks, and alternatives to law enforcement for fighting cybercrime.
Dr. Matthew Canham's Personal Site
Cognitive Security Institute
Christopher J. Hadnagy
Ian Farquhar
Black Hills Information Security Books
YouTube Page of Jolly Roger Telephone Co
Jordan Peele Deep Fake Obama
Like War by PW Singer
The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg
Unmasking Maskirovka: Russia's Cyber Influence Operations
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Reroute humanity to a better path
I like it! Not a podcast about the big problems in the world but about big solutions. Hopefully they can tackle population growth in a future episode.
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These are the conversatins we need to have. Keep em coming guys!
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