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Start celebrating w/ us tomorrow - Bunny Tails, Golden Eggs & Bunny Ears. ...more to come each day!
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An incredibly unhealthy and utterly delicious Creme Egg doughnut seemed the best way to start the Easter break!!
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January 1, 2005 Jim McLennan comedy, reviews
Rating: C+
Dir: Harold Ramis
Star: Michael O'Keefe, Chevy Chase, Ted Knight, Rodney Dangerfield
This is widely regarded as a classic of 80's comedy, and certainly contains more than its fair share of fine moments. However, the comedic value of the supporting cast is greatly overshadowed by the charisma-free performance of O'Keefe. He plays caddy Danny Noonan, and the film's plot actually centres on his twin pursuits of a golf scholarship and action with the opposite sex. If they'd dumped him entirely, and concentrated instead on Chase's Zen golfer, Knight's uptight judge and Dangerfield's boorish millionaire, it'd have been a lot better; as is, large parts of the main story come over as no more than a lame, tame Animal House imitation.
Then there's Bill Murray: his Carl the Groundkeeper is a memorably lewd slob, whose single-minded pursuit of a gopher leads to the explosive finale. Murray largely works alone in the film – they added one scene with Chase when the makers realised this – but whether making animal sculptures out of C4, whacking innocent flowers with golf clubs, or drooling over the lady members, he steals the show. It remains a weird mix of comic styles, combining the laid-back and dry (Chase) with the loudmouth and vulgar (Dangerfield); however, anything that keeps the camera off Noonan can only be welcomed. Definitely a product of its times, there's still enough to keep me amused a quarter-century later.
Harold Ramis. Michael O'Keefe
Capture the Flag (2005)

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The scene for these engagement portraits in London was Battersea Park on a beautiful wintry January morning with the most lovely sunlight that occasionally broke through the clouds. R & L were one of the winners of my engagement portraits prize at the Claridge's Hotel wedding event. The couple were so sweet and comfortable in front of the camera too. If you're feeling a little nervous about being photographed for your wedding then I highly recommend being photographed as much as possible before, so an engagement shoot is a good idea, selfies, taking more social photographs when you're out and just generally thinking of it as a kind of immersion therapy will cure you of any camera-phobia in no time!


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The Conservative Party of Canada today released its full 160-page election platform — an ambitious agenda that promises billions of dollars in new spending to prop up an economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unlike past Conservative platforms, this one embraces a robust role for government in the economy through large cash injections to help businesses weather the pandemic crisis over the next two years.
The multi-billion-dollar plan has not yet been costed; the party says the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has not finished studying the numbers.
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said a Conservative government would balance the budget in ten years' time. The federal deficit for this fiscal year alone is expected to be $381.6 billion.
"You'll probably notice ideas that you haven't heard from Conservatives like me before. It's time for Conservatives to take inequality seriously because that's becoming more of a problem in our country," Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says in the opening paragraphs of the document.
A Conservative government led by Conservative Leader O'Toole would end the Liberal party's plan to create a national child care program; the party would instead flow money directly to parents to cover those costs.
The platform also promises to spend much more money on health care by boosting the annual growth rate of the Canada Health Transfer to at least six percent from its current rate, which is tied to inflation. The party says the more generous health transfer to the provinces would cost the federal treasury nearly $60 billion over the next ten years.
But the centrepiece of the plan is a promise to create a million jobs. To accomplish that goal, the party is offering even more money than the Liberal government has budgeted for the country's pandemic-struck employers — part of a push to recover all jobs lost over the last 18 months.
Since the last vote in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of nearly 27,000 Canadians and pushed unemployment rates to levels not seen since the 2008-09 financial crisis.
For businesses: 'investment accelerator' and a hiring subsidy
Through its Canada Jobs Surge Plan, the party is promising that a Conservative government would pay up to 50 percent of the salaries of new hires once the existing Canadian emergency wage subsidy (CEWS) is phased out. Before the election was called, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland extended the CEWS program until the end of October.
To spur business spending, the party vows to create a "Canada Investment Accelerator," which would provide a 5 percent tax credit for any capital investment made in 2022 and 2023.
It also would introduce something called the "rebuild Main Street tax credit," which would provide a 25 percent tax credit on amounts of up to $100,000 that Canadians personally invest in a small business over the next two years.
And as part of the proposed "Main Street business loan," a Conservative government would provide loans of up to $200,000 to small and medium businesses in the hospitality, retail and tourism sectors to help them "get back on their feet." Up to 25 percent of such loans would be forgivable, depending on a company's revenue.
The party maintains the government's current Canada emergency business account (CEBA) program, which offers $60,000 loans to virtually all small businesses, is "too small."
To support restaurants, the Conservative party is promising a billion-dollar benefit. For one month, a Conservative government would provide a 50 percent rebate for food and non-alcoholic drinks purchased for dining in restaurants between Monday and Wednesday.
Conservative Leader O'Toole suggests a GST 'holiday' for Retailers
To help ailing retailers, a government led by Conservative Leader O'Toole would implement a "GST holiday" — a month-long break on federal sales tax — sometime this fall. All purchases at a retail store would be tax-free for a month.
He said these sectors have been "hanging on by a thread" because of public health measures like lockdowns. The Conservative plan, Conservative Leader O'Toole said, "will help them thrive and help us get a growing economy. We want to make sure we help some of the people hit hard, some of the vulnerable."
Conservative Leader O'Toole's team is also promising to deliver a "raise" to low-income workers by doubling the existing Canada Workers Benefit up to a maximum of $2,800 for individuals and $5,000 for families. The party also is promising to pay the money as a quarterly direct deposit rather than a year-end tax refund. The program is only available to individuals earning less than $24,573 a year, or families with household incomes of $37,173 or less.
The Conservative government would scrap the $30-billion Liberal child care program — which the government has said would reduce child-minding costs within five years to just $10 a day per child, nationwide — and instead convert the existing child care expense deduction into a refundable tax credit to cover up to 75 percent of the cost of child care for lower-income families.
Provinces that have signed child care deals with the federal government would be able to keep the initial tranche of money that already has been paid but, moving forward, a Conservative government would direct most child care funds to parents themselves.
"This will massively increase the support that lower-income families receive and provide more assistance to almost all families. We will also pay out the deduction over the course of the year so that families do not have to pay the cost of child care and then get the money back later," the platform reads.
Conservative Leader O'Toole said he would do away with the Liberal plan because it doesn't help all parents.
Critics maintain the Liberals' approach to child care funding unfairly punishes parents who care for their own children. Cardus, a faith-based think tank, has said a program focused on publicly funded daycare spaces "devalues the work parents and other caregivers do outside of an institutional setting."
The Conservative leader said his tax credit would "help all parents.
"All parents — immediately, not some years from now. Parents know what's best. We're going to help all families and lower-income families will have 75 percent of the costs covered. We're going to empower families."
The party projects that a family with an income of $30,000 would receive up to $6,000 to cover child care costs, more than the $1,200 they can claim today. The party says that, under its plan, a family with an income of $50,000 would get $5,200.
Conservative Leader O'Toole to ban foreigners from buying homes for two years
Beyond job-creation measures and child care, the detailed platform includes a number of populist-minded measures — a tougher regulatory stance on cell phone companies, a crackdown on grocery price-fixing and new legislation to "open banking so Canadians can connect with fintech companies that can provide a better offer for banking services."
A Conservative-led government would also order the Competition Bureau to investigate bank fees. Conservative Leader O'Toole said he would allow foreign telecommunications companies to offer cell phone service to Canadians to drive down prices, "provided that the same treatment is reciprocated for Canadian companies in that company's country."
To address the issue of affordable housing — Canada's sky-high average real estate prices are typically higher than those in Western countries — Conservative Leader O'Toole would ban all foreign investors from buying homes here for at least a two-year period.
In the last federal budget, the government pitched a one percent tax on foreign-owned vacant homes to reduce home price inflation driven by foreign nationals scooping up Canadian homes.
The platform also includes Conservative Leader O'Toole's climate plan, which calls for a reworked version of the existing carbon pricing regime. Instead of sending tax money to Ottawa, the Conservative plan would see the levies paid on fossil fuels banked in personal "low carbon savings accounts."
"Our plan will ensure that all Canadians can do their part to fight climate change, in the way that works best for them, and at a carbon price that is affordable," the platform reads.
During the Conservative leadership race, Conservative Leader O'Toole promised to privatize and "defund" the TV and online division of CBC while leaving CBC Radio and the French-language services of Radio-Canada untouched.
In the platform document, however, Conservative Leader O'Toole said a government led by him would instead "review the mandate of CBC English television, CBC News Network and CBC English online" and "assess the viability of refocusing the service on a public interest model like that of PBS in the U.S., ensuring that it no longer competes with private Canadian broadcasters and digital providers."
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Der Heckbach ist ein 4,9 km langer Bach im mittleren Baden-Württemberg, der die kleine Hochebene Härten auf dem Gemeindegebiet von Kusterdingen entwässert. Er mündet in Gemeinde und Ort Wannweil im Landkreis Reutlingen von links und Südwesten in die untere Echaz, die bald darauf den Neckar erreicht.

Geographie

Verlauf
Der Heckbach entspringt als Hollbach einer Quelle auf etwa  im Gewann Schlat nordöstlich von Kusterdingen-Wankheim und zieht in flachem Lauf ostwärts auf den Gemeindeteilort Jettenburg zu, wobei er einige teils längere Zuläufe aufnimmt. Kurz vor Jettenburg unterquert er die B 28, dann durchläuft er das Dorf, wendet sich an dessen Ende einem Waldrand entlang nach Norden und nimmt hier seinen nur halb so langen linken Quellbach Segaderbach auf. Der vereinte, nun Heckbach heißende Bach quert in inzwischen merklicher Talmulde und in nordöstlicher Richtung auf einem knappen halben Kilometer einen Waldstreifen, nach dem ihm bald von Süden der Lumpenbach zuläuft, der ihn selbst hier nach Länge wie Einzugsgebiet etwas übertrifft. Danach zieht er nordnordöstlich nach Wannweil, wo er in der Dorfmitte auf etwa über  von links in die untere Echaz mündet.

Einzugsgebiet
Der Heckbach hat ein Einzugsgebiet von 13,2 km² Größe, zu dem der Lumpenbach 6,38 km² beiträgt. Es erstreckt sich von seiner Südwestspitze westlich von Kusterdingen-Mähringen, wo es mit rund  die größten Höhen erreicht, über knapp 6 km nach Nordosten zur Mündung; quer dazu erreicht es eine Breite von knapp 3,5 km.

Im Nordwesten grenzt das Einzugsgebiet des Neckar-Zuflusses Blaulach an, im Norden entwässert die Ramslach das Dorf Kusterdingen ebenfalls direkt zum Neckar. Im Nordosten konkurriert die aufnehmende Echaz, im Osten und Südosten schiebt sich deren linker Zufluss Firstbach dazwischen. Die südliche Wasserscheide verläuft dicht am Talrand des Herrenbachs, der selbst westlich zur Steinlach entwässert, welche zuletzt im Südwesten konkurriert und ebenfalls den Neckar speist.

Vom Einzugsgebiet gehören etwa 0,7 km² an dessen Nordostspitze vor der Mündung zu Wannweil, am Südostrand weniger als 0,3 km² unbesiedeltes Terrain zur Ohmenhausener Gemarkung von Reutlingen, der weit überwiegende Rest gehört zu Kusterdingen. Etwa 1,4 km² seiner Fläche ist bewaldet, im Offenland überwiegt deutlich der Ackerbau.

Zuflusssystem
Hierarchische Liste der Zuflüsse von der Quelle zur Mündung. Gewässerlängen in der Regel nach LUBW-FG10 (Datensatzeinträge), Einzugsgebiete entsprechend nach LUBW-GEZG, Seeflächen nach LUBW-SG10, Höhenangaben nach dem Höhenlinienbild auf dem Geodatenviewer. Andere Quellen für die Angaben sind vermerkt.

Ursprung des Heckbachs durch Zusammenfluss von Hollbach und Segaderbach unter 300 m nordöstlich des Ortsrandes von Jettenburg auf etwa .

 Offizieller Quellbach Hollbach, von rechts, 2,655 km. Entspringt zwischen den Orten Wankheim und Jettenburg der Gemeinde Kusterdingen im Gewann Schlat einer Quelle auf etwa .
 Zufluss vom Ostrand Wankheims, von rechts, 0,682 km.
 Zufluss aus einer Quelle in den Rohräckern, von links, 0,142 km.
 Zufluss vom Ostrand Wankheims, von rechts, 0,921 km.
 Der Hollbach durchfließt Jettenburg.
 Anderer Quellbach Segaderbach, von links, 1,342 km. Entsteht nordwestlich von Jettenburg im Hagen auf etwa .
 Erlach, von links kurz vor dem Zusammenfluss des Segaderbachs auf etwa , ca. 0,7 km.
 Lumpenbach oder Brühlbach, von rechts zwischen Koblet- und Wartwasen auf , 4,122 km und 6,38 km². Entsteht in Kusterdingen-Mähringen auf etwa . Der Heckbach hat an diesem Zufluss ein Einzugsgebiet von nur 5,632 km².
 Kürzerer Lumpenbach-Quellast, von rechts am Westrand des Gewerbegebietes bei Reutlingen-Ohmenhausen auf , 1,675 km.

Mündung des Heckbachs in Wannweil neben dem Unteren Mühlweg nahe beim Rathauskreisel von links und Südwesten in die untere Echaz. Der Bach ist hier ab dem Zusammenfluss seiner Quellbäche 2,198 km, ab der offiziellen Hollenbach-Quelle 4,853 km lang und hat ein Einzugsgebiet von 13,153 km² hinter sich.

Ortschaften
Außer dem Mündungsdorf Wannweil (eigene Gemeinde) liegen noch die Kusterdingener Orte Jettenburg am Bachlauf (Hollbach-Oberlauf) und Mähringen um den Ursprung des Hauptzuflusses Lumpenbach.

Im Einzugsgebiet liegen noch weitere Ortsteile von Kusterdingen, nämlich die Nordspitze von Immenhausen und ganz Wankheim. Rechts dem mittleren Lumpenbach-Lauf entlang zieht sich ein Gewerbegebiet.

Geologie
Das Einzugsgebiet liegt ganz im Schwarzen Jura. Auf drei Vierteln seiner Fläche auf der Hochebene liegt darauf quartäres Lösssediment.

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 Topographische Karte 1:25.000 Baden-Württemberg, als Einzelblatt Nr. 7420 Tübingen und Nr. 7520 Mössingen

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 , insbesondere mit den Teilkarten/Layers
 der Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)
 "LUBW-FG10": Fließgewässer 1:10.000
 "LUBW-SG10": Stehende Gewässer 1:10.000
 "LUBW-GEZG": Gewässereinzugsgebiete
 des Landesamtes für Geologie, Rohstoffe und Bergbau des Landes Baden-Württemberg (LGRB)
 "LGRB-GÜK300": Geologische Übersichtskarte 1:300.000

Fließgewässer im Landkreis Tübingen
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Salina
The pretty, green island of Salina is the second most populous of the seven Aeolian Island that belong to Sicily. It lies roughly 65 kilometres north of the Sicilian mainland port of Milazzo, just beyond Vulcano and Lipari, the latter of which is its closest neighbour.
Salina is characterised by the protuberance of two long dormant volcanoes, covered with lush foliage; this is the most fertile island in the group. It's possible to reach the island by ferry (or hydrofoil) at two ports: Santa Maria Salina and Rinella.
Salina, Aeolian Islands, Sicily
Things to see in Sicily
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy
On arrival at Santa Maria Salina you'll find a small port with fishing boats and a wide piazza that leads into the main town. You can happily spend a day here, relaxing at the few shops, bars and restaurants or walking along the lungomare (seafront) towards the beaches.
If you're in the mood for exploring the island there are various options open to you; there are scooter rental outlets available or taxi drivers that will take you on a tour. There's also a public transport bus system in place.
Making your way to and from Salina is easy enough; most visitors take a ferry or hydrofoil from the port of Milazzo. The hydrofoils are the faster option and take an hour and 25 minutes. If you're planning on visiting a few of the islands on the same day, take note of the two different ports on the island. Apart from the main port (Santa Maria Salina), there are further connections available from Rinella. You will need motorised transport to get from one to the other though.
Head east from Salina and you first reach Panarea before moving on to the active volcano island of Stromboli. Heading west in the opposite direction you'll find the two quietest of the Aeolian islands: Filicudi and Alicudi.
Province: Metropolitan City of Messina
Region: Sicily
Size: 26 km²
Highlights: Ports, tranquility
Recommended accommodation: Hotel Ravesi
Arrival ports: Santa Maria Salina, Rinella
Journey time from Sicilian mainland: 1 hr 25 m (Milazzo to Salina)
Distance from nearest Sicilian mainland port: 65 km
Arrive by: Ferry, hydrofoil
Arrive from: Milazzo, Messina, Palermo, Naples, Reggio Calabria
Best airports: Catania Airport, Palermo Airport, Naples Airport
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Rome New Year's Eve: what to do and where to go
Celebrating New Year 2020 in Rome: events, parties and traditions.
Rome celebrates New Year's Eve and New Year's Day with Festa di Roma, a 24-hour programme of free concerts and cultural events, with 100 events involving 1,000 artists from around the world.
A highlight will be Skin, of Skunk Anansie fame, acting as DJ for three hours, playing a selection of indie rock, electro and techno hits, as well as live performances by Carmen Consoli and Priestess.
The 2019-2020 programme has nature as its theme, with live music and cultural events taking place between Circus Maximus and the area around the Mouth of Truth.
Some of the best places to dance the night away include Rome night clubs such as Lanificio, Micca, Shari Vari, Vicious, Rashomon and Room 26. There are plenty of parties at well-known pubs such as the Abbey Theatre, Finnegan's and Scholars Lounge, as well as newer venues such as Alcazar and Drink Kong.
New Year's food
The traditional Italian New Year's Eve meal consists of cotechino (a product similar to salami), zampone (stuffed pig's trotter), and lentils which are meant to bring luck for the coming year, all of which is washed down with a glass or two of prosecco or spumante.
If you wish to dine out on New Year's Eve it is best to reserve your table well in advance – and be prepared to pay a lot more than usual - for inspiration see Wanted in Rome's restaurant listings.
New Year's Eve traditions
A well-known but almost-extinct tradition (in Rome at least) associated with Capodanno involves people throwing old objects out the window, symbolising their readiness to welcome in the new year.
Getting home
All metro services run until 03.30 on New Year's Eve (early hours of 1 Jan), substituted from 03.30 until 08.00 with nightbuses. On New Year's Day the entire ATAC and Roma TPL network resumes at 08.00 and follows normal festivo timetable.
Some of America's best-known high school marching bands will stage a free, family-orientated parade in central Rome on 1 January to celebrate New Year's Day. The 14th edition of the annual event involves US marching bands joining forces with Italian musical folk groups to perform alongside majorettes, street performers and dancers, starting in Piazza del Popolo at 15.30.
Plunge into the Tiber?
One of the city's most unusual and popular spectacles on the morning of New Year's Day is the Tuffo nel Tevere. At midday, immediately after the cannons fire on the Gianicolo, daredevil divers thrill the crowds by making the 17-metre plunge off Ponte Cavour into the icy waters of the Tiber below.
Wanted in Rome wishes all its readers a fun New Year and a very happy 2020.
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I did not go to college, so I don't have a lot to offer to most businesses. I suppose that I could have started working in an office early on as a receptionist. That would have allowed me to work my way up in whatever company that I started working for. Instead, I got married, had a baby just nine months after we were married, and I spent my time taking care of our child and our home. My husband and I were very happy with this arrangement. He has a job that keeps him very busy, and he doesn't have a lot of time to relax or spend at home. I took care of everything so that he could work without worrying about what goes on at home.
When our daughter became old enough to attent elementary school, I found that I had a lot of time on my hands. That is when I found myself wishing that I could find a job. I had been spending my days just cleaning the house, and I would get it done rather early. So, I had a lot of free time, and that's not the type of life I want to live. I was explaining this to my friend when she came up with the idea of starting our own company.


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        this.agent = agent;
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        identifier = String.valueOf(System.identityHashCode(this));
        MockMethodAdvice advice = new MockMethodAdvice(mocks);

        try {
            dispatcherClass.getMethod("set", String.class, Object.class).invoke(null, identifier,
                    advice);
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            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
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        agent.addTransformer(this);
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    /**
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                || Modifier.isAbstract(features.mockedType.getModifiers());

        if (subclassingRequired
                && !features.mockedType.isArray()
                && !features.mockedType.isPrimitive()
                && Modifier.isFinal(features.mockedType.getModifiers())) {
            throw new MockitoException("Unsupported settings with this type '"
                    + features.mockedType.getName() + "'");
        }

        synchronized (lock) {
            Set<Class<?>> types = new HashSet<>();
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            do {
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                if (wasAdded) {
                    if (!EXCLUDES.contains(type)) {
                        types.add(type);
                    }

                    type = type.getSuperclass();
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                    break;
                }
            } while (type != null && !type.isInterface());

            if (!types.isEmpty()) {
                try {
                    agent.requestTransformClasses(types.toArray(new Class<?>[types.size()]));
                } catch (UnmodifiableClassException exception) {
                    for (Class<?> failed : types) {
                        mockedTypes.remove(failed);
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                    throw new MockitoException("Could not modify all classes " + types, exception);
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    /**
     * Add entry hooks to all methods of a class.
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Called by the agent after triggering the transformation via
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     * @return transformed class
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        if (classBeingRedefined == null
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        return classBeingRedefined != null && mockedTypes.contains(classBeingRedefined);
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    private native byte[] nativeRedefine(String identifier, byte[] original);
}

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Navigating a path for Japanese equities
Posted in Oct 2019
by Elena Johansson
Japanese equities have enjoyed a resurgence of popularity over the last couple of years among European investors. The Nikkei 225 index has had a mixed ride this year, amid the fallout from the US-China trade war, but Japan's benchmark index rose more than 5% last month.
Nikkei 225 (one year performance)
Source: Google Finance
Analysts, however, fear Japanese equities could take a hit from the introduction of a 8-10% hike in VAT this week and some worst-case scenario forecasts predict it could tip the economy into a contraction.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pushed ahead with a hike despite robust opposition in Japan's National Diet, which he argues is necessary to balance the country's finances.
"The Japanese government has decided to go ahead with fiscal tightening – the VAT hike – at a time when other governments are trying to stimulate the economy. It's not a smart move by the Japanese government," said Nicholas Smith, a Japan strategist at brokerage CLSA.
However, Richard Kaye, a portfolio manager focused on Japanese equities at Comgest, said it was too early to gauge the impact of the tax hike. "The impact could be minimal because of various government incentives to limit its impact," he said.
"The Japanese government has decided to go ahead with fiscal tightening at a time when other governments are trying to stimulate the economy. It's not a smart move."
Monetary easing likely
Many investors in the country said it's reasonably likely that the Bank of Japan will engage in another round of monetary easing, which could have a negative impact on Japanese banking stocks. Options include cutting interest rates further into negative territory, lowering the target for long-term rates or buying more exchange-traded funds.
"Monetary easing by central banks has crushed the relative performance of banking stocks, and that is especially the case in Japan," Smith said, adding that other cyclical stocks such as automakers could also be affected.
European fund selector sentiment towards Japanese equities has fallen over the first three quarters of this year, according to Last Word Research.
Fund selector sentiment towards Japanese equities is down
Source: Last Word Research
To counter the risks from the tax rise and further easing, investors should reallocate capital towards quality growth stocks, Smith said.
"Companies with high return on equity that have earnings that are not too tightly correlated with the economy are the place to invest in at the moment," he said.
"If you look at the valuations of good quality growth [companies], they are not expensive. Many of these companies are trading at below ten-year averages."
Kaye said: "Further easing, of course, helps quality [companies] by weakening the yield curve case for bank stocks which are typically favoured by value portfolios."
Meanwhile, dividends of Japanese equities have broadly doubled in this cycle, Smith added.
"Forward dividend deals in this market are at about 2.6%, which is 25% higher than the US market," he said.
Increasing shareholder returns have led to two developments.
Kaye said it had encouraged the trend of the "returning" domestic investor, while Smith pointed to the trend of companies buying back shares.
"This year, share buybacks are really picking up as the market is down," Smith said.
Japanese corporate culture is changing, and the large amounts of cash many groups hold is now being often used to buy back shares rather than issue dividends, he said.
Ryohei Yanagi, a professor at Waseda University in Tokyo, said there are plenty more opportunities for Japanese companies to unlock value.
"The inconvenient truth is that almost half of listed companies in Japan trade at below equity book value with around 500 companies accumulating cash and securities that is greater than their market capitalisation," Yanagi said.
Yoshikazu Maeda, director of responsible investment at Governance for Owners Japan, an asset manager focused on stewardship services, said: "Investors are stepping up and requesting more payouts given the companies' cash generation capacity and growth investment outlook. One clear example for that is increasingly aggressive shareholder activism in Japanese markets.
"As a result, the direction of travel will not reverse easily and we expect the rise to continue, as long as the companies generate sufficient operating cash flow."


Alongside Nvidia, AMD has also launched a new driver today. The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.2.1 driver suite has support for Respawn Entertainment's new game, APEX Legends, and Ubisoft's The Division 2 Private Beta, as well as some additional performance improvements for Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
Respawn is currently in the middle of unveiling APEX Legends on Twitch for those interested in checking the new shooter out, which is rumored to be a battle royale game. Meanwhile, the upcoming closed beta of The Division 2 is slated to begin on February 7, and this driver is recommended for those jumping in with AMD graphics cards.
As for the Assassin's Creed Odyssey improvements, AMD says the new driver performs up to 5% faster when using an RX Vega 64 GPU. Note that the improvements should apply in some form to the company's entire GCN line-up of graphics cards.
The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.2.1 driver is available to download through the links listed on its release notes page. The option to upgrade from a previous driver version is also available, which can be found on the Radeon Settings interface on Windows.


Dr. Susan has been a practicing psychologist for more than 19 years. In 1997, she founded the Center for Change and Growth in Southwest Michigan. Since opening her practice she has focused on children and their families.
Dr. Noira, beginning to learn her manners in the playroom, already loving and being loved.


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export function urlToId(url: string): string {
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Q: How to insert yesterday's date in the email's subject using xml?
<Config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

    <From>xxx@yyy.com</From> <!--Must be valid email-->

    <To>xxx@yyy.com</To> <!--Must be valid email-->

    <CC>xxx@yyy.com</CC> <!--Must be valid email-->

    <Subject>The report is for  </Subject> <!--Must be yesterday's date-->

<Message>D:\Msg.txt</Message> <!--Set the email content-->

</Config>

This is code that i am using to fill in the email details & i would like to get yesterday's date in the subject.

A: Use xmlstarlet to edit the file in place :
xmlstarlet ed -L -u '//Subject' \
    -v "The report is for $(date -d yesterday '+%m %d %Y')" file.xml

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Lawyer for Veterinarians, Veterinary Corporations and Group Vet Practices
May a veterinarian compete against his or her former practice?
If you are in a group veterinary practice, you might wonder, "Can I or another veterinarian in this practice set up a competing practice?" "Will a non-competition agreement prevent it?" These questions are crucial both to the existing group and the veterinarian who would set up the competing practice.
In this article I give a brief roadmap of the issues relevant to when a veterinarian sets up a competing practice. I give legal and common-sense advice to all concerned parties. The issue is important because, when a veterinarian leaves a group to set up a competing practice, invariably the former group is unhappy and litigation is a real threat.
The contract might not be worth the paper it's written on.
After termination of employment, a contractual non-competition clause usually is unenforceable. Under California law, a veterinarian ordinarily may compete with his or her prior practice or group, even if the veterinarian signed an agreement that prohibits competition. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule. In relevant part, a non-competition clause can be enforceable if it was (i) entered into as part of the sale of a practice; or (ii) entered into pursuant to a partnership agreement or shareholders agreement that prohibits a withdrawing veterinarian's competition in a limited geographic area.
Who gets the clients or referral sources?
Although a non-competition agreement usually is unenforceable, the departing veterinarian still may not engage in unfair competition. Unfair competition includes the use of confidential information and trade secrets of the practice, including for example lists of clients or referral sources. In general, the law prohibits a veterinarian from using data from the practice, but only if the following two elements exist: (i) the data is a trade secret; and (ii) the veterinarian misappropriates the data.
As to the first element, whether a client or referral list is a trade secret, we must analyze the facts and circumstances to make a determination.
As to the second element, once the practice or group has proven that the data at issue is a trade secret, it then must prove that the veterinarian misappropriated (stole) the data. California courts look to whether the departing veterinarian actually solicited the group's clients or referral sources, as opposed to merely announcing a change in professional affiliation. In other words, the veterinarian may announce his or her new status, but may go no further. The distinction between solicitation and mere announcement is a shifting line, however, and the departing veterinarian must take great care not to cross it.
Who gets the employees?
The rule for the solicitation of office managers, technicians and other employees is similar to the rule for the solicitation of clients. A departing veterinarian may not solicit or ask the employees to leave the former group. Rather, the departing veterinarian may only announce the move. The veterinarian must then back off, and permit the employees to initiate the next contact – by requesting to join the departing veterinarian in the competing practice.
For more on this, read Stealing employees.
Finally, please keep in mind that the law of competition is by its nature fluid and gray. There are few hard and fast rules, and no guarantees can be given on the outcome of any particular dispute. Moreover, the costs of litigation (let alone losing in litigation) are such that one does best to avoid it altogether. Use your common-sense, and above all, act in a decent and fair manner. Courts try to protect the good guys in a dispute, so be that person.
This article only gives a short roadmap of the issues raised by a departing veterinarian's competition with his or her former group or employer. There is a lot more to this subject than introduced here. Before you do anything, get competent legal counsel to help you.
Call me to schedule a legal consultation: 510-796-9144
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How to structure a new group veterinary practice
Legal structure for a veterinary practice with 50/50 shareholders
Shareholder buy-sell agreements for veterinary corporations
How to bring a new partner into a group veterinary practice
Installment buy-in of a veterinarian to a veterinary practice
Removing a veterinarian / shareholder from a practice
Compensation Structures
Outline of a compensation / expense structure for a group veterinary practice
Compensation structures for a group veterinary practice
Buy-in and buy-out of veterinarians to a veterinary group
Stealing employees: May a veterinarian solicit away your employees?
Classifying a veterinarian as employee or contractor
Veterinarian employment and contractor agreements
Buying and Selling a Veterinarian Practice
How to buy or sell a veterinary practice
Term sheets for buying or selling a veterinary practice
Preparing to sell your solo veterninary practice
Leaving a veterinary practice / closing a veterinary practice


The Renewal and Reform programme is not just about the Simplification Agenda". At the heart of Reform and Renewal is Mission - Spiritual and numerical growth, Contributing to the common good and Re-imagining ministry.
The Deanery has a key role in the vision to re-shape the Church - how do we transform the way our Deaneries operate to help with the development and delivery of the strategy to re-imagine and re-energise ministry in the Church?
The conference will hear from people who are doing and have done this, and discuss with them and others how Deaneries can contribute to the mission and ministry of the church of the future.
Deaneries are an established and integral resource: essential in the furtherance of mission and facilitating the Renewal and Reform programme. So ….
- How can Deaneries act as a significant, strategic focus for mission and ministry?
- How will we equip the Deanery to reshape, re-imagine and re-energise ministry in the Church of England so that it is equipped both to grow the church in every community and contribute to 'the common good'.
Whether you are new and just starting out at this Deanery thing or an experienced hand, this conference is an opportunity to explore future possibilities, learn from and share experiences, and build confidence to enable the Deanery be a key component in the delivery of the vision of the Church of the future.


D.A.H. Bradley: Four Years?! Really?
Dal and I do Saturday morning cleaning together then chill at about 2pm. At 4pm he tells me to get ready and to pack an overnight bag with a couple clothing options. Huh, I wonder what he's got in store...We leave the house at about 6pm and he takes me to the Lodge Restaurant to eat, great conversation, great atmosphere, and GREAT chocolate cake! We head to downtown Reno and show up at the Peppermill, which happens to be a little away from the strip and is also one of the nicer hotels here. He surprised me with a weekend getaway to dowtown Reno for our anniversary! After we hung out in our room for a little we decided to wander the casino and hotel, there was lots to see!
1. It was 5:30 in the morning when I got up to get ready. After doing the initial stuff I sat down in the living room just thinking about what I was about to do later that day when all of a sudden the back door opens and in walks Whitney with a McDonald's breakfast for me, what a doll! All the girls walked in with her to start helping me get ready, talk about good friends.
2. We just got to the reception hall when I realized I didn't have my bouquet and hadn't had it all day! Celine and the girls to the rescue! They ran over to the temple where the florist had dropped it off earlier that day and requested a temple worker to grab it from the fridge that sat by the entrance, which was just for bridal bouquets. For some reason or another they wouldn't get it for them so Celine runs past them into the temple, grabs my bouquet from the fridge and they book it out of there before anyone knows what happened!
4. Dallin went to sleep the night before the wedding with a couple people in his hotel room and woke up the next morning to about 10 people including a girl sleeping on his floor.
I can't believe it's been four years already, the best four years. I don't remember why I was ever scared in the first place to get married, but it's been the most fun, exciting, loving, BEST time ever. Love ya Dallin!


What's the MySQL / MariaDB magic?
Discussion in 'Introductions' started by noly, Jul 25, 2017.
You might have read it hundreds and thousands of time but let me start my opening with a big BIG Thank you for all the effort and enthusiasm you bring into this project. You really make the web a better place. So even though i am a absolute virgin here and actually i just described a few hours ago - in the name of the community and the amountless serveradmins who wouldn't be able to run such an well thought thru architecture without your help...i would like to say THANK YOU!
I am in a very awkward situation where i have to set up a secure and reliable server within a very short time. That made me spend a lot of time typing on my keyboard and trying different solutions.
The very first candidate was a PPA for nginx and google ps (GitHub - serveradminsh/installers) which looked promising but turned out to be...well....let's stop the sentence here.
Digging a bit into ansible confirmed my plan to not use a automated system and risking the possibility to not be able to dive in and fix things if necessary.
So i moved on and got to meet a solution describing itself as being perfect (perfectrootserver.de). And yes, the concept is quite respectable...but the very limited docs and active community just didn't feel good having in mind that one might need a helping hand one day.
So i took my luggage and surfed (literraly) the night away. Tired and about to lay my head Google said..."hey wait, look at this..".
That was 18 hours ago when i first met CENTMIN MOD and showed my appreciation by reading your articles, tutorials and the forum....concentrated and interested.
And it paid out! I was able to set up an environment, launched a site and got rewarded from Googles Pagespeed test with 98/100.
Not bad for my first date with CENTOMIN MOD.
But then things started to turn around in a frustrating direction. Why? Well...not sure, either because i really should go to bed or i am just not understanding it.
In your tuts you talk about and offer MariaDB/MySQL-mixed snippets. Menu number 11 offers MariaDB-delicatessen but the SSH installation messages seem to not really like this combination and therefor i get warnings and errors making me dizzy.
"Failed to start mysql.service: Unit not found.""
"382 packages excluded due to repository priority protections"
"Removing mariadb-libs.x86_64 1:5.5.52-1.el7 - u due to obsoletes from installed MariaDB-shared-10.0.31-1.el7.centos.x86_64"
Obviously there seems to be a MySql dependency and even after reading your tuts and external tuts (https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-installation-version-10121-via-rpms-on-centos-7/)...i just can't help myself.
This circumstance brings up the (HY000/2002)-issue: pma.png ...and puts me in a situation where i am asking in the kindest way possible....please George, tell me the magic.
How did or do you get MariaDB running?
welcome @noly to Centmin Mod Community. MariaDB MySQL server is installed by default so no need to do anything at all to install it. You DO NOT need to run anything in centmin.sh menu option 11. Which centmin.sh menu option 11 submenu options did you run ?
My suggestion now, is just reload the CentOS OS again, reinstall centmin mod 123.09beta01 fresh and start from there without running centmin.sh menu option 11.
merci beaucoup for the life jacket. It felt indeed a bit like lost in the sea yesterday.
I am starting fresh, motivated and with a clean Cent OS into the day. Your guiding messsage is pinned on my screen.
edit: centminmod should have so many more stars and collaborator on github...the current 227 definitely don't reflect the outstanding possibilities. But i guess since .09 is in beta for yeeears, that could hold people back from even trying it out when passing by. What is holding it back from being stable? I read recently that it's "just" the documentation. Is that right? Can/should we use centmin now for production use?


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Refugees/Migration
Housing/Homeless
Franco/Civil War
Fair Trade/Aid
Open Arms sets sail with humanitarian aid for migrants
TOPICS:Refugees & Migration
Open Arms migrant rescue ship set sail Tuesday, bound for Greece with load of humanitarian aid. Photo: El Diario
Posted By: Progressive Spain 25th April 2019
The flagship vessel of Barcelona-based Proactiva Open Arms migrant rescue organization set sail Tuesday with a shipment of humanitarian aid for migrants and asylum seekers stranded in camps in Greece after pledging to the Spanish government that it would not seek to return to port in Spain with more migrant boat people picked up in the waters of the eastern Mediterranean.
The Open Arms vessed had been docked for more than three months in its home port of Barcelona amid growing controversy over the refusal of the government of President Pedro Sanchez of Spain's Socialist party to grant it permission to set sail on another of its trans-Mediterranean rescue voyages.
Spanish and international non-governmental organizations charged the government with deliberately prohibiting rescue of migrants stranded at sea in their attempt to make the dangerous Mediterranean crossing from North Africa to European shores.
The government responded that it wanted assurances that Open Arms would not be picking up refugees and migrants unless the group were assured that it would be permitted to disembark the migrants at the "nearest safe port" to where the stranded 'boat people' were rescued, in keeping with the letter of international and European treaties on the treatment of migrants.
Pope Francis entered the fray in March with controversial comments in an interview with Spain's La Sexta television channel, asking why Open Arms was being prohibited from leaving port. "Why is this happeing?" he asked, "Is it so that they can drown?"
The pontiff's comments met an immediate response from government spokesman and Minister of Development José Luis Ábalos, who said the Pope was taking only a "partial view" of the situation, because among European nations "the Spanish government is the one that is most actively saving lives at sea" through the work of its Salvamento Maritimo sea-rescue services in the waters between Spain and North Africa.
The Open Arms vessel is now on a 10-day voyage to the Eastern Mediterranean, carrying 20 tons of humanitarian material on board, including clothes, food, hygiene products and school supplies for refugees and migrants stranded in camps in Samos, Lesbos and Thesalonica.
Open Arms was granted license by Spanish authorities to make the journey carrying humanitarian aid with the stipulation that it would not actively seek out stranded migrants to rescue, but would only do so if the ship happens to come across groups of migrants stranded at sea in the course of its return journey to Spain.
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Sept. 1, 2011 / 1:16 AM
Double trouble for Washington Monument
This image released by the National Park Service on August 24, 2011 shows a crack on the top of the Washington Monument that was a result of the 5.8 magnitude that struck the Washington area on August, 23. The Monument will be closed indefinitely as repairs are completed. UPI/U.S. Park Service | License Photo
This image released by the National Park Service on August 24, 2011 shows earthquake damage to the Washington Monument following the 5.8 magnitude that struck the Washington area on August, 23. The Monument will be closed indefinitely as repairs are completed. UPI/U.S. Park Service | License Photo
This image released by the National Park Service on August 24, 2011 shows National Park Service Employees as they inspect the damage inside the Washington Monument following the 5.8 magnitude that struck the Washington area on August, 23. The Monument will be closed indefinitely as repairs are completed. UPI/U.S. Park Service | License Photo
A National Park Service Ranger stands nearby as the Washington Monument remains closed to the public after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Virginia caused cracks near the top of the monument in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2011. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg | License Photo
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Hurricane Irene revealed new cracks in the Washington Monument, which was already closed following the Virginia earthquake, the National Parks Service said.
Spokeswoman Carol Johnson told CNN Wednesday Parks Service employees found standing water in the monument when they inspected it Monday. She said engineers tried to find holes following last week's 5.8 magnitude earthquake and in advance of the hurricane.
"There were some leaks that we were not able to identify or able to plug," Johnson said. "What happened was a lot of mortar popped out, so much so that you can see sunlight above 450 feet in the monument."
The monument has been closed until all damage is repaired. Johnson said engineers determined the earthquake caused no structural damage.
The 555-foot memorial to George Washington, the first U.S. president, was built over several decades in the mid-19th century.
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Evermotion Challenge 2017 Winners Announcement!
Check out the winners of "The Perfect Getaway" challenge!
Our judges have chosen the best works - three main prizes and three awards.
Robert Filipowicz - Evermotion artist that stand behind the most acclaimed 3d scenes made for various rendering engines, from V-Ray to Unreal Engine.
Andrew Augustyniak - senior Evermotion artist with proficency with wide array of software - from 3ds Max, Maya, blender, Unreal engine, to Zbrush. Lead art director behind Archinteriors for Unreal vol. 4.
Voting wasn't easy, our jury had to spent quite a long time to evaluate final winners. At first, each member of jury picked their 10 favourites, then they chose the best from the best. They evaluated 3 main prizes, 3 awards and 4 honorable mentions. All works were evaluated in four categories: lighting, originality, composition and technical quality.
After counting all points the results are finally here!
Robert Filipowicz: Simply beautiful! Great attention to details. Outstanding mood and good composition made this image my favorite.
Andrew Augustyniak: I really like the composition and overall quality. Many other works also have dense forests, but this one stands out - it's a must to see close-ups to fully appreciate all the little details and amount of work put in the image.
Ania Dąbrowska: I love the quality of the forest on the hills. Very pleasant image palette. there is also a good level of photorealism and nice details: the bridge among peaks.
Robert Filipowicz: I'm really impressed by the idea of this image. I love attention to details and I appreciate the amount of work put in this picture. Awesome lightning and color balance. One disadvantage of this image are missing plane divisions.
Andrew Augustyniak: Extraordinary attention to details - very nice composition and the best sculpts in whole contest. Also one of the fully 3d works. The only thing I would improve would be to leave more space in some areas.
Ania Dąbrowska: This work has an interesting story. Rich and fantastic scenery makes me fill like an explorer taking part in amazing adventure.
Robert Filipowicz: Technically very good work and one of the best quality renders of all participants. Lighting and shaders did the job which makes this image very photorealistic. Good job.
Andrew Augustyniak: My pick for the first place. One of the most photorealistic images in whole contest - you need to look for a while to notice it's not a photo. I'm loving almost all of the shaders and foliage.
Ania Dąbrowska: Very natural scene with many details. All objects really fit in the scene. Great photorealism!
Robert Filipowicz: Here I can see something more than a simply exterior visualization. I like the stylization of the image and pretty good composition. Plus for the fresh idea.
Andrew Augustyniak: Although this one wasn't my pick, I am not surprised that it's among final works - it tells an interesting story and stands out in terms of originality.
Ania Dąbrowska: Interesting story that suits "Perfect Getaway" theme. I really like that this work is full of interesting objects.
Robert Filipowicz: I really like this work from for its first person view - it is simply but great looking. Well made canoe and mountains adds a lot of realism into this scene. I fall in love with the mood and lightning.
Andrew Augustyniak: Another photorealistic one - great mood and composition. Not much to criticize - one of more minimalistic scenes in the contest.
Robert Filipowicz: Definitely different than others. Great piece of 3D art with awesome postproduction. Big plus for lightning and composition.
Andrew Augustyniak: Most stylized work in the contest. I really like the sculpted details and overall quality. Compositions tells an interesting story. I would give more point if not for the amount of 2d overpaint - I prefer raw 3d.
Ania Dąbrowska: Faboulus scene! I like these nice, stylized rocks / cliffs and a temple.
Robert Filipowicz: Really technical approach to photography which you used in 3D. Well done.
Andrew Augustyniak: Really nice looking work - lighting and composition are great. Also all shaders and models a top-noch.
Robert Filipowicz: Great idea man! I sincerely regret that you put onto the image those bad looking filters and newspaper. Unfortunately it is big disadvantage.
Andrew Augustyniak: One of my favorites - very funny idea and good overall quality. If not for white paper frame and covering much of it with an old camera filter it could be one of the finalist.
Anna Dąbrowska: This is one of my favorities because it's witty, well done and has a great story.
Robert Filipowicz: This work deserves to be honored. Outstanding level of photorealism. You have great skills and your work could be in top 6 but unfortunately the top of the boat in the final image isn't a fully 3D model.
Andrew Augustyniak: I really like overall mood of the scene. Also composition and lighting is really nice.
Andrew Augustyniak: One of the hidden gems - the story and mood are great. I really like overall colors and composition.
Andrew Augustyniak: Another photorealistic one - I really like the lighting and shaders. If it wasn't so heavily based on a photo I'm sure it would be more appreciated.
Andrew Augustyniak: One of more complicated works in the contest - a lot of great models and textures. Unfortunately amount of details makes it difficult to focus.
Thanks for all participants for your time, efforts and great works :) We want to also thank our sponsors - without you this challenge would not be possible. And finally we want to thank our jury that spent a lot of time revealing Evermotion Challenge 2017 winners. Congratulations to all and see you in the next Challenge!
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Our mission with Corona Renderer is to liberate users from the technical, unnatural process that rendering was in the past. We are constantly trying to simplify the creative process by removing or hiding any unnecessary technical settings, so artists can focus on their vision.
Allegorithmic is the industry leader in 3D texture and material creation technologies. More than 100,000 users in the domains of games, architecture, films, and design rely on Allegorithmic's award-winning Substance texture authoring software for developing the next generation of digital content. Clients include: Gensler, Activision, Electronic Arts, Naughty Dog, and Ubisoft. Founded in 2003, Allegorithmic is based in France with offices in Clermont-Ferrand and Paris, and has global offices in Los Angeles, Cleveland, Tokyo, and Seoul.
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Founded in 2007, RAYVISION Inc. (Fox Renderfarm) is one of the world's largest cloud computing and rendering solution providers for both the motion picture and animation industries. With its proprietary multiple patent cloud computing technology, RAYVISION has become one of the leading rendering solution providers with thousands of super powerful computing nodes. The company provides customized platform and infrastructure level services specifically tailored for motion picture and animation companies, with clients in over 40 countries and thousands of projects per year, our Academy Award (Oscar) winning support and great customer experience has earned RAYVISION a great reputation in the industry. In 2015, RAYVISION formed a global strategic partnership with Aliyun (Alibaba Cloud Computing) to provide global visual cloud computing services.
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Skilled at evaluating and resolving problems creatively. Much of Jamie's work and contributions have been featured in books and magazines such as the 3D World, CG Society, TutsPlus and 3D Total; to name but a few. He is also the co-author of two successful books entitled: Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and mental ray. Most recently, he published a New Book for, Taylor & Francis group; entitled: 3D Photorealistic Rendering: Interiors and Exteriors with V-Ray & 3Ds Max.
Evermotion Challenge 2014 Winners Annoucement!
Making of "Day of Summer"
Making of awarded work by Peter Ang.
Making of Evermotion Challenge 2014 winning scene by Tamas Medve.
Making of Evermotion Challenge 2014 winning work by Adam Grania.
Submissions are over, let's see who made it to the next stage!
Evermotion Challenge 2015 Winners Announcement!
Let's see the most beautiful lofts scenes!
Evermotion Challenge 2015: making of winning work by Elena Nedelcu.
Hi, i was just wondering about the winners, because this is not the first time that this is happening. Why are all the winners famous 3D artists? even some honorable works( brick visual?)))...yes, winners' works are the best, but is it fair to others? We already know that they're among the bests, so why don't you take into account giving awards to not famous artists?
@tigranarchi - Being known was not a factor of a rating at all. Jury debated for a long time and discussion was only about quality and the amount of work involved with making all Challenge images.
What happened to the jury this year? Only 3 peps? Previous years were more different artists.In my opinion some of the comments to honourable mentions were not fair.
Totally dissapointed from some of the evermotion judges expertise in 3d!
My only hope for a fair judgement was Evermotion, but this one also finished.
As I read through the comments here I could totally agree with some of them. I find it not fair how the images were judged this time. "Originality": thats absolute not original to copy someone else's photo. there is nothing original in it, even if the original photo looks better than the image :) Then it comes that the jury awarded not the artist, but the photographer who took that nice photo.
I didn't participate in the challenge but been following the work people have created for this years challenge.. and I gotta say, I'm a little confused on how you guys judge this challenge. With all respect to the artists you have voted winners, I agree on the comment that mimicking a photography isn't that creative. Also in the into for this challenge you guys said you wanted a picture with a story.. I don't see how the 1st place or some of the honorable mentions have a story.. some are just architectural visualizations. This challenges had so many great submissions in terms of story and many were also technically impressive. For the 2nd place, you wrote in the rules, that during the challenge it wasn't allowed to post your work on any other site online until it was over.. the 2nd place winners image has been all over the internet ever since December. On behance, artstation and YouTube .. now I love the image! It is abseloutly amazing.. but if you are making rules for the challenge then stick to them when you vote, otherwise why bother making any rules. I don't want the 2nd place winner to loose his win. But I do feel like you should stick to your own rules when you judge. Just to play it fair.
At first, Evermotion asked for unleashing imagination and scene that tells a story, and in demands, the brilliance of an idea was equal to technical quality. At the end, we are reading about criterias like: " lighting, originality, composition and technical quality", and the "amount of work involved". Please, next time be consistent from start to the end - if you want scenes with as many elements as possible, or you are planning to appreciate archiviz+bike or boat or a 3D copy of some reference picture more than original attempt to answer to the challenge - just say it right at the beginning. Because you wasted some people's time and efforts.
As it is stated in the text abover, jury made their decisions basing on lighting, originality, composition and technical quality.It means ALL FOUR factors were in the table and they could assign points on each of them, then they summed it and make the final decisions. Sometimes works had really similar score, but we cannot help that we can only give 3 main prizes and 3 awards. These were not light decisions and I am fully aware that not everybody is happy. We will think about improvement next year, I will take your suggestions into account, probably some voting factor from users can be also included into final score in the next edition. As for the publication of works outside from this site: it was a restriction that was initially in the rules, but after many emails with requests from users we decided to allow publishing outside, knowing how hard is for some of participants to keep their works out of public sight. We believe that it was made with the favor for the users, not against them. And it had NO impact on jury's voting. We only assured that works were made during contest not before it started. If you have proof that it wasn't the case, let us know, we will disqualify such work immediately.
... so you changed the rules because people that didn't want to follow the rules, asked you to..that is a load of bs. How about this, if people don't want to follow the rules, they don't win. And those rules had to be changed right up until the end, I remember reading the rules not long before the contest was over. It seems more like you changed the rules because you really liked the 2nd place entry. And don't get me wrong, I think it is a great image. but be fair. And next time, remember what you asked for when you vote.
Why is this? why? but why? wtf, why?
No, we believed that this restriction is no longer necesarry, it was copy-pasted from earlier editions and after all feedback we received we saw that it stands in a way for artists. It wasn't changed for any other reason than people wanting it to change. We don't run this site alone, we want to listen. And we listen carefully now, even when we hear harsh words. To be clear: I was not a part of jury and jury is not managing this site so the decision about removing this restriction was independent from their judgement.
Well that we can understand. And thanks for letting us know. And again, I didn't participate, so I am not making these comments because I am angry or holding a grudge for not winning. I am simply looking at this from the outside and what I notice it's just an unfair treatment of the people Who did participate. Im glad you answered to the comment on changing the rules. But it's your consistency in this challenge that you really need to work on for the next challenge. If you ask people to unleash their imagination and tell a story.. don't pick a copy of a photo. It's like asking people to make a blue image and then pick a red image as the winner. The winners images are awesome and look amazing. No doubt. People are just pissed cause the inconsistency wasted their time. So change that next time!
Hi Guys! First of all thanks a lot evermotion for the 3rd place and congrats to the other winners but mainly to everyone that participate in the competition! Since my work gets criticized in a non respectful way i would like to say a couple of things..i am doing visualizations about 20 years now and i have get almost every kind of award out there and also a lot of winning positions in competitions.. before i get to that level i lost in some other competitions that i really felt like you feel right now so i really understand your position and respect it because being an artist is exactly that..trying your best everyday to improve yourself and get the appreciation from other artists, web sites like evermotion or competitions etc...but also what is very important before you get to that level is to show respect as you like to get respect and not only give respect to other artists but give respect to evermotion guys that have done so many goods so 3d artists, move forward and become better and better during all those years...some of my works that i post in the forum all those years i felt that could be in the front page (editors choice) and when i see that it wasn't there i didn't start complain them but i try to become better and guess what, my next project pick the editors choice award.. About my work in the competition now even if i didn't get any winning position, the feedback i am getting through the web is the real prize since i am getting appreciation from the best artists out there who a lot believe i had could take the 1st place - something i dont believe personally since i really like the first 2 winners work as i like also a lot of other works that maybe i would choose instead of my work but come to judges position that they had to choose between so nice works...so all in all please dont feel that you waste your time, you enjoy the process and you become better through that process..share your work to the social and take the appreciation you deserve, become better for the next competition but always show your respect to the other people and 3d artists efforts! Thanks again and congratulations to everyone for their effort! Ps: Last thing about famous artists won the prizes...thanks but i dont thing i am famous and secondly even if i was, its like you ban Messi and Ronaldo from the Spanish championship because they are too good..that sounds fair to you?
@annkos1980 in this case I think you are being unrespectful to an author of the photo, by copying his image, composition, design, and idea without even giving him a credit! Jury totally messed up here, especially when they commented on one of the works that is too heavily based on the photo, but with yours they are totally fine. What is going on here?! I don't even want to comment changing the rules during the competition, without letting know to all participants. You guys made so many things wrong..
Jakester: Thanks! In the description the didnt mention only about unleash your creativity and imagination in one way but with different ways..they mention that can be an interior etc or anything reminds you your younger age...for me my younger years were mainly in campings and thats why i use that kind of reference to support by adding also some story with the title of my work and the woman with the kids...so yes pretty much some of them they are angry just because they didnt win something that is healthy reaction and the only way to become better if you want my opinion. As i said already i love so many works here that probably i would choose some of them instead of my work Kanuck: i guess you are new to visualitation since its very common to try transfer succesfully a photo to 3d rendering, that is something really challenging and difficult with the right way..also i guess you didnt see my other renders from the same scene since i didnt stick only to the main render and i gave my style also..about the photo itself is part of the book that i gave clear credit so before you post something like that please see the whole story first...anyway i will not say anything else to that matter, anyone who want to see whats the point of the competitions and become better, he can read my preview long post.
WOW! So glad I didn't bother wasting my time on this. How "Thinkyogurt" didn't win is beyond me. It's the only inspiring thing here.
"jwilliams" work is just stunning, I don't get why is not in top 3 places?!?!?!?!?!?


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Artist Talk: Halim Flowers
Local wordsmith and artist Halim Flowers will share about his artistic pratice, the personal experiences that have shaped his work No Free (performed at Georgetown Waterfront on June 16), and about his co-founded social entrepreneurial venture, Unchained Media Collective. Halim will be joined by his co-founder of Unchained Media Collective and Halcyon Arts Lab cohort 1 fellow, Kristin Adair.
Halim Flowers is co-founder and chief strategy officer at Unchained Media Collective, a social impact production company that empowers currently and formerly incarcerated people as storytellers and advocates. Halim was born and raised in Washington, DC, then the murder capital, during the crack era. He was sentenced to 40 years to life for a crime he was involved in at age 16. In 2019, he was released after successfully petitioning for resentencing after 22 years behind bars. Halim's personal mission is to help empower those in the same situation that defined his life, being incarcerated as a child in an adult prison system focused on punishment rather than rehabilitation. A passionate social entrepreneur, he launched his own publishing company, SATO Communications, while incarcerated at age 24. His 11 books have been distributed globally and are used in classrooms nationwide to discuss the impact of incarceration on young people. He has taken numerous college classes in business and sociology, and plans to complete his undergraduate degree at Georgetown University, through the Prisons and Justice Initiative.
Kristin Adair is the co-founder and creative director of Unchained Media Collective, a social impact production company dedicated to disrupting mass incarceration through training and amplifying the voices of currently and formerly incarcerated storytellers. She is a documentary filmmaker, multimedia artist and trained attorney, based in Washington, DC. She is deeply committed to collaborative filmmaking that advocates for the interests of those incarcerated as children and young adults. After leaving her job as a non-profit lobbyist in 2011, Kristin helped create an afterschool arts program for incarcerated youth. Finding her passion, she returned to graduate school to hone her multimedia storytelling skills. In 2018, she completed production on the documentary Becoming Free, which looks intimately at the experience of young adults coming home from prison after years or decades behind bars. She was selected for the inaugural 2017-2018 cohort of the Halcyon Arts Lab social justice arts fellowship. She has a BS from Georgetown University, a JD from the George Washington University, and an MA from the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.


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Wilhelmus Johannes (Wim) Schuijt (Amsterdam, 27 juni 1909 – Zeist, 13 april 2009) was een Nederlands politicus. Hij was namens de Katholieke Volkspartij lid van de Eerste en Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal en het Europees Parlement.

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Wim Schuijt is de zoon van een spoorwegarbeider. Hij was aanvankelijk eveneens arbeider en werd na het volgen van een avondopleiding onderwijzer. Op wat latere leeftijd studeerde hij Franse taal- en letterkunde aan de Gemeentelijke Universiteit in Amsterdam. Hij studeerde af in 1941.

Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog was hij hoofdredacteur van het illegale katholieke verzetsblad Christofoor, dat na de bevrijding het gedachtegoed van de Doorbraak verbreidde en waaraan journalisten als Cor de Groot (later: De Tijd, de Volkskrant) en Ton Elias (later: De Tijd, NRC Handelsblad) verbonden waren.

Na de oorlog maakte hij als wetenschappelijk medewerker deel uit van de Parlementaire enquête naar het regeringsbeleid in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. In 1946 promoveerde hij aan de Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht. Vanaf 1952 was hij als nieuwscorrespondent namens de Katholieke Radio Omroep en De Tijd werkzaam in Parijs.

In 1956 kwam hij namens de KVP in de Tweede Kamer. Hij hield zich vooral bezig met buitenlandse zaken en was namens zijn fractie woordvoerder op dat gebied. Hij was een voorvechter voor de internationale samenwerking van de christendemocraten en van de Europese eenwording.

Vanaf 1958 maakte hij tevens deel uit van het Europees Parlement, waarvan de leden op dat moment nog bepaald werden door de nationale parlementen. Zowel in 1959 als in 1967 werd hij bij de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen niet direct herkozen, maar kwam hij enkele maanden later toch terug in het parlement nadat een aantal partijgenoten toetraden tot het kabinet. Bij de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 1971 werd hij niet herkozen. Hij stelde zich vervolgens kandidaat voor de Eerste Kamer, waar hij van 1971 tot 1977 deel van uitmaakte.

Naast zijn Kamerlidmaatschap was Schuijt hoofdredacteur van het KVP-ledenblad De Opmars. Ook was hij actief in de vredesbeweging Pax Christi. Hij was vicevoorzitter van deze organisatie, maar legde deze functie in 1968 neer toen Pax Christi zich na de inval van het Warschaupact in Tsjechoslowakije uitsprak tegen verhoging van defensie-uitgaven.

Schuijt ontving in 1953 de Medal of Freedom voor zijn activiteiten in de oorlog. Hij werd onderscheiden tot Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (1968), Officier in de Orde van de Academische Palmen, Ridder in het Legioen van Eer en Commandeur in de Orde van Verdienste van de Republiek Italië. Schuijt was getrouwd met Ante Boom, met wie hij vier kinderen kreeg, onder wie de oud-senator en voormalig rechter Nanneke Quik-Schuijt.

Publicaties
 Doctrinael des tijds (proefschrift, 1946)
 Van den drie blinde danssen (1955)
 Frankrijk: land, volk, cultuur (1956)
 Vertaling van Over de democratie in Amerika II van Alexis de Tocqueville; http://www.papierentijger.org/index.php?topic=politiekegeschiedenis&style_id=0

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KVP-politicus
Nederlands Europarlementariër
Nederlands journalist
Nederlands onderwijzer
Nederlands verzetsstrijder in de Tweede Wereldoorlog
Tweede Kamerlid
Gemeenteraadslid van Den Haag


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Q: Como mostrar apenas 1 imagem com Javascript Bom dia!
Eu realizei uma personalização para uma página, onde usei javascript para mostrar aleatoriamente uma imagem quando recarregada.
Não possuo conhecimento de Javascript, vi um video no youtube e consegui fazer assim

var imagens = new Array ('') ;
imagens[0] = '';
imagens[1] = '';
imagens[2] = '';
imagens[3] = '';

aleatorio = Math.floor (Math.random () * imagens.length)
document.write (imagens[aleatorio])

Porém os outros banners carregam antes, deixando um experiencia ruim para o publico.
Eu consigo colocar as imagens no css com um display: none; e com javascript escolher uma para mostrar? Caso consiga isso fara que o carregamento da página seja "uniforme"?

.promocao-inverno {

margin: auto;

}

.supercompo {

   margin-top: 30px;
   display: block;
   width: 50%;

}

.imagem-conjunto {

    max-width: 40%;
    float: right;
    height: 100%;
    margin-top: 5%;
    display: none;

}

.banner img{

margin: 10px;

}

.banner img:hover{
  -webkit-filter: drop-shadow(5px 5px 5px rgba(60, 35, 35, 0.55));
   filter:         drop-shadow(5px 5px 5px rgba(60, 35, 35, 0.55));
}

.banner {

    max-width: 40%;
    float: left;
    margin-bottom: 5%;
    margin-top: 2%;
}

A: Você pode esconder os banners e mostrá-los apenas quando a imagem aleatória for carregada, adicionando o evento onload na tag da imagem.
var imagens = new Array('')
imagens[0] = ''
imagens[1] = ''
imagens[2] = ''
imagens[3] = ''

function mostrarBanners() {
    // Código para mostrar o banner aqui
}

document.write(imagens[Math.floor(Math.random() * imagens.length)])

Porém, eu aconselho a colocar a tag