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Virtual Air Guitar vows to make Kinect games even after Microsoft killed the camera
A few days ago Microsoft announced that they had ceased production of the Kinect sensor. The original Kinect was introduced in 2010 and an updated version shipped with the Xbox One in 2013.
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The company touted the device as a great way to play games using your hands and body but many of the titles failed to live up to that potential. While the original Kinect was one of the best selling video game peripherals ever, the second version was seen as a burden because it was forced upon people purchasing the Xbox One, inflating the overall price. Aside from that, there were privacy concerns and other controversies surrounding the product.
Well, this month Microsoft finally stopped production without revealing a new sensor or replacement. While the second Kinect may have been a controversial accessory, many studios built businesses around it. For example, you may have heard about a recent game called Fru from a small studio which relies on your body to reveal additional areas. Another such developer, which makes copious Kinect titles, is the Virtual Air Guitar Company. Virtual Air Guitar has shipped everything from Air Guitar Warrior for Kinect to Kung-Fu for Kinect. The list goes on and on.
Yes, we're still working on new #Kinect games - two in fact! We'll keep making them as long as enough people keep buying them. Details soon.
— Virtual Air Guitar (@VirtualAirGtr) October 27, 2017
Despite the fact that Microsoft stopped manufacturing the device, Virtual Air Guitar says that they'll continue to make Kinect games as long as people keep buying them. Currently they have two in development. There obviously isn't a shortage of sensors as you can still buy them easy, but the fact that Microsoft is abandoning a peripheral which many individuals have built businesses around is saddening to say the least.
The technology that powered Kinect has been moved along into Windows Mixed Reality, but for those fans and developers who invested in Kinect, it's hard to envision them trusting Microsoft once again in this new category. Kinect also had potential as a Cortana voice control assistant in a world where Google Home and the Amazon Echo are making headlines, but sadly, it never came to be. Hopefully Xbox head Phil Spencer and the Xbox Team know this, even though a lot of these are simply business decisions.
In any case, the move to kill Kinect seems like an incredible shame to those who actively use the peripheral either in a consumer or developer capacity. At the very least, Virtual Air Guitar is going to continue working with the device for now, but as we've seen with Windows 10 Mobile, support will dwindle without the backing of Microsoft.
You can still grab a Kinect sensor from Amazon for around $50.
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Tag: Marion Stokes
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
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Kino/Zeitgeist;
Documentary;
Box Office: $0.06 million;
$29.95 DVD, $34.95 Blu-ray;
Not rated.
There's almost certainly a link between a certain kind of genius and a certain kind of madness, which is one of the themes of Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project — director Matt Wolf's graphically sophisticated documentary about a most unusual woman who was on a mission. Though at times, even Stokes herself might have wondered what it was, exactly, despite lucking out posthumously in ways that now invite cautious reverence, at least from researchers and chroniclers of relatively recent lost history. The last involves the period between the mid/late 1970s and the Sandy Hook massacre, which occurred on the day she died.
African-American Stokes came from enough Philadelphia money to stoke her undertaking — and then her ground-floor purchase of Apple stock (Steve Jobs was one of her eclectic but intense passions) set her up for about 50 lives' worth of funds. This abetted her recording of everything off the air with the first of countless VCRs — though initially, she began more modestly, with sitcoms like "All in the Family" and especially the original TV incarnation of "Star Trek," whose melting-pot crew and its relative communal status appealed to her extreme Left-ish political beliefs. Actually, she was a full-fledged member of the Communist Party, so despite her arguable genius, she had her limitations — serving both as a key player in the post-Revolution "Fair Play for Cuba" Committee (now there's a blast from the past) and an unsuccessful attempt to move with her first husband to Cuba.
The turning point was the Iran Crisis and the launching of ABC-TV's "Nightline" with Ted Koppel, whose surprising success against Johnny Carson and other fun-oriented late-nights anticipated 24-hour news stations — as well as the blurring between straight reportage and the ratings benefits accrued from turning political events into a kind of sophisticated daily mini-series. Stokes was extremely savvy on this kind of thing, which included the "coloring" of the news. She not incorrectly sensed, from what she was recording and watching, that the seized hostages in the Iran affair almost certainly had to include CIA personnel. What bothers me some about this is that all governments have agendas and always have — the way that most humans do unless they're a little on the simple side. This is definitely dog-bites-man material.
Earlier, Stokes herself had hosted a Philadelphia political talk show that looks like public access but may have had a network-affiliate public service connection. A couple of those episodes are included as a Blu-ray bonus via what, like the Stokes archival project itself, is a miracle of preservation taken from long outdated technology. In it, she shows herself to be a good listener to guests invited on for their diverse points of view — a trait she didn't display toward anyone in her family. An exception to this may or may not have been John Stokes, the professional partner and co-host of her show who became husband No. 2. A white patrician who later benefitted as well from that early Apple stock purchase, he left his wife (for good) and daughters (mostly for good) to devote his now-reclusive entire life to Marion. He's the kind of guy of whom my Marine D.I. father like to describe as "for someone his age, he's not wired together right." But, hey: We live in a pluralistic society.
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Good listening wasn't a trait that extended to Stokes's family life, and she made things miserable for her ultimately devoted chauffeur and personal assistant (both interviewed here) whose main job was to record — all the time. She made life impossible for her son from marriage No. 1 (Michael Metelis), even though he was a really good kid and smart as hell in ways that were too conventional for her (she owned somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 books and read them). She had husband Stokes so cowed that when one of his daughters stalked him into having a brief conversation in the park, he implored her not to tell Marion.
Ultimately, she amassed 140,000 VHS tapes and was wealthy enough that she could store them in her apartments, leaving more room to pack-rat other possessions. Someone here makes the interesting and credible observation that hoarders keep what no one else wants, while collectors stockpile rare treasures that somebody somewhere would likely covet. In terms of her recordings, at least, she was in the latter category, and her collection of national and local coverage of racially motivated police brutality can almost stand alone. But in terms of "mission,'' she was working with outdated technology on its way to becoming all but permanently unavailable, which meant time wasn't on her side.
After her death, her son very eventually found the Internet Archive, which was probably the only place capable of copying this trove. Director Wolf comes up with some exceptionally impressive visuals that capture the true scope of Marion's combined holdings when boxed up, to say nothing of lifting a full clip history of Stokes's chronicled era, which even includes sporting events and the kind of oddballs who used to appear daily on Phil Donahue's show. My favorite one splits the screen into four sections to show us simultaneous real-time footage of how quickly NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox were to interrupt the usual morning-show business to cut to the first plane hitting the first WTC tower on 9/11.
Director Wolf caught a major break when son Michael turned out to be so smart, articulate, philosophical and finally loving of his mother after a very difficult upbringing that many people wouldn't have survived. That he can relate the personal-story part of the documentary with such objective clarity frees up Wolf's very fine commentary to concentrate not exclusively but primarily on the technical and labor-intensive efforts by Stokes, himself and the Internet Archive to make the material a reality — and into a viable format.
On a work-obsession level, Project reminds me a little of Finding Vivian Maier, the doc about the American street photographer whose holdings proved to be amazing after she died. As a portrait of an exceptional talent incurring misery on her family while fighting her own demons, it reminds me a little of Liz Garbus's What Happened, Miss Simone?, the Oscar-nominated and exceptionally great portrait of its "Miss" (Nina Simone). But due to the specialized achievement of its subject, Project kind if stands alone, even though Stokes had one of those personalities that no one will be fully able to read.
Mike's Picks: "Murder, He Says" and "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project"
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Jay-Z and Kanye West unveil the official tracklisting for their collaborative project Watch The Throne.
Jay-Z and Kanye West have revealed the tracklisting for the deluxe version of their collaborative album Watch The Throne.
The hip-hop pair have been working on the 16-track record over the last year. They set up a recording studio in the Mercer hotel in New York to record parts of it.
The tracklisting includes the Beyoncé-starring 'Lift Off', but also confirms that Bruno Mars will not feature on the song as previously thought.
Odd Future's Frank Ocean appears on opening track 'No Church in The Wild'. Mr Hudson - who has previously worked with each of the rappers - features on the standard edition's closing song 'Why I Love You'.
Jay-Z last week previewed the album to journalists in New York, where the 41-year-old musician revealed that the final album is the third iteration.
Watch The Throne is expected to be released on August 2.


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Space Yeast, Rare Fruit & Roving Coolships
November 27, 2019, by Will Ziebell
Many Australians share a collective idea of Hawaii being purely about beaches and great surf but, just as we frequently remind tourists coming to these shores expecting little more than beaches and life-threatening beasts, there's a lot more diversity to behold.
From blizzard-hit volcanic peaks to dense rainforests, the state is flush with different wildlife and ecosystems. In fairness, there's a lot of coast too. And it's that diversity Steve Haumschild (pictured above), co-founder and head brewer at Lanikai Brewing, quite literally captures in his beers.
"We try to say we're an authentic Hawaiian beer company," he says. "What that means to me is, if you make an IPA in Hawaii, it doesn't make it a Hawaiian IPA."
Steve says he personally forages for close to 30 percent of the ingredients used in his beers, with that bounty including flowers, roots and the wild yeasts used in Lanikai's sour beers. Often, the fruits used in those beers are those closely associated with Pacific islands but Steve says he tries to showcase many native Hawaiian ingredients that are rarely used in the culinary world and, as we'll get to later, isn't averse to plundering the heavens either.
"When most people think of Hawaii, they think about coconut and pineapple for the most part," he says. "And we do use those sometimes, but then there's something like Buddha's Hand, a citrus-looking flower that tastes like a lemon drop candy."
Lanikai opened in 2015 and is named after the beachside community Steve calls home, with "Lani" meaning heaven and "Kai" meaning sea. While it's far from the first craft brewery in Hawaii, Steve sees their focus on local produce, seasonality and terroir as setting them apart.
"When I travel somewhere, I want to try the local food and local drinks and I didn't really feel like we had that in Hawaii," he says.
"There's a lot of great breweries in Hawaii and most of them stay true to style because they want that consistency. But, for us, we're trying to represent a time and a place and that time and a place is Hawaii and the growing seasons."
Right: Lanikai's Australian importer, Adam Betts, helps gather fruit for a brew. Left: sudachi citrus.
It means any beer recipe starts with whatever ingredients they can get their hands on. Lanikai's imperial IPA includes pikake flowers, a member of the jasmine family that's often used in perfumes or to make leis. Consistency might drive many breweries but, for Steve, he prefers an approach more in tune with agriculture, where different growing seasons effect what's in the glass.
"Mango will be sweeter this season compared to next season, so that might reflect in the beer even if we make it in the same way," he says. "When we run out of the ingredients we're making that style with, because it's very seasonal, we just stop making that beer."
There are, of course, limitations to that approach. Hawaii might be full of local fruit but the cost of land and climate makes barley and hop growing better left to mainland America but, Steve says, every beer Lanikai makes has Hawaiian produce in it.
Often, part of that makeup is from the yeast and bacteria, with Hawaii's diverse ecology giving Steve plenty of room to explore. He has somewhere between 100 to 125 yeast strains he's picked up from volcano edges to rainforests by the ocean. Some bacteria he uses for quick sours while the Hawaiian Wild Ales are spontaneously fermented and can spend years in barrel. For the latter, Steve relies on a portable coolship, designed to fit inside a shipping container so he can transport it across the state.
"We take it to other islands and I'll call up friends who own breweries on those islands and they'll make the wort for me," he says.
Catching that wild yeast and bacteria is a process Steve refers to as bio-prospecting: the hunt for suitable brewing yeasts that has a success rate that varies widely.
Lanikai's roving coolship soaking in the atmosphere and on the move.
"When you go into nature and coolship in the middle of a jungle, your certainty level is going down dramatically," he says, adding his failure rate was somewhere around 90 percent when he started Lanikai's wild program.
"You're getting a mixed population of things and you have no clue of what's in there and they may not fire off."
That process of bio-prospecting is one that took Lanikai's beers far away from their typical origin and into space. Using an "Unidentified Fermenting Object" that was collected at 70,000 feet in the air, Lanikai brewed an Interplanetary Ale, a beer that gave the brewery widespread attention when it was released in July just in time for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
It might seem like a wild departure from focusing on the terroir of Hawaii but Steve says a few chance encounters proved too appealing to miss for a science nerd who'd held a long fascination with space.
NASA regularly runs scientific programs on Hawaii and, after meeting two research pilots, he got talking to them about brewing in space. Steve let the pilots know he was keen to see what kind of yeast could be collected on their next research flight and the trio spent the night dissecting the problems they'd have to come: how best to grab any yeast that might be living in dust or water particles in the earth's stratosphere; would anything survive the journey back? How could they be sure what they collected was even from the stratosphere?
"We looked at each other at the end of that night of drinking and said, 'This probably isn't going to work but let's do it anyway.' It's in that spirit of exploration."
During their next research flight, the two pilots opened up the petri dish at 70,000 feet, brought it back to earth and sent it off to be independently verified at Mainiacal Yeast Labs in Maine. Two different yeasts survived the journey home but Steve says only one was right for brewing beer.
"We could identify its lineage and its families and there were enough characteristics within there that we knew it was safe for human consumption, that it would produce alcohol and it would produce flavour. That was enough to make a beer with."
Steve describes the Interplanetary Ale as starting off smelling strongly like sourdough yeast before picking up funky and overripe tropical fruit like qualities. He's not done with the alien yeast either: they're currently testing how stable it can be while packaged and what other styles he can brew with it, saying the UFO particularly loves acids in beer.
"We recently rebrewed with it a few weeks ago. This time we made more of a saison style and instead of using alpha acids from hops we threw lime zest on there to see how it would handle the different acid. In packaging, the flavour continues to change and every keg is tasting different [based on its age]. This particular thing can survive at freezing temperatures so being in our cold room does nothing to it.
"It's constantly evolving on us."
While there's no space beers landing anytime soon, Lanikai Brewing's beers are currently available in Australia through Northdown, Craft Beer Movement.
About Will
Will Ziebell is a history graduate who knows more about The Wire than he does about beer. He was awarded the AIBA Best Media trophy for 2018; HBO have told him to please send his fan mail elsewhere. He can be found on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.
The beer(s) or moment(s) that turned you on to good beer:
Spending time living in the UK (and backpacking across Europe) when I was 21 certainly gave me a better understanding of the beer and different styles of the world. But I'd say it was a holiday to the High Country a little while later when lunch and a tasting paddle at Bridge Road Brewers created an obsession with Australian breweries and locally made beer.
You've got three beers to turn someone else on to good beer; what are they and why?
Boatrocker's Miss Pinky: It's a raspberry-packed Berliner Weisse that neither looks or tastes the way many people conceive of beer.
Bad Shepherd Hazelnut Brown: A luscious mix of chocolate and hazelnut that can appeal to the sweet tooth within us all.
Stone & Wood Pacific Ale: As the father of my oldest friend once said to me: "It's the perfect refreshing pint that smells like they've loaded it with the God's herb."
The last beer you enjoyed:
Garage Project's DFA while sitting at the bar at Miss Moses as the sounds of The Rolling Stone drifting in the background.
Three things that represent you:
The State Library of Victoria
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WHEATLAND (IOWA) F&B Communications has been recognized by NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, the premier association representing nearly 900 independent, community-based telecommunications companies that are leading innovation in rural and small-town America, as a Certified Gig-Capable Provider for delivering gigabit broadband speeds and enabling technological innovation in the Calamus and Wheatland exchanges.
As a Certified Gig-Capable Provider, F&B Communications joins a national campaign to build awareness and industry recognition of community-based telecom providers that have built communications networks capable of delivering Internet speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, which is 100 times faster than those currently available in many U.S. households. F&B will be recognized in NTCA media, on the NTCA website and during association conferences and events.
To achieve certification, telecommunications companies must show that gigabit technology is currently commercially available within 95% of one or more exchanges within its serving territory and that such service can be provided without new trenching or stringing new aerial facilities. This statement must be confirmed by a letter from an engineering firm or other independent source involved in the company's network planning, deployment or operation.
F&B continues its gigabit fiber deployment in Lowden in 2018, followed by Bennett and Delmar.
More information about the NTCA Gig-Capable Provider certification program is available at http://www.ntca.org/gigcertified.
F&B Communications is the premiere local telecommunications provider offering telephone, long distance, digital video, high-speed fiber and DSL Internet, satellite Internet and home security services to customers in the Bennett, Calamus, Delmar, Lowden and Wheatland exchanges and surrounding areas. The company also provides computer sales and service through their Technology Solutions retail store.
To learn more about F&B Communications, visit the company Web site at http://www.fbc-tele.com.
NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association is the premier association representing nearly 850 independent, community-based telecommunications companies that are leading innovation in rural and small-town America. NTCA advocates on behalf of its members in the legislative and regulatory arenas, and it provides training and development; publications and industry events; and an array of employee benefit programs. In an era of transformative technological advancements, regulatory challenges and marketplace competition, NTCA members are leading the technological evolution for rural consumers, delivering robust and high-quality services over future-proof networks that make rural communities vibrant places in which to live and do business. Because of their efforts, rural America is fertile ground for innovation in economic development, e-commerce, health care, agriculture and education and contributes billions of dollars to the U.S. economy each year.
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Mango Salsa: fresh mango, pineapple, cucumber and more!
I attended a party at a friend's house recently and was asked to bring my restaurant style salsa. I went a bit crazy actually and brought that as well as my chunky salsa, a guacamole and this mango salsa I'm about to show you how to make. The star of the party? Mango salsa, hands down!
The day of the party, everyone one was raving about this mango salsa that I threw together based off of what I had in my kitchen. That was pretty astonishing considering it was not at all mango season. I made this for a New Year's Eve party!
Now that barbecue season is upon us, I thought it was high time I added my mango salsa and this strawberry salsa to this blog.
Choosing ripe mangos can be tricky unless you know what to look for. The color of the mango's skin is not an indicator of ripeness, but rather the variety of the fruit. According to the National Mango Board, a ripe mango will give slightly when you squeeze it, similar to a peach or avocado.
Another way to gauge ripeness is to smell the stem end. A ripe mango will smell like, well, a mango! This video from the National Mango Board shows how to pick a ripe mango.
Mangoes are delicious, but they can be frustrating to cut if you don't know how to do it. I'm including a video below of four different ways to cut a mango. I would recommend the first method for salsa, but the fourth method is fun and makes for a pretty presentation.
I also use pineapple in this salsa recipe. You can use canned pineapple, but I recommend fresh pineapple as it has a firmer texture that will hold up better in the salsa. You can usually buy cored, fresh pineapple in the produce department of your local grocer, or you can buy an entire pineapple and use the extra for another pineapple recipe.
The other fresh ingredients I use are cucumber (English cucumber works as well), red bell pepper and red onion. I wouldn't recommend using green bell pepper in this recipe simply because it's not as mellow as red, but yellow or orange bell pepper have milder flavors and will work well. Plus the red, yellow or orange bellow pepper add gorgeous color to this salsa!
It's best to use red onion, as yellow and white onion can be too harsh. However, Vidalia sweet onions would be an acceptable substitute.
Don't be afraid of the jalapeno! As long as you remove the white pith and the seeds, fresh jalapeno is not super hot and adds a nice little bite to this mango salsa.
I use lime in this recipe and it's what I recommend. Lemon can be substituted but will give it a different flavor, try to go with lime. For those wondering, you can use bottled lime juice, I prefer freshly squeezed.
Finally, don't skip the fresh cilantro! Fresh cilantro has such a distinct flavor, it really kicks this salsa up a notch.
I am not much of a gadget person, but there's one "gadget" that I absolutely love and use all the time. It's my Vidalia Chop Wizard and it's ideal for chopping ingredients for salsa! I even bought one for my daughter for Christmas and she uses hers all the time too!
I also think every kitchen should have a really big mixing bowl. When mixing up salsa for a crowd, you need something big enough to allow you to mix and turn your ingredients and get everything incorporated.
A good knife is a cook's best friend. Trying to slice a tomato with a dull knife is fruitless.
It's certainly not a deal breaker, but having a pretty serving set for your chips and salsa is great for potlucks, parties, barbecues as well as baby and bridal showers.
This mango salsa is absolutely delicious. My friend Cathy texted me on New Year's Day and said she couldn't find the recipe on my blog. She insisted I send it to her and proceeded to make it 4 times over the next couple of months. She told me they couldn't get enough of it and it was their new favorite snack! I hope you get a chance to try it too.
If you are a salsa fan you'll definitely want to check out this pineapple salsa as well as this amazing cranberry salsa. I can't close this post without telling you about these super yummy loaded nachos as well. Hope you have a great week!
Switch it up and bring a Bruschetta for your guests! Because who doesn't love a salsa-like concoction atop a piece of warm sliced bread? It's truly addicting. Another great BBQ dip is Cowboy Caviar. Your guests will thank you.
This mango salsa is full of fresh veggies and sweet fruit! Perfect for a potluck or barbecue.
Simply combine ingredients in a large bowl, stirring and turning to combine.


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How do you even rent a house? Everyone gets a house in the beginning of the game.
THE RENT IS TOO **** HIGH PARTY. ROFL.
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First off.. everyone has a house, and they are not that desperate enough to RENT a house. They could use that money your ripping off to buy their own items to create something of their liking. No offense, you'll get barely any customers. Renting is pretty lame, just saying.
We have a house. All of us do. Antlers is right and Egg made me happy.
Ps. The rent is too dang high going rated E10 mode.
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I know who I'm voting for.
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I actually met the guy at a Starbucks. He is even funnier irl.


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ADAMS, Richard N.
A Community In The Andes; Problems and Progress in Muquiyauyo.
maps. 8vo, cloth; (tear in page with no loss of text). Univ. of Washington Pr., 1959.	More
ALEXANIAN, Nubar
Stones in the Road: Photographs of Peru.
Manchester: Cornerhouse, 1991. Poem by Jose Maria Arguedas. Many photographic illustrations. 4to, grey cloth. (Manchester): Cornerhouse, (1991). First edition. Fine. Signed by the artist on the title page.	More
ANDRIEN, Kenneth J.
Andean Worlds; Indigenous History, Culture, and Consciousness under Spanish Rule, 1532-1825
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2001. Illus. 8vo, black boards, d.w., boards, endpapers, front flyleaf, and some top margins, all lightly dampstained. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, (2001). Book Club Edition.	More
AVENI, Anthony F.
Nasca; Eighth Wonder of the World?
London: British Museum Press, 2000. 13 color and 115 b/w Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w., cloth covers slightly warped, pages throughout are slightly wavy. (London): British Museum Press, (2000).	More
BANDELIER, Adolph F.
The Islands of Titicaca and Koati.
New York: 1910. Folding maps, 86 Illus. xvii, 358pp. Tall 8vo, maroon cloth, front cover slightly warped, spine and top of front cover sunned, spine ends and edges of corners rubbed, corners lightly bumped. New York, 1910. First Edition.	More
BARDELLA, Gianfranco.
Setenta y Cinco Anos de Vida Economica del Peru, 1889-1964.
illus. 4to, cloth. (Lima): Banco de Credito del Peru, (1964). vg.	More
BAUDIN, Louis.
L'Empire Socialiste des Inka.
maps. 4to, cloth. Paris, 1928.	More
BELTRAN, Miriam.
Cuzco; Window on Peru.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Knopf, 1970. vg.	More
BENNETT, Wendell C.
Ancient Arts of the Andes.
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1954. Frontispiece. Several color plates; profusely illustrated with black-and-white plates. 187 pages, 8vo, gray cloth. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, (1954). Very good.	More
BINGHAM, Hiram.
Machu Picchu: A Citadel of the Incas
New York: Hacker Art Books, 1979. Illustrated throughout in b/w. 244 pages. Tall 8vo, tan pictorial cloth. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1979. Reprint. A near fine copy.	More
BISCHOF, Werner, FRANK,Robert & VERGER,Pierre.
From Incas to Indios.
New York: Universe, 1956. Numerous black & white photographic illustrations in color & in black & white. Slim 4to, white cloth, d.w. New York: Universe Books, (1956). Very good.	More
Carte du Perou, avec une partie des Pays qui en sont a l'Est
Paris: Bonne, Rigobert, 1780. Map. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Image measures 12.5" x 8.5". Map of Peru and some of Ecuador, including Lake Titicaca, Lima, Cuzco and Quito. Minor scattered foxing.	More
BRADFORD, Thomas Gamaliel
Brazil, Bolivia, & Peru.
Boston: Ticknor, W.D., 1835. Map. Engraving with original color outline. Image measures 7.75" x 10". Brazil in 1835 from Guyana and Colombia in the north to Uruguay in the south and from Bolivia in the west to the Atlantic. T.G. Bradford (1802-1887) was a Boston based publisher. He worked as assistant editor of the American Encyclopedia before entering the field of map making.	More
BRUNDAGE, Burr Cartwright.
Two Earths, Two Heavens; An Essay Contrasting the Aztecs and the Incas.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Univ. of NM Pr., (1975). vg.	More
BUCHON, Jean Alexandre
Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Perou.
Paris: Buchon, Jean Alexandre, 1825. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13.5" x 12.25", image plus text measures 18.5" x 24.5". Includes historical and cultural information in French. Some wear along edges. From the French (1825) edition of Carey and Lea's 1822 "A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas"	More
BURLAND, C.A., intro.
The Face of the Sun Kingdoms.
The Indians of Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Peru and their ancient lands, photographed by George Bunzl. 116 plates, 5 in color. thin 4to, cloth, d.w. London: Fountain, (1966). vg.	More
BURR, David H.
New York: Illman & Pilbrow, 1835. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 12.75" x 10.5". Shows Lake Titicaca as Bolivian, whereas modern borders share it with Peru.	More
BUSHNELL, G. H. S.
Peru.
New York: Praeger, 1960. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Praeger, (1960). Very good.	More
CAREY & LEA
Geographical, Historical, and Statistical Map of Peru
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1822. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14" x 12.75", image plus text measures 16.5" x 20.75". Includes information pertaining to history, climate and culture. From "A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas..." of 1822.	More
CIEZA DE LEON, Pedro de
The Discovery and Conquest of Peru; Chronicles of the New World Encounter
Durham: Duke University Press, 1998. Edited and Translated by Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble David Cook. Illus. 501pp. 8vo, tan cloth, back cover lightly soiled. Durham: Duke University Press, (1998).	More
D'HARCOURT, R. and M.
La Musique des Incas et ses Survivances
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1925. Illustrated. 2 volumes, 4to, (Vol. I): Original printed wrappers, (Vol. II): Original 1/2 brown cloth, tan boards. Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1925. First Edition. Very Good. Volume I has a loose front wrapper that has been crudely reattached with tape. Also there is some edgewear to the spine and back wrapper. Volume II has a lightly soiled spine. This volume has 39 plates laid in, as issued, 2 are in color.	More
DE ACOSTA, Jose
Iosephi Acosta, Societatis Iesu, De Natura Novi Orbis Libri Duo. Et de Promulgatione Evangelii apud Barbaros, sive, De procuranda Indorum salute, Libri Sex.
Cologne: Arnold Mylius, 1596. Woodcut title vignette (with IHS initials); typeset marginalia throughout. [16], 581, [3 blank] pages. Short thick 8vo, contemporary calf; attractive inlaid covers with blind and gilt-stamped decorations (recent labels on spine). Coloniae Agrippinae: In officina Birkcmannica, sumptibus Arnoldi Mylij, 1596. A near fine copy of this uncommon book "The first two books of this work are nearly the same books of 'Historia natural y moral de las Indias' [originally published in Salamanca, 1588]; the other six..... More
DE BETANZOS, Juan
Narrative of the Incas
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996. Translated and edited by Roland Hamilton and Dana Buchanan. A few Illus. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. sunned on spine portion, some pages slightly wavy. Austin: University of Texas Press, (1996).	More
DE FERRARI, Gabriella
Gringa Latina: A Woman of Two Worlds
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 176 pages, short slim 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper (previous bookseller's price tag on the back). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page to the philanthropist Martin Segal: "For Martin, my great mentor and wonderful friend, Gabriella."	More
Gringa Latina; A Woman of Two Worlds
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 8vo, 1/2 brown cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Fine.	More
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Dr. Huang joined UCL in 2011 after obtaining his Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, USA. He also holds a M.S. degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and a B.S. from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in his hometown, Anhui, China. He is on leave, and will be affiliated as a Honorary Lecturer.
Dr Huang has broad research interests in consumer bounded rationality in operations and marketing, and operations and marketing interfaces. His research articles have been published in top academic journals in his field, such as Production and Operations Management, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Marketing Science, and Naval Research Logistics. One of his published papers is the Winner of the 2015 Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award published in Production and Operations Management during 2014 (out of around 150 published papers in that journal). One of his working papers was selected as one of the Semi-Finalists in the 2013 INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Paper Competition.
He is on the Editorial Review Board of Production and Operations Management Journal. He frequently serves as a reviewer for all the leading journals in his field: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Marketing Science, Management Science, Operations Research, Naval Research Logistics, IIE Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, among other journals. He is a regular speaker in the recent major research conferences in Operations Management and Management Sciences. He was invited as a track chair of the Service Operations Track in the Annual POMS meeting 2015. He was session chairs for POMS meetings and INFORMS meetings several times recently.
Huang, T., & Chen, Y. J. (n.d.). Service systems with experience-based anecdotal reasoning consumers. Production and Operations Management.


This 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom Single Family home for sale is currently listed for $649,900. Located in Jerome, MI, 11517 Highland Hills Dr Drive features a lot size of 12,937 Sq. Ft. and was built in 1999. It has been on Coldwell Banker for 29 days. This listing is provided courtesy of ERA REARDON REALTY. Looking for more homes for sale near this one? View all Jerome, MI homes and connect with local real estate agents.


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Bevon Lewis is a well-known mixed martial artist from the United States popular as a UFC fighter competing in the Middleweight division. Bevon Lewis was born on 1991-05-05 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Growing up, Bevon Lewis practiced Striking, Muay Thai, Kick Boxing, and Freestyle wrestling.
Turning pro-MMA fighter in 10/29/2015, Bevon Lewis has appeared in 6 pro events and 5 amateur fights with a total of 6 wins and 0 losses in his pro career. The middleweight Middleweight fighter is signed with the UFC since 7-10-2018.
Bevon Lewis grew up in Lawrenceville, he has said that he was Interested in Fighting from a young age.
Further, he holds an American nationality and his ethnicity is African.
He is 6' 2" tall and weighs 170 Lbs. The MMA fighter has 79-inch of punching reach.
Bevon Lewis is estimated to have earned around $30 K from his last fight against Alton Cunningham. Further, his current net worth isn't known.
Bevon Lewis despite being an active fighter wasn't known to the mainstream fight world until he appeared on Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series.
On 07/10/2018, he fought against Alton Cunningham at DWTNCS - Season 2, Episode 4 and won the match held on 07/10/2018 via TKO (Referee Stoppage) in round 1.
On DWTNCS 8, Lewis made his UFC debut in a fight against Elias Urbina. He won the match held on 08/29/2017 via TKO (RefrRefereeppage) in round 2, and he got the UFC's top man's attention.


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Henley Halebrown > Copper Lane. London
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Photography: architects Henley/ archdaily
London's first co-housing scheme consists of six homes. The architecture supports an "intentional" community and, with it's shared facilities, heralds radical changes in the urban home. It shows how architecture can respond to a new social need that has arisen through changes in both lifestyles and economics, making home ownership more affordable as well as shaping more convivial and sustainable neighbourhoods.
1-6 Copper Lane replaces a disused children's nursery on a 1,000m2 backland site behind residential streets. The design strategy was to develop a building type that manifests the idea of "communality" and to maximise external space. Compared to typical terraced houses where the public sphere ends at the front door, it is clear on entering 1-6 Copper Lane that, although defined, boundaries between public and private space have been extended beyond the norm.
The timber elevations to the court use wider boards and planted battens. This, more rudimentary, detail castes strong shadows and is more tactile than the smoother outward elevations. The communal facilities are located beneath the court at the heart of the scheme. The houses share a palette of simple and robust materials.Inside walls and ceilings are unpainted natural white plaster, the upper floors and staircases are white-oiled Douglas Fir timber and the lower ground floor is screeded."Landscape" timber framed windows allow oblique views within the site.A family of staircase "types" are employed. In one house the stair incorporates a window seat.The philosophy reduces the households' collective impact on the environment in the construction of their homes and in their daily lives.The four 3-storey houses are clad in untreated vertical timber boards, the two 2-storey houses in brick.The scheme allows for a continuous perimeter of communal gardens which offer varied growing conditions and atmospheres. As a result, there is a strong feeling of the project being intrinsically linked to its land.Both the perimeter gardens and the inner court emphasise this bond to the site.
The performance of the building fabric – insulation, air tightness, and heat recovery ventilation – plays a vital role instead of expensive and unproven technology.the embodied energy of construction has been considered in every respect: recycling waste material from the demolition; timber superstructure; timber cladding; timber fenestration and partial green roofs.


I heard the humans were talking about transitions this week. Horses do lots of transitions, from standing to walking, or walking to trotting, or trotting to cantering. Sometimes we do transitions slowly, from one gait to another. We take our time getting into the new gait because we aren't in a hurry. Of course, something has to motivate us to move, whether it is some discomfort like a bug annoying us, or whether it is something interesting like a person holding a carrot.
Then there are times where are transitions are really fast! We might go from standing still to galloping off. This happens when we get really excited or really surprised. When we get really excited we let everyone know it because it's amazing to feel that way and we want to share it with everyone around us! When we get surprised, we also want everyone to know it because it might be something they need to know about in order to stay safe. Or, it may be that we are the only one who is surprised and if we tell everyone about it, they might have some information we can use to calm ourselves back down. For instance, sometimes I get scared of a toy ball blowing around the pasture. I transition and snort, running away! But then I realize that Boden is walking up to it and pushing it with his nose and I know that he wouldn't do anything too dangerous, so it allows me to get curious instead of scared.
When we do transitions, we also need to have some balance. Sometimes we have all of our weight on one foot for a moment while we strike off into a new gait. We can't do this for long, but we can do it in the moment of power when we push off into a faster gate. If we weren't balanced we would just fall over.
We also need motivation. We have to want to protect ourselves, be curious, want to be more comfortable, or want to get somewhere else. This is what gives us the drive to do any transition.
I've heard that humans have transitions, too. I hope that when you hear about our transitions as horses, maybe it will help the humans figure out how to get through their transitions just a little better.
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Bulgarian Cabinet to ask EBRD for its position on Mitrev
September 7, 2017 September 8, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff
Bulgaria's Cabinet decided on September 7 to ask the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for its position on Kalin Mitrev, the Bulgarian representative on the EBRD board, following media reports about an alleged "Azerbaijani laundromat" influence-buying and money laundering scheme.
Speaking after the Cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said that the government had refrained from taking a position on Mitrev, who was named in the reports, pending the EBRDs' response to a formal letter from the government about the allegations.
The reports said that Mitrev had received payment for consultancy work from a firm in Azerbaijan.
Goranov said that Mitrev had sent an explanation to the government, pointing out that he had received the payment for consultancy work while not an employee of the EBRD.
This income was declared and taxes paid on it in Bulgaria, which was verifiable, he said.
Goranov said that at this stage, the Cabinet saw no violation of Bulgarian law.
It was the EBRD that decided on appointments and dismissals, Goranov said. The Bulgarian government, which nominated but did not appoint its representative on the EBRD board of directors, could only express a position.
Mitrev, who also represents Poland and Albania on the EBRD board, has strongly denied any wrongdoing. He dismissed the reports as baseless speculation. Mitrev, who is the spouse of Unesco director-general Irina Bokova, described the reports as an attack on his family. This attack was doomed to failure, he said.
On the morning that the Bulgarian Cabinet met, the Prosecutor's Office announced that Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov, responding to the media reports, had ordered an investigation into Mitrev.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office and the National Revenue Agency would look for any information that there had been tax evasion or money-laundering, the statement said.
Mitrev has served for several years as Bulgaria's representative on the EBRD board of directors.
His CV describes him as an experienced professional with a 30-year career extending across both the public and private sector in such diverse areas as diplomacy, public finance, privatisation, capital markets, investments and corporate management.
Mitrev was one of the designers and founders of the Bulgarian stock market, including the First Bulgarian Stock Exchange, the Central Depository and the first Stock Exchange and Securities Bill. It adds that he designed and headed the process of mass privatisation in Bulgaria as its Chief Executive.
As the Executive Director of the Bulgarian Industrial Holding managed, Mitrev supervised and served as president or member of the board a number of major industrial enterprises, notably in shipbuilding, non-ferrous metallurgy, machine building, chemicals, among others, his CV says.
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Bulgaria impounds assets of eight CCB officials
August 26, 2014 August 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff
Archaeology: Basilica from the time of Constantine the Great found at Sofia's Serdica West Gate
December 12, 2012 December 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff
Bulgarian state railways to provide extra places on trains for March long weekend
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CHICAGO, Oct. 7, 2019 – Chicago-based R.J. O'Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, announced today a new appointment and promotions within its global sales organization. Joining the organization as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Commercial Agriculture and OTC Markets, is Renée Laird, a more than 20-year veteran of the grain industry and commodity markets. RJO has also promoted Keith Riddoch to the new post of Head of Retail Futures, North America, and Wilson Tan to the new role of Head of Asia Sales. Daniel Staniford, who was promoted in May to the new role of Chief Sales Officer at RJO, said: "Renée, Keith and Wilson will be instrumental in helping us achieve our global sales vision. They are all in a position to hit the ground running, with great ideas and plans for growing our commercial, OTC, retail and Asian sales operations." Laird will oversee both the Commercial Agriculture and OTC initiatives, including the OTC Structured Products Group led by Melisa Culbertson, Executive Director and Senior Vice President, OTC Structured Products. Laird started her career as a grain merchandiser at Liberty Grain Co. She has held various roles, including in trading, risk management and sales, at Koch Industries, Inc., Rabobank and Newedge/Société Générale. Recently Laird was founder and president of Tallgrass International Ltd., a consulting firm advising on strategic business and operational matters to enhance management and financial objectives. Riddoch, who has served as Executive Director and Country Head of RJO Canada and led the team's retail and institutional sales, will retain responsibility for retail sales in Canada and oversee further growth in the United States. He joined RJO Canada in 2011, after serving as Head of Retail Sales for Lind-Waldock Canada. Donna Heidkamp, Executive Director of the firm's U.S. private client division RJO Futures, will report to Riddoch. Wealth and Finance International Magazine named RJO Futures "2018's Most Trusted Financial Brokerage Firm," marking the first time that a futures brokerage has earned the award. Wilson Tan, who joined RJO in 2009 and has served for the past seven years as Executive Director, Country Head of Hong Kong, will broaden his responsibilities to lead the firm's sales throughout Asia. About R.J. O'Brien & Associates Founded in 1914, R.J. O'Brien & Associates is the largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, serving more than 80,000 institutional, commercial and individual clients globally, in addition to a network of approximately 300 introducing brokers (IBs). RJO services the industry's most expansive global network of IBs, a vast array of middle market firms and many of the world's largest financial, industrial and agricultural institutions. The firm offers state-of-the-art electronic trading and 24-hour trade execution on every major futures exchange worldwide. RJO has received the FOW International Award for "Non-Bank FCM of the Year" for the past three years. At its 2019 U.S. Services Awards, CTA Intelligence named RJO the "Best Independent FCM" – the seventh honor bestowed by the magazine on RJO and its UK affiliate. R.J. O'Brien was also the top-ranked broker in Oil Options and Structured Products in Europe in the 2019 Energy Risk Commodities Rankings. MEDIA CONTACT: Ellen G. Resnick Crystal Clear Communications 773/929-9292; 312/399-9295 (cell) eresnick@crystalclearPR.com DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE PDF
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Holy Spirit Interactive: Your Complete Guide to Catholic Youth Ministr -The introduction to this section on the Holy Spirit Interactive Web site reads as follows: "Have you ever wanted to set up a Youth Ministry in your parish or community, but didn't quite know how to get started? Holy Spirit Interactive, which has begun working actively with youth on several fronts, presents a 52-week course by Anand Menon that will take you through all the steps you need to build a vigorous, purpose-driven Youth Ministry within a year's time.
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MRM EXCLUSIVE: How to Win Over the Millennial Market
4 Min Read	 10.16.2017	 By Lora Kellogg
Millennials love chain restaurants. In fact, the latest EquiTrend Report found that they prefer chain and franchise restaurants more than older generations do. Ranking Five Guys as their favorite burger restaurant and Chick-fil-A as No. 1 in the chicken restaurant category, they also included Starbucks, Ben & Jerry's, and Papa John's as top picks.
For specific brands named by Millennials, this report is great news. Even those that don't make the list, though, should see a silver lining: The possibility of reaching and capitalizing on this influential group of consumers certainly exists; businesses just need to tailor their marketing in order to do so.
What do Millennials look for and value when choosing to dine at a particular franchise restaurant? It's a good start to reach this audience by becoming more mobile-centric through programs like mobile check-ins that allow customers to share their locations and restaurants of choice on social media. But businesses can engage this audience only when they learn to emphasize those characteristics that distinguish it.
Target the Millennial Mindset
Millennials crave authentic and empowering content that connects them with others, particularly those in their communities. That's why a social media platform that focuses on local branding is important. If restaurants can include the names and faces of people Millennials recognize or if they can highlight local events, then they can promote a personal touch. Localized content creates a connection by invoking a sense of trust and loyalty, which are attributes this generation values.
Millennials also tend to be environmentally conscious. They love the farm-to-table process, and 52 percent of organic food shoppers are Millennials who have children. Restaurants that can provide fresh, local ingredients have an advantage in attracting this younger demographic. But even if restaurants can't offer these sorts of products — because of availability or cost — loyalty programs that reward customers with a free meal after 10 purchases or use a point accumulation system that donates to local organizations cultivate a structure of "giving back." For instance, Starbucks recently instituted its first corporate bond aimed at sustainability projects, putting $500 million toward its support for sustainable coffee growers and similar efforts. Such concepts are popular with Millennials, as they think of the brands as being both environmentally conscious and community-oriented.
Businesses like Starbucks and Chick-fil-A are successful with Millennials because they already have various reward systems and partnerships in place. More importantly, they cater to Millennials' day-to-day habits. This generation prefers cooking at home, ordering delivery or dining quickly, and so casual dining chains — which might be perceived as less convenient — are struggling to attract them. Those restaurants becoming more competitive in this space are offering delivery services and faster dining options. For example, The Cheesecake Factory recently announced that it will expand delivery services to half of its U.S. locations through DoorDash. Not surprisingly, The Cheesecake Factory also ranked highest for Millennials' choice of casual dining.
Win Over the Millennial Market
By recognizing these qualities and implementing them into their marketing strategies, franchise restaurants can start to gain ground with the Millennial market. Here are four tips to help restaurants speak this generation's language:
1. Give Them a Great Deal
Millennials love a good discount. Money-conscious and often living on a budget, they will most likely try out your restaurant — and hopefully return — if you offer a deal. A good deal will help get them in the door, but the deal has to be more than just a price cut. To attract Millennials, a restaurant has to suggest exclusivity, be emotionally satisfying, and not feel too gimmicky.
Most importantly, target Millennials through text messaging or Facebook and Instagram. Social media will make that discount easier to access and use, and it also will allow your customers to share their experiences with their friends and followers.
2. Cultivate a Culture of Familiarity
This generation is driven by technology, the environment, and socializing. Offering free Wi-Fi at your restaurant, providing happy hour incentives, and incorporating large tables that can be used for gatherings all can help your business attract Millennials. You also might consider updating your aesthetic for this younger generation by incorporating cleaner lines and more modern landscaping.
You can add a technological aspect to the dining experience itself with tablets at each table. Ziosk, which provides the tabletop tech for franchises such as Chili's and Olive Garden, claims restaurants with the devices installed get more appetizer, dessert, and coffee orders than those without. The tablets can also include pay-to-play games for customers to enjoy while waiting for their meals, helping offset the purchase and installation fees.
3. Offer Luxurious Options and a Unique Experience
Particularly choosy about the foods they eat, Millennials want menu offerings that are simple, easy to understand and contain fresh (or at least healthful-sounding) ingredients. Franchises can take the local, handcrafted feel and infuse it into their offerings. Moreover, Millennials pay as much attention to how their food looks as they do to what's in it. It's all connected to social media, where the "Instagramability" of food and the dining experience is a big trend.
When it comes to service, Millennials want food that is prepared and served quickly but feels like a luxury. Millennials also want to feel important and see passion behind their purchases, so customer service should be personalized with a strong attention to detail. This generation loves an experience, so give them one, and make it an experience that they can deeply engage with.
4. Build a More Potent Brand
Whenever possible, work on your brand and positioning. Millennials are conscious of high-quality branding, social media, and website design, which leads them to assume (however incorrectly) that poor technology and branding reflect poor product quality. Because the perception of a company is so important to Millennials, positive reviews and word-of-mouth marketing also help your business build loyalty and long-term engagement.
Making better use of sites like Yelp can help your restaurant not only garner a substantial number of reviews, but it also can let you communicate directly with your customers through responses. That engagement increases brand visibility and marketplace positioning.
Immersing your marketing in this Millennial world takes an awareness of social responsibility, technology, and the overall sensibilities of this generation. Given that Millennials are now the predominant consumer generation, knowing how to court them is an important step in your franchise restaurant's continued viability.
Lora Kellogg
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Lora Kellogg is president and CEO of Curious Jane, an ad agency specializing in franchises. She and her team work with Franchise Times' Top 500 franchises and emerging franchises to grow sales, increase traffic, build brand awareness, increase leads and improve franchise development.


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Q: how to take an average of a 2x2 pixel block? I have an image and I have to take the average of the color of 2x2 pixel.
take the average color of a 2x2 pixel block, then compute the distance between the colors in the image and the colors available for our use.
I have no idea what taking the average of 2x2 pixel block means. How to solve this?
Thank you.

A: You can process non-overlapping blocks of an image using blockproc
Im = imread('coins.png');                            %// example image

fun = @(block_struct) mean( block_struct.data(:) );  %// anonymous function to get average of a block
B = blockproc(Im,[2 2],fun);                         %// process 2 by 2  blocks
imshow(B,[]);                                        %// show resulting image

A: One other method I can suggest is to use combination of colfilt with the 'sliding' flag and mean as the function to operate on.  The 'distinct' flag is what you actually need to use, but if you see the conversation between myself and @eigenchris, we couldn't get it to work.  Still, eigenchris has shown that this is 300x faster than blockproc.
Therefore, assuming your image is stored in im, you can simply do:
out = uint8(colfilt(im, [2 2], 'sliding', @mean));
out2 = out(1:2:end,1:2:end);

The reason why you would need to subsample the results is because when we apply a sliding option, you have overlapping blocks processing the image at a time.  Because you want distinct blocks, you only need 1/4 of the image because you have decomposed the image into 2 x 2 blocks.  Within a 2 x 2 block, if you did the sliding option, you would have three other results that are not required, and so doing the subsampling above by a factor of two eliminates those three other blocks that give results.
Note that you'll need to cast the result as the output will be of type double.

Going with the discussion between myself and eigenchris, you can replace colfilt with the canonical imfilter to replicate the first line of the above code.  I managed to get an 8x speedup on my machine when comparing the two together.  Therefore:
out = imfilter(im, [0.25 0.25; 0.25 0.25], 'replicate');
out2 = out(1:2:end,1:2:end);

In terms of speedup, I wrapped each call in an anonymous function, then used timeit to time the functions:
>> f = @() uint8(colfilt(im, [2 2], 'sliding', @mean));
>> g = @() imfilter(im, [0.25 0.25; 0.25 0.25], 'replicate');
>> T = timeit(f);
>> T2 = timeit(g);
>> T/T2

ans =

7.5421

As you can see, there is roughly a 8x speedup over colfilt... most likely because it's calling im2col and col2im under the hood.

A: Using loops: (another method, just for knowing)
A = imread('cameraman.tif');

i = 1; j = 1;
[rows, cols] = size(A);
C(rows/2,cols/2) = 0;
for x = 1:2:rows
    for y = 1:2:cols
        block = [A(x,y),A(x+1,y),A(x,y+1),A(x+1,y+1)];
        C(i,j) = mean(block(:));
        j = j+1;
    end
    i = i+1;
    j = 1;
end
C = uint8(C);

figure;
imshow(A);                          %// show original image
figure;
imshow(C);                          %// show resulting image

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The Premier's Awards recognize the tremendous social and economic contributions that Ontario's college graduates make to Ontario and throughout the world.
Presented annually, the Premier's Awards recognize graduates in the following six categories:
2019 Lambton College Premier's Awards Nominees:
Bolatito Alawode
Business Management – Marketing, Class of 2015
Founder, MyChopChop.Inc
Premier's Award Category: Recent Graduate
Bolatito Alawode is an entrepreneur who has turned her passion for staying connected to her African culture through food into Canada's largest online African marketplace. With Mychopchop, Bolatito has shipped African specialties to over 2000 homes across Canada and the United States. Mychopchop also supports two part-time employees and provides volunteer opportunities to immigrants needing Canadian work experience to gain employment. Bolatito was a 2018 recipient of the YMCA Women of Distinction Award and has been featured on CBC radio and on their website. She is also a Registered Mutual Funds Representative with the Royal Bank of Canada.
Richard Marcano
Clinical Counselor, Lifes Seasons
Premier's Award Category: Community Services
Richard Marcano has dedicated his career to amplifying the voices of youth in Ontario's systems of care. He is the President of the Board of Directors for the HairStory Project, an initiative that brings together black youth living in care to discuss their experiences, learn their rights, and advocate for change. Richard has participated in a roundtable with the federal government, consulted on a bill with the provincial government, presented the HairStory project to UN delegates, and worked with the Ontario Human Rights Commission on the issue of racial profiling. He is also a trauma counsellor for children and youth.
Robert Quirion
Programmer Analyst Diploma, Computer Science, Class of 1990
Founder, CEO, Owner, DealerMine
Premier's Award Category: Business
Robert Quirion is the founder and CEO of DealerMine, a company that produces customer relationship management solutions in use by 529 automotive dealerships across North America. As of June 2019, DealerMine boasts 251 fulltime, permanent employees in Richard's home community of Saint John, New Brunswick. In October of 2018, Robert sold DealerMine for $14 million, and in January of 2019 announced a five-year strategic partnership with a dealership group that allowed him to expand the company by 85 employees. Through DealerMine Robert has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to charitable and community organizations.
Salvatore Cardu
General Studies, Class of 1982
CEO, YogoBogo
Premier's Award Category: Technology
Salvatore Cardu is the founder and CEO of YogoBogo, a location-based mobile application that combines Salvatore's two main passions: community, and innovation. Through his mobile application, Salvatore is helping businesses reconnect with customers they may have lost touch with as the digital age took over in an overall effort to improve tourism. Hardly content with what he has already achieved, Salvatore is working on developing a virtual reality technology that would further boost customer engagement for businesses, and is partnering with other innovative technology firms.
Stephen Gamble
MET (Engineering), Class of 1983
Marketing Strategist, CEO & Founder, Frame Concepts
Premier's Award Category: Creative Arts and Design
Stephen Gamble is the founder and CEO of Frame Concepts, a firm dedicated to making complex technologies and solutions accessible and marketable through visual communications. In his 20-year marketing career Stephen has worked with companies ranging from small start-ups to major corporations including JP Morgan, IBM and GE. His company employs 25 people in both fulltime and contract capacities. Stephen has also authored a book titled Visual Content Marketing: Leveraging Infographics, Videos and Interactive Media to Attract and Engage Customers, and has worked as an adjunct professor teaching business, humanities and philosophy.
Marcel Blais
Nursing, Class of 2003
Rural Health Nurse Practitioner, Bluewater Health
Premier's Award Category: Health Sciences
Marcel Blais is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner who has split his 16-year career between high-ranking healthcare administration positions, and providing critical care to patients with life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Using his administrative experience, which includes stints as a Professional Practice Leader in Chatham-Kent, Director of Critical Care Services in Port Huron, and Executive Director of Hospice in Sarnia, Marcel helped create his own current Nurse Practitioner role with Bluewater Health to improve access to care in the rural community of Petrolia. Marcel has also spent over 20 years volunteering with the Community Concerns for the Medically Fragile organization.
Charlie Atkinson
Business Administration Marketing, Class of 1981
President, The Winning Practice
Premier's Award Category: Business
Charlie Atkinson has been delivery exceptional sales and business results for more than 30 years as an accomplished leader with a track record of over-achievement. He leveraged his college diploma into an exciting career in business, ultimately becoming the President of Hewlett Packard Enterprise where he delivered class-leading revenue and market share growth. Charlie gives back to his community and industry by sharing his expertise via conference keynotes, classroom presentations, and industry-related committees and as a consultant for his new business, The Winning Practice.
Nicole Paquette
Practical Nursing, Class of 2009
Co-founder, Noelle's Gift, and Registered Practical Nurse, Bluewater Health
Nicole Paquette is a passionate advocate for the health and well-being of marginalized children. As the co-founder of Noelle's Gift, Nicole has helped raise $1.25 million in the past five years, positively impacting the lives of approximately 20,000 children. The volunteer-run charitable organization has received local and provincial recognition for providing nutrition, clothing and educational equipment to thousands of marginalized children in the community.
Debbie Croteau
Medical Laboratory Technology, Class of 1991
Director, Diagnostic Services, Bluewater Health
Debbie started her healthcare career as a casual technologist and took on increasingly challenging roles as her career progressed. Now, as the Director of Diagnostic Services at Bluewater Health, she oversees 175 healthcare professionals and has championed a variety of initiatives to improve patient safety, laboratory quality standards, and staff engagement. Her efforts have been recognized with three award nominations, including one win, within Bluewater Health. Debbie also contributes her time on regional and provincial healthcare committees providing input on important issues to ensure all Ontarians have access to high-quality healthcare.
Bisi Alawode
Digital Photography, Class of 2015
Head Photographer, Bisi Alawode Photography
In the three years since his graduation, Bisi has received regional, national, and international acclaim for his photography and entrepreneurial endeavours. A 2016 recipient of the Top 30 Under 30 Awards for wedding photographers, Bisi is lauded for his ability to capture the ardor of his clients. In 2017, he was invited to present at an international photography conference and was nominated for a young entrepreneur award from his local community. He founded a networking group for Nigerian photographers now living in Canada and is training the next generation of photographers as a passionate instructor at two community colleges
Mike Collier
Radio Television Journalism, Class of 1982
Creative Writer and Illustrator, Self-employed
Premier's Award Category: Creative Arts & Design
Mike Collier has enjoyed a career spanning more than 35 years in communications, and has also worked as a writer and illustrator of children's Canadian historical literature for the past two decades. Mike's innovative Chugger Mugger Mystery series teaches children about events in Canada's history in a way that makes learning about history fun. Mike has also drawn upon his experience as a journalist and communications professional to develop The Young Canuckstorian Project, an interactive historical learning program for children, which teaches them to think critically and to write their own creative and journalistic stories about their local history.
Bernard Brocklehurst
Computer Programmer Analyst, Class of 1998
Senior Analyst/Developer, NOVA Chemicals
Bernard Brocklehurst founded Electro-Byte Technologies, a computer repair company, at 17 years of age. Within a year, the company became the first commercial internet service provider in the Sarnia-Lambton region. A programmer at heart, Bernard created an online ticket sales system for a music festival that processed more than $300,000 in ticket sales in 20 minutes, and a robust platform that reports critical bus passenger information to parents and education stakeholders. Since joining NOVA Chemicals, he has been formally recognized dozens of times for his IT projects and initiatives and was awarded the 2015 "Responsible Care Outstanding Contributor Award."
2017 Lambton College Premier's Awards Nominees:
Tara Duff-Cloes
President, John Duff Ltd.
Tara Duff-Cloes is the President of John Duff Ltd, a custom metal fabricating business that has prospered for 50 years. At the age of 22, she immersed herself in the steel business and overcame the prejudice she encountered as a woman in a male-dominated industry. Under her leadership, the firm has acquired specialized tools and welding certifications to fabricate unique steel projects, including the Canadian Arrow rocket ship and the emission-free energy producing Atmospheric Vortex Engine. Using a framework of respect, charity, and honesty to run her business, Duff-Cloes enjoys a positive reputation among clients and boasts numerous long-serving employees.
Richard Teskey
Child and Youth Worker, Class of 1997
Professor, Child & Youth Care, Lambton College
For 20 years, Richard Teskey has created unique educational and recreational programs to help youth build resilience and self-esteem. In 2009, Teskey founded the ACT II Theatre Program, a free therapeutic arts initiative, which has empowered more than 500 youth dealing with mental health and self-confidence issues. Teskey's innovative use of milieu therapy has helped hundreds of high-risk youth graduate from high school. In 2006, he authored the Therapeutic Classroom Curriculum that continues to be used in group homes and classrooms today. Teskey also contributes countless volunteer hours to various youth-oriented organizations in Sarnia-Lambton lending his expertise and counselling skills.
Dr. Don R. J. Castaldi
Law and Security, Class of 1991
Clinical Psychologist, Owner and Director, DC Waterstone Services
Dr. Castaldi holds a doctorate in clinical psychology with specializations in trauma, attachment, and forensics. He has over 25 years of experience working with people of all ages with severe psychopathology, brain injury, neuro-developmental challenges, addictive/obsessive behaviours, and with people who have endured and perpetrated traumatic events. In both Canada and the United States, Dr. Castaldi has been celebrated for his knowledge, insight and ability to understand complex cases and transform how professionals think about the people they engage and support. Dr. Castaldi's SIVA holistic, relationship-based approach has guided professionals in their support of individuals with complex needs.
Dan Edwards
Business, Class of 2014
Public Speaker, Self-employed
Motivational speaker, accessibility advocate and author Dan Edwards wants to make the world a better place. He does this by sharing his personal story of becoming paralyzed at the age of 18 and the emotional challenges he encountered afterwards. His public awareness initiatives have raised $75,000 to support mental health services in the community, contributed to the installation of 30 accessible ramps at local businesses, and informed thousands of youth about the mental health resources available to them. A passionate advocate for inspiring positive change, Edwards serves on various committees that support mental health and accessibility issues.
Sean Pinsonneault
Electronics Engineering Technology, Class of 1990
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Wagering, Woodbine Entertainment Group
Premier's Awards Category: Business
Sean Pinsonneault is a revolutionary leader who is changing the face of the horse racing industry across North America and the world. Considered an expert in his field, he is called upon to provide his expertise on the most influential Boards in horse racing. Pinsonneault's ability to navigate change and uncertainty with respect to wagering-related activities through the creation of a strategic vision has allowed him to drastically increase revenue generation for Woodbine Entertainment Group. His career success has transcended boundaries, resulting in the creation of industry standards that have changed how many other companies conduct their own business.
Shawn Johnston
Social Service Worker, Class of 2010
Events Coordinator, Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre, University of Waterloo
Premier's Awards Category: Community Services
After overcoming a 10 year addiction battle and issues of racism, homophobia, and abuse, Shawn Johnston found a new life at Lambton College. Having used the services provided by the Aboriginal Centre during his post-secondary journey and understanding the important role it plays, Johnston has dedicated his career to paying it forward. Johnston now works at the Aboriginal Centre at the University of Waterloo where he strives to make a difference in the lives of the Aboriginal students he serves. Johnston used his strong relationship building skills to drastically grow the program, ensuring that no Aboriginal student is left behind.
Aaron Huggett
Media Fundamentals, Class of 2002 / Chemical Production and Power Engineering Technology, Class of 2014
Creative Director, Eclipse Media Productions
Premier's Awards Category: Creative Arts & Design
As the Owner and Creative Director for Eclipse Media Productions, Aaron J. Huggett is a visionary film-maker who aims to bring about social change through the use of independent feature films, commercials, music videos and advocacy videos for non-profits. His innovative techniques have allowed him to produce a multitude of critically acclaimed feature films on the independent film circuit, impressively with some of the smallest budgets in the industry. As a screenwriter and film maker, Huggett's films have been distributed in 66 countries on all continents and have received numerous awards around the world.
Christopher Omira
Diploma in Nursing, Class of 2003
Community Health Nurse (Advanced Practice), Health Canada, First Nation & Inuit Health Branch
Premier's Awards Category: Health Sciences
Christopher Omira has spent his life defying the odds. Growing up in a small Kenyan village, he walked 10 km to school each day, often hungry, believing education was the key to lifting himself out of poverty. Omira has dedicated his life to making the world a better place. In Canada, he uses his nursing education to provide primary health care to some of the most disadvantaged residents in the country who live in isolated First Nation communities. In Africa, he co-founded a non-profit organization and helped launch a new school, student loan program, sanitary pad program, and health centre.
Anthony Varga
President & CEO, Endress+Hauser Canada Ltd.
Premier's Awards Category: Technology
In January 2016, Anthony Varga was named the President and CEO of Endress+Hauser Canada Ltd. This move came as a natural progression in Varga's career where he has gained a reputation as being a game-changer who gets results. A born leader, Varga has successfully used value stream mapping to evaluate an organization's operations from top to bottom, all while bringing an accelerated evolution into an organization in a way that people understand and fully engage with the changes. His reputation to bring about efficiencies and effectiveness to each organization he has worked with has been the cornerstone of his career.
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