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Debbie is CEO of GeoLang and Scrum Product Owner of GeoLang's Ascema DLP Solution. With 25+ years experience running IT companies, Debbie is an expert in cyber security and natural language processing. Awarded the first Prince of Wales Innovation Scholarship at the University of Wales, Debbie is also a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Glyndwr University. Debbie is currently a member of the Knowledge Transfer Network Defence and Security Advisory Board, formerly sat on the advisory board to HPC Wales and was an Advisory Board Member to the Wikimedia Foundation. An editor of two international (ISO) standards, Debbie also chaired a number of BSI/ISO committees as Principle UK and International Expert and is a named contributor to related internet standards by the Internet Engineering Task Force. Debbie was awarded a PhD in Computer Science for her thesis entitled 'Human Visual Perception in Cyber Security' and has patented the resultant Pseudo-Isochromatic CAPTCHA System as well as contributing to patents for GeoLang's Ascema platform.
Paul McFadden
Paul has over 10 years in senior finance positions within market leading digital information services, training and events businesses creating and leading scalable finance functions within both a private and listed environment. Most recently Paul was responsible for creating and leading a scalable shared service centre at Wilmington plc as the business grew by c60% (organically and via acquisition) in a 5 year period.
An expert in defence technology, security, sensing, natural language and speech, James was Head of Software Commercialisation at SRI in Silicon Valley, led a $150M project funded by DARPA, conceived and led the development of the SIRI programme before being spun out to Apple as the technology that know underpins Apples' Siri assistant. Based in the USA he provides strategic direction and detailed oversight of the GeoLang software team, as well as insight into US and global markets. James has worked in technology startups as a founder, CEO, CTO, investor, board member and advisor, most extensively in areas involving AI and language technology. James co-founded Discern, a natural language search engine acquired by Microsoft and also led R&D efforts in sensing, man-machine interfaces, and computer vision, RFID and ePaper, and holds a dozen related patents.
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As Personal Assistant (PA) to the Chief Executive Officer of GeoLang Limited, whilst concurrently operating as the Human Resource (HR) and Administration Manager across a wide variety of personnel subdivisions, including the implementation of assorted policies and procedures, conducting payroll, and the overall surveillance of staff welfare, Danielle's principal duties revolve around administrative assistance and support, both on a one to one basis and within the wider team. Prior to joining GeoLang in 2015, Danielle contributed to the research and preservation of various heritage-centred organisations, including a local military-based archive, graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Religious and Theological Studies in 2015.
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15 years experience in software development, has a degree in Software Engineering from Glasgow University and has spent 15 years in the industry. He is a certified Scrum Master (Scrum: industry standard agile software development framework). Experience includes 8 years with Business Objects specializing in OLAP server technology and 7 years in various startups. Joined GeoLang in June 2013 as Lead Architect for Ascema.
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Backed by a Masters in Advanced Computer Science from University of St Andrews, Arjun has several multi-disciplinary researches to his credit and has experience in multiple programming languages and technologies. He has to his credit peer-reviewed international publications covering social network analysis, rapid sense making, personal, organisational and national security in social media. Arjun is a certified natural language analyst with experience in machine learning, sentiment analysis, ontology and semantic annotations. He is also a Scrum Certified Product Owner. Joined GeoLang in September 2011.
Nicolas Hughes
With 20 years of experience in software development, Nic joined GeoLang in 2018 from 10 years consulting to the lead UK cyber security agency on testing and assurance. He has a wealth of experience from testing in a range of sectors – including finance, government, security and pharmaceuticals – and is also a certified trainer for the ISTQB Advanced Test Manager qualification.
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Q: Getting a NullPointerException when loading an image I am trying to print a report designed by iReport (5.0.4).
This report uses a company logo (logo.png).
When I remove this image from the report everything works fine.
When I leave it in the report, the report execution crashes.

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillImage.evaluateImage(JRFillImage.java:1034)

I am loading the picture in Java.
BufferedImage logo = null;
 try {
  logo = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("logo.png"));
     } catch (Exception ex) {
  throw new ReportException(ex.getMessage());
  }
try {
 JasperReport report = (JasperReport)JRLoader.loadObjectFromLocation(reportName);
 parameter.put("SUBREPORT", report);
 parameter.put("SUBREPORTDS", new JRBeanCollectionDataSource(subreport));
 ResourceBundle resourceBundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle(
                    "resources.Brief", Locale.GERMAN,
                    getClass().getClassLoader());
 parameter.put("REPORT_RESOURCE_BUNDLE", resourceBundle);
 parameter.put("logo", logo);
 JasperReport baseReport = (JasperReport) JRLoader.loadObjectFromLocation(BASE_REPORT);
 JasperPrint jprint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(baseReport, parameter,
                    new JRBeanCollectionDataSource(nutzerListe));
 return JasperExportManager.exportReportToPdf(jprint);

The image is found, loaded and send to the report as a parameter "logo".
The report parameter itself is defined as:
< parameter name="logo" class="java.lang.Object" />

The image is defined in the report as:
 < image scaleImage="RealSize">
       < reportElement uuid="2e5316ac-fc10-4658-92b5-4cf7714b1c22" x="252" y="3" width="201" height="33"/>
       < imageExpression>< ![CDATA[$P{logo}]]>< /imageExpression>
    </image>

When I debug into the code (Jasperreport 3.7.4) the exception is thrown because in the method evaluateImage the expressionClass is null.
Is there anyone with an idea?

A: I can think of two ways to deal with images in JasperReports:
1: By passing the string of the path. Unfortunately when you pass an image from your java code, it will work only with absolute paths (if you try with a relative path even if it's correct it won't work). So, in my example, i'm loading getting the absolute path of an image which is stored inside my application directory tree in this way:
 String front=FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRealPath("/Cards_Template/front.jpg");
 parameters.put("front", front);

At this point, you have just to pass this parameter to the image component on iReport:

2: By passing them as InputStreams. Don't know exactly why, but it seems that only images with a static path (from the report itself) works with the image component. Anyway, the idea is that you should open/load the image as an InputStream object type, and change the expression type on iReport. I'm posting some images:

The code should be something like:
    InputStream front = new ByteArrayInputStream(byteArray);
    parameters.put("front", front);

NOTE: In my example i'm generating the image from the code, you can load it just like you did on your example.

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Q: Finding the limiting distribution of a $3 \times 3$ Markov chain This is a question from a book.

Find $\lim_{n\rightarrow \theta}P^n$ where $$P=\begin{pmatrix}0 & 1 & 0\\
\frac{1}{6} & \frac{1}{2} & \frac{1}{3}\\
0 & \frac{2}{3} & \frac{1}{3}
\end{pmatrix}$$

I assumed that there was a typo and in fact what is being asked was $\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}P^n$. I then proceeded to solve
$$\begin{pmatrix}\pi_{0} & \pi_{1} & \pi_{2}\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}0 & 1 & 0\\
\frac{1}{6} & \frac{1}{2} & \frac{1}{3}\\
0 & \frac{2}{3} & \frac{1}{3}
\end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix}\pi_{0} & \pi_{1} & \pi_{2}\end{pmatrix}
 $$
which converts to the system of equations
$$\begin{align} 0\pi_{0} + \frac{1}{6}\pi_{1} + 0\pi_{2} &= \pi_{0} \\
1\pi_{0} + \frac{1}{2}\pi_{1} + \frac{2}{3}\pi_{2} &= \pi_{1} \\
0\pi_{0} + \frac{2}{3}\pi_{1} + \frac{1}{3}\pi_{2} &= \pi_{2} \\
\pi_0 + \pi_1 + \pi_2 &= 1 \end{align}$$
which doesn't seem to be consistent, since ignoring the final line gives $\pi_0=\pi_1=\pi_2=0$ when I row-reduce. However, the textbook does give a solution of $\pi^T=(0.4, 0.45, 0.15)$. What am I doing wrong?

A: There are two issues:

*

*Your third equation has a wrong coefficient. It should be $0\pi_{0}+\color{red}{\frac{1}{3}}\pi_{1}+\frac{1}{3}\pi_{2}=\pi_{2}$.

*The textbook answer doesn't seem to be correct. The solution should be $(\pi_0,\,\pi_1,\,\pi_2)=(0.1,\, 0.6,\, 0.3)$.


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Q: How does WhenAll works with Tasks I have the following code inside my asp.net console application, to call a method named gettingCustomerInfo in parallel of 20 requests, as follow:
class Program
{
    static SemaphoreSlim throttler = new SemaphoreSlim(initialCount: 20);
    private static async Task<ScanInfo> gettingCustomerInfo(string website,
        string phone, long companyId)
    {
        await throttler.WaitAsync();
        ScanInfo si = new ScanInfo() { companyId = companyId };
        try
        {
            //code goes here...
        }
        finally
        {
            throttler.Release();
        }
    }

    static async Task Main(string[] args)
    {
        bool hasmore = true;
        string offset = string.Empty;
        bool first = true;

        try
        {
            while (hasmore || first)
            {
                Marketing ipfd = new Marketing();
                first = false;
                try
                {
                    // call the PM API to get the account id
                    using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
                    {
                        wc.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
                        string url = "https://api.hubapi.com/companies/v2/companies/" +
                            "paged?hapikey=******properties=website" +
                            "&properties=mse_scan&properties=phone" +
                            "&limit=" + 100 + "&offset=" + offset;
                        string tempurl = url.Trim();
                        var json = wc.DownloadString(tempurl);
                        ipfd = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Marketing>(json);
                        int rrr = ipfd.companies.Count();
                        offset = ipfd.offset;
                        hasmore = ipfd.hasmore;
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {

                }
                var tasks = ipfd.companies
                    .Select(c => Task.Run(() => gettingCustomerInfo
                        (
                            c.properties.website.value,
                            (
                                c.properties.phone != null &&
                                    !String.IsNullOrEmpty(c.properties.phone.value) ?
                                        c.properties.phone.value : null
                            ),
                            c.companyId
                        )
                    ));
                var results = await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
            }
        }

    }
}

Now I got lost of how the logic and the flow of my code will run? Now inside the API call I am getting 100 items, then inside the gettingCustomerInfo I have defined a SemaphoreSlim = 20. but I am not sure how the flow of my code will be? Can anyone advice?
Edit-1
now i added the following inside my gettingCustomerInfo method:-
private static async Task<ScanInfo> gettingCustomerInfo(string website,string phone, long compnayId)
         {

            Console.WriteLine("a");
            await throttler.WaitAsync();
            ScanInfo si = new ScanInfo() { companyId = compnayId };

            Console.WriteLine("b");

and i got this pattern:-
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
b
b
a
b
a
b
b
b
a
b
a
b
b
a
b
b
b
a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b

A:
now inside the api call i am getting 100 items, then inside the gettingCustomerInfo i have defined a SemaphoreSlim = 20. but i am not sure how the flow of my code will be?

So companies has 100 items, and those items are each Selected into tasks.
When this code calls Task.WhenAll, all 100 tasks are created, and gettingCustomerInfo is invoked 100 times.
The first 20 calls to await throttler.WaitAsync will complete immediately and continue executing, running //code goes here. As each one completes, it will call Release, which completes one of the 80 calls waiting at await throttler.WaitAsync.
Eventually, all 100 calls will finish running //code goes here (no more than 20 at a time), and then the await Task.WhenAll completes.


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Biology major Ed Hedborn '70 surveys trees at the Morton Arboretum to determine peak color
Virtually every Chicago media outlet considers Ed Hedborn '70 their go-to guy for all things trees. Need to learn about the Emerald Ash Borer? Ed's your man. Wondering when the fall colors will be at their peak? Call Ed.
Hedborn is manager of plant records at the 1,700-acre Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL, located about 10 minutes from the North Central campus. The arboretum is home to more than 222,000 live plants from around the world.
Put simply, Hedborn's job is to document the life history of every plant ever grown there. If that sounds like a daunting task … well, it is. "The arboretum is charged with collecting every kind of woody plant in the world and see if it will thrive here in Lisle," he says. "We have plants from all over the world, from the Georgian Republic to the state of Georgia."
So where does he begin? With paper and pen. He enters each acquisition by hand in a journal, noting everything from its name, size, and number to its latitude and longitude of origin. Later all the information is entered into a database; currently the arboretum is collaborating with Oxford University in England to fine-tune a system that will track both the living collection and the herbarium (preserved dried plants).
Hedborn also digitally maps all Morton plants. "We're information pack rats here," says Hedborn, who earned his master's degree in biology from Northeastern Illinois University in 1984.
Hiking the Arboretum regularly is also part of Hedborn's work. Armed with a collections printout, a clipboard and an assistant, he examines each plant and confirms that it is labeled correctly, noting any changes in growth or condition. Each comprehensive tour takes about three years from beginning to end.
He'll also drive through the property to collect information about "peak color" for media and visitors. This fall the color hit its height about a week later than usual, he reports. A change in a tree's color is caused by several factors, including moisture levels, amount of daylight, temperature and overall plant health.
Hedborn's passion for plants had plenty of room to grow at the College, where he majored in biology. "I remember field trips with [biology professor] Dr. Warren Keck," he says. "He did things the old school botany way, which meant he went on field trips dressed in a suit and tie! Those were interesting times."
Hedborn met his wife, Linda Csiszar '72, at North Central, although they didn't start dating until after he graduated (they connected at a Cardinals football game). Today they are the parents of three grown children.
Hedborn's Morton career began the summer after his senior year, when he accepted a position working in the prairie. He left to serve for four years in the U.S. Navy, then returned for good. Now, after 38 years at the arboretum, Hedborn couldn't be happier with his life's work. A sign in his office says it all: "If you're lucky enough to be in the woods, you're lucky enough."

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Stefon Diggs is justified in criticizing Bills' performance
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After an abrupt end to a Super Bowl-or-bust season, Buffalo Bills' wide receiver Stefon Diggs broke his silence Monday night on social media, responding to his apparent frustration with quarterback Josh Allen and quick attempts to leave the stadium moments after his team's 27-10 AFC Divisional Round loss to the Bengals. Diggs, who was also unavailable at Buffalo's locker-room cleanout on Monday, posted three messages to his Twitter account.
"It's easy to criticize my reaction more than the result. … Want me to be okay with our level of play when it's not up to the standard? Nah. … Want me to be okay with losing? Nah," the trio of Tweets read.
Diggs had to know the most intriguing game from a slate of four playoff matchups of America's most popular sport was going to be under a microscope. And in the heat of the moment, when it dawned that expectations to bring Buffalo its first Super Bowl had fallen short for a third straight season with a championship-caliber team, frustration was inevitable. And with cameras covering every centimeter of Highmark Stadium, capturing that moment was guaranteed.
Only losers don't mind losing
Any concerns about Diggs' professionalism or willingness to get back to work as a Bill are a claptrap. Football is correctly labeled as the ultimate team sport, with vulnerabilities and insecurities boiling to the forefront the easiest when adversity hits. And nothing quite stings like trading in a Super Bowl ring for golf clubs. The apparent frustration emanating from Diggs on Sunday is usually saved for behind closed doors and solved internally, not for the general public to see and weigh in on. Diggs must take responsibility for the timing of his passionate conversation with Allen. Only the time was incorrect.
Bengals' cornerback Eli Apple, tasked with guarding Diggs for long portions of Sunday's loss, couldn't help himself, and replied to the Bills' wide receiver on social media with the phrase "Cancun on 3." He also mentioned Allen and Diggs needing couples therapy and retweeted a video of Donald Trump yelling "turn off the lights" several times due to the playoff stage being too large for Diggs.
According to Bills' head coach Sean McDermott, Diggs was present for his postgame speech on Sunday and his remarks to the team on Monday. The rest of this situation will likely be handled from the inside and the heat on Diggs will die down within a few days. The focus will deservedly shift to the players and teams with a chance to compete in the Super Bowl. If there's anyone that's seen this supposed fiery behavior from Diggs before, it's his teammates. It's easy to see how Diggs would've been steamed after those midseason losses to the Jets and Vikings. It appears he boiled over too soon and it's understandable. Still, he needs to be held accountable for just that.
It was the iconic photo of Stefon Diggs watching the Chiefs celebrating the 2020 AFC Championship that made Bills fans believe the team was destined to be the ones with confetti falling after their own triumph soon. One of their best players was letting defeat hurt, absorbing that pain to never, hopefully, feel it again. A season later in Kansas City, and a year ago exactly Monday, the Bills were on the losing end of arguably the greatest playoff game in NFL history. And many in Western New York are still bitter that the Bills' offense never touched the field in overtime. On Sunday, as the Bengals outclassed the Bills in Orchard Park, New York, we saw Diggs' actions clear as day despite the flurries. It's all just part of his process to grieve the loss. Anyone who's making a bigger deal than that out of Diggs' display needs to be muted.
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Reanne Evans made history at the Snooker Shoot Out in Leicester
Reanne Evans beat former world champion Stuart Bingham 60-8 to become the first woman to win a match in the one-frame Snooker Shoot Out after Riley Powell followed Vladislav Gradinari as the second 14-year-old to reach round two in Leicester.
An early break of 21 by Evans helped set up a healthy lead, which was extended to 35-0 before Bingham, who claimed the 2015 world title, failed to make the most of another opportunity at the table as Evans closed out a memorable victory.
"That's the first time I've actually enjoyed it. I know I won, but that's the first time I felt a little more relaxed," Evans told Eurosport.
"I think I wasn't expecting that much and that did the deal. I'm pleased because I'm low on confidence so any win [I have], I'm happy.
"It's just [about] touch and feel, especially in this format you have to get to the table quick and to be fair the table was really nice, the nicest table I played on all season."
Earlier on Thursday, teenager Riley Powell followed Vladislav Gradinari as the second 14-year-old to make round two with victory over world No 8 Kyren Wilson.
On Wednesday, Moldovan Gradinari, who lives in Leeds, became the youngest player to win a televised match when he defeated three-time women's world champion Ng On Yee.
Powell continued the trend at the Morningside Arena as he dispatched Wilson, a five-time ranking event winner, by a score of 41-31 in the quickfire competition.
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"That was amazing, the best event I have played in," said Welsh teenager Powell, who is two months older than Gradinari and turns 15 in August.
"The crowd were so good. I had a couple of early mistakes but then got back into it. I just tried to enjoy the occasion and I loved every bit of it."
Powell, from Tredegar in South Wales, practises with the likes of former world champion Mark Williams, Lee Walker and Jackson Page.
"As soon as I started playing snooker I loved it," he said on the World Snooker Tour website.
"Mark Williams has been fantastic with me, I'd like to thank him, Jackson and Lee for all the help they have given me.
"Any practice I can get them with is fabulous, I have learned a lot from them. I want to be world number one and world champion."
Vladislav Gradinari beat Ng On Yee at the Snooker Shoot Out. Pic World Snooker Tour
Gradinari explained how it is difficult to play snooker in his home country.
"It is not really popular, we have three or four tables in the whole country," the reigning England U14 champion told World Snooker Tour.
"It [the win] feels amazing. I played my best game, at the table I felt calm. At the age of seven, I started playing snooker and we moved here two years ago."
Elsewhere on Thursday, world No 2 and home favourite Mark Selby was edged out 22-20 by Mark Davis, who produced a late rally to clinch the frame.
Amateur Michael Holt, who won the event in 2020 while on the pro tour, made the highest break so far with 116 in his win over Lei Peifan.
Dominic Dale and Matthew Stevens contested the first 'blue-ball shoot out' of this year's competition, having finished tied at 49-49.
Dale went on to edge out former Masters and UK champion Stevens to progress into the second round, but David Gilbert's disappointing season continued as he was defeated 35-30 by Saudi player Asjad Iqbal.
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First of all: Happy John Boyega Day! Today –and forevermore, quite frankly – John Boyega belongs to all of us, not just Nigerians. Just like sister Lupita is for Africa. Kenya alone cannot commandeer all her shine!
Much has been written and commented about Black representation (or the lack of) in film, particularly in the realm of fantasy and fiction. Even to the casual observer, it is obvious that actors of color get the most work on big budget films when there is a slave narrative to be told or the haphazard biopic depicting our two kings: Mandela and MLK. That's what has made John Boyega's casting as a Storm Trooper turned Jedi so exciting for many of us. I mean, according to Hollywood and science fiction, there are no Black people in the future… and certainly none in space! This notion has led to an outcry from entertainment critics and consumers alike. We want to see more people of color starring in iconic roles! We want to see actors and actresses of color portraying complex characters beyond the tired tropes we've been dished out to date! We want Idris Elba to play 'James Bond'!
This is where discord rears its head in our collective chorus. While we do want more representation in the mainstream arts, we can't decide how to achieve that goal. Should roles that have traditionally been played by white actors be opened up for Blacks, Asians or – gasp – people of Middle Eastern descent? For instance, could Shah Rukh Khan convincingly played Matt Damon's role in The Martian? (Personally, I don't see why not. After all Chiwetel Ejiofor played a scientist named Venkat Kapoor, which is about as southeast Asian as a moniker can get.) Or is it up to Bollywood and other non-western film industries to produce their own versions of The Martian and cast the lead with their preferred ethnicity? Some people say yes, emphatically! We have a duty to stop feeding off the fruit of Hollywood and build our own industries!
That's all well and good, but back to Idris and the 'James Bond' question.
Perhaps of all theoretical casting possibilities, this has given folks on both sides of the divide the most angst; has caused the most perplexity. There is no doubt that Idris Elba is a fine actor (a fine MAN, period), a great box office draw and has all of the qualities of a leading man. He would make a far better Bond than Timothy Dalton or George Lazenby, in my humble opinion. The only problem is Idris is Black. Blackety- Black. True, African Black. And a lot of people can't see past his color and allow for him to portray a Scottish spy who serves in Her Majesty's most clandestine intelligence agency. Because Black.
I understand and appreciate the struggle that these people find themselves trying to navigate. It's far more comfortable and convenient to neatly categorize people and put them in a tidy box where they "fit". Unfortunately, migration patterns and global integration mean that fewer and fewer people are able to identify as one thing specifically. So as Black as Idris Elba is, there is no escaping that he IS a British man – of African descent – and therefore could in real life function in the role of an intelligence operative. However why people are more comfortable with Black men performing the duties of an 'everyday superhero', but find discomfort with a 2hr 38min fictional flick portraying the same responsibilities is something only they can explain. It's beyond me.
Personally, I do think it's time that we developed our own iconic characters and I would love to see a globally recognized spy of African descent and origin in film. Of course, developing such a character would not come without significant challenges. Part of what makes James Bond such a universally loved character is that his existence is plausible and all of his feats –although Herculean – are feasible. A lot of that has to do with Bond's supporting cast. Moneypenny is as efficient as she is dedicated to the cause of national defense. She is always at her post as you expect. Q has a first-rate lab in which he designs and develops gadgets for James in order to make each mission a success. But most of all, James Bond has the benefit of traveling around the world with a British passport in white skin.
Ei. Can an African man enjoy these same benefits and manage to get his spy work done? Let's be realistic.
First we'll have to pick a country in which to build our African James Bond. Such a man's effectiveness will really depend on the country of origin. Mauritius James Bond would most likely be the most successful, since that country has the infrastructure and international integrity to support spy work at this level. Ghana James Bond? Not so much.
His passport would only allow him access to certain countries without a visa, and even then he may face discrimination at immigration. Ghana James Bond would frequently find himself selected for "random security" checks, have all his belongings confiscated and summarily his cover blown. Constant power failures means Ghana Q would be perpetually behind in his R&D for Ghana Bond. No R&D means we would constantly be putting Ghana James Bond at risk. As for Ghana Moneypenny, the less said about her, the better. Poor woman is probably rocking herself to sleep after dealing with the constant sexual harassment and requests from her family for money because she's the ONLY one amongst the lot who's managed to get a job in Ghana's dumsor ecomini. Ghana Moneypenny is never at work.
And as far as field work? Kai! There would be no high speed chases to catch the bad guys because traffic patterns would always be clogged. The roads and networks in Ghana make no sense. If Ghana Bond were to rely on the services of the local police force for back up, he'd be S.O.L because the government will have spent the money needed to purchase police vehicles to brand city buses with NDC colors, thereby allowing Ghana Bond's quarry to escape into the ubiquitous bush. Every thief and armed robber escapes into a 'bush portal' that materializes at just the critical moment. True story. Read the Daily Graphic. We don't catch thieves in Ghana because they always find a bush to escape into.
Oh! And let's not forget the perpetual requests from Ghana Bond's relatives to "carry something small" upon his return/departure to abrokyi. The sniffing airport dogs would have a field day with the koobi. This would only lead to further detention.
Ghana James Bond will never be great…or at least not as great as British James Bond. He could find some greatness at his job, but only within the confines of his office. He can be a superhero of spreadsheets, or something.
And that's not his fault. It's his government's fault. If we were to develop such a character given out current realities, he'd be a tragic, uninteresting cartoon of a man…and that's why no one has written a script for Ghana James Bond today. The struggles he would face are just not worth it, and no movies-goer would appreciate (or believe) the depth of lies and fabrications that Ghana Bond's creators would have to descend to in order to make Ghana James Bond remotely interesting.
The struggle. The spy struggle is so real.
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These are words we hear each fall when Memphis-area middle schools begin seeking out the contact information of upcoming graduates.
CMDS graduates are continually sought after to attend middle schools in the area. Each graduating class typically matriculates to more than 10 schools each year.
What makes a CMDS graduate stand out in his or her new school?
I have been a part of the CMDS community for many years – as a student, teacher, parent and administrator. One of the things I value most and have seen firsthand in all of my roles is the strong foundation we provide our students.
Through its 60 years, CMDS has remained true to its mission to educate boys and girls through spiritual development, academic excellence, social responsibility and personal integrity. The heart of the school has remained the same, while curriculum and programs have adapted to best prepare our students for their next steps.
As a true primary school, we partner with parents in providing a well-rounded and nurturing school environment. While at CMDS, students are learning to be firm in their faith, how to problem solve in a co-ed environment and how to be effective leaders alongside their peers. Their strengths, learning style, personality and interests are developed.
CMDS truly is a safe place for students to take risks, explore their God-given talents and discover their likes and dislikes. Parents, in turn, have a front row seat to these amazing years of growth to really get to know their children.
What middle school fits your child best?
The CMDS experience provides valuable information for parents and students as they navigate the many middle schools in the area. Students have their years at CMDS to experience many different things. Then families are able to make well-informed decisions about the middle school that fits their student best.
They are navigating middle school options based on what they know about their 12 year old rather than what they knew about their 3 year old.
CMDS graduates will continue to hold a special place in the middle schools they attend for years to come. They are confident in who they are and eager to make their mark.
Whether as class president, on the playing field or in academics, our graduates make us proud!
This graph shows the middle schools CMDS graduates have attended cumulatively over the past five years.


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Born in Columbus, GA, Hyleas attended Central Dauphin East H.S. in Harrisburg, PA before returning to the southeast for the University of Georgia, where she earned a degree in Child and Family Development. While competing for the Bulldogs, she earned championship honors in a myriad of areas, including the 2003 Outdoor Heptathlon, 2004 Indoor Long Jump and Pentathlon, and 2004 Outdoor Long Jump. After college, Hyleas went on to become one of the most dominant woman heptathletes the US has seen, winning five Outdoor USA Championships and an Olympic Silver Medal. In 2012, Hyleas applied her speed to the ice to push for USA Bobsled and help pilot Megan Hill to a bronze medal at the North American Cup; she is truly a multi-sport athlete.
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We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ on the cross solely provides for the forgiveness of sins (Mark 10:45). Therefore, salvation is received only when a person places his faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as the sufficient payment for one's acknowledged sin (Acts 2:38). This salvation is not earned but a gift available by the grace of God alone (Eph. 2:8-9).
We believe that the church is the body of Christ, of which Jesus is the Head (Col. 1:18). The purpose of the church is to gather believers to glorify God by being a powerful witness for Jesus Christ in a lost world (Matt. 28:18-20). God wants to edify and build up His church, this is why the Holy Spirit gives a variety of spiritual gifts to believers such as; encouragement, serving, teaching, healing, prophecy, etc. (Romans 12, I Cor. 12) We practice two ordinances in the church instituted by Christ Himself: water baptism (Luke 3:21-22) and Holy Communion (Luke 22:14-20).
We believe that Christ's power to heal, evident in the Gospels, is available to all believers today through his atoning sacrifice (Isaiah 53:4-5). The church is to lay hands on the sick, anoint them with oil, and pray faithfully for their recovery (James 5:14-15).
We believe that Christians who have died will be reunited with those still alive at the second coming of Jesus Christ (1 Thess. 4:16-17). This event will be followed by the millennial reign of Christ (Rev. 20:1-6), a final judgment (Rev. 20:11-15), and the appearance of a new heaven and a new earth (Rev. 21) (Rev. 22).
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LGBTQIA Programs and Resources hosts fundraising events for scholarships
"LGBTQIA Programs and Resources provides advocacy, education and support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and ally (LGBTQIA) community on campus" according to Joel Bolling, Coordinator of LGBTQIA Programs and Resources. This department is currently working on several projects and events to raise money for its scholarships.
Bolling listed the two LGBTQIA scholarships open to all students at UMKC. The Empowerment Scholarship, supported by the Division of Diversity, Access, and Equity, provides emergency funding for students who demonstrate "economic hardship". This is in part aimed at LGBTQI -identifying students who "come-out" to their families, only to become financially cut off and unable to afford college.
Bolling said, "The goal of this scholarship is to ensure that students who support UMKC, being an educationally diverse environment ,have the resources they need to maintain their enrollment at the University."
The LGBTQIA office hosts an annual Pride Breakfast, featuring keynote speakers and a buffet-style breakfast spread, and the Empowerment Scholarship was the first to benefit directly from funds raised through this charity event.
The second scholarship, UMKC's LGBTQIA Scholarship, was spearheaded by the College of Arts & Sciences. Though this award is designed to support the LGBTQIA community, it is not restricted to students from that community.
The selection criteria include grade point average, community involvement and financial aid.
To help fund these scholarships, the LGBTQIA office will hosting two charity events in April. A charity bingo event April 11 at Hamburger Mary's will be hosted by popular drag performer Miss Melinda Ryder. Each bingo card can be purchased for a suggested donation of $10, and prizes range from gift cards to tickets for local events.
The other event, hosted through the College of Arts and Science, is a red carpet premiere of "In the Family" on April 17 at the Tivoli Theatre. This includes dinner at Californos in Westport, a walk down the red carpet, and tickets to the film.
The Lavender Graduates Recognition and Awards ceremony will be held May 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union.
"This ceremony recognizes the achievements of graduation LGBTQIA students and honors the support of campus and community allies," Bolling said. "We recognize that it takes a lot for students to graduate but it can take even more effort overcoming challenges for LGBTQIA students."
Bolling said anyone who wants to participate as a lavender graduate will receive a lavender stole to wear at commencement . To contact the LGBTQIA office: [email protected] or 816-235-6556.
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Olivier Zunz' new history, Philanthropy in America, is a major contribution to philanthropic studies—thoroughly researched and documented, clearly narrated and argued, and illuminating a main theme in the history of twentieth-century American philanthropy: its development in civil society. Within the limits Professor Zunz has chosen, he has rendered a great service to the entire professional philanthropic community, both academic and practical, for which we should all be grateful.
That said, a full appreciation of this substantial study requires knowledge of both its content and its context—both the mountain of information and scholarship it so admirably synthesizes, and its chosen limits. Within those limits, this will be recognized as the standard, authoritative account for some time to come. Beyond those, however—contextually—is where the greater, more profound and influential history will ultimately be discovered.
Space here does not allow a detailed account of the many subjects Zunz covers so well; this summary will focus therefore on the broad themes and structure of the bubble itself—the narrative framework.
Summarizing his "Conclusions", Zunz writes: "As this history has shown, philanthropy in the United States is not simply the consequence of a universal altruistic impulse; it is also a product of the large organizational revolution that American managerial and financial capitalism orchestrated in the last century and a half" (294). Here he cites his own previous work, Making America Corporate, 1870-1920 (1990), along with the well-known works of Alfred Chandler (The Visible Hand, 1977) and Naomi Lamoreaux (The Great Merger Movement, 1985). For the "universal altruistic impulse" he cites only Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, and elsewhere Tocqueville—i.e., no Americans. "Americans...have turned a universal desire to do good into a distinct brand of philanthropy. They have learned to turn market profits and market methods into a philanthropic engine powerful enough to influence the course of their own history" (294). They "have come to think of philanthropy not as a gift only, but also as an investment….to openly combine ideas of managing the market and [charitable] giving in a single mechanism geared for social progress….providing for their own future" (295). As Tocqueville had noted, American generosity was "self-interest properly understood" (296).
In Chapter Two, "The Coming of Mass Philanthropy," Zunz describes how systems also arose to mobilize huge numbers of small gifts by ordinary Americans, initially for the fight against tuberculosis, later for the World War I effort and its recovery, then for community improvement and poor relief during the Great Depression. Giving through churches, workplaces, and federated giving programs of community chests and community foundations encouraged American families to budget for charitable giving, a kind of "public thrift" which "gave philanthropy its democratic imprint in America" (295). Charitable giving had become "a routine part of American life" (75).
Tax exemption has not only nurtured philanthropy in society, it has entrenched it. Equally important, it encourages an otherwise very diverse group of institutions that have dispersed and/or solicited private funds for the public good to work together, in essence fostering a nonprofit sector of groups with similar interests and privileges.
The nonprofit sector is the outcome of this unique encounter between philanthropy and the state. It is a hybrid capitalist creation that operates tax-free so long as profits are reinvested in the common good….[R]evenues are designated for the support of beneficiaries rather than for the profit of stockholders (4).
Zunz asserts that the nonprofit sector has thus "become a distinct and pervasive part of the American political economy" (4). Moreover, he posits that twentieth-century philanthropy "should be understood as part of the American Progressive tradition," mobilizing enormous energy across all social classes and resulting in a "network of foundations and community institutions [which] has enlarged American democracy" (7). This view summarizes what some today regard as the "myth" of the nonprofit sector, about which more below.
The next five chapters tell the story of how the new system and the federal government, through decades of war, economic depression, natural disasters, and international recovery from war, struggled to define the role of private initiatives in testing experimental approaches and providing technical assistance to governments in social problem-solving. "By the middle of the twentieth century," Zunz observes, "Americans had created a large philanthropic enterprise that was part of the fabric of their daily lives….The nonprofit sector as a whole provided a medium through which Americans channeled their excess income to help the poor, to enhance children's education, to promote cultural activities, to fund science, and to initiate agricultural reform in poor countries, all in partnership with government" (169).
The two last climactic chapters describe the full flowering of the "nonprofit sector" and its purported institutionalization in Independent Sector in 1980. "Most Americans acknowledged the existence of a 'nonprofit sector'" (232). Liberals "promoted a sector balancing public and private sources of support….their fear was that the third sector might otherwise be absorbed into government" (233). Conservatives believed the federal government ought to leave social problem-solving entirely to philanthropy and state and local governments. "For thirty years [they] fought to make their idea of the nonprofit sector the accepted view of civil society. The nonprofit sector as we know it today emerged slowly from this confrontation" (233). "The nonprofit sector has come of age." Supreme Court decisions "have made the nonprofit sector the institutional voice of American civil society….Conservatives and liberals, individually and collectively, made nonprofits worthy substitutes for the associations Tocqueville had heralded as engines of American liberty" (262-263).
Zunz' narrative, then, describes an onward-and-upward trajectory leading to global success. This is a case, however, in which the Devil is not in the details, which are admirable as far as they go, but in the over-all conceptualization and rhetorical structure, which are in turn a function of Zunz' training as an American economic and business historian. He naturally sees twentieth-century American philanthropy in the context of his field and previous work, and within its own terms there is considerable merit and appropriateness in this orientation—which is why the book is as good as it is. Nonetheless, problems remain.
The main problems are: that the history of distinctively American philanthropy does not begin with the amassing of unprecedented wealth and the emergence of the social sciences at the end of the nineteenth century; that before then it was not confined to "universal altruistic impulse"; that recent and current empirical research has raised questions suggesting that the so-called "third" or "nonprofit sector" is not and never has been a coherent objective historical entity or phenomenon, much less "whose profits are reinvested for the common good," but an artifact of the tax code and related state laws of incorporation; that scholars have not bothered to examine the data on which this concept is based; and that when the data is examined, "philanthropy" turns out to be only a small part of, and not at all coextensive with, "nonprofits" or an alleged "third" sector.
To begin with, Professor Zunz is certainly to be excused for not knowing—because very few American historians have noticed it either—that the locus classicus for adequately understanding distinctively American philanthropy is to be found on page one, paragraph one, of the first Federalist Paper, in which Alexander Hamilton launched the Founders' argument for ratification of our Constitution, saying, "It is commonly remarked" that Americans were at a new place in history; that whereas previously governments had been the products of accident and force, Americans had the unique opportunity of choosing their own government. "This," Hamilton wrote, "adds the inducements of philanthropy to those of patriotism." He was not talking about rich people helping poor people, nor about a "universal altruistic impulse" of generosity, but about an educational and cultural tradition going back via the Enlightenment, the Renaissance, and Republican Rome, to Periclean Athens. He was saying that the United States of America was intended and designed to be a philanthropic nation, a gift to humanity, promoting democracy and freedom to be sure, but beyond even those, helping to make the world more fully humane in every sense of that word. An adequate "history" of "philanthropy in America" would therefore explore how Hamilton and the Founders got the idea of "the inducements of philanthropy" from the American and especially Scottish Enlightenments, and how they modeled the new government on the "voluntary associations" that Tocqueville would later observe had characterized Colonial culture, which were (in John Gardner's words) "private initiatives for...public good," which is to say the practical philanthropy of voluntarism and collaboration.
Armed with this knowledge, historians might apply it to the IRS Master Data File of so-called "third sector" and "nonprofit" institutions, where they would immediately find that very few have anything to do with "philanthropy." In Massachusetts the Catalogue for Philanthropy did this research and found that 75 percent of tax-exempt entities are primarily self-serving (supported by, and providing benefits for, their own members), only about 10 percent are indisputably "private initiatives, for public good, focusing on quality of life, and engaged in public fund-raising (the philanthropic marketplace)," and the remaining 15 percent are "para-philanthropic"—between the two. Current research, in other words, is calling into question, on the basis of evidence, the fundamental assumptions or controlling "myth" of Zunz' book cited above (4, 7): that "philanthropy" and "nonprofits" are roughly the same, that there is a "nonprofit sector" which is beneficial for public good and supported by grants and donations, and that the history of philanthropy in America is about the political economy of that sector in relation to government in the twentieth century.
Discontent with the Old Paradigm had certainly been expressed during its rise and dominance, perhaps most eminently by Richard Cornuelle's Reclaiming the American Dream (1965). But by the end of the century a profound structural and strategic change was first heralded within the profession by two articles in Foundation News.1 Paradigm shifts are total transformations of the governing models of mature fields of endeavor. While Zunz' book presents an excellent history of the rise of the paradigm which governed twentieth-century philanthropy, it is oblivious to the fallacies which have contributed to its current unraveling by the Internet, the globalization of the American high-tech economy, new demographics of wealth, social networking, and other factors. The twentieth-century vocabulary, conceptualization, rhetoric, technology, infrastructure, and modes of operation which have governed American philanthropy are all being transformed—superseded by new models which have not yet coalesced in a new paradigm, though that is inevitable.
Even taken on its own terms, the portrayal of philanthropy in this book is notably impersonal and bloodless—a matter of political economy academically considered, driven by large systems from the top down, focused on the interplay of national government with the so-called "third sector." The wonderful world of myriad smaller charities, struggling creatively, intelligently, and compassionately at the grassroots level, with meager resources to improve Americans' quality of life in the face of persistent and emergent public problems, is not Zunz' subject and does not inform the perspective from which this history is written.
We must be enormously grateful to Professor Zunz for his major contribution to our scholarly literature because, within its own frame of reference, it is excellent. It does not detract in the slightest from this book to suggest that other histories are also needed.
1George McCully, "Is This a Paradigm-Shift?" Foundation News and Commentary (March-April, 2000) 41 (2): 20-22 and "Are Foundations Being Marginalized? Further Notes on the Paradigm-Shift," Council on Foundations, Washington, DC (September-October, 2000) 41 (5): 30-31.


>There has been a lot happening here in the background since my last post.
1. I am now working pt and doing Illustration and Motion Graphics.
2. I finished a two week show In Windamere a new housing development in south east Edmonton.
3. I vendered the November Royal Bison Art and Craft Fair. It was a great showing and had plenty of wonderful comments from people visiting. Thanks Josh, Vikki and Jeanie.
4. I have a new monthly show up at The Next Act Pub (n of whyte on gateway blvd s). Thanks so much to Saylish for the opportunity.
5. Recently I have completed a new painting, actually it is more like a repainting. I painted the river valley some months ago and snapped a quick photograph, then proceeded to paint a portrait on top. It was a retirement gift for a fellow that worked for the city in the river valley. I had so many comments about it that I should have taken better photos for prints. So I went ahead and painted a new version of it.
6. In addition I found a neat picture in the Globe and Mail of Walter Gretzky holding a image of my illustration I did for the Canadian Lung Association.
7. Also I found this great little post with my painting of the highlevel bridge and trolly.


An 18k yellow gold diamond and ruby line bracelet by Mappin & Webb. The bracelet comprises of 23 oval shaped rubies and 23 princess cut diamonds alternating with each other in a line. The rubies have an approximate weight of 8.05ct and the diamonds have an approximate weight of 2.99ct. The bracelet has a length of 17.80cm with a box clasp fitting and a gross weight of 19.70 grams.
The bracelet comes complete with a Mappin & Webb presentation box and our certificate of authenticity.


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This week's news features the making of ELEW, another "jazz is dead" debate, and Chicago music history from long ago and the present day alike. Plus, Ron Carter on bass evolution, Phil Schaap on economics, a new Wayne Shorter album and Miles Davis for Japanese liquor.


With a stay at Fairfield Inn By Marriott Port Huron in Port Huron, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of McMorran Place and Fort Gratiot Lighthouse. This hotel is 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from The Great Lakes Maritime Center and 2.2 mi (3.6 km) from Blue Water River Walk.
Make yourself at home in one of the 63 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Conveniences include desks and microwaves, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Grab a bite from the snack bar/deli serving guests of Fairfield Inn By Marriott Port Huron. A complimentary continental breakfast is included.


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Q: Symfony 2 Routing I've got a problem with routing in my project.
I have 2 controllers, one is

Domestos\TranslatingBundle\ProjectController.php

p
and second is

Domestos\TranslatingBundle\LanguageController.php

Also i have routing set up with annotations.
routing.yml:
# import routes from a controller directory
translation:
    resource: "@DomestosTranslatingBundle/Controller/"
    type:     annotation

ProjectController works great, router is working, great.
Problem is, that my LanguageController is not working. Controller should be done ok, but always when i call URL with route predefined in annotation, it throw error

No route found for "GET /language/" 404 Not Found -
  NotFoundHttpException 1 linked Exception:
ResourceNotFoundException »

LanguageController.php looks like this:
<?php

namespace Domestos\TranslatingBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Template;
use Domestos\TranslatingBundle\Entity\Language;

class LanguageController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/language")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $languages = $this->getDoctrine()->getRepository('DomestosTranslatingBundle:Language')->findAll();

        return $this->render('DomestosTranslatingBundle:Language:index.html.twig', array(
            'languages' => $languages,
            ));
    }

    /**
     * @Route("/language//add")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function addAction()
    {
        $language = new Language();

        $language->setTitle('Jazyk')
                 ->setCode('Skratka');
        $form = $this->createFormBuilder($language)
                ->add('title', 'text')
                ->add('code', 'text')
                ->add('save', 'submit')
                ->getForm();

        $form->handleRequest($request);

        if($form->isSubmitted())
        {
            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
            $em->persist($language);
            $em->flush();
        }

        return $this->render('DomestosTranslatingBundle:Language:add.html.twig', array(
            'form' => $form->createView(),
            ));
    }

    /**
     * @Route("/language/edit/{id}")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function editAction($id)
    {
        $language = $this->getDoctrine->getRepository('DomestosTranslatingBundle:Language')->find($id);

        $form = $this->createFormBuilder($language)
                ->add('title', 'text')
                ->add('code', 'text')
                ->add('save', 'submit')
                ->getForm();

        $form->handleRequest($request);

        if($form->isSubmitted())
        {
            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
            $em->persist($language);
            $em->flush();
        }

        return $this->render('DomestosTranslatingBundle:Language:edit.html.twig', array(
            'form' => $form->createView(),
            ));
    }

    /**
     * @Route("/language/delete/{id}")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function deleteAction($id)
    {
        $language = $this->getDoctrine->getRepository('DomestosTranslatingBundle:Language')->find($id);
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
        $em->remove($language);
        $em->flush();

        return new Response('Language deleted: ' . $language->getCode());
    }

}

The question is, why is this controller not working? I need to finish project, and this is really annoying.

A: Ok, try with
/**
 * @Route("/language")
 */
class LanguageController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function indexAction()
    {
        // ...
    }

    /**
     * @Route("/add")
     * @Template()
     */
    public function addAction()
    {
        // ...
    }
    // And so on
}

A: Try stripping the tailing slash in:
resource: "@DomestosTranslatingBundle/Controller/"

to be:
resource: "@DomestosTranslatingBundle/Controller"

as seen as in: here
If that does not work, try running:
php app/console router:debug

to see all the routes...

A: Modify this
translation:
    resource: "@DomestosTranslatingBundle/Controller/"
    type:     annotation

in
translation:
    resource: "@DomestosTranslatingBundle/Controller/LanguageController.php"
    type:     annotation


Hero Smash puts you right in the middle of the action with a group of your buddies to do what heroes do best, beat up bad guys with flashy powers. But to be competitive in the Super Hero genre these days, you need customization and lots of it. Artix Entertainment can do that.
Hero Smash offers you the ability to go evil or good for starters. Then you are given a city to battle over for control. Sounds good so far? Well add in a Guild Wars-esque system in which you can acquire new powers through questing and defeating bosses. There are literally hundreds of combinations available to unlock and test in your pursuit to create the ultimate super hero.
But Hero Smash decided to push the envelop of the genre, even in a browser game, by promising a 'secret identity' system to allow you to intermingle with the opposition. What secrets will you discover with your alternate persona? The OnRPG team is excited to find out when we test this game in the coming months.


The hotel industry in the United States is now worth roughly $170 billion and this bustling niche within the hospitality sector is expected to continue growing for many years to come. But as we all know, some lodging facilities are simply better and more desirable than others, which is why outward appeal plays such a pivotal role with regard to a particular hotel's popularity and prominence.
With this notion in mind, we're going to take a moment to underscore the importance of properly maintaining your building; why you should always strive to put forth an aesthetically pleasing exterior; and how to enhance the curb appeal of your hotel in a cost-conscious, expedited fashion.
Hospitality sector analysts say that it only takes about three to five seconds for potential clients to determine whether they'd like to stay in your facility.
When arranging a web-based reservation, customers will browse through more than 10 different listings before settling on a particular option but a passerby will instinctively opt for the best-looking lodge.
During a study of 240 hotels across 11 different states, researchers ascertained that the cleanest buildings with the finest paint jobs have a 17% higher occupancy rate than those with damaged stucco, fading color, or peeling paint.
As such, your revenue stream and future prospects are heavily reliant on the quality and attractiveness of your building's exterior.
Renew all of the ground markers around your building including parking lot stripes, handicap signs, curbside lines, no-stop zones, directional arrows, and other property-specific features.
Utilize a modified pressure washer and scouring tools to eliminate grime, mold, mildew, and other forms of unsightly buildup but make sure that you don't underestimate the PSI to avoid damaging the more delicate elements.
Facilitate the application of durable epoxy fillers and joint compounds to seal any ugly cracks, fractures, and interstices on the exterior surfaces.
Apply robust waterproofing amalgams with a caulking gun into all of the corners where the external walls connect in order to reinforce the underlying material and prevent flaking. You should also strengthen the seals around any window frames as well.
Paint your exterior with a modernized anti-graffiti covering to mitigate the effects of vandalism and defacements.
Revitalize your signage and promotional boards with a fresh coat of brand-specific, color-coded gloss.
However, if you lack the tools, equipment, and experience to perform these undertakings, it's in your best interests to outsource your refurbishment efforts to a reputable commercial painting company, especially if you want the job done right the first time around.
The in-house experts will be able to streamline the undertaking and rejuvenate your entire hotel in as little as one day, which is why so many hospitality proprietors are beginning to create close-knit relationships with their local painting professionals.


Just four weeks to go until another season of fun, thrills and spills with Track Attack Race Club!
Entries for the first race at Brands Hatch will be accepted from the 1st March which is only a few days away.
For those who are not aware, the MR2 Classic Drivers have left the club. This series on which the club was founded back in 2004 ran at a significant loss with numbers below break-even last year for most of the events. We had anticipated this back in 2016 with numbers already falling away and suggested introducing a class for the MR2 Roadster in 2017 to secure the future of the series and a stand-alone grid for MR2 sports cars going forward, but this was declined by the drivers. The only option based on the predicted numbers for 2018 was to run them with the other classes, which they decided was unacceptable, but a big thank you to those who have supported the club over the years – enjoy your racing!
However, on the bright side, we have had a significant number of new drivers and cars coming out this term in particular in the Tricolore Trophy series, and even more so the budget 206 GTi Cup of which I believe there are now eight entries. So welcome to all you newcomers, and I am sure you will find a friendly welcome in the paddock when we do see you out with us, as well as collecting your club jackets of course.
Can I ask those drivers with some news whether it's a new car, a car with tweaks, new sponsor, colour scheme, fab pic of you going sideways out testing maybe? If your new to the club introduce yourselves to the rest of the crew, even new babies on the way we'd all like to hear.
As you may know, the old forums are no more, but there is a new Facebook group forum running alongside the clubs Facebook page. There is also a dedicated Tricolore Trophy page and group administered by the fab Dave Bell.
That's about it for now hopefully see most of you in four weeks or at another of our events later in the year.