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The Course Manager's Calendar – September
It's been a busy time at Blairgowrie. The club has spearheaded a number of changes ahead of this summer's Scottish Amateur. Head greenkeeper Brian Scott explains how changing to Hugh King's root zone helped speed things up
What have been the biggest changes at Blairgowrie?
"The main ones have been rebuilding the tees, greens, approaches and bunkering on 6th and 7th on Rosemount. That work was completed two years ago. We had the Scottish Amateur here in August and the biggest fear I had was cutting the greens down to 3mm. But the greens coped really well. I thought we might have to raise the height of the cut after, but it's been fine."
What was the players' reaction to the rebuilt holes?
"We've had a lot of positive feedback to everything we've done. Last week Ritchie Ramsey was out for a round and he couldn't believe how good they were."
Was any other work been completed over the winter?
"We rebuilt the 12th tee on Rosemount using Hugh King root zone (RZ2). It's a brand new tee complex. The old one simply wasn't big enough for the amount of golf we get. The build went very well, and it was quick. The tee was open for the first day of the golf season."
You started using Hugh King Washed Dune sand for topdressing and, more specifically, RZ2 four years ago. How important has that change been?
"I've noticed that since we've changed to Hugh King Washed Dune sand and RZ2, the turf has taken a lot quicker and the root development has been a lot quicker as well. It's been very positive."
How has this affected your construction projects?
"Well, we didn't have to build temporary tees. We now know that if we complete the work during the winter, it will be ready for the start of the season. Everything is a lot quicker. A perfect example is we rebuilt the 1st, 2nd and the practice putting greens on the Rosemount about 12 years ago. It took two years before those new greens performed like the rest of the greens. It's been a year and half since we did the 6th and 7th greens and you would never know. They're at the same speed as the rest of the greens, maybe even quicker."
That's quite a difference!
"This season it's all come together. Last year, I had to play with the heights of cut a bit. This year, all the greens are at the same height, which makes things very straightforward. Compared to 12 years ago, that's about 50% quicker."
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What would Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most famous of the University of London alumni, have said if he'd cast a bespectacled eye over the current Goldsmiths debacle? Maybe a resignation for a resignation makes the whole world unemployed.
Mid-November saw Sabrina Sharif and Zac Thomas step down from their editorial positions at The Leopard citing attempts by the SU to compromise their journalistic integrity. They were working on articles that addressed high profile allegations of bullying and harassment within Goldsmith's Union, work that, although it remains unpublished, has contributed to the resignations of three out of four sabbatical officers, including everybody's favourite lefty bête noir Bahar Mustafa.
Now it's emerged none of them will be replaced.
Goldsmiths College has a long tradition of political activism, of radical ideology and, perhaps most of all, of stoking controversy with an uncompromising consistency. It has a proud history of producing cultural Enfant Terribles like Mary Quant, Malcolm McLaran and Damien Hirst and has reached national notoriety for its vocal involvement in the 2010 tuition fee protests, culminating with Goldsmiths University Challenge team using a kettle as a team mascot. Of all universities, Goldsmiths holds a particularly antagonistic relationship with establishment voices, and it is for this reason that the terrific capitulation of its SU is such a tragedy, as it benefits only, those who would love to see students' unions reduced to apolitical bureaucratic agencies.
More recently, the university has been hit with yet another contentious resignation, as Muhammed Patel quits leadership of the Goldsmith's Islamic society amid accusations of homophobia and intimidation, accusations that followed attempts by the society to shut down a talk held by controversial commentator Maryam Namazie. The running total of high-profile tended resignations at Goldsmiths is currently at 6, and for only the 108th largest UK university, this is nothing short of a disaster.
It is rare to see such a profoundly important institution in a state of such abject rudderlessness. Although the Leopard has reinstated Thompson as comment editor, the SU's decision to avoid running re-elections for sabbatical officers means that for the rest of this academic year, at least, the chaos is set to continue.
The question is, though, how can a Goldsmiths run without its sabbs? An institute may still offer lectures, seminars and ultimately award degrees to undergraduates, but surely this remains the minimum expectation of a university? A university like Goldsmiths depends on student activism, society input and a coherent ideological base for the success of its brand. The disastrous self-immolation of student representatives within Goldsmiths lets down the very people they were elected to serve, the very people who take out increasingly ludicrous loans to live and study in South-East London. Most of all, it should be noted that the failures of student democracy at Goldsmiths must strengthen the resolve of the student union movement, in general, cowed by vicious cuts, a vindictive government and increasingly staring into an abyss of its own making.
Many thanks must be extended here, on behalf of the Goldsmith's student body, to Danny Nasr the elected Education Officer, who has stepped in to become acting president for Goldsmiths SU.


Insurance is a curious thing. We don't ever think about it until we need it. There are some insurances that we can't get away from even when we're not thinking about it. Car insurance is mandatory in almost every state in the nation. Most people have some kind of health insurance, with some of the payments taken directly out of your paycheck.
Life insurance is a different animal. I never thought about getting life insurance until I got married because I didn't think there was any reason to have it. Of course I've learned better now and wish I had established something much earlier in my life. Turns out there is definitely a need for life insurance beyond what most of us think, although it's mainly for those we care about. But not entirely, and we're going to explore that as part of the 5 reasons you need life insurance.
1. You need life insurance to protect your family when you're gone. No matter what your income level is, your family is going to need a financial boost if you're suddenly gone, or even if you live a long life. Young people also need life insurance for more than one reason, which is coming up next.
2. Life insurance helps your family pay for your burial and other expenses. Funerals can be costly and if you're like most people, there will be some debts owed when you're gone. If you have any kind of estate whatsoever it will be claimed by some of your creditors, and some of your debts might have to be paid by your family members. With enough life insurance, it would help pay off those debts and be a great relief to your family.
3. It turns out there are great benefits to buying life insurance early in your life. The older you get, the more it costs you on a monthly basis. Also, the older you get the more apt you are to develop some kind of illness such as diabetes or high blood pressure, and if you decide to get it then it will not only cost you more, but some insurance companies will turn you down. If you buy whole life insurance and pay extra early on, you'll reach an age where you never have to pay again because it will self fund, and it'll happen at a much earlier age than if you decide to wait.
4. Some life insurance policies allow you to borrow against them and pay back into them without hitting you up with a high interest rate. It's an interesting way to build up resources and act as your own bank. As long as you pay it back, no penalties ever have to be paid.
5. It's easy to research life insurance and its premium prices. You can get online life insurance quotes easily enough, or you can wait to run into a life insurance agent, since they're all over the place. Doing research online first helps you establish an idea of how much you might have to pay, and you can even buy it online as long as you don't have any health issues. Sometimes if you talk to an insurance agent live you'll have trouble understanding what they say, so it may take meeting with them a few times (or a few years, as was my initial problem) before it makes sense to you.
No matter your age, life insurance is important for you to have; trust me, start checking into it today.
Definitely having life insurance is a good idea at any age and I think everybody should look it this way.


It's Christmas in DC in March! Reports are citing that the Deadskins are actively pursuing Peyton Manning like a fat kid does cake, but they also have traded up to the #2 spot in next months NFL Draft! Reports are that Skins will use the #2 spot the was intended for the St. Louis Rams to draft this years Heisman winner and Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III aka RG3. Could these moves actually bring some excitement back to the burgundy and gold? Tell me your thoughts!
For more information on the proposed trade checkout the complete story on ESPN.com.


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Heading for a collision course?
If Trump's decision to abandon Victor Cha's nomination to be the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea was because of the Georgetown professor's disagreement with the hawks in the White House to enact a "bloody-nose" strategy on North Korea, the Korean Peninsula could well be headed into a disaster. This is despite Cha getting approval from the Moon Jae-in administration.
In the meantime, the Moon administration's overly low-profile — and pitifully submissive — approach toward North Korea, particularly ahead of the Feb. 9-25 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, would definitely be seen as "pandering to the recalcitrant state" by hardliners in Washington,
The liberal South Korean government will most likely be put on a "destined" collision course in the coming months as Trump will further push North Korean leader Kim Jong-un into a corner through annual joint drills.
These drills were delayed until after the Games following Seoul's solicitations for inter-Korean talks to hopefully pave a way for dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington.
After carefully weighing whether it would violate U.S. unilateral sanctions on North Korea, the Trump administration made a last-minute approval on Wednesday of a South Korean chartered flight to North Korea for a joint ski training on the sidelines during the Olympics. This testifies to widening schisms in the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States since the two administrations started last year.
I hope that the Moon Jae-in administration navigates these tough waters ahead very carefully.
*A Seoul resident
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Cover shot: "Century of Honor" commemorating 100 of Scouting in the LDS Church.
The development of the "Century of Honor" book – on the history of Scouting in the LDS Church – was recently chronicled in an article by author Nettie Francis on the LDS/BSA Blogsite. I invite you to view the full article History Highlights – Behind the Book. I did not do it alone – but was pleased to join a great team that came together with their own individual talents and expertise to make the book a reality.
The book "Century of Honor" truly came together as a miracle and with Divine help and guidance. We all felt that power with us and I am grateful to have been a part of it!
I then chronicled my personal journal entry for September 3, 2012. That was the date that I received the call from Mark Francis, Director of LDS/BSA Relations. The journal record details our conversation. It was an exciting call! Check out the journal entry!
I also alluded in the article to "The Scouting Partnership" book that I had written years before – on the history of Scouting in the LDS Church. I said, "Years before I had written a history of Scouting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [originally titled, "The Scouting Partnership"]. This was a very exciting project for me. I believe that I was "directed" to create the book – and it was a miracle how I was given material for the book from the LDS Church Historian's Office – and I later learned that I was the only person with whom this material had been shared. So, I felt a sacred responsibility as the "guardian" of the material. I would like to share with you a few more of the details of how the book came together in a rather miraculous way.
This book was first written about 20 years ago (and has since been revised and updated a few times). Anyway, I had noticed that there was not a history of Scouting in the Church and knew well the impact of Scouting in the lives of the young men and adults of the church. I determined to write the History.
The staff explained to me the mechanics of their library. They noted that I could have only five documents to be searched at a time. I looked in the card catalog to ascertain all documents on the subject of Scouting. I could tell by the descriptions the documents what I wanted and needed.
I went to the counter and ordered the first five documents. The staff then said that I could have five documents in various areas of the library but could only physically have only five at a time. So, from that moment on, the staff was fully cooperating and assisting me. It seemed that all staff were working on my project that day.
I soon had the documents with me. Five more were on the counter waiting for the return of the previous five. Five more were on the escalator coming down to me. Five more were sitting on the desk waiting to go down the escalator. And five more were being gathered by staff. As I finished one stack of five, I would return it. Then it would go up the escalator and all other stacks of five would advance one step.
Once I had the documents, I could see immediately – yes or no – if I wanted or needed the document. I would then take them to the copier to be copied. This added another five books to my process and I would get more at the counter.
This process continued for two full days. It was exciting and wonderful to feel the support of the full Historian Department staff. I could feel the Lord's blessings as the cycle continued.
A few years later, I received a surprise phone call. The caller said that the Church Historian's office had given him my contact information. He identified himself as being from Ohio. Ironically, as we talked, we realized that we had been friends 30 or more years before – when he lived in Arizona as a teenager. Anyway, he noted that he had gone to the Church Historian's with the same mission that I had – to write a history of Scouting in the Church.
He was surprised at the reception that he received at the Historian's office. It was very much unlike mine. He said that they told him, "We have already given that information to a Brother Kevin Hunt in Arizona." They would not give him any help or new information.
So, I think this is a significant fact – in that it means that I believe that I am the only person to whom the Historian's Office has given this information. That being the case, I have felt all the more compelled (through the years) to get this book published so that Scouters of the Church can have access to it. I recognize d that it was not Kevin Hunt that said the stuff in the book – but that I was privileged to become the recipient of the material to share it with others. I knew that the material truly had come from generations of inspired Prophets and other church authorities – as inspired of the Holy Ghost.
Still, for years the book sat "on my computer" largely unseen by the world of Scouters whom I knew "needed" to see and read the material. So, this phone call on that Labor Day was particularly exciting.
And so, with this background, it was particularly exciting to receive the call on that Labor Day night – in 2012 – inviting me to become a member of a team of historians charged with the task to create a history of Scouting in the Church – even a Century of Honor.
Well, that was the beginning … Later I received notification from Mark relative to the upcoming committee meeting. I was unique in that most of the group would be meeting in person in Salt Lake City – but I was in Arizona – and unable to make the regular trips to be there in person with the committee. But, the plan worked out okay. Each time that there was to be a meeting, arrangements were made to get me into the committee meeting. I was even asked once to offer the opening prayer for the committee meeting. And I guess the prayer even made it through cyber space to where it needed to be. It was a bit challenging – since when I wanted to say something (and not being able to see the group – having only audio), I had to kind of interrupt and make my suggestion or comment). I – and they – got used to this and it worked.
I was pleased and grateful that my research and the finished book product of years ago now became the foundation for discussion and further research in the creation of the "Century of Honor" book. That was a great blessing and the beginning of a dream come true.
And so, we worked together as a team and ultimately brought forth the great book, "Century of Honor". And what a book it was! It was so exciting to be a part of the editorial team and to share the completed book with the world. (And the book is "out there" now and is available for all interested in the legacy of Scouting in the LDS Church.) The book is available for purchase through the LDS/BSA Relationships office or click here to order a copy of "Century of Honor". It is also available at many Scout Shops throughout the country.
And incidentally, being on the committee also gave me the motivation to again revise my own book and I actually published it this time and made it available also to the world. I was pleased to have Elder Vaughn J Featherstone – himself a former General Young Men President – write the Forward to the book. The book was published as "Scouting in the LDS Church – A Centennial History".
And now as I look at the two books – "Century of Honor" and "Scouting in the LDS Church", I believe that there is "place" and need for both. Each is unique and different but together they make a great composite history which together document the history and legacy of this great Scouting/LDS Church partnership that has served both organizations so well in a century – and now into the second century. The "Century of Honor" book has a plethora of wonderful photos and "Scouting in the LDS Church" has a more detailed narrative of the history of Scouting in the LDS Church. So, together they complement each other and provide a great history of the Scouting legacy in the church.
And my involvement with the writing of the "Century of Honor" book, also brought other connections and opportunities for me. These were unplanned but turned out be be great blessings. So, these make me even more grateful to have been a part of this "Century of Honor". One of the really great opportunities was to attend the program (of the same name) that was staged by the Church in the giant Conference Center" in Salt Lake City.
This became a grand celebration of the LDS/Scouting relationship. And with my "Century of Honor" involvement, I actually had a front row seat and saw the fabulous show "up front and personal". I never would have imagined myself in such circumstances … but there I was – and I enjoyed every moment of that spectacular show.
I have shared my feeling of that night in a blog which I created as I took on the opportunity to blog about Scouting. I invite you to read this [again] if you have interest. The article A Century of Scouting and What it Has Made Me sums up my feelings of Scouting and being an LDS church member – and author. And again as I write this current article, I express again my gratitude for being a part of the Century of Honor.
Being on the "Century of Honor" committee, I was able to make two different trips to Utah. On one such trip, our writing committee dined with and mingled with many great BSA Scout executives. The LDS/BSA office invites many Scout Executives to come to Salt Lake City for a relationship conference a couple of times each year – usually coinciding with the semi-annual General Conference of the Church. At the April Conference, I happened (with my wife) to sit next to Lynn Gunter, a Scouting professional from the Trapper Trails Council in Ogden, Utah. He knew Vaughn Featherstone personally and was able to connect me with him to get him to write the Forward for "Scouting in the LDS Church".
The connections and blessings from "On My Honor" just keep coming and they keep me amazed – and grateful!
It has indeed been a great Scouting Partnership – Scouting and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! A hundred years together … a marvelous history, a glorious legacy for the Scouts of today and to those of tomorrow. Let us all rejoice in this great Scouting Partnership!
"One hundred years in the best of the Scouting traditions! What a legacy. What a heritage. What a great program – truly inspired of God. Now that's something to celebrate." And now, Let's go for the second century!
Author: Kevin |Best wishes along your Scouting Trails … Excerpts taken from Kevin's many Scouting Trails books including "MR. Scoutmaster!", "Keys to Scouting Leadership" and others at his Scoutingtrails website. Connect with Kevin and read his articles on Scouting blogsites such as The Boy Scout, The Scouting Trail and The Voice of Scouting. And on Facebook: Scouting Trails Books and Blogs. Feel free to comment on anything you read!


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Microsoft is reportedly buying keyboard app Swiftkey for $250M
Swiftkey is one of the most popular predictive typing keyboard apps on Android and iOS platforms, it is not present on Windows Phones as yet.Vikas SN | ETtech | Updated: February 03, 2016, 14:49 IST
Update: Microsoft and SwiftKey has confirmed this acquisition.
Earlier: Microsoft is buying the popular keyboard app Swiftkey for $250 million, reports Financial Times. Citing sources, it says the deal is expected to be announced later this week. Microsoft has declined to comment on this to the publication.
It's worth noting that while Swiftkey is one of the most popular predictive typing keyboard apps on Android and iOS platforms, it is not available on Windows Phones as yet.
India was the second biggest market for the app and it had tie-ups with domestic players such as Micromax, Karbonn, Intex, Spice, Lava and XOLO. The company also had a 20-people team in India working on R&D, linguistics, product design and community collaboration.
Swiftkey started off as a paid app on Android platform in 2010 and later switched to a freemium model, wherein it charged for new keyboard themes. It also launched on the iOS platform around the same time, after Apple started allowing third party keyboard apps with its iOS 8 update.
The app is currently on 300 million devices worldwide, although the report suggests that Swiftkey struggled to find financial success with the company reporting sales of £8.4 million at the end of 2014. It has raised more than $20 million in funding from investors like Accel Partners, Octopus Ventures and Index Ventures.
This acquisition fits in with Microsoft's push to grow its roster of mobile productivity apps, having previously acquired to-do app Wunderlist and calendar app Sunrise. It also bought email app Acompli to launch Outlook app for iPhone and Android.
The report however indicated that Microsoft is more interested in Swiftkey's Artificial Intelligence capabilities, which was more pronounced in Swiftkey's latest keyboard app that uses a neural network to predict more accurate word suggestions.
Neural networks is a subfield of artificial intelligence that mimics how a human brain processes data to provide better word suggestions than standard algorithms.
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RealTime Talent is bringing WorkFountain to Minnesota
August 24, 2016 /0 Comments/in Blog Post /by Erin Olson
Today, RealTime Talent announced its selection of WorkFountain as the platform for a new kind of online labor exchange in Minnesota. Designed by Michigan-based company Digerati, WorkFountain "is a unique scalable platform that engages businesses of all sizes and creates greater efficiency in the labor market. The platform builds pathways for meaningful employment, ultimately creating jobs and strengthening the economy," says CEO Brian Balasia.
WorkFountain is specifically built with the goal of reducing hiring bias and economic inequalities through blind-correlated matching of candidates to job opportunities. RealTime Talent evaluated 11 online labor exchange platforms, but what sets WorkFountain is the quality of the matches. Organizations that have implemented the technology share that they are seeing faster matches to higher quality candidates. By requiring both job-seekers and employers to complete job-specific surveys, the site goes far beyond resumes or keyword searches to understand subtle differences between candidates, including their preferred work environment, daily tasks, and leadership style.
Small and mid-sized businesses stand to gain from this new approach to hiring. Blind matching candidates based on compatibility means that brand strength doesn't play as significant of a role in the job-seeker's search. "As a board member of RealTime Talent, I am really excited to be bringing this innovation to Minnesota," shared Scott Peterson, representative of the Itasca Project and chair of the RealTime Talent board. "WorkFountain has the potential to bring tremendous efficiencies to match job seekers with employers, as well as harness the power of our diverse workforce. "
The project received funding from the Minnesota Legislature in July 2016 through the leadership of Senator Terri E. Bonoff, chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee. The Legislature dedicated funding to RealTime Talent to bring a 21st century web-based job and intern-seeking software tool that blind matches the needs of Minnesota's employers with high school seniors and college students.
"While working on the MN PIPELINE Project, we heard loud and clear from employers that they are struggling to identify and connect with their future workforce" stated Senator Bonoff. "I always knew there had to be a way to harness technology to bring about more meaningful connections between employers and our youth, so we set out to find a solution for them beyond just creating an education and training program and I'm pleased to say today that we found it. WorkFountain is currently doing this connection work with great success in Michigan and Ohio, and I am thrilled that they are coming to Minnesota to unlock so much potential for our employers and students. Thank you to Jess Niebuhr of RealTime Talent and her board for being the engine of workforce solution innovation for our State and making this happen."
RealTime Talent is working with the support of the Office of Higher Education to implement this pilot. We are seeking regional, education, and industry partners to build, use, and launch this new platform for the benefit of Minnesota employers and job-seekers.
For more information about this pilot project, access to the full report evaluating similar platforms, or inquiries on becoming a partner in this pilot project, please contact Jess Niebuhr at jess@realtimetalentmn.org. More information is available at http://www.realtimetalent.org/ and http://digerati.co/workfountain/.
Read the full press release here:
2016 08 24 RTT WorkFountain Press Release – FINAL
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TBT Revitalization Project: Share the LOVE with Our New Flyer
January 27, 2019 — 11:31
Hear ye hear ye! It's time to spread the news about TBT. Check out our new flyer! We're pumping up the volume through the ABCs, spreading the good word to libraries, community centers, relevant community spaces in the Tampa Bay Area, about how timebanking gets people together through services exchanges they like to do that help members and themselves, too.
What's Timebanking?
It's a service exchange "system" that uses time as its currency. Instead of money, we exchange "person hours." So you can sign up to do things you love for members, offering what you enjoy in a service exchange. Members can organize household stuff, help with meal preparation, offer rides, tutor, fix things—if that's what excites you. Professionals can participate too through their organizations or as individchange service credit hours and record them in our online "Hour World" system. Every hour of time is valued equally. Whether you're weeding someone's garden or drawing architectural plans. Feel free to send the flyer to your network of community members, either online, or print some and sprinkle 'em around like happy confetti. Yay!
BJ and the Dragonfly!
January 27, 2019 — 9:44
* Hey peeps, let's give it up for guest blogger and founder of the Spring Hill Timebank, Dr. Andy LePage, and his very own spotlight on St. Pete Timebank Coordinator, BJ Andryusky. The link to the Spring Hill Timebank also takes you directly to Andy's original piece covering BJ. Let Andy know what you think! Thanks, Grace
By Andy LePage
How wonderful it is to find the hidden gold in another and then to celebrate it. Recently I found such hidden gold in BJ Andryusky, the Coordinator of St. Pete Time Bank. And what hidden gold it is!
BJ has given a huge amount of help to us in at Spring Hill Time Bank, in as far as we're new and kind of "green" in understanding the finer points of moving around the website and in learning about the inner workings of Time Banking. Although she and I have had many conversations, it wasn't until the end of last November that she mentioned she was having a guest exhibit at the Dali in early December.
Recently I spoke with her again about Time Banking and at the end of our conversation — a conversation that always includes her great computer instruction — I asked how her art show had gone. She was so excited. Although there wasn't a formal judging of the new talent exhibitors that BJ was a part of, among the twelve exhibitors, she was in what would have been first place! Her work was so favorably received by the Dali staff, that she hopes to be able to exhibit there again, as well as have some of her art for sale in their gift store.
On her Facebook page, BJ writing about herself and her art states: "I am an artist with an exceptional skill for turning domestic items like vases, boxes, and jars into affordable metallic-looking art. I do this by working my magic with polymer clay; often in an industrial, steampunk or bohemian style. You will find each piece is handmade and one of a kind. A true conversation, collectible piece!"
In case anyone reading this piece thinks that BJ has an exaggerated sense of herself and her talent, please use one of the links at the end of this article to see her incredible ability and to know that she honestly speaks her truth.
One of BJ's customers wrote this about her art: "I can't begin to tell you how beautiful these pieces are. BJ is currently working on a custom piece for me, but I did purchase some ornaments from her for gifts, and both people I gave them to absolutely loved them. There is such attention to detail and creativity in each piece."
Another said: "I can't thank you enough BJ for creating the customized book ends for my Father-in-law's 80th birthday gift! He absolutely loved them and everyone at the party was completely blown away by the craftsmanship and creativity of the pieces!"
We may never know about all the talent the great people whom we meet in Time Banking have. But as we get to know our fellow Time Bankers, we will find that many, like BJ, have their own form of hidden gold.
The name of BJ's business is Dragonfly Antics. Readers may know that the dragonfly is a strong-bodied, non-stinging insect which helps to keep the mosquito population down and has wings that stay outstretched rather than folded when at rest. This is great symbology for how BJ watches over all of us in the Time Bank. Even at rest, she has her great wings outstretched ready at a moment's notice to help someone, to encourage us to be our best, and to hold other coordinator's hands (mine and many others'!) as they try to navigate the inner workings of Time Banking. She is as skillful in helping us find answers to our questions as she is in nimbly crafting magnificent pieces of art from a tattered jewelry box or a broken vase. We are fortunate she is in our midst! Check out this gifted lady's website at dragonflyantics.com and at facebook.com/pg/dragonflyantics/about/


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Despite being founded in 1993 and having shot to international prominence in 2006 at Paris Fashion Week, Songzio is a relatively new brand in London making only its second appearance in the vibrant capital. The dually headquartered fashion house (Paris and Seoul) has made its name by eloquently blending art and fashion in its men's collections through using its signature black suit as canvas, which is subsequently fused with warmer colours ranging from aquamarine to apricot. Since its debut during LCM last year, Songzio's anticipated AW17 collection did not leave its audience disappointed.
The collection titled "Misanthrope" featured elegantly cut black Victorian jackets, luxurious long coats and a range of neckties adding a hint of bohemian elegance to the overall designs. The prevalent use of fur, however, was not necessary in a time where many designers find alternate uses. The show at times had a sense of haute couture of old floating around it, especially through the contrast of wing-collared shirt against a backdrop of velvet jackets and well-tailored black trousers. The collection was also coated with a sense of ease through introduction of streetwear such as bomber jackets, garments containing hand-painted pieces borrowing from abstract and minimalist art as well as lighter knits. "Misanthrope" is a haunting narrative told by its designer, Zio Song, filled with a modern outtake on traditional tailoring, coincidentally not being afraid to collocate traditional haute pieces with a more modern approach.
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Hello everyone. I am Hemant Kr Malani from Kolkata.
This year Sudoku Mahabharat (SM) and Puzzle Ramayan (PR) were held in the same month and same venue as last year but there were many changes including the return of Rishi Sir. Moreover, this year on the basis of online rounds base points were added in order to encourage more participation in online rounds.
Indian Sudoku Championship (ISC) and Sudoku Mahabharat competition day started at 9:30 am with registration which was followed by the Question & Answer session. Immediately after that the classic Sudoku round began.
This round had 12 Classic Sudoku puzzles with 35 minutes. I had planned to make this round good as I was doubtful about the Samurai round. But I could score just 153 out of 400 points; had to do better in coming rounds to make up. Only Rohan could complete the round.
This round had 8 variants with a total of 400 points. Except Scattered Sudoku and Skyscrapers Sudoku, I completed other 6 variants. Skyscrapers was easy but I had just 2 minutes on the countdown when I started solving it and was not able to complete. This time again only Rohan was able to finish and got a bonus of 20 points.
Then came the Samurai round with one classic and one variant samurai. The classic one was easy and I managed to complete it in less than 20 minutes. But I made some mistake in variant one and could complete only 4 grids. This time Rohan, Kishore, Rishi Sir, Pranav and Gaurav Kumar Jain completed the round with different bonuses.
This round was quite different from other three. There were 8 Sudoku Puzzles (4 classic and 4 variants). All of them had at least one number common in each row, column and box; determining which was a part of solving. I completed 5 out of 8. After the round I was told that the Inequality Sudoku could have been completed independent of other sudokus. Anyway, Rohan, Kishore and Rishi sir could finish the round. With this the ISC came to an end with Rohan grabbing the first position. Kishore got the 2nd position and Rishi Sir was 3rd.
It was time for the recreation event. It was a one-to-one knock out event where the winner would get the CSM title. Initially there was a knock-out between those having ranks from 23 to 42 and 10 participants were selected from them. Then there was knock out from 32 to 16, from 16 to 8 , from 8 to 4 and then there were semi-finals and finals. Kishore and Rishi Sir reached the finals and the defending champion, Kishore, again gabbed the CSM Title.
Next were the playoffs to decide the top three in Sudoku Mahabharat. The first playoff was among 3rd, 4th and 5th positions--Jayant, Shaheer and Vishal. Jayant maintained his 3rd position and reached the 2nd stage of playoffs. The next playoff was between Pranav, myself and Jayant. Pranav maintained his first rank and won the Sudoku Mahabharat 2017. I broke the Diagonal Sudoku and became 3rd. Jayant got 2nd place in Sudoku Mahabharat. With this the Day 1 came to an end.
Meeting everyone once again, participating in ISC & IPC amd getting selected in Team B for WSC was really an amazing experience. A very big thanks to Prasanna and Rakesh Sir for organizing this event. Also Varun, Kishore, Ashish, Kumaresan Sir, Ravichandran Sir and others from Chennai team must be thanked for their contribution. Thanks to Sumit bhaiya too for the goodies. Looking forward to the World Sudoku Championship 2017 and the next year's ISC too.
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Q: Vue - Render an element out of string I would like to create a vue element from a string from my database.
In this case, it should be a message with a smiley emoji.
I actually save it like: Some text with Emoji: :santa::skin-tone-3:, and replace all valid string between '::' with the <Emoji emoji=':santa::skin-tone-3:' :size='16' />
<template>

</template>

But instead of the rendered element which should be something like:

I only get:
<emoji emoji=":santa::skin-tone-3:" :size="16"></emoji>

What is the best possibility to render this Element like intended?

A: Here are some much easier ways to do what you generally want.  If you give more specifics, your right direction may be a strategy pattern before one of these solutions, but one of these solutions is probably what you want:
1) Vue lets you dynamically define components right out of the box, so this single line:
<component v-for="(component, index) in components" :key="'component'+index" :is="component.name" v-bind="component.props" />

...would draw a bunch of components in an array of objects like this (for example): {name: 'myComponentName', props: {foo: 1, bar: 'baz'}}.
2) Vue lets you inject HTML into components by simply adding v-html="variable"
For example, here is a component that creates dynamic SVG icons, where the contents of the SVG is dynamically injected from JavaScript variables...
<template>
  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    :width="width"
    :height="height"
    viewBox="0 0 18 18"
    :aria-labelledby="name"
    role="presentation"
  >
    <title :id="name" lang="en">{{name}} icon</title>
    <g :fill="color" v-html="path">
    </g>
  </svg>
</template>

3) Vue lets you dynamically define your component template through this.$options.template:
export default {
  props: ['name', 'props'],
  template:  '',
  created(){
    this.$options.template = `<component :is="name" ${props.join(' ')} ></component>`
  },
}

4) Vue lets you define a render function, so proxy components or other advanced shenanigans are trivial:
Vue.component('component-proxy', {
  props: {
    name: {
      type: String,
      required: true
    },
    props: {
      type: Object,
      default: () => {}
    }
  },
  render(h) {
    // Note the h function can render anything, like h('div') works too.
    // the JS object that follows can contain anything like on, class, or more elements
    return h(this.name, {
      attrs: this.props
    });
  }
});

A smart genius wrote a jsbin for this here: http://jsbin.com/fifatod/5/edit?html,js,output
5) Vue allows you to create components with Vue.extend or even passing in raw JavaScript objects into a page or apps components section, like this, which creates a component named "foo" from a simple string for the template and an array for props, you could also extend the data, created, on, etc. the same way using the JS object alone:
new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  data: {
    foo: 'bar',
    props: {a: 'a', b: 'b'}
  },
  components: {
    foo: {
      template: '
{{ a }} {{ b }}
',
      props: ['a', 'b']
    }
  }
})

A: What i figured out now:
convertedMessage(){
    let el = Vue.compile("<Emoji emoji=':santa::skin-tone-3:' :size='16' />")
    el = new Vue({
        components: {
            Emoji
        },
        render: el.render,
        staticRenderFns: el.staticRenderFns
    }).$mount()
    return "Some text with Emoji: "+el.$el.innerHTML
}

Maybe there is still a better solution to handle this?

A: Here's how I went about when I needed to do something similar.
I rendered the component, say, <my-component> normally, but since I only needed rendered HTML, I wrapped it inside a
 like so:

   <my-component />

With CSS:
.hidden {
  display: none;
}

This way, I can refer to the element through $refs or you could get the element from the DOM using document.querySelector() while keeping it invisible to the end users.
So in the above example, to get the rendered HTML, You'd only need to do this:
let el = document.querySelector('.hidden');
let renderedHTMLString = el.children[0].outerHTML;

This way, you get the rendered HTML, without any overhead costs that's associated with Vue.compile or any other plugin. Render it normally. Hide it. Access it's outerHTML.

A: v-html only render plain HTML, see https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/syntax.html#Raw-HTML
In your case you should probably take a look at render functions and JSX. I'm not an expert but it seems that some people are acheiving what you want with the dangerouslySetInnerHTML JSX function. Take a look at this thread : How do I convert a string to jsx?
I know sometimes we have no choice but if you can I think the best solution could be to avoid generating the template from the backend as it breaks separation of concern (and also, probably, security issues).

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Minister for European Affairs, Helen McEntee TD travels to Belfast and Lisburn today to visit the headquarters of the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and also a number of projects that are being funded under the current cross-border PEACE and INTERREG programmes.
Ireland and the UK co-fund, with the EU, these two programmes, which have a total value of €550 million over the period 2014-2020.
Speaking in advance of her visit, the Minister said: "For more than quarter of a century, the PEACE and INTERREG programmes have been important drivers of cross-border regional development. Significant social and economic dividends have resulted from these programmes.
"I look forward to visiting the headquarters of the SEUPB and to meeting with its CEO Gina McIntyre and her team. Their excellent work in managing successive cross-border programmes has seen over €3 billion invested in Northern Ireland and the border counties.
While in Belfast, the Minister will meet with the Victims and Survivors Service, DARE to Lead Change, and STRIVE, all of which receive PEACE-funding. She will also travel to the University of Ulster in Jordanstown, where she will be briefed about two INTERREG projects, ECME and SPIRE 2, before finishing her programme with a visit to the Atlas Women's Centre in Lisburn to visit a PEACE-funded project, Developing Capacity through Dialogue for Women's Groups.
The Minister welcomed the European Commission's proposal for a special new PEACE PLUS programme post-2020 that will build on and continue the work of successive PEACE and INTERREG programmes.


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Comparative Epidemiology of Dependence on Tobacco, Alcohol, Controlled Substances, and Inhalants: Basic Findings From the National Comorbidity Survey
Experimental and Clinical Psycho pharmacology 1994. Vol. 2, No. 3, 244-268
James C. Anthony, Lynn A. Warner, and Ronald C. Kessler
Studying prevalence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (3rd ed., rev., American Psychiatric Association, 1987) drug dependence among Americans 15-54 years old, we found about 1 in 4 (24%) had a history of tobacco dependence; about 1 in 7 (14%) had a history of alcohol dependence; and about 1 in 13 (7.5%) had a history of dependence on an inhalant or controlled drug. About one third of tobacco smokers had developed tobacco dependence and about 15% of drinkers had become alcohol dependent. Among users of the other drugs, about 15% had become dependent. Many more Americans age 15-54 have been affected by dependence on psychoactive substances than by other psychiatric disturbances now accorded a higher priority in mental health service delivery systems, prevention, and sponsored research programs.


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Elizabeth Taylor delivered a 5,000 pound mammal to Michael Jackson as a gift.
By Alanis Hayal on January 8, 2021 Entertainment
One of the best things in the world is undoubtedly friendship, and Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor will probably agree. One of the most interesting and dedicated partnerships was between Jackson, the famous pop singer, and Taylor, the iconic Hollywood star.
The book Elizabeth and Michael: The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Pop – A Love Story was published by Donna Bogle recently, and the book recounts the specifics and elegance behind the unexpected marriage.
The two celebrities' elevated profile became the base of a relationship that would flourish for over two decades.
Take a look back at how the two met and how Taylor gave her best friend an outlandish present.
How did they become friends with Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson?
His relationship with Taylor was nothing less than fate, according to Jackson.
The author of The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Pop-A Love Story, Elizabeth and Michael, recalled the fateful days leading up to their first meeting.
Taylor's legendary acting career had propelled her into the public eye by that point, as had Jackson.
At the same time, the famous actress was grieving the death of her husband and the love of her life, Richard Burton.
Luckily, Jackson was only waiting to move in and try and fill her life's hole.
For Elizabeth Taylor's 8th birthday, Michael Jackson charged the bulk of the $1.5 million payment.
The pop star excitedly asked Taylor to join his Victory Tour in the summer of 1984. The actor, however, chose to quit when the box, seats and view were not to Taylor's liking. Jackson was beside himself, asking for forgiveness from the star, and ironically, the rest was history then.
The two immediately fell in love with one another.
Taylor invited Jackson for tea on one of their first and most popular dates, and he also brought Bubbles, his chimpanzee.
The date drew a lot of publicity and was expected to be the first of many.
What were some of the most unforgettable moments in Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson's friendship?
At a young age, both celebrities could relate to the hardships that come with success, but at a much deeper level, the pair bonded over concerns such as the difficulties that come with growing up with an abusive parent and problematic medical problems.
Taylor and Jackson bonded over several things, and only one of them was their rough childhood.
Tea dates led to movie dates, which culminated in hookups in the marathon. The two were inseparable in no time, and their love for each other was very apparent.
Even though they did not say it out loud, as they always did, the gift-giving tendencies of Taylor and Jackson spoke volumes.
As their bizarre relationship began to flourish, the world watched in awe and wonder. "Only some of the presents Jackson gave his "beast" are ruby-studded watches, diamond necklaces and bracelets, and a 17-carat diamond ring. In 1991, he also hosted and paid for Taylor's $1.5 million wedding, but the gifts were certainly not one-sided.
Elizabeth Taylor once gave a 5,000-pound elephant to Michael Jackson as a present.
Both Taylor and Jackson knew what living luxuriously meant.
The legendary singer undoubtedly had a reputation for his lavish gifts, but he was not alone at all.
Taylor once sent Jackson from Asia to his birthplace, Neverland Ranch in California, with a 5,000-pound elephant.
The elephant was called Gypsy and was a testament to the love of animals among friends.
Unfortunately, as many of their fans already know, their fun-loving relationship ended in 2009 when Jackson died suddenly, but their special tale is still very much alive.
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I'm going to record some videos from one of my locomotion save games, but my current screen recorder (OBS) records the screen squashed and in very low quality for some reason. It does not do this with other games, even others with different screen resolutions. Which screen recorder would people suggest to use?
What resolution are you playing Locomotion with and what resolution are you recording at? If your recording with a wide screen resolution like 1920x1080 or 1280x720 while playing Locomotion with something like 800x600, its going to get stretched out horizontally.
Either that or it'll look vertically squashed if your playing the game with a wide screen resolution like 1280x720 while recording in a square/4:3 aspect (like 800x600, 1024x768, or 1280x960) then its going to get squashed vertically and make everything look taller and skinnier.


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LOUVRE MUSEUM UPS THE ANTE WITH ITS OPENING IN ABU DHABI.
Andrea Thompson October 18, 2017
The capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi has been encouraging Western visitors for years and is upping the ante again this fall when it opens a version of France's Louvre museum on November 11. Louvre Abu Dhabi is the first museum of its kind in the Arab world and opens with more than 600 works of art. The opening exhibit also includes 300 works on loan from 13 leading French institutions.
Born from an agreement between the governments of Abu Dhabi and France back in 2007, the new museum includes the loan of the name of Louvre for 30 years, 6 months as well as artworks from French institutions for 10 years and the programming of temporary exhibitions for 15 years. Françoise Nyssen, the French Minister of Culture says, "The opening of the Louvre Museum Abu Dhabi is one of the most ambitious cultural projects in the world. With the expertise of its cultural institutions and loans from its national collections, France is particularly proud to play a significant role in the completion and the life of the Louvre Museum Abu Dhabi." The Louvre museum was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning French architect Jean Nouvel.
Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority and Tourism Development & Investment Company, adds, "The museum represents the latest innovation in a long-standing tradition of cultural preservation nurtured by the founding leaders of the UAE. Investment in a vibrant cultural ecosystem supports the UAE's economic diversification and development as a modern, dynamic society. Louvre Abu Dhabi will inspire a new generation of cultural leaders and creative thinkers to contribute to our rapidly-changing and tolerant nation." The Louvre joins the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi (slated to open in the near future) in an expanding portfolio of internationally known and branded museums in the country.
Come to see the Louvre and stay to enjoy the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2017, set to begin on November 24th. It's the last Grand Prix of the year and one of the most anticipated Formula One races on the Grand Prix circuit. Formally called The Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the race takes place at the Yas Marina Circuit over what is considered one of the most glamorous weekends, and a big international event, in the UAE. Over 60,000 people attend. From super yachts and supermodels to celebrity-studded after-parties, the Grand Prix Abu Dhabi is just one of several high-profile events, activities, and places that are driving travelers to the UAE.
Abu Dhabi has seen a record 7% rise in the number of hotel guest arrivals over the first four months of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, with 1,601,145 guests checking into the Emirate's hotels and hotel apartments.
A room at the Marriott Hotel Al Forsan. Image courtesy of Marriott.
They're staying in hotels like the Marriott Hotel Al Forsan. This new 400-bed, 5-star, Marriott is located within Khalifa City at the heart of the Al Forsan International Sports Center. The center's facilities include a waterski and wakeboard lake, an equestrian center, paddock, and polo field. Hotel facilities include six restaurants, bars and lounges and the Saray Spa, complete with marble hammam, 50-meter lap pool, and leisure club.
The 5-star Saadiyat Rotana Resort on Saadiyat Island opens towards the end of 2017 and will feature 327 upscale rooms and suites and 13 beach villas on a private stretch of beach.
And what to do in Abu Dhabi? How about learning desert survival skills? Arabian Nights Village has teamed up with Global View Commando to teach desert survival skills among the rolling dunes of the Empty Quarter. Run by four former Royal Marine Commandos, Global View's desert courses can last from a few hours to a few days, and incorporates proven techniques used for years by the British armed forces. Skills taught include planning for an expedition, navigating in the desert, how best to collect water and how to build a shelter.
Al Ain Oasis. Image courtesy of Abu Dhabi Culture & Tourism Authority.
In 2011, UNESCO gave the Cultural Sites of Al Ain World Heritage status. They were the first sites to ever receive UNESCO World Heritage status in the UAE. Al Ain Oasis is spread over almost 3000 acres and is filled with palm plantations, many of which are still working farms. Visitors will find cool, shady walkways and can tap into an app with a stylized map that allows them to navigate the many trails that crisscross the interior of the oasis. They should also visit the Al Ain Palace and Al Ain National Museums.
Qasr Al Hosn – also known as the White Fort – was built in 1761 to defend the only fresh-water well on Abu Dhabi Island. Qasr Al Hosn is the oldest stone building in the city and has become a symbol of Emirati heritage, culture, and tradition. Following years of restoration, the iconic fort will open to the public in 2018, showcasing a range of historical artifacts, photographs, and memorabilia. Before the official opening, a new exhibition outside the fort's walls will tell the story of the Emirati people and of the origins and growth of Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi is #2 on the list of world's best cities according to the Ipsos City Index. It comes in second only to New York, beating out London and Paris and moving up two places since the last Ipsos City Index. More than 18,000 people, between 16-64, in 26 countries were interviewed for the Index.
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Twitter Now Lets Anyone Collect Tweets Into Moments, Embed Them In Web Pages
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Twitter Moments isn't necessarily one of Twitter's most popular features (then again, it's not the worst either), but they're getting more interesting today. Now, any user can collect a group of related tweets and share it as a single Moment.
Moments, for those who keep ignoring that tab in the Twitter app, are collections of related tweets that are put together to give you broader context for a story. In concept, they're pretty neat. In practice, Twitter only allowed certain companies to create them, and they were hard to browse. So most people ignored them.
Now, Twitter's rolling out the ability to create Moments to everyone. Moreover, you can now embed them in web pages, so it's much easier to share a group of tweets together. This is much more in line with how Twitter is already used: by individuals sharing what they find, both on and off Twitter. It's still a little outside the immediacy that makes up Twitter's bread and butter, but at least it might be something that's useful enough for average users.
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Q: Store array in Session['B'] from array In Session['A'] Say I have table below in MySQL
No. Item   price   code
1   apple  12.00   001
2   pear   10.00   002
3   orange  9.00   003
4   grape  15.00   004

I use PHP some_page.php start session and run query SQL, then store as $_SESSION['A'] that has array below:
1   apple  12.00   001
2   pear   10.00   002

(This $_SESSION['A'] is temporary and will be unset-ed every time new query to mySQL)
Now, before $_SESSION['A'] is unset, is it possible to select array from $SESSION['A'] to store to another session on the same some_page.php called $SESSION['B']? With array:
2   pear   10.00   002

($_SESSION['B'] will be for longer duration)
My logic is tat I try not to run SQL more than once just to get the array which already available from $_SESSION['A'].

A: I might be misunderstanding the question but
$_SESSION is just an associative array:
http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.session.php
So you can do $_SESSION['B'] = $_SESSION['A'] which will copy the array from 'A' into 'B'. Then feel free to unset 'A'.
Edit:
If you only want part of the $_SESSION['A'] array then you can access it via index like $_SESSION['A'][0]. Depending on the format of the array you may have to parse through it to get the elements you want.

A: If you want to save into B only part of A, you can copy the entire array and then unset the indexes that you desire.
Or you can use a foreach on A, check the condition that match only your content, and then put the content into B.
Or save the content directly to B without pass through A.
Or save into A only what you want and then copy A to B.
_SESSION is an associative array, you can manipulate it as you want.
For unset an element of an array you can use unset($array[$index]) where $index can be an INT or a STRING, it depend from you.


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Q: html / css / pre / code: how to force carriage return I've got a very long text (an HTML page actually) (almost an entire book) where there are many thing including some code. These paragraphs are either enclosed by "pre" tags or enclosed by "code" tags.
The big problem is that some lines are far too long and when I print them out, they are cut.
Moreover the author has put some very long questions in "code" tags (>_<)
Any idea how to force carriage return between those tags? I can add css easily in the header.

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Another job discovered for a master metabolic off-switch
Researchers have discovered that an important cellular "off-switch" that desensitizes receptors on the cell surface also regulates a second deactivation mechanism that had not been suspected before. Their finding that the off-switch, known as beta-arrestin, operates in two distinct ways may hint at a broader set of regulatory roles for the molecule.From Duke University:Another Job Discovered for a Master Metablic Off-Switch
Monday, October 28, 2002 | Researchers have discovered that an important cellular "off-switch" that desensitizes receptors on the cell surface also regulates a second deactivation mechanism that had not been suspected before. Their finding that the off-switch, known as beta-arrestin, operates in two distinct ways hints at a broader set of regulatory roles for the molecule, said the scientists.
Receptors are proteins that nestle in the cell membrane, and which translate external chemical signals such as hormones into a cellular response. Discovering the detailed mechanisms of beta-arrestin action is important because the receptors it "downregulates" number perhaps in the thousands, and control processes throughout the body — including heart rate; blood pressure; endocrine function; the senses of sight, smell and taste; pain tolerance, and the euphoric high of addictive drugs. Thus, new basic knowledge about the action of beta-arrestin could have implications for development of drugs for a wide array of disorders.
In an article in the October 25, 2002, Science, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Robert Lefkowitz at Duke University Medical Center and his colleagues reported their studies of the role of beta-arrestin in regulating a "second-messenger" molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP).
This molecule launches a cascade of metabolic signals into the cell when it is produced by activation of receptors such as the "G-protein-coupled receptors" (GPCRs) studied by Lefkowitz's laboratory. The role of beta-arrestin is to desensitize GPCRs by regulating cAMP levels, to prevent over stimulation of the cell.
"It's been known for a number of years that there are two major mechanisms by which the levels of cyclic AMP are regulated," said Lefkowitz. "One is the rate at which cAMP is synthesized by an enzyme called adenylate cyclase, which in turn is activated by receptors. And the other mechanism is the rate of cyclic AMP degradation, which is carried out by a large family of enzymes called phosphodiesterases."
Lefkowitz and his colleagues had discovered in previous studies that beta-arrestin desensitizes receptors by binding directly to them, blocking the machinery required to activate adenylate cyclase.
"However, we had absolutely no idea that beta arrestin might also act on phosphodiesterases to help them degrade cyclic AMP." said Lefkowitz. "All the textbooks say there's no relationship between these two mechanisms."
However, said Lefkowitz, other scientists had published experimental results hinting that levels of phosphodiesterases (PDEs) were not uniform throughout the cell, and that the enzyme might be moving to places where it is needed. Also, said Lefkowitz, a realization was dawning that beta-arrestin molecules played a broader role in cell processes than previously believed.
"Over the past five years in my laboratory, we have been learning that beta arrestins are not just molecules that get pulled to the receptors to desensitize them; but increasingly it is clear that they serve all sorts of other functions as scaffolds and adapters which bind to proteins to promote signaling through different pathways."
Thus, the lead scientists on the "Science" paper — Stephen Perry, George Baillie and Trudy Kohout — set out to explore whether beta-arrestin might possess yet a second role in desensitizing receptors — by recruiting PDEs to the membrane to degrade cAMP.
In their initial experiment, using chemicals that switched on receptors, the scientists traced the movement of the PDE enzymes in cultured cells. They found that in such cells the enzymes did move from the cell's interior to its membrane. Also, further studies confirmed that the enzymes did, indeed, attach themselves to the receptors.
To discover the role of beta-arrestin, the scientists tried the same experiment in cells engineered to lack beta-arrestin — which occurs in two forms, beta-arrestin1 and beta-arrestin2. In those experiments, they found that knocking out either or both beta-arrestin forms stopped recruitment of PDEs to the membrane. Test tube studies also confirmed that beta-arrestin and PDE bound to one another very tightly.
"We could have stopped there, but we really wanted to demonstrate that this mechanism, which is totally novel, was of some functional significance," said Lefkowitz. "So, we devised an experiment in which we produced a form of PDE that was catalytically dead, but which could compete with and block normal PDE at the membrane. When we added this altered PDE to the cell cultures, we discovered that it blocked recruitment. And our measurements showed that the receptors remained active when stimulated.
"What these experiments tell us is that these two mechanisms for regulating the levels of the second messenger, cyclic AMP, at the membrane — which we had viewed as two completely separate and unrelated mechanisms — are really two aspects of the same thing," said Lefkowitz. "They are completely coordinated." According to Lefkowitz, the finding emphasizes the intricate synergy of the action of beta-arrestin.
"It is an elegant mechanism from a design point of view," he said. "It makes a lot of sense biologically, and provides insight into how beautifully coordinated these systems are. It also points out once again how little we know, since for years we felt confident that these were two very distinct mechanisms of regulation." Lefkowitz emphasizes that much more remains to be discovered about beta-arrestin.
"Work in our lab and others is clearly indicating that the beta arrestins are master regulators, serving not just as molecules to turn off a vast array of receptors, but to turn them on and to link them as adapters and scaffolds to other metabolically important enzyme systems.
"The receptors that we study were originally named G-protein-coupled receptors, but they could just as well have been called arrestin-coupled receptors," said Lefkowitz, who himself has adopted the broader label "seven-membrane-spanning receptors." The scientists' work is also supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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The annual convention of the Word Alive Ministries UK was held between the 27th & 28th October, 2018.
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Q: Sitecore Event Queue - Can I delay events? Sitecore has a nice event queueing system that is persisted to a database.
You can also define custom events.
I now need to be able to raise an event which has a delay before it's processed. Is this possible?
I could use some other queueing system (ApacheMQ?), but it would be nice to use the built in Sitecore one if possible.

A: As far as I know it is not possible to delay an event directly. But there is a way to get the custom code you want executed with a delay.
You create your custom event. In the custom event handler use the Sitecore JobManager to execute a specific method which you want to start with a delay. By using the Sitecore JobManager you are able to delay the execution of the method by passing the additional parameter "InitialDelay".
var options = new JobOptions("JobName", "category", "Sitename", "Object Instance
  which contains the method to execute", "Methodname")
    { InitialDelay = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5.0) };

JobManager.Start(options);

You can also use this to execute a method on your CD server with a delay, after triggering it from your CMS server by using remote events.
See also this link for more info about Sitecore jobs.

A: To clarify one point, although Sitecore has various event models related to content editing and publishing, as well as pipeline events within the page lifecycle, it is wrong to say that "Sitecore has an event queuing system which is persisted to a database".
The idea behind the content editor events is that they occur in a specific order and in sequence, so 'delaying' an event would be an odd idea impossible. You can define scheduled tasks in sitecore (look under /sitecore/system/Tasks).  Perhaps you could create a custom event which could create or modify a sitecore item to hold some task information (call this your 'queue' if you like), then create a custom task (scheduled to run at predefined intervals) which would take items from this queue and process them.


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Griffin & Jordan Spotted At LA Club
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Friday night, Los Angeles Clippers star forward Blake Griffin, high flying center DeAndre Jordan and former NBA player Rashad McCants were spotted in the VIP section of Bootsy Bellows, a club located on Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood, California. The trio, flanked all night by a bodyguard, was noticed by many club goers, with some patrons even attempting to gather up close video of the group. Our source noted that if one got too close for comfort, the bodyguard would not hesitate to send the revelers back to where they came from.
When Griffin and Jordan take to the court next season, they will do so with a brand new boss roaming the sidelines. Tuesday, at the end of what turned out to be a protracted decision making process, the Clippers front office elected to relieve Vinny Del Negro of his head coaching duties, despite the fact that he led LA to their greatest regular season in franchise history.
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Call for Entries - 19th accordi @ DISACCORDI - International short film festival
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accordi @ DISACCORDI - International Short Film Festival celebrates its 19th anniversary on November 7 - 13, 2022, and welcomes filmmakers, professionals, and enthusiasts from across the world, to share the art of independent short films with the local audience, to entertain and enlighten the festival attendees, to provide filmmakers the opportunity for professional networking and development, and to encourage cultural tourism and film industry development in Naples and the surrounding area in Campania.
Open Call: Film Diary NYC 2.0
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Seeking: Diary Films, home movies, and personal documentary.
Submission deadline: 9/30
Our call for submissions is still open!
Altered Images is a project for film and music experimentation. We bring together artists from various disciplines to create original and unique pieces that will be shown at different events. We are focused in New Media Arts, Sound, Performance, Inclusivity, Feminism and Queer Activism.
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Open Call for the 16th Busan International Video Art Festival
Call for submissions is now open for the 16th Busan International Video Art Festival.
BIVAF mainly introduces video artworks that deal with contemporary social issues. In particular, we plan to invite works on post-Soviet spaces and cities this year, and we would like to select works that can be presented together through the open call. The submissions are open from 1 to 20 August. For details, please refer to the guidelines below. You can also find the guidelines and Google Forms link on our website and Social media. Thank you for your interest.
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Simultan Festival 2022 - Call For Video Submissions!
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SIMULTAN FESTIVAL 2022—CALL FOR VIDEO SUBMISSIONS!
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FILM+ launches the call for young filmmakers's projects - Edition no. 7
Early career filmmakers from Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine are invited to submit their projects to the 7th edition of FILM+, the support program for independent low budget film productions.
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Archivio Aperto 2022
Archivio Aperto is an yearly event concerning the rediscovery of experimental, amateur and private film heritage organized by Home Movies – Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia of Bologna, Italy. An original archive programme that sees the return to the scene of small-gauge films, including Super8, 8mm, 9.5mm and 16mm.
Cámara Lúcida 2022
Cámara Lúcida has the purpose of being the convergence of cinematography surrounded by poetry, politics and sensitivity; like the main axis of their aesthetic and narrative being; purposes that deserve being preserved in a society that, slowly but strongly, tries to disappear the criticism and meditation through the overwhelming homogenization.
2022 Light Matter Experimental Film and Media Arts Festival
The second annual Light Matter Festival will be held in person in Alfred, NY over the weekend of November 4-6.
Light Matter is an annual festival dedicated to the artists moving image, seeking to bring together works of experimental film, video art, and the media arts. Conventional films need not apply. Preference will be given to shorts, but features will be considered.
4th Kinoskop - Analog Experimental Film Festival
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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANALOG EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA - KINOSKOP
October 28-31st 2022 / Yugoslav Film Archive
Kinoskop is a indie / niche festival, based in Belgrade, dedicated to the exploratory tendencies and experimental ways of working with celluloid in a digital era, and a showcase of imaginative works of cinema which trigger strong audio-visual stimuli and puzzling afterthoughts, rooted in the spirit of experimental, surrealist and underground cinema.
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Latin Power Productions is a World Class Music Company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specialized in high quality Latin American Music and Entertainment Productions. With a unique combination we mix different styles like: Salsa, Latin Pop, Cuban Music, Latin Rock, Jazz Latino, Reggeaton, Timba, Tango Fusion, Folklore and many more.
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The majority of UK solicitors believe the costs management process has had a negative impact on litigation - but still prefer it to fixed recoverable costs.
The Costs Management Survey 2017 by Just Costs Solicitors found that 65% of personal injury solicitors and 60% of commercial litigation solicitors at the UK's top 200 firms believe the costs management process has had a negative impact on litigation. Despite their misgivings, 90% of personal injury solicitors and 78% of commercial litigators prefer costs management to fixed recoverable costs.
Responses to The Costs Management Survey 2017 reveal that personal injury solicitors and commercial litigators have differing views on whether their clients would prefer costs management or fixed recoverable costs.
67% of personal injury solicitors believe their clients would prefer costs management, while the majority, 57%, of commercial litigators, believe their clients would prefer fixed recoverable costs.
There is a difference of opinion here. Litigators feel their commercial clients would like to know the risk of financial exposure through involvement in a dispute and potential litigation, whether claiming or defending the matter. The knowledge of a fixed fee would provide clarity and reassurance within the litigation and dispute resolution process, enabling them to make a decision about the best way ahead from the outset.
In his speech on 28 January to the I.P.A, Jackson LJ revealed his recommendations to extend fixed costs to all civil claims, including personal injury cases up to a value of £250,000, irrespective of complexity. From a litigator's perspective, this could lead to large corporations spending money at a rate beyond that which is recoverable on disputes with smaller businesses, whose costs are fixed at a lesser rate.
There is also the possibility that a legally complex case, though low in value, would require a significantly greater amount of work to conduct than is allowed by its allocated cost band. This may result in an aversion amongst litigators to take on such complicated, low value cases. Thus, preventing legitimate claims from being pursued, due to the limited amount they would recover in costs.
This figure could also become a reality in the commercial sector. However, in the interests of justice, there is a need to ensure that costs in legitimate, complex matters are not capped at such a level that they become unviable to pursue with the support of properly competent and qualified litigators.
In light of the above and as reflected in the results of The Costs Management Survey 2017, the majority of both personal injury and commercial litigation solicitors have answered that they prefer Costs Management over Fixed Recoverable Costs, in their respective specialisms. This reflects the general consensus that, in this instance, it may be better the devil you know, than fixed costs.
The survey was the first of four market research exercises Just Costs Solicitors will be conducting during 2017. The firm's second survey will begin later this month.