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Beaton Road Bridge replacement set to begin
Drivers are advised that work will soon begin to replace the temporary structure on Beaton Road with a permanent bridge, improving safety and reliability for people travelling through the area.
A temporary crossing has been in place since flood waters from Cherry Creek washed out the road at this location, west of Kamloops, in spring 2018. The new one-lane bridge will include rock armouring designed to protect it from potential damage during future high-water events.
The east end of Beaton Road will be fully closed to traffic beginning Monday, March 2, 2020. A detour will be in place for local traffic via Gardi Road and Buckhorn Drive.
Due to the tight nature of the location, the temporary crossing could not be maintained while the new structure is being built. This full closure will expedite construction of the new bridge and reduce total costs.
A digital message sign has been installed on Highway 1 to alert drivers of the forthcoming closure, which will be followed by standard signage once the detour is in place. Work is expected to be completed by April 30.
This project is part of the Cherry Creek flood recovery work that also included new structures installed on Rodeo Drive and Greenstone Road in 2019. Those bridges replaced culverts washed out in the spring 2017 flooding.
The ministry appreciates the patience of all drivers and residents in the area affected by the flooding and repair work.
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Michael Fowler
Michael L. Fowler, 71, Kansas City, MO passed away August 6, 2008. Military graveside services will be held 2:30 PM, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS. Michael was born July 26, 1937 in Queens NY. He was a devoted Father, Grandfather and humanitarian. Michael was very fluent in politics, history, religion and philosophy. He supported his family as a taxi cab driver and truck driver. Michael was a scholar; talented writer and author, painter and self taught musician. A world traveler always searching to experience and understand people. He was a Marine Corps Veteran. Michael is survived by his son, Scott W. Fowler; daughter, Leslie C. Rosales; sister, Joan Ritson; and five grandchildren. (arr. Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, 816-313-1677)
Leslie Rosales says
Thank you for forwarding this to me, it was nicely written and Andrew is so cute. He was a great Dad & Grandfather & we will all miss him very much. I have one to send to you that Gus & I made up. I will mail it out to you tomorrow. Take Care Leslie
Heather Gonzalez says
Couldn't have said it any better! Family is so important and I feel so fortunate to have a such a loving and caring family. We truly should appreciate each day and all the beautiful things in life, especially each other!
Much Love, Heather Gonzalez
Julie Downey says
I didn't know your fathergrandad for long, but he was a unique and loving man who will be missed by all who had the opportunity to know him.

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Brickell is the city's financial center, where glittering business towers and luxury condos tower over Biscayne Bay. Rooftop bars and surf 'n' turf grills cater to the banking and business crowd, while the art galleries and fashionable boutiques in the Brickell City Centre attract chic locals. The Brickell Avenue Bridge spans the Miami River and has views of the waterfront Miami Circle park and archaeological site.
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Coral Gables is a city near Miami, in Florida. It's home to the 1920s Venetian Pool, carved from a rock quarry, with its grottoes, towers and bridge. Coral Gables Merrick House is the restored childhood home of city founder George Merrick. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden includes tree-lined lakes, a tropical rainforest and a butterfly display. The collections at Lowe Art Museum include Cuban and Caribbean works.
Everglades National Park protects an unparalleled landscape that provides important habitat for numerous rare and endangered species like the manatee, American crocodile, and the elusive Florida panther.
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Sergio's Restaurant
Ruth's Chris Steak House is a chain of over 100 steakhouses across the United States, Canada and Mexico. On May 22, 2008, the company underwent rebranding and became part of Ruth's Hospitality Group after its acquisition of Mitchell's Fish Market.
3252 Southwest 22nd Street
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
High-end steakhouse chain with aged prime beef & classics such as lobster tails.
Estefan Kitchen
Star-powered destination for upscale Cuban cuisine in Havana-style surroundings with live music.
Versailles Restaurant Cuban Cuisine
Iconic Cuban restaurant serving traditional fare in a roomy, vintage dining room with chandeliers.
3555 SW 8th St
Surrounded by sketchy areas through which you wouldn't want to stroll by yourself in the evenings, this up-and-coming neighbourhood is primarily made up of warehouses turned into lofts. Otherwise, it's a nightlife paradise with plenty of low-key dive bars such as Gramps and Wood Tavern plus outdoor hangout spots like Wynwood Yard. In the daytime, you can meander and look at the graffiti murals and catch a coffee break at hipster coffee shops, including Panther and Vice City Bean.
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When Brickellistas are done working in their suits all day, they loosen their ties and head for a happy hour at any of the nearby fancy places in their neighbourhood. The business district is teeming with cocktail bars, lounges, and cool hangout spots to meet a cute someone. Make a pit stop for delicious concoctions at RedBar, some Latin dancing at Sidebar, or spend the night jamming to '90s mixtapes at Blackbird Ordinary. Drinks and all-around perfect views of the city's skyline make this place a must-see. The area is primarily a luxury hotel zone, complete with the hotels J.W. Marriott and the Conrad along Brickell Avenue
When it comes to an epic party in Miami, there's no place like LIV nightclub. Located inside the legendary Fontainebleau resort, the 18,000-square-foot mega club boasts a domed ceiling, impressive light shows and VIP tables lining the dance floor and mezzanine. World class DJs such as David Guetta, Steve Angello and Tiësto are regulars here, laying down the beats that make the crowd bounce. That's when the confetti starts flying and glow sticks come out. Bring your A game, this is one of the toughest velvet ropes in town.
4441 Collins Ave
E11EVEN Miami
One of Miami's new nightlife hotspots, E11EVEN is found inside a massive entertainment complex in Downtown Miami open 24-hours a day. A self-described "immersive" experience, E11EVEN is part-cabaret and part-night club featuring dancers, DJs and other performers as the main event. The club also boasts a rooftop restaurant and lounge, Touché by Top Chef alum Carla Pellegrino.
29 NE 11th St
For afterhours revellers not ready to call it quits at 5 a.m., Club Space is your refuge for dancing in a warehouse-style space in Downtown Miami well past the break of dawn. Hosting world class DJs at all hours, the dance scene at Space takes you to another dimension.
Mango's Tropical Cafe
For an "Only in South Beach" experience, stumble into Mango's Tropical Cafe on Ocean Drive, belly up to the bar and order whatever tropical libation suits your fancy. Day or night, it's only a matter of time before dancers dressed in feathered headdresses, colorful flamenco-style skirts, and skin-tight glittering spandex scale the bar to perform. At night, the crowd joins in the dance party surrounding the bar for a fun night out.
900 Ocean Dr
AIRBOATS, NATIVE HISTORY, ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES AWAIT. Welcome to the Everglades, South Florida's subtropical backyard. Made up of 1.5 million acres of marshes, mangroves, and wetlands, the Everglades is home to endangered, exotic wildlife, with human habitation dating as far back as 15,000 years ago. Whether you're biking or bird-watching, canoeing or waist-deep in marsh, a visit to this untouched oasis would get anyone looking past the humidity and into the acres of seagrass. But taking a trip into swampland doesn't mean you have to get down and dirty. Take a guided boat tour through the marshes, immerse yourself in the Miccosukee tribe's practices and culture, or grab a bite of a different kind of Southern home-cooking. Hint: Gator is on the menu.
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
3251 S Miami Ave


Carl Fredricksen is a young 8-year-old boy who idolizes famous explorer Charles Muntz. Muntz has been accused of fabricating the skeleton of a giant exotic bird he says he discovered at Paradise Falls, and vows to return there to catch one alive. One day Carl befriends a girl named Ellie, who is also a fan of Muntz. She confides to Carl her desire to move her "clubhouse"—an abandoned house in the neighborhood—to a cliff overlooking Paradise Falls. Carl and Ellie eventually get married and live together in the restored house. After suffering a miscarriage and being told they cannot have another child, the two decide to realize their dream of visiting Paradise Falls. They try to save for the trip, but repeatedly end up spending the money on more pressing needs. Finally, an elderly Carl arranges for the trip, but Ellie suddenly becomes ill and dies.


On 14 December 2000 the Dutch government officially launched the 'Voice of Hope' radio station, a station broadcasting into Sudan and aimed at a southern Sudanese audience.
It is clear that there has been a remarkable shift in attitude towards Sudan within the international community over the past two years. Sudan has moved from a position of relative isolation to a place at the centre of the family of nations.
The issue of child abduction by Lord's Resistance Army insurgents in northern Uganda has led to a focus on alleged Sudanese involvement in one of Uganda's civil wars.
It is regrettable that Sudan has proved to be a fault-line within the ACP-EU Joint Assembly for the last few years.


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If the ONLY thing a DC Buyer's Agent did was email you when the house hit the market and open the door for you, real estate professionals would be more like human push notifications that gave free "Ubers" to houses. Surprisingly enough, a DC Buyer's Agent representing a home buyer can be an incredible (and virtually free) professional ally to anyone making one of your life's biggest purchases.
CNN, The Washington Post, and Zillow can report as much as they like, but the best person to educate you about the market before you buy is someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes the Washington DC real estate market. A competent DC Buyer's Agent can provide insight on the market conditions in the area(s) you're considering buying within. Over the life of your loan, this information could be worth $30,000 to $200,000(or more) in equity depending on what and where you buy.
If you don't purchase your home on HGTV, it may take more than 23 minutes to get through the entire process from start to finish. For those of us that don't have the magic (also know as editing) of television on our side, the homebuying process can take time. During that time, there are typically a number of challenges and triumphs one may encounter. A strong DC Buyer's Agent acts as your adviser, offering resources and support cultivated over years of experience throughout the entire home buying process, from ratification to close of escrow and beyond.
Let's take a moment and just revel in the fact that we're talking about buying a house! They make it look so easy these days people tend to forget how many lives are affected by the decisions made during this process where so many things can go wrong. To say it's "a big deal" is a gross understatement. It takes in upwards of a month on average to get through the transaction once under contract and tensions are often high. Everybody wants things, which means sometimes it's an outright slugfest. If you have the option to get a Heavyweight Champ to fight for your best interest for next to nothing, do you turn that down?! Heck no! You've got nothing to lose and EVERYTHING TO GAIN! Not to mention, if you fall into the category of individuals who need to earn a living to pay for said home purchase, it's nice to have a DC Buyer's Agent in your corner, fighting for you while you're doing what you do best.
Everyone wants "a good deal". While the meaning of this changes based on the current market cycle, the notion remains. A few years ago foreclosures were all the rage in the DC area but the inventory has shrunken up and the banks want near retail prices for their unsightly homes. Today, reasonably homebuyers are primarily concerned with avoiding paying more for a home than it's worth. This resonates among first-time homebuyers and more experience purchasers alike. While an appraiser will provide an opinion of value towards the end of the transactions, it's best to avoid any potential "deal killing" surprises up front. Since we've all heard most of the good jokes about "Zestimates" by now, we know accurate home sale data is vital and often hard to find. Instead of an algorithm, a DC Buyer's Agent will do the research before an offer is made to determine whether or not the home's asking price is too good to be true, too crazy to consider, or "priced to sell". That alone is PRICELESS.
When you work with a DC Buyer's Agent, they'll tell you when and how many inspections to perform during your home purchase transaction. We all know homes are man-made, therefore service is required from time to time. No home is without imperfection. When it's time to analyze the results of your inspection(s) and make a decision, expert advice is always welcome. An experienced DC Buyer's Agent will let you know what repairs are a big deal, who should deal with them, and how to get it all sorted. This is especially important when buying new construction in the DC Area, albeit condos, townhomes, or single family houses.
If you're in any business long enough, you see and hear some things that teach you a lesson or two. An experienced DC Buyer's Agent can tell you when and how to conduct your final walk-thru. While the average agent will do the walk-thru the day or week before going to closing, some of their colleagues do thing a bit differently. As the Team Leader of Entourage Residential Group at Keller Williams Capital Properties, I tell all my DC Buyer's Agents (and clients) why we basically wait until the last minute to do the walk-thru, and now I'll share my secret with you: There have been stories of unscrupulous investors and the like who had agents perform the walk-thru the day before closing and after the agent called to say all was well, would go back into the home and switch out stainless steel appliances with white ones, change fixtures, etc. While funny business can hypothetically still occur, we mitigate the risk significantly by performing the final walk-thru 1-2 hours prior to settlement. If we're late, so be it! Our #1 objective is to protect our buyer.
From HUD-1's & CD's, Who's Going To Check Those Fees?
The Universal HUD-1 has now become the CD (Closing Disclosure) in our area, and it goes by other names these days depending on whom you talk to, including the "Settlement Statement". The CD details fees to be paid by both parties in the transaction at settlement. Once everyone agrees on the accuracy of such, all parties sign the document. As you can imagine, an error not caught here can be terribly costly. If not caught, a mistake here can be extremely difficult to correct as this signifies the close of the financial transaction. The value of having your DC Buyer's Agent looking over this and other documents at settlement is much more than words can express.
Are you ready to talk your DC Buyer's Agent about buying your next home?


Our TOP Picks with Cato Buyers!
The top often makes the outfit, which is exactly why we decided to ask our buying team about their favorite tops of the season and what trends they are most excited about. Keep reading to see what our buyers had to say about their TOP picks!
Wear versatility on your sleeve with a top featuring elastic off the shoulder design. This genius two-in-one can be worn both on and off the shoulder to take you to your maximum comfort. Show a little shoulder for date night or wear it on the shoulder for extra confidence and more bra friendly styling. Pair this printed beauty with distressed Bermuda shorts and your favorite summer sandals for a perfect weekend look.
Our buyers love sleeve interest at the moment. Take a cue from Cato Senior Assistant Buyer, Kara. Cold shoulders, slits, bell sleeves…she loves it all!
Achieve sharp style and let the sleeve details shine with super skinny jeans, cone heels and the perfect anytime crossbody.
Lace and crochet is always a favorite trend. We've updated this classic with mesh lace and crochet border hemlines for a feminine yet modern style. With opaque lining along the thick straps and crochet and lace details, this top is a bra-friendly option for those warm summer days. Take this delicate look to the chic level with distressed denim and a bold printed scarf.
High Low hemlines are flattering and elegant, adding an extra boost of confidence to your daily style. Cato Senior Assistant Buyer, Nicole, is a big fan of this ladylike style.
"Alternative hemlines are having a major moment. I am crushing on this high low top with feminine pleated details," says Nicole.
Alternative hemlines with longer lengths take a graceful approach when featuring elements like pleats, draping and embroidery. Take a fun turn on the trend with sharkbite hemlines. Complement your white ankle pants with high low hemlines and block heel sandals for soft, flowy style.
Flowy, graceful style makes a statement with printed kimonos. We love this style for versatile, light layering. Details including tassels, embellishments and ruffles take our favorite third pieces to the next level. Erin, Cato Buyer, loves these bright and impactful looks.
Pair a color coordinating layering tank with a printed kimono, denim shorts and comfy sandals for a beach to brunch look.
From lace and crochet to alternative hemlines and kimonos, our buyers have great taste in tops! Remember to share your favorite Cato tops with us on social media! Use #mycatostyle for a chance to be featured!
Love all the outfits Cato is my store 95 % of my clothes come from Cato.The quality of the clothes is great and the last a long time .
Almost all of my clothes come from Cato s my friends call me the Cato Queen because whatever city in in I always find the local Cato store!.


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 * This file is a part of tinycdb package by Michael Tokarev, mjt@corpit.ru.
 * Public domain.
 */

#include "nss_cdb.h"
#include "cdb_int.h"	/* for internal_function */
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#if __GLIBC__ /* XXX this is in fact not a right condition */
/* XXX on glibc, this stuff works due to linker/libpthreads stubs/tricks.
 * On other libcs, it may require linking whole -lpthread, which is
 * not a good thing to do for nss module...
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#include <pthread.h>

#define lock_define(class,name) \
  class pthread_mutex_t name = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
#define lock_lock(name) pthread_mutex_lock(&(name))
#define lock_unlock(name) pthread_mutex_unlock(&(name))

#else /* !__GNU_LIBRARY__ */

# define lock_define_initialized(class,name)
# define lock_lock(name)
# define lock_unlock(name)

#endif /* __GNU_LIBRARY__ */

lock_define(static, lock)

/* General principle: we skip invalid/unparseable entries completely,
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 * In case of data read error (e.g. invalid .cdb structure), we
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#define isopen(dbp) ((dbp)->lastpos)

static int
__nss_cdb_dosetent(struct nss_cdb *dbp) {
  int fd;

  fd = open(dbp->dbname, O_RDONLY);
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  if (cdb_init(&dbp->cdb, fd) != 0) {
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    return 0;
  }
  close(fd);
  dbp->lastpos = 2048; /* cdb_seqinit() */
  return 1;
}

static void
__nss_cdb_doendent(struct nss_cdb *dbp) {
  cdb_free(&dbp->cdb);
  dbp->lastpos = 0;
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}

enum nss_status internal_function
__nss_cdb_setent(struct nss_cdb *dbp, int stayopen) {
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    r = NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS, dbp->keepopen |= stayopen;
  else
    r = NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL;
  lock_unlock(lock);
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}

enum nss_status internal_function
__nss_cdb_endent(struct nss_cdb *dbp) {
  lock_lock(lock);
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  lock_unlock(lock);
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}

static enum nss_status
__nss_cdb_dobyname(struct nss_cdb *dbp, const char *key, unsigned len,
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  int r;

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  len = cdb_datalen(&dbp->cdb);
  if (!r || len < 2)
    return *errnop = ENOENT, NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND;
  if (len >= bufl)
    return *errnop = ERANGE, NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN;
  if (cdb_read(&dbp->cdb, buf, len, cdb_datapos(&dbp->cdb)) != 0)
    return *errnop = errno, NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL;
  buf[len] = '\0';
  if ((r = dbp->parsefn(result, buf, bufl)) < 0)
    return *errnop = ENOENT, NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND;
  if (!r)
    return *errnop = ERANGE, NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN;

  return NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS;
}

enum nss_status internal_function
__nss_cdb_byname(struct nss_cdb *dbp, const char *name,
                 void *result, char *buf, size_t bufl, int *errnop) {
  enum nss_status r;
  if (*name == ':')
    return *errnop = ENOENT, NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND;
  lock_lock(lock);
  if (!isopen(dbp) && !__nss_cdb_dosetent(dbp))
    *errnop = errno, r = NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL;
  else {
    r = __nss_cdb_dobyname(dbp, name, strlen(name), result, buf, bufl, errnop);
    if (!dbp->keepopen)
      __nss_cdb_doendent(dbp);
  }
  lock_unlock(lock);
  return r;
}

static enum nss_status
__nss_cdb_dobyid(struct nss_cdb *dbp, unsigned long id,
                 void *result, char *buf, size_t bufl, int *errnop) {
  int r;
  unsigned len;
  const char *data;

  if ((r = cdb_find(&dbp->cdb, buf, sprintf(buf, ":%lu", id))) < 0)
    return *errnop = errno, NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL;
  len = cdb_datalen(&dbp->cdb);
  if (!r || len < 2)
    return *errnop = ENOENT, NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND;
  if (!(data = (const char*)cdb_get(&dbp->cdb, len, cdb_datapos(&dbp->cdb))))
    return *errnop = errno, NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL;

  return __nss_cdb_dobyname(dbp, data, len, result, buf, bufl, errnop);
}

enum nss_status internal_function
__nss_cdb_byid(struct nss_cdb *dbp, unsigned long id,
               void *result, char *buf, size_t bufl, int *errnop) {
  enum nss_status r;
  if (bufl < 30)
    return *errnop = ERANGE, NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN;
  lock_lock(lock);
  if (!isopen(dbp) && !__nss_cdb_dosetent(dbp))
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  else {
    r = __nss_cdb_dobyid(dbp, id, result, buf, bufl, errnop);
    if (!dbp->keepopen)
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  }
  lock_unlock(lock);
  return r;
}

static enum nss_status
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  int r;
  unsigned lastpos;

  if (!isopen(dbp) && !__nss_cdb_dosetent(dbp))
    return *errnop = errno, NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL;

  while((lastpos = dbp->lastpos, r = cdb_seqnext(&dbp->lastpos, &dbp->cdb)) > 0)
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  lock_lock(lock);
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  lock_unlock(lock);
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}

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Systasis quadridentatus är en stekelart som beskrevs av Girault 1922. Systasis quadridentatus ingår i släktet Systasis och familjen puppglanssteklar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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App Development Process
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Starting out on the app development journey can reveal an overwhelming number of development options. But with the right app development process to hand, it's much easier. In this research piece, we'll uncover some tried-and-tested approaches to the app development process that draw from academic papers, research, statistics, and examples. And we'll include a review of the app development lifecycle and the app development steps while suggesting the best content to include in a PRD (Product Requirements Document) to use with developers.
By following the app development stages, from ideation to wireframing, market research to cross-platform development, businesses can increase their chance of success. Plus, using a Mobile App Development Strategy-Finding (MADSF) model may offer some advantages in selecting the most appropriate programming environment.
In recent years, both Android and iOS have generated over $130 billion in revenue for the mobile app industry. And with increased demand for video conferencing, e-commerce, and growth into areas such as AR/VR, IoT, e-commerce, and wearable technologies–which reached a CAGR of over 20% last year–there's now a plethora of app development options that can be overwhelming.
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So how can businesses choose the most appropriate mobile app development strategy for their context? By drawing from academic research and statistics, and defining the app development lifecycle and stages, we will reveal the most effective app development strategies to improve your chances of success when engaging in mobile app development.
What is the app development process?
The mobile app development process (MAD) is a term used to describe the entire process of app development, from ideation and design to development and execution. Flora, H.K., Wang, X. and Chande, S.V. (2014) suggest the MAD process differs from traditional software development in its need for having a profound understanding of what mobile applications are. They also posit that functionality, reliability, flexibility, accessibility, portability, efficiency, maintainability, usability, and responsiveness, iterated in line with users' requirements, are elements that differentiate mobile app development from desktop applications.
How are mobile apps developed?
The MAD process can include a wide variety of technical and procedural approaches. And success will depend on many factors such as resources, expertise, market positioning, and team capacity. Plus, during the app development process, many alterations and obstacles occur such as tight timeframes, frequent User Testing (UT), and production cost constraints.
But at the start of the MAD process, developers face a choice of methodologies. These are either the more traditional and structured Waterfall approach aka Cascade, or an Agile methodology that may include DevOps, Kanban, and Scrum. Choosing the right methodology can be a make-or-break decision in the app development process. And since it's an important decision to make, we'll explain more about the choice of methodology in the coming section.
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The Agile methodology encourages early ROI through iterative and collaborative project management. Agile methodologies allow teams to work on project phases concurrently and to short-term deadlines. Plus, being agile, there's flexibility to shift direction at short notice or experiment with new approaches.
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DevOps is now the world's most popular Agile approach. And it offers a set of practices that promote a more rapid development cycle. But it also supports the adoption of automation, microservices, security, and service virtualization in the mobile app development process. Over 35% of software development teams prefer DevOps. Plus, a review of MAD methodologies used in the Omani market suggests Agile methodologies are also the most popular form of development in the app development process. On the flip side, Waterfall relies on a tried-and-tested, linear approach to the app development process. And it usually runs through five to seven structured stages, i.e.: Requirements, System Design, Implementation, Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance.
What is the mobile app development lifecycle?
So, with a clearer picture of the MAD process, the available methodologies, and general philosophies, let's explore the question of how are mobile apps developed in alignment with the mobile app development lifecycle. While there are different takes on what the app development process or lifecycle should look like, we've defined it across four principles:
The pre-launch phase aims to identify the core concept and goal of an app. It's important to get this stage right as it determines the success of the final outcome. The pre-launch stage begins with a clear vision of an app and its functionality. And teams must carry out plenty of research and design preparation to succeed.
Developers should also review UI/UX during this period, with the ideal outcome being the production of a prototype. Flora, H.K., Wang, X., and Chande, S.V. (2014) found over 50% of surveyed respondents said designing a prototype for an excellent user experience should be the top priority in mobile app development. But a prototype can also make an application more successful by maximizing acceptance and usage. Both data suggest User Testing (UT) should form a key component of the pre-launch stage to ensure success.
To assist with selecting the best programming environment and development approach, UT, research, and prototypes discovered during the pre-launch should also inform a Mobile Application Development Strategy Finding model (MADSF). This particular model can assist developers in selecting the most appropriate methodologies for their context. But it can also lead them to an optimal development strategy that suits their goals and informs their own mobile app development process.
In the research paper by Edgard, G., and MBAYEN, M. (2013) A Mobile Application Development Strategy-Finding Model, the authors have created their own model to assist developers to choose the best approach to development. Abbreviated to MADSF, five milestones make up the model. And to ensure developers select the best app development strategy, they should follow each milestone stage.
A Mobile Application Development Strategy-Finding Model: Milestones and Variables
The authors suggest asking the following questions at each stage:
Purpose: Will the app be for demonstration purposes or a business marketplace?
Device Target: Which mobile platforms will the app target and on which devices?
Core Device API Utility: Would the mobile application use the Core Device API feature?
Update Process: Will the mobile app update from the server side or the usual mobile application marketplace?
Quality Standards: What level of quality will the mobile application aim for – high, medium, or low?
Developers can also use the MADSF model in the pre-launch stage to support in making a decision on the most appropriate development structure.
The second phase of the mobile app development steps is frontend development. This differs from UI/UX in the way that frontend developers work on an app's functionality. Translating pre-launch visions and UX or UI designs into code is the main aim here. So, developers must ensure interface elements lead users to their intended places and that data gets stored for processing.
In the frontend development stage, developers review all designs, architecture, and interfaces, including payment gateways. They can also speed up development using reusable codes. Mobile app development features may be light for initial versions or to meet MVP requirements. And if business owners or developers use a MADSF model, it may help them decide on which of the following could be the most appropriate to their needs:
Native: Often used for a single platform with programming languages and tools specific to that platform. Examples include developing a native Android app using React Native, Java, or Swift and Objective-C for iOS apps.
Hybrid or Cross-Platform Functionality: Apps development that works across several platforms. This is often favored by startups who prefer the reduction in time and cost. Apps are faster to build but need an abstraction layer that can result in lower performance.
Web to Native: Web Native is a form of cross-platform mobile application development using web technologies to create native mobile applications for iOS and Android, as well as mobile-optimized Progressive Web Apps (PWA).
When choosing the right type of app development approach, developers will consider many aspects of the prototype or pre-design phase. These can include the degrees of customization, personalization, security or authentication, social media integration, app speed, customer service support, and levels of responsiveness.
This is the flip side of frontend app development. And it's where the final stage of app development takes place. Its role is to support the building of system architecture, databases, servers, application programming interfaces (APIs), security, and several other background processes. And it does this by laying down the foundational code that enables the app to process actions from the frontend.
Types of mobile app backend solutions include third-party SaaS, MBaas Solutions, and custom-built backends. Many factors influence this choice, including budget, scale, and whether the development will be in-house or through a third party.
For example, an ecommerce business app may handle content such as images and videos, or other forms of media. In this case, either a headless CMS as a SaaS product may be the best solution or even an off-the-shelf ecommerce business platform.
Also, security and functionality are two areas that developers will focus on during this phase. And since iteration is a big part of the development process, it's important to note the differences between the first and final releases. If the priorities of the app change, developers who work with Agile methodologies may gain from swapping out functionality at each iteration of development.
The post-launch phase acts as a bookend for all the mobile app development stages. It's a critical and sometimes overlooked aspect of the mobile app development process that's defined by support, tracking, and maintenance of the app to ensure relevancy and smooth running. Also, app security is critical and demands app developers' attention to support the uncovering of bugs and any errors in code before release.
Mobile app users are likely to lose interest or disengage if they find any navigational issues with an app. So, carrying out Quality Assurance testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Test Driven Development (TDD)–where feature components get converted to tests–is vital at this stage of the app development process.
Once testing is complete, deployment can start. If developers choose to work with DevOps they should conduct Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) techniques as part of the DevOps LifeCycle.
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What are the steps of the app development process?
The four-phase framework of the app development lifecycle offers a helpful, birds-eye-view of the app development process. But how does this play out in more granular detail? Here we'll explain the various proven app development steps that optimize outcomes.
Idea creation
All instances of mobile app development must follow a series of stages that start with ideation or envisioning. This phase is critical to ensure an app addresses business requirements and users' needs. Furthermore, the idea creation stage will determine the objectives of the app. And this can drive decision-making while defining the services that the app plans to offer.
In another piece of research, Flora, H.K., Wang, X. and Chande, S.V. (2014) showed 60% of surveyed respondents thought mobile apps should be simple and focus on specific features. They see it that apps should not attempt to do everything but have their own specific goals.
A good outcome from this stage, then, is to establish an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) that defines provisional app features, functionality, and purpose. And once there's a clear vision for an app, developers can move to the next phase.
The market research phase draws from the ideation stage by focusing on gathering data, conducting user research, competitor analysis, and budgetary analysis that realizes the idea and informs any cost/benefit decisions. This phase is also likely to include a review of the most appropriate programming languages such as PHP, Javascript, or Swift. But also, any appropriate databases and infrastructures required for frontend and backend development.
Further research elements confirmed during this stage include the following:
Target audience and personas: Establishes who the potential users are.
User Testing: UAT may be appropriate to carry out at this stage.
Competitor analysis: Reviewing competitors and understanding how the app fits within the industry or sector ecosystem.
Potential investment: App development requires time, effort, and money.
App marketing trends: Assessing the potential marketing strategy.
Sketch concept
The next app development step is the sketch concept. The objective at this stage is to ensure the main idea of the app or website is clear to everyone involved. This is the right phase to test usability and underline functionality while securing buy-in.
Sketching out the concept of each individual app screen or function to secure feedback from developers or users is the main objective. This stage sees proposed features and functionality explored and each phase sketched out in the appropriate structure. Doing so will inform the next stage of wireframing. Plus, the sketch concept stage is useful for exploring challenges such as cross-platform compatibility, data access, and any uncertain or insufficient requirements.
Wireframing
With a firm conceptual idea in place, deep market research, and a pictorial depiction of the app in the form of sketching, marketers, and developers can use wireframing to visualize the app. Wireframing is an important way to validate app development basics and all mobile app development features. It can be seen as a blueprint for building an app, ensuring it's built on solid foundations. Marketers and developers should use this stage to analyze each aspect of the app and make sure users understand the impact the app intends to have.
The wireframing process may commence with low-fidelity sketches via pencil and paper, before progressing to medium or high-fidelity wireframes. One example of low-fidelity and medium-fidelity wireframing is the process behind the weather app Sundayz. Their wireframe process started with simple pencil sketches and preceded more formal wireframing in Balsamiq.
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Without wireframing, the coding stage becomes very difficult. And it's coders that are most likely to bring a wireframe concept to life. Coders have the important job of ensuring functionality and building the concept into a test or fully functional app.
During the coding phase, developers must ensure cross-platform compatibility with different operating systems. For instance, apps developed for Android users must be able to work both on current Android versions as well as older ones. The coding stage may focus on building an MVP with enough core features to complete basic functionality. And since a network will transfer data, encryption may be a key focus. Particularly since some apps sync data with online sources. To prevent attackers from gaining access to valuable information and resources on a mobile device, developers may use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) that encrypts client information or asks for a validated mobile certificate. In the first iterations of frontend and backend development, coding is likely to be full of bugs and glitches. And this takes us on to the next topic.
The testing stage of the app development process exists to ensure the elimination of coding bugs. It may include a period of UT (User Testing) and a cycle of test-driven development (TDD).
Flora, H.K., Wang, X., and Chande, S.V. (2014) also suggest app testing should be on real devices and recommend testing frequently, iteratively, early, and as often as possible.
With testing complete, it's time to deploy the app. And there are two phases to launch – one is deploying your web server (API) into a scalable production environment. The second is deploying your app to the Google Play and Apple App Stores.
Most mobile apps need a server back-end to function and to transfer data to and from the app. Servers deployed to a scalable environment such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) should be able to handle any spikes in traffic. This will also make it easier to achieve scalability.
Then, deploying apps to the App stores needs proper configurement for release, including metadata descriptions and marketing materials. To launch an app to the App Store or Google Play Store, developers need an account. And since Apple reviews all apps submitted, they may also need to make changes to follow regulations.
App development process requirements
Having followed through with the app development steps and app development stages, business owners can now engage with app developers using a Product Requirement Document (PRD). A PRD is a project management tool that helps to articulate an app's vision, aims, and objectives. It's a single document that reflects a combination of a Business Requirements Document (BRD) and a Systems Requirements Document (SRD). The elements of a PRD should include the following:
App purpose
Every PRD should define the purpose and objectives of the mobile app. This includes an outline of the following:
Which problems the app seeks to solve
What the app intends to achieve
A profile or personas for app users
The type of experience app users expect to have
Clarifying the objectives and purpose of the app helps to influence stakeholders and third parties. All parties should agree on the purpose and support the progression and development of the app.
A user persona is a customized fictional character representing an average targeted app user. They usually present as a user profile and include characteristics, behaviors, goals, and pain points of intended users. User personas should clarify what people do, why they do it, and what they want or need from a product or service.
Some reasons why user personas are helpful include:
Help define the context(s) of the app
Easier to predict user behaviors on the app
Clarify what users want or need from an app
Highlight the difficulties users may want to overcome through the app
App features & functional requirements
A PRD should also include a list of key features and functionalities of the app. For instance, to build a responsive app, elements such as UI area, network access, functionality, social media connectivity, and database access are important to consider during development. Being personalized and fitting users' needs are also key.
Other considerations for app features include localization and reach. And where mobile devices have the advantage of global positioning systems and cameras, localized features may boost User experience and set an app apart from its competitors.
UX & app layout
Flora, H.K., Wang, X. and Chande, S.V. (2014) found over 75% of the survey respondents confirmed user experience (UX) to be a deciding factor in mobile apps. They also suggest that to get an excellent user experience, a user should feel comfortable with gadget interaction. But they should also feel smart enough to achieve any task with intuitive use, and without any tutelage or help. L. Chand et al. (2014) also states that the mobile app development process has a strong emphasis on User Interface (UI) design and that mobile app developers may find it more challenging to make full use of more limited screen space.
This also relates to UX where a smaller display, screen layouts, and different user interaction styles have a significant impact on mobile app design. If not designed well, this can lead to low adoption and usage. So, mobile applications may share common elements of the UI with other applications. If so, they must adhere to developed UI guidelines implemented in software development kits (SDKs) as part of the platform.
Technology and infrastructure requirements
A PRD should include a description of the methodology, IDE, and technology infrastructure needed as part of the mobile app development process. For example, this may be either Native, Web to Native or Cross Platform Native. Making use of the MADSF model here should be helpful in assisting any choices.
Some aspects of tech to consider include:
Databases, servers, services, and whether they're cloud-based.
Which operating systems your app should support
Any documentation for API
Maintenance and any future support
Distribution infrastructure
Potential constraints and obstacles
Finally, a strong PRD should feature any assumptions gleaned during the mobile app development process. For example, if the app developer plans to use a third-party library, it may be less reliable. Plus there's no guarantee it wouldn't feature vulnerabilities or problems that may influence project management.
Security is also a key aspect at this stage of the app development process. Mobile developers should integrate a platform's security capabilities but also consider the encryption of sensitive data across both open and unsecured networks. This stage must also factor in all potential technical constraints and possible feature dependencies and show if one feature does not work without another.
How much does the app development process cost?
Understanding how much it costs to develop an app depends on the developers' level of engagement in the process. For instance, one option is to go the route of a Full Cycle Agency or app developer to custom-build or complete any unfinished apps. But there's also no code or low code, off-the-peg solutions in the form of app builders. And, if there are enough resources, capacity, and finances, in-house development could be an option. But this will come at a cost along with the need to onboard and integrate staff.
App development cost benchmarks
As highlighted in our App Development Cost research article, it remains difficult to specify a principal budget for app development. But we have outlined some simple benchmarks in our article that can help. Also, for reference, it's worth reviewing our research paper on the average cost to hire an app developer.
Mobile app development best practices
To recap our report, here is a summary of the best practices in app development:
Determine a strong reason for creating an app and make sure it doesn't replicate an existing app.
Give users control over their data. But also, try to maintain the simplicity and clarity of the application from the customer's perspective.
Include user interaction and performance reviews, followed by frequent and rapid iterations of requirements during testing.
Design a prototype to achieve excellent UX.
Speed up development with reusable codes and light features.
Consider an Agile approach that you can tailor to each development team.
Use TTD, pair programming, regular code reviews, strong QA, and constant measurement post-launch.
Consider encrypting sensitive data across open or unsecured networks.
Build privacy into mobile apps with open communication, clear and simple language, and choices for users.
Use an analyst to analyze performance.
Use emails, social media, and bug reports to collect feedback from users.
Developing and marketing a successful app isn't an overnight project. It requires careful planning, consideration, and a methodical approach to development. But, by following the app development process, business owners can find frameworks that help to guide them in choosing the most appropriate technical and procedural approaches to any app context. And by following the app development steps, they're more likely to launch a well-designed and developed app.


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Shillong selected as 100th Smart City under Smart Cities Mission
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Meghalaya's capital city Shillong has been chosen as 100th Smart City under Smart Cities mission. The city has been selected after evaluating the proposal submitted by it.
Till date, 99 cities have been announced out of 100 cities in four rounds of competition. With the announcement of the latest smart city, the selection of 100 cities has been completed under the mission.
With the selection of Shillong, the total proposed investment in the finally selected 100 cities under the Smart Cities Mission will be Rs 2,05,018 crore.
With the announcement of the first batch on 28 January 2016, the execution of 100 smart cities plan was kick-started. A total of 20 cities were announced under this mission. The next batch of 13 cities was announced under Fast Track Mode on 24 May 2016.
The names of 27 cities were announced on 20 September 2016 under the second batch and 30 more cities were added in the third batch announced on 23 June 2017. In January 2018, the fourth batch covering nine cities was added to the list.
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1870: The Board of Directors named Eliot interim chancellor, and in 1871 he agreed to serve as chancellor.
1873: Mary Josephine Rychlicki and Ada Calista Fisher became the first two women to graduate from the College.
1878: Student Life succeeded Irving Union as the student-run publication.
1879: The board voted to create a School of Fine Arts under the direction of Halsey C. Ives.
1881: The Manual Training School opened in a new building, funded in part by Samuel Cupples.
1882: The university, on the 25th anniversary of its inauguration ceremony, had 1,486 students and 87 professors.
William Greenleaf Eliot Jr., Washington University's co-founder, benefactor and third chancellor, was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1811, into a prominent New England family.
His great-grandfather was the minister in Boston's Old North Church who was once offered the presidency of Harvard. His father was a merchant and ship owner who later became chief examiner of the Post Office in Washington, D.C.
In 1853, Eliot and his friend and parishioner Wayman Crow co-founded Washington University, at first called Eliot Seminary by Crow. From the beginning, Eliot was the university's guiding spirit and tireless fundraiser, organizing the first fundraising campaign and building the young institution's endowment. He became its first president in 1854, a position comparable to today's board chair, and was named the university's third chancellor in 1871.
During his chancellorship, the first women graduated, the first African-American was admitted, the School of Fine Arts was established, and the university celebrated its silver anniversary.
William Greenleaf Eliot, scholar, literary figure, civic leader, social reformer and educator, died on January 23, 1887, after a lengthy illness. Throughout his life, Eliot championed the cause of education.
"Not quantity but quality is the ultimate test of a university's success." -William Greenleaf Eliot Jr.
His vision, ideals, and aspirations continue to inspire the Washington University community today.


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Trainspotting – Loco Klub, Bristol
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Writer: Irvine Welsh (Adapted by Harry Gibson)
Directed by: Adam Spredbury-Maher and Greg Esplin
Reviewer: Kris Hallett
The term 'In-Yer-Face theatre' burst on to the scene in the mid-90s like a screaming child, begging for the world to take notice: a mixture of graphic violence, explicit sex and uncompromising subject matter from the keyboards of some of the generations brightest talents Mark Ravenhill, Sarah Kane and Philip Ridley. By the turn of the millennium, its tabloid-baiting provocations had rather slipped away, replaced by a new generation who wanted to test theatrical form in other ways, but with a brand new production of Trainspotting we are reminded of its potent form and then some, an immersive 70 minutes into hell under the tunnels of Bristol Temple Meads that paints in graphic detail the horrifying realities of heroin addiction.
From the moment we arrive at the venue, handed glow-sticks and tossed into the middle of a mid-90s Astoria rave, it is clear that this will be a live theatrical experience like no other. Genitalia will be swung inches away from faces, breasts will be flashed, injections will play out in graphic detail, faeces from the worst toilet in Scotland will be chucked liberally hitting the audience (un)lucky enough to be sitting close. You'll know from that description if this is the show for you, it's not for the faint of heart, but come its conclusion and the rapturous rock star like reception the brave, hard-working cast received, it is clear this is going to be a massive Bristol hit.
It's a play that sticks closer to the ethos of the book rather than Danny Boyle's thrilling but relatively sanitised and very different film version. It means the whole is scrappier and more episodic, arguably less artistically accomplished when you take away its shocks, but what it does instead is rattle the windows and kicks down doors. It's impossible to come away not having had a strong visceral reaction to it. After a week of rather safe traditional work, it was a relief to see something that made me feel. As Renton says – choose life. This production is full of it.
The cast speak in hard native Edinburgh dialects, to follow every word you would ideally need captions but the whole has its own musicality to it, Welsh's expletive-filled dialogue has its own sense of poetry and theatrical potency as valid as that of a Churchill or Pinter. The performances are brave, vanity-free and engaging. Gavin Ross as Renton is vastly different from the Ewan McGregor version from the film, funnier, less innocent, more knowing. Chris Dennis is a terrifying presence as Begbie, the kind of person that would make you find another city to drink in let alone another table, while there is noticeable contributions from the girls, Jessica Innes who turns herself from the sexy sex-mad girlfriend clad in underwear and suspenders, to concerned middle-aged mum in the blink of an eye and Erin Marshall who hits the notes of one terribly traumatic scene towards the end so powerfully that it became noticeably too much for some audience members to take.
Directors Adam Spreadbury-Maher and Greg Esplin keeps the pace flowing over 70 minutes and, in the potent underground surroundings of the Loco Klub, it finds its ideal surroundings. Scrappy, thrilling, traumatic, alive – it's not for everyone but for those who attend it will be a show that will long stay in the mind.
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In a sneaky toast to St. Patrick, about 1 mL of pure grain alcohol escapes through the lungs for every pint of shamrock-green lager in the stomach. It's why troopers needn't bother with syringes--if it's in your blood, it's in your breath.
But alcohol is just one of thousands of volatile compounds that end their trip through the body's circulatory system in the lungs. Since Hippocrates, physicians have tried to connect subtle changes in the breath with problems in the body, and now researchers are getting funded for Breathalyzer-like medical devices faster than ever. The latest attempt--and one of the most promising--comes out of a physics lab in Boulder, Colo.
"People typically analyze one or two types of molecules and try to relate that with a certain disease," says Dr. Jun Ye, a fellow at JILA, a joint physics lab between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado. The flaw in that method, he says, is that elevations in individual compounds, or biomarkers, can often point to any number of very different illnesses. Nitric oxide, for example, could indicate that a patient has asthma, but it could just as easily suggest cystic fibrosis. "Our technique allows you to look at the entire composition of the breath at once, so you can detect multiple species of potential biomarkers," Ye says. "We'll be able to build a sort of fingerprint of breath patterns associated with specific diseases."
At the heart of the JILA lab's device is a special type of laser, capable of running through the entire light spectrum in a matter of moments, creating what's called a "frequency comb." As a breath sample enters the chamber, the laser blasts it with different frequencies of light, which are absorbed or reflected by the molecules in the breath. Researchers then match the profile of the light that's passed through the chamber to the profiles of known compounds, providing a near-instant snapshot of the breath's composition. "In the time domain, it looks like a chain of individual pulses, but in the frequency domain, it looks like a rainbow of color, and underneath that rainbow of color you have individual unique spectral components," Ye says. "We actually see those compounds coming out in real time--as you breathe, the dots show up on the screen."
Existing technologies already diagnose ulcers, diabetes and even lactose intolerance through breath tests; a team of British doctors is currently testing a machine that analyzes breath for indications of cancer carried in patients' saliva. But the JILA lab is among the first to attempt a truly comprehensive picture of a patient's breath. Its device has the potential to be an ultimate diagnostic tool--cheap, accurate and non-invasive. Walk into a hospital, breathe into a tube, and know instantly what, if anything, is wrong.
The new breath analysis system--called cavity-enhanced optical frequency comb spectroscopy--is capable of detecting molecules in concentrations of around one part per billion, a level of confidence the researchers hope to improve by a factor of a thousand within the next year. Ye's team is already at work on second-generation technology. Once its accuracy reaches a few parts per trillion, he predicts the system will be ready for clinical studies. Getting this kind of diagnosis-by-breathalyzer into hospitals, however, may take another five to 10 years.
"I think this probably would never be able to replace a complete thorough test of blood, where you can count blood cells and so on," Ye says. "This will always be somewhat indirect. I think where it will really play its role is to lower the overall cost of health care for people to make a quicker diagnosis, even though it may not be the final one."
Jun Ye's doctoral student Mike Thorpe poses at the JILA lab in Boulder with the device's optical cavity, where a patient's breath is barraged with laser light to determine its makeup.


LAHORE: Advisor to Chief Minister on Health Kh Salman Rafique while presiding a Cabinet Committee meeting on Dengue Control recently, has directed all concerned medical departments to accelerate dengue surveillance and for eradicating dengue larvae. He said that monitoring of surveillance teams should strictly ensured action in union councils from where dengue larvae is not being reported.
Member National Assembly Shaista Pervaiz Malik, Member Punjab Assembly Pir Ashraf Rasool, Ch. Akram, Begum Lubna, Faisal Nawaz Chauhan, Secretary Health, Dr. Ijaz Munir, Director General Health Punjab Dr. Zahid Pervaiz, Secretaries of concerned departments, Additional Secretaries, District Coordination Officers of Gujranwala, Lahore and Faisalabad, Incharge Chief Minister's Dengue Research Cell, Prof. Wasim Akram, Dean IPH, Prof. Muaz Ahmed, Director General PITB, Rescue-1122, DIG Special Branch, EDOs (Health) of various cities as well as other senior officers were present.
The meeting was given a brief on measures taken by various departments for checking the breeding of dengue larva. Secretary Health Dr. Ijaz Munir informed that 11 confirmed cases of dengue have been reported in Punjab during the last eight months and all patients have recovered. Dr. Ijaz Munir informed about indoor and outdoor dengue surveillance activities by the Health Department. Senior officers of different departments informed the meeting about the search for dengue larvae in graveyards, junkyards, tyre shops, construction sites, mosques and other places and its eradication.
The meeting was also informed that during surveillance, dengue larva has been found mostly in room coolers. Prof. Wasim Akram said that use of room coolers has stopped after the change in weather; therefore, people should drain out water from their water coolers to ensure no dengue larva breeding. Dr. Somia Iqtidar of Dengue Expert Advisor Group informed that private hospitals are taking much interest in dengue courses and a few doctors of private hospitals are taking part in case management training.
Kh. Salman Rafique directed that action should be taken under the law against the private hospitals avoiding participation in training courses.
DIG Special Branch presented a report regarding performance of various departments and institutions and also pointed out shortcomings.


This Lately-launched Gionee S Plus is the first among all Gionee smartphones to debut with the USB Type-C port, which is a recent standard in the USB technology. The Gionee is one of the leading and appreciable smartphone producers in Africa and some part of Asia. In this post, I shall stipulate to you the full specifications of the Gionee S Plus.
Among all specs, the Gionee S plus packs a 5.5-inches AMOLED screen with a display resolution of 720 X 1280 pixels (267ppi), which guarantees a Higher Definition display and a great viewing experience. The Touchscreen comes with moderate slim bezels and is protected with a strong Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
On the camera aspect, the Gionee phone adopts a 13-megapixel primary camera and a LED flash. The primary camera is capable of record 1080 HD videos at 30fps. The front camera has a 5-megapixel snapper, for better selfies and supports video call. In general the two cameras dashes out excellent photography.
Among the specifications of the Gionee S plus, an octa-core MediaTek MT6753 processor equips the smartphone with a complementing 3GB RAM, these provide a substantial performance, particularly when considering multi-tasking. Unfortunately, this processor is clocked at 1.3GHz which is somewhat slower than most other mid-range devices.
The internal storage system comes with has a decent 16GB memory capacity and is expandable up to 128GB using a microSD card. The Gionee phone will booth the Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system along with the company's accustomed Amigo 3.1 user interface.
This is the first time in history for a Gionee phone to debut with the future USB Type-C port. With this new style of port, you can charge other devices at least to a considerable percent. It comes with the dual SIM features and both Sims supports the 4G LTE connectivity for fast browsing and fast downloads. However, powering the device is a 3150mAh battery capacity with support for fast charging. The Gionee S plus also features the face unlocking system.


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Jester King says "nope" to Wicked Weed
by Reid Ramsay May 3, 2017
Today is a rough day in the beer world. I guess any day is when Anheuser-Busch opens their checkbook. Today, A-B acquired Wicked Weed Brewing. For many, the purchase of one of the most prominent sour and wild brewers in the southeast was extremely disappointing. Especially for Jester King's founder Jeffery Stuffings.
This afternoon Stuffings officially cut ties with Wicked Weed with whom they have collaborated with in the past. Among those include Parking Lot Grisette, and Red Atrial.
As of today, the Jester King taproom will no longer be a home away from home for Wicked Weed's bottles. He goes on to say, he won't be collaborating with the brewery at all anymore.
A line has been drawn.
Below, a full statement from Jeffery Stuffings:
This has been a difficult day for us. The news that our great friend Wicked Weed Brewing was acquired by AB In-Bev came as quite a shock. As you might guess, we've been getting a lot of e-mails, media inquiries, and online questions about what we think and what it means for Jester King.
It's no secret that Wicked Weed has been one of our closest friends in the beer industry. Regardless of what has transpired, we'll always consider the people of Wicked Weed friends, and want the best for them and their families.
With that said, we have some core principles that define who we are as a brewery, and those principles must not be compromised. One of our core principles is that we do not sell beer from AB In-Bev or its affiliates. We've chosen this stance, not because of the quality of the beer, but because a portion of the money made off of selling it is used to oppose the interests of craft brewers. In Texas, large brewers (and their distributors) routinely oppose law changes that would help small, independent brewers. We choose not to support these large brewers because of their political stances, and in some cases, their economic practices as well.
Because of this core principle, it pains us to say that we won't be carrying Wicked Weed anymore at Jester King. We think Wicked Weed beer is some of the best in the world. Their talent, techniques, and patience produces some of the most beautiful beer we've ever tasted. That, combined with their great friendship, is what makes this decision so tough for us. But like we said, our core values must be paramount at the end of the day.
We wish Wicked Weed the best, will deeply miss having their beer at Jester King and working with them on collaborations, and expect them to continue to make fantastic beer. Like we mentioned, they'll always have our friendship and we look forward to the next time we can share a beer together.
Jeffery Stuffings
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Tim Schafer says:
Congratulations to Wicked Weed, Don't let the Austin hipsters get you down.
Bryan Ford says:
Congrats to the Asheville hipsters for making money while losing a lot of loyale customers.


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Eola Capital, an Orlando-based real-estate investment company, has agreed to an 81,500-square-foot, 10-year lease at Tampa's Sabal Corporate Center with the Ft. Lauderdale-based Nova Southeastern University. The three-story, suburban office building located in Tampa will serve as the new location for NSU's Tampa Student Educational Center. NSU has other Student Educational Centers in Miami, West Palm Beach, Orlando, Jacksonville and Ft. Myers.Jamie Puddicombe of Palmaple Corp. represented the tenant in the acquisition of the space.Nova Southeastern University currently leases 41,000 square feet of office space in Eola Capital's Sabal Park Plaza building. The new space will double the university's Tampa operations.The Sabal Corporate Center is a Class A office located at 3632 Queen Palm Drive. The building will be 100 percent occupied with the new contract. Eola Capital plans to make various improvements to the space prior to contract commencement in the first quarter of 2009.


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by Morph · 13th July 2019
A quick look at some singles we can recommend.
New York four-piece Colatura have released a catchy song that questions the benefits of humans lying.
With an upbeat guitar riff and a sing along chorus, 'Lying' is perfect for your summer playlists. The song is infectious and it's fun. And it's hard to pin it down to one genre as there are multiple influences at play in the song.
About the track the band said "Lying came out of our struggle to understand the ways we connect in this era. Creating fake online lives to hide our loneliness and disconnection from everyone else. We are all lying in some ways. The question we tried to ask in this song is it to our benefit or demise."
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There's an almost Bowie-esque sound at times to the vocals of Dandy Lee Strickland, the frontman of Atlanta five-piece Reverends, and on single 'Hi/Lo' he uses his voice to create a sorrowful lyric over the top of what must be some of the dreamiest music in the state of Georiga.
'Hi/Lo' is lush in a Mazzy Star kind of way musically. The guitars are beautiful and the melancholia that washes over the track is dazzling. The song is delicate & graceful. But it's sad. And it's a sadness we can all relate to. But sometimes in sadness you can find strength and that's how 'Hi/Lo' makes you feel. It's ok to ache. It's a natural part of life.
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Nashville based Fulton Lee has released a funky, soulful number in 'Love Falls Down'.
There is a great retro 70's feel to the song and when I discovered Fulton is just 20 years of age I'll admit to being a little shocked. We clearly have a real talent here to be writing songs this good at such a young age.
Musically 'Love Falls Down' has a great jangly guitar riff that gives the song it's good time vibes. Vocally Fulton has a great voice that is so soothing and pure. Keep an eye on this kid.
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Blushing are a quartet from Austin, Texas that are made up of two husband and wife combinations. They are also a band that makes dreamy music.
New single 'So Many' transports you right back to early 90's shoegaze with it's floating vocal and shimmery My Bloody Valentine-esque guitars. For those of us who grew up in that era, like myself, this sound is always going to bring back great memories of bands like Lush, Slowdive, Chapterhouse etc. Some acts get close to replicating the feel of that era but Blushing have absolutely nailed with 'So Many'. Perfect.
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Finally we finish this roundup with one of Birmingham's own in Lycio.
'Cash' is a groovy electro-pop track by the trio of Genie Mendez, Charlie Kellie and Alex Lowe that will get you on the dance floor in the likes of Digbeth. There's a hell of a lot going on musically in this song and it's really well produced. The sing-along chorus is very catchy making for a surefire hit. Special mention must go to the vocal of Mendez though who really shines on this number.
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Social Crowdfunding – Monetizing the Margins
Neil McEvoy July 14, 2012
Crowdfunding has become a very popular topic here in Canada, and for good reason, it's really the key to unlocking their future, in a pretty seismic way.
By this I mean the nation has a notorious 'Innovation Gap' and lament a lack of Venture Capital as the reason, but really what is missing is a general culture of innovation and better processes for early stage commercialization. Most important it needs a tech sector policy because there isn't one.
In absence of these things Crowdfunding offers a "system of the people" approach, like Napster or EBay, and so it's not dependent on government policy or even funding, it could be entirely self-generated, and most likely will be.
It's important for Canada because Crowdinvesting isn't about replacing the traditional VC or high-street bank, but rather it's about leveraging the Internet for new markets especially those at the grass roots level; lots of little projects of all shapes and sizes.
This is actually what Canada needs more so than the VC part, which is going to be really difficult to pull off to be honest. In contrast a Crowdfunding platform is easily implementable for affordable venture rates and could support a lot of active Canadian ventures.
Open Data Ventures – Monetizing the Margins
It's a business model that becomes particularly explosive when you combine it with other high-yield trends, most notably Open Data.
This is data that generates lots of little 'micro-applications', which would therefore be ideal Crowdfund projects. In the case of NYC and their Cloud/Open Data strategy, the most compelling point was that new Venture Capital was attracted as the result of only publishing Open Data.
By doing so the government enabled a new set of apps that didn't previously exist, and as they do, smart investors saw that made real good sense and start throwing in a few million here and there, as the USA investors like to do. The end result? New public sector IT, funded by private investors.
If you could also fund the mass market of them through Crowdfunding, then that's a radical opportunity for Municipal and other government CIOs. I.e. A whole new generation of modern (e.g. mobile) applications that are funded through dynamic economic activity that stimulates growth, creates new startups (who hire the most new jobs), … and so on..
I.e. then also >> New public sector IT, funded by public investors.
How you might go about encouraging these types of applications is nicely conveyed by my favourite Open Data article – Monetizing the Margins.
In this piece Nicholas describes a great little 'mini business planning' process that would make a great start-up template for others, and also because the concept itself, of pushing more money out to the periphery of society, is the most compelling political idea that's missing from any major party platform.
Like many other countries Canada has an inherent social poverty issue, as described by relevant campaigning organizes like Campaign 2000, highlighting how like the Innovation Gap, Canada also has a Social Innovation Gap. They're placed position 24 out of 35 countries for their Child Poverty Rate.
This general lagging effect across many policy areas is no surprise.
Canada as much has aging policies as it has aging IT systems, including inadequate ones for addressing the issues that Campaign 2000 clearly identifies. The current programs to help those in social need are long out of date and entirely inadequate, and so not only has the problem persisted it's actually gotten worse.
"Open Data Ventures" are a great way to tackle all of these issues in a broad manner – It's modernizing policy models directly as innovative new IT is created and implemented, and of course, has been funded by new sponsorship models. Heck we may not even need the government, eh!
The best new social innovation policies tend to be driven by more, ahem, anarchic motivations that wouldn't necessarily be that compatible with the Canadian psyche, so encouraging it through software is a great idea! 🙂
So to finish up, the key idea therefore is that Crowdfunding can be married to Social Innovation ambitions and programs, defining Social Crowdfunding; using best practices like Monetizing the Margins and equipping them with Open Data, great stuff will happen..


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17 women arrested for offering sexual services through online ads
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Seventeen women who gave sexual services in homes in Hougang and Sembawang and advertised those services online have been arrested in a raid, the police said in a statement on Friday (Oct 27).
They were arrested along with a man who had collected rent from two of the women at one of the eight homes that were raided.
It is understood that most of the operations were carried out in Housing Board flats.
The man and women are aged between 26 and 38, the statement said.
Police seized mobile phones and cash amounting to about $8,400 in the raid.
Investigations against the house owners will also be carried out.
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Anyone who is a tenant, lessee, occupier or person in charge of the brothel, or keeps, manages or assists in managing a brothel can be jailed for up to five years and/or fined up to $10,000.
Those who live wholly or in part on the earnings of a prostitute such as receiving rental earnings from them face the same penalties.
The police said they "will spare no effort in clamping down on online vice activities".
They also advised house owners to exercise due diligence in making sure their tenants do not conduct such activities in their units.
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This is a very resource-intensive operation. The Tibetan language has no division of the phrase into words, therefore each phrase must be analyzed recursively, and then the best option out of hundreds of thousands of possible ones is determined.
However, in the analysis there are ambiguities. In this case, all possible options are entered into the dictionary. That is, there may be extra lines in the dictionary. On the other hand, some words may not be detected.


GAGers: What subcultures do you find attractive?
i didn't think of it that way come to think of it.
Any fashion that does not include cloths.
What color do you or would you dye your hair? What kind of nightwear do you wear when going to bed? Does/Did Your School Have A Strict Dress Code? Who is more attractive and how would you rate both of them? Do you like denim fashion?
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So Tepper loved to be outside. He used to sit on the front porch with his grandfather, listening to Pittsburgh Pirates games on the radio.
And he loved football. He joined the football team at Peabody High, where they played games in a dirt field that was oiled down to keep the dust from rising.
A couple of miles away, locals were buzzing about a young quarterback with a big arm named Dan Marino who would play on the emerald green field at Pittsburgh Central Catholic High, in front of big crowds.
Tepper and Peabody, meanwhile, played rival Westinghouse in front of empty bleachers. Spectators were banned after fights between fans.
Tepper has come a long way since those days.
Sunday marks his first regular-season game as the new owner of the Carolina Panthers, against the Dallas Cowboys at Bank of America Stadium.
It also marks the beginning of an era. Tepper can have great impact on the economy and social structure of both Carolinas, as one of 32 owners who will make decisions for the multibillion-dollar industry that is the NFL.
But to understand how, we must return to Tepper's roots.
Tepper's father worked 60-hour weeks, but the family couldn't afford to see games at the NFL stadium across the bridge. Instead, they gathered on Sundays around a tiny television to watch the Steelers.
Tepper watched Terry Bradshaw's rookie season on that grainy screen when he was 13 years old.
The love of football sent Tepper and his friends to the Allegheny Cemetery, which is flanked by stone turrets and arches and filled with giant marble tombs and headstones that date back centuries.
They paid no mind to the morbid scene. The cemetery had the best grass around, much better than the dirt at Peabody. They hollered in the quiet air and dove to avoid the tombstones and monuments that document the city's substantial history.
As a child, Tepper had an unusual perception of how buildings were supposed to look.
Pittsburgh's original booming industry was steel, and the soot came from the mills within the city.
There aren't any operational mills within the city limits anymore. Now, some of the city's top industries are based in business, computer science and technology.
Google set up a campus five years ago in East Liberty, the former neighborhood of 19th-century steel magnates that sits adjacent to Tepper's old neighborhood. Locals say the restaurant scene has erupted, too, with the flood of young professionals entering the city.
"It's changed a lot since I was a kid," Tepper said.
After working multiple jobs to put himself through the University of Pittsburgh as an undergrad, then through Carnegie Mellon's rigorous MBA program, Tepper has spent the past three decades amassing an $11 billion fortune as one of the world's most successful hedge fund managers.
In 2004, he donated $55 million to Carnegie Mellon, which renamed its business school after him.
But lots of billionaires with MBAs have done that.
Tepper wanted more. He wanted to create something different.
The David A. Tepper Quadrangle, which houses Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business, officially opens Thursday, the week of Tepper's 61st birthday and of his Panthers' season opener.
The Tepper Quad is not a building, Tepper likes to say. It's meant to be a physical manifestation of how modern global business works. It connects all seven CMU colleges, integrating tech, analytics, business and creativity, with the Tepper School at its center.
"The idea was to build a new thing," said Bryan R. Routledge, an associate professor of finance at the Tepper Business School who worked closely on the project.
The Tepper Quad is the new home of the David A. Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and reflects his vision for the future of collaborative business.
Unlike the buildings of Tepper's childhood, the Tepper Quad is not soot-covered, or gothic. It instead is a blueprint of "new Pittsburgh," a 4.5-acre innovation hub composed of sloping curves, sustainable materials, advanced technology, malleable spaces, angles and light.
But all of it is distinctly Tepper.
There is still some "old Pittsburgh" mixed with the new. During construction, steelworkers scampered across the huge curving ceiling beams that provide the building's structural integrity. But the floors are built from new-age "bubble concrete" reinforced with recycled plastic.
Most of the windows and the transparent walls that divide the building can be folded back to create open environments.
Everything is collaborative. The seating can be rearranged to create cocoon-like workspaces or pulled back into large-scale group areas.
This emphasis on collaboration feels like Tepper. He loves people.
When Tepper owned a 5 percent share of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2009-18, he used to wander the sidelines in a baseball cap shaking hands with everyone from the equipment managers to owner Art Rooney II. He also takes individual time with the CMU students when he visits the business school.
"He's somebody who treats people well," Dammon said. "I always say that you can tell the character of a person by how they treat people who cannot help them.
As a man who has matured and safeguarded his fortune in part by staying abreast of analytics and business technology, Tepper saw the Tepper School's tech as an important detail.
The intersection of business and technology is key to the school's programming. The classrooms can be restructured easily to adjust to technological advancements such as virtual reality.
In fact, virtual reality curricula are being installed at the Tepper School. Students will, for example, learn foreign languages through the technology — if they're learning French, Routledge explained, they will be able to order a baguette at a cafe in virtual Paris.
The entire project was a labor of love, conceived by Tepper and CMU's board of trustees. Routledge and the project's architects, Santa Monica, Calif.-based Moore Rubell and Yudell, worked directly with Tepper throughout the nearly five-year build, a task they found as nerve-wracking as they did freeing.
Tepper nipped at the details of the building that were unusual for someone in such a lofty position to notice, such as parking.
And about a "money guy" following through on an investment.
After donating the initial $55 million to rename the business school, Tepper committed $67 million in 2013 to bring the Tepper Quad to life.
The building is a long way from the little brick house in Stanton Heights. But Tepper is just as much here as he was there.
On the building's third level, the glass doors open to a concrete terrace that provides a panoramic view of Pittsburgh. To the left, the University of Pittsburgh's gothic-style Cathedral of Learning towers over the city.
And just below the Tepper Quad, pressing up against the back of the building, is a football field.
It's a good field, with deeply green natural grass and freshly painted white lines that welcome the upcoming fall.
It's Pittsburgh Central Catholic's practice field. It's where Marino played.
Tepper gave a commencement speech at Carnegie Mellon over the summer. In it, he said he believes peoples' lives are a combination of a lot of different lives that they've lived as they've grown up.
He shook and his voice cracked as he told the audience that his proudest moment was breaking the cycle of physical abuse that looped from his father and grandfather.
He giggled gleefully when he got to say out loud that he had been approved for NFL ownership, and how as a child he couldn't have imagined being in that position because he couldn't afford to see his first game until he was in his 20s.
In Tepper's current life, he can walk in blue jeans across the Panthers' practice fields and belly up to coach Ron Rivera with a big grin. He can watch the Panthers practice, with a baseball cap on his head and his top few shirt buttons undone.
He can shake hands with players, slap backs and evaluate the offensive line with general manager Marty Hurney.
But he's putting the important details from all of his "old lives" into his new one, including the way he treats people.
After Tepper's first official month with the team, he created a new position within the organization that deals with outreach, social initiatives and alumni relations. On his first day of work, he made business cards for the Panthers employee who has worked the front desk for two decades, John Coleman.
Still to be revealed in full are his big-picture plans for the organization, such as new multiuse facilities and practice fields, and improvement of the fan experience.
"He's a very bright guy. He's very interested in how we can take advantage of the new technologies that are available, particularly how he can connect with fans, fan engagement," Rooney said last week. "In our meetings here, he was always interested in what we were doing with content development and fan engagement.
Tepper has given clues to how it will all unfold.
In August, he hired Tom Glick, a globally minded sports businessman with experience in international soccer, Major League Soccer, the NBA and each organization's corresponding expansions and facility upgrades, as the team's new president.
And Tepper's eye for facility design is showcased in the Tepper Quad, displaying his love of innovative architecture, analytics and functionality.
It also perhaps offers a peek at what is in store for Charlotte.
In early August, Carolina kicked off training camp with its Fan Fest celebration at Bank of America Stadium. Tepper had to wear a press badge because he was still so new that the field security guards did not know his face quite yet.
After the team's practice that night, Tepper stood, alongside his fiancee and their tiny dog, with the crowd of players and their families, to watch the fireworks and laser show. He danced a little jig as the speakers blared AC/DC, blissfully ignorant of any eyes or cameras that might be on him.
As the show continued, photos showed Tepper standing still, tilting his head up at the sky.
Wonder flitted across his eyes and softened his mouth into a small "oh" as he stared up at the golden sparks arcing high into the Charlotte skyline.
In that moment, you could see the boy who grew up in the little brick house in East Pittsburgh.
You could see Tepper's roots.


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NetEnt and Ozzy Osbourne Collaborate in New Slot
NetEnt has announced that it will be adding yet another wildly popular musician to its lineup of branded games. In addition to greats such as Jimi Hendrix, Guns n' Roses and Motorhead, NetEnt will be releasing a stunning new slot featuring The Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne.
This deal was brokered with Global Merchandising Services, which is the firm that partners with Osbourne to manage his merchandising and brand deals. The GMS chairman Barry Drinkwater commented that the company is "excited to add another of [their] artists to the exciting NetEnt Rocks family of games."
Why Ozzy Osbourne?
Osbourne is best-known for his role as lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Black Sabbath throughout the 1970s. He also made a considerable name for himself as a solo artist after he parted ways with the band. Ozzy Osbourne has sold over 100 million albums in his career, and he is still a household name today.
Known by most as The Prince of Darkness, there are few famous personalities as iconic as Osbourne. As such, it's no surprise that NetEnt chose him to take center stage in their latest of star-studded online slot releases.
NetEnt's Director of Game Products Bryan Upton rightly sums up why this collaboration with Osbourne is sure to be a success: "Rock stars don't come much bigger, better known or charismatic than Ozzy Osbourne."
In addition to his extensive rock career, Osbourne has starred in a reality television series and appeared in several movies. His popularity transcends music, and the following that he has developed in his nearly 50 years of fame is enormous. Choosing someone as influential and universally loved as Ozzy to headline this new slot simply makes sense.
About NetEnt
NetEnt is one of the leading providers of top-tier online gaming solutions. They have become known for their award-winning games and are consistently on the cutting edge of new and innovative ideas.
The brand has over 200 stunning games in its portfolio, and it is the name behind slots like Starburst, Vikings and Gonzo's Quest. In addition to the NetEnt Rocks lineup, the company has also created other branded games such as the wildly popular Aliens and South Park slots.
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