Tennis Australia wanted to refresh their web presence, and also consolidate what had become a labyrinth of navigation on top of navigation. Our job, was to refine their navigation and develop a series of responsive modules and style guides which would enable them to manage and organise their site, and also give them the ability to create new pages using our predesigned modules.
We simplified their navigation into four categories, and used large hero images to inspire people to get out and start playing the game. The most important thing to the client was to get people to play, so we made it super easy by immediately presenting a user with how many courts, coaches and other programs were available in their immediate area. We also redesigned how they display imagery, articles and player profiles.
To celebrate their partnership with the AFL, McDonalds asked us to develop an app that celebrates the little moments that make footy great. The result was Little Wins, an app which asks users to submit their favourite footy moments, with the best moments turned into mini games and animated gifs. We also created a short animated piece to welcome users to the app when it first launches, which was subsequently turned into a TVC to promote the app during the 2016 AFL season.
This project was completed with the folks at Isobar Australia.
Building on the success of the Unlock the Grid campaign, Vic Roads wanted to try and change road user's travel habits. However, where Unlock the Grid targeted only Melbourne commuters, Travel Happy aimed to reach all Victorians regardless of their mode of transportation, destination or frequency of travel. The core of the campaign was education, teaching people about how to make life easier for fellow commuters, and the issues facing different modes of transportation.
A fully responsive, AA compliant site was built to serve as an educational hub for the campaign. The keystone of the campaign's educational message was a short animated piece which succinctly communicated the campaigns objectives. Coupled with this digital work, we also designed outdoor posters, teardrop banners for activations, a custom vehicle wrap and the brand mark has become almost inescapable on Melbourne's public transportation system.
Have a look at the live site.
This project was completed whilst working with the folks at Isobar Australia.
The MCG is the sporting destination in Australia, however we wanted to give it a little bit of a push it to become the Most Loved Stadium in the world. The brief was to encourage visitors to the 'G to check in via Facebook on their mobile phones, so we created an animation to stir people's memories of the G, and motivate them to band together and show the world just how great Melbourne's home of sport is. We even put in a seagull eating a hot-chip, bloody 'straya.
This was completed whilst working at Isobar Australia, with a lovely script by the equally lovely Jon Luscombe.
Running On Empty is a series running on Melbourne's Channel 31 focussing on independent and low budget filmmakers, profiling a different creator each week. For their second season, I was asked to create a short title sequence for the show. I built off the old catch phrase of "Lights, Camera, Action!" and developed a series of film-themed icons which would bounce bleed from one to another.
Every year Dulux run a campaign that sees them give away hundreds of paint tins filled with Jelly Beans. To tie into the campaign, and leverage the popularity of games like Candy Crush, they wanted a matching game that somehow tied together jelly beans, painting and the iconic Dulux dog. The resulting game saw users matching coloured jelly beans to help the Dulux Dog paint rooms. Users could select which colour room they wanted to play, and submit their highest scores for a chance to win a tin filled entirely with that colour jelly bean! We created every element from scratch, even the iconic dog who had previously not appeared in cartoon form. Artwork from the game appeared in store driving downloads of the app, as did preroll ads on youtube.
This job was completed at Isobar, with additional in-game animation from Ash Curkpatrick.
Role: Lead Designer, Animator, Data visualisation.
During the 2016 Australian Open, The Royal Australian Air Force created a two part series which pitted a top Australian tennis player against some of the Air Force's finest. Using technology, we tracked the pilot and athlete's biometric data and visualised it to demonstrate how they each reacted to various degrees of physical and mental stress.
This project was completed whilst working with folks at Isobar Australia and the Storylab.
The Biffle was created as part of an app for the Australian Childhood Foundation. The aim of the app was for neglected and abused children to be able to create their own pet monster who they could trust, talk to and share their thoughts. My job as illustrator was to design a friendly monster, and a site of customisable options to allow each child to create a unique monster who they could identify and connect with.
As well as creating alternate body parts and accessories, I also developed a series of key Biffle expressions to communicate specific emotions and messages through the app, as well as animations and scenarios for use in mini-games such as the Yoga Biffle.
Working with fellow Art Director, Ty Johnson at Isobar, we set about completely redesigning how Yellow Pages promoted their services to small businesses. There was a perception that the Yellow Pages was just a big book, and there wasn't a whole lot to offer modern-day small business. The solution was a fully responsive, CMS driven website that not only outlined how Yellow Pages could help grow your businesses with digital services like SEO, but also included a hub of information from Small Business experts, who would regularly post articles relating to all aspects of running a small business.
In 2014 Dulux released "Dulux Colour" an app that not only let you explore the entire range of Dulux paint colours, but also allowed you to take a photo and identify the closest Dulux colour to the colours in your image. Aside from helping out with elements of the apps UI, I was also tasked with creating a promotional video, highlighting the features of the app.
This was completed whilst working at Isobar Australia.
I've always been a bit of a Star Wars nut, but in 2015 I fell ill with an extreme case of Star Wars fever. With 50 days to go until the film was unleashed on eyeballs across the world, I decided to create a Star Wars illustration a day, for 50 days.
Way back in the day of Flash (remember Flash?!) La Trobe University asked us to create a virtual tour of their Bundoora campus. Instead of some hockey 3D fly-through, they wanted something with a bit of fun, and allowed us to take license with the campus. We created a huge, hand-illustrated map and overlaid it with mini-games, treasure hunts and information about the campus and it's history.
The virtual tour still lives on years later, you can have a look here.
This was created whilst working with some of the fine folks at Isobar Australia.
Studio D is Dulux Paints' pop-up store which offers colour information and guidance for using the latest in painting technology and tools. The store features a number of touch screen displays that users can use to help plan and visualise their new colour schemes. Often some of these screens were inactive, and Dulux asked us to create a video loop that could be used as a screensaver, but also showcase the what Studio D could offer a consumer.
This job was completed at Isobar Australia.
All Star Comics launched in Melbourne in early 2011, it is a product of people who are passionate about comics, but believe that comics retail can be better. Identifying an opportunity to do work for something so close to my heart, I initially began working with All Star by redesigning their existing logo. This then snowballed into work for business cards, street signage, tshirts, fliers, posters and more. Working closely with the folks running the store, we aimed to create items that were almost as collectible as the comics on the shelves, creating a whole range of business cards instead of just one, and using store in-jokes and deep cut references to add a little extra something.
The store has since gone from strength to strength, winning the Eisner Spirit of Retail award in 2014, cementing it as one of the greatest comic book shops in the world. Check them out here.
Noncanonical was a Melbourne based comic book podcast. It ran for over 200 episodes, and developed a reputation for it's shambolic live shows which were used to mark milestone episodes. I was over the moon to be asked to contribute posters for their 150th and 200th episodes, each time trying to limit my palette to 4 colours in an effort to harken back to the early days of comic book colouring.
The podcast also evolved into a news site about comics, the show and pop culture in general. We designed a fully responsive, CMS managed site for the members of the podcast to manage themselves, which fully integrated with their podcasting platform. The site encouraged discussion, and served to broaden the already expanding reach of the show.
The site was built by Nathan Keatch, unfortunately the podcast has since ended and the site has been taken down.
Porter Davis create houses that embody the feeling you get when you visit exotic, far away destinations. They wanted to communicate the breadth of styles and moods they offered, whilst simultaneously communicating that they understood how personal and exciting a new home is to a consumer. So we developed the idea of a World of Style. The idea revolved around a new home owners dream-home scrapbook coming to life, with their influences and ideas literally leaping off the page and informing the design of their new home.
Using stop motion animation produced by Sam Lewis from Oh Yeah Wow, we crafted every single item and poured detail into every frame of the piece. We also produced a detailed animatic in pre-production to communicate the finished product to the client with a high level of detail, as the medium of stop motion didn't allow us the luxury to tweak and change after it was animated.
This piece was produced whilst working at Isobar Australia.
I'm a drummer. I have been since my early teens. Once you get your head around the kit and the foundations of how to play, there's a huge temptation to make everything you play a drum solo. It wasn't til I'd been playing for years until I heard Jim Eno from Spoon describe his style as "playing the song, not the drums". That phrase and its sentiment has always stuck with me, and instilled in me that sometimes less is infinitely more. So, when given such beautiful footage to work with, I felt a minimal approach was most appropriate. My brief was to highlight the cars features, so instead of bombastic full page supers, I opted for simple animations motion-tracked to the footage to work with, not against, the footage.
This job was completed with some talented dudes at Isobar Australia.
Working with Matt Slater and Jimmy Yuan, we created a motion graphics piece for Porter Davis that encapsulated how they worked across every facet of creating your dream home, from design to execution. Using watercolour textures we seamlessly linked each house together and demonstrated the progression from design to build.
This was created at Isobar Australia.
Producer Ty Johnson approached me to create a credit sequence for his film, Austin to Boston. The film follows a series of bands was the trek across the USA playing show after show. It's a beautiful film, full of striking imagery and even more striking music. Ty is also a fantastic photographer, and provided heaps of candid snaps from his time on the road for use in the credits. I tried to hero these images, and create a scrapbook of the adventure to serve as a snapshot of the film that had preceded it.
The credit sequence that follows is from the first cut of the film. I ended up creating a whole new sequence for the final film, but you'll have to track it down on Netflix or iTunes to see that one!


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Echinopterys es un género de plantas con flores con tres especies perteneciente a la familia Malpighiaceae.

Descripción
Son arbustos o enredaderas, a veces, árboles pequeños con las hojas alternas y opuestas o alternas. La inflorescencia en pedicelos pedunculados con brácteas y bracteolas  eglandulares y persistente. El fruto es seco, indehiscente.

Taxonomía
Es originario de México. El género fue descrito por Adrien-Henri de Jussieu  y publicado en Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle  3: 342, en el año 1843. La especie tipo es Echinopterys lappula A.Juss.
Citología
El número de cromosomas : n = 10 , 20 ( W. Anderson R., 1993)

Especies

Echinopterys eglandulosa  	(A.Juss.) Small
Echinopterys lappula 	A.Juss.
Echinopterys setosa 	Brandegee

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Enlaces externos

 Malpighiaceae

Malpighiaceae

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India's seafood export at all-time high in 2016-17 : MPEDA
India exported 11,34,948 MT of seafood worth $5.78 bn in 2016-17.
Riding on a robust demand for its frozen shrimp and frozen fish in international markets, India exported 11,34,948 MT of seafood worth an all time high of $5.78 billion (Rs 37, 870.90 crore) in 2016-17 as against 9,45,892 tons and $4.69 billion dollars a year earlier, with USA and South East Asia continuing to be the major importers while the demand from the European Union (EU) grew substantially during the period.
Frozen shrimp maintained its position as the top item of export, accounting for 38.28 per cent in quantity and 64.50 per cent of the total earnings in dollar terms. Shrimp exports increased by 16.21 per cent in terms of quantity and 20.33 per cent in dollar terms. Frozen Fish was the second largest export item, accounting for a share of 26.15 per cent in quantity and 11.64 per cent in dollar earnings, registering a growth of 26.92 per cent in terms of value.
USA imported 1,88,617 MT of Indian seafood, accounting for 29.98 per cent in terms of dollar. Export to that country registered a growth of 22.72 per cent, 33 per cent and 29.82 per cent in terms of quantity, value in rupee and US dollars, respectively. South East Asia remained the second largest destination of India's marine products, with a share of 29.91 per cent in dollar terms, followed by the EU (17.98 per cent), Japan (6.83 per cent), the Middle East (4.78 per cent), China (3.50 per cent) and other countries (7.03 per cent). Overall, exports to South East Asia increased by 47.41 per cent in quantity, 52.84 per cent in rupee value and 49.90 per cent in dollar earnings.
"Increased production of L. Vannamei, diversification of aquaculture species, sustained measures to ensure quality, and increase in infrastructure facilities for production of value added products were largely responsible for India's positive growth in exports of seafood," said Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister for Commerce and Industry.
The overall export of shrimp during 2016-17 was pegged at 4, 34,484 MT worth $3,726.36 million. USA was the largest import market for frozen shrimp (1, 65,827 MT), followed by the EU (77,178 MT), South East Asia (1, 05,763 MT), Japan (31,284 MT), Middle East (19,554 MT), China (7818 MT) and other countries (27,063 MT).
The export of Vannamei shrimp, a major seafood delicacy, improved from 2, 56,699 MT to 3,29,766 MT in 2016-17, registering a growth of 28.46 per cent in quantity. In value terms, 49.55 per cent of total Vannamei shrimp was exported to USA followed by 23.28 per cent to South East Asian countries, 13.17 per cent to the EU, 4.53 per cent to Japan, 3.02 per cent to the Middle East and 1.35 per cent to China.
Japan was the major market for Black Tiger shrimp with a share of 43.84 per cent in terms of value, followed by USA (23.44) and South East Asia (11.33). Frozen shrimp continued to be the principal export item to USA with a share of 94.77 per cent in dollar value while Vannamei shrimp to that country showed an increase of 25.60 per cent in quantity and 31.75 per cent in dollar terms.
Vietnam, with a share of 76.57 per cent in value (US dollar), was the major South East Asian market for Indian marine products, followed by Thailand (12.93 per cent), Taiwan (3.88 per cent), Malaysia (2.60 per cent), Singapore (2.21 per cent), South Korea (1.50 per cent) and other countries (0.30 per cent). Vietnam alone imported 3, 18,171 MT of Indian seafood, the quantity being much more than that of any other individual markets like US, Japan or China.
The EU continued to be the third largest destination for Indian marine products with a share of 16.73 per cent in quantity. Frozen shrimp was the major item of exports, accounting for 40.66 per cent in quantity and 55.15 per cent in dollar earnings out of the total exports to the EU. Exports of Vannamei shrimp to the EU improved by 9.76 per cent in quantity and 11.40 per cent in dollar value.
Japan, the fourth largest destination for Indian seafood, accounted for 6.83 per cent in earnings and 6.08 per cent in quantity terms. Frozen shrimp continued to be the major item of exports to Japan with a share of 45.31 per cent in quantity and 77.29 per cent in value out of the total exports to that country.
Besides frozen shrimp and frozen fish, India's other major seafood product was frozen squid, which recorded a growth of 21.50 per cent, 59.44 per cent and 57 per cent in terms of quantity, rupee value and dollar earnings, respectively. Export of frozen cuttlefish showed a decline in quantity terms, but increased in the rupee value and dollar terms by 18.85 per cent and 16.95 per cent, respectively.
Dried items registered a growth of 40.98%, 20.14% & 79.05% in terms of quantity, rupee value and dollar terms, respectively. Indian ports handled a total marine cargo of 11,34,948 tons worth Rs 37,870.90 crore (5,777.61 million dollars) in 2016-17 as compared to 9,45,892 tons worth Rs 30,420.83 crore (4,687.94 million dollars) in 2015-16. Vizag, Kochi, Kolkata, Pipavav and Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) were major ports that handled the marine cargo during 2016-17. Exports improved from Vizag, Kochi, Kolkata, Pipavav, JNP, Krishnapatanam and Tuticorin as compared to 2015-16.
Vizag port exported 1,59,973 tons of marine cargo worth Rs 9,294.31 crore ($1,401.94 million) in 2016-17 as compared to 1,28,718 tons worth Rs 7,161 crore ($1,105.76 million) in 2015-16.
Vizag port was followed by Kochi (1,55,989 tons, Rs 4,447.05 crore), Kolkata (1,04668 tons, Rs 4,451.67 crore), Pipavav (2,32,391 tons, Rs 4,217.45 crore), JNP (1,49,914 tons, Rs 4,084.96 crore), Krishnapatnam (62,049 tons, Rs 3,701.63 crore), Tuticorin (42,026 tons, Rs 2,220.52 crore), and Chennai (37,305 tons, 1,693.87 crore).
(Source: Press Bureau of India)
Seafood exports
Shrimp Exports
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Govt imposes ADD on imports of glassware from China, Indonesia
The anti-dumping duty imposed shall be effective for a period of five years.
India to follow WTO rules, resolve issues through talks with US: Prabhu
India has a special ties with the US, which is strategic, multi-dimensional and multi-..
India's export to grow at 5.96% in Jan-Mar 2018: Exim Bank
The forecast is based on the Export Leading Index (ELI) model of the bank, it said.
Govt imposes ADD of $2.69/kg on fishnet imports from China, Bangladesh

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The Little Foxes
by Lillian Hellman
Last Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 668
In 1900, in a small Alabama town, three siblings are attempting to negotiate a lucrative deal that will bring northern manufacturing to the area so that the cotton crop will not have to be sent away for processing. Among these three, the accumulation of wealth takes precedence over family loyalty, decency, honor, and morality.
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The two brothers, Oscar and Ben Hubbard, are heirs to their father's fortune; sister Regina is not named in the will. To ensure that she will be on equal footing with her brothers she marries a man of considerable wealth. Her husband, Horace Giddens, has been in a Baltimore hospital for months, recovering from a serious heart problem. It seems that the deal to bring the cotton mill to town will go through if Regina can come up with her one-third of the collateral within two weeks, money she hopes will come from Horace.
Oscar, the least bright of the siblings, secures his future by marrying Birdie, whose family has the most prosperous cotton fields in the area. Shortly after the wedding, Oscar's inherent meanness shines through. He accuses his wife of babbling nonsensically, of drinking too much (which is true), and of behaving foolishly. He even slaps her across the face when he feels she is undermining his schemes. Birdie is too timid and subdued to stand up to his abuses. Even her pleas for him to stop shooting small birds for sport are ineffectual. He throws the dead birds away rather than give them to poor and hungry black people. By this time, Birdie's family land has been bought by the Hubbards, leaving her with nothing but wistful hopes of a return one day to a more genteel South where family comes first. Ben is unmarried and dreams mostly of buying a horse farm with the money.
Addie and Cal, two subservient and powerless, but wise, black servants, comment on the evil around them; still, they continue to serve. Horace wants to name Addie in his will, but she points out that the money would never get to her. Such is the status of blacks in the South. There is no way for them to fight a corrupt legal system. Addie takes on the job of alerting Regina and Horace's daughter, Alexandra, to the machinations of the family.
Regina hosts a dinner party in honor of Chicago industrialist William Marshall, who is considering building a cotton mill in town. Regina is ruthless in her determination to gain power and wealth and is winning over the guest with her great charm. A major complication...
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MobiTV, one of the first startups that started running mobile video services in the U.S. in 2003, has raised another $70 million, led by Oak Investment Partners. That's the company's third round of funding, to bring the company's total to $85 million, making it one of the more well-funded startups in the wireless industry.
The company says it already has 1 million subscribers and plans to use the funds for "rapid expansion" in international markets. The company has been adding international partners beyond its U.S. base, including the U.K., Canada, Peru, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.
But in addition to growth, this year MobiTV is looking to add broadcast-style capabilties with a variety of mobile TV standards, like DVB-H, Qualcomm's MediaFlo and DMB. At CTIA this year the company was testing its service over DVB-H and at that time told me they plan to add DVB-H compatibility in the coming months. After DVB-H the plan is to add compatibility with most of the other standards. The company has even worked with IP Wireless technology.
Only a few months ago I recently realized how big MobiTV has been getting, with its over 150 employees, when I first noticed their red-n-green logo shining off of the 580 in Emeryville. With this funding, they'll shortly get considerably bigger.
How will they respond to place shifting technology? If you can see all of your home services on a mobile device, why subscribe to a separate device specific service?
i don't understand why 1M subscribers will use it. more interesting is how active are those users. from what i have seen the quality is very poor, so it does not bring much value beyond the wow affect. plus i don't believe broadcast is the winning model in mobile.


1024 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 38 illus.
The Hundred Years War was a vicious, costly, and, most dramatically, drawn out struggle that laid the framework for the national identities of both England and France into the modern era. The first twenty years of the war were positive for the English, by any account. They already held the South of France, through Eleanor of Aquitaine's dowry, and were allied with the Flemish in the north. After the brilliant naval battle of Sluys, the English had control of both the English Channel and the North Sea. The battles of Crécy and Poitiers gave the English a powerful toehold on the continent; they even captured the French king, Philip, occasioning a peace treaty in 1360.
This long-awaited third volume of Jonathan Sumption's monumental history of the war narrates the period from 1369 to 1393, a span marked by the slow decline of English fortunes and the subsequent rise of the French. The English were condemned to see the conquests of the previous thirty years overrun by the armies of the king of France in less than ten. Edward III was succeeded by a vulnerable child, destined to grow into a neurotic and unstable adult presiding over a divided nation. England's citizenry was being asked to pay for a long and expensive war, soldiers were becoming disenchanted, and the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 evidenced the social unrest in the land. However, France too paid a heavy price for her success. Beneath the surface splendor the French government sat poised at the edge of bankruptcy and the population subsisted in fear and insecurity. The inexperience of Charles VI and his gradual relapse into insanity divided the French political world, as the king's relatives competed for the plunder of the state, sowing the seeds of disintegration and civil war in the following century.
Marshaling a wide range of contemporary sources, both printed and manuscript, French and English, Sumption recounts the events of this critical period of the Hundred Years War in unprecedented detail.
Jonathan Sumption is a former history fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and the author of The Hundred Years War, Volume 1: Trial by Battle, The Hundred Years War, Volume 2: Trial by Fire, and The Hundred Years War, Volume 4: Cursed Kings, all available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.


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Laia Viñas Abadie (Cherta, 1997) es una escritora y periodista española en lengua catalana.

Biografía
Nacida en Cherta, provincia de Tarragona, Laia Viñas es graduada en periodismo por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona y completó sus estudios en Radiofónics. Ha colaborado con medios como SER Cataluña , COPE Barcelona y Radio Nacional de España.

En noviembre de 2020 ganó ex aequo el Premio Documenta de ese año de narrativa catalana, con su novela Les closques. El jurado, formado por Pau Vidal, Marina Espasa, Albert Forns, Eric del Arco y Eugènia Broggi destacó «la madurez literaria y la complejidad narrativa, sorprendentes en una escritora tan joven, la elaboración estilística y la buenísima construcción de los personajes, así como la ambición y la riqueza del lenguaje».

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Alumnado de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Escritoras de Cataluña
Escritores de España del siglo XXI
Escritores en catalán del siglo XXI


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Even if you're not into video games too much, you've probably already heard of platforms to watch games online via streaming of the likes of Twitch, for instance. The latter are capable of gathering hundreds of thousands of viewers if any of the players is a famous youtuber or Twitter user.
Microsoft, with plenty of interest in the world of video games (remember that it owns Xbox), has its own platform and Mixer - Interactive Streaming is that app that it has released to be able to connect to the latter from an iOS device of the likes of an iPad or iPhone.
We've spoken about being a viewer but you can also be the broadcaster if you think you're good enough and got the authority necessary to introduce yourself as a reliable gamer. So, if you're as good as you think you are, show off your skills to the world and make yourself a space amongst video game celebrities. You never know, you might become someone important in the world of eSports.
Find your favorite gamers and learn from their tricks or become one of them yourself.
Watch streams in real time and interact with the broadcaster. Chat with other gamers or viewers with less than a second of lag thanks to FTL (Faster Than Light) technology.
Discover a huge user community with people that share your very same interests in terms of video games.
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Governor Ajimobi Sets Up Reconciliation Committee After Meeting Yinka Ayefele
Singer Yinka Ayefele and Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state met on Thursday at the latter's office over the demolition of Ayefele's Music House
Ajimobi, according to the report, afterwards, set up a committee to resolve the issue between Ayefele and the state government.
The Oyo state government had demolished Ayefele's Music House that also houses is Fresh FM radio station for contravening the state's property laws.
They met for hours, Premium Times reports, adding that the committee comprises of some of Ayefele's staff, and some officials of the state government.
Ayefele said he had responded to all the letters sent by the state government, adding that his efforts to see the governor had failed.
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Ajimobi described Ayefele as a good man and a responsible citizen, stressing that the next step was to find a compassionate means of resolving the issue.
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RIAA Double Platinum Record Award for Elvis Presley's 1956 Single "Jailhouse Rock"
Offered is an RIAA Double Platinum record award for Elvis Presley's 1957 single "Jailhouse Rock", released in September 1957, it was finally certified Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum on March 27, 1992. "Jailhouse Rock" was a huge hit for Elvis, and after its release on September 24, 1957, it topped the U.S. And U.K. charts for weeks on end—it was the first song to ever debut at #1 on the U.K. charts. The song was recorded among other tracks for the film Jailhouse Rock on April 30, 1957 at Radio Recorders Hollywood Studios. The award's plaque reads "Presented to Elvis Presley to Commemorate the Sale of More than 2,000,000 Copies of the RCA RECORDS Single Record 'Jailhouse Rock'". The award measures 21 x 17 inches and presents with little to no wear. Near Mint to Mint condition.
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Before the winter winds hit us, autumn breeze spoils us with crystal clear air and sunny weather that is made to spend some time outside. So before you huddle up on your couch with a cup of tea and get ready for winter, why not go out and explore the beautiful city of Prague? The perfect excuse to do so are three magnificent festivals that will surely lift your spirits and make you love autumn in the city! No matter if it's extraordinary light shows, coffee or unknown movies that make your heart beat faster – October surely holds something in store for you.
It's that time of the year again! From 11th – 14th October 2018, SIGNAL festival will light up the sky above Prague and motivate thousands of people to pilgrim around the city, looking for the most fascinating show of the year. Signal festival, first held in 2013, is the largest cultural event in Czech Republic that combines art, the city and modern technology in a fantastic and captivating way.
The festival of lights already counts over 2 million delighted visitors in its five year long existence – and is keen to fascinate more each and every year. SIGNAL's projecting digital art onto ancient buildings has reached international attention and is a well sought-after platform for artists wanting to present their newest pieces on this field. SIGNAL is bound to give you four nights of marveling and takes you on a journey through an illuminated Prague.
Imagine a life in a fixed, small space – a cold, dark place in which fluorescent lights blind your eyes and you do not even remember what daylight is. OBRAZ is bringing this terrifying and yet important experience to visitors on this year's SIGNAL festival. Dare you enter one of the cages, where lightbulbs -some of them broken and/or damaged – are hovering over your head? The narrow space is accompanied by the nervous and panicked – original – sounds of a farm.
OBRAZ is trying to raise awareness of the miserable lives of laying hens – right on time for World Egg Day (12th October 2018). Experience the darker sides of our modern society with the help of this creative installation.
Ready to 'gate' away? A light bridge connecting a tram stop with the National Technical Library and the Faculty of Architecture are bound to take you away into another world. With every visitor entering, different parts lighten up, showing them the way like fireflies in the night sky. Experience Dejvice like you never have before in this magical place!
Are you a history freak? Then 'Memory of the Nation' is your go to installation this SIGNAL festival. With short videos of authentic testimonies, material of the Battle of Britain, death transports and interrogations in the State Security cells. This installations is bound to give you the chills and is telling the dark tale of two totalitarian periods.
The talented team of artists chose a very fitting spot for their presentation: 'Memory of the Nation' is located where once the Stalin monument used to tower – and a little out of the way if you wanna skip the crowds.
Get 'enlightened' and discover the many more fantastic works of art and where to find them right here.
Wind and weather, scarfs around our necks and coats covering our shivering bodies: Cinema season is here and with it an excellent movie festival: Kolnoa 2018 is bringing Israelite masterpieces to Prague! A week full of unique films awaits you and we got all the information you need for a successful cinematic experience and kick-off into cinema season.
Kolnoa – the name of the festival inspired be the hebrew word for cinematography – was first established and organised by the association 'KOLNOA CZ z.s.' in 2017. The goal of the creative minds behind the scenes? To bring unique and lesser known work of the cinematography world to Prague. With that, they are opening the doors for cinemagoers to see more of the captivating, colorful land full of contrasts.
During the festival, you get to experience movies (either in English or with English subtitles) that are usually not making its way to Prague – or even to into Czech film industry. An assortment of both newly released and old classics, featured and documentary productions: This is Kolnoa festival. Furthermore, one gets to peak behind the scenes and can join lectures, find out more about Israeli film schools and can join dance, music, art and – unexpectedly so – culinary craft programs. Kolnoa conveys values of a country that is interesting, diverse and full of life.
Various cinemas are participating in this year's Kolnoa Film Festival and are inviting you to dive into the talented works of Israeli film makers and more. Kino Pilotůon Donská Street is hosting the widest span of films presented during the festival – some of them being screened even more than once if you miss the first screening. Kino 35's screen, located in Prague 1, will light up 5 times, broadcasting wonderful pieces of art throughout the week. Lucerna hosts the screening of the movie 'Virgins' on its premises in Old Town.
Thomas travels to the birthplace of the man that his heart belongs to. The occasion is rather dark: Oran has passed away. Despite the prejudice of the Israeli people towards his German origins, he manages to become the pastry chef of a local café. The owner of the place? The widow of the deceased Oran, who doesn't suspect any connection between her and the stranger.
Ever had an accidental encounter? These two protagonists accidentally meet an airport, him mistakenly assuming her to be his driver. She however does not bother to correct him – too exciting is the random encounter. 'Aya' is a poetic movie starring a phenomenal cast.
A mermaid spotted near shore; this is the rumor that makes a young journalist show up in the life of teenaged Lana, who is fed up with her hometown and her mother's unsuccessful beach café. His arrival turns her life around, never to be the same again. A touching movie with poetic images that brings us back to memories of our own adolescence, rebellion and vulnerability.
Explore more of the fascinating movies shown at Kolnoa festival right here and get detailed times.
Keen to know more about this cultural and vibrant festival? Check out Kolnoa's official website right here.
The copper colored fluid of productivity and life: Coffee has accompanied mankind through many workdays, cured many lacks of sleep and woke up our body system for many years. Today, Prague is full of specialty coffee shops where one can get the perfect cup for every mood. What if we told you that this October, you can get all the variety of coffee shops of Prague and beyond in one place? It's Coffee Festival in Prague!
First established in 2012, Prague Coffee Festival aims to introduce you to the world of coffee – and its newest gems. Held yearly on Prague Markets area, this is the place where big names such as 'Casino Mocca' and 'Fjord Coffee' come together and you get to chat to them about planting, harvesting and roasting the perfect cup.
It is exactly this aspect, that made the minds behind Prague Coffee Festival organise the same: Bringing everybody that is interested in coffee and keen to experiment with the various processes that the specialty coffee scene has introduced to the market, together. Be it professional baristas, coffee shop owners and coffee 'newbies', Prague Coffee Festival invites everyone to come along on a journey of learning new and exciting things about the gold of the green, red and eventually brown bean.
Learn how your coffee gets from the field into your cup, about the many ways of brewing and what distinguishes specialty coffee from 'regular' one and sip great coffee from the various brew and espresso bars around. Because one learns better with all 5 senses, the festival is not short of cuppings, coffee shop and roastery presentations, workshops, lectures and of course: A music program.
To make sure that you will be able to hit a spot at these fabulous workshops, sign up right here!
Prague Coffee Festival: Perfect for coffee pros, beginners and all those who are fond of the copper colored liquid. Stay caffeinated!
Have you made up your mind to which festival the wind will take you this October? Why not visit all of them and get a whiff of just how diverse, interesting and fascinating Prague can be. Happy exploring!
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The students at Long Branch Elementary are high achieving learners who are gaining the skills needed to be contributing members of society. With the support of a comprehensive school counseling program that advocates for each student and collaborates with important stakeholders, students are participating in a meaningful learning environment that promotes their academic, career, and personal/social development. As well-rounded individuals, Long Branch students have the tools needed to become successful lifelong learners and productive citizens in our community.
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How Old Is Lil Durk and Is the Chicago Rapper Married With Children?
Tamara Grant
Rapper Lil Durk is the leader of his collective, Only the Family, and has consistently dropped music after finding success on MySpace. Known for his melodic and kicked-back rhymes, he has frequently collaborated with several fellow Chicago rappers and eventually signed to Def Jam Records.
Durk decided to pursue music full-time after becoming a father while a senior in high school. Now a six-time father, how old is the Chicago rapper, and who is his wife? Keep reading to find out!
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Lil Durk's age and background
Born October 19, 1992, in South Side Chicago, Illinois, Durk D. Banks is currently 26-years-old. His father went to jail when he was 7-years-old, and he had to become the man of the house at a young age. He's opened up about his upbringing and times when there wasn't enough food in his home.
Banks began to be very active on social media, including MySpace and YouTube and wanted to become a rapper after seeing his online popularity. He began to pursue music full-time after dropping out of high school when he became a father at 17-years-old.
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Banks then joined the Black Disciples gang and started getting into legal trouble as a result. In October 2011, he faced gun charges and, two years later, got arrested for possession of a loaded handgun. In 2011, he planned to sign with Chicago rapper Chief Keef's label and French Montana's.
However, both deals fell through, so he released two singles which garnered positive feedback. Banks then made a splash in the rap industry with his 2012 mixtape, Life Ain't No Joke.
Lil Durk's music career
After his mixtape, Banks released the single "L's Anthem," and then re-released it with French Montana on the remix in 2013. The popularity of the track resulted in his collective, Only the Family, signing a joint venture deal with Def Jam Recordings.
He then released another mixtape, Signed to the Streets, which Rolling Stone called the eighth-best mixtape of 2013. That same year, magazine XXL named him to their 2014 Freshmen Class alongside Chance the Rapper, Rich Homie Quan, Kevin Gates, and more.
In June 2015, Bank released his debut album on Def Jam, Remember My Name, which peaked at number fourteen on the U.S. Billboard 200 charts. His 2015 single with rumored then-girlfriend, Dej Loaf, "My Beyonce," went on to become certified gold for selling over 500,000 copies.
The Chicago rapper dropped his sophomore album, Lil Durk 2X, in July 2016. However, it did not perform as well as his first. He has since released his 12th mixtape and other collaborative projects. Last year's Just Cause Y'all Waited became Banks' first non-album project to chart on Billboard, peaking at number 22 on the Rap Albums chart.
The rapper has also parted ways with Def Jam and is now signed to Alamo Records & Interscope Records.
Lil Durk's wife and kids
The rapper and Nicole Covone first began dating in 2008. They then welcomed their first child into the world, Angelo Banks in 2011. Two years later, the couple had another child, Bella, before breaking up shortly afterward. Banks fathered another child, Zayden Banks, who was born a few months after Bella, however, his mother is unknown.
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He revealed a fourth child, Du'mier Banks, in 2014, and a fifth, Skyler Banks, but their mothers are also not public. After dating girlfriend India Royale for a while, he proposed to her in September 2018, and she welcomed their first child together, Willow Banks, the following month. The pair secretly wed in a private ceremony.


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Las Vegas man found guilty of causing disturbances at federal courthouse
By: KTNV Staff
A Las Vegas resident who created multiple disturbances at the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse after he refused to follow Court Security Officer orders was found guilty and sentenced Tuesday.
Following a bench trial, Joshua Martinez , 30, was found guilty of one count of creating a disturbance on federal property and he was immediately sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge George Foley Jr. to a one year stay away order from the Courthouse, a $500 fine, and two days of credit for time he spent in custody.
Martinez was known for being at the courthouse during hearings related to the Bundy family.
Between February 2017 and August 2018, Martinez created disturbances at the Federal Courthouse located in Downtown Las Vegas on multiple occasions. Martinez had previously been arrested at the courthouse on two occasions for disruptive behavior. He was also told to leave the premises two times prior for failing to comply with courthouse regulations.
During these incidents, he created a disturbance by loitering, shouting at court security officers, filming inside the courthouse, obstructing use of the courthouse entrance, and impeding and disrupting the performance of official duties by government employees. Filming inside the courthouse is prohibited per a court order.
On Aug. 1, Martinez attempted to gain access to the courthouse. He was asked to leave due to his prior disruptive behavior. Martinez refused to comply with the courthouse security officers' orders and yelled derogatory terms at the officers. His actions disrupted courthouse personnel duties, and ultimately led to his arrest and conviction.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service.


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Five ways Screwfix and B&Q are getting it right
Screwfix has become a model brand within its parent company the Kingfisher Group, thanks to its fast growth via digital, and in particular via mobile. Sales of £802m in the first half of its financial year were 10.4% ahead (or 4.5% on a like-for-like (LFL) basis), with digital sales up by 18%, including mobile up by 43%, and click and collect sales up by 21%. Its IT system forms the basis of the unified IT system that Kingfisher is currently rolling out across its business – it's halfway through a five-year transformation plan that will see one product range and one IT system. And until the Kingfisher customer offer is fully unified, Screwfix UK is the only one of its brands that is adding stores at any pace – 21 opened in the first half of the year, taking it to 598 and it aims to have around 700 in the UK.
Sister company B&Q saw its overall sales fall by 2.3% to £1.8bn (-2.5% LFL) in the six months to July 31. Sales of weather-related goods rose by 4.9% in a hot summer, while other categories fell b 5.4%. Its online sales grew by 8%, including a 56% rise in click and collect and 41% rise in mobile, to account for 4% of total sales.
So what can other retailers learn from the success of Screwfix, an Elite retailer in IRUK Top500 research, and its sister business B&Q, rated as Leading in that list?
Put mobile first
Strong mobile sales are at the heart of the Screwfix business: m-commerce grew by 43% in the half-year. The retailer recognises that its customers, largely working in trades, find it easier to use their mobile phones to order from site. It has a mobile app and a mobile website to serve their needs.
Faster click and collect
A new one-hour click and collect service, introduced last autumn, gave a boost to B&Q, which saw revenues from the service rise by 56% in the first half, compared to last year. At Screwfix, where customers can collect their orders in as little as five minutes, click and collect sales rose by 21%.
Give customers the tools they need
Screwfix and B&Q focus on different audiences within the same sector. Screwfix targets its tools, equipment and supplies at tradespeople, while B&Q does so for a DIY audience.
B&Q launched a bathroom planner tool on its website last November. Since then, 148,000 people have used it, and engagement increases as new features are added. That tool is set to be launched by Kingfisher's French customers later in the year.
Meanwhile, Screwfix said its 10.4% sales growth to £802m was driven by in-store specialist trade desks that are exclusive to plumbers and electricians, as well as digital growth.
The IT system
The Screwfix IT system is regarded within the Kingfisher Group as having "best-in-class" capability. Adding its benefits to its core ecommerce platforms includes improved digital market, site search, a new checkout and new mobile sites. So far around half of Kingfisher Group sales take place through the unified IT system, including B&Q and Castorama France. Castorama.fr launched in January and since then, says Kingfisher, we are encouraged by the increase in conversion seen to date and are working on further content development to improve the overall customer proposition. Rollout is about to start in Brico Dépôt France.
Let customers buy in the way that works for them
Kingfisher's digital sales now account for 6% of group sales, up from 5% last year. But where digital is made available, more customers use it to buy: witness (above) the change that one-hour click and collect has made to B&Q sales. As yet, however, only 4% of B&Q sales are online.
The Kingfisher Group this week reported £6bn in sales in the first half of its financial year, to July 31. That's 1.2% up compared to the same period last year. But pre-tax profits of £281m were 30% down from £402m.
Screwfix is an Elite retailer in IRUK Top500 research, while B&Q is ranked as Leading.
Véronique Laury, chief executive of Kingfisher, said this week the business was into the third year of a five-year transformation plan that is seeing the business, which operates in a number of European markets, move to offer a unified range via a single IT system. That system will support, among other areas, stores and online commerce. "The extent and pace of change in the retail sector is profound," said Laura. "We saw these changes and acted early. We're now halfway through our ONE Kingfisher transformation and we are well on our way to becoming a truly customer-led, digital and efficient business.
"Transformation on this scale is tough, and there are challenges that we're working through. There is still much to do to improve our performance in France and to remove inefficiencies within the business as we continue to transform at pace." She said that the first-half results showed a "solid" performance in the UK and Poland.
The retailer said that until its unified customer offer was in place it would open only a limited number of new stores, primarily at Screwfix UK, the brand that has become a model within the group thanks to its fast sales and profits growth, primarily driven by digital, and in particular, mobile sales.
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Train Service Between Baripada-Puri Flagged Off
As per the schedule, the train will depart from Baripada on Thursday night at 11.50 am and arrive at Puri station at 7 am the next day.
Ramakanta Biswas
Published: Friday, 14 January 2022
Last updated: 14 January 2022, 02:02 PM IST
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Putting an end to a prolonged demand, train service finally commenced between Baripada of Mayurbhanj and the pilgrim town of Puri on Friday.
Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu flagged off the train service today.
Initially the train will leave Baripada and reach Puri chugging through various stations like Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. As per the schedule, the train will depart from Baripada on Thursday night at 11.50 am and arrive at Puri station at 7 am the next day.
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Similarly, on return journey, the train will leave Puri station at 11.50 pm on Friday night and reach Baripada at 7 am on Saturday.
Inaugurating the train service which will initially run once in a week, Union Minister Tudu said the Railways is mulling extension of the train service on a daily basis in the coming days.
"The commencement of the train service is a very good news for the residents of Mayurbhanj. We were in discussion with the Railway ministry for a long time over the demand for services on the route."
"The train will run on weekly mode till April and after that, it will ply on a regular basis following the completion of the modalities. The timings of the train may also be changed for convenience of passengers," he added.
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Think brothers on stage in a band and two names leap out at you like an umbrella from a Mancunian's bag on an autumn day – Liam and Noel Gallagher.
Feuds, fights and F words – it was always going to end in tears for the Oasis boys.
But it doesn't always have to be like that for musical siblings. Just ask New Kingston, the New York touraholic reggae band comprising brothers Tahir, Courtney and Stephen Panton.
Oh and just for good measure the boys' influence and guiding light, dad Courtney Snr, joins them on bass.
But family friction? They won't hear a word of it.
"Everyone has their own opinion," says drummer Courtney Jnr, "that's part of life. If something is red, someone is going to want it to be blue.
And you know what? It's hard not to believe him too. We get the chance to find out later this month when this family affair head across The Pond with their infectious brand of good-time reggae for a batch of UK dates, including one right here in Essex.
The Pantons, joined by guitarist Stephen Suckarie have been doing their stuff for more than a decade and fourth album Come From Far hit the shelves last month.
They've yet to break through this side of the Atlantic, but a tour supporting London's urban reggae trailblazers The Skints that calls in on Chinnerys, in Southend offers a new audience a chance of the New Kingston experience.
A band who clearly get a boombox-sized kick out of playing live, they've earned a reputation for being just as likely to be on stage somewhere as off it on any given night during the year.
And Courtney Jnr, for one, is very much looking forward to the forthcoming UK tour dates.
"We are really happy about it," he said during a break in the band's run of USA West Coast dates. "It gives us the opportunity to go out and show people what we are about.
"When we are on stage it's our family. It's a beautiful vibe.
The three brothers grew up listening to listening to dad's funk and reggae records so you'll find nods to those influences peeping out from a thoroughly modern sound.
Progressive reggae they call it and that's what it is – a musical progression of the family's Jamaican roots to the urban lifestyle of the Big Apple.
"Our sound is a mixture of old and new," said Courtney. "There is no single influence.
Find out for yourselves at Chinnerys on Thursday.
New Kingston support The Skints at Chinnerys, Southend, on Thursday, September 28.


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India Set To Study Possible 2032 Olympic Games Bid In New Delhi
Posted on Jul 20, 2017 3:41 PM by Robert Livingstone in Featured, Future Summer Bids
The sports ministry in India has launched a study into the possibility of the nation bidding to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032, the Times of India reported Thursday.
Indian Olympic Team at Rio 2016 (IOA Photo)
The ministry's decision is a reaction after last month the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced that it had reached out for government approval to organize bids for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games following a separate bid for the 2030 Asian Games.
With the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last week resolving to award both the 2024 and 2028 games to Los Angeles and Paris, IOA President N. Ramachandran is quickly pushing a bid for the subsequent Games to move forward even 14 years ahead of a possible Opening Ceremony.
"You cannot take a decision today and say, 'I want to host an Olympic Games tomorrow.' It is an eight-year process. So you have to start now," Ramachandran said in June.
"If you are looking at anything it's 2032. That will give you 10 years to improve the infrastructure and you will have a decision (to make) in the next four to six years."
Ramachandran said that as the second most populous nation in the world, it was time to follow China's example to develop and showcase its athletes.
New Delhi, the nation's capital city, is considered the most likely Indian host city for the Games after having staged the 2010 Commonwealth Games amid construction delays and a corruption scandal.
The Times of India was told by a ministry source "We are keen on understanding where the country stands before we decide upon the future course of action. All things that go into hosting the Games will be discussed as we pose ourselves the question whether it is desirable and practical and whether we ought to consider bidding for Olympics at any point.
"Besides the implications and requirements such as resource mobilization, sports infrastructure to be built, scope of private-public partnership and athletes' development programme as we aim for the top 10 in the medals tally, we also need to assess the uniqueness India can bring to the Olympics considering that we are the largest in terms of youth population."
IOC President Thomas Bach with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi April 27, 2015 (Twitter/Narendra Modi Photo)
The IOC isn't expected to select a 2032 host city until 2025, and the organization is in the process of re-tooling the bid process making it more of a consultation and partnership.
India pulled out of a possible 2024 bid two years ago after IOC President Thomas Bach and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and discussed the possibility. It was reported at the time that the 2010 Commonwealth Games corruption scandal was a considerable factor in the decision.
This week a 13-city plan to host the 2032 Games across the Rhine-Westphalia Region of Germany surfaced, and bids for the same Games from Brisbane in Australia and St. Petersburg in Russia have been discussed.
Bids for the 2032 Games won't likely be accepted by the IOC before 2023.
New Delhi 2032
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A slim and compact linear LED wall light, inspired by an original cabin light designed by Davey Lighting in the 1930's. The Cabin wall light is available in three sizes (27cm, 40cm, 60cm) and three finishes (Weathered Brass, Polished Brass, Chrome Plated). Complete with a frosted glass diffuser. Requires installation to a remote driver (the driver is supplied).


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Tile of Spain Connection
Tile of Spain: Ready to Dazzle at Coverings 2011
Valencia, Spain – For the 24th year, Tile of Spain will bring one of the largest foreign delegations to Coverings, offering visitors a glimpse at the most advanced ceramic tile technology the world has to offer. From March 14-17 at Las Vegas' Sands Expo & Convention Center, architects, designers, distributors and contractors can visit the 19,800-square-foot Pavilion of Spain. Here, guests will get a front row seat to experience the cutting-edge technology, sustainable design and diverse architectural solutions from Spain. The 2011 Spanish delegation will consist of more than 40 ceramic and stone manufacturers, a 25% increase in exhibitors over the previous year.
A walk through the center of the Spanish pavilion brings visitors to Tile of Spain's information and hospitality booth #2326. The booth holds a variety of resouces including the pavilion directory – your guide to the must-see Spanish exhibitors at Coverings – and the latest issue of Ceraspaña, Tile of Spain's quarterly magazine. Audiovisual presentations will run throughout the show including the recent Tile of Spain Award-winning architectural and design projects and an overview of Spanish innovation, design and technology. In addition, guests can savor authentic tapas and sangria.
With a tour of the Spanish Pavilion, visitors will come to understand why Tile of Spain touts the message "Yes, We Choose Spanish Ceramic." Spanish tile is the ceramic of choice not only because of the products' progressive designs but also because of Spain's unrestrained creativity, capacity to innovate, constant technological initiative and responsibility to the environment.
DAILY ACTIVITIES IN THE SPANISH PAVILION
Tile of Spain annual press conference – Tuesday, March 15 from 10 am to 1 pm. Topics include the state of the Spanish ceramic tile industry and "Experience 2011" a much anticipated preview of emerging trends in ceramic tile presented by Patti Fasan.
Daily educational seminars – Attend "Balance-Rebalance," daily educational seminars geared towards retail ceramic sales associates, presented by Patti Fasan, Tile of Spain's ceramic tile consultant. Full details below.
Wine and Tapas – Savor authentic Spanish tapas, sangria and other refreshments every day of the show from noon to 2 pm. Additionally during show floor Happy Hours, stop in to the pavilion for an Afternoon Delight, a sampling of authentic Spanish dessert chocolate con churros.
SOCIAL NETWORKING INITIATIVES
Tile of Spain will be sending updates directly from the show floor via Twitter (@TileofSpain) and Facebook. Additionally, Tile of Spain will soon launch www.spaintilesusa.com, a US-based microsite geared specifically towards the wants and needs of the US market. A blog component will provide regular in-depth information regarding the latest trends and technology from Spain.
EDUCATIONAL FOCUS
Tile of Spain has for more than 10 years devoted a significant amount of energy and resources to continuing education within the U.S. ceramic tile industry. This educational focus continues with several seminars given by Patti Fasan and partner Ryan Fasan offered at Coverings, including:
At the Tile of Spain Pavilion: Balance – RebalanceSuccess in the past two years has taken resolve, courage and a flexible game plan. While calmer waters are hopefully on the horizon for 2011, you must continue to be adaptable and ready to balance and rebalance strategies, assumptions and viewpoints. Join us at the Tile of Spain Pavilion: we will strategize, reveal new competitive advantages, identify permanent consumer shifts, needs and desires and arm you with the "street smart" tools you must acquire to succeed in 2011 and beyond.
Mon, March 14: 12:15-12:45 pm, 1:15-1:45 pm
Wed, March 16: 12:15-12:45 pm, 1:15-1:45 pm
Thurs, March 17: 12:15-12:45 pm
Conference Programs:
Strategies to Improve Market Share Over Competitive Products
Tuesday, March 15: 9:15 – 10:15 am
The Edge: The Latest Innovations in Tile
Tuesday, March 15: 2:45 – 3:45 pm
Ceramic Tile Specification: Facts, Myths & Tools
Wednesday, March 16: 9:15 – 10:15 am
Environmental Ceramic Tile: Gray Area or Green?
Wednesday, March 16: 10:30 – 11:30 am
ADDITIONAL HONORS
The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) is honoring Tile of Spain ceramic tile consultant Patti Fasan with the prestigious Joe A. Tarver award for long term service to the tile industry. She is the 9th recipient of this award and the first woman to receive this recognition. The 8th Annual TileLetter Awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, March 16th immediately after the show closes at 5:30 pm, in Room 501 at the Venetian Las Vegas.
The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer's Association (ASCER) is the private organization whose primary objective is to support Spain's ceramic tile manufacturers and the industry as a whole by stewarding and promoting the Tile of Spain brand worldwide. A strong global leader, the ceramic tile industry of Spain comprises 220 manufacturers concentrated primarily in the province of Castellón. For more about tile produced in Spain, contact Tile of Spain Center at the Trade Commission of Spain, 2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite 1114, Coral Gables, FL 33134. Call 305-446-4387 or visit tileofspain.com
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State legislators angrily warned state insurance regulators not to cut a deal with Congress to make regulators the defacto federal regulator through either the National Insurance Supervisory Commission or any other mechanism embedded in Congressional bills.
State insurance commissioners responded that the proposal was just that: a proposal that was up for discussion, one option among many.
During the winter meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, Mo., here, state Rep. Brian Kennedy, D-Hopkinton, R.I., warned during a forum that if regulators tried to embed legislation to remove legislators' authority to create law for insurance, he would seek a resolution at the meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, next week to oppose the proposal and to have legislatures prevent state insurance department's participation in any such program.
Kennedy also asked how the NAIC proposed to get a new compact enacted when some states had still not enacted the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission, Washington.
Roger Sevigny, New Hampshire commissioner and NAIC president, emphasized that this is only a proposal and there was no attempt to cut out state legislators from efforts to maintain state control of insurance regulation. In fact, he maintained, both regulators and legislators wanted the same thing.
Birny Birnbaum of the Center for Economic Justice, Austin, Texas, said that the IIPRC has had a lack of consumer participation and "instead of higher standards, it has been just the opposite even when individual states have had higher standards." Any such commission would need a more formalized consumer advisory committee, he added.
Trade groups also weighed in on the issue.
Manna cited concerns over duplication of regulation and that NISC would concentrate too much power and offer too little oversight.
Uniformity is important to producers, said Ron Panneton of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Falls Church, Va. He also suggested that regulators reach out and create a stronger relationship with state legislators.


DALLAS, TX, October 16, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- North Texas Plastic Surgery announced on Monday that board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Sacha Obaid has been recognized as a Preferred Surgeon in the IDEAL IMPLANT network. This recognition is awarded to surgeons with extensive experience performing breast augmentation using IDEAL IMPLANTS, as well as those who demonstrate a commitment to educating patients on the full scope of options for breast enhancement with implants.
"IDEAL offers exciting improvements to the traditional saline breast implant," Dr. Obaid said. "I am proud to offer IDEAL IMPLANTS at North Texas Plastic Surgery because of their stellar clinical safety record and their outstanding look and texture."
One of the principal benefits of saline implants is the safety of the material. In the event of a rupture, sterile saline harmlessly enters the body. IDEAL IMPLANTS maintain this advantage while guarding against rupture in the first place, earning the name "structured breast implants."
Dr. Obaid is one of only two IDEAL IMPLANT Preferred surgeons in the Dallas area. In addition to structured implants, North Texas Plastic Surgery offers breast augmentation patients an array of safe, effective options, including high-quality silicone implants, "gummy bear" implants made from high-strength silicone, and even enhancement using the patient's own fat.


Adopted With Love is an adoption gift boutique, offering high-quality bracelets, journals, blankets, charms, adoption shower supplies, and ethnic ornaments to celebrate adoption. With this blog, we complement our boutique and offer a variety of adoption shower ideas as well as showcase how simple ideas can create a unique and memorable adoption-themed shower.
The idea behind our Adopted With Love boutique (www.adoptedwithlove.com) originated from our personal experience of becoming parents through adoption. It was a rollercoaster ride, with ups and downs, tears and laughter, uncertainty and hope, despair and blessings. Throughout our journey, we had friends and family supporting us in a variety of ways, whether a small note with encouraging words, a thoughtful gift, or a listening ear.
When our baby came home, our friends and family threw us a baby shower. It was a wonderful party, a celebration of family and adoption. Many people commented on how they wanted to celebrate adoption with us, but found it difficult (if not impossible) to find adoption-related items. Plenty of newborn and baby gifts, and some books on how to explain adoption to children, but in a time when adoption has become more acceptable and open, still very little to actually celebrate families created through adoption.
So we thought of all the things we found important about our and our daughter's lives coming together, and the little things we do to honor our history as an adoptive family. The holiday season spent with our loved ones, the memories of our travels abroad to finalize the adoption, our lifetime bond with a foreign country we never thought we would travel to. We tried to capture each idea in a thoughtful item and before we knew it, our adoption gift boutique was born.
We created blankets to give your children comfort on their travels home, bracelets celebrating adoption and family, journals to chronicle your adoption journey for your child, and of course gift bags and decorative table stands to really make a baby shower adoption-specific.
We hope you enjoy our gifts as much as we enjoy creating them. And we look forward to offering plenty more adoption shower ideas to personalize your celebration. Because in the end, the only thing that really matters is a family full of love and support, whether through birth or adopted with love.


(Columbia, SC) Southern indie booksellers once again demonstrate their independence of mind by choosing an excitingly eclectic collection of books for the 2014 SIBA Book Awards. Selected as the best in their category by a juried panel of booksellers, each of the following titles showcases what Southern Indie Bookstores think is the finest in the tradition of Southern storytelling for the year.
Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink's landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina – and her suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs 5 days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amid chaos. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths.
Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun. He and Emaline have been together all through high school in Colby, the beach town where they both grew up. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough. Enter Theo, a super-ambitious outsider, a New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. Theo's sophisticated, exciting, and, best of all, he thinks Emaline is much too smart for Colby.


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The Fictional Story, as if a Nanny was Trying to Eat a Three-Months-Old Infant
On February 21, 2019, Droni.ge website published an article titled "Nanny, Under Strong Influence of Drugs, Decided to Eat a 3-Month-Old Infant". The article notes that 16-year-old Anna Krachyeva, from Missouri, put the infant in the microwave, planning to eat her later, all while being under strong influence of drugs and alcohol. Two other websites - worldnewss.ge and geonewss.com published the same information on the next day, February 22. The source cited by all three editions is the English-language website World News Daily Report.
The information about a babysitter attempting to eat an infant is not true. The World News Daily Report is a satirical edition which publishes fictional stories on its website. The Georgian publications did not specify that the information was satirical, which is misleading. Furthermore, the photo accompanying the article is not one of Anna Krachyeva, but a woman accused of domestic violence in 2016.
1. Source of the article is News World News Daily Report which is a satirical edition publishing fictional stories.
World News Daily Report, which Georgian websites cite as their source, is a satirical edition. The story about a nanny and an infant was published by World News Daily Report on February 22, 2019.
The section of the edition's website which includes its mission, states the following: "The edition bears responsibility for all the satirical articles and their fictional content. All the characters in the articles published on our website, even if they are real people, are fictional and any similarity between them and any living or dead person is a real miracle."
2. Identical information in Russian tabloids
Russian tabloids published the story of a babysitter and the 3-month-old baby without any indications of it being a satirical story. After doing a research via Google search engine, the system has identified a number of Russian webpages that were spreading information about the nanny.
Showcasing the satirical-humorous fiction story as a real information
It is one of the propaganda techniques to showcase the satirical and humorous fiction news as real information. This is the method used by tabloid and propaganda editions to establish the viewpoint that occurrences such as bestiality and necrophilia are characteristics of normal lifestyle of Western societies.
"Myth Detector" has written about the fictional stories earlier, too. Early satirical information that different Georgian-language sources actually spread as a real news story were about the rape of alligators, mummies and wax figures. The St. Petersburg "Troll Factory" project "ФАН" invented a story about a migrant raping a goat.
Misinformation on Jimmy Olsen's attempted rape of an Alligator;
Geworld's photo manipulations and misinformation on the rape of mummy and wax figures.
Geworld publishes disinformation spread by the St. Petersburg "Troll Factory" about a goat raped by a migrant.
Prepared by Mariam Topchishvili
Regional Network of Media Literacy Laboratory


I am having a heck of a time registering one of my crias with ARI. They really need to do something about making it easier to find basic information on their site.
Does anyone know the current price of registering a cria that is less than 6 months old? I can't get any of the forms on the ARI site to download and am going to send in a paper registration form.
I have Google Chrome as well as the updated versions of Internet Explorer and the latest Acrobat as well. Nothing worked. I will give them a call Monday.
ARI lists which browsers they support right on the home page - "The Alpaca Registry, Inc. website is designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher; Mozilla Firefox 4.0 or higher; and Google Chrome 12 or higher. Other browsers are not supported by the ARI staff and may have limited functionality. Please visit the technical links page if you need to download the latest version of a supported web browser."
Bag End Suri Alpacas of Maine - �BESAME!
although I am decidedly NOT an internet expert, one thing I've learned when logging into some of my accounts to pay bills is that not all browsers work correctly with all sites. For example, I usually use Firefox, but can't pay my insurance bills online that way. If I switch over to Explorer, that site works perfectly.
When I have any problem with ARI (and I have had some) I call them and ask for their help. They have done it many times, like when I could not find the BVD results in their site.
I found out that doing it in the Internet, speeds up my registrations enormously, and I do not wonder if the mail is slow or the paperwork got lost on the way.
Thanks, Ruthann. That is what I remembered as well, but wanted to do it online and the darn thing just did not work.
Kimberly, the link you gave did not work--did not bring up anything. At least I did the the ARI home page open and got through most of the registration, but when I went to pay for it I could not get to that part. Sending is via snail mail because I want it to be done this month.
The site says it is $55 for under a year old -- and then I think it is another $20 for the BVDV as I paid $75 each just a month ago for each of my three that I did. I'd call if I were you if you can't get it to work it may be an incompatibily issue with your browser or something they can walk you through.


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Q: PHP - find value comparing two multi-dimensional arrays I've here two multi-dimensional arrays.
How would you do to get the image_to_get value in the $b array thanks to the $a array ?
$a = array(
    'thumbs' => array(
        '0' => array(
            'thumb1a' => array(
                '0' => array(
                    'thumb1' => ""
                )
            )
        )
    )
);

$b = array(
    'thumbs' => array(
        '0' => array(
            'thumb1a' => array(
                '0' => array(
                    'thumb1' => "image_to_get"
                )
            ),
            'thumb2' => 'image2',
            'thumb3' => 'image3',
            'thumb4' => 'image4',
            'thumb5' => 'image5',
        )
    )
);

A: You can try with:
function getAPath($array) {
    if (empty($array)) {
        return array();
    }
    $key = key($array);

    return array_merge(array($key), getAPath($array[$key]));
}
function getBValue($array, $path) {
    $key = array_shift($path);

    if (is_null($key) || empty($array)) {
        return $array;
    }

    return getBValue($array[$key], $path);
}

$aPath  = getAPath($a);
$bValue = getBValue($b, $aPath);
var_dump($bValue);

First function getAPath flatterns your $a array into:
array (size=5)
  0 => string 'thumbs' (length=6)
  1 => int 0
  2 => string 'thumb1a' (length=7)
  3 => int 0
  4 => string 'thumb1' (length=6)

Second function getBValue walks through the $b array using $aPath.
Below lovely one-liners ;-)
function getAPath($array) {
    return empty($array) ? array() : array_merge(array($key = key($array)), getAPath($array[$key]));
}
function getBValue($array, $path) {
    return (is_null($key = array_shift($path)) || empty($array)) ? $array :  getBValue($array[$key], $path);
}