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WebCasting Bernstein Private Wealth Webinar at the Chelsea North Green Screen Studio
On January 30th, the American Movie Company worked with Bernstein Private Wealth to WebCast an hour-long financial Webinar to their clients. LiveStreaming can be stressful, as it is a one-time deal with no room for mistakes. However, with experience and meticulous planning, it is likely to be successful.
The American Movie Company provided a multitude of services including studio space, crew and equipment. Parm Girn acted as production manager and displayed questions from the audience, to the host via a large monitor. Arié Ohayon was DP, while Lou Blackmon, Patrick Mauler and Romain (Loni) Gest operated Sony FS7 cameras. Three of the four cameras were mounted on tripods, while the other was rigged to a dolly. Otabius Williams had command of the TriCaster, the technology that allows for LiveStreaming to various online platforms. RJ Yenesel was the sound engineer. James Chi and Jordan Tang provided gaffer and grip services, respectively.
The shoot consisted of a setup/rehearsal day, and the event day itself. The first half of the set up day was spent building the set. The talent arrived in the second half of the day. After talent were mic'd, we were ready to rehearse. ClearComms allowed for clear, smooth, communication between the camera operators, stage manager and director while shooting. We connected to the ON24 LiveStream platform and communicated with Bernstein Private Wealth staff members working on the project remotely to ensure that the WebCast was working properly. After a successful rehearsal, we left the four camera setup over the weekend, and returned on the following Monday for the big shoot.
Once the big day arrived, everyone came on set with their game face on. Two PAs provided various forms of production support throughout the day. One worked with the stage manager to create a seamless transition when seating a guest on the panel midway into the WebCast. Another PA remained on the phone with ON24 technical support, just in case we ran into issues while live.
Upon talent's arrival, they were sent to HMU and later mic'd, while the crew got into position. It was go-time. The director joined Otabius in the control room and began counting down from 10. The Webinar began and was a great success! The camera operators kept tight communication with the director and stage manager over the ClearComms, Matthew regulated the slides and pushed questions from the audience to Parm to display to the host. Thanks to the extensive planning and rehearsal involved, there were no hiccups!
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I'm just thinking out loud! I don't know if this is the case! Since I don't trust her, it's easy for me to think this!
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Mary Sees All - the Race to Save Jesus from the Cross, is a fast paced historical fiction set near Jerusalem during the fateful week that Jesus was crucified. Mary has a unique point of view, a lyrical voice, and a gift for drama.
Mary Sees All - the Race to Save Jesus from the Cross, is a fast paced historical fiction set near Jerusalem during the fateful week that Jesus was crucified. Mary has a unique point of view, a lyrical voice, and a gift for drama. Both outrageous and outcast, she is an unforgettable heroine in this, the first of three books about the residents of ancient Bethany.
This novel is the first in a four book series called, "Bethany's People," that is set in first century Judea/Palestine. Mary Sees All takes place in the two weeks between Jesus's resurrection of Lazarus and his own crucifixion. It really does describe a race to keep Jesus from dying. Each of Jesus' friends have their own gifts to give and their own adventure live. They each hope to be successful in preventing Jesus' execution. My retelling of Holy Week reaffirms the courage of otherwise common people. In the final chapters both the reader and these biblical characters are brought to a deeper, more authentic understanding of God's grace.
A hardback edition is planned for August, 2018. If you purchase any full price edition of Mary Sees All on Amazon, kobo, or Ingram, and leave a reader's review, you will be eligible for a discount on future Bethany's People purchases and one free book from NPY Publishing. Write contact@billkemp.info for details.


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UB40 featuring Ali Campbell: Iconic rootsy reggae stars to tour SA
UB40 featuring Ali Campbell: Iconic rootsy reggae stars to tour SAFans of UB40 is in for a groovy treat as the British reggae band is set to return to South Africa in May and June 2023. Here's the details.
by Cornelia Le Roux
UB40 featuring Ali Campbell is heading to South Africa in 2023. Image: Supplied
Big Concerts has confirmed that UB40 featuring Ali Campbell will be dishing up their special blend of reggae to audiences in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria in 2023. Tickets to see the iconic British band will go on sale on Friday 9 December.
UB40 are known for hits such as Red Red Wine, (I Can't) Help Falling in Love With You, Kingston Town, One in Ten and Food For Thought.
The band changed its name to UB40 featuring Ali Campbell in 2018. Founding member and lead singer Campbell will be joined by his nine-piece band on their South African tour.
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Unprecedented' celebrates Astro and rocking reggae spirit In addition to the classic hits, Campbell will treat fans to new material from the band's 2022, Unprecedented, which was released on 24 June and is the follow-up to 2018's A Real Labour Of Love - which debuted at No 2, the highest charting album by any incarnation of UB40 since 1993's Promises And Lies.
According to Glam Adelaide, Unprecedented is fueled by the roots rocking spirit that powered UB40's original embodiment of work and is also a fitting memorial to co-founding member Astro who sadly passed away in November 2021 following a short illness.
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While a handful of songs from the album will feature alongside favourites from the Labour of Love series, Campbell is keen to include older numbers such as King (about the legacy of American Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King) in the mix.
ALSO READ: RIP: UB40 founding member Astro passes away after short illness'
UB40: Roots of pioneering reggae band Formed in 1979, the ground-breaking reggae troupe from Birmingham earned multiple Grammy nominations and sold over 70 million records as they took their smooth yet rootsy blend of reggae and pop to all corners of the globe.
UB40 which took its name from the form given to individuals claiming unemployment benefit started putting an indigenous British slant on Jamaican reggae.
UB40 back in the day: From left, memorable trumpeter Astro, lead singer Ali Campbell and keyboardist Mickey Virtue. Image: Supplied ALSO READ: One-night only! Kevin Hart adds SA to Reality Check' stand-up tour
After reaching No 4 on the charts with King / Food For Thought, the multi-racial band released their debut album, Signing Off, in 1980. During their career they have sold in excess of 70 million records and topped the UK singles chart on three occasions:
Red Red Wine in 1983;
I Got You Babe (a duet between Ali and Pretenders singer and long-standing UB40 champion Chrissie Hynde) in 1985; and
(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You in 1993.
Two of those hits Red Red Wine and (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You also reached the No 1 position in the United States.
UB40 featuring Ali Campbell SA tour 2023 Tickets go on sale on Friday 9 December at 09:00 from www.ticketmaster.co.za.
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Art Buzz April 7, 2012: Thomas Kinkade dies at 54; artist was called the 'Painter of Light'
'Painter of Light' Thomas Kinkade dead at 54
Source: Zap2it, 4-7-12
Thomas Kinkade, the "painter of light," whose paintings and prints hang in one out of every 20 American homes, is dead at the age of 54. A statement from his family says Kinkade died from natural causes on Friday (April 6) at his Los Gatos, Calif., home.
"Thom provided a wonderful life for his family," his wife Nanette says of the artist in a statement to the San Jose Mercury News. "We are shocked and saddened by his death."
Kinkade was never a favorite with critics — his Christmas paintings and other scenes of wholesome American cottage scenes — are often dismissed as kitschy. But fans love the warm paintings and Kinkade's talent for painting light.
As news of his death hit the Internet, Kinkade fans poured out their tributes on Twitter and other social networking sites, though they were outnumbered by critics of his work who turned out en masse to make light of his death.
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"I try to create paintings that are a window for the imagination," Kinkade said on his website. "If people look at my work and are reminded of the way things once were or perhaps the way they could be, then I've done my job."
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ONE TO WATCH: FKA Twigs
FKA Twigs is an emerging talent signed to Young Turks, rebranding melodic trip-hop with spaced vocals and striking visuals.
October 16, 2013 October 30, 2021 by Blaise
FKA Twigs (formerly known as "Twigs") has just released her second EP entitled "EP2″ which is a great blend of delicate vocals with flavourings of Massive Attack, Jessie Ware and Portishead. EP2 found its way into my iTunes library literally moments after seeing the striking visuals of "How's That", "Pacify Papi" and "Water Me" and taking in the message behind the songs (displayed below).
"How's That"
FKA twigs - How's That
As well as being a outstanding vocalist,she does most of her production herself or with Arca who collaborated with Kanye on Yeezus which seems to work beautifully.
"Pacify Papi"
FKA twigs - Papi Pacify
There was an instant intense yet gentle connection forged from listening to the song and viewing the immaculately shot video. It is evident that the styling and art direction for FKA Twigs is well thought out and very edgy, only further enhancing the branding behind her music (especially as she has been featured on the cover of iD magazine) over the past year.
"Water Me"
FKA twigs - Water Me
FKA Twigs is of Jamaican decent and spent most of her early years in Gloucester before moving to London then getting signed to Young Turks. Having the likes of "The xx" and "SBTRKT" is a great affiliation for a label that is very creatively driven giving artist the freedom to create the music in the truest reflection of themselves.
Keep your eye on this one.
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Following the Temecula Parking Group last fall, I was offered the opportunity to share my thoughts on the following question: Do we need to worry about the future or even discuss it?
Here is my short answer: No, we don't need to worry about the future. But yes, we do need to discuss it. We need to think about it, talk about it, plan for it and collaborate together toward it. It would be foolish of us not to.
• Rail was the most popular way to travel for years, but railroad companies experienced a major decline in the 1950s due to the growth of automobiles and air travel. Because they were singularly focused on rail, those companies neglected to see the bigger picture - that they were not just in the railroad business, they were actually in the transportation business. They didn't innovate. They lost relevance and lost customers. When was the last time you opted to ride a train across the country instead of flying on an airplane?
• Similarly, National Cash Register (NCR) was a top 4 powerhouse of a company in the early 1900's and prevailed in the transactional calculations machine business. In the 1950's however, despite huge market dominance and what should have been a massive head start on the world, they almost went out of business due to a refusal to acknowledge and embrace the, then-emerging computer industry that is now ubiquitous. NCR barely recovered, but countless firms from the last century no longer exist today due to a failure to adopt technological change. From the list of Fortune 500 companies that existed in the 1950s, only 12 percent even exist today!
What is the point here? Railroads and NCR both failed to adapt. Of all the rules of business, one seems most relevant here - innovate or die.
Over the last year, we've seen the start of what will be a tremendous shift in our industry. Arrive is just one of the companies that recently received venture capital funding from a major consumer brand - funding that will allow us all (not just Arrive) to innovate faster to keep pace and ensure parking's role in the future of transportation. These major brands recognize, as we do, that mobility is evolving and will directly affect its core products that help people connect and navigate their lives throughout the day - from home to work and everywhere in between.
Will our industry change because of their involvement? Yes. Are people going to change the way they make decisions on how and where they park? Yes. Is this cause for worry? No, not if you are prepared to adapt, understand where demand is coming from and connect your inventory to a larger ecosystem. If you have a reasonable innovation strategy, you don't need to worry. However, if you are clinging to old business models, digging your heels in to your same business plan from 2002, refusing to partner with innovative/disruptive firms, and not allocating time and resource to mapping your firm's short/medium/long term futures; then ironically you shouldn't worry about the future either - you won't be around for it.
• We must work together. We need to collaborate and agree on open standards to digitally connect the parking supply with the open market - allowing automakers, navigation partners, and others, a more seamless way to access our inventory.
• We must accept that the way people pay for parking will quickly change. Gone are the days of fumbling for your card while driving. The connected car will become the center of commerce on the go. Moving from your kitchen to the car and on to work or play, the services you use every day will be embedded in your vehicle and you will have instant access to them.
• It's not just about the experience - relationships are the most important. Just like real-life relationships, context is critical. We need to shift our mindset from the "parking experience" and focus on our customers' relationships with parking. Data from a variety of sources will allow us to create more customized and simpler experiences for drivers - leading to lasting relationships. For example, if we know that a driver parks at the same garage each and every week, we can better anticipate their arrival and offer them added value services like fueling or charging.
We are living through an exciting time in parking's history and have an opportunity to shape our piece of the mobility pie for generations to come. Let's not worry or be afraid - let's embrace the opportunity we have together and strive for something great.
Todd Tucker is senior vice president at Arrive. He can be reached at ttucker@arrive.com.


On Thursday from 4 to 9 p.m. Margaritas Mexican Restaurant in Exeter hosts a Mexican Folk Art Craft Fair and Fiesta. Proceeds of the craft sale will be donated to the wife of Juan Horta, a mask maker from Mexico who died last year. The event is an education outreach program and includes art exhibit, puppet demonstration, kids' coloring activities, Mexican art raffle, and more.
The Seacoast Republican Women host a breakfast meeting with state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 9:30 a.m. at the Seacoast School of Technology, 30 Linden St. Breakfast buffet is $10 per person. RSVP by Friday to Fran Lefavour at 659-6133 or e-mail to FPL7@comcast.net. For more information about SRW, contact Gail Giarrusso at 775-7085 or gailandmen@verizon.net.
The Automotive Technologies Chapter of SkillsUSA at the Seacoast School of Technology will sponsor a Community Car Care Day on Saturday, Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the SST Automotive Technologies lab at 40 Linden St., Exeter.
SkillsUSA students will perform a free underhood inspection, which includes checking all fluid levels, belts, hoses, and battery condition. A tire wear inspection and pressure check will be performed and the inspection will conclude with an interior vacuum.
For more information, call SST Automotive Technologies teacher Gerry Sears at 775-8526.


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1.6. Storytelling/speech event about ATTENTION, CARE JacStudios Salonen. Copenhagen.
My project; attention, care or risk? Dichotomy and potentialities of an attitude.
Joiningfestival and exhibition: Primavera italiana, Ordrup.
Joining art fair: Kunst i Docken. Nordhavn, Copenhagen.
– Solo exhibition. The Italian Culture Institute, Hellerup. CANCELED.
– Group exhibition. ARTIVAL 2016.
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YouTuber and game modder, CodenameGamma, recently uploaded a video of some oddly mesmerizing and strange looking Shovel Knight gameplay. Look at all those little pixel art knights.
The video was created after CodenameGamma accidentally discovered a way to spawn hundreds of characters. They were trying to do something else and instead, happened to find a sweet new screensaver.
After enough characters spawn the game begins to buckle and slow down becomes very evident. According to CodenameGamma, the final boss fight in the video slowed down to such a crawl that they had to speed up the footage 8x faster than normal. It seems at regular speed the full fight took over 30 minutes to complete.
Even with all this slowdown and glitchiness, the music of Shovel Knight is still amazing.


Today I was to drive for a class service trip for my daughter's grade 8 class. The school has decided that these kids need to give back to the community. I think is a phenomenal idea. Too many kids are handed everything and have become selfish in their nature. Our school wants help them, or shall I say, force them to see that the world is bigger than they are. I hope a pray that their work today touched a small place in their hearts.
My husband is a veterinarian. Today he asked me to go on a house call with him. When a client has more than 4 pets he will go their house for the appointment. Today he had to vaccinate 6 puppies and do a test on 18 other dogs! They were great dogs and the breeder is really nice. Unfortunately my husband won't let me have any more pets. He says 7 is enough. If I'm honest, I have to agree with him. At least I get to go with him once in a while to see the cute puppies.
I also should have run today, but, man, it's still raining and I gave in and stayed inside. I studied my French instead. I don't know how I will remember everything I hope to get by while in Paris this summer.


The MV for What's Wrong, a song with Cindy Yen, was released at midnight yesterday, to huge relief from fans who had been waiting impatiently. True to form for his previous duets with Cindy, it was another 'Jay-in-one place-Cindy-in-another' scenario, which led some fans to ask why he was always shooting his duets like so.
However, note that MVs with Lara were not always shot separately.
Most notable are the scenic locations Jay used viz the White Cliffs of Dover, what I think is the Yorkshire countryside and Yang Ming Shan for Cindy's part.
"Mandopop superstar Jay Chou filmed the music video of his new song "What's wrong" at the magnificent White Cliffs of Dover in England during his recent honeymoon.
After his fairy-tale wedding in January, Jay toured around the country with his wife Hannah Quinlivan and later resumed filming of his new movie Now You See Me 2. During filming, the multi-hyphenate spotted ideal locations for his music video and quickly flew his crew from Taiwan to England.
Although the winds were very strong at the White Cliffs, Jay did not put on any safety harnesses and depended on two crew members to hold onto his clothes. Engrossed in his acting, the singer walked so close to the edge of the cliff that the team broke out in a cold sweat.
When asked about his life-risking antics, Jay said that the effects would turn out better if he "stood near the end of the road". "Scenes in the MV have to match the song lyrics, such as withered trees and a bed of snow. So I hope Vincent Fang (Jay's long-time lyricist friend) would write less complicated lyrics in future," he laughed."
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Truckee home goes up in flames
David Bunker
Submitted photoThree people and two pets escaped a fire that destroyed a Ponderosa Palisades home late Monday night.
Three people and two pets escaped a fire that destroyed a Ponderosa Palisades home late Monday night.
Most of the home, which went up in flames after 11 p.m., was severely burned. The flames consumed the roof and rose over 20 feet above the home, causing minor heat damage to surrounding houses, eyewitnesses said.
"I watched the deck burn and the chairs on the upper deck burn," said Karin Bell, a nearby resident.
Crews from the Truckee fire department, California Department of Forestry, Squaw Valley and Northstar responded to the scene.
Fire officials are not certain what started the fire, said Truckee Fire Department Spokesman Gene Welch, and the investigation is continuing.
The house was divided into two apartments and was occupied by renters, said Welch. The apartment below the garage was the least damaged.
Investigators are staying away from the building today because they believe it is unstable, said Welch.
"The building is unsafe and may collapse at any time," he said.


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Friends, loved ones rally to support deputy injured in shooting
Police have 2 persons of interest in custody
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Friends, co-workers and family members are coming together with well-wishes and prayers for a Wyandotte County deputy who was critically wounded in a shooting at a Kansas City, Kansas, convenience store early Wednesday.
Friends, co-workers and family members are coming together with well-wishes and prayers for a Wyandotte County deputy who was critically wounded in a shooting at a Kansas City, Kansas, convenience store early Wednesday.Police have two people in custody on unrelated charges and said they're still looking for a third person. The robberies may be connected to a string of overnight robberies on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri state line.The deputy was off duty and getting something to eat at the 7-Eleven store on Shawnee Drive when he was shot multiple times. The Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office has asked that his name not be released because of concerns about his safety and that of his family.People who know the deputy gathered at a church near the shooting scene to pray for the man they affectionately call a gentle giant."I don't understand. I don't understand," said neighbor Sherry Doro. "I just can't imagine someone being so ruthless and shooting him like that."The Rev. Matt Purkey visited the deputy and his family Wednesday morning."He is a fighter," Purkey said. "He is as kind as anything. He doesn't say a lot. He does a lot."He said the deputy was squeezing people's hands at the hospital."That meant the world to his wife and family," Purkey said."He is a wonderful, wonderful man. A happy man," said Doro. "I don't think I've ever seen him angry."But Doro and others have expressed anger at the people who are responsible for his injuries.
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Police have two people in custody on unrelated charges and said they're still looking for a third person. The robberies may be connected to a string of overnight robberies on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri state line.
2 in custody after robbery, deputy shooting
The deputy was off duty and getting something to eat at the 7-Eleven store on Shawnee Drive when he was shot multiple times. The Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office has asked that his name not be released because of concerns about his safety and that of his family.
People who know the deputy gathered at a church near the shooting scene to pray for the man they affectionately call a gentle giant.
"I don't understand. I don't understand," said neighbor Sherry Doro. "I just can't imagine someone being so ruthless and shooting him like that."
The Rev. Matt Purkey visited the deputy and his family Wednesday morning.
"He is a fighter," Purkey said. "He is as kind as anything. He doesn't say a lot. He does a lot."
He said the deputy was squeezing people's hands at the hospital.
"That meant the world to his wife and family," Purkey said.
"He is a wonderful, wonderful man. A happy man," said Doro. "I don't think I've ever seen him angry."
But Doro and others have expressed anger at the people who are responsible for his injuries.
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Lisa Marie Presley shows off her 3-month-old twin girls in this week's edition of People Magazine.
The mom of 4 talks to the magazine about her pregnancy, motherhood and how she struggled to get pregnant.
Lisa and her guitarist husband Michael Lockwood, 47, also share their L.A. home with her children from a previous marriage: daughter Riley, 19, and son Benjamin, 16.
Life as a bustling family of six is "chaotic bliss," says Presley.


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Eye Gouger May Serve on Texas Jury
HOUSTON – A legally insane Houston man who gouged his girlfriend's eyes with a steak knife has received a jury summons and might be able to serve, but lawyers say it's doubtful he'll be picked for a panel.
Nathan Dale Campbell (search) was first summoned to report for Harris County jury service Monday, but the date was then rescheduled to Aug. 30, said a staffer in the district clerk's office.
Campbell, 30, was acquitted in 1997 after a jury found he was legally insane when he attacked girlfriend Kristen West the previous year, blinding her in one eye and permanently damaging her sight in the other. Campbell received treatment as an inpatient at the Kerrville State Hospital (search).
The attack followed West's refusal of Campbell's marriage proposal. He said he thought her eyes were demons.
State District Judge Debbie Mantooth Stricklin in June 2003 ordered Campbell released from the state hospital in Kerrville after doctors said he was ready to live in the community under supervision.
Campbell was treated as an outpatient in San Antonio for a time after his release, but court personnel have not revealed his whereabouts since then, citing federal privacy law.
Driver's license and voter records list him at his mother's address in northwest Houston.
Although the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure (search) lists insanity as an "absolute disqualification" for jury service, it also adds the statement that "both parties may consent."
A 1952 court ruling holds that an insane person may not serve on a jury even if the state and defendant agree otherwise, attorney Susan Crump, a professor at South Texas College of Law (search), told the Houston Chronicle in Friday's editions.
Jim Leitner, Campbell's lawyer, said his client is legally qualified to serve if he wants to, but that his selection was unlikely. Leitner said Stricklin's finding of insanity applies only to the time when the offense occurred, and doctors have since determined Campbell is well enough to live outside an institution.


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Cruiserweight Troy Ross (18-1, 13 KOs) scored a sudden fourth round TKO over Ehinomen ÒHinoÓ Ehikhamenor (12-4, 7 KOs) to earn the Season Four Contender championship at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
WBC ÒemeritusÓ middleweight titleholder Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KOs) scored an eighth round KO over WBO jr middleweight champ Sergiy Dzinziruk (37-1, 23 KOs) on Saturday night at at Foxwoods MGM Grand in Mashantucket, CT. The Fight will be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing.
Argentina's Lucas "La Maquina" Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) won a split decision over Ruslan Provodnikov "The Siberian Rocky" (24-4, 17 KOs) tonight at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. The 12-round junior welterweight bout was presented by Banner Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions in association with Arano Box Promotions and live on HBO's Boxing After Dark.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0 26KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (57-5-238KOs) weighed in today at the MGM Grand in as Vegas for their 12-round welterweight world championship unification bout. Mayweather weighed in at 146lbs and Pacquiao at 145lbs.The bout is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Top Rank Inc.
World middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik lost a unannimoius desion Saturday night to WBC super welterweight champion Sergio Martinez, at the historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Top Rank wa the promoter, in association with DiBella Entertainment and Caesars Atlantic City.
#1-ranked Rico Ramos (20-0, 11 KOs) scored a seventh round KO over WBA super bantamweight champion Akifumi Shimoda (23-3-1, 10 KOs) to claim the WBA belt.) on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. The fight is promoted by Gossen-Tutor in association with Gold Boy Promotions.
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Limerick wins it's first AIG Hurling Classic beating Cork in the finals. The ancient Irish sport of Hurling will feature four teams competing in a tournament for the coveted Players Champions Cup. Clare will defend its title against three counties, including 2018 All-Ireland Champs Limerick. Cork and Wexford will round out the group competing in the world's "fastest field sport" when it returns to iconic Fenway Park for a third time in four years.
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ATM PIN Numbers: Easier to Steal than You Think
Researchers find that a smart bad guy has a one-in-10 chance of guessing the PIN that guards your bank account.
By Bill Snyder
CIO Feb 23, 2012 2:26 pm PST
I've always thought that losing one's ATM card was an inconvenience, but not a likely source of pain, since even a bad guy who finds it wouldn't have much luck guessing the PIN. Oops. Not true, it turns out, according to researchers at the Computer Laboratory of University of Cambridge.
They found that the odds of cracking a lost card's four-digit pin are just under 10 percent if you've been foolish enough to select "a really dumb pin," they said. If you've been smarter, the odds decrease to about 1 in 18.
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Because my checking account was compromised recently, I'm very aware of scams and hacks that might lead to another painful incident, so this one got my attention.
The very worst PIN you can pick is one of the most common: your birthday. If you do, and your lost wallet contains your driver's license — and whose doesn't — you're in trouble. "The lesson for cardholders is to never use one's date of birth as a PIN. The lesson for card-issuing banks is to implement a denied PIN list, which several large banks still fail to do," said the researchers. Another very common dumb PIN is a simple number sequence, like 1234, which also should be banned, they said, but often isn't.
The researchers noted that different banks have different standards covering PINs they'll accept. They found, for example, that Bank of America and Wells Fargo let customers choose "1234" as a PIN, while Citibank does not. Similarly in England, the venerable Loyd's bank and The Co-Op Bank allowed the dumb pin, while others would not.
ATMs aren't the only place that PINs play a security role. Four-digit codes are also used on keypads used to unlock doors, smartphones and voice mail accounts.
In 2009, some 32 million passwords were stolen from an online gaming site called RockYou and then made public. Those passwords, plus a smaller database of iPhone log-ins and an online survey of some 1,100 Web users form the basis of the University of Cambridge research paper.
The survey found about one-third of the people interviewed who have more than one ATM-accessible account use the same PIN. And 53 percent share their PIN number with someone else, usually a family member.
It also revealed that people aren't very imaginative when it comes to choosing their PIN: 29% used their own birth date, 26% the birth date of a partner or family member, and 25% an important life event like an anniversary or graduation. If someone, say a teenager who wants to supplement his or her allowance with a quick trip to your bank account, manages to get your ATM card, it wouldn't take a huge amount of brain power to guess that you've used one of those important dates as a PIN.
Ultimately, the best defense is really up to the banks, the researchers conclude. We'd all be safer if users were simply given a complex code and not allowed to select their own PINs. Of course, a lot of us would have trouble remembering those random numbers and would do really dumb stuff like writing them on the back of the ATM card or on a slip of paper in our wallet.


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A lot of things have happened since my last blog-post and the people who follow my facebook-page (www.facebook.com/c2c13) have seen some pictures already, but I'm going to sum up the events of the last week.
The first big step was reaching the 4000km-mark which meant that I had reached 50% of my trip (probably more since it's going to be a bit less than 8000km). The moment itself was not that special though, since it was a wet and cloudy morning on my way to Pueblo. Reaching Pueblo was still a great feeling. Ever since I had started planning this trip, Pueblo was an important step. I had set myself the goal of reaching it by the middle of September in order to avoid possible snowstorms in the mountains. I accomplished this goal by getting there on September 16th. Also, it definitely feels like I'm getting really close to finishing my trip which is weird since I still have thousands of kms to ride. But there are so many highlights coming up in the remaining states that I have something to look forward to pretty much every day. It is crazy, but I 'only' have about 26 days of cycling left until I will get to the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. Since my flight back is on November 15th and I want to get to San Francisco around November 9th, I now am in the luxurious position of being able to take my time, take days off when I'm in a nice area or the weather is bad – until now I was on a pretty tight schedule.
The ride to Pueblo itself was unfortunately not as great as I had thought. I was on a busy highway and since there were so many clouds, I didn't get to see the Rockies yet. In Pueblo, I stayed with Monty, a couchsurfer, and had two relaxed days. A friend I met on my exchange in Barcelona, Megan, came down from Boulder to hang out for the day and it was nice to see a familiar person again for the first time in several weeks/moths. I also got my bike checked at the local shop and was really looking forward to the mountains.
From Pueblo, I had a fairly easy day to Canon City, but the weather was great and so I did get to see the mountains for the first time and it was amazing. Riding through this desertlike area with big mountains in the background and thinking about where I had started over a month ago was great. In Canon City I stayed with Nic and Leslie. It is a cool story how I got to stay with them and again shows the hospitality of the people and the network you start to build on a trip like this. The two cyclists that stayed at the church with me where I wrote my last blog entry, Jason and Ryan, were sitting infront of the supermarket in Canon City eating a sandwich when Nic and Leslie came up to them and talked for a while. After a bit, they just told them to come to their house to shower and spend the night. So when I was at the church with them a week ago or so and told them I was going through Canon City, they told me I might be able to spend the night at this family's house. They gave me their email-address and a day later Nic replied telling me I was more than welcome to stay. So instead of staying at a campground, I got to spend a night inside not worrying about thunderstorms and resting for my first big climb the next morning.
Out of Canon City, I had the first 12km climb and I indeed was in the mountains and will not really leave them until I reach the Pacific. The scenery was beautiful – blue sky, red rocks, creeks, rivers and snow-covered mountains in the distance. It's actually really hard to pick a few pictures for this blog that capture the views, but I guess there needs to be some kind of incentive to still do a trip like this yourself rather than just reading blogs ;). My day ended in Salida which was the gateway to my highest pass of the trip, Monarch Pass. In Salida, I met this other cyclist from Basque/Spain, Lorenzo. He has been on his bike for 16 years (!!!). When he was 35, he quit his job as a high school teacher and decided to do a trip for not more than 18 months – and he is still on his bike. Every 5 years he goes back to Spain to visit family and friends, but he lives on his bike the rest of the time. He has been to every continent (except Antarctica) multiple times and is on his way from Canada to Mexico right now. It's just unbelievable and talking to him made me feel like I was just on a quick ride to get some groceries or something. It was really interesting and inspiring to listen to all of his stories – but I don't think I would ever be able to do that kind of thing. Still another great encounter on the way.
Then the big day had arrived – Monarch Pass was waiting for me. I had never biked up higher than 2400m before and I think the highest mountain I had ever been on before was 3200m. And this pass was up on 3447m – and I had to ride my bike up there. From Salida it was 40km uphill. The serious climb was about 20km with an average grade of 5%. It's hard to describe the challenge of riding up a pass on a bicycle to people who haven't done it before. It's as if you would go to the gym, get on one of those spinning-bikes, turn it to the highest resistance level and pedal for 4 hours straight. I do like it though, because it is really challenging and you always have to set yourself new goals. You also need to take frequent breaks so you don't get sick of the altitude. Fortunately, I was feeling great that day, the weather was amazing and I really enjoyed the climb. Finally reaching the pass was probably the biggest moment on this trip so far. I chilled in the restaurant on the pass for a while and started to get a headache – thin air up there! So I decided that it was time for the descent – and that's when you realize how much you had been climbing. You can just sit on your bike, not pedal and go down the mountain for about 20km at a high speed. I used the descent to relax and just enjoy the beautiful views.
After the descent, I still had about 50km to go to my destination for the day, Gunnison. It was pretty easy though and when I got there, the "Oktoberfest" was waiting for me. The little town's bank had organized an Oktoberfest with a little band playing in Lederhosen, lots of German food (at least what they thought was German and catered by the local pizza-place) and beer (not German unfortunately). It was a nice atmosphere and a great way to end this day – Sauerkraut, Bratwurst and a Bretzel with mustard for free, what more could one ask for?!
From Gunnison I took Highway 50 all the way to Montrose, where I am right now. It was another 105km and after the hard day before, I was feeling my legs a little bit and there were still some climbs – but 'only' up to 2500m. It was another great ride with beautiful views on the big lake and the cliffs that were bright red with the sun reflecting on them. About 35km out of Gunnison, I spotted 2 other cyclists going the same direction as me just a few hundred meters infront. I started speeding up, caught up with them and rang the bell. Before I said anything, the guy just goes: "Freddy?!". We rode together for a bit and talked and it turns out that Paul and his wife were on their honeymoon crossing the US and were staying at the same family – that's how they knew my name.
John and Emily also let us have another great experience: Montrose is really close to the Black Canyon National Park, but it still is 20km uphill and therefore not that great to do on a bike especially not in the rain. We talked about it and said that we might not do it because of the weather and John just goes: "Well just take a car – we have two anyways". So it was time for a little roadtrip. Going up the steep roads, I was glad not to have done it on my bike. Especially since as soon as we got to the Canyon, we were in the middle of a thunderstorm. Lightning and thunder everywhere and it was nice to be in a car. Unforunately we didn't have the best views, but it was still impressive (the canyon is about 700m deep and people say it's actually nicer than the Grand Canyon – that's debatable I guess).
Black Canyon of the Gunnison – 700m drop!
So, this was the weekly update again. By the end of this week, I will probably cross the border to Utah and then it's only one state before getting to California. Utah is going to be a challenge, because of the mountains, the desert and the distance between places to get water. But I'm looking forward to it and just loving this adventure!
Speaking of challenges: I noticed that I have (almost) caught up to the donations with a bit over 50%. So, if you are following my blog and enjoying it and have a couple of Euros to spare, I'd appreciate if you would donate on http://www.donare.de/Coast-to-Coast-2013 for Make-a-Wish Germany!


It's been a busy week for all three of your hosts as we are preparing for our week of fun in Georgia. Nonetheless, we get together for this 112th installment of the show to talk about some new offerings that have popped up (some are just totally unbelievable! LoL) and a conversion that Ron has been considering. Additionally, the RCadvisor is back this week to discuss another publication that may help you understand these models we fly.
If you are in the Statesville, NC, area on April 9th, then you just have to go check out the 2nd Annual Statesville Model Flyers Spring Fun Fly!


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Q: Reading gmail from c# Does anyone know a way to read email messages from a gmail account in C#? I've looked for hours and found a few options that all seemed to have been broken by Google's change in protocol however long ago. I've tried POP3 and IMAP and none seem to work.
For some reason OpenSSL.NET won't load, giving me this error "Could not load file or assembly 'ManagedOpenSsl, Version=0.4.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format." so solving that problem would also be a solution to my troubles
Can anyone solve the problem of OpenSSL (I assume it has to do with where to put libssl32.dll and ssleay32.dll, I tried in /bin and where the program exists) or provide another solution of reading emails from GMail?

A: Use IMAP. See:
Count number of emails in gmail using IMAP

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The text of our constitution's Second Amendment guarantees Americans the right to bear arms. And while many believe that several courts have instituted rulings that limit that right, North Dakota may be moving in the opposite direction.
This week, a measure passed in the North Dakota state House that would allow North Dakota residents of at least one year to practice constitutional carry.
A person who wants to carry this way, however, must be legally allowed to own a gun, should the bill pass. They must also be a North Dakota resident and have possessed a state-issued ID for more than a year.
It also requires people to tell police they are concealing a firearm if police start an interaction with them.
"My understanding is that under current law, you do not have a duty to inform a law enforcement officer, so this would be a positive change for law enforcement," says Rep. Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson.
"You need a license to drive a car. You need a license to hunt. You need a license to go fishing. You need a license to go boating with your family on a lake. Why shouldn't you have a license to carry a concealed weapon?" says Rep. Greg Westlind, R-Cando.
The bill would not do away with concealed carry permits if people still wanted to get them.
And what do all of you North Dakotans who are reading this think? Are you excited for the possibility of Constitutional Carry coming to your state?


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The Challenge of Adding Value in Tanzania's Mining Sector
Thomas Scurfield
Economic diversificationLegislation and regulationMeasurement of environmental and social impactsTax policy and revenue collection
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P1 P4 P10 P11 What are Natural Resource Charter precepts?
On 3 March the government of Tanzania announced an immediate ban on the export of concentrates and ores of all metallic minerals. The ban is intended to ensure that "value addition activities," such as smelting and refining, are undertaken within Tanzania, with the stated objectives of increasing revenue generation, employment creation and technology transfer. By announcing such a policy, Tanzania joins several other resource-rich countries, including Indonesia and Mongolia, which are considering or implementing policies that encourage domestic mineral "beneficiation"– the processing of mined output into a product of higher value – as an alternative to heavy reliance on the export of unprocessed minerals.
The Tanzanian government can potentially achieve increased economic benefits through a beneficiation policy. Smelting and refining facilities would provide some employment opportunities, and there could be spillover benefits for related industries through knowledge and technological transfer. In-country processing could also generate additional government revenue in the long term via the sale of a higher-value product and lower transport costs. (Refined products weigh less and take up less space than raw commodities.) It could also lower the risk of tax avoidance. Unlike refined products, the mineral content of ores and concentrates can vary considerably, increasing the risk that companies might underreport the value of their exports. Recent government comments suggest suspected tax avoidance is one of the primary reasons for the ban—though the risk of misreporting is likely to be lower now that the Tanzania Minerals Audit Agency (TMAA) can effectively assay samples.
The most obvious impact of the ban to date is on copper concentrate, which London-listed Acacia Mining Plc recovers during the processing of gold at two of the country's gold mines. The gold bars produced can still be exported given their refined form. However, with no in-country capacity for smelting and refining copper concentrate, the company has been required to suspend its export until further notice. Acacia, the country's largest gold producer, has indicated that copper concentrate represented 30 percent of its revenues in 2016. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) data suggests that Acacia contributed 37 percent of Tanzania's mineral revenues in 2013/14. Other projects would also be significantly affected going forwards, including three prospective large-scale nickel projects which are scheduled to commence operations in the next few years.
Critical factors for consideration
While there are potential benefits to increased value addition in Tanzania's minerals sector, the current policy may or may not achieve the intended impact. There are a number of factors that government officials should consider as they plan implementation of this policy.
Immediate opportunity cost. The government will suffer an immediate fall in mineral revenues as a result of the export ban. Development of smelting and refining facilities will likely take at least three years, so revenues will be lower for some time, reducing the government's ability to address the country's urgent development needs . The opportunity cost will be even greater if the affected companies decide to halt exploration or move production operations completely.
Different costs and benefits across minerals. As discussed briefly below, the costs and benefits associated with smelting and refining copper concentrate are different from those for other minerals. Applying this policy to all metallic minerals rather than targeting those that are more likely to generate benefits is likely to reduce chances for success.
The commercial viability of smelting and refining facilities. While economies of scale are less important for smelting and refining nickel, large-scale economies are required for copper plants to operate profitably. In a 2011 study of the viability of a copper smelter, TMAA suggested that the volumes currently being produced in Tanzania would not generate the necessary scale economies for a smelter to be profitable. Cost levels also depend on the quality of the feedstock. TMAA indicated that Acacia's output tends to be blended with that of other producers before being smelted, given its lower quality. The discovery of further copper reserves and/or the import of copper concentrate from elsewhere in the region may therefore be necessary for smelting and refining facilities to operate profitably in Tanzania without government support.
Potential for additional revenues. Smelting and refining increases the export value of some metallic minerals by only a small margin. A 2013 Indonesia study by Nathan Associates indicated that refining can add significant value to nickel but generally adds little to the value of copper concentrate. The increase in the value of the gold and silver contained in concentrate is minimal, while the price differential between the concentrate and refined copper is only around 4 to 6 percent. Concurrently, the cost of constructing and operating smelting and financing facilities is significant, especially when scale economies are limited. Therefore any increase in export value may be negated by higher costs, resulting in lower, not higher, government revenues.
Impact on other sectors and diversification. Smelting and refining facilities require considerable financing. Government support may be necessary, such as through a public-private partnership. However, this could reduce the government's capacity to provide similar support to other productive sectors. These facilities also require significant power, but a reliable power supply will likely mean diverting energy from elsewhere. In both cases, the government's efforts to diversify Tanzania's economy would be hampered while exposure to the inherent volatility of the minerals sector would increase.
Investment environment. While it seems the government and industry have been discussing this issue for some time, the imposition of the ban with immediate effect—including on existing projects—is indicative of an increasingly unpredictable policy environment. The impact that this has on the decision-making of both current and potential foreign investors could be significant. This has specific implications for the success of this policy. Given the scale economies required to overcome prohibitively high smelting and refining costs, any reduction in investment in the upstream–either due to already-present mining companies slowing operations or would-be new investors shying away from Tanzania–will affect the viability of investing in the downstream. It also has implications for the wider economy at a time when investment in Tanzania's large offshore gas deposits is still uncertain. Engagement with industry and the development of a consensus on this process is now all the more important to reduce uncertainty and ensure that Tanzania continues to attract investment.
While there are potential benefits to increased value addition in Tanzania's minerals sector, there are also a number of potential costs. These costs and benefits will vary for different minerals. A comprehensive cost-benefit analysis, specific to each mineral and undertaken in consultation with industry, is therefore a crucial next step in the implementation of this policy.
Thomas Scurfield is an economic analyst with the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) in Tanzania.
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4 – I been to Ulm, Frankfurt and Stuttgart so SUCCESS whoop.
7 – I went to an amusement park so whoop success and I am NOT scared of rollercoasters anymore. I got over my phobia guys!
9 – ice bucket challenge counts as well right haha?
12 – I did for 2 hours until my Volker started taking advantage of it!
I completed 7 out of 15 so actually it was overall I consider it as successful.


Don't give your two weeks' notice without making these moves first.
If you work hard consistently, put in long hours at the office, and add real value to your company, feeling underpaid can be frustrating to the point where you're ready to up and quit. But before you jump ship due to salary issues alone, take these three critical steps.
Maybe you think you're underpaid because you know a few people in your industry who make a lot more than you do. But before you gear up to make a major career decision based on salary alone, figure out whether you're really as under-compensated as you think you are. There are several online resources, such as Glassdoor, that allow you to dig up salary data based on job title combined with geographic location. And the latter is important, because it gives you a true apples-to-apples comparison. Once you do that research, you might find that you're actually being paid pretty fairly, in which case quitting your current job and looking for a similar one elsewhere might not do you much good. Instead, you might need to develop more skills or get promoted to see a substantial increase in salary.
If you're unhappy with what you're earning, it could be because you've yet to come out and ask for more money. A study released last year by Jobvite found that only 29% of job seekers had negotiated salary at their current jobs, but of those who did ask for raises, 84% got more money from their employers. So schedule a conversation with your boss, come in prepared with a list of things that make you a valued employee who deserves top dollar, and see how that goes before quitting over money. Even if you don't get the exact number you ask for, you might score enough of a bump to make it worthwhile to stay put.


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Hollywood Creates a Ghost Town, Everyone Wins: Exploring Pioneertown
Jenna Blough / March 30, 2017
Pioneertown, CA. Created as a Wild West movie set in 1946, Pioneertown was founded by Hollywood investors as a frontier town that served as a backdrop for Western movies. Some of the big names that helped establish Pioneertown included Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Russel Hayden and the Sons of the Pioneers (which gave Pioneertown its name). The 1940s and 1950s saw Pioneertown as a popular filming destination, with more than 50 films and television shows featuring the stables, saloons, jails and shops of the main street. As part of the set-up, a functioning motel provided quarters for the Hollywood set who were there for filming. When not filming, Pioneertown did double duty as a roadside attraction and tourist spot. Visitors came for an ice cream parlor, bowling alley and the motel.
The adjacent Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace was originally part of the set as a dusty cantina facade. It was eventually turned into a functioning cantina that served as a biker burrito bar from 1972 to 1982. In 1982, the cantina debuted as "Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace." It's still going stronger than ever, high desert mecca for music, cold beer and a mix of locals, tourists, bikers and artists.
Today Pioneertown continues as a family-friendly attraction. You can wander the main street, taking in the frontier buildings. The original sound stage has been restored and now features live music some weekend afternoons. There are also a handful of retail shops (open weekends) that feature gifts, soap and pottery. And of course, no Wild West town would be complete without a staged gunfight, available on Mane Street most weekends.
All materials copyright Jenna Blough. More posts like this can be found in the travel guide Moon Palm Springs and Joshua Tree where this piece was originally published.
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import os
import sys
import shutil
import argparse
import fileinput

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR))
from global_variables import *

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Visualize the top K nearest neighbor of the query_idx-th shape.")
parser.add_argument('--query_idx', help='Query shape index.', type=int, required=True)
parser.add_argument('--top_k', help='Retrieve top K shapes.', type=int, default=32)
args = parser.parse_args()

print 'Loading shape distance matrix from %s...'%(g_shape_distance_matrix_file_txt)
shape_distance_matrix = [[float(value) for value in line.strip().split(' ')] for line in open(g_shape_distance_matrix_file_txt, 'r')]
assert(len(shape_distance_matrix) == len(shape_distance_matrix[0]))

print 'Computing ranking...'
sorted_distances = sorted([(distance, idx) for idx, distance in enumerate(shape_distance_matrix[args.query_idx])])

print 'Loading shape list from %s'%(g_shape_list_file)
shape_list = [line.strip().split(' ') for line in open(g_shape_list_file, 'r')]
assert(len(shape_distance_matrix) == len(shape_list))

visualization_folder = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'visualization')
if not os.path.exists(visualization_folder):
    os.makedirs(visualization_folder)
visualization_filename = os.path.join(visualization_folder, 'visualize_distance_matrix_KNN_%s.html'%(args.query_idx))
visualization_template = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'visualize_distance_matrix_KNN.html')
print 'Saving visualization to %s...'%(visualization_filename)
shutil.copy(visualization_template, visualization_filename)
for line in fileinput.input(visualization_filename, inplace=True):
    line = line.replace('SYNSET', shape_list[args.query_idx][0])
    line = line.replace('MD5_ID', shape_list[args.query_idx][1])
    sys.stdout.write(line)

retrieval_list = ''
for i in range(args.top_k):
    shape_idx = sorted_distances[i][1]
    synset = shape_list[shape_idx][0]
    md5_id = shape_list[shape_idx][1]
    retrieval_list = retrieval_list + \
"""

id: %s

 """%(synset, md5_id, synset, md5_id, synset, md5_id, md5_id)

for line in fileinput.input(visualization_filename, inplace=True):
    line = line.replace('RETRIEVAL_LIST', retrieval_list)
    sys.stdout.write(line)

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21 Savage Calls Out OG Rappers for Judging Hip-Hop's New Generation… T.I. Co-Signs
Nov 22, 2017 at 11:46 am | By Alex
Issa debate
21 Savage is joining the suddenly hot war between the generations. After Pete Rock and Waka Flocka went back and forth over old heads claiming that their generation was better, the "Bank Account" rapper felt the need to clear a few things up in a note he posted to Twitter.
"Why do so many of these 'OG Rappers' judge the new generation?" he wrote. "They say we make drug user music like making drug-selling music is better. What's the difference?"
21 added that it's hypocritcal of them to judge young artists drug habits when they had a few of their own back in the day.
"Artists been snorting cocaine and smoking crack since the '70s and '80s. Did y'all forget that?" he asked.
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21 continued on to say that there's more productive things that old heads could be doing with their time than trying to badmouth the new kids on the block. He told them that all their positive messages added up to not a whole lot to the average rapper from this generation.
"Instead of judging, how about y'all make a change. If the message in the previous generation of rap was so good, why did so many of our parents abandon us for crack?" he said. "Why we still killing each other? Don't use us as the scapegoat!"
It's just the environment that people like Savage grew up in and the music can't help but show that off.
"Our music is a reflection of what's going on in our community and all we're doing is using our talent to escape that community," he said.
Outside Support
@21savage lil bro speaking real truth tho. The fact of the matter is… There's been good,bad, great,mediocre artists,&otherwise in EVERY generation …. Even ours(2000s) , The Founding era (80s) & the golden era of the 90s. They're not the only generation to make "user music" either. Can anyone remember a Lil album called "The Chronic"? Or hit Recs like "Sippin on some Sizzurp"…. Regardless of the subject matter…This is THEY TIME. Couldn't nobody tell us how to run ours,or make us sound how they thought we should… Live ya life & do ya stuff young'n. Just bare with us,&try to understand …. y'all niggaz kinda different & take some getting used to. As the elders gotta understand they're SUCCESS JUSTIFIES the CHANGE. The Numbers DONT LIE!!! Can't hate on that.🤷🏽♂
A post shared by TIP (@troubleman31) on Nov 21, 2017 at 12:53pm PST
21's well-reasoned message has at least one supporter from another generation. T.I. posted 21's note to his Instagram and backed the sentiments behind it, adding that he wouldn't have listened to anyone from another generation when he first came out either.
T.I. also told the older generation that they can't argue with the success that the music has had. He pointed to their sales as justification that the rappers are serving a market need with their music.
"Lil bro speaking real truth tho. The fact of the matter is… There's been good,bad, great,mediocre artists,&otherwise in EVERY generation …. Even ours(2000s) , The Founding era (80s) & the golden era of the 90s. They're not the only generation to make 'user music' either. Can anyone remember a Lil album called 'The Chronic'? Or hit Recs like 'Sippin on some Sizzurp'…. Regardless of the subject matter…This is THEY TIME. Couldn't nobody tell us how to run ours,or make us sound how they thought we should… Live ya life & do ya stuff young'n. Just bare with us,&try to understand …. y'all n*ggaz kinda different & take some getting used to. As the elders gotta understand they're SUCCESS JUSTIFIES the CHANGE. The Numbers DONT LIE!!! Can't hate on that
Check out Savage's tweet up top. What do you think? Is he right to defend the music coming from young rappers? Have we reached a nadir of rap music with catchphrase-based Soundcloud rap or is it merely the newest mutation? Is this just an eternal debate that Lil Pump's current fans will one day have with their own children? Sound off in the comments and don't forget to SHARE this article.


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Go to the Symfony root dir (you can know it entering the command "symfony -V") and copy the directory /lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/data/generator/sfPropelModule/admin into the directory created in the first step (/data/generator/sfPropelModule/). The name for the theme will be "admin" if you want to change it, rename the folder to the desired name.
Now the templates copied will be in "/data/generator/sfPropelModule/THEME_NAME/templates/templates" you only have to modify them.


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Home / One of the Oldest Maps of the Holy Land: The Madaba Mosaic Map
One of the Oldest Maps of the Holy Land: The Madaba Mosaic Map
The Madaba Map is a mosaic map that was originally integrated with the floor of a 6th century Byzantine church in Madaba, Jordan built at the height of the Eastern Roman Empire. The map discovered in the 1880s and was subsequently re-incorporated into the Greek Orthodox church of St. George, where is remains today. Though some parts of the map are now missing, the mosaic depicts remarkably specific details of the Holy Land with Jerusalem in the center, including individual buildings and gates surrounding the city. The map spans the geography from Lebanon in the north to the Nile delta in the south.
Credits: https://www.biblelieux.com/carte_de_madaba/
The map is the oldest cartographic depiction of the Holy Land preserved today. The entire map measures 21 by 7 meters and consists of over two million mosaic stones. Four shades of red, six shades of blue and green can be distinguished from the mosaic tiles. The map is oriented east rather than north, which is consistent with the biblical Hebrew orientations.
Symbolic Aspects of the Map
The Christian influence of the time is highly indicative in the map. Several features and symbols of the map represent those of Christian significance.
While the map is relatively proportional and realistic of the buildings and city structure at the time, Jerusalem is centrally placed and completely out of proportion with the rest of the map. However, its prominence is proportional to Jerusalem's historical and religious significance in Christianity.
The placement of two fish on the map, one swimming back from the Dead Sea and one swimming towards it in the Jordan River, indicates to historians a meeting place for Christians, primarily because the Dead Sea is inhabitable to fish life.
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher disproportionately stands out in the map, similar to Jerusalem. In contrast, the Temple Mount Plaza suffers from diminished significance, resulting from the influence of the Byzantine Christian Empire, symbolizing the Christian ideology of Christianity triumphing over Judaism.
Bethabara, now known as Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan, is commonly thought to be the location of John's baptism of Jesus and is clearly depicted in the map.
Credits: https://theurgetowander.com/
Purpose of the Map
The purpose of the Madaba map is contested. This map would have been extremely expensive to commission at the time, and the reason why the Church authorities decided to do so is unknown. Historians have suggested some possibilities:
To enhance the spiritual experience of those visiting the church that the Madaba map was originally located in. The map would have stretched from the altar, where the priest would have been, to the congregation.
To represent Moses' vision of the Promised Land. Madaba would have been episcopal see of the bishopric to which Mount Nebo belonged, where Moses saw the Promised Land from.
To aid pilgrims in their religious travels. However, portable alternatives were available at the time.
Works Consulted
Esparza, Daniel. "This is the most intriguing (and revealing) map of the holy land." Aleteia, Aleteia SAS, 20 Oct. 2017
"Madaba." See the Holy Land, Greek Orthodox Church, n.d.
"The Madaba Map." Jerusalem Municipality, Municipality of Jerusalem, n.d.
Rogoff, Mike. "A Mosaic of Jerusalem on the Ancient Madaba Map." Haaretz, Haaretz Daily Newspaper, 26 May 2013.


You finally got the certification ticket that ensures safe access to the storage quarter. Speak to the Old Manager.
The Old Manager has left for the Storage Quarter and will be waiting for you there. This is your chance to leave a note for Amanda to make her own certification ticket.


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Юрій Миколайович Пантя ( 5 квітня 1990, Чернівці, Україна) — український футболіст, півзахисник.

Клубна кар'єра
Вихованець футбольної школи «Буковина» (Чернівці), впродовж 2006—2007 років виступав в ДЮФЛ за чернівецьку «Освіту».

В 2012—2013 роках грав за футзальний клуб «Меркурій» (Чернівці), в тих же роках розпочав професійну футбольну кар'єру в молдавській команді «Ністру» (Атаки), яка в той час виступала у вищій лізі та намагалася зберегти прописку в еліті молдавського футболу.

У 2013 році виступав у аматорській першості України за «Буковину — 2 — ЛС» та у чемпіонаті області «Буковину — 2 — Лужани». Професійну кар'єру продовжив у рідній чернівецькій «Буковині».

Взимку 2015 залишив лави рідної команди, відігравши за «Буковину» 22 матчі в чемпіонаті України та 2 матчі в кубку України. З літа 2015 року впродовж сезону виступав у кримській аматорській команді «Бахчисарай», яка виступала в Прем'єр-лізі Кримського футбольного союзу під егідою УЄФА. З сезону 2016/17 виступав за іншу кримську команду: «Кримтеплицю».

З березня 2019 року гравець білоруського клубу «Славія» (Мозир). Дебютував за «Славію» 31 березня в виїзному матчі Вищої ліги проти мінського «Динамо».

Досягнення
Футзал:
 Переможець Першої ліги України (1): 2012

Футбол:
 Володар Кубка Криму (2): 2016, 2018

 Володар Кубка Білорусі з футболу (1):
 Гомель: 2021-22

Особисте життя
Одружений, дружина кримчанка. Молодший брат — Валентин, також професіональний футболіст.

Посилання

  Профіль на офіційному сайті ФК «Буковина»

Уродженці Чернівців
Українські футболісти
Українські футзалісти
Гравці МФК «Меркурій»
Футболісти «Ністру» (Атаки)
Футболісти «Буковини» (Чернівці)
Футболісти «Славії» (Мозир)
Футболісти «Гомеля»
Українські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Молдові
Футбольні легіонери в Білорусі


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Dit is een lijst van veel voorkomende locaties in de Police Academy-films.

De stad

Vrijwel alle films en de series spelen zich af in een fictieve Amerikaanse stad, en op de academie van deze stad.

In geen van de films wordt de naam van de stad waar de agenten werken genoemd. De problemen waar de stad vaak mee te kampen heeft doen echter denken aan die van Detroit en New York in de jaren 80. In de intro van alle films ziet men de skyline van de stad. Er is verder sprake van een strand aangezien er in deel 1 een strandfeest plaatsvindt in Mahoney in deel 2 op een strand patrouilleert. Verder heeft een auto een vlag van de Geconfedereerde Staten van Amerika op het nummerbord, wat (indien de auto uit de stad afkomstig is) zou kunnen suggereren dat de stad in het Zuiden (en aan zee) ligt.

Ook in de dialogen van de film wordt nooit een aanwijzing gegeven welke stad het is en waar deze zich (ongeveer) bevindt. Wel is duidelijk dat het ergens in de Verenigde Staten is daar er vaak Amerikaanse vlaggen te zien zijn.

De Politieacademie

Het academiegebouw is te zien in de eerste, derde en vierde film. Dit gebouw staat in werkelijkheid in Toronto, en was vroeger het Mimico Lunatic Asylum (een psychiatrisch ziekenhuis). Het gebouw werd voor de films gekocht van het Humber College, een technische universiteit, maar staat tegenwoordig leeg.

Lassards Bureau
Een veel voorkomende locatie binnen de academie is het bureau van Commandant Lassard, waar alle belangrijke besprekingen plaatsvinden.

Het bureau kijkt uit over de voorplaats van de academie. Lassard zit altijd met zijn rug naar het venster en heeft een groot bureaublad voor zich. In de films 1, 3, 4 en 7 is het bureau identiek, maar in de tweede film is de indeling anders.

De voorplaats
De voorplaats van de academie wordt ook vaak bezocht. De voorplaats bestaat uit een rotonde met in het midden een groot bloemenveld waarin het symbool van de academie te zien is. De voorplaats is te zien in de films 1, 3, 4 en 7. In de 3e film verplettert Zed met zijn motorfiets de bloemen, en in de 4e film rijden Carey Mahoney en Larvell Jones er met hun auto doorheen.

De Blue Oyster
De Blue Oyster club vormde in de eerste vier films een running gag. De Blue Oyster is een homobar die altijd volzit met ruige types. Iedereen die de club binnengaat wordt door hen gedwongen mee te dansen (vaak een Tango).

In de eerste film lokt Mahoney Copeland en Blankes naar de club met het bericht dat daar het feestje van de rekruten zou plaatsvinden. Later in de film vluchten de twee uit angt voor een rel opnieuw de club in.
In de tweede film vlucht Sweetchuck uit angst voor Zeds bende de club in. Hij moet in eerste instantie meedansen, maar kort daarop breekt een vechtpartij uit waarbij hij kan ontsnappen.
In de derde film belandt Proctor poedelnaakt in de club nadat de agenten van Lassards academy hem hadden opgezadeld met een prostituee.
In de vierde film lokt Mahoney Harris en Proctor naar de club met het bericht dat het een saladebar zou zijn.

De "echte" Blue Oyster Club uit de eerste film is een Blues-Club genaamd Silver Dollar Room in Toronto.

Plaatsen buiten "de stad"
De vijfde film speelde zich voor het merendeel af in Miami. De zevende film speelde zich af in Moskou.

Filmlocaties
Ironisch genoeg werden de films grotendeels niet in de Verenigde Staten, maar in Canada opgenomen. Vooral Toronto werd veel gebruikt.

De skyline van "de stad" is die van Toronto.
In de eerste film is te zien dat de auto's nummerplaten hebben van Ontario.
De tweede film werd grotendeels in Los Angeles opgenomen.
De derde film werd geheel in Toronto opgenomen. De CN-Tower is te zien op de achtergrond in een scène. Enige scènes werden gefilmd op Long-Island-Sund bij New York.
De vierde film werd bijna geheel in Ontario gefilmd. Verder is het Massachusetts State House in Boston, Massachusetts duidelijk te zien in de film.
De vijfde film werd gefilmd in Miami en West Palm Beach in Florida.
De zesde film werd net als tweede grotendeels gefilmd in Los Angeles.
De zevende film werd grotendeels opgenomen in Moskou.

Police Academy


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The following is an overview table of all projects and description of main projects with respect to assistance to governments (and state owned companies).
Brief description of projects carried out by Van Meurs, Van Meurs Corporation (VMC), Van Meurs Y Asociados S.A. and until 2001 its Canadian company Van Meurs & Associates Limited (VMAL), in alphabetical order.
Van Meurs was from 2003 – 2006 the main consultant involved with the Government of the State of Alaska for the restructuring of fiscal terms for North Slope oil. The consultant was main economic advisor for the State of Alaska on the $ 20 billion gas export pipeline project under Governor Frank Murkowski. He was lead consultant on the recent introduction of the new PPT law, the new Alaska fiscal system. The new PPT resulted in a very significant increase in government revenues for Alaska.
Van Meurs was in 2007 chief advisor to the Government of the Province of Alberta for the review of the Alberta royalties. The Government of Alberta adopted in detail his recommendations for conventional oil and gas, heavy oils and coal bed methane. This is the largest change in royalties in Alberta during the last 30 years. The change resulted in a significant simplification of the royalty system. Also under the new system prolific conventional oil and gas wells are charged a higher royalty, while the production of heavy oil and coal bed methane is being encouraged.
Van Meurs Corporation (VMC) was senior economic advisor to the Minister of Mines and Energy in Algeria for the implementation of the new hydrocarbon law including the Petroleum Revenue Tax in 2005-2006. He was as well advisor with respect to the MEDGAZ gas export pipeline to Spain and the GTL project.
Van Meurs & Associates Limited (VMAL) participated at various times in projects in Bangladesh (1984 through 1993) involving a variety of activities. Assistance was provided in the development of a new model production sharing contract, which resulted in attracting new interest in exploration in the country. The contract needed to be developed for the specific environment of a "gas prone" area, which required new and innovative clauses.
In 2007, VMC assisted in the preparation for a new offshore bidding round.
VMAL assisted Bolivia during 1985 - 86 with respect to the evaluation of the petroleum contracts and fiscal system. A review of the feasibility of an export gas pipeline to Brazil and a survey of the potential Brazilian market for Bolivian gas were carried out. During 1993 an in depth economic analysis of the petroleum fiscal system of Bolivia was completed and a number of fundamental changes to the fiscal provisions were recommended.
During the period 1994 - 1996 VMAL was the main consulting firm with respect to the introduction of a new Hydrocarbon Law and the associated regulations. In 1997 VMAL organized the nominations for new areas which resulted in a highly successful bidding round of 34 blocks.
VMAL was one of the key advisors in the capitalization of YPFB, resulting in investment commitments of $ 800 million as well as the negotiation of export gas sales contracts and the negotiation of the Bolivia-Brazil pipeline.
Assistance was provided between 1976 and 1984 in the negotiation of a land claims settlement covering the entire Beaufort- Mackenzie Region in order to protect the interests of the local aboriginal people, the Inuvialuit. The negotiations resulted setting up a special land regime, very significant cash transfers and the establishment of preferential and exclusive hunting and trapping rights. Also a special environmental review process for the Arctic areas was created. The land claims settlement was concluded in 1984. Subsequently, important concessions with Esso and Shell were negotiated on aboriginal lands. These concessions brought significant benefits in terms of local employment and local business opportunities and income to the aboriginal people. Dr. van Meurs was President of IPC, a successful Alberta oil and company owned by the Inuvialuit. VMAL assisted in the creation of unique programs for the improvement in education of aboriginal people.
VMAL delivered extensive petroleum services to CNOOC, the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (1980 - 1984). Assistance was provided in the development of the petroleum law, the model production sharing contract and the accounting procedures which were used for the first offshore bidding round. The first offshore bidding round was prepared and the development of bid evaluation criteria and bid evaluation procedures established. This first bidding round resulted in very onsiderable interest from the petroleum industry.
VMC assisted PETROCI in Cote d'Ivoire on a project to revise the petroleum law, create a gas master plan and launch a new offshore bidding round.
VMAL assisted Equatorial Guinea in its renegotiation of its contract with Mobil (now ExxonMobil) when it became apparent that this contract was not in the interest of the country.
VMAL carried out several projects in Gabon. During 1984 - 87, assistance was provided for the development of production sharing contracts in Gabon. The PARCA Model and associated training was provided. Various other training programs were carried out. During 1991 - 1992, VMAL participated in the petroleum diagnostic study which consisted of an in-depth review of the petroleum industry in Gabon and particularly the payments to government. The review resulted in the recommendation of various changes in administration, which were implemented. Forecasts of government petroleum income for the next five years were provided and assistance was given in the review of oil price determination procedures and accounting procedures.
VMAL assisted in the complete review and overhaul of the petroleum legislation and administration in Guatemala (1975 - 1980). A new petroleum law was introduced and adopted. A highly successful bidding round resulted in the granting of five blocks and the drilling of more than 15 new exploration wells, resulting in the discovery of several new oil fields. The Guatemalan petroleum administration was developed and trained. VMAL organized the supervision and cost control of the construction of the main export oil pipeline, which turned Guatemala into and exporter of oil.
VMAL carried out an economic assessment of the oil and gas fields of Hungary and assisted in the development of terms and conditions for possible production sharing contracts with the national oil company OKGT (1990 - 1992). VMAL assisted in the drafting of these contracts and the subsequent licenses. Extensive training was provided to the management of OKGT in petroleum economics and decision making techniques, including the delivery of the PARCA software.
Special training seminars in world fiscal systems for oil and gas for Iraq Ministry of Oil, in Amman, Jordan, in May 2005, sponsored by WesternOilSands and by CWC, London.
Van Meurs has been from 1998 – now, chief advisor on a project for ODC with respect to the determination of fiscal terms for the North Kuwait oil fields for a possible service contract. This service contract rates as the most advanced service contract in the world and would specifically deal with the enhanced recovery of oil in these multi-billion barrel fields.
VMC was the lead economic advisor of the Multiple Services Contract Project of PEMEX, related to the 2003 bidding round in the Burgos non- associated gas area. These contracts were the very first contract with international oil companies executed in Mexico.
VMC was also the main contractor for the new draft fiscal law for PEMEX in 2001 and subsequently in 2007. This law was implemented and has created an entirely new fiscal structure for PEMEX with the objective to provide a more efficient framework for the investments by PEMEX.
In 2007 VMC contributed furthermore to the design of the Reform Package in Mexico in order to facilitate private investment in the upstream petroleum industry. This reform was passed in 2008. VMC designed also the 2009 model contract. In 2014 VMC assisted in the PEMEX migration of the service contracts to production sharing contracts.
VMAL provided extensive assistance to the Government of the Province of Newfoundland between 1974 - 1980. Assistance was provided in drafting the provincial petroleum legislation and development the provincial fiscal system. VMAL analyzed and reviewed possible arrangements for revenue sharing and joint administration between the Government of Canada and the Province of Newfoundland. Assistance was provided in the negotiations of the first round of licensing in the offshore areas. A petroleum economics department was set up and extensive training was provided.
VMC was lead advisor on the reform of the petroleum law (2008- 2011), called the Petroleum Industry Bill, and the revision of the production sharing contracts. VMC has also provided extensive training courses to NNPC and the professionals of the Government of Nigeria. VMC assisted the Minister of Petroleum in trying to pass the Bill.
In 2016-17 Van Meurs y Asociados (VMYA) is assisting Nigeria on the petroleum institutions bill and oil and gas policy documents.
VMC assisted PDO in the development of the small fields risk service contracts and VMYA was assisting PDO in 2016 in the development of a heavy oil service contract.
VMAL assisted in a number of projects in Pakistan. This included the reorganization of the petroleum legislation and reorientation of the petroleum agreements in Pakistan. As a result of the changes, Pakistan, has seen a rather active petroleum development in the country. Extensive training programs and seminars were provided on petroleum issues for government officials as well as the national oil company OGDC. Economic evaluations were carried of the Toot oil field and the Pirkoh gas field. VMAL was involved in the restructuring of the fiscal terms for the offshore areas.
In 2016 and 2017 VMC is assisting Peru in the development of a new royalty system.
In 2012 VMC assisted the Government of Poland in the design of the fiscal terms for shale gas.
VMAL provided advice to the Government of Russia with respect to the drafting of the Law on Concessions and Production Sharing Contracts. Petroleum software was provided to the tax committee. In 2012 VMC assisted the Government of Russia in the design of the offshore fiscal terms.
VMAL assisted in the reorganization of the fiscal system and petroleum legislation in Trinidad and Tobago (1991 - 1993), which resulted in the adoption of a new version of the Supplementary Petroleum Tax, adjustments in the corporate income tax, and other fiscal provisions. The adjustments resulted in significant new interest by foreign petroleum companies in the country. Comprehensive training programs for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago were provided.
VMC assisted evaluating bid results for the new offshore blocks and recently reviewed in 2005 – 2006 the SPT legislation. VMC assistend in the preparation for the 2009 and 2010 bidding rounds.
VMAL provided major assistance with respect to the revision of the petroleum law and the related fiscal system. The Thai system was changed drastically with the key objective of making smaller oil and gas fields more economically attractive. An innovative new system was developed that provided a direct incentive to drilling new wells. As a result of the changes, there has been a strong increase in drilling activity in the country. Intensive training was provided to a wide variety of government officials. An in-depth economic evaluation of the remaining petroleum potential in Thailand was carried out.
In 2016, VMYA was assisting Thailand in the possible introduction of PSCs and service contracts.


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Indian tennis: Sharan-Sitak reach men's doubles 2nd round, Bopanna-Uchiyama lose to Bryan brothers
Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak beat the pair of Pablo Carreno Busta and Joao Sousa in their men's doubles first round match at the Australia Open on Wednesday.
Jan 22, 2020 · 02:17 pm
File image of Divij Sharan in action | Twitter / Divij Sharan
India's Divij Sharan and his New Zealand partner Artem Sitak on Wednesday progressed to the second round of the Australian Open men's doubles event after beating Pablo Carreno Busta and Joao Sousa.
However, it was curtains for Rohan Bopanna and his Japanese partner Yasutaka Uchiyama in the first round as they lost in three sets to the 13th seeded-pair of Mike and Bob Bryan. The American doubles greats, who are on their farewell tour, won 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in an hour and 17 minutes.
Sharan and Sitak got the better of the Portuguese-Spanish duo 6-4 7-5 in a thrilling one hour 28 minute encounter.
The duo will next face the winner of the first-round match between 10th seeds Mate Pavio-Bruno Soares and Ben Molachlan and Luke Bambridge.
On Tuesday, India's top-ranked tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran missed out on a chance to play against world No 2 Novak Djokovic after losing his men's singles opening round match.
Divij Sharan
Rohan Bopanna
Djokovic continues Big Three dominance, Serena's record 24th Major on hold: Takeaways from Aus Open


On July 1st, the newly renovated BRIANOGRAPHY site will be officially launched. In partnership with Creative Soda, the site has been overhauled to provide a more clean and consistent user experience. Some of the new features include common menus across the primary website, the gallery site, and the blog, a quick way to view Wesleyan photos by category with a dedicated top level menu, and payment integration built into the website under the Services sections so you can make session fee deposits and other types of payments directly from the website with any major credit card.
In addition, there is a new contact form, new social networking icons and integration, and a direct connection to Skype.
And, a big increase in speed!
Check it out and be sure to send me any feedback.