The Big Ten had developed a national reputation as a conference that gets a lot of publicity, but whose teams are not that good.
Well the Big Ten's reputation took another hit on New Years Day when their teams went 0-5. No one will care that Big Ten teams were underdogs in all five games, or that the locations were tough, or that no bowl lineup compares to the Big Ten's in terms of difficulty.
The Big Ten considers itself the top football conference, but that was shown to be not true as they went 0-3 against SEC teams, losing the three games by a combined score of 138-45. And it not like future Big Ten member Nebraska was a Bowl star, as they lost to a 6-6 Washington team in the Holiday Bowl.
The bottom line is that conferences need their schools to show up and play the games. and two Big Ten teams, Michigan State and Michigan did not show up yesterday.
Michigan State were co-champs of the Big Ten and yet they were totally over matched against Alabama. It has been more of the same for Michigan and its lousy defense against Mississippi State. The Wolverines simply could not get off the field on defense.
The Big Ten has to hope that the Ohio State Buckeyes can save face for the conference when they play Arkansas on Tuesday in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Maybe that is the reason that Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany lobbied last month to get Ohio State's suspended players to New Orleans for the bowl!


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The Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Jan Kubis, commended the continuous efforts of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), describing the outcomes of its meeting in Cairo as "an important achievement."
Kubis added in a statement that this important achievement would lead to practical steps for the departure of all mercenaries and foreign fighters coming from these countries as a first step towards the full and timely implementation of 23 October 2020 Ceasefire Agreement, in line with UNSC resolution 2570 (2021).
"I am honored to witness this progress achieved by Libya, Chad, Niger, and Sudan, working in the spirit of common interest and partnership that will open the doors to sustainable stability, security, development, and cooperation in the region" He said.
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The JMC concluded on November 01 a three-day meeting in Cairo, where they agreed with representatives of Chad, Niger, and Sudan on establishing an effective communication and coordination mechanism to support the implementation of the JMC Action Plan for the departure of mercenaries, foreign fighters, and foreign forces from the Libyan territories as a gradual, balanced, synchronized, and sequenced process.
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An explosion of grace
Communal wedding Mass at Holy Ghost Church unites 14 Latino couples in holy matrimony
Gifts of the Holy Spirit were the ultimate wedding gifts for 14 Diocese of Knoxville couples who exchanged vows at Holy Ghost Church on June 15 in a ceremony to celebrate their full communion with the Catholic Church.
Communal wedding Masses are common in Latin American countries and are being held in dioceses around the country with more frequency.
These Masses are held where funds to cover costs associated with weddings are scarce, which is why the Church offers communal nuptial Masses as a way for couples to restore their sacramental participation and bring God's blessings and graces into the relationships, according to the diocese's Office of Hispanic Ministry.
Plans for the June wedding Mass at Holy Ghost began in January when Father John Dowling, who then was the parish pastor, asked couples attending baptismal preparation classes if they were married in the Church. Most answered that they weren't due to the lack of financial resources.
Concerned by their answers, Father Dowling discussed the issue with Holy Ghost parishioner Oswaldo Cardenas, who leads baptismal preparation in the parish and is a member of Knights of Columbus Council 16523, and also with Elizabeth Bunker, Holy Ghost director of religious education.
Preparing for the big day
"While exploring how to respond to this need, Mr. Cardenas shared that a communal wedding, similar to ones that are celebrated in the Church in Latin American countries, might be the answer. Father Dowling then sought the help of Father John Orr, pastor at St. Mary Church in Athens and former associate pastor at Holy Ghost," said Blanca Primm, director of Hispanic Ministry for the diocese.
"Father Orr agreed to be the celebrant of the communal wedding Mass and to offer a special one-day marriage-preparation session. The session also contained sacramental preparation since many of the couples also received the sacraments of first Communion and confirmation that day. In all, there were seven first Communions and 13 confirmations," Mrs. Primm added.
Couples exchange vows during the wedding Mass for 14 brides and grooms at Holy Ghost Church.
Father Dowling offered Holy Ghost Church to the wedding parties at no charge. Many, if not all, churches usually charge a fee for their use by couples getting married. And a wedding reception for the couples was held at a nearby community center, put on by the Office of Hispanic Ministry, Pastoral Juvenil Hispana, and the Holy Ghost community. A team of volunteer photographers and videographers captured the Mass for the couples, and volunteer musicians provided songs for the occasion.
Couples from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and the United States took part in the wedding Mass, which was celebrated in Spanish by Father Orr.
Mrs. Bunker credited Mr. Cardenas with compiling a list of the couples and providing them with all the information and paperwork necessary to make their wedding day happen. It would be a special day for him and his wife as well.
"For me it was a moment of joy, grace, and happiness," Mr. Cardenas said. "It was amazing to see my son getting married on my wife's 50th birthday. We celebrated her birthday this way. It was the best birthday gift for her."
Mrs. Primm said Mr. Cardenas and fellow parishioners Jose Sandoval, Jose Luis Santiago, and Antonio Dianas were also instrumental in connecting the Hispanic community to the parish office to ensure the couples complied with requirements.
For Mrs. Bunker, the wedding ceremony was spiritually uplifting and emotionally moving.
"We have to take the opportunity to be a vessel of God's grace so that these people can receive the fullness of the faith. It can bring tears to your eyes, don't you think?" Mrs. Bunker said.
"Although there were many reasons why the couples decided to get married at this time, it was surely the prompting of the Holy Spirit," she added. "The most powerful thing was that they were able to receive the Eucharist again; there was a lot of grace that day. It was a moment of wow!"
Mrs. Primm and Brittany Garcia of the diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry (Pastoral Juvenil) were asked to promote the wedding opportunity in the diocese's Hispanic community.
Since each couple could participate in the Mass only with the authorization of their parish pastor, Marian Christiana, who retired as director of the diocesan Office of Marriage Preparation and Enrichment on July 1, reached out to priests with the specific requirements for the celebration. Seven couples were from Holy Ghost, three were from the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, and four were from Holy Cross Church in Pigeon Forge.
A gift and a blessing
"This special wedding was a gift to the couples and their families, and was a blessing to the whole diocese. The Knights of Columbus also provided an honor guard for the occasion," Mrs. Primm said.
"As Pope Francis asks us to go out to the peripheries to evangelize, we as a Church community need to reach out to cohabitating couples, many already with children, to help them to restore their access to the living grace that will allow them to strengthen their relationship and live a fuller life with their families. In his apostolic exhortation Familiaris consortio, St. John Paul II addressed the issue of cohabitation: 'This phenomenon, which is becoming ever more frequent, cannot fail to concern pastors of souls,'" she added.
Andy Chaparro and Corina Cerros, Sacred Heart Cathedral parishioners, were among the couples exchanging vows and the oldest to marry. When asked after their wedding how they felt, they replied "very good now."
As with the other 13 couples, and many unmarried couples in the Catholic Church, Mr. Chaparro said time and money were the biggest obstacles to getting married in the Church.
"Why didn't we marry before? For lack of money and for being immersed in so many commitments and not taking the time to stop and plan it. I would have liked a private wedding, but I took too long indeed. Thank goodness she waited for me. We are close to 60. I thought too much about what others might say or think," Mr. Chaparro said.
He said the wedding was the best, most important thing they have done as a couple, and they are now very happy. "For us, the devil has left our house and now God has entered. I ask for the parishes to continue offering these communal weddings. I would love to see one planned at the cathedral. It is time to forget about what the people think and overcome fear. The most important thing is to receive the sacrament. Many couples need it."
Mrs. Cerros said she liked the wedding Mass "very much," even though it took longer than she anticipated to get to the altar rail and once there, the three-hour Mass took longer than she expected.
"Oh, it was time. It is still hard to believe that I can receive the Eucharist. I say to myself, 'Is this possible?' I get nervous, as if a girl who is in love. Andy and I were together for 26 years," Mrs. Cerros said. "Prior to the wedding I was very nervous. It all happened very soon. Andy came home one day and said, 'We are getting married!' I loved that it came from him."
As with most any wedding, the bride's dress is an important element. Each bride was wearing a wedding gown while the grooms were dressed in tuxedos or suits.
And as with many brides, choosing a dress often is far from simple.
Father John Orr is joined by the brides and grooms who took part in the communal wedding Mass at Holy Ghost Church on June 15. In all, 14 couples exchanged vows during the Mass celebrated by Father Orr.
"I felt good with what I wore. Looking for a dress was very exciting. At first I thought I would love a long dress with a train, but later I said to myself that was not the most important detail. I needed something respectful and special for the occasion. My friends helped me with it as I realized the most important thing was to be there for the wedding. I felt at peace," Mrs. Cerros said.
The youngest couple to be married at Holy Ghost was Oswaldo Cardenas Jr., 26, and Rebeca Linares, 23. They have an 8-month-old daughter. While already married, the couple desired to exchange their vows within the Church, and the communal wedding Mass offered the right opportunity.
"Although we had been married civilly, we needed to do it before God. I was happy, especially because we are going to give our daughter a good example of how it is to follow God's Church. She is already baptized," Mrs. Linares said.
Their daughter also influenced what her mother wore for the occasion.
"We wanted something simple. I put more emphasis on my daughter's dress because I wanted her to see in the upcoming years that it was important to us to show that she was present in our wedding," Mrs. Linares noted.
She said she liked how Father Orr celebrated the wedding Mass, devoting time to each couple at the moment they exchanged their vows.
Mr. Cardenas is overjoyed that he and his wife could share in a wedding Mass, in full communion with the Catholic Church and with his family in attendance.
"At last I was able to receive the Eucharist. There was some time that I hadn't been able to. It is great to be married before God. I did like the ceremony," he said, noting that demanding work and school commitments prevented him from marrying within the Church. "My schedule didn't allow me to participate in the marriage prep. I work as a fireman on the weekends and Monday through Friday. Also, a few years ago I was studying and also I had two jobs at the same time."
Sacramental grace
Mrs. Garcia called the communal wedding Mass "an explosion of grace," where brides and grooms could celebrate their marriages upon receiving the sacraments of initiation.
"June 15 was, in fact, filled with much grace as 14 couples, that is 28 individuals, entered into the sacrament of holy matrimony at the same hour in the same parish. During their communal nuptial Mass, about half of those brides and grooms received the sacrament of confirmation, and about a quarter of them received the sacrament of first Communion," Mrs. Garcia said.
"There was so much grace flowing out from the sacraments that day, and I know the heavens surely rejoiced, as did all of us sitting on the pews witnessing such a remarkable afternoon. People who had not received Communion in years were now able to do so. Those who had never received Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, tasted Him for the first time, and saw that He is good. Couples that had been together for a couple of decades were now able to look each other in the eye and officially call their beloved 'my husband' or 'my wife,'" she added.
Mrs. Garcia was encouraged that with the major barrier to wedding Masses—finances—removed because the one-day wedding preparation, the church, and the reception were provided at no charge, the couples were free to take part in the sacraments.
In leading the organizing of the communal wedding Mass, Father Dowling and Father Orr shared concerns about the need for more Hispanic parishioners in the diocese to have marriages blessed by the Church.
Father John Orr presides as one of 14 couples taking part in the communal wedding Mass June 15 at Holy Ghost Church exchanges vows.
"I noticed that many of the people who attended the Hispanic Mass were not receiving holy Communion and discovered that many were in irregular living situations. After realizing that many of these people had never been previously married, I decided to ask Father Orr if he would be willing to give pre-marital instruction to a large number of people and see what develops. Of course, Father Orr was happy to do so. And along with several parishioners and diocesan staff, he organized the necessary steps to accomplish our goal," said Father Dowling, who now is pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Signal Mountain.
Father Dowling said he simply wants to see those who are not living in a married state but have no impediment to marriage to marry in the Church and be able to receive holy Communion at Sunday Masses along with their children.
Asked if he would like to see more communal wedding Masses, Father Dowling said yes and no.
"Yes if that is what must happen to help assist those who, for one reason or another, have not approached the Church about marriage and are aware that receiving Communion is unthinkable given their present situation but may not know how to rectify the situation. No if we can convince Catholics from whatever background to contact the local parish as soon as they have marriage in mind so we can take the necessary time to better prepare for one of the most sacred moments any person can experience.
"Those who attended the communal wedding Mass at Holy Ghost were obviously profoundly impacted. The entire Mass was celebrated with reverence and joy. Family members and friends were visibly moved to be part of something so significant. The Hispanic community knows how to celebrate community events, especially those that are focused on communal worship," he said.
Father Orr said the communal wedding Mass was important, not only for the 14 couples involved who received so much grace, but also for the entire Church, "and even the saints in heaven rejoice with the holy angels."
"Father Dowling wanted to help the Spanish-speaking parishioners of his parish who were living in sin to live lives of grace. We had spoken about reasons why some people were not receiving holy Communion, primarily because of living in sin, as if married, without the grace of the sacrament. Sometimes the excuse of not having enough money for a party is used to delay marriage. If couples pool their resources they can share expenses for flowers, cake, pictures, etc.," Father Orr said.
Father Orr explained that the first three bishops of Knoxville have granted faculties to all priests to confirm Catholics who are 18 or older when they have been reconciled to the Church. They must already have been baptized even though they may not have been reared in the Church.
Father Orr further explained that confirmation and first holy Communion are best administered within the context of the Holy Mass. He said the nuptial Mass is ideal for Catholics who marry other Catholics, which is why the sacraments were such a vital part of the communal nuptial Mass.
But he said ecumenical marriages, such as between a Catholic and a non-Catholic Christian, or an inter-religious marriage, such as between a Catholic and an unbaptized person, are more properly celebrated outside of holy Mass, with a liturgy of the Word and the Marriage Rite, which includes the statement of intention, exchange of consent or vows, a blessing and exchange of rings, and the nuptial blessing.
The Oswaldo Cardenas family poses for a portrait that will mark the special occasion for many years to come.
Father Orr is encouraged that during the communal wedding Mass God was praised and the participants were sanctified, that couples resumed living lives of grace, that an example was given to others in similar irregular situations to "get right" with God, the Church, and the state, and that more faithful are living lives pleasing to God, lives of grace.
He encouraged all faithful to be familiar with St. John Paul II's apostolic exhortation Familiaris consortio and said a potential problem of having a communal wedding Mass for those who are approaching the altar from an irregular situation is the normalization of irregularity. But he emphasized that St. John Paul II in Familiaris consortio calls for priests to help the irregular become regular.
"Hopefully others will follow the good example of the good people who publicly, liturgically, sacramentally pronounced their holy vows of marriage, either in due course (best practice) or in convalidation. I can imagine that this will help future generations in that perhaps a grandfather was convalidated many years after his civil union, a father was convalidated within the first five years of a civil union, so will the grandchild not cohabitate, enter a civil union without the benefit of the grace of the sacrament?" he said.
Honoring Wedding Traditions
The 14 couples who were married June 15 at Holy Ghost Church were from the Hispanic/Latino community, and the communal nuptial Mass was celebrated in Spanish.
The Hispanic/Latino community has very special traditions that are normally included in their wedding celebrations and were part of this wedding Mass, too.
The Arras
The blessing and giving of arras (coins) takes place after the exchange of rings. The husband takes 13 coins in his hands and gives them to his wife, saying "receive these arras as a pledge of God's blessing and a sign of the good gifts we will share."
Then the wife does the same, but this time giving the 13 coins to her husband. Although there are several versions of the significance of the number 13 in the giving of arras, most often heard is that the 13 coins represent having one coin per month every year for the family to live on and have their needs met, and the 13th coin is what is meant to be shared with the poor or less fortunate. The symbolism of this tradition represents the promise of the husband and wife to share their goods with one another. It is the symbolic moment to proclaim "What is mine is now also yours."
The Lazo
Another tradition is the blessing and placing of the Lazo (wedding garland, which is usually rope or a large rosary) around the couple. This takes place before the nuptial blessing.
The spouses remain at their place and kneel, and two close friends or family members of the couple place the Lazo over the head of the wife and over the shoulders of the husband, thus symbolizing the bond that now unites them together.
Presentation of flowers to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Giving flowers to the Virgin Mary is not actually part of the Rite of Marriage as are the Arras and Lazo. But since many couples have a devotion to Mary, this is a tradition widely practiced by many cultural communities in our parishes. This takes place before the final blessing.
The couple will bring a flower (or more often a bouquet of flowers) to the statue of Mary in the church to ask for her intercession and to recognize and honor her on their wedding day as their Heavenly Mother. The Ave Maria is often sung during this moment, as happened during the Holy Ghost communal wedding Mass. The 14 couples went one by one to offer their flowers to La Virgenand to consecrate their new marriage to Our Lady's maternal care.
As with any special life event, a good celebration is sure to follow. After the Holy Ghost communal wedding Mass, a reception was held nearby at the Christenberry Community Center. A team of Holy Ghost parishioners, including some of the parents of the couples getting married, planned the initial details of the reception. Joining in putting on the reception were the Diocese of Knoxville Office of Hispanic Ministry and Pastoral Juvenil Hispana and their leaders, Blanca Primm, Brittany Garcia, and Rocio Gonzalez. This reception not only brought together the 14 couples but also the community, with generous donations of time, talent, and treasure from individuals, companies, ministry groups, parishes, and diocesan offices. It offered food, with an eight-tier cake, dancing, toasts, flower-tossing, a photo booth, speeches, laughter, and plenty of photos. The Office of Hispanic Ministry rented the community center. Osmar Creations Event Center lent the white tablecloths; a parishioner of the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus donated the wedding cake; St. John Neumann Church lent tables and chairs; Trader Joe's donated bouquets of flowers; the Holy Ghost charismatic renewal group, Caminando hacia la Nueva Jerusalén, provided food; Holy Ghost ministry Cristo Rey provided the sound system and music; and Holy Ghost Knights of Columbus Council 16523 members in full regalia were present, as was seminarian Robbie Bauman.
Brittany Garcia, Blanca Primm, and Bill Brewer contributed to this report.


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Uta Passow, a researcher in UC Santa Barbara's Marine Science Institute, spent most of the past year in the Gulf of Mexico analyzing the environmental impact of oil spilled as a result of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010. Thanks to new funding by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), her scientific studies will continue for the next three years.
(From the University of California) — The GoMRI, created in part with funds from British Petroleum, which owned the Deepwater Horizon rig, recently announced a $112.5 million award to fund eight research consortia in the gulf for the next three years. These teams will investigate the fate of petroleum in the environment, the impacts of the spill, and the development of new tools and technology for responding to future spills and improving mitigation and restoration.
Passow is part of a consortium led by Raymond Highsmith of the University of Mississippi. The team's assignment will be "Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs in the Gulf of Mexico," with funding of $22.5 million for three years. Other institutions on the team are University of Southern Mississippi, University of Georgia, Florida State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Temple University, Oregon State University, Pennsylvania State University, Columbia University, University of Maryland, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Texas, and J. Craig Venter Institute.
Passow arrived at UC Santa Barbara as a postdoctoral researcher in 1991 and stayed until 2000. She then left to take a research job in Germany for seven years, returning to UC Santa Barbara in 2009. Here she has been studying ocean acidification and working on the gulf oil project. Her expertise is in carbon cycling and the biological pump, a suite of biological processes that transport carbon from the water's surface to the ocean's depths.
"This has become really important because the surface of the ocean stands in equilibrium with the atmosphere, and the ocean takes up about a third of the fossil fuel we've been putting out so far," Passow said. "A fair amount of this carbon, which is high in the surface ocean, gets transferred to depths and is just removed from the atmosphere over a period of hundreds to thousands of years. That's what the biological pump does. It's called a pump because the carbon moves against the gradient. Organisms and particles fall down, and, once they get to the deep ocean, it takes a thousand years for the particles to come back up."
The Deepwater Horizon accident was different from other spills, Passow said, because the oil was leaked at great depths, and then distributed into the water current. Some of it came to the surface, while a large amount wound up in the sediments.
"So the question is, did it go to the sediments directly?" Passow asked. "Did it come up the surface and then go down again? When we saw the pictures, I knew that we had to use sediment traps to hang at depths and see what falls into them as the particles sink."
For the past year, her trap has been sampling sinking particles near the site of the oil spill in the gulf. This research was funded by a Rapid Response Grant from the National Science Foundation. With the new funding, more traps will be added, so the research area will be widening. "It's a continuation of what we've been doing, and an expansion," Passow said. "What is clear after this accident is we don't really have a clear understanding of what happens to oil when it is released at great depths. It's made up of 10,000 different substances and the distribution is very complex. The goal is to try to understand how it gets distributed in the water, the physics and chemistry of it. Another part is to see how it affects the ecosystems, both in the water column and in the sediment."
The GoMRI Research Board is an independent body established by BP to administer the company's 10-year, $500 million commitment to independent research into the effects of the Deepwater Horizon incident. Through a series of competitive grant programs, the GoMRI is investigating the impacts of the oil, dispersed oil, and dispersant on the ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico and the affected coastal States, in a broad context of improving fundamental understanding of the dynamics of such events and their environmental stresses and public health implications. The GoMRI also funds research that improves techniques for detecting oil and gas, spill mitigation, and technologies to characterize and remediate spills. Knowledge accrued will be applied to restoration and improvement of the long-term environmental health of the Gulf of Mexico.
"GoMRI In the news" is a reposting of articles about GoMRI-funded research (published by various news outlets). The author's interpretations and opinions expressed in these articles is not necessarily that of GoMRI.


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Amanda Dubreuil is the Artistic Director of Step with Style. Along with being the director of Durham's #1 dance studio she is a sought after performer/instructor/choreographer & adjudicator in the Greater Toronto Area. She has been called upon to instruct for competitive and recreational studios, as well as professional and educational institutions. Her energy, and passion lead her to become the Artistic Director that she is today.
After purchasing a studio by the name of Heartbeat of Dance, Amanda built the program and foundation for Step with Style's success. Along with her talented faculty, she led the studio from a base of only 17 competitive students, with no reputation, to a team of great stature in the competitive and professional dance world.
Amanda's training included Vlad's Dance Company, Derosiers Dance Theatre, and National Dance Canada. Her training began as a competitive dancer. This is where she won awards such as Highest Mark in Solo Performance, Best Overall Soloist, the title "Ms. Dance '99", to name a few. Following her graduation from these programs Amanda performed with many different dance companies. Touring Ontario with the Ontario Ballet Theatre for "The Nutcracker", touring Canada with The Next Step Canadian Tap Company for "The Rhythm Of Life", and touring the US as dance captain with Jean Ann Ryan Productions.
Amanda also toured Europe with Molyneux Entertainment, and Gary Musick Productions performing in production shows such as, "Spotlight Broadway", "Celebrate The World", "Fantasy", "Rhythm Of The Night",
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Amanda is no stranger to the camera. Her music videos include, "Here Comes The Sunshine" by Love Inc. (this video won Best Dance Video of 2000 at the Much Music Awards), and "Dear Life" by Chantal Kreviazuk. She has performed in movies by Disney "Angels In The Infield", ABC "A Mothers Day Special" and "Mr. Rock and Roll, The Allan Freed Story", and Lionheart Productions "Jodi" & "Taal", as well as commercials for CBC and the Heritage Channel. One of Amanda's favourite moments in her career was tapping with Gregory Hines in a show directed by George Randolph, as a tribute to Gregory.
Over the years under Amanda's direction her students have won countless awards, scholarships, and titles at national competitions. She has had students accepted into the top agencies in Toronto, to some of the best performing arts programs in North America (Alvin Ailey and the National Ballet of Canada), hired professionally for the Tony Award winning show "Billy Elliott", and contracted for Disney Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as production cast members! Her dancers who have completed the triple threat training under her direction have also moved on to open their own dance studios, retain recording contracts, performed in internationally televised commercials, Shawn Desman videos, and more!
As a choreographer, Amanda often receives judges' comments on her innovative choreography and style. In the past, her routines have won Specialty Awards, a Rhythm Cup, and in 2004 Amanda was honored to receive the Young Choreographer Award for both Junior and Senior divisions at The American Dance Awards. In seasons past, her routines have been named as "Best Presentation", "Most Entertaining", "The Total Package", and more! As an adjudicator, she inspires and motivates the students to reach new heights, and grow with their art by listening and accepting correction.
Apart from choreographing hundreds of winning competitive routines she also has choreographed two full-length professional productions shows, "Swing, Swing, Swing!", and "Hometown USA" for Regal Cruises. Amanda enjoyed her time as the lead choreographer in Vlad's Dance Company's 2004 production of "Singing In The Rain". She wowed audience members in 2008 with an hour long Dance/Acting production, "Pirates of The Caribbean; The Curse of The Black Pearl!", and most recently she was the creative mastermind behind SWS's year end production "Maleficent".
Amanda's extensive experience in all areas of dance, have allowed her to have a wonderful and exciting career. It is this wide variety of knowledge she shares with all of her students, past, present and future that make her an excellent director, and in turn, Step with Style and its students successful.
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ICICI Bank to probe Videocon-Kochhar issue: By delaying the inevitable, Board made first option their last resort
Business Dinesh Unnikrishnan May 31, 2018 12:13:31 IST
The timing of ICICI Bank's announcement to institute a probe 'by an independent and credible person' into the Videocon-Kochhar case is somewhat intriguing. This should have come on day-one when the allegations were first brought to the Board's attention. The enquiry has been ordered two months after ICICI Bank's Board refuted allegations of any wrongdoings on the part of its CEO, Chanda Kochhar in connection with the Rs 3,250 crore Videocon loan case -- the Board reposed 'full faith and confidence' in her even before conducting a detailed independent enquiry and refused to ask Kochhar to step down temporarily, till her innocence is proven without doubt.
"The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on 29 May, 2018, decided to institute an inquiry to be headed by an independent and credible person, to examine and enquire into an anonymous whistle blower complaint, disclosing certain information, alleging in substance that Bank's MD and CEO had not adhered to provisions relating to 'Code of Conduct' of the bank and legal and regulatory provisions relating to 'conflict of interest' over a period of time, as also alleging quid pro quo in the course of her work in dealing with certain customers/borrowers of the Bank," the Bank wrote to the exchanges.
Remember, the decision to probe the charges against Kochhar came after market regulator, Sebi sent a notice to Kochhar a few days back on the bank's dealings with Videocon Group and NuPower Renewables, an entity in which her husband Deepak Kochhar has economic interests.
What does it tell us? The bank has been pushed to the corner by the regulator to conduct a probe; certainly not an encouraging example of good corporate governance practices that should be followed by large institutions.
Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank. Reuters.
Also, it is the same bank which said that the brother of a husband does not fall within the definition of a 'relative' under the Companies Act, 1956 or 2013 or the Rules thereunder. Hence there is no requirement of any disclosure of such a relationship by any official of the bank, ICICI added. That was a response given to a Firstpost query in connection with allegations that an advisory firm run by Rajiv Kochhar, the brother-in-law of Chanda Kochhar, was given the mandate to restructure foreign currency-denominated debt deals worth over $1.7 billion of seven companies over six years.
The seven companies were borrowers of ICICI Bank. Firstpost had sought clarity from ICICI Bank about its relation with Avista, against the backdrop of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) looking into the likelihood of a quid pro quo deal between the Kochhars and the Videocon group.
At the heart of the matter is a letter by activist shareholder Arvind Gupta to authorities in 2016 (Gupta wrote to all authorities including the PMO) arguing that for wrongful personal gains both parties (the Kochhars and Venugopal Dhoot) acted in a non-transparent manner with respect to certain financial transactions.
Gupta alleged that the Videocon group promoter Dhoot formed an equal joint venture - NuPower Renewables Pvt Ltd (NRPL) - with Deepak, invested Rs 64 crore in the JV and later transferred the entire stake to Kochhar. Gupta then linked those transactions to a 2012 loan worth Rs 3,250 crore from ICICI Bank to the Videocon group, and termed it a possible quid pro quo deal.
Indeed, the charges are serious in nature and, at the end of the day, Kochhar may or may not be found guilty in the whole affair. Only an independent probe can unravel the truth. But ICICI chose to stonewall an inquiry citing technical loopholes in the companies act, instead of adhering to the true essence of good corporate governance practices.
The golden rule -- a lender's first commitment is to its shareholders and depositors, and not individuals in the management -- was seemingly lost in the desperation to guard the management.
ICICI Bank's prolonged reluctance for a probe in the Videocon loan row, and its eagerness to protect the CEO despite concerns among the public and shareholders, has raised many questions about its corporate governance standards.
Yes, the bank has finally agreed for a probe, which is welcome, but it has come too late and appears more like an act of desperation, a move enacted to protect itself from the wrath of the regulator rather than an act of voluntary self- introspection.
Tags : Chanda Kochhar, Companies Act, Deepak Kochhar, ICICI Bank, NewsTracker, Rajiv Kochhar, Sebi Notice To Kochhar, Venugopal Dhoot, Videocon-ICICI Bank
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En théorie des graphes, le graphe parfait est une notion introduite par Claude Berge en 1960. Il s'agit d'un graphe pour lequel le nombre chromatique de chaque sous-graphe induit et la taille de la plus grande clique dudit sous-graphe induit sont égaux.

Un graphe  est 1-parfait si son nombre chromatique (noté ) est égale à la taille de sa plus grande clique (notée ) : .
Dans ce cas,  est parfait si et seulement si tous les sous graphes de  sont 1-parfait.

Intérêt
Depuis la formulation des conjectures jusqu'à la démonstration du théorème fort, l'intérêt pour les graphes parfaits n'a cessé de croitre. Il n'est pas retombé non plus après la publication de la preuve puisque la très grande technicité et la longueur de celle-ci laissent espérer l'existence d'une preuve plus courte et qui en renforce la compréhension.

Les deux principales motivations, en dehors de la théorie des graphes, pour l'étude des graphes parfaits sont d'ordres polyédrique et algorithmique. Ceci tient notamment à l'existence d'une autre définition équivalente d'un graphe parfait due à Václav Chvátal :

Partant de ce résultat, Martin Grötschel, László Lovász et Alexander Schrijver montrent que dans les graphes parfaits on peut résoudre en temps polynomial le problème de la coloration de graphe, équivalant au problème de la recherche du stable maximum et aussi au problème de la recherche de la clique maximum, par le théorème faible.

Théorèmes

Claude Berge a émis deux conjectures caractérisant ces graphes parfaits. Elles ont été démontrées en 1972 et 2002 et sont devenues des théorèmes.

Théorème faible des graphes parfaits

Cette conjecture a été démontrée en 1972 par
László Lovász.

Théorème fort des graphes parfaits

Cette conjecture a été démontrée en 2002 par Maria Chudnovsky, Neil Robertson, Paul Seymour et Robin Thomas.

Remarque

Le théorème fort implique trivialement le théorème faible. De fait on parle du « théorème des graphes parfaits » en désignant implicitement le théorème fort.

Classes de graphes parfaits
Les graphes suivants sont des graphes parfaits : les graphes bipartis, les line graphs, les graphes de permutations et les graphes cordaux, en particulier les graphes scindés, les graphes ptolémaïques, les graphes à distance héréditaire.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

 Claude Berge, Graphes et hypergraphes, Dunod, , 1973  (en particulier,  sur les graphes parfaits)
 Claude Berge, Graphes, Gauthier-Villars, , 1983

  Maria Chudnovsky, Neil Robertson, Paul D. Seymour et Robin Thomas, « Progress on perfect graphs », dans Math. Programming Ser. B, , 2003, , PDF

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Q: bash: Redirect IO , but not with suffixes usually I use XX 2>error.log , but for debug purposes ,  I prefer the following syntax:
function XX()
{
    redirect_io_to "error.log"
}

Is there such syntax available ?
It's convenient because I setup my VIM to comment / uncomment a line with some shortcut key , I could easily comment this out / uncomment it.

A: Yes, but its not really pretty.
You can do exec 2> error.log to send stderr to a file
The problem is that you now have to clean it up and restore stderr, so at the bottom of the function you have to do exec 2>&1, which makes stderr go back to the terminal again.
function XX()
{
    exec 2> error.log
    foo bar
    exec 2>&1
}

The exec 2>&1 doesnt hurt to leave in, so you can just comment and uncomment the first exec.

Alternatively you could make the whole function execute in a subshell so that redirections are cleaned up automatically (the parenthesis in the below example start a subshell).
function XX()
{ (
    exec 2> error.log
    foo bar
) }

Lastly, you could just create an alias definition that you can comment and uncomment easily, and just put it right before the function declaration.
alias XX='XX 2> error.log'
function XX()
{
    foo bar
}

A: Nope, but you can always stack everything you need in one block:
function XX() {
 (
  some
  commands
  here
 ) 2>error.log
}

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Do you know the value of your stuff???
Do you REALLY know the true VALUE of your stuff???
Thanks to my mentor pushing me out of my comfort zone this week to get my new programs launched ASAP, I was asked to have a look and see what I already have that I could either sell or give away as part of my free opt-ins & email sequence.
Hydrate! Drink 2 glasses of water within 10 minutes of waking up and then drink plenty of water throughout the day. Buy a large water bottle and carry it with you wherever you go. Ideally you want to drink at least 2 litres each day.
Eat only what is natural, not what is man made or from a packet. If there are more than 5 ingredients on the label or if you do not recognise the ingredients listed the food is most likely processed – PUT IT DOWN.
Avoid WHITE bread, white pasta, etc. They are processed carbohydrates and yoru body reacts to them like pure sugar. Ideally if you can cut out wheat / gluten altogether that would be great!
Cut down on dairy! You will get more calcium from vegetables, especially leafy greens. Try almond milk, rice milk and coconut milk as substitutes.
Reduce your consumption of red meat to 3-4 times per week. Eat fresh seafood and find some vegetarian meals you enjoy.
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By a juicer (or thermomix) and actually USE IT! Green vegetable juices / smoothies SAVES LIVES! Make them part of your morning routine. Example: Spinach, celery, cucumber, parsley, carrot, beetroot, ginger and apples for sweetness. One of my favourite combinations is: Pear, Apple, Banana, Baby Spinach, Cup Ice & 2 Cups Water. I blend this up for 2 minutes.
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So its Wednesday morning, finally the day has come! Today is the day we depart for our 10 day cruise to Papua New Guinea. Our family had been looking forward to this for months and months and finally the day had arrived!! To say we were super duper excited would be an understatement!!!


We introduce a framework to bridge the gap between the "matching-based" approaches, such as HE, and the recent aggregated representations, in particular VLAD. We introduce a class of match kernels that includes both matching-based and aggregated methods for unsupervised image search. We then discuss and analyze two key differences between matching-based and aggregated approaches. First, we consider the selectivity of the matching function, i.e., the property that a correspondence established between two patches contributes to the image-level similarity only if the confidence is high enough. It is explicitly exploited in matching-based approaches only. Second, the aggregation (or pooling) operator used in BoW, VLAD or in the Fisher vector, is not considered in pure matching approaches such as HE. We show that it is worth doing it even in matching-based approaches and that it tackles the burstiness phenomenon. This leads us to conclude that none of the existing schemes combines the best ingredients required to achieve the best possible retrieval quality. As a result, we introduce a new method that exploits the best of both worlds to produce a strong image representation and its corresponding kernel between images. It combines an aggregation scheme with a selective kernel. This vector representation is advantageously compressed to drastically reduce the memory requirements, while also improving the search efficiency.
We build a common model which can describe both matching based and aggregated methods. Both already existing methods and our proposed ones are described by this model. We propose the selective match kernel (SMK) and its aggregated counterpart (ASMK), which both use full precision residual vectors for local feature representation. Finally, this representation is binarized in the corresponding binary models SMK* ans ASMK* which allows the search to scale up to larger databases.
Matching features with descriptors assigned to the same visual word and similarity above the threshold. Examples for different values of the distance threshold and the selectivity parameter of our selective function. Color denotes descriptor similarity defined by the selective function, with yellow corresponding to 0 and red to the maximum similarity per image pair. The effect of the selective function is shown. A larger selectivity drastically down-weights false correspondences. This advantageously replaces hard thresholding as initially proposed in the Hamming Embedding method.
Examples of features mapped to the same visual word, finally being aggregated. Each visual word is drawn with a different color. Top 25 visual words are drawn, based on the number of features mapped to them. When relatively small vocabularies are used (as in VLAD) a lot of divergent features are aggregated. With larger vocabularies (as in our methods) aggregatation is applied on features which are commonly detected on repeated structures, thus tackling bustiness.
We evaluate the proposed methods on 3 publicly available datasets, namely Holidays, Oxford Buildings and Paris. We present experiments for measuring the impact of the parameters, and finally compare our methods against state-of-the-art methods. Evaluation measure is the mean Average Precision (mAP).
Source code is available here for the binarized method ASMK*.
G. Tolias, Y. Avrithis, H. Jégou. To aggregate or not to aggregate: selective match kernels for image search. In Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision (Oral) (ICCV 2013), December 2013.
G. Tolias, Y. Avrithis, H. Jégou. Image search with selective match kernels: aggregation across single and multiple images. In International Journal of Computer Vision, vol 116, no. 3, pp. 247-261, February 2015.


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This case study describes the development, application and commercialisation of an open source tool, BSMBench that enables supercomputer vendors and computing centres to benchmark their system's performance. It comprehensively informs the design and testing of new computing architectures well beyond other benchmarking tools on the market, such as Linpack.
The significance of our code is that, unlike other benchmarking tools, it interpolates from a communication- to a computation-dominated regime simply by varying the (physics) parameters in the code, thus providing a perfect benchmark suite to test the response of modern multi-CPU systems along this axis. The impact of this work has great reach: a start-up company, BSMbench Ltd, has been founded to develop and commercialise the software; adopters have included IBM - one of the giants of the supercomputer world (where it uncovered errors in their compilers); it has been deployed by Fujitsu to validate its systems, by HPC Wales, a multi-site, commercially focussed national computer centre and by Transtec, an HPC company employing over 150 staff; and tutorial articles about BSMBench have appeared in magazines such as Linux Format.
This software tool spawned from our research into "Beyond the Standard Model" (BSM) physics which aims to understand the Higgs mechanism in particle physics at a fundamental level. This involved simulating quantum field theories using bespoke code on some of the fastest supercomputers on the planet.
This case study describes the creation and use of advanced simulation technology by international mining corporations to optimise high value metal recovery. The technology involved the development of advanced novel computational methods and software tools to model industrial scale heap leach processes for large scale industrial application at major mining operations. This focus on the development of optimised operational strategies has produced considerable economic benefits measured in the $multi-millions to industrial sponsors, including $58 million dollars in additional revenue for one multi-national corporation over one year following the adoption of engineered heaps based upon the advanced simulation tools from Swansea.
The key recommendations of the `hybrid model' of the Justice System in Afghanistan, developed by Dr Wardak, were written into draft Afghanistan law under the title, `The Law on Dispute Resolution, Shuras and Jirgas', by the Ministry of Justice. The ideas derived from Wardak's new model were piloted in different parts of Afghanistan by the United States Institute of Peace, by USAID, TLO and CPAU. Preliminary results of pilot studies, in selected districts in Afghanistan, indicate that the hybrid model provides workable solutions to many of the problems that Afghan state and non-state justice systems currently face.


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State Dept. survey shows lack of leadership and vision of the future among employee concerns
Eric White@FEDERALNEWSCAST
The State Department's survey shows deep dissatisfaction with longstanding problems and with current leadership. More than 35,000 State and USAID employees responded. State handed the final report to the Wall Street Journal, two days before releasing it. Employees, third in line, get to see it today. From the newspaper report, little is surprising. Employees said there's no clear vision for the future. They worry about proposed budget cuts and potential departures of talent. (Wall Street Journal)
The Energy Department has awarded 21 contracts to help federal buildings improve their energy savings. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Renewable Power within DoE's Energy Efficiency Office Tim Unruh said the energy service companies cover the initial greening work, and are repaid through the operating savings. The contracts last an average of 17 years and are worth anywhere between $15 million and $17 million. (Federal News Radio)
The Pentagon is testing artificial intelligence technologies developed by a Canadian firm as one potential replacement for its Common Access Card. The company, Plurilock, has reached a deal through the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental to pilot its system in one of DoD's combat support agencies. It works by monitoring computer users' "patterns of life," such as their keyboard and mouse movements, to detect anomalies that might suggest an intruder has logged in with someone else's credentials. DoD is trying to replace the CAC card — the smart-cards its employees currently use for two-factor authentication — by 2018, and has said it wants a suite of technologies that employs multiple factors. (Federal News Radio)
The Defense Department is considering cutting a policy that gives talented foreigners a faster way to U.S. citizenship through the military. According to the Washington Post, the program recruits immigrants who have medical and language skills. Canceling the program could leave 1,000 recruits with no immigration status and make them susceptible to deportation. (Federal News Radio)
Agencies must present a policy to comply with President Donald Trump's Buy American and Hire American executive order by Sept. 17. Guidance from the White House also lays out exemptions that will be allowed. The report to the Office of Management and Budget and the Commerce Department also must include ways agencies will try to reduce how often they apply exemptions. (White House)
Congress wants the Veterans Affairs Department to expand its acquisition internship program. House lawmakers on the Veterans Affairs Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee see the bill as a way to train more young talent and fill as many as 2,500 contracting vacancies. They want VA to pay for the program by streamlining and moving some of its acquisition functions to the VA facilities where the purchasing happens. (Federal News Radio)
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leadership wants the Census Bureau to update its estimate on how much it thinks the 2020 count will cost. Census said it will cost $12.5 billion, but committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) think that estimate is outdated. The Government Accountability Office and Commerce Inspector General have both questioned Census' cost estimation process. The 2020 Census would cost nearly $18 billion if the Bureau administered it the same way it did for the 2010 count. (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee)
It's a long road ahead for the IRS as it tries to upgrade its IT infrastructure through its Enterprise Case Management Project. National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olsen told Congress in her mid-year report that the Internal Revenue Service is struggling with the implementation of its ECM Project. The project aims to create a common infrastructure platform. IRS' current system relies on paper and electronic records. Olsen said IRS is not designing the project from the ground up, nor is it engaging employees. (Federal News Radio)
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Q: Array push to one of my multidimentional array I have array like below. I would like to push it to 0 element array.
$csvdata is contain original array $pushHeaderSpec variable is what i want to push into original array i have also tried array_merge but not work as expected merge well on output only but when i print original data in csv it is not there.i m generating $csvdata array first and then append this array on last.
 Array
            (
                [Ruder] => no value need on this
                [Glas] => no value need on this
                [Not] => no value need on this

            )

My Multidimention array look something like
    Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => Sort order
            [1] => Sku
            [2] => Title

        )
)

Many more element on above array so i just want to merge my first array keys to this array on first element that is 0.
I did try using below code but it doesn't give me output what i want.
array_push($csvdata[0],array_keys($pushHeaderSpec));

Output from code
    Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => Sort order
            [1] => Sku
            [2] => Title
            [3] =>array (
                [0] => Ruder
                [1] => Glas
                [2] => Not
            )

        )
)

Expecting Output
    Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => Sort order
            [1] => Sku
            [2] => Title
            [3] => Ruder
            [4] => Glas
            [5] => Not

        )
)

A: Is that what you are looking for ?
foreach ($pushHeaderSpec as $key => $val) {
    $csvdata[0][] = $key;
}

A: It was just
foreach (array_keys($pushHeaderSpec) as $key => $value) {
        array_push($csvdata[0],$value);
    }


The last stop of my California road trip was in Sequoia National Park. A visit to this park had always been on my bucket list; I wanted to know how it felt to stand among the giants! It's one of those experiences that you can't really comprehend until you're there - until you're staring straight up the sides of the two hundred foot trees... From Giant Sherman, the largest living tree in the world, to Moro Rock, the granite dome with the three hundred foot staircase, my dad and I loved every bit of this beautiful park!
We started the day by wandering through the Giant Sequoia groves. My dad couldn't wait to have his picture taken with General Sherman, even with the long line, while I was more interested to find a quiet spot to take it all in. Of course we were able to do both, before heading over to Moro Rock, where we climbed the stone staircase to the top of the granite dome. The view from here was spectacular, making it one of my favorite spots from our entire trip.
As we climbed back down the staircase, we noticed the other park guests all focusing their attention on the trees. To my delight, just barely visible through the harsh, sunlit grove, was a mother bear and her two cubs. I had already packed away my camera, and with the bus due to arrive at any moment, I quickly used my iPhone to snap the best pictures I could, while trying not to disturb the little bear family.
Once we made it back to my car, we took some time to soak in our surroundings, while eating our dinner, before heading to our last lodging of the trip.
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Out of all the road trips my dad and I have taken over the years, this was definitely one of my favorites! The California National Parks are definitely must-sees for all!


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Facebook is being deceitful, Sen. Blumenthal says
"Facebook saying it wants regulation is the height of disingenuousness," he said.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in April. | Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images
Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Sunday tore into Facebook, calling the company's stated attitudes on regulation a sham.
Speaking on "Reliable Sources" on CNN, Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said, "What we are hearing from Facebook is platitudes and bromides. When it says it wants regulation, at the same time it is fighting that regulation tooth and nail, day and night, with armies of lawyers, millions of dollars in lobbying. And so, I must say, Facebook saying it wants regulation is the height of disingenuousness."
Blumenthal's remarks come after the recent revelations by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, as well as widespread reporting about a range of issues with Facebook, including the worldwide proliferation of hate speech on the platform.
"The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was that there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook," Haugen said on CBS earlier this month. Blumenthal said he expected other "disgusted" Facebook whistleblowers to step forward.
"What we are seeing here is a building drumbeat for accountability," Blumenthal told host Brian Stelter. "A movement for reform that will require disclosure of the powerful algorithms that drive destructive content to children and others, the hate speech in foreign countries, but also the anger and depression that is amplified by those algorithms as it leads children down rabbit holes."
Blumenthal again called for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to follow Haugen and testify on Capitol Hill, and he also sought the full disclosure of internal files on Facebook's practices.
He told Stelter: "I wish Mark Zuckerberg would stand up to his responsibility. You know, he controls that company in a way few other single individuals do in corporate America, and he should be held accountable."
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Rising to the Top: 5 ways indie developers succeed on the App Store
It's no secret: there's some Benjamins to be made on the App Store. In fact, the App Store is now a $2.4 billion dollar per year business, according to AdMob's monthly mobile metrics report. Here's another fun fact you probably already know: most app developers fade into the App Store abyss long before they ever find fame and fortune. Even if you ignore the junk apps and the million e-books each published as a separate app, you've still got a solid 5-10,000 apps clamoring to grab a piece of the App Store pie. Many developers feel like the App Store is akin to high school: an anarchic and ruthless popularity contest to see who's got the biggest, well, um, you know what I mean.
That brings us to the $2.4 billion question: how do you succeed on the App Store? We've spent the last few weeks trying to answer that question and have come up with a list of tips and tricks that'll help you edge your way into App Store glory. Now, none of these will replace making a good product or compensate for a million-dollar advertising and PR budget, but they'll likely help you get noticed or keep your current momentum.
1. In this race, the Hare beats the Tortoise. Develop fast, release often. This message was delivered loud and clear from every developer we talked to: don't waste a lot of time on one app. Spend 1-2 months max on an app and then let that puppy go. If it sticks and users like it, iterate and release updates to keep users engaged and loyal. Dave Castelnuovo of Bolt Creative (makers of the wildly successful Pocket God) wrote a story in IndustryGamers in which he provides 10 tips to succeed on the iPhone. He writes, "Don't expect your game to be a hit, and move on if it doesn't fly… There are lots of really incredible games out there and even though people might give you a lot of positive feedback about yours – well, compliments are free. It's hard to predict what people will actually buy. Just move onto the next one, keep your momentum, and focus on a new concept." However, when you do get a hit, make sure to update frequently. The graph below from Bolt Creative's blog shows you what an effective updates can have.
2. Make sure the price is right. If developing fast and often was the most agreed upon subject, pricing was the least. Honestly, nobody understands the mess that is pricing on the App Store. So instead of pulling a bullcrap decree out of our behind, we'll just give you all the wisdom we heard. First, from Ian Marsh of NimbleBit: if you're app is in the top 100, price it at $0.99. You want to get your app in the top 25, so price it low and watch it soar. Second, if it's not in the top 100, compare yourself to other apps in the same genre: users can't tell the difference between your app and another's, so you kind of have to play the race-to-the-bottom. For most of you, that means you should price at $0.99. Third, watch your damn metrics. Whether you use Pinch Media or TapMetrics or some other App Store metrics provider, you should know how prices affect your app's sales. Do the math regularly and change your price whenever its not working.
3. Show off your feathers. Back to the high school analogy: a nice pair of stilletos and some sexy lip gloss can definitely help you get noticed on the App Store. Imangi Studios, which made the top-rated Harbor Master (iTunes link), described it best at iPhoneDevCamp. They said that Harbor Master's icon really "popped" on the App Store list, so users would notice it over other icons that were more drab or busy. They spent hours with their artist refining and perfecting the icon for Harbor Master. Ultimately, this makes sense: the icon and the name of the app are the only things a potential customer sees when browsing through the store, so you better make a good impression or you probably won't get a second chance.
4. Partner for success. This was perhaps the most innovative tip we heard. A group of five indie developers noticed something: all of the big shops (such as Glu, Gameloft and ngmoco) have a "More Games" section in their apps. Those sections encourage users who liked the game they're playing to buy other games by the same developer. Well, these indie developers didn't have enough apps to cross-promote effectively, so they decided instead to band together and create App Treasures. App Treasures is a "label for indy games" that acts as a seal of quality for these five developers. If a user is playing one of their games and likes it, they can tap the "More Games" button. Out pops a screen that promotes all of their apps – not just the app of the specific developer who made the game. This allows them to cross-promote their games and share in each other successes.
Over the past few months, as Harbor Master has stayed in the Top 25, fellow App Treasures games have seen an uptick in sales as well. The App Treasures landing page gets between 5-10,000 hits per day, and though conversion rates are small, it is still a great way to keep your app on the map. Don't have enough developer friends to create your own mini-label? Piggy-back on another: Social Gaming Network (SGN – the dudes who made F.A.S.T.) recently announced on their website that you can partner with them to cross-promote your game in theirs. According to SGN CEO Shervin Pishevar, SGN is now on 1 in 3 iPhones + iPod Touches. Basically, even if your game gets promoted on 1/10 of those iDevices, you'll be in good shape. If none of that works, cross-promote other games you like in your "More Games" section and earn an affiliate fee for each sale. You won't get a whole lot of cash from it, but it's nice to have an additional revenue stream.
5. PR isn't all its cracked out to be. This is more of a time-saver than an App Store-buster, but still important. Every developer we talked to was surprised that getting coverage on blogs or gaming sites was hardly a boon for long-term success. Each saw a short spike in sales (usually, less than 20) after an article went out, and not much after that. Of course, firing off a few solid e-mails to game reviewers is a must-do; coverage from a well-read blog is still better than no coverage at all. However, this may mean that hiring a dedicated PR team or firm for the App Store is probably not worth it. There's a great graph from Streaming Colour Studios below that shows exactly what effect certain review sites have had.
BONUS Half-Tip: 6. Get sponsored by Apple. Yeah, we don't really know how to achieve this, but it's obviously the holy grail of App Store success. The developers we interviewed agreed; one said, "Getting featured on the App Store is kind of critical to success on the App Store, but we don't know anything about it." Another developer said, "It's a black hole." Ultimately, playing nice with Apple can really boost your chances of glory so don't forget to send them a basket of fresh-baked cookies when your app gets released. Other than that, we've got no clue what gets you sponsored.
All in all, this is just a snapshot of some ways to succeed on the App Store. There are definitely other great strategies, as well as counter-examples to our points above. Let us know what you think in the comments. Who knows? Maybe you'll walk away with a nice pair of bluetooth headphones.
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A robust Q&A and content platform for SysAdmins and Developers.
There are over 1 billion websites on the internet, and far fewer System Administrators who configure servers for sites that have complex and varying needs. The DigitalOcean community platform aims to make SysAdmin's lives easier as they begin or continue their journey toward learning system administration skills.
When I started working on the Community, it existed in a rudimentary state — a blog with hundreds of tutorials complimented by a fairly traditional forum. Content was indexed extremely well by Google due to quality, timliness, and the technical accuracy of the tutorials. For instance, if I were to search a very common beginner SysAdmin subject in Google set up password authentication apache, a DigitalOcean tutorial would be in the top three results. This created a reliable influx of traffic to the tune of about 5 million unique visits per month, representing about 90% of all community traffic! The community was less of a destination, and more of a collection of amazing tutorials that Google deemed a top resource.
The challenge became clear: We must continue writing quality content and shift our product into a destination for developers so that they might help and learn from one another. We must build, a community.
we must...shift our product into a destination for developers so that they might help and learn from one another.
By leveraging the community's existing content and readership, we were able to create more than just a resource for SysAdmins, but a rich platform for them to learn and better themselves in their field.
1300+ tutorials written with love by DigitalOcean writers.
Community-generated questions and answers on SysAdmin subjects.
Apps, Wrappers, and other integrations built on top of the DigitalOcean API.
The app's IA is built around these three core buckets of content, as well as the user and tag objects.
Building towards the goal of a creating more of a destination, the thousands of resources the community provides must be easily accessible. So when we have sa plethora of content covering vastly different subjects, what is the best way to locate this content? First, we must understand the user. The majority of users who arrive at the community already have a particular topic in mind. They aren't intereted in exploring a wide array of subjects, but rather in one particular area of focus. Based on this assumption, we wanted to build a powerful search tool that delivers instant and relevant results from the first keystroke.
Using Algolia, we built a super powerful search tool and tested a few different combinations of filtering options, algorithm changes, and metadata integrations. There was some interesting learning, particulary related to tags.
As tags play a vital role in classifying resources, we tested their usefulness as a part of the search UI. We found that users were not utilizing tags within the search tool and prefered to search using free-form writing. While tags are still a very important part of the search algorithm and tutorial metadata, users prefer to surface content via search bar versus traversing a heierchy tree of many tags. If users search nginx on centos 7, it immediately returns the exact content they need. If a user is looking for the newest or trending content, filtering options are available.
The core of the DigitalOcean Community lies with tutorial content and the reading experience. As the majority of content-consumers come from Google search results, the reading experience must be optimized for quick and easy consumption. Users are presented with a distraction free, easy to follow tutorial with tools such as tables of contents and multi-lingual translations.
The tutorial UI is optimized for reading and building. Because the nature of the content is so technical, common behavior is for readers to toggle back and forth between the tutorial and a programming environment. As a result, much focus needed to be placed on the display of code. Code examples needed to be informative in how they were displayed, therefore editorial control had to be extremely flexible (more on that later).
Throughout the community lives a very special icon - the heart. The heart action is used to show appreciation to other community users for their contributions. While hearts do not have a 1:1 correlation with popularity or caliber, they are a fairly accurate indicator of quality content.
Unlike the DigitalOcean blog, which uses the Disqus Commenting Platform, we wanted to roll out our own commenting system that provided a much richer suite of functionality. Since commenting is the core form of user interaction within the community, we wanted to adopt UX patterns that were fairly known as a foundation, and extend it with useful features for the technical publisher.
We required unlimited threading for conversations at any thread depth, the presence of social profiles accessible through user avatars, very concise actions (heart, reply, report), and a clear design. There had to be enough whitespace to meet the DO aesthetic, but not so much that it rendered a 100+ comment thread unreadable. Comments also needed to be optimized for code display, so rich Wysiwyg editorial control was essential.
The real magic lies in the Wysiwyg. A well-made rich text editor (also known as Wysiwyg) is absolutely critical in effective content publishing. After reviewing all of the open source tools out there, we decided to roll out our own, in what I condiser to be the single most useful component in the app.
While the DigitalOcean community offers curated tutorial content, we wanted to build a feature that allowed users to ask free-form questions to the rest of the community, similar to that of Stack Overflow (or specifically, ServerVault). Since the release of this feature, over 12,000 questions have been asked; the vast majority have been answered.
As a user, you may have read a tutorial and are left with certain questions, or you may have a question related to system administration. The ask a question flow is extremely simple - a user types in their question using the same Wysiwyg that powers comments, with more advanced controls like h1-h3 headers. After submission, it is run through our spam filter to protect against bots. If it passes, it publishes immediately for community engagement.
Questions are formatted with the question on top and a series of answers below. There are three objects that form a Q&A discussion - the question, the answer(s), and comment(s). A user can comment on a question or an answer, or they can simply provide a direct answer to the question. This is similar to that of Stack Overflow, but unlike Stack Overflow, the initiator of the question is not able to mark a single answer as 'correct'.
Our belief is simple: There are often multiple correct answers, each with vastly different solutions. Instead of allowing only one 'correct' answer, we want to allow the entire community to 'heart' answers in order to form an appreciation-based ordering of solutions.
Tutorials, questions and answers all provide knowledge and the inspiration to build. The projects section showcases tools that users have built on top of the DigitalOcean API. Split between services, API wrappers, apps, and other integrations, all of the projects reflect the strength of the community. Our users are learning from the informative content and building rich integrations.
On the projects page, users can learn more about the project and hold a discussion with one another about project usage or ask technical questions.
So what does it mean to be a registered user of the community? A registered user not only allows you to interact with and create content, but also enables you to manage your content, profile, and preferences. You can subscribe to topics of interest and control your flow of notifications.
A profile contains information and content relating to the user. Profiles are public, and serve as a user's social identity within the community. If I were to visit a user's profile, I could learn about their interests, view external social accounts or projects, and see their contributions to the DigitalOcean Community. As the owner of a profile, I can use it to manage my questions, answers, comments, projects, etc.
By creating content (comment, question, answer, project) the user is automatically subscribed to all replies (be it a answer or comment).
Clicking the subscribe button provides instant subscription.
As a very active user, recieving notifications on subscribed content can sometimes be a nuisance. Users need utlimate control over their flow of notifications or they feel a loss of control and will likely leave. The Community offers a fairly robust set of controls to change the frequency and type of notifications.
Outside of notification settings, users can manage all of the content they are subscribed to in one easy place for quick changes to subscriptions.
After settings and subscriptions are set, a user manages the notifications through the "alerts" dropdown. Notifications are considered 'acknowledged' if they are viewed by the user. If a user has many notifications in the dropdown, they are 'acknowledged' as soon as they are visible in the dropdown viewport. The background color fades from blue to white, affording the acknowledgement.


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Step aboard for an unforgettable exploration of a dynamic environment teeming with wildlife—and get the most in-depth experience possible. Lindblad's expedition ships are perfect for exploring places large ships cannot go, and they foster very welcoming communities where camaraderie kindles. You'll sail through narrow channels and past towering mountains; stand on the open bow to observe wildlife. Sleep soundly and wake to fresh vistas of glaciers and forests outside your cabin.
Hike, kayak, and snap photos. Head off to explore a glacier aboard Lindblad's expedition landing craft, go for a long hike in a towering forest with the wellness specialist if you crave exercise, or choose a short slower walk, with time for your naturalist to share the unique wonders of the native flora. Stay aboard and read if you prefer. Or enjoy a wellness treatment in the spa. There's no one-size-fits-all scheduling here: you can choose your activities, activity levels, and staff members to join every day.
Lindblad Exploration's ship-based exploration lets you explore the wondrous and diverse habitats of Alaska. Hike over the spongy ground in a century-old forest and see bears one day, and approach a calving glacier by expedition landing craft the next. Sail into Glacier Bay National Park and linger in a quiet lagoon to observe a group of humpback whales.
Exclusive to Lindblad Expeditions, and on every Alaska expedition—undersea exploration. An undersea specialist dons cold-water diving gear to shoot video of the undersea to share in the ship's lounge. Watch as purples and greens spring to life as beams of light paint the seafloor 40 to 80 feet deep in places never before explored. See vast kelp forests swaying in the currents, and discover strange and wonderful marine life here—it is pure exploration of sites seldom, if ever, seen by humans.
Lindblad's ships are outfitted with tandem and single kayaks that allow for personal, water-level exploration of the scenic coastlines. Kayak past nesting birds and lounging sea lions, or just enjoy the silence. Shoreline cruises aboard expedition landing craft are perfect for relaxed exploration with a naturalist's narration and the ideal platform for photography.
A Huna Tlingit Cultural Interpreter will join you aboard when you sail into their ancestral homeland, Glacier Bay National Park. Learn the lore and legends that add a fascinating cultural layer to the breathtaking scenery. Plus, visit an authentic Alaskan town and fishing village to explore the waterfront and shops. Visit the ancestral Haida village of SGang Gwaay (Ninstints), a UNESCO World Heritage Site or K'una (Skedans), to immerse yourself in Haida history, culture and impressive art—on Lindblad's Remarkable Journey to Alaska, British Columbia and Haida Gwaii itinerary. Lindblad Expeditions has special permission to visit Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, and Haida Heritage Site— the only ship with over 22 guests in over two decades permitted.
This was a fantastic experience that combined informative information, wonderful scenery, and great company. —Danya K.
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Giraffes are common throughout virtually all safari areas. This species is a real favorite that most safari goers are very keen to see and they are frequently encountered. In fact they seem to often be the first major animal sighted on a safari.
Serengeti has large numbers and we often encounter gatherings of more than 30 giraffe. Kenya's Laikipia is a great place to see the reticulated giraffe, while South Luangwa is the spot to see the Thornicroft giraffe. Botswana's Okavango Delta is another great location for giraffe.


Is it a Good Idea For You to Create Traditional Kitchens Within Lean to Conservatories?
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package org.apache.iceberg.mr.hive.writer;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
import org.apache.iceberg.DataFile;
import org.apache.iceberg.PartitionSpec;
import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
import org.apache.iceberg.data.Record;
import org.apache.iceberg.io.ClusteredDataWriter;
import org.apache.iceberg.io.DataWriteResult;
import org.apache.iceberg.io.FileIO;
import org.apache.iceberg.io.FileWriterFactory;
import org.apache.iceberg.io.OutputFileFactory;
import org.apache.iceberg.mr.hive.FilesForCommit;
import org.apache.iceberg.mr.mapred.Container;

class HiveIcebergRecordWriter extends HiveIcebergWriterBase {

  private final int currentSpecId;

  HiveIcebergRecordWriter(Schema schema, Map<Integer, PartitionSpec> specs, int currentSpecId,
      FileWriterFactory<Record> fileWriterFactory, OutputFileFactory fileFactory, FileIO io,
      long targetFileSize) {
    super(schema, specs, io,
        new ClusteredDataWriter<>(fileWriterFactory, fileFactory, io, targetFileSize));
    this.currentSpecId = currentSpecId;
  }

  @Override
  public void write(Writable row) throws IOException {
    Record record = ((Container<Record>) row).get();
    writer.write(record, specs.get(currentSpecId), partition(record, currentSpecId));
  }

  @Override
  public FilesForCommit files() {
    List<DataFile> dataFiles = ((DataWriteResult) writer.result()).dataFiles();
    return FilesForCommit.onlyData(dataFiles);
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}

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This article does not have any sources. You can help Wikipedia by finding good sources, and adding them. (March 2012)
The Apprentice is a reality television show that first aired in 2004 in the United States. The person who came up with the show was Mark Burnett, who earlier successfully brought the British series Survivor to the US. Until 2016, it was hosted by then-businessman Donald Trump, but in 2005, there was a spin-off hosted by Martha Stewart.
In the program, a group of 15 to 18 people hope to get a job worth US$250,000 to run one of Trump's companies. In each episode, the contestants are split into two teams who each have to do a task. The task could be selling something, making an advertisement, or running a stall at an event. In the end, one team will win (usually because they have made the most money) and they will get a prize of some sort. The people on the team that loses have to explain to Trump what went wrong, and at the end of every episode, Trump will say "You're fired!" to one or more people from this team, who then no longer appears in the show for the rest of the season. However, in the very last episode, Trump says "You're hired!" to the person who wins the grand prize instead.
The American version of the show had fifteen seasons. In the first six seasons and the 10th season, the people who appeared on the show were ordinary people. In seasons 7 to 9 and from season 11 onwards, these people were celebrities, who try to win money for charities instead of running one of Trump's companies. This version of the show is called The Celebrity Apprentice.
Trump hosted the show until he became President of the United States in 2016. The most recent season, which aired in 2017, had Arnold Schwarzenegger in charge, but Trump continued to be the executive producer. However, Schwarzenegger left the show at the end of the season after he was criticized by Trump for low ratings.
Many countries have their own version of The Apprentice, each having a different person in charge. For example, the version from the United Kingdom has Alan Sugar.
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Season 1 ran from January to April 2004. It was watched by 20.7 million people and the winner was Bill Rancic.
Season 2 ran from September to December 2004. It was watched by 16.1 million people and the winner was Kelly Perdew.
Season 3 ran from January to May 2005. It was watched by 14.0 million people and the winner was Kendra Todd.
Season 4 ran from September to December 2005. It was watched by 11.0 million people and the winner was Randal Pinkett.
Season 5 ran from February to June 2006. It was watched by 9.7 million people and the winner was Sean Yazbeck.
Season 6 ran from January to April 2007. It was watched by 7.5 million people and the winner was Stefanie Schaeffer.
Season 10 ran from September to December 2010. It was watched by 4.7 million people and the winner was Brandy Kuentzel.
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Season 7 ran from January to March 2008. It was watched by 11.0 million people and the winner was Piers Morgan.
Season 8 ran from March to May 2009. It was watched by 9.0 million people and the winner was Joan Rivers.
Season 9 ran from March to May 2010. It was watched by 7.4 million people and the winner was Bret Michaels.
Season 11 ran from March to May 2011. It was watched by 8.8 million people and the winner was John Rich.
Season 12 ran from February to May 2012. It was watched by 7.1 million people and the winner was Arsenio Hall.
Season 13 ran from March to May 2013. It was watched by 5.6 million people and the winner was Trace Adkins.
Season 14 ran from January to February 2015. It was watched by 7.6 million people and the winner was Leeza Gibbons.
Season 15 ran from January to February 2017. It was watched by 4.9 million people and the winner was Matt Iseman.
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