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Q: Precautions when designing database schema if tables are going to have billons of rows I am about to start work on telephone dictionary kind of project. Its confirm that there are going to be billions of records in dictionary table, and each entry from this dictionary table may have further inventory table with reference to dictionary table. I have not worked earlier with such huge database.
InnoDB is good for maintaining relational database. There are category and subcategory references, so i am going to use InnoDB. There will come a situation where I need to show total count based on category or subcategory, or even based on state and city. So on... it may any combination.
I am familiar with creating indexes on most searched columns. I have heard about table partitioning also helps to speed up queries.
My Questions is what points should I consider at this early stage when creating such database tables which are going to have billions of rows, so that later on when tables grow larger, I can keep table performance at high level with select queries and DML quires (insert, update).
Guidance will help me a lot.

A: Start understanding that the problems you face have nothing to do with the database technology you use. They are caused by physics, and physics does not care about oracle, microsoft or open source. It is the same.
Generally - depending on the queries you may want a HUGH server (albeit "billions of rows" sounds too much for a phone dictionary). Or cluster of servers. Not "I got 8gb memory". I have a sql server here with 48gb memory and guess what - that is small, not to say tiny, when talking big dada.
Also, ad hoc MAY not work. Oracle Exadata is great hardware to make ad hoc work by pure power - but even there are limits.

There will come a situation where I need to show total count based on category
  or subcategory, or even based on state and city.

There is this concept called a data warehouse and it has a totally different schema than an oltp (transactional) database. I suggest you read up on database concepts and the difference between OLAP and OLTP, also about normalization and - the other side - star schemata (used for reporting.
Generally you may run into a real time problem here, so reglarly updated precalculated tables may be in order for this. The numbers may be off, but who cares if the number by city is 5 minutes late (or whatever update interval you use).
A lot depends on exact business requirements. On what is acceptable, how often certain queries happen, whether they can be offloaded. A data mart / warehouse may be a good idea to isolate reporting / aggregating queries from OLTP queries to lessen burden on servers. Sometimes you can not. But not everything can / should be done ad hoc, especially when mutiple users hit the same (heavy) queries.
Generally - guidance is "read some books or hire someone who knows how to work with databases". Point being - you dont even know enough to ask the right questions. And you focus on Innodb for the totally wrong reason ("good for maintaining relational database" - that is like saying "Big mac makes good food because their hamburgers have meat" - no real sense in the statement at all.


Here in Subcielo Tarifa you can achieve I.K.O levels and receive an I.K.O card with the I.K.O level acquired according to the methodology used by this international association of kite boarding.
You will learn to fly a kite with little power (small and short lined kite) statically in the sand around the edge of the window and close to the ground.
Know how to stop the kites power in case of a problem by releasing the bar.
Knowing about the leash and where it should be connected from before taking off and up to landing.
Relaunching the kite from the ground.
Flying the kite from 9 to 3h on the edge of the wind window.
Lift the kite with assistance and know how to choose the correct angle of the wind.
Flying the kite in the power area without crashing.
Wrap and unwrap the lines while the kite is flying.
If you activate the active safety, know how to recover the kite and secure it on land.
Land the kite on land with assistance.
Ride the kite hooked to the harness.
Ride the kite hooked to the harness with one hand.
Activating the security system of the bar and /or quick release system and its location.
Perform edges derived by body dragging, using the kite in the power area.
Lift the kite from the water (the lying and relaunch maneuver).
Perform a self rescue in the water.
Define if the practice area is safe and be able to specify why.
Going away from the coast (with side-shore wind or side-onshore wind) doing body dragging, drifting and finally getting back to the coast.
Repeat the above with only on hand.
Know the water start theory: position of the board and both management of your body and kite.
Take the board, place your feet in the foot straps and keep the position handling the kite.
Getting up on the board and navigate moving the kite up and down.
If you have taken classes at this point with a two-line kite; learn the use of a 4-line kite.
Knowing the rules of passage.
Going away from the coast and returning to the coast.
Knowing how to lift the kite and change course.
Knowing how to speed up raising an edge and moving the kite.
Know how to stop by nailing the edge.
Knowing how to keep on course nailing the edge.
Going away from the coast and return to the same starting point.
Knowing how to recover the board without using the leash or pita, doing a luffed body.
Navigating a two-way board if you have not sailed before.
Change of course while sailing.
Subcielo is your Kitesurfing School in Tarifa, with over 11 years experience and national and international qualifications to ensure quality learning and total safety.


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In November we signed on our 62nd client government – the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, and are pleased to be mandated to provide visa services on their behalf in 10 countries worldwide.
governments and forged relationships with new client governments. It gives me great pleasure to share the latest developments and achievements with you through this last Connect issue of the year.
record participation and invigorating discussions on various topics it was another inspiring iConnect, and I would once again like to thank all participants for their very active engagement and contribution. Highlights of the event have been detailed in this issue of Connect.
In November we signed on our 62nd client government – the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, and are pleased to be mandated to provide visa services on their behalf in 10 countries worldwide.
We were also honoured with eight European governments reaffirming their trust in VFS Global by renewing their service contracts with us in recent months.
Among them is Germany, who has awarded VFS Global the regional contract to extend its Germany visa services to 14 countries in Asia Pacific.
People's Democratic Republic in New Delhi, to provide Laos visa services in seven countries.
landscape of online consumer consumption. I trust our Leader Speak featuring the Head of our Digital and e Commerce division, Ben Boesch, will give you a glimpse at what's to come.
Details of all these developments, and much more, are featured in this edition of Connect. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Your feedback and suggestions are always welcome on communications@vfsglobal.com.
On behalf of all of us at VFS Global I send you our best wishes for the end-of-year festive season, and wish you an inspiring start to 2019!
In August and September 2018, VFS Global signed eight contracts with existing client governments, to extend their visa service network. As per t he new contracts, VFS Global will now provide visa services for Belgium in Rwanda; Estonia in China, India, Belarus,Turkey, and Russia; Germany in China and 13 other countries in South East Asia; Hungary in India, Belarus, Kazakhstan; Italy in Bahrain and Ecuador; Lithuania in Ukraine; Slovenia in 13 countries (Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Iran, Kosovo, Mexico, New Zealand, Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, UAE, UK, USA); and The Czech Republic in Vietnam, Mongolia and Uzbekistan.
VFS Global plans to open an additional 97 Visa Application Centres to meet the requirements of the new contracts and offers applicants a convenient and easy visa application process in these additional countries. The rollout of all new operations is expected to be completed by mid-2019. Chris Dix, Head – Business Development, VFS Global, said, "This has been a great quarter for VFS Global. Today, VFS Global is the trusted partner of 62 client governments, in large part due to our un-compromising approach to using technology as a key business driver, and constantly innovating so that visa applicants continue to enjoy streamlined and convenient visa services the world over.
VFS Global has been awarded the Regional Contract to provide Germany visa services in the Asia Pacific region, by the Government of Germany's Federal Foreign Office. VFS Global will now operate Germany Visa Application Centres in 36 new locations across 14 countries. Residents of Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, P.R. China, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam will soon be able to apply for Germany visas through VFS Global. VFS Global is expected to start operations in the new Visa Application Centres during the first quarter of 2019. The People's Republic of China alone will see the addition of centres in 15 cities, further strengthening access to Germany's visa services across the country. VFS Global will also offer a Mobile Biometric Service in 24 locations throughout the region. The Mobile Biometric Service enables applicants to submit their documents and biometric information from a location of their choice, eliminating the need to visit a Visa Application Centre.
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Transforming care and support
Community-based models
Transforming care: Innovation
Future of care
Evidence of need
Models of care and support
Impact Agewell
SPRING Social Prescribing
Homeshare
Shared Lives
SPRING Social Prescribing - Models of care and support
This social prescribing service is a way to link medical care to (typically) non-clinical, locally delivered care intervention services to reduce the stress on GP/ NHS services. Medical professionals can refer their patients to a range of activities and services, recognising that a social model of health contributes to the wellbeing of patients. The Social Prescribing Project aims to empower patients and communities, supports greater independence, reduces reliance on primary healthcare, and ultimately delivers better health outcomes for people and society. SPRING Social Prescribing follows on from a pilot project delivered by Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum (BBHF) in the Derry/ Londonderry region between 2015 and 2018. Northern Ireland's Healthy Living Centre Alliance (HLCA) and Scottish Communities for Health and Wellbeing (SCHW) have come together as a partnership to scale up the pilot, which is the largest coordinated project of its kind.
SCHW and HCLA each represents a network of community-led health organisations working to deliver better health and wellbeing outcomes with and for local people. The Social Prescribing Project will build on their experience, as well as on many years of accumulated knowledge working with local people and in local contexts. The project is funded by Big Lottery UK and will synthesise learning from across two regions, initially for a three-year period.
The project is structured with 10 delivery partners in Scotland including rural and urban areas. There are five partners in Northern Ireland, one in each trust area representing a total of 20 delivery organisations.
Current users and outcomes
The pilot programme delivered by BBHF between 2015 and 2018 supported a total of 607 people aged 65+. Based on this pilot, the people who will most benefit from a social prescription are likely to experience one or more of the following:
low level mental health issues
poor social support mechanisms, social isolation, loneliness or a carer
risk of Type 2 diabetes
physical inactivity
frequent attendance at primary care services
dissatisfaction with results, referral or discharge from secondary care
poor results with mainstream treatments
vague or unexplained symptoms or inconclusive diagnoses
history of alcohol/drug misuse/dependence
chronic illnesses.
GPs and stakeholders will also benefit as the project may reduce the number of repeat visits to GP surgeries, and improve the quality of patients' lives.
Estimated financial benefits
The substantial range of health issues from obesity and diabetes, to depression and loneliness makes it difficult to measure financial savings to the health service. Health interventions range from a small number of expensive counselling sessions, to a relatively inexpensive placement in a walking group.
Social prescribing has the potential to reduce GP attendance by 28 per cent (Polley et al. 2017). Median attendance to GP practices from social prescribing users is 8.3 per year (Carnes et al, 2015). Twenty-eight per cent reduction is 2.3 fewer GP consultations per year which adds up to £83 saved per person. For 1,000 people, the saving would be £83,000 over one year. Given that a social prescribing worker costs on average £30K, the service would almost pay for itself just on the basis of savings on GP attendance.
There could also be:
savings on benefits
reduction in hospital admissions
quicker hospital discharge
delay in admission to nursing care.
The new project has a cost-saving analysis tool built into the software.
Implementation issues
The main cultural change will be the shift from the traditional medical model of health to the social model of health. Many people who present at primary care require support that is beyond a strictly medical intervention. For example, health professionals may encounter patients suffering because of isolation, stress, or low mood. These patients need more than medicine to improve their lives.
At a time when the NHS is under increasing pressure, social prescribing is coming to the fore as an effective way to deliver quality health outcomes. Social prescribing is attracting a high level of political support, but further work needs to be carried out in order to move it from a series of isolated local projects to an integral part of the way healthcare is delivered nationally.
To achieve long-term cultural change, the SPRING Social Prescribing Project will work closely with all levels of government – especially those with responsibility for health.
Barriers and enablers for expansion
There is significant synergy between the HLCA, SCHW, and their members. It was realised very quickly that something very significant could come of a partnership approach to social prescribing.
Scaling up the Social Prescribing Project across Northern Ireland and Scotland has huge potential economic benefits in terms of saving the NHS money. For example, improvements in wellbeing, reducing hospital admissions and the need for other medical intervention.
The project will have many quantitative benefits such as sharing best practice across multiple community-led health organisations.
The project will be able to record the numbers of people attending activities and the specific impact that the activities are having on their health and wellbeing. The project will also be able to measure the impact on the quality of life of participants in the project over time.
The main challenges to scaling up are:
the geographical distance among 30 delivery partners
cultural, social and economic differences across communities in Northern Ireland and Scotland
delivery partners offering different social interventions in response to cultural needs in Northern Ireland and Scotland
different levels of support from health care professionals in Northern Ireland and Scotland
different funding depending on council areas and health trust areas.
Case study: Social Prescribing
Service-user
Ena is 77 and regularly attended her GP in Derry having dealt with several health conditions including cancer, diabetes, angina and back pain after surgery. She needed help with improving her mobility and reducing her loneliness and depression.
Support provided
The Social Prescribing Coordinator helped Ena to join a local fitness class which she attends a twice a week.
Reduced social isolation, greater confidence and wider social network through the fitness classes. She also feels fitter evidenced through lower blood sugar levels. Ena now attends fewer GP appointments.
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Q: Simulate time running faster with Protractor Ive been running protractor to automate my tests recently and I was wondering if there were a way to simulate a faster run time so that I dont have to sit through the browser.sleep() times Ive added. I need to use sleeps and waits because of hardcoded/necessary timers that need to be run.
In other words, I'd like the timers and browser.sleep() to run faster than their usual time. I don't want to be waiting for 30 minutes for the test to run. I do not want to decrease the actual number I input into the browser.sleep() function. Any direction will be greatly appreciated.

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package scalismo.geometry

import algebra.ring.Ring
import breeze.linalg.DenseVector
import spire.algebra.LeftModule
import spire.implicits._

import scala.language.implicitConversions

sealed abstract class IntVector[D: NDSpace] {
  def apply(a: Int): Int

  def dimensionality: Int = implicitly[NDSpace[D]].dimensionality

  def toArray: Array[Int]

  @deprecated("real data is now private, use toArray", "")
  def data = toArray

  def toBreezeVector: DenseVector[Int] = DenseVector(toArray)

  def mapWithIndex(f: (Int, Int) => Int): IntVector[D]

  def map(f: Int => Int): IntVector[D] = mapWithIndex((v, i) => f(v))
}

/** 1D point */
case class IntVector1D(i: Int) extends IntVector[_1D] {
  override def apply(a: Int): Int = a match {
    case 0 => i
    case _ => throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index1D has only 1 element")
  }

  override def toArray = Array(i)

  override def mapWithIndex(f: (Int, Int) => Int): IntVector1D = IntVector1D(f(i, 0))
}

/** 2D point */
case class IntVector2D(i: Int, j: Int) extends IntVector[_2D] {
  override def apply(a: Int): Int = a match {
    case 0 => i
    case 1 => j
    case _ => throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index2D has only 2 elements")
  }

  override def toArray = Array(i, j)

  override def mapWithIndex(f: (Int, Int) => Int): IntVector2D = IntVector2D(f(i, 0), f(j, 1))
}

/** 3D point */
case class IntVector3D(i: Int, j: Int, k: Int) extends IntVector[_3D] {
  override def apply(a: Int): Int = a match {
    case 0 => i
    case 1 => j
    case 2 => k
    case _ => throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index3D has only 3 elements")
  }

  override def toArray = Array(i, j, k)

  override def mapWithIndex(f: (Int, Int) => Int): IntVector3D = IntVector3D(f(i, 0), f(j, 1), f(k, 2))
}

object IntVector {

  /** creation typeclass */
  trait Create[D] {
    def createIndex(data: Array[Int]): IntVector[D]
  }

  trait Create1D extends Create[_1D] {
    override def createIndex(d: Array[Int]) = {
      require(d.length == 1)
      IntVector1D(d(0))
    }
  }

  trait Create2D extends Create[_2D] {
    override def createIndex(d: Array[Int]) = {
      require(d.length == 2)
      IntVector2D(d(0), d(1))
    }
  }

  trait Create3D extends Create[_3D] {
    override def createIndex(d: Array[Int]) = {
      require(d.length == 3)
      IntVector3D(d(0), d(1), d(2))
    }
  }

  def apply[D: NDSpace](d: Array[Int])(implicit builder: Create[D]) = builder.createIndex(d)
  def apply(x: Int): IntVector1D = IntVector1D(x)
  def apply(x: Int, y: Int): IntVector2D = IntVector2D(x, y)
  def apply(x: Int, y: Int, z: Int): IntVector3D = IntVector3D(x, y, z)

  def zeros[D: NDSpace] = {
    IntVector(Array.fill(NDSpace[D].dimensionality)(0))
  }

  /** spire Module implementation for Index (no scalar division) */
  implicit def spireModule[D: NDSpace]: LeftModule[IntVector[D], Int] =
    new spire.algebra.LeftModule[IntVector[D], Int] {
      implicit override def scalar: Ring[Int] = Ring[Int]
      override def timesl(r: Int, v: IntVector[D]): IntVector[D] = v.map(i => i * r)
      override def negate(x: IntVector[D]): IntVector[D] = x.map(i => -i)
      override def zero: IntVector[D] = zeros[D]
      override def plus(x: IntVector[D], y: IntVector[D]): IntVector[D] = x.mapWithIndex((v, i) => v + y(i))
    }

  object implicits {
    implicit def index1DToInt(ind: IntVector[_1D]): Int = ind.i
    implicit def intToIndex1D(f: Int): IntVector1D = IntVector1D(f)
    implicit def tupleOfIntToIndex2D(t: (Int, Int)): IntVector2D = IntVector2D(t._1, t._2)
    implicit def tupleOfIntToIndex3D(t: (Int, Int, Int)): IntVector3D = IntVector3D(t._1.toInt, t._2.toInt, t._3.toInt)
  }

  implicit def parametricToConcrete1D(p: IntVector[_1D]): IntVector1D = p.asInstanceOf[IntVector1D]
  implicit def parametricToConcrete2D(p: IntVector[_2D]): IntVector2D = p.asInstanceOf[IntVector2D]
  implicit def parametricToConcrete3D(p: IntVector[_3D]): IntVector3D = p.asInstanceOf[IntVector3D]

}

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A beautiful walk along the riverbank. Lots of birds to be seen and spotlessly clean. can get busy in season.
We found this walk after parking across the river and going across the footbridge back to town. It's a really nice walk. Flat and accessible. Would also be good for a picnic with a play area.
Beautiful meandering walk alongside the river.
Early summer walk down to the watermill and back, from the town bridge a little over 1.5 easy miles in total. Very pleasant indeed, young trout jumping in the river, a family of ducklings, water voles in the bank, Bluebells, lambs in the field beyond, a real treat.
The pathway upsteam is recommended - peaceful, great views, and not too taxing. Well worth exploring.
We enjoyed a lovely stroll along the river in Rothbury. The river was very high and running very fast.


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package org.museautomation.builtins.condition;

import org.museautomation.builtins.value.*;
import org.museautomation.core.*;
import org.museautomation.core.resource.*;
import org.museautomation.core.values.*;
import org.museautomation.core.values.descriptor.*;

import java.util.regex.*;

/**
 * @author Christopher L Merrill (see LICENSE.txt for license details)
 */
@MuseTypeId("regex-match")
@MuseValueSourceName("RegEx match")
@MuseValueSourceTypeGroup("Text.Search & Match")
@MuseValueSourceShortDescription("Matches a string against a RegEx pattern")
@MuseValueSourceLongDescription("Accepts a Regular Expression pattern and matches it against the target string. Returns true on match. Supports Java-style RegEx format.")
@MuseStringExpressionSupportImplementation(RegexMatchCondition.StringExpressionSupport.class)
@MuseSubsourceDescriptor(displayName = "Pattern", description = "The pattern to use", type = SubsourceDescriptor.Type.Named, name = RegexMatchCondition.PATTERN_PARAM, defaultValue = "pattern")
@MuseSubsourceDescriptor(displayName = "Target", description = "The string to check", type = SubsourceDescriptor.Type.Named, name = RegexMatchCondition.TARGET_PARAM, defaultValue = "target string")
@MuseSubsourceDescriptor(displayName = "Case insensitive", description = "Should case be ignored when matching? (default is false)", type = SubsourceDescriptor.Type.Named, name = RegexMatchCondition.CASE_PARAM, optional = true, defaultValue = "true")
public class RegexMatchCondition extends BaseValueSource
    {
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")  // used via reflection
    public RegexMatchCondition(ValueSourceConfiguration config, MuseProject project) throws MuseInstantiationException
        {
        super(config, project);
        _pattern_source = getValueSource(config, PATTERN_PARAM, true, project);
        _target_source = getValueSource(config, TARGET_PARAM, true, project);
        _case_source = getValueSource(config, CASE_PARAM, false, project);
        }

    @Override
    public Boolean resolveValue(MuseExecutionContext context) throws ValueSourceResolutionError
        {
        String pattern = getValue(_pattern_source, context, false, String.class);
        String target = getValue(_target_source, context, false, String.class);
        Boolean case_insensitive = getValue(_case_source, context, Boolean.class, Boolean.FALSE);

        try
            {
            Pattern regex;
            if (case_insensitive)
                regex = Pattern.compile(pattern, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
            else
                regex = Pattern.compile(pattern);
            boolean matches = regex.matcher(target).matches();
            context.raiseEvent(ConditionEvaluatedEventType.create(String.format("RegEx pattern '%s' matches '%s' is %s", pattern, target, matches)));
            return matches;
            }
        catch (Exception e)
            {
            throw new ValueSourceResolutionError(String.format("Unable to execute RegEx pattern match '%s' on '%s': %s", pattern, target, e.getMessage()), e);
            }
        }

    @Override
    public String getDescription()
        {
        return "regexMatch(" + _pattern_source.getDescription() + "," + _target_source.getDescription() + ")";
        }

    private MuseValueSource _pattern_source;
    private MuseValueSource _target_source;
    private MuseValueSource _case_source;

    public final static String PATTERN_PARAM = "pattern";
    public final static String TARGET_PARAM = "target";
    public final static String CASE_PARAM = "insensitive";
    public final static String TYPE_ID = RegexMatchCondition.class.getAnnotation(MuseTypeId.class).value();

    // for supporting the text expressions
    @SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")  // needs public static access to be discovered and instantiated via reflection
    public static class StringExpressionSupport extends BaseArgumentedValueSourceStringSupport
        {
        @Override
        public String getName()
            {
            return "regexMatch";
            }

        @Override
        protected int getNumberArguments()
            {
            return 2;
            }

        @Override
        protected boolean storeArgumentsNamed()
            {
            return true;
            }

        @Override
        protected String[] getArgumentNames()
            {
            return new String[] {PATTERN_PARAM, TARGET_PARAM};
            }

        @Override
        protected String getTypeId()
            {
            return RegexMatchCondition.TYPE_ID;
            }
        }
    }


Light show. Last week, your baby opened his eyes for the first time in four months, and he began to see light and shadows. This week, if you shine a bright light against your abdomen, he may open his eyes and turn away from the light.
Loud and clear. Your baby's brain wave patterns indicate that he's responding to sounds in the environment, such as sound of your voice, the growl of your stomach when you're hungry, even noises outside your body. The patterns are also starting to show differences during sleep. These sleep cycles will become clearer and more distinct closer to his due date.
Breathe easy. This is a vital stage in your baby's lung development. When he takes his first breath, his lungs will send oxygen to the blood vessels, which then circulate it throughout his body. Your baby is also manufacturing surfactant to keep the air sacs in his lungs from sticking together, which will allow him to breathe properly after birth. The bronchial tubes are maturing, dividing into smaller and smaller branches.
Rh follow-up. If preliminary blood tests showed that you're Rh negative, you'll be given a shot of Rh immune globulin this week in case your baby is Rh positive. This will keep your body from producing antibodies to any of your baby's blood cells that may have crept into your circulation. Your baby will be tested right after birth; if she's positive, you'll be given another shot of Rh immune globulin to protect future pregnancies.
The mark of pregnancy. As your pregnancy progresses, stretch marks may appear on your abdomen, breasts, hips, and thighs. Most experts agree that there's not much you can do to avoid getting stretch marks, but applying cream or oil wouldn't hurt. Chalk it up to genetics — if your mother got them, you'll probably get them too. The good news? Stretch marks usually fade after birth.


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Features Business intelligence Contracting
European Scene: April 2011
By John Roper
U.K. trade shows, global lessons?
As of this year the U.K. window industry has no dedicated exhibition. Glassex has been cancelled.
As of this year the U.K. window industry has no dedicated exhibition. Glassex has been cancelled. A couple of years ago I wrote an obituary for Glassex. However, the patient struggled on beyond expectations as part of the building exhibition, Interbuild. In spite of its size, this show apparently had its own problems as well. Now both are gone. The U.K. window industry takes its media very personally, and everyone has an opinion as to how things could be done differently or better. So there will be endless speculation as to why Glassex failed, whether it should have survived at all, whose fault it all is, and whether we even needed such an event.
The strange thing is, our continental colleagues seem to make exhibitions work. The Glasstec exhibition in Duesseldorf is huge, and covers every aspect of glass from bottles to architectural, and every kind of machinery to make or process the stuff. Fensterbau does the same for fenestration and then there is the building exhibition, Bau, in Munich. Strangely, while the U.K. exhibitions flounder through lack of support, these are all must-attend events for the U.K. industry and, for many companies, must-exhibit events, as well.
Cost is a big factor. My association with exhibitions goes back to the London Motor Shows of the late 1950s. From then until now, exhibitions have been regarded, in the U.K. as a licence to print money. Venue operators control catering and charge what they like. Contractors of all kinds try to do deals with organizers for sole supply and are equally uncompetitive. The result was the worst aspects of monopolistic operating with the exhibitor paying dearly. And all of that before you even try to park your car, which, anywhere in the U.K., is difficult and always expensive. Car drivers are just a milk cow for everyone, from government at all levels down to anyone else that can get in on the act. I used to exhibit at Glasstec, though I have not done so for a good many years. When I did it was cheap, cheaper than exhibiting at Glassex, where, as a publisher, I got the stand space for free. Moreover, there were no restrictions on DIY catering or stand fitting. I recall one time having to wire-in my own telephone, something which at any U.K. event would have caused an instant strike.
As far as Glassex is concerned, it always seemed to me that the rot set in early. It started as a glass trade exhibition, but in the mid-'80s changes to the trade meant inevitable decline. The embryonic window industry came to the rescue and Glassex carried on with a new profile but the old name. That always seemed to be the problem. The now defunct Glass Age magazine constantly complained that there was "no glass at Glassex," in spite of the fact it too relied on the window industry for its income. At its height, Glassex was impressive. Exhibitors spent huge sums on big, multi-level stands and staged amazing events – the systems manufacturer Veka once ran a competition to win a Jaguar car.
But the industry and its needs changed and somehow the organizers just didn't get it. The aim always was to put on a Glassex of yesteryear. While, as publishers, we were recognizing the rise of the installer and publishing accordingly, Glassex seemed to continue to operate as though nothing had happened. Moreover, as the refurbishment sector declined, it was inevitable that windows would again be seen as what they always were – building components.
The U.K. window industry loves to talk to itself. Other events have sprung up ostensibly to fill the gap opening up as Glassex faded. But at such events, increasingly, I saw marketing and sales people talking to each other, boosting the feel-good factor, not even noticing that their potential customers were not in evidence. We Brits always like a cosy club; the customers are just an unwelcome distraction.
Exhibitions can be a good idea at all sorts of levels but, in the U.K., exhibiting is an expensive way to market. The Internet is cheap and immediate and offers a real alternative. Exhibition organizers need to catch up. Things change; the survivors are the ones that change with them. •
John Roper is the editor for The Installer, The Fabricator, The
Conservatory Installer and Glass Works magazine published in the U.K.
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'Interstellar' And 'SNL' Led To Anne Hathaway And Jason Sudeikis' Quirky New Monster Movie
"Colossal" offers a sly take on growing up, relationships and toxic masculinity.
By Matthew Jacobs
A monster movie is never just a monster movie. There's always a metaphor lurking beneath any creature feature's surface ― it's just not usually as odd and intriguing as the one in "Colossal."
Anne Hathaway plays Gloria, a haphazard New York party animal who's lost her writing job, her apartment and potentially her boyfriend (Dan Stevens). Returning to her modest hometown in search of a refresh button, Gloria encounters an old classmate, Oscar (Jason Sudeikis), who owns a bar that provides no aid in curbing Gloria's inebriated tendencies. But things get twisted when Gloria learns a Godzilla-esque kaiju beast in South Korea is mirroring her actions under very specific circumstances. From there, "Colossal" zigs and zags, morphing into clever symbolism about the commanding hand men often attempt to wield over women. It's one of the year's best movies to date.
On the afternoon of the film's New York premiere, The Huffington Post sat down with Hathaway and Sudeikis to discuss "Colossal," which was written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo ("The ABCs of Death," "Open Windows"). Along the way, we gabbed about "Interstellar," "Saturday Night Live," "The Intern," being a public figure and how boys are raised to believe the world owes them good fortune.
I went into this movie cold, and I wish everyone could experience it that way. I only knew it was vaguely a monster movie. How was it pitched to you?
Jason Sudeikis: I remember there being a logline on a cover sheet, but I don't remember what it was. I got it in its full script form, and I remember being delighted by it and very curious as it went because it made some interesting choices right off the bat. I knew the idea of a Godzilla-like monster at that point because of, I don't know what, litigation reasons.
Anne Hathaway: Oh right, that whole thing. Jeez Louise.
JS: But it makes sense ― it helped to make the invisible visible. I was guns a-blazing. Did you read any coverage of it?
AH: No, what had happened was I had just seen a film called "A Field in England," by Ben Wheatley, and it was so wonderful and weird and existed because Ben is a creative person and likes to make films and honor that creativity. So I just sent this really impassioned email to my representatives saying I need to do a movie like this. I need to know some weird things that are out there right now, I need to think, I need to be challenged ― this whole thing.
Had you just done a movie that made you feel like you need to go in a weirder direction?
AH: No, no, I feel like I had just done a lot of very serious films. I remember doing one of my final scenes in "Interstellar," where I'm left thinking I'm ― spoiler alert ― the only person left in the universe, and just thinking, "How the hell do you play that?" and just going into this well and finding that I had just exhausted this well of tragedy. I remember sobbing and the producer, a wonderful woman Emma Thomas, coming over and putting her arm around me in between takes and me going, "I need to make a comedy."
I was searching, and everything that was coming in, so much of it was high-quality, but there was a certain sameness to it. I'm very privileged ― I've made a lot of films, and I just needed to shake it up a little bit, you know? My wonderful agent, Maha Dakhil, sent "Colossal" and said, "This might be too weird or it might be the right weird." So all I knew was that I was going to read something that was different, and I loved it, just loved it. I wrote back and said, "It's the right weird for me. Can this guy direct?" And then I watched some of his short films and I thought, "This guy can really direct." And then I met him and he was just the most adorable person, and it was a very easy yes.
It's interesting to see monsters causing destruction in a movie that doesn't have the same gargantuan budget as a typical "Godzilla" or "King Kong" would. Were you nervous the CGI wouldn't hold up?
JS: I just trust that stuff.
AH: Yeah, I know! I'm so naive.
JS: I know it's conditioning for me from working at "SNL," where you get to work with Tony winners and Emmy winners. "What does the wig look like? You tell me." I started training at "SNL": Listen to the wardrobe, listen to the set design. When you write something, you produce it, too, so I'm just used to that. And it's bitten me in the ass outside of that building several times, but I'd rather lean that way, where it's like, "You be creative in your medium."
AH: I just felt really protected because the way it was described in the screenplay is the way it is in the movie, which is that so much of the viewing of the monsters happens on devices. So I knew that, within the budget they were talking about, they could afford it. If they said that every shot was a huge lizard monster crushing buildings, I would know they couldn't afford it and the CGI would be distractingly terrible. But to watch it on a phone is different. People can do the most amazing things on the internet with no money, so I just thought, "I don't know exactly how this is gonna look, but I know it could look really believable if, on the big screen, it's just on this little phone." I thought that was a really cool way to discuss the way we would actually consume this news.
Our sympathies toward these characters get twisted as the movie continues. Gloria is presented as past her partying prime; she's irresponsible and aimless, and then we slowly see that Gloria has it together in ways that aren't obvious. Whereas Oscar gets the opposite treatment, with "nice guy" written all over his forehead, and then we see an inner darkness emerge. Where did your sympathies lie?
AH: First of all, I want to kiss you all over your cute-as-a-button face for not saying she's past her prime, for stopping yourself. No, but when I describe Gloria to people, I say, "She's that person where it's time to pull the party bus over. She doesn't quite know how to do that."
I felt the words "past her prime" bubbling up and I knew that was not what I meant at all. She's young and able!
AH: It was a brilliant catch. Thank you. You just saved me. I was like, "I gotta go get into a dress tonight and stand in front of photographers and project something to the young women of the world!"
JS (imitating Hathaway's performative insecurity): "That's what all this is covering! The beauty within!"
AH (suddenly belting as though she's in a musical): "This doesn't matter, don't look! But look!"
JS: Click! Click! Click!
AH: Cinema is life! [Laughs.] So, my sympathies in this movie really do lie with everyone. It's been a wonderful ongoing conversation about this movie. Somebody said today, "Would you describe this as a feminist movie?" And what we settled on is that the existence of this movie is feminist, but the movie itself isn't actually about that. One of the things I think you're seeing is Gloria has this inner strength and inner confidence because of who she is, but also we can't discount the fact that she has probably been told her whole life that she can do anything. She was probably told that especially because she was a girl, and you can't overlook the fact that Oscar probably wasn't told that. It was just understood that he could do anything because he was a guy and it didn't need to be overtly stated. So when things don't work out for him, he takes it down to a really dark place. I think we're seeing that play out in the world right now. I don't think the key is to stop telling Gloria that she can do anything; I think it's to start telling Oscar that he can, too.
JS: Or that he can do something else.
AH: Yeah, and also that the world no longer owes you anything, and it never did, and that was a construct. That's probably a really tough thing to swallow, but for everybody else who has never expected anything from the world, we're just like, "Well, welcome to the human race."
JS: "Welcome to Earth." Yeah, I feel like I've been variations of each character. And then when you play someone like Oscar, or at least when I do, you can't judge it. For lack of a better way of putting it, I know the punchline. I didn't feel like Oscar changed. He was the same at the beginning that he was at the end ― it's just that the audience doesn't know that. Things are revealed that have been in motion for years and years and years. That toxicity may have very well been inherited, but we don't know, which is nice because I would hate to have it forgiven. We've all got shit. We've all got baggage in the way of our intuition, and the more often you can clean it up and fold the clothes with it and put the bag in storage, the more in touch with your intuition you'd be.
Anne, in thinking about Gloria and your character in "Rachel Getting Married," and as a public figure yourself who has to put on a certain air when you're not behind closed doors, do you find a certain power in playing characters who don't have it together?
AH: Well, I identify with them. Without stating a preference, it's just a matter of identification. I identify with Gloria more closely than I identity with Jules Ostin from "The Intern." Jules always felt like this lovely, lovely woman to me, and I was so, in a way, relieved at the end when it turns out that her life is falling apart.
For me, the thing about this movie that I love is how it plays with preconceived notions that you have coming into it. Earlier, two people in a row described her as a mess. "She's a mess, she's a mess." And the word "mess" just denoted a finality to me. And then somebody else came in and said she's struggling, and I really appreciated the specificity of the word that she chose, because I've struggled. My God, sometimes I'll have a great month and then there's that five hours in which everything falls apart, and then the ship rights itself. And sometimes it's the opposite, where you have a whole month or more where everything has absolutely gone to pieces but you're able to get it together for those three hours that you really need to have your life together, you know? We've all been that person. Some mornings you wake up and you meditate; some mornings you wake up and you're hungover. We're all all sorts of things, and I don't feel a responsibility to represent that ― I'm just so relieved when I find it. It reinforced the experience I'm having as a human being, that we're all contradictions and that we're not only ever one thing.
Jason, this introduces an exciting post-"SNL" path for you. A lot of the comedies you made while on "SNL" fit in with the show's M.O., if you will. Now you've got an Alexander Payne movie coming, and you've got "Kodachrome," which is a road-trip drama with Ed Harris. Does this mean you're heading in a weirder direction yourself?
JS: Yeah. I consciously say no to things a lot. Bernie Brillstein, who was one of the great talent managers of all time, was like, "A career is made out of what you say no to." I heard that at the right time. Coming from a "yes, and" doctrine, the power of no is a good thing. But, look, I'm real lucky to have walked those halls with ― in my opinion, and I have a high opinion of that show's entire history ― some of the best ever. The work that my generation has done post-"SNL," I'd put up against anybody's. As a fan of all those guys and gals, it's nuts. It's nuts. I was just trying to keep up.
But what you learn there is just to be part of something interesting and to be around people better than you even think you're capable of. The concern of "am I gonna sink or swim?" is something we would feel every Tuesday night on writing night, every Wednesday on read-throughs. It's something that, from job to job, I try to have, like in the instances of working with Matt Damon, or Annie Hathaway, or Ed Harris and Elizabeth Olsen. You're like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, please. This is the same way I felt when working with Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers, Andy Samberg, Kristen Wiig." I like trying to keep up with people. "Always a student, never a master," as someone more succinct than myself once put it. I believe in that, so that's what it is more than genre-busting or trying to exceed expectations. It makes sense that the people writing the checks are going to go, "Well, he can do this," or "She can do that," so I try to be a responsible show-businessman. But once those make enough money ...
I applaud Annie for seeing that Ben Wheatley movie and knowing what it made her feel as a fan of the medium and to use the cachet that someone of her talent and her financial situation in regards to how her films have done, to be like, "Boom." That's a form of mentoring in a way. It's allowing the audience and financiers to maybe see something they didn't even see themselves.
AH: And, by the way, that's why I'd never say that I prefer Gloria to Jules Ostin, because I love "The Intern." I think "The Intern" serves a purpose. I don't blame people for wanting to make money. As Jason said, I want to be a responsible businessperson, too, but ask anybody when they first start ― that's not why they're here. It's great if that works out.
You asked me about personal responsibility before, and I feel a personal responsibility, especially now that I've gotten to do this for as long as I have, to look for the films that I personally, as an audience member, want to see that I'm not seeing out there. And if I can do anything to make them happen, I do. If they don't connect with people, they don't connect with people, but at least I've done my part in putting something out there that has the DNA that I'm interested in.
JS: It exists. That's half of it.
AH: And now everyone else can do whatever they want with it. That's not for me to decide. We were joking earlier when we were doing a Facebook Live thing ― I was like, "Jason, why do celebrities want to tell everybody want to do?" It's like, now everyone can do what they want with it.
"Colossal" opens in select theaters April 7. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.
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The closest we came to cinematic perfection in Park City was "Call Me by Your Name," an adaptation of André Aciman's acclaimed novel of the same name. An aria about first love and perfect weather, the movie stars Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet as housemates turned unlikely lovers during an all-too-brief Italian summer. Director Luca Guadagnino, whose previous credits include "I Am Love" and "A Bigger Splash," earned a standing ovation at the premiere, signaling bright things to come for this sensual romance, which sold to Sony Pictures Classics before the festival.


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Charles-Gabriel-Frédéric Christin (, Saint-Claude - , Saint-Claude) est un juriste et homme politique français.

Biographie
Fils de Charles-Antoine Christin, avocat au parlement, lieutenant général de police et maire de Saint-Claude, et d'Anne Claudine Michalet, Charles-Gabriel-Frédéric Christin est lui-même avocat au parlement de Besançon avant la Révolution et est chargé de défendre la cause des serfs du Jura, combattant la mainmorte, tâche dans laquelle son ami Voltaire l'aida de sa parole et de sa plume.

Le , Christin est élu député du tiers états aux États généraux par le bailliage d'Aval, avec 235 voix sur 373 votants. Il vote avec la majorité toutes les réformes proposées et y montra de la modération. Il est l'un des trois commissaires chargés de faire l'inventaire du Garde-Meuble de la Couronne.

De retour en Franche-Comté après la session, il y devient président du tribunal de son district et maire de Saint-Claude de 1795 à 1799.

Magistrat lettré, il réunit cinq volumes in-folio de notes manuscrites sur l'histoire de sa province ; ces curieuses recherches furent consumées en 1799, dans l'incendie qui détruisit la ville de Saint-Claude, catastrophe dans laquelle il trouva lui-même la mort.

Il avait épousé Marie Josèphe Gabet, fille de Jacques Gabet, avocat en parlement, magistrat et échevin, et de Jeanne Antoine Bayard de La Ferté, en 1773. Elle est la nièce Jacques François Bayard de La Ferté, grand vicaire du diocèse de Saint-Claude, la petite-nièce de François Ignace Dunod de Charnage, la cousine germaine de Jean-Joseph Alexis David de Saint-Georges et d'Alexis-Ignace de Crestin.

Il est le beau-frère du député Marc-François Bonguyod et l'oncle d'Antoine-Gabriel Christin, officier d'ordonnance de Napoléon Bonaparte, qui sera créé baron en 1813.

Un monument, réalisé par Marguerite Syamour, fut élevé à la mémoire de Voltaire et Christin à Saint-Claude en 1887, puis démonté en 1943. Voltaire et Christin sont actuellement commémorés par deux bustes, boulevard de la République.

Publications

 Au roy en son conseil pour les sujets du roi qui réclament la liberté de la France: contre des moines bénédictins devenus chanoines de St. Claude en Franche-Comté , 1770 (avec Voltaire). Texte en ligne.
 Dissertations sur l'abbaye de Saint-Claude, ses légendes, ses chroniques, ses chartes, etc., 1772
 Collection des Mémoires présentés au Conseil du roi par les habitants du Montjura et le chapitre de Saint-Claude., 1772 (avec Voltaire)
 Lettre du P. Polycarpe à l'avocat général Séguier sur le livre des inconvénients des droits féodaux.
 Commentaire historique sur les œuvres de l'auteur de la Henriade: avec les pièces originales et les preuves, 1776 (avec Voltaire, Joseph-Marie Durey de Morsan et Jean-Louis Wagnière)
 Inventaire des diamans de la couronne, perles, pierreries, tableaux, pierres gravées, et autres monumens des arts et des sciences existans au garde-meuble, 1791 (avec Jean-Marie Bion et François-Pascal Delattre)

Notes et références

Sources
 André Vuillermoz, Patrick Simon, Voltaire-Christin et la mainmorte en Haut-Jura, Éditions Cabedita, 1998 (Google books)
 A.Robert et G.Cougny, Biographie extraite du dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889, Bourloton, Paris.
 Roger Bergeret et Jean Maurel, L'avocat Christin (1741-1799) : un collaborateur de Voltaire des Lumières à la Révolution : De la lutte contre la mainmorte à la défense des libertés de 1789., 2002
 Joseph Paul Augustin Benoît, Histoire de l'abbaye et de la terre de Saint-Claude, 1892
 Œuvres complètes de Voltaire avec des remarques et des notes historiques, scientifiques et littéraires: Politique et législation
 Jean-Marie Thiébaud, Les députés des villes et villages de Franche-Comté aux assemblées du Tiers Etat en 1789, 1989

Député français du tiers état en 1789-1791
Maire du département du Jura
Naissance en mai 1741
Décès en octobre 1799
Avocat français du XVIIIe siècle
Magistrat français du XVIIIe siècle
Décès à 58 ans
Naissance à Saint-Claude (Jura)


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Abode of Snow
Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering, by Kenneth Mason. 372 pages; illustrations and diagrams. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955. Price, 25 shillings. New York: E. P. Dutton Co., 1955. Price $6.50.
No one is better qualified to write a history of Himalayan exploration and mountaineering than Kenneth Mason. For more than forty years he has had intimate, on-the-spot knowledge of the range, its inhabitants, and its explorers. He was a member of the Survey of India as far back as 1909 and throughout many years conducted surveying expeditions in the remote areas; he was one of the founders of the Himalayan Club and the first editor of The Himalayan Journal; he has known practically every climber of Himalayan peaks in this century; finally, he has held the distinguished position of Professor of Geography at Oxford University. Much is to be expected of such an author, and an abundance has been given. Professor Mason's book immediately takes its place as the unrivalled authority in this field.
History and geography are admirably combined to present a comprehensible background against which one may place the almost overwhelming flood of accounts of recent climbs of the great peaks and the complicated journeys through gorges and across passes. At the very beginning Professor Mason breaks down for us the vast chain into its principal districts. He presents a diagram of the entire area, followed by individual sketch maps of the sections: Punjab, Karakoram, Kumaun, Nepal, Sikkim, and Assam. The main body of the book consists of five historical parts in which the principal explorations and climbs of each era are described. For instance, in Part V (1929-1939), we find: Kangchenjunga 1929, 1930, 1931; Kamet and Nanda Devi; Everest 1933-1938; Nanga Parbat 1932, 1934; Nanga Parbat 1937, 1938, 1939; Karakoram Exploration: Gasher brum, Masherbrum, and Rakaposhi; K2; Kumaun Himalaya; Sikkim and Assam Himalaya; a summary of the inter-war period. These accounts are not merely abbreviations of the original narratives, but woven in are critical analyses and expressions of opinion. As an example, in writing of the 1934 Nanga Parbat expedition, Professor Mason says: "So ended this attempt—in the greatest mountain disaster of our time. It is easy to look back and criticize. But it must be realized how little was known about the rapid deterioration of strength above 23,000 feet, especially under storm conditions … But there was also great heroism. Climbers and porters alike freely gave of their lives for one another." Of the 1938 K2 expedition he remarks: "Gambling on fine weather they could have gone higher and might just possibly have reached the summit, but they would never have returned and they wisely withdrew
… Houston's decision … was wise. A great mountaineer, he knew when to turn back." But there is not always praise. By way of contrast we quote from the account of the K2 expedition of the following year: "(The leader) now made the fatal and almost inconceivable decision to go on, regardless of the consequences. … It is difficult to record in temperate language the folly of this enterprise. … Each day added to the errors of judgment. The weather was never to blame. The one redeeming feature was the heroism of (the Sherpas)." Almost every episode is summed up with similar discerning and often pungent remarks.
Among the many features of the book that make it indispensable to anyone, whether climber or reader, interested in the Himalaya are the appendices in which are to be found a table of the great peaks, showing their position, altitude, and the system, section, and group to which they belong; comments on the determination of Himalayan heights; a chronological summary, with references to pages in the text of the book; and a short bibliography.
In London last December I asked Professor Mason about the pronunciation of the name Himalaya. "Don't try to conform to someone's theory of its derivation," he said, "just use Him-a-lay-a."
Francis P. Farquhar


One of the most awaited films of Bollywood 'Thugs of Hindosthan' is arriving in theatres on 8th November and the movie lovers across the country are eagerly waiting for the release because of the crazy combination. For the first time, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan are coming together and there is an added attraction in the form of Katrina Kaif.
Unlike our film featuring Telugu stars, Bollywood movies seldom have midnight shows and most of their movies begin with early morning shows. But, 'Thugs of Hindosthan' is coming with midnight shows and the count of theatres is quite overwhelming. It is very rare for Bollywood movies. The craze around this movie could be the reason why midnight shows were planned for the release.
It appears as though the makers want to create an opening day record and surpass Shahrukh Khan's 'Happy New Year' and 'Baahubali, The Conclusion' opening day records. However, 'Baahubali 2' is a non-Hindi film that was dubbed into Hindi. Comparisons with 'Happy New Year' are bound to happen but that movie was very low in content and Shahrukh Khan's star power had given a massive opening. Let's wait and see how Amitabh-Aamir combo spins magic at the box-office.
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It's summer, and with teaching-time on hold, I'm so excited about making small steps towards my goal of achieving a diet as minimally processed, within reason, as possible. I've been eagerly making mental lists of big ambitions designed for this aim: I've been picturing myself baking beautiful loaves of wholesome breads, and lovingly preparing Sunday roast chickens, slicing the bulk for weekday luncheon meat for Dave';s sandwiches. So far, routines aren't revolutionized quite like I envisioned, but I'm pretty happy with small strides nevertheless. I'm enjoying lunchtime salads more, fresh and crisp in a bowl as opposed to limply sitting in a zip lock. Our raised beds are looking increasingly promising, and I'm head-over-heels for whole grain breakfast salads and porridge in the morning. There's one key area, however, where I'm habitually and fairly greedily all about processed food science, and that's training fuel. When out on the bike for hours, or pacing through a long run, sometimes the less natural something tastes, the more instantaneous and significant the reward. Not to mention, I love the excuse to eat jelly beans under the guise of sport. And Power Bar smoothie flavors have improved upon the original prototype to the point that they really are item that could have been considered snack foods of childhood, a la Laffy Taffy. Still, I can't say I feel great about pounding engineered product down my system throughout a long day of training or racing. I just put the blinders on deliberately in this case, like one does when a certain area of the home becomes acceptably messy to the point of invisibility, like an unorganized garage or over-crowded basement. Fortunately, however, more and more sport products are becoming available that do not require so much compromise. And of these, all natural Breeze Bars really stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Creator Breeze Brown has her Master's in Nutrition and is working to become a Registered Dietitian. An accomplished triathlete, Breeze began making her bars in her home kitchen here in Boulder, Colorado, largely inspired by her sister, who was diagnosed with Celiac disease. Effervescent and radiant with enthusiasm, Breeze is passionate about developing bars that offer meaningful calories that taste delicious. Wheat, gluten, and dairy free, Breeze Bars do not have an imposing list of ingredients more suited to a chemistry lab than your body, unlike many sport "foods". In fact, not only can you read, pronounce, and understand every ingredient listed, everything included conjures a mental image. These are wholesome granola bars your Mom might have made at home, only they deliver a solid punch of energy for fueling and replenishing workouts.
I had a chance to really appreciate the natural impact of Breeze Bars this past weekend, at Ironman Kansas 70.3. We were camping in sweltering heat for this race, and I felt like I was sweating half my body weight the day before. I couldn't hydrate enough, nor could I really sleep. Moreover, I was on the tail end of two unfortunate rounds of antibiotics for a nasty sinus infection and felt ill-prepared to begin with. Race day, somehow I managed to get into the mode, focus, and have a decent day, but in doing so, I was pumping myself with as much Gatorade and Gu as I could handle. After finishing, I really felt saturated with quick, saccharine sugars, and hungry for real food, but at the same time not quite up for anything that required any labor to digest. Our friend Brendan, an amazing triathlete who also happens to be Breeze's neighbor, had given me a Chocolate Breeze Bar at the campsite, and it was one of the first things I thought of. Back at the site, it didn't disappoint, packed with nutty crunch from crisp flax, peanut butter and roasted edamame, and delicately sweet with a touch of dried cranberries, raisins, and clover honey. Find out more about Breeze Bars at theBreeze Bars website, http://www.breezebars.com/Home_Page.html.


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United Auctions secures future of three sites
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Following its management buyout from Elphinstone Land three years ago, Stirling-based United Auctions has secured the future of three further sites in its portfolio by purchasing them from former owners Elphinstone Land.
The sites involved are Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Lairg, Sutherland, and Oban, on the west coast. Huntly has recently benefitted from a £350,000 investmenr, including an upgrade to building and the all important Mart cafe, while at Oban the office and Lairage are a vital facility helping manage the movement of stock from the western isles to sale at Dalmally mart, which itself was subject to a £250,000 upgrade last year.
And finally, Lairg host just three sales a year, but is also being considered for a possible upgrade to its facilities to ensure it continues to serve the local community in the north of Scotland.


Yesterday, Chris Brogan (social media guru) hosted a webinar on enhancing your job search with social media. Due to other obligations, I wasn't able to attend, but being the giving person he is, Brogan has made his slides available on SlideShare. Enjoy.


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Self-Help and Hustle Culture
Image Credit: Samaneh Sadeghi-Marasht
The idea of hustle culture is one that has only grown in recent years. Andrew Nolan takes a look at how effective it is in application, and the risks than run without care being taken.
By Andy Prizeman-Nolan | Jan 28 2021
With the undeniable reach that social media has granted its users, a long-existing culture has been given a new means to perpetuate its message. The term 'hustle' has become something of a buzzword used across such platforms, whether it be a term to reflect one's pride in their work, or as a means of inspiration for those seeking change in themselves. Hustle culture encapsulates an ethic of aiming to be the hardest working person in the room. The principle of having to be productive with every second of the day is dominant, and the association of this mindset with people in successful positions is inherently linked. On the surface, there is little wrong with this concept. To truly thrive in any market, hard work is an absolute necessity. However, issues arise with hustle culture when you consider how these concepts are presented. The problem with hustle culture is that it has become about working hard for the sake of working hard. It has almost become a romanticised notion, where appearing as if you are pursuing success becomes more important than any accomplishments themselves. Where this becomes more than just another social media archetype is when hustle culture begins to blend with the world of self-help, and the harmful nature of the culture begins to show.
While the pursuit of 'self-help' is stemmed by an underlying discontent with your position in life, it comes from a fundamentally positive willingness to reflect on a situation and attempt to make the most of it. To someone in this position, pursuing self-help is very alluring. Seeking out positive change and making healthy progress provides an incentive to continue. It becomes addictive, in a way. What is often being presented in place of true progress, however, is an illusion of such progress in its place. Whether it be attending a life coach's seminar, finishing a book on self-improvement, or a plethora of video essays on the subject, the rush that comes from this action is less about the progress itself, but the accomplishment one gets from feeling like progress has been made, even in cases where there has not been any. Summarised in M.J. Demarco's book Action Faking, this action is described as doing things that make you think you are making progress when in reality there is none. This is a more damaging form of procrastination, where little work has been done, but the incentive to see it out has been made mute, as the satisfaction to be found from it has already been achieved. This illusion of progress constitutes much of what is seen as 'hustle culture'. It provides enough inspiration and incentive for work to be done, but also enough satisfaction that will suffice even where no real progress is made.
Essentially, hustle culture creates a trap for achieving that feeling of satisfaction without the need for effort. As a result, the user finds themselves in a position not too dissimilar from their beginnings, but with a newfound desire to continue utilising the same inspirational media. The user inadvertently becomes a customer, as the inspirational rush that comes from seeking out personal development continues a cycle where more product is consumed to maintain the illusion that they are bettering themselves in the process. These industries rely on the inherent vulnerability of their clientele to remain profitable. Should people truly find an adequate amount of progress by indulging in these products, then the need for more would diminish. According to a report by Research and Markets in 2016, the Self-Help industry is worth approximately $9.9 billion and is projected to reach $13 billion by 2022. To maintain these numbers, preserving an illusion of progress is vital. Without a closer application of the ethic, hustle culture and self-help do not always help someone actually achieve their ambition. Rather, they merely foster a false sense of achievement, prompted by the process, not the result.
While hustle culture is not intrinsically flawed by definition, it is very easy for those using it for inspiration to be led astray by its core ideas. Those actively putting in the effort needed to succeed on a day-to-day basis highlights the positives that can stem from hustle culture. Promoting the distillation of a good work ethic is an overall positive, but where the picture collapses is its presentation of hard work as the only necessary component for success. It is certainly an important part of the puzzle, but the puzzle will never be complete without a clear sense of direction. While it is vital to work hard, without working hard at the right subject, the benefits of the effort are null. Having foresight and the ability to reflect greatly help to redirect the work to maximise its potential. If one spends too much time on their 'hustle', keeping their head down and not taking a moment away from their work to reflect on the project's direction, the growth is inevitably minimised. Taking that step back to analyse is essential to develop a fruitful venture. Hard work is an absolutely vital component, but the mindless identity it takes on when presented through the lens of 'hustle culture' verges on a façade. If the advice that a good work ethic encompasses all it takes to be successful is taken to heart, it can obscure the bigger picture.
This constant around-the-clock working can also lead to serious burnout, and in turn, a psychological effect dubbed 'ego depletion'. This is the study of willpower and control as a finite pool, believing that a person can only express so much willpower before essentially running out. In short, if a person uses up their available willpower on one specific task, they are unable to exert the same level of control subsequently. While this topic is debated, credence can be lent to this by the importance found by many in self-care – regular breaks and an honest assessment of workload to maximise work quality and productivity. A case for reducing work time can be made when looking at Microsoft Japan's implementation of a four-day workweek in the summer of 2019. During this experiment, workers clocked in for four days, were paid for a full five-day week, and were given a three-day weekend. The result of this was roughly a 40% increase in productivity and a reduction in company costs, such as electricity which dropped 23%.
Superficially, hustle culture is a positive development. Aiming to increase productivity and work ethic is admirable, but it is important to understand that there is more to success than blind, constant effort. It is easy to get lost in the culture of self-improvement, but without care being given to its extent, the results can prove detrimental to progress.
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Eleven people have been injured in a collision between two buses on the Ambilipitiya-Colombo main road near 8th milepost area, Panamura.
This accident occurred at around 8.30 am today (09), according to police.
Two buses travelling from Deniyaya to Ambilipitiya and from Helaudakanda to Ambilipitiya were involved in the accident.
Ten women are among the injured passengers, according to Police.


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Analysis: How A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Cost Americans Dearly
The United States is the only developed nation unable to balance cost, efficacy and social good in setting prices.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal July 8, 2020
A person receives a shot as part of a first-stage safety study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
This story also ran on The New York Times. This story can be republished for free (details).
Yes, of course, Americans' health is priceless, and reining in a deadly virus that has trashed the economy would be invaluable.
But a COVID-19 vaccine will have an actual price tag. And given the prevailing business-centric model of American drug pricing, it could well be budget breaking, perhaps making it unavailable to many.
The last vaccine to quell a global viral scourge was the polio inoculation, which ended outbreaks that killed thousands and paralyzed tens of thousands each year in the United States. The March of Dimes Foundation covered the nominal drug cost for a free national vaccination program.
It came in the mid-1950s, before health insurance for outpatient care was common, before new drugs were protected by multiple patents, before medical research was regarded as a way to become rich. It was not patented because it was not considered patentable under the standards at the time.
Now we are looking for viral deliverance when drug development is one of the world's most lucrative businesses, ownership of drug patents is disputed in endless court battles, and monopoly power often lets manufacturers set any price, no matter how extraordinary. A new cancer treatment can cost a half-million dollars, and old staples like insulin have risen manifold in price to thousands of dollars annually.
And the American government has no effective way to fight back.
Recent vaccines targeting more limited populations, such as a meningitis B vaccine for college students and the shingles vaccine for older adults, have a retail cost of $300 to $400 for a full course.
If a COVID-19 vaccine yields a price of, say, $500 a course, vaccinating the entire population would bring a company over $150 billion, almost all of it profit.
Dr. Kevin Schulman, a physician-economist at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, called that amount "staggering." But Katherine Baicker, dean of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, said that from society's perspective "$150 billion might not be an unreasonable sum" to pay to tame an epidemic that has left millions unemployed and cost the economy trillions.
Every other developed country has evolved schemes to set or negotiate prices, while balancing cost, efficacy and social good. The United States instead has let business calculations drive drug price tags, forcing us to accept and absorb ever higher costs. That feels particularly galling for treatments and vaccines against COVID-19, whose development and production is being subsidized and incentivized with billions in federal investment.
When AZT, the first effective drug for combating the virus that causes AIDS, was introduced in 1992, it was priced at up to $10,000 a year or about $800 a month. It was the most expensive prescription drug in history, at that time. The price was widely denounced as "inhuman." Today that price gets you some drugs for toenail fungus.
Investors already smell big money for a COVID-19 vaccine.
The market cap of Moderna, a small Boston-area company that has partnered with the National Institutes of Health in the vaccine race, has tripled since Feb. 20, to $23 billion from $7 billion, turning its chief executive into an overnight billionaire. While Moderna's vaccine is regarded as a strong contender, the company has never brought a successful drug to market.
Manufacturers have traditionally claimed that only the lure of windfall profits would encourage them to take the necessary risks, since drug development is expensive and there's no way of knowing whether they're putting their money on a horse that will finish first, or scratch.
More recently they have justified high prices by comparing them with the costs they would prevent. Expensive hepatitis C drugs, they say, avoid the need for a $1 million liver transplant. No matter that the comparison being made is to the highly inflated costs of treating disease in American hospitals.
Such logic would be disastrous if it were applied to a successful COVID vaccine. COVID-19 has shut down countless businesses, creating record-high unemployment. And the medical consequences of severe COVID-19 mean weeks of highly expensive intensive care.
"Maybe the economic value of the COVID vaccine is a trillion — and even if the expense to the company was a billion, that's 1,000 times return on investment," said Schulman. "No economic theory would support that."
In 2015, the Senate Finance Committee came up with a simpler explanation for high drug prices. After reviewing 20,000 pages of company documents, it found that Gilead Sciences had what the committee's ranking Democratic member, Ron Wyden of Oregon, called "a calculated scheme for pricing and marketing its hepatitis C drug based on one primary goal, maximizing revenue."
In setting prices, drugmakers rarely acknowledge the considerable federal funding and research that have helped develop their products; they have not offered taxpayer-investors financial payback.
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a federal agency known as BARDA, is giving Moderna up to $483 million for late-stage development of its vaccine.
The basic science that has allowed the small company to move so rapidly was developed with a huge prior infusion of federal money to come up with a treatment for diseases like Zika.
Francis Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, has said the government has some intellectual property rights. Moderna seems to dispute that view, saying it is "not aware of any I.P. that would prevent us from commercializing" a COVID-19 vaccine.
Likewise, AstraZeneca, a top competitor, has received a BARDA promise of up to $1.2 billion for commercializing a product derived from research at the University of Oxford.
There is no simple, direct mechanism for regulators or legislators to control pricing. Our laws, in fact, favor business: Medicare is not allowed to engage in price negotiations for medicines covered by its Part D drug plan. The Food and Drug Administration, which will have to approve the manufacturer's vaccine for use as "safe and effective," is not allowed to consider proposed cost. The panels that recommend approval of new drugs generally have no idea how they will be priced.
"The idea that we would allow ourselves to be held hostage in an emergency is mind-boggling," said David Mitchell, head of Patients for Affordable Drugs, an advocacy group.
That's why a bipartisan coalition in the House recently proposed two new bills to prevent "price gouging" for "taxpayer funded COVID-19 drugs" to ensure affordable pricing.
The exact mechanisms for enacting the provisions therein — such as requiring manufacturers to reveal their development costs — remain unclear. The industry has previously protected development data as a trade secret. The bills would also require "reasonable pricing clauses" be included in agreements between drug companies and agencies funding their work. They propose waiving exclusive licenses for COVID-19 drugs, allowing competitors to sell the same products as long as they pay the patent holder royalties.
Other countries, such as Britain, take a more head-on approach: a national body does a cost-benefit analysis regarding the price at which a new drug is worth being made available to its citizens. Health authorities then use that information to negotiate with a drugmaker on price and to develop a national reimbursement plan.
We could, too, but would need to consider mechanisms outside of our current box — at least for this national emergency.
The federal government could, for example, invoke a never-before-used power called "march-in rights," through which it can override a patent holder's rights if it doesn't make its medicines "available to the public on reasonable terms." (Unfortunately, in already-signed agreements with BARDA, some drugmakers have explicitly watered down or eliminated that proviso.)
We could, alternatively, allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices — a proposal that has been raised by politicians and beaten back by industry again and again. We would then need to restrict markup for a COVID-19 vaccine for the private market. Otherwise, we'd get the kinds of results emerging from the COVID testing industry, where Medicare pays $100 for the test but some labs charge insurers over $2,000.
There is already reason to worry that our deliverance from the coronavirus will cost us plenty. BARDA paid AztraZeneca up to $1.2 billion toward development, production and delivery of its candidate vaccine, in order to secure 300 million doses in October. Britain paid the equivalent of $80 million to secure 100 million doses in September — one-fifth of what the United States government agreed to pay per dose.
Baicker, the public policy school dean, thinks public scrutiny will prevent outrageous pricing. The industry has made various pledges, trying to balance corporate citizenship against making eager investors happy: Astra Zeneca has promised 1 billion doses for low- and middle-income countries. Johnson & Johnson says it would make the COVID-19 vaccine available on a "not for profit basis" at $10 for "emergency pandemic use."
We've heard such offers before. Pharmaceutical companies routinely provide coupons to cover patient copayments for expensive drugs so that we don't squawk when they charge our insurance company tens of thousands for the medicine, driving up premiums year after year. A naloxone injector to reverse heroin overdoses is given free to some clinics, but priced at thousands for the rest.
And it won't feel like a bargain if we get free or cheap vaccines during a pandemic but pay dearly for annual COVID-19 shots thereafter.
Drug companies deserve a reasonable profit for taking on this urgent task of creating a COVID-19 vaccine. But we deserve a return, too.
So before these invaluable vaccines hit the market, we should talk about an actual price. Otherwise, we will be stuck paying dearly for shots that the rest of the world will get for much less.
Elisabeth Rosenthal: erosenthal@kff.org, @rosenthalhealth
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Olari est une commune roumaine du județ de Prahova, dans la région historique de Valachie et dans la région de développement du Sud.

Géographie

La commune d'Olari est située dans le sud du județ, sur la rive droite de la Prahova, dans la plaine valaque, à  au sud-est de Ploiești, le chef-lieu du județ.

La municipalité est composée des trois villages suivants (population en 1992) :
 Fânari (476) ;
 Olari (792), siège de la commune ;
 Olarii Vechi (937).

Histoire

La commune d'Olari est née en 2004 par la séparation des trois villages de Fânari, Olari et Olarii Vechi de la commune de Gherghița.

Politique

Le Conseil Municipal d'Olari compte 11 sièges de conseillers municipaux. À l'issue des élections municipales de juin 2008, Milică Voinescu (PSD) a été élu maire de la commune.

Démographie

Économie

L'économie de la commune repose sur l'agriculture (serres).

Communications

Routes

La route régionale DJ101D rejoint Râfov et Ploiești vers le nord-ouest.

Liens externes

Carte du județ de Prahova

Notes et références

Commune dans le județ de Prahova


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Komlós (Beregszászi járás) (ukránul Хмільник, magyar átírásban: Hmilnik), Ukrajna, Kárpátalja, Beregszászi járás
Komlós (Rahói járás) (ukránul Хмелів, magyar átírásban: Hmeliv), Ukrajna, Kárpátalja, Rahói járás
Komlós, ma Ószentanna (románul Comlăuș), Arad megye, Románia
Komlóskeresztes (szlovákul Chmeľov), Szlovákia, Eperjesi kerület, Eperjesi járás
Komlóspatak (szlovákul Chmeľová), Szlovákia, Eperjesi kerület, Bártfai járás
Füzérkomlós, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye, Sátoraljaújhelyi járás
Kiskomlós (románul Comloșu Mic), Románia, Bánság, Temes megye
Nagykomlós (románul Comloșu Mare), Románia, Bánság, Temes megye
Tapolykomlós (szlovákul Chmeľovec), Szlovákia, Eperjesi kerület, Eperjesi járás
Tótkomlós, Magyarország, Békés megye, Orosházi járás
Ugocsakomlós (románul Comlăușa), Románia, Szatmár megye

Lásd még: Komló (település), Komlósd, Komlóska


It may seem like a silly question, but does security as a separate body of knowledge even exist anymore?
With the ever-increasing meld of physical, computing and communications technologies, the distinction between deterrence, delay, detection, reporting and response is becoming blurred. Security capability may be embedded in the software and its roll-out rather than at the site. If every item in an Internet of Things world could be a detector with video recording, capture and transmission capability to monitor the baby, pet or intruder, why will a security specialist be needed to help with placement of CCTV, detection and alarm systems? With improved authentication on devices such as access tokens linked into the broader intelligent building management systems (BMS), what need will there be for access control providers?
With commonality of systems via Apple, Microsoft, Google and so on, will the concept of in-house versus external security advice matter? With systems becoming more interconnected, traditional delineations of management disciplines such as security, personnel, facility and so on are disappearing. If things are linked, security being just one of the many functions of the automated, intelligent BMS, why have any security specialists at all? The same question applies in the digital world with increased cloud security, and personnel security where algorithms looking at past employment data, public records and so on will make the selection of future employees easier.
On the other hand, new technologies bring with them new security challenges. With the increasing availability of Arduino and related hardware and software, anyone can make items sophisticated enough to interface with other systems and be operated from around the globe. Combined with automated, remote building/home control systems, new types of unauthorised surveillance, sensors, switches and disabling devices will appear.
Drones are already being used for delivery of improvised munitions and drugs. Increases in battery and other on-board power systems with aligned control and autonomous controls will increase the difficulty in controlling who is doing what in the low-level airspace.
Given human nature, there will remain a need for a physical presence at venues to separate antagonists and to calm or remove certain patrons. The ever-increasing ability to record and instantly transmit incidents with analytical surveillance will perhaps even see this role evolve into something more akin to mitigation and evidence recording.
There will always be a need to provide specialist, detailed capabilities and to advise users on how best to apply the technologies and the vulnerabilities those technologies generate. There will probably be an increased need for assurance on the in-place capabilities to see if they are protecting the assets of the organisation/person.
The old differences between physical, personnel and information security will continue to blur as it did last century with IT and communications security. As the world becomes more interlinked and co-reliant, so will security specialists need to have a broader view of what is being protected, from whom/what and how. The main challenge for security will remain, as always, to be relevant and of value to senior management. This is done through professional development of individual skills while looking outwards.
The answer to the question is: security does exist as one of the key protective disciplines, but it is becoming ever more interdependent. Are we sure it will exist in a few years' time?
Don Williams MIExpE, IABTI, CPP, RSecP is convenor of the ASRC Explosives 2014 forum. Don is a member of the Institute of Explosives Engineers, the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators, the venue managers Associations, ASIS International and the Australian Security Research Centre's Activities Committee. He is the Author of "Bomb Incidents – the manager's guide" and numerous other publications relating to explosive and bomb safety and security.


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Assen (The Netherlands),
Jeffrey Herlings with Pirelli is elected 2018 FIM MXGP World Champion in the Grand Prix of The Netherlands at Assen
Jeffrey Herlings & Antonio Cairoli
Jeffrey Herlings wins the race and is the new master of the MXGP class. Jorge Prado wins both motos and stake a claim for the MX2 title
The TT Circuit Assen hosted the penultimate round of the 2018 FIM World Motocross Championship: the Grand Prix of the Netherlands. On the soft sand of the beautiful track made within the final sections of one of the world's asphalt 'speed cathedrals', the SCORPION™ MX Soft rear and the SCORPION™ MX32™ Mid Soft front tyres were the choice of all the Pirelli-equipped riders.
A big crowd filled most of the TT Circuit's main straight grandstands to celebrate the first MXGP title (and the fourth world crown) obtained by Jeffrey Herlings. The Dutchman was peerless at his home GP and fully deserved the Championship with one race remaining after an incredible season. Antonio Cairoli was second in Assen and also in the standings; for most of the championship the Sicilian was the only rider able to fight with Herlings. The third step of the podium belonged to Max Anstie in front of Glenn Coldenhoff and Tim Gajser for a full Pirelli MXGPtop five.
KTM dominance was also seen in the MX2 class with a double race victory by Jorge Prado that extends his advantage in the standings. The Spaniard, thanks to the points earned at Assen, now has a 46 point lead and only needs a top fifteen finish in the last race of the season to secure his first ever Grand Prix title. Thomas Covington and Thomas Olsen finished second and third respectively, ahead of Calvin Vlaanderen in fourth. It was an unlucky Grand Prix for reigning champion Pauls Jonassin sixth overall. The defending number one only has a mathematical chance of retaining his #1 plate.
In two weeks time the brand new track built inside the historic Imola racetrack will host the Grand Prix of Italy and the closing chapter in the 2018 FIM Motocross World Championship.
1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
3. ANSTIE Max (ENG)
5. COLDENHOFF Glenn (NED)
3. COVINGTON Thomas (USA)
4. WATSON Ben (GBR)
5. VLAANDEREN Calvin (NED)
1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED) p.883
3. DESALLE Clement (BEL) p.645
5. FEBVRE Romain (FRA) p.544
6. PAULIN Gautier (FRA) p.541
2. JONASS Pauls (LAT) p.777
4.WATSON Ben (GBR) p.585
5. COVINGTON Thomas (USA) p.565
6. VLAANDEREN Calvin (NED) p.521