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Taqa slashes CAPEX by 73%, posts first half loss
Taqa's slash and burn CAPEX strategy still resulted in a first half loss for the firm.
The company cut its CAPEX by 73%, however, it turnover was 20% down – falling from AED7.6billion to AED 4.1billion for the first half of the year.
Despite the dip, acting chief operating officer Saeed Al Dhaheri said the firm was continuing to build momentum.
"Our businesses have continued to demonstrate improving operational performance," he said.
"Despite achieving significant costs reductions, including a 73% cut in capex, we safely maintained oil and gas volumes and increased power production above our previous record highs.
"The cost transformation programme has continued its momentum achieving more than AED 6.5 billion in savings since it started in 2015. The highly successful $1 billion bond refinancing reduced our annual corporate interest payments by AED 70 million, and our free cash flow has continued to grow during the period. While our realised oil and gas prices dropped by 39%, the upstream business has adapted to the changes and continued to transform into a more resilient business able to compete in this tough environment."
The biggest cuts came from Taqa's oil and gas operations, according to its financial statement.
"Despite significant cuts in capital expenditure, Taqa minimised the decline in production and produced 147.4 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (mboep/d), only 2% less than in H1 2015," a company statement read.
"Strong well performance and easing of third-party pipeline capacity restrictions helped TAQA increase production in North America by nearly 5% to 84.2 mboep/d. TAQA also sold all storage capacity at its 46 terawatt-hour Bergermeer gas storage facility in the Netherlands for the 2016-2017 storage year."
The firm's free cash flow increased 35% to AED 3.1billion. In April, S&P Global Ratings affirmed TAQA's credit rating at 'A' (outlook stable), noting ongoing support from the Abu Dhabi government to TAQA.
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Rumour Has It: Liverpool interested in Mbappe
By	Sports Desk	November 07, 2019
Kylian Mbappe continues to be linked with a move away from Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool are seemingly well in the race.
Mbappe, 20, has starred for PSG since arriving in 2017, but is reportedly a target for LaLiga giants Real Madrid.
However, Champions League winners Liverpool could also make a move for the France international forward.
TOP STORY – LIVERPOOL INTERESTED IN MBAPPE
Liverpool are set to battle Real Madrid for Mbappe, according to El Desmarque.
The report says the Premier League leaders have the funds to sign Mbappe after a quiet transfer window ahead of the 2019-20 season.
Mbappe remains the main target for Madrid despite being contracted at PSG until 2022.
- Bayern Munich are looking for a coach to replace Niko Kovac and Arsene Wenger may, or may not, be a target. Bild reports the Bundesliga giants have spoken to the former Arsenal manager, while The Athletic says Bayern do not want Wenger.
- There could also be a coaching change coming at Barcelona. LaLiga's champions look set to part ways with Ernesto Valverde at the end of the season, with Marca reporting Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman is the top target to take over at Camp Nou.
- Back at Anfield and Liverpool could be lining up a move for Genk midfielder Sander Berge. Norwegian newspaper VG claims Jurgen Klopp told Berge he was a "very interesting player" after Liverpool's 2-1 Champions League win over Genk on Tuesday.
- Napoli are well off the pace in Serie A and it could see Carlo Ancelotti make a January exit. FOX Sports reports Boca Juniors are interested in the Italian tactician.
- Chelsea look set to make changes to their squad in January. The Premier League side are open to listening to offers for Olivier Giroud and Pedro in early 2020, according to The Telegraph.
- Amid a lack of playing time, Nemanja Matic is considering a Manchester United exit in January, according to the Manchester Evening News. Matic has made just two Premier League starts for United this season.
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Manchester United have triggered an extension clause in Eric Bailly's contract to keep the defender at the club until the end of the 2021-22 season.
Bailly, who signed for United from Villarreal in 2016 for a reported £30million fee, has made 50 Premier League appearances across three-and-a-half injury-hit campaigns.
The centre-back is yet to appear at all for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side this season due to a knee injury, though he is nearing a comeback after featuring for United's Under-23s on January 10.
Omnisport now understands United have taken up the option to extend the 25-year-old's deal, which had been set to expire at the end of the campaign.
While Bailly will be staying put, United have allowed Ashley Young – who has been replaced by Harry Maguire as the Red Devils' captain – to leave the club for Serie A title-challengers Inter.
Sporting CP playmaker and Portugal international Bruno Fernandes, meanwhile, continues to be linked with a big-money switch to Old Trafford.
Xavi won his second trophy as a coach after leading Al Sadd to a 4-0 success over Al Duhail in the Qatar Cup final, days after turning down the Barcelona job.
Barca icon Xavi confirmed on Thursday that he had declined the opportunity to succeed Ernesto Valverde at Camp Nou.
Valverde was sacked on Monday, with former Real Betis and Las Palmas coach Quique Setien swiftly appointed.
Xavi claimed he turned Barca down because he believed it was "too soon" in his coaching career to take such a job, yet he will have done his credentials no harm with Friday's triumph.
Nam Tae-hee opened the scoring early on for Al Sadd, with Baghdad Bounedjah then doubling their tally after a mistake from Duhail's goalkeeper Amine Lecomte.
Bounedjah helped himself to a second before half-time, with Akram Afif's penalty completing the rout midway through the second half.
Friday's victory secured Xavi his second piece of silverware in charge of Al Sadd, who won the Qatari Super Cup in August last year.
Barca, meanwhile, kick-off the Setien era with a home match against Granada in LaLiga on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp believes Harry Kane's injury could alert England's authorities to the dangers of too much football if the striker is ruled out of Gareth Southgate's Euro 2020 plans.
The Tottenham striker and England captain suffered a hamstring injury in his club's New Year's Day defeat at Southampton and has undergone surgery.
Tottenham have indicated Kane should be able to resume training in April, but it could be a slow road back to full match fitness.
Liverpool manager Klopp made mention of Kane in a lengthy explanation about his concerns that too many demands are placed on players in the modern game.
Klopp is known to often point to the heavy burden on players, caused by domestic league and cup games, European matches and international commitments.
Given his important role with club and country, Kane is sure to be missed by both, and Klopp suggested the Spurs star's problem may have been caused by his own busy schedule.
"I feel massively for Harry Kane," Klopp said. "Now I've heard maybe he's not in the Euros, for the first time some English people in the FA will start thinking, 'Too many games maybe'.
"Always something has to happen so that we start really thinking about it."
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India Crime 08 Aug 2019 Delhi man kills relative on suspicion of having affair with his wife, held
Delhi man kills relative on suspicion of having affair with his wife, held
Published : Aug 8, 2019, 3:31 pm IST
Updated : Aug 8, 2019, 3:31 pm IST
The police said that they had received a Police Control Room call which said that a man had died due to electrocution in Punjabi Bagh.
Delhi police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly murdering a person on suspicion of having an affair with his wife. (Representational Image)
New Delhi: Delhi police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly murdering a person on suspicion of having an affair with his wife.
The accused, identified as Noshad Alam, aged 31, murdered his relative and fellow mechanic Shakeel Ahmed, aged 45, in his office premises Punjabi Bagh, the police said.
According to the police, the accused admitted during his interrogation that he committed the act on suspicion of a relationship between his wife and the victim. The victim was a maternal uncle of Noshad's wife.
The police said that they had received a Police Control Room call on Monday night which said that a man had died due to electrocution in Punjabi Bagh.
"On enquiry, we were told that Shakeel Ahmed had been shifted to hospital by PCR van. His relative, Noshad Aalam (accused), also working in the same office, said that he had gone to the ground floor to eat tobacco and on his return, he found Shakeel lying on the floor," said police.
The accused had claimed that the victim had probably suffered an electric shock and hit his head on nails during his fall which had caused injuries to his head.
After the arrival of the postmortem report which revealed a fracture in the victim's skull and findings contrary to his version, the police thoroughly interrogated Noshad after which he finally admitted to his guilt.
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May 30: Indian sports news wrap of the day
May 30 Daily Sports Wrap: Here are all the major developments from Indian sports today.
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30 May, 2022 12:42 IST
Vani Kapoor in action. (File Photo) | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash
Maana Patel records new 'Best Indian Performance' in 100m backstroke
Tokyo Olympian Maana Patel recorded news 'Best Indian Performance' in the women's 100m backstroke qualification round.
She clocked 01:03.69 at the Mare Nostrum Canet 2022 while improving on her personal best and best Indian time of 01:03.77.
Patel qualified 15th overall and advanced through to the level 'B' final, where she was placed fifth with a timing of 01:03:87.
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Shourya, Awesome best swimmers at Delhi State sub-junior swimming championship
Shourya Sejwal and Awesome were declared the ''best swimmers'' in the girls and boys sections respectively in the 57th Delhi State sub-junior swimming championship at the Talkatora Swimming Pool.
Shourya Sejwal
Shourya won two gold medals in freestyle, two in breaststroke and one in individual medley.
Awesome also won two gold in freestyle events, two in breaststroke apart from the 200-metre individual medley. Punit Swami and Dev Vats won two gold medals each in the boys section.
Saumya Sachdeva won four individual gold medals in the girls events, and two were bagged by Amiera Singhal.
- Kamesh Srinivasan
Vani finishes 41st in Belgium
Indian golfer Vani Kapoor finished T-41st as she rounded off the week at the Mithra Belgian Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour with a 71.
The 28-year-old Delhi golfer shot rounds of 75-70-71 as she tries to find her feet on the LET once again.
The other two Indians in the field this week Amandeep Drall (79-70) and Ridhima Dilawari (74-78) had missed the cut earlier.
Next week the action shifts to the Ladies Italian Open, where there will be a big Indian contingent.
Tvesa Malik will return to action after a break, while Vani, Amandeep and Ridhima will be joined by Neha Tripathi and Gaurika Bishnoi is among the reserves.
Swede Linn Grant won her second LET title in five starts in 2022 after firing a final round of 5-under 67 on the last day.
The 22-year-old, who won the Joburg Ladies Open in March, recorded rounds of 66, 68 and 67 to hold off England's Cara Gainer at Naxhelet Golf Club.
Grant maintained her lead on the front nine with birdies on three and nine, before she went toe to toe with Gainer on the back nine. Birdies on 10 and 12, as well as a crucial eagle on the 14th put the Swede back in pole position, and a dropped shot on 16 put the duo level before Grant made a par on the last to win her second title with a total of 15-under-par.
It was an exceptional day for Gainer who fired a stunning 8-under 64, which was the joint-best round of the week, to finish in second place.
Maja Stark, who leads the 2022 Race to Costa del Sol, also shot a round of 8-under 64 on the final day to secure a T3 finish alongside Switzerland's Morgane Metraux.
Metraux followed up her second round of 7-under 65 with a round of 5-under 67 on day three to finish level with Stark in third place.
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ShubhankarSharma finishes 14th at Dutch Open
India's Shubhankar Sharma completed a good week, laced with 18 birdies, with a Tied-14th finish at the Dutch Open on the DP World Tour.
Sharma had as many as 18 birdies over four days. But the Indian also gave away 13 bogeys.
The finish would nevertheless give Sharma a big boost, considering he missed four cuts in five previous starts.
After three birdies in his opening 71, Sharma had six birdies in a second round 71 and six more in his third round 69.
The final round saw two birdies on front nine but he gave away three bogeys in his first six holes on back nine before closing with a birdie on 18th for the third time in four days.
With a packed calendar ahead, Sharma will hope his birdie-making skills come good even as he works on cutting down the bogeys to improve on his 17th place on the Race to Dubai rankings.
The other two Indians, Gaganjeet Bhullar (73-74) and SSP Chawrasia (74-77) had missed the cut.
Meanwhile, the Dundee-based Frenchman Victor Perez, 29, was exceptional in clutch putting and held off Kiwi Ryan Fox in a play-off to win his second DP World Tour title.
Perez started the final day in a share of the lead but following Fox's great show, he was three shots back as he stood on the 17th tee.
Fox double bogeyed the 18th and Perez birdied the penultimate hole and then missed a six footer for birdie. The duo went into a tie and a play-off down the par-five 18th.
Perez also earns himself a spot at The 150th Open Championship this summer alongside Fox and Pole Adrian Meronk, with the top three players in the top ten not exempt heading to St Andrews.
Meronk finished a shot out of the play-off after a 68, a score matched by German Marcel Schneider who finished at 11 under.
Swede Sebastian Soderberg and England's Matt Wallace were at ten under, two shots ahead of another Swede in Alexander Björk and Portugal's Ricardo Gouveia.
FC Bengaluru United appoints Khalid Ahmed Jamil as Head Coach
Khalid Ahmed Jamil has been appointed as FC Bengaluru United Head Coach for the upcoming season.Jamil was previously associated with Indian Super League (ISL) club NorthEast United FC.
He has also worked with East Bengal and Mohun Bagan in a managerial capacity and was instrumental in leading Aizawl FC to its first I-League title in the 2016-17 season.
"Khalid has been one of the most sought-after coaches in Indian football," said Gaurav Manchanda, Owner, FC Bengaluru United, welcoming Khalid Jamil to the club. "He brings with him nuanced leadership and technical skills that stem for his decade-long management and coaching experience," he added.
Speaking on his appointment, Khalid Jamil expressed excitement on his new role, "The FCBU squad is a blend of youth and experience, and I am eager to work with them and sharing all my learnings. I am confident we can work together and see the club reach its greatest potential – both from an individual player perspective as well as a team."
Maha International Open GM chess: Focus on Tajik GM Amonatov, India's Lalith Babu
Tajikistan Grandmaster Farukh Amonatov will headline a 140-player field that includes 17 GMs in the inaugural Maharashtra International Open Grandmaster Chess tournament beginning in Pune on Tuesday.
The tourney for players rated above Elo 2000 will see 17 GMs, 29 International Masters, a handful of WGMs and 140 players from 24 countries vie for top honours, according to a press release.
GM Amonatov, with an Elo rating of 2622, is the top seed and starts favourite while GM Lalith Babu (2563) who has won as many as 20 gold medals in international events will spearhead the Indian challenge as the highest host player in the fray.
Former world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, who was expected to participate in the event, could not make it as his visa application was rejected by the authorities, reasons for which were not clear.
"He (Ponomariov) is not coming...His visa did not come through. Yet, the field is strong, there are good players," the organisers told PTI.
The event to be played till June 8 will be an 11-round Swiss League and has attracted players from Tajikistan, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, USA, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh apart from top Indian players.
Among the Indian women, International Masters Bhakti Kulkarni and Soumya Swaminathan, WGMs Mary Ann Gomes, Divya Deshmukh and Priyanka Nutakki are expected to perform well during the event.
The tournament, which offers total prize money of Rs. 20 lakh, is organized by the Maharashtra Chess Association under the aegis of the All India Chess Federation.
Meanwhile, over 455 players from seven countries including India have confirmed their participation in the 1st Pune Open Chess Tournament (for players rated below Elo 2000) which will be held here simultaneously.
The open event will offer a total prize money of Rs 10 lakh and will be on a 10-round Swiss League basis, organisers said in the release.
Venkat Batlanki ousted seventh seed Swastik Sharma 6-3, 6-1 in the boys first round of the Ramesh Desai memorial National under-16 tennis
championship on Monday.
In the girls' section, Siya Prasade overcame a hard start to beat Aditi Tyagi 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Mixed air rifle team below par
Shreya Agrawal and Rudrankksh Patil shot 625.6 and came 14th in the mixed air rifle team event of the shooting World Cup in Baku,
Azerbaijan.
The other Indian team of Elavenil Valarivan and Paarthi Makhija scored 623.5 for the 24th place in a field of 42 teams. Keum Jihyeon and Park Hajun of Korea beat Andrea Arsovic and Lazar Kovacevic of Serbia 16-10 for the gold.
In men's air rifle team event, Rudrankksh, Dhanush Srikanth and Paarth qualified for the bronze medal match against Croatia with a score of
624.9 in the second stage. Korea and Australia qualified for the gold match.
The Indian team had shot 940.4 in the first stage of qualification, 0.5 point behind leader Austria, which incidentally finished fifth.
The women's air rifle team of Ramita, Elavenil and Shreya topped the first stage of qualification with 944.2.
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6th October 2022
2022 Mole Valley
Arts Alive Festival
Toots Thielemans
Centenary Concert
Phil Hopkins, harmonica
Liam Dunachie, piano
Paul Morgan, double bass
Richard Charles Rodgers (1902-1979) Lyrics: Lorenz Milton Hart (1895-1943)
from the musical The Girl Friend (1926)
Jacques Romain Georges Brel (1929-1978)
Ne Me Quitte Pas Don't Leave Me (1959)
Charlie Parker (Charles Christopher Parker Jr, 1920-1955)
My Little Suede Shoes (1951)
John Barry (Prendergast) (1933-2011)
Joe (Joseph Guilherme) Raposo (1937-1989)
Sesame Street Theme (1969)
Hoagy (Hoagland Howard) Carmichael (1900-1981)
Stardust (1927)
Miles Dewey Davis (1926-1991)
All Blues (1959)
Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (1927-1994)
Corcovado Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (1960)
Toots Thielemans (Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, 1922-2016)
Bluesette (1961)
Main picture credit: © Jos L. Knaepen
The Guardian, Obituary
Harmonica player who matched his jazz virtuosity with expressiveness and warmth
You will find the full obituary article by clicking on the newspaper's logo:
Phil Hopkins
Phil Hopkins was a music scholar at King's School Canterbury, graduated from Oxford University and studied chromatic harmonica with the great classical harmonica player, Tommy Reilly.
In a thirty-eight year career as a professional musician playing percussion and/or harmonica, Phil has played for more than 120 London theatre productions spanning over 4500 performances across the West End, Royal National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe and Royal Shakespeare Company.
Chromatic harmonica performances include: the BBC Concert Orchestra, London Sinfonietta at St John Smith's Square, and West End musicals such as The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (Savoy Theatre), Sir Tim Rice's From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), the London premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, and Gone With The Wind (New London Theatre).
Phil has toured the USA many times with various artists including performances at Carnegie Hall, New York's Lincoln Center, and Symphony Hall, Boston. In 2018 he played the percussion part in the worldwide cinema broadcast of the Broadway production of The King and I from the London Palladium. He has recently been working on the Broadway production of Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre.
Other West End shows Phil has played for include The Phantom of the Opera, Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon, Matilda, Oklahoma!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. He has been performance musical director for 21 productions at Shakespeare's Globe.
Phil has recorded for films such as Iris, Anonymous, The Merchant of Venice and Dance of the Steel Bars, as well as many TV productions including Only Fools and Horses, Wolf Hall and Allo Allo, along with a harmonica solo on This Morning with Phillip Schofield on live TV.
Phil's harmonica recording of the theme from the film Midnight Cowboy has had more than 127,000 plays on the streaming service Spotify.
Phil has coached many actors to play harmonica for London theatre shows including The Night of the Iguana, Peter Pan, Girl from the North Country, and Assasins. He has played harmonica at many private parties for celebrities including Cameron Mackintosh, Victoria Wood and Sir Mark Rylance.
Note from Peter S: Before either of us had even heard of the word "lockdown" Phil Hopkins introduced himself to us as a professional harmonica player. Always keen to bring new instruments to these concerts, we fixed a concert date, and then we moved it as the original lockdown began and was extended, and extended again, until we gave up fixing dates and I invited Phil to record a concert for Music on Thursdays and 2020's Mole Valley Arts e-Live Festival.
We were finally able to meet Phil at his MoT concert in November 2021. His email address of phil.drum@... gave a clue to his other attributes. That led to today's exploration of the role of another "new to these concerts" instrument group - Percussion.
Liam Dunachie
Originally from Shropshire, Liam Dunachie began his musical training as a treble chorister in Hereford Cathedral Choir and later studied music at Trinity College, Cambridge where he was a choral scholar in its world-renowned choir under Stephen Layton. At Cambridge he studied composition with Robin Holloway and Richard Marlow and co-directed the Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra.
After graduating from Cambridge, Liam won a scholarship to study jazz piano and arranging at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where he studied with Malcolm Edmonstone, Nikki Iles and Scott Stroman among others. He has since gone on to play piano and Hammond organ in groups led by Jim Mullen, Dennis Rollins, Derek Nash, Nigel Price and Postmodern Jukebox's vocalist Aubrey Logan among others.
He has performed at all of London's major jazz and commercial venues and many others across the UK, including Ronnie Scott's, Pizza Express Dean St, Royal Albert Hall, Glastonbury Festival's Pyramid Stage, Wembley Arena, The Royal Festival Hall, The Palladium and many more.
Liam also works in musical theatre and has worked widely as both a Musical Director and keyboard player on a wide range of shows in both the West End and on UK Tours, including Hairspray, Phantom of The Opera, Gypsy, and many others.
As an accompanist and session pianist Liam has worked in a wide variety of contexts, including BBC2's series The Choir with Gareth Malone and is featured as both a pianist and arranger on the 2015 UK Official Charts Christmas No1 Single with the NHS Choir. He has played keyboards for Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night, toured with Beverley Knight on her 2019 UK Tour and is currently on tour with veteran DJ Tony Blackburn's Sounds of the 60's Live.
As a composer and arranger, he has also written pieces and arrangements for the City of London Sinfonia, English Chamber Orchestra, violinist Charlie Siem, London Chamber Orchestra and Trinity College Choir, Cambridge.
Reviews and quotations:
"...his place was brilliantly and flawlessly filled by Liam Dunachie whose advanced sight reading skills allowed him to tackle Rollins' often complex music without a single glitch. Some commentators remarked that his performance was probably the most remarkable one of the entire Festival" - thejazzmann.com
"Robb and Dunachie stay in the background to let Bush show off her phrasing... Brandon Allen's doleful sax and Dunachie's hushed piano cushion her ironic vocal..." Downbeat magazine
"What's even more to the point, she has in Dunachie a pianist of exceptional versatility, responsive to her every move and able to switch from rumbustious New Orleans style r&b to solid blues and rock 'n' roll before calming down for something quietly lyrical, all with consummate ease" - London Jazz News
"Dunachie, is the kind of piano player that, at one time, seemed to have been washed away with the tide. Not so, he comps and solos - he swings for today" - Bebop spoken here
"Bush...is joined by an excellent trio, of pianist and arranger Liam Dunachie...and Dunachie's refreshingly original arrangement gives it a knowing humour. - All About Jazz.com (Bruce Lindsay)
"Next up is Dunachie with another sparkling solo. It's particularly gratifying to hear Dunachie in such good form on this album... a gently swinging piece with a walking bass line that sees Dunachie lead off the solos with an elegant, subtly bluesy excursion on the piano" - the jazzmann.com
...Special mention should be made of Liam Dunachie's arrangements...Dunachie's creative and complementary arrangements provide the thread that draws the tunes into a cohesive whole... Some great solos from Dunachie, Kieran McLeod and especially Brandon Allen..." - jazzviews.net
Paul Morgan went to the Leeds College of Music on a jazz course in 1976. From 1979 to 1982 he worked with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and became the Principal Bass with the BBC Radio Orchestra.
Paul has worked, and continues to work, with all types of groups and big bands. He joined the Don Lusher Big Band in 1986 and continued to work with them up to Don's demise. He grew up accompanying many visiting American and other international artists at Ronnie Scott's Club, the Concorde Club in Eastleigh, Southampton, and many clubs and concert halls around the world. Paul has played bass for musicians such as Zoot Sims, Peggy Lee, Ronnie Scott, and many other artists.
Due to his phenomenal technique, intonation, and sight-reading ability, together with being equally adept whether playing pizzicato or arco on the double bass, many of the illustrious artists Paul has played with are not just in the jazz world. One of his main influences is Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, from Denmark, who also shares the same kind of musical attributes as Paul does. Some recommendation, indeed!
Paul is now mainly active playing 'straight' orchestral double bass in film and TV studios, as well as jazz gigs at Ronnie Scott's Club, the various Pizza Express establishments, the Bulls Head, Barnes, and other venues. He does not teach formally but is always willing to help colleagues and students, who have various problems playing the bass. Paul also plays with the New Jazz Couriers.
Well, there's a bit of luck. First recording of the day and it's Phil Hopkins himself.
Nobody captures the emotion of this Brel classic quite like Toots Thielemans.
This performance by Jon Eriksen comes from the West Coast Jazz Harmonica Summit of 2009 - that's Santa Cruz, rather than Weston-super-Mare.
The credit on this recording says John Barry, but did he play harmonica? Or is this Tommy Reilly? Either way, it's an excellent rendition.
Another Toots recording, yes, he it was on the original recording for the show - Sesame Street. There is some classy playing here:
Here's a song from 95 years ago, in a beautiful recording by the composer himself, Hoagy Carmichael.
Here's Mile Davis with his own composition, recorded at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris in 1991.
Another chance to hear a great piece of music in the hands of Toots Thielemans, here with the Leny Andrade Trio.
At the age of 87, here is Toots playing his own Bluesette at the Night of the Proms, in Rotterdam Ahoy. What better finish to this tribute to Toots Thielemans, a gentleman, the leading player of his day - and it was a pretty long day. He died aged 94.
Louisa Till, violin & Oliver Till, piano - click here
Gwenllian Llyr, harp - click here


Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, Eliza Jackson plays Marni Nixon, the most prolific ghost singer of all time. Dubbing for over fifty Hollywood films, she was the singing voice for stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe. Featuring songs from West Side Story, My Fair Lady, The King & I and more, she was 'the best film diva you (almost) never saw'.
In a classic story of old Hollywood, Marni Nixon was forbidden from telling anyone what films she sang on and for whom. She lived her life in the shadows until one infamous interview with Deborah Kerr led to her story being totally uncovered. But despite all of this notoriety, to this day, her work is still mostly unknown.
This show tells her story – the scandal, the secrets and the songs. It has something for everyone and exposes the truth behind some of the world's most loved movie musicals.


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"Interviews" January 21, 2021
YUE-SAI KAN
Interview with Yue-Sai Kan
Today we are interviewing Yue-Sai Kan – @yuesaikan is an Emmy-winning television host and producer, successful businesswoman and entrepreneur, fashion icon, bestselling author and humanitarian. People magazine called her "the most famous woman in China" and Time magazine proclaimed her "the Queen of the Middle Kingdom." Born in China and raised in Hong Kong, Yue-Sai moved to New York City in 1972, where she founded Yue-Sai Kan Productions and created a weekly television series "Looking East", the first of its kind to introduce Asian cultures and customs to a growing and receptive American audience. The series garnered critical acclaim and won dozens of awards, and lasted 12 years. Based on this and other work, Yue-Sai was mentioned in the US Congressional Record and credited as the first TV journalist to connect the East and the West.
In 1984, PBS invited Yue-Sai to host the first live broadcast of a television program from China on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The program was the first ever co-production of an American TV station and China's CCTV national network. This led the Chinese government to offer her a new television series, One World, which was produced and hosted by Yue-Sai, and aired on China's CCTV. With a weekly viewership of 300 million people, One World gave many Chinese their first glimpse of the outside world, captivated the entire nation, and made Yue-Sai a household name.
In 1992, Yue-Sai successfully transformed herself from a TV personality to an entrepreneur by creating the Yue-Sai Cosmetics brand which grew into China's leading cosmetics company, selling products in more than 800 outlets through 23 regional companies in China's major markets. The company started a revolution by encouraging Chinese women to be proud of their image, and truly began the cosmetics industry in China. More than 90% of the Chinese population today recognizes the brand, which was purchased by L'Oreal in 2004. Yue-Sai's other entrepreneurial ventures include an Asian-featured doll line called Yue-Sai Wa Wa and an East-meets-West lifestyle retail brand, the House of Yue-Sai. She is a director of IMAX China, which went public on the HKSE in the fall of 2015. Additionally, she has written 9 best-selling books in Chinese.
Since 2011, Yue-Sai held the position of National Director for the Miss Universe China Pageant. She uses the final pageant as Shanghai's most glamorous charity ball. Attended by the Who's Who of China, the charity has raised millions to build hospitals in poor regions, fund cleft lip and palate correction surgeries and grant scholarships for students in China's best music, TV and film schools. UNICEF once named Yue-Sai as its first and only Global Chinese "Say Yes for Children" Ambassador. Yue-Sai also sits on the board of China Institute and Prince Albert of Monaco's Philanthropy Round Table. Yue-Sai is the first and only living American featured on a Chinese government-issued postage stamp. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Music from Brigham Young University in Hawaii, and an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Human Letters from the Worcester State College. She lives between homes in New York and China.
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Question: As a female leader, what has been the most significant barrier in your career?
Yue-Sai Kan: As an American working in China, I can tell you that there are many barriers out there, the language, the culture, the laws, etc. But as a woman, I found it amazingly easy to do business in China. Chinese women are brought up under the ideal of "holding up half of the sky". They are treated equally as their male counterparts when it comes to opening a business, getting a loan, buying real estate and etc. Many people have questioned me if I had found it difficult to do business in China as a female. Actually, not at all. I have found that being female sometimes is an advantage. When I started doing business in China in 1990s, there were very few entrepreneurs let alone women entrepreneurs. Today, according to the Hurun Report, 61 of the world's top 100 self-made female billionaires are Chinese. They cover all industries, real estate, manufacturing, technology, you name it! However, I don't see that many Chinese women holding the highest political positions. Even if they do, their positions tend to be ceremonial or women related. Here in the United States, we just elected our first female vice president. It's a big accomplishment. But in Europe, quite a number of countries have female heads of state or government. Even in Asia, look at India, South Korea and Australia, they all have had female heads of state or government already. So both China and the United States have a lot to catch up in this regard.
Question: What is the best or most worthwhile investment you've ever made?
Yue-Sai Kan: In 1992, I launched Yue Sai (羽西)Cosmetics in China. My biggest investment in the venture was my name, my image and my celebrity status. At the time, I was already known as "The Most Famous Woman in China" because of my "One World" television series. It opened the eyes of a billion Chinese to the outside world. My hairdo was copied, the way I wear makeup and fashion was the talk of town. My celebrity status is like free advertisement for a beauty business. So I invested it. And I consider it my best investment.
It was also my most worthwhile investment because I was able to start a revolution in China by injecting colors into a colorless country and "changed the face of China one lipstick at a time" as Forbes puts it! The idea that every woman can look her best using cosmetics is so emancipating that it not only changed the way Chinese women look at themselves, but also directly impacted other aspects of their lives, including career, education and their place in society. I'm glad to have played a significant part in changing a deep-seated old mindset.
Question: For you, what makes China so special?
Yue-Sai Kan: In the last 36 years, I have been involved with China as a media person, entrepreneur, best-selling author and philanthropist, from art to culture, from education to technology, from economy to entertainment, I witnessed so many unprecedented changes on such a massive scale. And I personally was able to do so many pioneering things which no one ever did before and no one will ever be able to do again. These things only happen once in a lifetime and they will never repeat elsewhere. They made China extra special for me.
I'm currently working on my memoir and in the book, I shared many of my own experiences and observations on the constantly changing China, I hope that when people read the book, their perception of China will be closer to its reality.
Question: What habit do you have now that you wish you started much earlier?
Yue-Sai Kan: I would say to take care of myself, health-wise. When I was working on "One World", I was on 24/7. I worked on weekends and during holidays. My weight was an unhealthy 90 pounds. Then I traveled so much for Yue Sai Cosmetics that every time I flew, I would catch a cold.
During this pandemic, I finally learned to slow down and enjoy life. I picked up Spanish again and even learned how to cook a few dishes. I do yoga and swim 3 times a week. I also do TRX every day. I sleep soundly every night. Here in Hawaii, I eat locally grown organic food. I have never been this healthy. I'd like to keep it this way.
Question: What is the biggest challenge you have faced in your career? How did you overcome it and what did you learn from it?
Yue-Sai Kan: I think nothing I have done in my life came easy because most of them were things no one had done before. Let's just single out one – television. I started my career as a TV host in 1972, and in the early 1980s, I signed with China Central Television to produce and host a 104-episode bilingual (Mandarin and English) TV series called "One World". I signed the contract knowing I could not even say my own name in Mandarin! That was a huge challenge as you might imagine. It's like anchoring a show on BBC as an impeccable British English speaker when you are from South Carolina.
In those days, there were not too many Mandarin teachers in New York. For six months everyday, I studied Mandarin from 6pm – 9 PM on weekdays and 9 AM- 9 PM on weekends. Everywhere I went, I was carrying a Walkman with headphones listening to Mandarin. I was determined to be eloquent enough to present the programs. To shoot the first 30 seconds of my first show, I spent three hours taping it over and over again. It was harder than hard but I made it! Hard work paid off.
What's the greatest thing you got from your parents?
Yue-Sai Kan: Generosity. My parents both had a very kind and generous heart. I remember when I was about 10 years old, my parents told me that an Uncle Zhou needed to stay with us. We thought that he was a relative of ours. It turned out that he was just my parents' friend. His business had failed, and he had no where to live. Back then we were not a wealthy family, so having someone stay in our small home for 2 years could not have been easy on my parents. That kind of generosity was one of the greatest things for me to learn from my parents.
Question: What's the best and worst thing about getting older?
Yue-Sai Kan: There are really a lot of bad things about getting older. You notice that your skin is not as beautiful as before. Your body is changing shape. You have pains you never had before. You go to the doctors more often and even your tests are more elaborate and expensive. You tend to be more careful about what you eat, but you're always confused with everything that you read on the Internet about health because sometimes they are so contradictory to each other. The only thing good about getting older is if you have enough money to go through this period of your life without financial burden and physical impairs. So my advice? Be sure that you plan for this part of your life when you are young! As early as possible! Develop good health and money-making habits so you will have a rewarding and enjoyable last quadrant of your life.
Question: What is your motto for life?
Yue-Sai Kan: I have different ones at different stages of my life. My favorite one right now is "Be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud." from Dr. Maya Angelou.
Be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud.
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Ansa Sauermann (bürgerlich André Sauermann; * 4. April 1989 in Dresden) ist ein deutscher Singer-Songwriter.

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2014 veröffentlichte Ansa Sauermann seine erste Single Foto bei RaR Motor Music. 2017 folgte sein Debütalbum Weisse Liebe, inklusive des vorab veröffentlichten EP-Titelsongs Reise. Aufgenommen und produziert wurde das Album von Paul Gallister (u. a. Wanda). Im November 2020 folgte sein zweites Album Trümmerlotte, welches beim Wiener Lotterlabel erschien und von Herwig Zamernik und Stefan Deisenberger produziert wurde.

Bei seinen Auftritten spielt er meist zusammen mit seiner Band, in der Adrian Röbisch (Gitarre, E-Gitarre) Clemens Voyé (E-Bass), Olli Kunze (Schlagzeug) und Gustav Anders/Samuel Maiwald (Piano) mitwirken.

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Ansa ist in Dresden geboren und aufgewachsen. Nachdem er sein erstes Album 2017 in Wien aufgenommen hat, verlegte er zwei Jahre später seinen Lebensmittelpunkt in die österreichische Hauptstadt und nahm dort das zweite Album Trümmerlotte auf.

Diskografie

Alben
 2017: Weisse Liebe (Columbia/ Sony Music Entertainment)
 2020: Trümmerlotte

Singles
 2014: Foto
 2016: Reise
 2017: Geist
 2017: So Weit
 2020: Al Pacino
 2021: Weniger Laut

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Hawkeye Is Back in Hi-Def: 'The Last of the Mohicans'
Adele Melander-Dayton
For the truly obsessed, The Last of the Mohicans is newly available in sleek Director's Cut Blu-ray format. New tomahawk sound effects included.
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Daniel Day Lewis, Madeleine Stowe,Russell Means, Wes Studi
Distributor: Fox
When The Last of the Mohicans made its theatrical debut back in 1992, I was seven-years-old, and too young to see scalpings and cannon fodder on the big screen. My first viewing of the film happened one summer in the late-'90s—VHS on a 20-inch set at a friend's house. I still remember being horrified by the epic battle scenes and brutal killings that, strung together, make up most of the movie. Eighteen years and countless CGI innovations later, The Last of the Mohicans is newly available in sleek Director's Cut Blu-ray format, with mixed results.
The Last of the Mohicans is based on the 1826 book by James Fennimore Cooper and is the also the subject of a 1936 film, to which the latest incarnation owes much inspiration. The story takes place in summer 1757, during the French Indian War for control of North America. Daniel Day Lewis stars as Hawkeye, the adopted white son of Chingachgook (Russell Means) and brother to Uncas (Eric Schweig). As Hawkeye, Day Lewis is equal parts tomahawk-wielding ninja and chiseled-abs dreamboat—his typically intense and focused performance is the strongest in a well-acted ensemble—and it is his path we are most drawn to among many interconnected narratives.
The war takes place against the dramatic background of a wild, verdant landscape (New York's Hudson Valley in the story, but actually shot in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina) shot in summer greens and golds by cinematographer Dante Spinotti. The lush mountains and plunging grey waterfalls pair nicely with Randy Edelman, Trevor Jones and Daniel Lanois's melancholy, swelling soundtrack. Both the setting and the sound contribute to the urgency depicted in the film: in respect to war, revenge, and survival, and also in passion. Hawkeye falls in love with a British Colonel's spirited daughter, Cora (Madeleine Stowe). Their burgeoning connection becomes the sole reason to hope for survival as the story becomes increasingly bleak—mostly because they're running from the murderous Magua (Wes Studi) who wants to kill Cora and her sister in order to settle an old score.
While The Last of the Mohicans is a war movie, it's also a lush period piece reminiscent of the rich historical detail of a Merchant Ivory picture. The weapons, clothing, and cultural practices demonstrated by the characters are all more or less accurate. The commitment to historic representation extends to the use of language: the French speak French, and the Mohicans speak something resembling Mahican (no one has actually spoken Mahican since the early twentieth century), instead of the common Hollywood practice of giving all foreigners vaguely British accents.
Michael Mann's director's cut differs slightly (or substantially, depending on your degree of diehard Mohicanness) from the theatrical version of the film. Certain scene are cut, amended, or added. CGI technology makes an appearance in the form of enhancing the glow from battle blasts, or adding sound effects, in particular the slick thunk of tomahawks colliding with human flesh. For the truly obsessed, each of the 44 differences between the original and director's cuts of the film are painstakingly documented here with pictures, to boot.
The visual Blu-Ray transfer is rich and dynamic, but this has more to do with the film being beautifully shot than it does with digital remastering. The sound transfer fares less well—musket blasts and battles cries are ear piercing, while standard-level dialogue can be difficult to hear. If you're watching the Blu-ray, be prepared to fiddle with your volume control.
For fans of Day Lewis and Mann, the Mohicans Blu-ray may be worth the hefty price tag. But with its poor sound transfer and awkward Mann-added scenes, the new edition is more marketing ploy and less impressive recut. For most cinephiles, the VHS cut of Hawkeye racing through the woods in buckskin will do just fine.
The special features on the Blu-ray include a nice display and better-than-average making-of featurette. The Featurette has recent interviews with Day Lewis, Mann, Stowe, the casting director and the weapons master, among others. Detailed explications on how the filmmakers created historical accuracy are interesting, but the main draw here is Daniel Day-- dashing and articulate as ever.


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Interview with Gary Robbins, Arc'teryx Squamish 50 Co-RD
An interview with co-RD Gary Robbins about the inaugural Arc'teryx Squamish 50.
By Bryon Powell on June 14, 2012 | 37 comments
This August 11th, Gary Robbins and Geoff Langford will host a few hundred runners at the inaugural Arc'teryx Squamish 50 (mile) and its complementary races. Below, we interview co-RD Robbins about how the Squamish 50 grew out of the demise of the STORMY ultras and where he sees the Squamish 50 going.
iRunFar: The story of Squamish's STORMY ultras has run its course and the races are no more. In the wake of their demise, you're putting together the Arc'teryx Squamish 50 (mile), which also features a 50-mile relay and half marathon. Can you explain your connection to STORMY as well as to Squamish's trails?
Gary Robbins: I was a resident of Squamish for three years and the greater Sea To Sky Corridor from Squamish to Whistler and Pemberton for six years. My first ever ultra was the 2004 STORMY 67k and my first ever 100-miler was the 2008 STORMY 100. When I moved to Whistler in 2004 and started trail running for the very first time, I truly cut my teeth on the Squamish trail network and as such it's held and incredibly special place in my heart ever since.
The view from the start of the Arc'teryx Sqamish 50.
iRF: We'd love to hear about how the new Squamish races came about? What was the inspiration? Did you talk to the STORMY RD?
Robbins: Absolutely. A few years back the original STORMY distance was changed from 67k to 50 miles and I was one of the most adamant local proponents of the idea. Eventually, ownership of the race was handed over to fellow Montrail runner Ryne Melcher and he passed it along to myself late last year. It was well stated in advance of that handover – after STORMY, unfortunately, did not occur in 2011 – that I fully desired to give it a rather abrupt face-lift, to the tune of completely redesigning the course and altering the name. We did stick with the same great community though, and the same race date that it historically occurred on.
To take this a step further, my personal motivations for changing up the race were that the original race was strictly designed around a bike course called The Test Of Metal, which is a Canadian classic. The 67-kilometer distance followed the bike route in its entirety and even the name was born of this as S.T.O.R.M.Y. stood for Squamish Test Of Running Metal Yeah. In the eleven years since this idea was dreamed up, ultrarunning as a whole had changed significantly, but, more importantly, the little town of Squamish, BC has become an absolute Western Canadian trail Mecca. There are few places in North American that can boast the network that Squamish has developed and, as such, I felt there was a true need to finally expose all of this incredible new running terrain in a racing format.
The town of Squamish with start (far right) and finish (dead center).
So far we've had nothing but positive exchanges and massive excitement by the route changes. The name change was because we felt this would give immediate notice to people scanning race calendars that something different was happening in the town of Squamish this summer. With about two months until race day, we've already surpassed the highest registration numbers STORMY had ever seen.
iRF: Not a year goes by when a quality race doesn't disappear from the ultra scene and when an RD says enough is enough. Is there any reason that you didn't simply take over the STORMY races? Any advice for someone who wants to either revive a disappearing race or create one in its place?
Robbins: I slightly answered before, but in terms of reviving or creating a race in its place, I personally feel you have to have a deep understanding of that community, from the local runners to the local business people on out. I don't think you can create a worthwhile event in an area if you don't already have an emotional attachment to that specific area and an understanding of how your event may benefit that community best.
The "Powerhouse Plunge" on the Squamish 50 course.
iRF: You and Geoff Langford are the co-race directors of the Squamish 50. Geoff's been a race director, but this August's races will be your race directorial debut. How are you feeling about that at the moment? What are the biggest challenges right now? How about going forward?
Robbins: It's not my official directorial debut as I used to direct another Squamish race called The Squamish Thunder (I know, why all the storm references, right!) That year it was the largest trail race in the entire Sea To Sky corridor and I would like to add to that that NOT A SINGLE runner took a wrong turn. This is one of the main things I feel necessary to believe you've hosted a successful trail race, yet also one of the most difficult to achieve.
Since then, I have also grown into course-management roles with a local adventure racing company called the MOMAR (Mind Over Mountain), a trail series known as 5 Peaks (the largest trail series in Canada), and am also working with Red Bull on a Divide and Conquer race for North Vancouver. All in all, I'll be course managing or race directing six races this year after five last year (four of which I did while I was on crutches).
As you mentioned, Geoff brings over 15 years of race directing to the table while creating and staging some of the most legendary expedition races in Canadian history. We've got quite high hopes that we'll have a successful debut come August.
We're excited to announce that we've brought Arc'teryx on board as our title sponsor. With their help, the Squamish 50 will have a $50 tech tee to the first 200 runners to sign up, a race prime over the first 11 kilometers of our course, and prize money for winners ($300). We've already got the likes of Dakota Jones, Ellie Greenwood, Amy Sproston, Jason Loutitt, Chris Downie, and Aaron Heidt all signed up and ready to rock!
Post your STORMY memories, share your thoughts about the Arc'teryx Squamish 50, or otherwise leave a substantive comment to be eligible for a free race entry! [Holly V was our lucky winner of the Arc'teryx Squamish 50 entry!]
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Bryon Powell is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of iRunFar. He's been writing about trail running, ultrarunning, and running gear for more than 15 years. Aside from iRunFar, he's authored the books Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running, been a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, written for publications including Outside, Sierra, and Running Times, and coached ultrarunners of all abilities. Based in Silverton, Colorado, Bryon is an avid trail runner and ultrarunner who competes in events from the Hardrock 100 Mile just out his front door to races long and short around the world, that is, when he's not fly fishing or tending to his garden.
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Debi Dodge serves on Tamarind's National Advisory Board. She lives in Albuquerque with her husband, Clint Dodge. They are avid art collectors, and enjoy supporting New Mexico artists and the local art community. Debi has worked for Molzen Corbin, an architecture/engineering firm for twenty years. She is also an artist, working in print and encaustic mediums. Debi has served on several boards in Albuquerque including; New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque Arts Alliance, City of Albuquerque Arts Board (President), and 516 Arts. She was an integral member of Tamarind's Capital Campaign Committee, helping to raise funds for Tamarind's new building.


Thought it was kinda funny, its a WoW machinima on the starcraft 2 trailer made by myndflame, a site that is responsible for some of the most succesfull WoW machinima there are.
I laughed when the door opened revealing a ... gnome. And the ending too was funny.
Haha, that was great; about as great as a video can be without sound, lol.


It has saved me time because I don't have to go on-site. I can just do it remotely.
I used UltraVNC. I switched because I liked the encryption and the security of LogMeIn.
No one needs to wait for assistance, I am a phone call away. This means less down time and less travel time.
The price needs improvement. It is ridiculously expensive now, and no features have really changed.
It is expensive. You should compare the annual fee to your mileage budget before you purchase.
WebEx and it was clunky back then and expensive.
It is a little pricey. I have more than five seats, so I pay a $1000/year.
I have not used a different solution.
The biggest thing is remote access, to be able to get inside our network to be able to fix problems.
It would be nice to have educational pricing.
This is our first of its kind that we've used.
The ease of remoting into a server, to be able to have remote access. And also alerts.
It saves us drive time, we don't have to go to clients. We can just use remote access.
It's not really a true RMM product but more of just a remote access.
I can't remember what we used before, but it's been awhile.
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I would not want to tell other companies about it because it is so powerful, it does so much, and it makes me look so good.
I like being able to dial in and transfer files for updates.
It's enabled me to remotely do updates to servers and workstations in off-hours – without needing to travel into the office. Makes my life much easier.
The ability to remotely access machines with no user intervention required at the remote terminal. Other software we used needed someone to click a link and do a download for me to provide support. Now, with LogMeIn Central, I can get in and fix things while they are away from their desks.
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Agents should talk with their talent as soon as any issues arise. If the problems continue, then it is really important to part ways. The agent's reputation is on the line. Industry professionals will stop working with an agency if the actors and models are not acting appropriately.... 2/12/2018 · To become an entertainment manager for an actor, you will need good communication skills. You can also contact a local actor's union to gain more information. The screen actor's guild is another agency that you will eventually need to be associated with if you want to be taken seriously.
The education prerequisites for a career as a talent agent vary depending upon the industry in which an agent specializes. For example, literary agents would do well to earn at the very least a bachelor's degree in journalism or english. how to build a bear proof garden Working on an agent's desk is a special circle of assistant hell, but if you can survive, the payoffs can make it worthwhile. Picture poor Lloyd, toiling away under Ari Gold's abuse in Entourage, and you are not far off from reality.
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Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by izapharry, Apr 19, 2017.
First: Is the content exactly the same?
Yes, if you have mobile website on different URL then you should tell to the Google about all url in form of different XML sitemap.
There is no need to have a separate sitemap for mobile website. It will only create confusions!
Here is the link: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-mobile-sitemaps-20137.html Explaining more about that topic!
I also agree about having one sitemap for mobile and pc, make it simple, multiple sitemaps multiple work.
First off, you shouldn't have or need a separate mobile subdomain. That is incredibly annoying, and breaks stuff more often than not, because it is not set up correctly (for instance, sharing links on FB - if you have it set up wrong, you end up sharing the mobile site's url, with the m-subdomain prefix, and when opening that on a computer, you end up with a completely broken site - because redirects aren't handled properly). What you should do is create a site that works as it should regardless of screen size, based on proper, reponsive design - that way you only have on site to mess up, and only one sitemap to control.
Hi, Why you need the separate domain for your website to mobile website, why you didn't use the bootstrap classes to make the website mobile friendly? Choose the responsive themes and designs.


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The Dead Walk — третий студийный альбом американской металкор-группы The Acacia Strain. Он был спродюсирован группой и Адамом Д. из Killswitch Engage. Альбом был выпущен 13 июня 2006 года на лейбле . Это первый альбом группы с барабанщиком Кевином Бутотом и последний альбом с басистом Сетом Коулманом и гитаристом Даниэлем Дапонде.

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Athens political rally with Donald Trump Jr. draws protesters
By Joshua MixonCorrespondent
Oct 10, 2018 at 8:02 AM Oct 10, 2018 at 8:14 AM
It wasn't just fans of Donald Trump Jr. who were in attendance at Turning Point USA's event Tuesday night.
Around 100 protesters set up across the street from The Classic Center, where the event was held. Turning Point USA's University of Georgia chapter hosted Trump Jr., TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, conservative commentator Candace Owens and former FOX News co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle at an event titled "Campus Clash."
Protesters outside The Classic Center's doors engaged in chants and held heated discussions with men sporting President Trump's signature red "Make America Great Again" hats.
Those in Trump hats declined requests for interviews saying that, "We all know about the media and the right wing."
"Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go," and "This is what democracy looks like," were two of the most prominent chants the group engaged in.
Protesters cited "xenophobia, racism, sexism and bigotry" as reasons for demonstrating at the event, which was moved from UGA's campus due to ticket demand.
"I'm a religion major and a Christian myself," said Brandon Helton, a UGA graduate and first-year master's student. "I take issue with the way the (Trump) administration speaks toward marginalized groups, like immigrants and the LGBT community."
Some protesters found their way inside The Classic Center, occasionally shouting objections toward the four speakers throughout the event.
A section of about 50 individuals stood up during the question-and-answer session, some holding up the black power fist as they exited the room.
For more from the event, see:
Donald Trump Jr. praises father at Athens event
PHOTOS: Brian Kemp rallies with Donald Trump Jr. at the Classic Center


Anchor's Rest Guest House Umhlanga Rocks: Celebrating Summer!
To mark the arrival of summer, each year we create magic in the heart of our home town with Umhlanga's Summer Festival. This year was no different, with our festival receiving wide acclaim as the best one yet!
The festival kicked off in true Durban style with the Lizzard Hurrican Surf Pro on 13 and 14 December. Umhlanga's Wave Wizards Surf Club played host to hundreds of surfers from around the world as they all sought to make their mark on our legendary waves.
Trail running enthusiasts had a blast on Sunday the 14th, with beach trails ranging from 5km to 18km putting them through their paces.
Volleyball, Beach Olympics, dancing games and face painting were just a sampling of the myriad fun, FREE activities in the Just Juice holiday programme, and beach lovers of all ages just loved it. Shelley McClain and her choir lit up the night on the 18th, serenading the packed sands with exquisite carol singing.
By the time the fun was wrapped up for the year, no one wanted to leave. If you missed last year's excitement, then be sure to diarise December 2015's Umhlanga Festival!
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Chimamanda Adichie Displeased Over Preferential Treatment For Women
Nigeriana News June 8, 2018, 1:33 pm
Renowned Nigerian author and feminist, Chimamanda Adichie has expressed her misgivings over some preferential treatments given to women.
Adichie, spoke against men opening doors for women and tragedy aids given to women and children first, because they are perceived as weak while appearing on the Trevor Noah show, a daily show and an American programme on Thursday.
The show is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program that looks at the day's top headlines through a sharp, reality-based lens.
According to Adichie, opening the door for a woman should not be out of chivalry; rather, people should be open to helping and being courteous regardless of gender.
She said, "I think just like holding the door shouldn't be gender because we should open the door for everyone.
"I hold the door for men and women. I think the idea of sort of holding the door for a woman because she is a woman, I have trouble with.
"I'm quite happy for people to hold the door for me I hope they are not doing for the sort of idea of chivalry.
"Because chivalry is the idea of women are somehow weak and need protecting but we know that there many women who are stronger than men," she said.
She went on to express her disdain for the idea of people always saying women and children should be rescued first in times of tragedy, rather than saving the weak and unwell.
Adichie said, "Which is also why I have issues with women and children when women are classified. When there is a tragedy and we say women and children should live first.
"I think actually it is the people who are weak and unwell who should leave first," she said.
Adichie frequently comes under 'fire' over her unwavering feminist comments during interviews.
Adichie trended in April when she said she was upset that the Twitter bio of former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, began with 'wife' despite her numerous achievements.
NAN reports that Adichie's feminism campaign has been a pivotal crux of her writing as her characters centre around powerful women who are usually dwarfed by the patriarchal system in their environments.
Her TedX talk 'We Should All Be Feminists' was sampled on American singer Beyonce's hit song 'Flawless' and was also part of Beyonce's performance routine at 2018 Coachella.
In 2017, Adichie released a small book titled – 'Dear Ijeawele or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions'.
Her novel 'Americanah', was recognised as one of 15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way fiction was being written and read in the 21st century.
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Draw a line west across Coldwater Canyon Drive from the garish Palazzo di Amore megamansion and you'll hit the Beverly Crest property that, from the looks of it, is set to become the site of a 50,000-square-foot hilltop behemoth. Spotted by Homes of the Rich, this inhabitable beast will have 15 bedrooms, 22 bathrooms, and be built by prolific megamansion developer and permit haterMohamed Hadid (a project of his in Bel Air has landed him with criminal charges recently). The massive estate was designed by CLR Design Group and features, per their website, a 2,000-foot-long driveway, a motor court with room for 20 cars, and what appear to be multiple infinity pools.
There's not a lot of information on the site about how far along in the building process this place is, and there are no recent building permits attached to the address (not that that's stopped building on past Hadid projects!). There's also not any price listed on CLR's site yet, but rest assured that it will be plenty expensive: the still-unfinished megamansion Hadid was building on that Bel Air hillside without the correct permits was listed, unfinished, years ago, for $45 million.


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About Uberphones.com
By Uberphones Team on 11/02/2010 10:17 PDT
Thanks for visiting this site!
Uberphones is a blog dedicated to mobile phones and tablets. It's part of the Ubergizmo family, and was created because there are so much things going on in the mobile space that it should have its own blog. Uberphones is based in San Francisco, CA.
Eliane Fiolet, co-founder
Eliane is the co-founder and editor of Uberphones and Ubergizmo.com where she writes about web applications, design and usability. In her parallel life, she owns a Corporate ID design business that helps companies create great brands. Prior to opening her own agency, Eliane worked for a top design firm, Minale Tattersfield Design Strategy, where she created identities for Fortune 500 companies. She also worked in the video game industry as a designer for an award-winning adventure game. Eliane holds a master degree in visual communication from the "Art Decoratifs" college. Twitter, Facebook
Hubert Nguyen, co-founder
Hubert is the co-founder and editor of Uberphones and Ubergizmo.com. He is a retired graphics engineer who programmed special-effects demos such as "Nalu" or "Vulcan" at Nvidia. Hubert also managed their developer education program and edited the GPU Gems 3 book. Before joining Nvidia, Hubert was at 3dfx. Prior to that, he coded video games 3D-Engines. Hubert started to program 3D graphics in 1991 when he was involved in the underground European DemoScene. Twitter, Facebook
Tyler Lee, lead writer
Tyler Lee is a former wireless carrier employee. He loves technology and all the possibilities have always fascinated him. He spends spend too much time in front of the computer, blames World of Warcraft for that. He is huge fan of music and has been known to play at least four instruments to date, although that number might increase in the future. Fight Club is his favorite movie because of the awesome one-liners. He's a foodie who thought of becoming a chef, but the ultimately preferred tech life.
George Wong, associate writer
When he's not too busy getting his soul sucked out of him sitting in front of the computer, he finds the time to play the guitar, write songs, and draw terrible comics. Though usually harmless, nobody should mess with his mp3 collection- he needs his music to stop him from turning into a ferocious green monster."
Edwin Kee, writer-at-Large
Edwin Loves dabbling with new technology, and subsists on a minimal amount of food with gaming as his main diet. He is currently in love with his Ice Blue DS Lite. He gets his gadget news on Ubergizmo.mobi – news bytes served in minuscule chunks over a smartphone.
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Ghosts & poltergeists
Where Spirits Dwell
Author(s): Karina Machado
A captivating exploration of haunted-house stories from around Australia. It will unearth the creaking, spine-chilling moments when ghosts appear in suburbia. Karina Machado spins a web of wonder and often the interviewees' lives prove just as fascinating as the spooky experiences they're sharing. She will not only give us real-life experiences, Karina will also examine the haunted house in history, literature and popular culture through the book. Alongside infamous Australian haunted homes, like Junee's Monte Cristo Homestead and Annandale's haunted Abbey, Where Spirits Dwell will also take readers inside other haunted dwellings, including schools, pubs and even shopping centres. The local mall will never be the same again.
Karina is well-known in print media; magazines like WHO, NW, Famous, Grazia, Madison & marie claire will be looking at this. Selected metro & regional papers will get this, and will be aiming to do as many radio interviews (and possibly TV) as possible. Paranormal websites will also be targeted.
Karina Machado was born in Uruguay and moved to Sydney with her family as a toddler, where she grew up hearing stories of her mother's psychic gift, igniting a life-long curiosity about all matters supernatural. She began her career in journalism as editorial assistant at TIME magazine in 1994, and is now a senior editor at WHO magazine, where she's for ever pitching spooky stories. She's also obsessed with the Tudors of England, and has been known to dress up as Anne Boleyn, whose ghost she's sadly never seen.
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Imprint : Hachette Australia
Publication date : July 2011
Author : Karina Machado


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Q: query and variable post I am receiving address from a search.php and then send that value to map.php. I can also get the id from given address.
My question is how can I save the value of $row['id'] as a variable?
<?php
    if(isset($_GET['w1'])){
        $id_1 = $_GET['w1'];
        $conn = mysqli_connect('localhost',$username,$password,'marker');
        $query = "SELECT * FROM markermap WHERE address= '".$id_1."'";
        $result = mysqli_query($conn,$query) or die(mysqli_error($conn));

        echo'
';

        if($result->num_rows > 0){
            while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)){

                echo '
';
                echo ''. $row['id'].'  	';
                echo '
';

            }
        } else {
            echo "No record available";
        }
    } else {
        echo 'No id is comming';
    }

    echo'
';

?>

A: You mean something like this?
$row_id = $row['id'];

$row['id'] is already a variable so why do you want to assign it to another variable?
And try to bind values from $_GET cause it's really not safe to put them straight into query. Maybe try PDO.

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Driving me nuts
Carter Drake 10 Jul 2009
I heard a saying once that there is one thing that transcends race, religion and language: Everyone thinks that they're an above-average driver.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2008 was a good year. Only 37,261 motor vehicle fatalities in 2007, down from 41,259 in 2008. An estimated 2.35 million were injured.
Over the past week I've seen people driving holding cell phones, applying make-up, smoking and eating. I've watched kamikaze bus drivers pull out into traffic without looking, and police cars that must have defective turn signals.
Then there are those driving 20 under the speed limit with the steering wheel in a two-handed death grip. You know, the ones you're dying to get past, but the thought of having them behind you in traffic is also terrifying?
If we trained pilots with the same lackadaisical attitude, aircraft would be crashing faster than Airbus and Boeing could build them. This concept of passing a driver's test when you're a teen and managing to get to the age of 80 without as much as a review of the rules is absurd. Surely with all the modern technology available today we can devise a few tests to ensure that drivers know the rules of the road and have something that at least remotely passes as reflexes?
Driving isn't a right. It's a privilege and a responsibility. Perhaps if we take it more seriously less people will have to die.
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Q: Is it possible to share Local Temp table between SQLCLR triggers across a Linked Server? I need to implement a Distributed transaction for a third party product. I have two SQL Servers and two SQLCLR triggers. I want to access the local temp table value from the second trigger context, which is on another instance. Is it possible?
//Server 1
[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlTrigger (Name="SqlTrigger1", Target="Table1", Event="FOR INSERT")]
 public static void SqlTrigger1 ()
    {
        using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("context connection=true"))
        {
            conn.Open();

            // Create #Temp table
            // Insert some data
            // Fire trigger Server 2 via Dblink
         }
    }

//Server 2
[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlTrigger (Name="SqlTrigger1", Target="Table1", Event="FOR INSERT")]
 public static void SqlTrigger2 ()
    {
        using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("context connection=true"))
        {
            conn.Open();

            Read #Temp table  ???
         }
    }

A: The immediate answer has nothing to do with SQLCLR. It is not even conceptually possible to access a local temporary table (or stored procedure) across instances because like any other object, they are local to the instance that they are created on. And when using a Linked Server, there is no way to access the calling session, so a reference back to the local temporary table on Server 1 will never be accessible by code running on Server 2.
Also, while it is at least possible to access a global temporary table between instances (because those are visible to all sessions), that would still require an additional Linked Server to be created on Server 2 that points back to Server 1 because that is where the global temporary table would exist. That's a bit messy, and offers no advantages over creating a real table (unless you create the global temporary table to include a newly created GUID value as part of its name, but then you still need to transfer that value over to Server 2 in order to build the correct reference back to Server 1, which will need to happen in Dynamic SQL).
Clarification from the O.P.:

When user call query insert into dbo.Account (Name) values('something') I intercept this with clr trigger and execute the same query on server2 insert into Server2.dbo.Account (Name) values('something') and i need to shared context in this transaction for example a guid variable.

There is no such thing as a "shard context" between instances. Whatever data and/or values are needed in both places need to be passed into the remote instance. In this case, you can package up the data as XML in an NVARCHAR(MAX) variable, and execute a stored procedure on Server 2, passing in that NVARCHAR(MAX) value, convert it to XML in the stored procedure, and unpack it using .nodes(). Then you can additionally pass in individual scalar values as other parameters to the remote stored procedure. For example:
DECLARE @DataToTransfer NVARCHAR(MAX),
        @SomeGuid UNIQUEIDENTIFIER;

SET @DataToTransfer = (
    SELECT *
    FROM   inserted
    FOR XML RAW('row')
  );

EXEC [LinkedServerName].[DatabaseName].[SchemaName].[StoredProcedureName]
    @Param1 = @DataToTransfer,
    @Param2 = @SomeGuid;

The approach shown above works quite well. I have used it to transfer millions of rows per day from 18 production servers to a single archive server. Calling a remote stored procedure has less locking issues than attempting to do the straight DML / INSERT statement over the Linked Server. Also, this approach allows for sending both the table of data (packaged as XML) and individual variable values (e.g. the Guid you mentioned).
The remote stored procedure -- referenced in the EXEC in the example code above -- will be executed locally on Server 2, so it can create a local temporary table that the Trigger on the remote table will have access to, or use either SET CONTEXT_INFO or, if using SQL Server 2016 (or newer), use sp_set_session_context.
Also, as you may have noticed, none of this has anything to do with SQLCLR. I see no reason to introduce the additional complexity of having this in SQLCLR when you will be using none of the benefits of SQLCLR triggers / objects.

A: With a local temp table no, but with a global temp table (two pound signs: ##globalTemp instead of #temp) you should be able to.  That being said, it's likely not a good idea because you never know if ##globalTemp table would exist or not.  Who should be creating it?

There are two types of temporary tables: local and global. Local
  temporary tables are visible only to their creators during the same
  connection to an instance of SQL Server as when the tables were first
  created or referenced. Local temporary tables are deleted after the
  user disconnects from the instance of SQL Server. Global temporary
  tables are visible to any user and any connection after they are
  created, and are deleted when all users that are referencing the table
  disconnect from the instance of SQL Server.


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