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Collaboration, innovation and scale
29th October 2019 | By Josephine Watson | Reading Time: 3 minutes
Following SG Digital's recent presentation at iGaming Next, we review the challenges and opportunities when it comes to innovation in igaming
Along with the rapid growth of the igaming industry has come a wide variety of platforms, service providers and fierce competition. However, as focus tightens on regulation and responsibility, and with operators facing challenges such as retention and bonusing, app store restrictions and increasing game decay, driving innovation must remain a top priority. In their recent presentation at iGaming Next, Dylan Slaney, SVP casino, platform and ilottery at Scientific Games discussed how innovation will shape the next phase of the igaming industry, and how the company is positioning itself toto win.
Choppy waters in igaming
Slaney discussed the challenge of navigating networks at scale while attempting to innovate: "We're doing something like 2 billion transactions a month – data points on what players are doing, how they're playing games. We've seen a huge amount of mobile growth after the last 18-24 months, as well as seeing our partners and transactions increase. We're managing a technical infrastructure that's handling 100,000 peak bets per minutes." Bringing up share prices from the past year, Slaney says: "We can see from data points within the industry that there are some challenges that we as suppliers and operators, our partners, are facing. "It's challenging times out there, and if there's a call to action from this presentation – now's the time for innovation. Now is definitely the time to look at everything we've done in the past that's built this brilliant industry, and how we ultimately go on potentially a different journey."
Partnership with Amazon Game Tech
Slaney then moved to discuss SG Digital's partnership with Game Tech, explaining that initially Scientific Games' own development and product teams had been working on a back-end engine of their own. "We were so close to pressing the button to go it alone – to get in a darkened room for 18 months and spin up millions of dollars in investment to try and essentially copy what was already there." However, what the company's true aim was, Slaney says, was to spend time on the creation of services that sit on top of the platform. After exploring various options, SG Digital found GameSparks, which later was acquired by Amazon to become Game Tech. With a background in social games and video gaming, Slaney says their horizontal and vertical scalability was a key selling point.
Moving features forward
The partnership, in turn, had three key results – missions, tournaments and jackpot wars – all of which can be integrated into all content distributed via the platform. Slaney says the value of this is in the player experience it creates: "I'm not in the business of just building these missions and tournaments just for my proprietary content. I'm a content aggregator who just so happens to build content as well. "Your players don't care what platform it comes from, they care about the experience they get. If I out of the box can give you hundreds of games that we can treat in the exact same way, that's infinitely better than what exists in the industry today." Using the example of tournaments, Slaney says: "Who today has 200-300 games as an operator where they can run tournaments? Where all the badges that are needed are pre-canned, all the metadata is flowing through secure, Kafka driven service into a backend that I don't see, but you see as an operator." While missions and tournaments in themselves are nothing new to the industry, Slaney says jackpot wars, the peer-to-peer, avatar-based slot game could stand to shake up the industry. "Even if this concept doesn't work, the fact is this industry now has the ability to run a curated jackpot where you can play against your friends and set up a peer-to-peer tournament where you can share that liquidity and create your own avatar to fight in a jackpot. The technology is there because of the partnership with Game Tech." Speaking to iGaming Business after the event, Slaney expanded on his view that jackpot wars has widespread appeal: "Players will enjoy the customisation and personalisation options, giving them a real sense of ownership over the experience. To me, that custom and inherently personal connection to a game is something players hope for and studios strive for globally." He also adds that improved collaboration can give players an experience that earns their attention over other options: "We're competing with streaming services, traditional console games, and various other forms of entertainment. "Suppliers and operators can look at data from these platforms together and collaborate on solutions that create an entertainment ecosystem rather than a collection of disparate experiences."
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Mariam Bah, née le , est une taekwondoiste ivoirienne. Elle a été plusieurs fois médaillée aux Championnats d'Afrique de Taekwondo et a participé aux Jeux olympiques. Elle a d'abord participé aux JO 2004 à Athènes, où elle a eu l'honneur de porter le drapeau national lors de la Cérémonie d'ouverture. Bah a été éliminé au premier tour après avoir été vaincu par la Coréenne Jang Ji-Won, avec un score de 2 à 9. Son adversaire ayant atteint la finale et remporté la médaille d'or, Bah a été qualifiée pour le combat de repêchage où elle a perdu face l'espagnole Sonia Reyes lors du premier round.

À sa deuxième participation aux jeux Olympiques de Pékin, Bah a combattu dans la catégorie des moins de . Au premier tour, elle a affronté la Néo-Zélandaise Robin Cheong, qui faisait ses débuts aux jeux Olympiques. Aucune d'entre elles n'a marqué de point, jusqu'à ce que Bah donne un coup de pied défensif à son adversaire. En fin de compte, Bah a été officiellement éliminée lors du tour préliminaire de la compétition.

Aux Championnats d'Afrique de taekwondo, elle remporte dans la catégorie des moins de  la médaille d'or en 2003 et la médaille de bronze en 2001, ainsi que la médaille d'argent en moins de  en 2005.

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Taekwondoïste ivoirienne
Naissance en juillet 1976
Taekwondoïste (femme) aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2004
Taekwondoïste (femme) aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2008
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So close... so close... we now have more posts on Cuba than days spent there. Sprinting, sprinting to the end.
On the third last day, we took the tourist bus, realised we had taken the wrong tourist bus, and ended up crossing the harbour and taking a scenic trip along the northern coast. The beaches are beautiful, but we didn't have time to properly explore, so Salerno is still the last beach day. Getting the correct bus, we went to the Plaza de la Revolución, the Cuban answer to Red or Tienanmen Squares. It is here that the famous Che mural is, and the not-so-famous Camilo mural. The Che is fine for the folks who work in that building, as it fills an otherwise empty wall. The Camilo, not so much, as it is bolted onto the outside of an existing building, blocking windows. Also, his cowboy hat is tilted back so much he looks like an ayatollah; maybe that's why Cuba is still on the US list of State Sponsors of terror: the yanks are too lazy to check out who the picture actually is. These take up the north side, while the the south side is dominated by the José Martí Memorial, which has a ho-hum museum (Maybe JM was like Father once explained Neil Diamond was - you had to be there) but, being the highest point in the city (I think), the observation deck gives a nice view, somewhat hampered by very dirty windows. Behind the memorial is Party Headquarters, and owing to the wildlife on the memorial tower, the vultures are circling the Party, but in the literal sense, not the metaphorical that the yanks might like.
We didn't see much else that day, as another error in bus selection dropped us off in the wrong part of town, which led to a slight disagreement (read hysterical screaming fit) between myself and the lovely Naomi on the Havana waterfront. She went home, while I continued to fall prey to the poorly organised tourist bus for a few more hours, eventually getting back well after dark and with very sore feet from many a kilometer of walking.
On the penultimate day, having mended bridges somewhat, and somewhat over being in the city, we attempted to take the Hershey Train, the only electric train on the island which was built by the company of the same name before the revolution, on a scenic trip to some town north east of the city. We got up brutally early, and got a taxi to the Havana end of the line, a bleak little-nowhere station, in time for the 8:45 departure, the first of five each, according to a certain book. But, there are only three in actuality. And, the 8:45 wasn't running that day. Being told to return at 12:30, we ferried across the harbour and then across to another point, making a V-shaped journey, to the little town of Regla, which is interesting as a place to see the smeering of Catholicism with African tribal religions to make Santería. The large following of this religion in those parts is the likely reason we saw the intestines and later the back of a dog floating in the harbour. The priests of this religion are not exactly above earthly things we found, and are as likely to try to scam the odd peso out of you as anyone else. This is how we got a 'guide', who did afford us the opportunity to experience parts of the town we would not have otherwise, including a drink made from raw sugarcane, which tasted like sweetened lawn clippings. He did however ask two pesos for admission to a museum which mysteriously was not open but we couldn't get the money back as we needed to pay it to come onto the grounds. Right. But, on the flip side, he told us to use national currency on the ferry, and thus saved us six pesos. Being that he was still a bullshitter, I would suggest caution at Regla, and my having procured his services reignited the blue of the previous day.
While there, we saw the other of the two Lenins, a less impressive affair, and then rushed back to catch the 12:30. Sadly, the 12:30 was also not running that day, but we were advised to return for the final train at 8 pm. My tongue sweetly said "no thankyou", my mind said something a little more stiff.
Thus, we crossed the harbour by ferry for the fifth time, saw the Russian Orthodox Church on the south side, built recently in an effort to renormalise relations with the new order in Russia, and then caught a funky little motorbike taxi with a fiberglass shell along the coast, which delivered us unto our next adventures.


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"You Take Me As I Am", Stornoway
Stornoway is a group out of Oxford, England that first made waves with their 2010 debut Beachcombers Windowsill, a folksy, idiosyncratic equivalent to the more electric Arctic Monkeys. Their new album Tales From Terra Firma, slated for a March 19th release in the United States is not so much a stylistic change as it is a sonic evolution with absolutely stunning and daring arrangement choices that spring them out of the British folksy Mumford and Sons pack. That the album was recorded in a modest campervan makes the results all the more impressive. "You Take Me As I Am", the first track on the new album is a propulsive anthem that transforms a narrative about a nascent marriage into an epic synonymous with the power of love. Fueled by an energetic acoustic guitar backbeat, the arrangement whirls with organs and brass and a dynamic drum line. One of the better tracks to come out this year. Also as a bonus, I'm including "When You Touch Down From Outer Space" a track they recorded during Pitchfork's Music Festival in Paris as a Takeaway Show with La Blogotheque.
You Take Me As I Am
When You Touch Down From Outer Space (Takeaway Show)
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Solstice Light by Asia @onewillow_apothecaries.
The holidays are crazy. Living on a mountain, it's easy for us to forget that just down the hill is a madness of cars and shopping carts. I remembered this fact yesterday, when I ventured down the hill to buy green beans and biscuits for our Christmas feast.
Now that the New Year is nearing, I hope you all are settling in to enjoy the candles, weather, fire, and trees.
I thought I would celebrate here on the blog by posting some gorgeous holiday photos from some of the people I follow on Instagram. If you are inspired by their offerings, be sure to click through and follow their feeds. These artists, makers and beautiful people add beauty to the world all year long!
Crisi of @lunaslocket shows off the gorgeous Twiggy Ring made by her friend Sam at @samryde_metalstudio.
Milla of @thewomanwhomarriedabear shows her table spread with a mug by @phoebewahl.
Polar Bears by Danielle Pedersen @smallwildshop.
Chocolate and Candles at @lagustasluscious.
Winter Knitting by Meera @knittyzen.
Rose Cardamon Amaretti Cookies by Thalia @thaliaho.
Holiday Garden by Thomas @thomasbloomflowers.
Embroidery Portrait by Cathy @cathycullis.
Old and Beautiful Christmas Treasures by Loreta & Elze of @allthebeautifulthingsblog.
Now I'm off to do some celebrating with my family. I will be back on the blog after the New Year with some pretty wonderful interviews with some pretty wonderful people, so I'll see you then!
Happy Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice, New Year, and any other holiday you might be celebrating this winter.


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Published: April 30, 2021, 10:40 PM
Updated: May 1, 2021, 12:04 AM
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Grizzlies shoot poorly, Magic worse in 92-75 Memphis win
Published: April 30, 2021, 10:40 PM Updated: May 1, 2021, 12:04 AM
Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks (24) shoots against Orlando Magic forward James Ennis III (11) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 30, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill) (Brandon Dill, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Dillon Brooks scored 20 points, Jonas Valanciunas added 14 points and 15 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Orlando Magic 92-75 on Friday as both teams shot poorly.
Kyle Anderson contributed 13 points for the Grizzlies, who shot 34.3% from the field but snapped a two-game losing streak.
Memphis outscored Orlando 36-15 in the third quarter to take control. The Grizzlies never let their advantage drop under double digits in the fourth as the lead reached as high as 24.
"I thought we had tons of good looks in the first half," Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said. "Wide-open 3s. Finishes in the paint. All shots that we normally finish. And for 48 minutes outside of that third quarter, it was a challenge.
"They just weren't falling at the rate that you would expect or hope for."
Cole Anthony and Mo Bamba led the short-handed Magic with 15 points each. Bamba also had 11 rebounds. R.J. Hampton finished with 11 points for Orlando, which shot 31.4% and fell even with idle Detroit at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
Acting Magic coach Ty Corbin said his team has been forced to use a lot of young players who aren't accustomed to the grind of an NBA season, especially when they are out of playoff contention. He said the key is handling "the physicality of it, the mental part of it, and playing through being tired."
"I think we kind of let it get the best of us a little bit in that third quarter," Corbin said. "That third quarter was just too much to overcome."
Memphis held onto its eighth-place spot in the West and gained a game on the San Antonio Spurs, who lost a 143-140 overtime thriller at Boston.
The Grizzlies get another crack at the Magic Saturday night in Orlando.
After a terrible first half of shooting, Memphis finally got its offense rolling in the third quarter, using a 25-4 run to build a 66-54 advantage.
The Magic had seven turnovers in the third during Memphis' run. The Grizzlies played much better defense than they did in losses to Denver and Portland.
"I feel like it is human nature to have a few good defensive games and then kind of let your guard up," Anderson said. "Kind of slack off. I think we were locked in mentally this game and wanted to do well on defense so we could get out and run and play our game on offense."
Magic: Seven players were out with injuries, including Chuma Okeke, who suffered a left ankle sprain in Wednesday's game against Cleveland. ... Coach Steve Clifford has been out since Sunday under COVID-19 protocol. ... The Magic fell to 9-21 on the road. ... Donta Hall had 11 rebounds.
Grizzlies: G Grayson Allen was not available after injuring his left hand in Wednesday's loss to Portland. ... Rookie Desmond Bane started alongside Ja Morant at guard. ... Memphis' reserves were 2 of 18 from the field in the first half. ... Valanciunas recorded his 42nd double-double of the season.
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Anderson said there is a different intensity to this portion of the season as teams battle for playoff berths and position.
"It's a total different game than the beginning of the season. Guys are coming ready to play for 48 minutes. We're kind of catching on to that," he said.
Jenkins: "We've got to take every game seriously and move forward, especially this time of year."
The home-and-home series concludes Saturday night.


Vishay Intertechnology introduced a fast, low-cost infrared (IR) sensor which offers proximity sensing from 10 cm to 2 m and a > 4x dynamic range from its lowest to highest sensitivity for a variety of systems including sensing of distance to objects for toys, drones, autonomous robots, and intelligent vicinity switches. Other applications of the TSSP4056 are hand dryers, towel or soap dispensers, water faucets, vending machine fall detection, and security and pet gates.
The sensor features a monotonic sensitivity vs. frequency response curve from 30kHz to 54kHz. Modulated pulses from a separate IR emitter are detected with a high sensitivity of 0.4 mW/m². Also, fast readings in under 5 ms are possible using successive approximation techniques.
Most proximity sensors require an expensive DAC to detect the object's distance. However, this new sensor doesn't require the microcontroller to contain a DAC, thus lowering overall costs. Other benefits of the device is simplified design by embedding a PIN photodiode and sensor IC in a compact package measuring 6.0 x 6.95 x 5.6 mm.
Capable of operating at a supply voltage range from 2.5V to 5.5V and a typical supply current of 0.7 mA, the sensor can receive IR pulses from an emitter with a peak wavelength of 940 nm. Other features are insensitivity to supply voltage and ripple noise, and shielding against EMI. An IR filter suppresses visible light. The sensor is RoHS-compliant, halogen-free, and Vishay Green.
The IR sensor module is available now, with lead times of four weeks.


Who is Dale Earnhardt Jr's Brother, Sonny?
Dale Earnhardt Jr said today that he has another brother.
"I got a brother named Sonny nobody knows about," said Dale Earnhardt Jr during a Speed TV interview during practice at Chicagoland Speedway.
Junior never said his brother was Sonny Earnhardt, just Sonny.
Dale Jr was talking about his plans to return to Australia — and his hopes to take his family, including his Mother Brenda and his Brother Sonny. He seemed to be implying that Sonny was Brenda's son.
Who is Sonny? I'll let you know as this story develops.
24 Comments on Who is Dale Earnhardt Jr's Brother, Sonny?
sounds like his brother just like the man said, duh. Now go worry about your own life.
It could be a brother why does it matter ..Jr. has a life like everyone else out there and he is entitled to it ..so if he has a brother thats great news..I hope he enjoys him ..but we will all find out oneday I am sure someone will dive into this story with both feet ..
100% it's his real Mother's son from another marriage.
I told you, Sonny is Dale Jr's half-brother. His Mother, Brenda, does have another Son. Hellooo, it's Sonny!
so what if dale jr. has a brother name sonny. how much of this is our business? thats his life. let him alone.
dale jr. and kelly are going on with their lives so what is it to us how many brothers are sisters they have. i think people are being to nosey where they are concerned. go get a life of your own and let them alone.
Sonny is his Half Brother, He also has a Half Sister.
thats great! i don't believe jr.and kelly are hideing any of their family. they just want a non nosey life.
It seems as tho people think famous people like the earnhardts should just tell their whole life story to the world. would you? i see no shame in haveing other brothers and sisters no matter what their last name is. are they ashamed of each other? i don't believe so do you? why don't everyone just let them say what they want to and quite making a big deal of everything.
IS SONNY A NAME OF ONE OF HIS PETS?
I think that it is great.Please leave Dale JR. & family alone.
I really have searched everywhere. After he said that there is NOT A WORD. Inquiring minds want to know.
He was probably just screwing around ot has a close friend that he refers to as "his brother" It is possible that his mother has more children, but it is odd that we have never heard of them. I am interested, I thought that I knew quite a lot about him and the family.
It is strange we have never heard of "Sonny". Even Kyle Petty said he had never heard of a "Sonny" before. But then Kyle Petty mentions his son "Austin"! Anybody hear of him?
#1 not our business, #2 his mom did re-marry!…duh..#3 GO JUNIOR!!!
jr. has a good friend that he considers him as his brother.
Sonny is really dale sr! He had to give up his racing career, racing teams and his idenity due to US gov was pressing tax evation charges on sr. He had all that $$ and didnt pay his taxes. The deal was struck with nascar and IRS to keep sr out of prison and nascar kept there good name and #3 & sr re now replaced by pop pop's grandson. Just saying. Thats the reason all sr autopsy info and tax evasion problems are all sealed!
Dale Sr is still alive and kicking elsewhere.
Sonny's my brother too.. along with the rest of f the Dirty Mo posse!


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Best Concerts in Martha's Vineyard
Featherstone Center for the Arts
The Meetinghouse is a community center for the arts. The goal is to bring the community together to support and encourage literary, visual and performing arts. The center offers free afternoon programs for young children as well as evening and weekend workshops for adults and teenagers. In addition, The Featherstone features concerts, gallery shows, art and history exhibits, lectures and performances.
Vineyard Haven, MA, Estados Unidos
In the 1800s, religious camps were popular on the island. As popularity increased, this open-air wrought iron structure was built, which is believed to be the largest of its kind in the US. With seating for 3,000 people and exquisite woodworking and stained glass, it is truly a magnificent sight. In 1979, its centennial year, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Tabernacle is used today for concerts, Sunday church services, community sing-alongs and special ceremonies.
Oak Bluffs, MA, Estados Unidos
The historic Union Chapel, with its unique octagonal cupola, was built in 1870 by the architect Samuel Freeman Pratt. The quaint and lovely building is located in the center of Oak Bluffs. The building is particularly known for having wonderful acoustics, which has made it one of the most popular spots on the island for weddings, performing arts, concerts and festivals.
Dreamland MV
Since the time it was constructed in 2012, Dreamland MV has firmly established itself as one of the best event venues in the town of Oak Bluffs. This 5300 square foot (492.386 square meter) space is just as popular as a concert venue as it is for private functions, and has many excellent facilities on offer. Close to the ferry docks, this venue can accommodate a maximum of 500 people.
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On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Mac Hamilton, Executive Manager at STAND: The Student-led Movement to End Mass Atrocities, to talk about a US Senate bill to stop the US role in the Saudi led war in Yemen, the problem with Presidential war-making powers and the fear-mongering of Iran to push US neo-conservative foreign policy.
In the second segment Donna Davis, Community Organizer in Tampa, Florida, and Abdushahid Luqman of Luqman Nation to talk about the Mississippi's special election on Tuesday, how racism plagued the American South during the 2018 midterm elections, and how stubborn Democrats could propel Donald Trump to re-election in 2020.
In a special third segment "By Any Means Necessary" is joined by Monica Cannon-Gant, Community Activist Roxbury, Massachusetts to talk about the ACLU suing the Boston Police Department to gain information on how the force is using their gang database to support ICE, the hypocrisy of Democratic cities declaring themselves "sanctuary cities", the support police officials give to white supremacists, and the shortcomings of representation in electoral politics.
Later in the show, Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Bob Schlehuber, Sputnik News Analyst to talk about the secret cabal of mall Santas, Hakeem Jeffries elected over Barbara Lee to chair the House Democratic Caucus, Jared Kushner receiving the Order of the Aztec Eagle from the Mexican government, Facebook's problem with black representation, and the latest news from the sports world.


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20. Apr. 2015 – Virtuosity in all its forms was the order of the evening at Saturday's performance by the Spokane Symphony Orchestra at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox.
Virtuosity in music suggests extraordinary power to go beyond the merely correct, and to produce effects of astonishment, wonder and delight. The orchestra, its director, Eckart Preu, and the evening's soloist, Ukrainian-American pianist Valentina Lisitsa, all gave evidence of this extraordinary power, as did the composers whose works they performed.
The presence of a virtuoso orchestra in Spokane is due in great measure to Donald Thulean, the orchestra's music director from 1962 to 1983, who died on April 9. In tribute to him, Preu and the orchestra played the "Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla" (1842) by Mikhail Glinka, which was the first piece performed by the Spokane Symphony under Thulean. From the blazing but immaculate scales in the violins to the spot-on entrances of the winds to the deep-throated songfulness of the cellos to the flawless timpani contributions of Adam Wallstein, the orchestra swallowed the piece whole.
Their ensemble was not so immaculate in the opening work of the program, the little-known Sinfonia in D major by Johann Sebastian Bach. Concertmaster Mateusz Wolski took the demanding solo violin part and surmounted the challenges with ease, as did the orchestra, for the most part.
The demands of these traditional works paled in comparison with those of the work that closed the first half, John Adams' "Dr. Atomic Symphony." Adams composed this masterful work in 2007 from passages from his 2005 opera, Dr. Atomic, which centers on the figure of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer as he grapples with the moral conflicts of creating the first atomic bomb. Adams asks every part – strings, winds, brass and percussion – to give their all in focus, accuracy and strength, and the orchestra delivered. As principal horn, Kyle Wilbert is asked by Adams to do just about all a horn can do, and Wilbert carried it out with inexhaustible stamina, accuracy and beauty of tone.
The third and last segment of the piece, "Trinity," features a setting for trumpet of a passage in which Oppenheimer implores God to lift the burden of evil from his soul. The purity, warmth and tenderness of Larry Jess' playing in this section touched everyone deeply. After this, the delicacy and refinement of Paul Dukas' beloved "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was like a comforting balm to the audience. Here, Preu demonstrated not only great skill in achieving the precise tonal balance asked by the composer, but also in choosing and maintaining exactly the right tempo. As a result, every phrase in Dukas' tone poem was able to speak clearly and with a witty, expressive inflection. Valentina Lisitsa, whose performance with the orchestra of Sergei Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43 (1934) closed the planned portion of the program, is not merely a very good pianist; she is great. Like Daniil Trifonov, whom we heard here in September 2012, Lisitsa has risen above even excellence to occupy a class by herself. She epitomizes the essence of the Russian school of piano, and packs all the ammunition we would expect of a brilliant virtuoso: purling scales, rippling arpeggios and thundering octaves. But her true superiority as an artist is revealed by her frequent use of the soft pedal to reveal depths of color unimagined by others. Her rendition of the slow, quiet passages, such as Variation 7, in which she played a duet with principal bassoon Lynne Feller-Marshall, and 16, in which she partnered with the doleful oboe of Keith Thomas, were unforgettable. In these moments, she and Preu lifted the Paganini Rhapsody above the level of colorful showpiece, and showed it to be a truly great and humane masterwork.


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In KAlgebra we have 4 main areas to use: the Console, 2D Graphs, 3D Graphs and the dictionary.
right click on the input, see the examples. Run them. In case that it's a function, call it. i.e. "fib(6)"
see if the variables dock works. First column click adds the variable, second column edits (it feels really bad while using it, probably to be fixed).
Add different functions. The examples can be also found by right-clicking on the input. They are already unit-tested so what we have to try here is that the graph views feel responsive and fresh.
Again, add functions by right-clicking the Input and going to the Examples submenu.
Click the first operation, keep navigating through the operations using the down key.
Make sure all of them have a comprehensible "Description" field, a nice plot and the formula is properly and comprehensively rendered.


In this episode, John and Jeff discuss James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 2.
Listen to "Ep. 15 "It's too bad he's just on an asteroid now and not a planet"" on Spreaker.
Watching this with my dad in the theater was an interesting experience. He was so surprised at Drax's rude comments that he kept yelling "Oh, come on!" at the screen.
Any way to adjust the volume on these recordings? I can barely hear you guys.


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Sarah Jessica Parker and Joe Zee Host Brunch in NYC
By ELLE
Earlier today, Sarah Jessica Parker and ELLE creative director Joe Zee hosted a brunch for beauty bloggers at Sweetie Pie in New York City's Greenwich Village. The purpose: To celebrate Parker's latest fragrance, SJP NYC—available exclusively at Macy's—and its arresting ad campaign (styled by Zee, who also worked with Parker on her Lovely and Covet campaigns). Here, a peek at what the Sex and the City icon and Zee had to say about the scent, the photo shoot, and more. —Emily Hebert
Photo: Left: The floral Oscar de la Renta dress that Parker wore for the SJP NYC campaign; Right: Zee and Parker at Sweetie Pie
Parker's SJP NYC Dress
SJP: When Joe and I met about the campaign and what we wanted to achieve visually, we thought there'd be no one better than Oscar de la Renta. We went to him to design the dress for SJP NYC because he's the best at what he does—he also designed the dress for Lovely. It just felt right and it was a real privilege.
JZ: Sarah's so smart about everything that goes on in fashion that by the time we sat down she already had some ideas in mind. She wanted to do a mix of patterns and new Bohemia. Mr. de la Renta made a one-of-a-kind design—it was the first dress she put on and she just knew right away that this was the one she wanted to represent the brand. She wanted something that represented Sarah, Carrie, and New York City, all in a dress. So you can only imagine how much pressure that one dress had—but it turned out to be phenomenal.
Inspiration Behind SJP NYC
SJP: What I really wanted to do was capture a snapshot in my head of Carrie Bradshaw—a freeze-frame of her walking down a New York street in an idyllic time of year in a floral dress, on her way to meet somebody or do something, surrounded by her women friends. I associate Sex and the City with the beginning of summer since it always aired that first weekend in June, and I thought the fragrance should smell like that feeling of freedom; like the bell ringing when school lets out.
How SJP NYC Differs From Parker's Other Scents
SJP: Lovely was this incredibly polite fragrance—it was very well-mannered and knew how to be in a room and not linger uninvited. And Covet was very bold, very aggressive and far more restless. SJP NYC is like a party in a bottle—it's whimsical, fun, and has a youthful quality. I don't really connect it to the others because there is this surprising strawberry note that makes it unique. The notes in SJP NYC aren't ones that I generally tap into. It's really surprising to me, but I love it.
Parker's Real-Life Style
JZ: Sarah's so directional and so forward—she loves fashion, she's not afraid of it, and knows what's going on. But she's also not a slave to trends. She has such a strong, innate sense of personal style. You can look at something and immediately know it's Sarah.
SJP (on her perfect purse): In real life, if I'm getting my son to school I try to stuff as much as I can in my parka pocket. That's the truth. But I like bags a lot. It's exciting to go to a fitting for Sex and the City where there are nothing but tables and shelves of bags. It's unbelievable. I don't have a favorite, but I love carrying all of them. When I'm with my kids I tend to use a bag that has a deeper well so that I can have a book in it or snacks or pacifiers or a pen—I want to be able to fit things like a newspaper and book in my bag.
SJP: I put a lot of moisturizer on my face and any kind of lip balm. And mascara—I'm on an endless search for the right one. It's like the Holy Grail. And every time I find one I like, they discontinue it. I also try to squeeze in some time at Angel Feet, a tiny spot on Perry Street—it's this reflexology place. Someone rubs your feet for an hour. You just have to find the hour...
Hair Secrets
SJP: I try to take care of my hair and not do anything to it when I'm not working. I try not to color it if I don't have to. And I like to wear wigs a lot for movies because it protects your hair and you can have a head-full of conditioner in your hair all day long underneath.
Makeup Confession
SJP: I confess—I'm very bad at makeup. I don't really wear any in my personal life; there's no time, and I'm not good at it. I can cover a zit, put mascara on, and apply eyeliner inside my eyeball, but that's basically it. I work with makeup artist Leslie Lopez as much as she'll be around me. She's a master at the mouth. And I always say, she should teach a master class about the mouth because it's very hard to do well and I don't really know what lipstick looks good on me or how to apply it. She can also do any eye under the sun. I've learned a lot from working with her, but I wouldn't want to do makeup on myself. I wouldn't know where to begin!
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Q: Convert a byte [] to Image I am trying to convert a byte array to an image. There are many references on the web to do so such as this SO post and this emgu forum and emgu official docs.
However I am getting an error when I implement the solutions according to the SO post and the Emgu docs that reads
Cannot convert from System.Drawing.Bitmap to byte[*,*,*,*]
public Image<Bgr, Byte> CreateImageFromBytesArray(byte[] bytes)
{
    using (var ms = new MemoryStream(bytes))
    {
        Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(ms);
        Image<Bgr, Byte> img = new Image<Bgr, Byte>(bmp); //EXCEPTION HERE
        return img;
    }
}

Any suggestions on how to make this work?

A: public Image<Bgr, Byte> CreateImageFromBytesArray(byte[] bytes)
{
    Image<Bgr, Byte> image = new Image<Bgr, Byte>(width, height);
    image.Bytes = bytes
    return image;
}

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As you may have heard, the Notary project has been invited to join the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Much like its real world namesake, Notary is a platform for establishing trust over pieces of content.
In life, certain important events such as buying a house are facilitated by a trusted third party called a "notary." When buying a house, this person is typically employed by the lender to verify your identity and serve as a witness to your signatures on the mortgage agreement. The notary carries a special stamp and will also sign the documents as an affirmation that a notary was present and verified all the required information relating to the borrowers.
In a similar manner, the Notary project, initially sponsored by Docker, is designed to provide high levels of trust over digital content using strong cryptographic signatures. In addition to ensuring the provenance of the software, it also provides guarantees that the content is not modified without approval of the author anywhere in the supply chain. This then allows higher level systems like Docker Enterprise Edition (EE) with Docker Content Trust (which uses Notary) to establish clear policy on the usage of content. For instance, a policy can be set that only signed content can be used at runtime and deployed by the orchestrators in the Docker platform. Overall Notary is a core piece of plumbing in Docker's approach to the secure supply chain whereby security is seamlessly and uniformly embedded into a workflow from development all the way through to operations.
Notary is an implementation of The Update Framework (TUF) written in Go. TUF was developed at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. TUF was submitted to join CNCF in partnership with Notary. The combined nature of these two projects makes for a particularly compelling donation– both the specification and most widely deployed implementation are coming in together under the auspices of the CNCF.
With technologies such as containerd and Kubernetes already members of CNCF, Notary and TUF are the first security-related projects to be added to the CNFC. This year has seen a significant uptick in data security compromises and we believe the CNCF is positioning itself ahead of the curve by inviting Notary and TUF to join. We hope that more security-focused projects are added to the CNCF over time.
Notary is already used in production environments beyond container distribution with Cloudflare integrating it into their PAL tool for container identity bootstrapping and Kolide using it to secure their autoupdater for the osquery tool. If current trends continue, there will be many more users in search of tools to secure their software distribution channels in the near future and Notary, TUF, and the CNCF will be well positioned to meet that need.


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Biografia
Nato a Lagonegro da famiglia originaria di Policastro, Nicolò Carmine Falcone ricevette gli ordini nel 1708 nella diocesi natale, all'epoca appartenente al vicereame asburgico di Napoli. Godette fama di studioso ed erudito, sebbene la maggior parte dei suoi scritti, se si eccettuano le relazioni ad limina apostolorum, siano ormai perdute. Fu consacrato vescovo di Martirano nel 1733, e si prodigò per l'edificazione di nuovi edifici religiosi e la creazione di nuove parrocchie nelle località montane della Sila e del Reventino. Resta la relazione ad limina del 1736 importante per ricostruire la storia delle località del Reventino e della Valle del Savuto nella prima metà del XVIII secolo.

Nel 1743 fu nominato arcivescovo metropolita di Santa Severina. Anche in questa sede si prodigò in favore delle località montuose della Sila e della Valle del Tacina. Restano almeno tre sue relazioni ad limina relative alla metropolia di Santa Severina (del 1744, 1747, 1750). Dalla relazione del 1747 sappiamo che l'arcivescovo, a causa del cattivo stato della sua abitazione, si era ammalato e chiedeva alla Santa Sede il permesso di allontanarsi temporaneamente da Santa Severina per curarsi.

Da arcivescovo di Santa Severina polemizzò inoltre con Niccolò Putignani e altri ecclesiastici di Bari riguardo alle reliquie di San Nicola di Mira di cui l'illuminato mons. Falcone negava l'autenticità e la proprietà di secernere la Santa Manna.

Genealogia episcopale
La genealogia episcopale è:
 Cardinale Scipione Rebiba
 Cardinale Giulio Antonio Santori
 Cardinale Girolamo Bernerio, O.P.
 Arcivescovo Galeazzo Sanvitale
 Cardinale Ludovico Ludovisi
 Cardinale Luigi Caetani
 Cardinale Ulderico Carpegna
 Cardinale Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
 Papa Benedetto XIII
 Cardinale Giovanni Battista Altieri
 Arcivescovo Nicolò Carmine Falcone

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Bibliografia
 «NICOLÒ FALCONI da Policastro». In: Luigi Accattatis (a cura di), Le biografie degli uomini illustri delle Calabrie, Cosenza: Tip. Municipale, 1870, Vol. II, p. 394 (Google books)

Collegamenti esterni

Arcivescovi di Santa Severina
Vescovi di Martirano


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Sisyphus Project
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Things I Want (or Need) to Know
Today is the seventh anniversary of the Sisyphus Project. I haven't had anything profound to say in the last seven years, so why should I start now?
Another incidence of who do they think they're marketing to. Expedia ran a commercial on Valentine's Day showing lots of couples kissing. The ad went on to say that if you booked a room through Expedia.com on Valentine's Day, they'd give you $50 off. My problem with the ad? The soundtrack is "This Is the Night For Love" by the Valiants. The song is 56 years old! What demographic are they trying to reach here?
I have the same complaint about the Bank of America's current TV commercial which uses "Danke Schoen" by Wayne Newton as a sound bed. Exactly what demographic are they marketing to?
Cho Hyun-ah, granddaughter of the founder of Korean Air and a vice president of the company, was sentenced in Seoul to a year in prison because of an incident at Kennedy Airport last December. You may remember news reports that she threw a tantrum when she was served macadamia nuts in a bag rather than a dish, confronting the cabin crew and ordering the plane to return to the gate to throw one crew member off the plane. According to a NY Post article attributed to the Associated Press, "The court said Cho was guilty of forcing a flight to change its route, obstructing the flight's captain in the performance of his duties and forcing a crew member off a plane." I don't think what she did was right, but I do wonder how she gets to go to jail in South Korea over something she did in New York.
Do you have a memory foam mattress? If so, do you know what memory foam remembers? I know I don't. Nancy Giles asked that question recently on CBS Sunday Morning and I wished so fervently that I had thought of it, I brought it to you to see if we can solve the mystery together. If I thought for a moment that memory foam mattresses were digital, I'd ask what kind of memory they had, and how many MB, but I don't.
Author TomPosted on February 24, 2015 Categories Things I Want (Or Need) To Know, Uncategorized
Things I Know
If you're off TV for six months, network executives expect the audience to forget you. I'd be more surprised than ever if Brian Williams returns to TV in his former role as sole anchor of the NBC Nightly News after his six-month suspension is up in August.
Otto Von Bismark, the first Chancellor of Germany in the late 19th century, once said, "Laws are like sausages — it is best not to see them being made," except, of course he said it in German. Still, I was in a market the other day that was selling sausage at $13.99 a pound and I do wonder what the hell is in that.
I've arrived at a new way to think of one of my pet peeves, the phrase "Very unique." To repeat myself, unique doesn't mean rare, it means only. So, if something is unique means there's only one, then it follows that if something is very unique it doesn't exist at all.
If your mechanic gets a Ferrari before you do, it's time for a new mechanic.
Montana State Representative David Moore of Missoula made national news when he tried to get the state of Montana to outlaw yoga pants, claiming they're too revealing. His effort failed and Matt Lauer on the Today Show said it was kind of a stretch.
An editorial in the Long Island newspaper Newsday called recently to make the New York State Legislature full-time, increase legislators salary and bar outside income as a way to fight corruption. New York State legislators salaries were last raised in the 1990's and something needs to be done to fight corruption. Since former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was criminally charged, former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (a Democrat) was convicted of trying to bribe his way into being the Republican candidate for Mayor of New York. Still, Newsday's editorial board should know, but didn't mention, that giving the New York State Legislature a raise can only be done for the next session. In other words, legislators elected last year can raise the salaries of legislators elected in 2016, but not before that. New York's state constitution mandates that, so while it could be changed, a constitutional amendment can only pass the legislature in two consecutive sessions. Therefore, amending the State Constitution to give legislators a raise or to bar them from making outside income, would take longer.
You may have read newspaper or Internet reports or heard on TV or radio that a house trailer in Amagansett, Long Island, is for sale for $1.1 million. That's misleading, deliberately misleading in my view. What's for sale is the land the trailer sits on which is roughly .4 acres. The land is worth what a buildable lot in Amagansett close to the ocean is worth. It's worth that, plus what it costs to remove the trailer. You can build a 4,000-square-foot house on that parcel. If you want the trailer, and who would, you can probably have it for free as long as you get it off the lot.
My shoulders hurt, as usual. I was wondering if I could blame the nuns I had in Catholic grade school instead of myself, but I decided not. First, they hit me with a ruler on the hands, not on the shoulders and second, I was talking.
He never worked under just one name, as some other singers have, but if you look up the name "Waylon" in Google, you get over seven million hits. The first nine, and lots of the rest, refer to Waylon Jennings. In case you didn't know, Waylon was a protégé of Buddy Holly and was on the Winter Dance Party tour with Buddy in February 1959. Buddy and Waylon chartered a light plane from Clear Lake, Iowa to the next tour stop. Waylon agreed to give up his seat on the plane to J.P. Richardson (the Big Bopper). Buddy told Waylon he hoped he would freeze on the tour bus and Waylon told Buddy that he hoped the plane crashed. It did, in the pre-dawn hours of February 3rd, killing Buddy, J.P. and Richie Valens as well as their pilot. Years later, Don McLean wrote a song about it and called it "The Day the Music Died." Because of his off-handed remark, Waylon felt responsible for the crash for years. He even gave up performing for a while because of it.
Author TomPosted on February 12, 2015 Categories Things I Know, Uncategorized
The Life of Brian
George Washington probably did lie from time to time. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if he never chopped down the famous cherry tree or any other. But, when George was alive, there was no Internet and there were no cell-phone video cameras.
Brian Williams, anchor of the most popular network newscast for the past ten years, "misremembered" his role in flying around in helicopters in a war zone in 2003. Then he repeated what he misremembered multiple times, in public and on TV. If you are a television news anchor, you are selling a few things. The most important of these (in no particular order) are your good looks, the personality you project on TV, your ability to read out loud in a pleasant speaking voice and your credibility. Can you misremember something? Sure particularly if the something you misremember is insignificant to you. I am unsure if my wife and I attended a wedding for the woman I took to my senior prom or whether we attended a wedding of another high school friend and that prom date was a bridesmaid. If I were shot down in a helicopter though, I'm pretty sure I would remember that, accurately.
One lie diminishes Brian's credibility. Now, everyone in the media is out looking for other lies he might have told and several media outlets claim to have discovered some. And of the some, a subset seems significant. Did Brian Williams misremember or lie about whether he rescued one puppy or two from a fire? Who cares? Did he have to be rescued from possible gang attack in a stairwell of the hotel he stayed in during Hurricane Katrina? Did he see a corpse float by the same hotel? If they didn't happen, did he report those things on TV? Those things reflect on whether he's a good reporter or a good story teller. We know he's a good story teller. He's been a charming guest on the Late Show and the Tonight Show. A good story teller has to be entertaining, but to be a good reporter, we have to be sure we can believe him.
So on Saturday, he said he had decided to remove himself from his newscast for a few days. I have no personal knowledge of this, of course, but if he did decide, I suspect it was at the suggestion of his superiors at NBC News, NBC, or even its parent company, Comcast. When that kind of suggestion comes down, there's always the possibility that if you don't do what's suggested, said suggestion will be imposed upon you. If Brian's self-imposed hiatus lasts more than "a few days" I won't be surprised.
Have the ratings tanked in the few days since the controversy erupted? Will ratings fall off this week with Lester Holt in the anchor seat? Is there anybody else on the horizon who could quickly take Brian Williams' place? How much money would it cost the company to keep him, vs. how much it would cost to eat his recently signed multi-million contract is a big consideration. You can also be sure lawyers for the company and for Williams are looking into how much they would have to pay him to go away.
Do I think the few days Brian Williams will be away from the anchor chair at the NBC Nightly News will be more than a few days? Yes. In fact, even if he does comeback, I believe there's a good likelihood that he won't continue in his current role for very long afterwards. A lot of prominent media analysts are calling on him to resign. I'm not a prominent media analyst so nobody has consulted me on the matter.
Author TomPosted on February 8, 2015 March 5, 2015 Categories Uncategorized
I neglected to mention this earlier, so pardon me, but the Sisyphus Project is copyright 2015, as well as 2008-2014.
It also contains material that may be unsuitable for adults or other people with a modicum of maturity. I should probably have warned you about that years ago.
I want to like Comedy Central's new Nightly Show with Larry Wllmore, but whether it's a live audience or a laugh track, they find it a lot funnier than I do.
If you are responsible for making the payments on more than one student loan through Navient, the company's bill collector tells me it cannot split a payment. If you're on the hook for four years of loans, and using your bank's on-line bill pay feature, I'm told you have to send four separate payments. I berated their computer programmers and suggested they switch to Quicken, which can handle split payments. BTW, four years ago, Navient's predecessor, Sallie Mae, could handle split payments. Progress, I guess.
Sheldon Silver is out as Speaker of the NY State Assembly and Governor Cuomo was "shocked" to learn of the charges of corruption against him. There have been questions and rumors about Speaker Silver's possible ethical lapses and involvement in outside law firms for years. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara now says he has proof Silver accepted bribes and kickbacks. It remains to be seen whether Bharara's proof will stand up in court, but Governor Cuomo being shocked reminds me of Captain Renault in the movie "Casablanca" being shocked that there was gambling going on in Rick's Place.
If the reports I've read about the terrible train accident in Valhalla NY a week ago on Tuesday night that killed six people are true, it was entirely avoidable, and having not been avoided, the woman driver whose car the train plowed into could at least have saved herself. First, you can drive over railroad tracks, but you should never drive on to them. In other words, don't get on the railroad tracks if you can't proceed across the tracks without stopping. Second, if you do get stuck on railroad tracks and there is a train coming, you exit your car and run toward the train. Why? Because when the train hits your car, both the train and the car will hurl in the direction the train is going. If you run to where the train just was, at least you won't get hit by flying debris from the collision.
In addition to the Super Bowl, Sunday's TV programs included the Puppy Bowl, the Kitten Bowl, the Lingerie Bowl, and the Fish Bowl. My next genius idea for TV programming is the Cereal Bowl. I figure we'll have a bowl of corn flakes getting soggy and a bowl of Rice Krispies making that noise compete against each other.
The recorded voice on the phone said, "Hello. This is not a sales call." I can't tell you what kind of call it was though, because that's when I hung up.
If you are a telemarketer or a survey operator, it's bad enough from my perspective that you're calling me at all, but when you call, at least be prepared to talk to me. If I say to you, "You called me. Talk," you'd better have something I want to hear and say it fast or I'll hang up.
Author TomPosted on February 6, 2015 February 16, 2015 Categories Things I Know, Uncategorized
Do Jehovah's Witnesses ever proselytize at the homes of other Jehovah's Witnesses by mistake?
If you get a blood transfusion, do you have to bring them some orange juice, so they'll have it to give to the people who are donating blood?
Have you seen those commercials on TV where the car salesman tells you that if you have $200 and a job, he can put you in a new car? I'm not picking on one dealer. Lots of them do it. They do it with loans that may last longer than the car does. Subprime car loans are an increasing problem that may eventually bite the economy in the ass in much the same way the subprime mortgage crisis did back in 2008. If you have a job and only $200, you don't belong in a new car, unless it belongs to someone else.
Over the weekend, my wife was making lunch and she asked if I wanted some bacon. I found myself wondering if there are really multiple answers to that question.
I know they're all repeats because Tommy passed away late last year, but Click and Clack on NPR's "Car Talk" asked an interesting question recently: Have you ever seen a UPS truck legally parked? I know I haven't.
I'm not adding to my collection of CD's as fast as I once did, but I got four or five new ones for Christmas and when I went to put them away, my CD storage was full, again. Every time I go to Ikea to buy something else to hold them, the store has discontinued the last thing I bought. In this case, it was an inexpensive wall-mounted metal rack. You can still find them on Ebay, but if you want them, you'll pay about ten times what Ikea used to charge for them. If demand exceeds supply by that much, why did Ikea stop making them? I think the next time I want a CD cabinet, I'm going to have to make it myself. One made of wood will be heavy enough that I should probably mount it to the wall using French cleats.
I've been listening to a lot of old time radio. You'd be surprised how many of the radio dramas from the thirties to the fifties are available for free as MP3 downloads. One thing strikes me. A lot of people on those shows spoke English in a way different from what you and I are used to hearing. It's an accent closer to British English than anything I hear today. Did a large group of people actually speak like that, or was it something they affected to be on the radio?
Author TomPosted on February 4, 2015 February 4, 2015 Categories Things I Want (Or Need) To Know, Uncategorized
We will have six more weeks of winter and why does Groundhog's Day matter anymore? The groundhog always sees his shadow because of TV lights.
Author TomPosted on February 2, 2015 Categories Uncategorized
Corruption in New York
You don't want ANY U.S. Attorney crawling up your ass. You especially don't want the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York there. The Southern District of New York is one of the highest profile posts in the U.S. Justice Department. Slouches don't get sent there. And' it's Preet Bharara, not Preet Bahara. It's an Indian name and it isn't that hard to pronounce. Seriously.
New York State government, especially the state legislature, has a problem with corruption–a big problem. I hope I didn't miss any but as far as I can recall, six members of the New York State Legislature have been formally charged crimes having to do with corruption in the last six years. The latest is Sheldon Silver, Speaker of the New York State Assembly. Silver has reportedly submitted his resignation as Speaker effective tomorrow after more than 20 years on the job, because of the charges against him. He has been accused of accepting millions of dollars from law firms, doing no legal work for the money, and using his public position to benefit the law firm and himself. In other words, bribes and kickbacks. He's 70 and, if convicted, he could be spending the rest of his life in jail. He's also one of the three most powerful political office holders in the State of New York, so if he tries to swing a deal, who knows who else he could bring down.
In addition to Silver, I can also think of three other former Assembly Speakers in New York and one Senate Majority Leader who have been charged with crimes, Perry Duryea wasn't convicted, and neither was Stanley Steingut. Mel Miller was convicted of something that had nothing to do with his Speakership. Across the aisle in the State Senate, Joe Bruno was first convicted, then the law was thrown out by the US Supreme Court, then he was tried again and acquitted, but it cost him millions of dollars. Then it cost the taxpayers of New York over two million because the people reimbursed that much of his legal expenses. In New York in my lifetime, we've also had Governor Eliot Spitzer and his prostitute. And then there was Sol Wachtler, former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals who did 15 months in jail because of threats he made toward a former lover.
The New York State Legislature doesn't work like most representative bodies. It is controlled almost 100 percent by the Assembly Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader. State budget negotiations in New York don't involve committees of both houses. They involve the "three men in a room" that Bharara referred to in his news conference. The Governor and the leaders of both houses take care of it personally and the two houses of the legislature go along with their leaders or they are disciplined.
A lot of people have been calling New York the most corrupt state in the nation. It could very well be. I don't follow politics in other states and as far as I know, in recent experience, Illinois only had a governor who tried to sell a US Senate seat after President Obama was elected back in 2008.
I've spent my career as an appointed, not elected public official, but to be elected or appointed where I live, you have to be active in politics. I've never been in a high enough echelon to encounter any of the corruption we've all been reading about lately, but I guess I am a politician and I think it's not a perfect system. There's more than one thing that needs to change, but corruption is at or near the top of the list.
My father-in-law used to say often and loudly that, "All politicians are crooks." That's not true. A lot of them are really trying to improve society and a lot of them are also in it for power rather than money. I finally got fed up with with my father-in-law and told him that he was welcomed to think whatever he wanted to think, but if he said all politicians are crooks again in my house, he would not be welcomed in my house anymore. Still, it often seems as if the old joke about car dealers applies here. The dishonest ones are giving the other five percent a bad name. It's been my contention that the American public gets much better government than it deserves or has any right to expect, considering the low level of public interest and participation.
When U.S. Attorney Bharara announced the charges against Sheldon Silver, he advised the public to "stay tuned" for further developments. Since he implied more is coming, if you're a corrupt politician in Albany, my advice to you isn't to stay tuned, it is to quake in your boots.
Author TomPosted on February 1, 2015 February 16, 2015 Categories Uncategorized
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by: Nick Richter
Posted: Sep 26, 2016 / 03:04 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 24, 2016 / 03:10 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) – The Centers for Disease Control says a multistate outbreak of E.coli has sickened seven people, sending five to the hospital.
The CDC said Saturday that the outbreak of E. coli, which can cause intestinal illnesses, likely is linked to beef products from Adams Farms Slaughterhouse in Athol, Massachusetts.
People from 1 year old to 74 years old have become sick. They're from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. No deaths have been reported.
The CDC says five people who were interviewed said they'd eaten ground beef in the week before getting sick and that tests conducted in Connecticut on leftover ground beef from an ill person's home and a restaurant found E. coli.
The CDC says Adams Farm Slaughterhouse on Saturday recalled various cuts of beef, veal and bison products.


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SOLAR OPPOSITES: HERE IS THE TRAILER FOR SEASON 3
By admin on Friday, June 24, 2022
Hulu has released the trailer for the Solar Opposites season steer , arriving in the United States on July 13.
There are currently no details on the Italian release, but surely the new episodes will arrive on Disney + within Star, just as happened with the previous seasons.
Created by Justin Roiland , co-creator of Rick and Morty , and Mike McMahan , creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks and screenwriter of Rick and Morty , the series follows the story of a dysfunctional family of aliens who, after escaping the destruction of the their homeworld, Shlorp, crashes to Earth (and onto the roof of a terraced house) and begins living the life of the American suburbs.
The official synopsis
Co-created by Justin Roiland ( Rick and Morty ) and Mike McMahan ( Rick and Morty ), Solar Opposites centers on a group of four aliens escaping their home planet that is about to explode and crash into a house ready for moving. , in suburban America. Two of them think the Earth is awful, while the other two think it's awesome. Korvo (Justin Roiland) and Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone) see only pollution, vulgar consumerism and human frailty, while Terry (Thomas Middleditch) and Jesse (Mary Mack) love humans and their TV, junk food and funny things. Their mission: to protect Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform the Earth.
In addition to the aforementioned Justin Roiland, Thomas Middleditch, Mary Mack and Sean Giambrone, the vocal cast also includes Alfred Molina , Christina Hendricks and Jason Mantzoukas .


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Q: Adding a binary to the PATH from a Docker GitHub Action for use by later workflow steps I am trying to create a Dockerfile based action that adds a program to the $PATH so that it can be used by later actions. My action runs code like this:
mkdir -p $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/bin
echo "echo Hello, world!" > $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/bin/hello-world
echo "::add-path::$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/bin"

My test workflow uses this like so:
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1.0.0
      - name: Add program to path
        uses: ./
      - name: Use program
        run: hello-world

This fails because while the program has been added to $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/bin/hello-world the value of $GITHUB_WORKSPACE is different in the action and in the workspace step.
In the action it is /github/workspace/, while in the workflow it is /home/runner/work/setup-gleam/setup-gleam/, so the $PATH addition set by the action is not correct.
How can I add a file to a directory from a dockerfile based GitHub action so that it is on the path for the rest of the workflow? It seems that there is no writable $PATH directory shared between dockerfile actions and non-dockerfile actions.

A: Runner path is stored in $RUNNER_WORKSPACE environment variable and can be used to get the right path.
echo "::add-path::$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/bin" # Make it accessible from docker containers
echo "::add-path::$RUNNER_WORKSPACE/$(basename $GITHUB_REPOSITORY)/bin" # Make it accessible from runner

But it looks more like a workaround than solution.


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Timeline of LGBT Rights ▸ 1960s ▸
1967 in LGBT Rights
In 1967, there were 9 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 23 changes made and 7 in the following year. A total of 126 legal changes were made in the 1960s.
Same-sex marriage becomes unrecognized.
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Homosexual activity becomes male illegal, female legal.
Six months to 5 years in prison and a fine of 20,000-200,000 CFA. Not enforced.
Same-sex marriage becomes not legal.
Homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon.
Homosexual activity becomes illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Up to 5 years imprisonment and/or 200,000 franc fine.
Wales, United Kingdom
Homosexual activity becomes legal.
Age of consent equalised on November 20th 2000
**LEGAL, WITH RESTRICTIONS** The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 legalized sexual acts between two men who were 21 or older (Excluding men serving in the military), but it placed new restrictions on sex for men who have sex with men. The act prohibited sex in places where a third party was likely to be present.
Although homosexuality is legal, any homosexual act with any person under the age of 21 is illegal.


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By air, land and sea, transportation innovations and developments are creating new opportunities for the global food supply chain.
Lara L. Sowinski
As we near the end of 2014, the price of oil has fallen to a four-year low at roughly $66 per barrel. Ironic, because the rising cost of oil in recent years is largely responsible for driving transportation innovations aimed at reducing fuel costs for supply chains. Considering the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that diesel prices will fall from an average of $3.82 per gallon this year to $3.38 per gallon in 2015, it's unlikely the fossil fuel party will last forever.
Fortunately, numerous transportation innovations and developments are underway that promise to transform the way cargo is transported. Whether by air, land or sea, the goal is improved fuel efficiency and lower emissions.
But, that's not all. New equipment, technologies, infrastructure projects and more are opening up new possibilities for transportation providers and shippers in the food and beverage supply chain.
Look, up in the sky!
Helium-filled airships have been used since the 1960s mostly for advertising, aerial observation and tourism. However, Aeroscraft Corp. believes its new design and engineering advancements will revitalize interest in airships, particularly for cargo applications.
John Kiehle, the company's director of communications, explains that, "Cargo airship utility has been historically hindered by external ballast exchange requirements as well as lack of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) flight capability, slow speed, and non-rigid structural design that has limited payload capacity, aerodynamic loading (speed) and propulsion flexibility. The Aeroscraft's validated self-ballasting design addresses these limitations, while combining many of the flight attributes and benefits of fixed-wing, rotary and traditional lighter-than-air (LTA) vehicles to move cargo directly or flexibly to new destinations independent from infrastructure. Both Aeroscraft configurations will move faster than conventional airships (100 knot cruise/120 max) at about 185 kph, outracing boats, trains and trucks."
The Aeroscraft's rigid structure is reminiscent of the Zeppelin era, states Kiehle, "but is now built with lighter and stronger carbon fiber and other advanced materials."
A $60 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense helped fund development of the Aeroscraft in the early stages, although private investors are required to support the next goal—creating a fleet of Aeroscrafts.
Igor Pasternak, Aeroscraft's founder and CEO, wants to build 24 airships and lease them to companies and governments. Aeroscraft has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with several interests, including Singapore-based Pacific Airlift, global aircraft charter company Air Charter Service, and Bertling Logistics (part of the Germany's Bertling Group). The company is now in fleet development for the 66-ton configuration Aeroscraft (ML866), which will be followed by a larger 250-ton payload version (ML868). Aeroscraft also expects to begin Type Certification with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in approximately three years.
Kiehle says Aeroscraft sees unique transportation options emerging in the food sector, including perishable shipments.
"Aeros shares many bullish industry assessments for the global reefer market and growth prospects for the global food supply chain. We believe the Aeroscraft will soon fill important niches within the global transport landscape especially with respect to cold chain logistics where the vehicle fleet's infrastructure independence, landing-site flexibility and overall speed/cost intermediary status between air and ground alternatives foretells significant strategic and financial opportunities."
Eventually, the Aeroscraft could transport cargoes virtually anywhere in the world quickly and directly, he says, operating in a cost effective and ecologically conscious manner to provide expedited delivery of large payloads, palletized or containerized cargo.
"Lower density, higher value cargoes and perishables will be particularly well aligned to the benefits of transport by the Aeroscraft," adds Kiehle. "The vehicle is an ideal solution for perishables and other products that require controlled-temperature monitoring, and will be capable of transporting 20-foot, 40-foot and 53-foot containers without requiring ground support equipment."
Meanwhile, Amazon's much-publicized drones remain grounded, pending regulatory hurdles. Last year, Jeff Bezos announced the company's Prime Air service would use drones to deliver customer packages in 30 minutes or less. The technology seems ready to go, but the FAA's proposed rules for drones, which specify that commercial drone operators must be certified pilots of manned aircraft and must remain below 400 feet and in view of the operator could make it extremely difficult to get Prime Air "up in the air" anytime soon.
Global logistics provider DHL is having better luck. In September, the company launched a pilot project on the North Sea island of Juist to test its DHL parcelcopter drones for delivering medications.
"This research project represents the first and only time in Europe that a flight by an unmanned aircraft will be operated outside of the pilot's field of vision in a real-life mission. By taking this step, DHL Parcel has moved to the next phase of the parcelcopter research project it launched in December 2013," the company stated in a press release.
Ocean carriers support a growing cold chain
With imports/exports of fresh and frozen foods increasing worldwide, containerized and specialized reefer carriers are ramping up investments to keep pace with growing demand. As example, South American reefer exports to North America rose 10 percent during the first half of 2014; one of the busiest trade lanes.
Containerized carriers are updating and adding to their reefer equipment fleet. United Arab Shipping Corp (UASC) announced a partnership with Hamburg Sud to gain access to the South American trade lane and plans to make "significant investments" in new reefer units.
Gareth Madsen, head of reefer management at UASC, remarked at WOP 2014, the Middle East's international perishables expo, that, "Through partnerships with leading operators, investment in some of the largest and most eco-efficient container vessels ever built, and a commitment to expanding reefer services, UASC is moving up the rankings of the global container liner shipping industry in a way that reflects our strategic growth plans. We are continuously investing in our container fleet to meet customer demand and to comply with the most up-to-date specifications. Expanding our reefer fleet will ensure that we continue to offer our customers the most cutting-edge, energy-efficient solutions for the carriage of frozen and chilled cargoes."
UASC's reefer fleet is one of the youngest in the industry, with equipment averaging three years of age.
In June, CMA CGM's Danube set sail on her maiden voyage. The 9,400-TEU vessel is the first of a series of 28 ships in this size that will be delivered through the third quarter of 2016. The Danube boasts a capacity of 1,458 reefer plugs—the largest so far on such a ship—and provides direct service between Asia, Turkey and the Black Sea.
Seatrade, the world's largest specialized reefer ship operator, is also making sizeable investments, with orders placed for two new 2,200-TEU vessels that will be deployed on its "Fast, Direct and Dedicated" reefer service. China's Yangfan Group is the shipbuilder and plans to deliver the vessels in January 2016.
According to Seatrade, the vessels "are of an eco design and are equipped with a high reefer capacity that equates to approximately 12,000 pallets," or approximately 600 standard 40-foot reefer containers per vessel.
Reefer vessel designs are also changing to adapt to new marketplace requirements. Denmark's naval architecture firm Knud E. Hansen A/S recently released version II of its new Reefer RoRo Ship design, which targets the banana trade. The vessel design allows for quick loading and discharge in port, which offsets lost time due to slow steaming (the "new normal" for the shipping industry).
In the meantime, the Panama Canal expansion project and new Nicaragua Canal will alter the future of the global food supply chain as well, providing all-water routes to bigger vessels with more reefer capacity.
"Those vessels are going to be everywhere when a widened Panama Canal opens," said Hamburg Sud's Poul Hestbaek, senior vice president for Latin America West Coast & Caribbean, in a recent interview referring to the new access that containerized carriers will have once the expansion project is completed.
At the same time, specialized reefer carriers are expected to continue losing market share to containerized carriers, despite efforts to maintain their niche business. Their share of the 100 million ton perishable trade is forecast to fall to 20 percent by 2018 (from 28 percent in 2013).
Construction on the Nicaragua Canal, the largest infrastructure project in Latin America's history, is set to break ground by the end of the year. The $50 billion, 173-mile long waterway will be designed, built and operated by the Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group, headed by Chinese entrepreneur Wang Jing. Providing the project sees completion, it would add yet another all-water east-west trade lane—and direct competition to the Panama Canal.
On the ground, it's about alternative fuels
From trucks to forklifts, the trend is moving towards alternative fuels that reduce operating costs and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. Liquefied natural gas (LNG)- and compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered trucks are replacing those that run on diesel fuel, while hydrogen fuel cells are one of the newest options for powering electric forklifts.
In September, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced an agreement with Bimbo Bakeries USA, the largest bakery in the U.S., to fuel the first heavy-duty natural gas trucks deployed in the company's California-based fleet. The 16 heavy-duty natural gas trucks use fuel from Clean Energy's public access CNG gas station network throughout Northern California. It's expected that Bimbo Bakeries USA will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 580 metric tons with this initial deployment.
Clean Energy and approximately 40 competitors have opened nearly 100 public heavy-duty stations this year. According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC), there are currently 15, 129 alternative fuel stations in the U.S. (not including private stations).
Ryder System, Inc. also announced a significant deal involving alternative fuel. In October, Northeast Foods, based in Baltimore, Md., signed a full-service lease agreement for 25 compressed natural gas (CNG) tractors to support its exclusive distribution and delivery operations for McDonald's. The vehicles will be delivered to Northeast Foods in 2015.
Ryder is a leading provider of natural gas vehicle solutions for the commercial transportation industry, deploying CNG and LNG vehicles into the fleets of its customers throughout California, New York, Michigan, Texas, Arizona, Utah, Georgia and Louisiana as well as in Canada. The company also operates Liquefied to Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) fuel stations at its Fontana and Orange, Calif., service stations. Ryder also operates an LNG fuel station at its Fulton, Ga. maintenance facility.
When it comes to powering electric forklifts, Plug Power Inc. is making headway with advancements in hydrogen fuel cell technology as an alternative to lead-acid batteries. Recently, Newark Farmers Market expanded its investment in this clean energy alternative by choosing to integrate a full GenKey solution from Plug Power to support material handling operations for a new food distribution building currently under construction at its Newark, N.J. site.
Newark Farmers Market purchased an additional 110 GenDrive units, which will more than double the size of its fuel cell-powered lift truck fleet at the Newark location.
Under the GenKey contract, Plug Power will construct a complete GenFuel hydrogen infrastructure, including indoor dispensers and outdoor fuel storage. The entire GenFuel hydrogen infrastructure will address the current and new GenDrive fleets.
Furthermore, in October, Plug Power announced that Golden State Foods, a global, California-based food manufacturer and distributor for the quick service restaurant industry, with customers such as Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Arby's and Taco Bell, would deploy GenDrive hydrogen fuel cells in the material handling fleet at its new food distribution center in Illinois. The 158,300-square foot regional headquarters and logistics center will serve more than 460 McDonald's in the U.S. Midwest region.
Aeroscraft Corp., 818.344.3999, aeroscraft.com
Air Charter Service, +44 (0)20 8339 8555, aircharter.co.uk
Bertling Logistics, 281.774.2300, bertling.com
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., 949.437.1000, cleanenergyfuels.co
CMA CGM, cma-cgm.com
DHL, 800-225-5345 (U.S.), dhl.com
Hamburg Sud, 49-40-37050, hamburg-sued.com
Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group, hknd-group.com
Google, 650-253-0000, google.com
Knud E. Hansen A/S, 45-32-831391, knudehansen.com
Oceana, 202-833-3900, oceana.org
Pacific Airlift, +65 6297 8862, pacificairlift.com.sg
Plug Power Inc., 518.782.7700, plugpower.com
Ryder System Inc., 305.500.3726, ryder.com
Seatrade, (32) 3 544 9493, seatrade.com
SkyTruth, 304-885-4581, skytruth.org
United Arab Shipping Co., uasc.net/en
U.S. Energy Administration, 202-586-8800, eia.gov
U.S. Department of Defense, 703-571-3343, defense.gov
U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center, 800-254-6735, afdc.energy.gov
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, 866-835-5322, faa.gov
Yangfan Group, 0580-3012168, eyangfan.com
Global Fishing Watch Aids Food Sustainability Efforts
Three partners—SkyTruth, Oceana and Google—recently unveiled Global Fishing Watch, a big data technology platform that leverages satellite data to create the first global view of commercial fishing. On Nov. 14, 2014, a prototype was presented at the 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia. A public release version is in development. Global Fishing Watch will ultimately give citizens a simple, online platform to visualize, track and share information about fishing activity worldwide.
According to a press release, the platform works by analyzing data points from the Automatic Identification System (AIS) network. AIS is essentially a GPS broadcast of a ship's location, and was designed primarily as a safety mechanism to avoid collisions at sea, but information about the vessel's behavior can be derived by analyzing the identity, speed and direction of broadcasting vessels. Global Fishing Watch removes all the cargo ships and other non-fishing vessel activity, providing an unprecedented view of human interaction with the ocean.
The current version of the Global Fishing Watch started with 3.7 billion data points, more than a terabyte of data from two years of satellite collection, covering the movements of 111,374 vessels during 2012 and 2013. A behavioral classification model was applied across the data set to identify when and where fishing behavior occurred. The prototype visualization contains 300 million AIS data points covering over 25,000 unique vessels. For the initial fishing activity map, the data is limited to 35 million detections from 3,125 vessels that Google and its partners were able to independently verify as fishing vessels. Global Fishing Watch can then display fishing effort in terms of the number of hours each vessel spent engaged in fishing behavior, and puts it all on a map that anyone with a web browser will be able to explore.
Google and its partners state that, "With hundreds of millions of people around the world depending on our ocean for their livelihoods, and many more relying on the ocean for food, ensuring the long-term sustainability of our ocean is a critical global priority. We need a tool that harnesses the power of citizen engagement to hold our leaders accountable for maintaining an abundant ocean."
Eventually, Global Fishing Watch will be available to the public, allowing anyone with an Internet connection to monitor when and where commercial fishing is happening around the globe. Citizens can use the tool to see for themselves whether their fisheries are being effectively managed. Seafood suppliers can keep tabs on the boats they buy fish from. Media and the public can act as watchdogs to improve the sustainable management of global fisheries. And, fishermen can show that they are obeying the law and doing their part, while researchers will have access to a multi-year record of all trackable fishing activity.
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v. i. 1. To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together.
Joined with an enemy proclaimed.
v. t. 1. To plot; to plan; to combine for.
Verb 1. conspire - engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
2. conspire - act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose; "The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall"


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Q: Android studio не видит телефон Android studio не видит телефон. Этот же телефон на одном Студио отлично определяется, а на другом нет. Подключение через кабель usb. Режим debuggibg включен.
A: Привет. Вот - попробуйте adbinstaller, он мне частенько помогает с недоустановленными драйверами, а также это может быть кабель (тот, что usb, но это только в случаях с samsung).
A: Если Ваш комп видел телефон и перестал - дело в драйверах. Я пытался обновлять их и удалять - бесполезно, потом просто подключил к другому компу - о видит! Зашел в диспетчер устройств посмотрел какие и где лежат драйвера, а их там 6 файлов.
Скачал их на флешку, дома сбросил их на комп, выдернул флешку и просто заменил их перезаписью. Все работает, только с флешки не пытайтесь их заменить сразу - не получится, так как когда подключена флешка он использует драйвера и не даст их заменить.
Подробнее: скачиваем нижеприведённые файлы с компа, где телефон определяется, и меняем их там, где телефон не виден. winusb.sys, WpdUpFltr.sys, WUDFRd.sys, WpdMtp.dll, WpdMtpDr.dll, WpdMtpUS.dll.


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Explore interactive, computer-generated environments with a local VR arcade
As we continue to push the limits of virtual reality technology, getting a glimpse at what the experience entails has become progressively easier. The in-home usage of these goggles is mainly limited to online multiplayer video games in confined spaces. However, developments in this technology have enabled its application in a host of new environments.
Based just 15 minutes from the ASU Tempe campus is one of the valley's virtual reality attractions, Velocity VR. They offer a "multiplayer, free roam" virtual reality experience fit for large groups in an expansive arena.
Rich Scheirmann is the marketing manager for Octane Raceway, the facility which houses Velocity VR as well as a variety of other specialized rooms suited for go-karting, miniature bowling and more. He expounds upon the type of experience you can expect at Velocity VR and why any ASU student should consider visiting.
Alfred Varela: Virtual reality goggles have proven themselves as a mainstay in gaming culture in recent years. As technology has improved, we've seen great strides made toward making the experience more immersive and less expensive. What may have been a costly endeavor only a few years ago is now more readily available than ever before. But if you still can't warrant purchasing a headset for yourself, you may be pleased to hear that not only do virtual reality rooms exist, but they're abundant throughout the Valley. Perhaps one of the most prominent of these is Scottsdale's own Velocity VR, a "multiplayer, 'free roam' virtual reality attraction."
Rich Scheirmann: The best way to describe it is to say that it is a virtual reality experience that's untethered, which means there are no wires at all. You have a backpack on, you have goggles on, you have a controller which is basically a gun. You wander around inside our VR arena, and you are tracked via motion balls. It's a 360-degree immersive experience in a virtual reality environment.
My name is Richard Scheirmann. I am the marketing manager at Octane Raceway, and Velocity VR exists inside of Octane.
Alfred Varela: So how does this all work in practice? What does an experience at Velocity VR entail?
Rich Scheirmann: You go in with seven other people. You can see each other in the game and you can see the walls and corridors that you have to move down. Like I was saying, the game is fully immersive. It is a collaborative effort to try and obtain an objective. If you come in as a single you might get teamed up with another group. Overall sessions run 45 minutes, each game is half an hour.
Alfred Varela: As for the type of experience offered, Velocity VR has a variety of games available for whatever adventure you or your team chooses to embark on.
Rich Scheirmann: Currently we offer three games. There's one game for group events that's 15 minutes where you battle zombies. We have a second game that is called Singularity. In Singularity, you are a team that is sent to investigate a secret military outpost space station. The space station has gone dark and you have to find out why. The last game we have is called Outbreak Origins, which is another zombie game. A deadly virus is wreaking havoc on society. The antidote gets stolen and you need to track it down.
Alfred Varela: In addition, Velocity VR reassures everyone that despite some preconceived notions about the type of person to frequent a gaming lounge, they welcome any and all looking to get a glimpse of the future of this technology with a memorable experience to boot.
Rich Scheirmann: As the marketing manager, I have a tendency to target gamers more. However, my 14 year old daughter loves it. So there is really no demographic I think. I think if you've played a game at all ever, you would enjoy this.
Alfred Varela: If you ever need a break from exploring virtual reality, Octane Raceway, in which Velocity VR, resides offers a host of even more activities.
Rich Scheirmann: Octane Raceway, we are a high end go-karting facility. We have a 1/3 mile course that goes inside and outside and then combined with that there's also our Brickyard Grill. We have games, prize winning games, we've got mini-bowling, so there's a number of things you can do inside the facility.
Alfred Varela: So if you're a student looking for an opportunity to experience a bellwether for the future of multiplayer, virtual reality technology, just know the Velocity VR is but 15 minutes from the Tempe campus and is perfect for anyone looking to get in on the action.
For The State Press, I'm Alfred Varela.
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