text:
Home Sport Tennis Roger Federer lags behind big rivals in US Open betting
Roger Federer lags behind big rivals in US Open betting
Roger Federer heads to the US Open as third favorite behind longtime rivals Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal after a season that has nose-dived since he won the Australian Open at the start of the year.
His run at Flushing Meadows was ended by Juan Martin del Potro in the quarter-finals, but Federer appeared to have put that defeat behind him as he claimed his 20th career Grand Slam title in style in Melbourne in January.
By July, however, that early optimism had faded following Federer's defeat by Kevin Anderson in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
The loss was even more shocking because of the way in which it came about, with the world number two surrendering a two-set lead and at a loss to explain what had gone wrong.
In truth, the first signs that all was not well with the Swiss emerged before Wimbledon started.
Four months earlier, Federer reached the final at Indian Wells where he was beaten by Del Potro, failing to convert a match point before losing in three sets.
The pattern was repeated against Borna Coric in the Halle final, and Federer headed to Wimbledon with those two defeats weighing on his mind before again losing from a winning position at the All England Club.
In Cincinnati last week, Federer floundered badly against Novak Djokovic in the final, making a large number of uncharacteristic errors before succumbing in straight sets.
Djokovic, fresh from his victory at Wimbledon and back to his best after his injury troubles, is the bookmakers' favorite to win the U.S. Open title ahead of defending champion Nadal, while Federer himself is happy to play down his own chances.
"I'm not the favorite, they are – Rafa and Novak, in my opinion," the 37-year-old said after losing in Cincinnati.
"But I'm happy that my level is there. I just need to figure out my game, get used to different balls".
It has been a decade since Federer won the last of his five titles at Flushing Meadows and former player Chris Evert says he will need to create a miracle to claim the Open-era record by winning his sixth in September.
"As far as Federer is concerned, I think for some reason the U.S. Open hasn't been easy for him," the 18-times grand slam singles champion, who will be part of ESPN's coverage of the US Open in New York, said on a conference call.
He added: "He's created miracles before… he could do it again… (but) it's going to be a grueling two weeks for him and this is sometimes when age creeps in.
"I just think Djokovic and Nadal would have to be favored over Federer at this point."
Previous articleEze Igbo: I'll reunite Igbo in Lagos
Next articleIkedi Ohakim: Why I want to be governor again in 2019
Chris Evert
Del Potro
Flushing Meadows
Serbian press crown Novak Djokovic 'King of Tennis'
Novak Djokovic admits 'toughest' Wimbledon win
Megan Rapinoe joins Serena Williams in vow to fight for equal pay 'every day until I'm in my grave'
Ruthless Simona Halep downs Serena Williams to claim Wimbledon title
Roger Federer holds off Rafael Nadal to reach Wimbledon final
Simona Halep becomes first Romanian woman to reach Wimbledon final
Novak Djokovic into ninth Wimbledon semi-final
Serena Williams in good place at Wimbledon – coach


Links are included for information and convenience only. We expressly state that we have not approved or endorsed the information provided by others or provided on or accesible from any linked sites. We are not responsible for the contents available on or on the set-up of those linked sites. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.


text:
CFP Travel Ideas: Engaging with Spaces of Mobility
Travel Ideals: Engaging with Spaces of Mobility
Location: The University of Melbourne
Dates: 18-20 July 2012
Abstracts deadline: 30 April 2012
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Mary Louise Pratt, Silver Professor, New York University
Professor Renato Rosaldo, Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, New York University
Professor Charles Forsdick, James Barrow Professor of French, University of Liverpool
Professor Tim Youngs, Professor of English & Travel Studies, Nottingham Trent University
The convenors invite papers (and panels) that focus on either the trajectory or the destination or encompass both, and which will contribute to an overall program that demonstrates the pluralism of ideals in travel writing, cultural tourism and mobility studies. Proposals are welcome from various disciplines including anthropology, area studies, cinema studies, creative writing, cultural studies, geography, historical studies, language and literature studies, media and communications, migration and mobility studies, philosophy, postcolonial studies, sociology, tourism, and travel writing and other relevant areas, as well as interdisciplinary approaches.
Postgraduate students are most welcome to submit proposals for papers and panels in the program and there will be activities and sessions designed to address specific research issues for postgraduate students during the conference.
This conference is organised by the Travel Research Network for Travel Writing, Cultural Tourism and Mobility Studies at the University of Melbourne.
Convenor: Dr Jacqueline Dutton (French Studies & Travel Writing)
Please send abstracts of 200-300 words including Paper/Panel title, Institutional Affiliation and Contact Details before 30 April 2012 to Josiane Smith.
Please visit the conference website to register your interest.
CFP Conferences, Conferences
ABR Copyright Agency Fellowship
Fellowship: Museum of Australian Democracy

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Home > Big Story > What happened to Modis achche din, asks Akhilesh
What happened to Modi's 'achche din', asks Akhilesh
IANS22 Jan 2017 7:26 AM GMT
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he urged voters to again elect him to power in assembly elections.
After promising "achche din" (good days), Modi had ended up giving only a Swatch Bharat campaign and organising yoga, the Samajwadi Party leader said.
"Where are the 'achche din'? Where is the promised 'vikas' development they promised?" he asked, referring to Modi's famous phrases of the 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign.
"At times they distributed 'jhaadu' (broom), sometimes they organised yoga."
And without taking the name of any rival party, he again alluded to the Bharatiya Janata Party by saying "they are again weaving dreams" and that they might announce sops in the upcoming annual budget.
Akhilesh Yadav, who has ousted his father and party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav as the party President, said his Samajwadi Party government had achieved a lot during the five years it was in power.
"We need to do more," he said. "But we have done more than what we promised in our (last) election manifesto."
He did not refer to the infighting in the Samajwadi Party but said he got a chance to become Chief Minister at a young age and "Netaji blessed us".
"All the five years we ruled (Uttar Pradesh), we did not deviate from our socialist ideology," he added to thunderous applause.
"We have done development work all the five years," he said, and listed his achievements in rural electrification, road infrastructure and health care.
Modi achche din Akhilesh


Definitely!!! Got mine a week or so ago. I've been working mostly on the stroke style pieces. But the works are awesome, including the alternate measures.
I bought mine about 4 days ago, still waiting for it to get here. I'm positive that it will help me very well with learning the Buckley 1868 songs.
One left. Then it is lights out until November when Mel Bay publishes it. I will no longer sell it on my own as self published.


With the CSEM patents set to expire in 2021 at a time of increased innovation in the watch industry (2020 is a big year for the ETA movement crunch, and we're already seeing the big houses moving away from third-party, mass-produced movements), silicon is likely to become an industry standard in just a few short years. So that begs the question—when silicon is the standard, what's next? The need for brands to better their products and to differentiate themselves from competitors will undoubtedly lead to further developments—some of them will be truly groundbreaking, à la Zenith's silicon oscillator, and others are likely to be highfalutin marketing hype. Nevertheless, I think we're in for some really neat stuff down the road.
The post The Future is Antimagnetic appeared first on Worn & Wound.


On the eve of the one-year anniversary of Florida's deadliest school shooting, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the Florida Supreme Court to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate whether school districts are complying with mandatory safety measures designed to protect students.
The statewide grand jury "is something that is real," DeSantis said at a news conference inside the Broward County courthouse.
Since taking office last month, DeSantis has taken a number of high-profile actions to address the horrific Parkland shooting.
On his first week on the job, DeSantis suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, accusing the law enforcement official of "neglect of duty" and "incompetence" related to the shooting. Israel is appealing the suspension, but a recently released report by a state commission found fault with the sheriff's office's handling of the attack by confessed gunman Nikolas Cruz, a former student at the school with a long history of mental health problems.
Angry parents and other critics, including Andrew Pollack, whose daughter, Meadow, was among the slain students, also called on DeSantis to oust Broward County Superintendent of Schools Robert Runcie. But the governor said he does not have the authority to remove the schools chief because Runcie is an appointed official.
DeSantis, a Harvard Law School graduate, called a statewide grand jury "the best tool that we have" to explore possible wrongdoing by school districts throughout the state. The probe will be at least the third statewide investigation into the Parkland shooting, which is also the subject of a Florida Department of Law Enforcement inquiry.
The governor asked the statewide grand jury to explore "whether refusal or failure to follow the mandates of school-related safety laws … results in unnecessary and avoidable risk to students across the state"; whether public officials committed — and continue to commit — fraud and deceit" by accepting state money conditioned on implementation of certain safety measures; whether public officials committed fraud by "mismanaging, failing to use, and diverting funds from multi-million-dollar bonds specifically solicited for school safety initiatives"; and whether school officials violated state law by "systematically underreporting incidents of criminal activity" to the state Department of Education.
The Sun-Sentinel recently reported that Broward County school district turned down an opportunity to levy $55 million in tax dollars for school safety in 2013.
Lawmakers last year created the state commission, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission, which spent months investigating the shooting and issued a report last month.
But DeSantis said Wednesday that, unlike that commission, the grand-jury investigation won't be limited to Broward County or the events surrounding the mass shooting.
"It is multijurisdictional. But I think it's something that is warranted. I think it's something that may lead to potential accountability measures by a grand jury. But it could also lead to, and I think it will, lead to recommendations about what some of the various school districts could do better. They can provide information to the state of Florida, and we can then take action," he told reporters.
Having a "broader mandate will be better for us in terms of getting the truth, holding people accountable and then making sure we're going forward in a posture that is most conducive to public safety," the governor said.
As the state gears up for the one-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting, DeSantis also traveled Wednesday to Brevard County to announce an executive order related to other school-safety issues.
On Thursday, a series of events, including prayer vigils, took place throughout the state. Broward schools planned a series of ways to commemorate the tragic anniversary, including "A Day of Service and Love" at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.
"It will be a day to give back to the community in honor of MSD's 17 fallen angels, the students and staff who were lost one year ago," the Broward County School Board said in a press release highlighting some of the Feb. 14 events.
The governor and his wife, Casey, took part in a moment of silence for the Parkland victims in the Capitol courtyard Thursday.
Pollack, who joined DeSantis at the both of Wednesday's news conferences, said he and others whose children or spouses were killed don't need a reminder of what occurred a year ago.
"As everyone knows, that year anniversary's coming up, but I wanted everybody to know that I don't need Feb. 14 to know that that's the day my daughter was murdered, 'cause I live it every day," Pollack said at the Brevard County event.
The executive order DeSantis issued Wednesday in Brevard County followed up on some of the recommendations made by the state commission.
He ordered the state Department of Education to give sheriffs another chance to ask for money to carry out the school "guardian" program, which allows certain school personnel to be armed. Many counties have declined to take part in the program, leaving money unspent.
Dara Kam reports for the News Service of Florida.


St Peters Lutheran College is an independent, co-educational, Lutheran, day and boarding school, situated on a 21 hectares (52 acres) campus in Indooroopilly, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Established in 1945, St Peters currently caters for approximately 2,100 students from Prep to Year 12, including 150 boarders from Years 6 to 12. In January 2008, St Peters Lutheran College Springfield opened with almost 100 students from Prep to Year 8 in multi-age classes. St Peters Springfield has since grown to a Kindergarten to Year 12 school and moved to a new state of the art location in Health City.
The school's chapel is heritage-listed, having been added to the Queensland Heritage Register in 2012.


text:
Q: client-server data storage My application must be client-server. The data is stored in the DBMS on the server. Upon request from the client, the DBMS returns a set of records. The program receives the data, and stores it in the model (data array) of the table. At some point, the user decides to add 10,000 rows to the table. At the same time, no requests to the DBMS occur, not pressed on the save button. At some point the power is turned off, no matter how, but the computer will be turned off, while the data is still in memory. The question is how these data will not be lost:

*

*Make a sql request to update the data immediately

*Write data to the local database. When you click on the button, the data is read from the local database and written to the server.

A: Here are another two options to choose from:

*

*Save your JavaScript objects to the browsers local storage (not session storage) and delete it once you saved to the database. otherwise next time you open the application load from local storage if there is data.

*Save your JavaScript objects to a JSON file on the server and also delete it once you saved the data to the database...

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


How do you get your ex back for good?
Well... not by pleading and declaring your love with the promise you'd change or say anything to please her.
Or crying your heart out, with tears and snot and all, while you get down on your knees begging, hoping she'll have pity on your poor soul. And showing that without her you're now broken and completely obsessed with her ... scaring her away because there's a guy acting like a pride-less loser in her front door that looks just like her ex who used to be a cool guy.
... Not by calling constantly, or sending multiple text messages a day hoping she'll give in, raise the white flag, and come running back teary eyed because she can't take it anymore ... to only pressure her to distance herself away from you because she feels like she doesn't have any choice.
... Not by hovering around wherever she is like a creepy stalker and 'accidentally' bumping into her every day and talking about your old relationship ... until she get sick of you and want see less and less of you, making her realize she didn't want to be with you anymore.
... Not even by buying her flowers with a nice card, and calling her friends and family asking for help, knowing her friends and family will take her side, (and if not, she'll quickly convince them to) ... making her resent you more for getting her friends and family involved in the breakup.
... And of course, not by putting your life on hold and reserving yourself while you wait for her 'figure things out', thinking about her all the time ... trapping yourself in your old relationship unable to let go and move on.
Actually, you should forget about your old relationship. Consider it gone for good. Your old relationship is dead. Bringing it back to life, along with all its issues and reasons why your relationship ended, will only put you back where you are right now.
That's not how you get your ex back, not by being desperate and needy, making mediocre efforts, or being careless.
You probably know how ineffective they are and how they can actually hurt you when trying to get your ex back, and push your girl further away into the arms of another man. Suddenly, you'll just get news from some friends that she's out with a new guy.
Taking some time off... to give yourself some time get over the initial pain of the break and think about what you really want. This means stopping all contact, including Facebook.
Taking a look at what led to your break up. Breakups don't happen out of the blue. There are warning signs here and there you might not have noticed, or simply ignored. It's a good idea to get clear on the 'real' reason why the relationship ended.
Working on yourself. Get a fresh start, new hair style, new clothes -- not to impress her but to get your confidence back. Work on loving yourself... because the better your self-esteem the better prepared you'll be when you try to get your ex back.
Be the guy she was attracted to. It's a must to get your ex back.
Developing the skills with women you might have lost over the years: flirting, how to attract women, arousing women, making women horny. The set of skills most guys forgets when it gets comfortable in the relationship. Focus on these right now before it becomes too late, and before she meets another guy who flirts, tease, turns her on, and arouses her the way you used to.
Reconnecting with text. Make sure you do a lot of the preparatory before you initiate contact. Then you can remind her of the good times you shared in a subtle way. You can even share lighthearted memories with her. And dropping hints you're still interested along the way.
Reminding her of the person she fell in love with... to give her reasons to remember all things she loves about you, and accentuate the things you know she loves: your sense of humor, your confidence, your charm. And you'll be able to do the subtle things that attracted her in the first place.
And of course, meeting with your ex. It's important to show you've moved past your old relationship. If you make her feel the same old you, that will turn her off and she won't be interested in giving you another shot. Use the attraction techniques and conversation skills you learned to make her feel different about you.
When she feels attraction and respect she never felt before, she'll feel that her life isn't right without you in it and rationalize things as being a sign to give things another chance.
Along the way, if you can make her feel like she could lose you to someone else, turn her attention from the bad times to the good times you've had together, and make her crave you in a sexual way... she can't help but get back to.
That's how you get your ex back!
You do it step by step, following a set plan and strategy that's been proven to get exes back time and time again. Although getting your ex back is not gonna be easy, there's no quick fix to a broken relationship.
Finally begs you to be together to talk and do anything she has to wrap herself in your arms again, and swear getting back together was her idea.
You can check out Michael Fiore's Text Your Ex Back. It has sneaky tricks, relationship hacks, and uses a lot of human psychology to re-awaken her attraction to you, help her decide to give you another shot, and get her convinced that seeing you was her idea... so when you get back together, you stay together.
Through Text Your Ex Back, you'll get a real, legitimate shot at winning your ex back.


hand is a topic covered in the Taber's Medical Dictionary.
The body part attached to the forearm at the wrist. It includes the wrist (carpus) with its eight bones, the metacarpus or body of the hand (ossa metacarpalia) having five bones, and the fingers (phalanges) with their 14 bones. In some occupations and recreational endeavors, workers use their hands as hammers, which may damage the ulnar nerve and artery, with consequent signs of ischemia and neuropathy.
Venes, Donald, editor. "Hand." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729753/all/hand.
Hand. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729753/all/hand. Accessed April 24, 2019.
Hand [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 April 24]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729753/all/hand.


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It was another pitcher's duel at JoAnne Graf Field on the final day of the 2018 ACC/Big Ten Softball Challenge, as No. 8 Florida State (8-1) and No. 20 Michigan (5-4) were scoreless through five innings on Sunday, before the Seminoles scored a run each in the sixth and seventh to earn a 2-0 victory.
A pair of Seminoles earned ACC/Big Ten Challenge MVP honors as Sydney Sherrill was named Most Valuable Player on the weekend. The freshman batted .583 (7-for-12) with two doubles, two RBI, three runs scored and a .750 slugging percentage. Kylee Hanson earned Most Valuable Pitcher accolades, posting a 2-0 record for the tournament with a 0.00 ERA and 12 strikeouts. She allowed just one unearned run, four hits and three walks through 11.2 innings and limited opponents to a .098 batting average.
The Seminoles got a pair of runners on in each of the first four innings, but could not manage to push any of them across the plate against Michigan starter Sarah Schaefer. Doubles by Cali Harrod and Carsyn Gordon, along with singles by Sherrill, Elizabeth Mason and Korina Rosario provided the offense for Florida State, but each would be left stranded.
Sherrill led off the FSU sixth inning with a double, prompting Michigan to make a pitching change to bring in Meghan Beaubien. Anna Shelnutt moved Sherrill up to third with a sacrifice bunt and Mason drove in her fellow freshman with a sacrifice fly to right to put the Noles on the board, 1-0.
Warren connected on a Beaubien pitch in the top of the seventh inning, launching a solo home run to center to make it 2-0 Florida State. It marked the 216th RBI of her career, matching the Florida State record set by Maddie O'Brien from 2012 to 2015.
Hanson tossed a two-hit shutout over 6.2 innings to improve to 5-0 on the season. She struck out four and walked two, and faced 24 of the 25 Michigan batters on the day as Meghan King entered the circle to pitch to one batter, striking out Aidan Falk to end the Michigan sixth inning.
The Seminoles will face McNeese at home on Tuesday, February 20 at 6:00 p.m. on JoAnne Graf Field. Live stats will be available through Seminoles.com and a live radio broadcast will be featured on Shoutcast.com.
Admission is free for all regular season home games, with reserved premium seating behind home plate available through the Seminole Boosters. For more information on the premium seating, contact Alex Douglas at adouglas2@fsu.edu.


text:
Q: Round to the nearest whole number I have a number like this: 1.79769313486232E+308 and I want to round it to the nearest whole number. so I tried the below one:
Math.Round(1.79769313486232E+308, 0)

But it still give the same result.
Can any one help me.?

A: Since you have fewer than 309 digits after the dot your number is a whole number. The scientific notation must be confusing you, for example 1.234e+003 is also an integer because it's equal to 1234.

A: The nearest whole number is the same number you've tryed to round up; it has 309 digits:
  1.79769313486232E+308 == 1797693134862320000....00

"E+308" in scientific notation means "multply this by 10 in 308th power". A simple example:
1.234E+3 == 1.234 * Math.Pow(10, 3) == 1.234 * 1000 == 1234
You can easily convince yourself by printing out the number:
  BigInteger b = BigInteger.Parse("1.79769313486232E+308", NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
  Console.Write(b.ToString()); // <- 1797693134862320000....00

A: double.Parse("1.00E+4", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

try this

A: Worked for me
Add reference to  System.Numerics if you are Using .NET framework 4.0
 and then
 BigInteger b = BigInteger.Parse("1.79769313486232E+308", NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);


ZokumBSP is an advanced node/blockmap/reject builder for Doom / Doom 2. Based on ZenNode 1.2.1. Full sources are hosted on GitHub and binaries are available from doom2.net.
ZokumBSP is a work in progress and is an advanced node builder with many experimental features that can be turned on. It is currently a slot-in replacement for ZenNode with additional features, bug fixes and conservative defaults.
The goal of the project was to enable the construction of bigger maps without losing compability with the classic DOS executables and Chocolate Doom. Most Doom ports should be able to play wads built with this tool just fine.
The original code was written by Marc Rousseau, then modified by Kim Roar Foldøy Hauge in 2016-2018.


IBM's most advanced AI machine challenges a record-setting human debate champion.
Aristotle broke ground by claiming that the art of persuasion—rhetoric—can be learned. Although Aristotle was right, he may never have envisioned a day when a machine could also be taught to argue. It took 2,300 years for it happen, but it happened.
On Monday, February 11, I had a front row seat for the first live debate between human and machine. For six years, scientists at IBM Research have been working on the next big milestone for artificial intelligence (AI). First, Deep Blue beat a chess champion in 1996. Watson beat a champion game-show contestant on Jeopardy in 2011. Would an AI machine beat a world record-holding debate champion in 2019?
The hundreds of invited audience members gave the win to…the human. But IBM's "Project Debater" still made history as the first AI machine to make a persuasive argument about a given a topic it had not been programmed to learn.
Harish Natarajan holds the world record for most international debate victories. Monday's debate was the most unusual—and perhaps the most challenging—he's ever had. After all, Project Debater had access to 10 billion sentences in hundreds of millions of documents. Natarajan had no access to the Internet. He just had a pen, his notepad and his brain.
Each side—human and machine—had 15 minutes to prep for the debate. They were each presented with a topic: "Should we subsidize preschools." Project Debater had to argue in support of it. Natarajan had to argue against it. Once again, he had only his brain, persuasion skills and a remarkable human ability to connect with an audience.
IBM's AI machine went first. She presented a reasoned, logical 4-minute case to support her opinion. She focused on three areas: preschool boosts a child's academic achievement, it helps to overcome poverty, and it results in a decrease in crime. The machine scanned millions of documents, retrieved the relevant messages to support its opinion, and presented scores of studies and empirical research to back its argument.
According to scientists who worked on the project, the achievement is nothing short of extraordinary. Project Debater structured an argument, only presented evidence to support its case, listened to Natarajan's argument and formed a rebuttal.
In this video, you can watch IBM's AI Machine open her speech.
Natarajan used a more nuanced form of persuasion—one that would resonate with fellow humans. Natarajan told me that great persuaders find common ground with their opponents. And that's exactly what he did.
Natarajan used his time to argue that, while funding preschool is a laudable goal, we live in the real world of financial constraints and there's a limit to how much we can spend. He argued that Project Debater's position would hurt the very people it intends to help by re-directing scarce resources from other worthy initiatives.
At the end of the debate, the live audience of 800 guests were invited to vote. Since more people said that Natarajan had turned around their pre-formed opinions, he was declared the winner. After all, the point of debate is not to score the most points. It's to sway a person's opinion.
IBM's AI machine wasn't built to "win" or replace humans. It was built to complement human decision-making. According to the research team that built the machine, it's meant to enhance communication with evidence and reason. No, AI doesn't have emotion. It can't read an audience or connect to people on an emotional level. But it can structure reasonable arguments backed by millions of studies, documents and empirical evidence.
Project Debater's arguments were "nicely phrased and contextualized…better than most humans," Natarajan told me after the debate. "It has incredible power to complement the human."
Aristotle believed that in order to convince people to change their minds, a speaker must have a combination of ethos (character), logos (logic, reason, and evidence) and pathos (emotion). Aristotle argued that all three elements had to be present for persuasion to occur. IBM's Project Debater is short on emotion. It doesn't have the imagination to even dream itself up—that's the exclusive domain of the humans who built her. But she does have something valuable to offer human decision-makers—evidence, reason and logic.


text:
TAGS: Economy : China Emerging Markets Markets : Currencies Fixed Income
FX Watch – Revision in Asian FX forecasts
by: Roy Teo , Arjen van Dijkhuizen
In this publication: Asian currencies have been resilient post Brexit…but weak Chinese yuan and central bank easing to weigh on Asian currencies. Moderate downgrade 2016 and 2017 CNY forecasts to 6.8 and 7.0. Bad loan concerns to weigh on INR – forecast downgraded. Less pessimistic on SGD and IDR in 2016. Asian FX to remain resilient in 2017.
FX-Watch-Revision-in-Asian-FX-forecasts-5-July-16.pdf (119 KB)
Asian currencies have been resilient post Brexit…
Asian currencies have been relatively resilient post Brexit for several reasons. Financial markets have come to terms that a contagion to the Eurozone is less likely. In addition, Asia exports to the UK account for 1-3% of total exports in 2015 and hence the trade impact on Asian economies is small. Asian central banks have also been reportedly supported their currencies through interventions. Some economies such as South Korea have also announced fiscal stimulus measures to support the economy. Last but not least, monetary policies globally are also likely to be more accommodative. Financial markets have priced out rate hikes in the US and more monetary stimulus in both the Eurozone and the UK this year. That has supported sentiment in Asian currencies.
…weak Chinese yuan and central bank easing to weigh on Asian currencies
Having said that, we continue to expect a slight weakening in Asian currencies in the coming months. For starters, the Chinese yuan is expected to be weaker than our previous forecast (please see below for more details). This is expected to put some dampening effect on Asian currencies. Central banks in Asia are also likely to further ease monetary policy later this year given the subdued inflation and economic growth outlook.
Moderate downgrade of 2016 and 2017 CNY forecasts to 6.80 and 7.00
After the unexpected Brexit vote on June 24, we think that the People's Bank of China (PBoC) is likely to allow a moderately weaker yuan (CNY) against the USD. Both the euro and sterling, which together account for about 25% of the CFETS CNY trade weighted basket, are now expected to be weaker after the Brexit. Hence, a weaker yuan against the USD is likely, to keep the CNY relatively stable within the currency basket. We have lowered our 2016 year end CNY forecast from 6.70 to 6.80 against the USD. The offshore yuan (CNH) is likely to trade at a discount to the onshore yuan given that the former is more driven by market forces and sentiment. However we do not expect the PBoC to tolerate large divergence between CNY and CNH, as the yuan is expected to be included in the IMF SDR basket on 1 October this year. The authorities are also likely to allow onshore banks to trade in the CNH market, which should also limit large enduring divergences between the onshore and offshore yuan rates.
In 2017, the gradual depreciation of the yuan against currencies of China's trading partners will continue in our view, although we still think that the authorities will not tolerate a large-scale weakening of the yuan versus USD. We expect China's gradual slowdown to continue, with growth falling from 6.5% in 2016 to 6% in 2017. The deleveraging and restructuring process will take several years. China's current account surplus is expected to narrow as the economy rebalances towards more consumption. Outward direct investments are also likely to increase at a faster pace than foreign direct investments. Hence the yuan may face some pressure as a result. However the yuan inclusion in the SDR basket and opening up of onshore bond market to international investors are likely to provide some support to the yuan. As China policy makers continue to open up the capital account, volatility in the yuan is expected to rise. However we expect the central bank to manage large swings in the currency. Our 2017 year end USD/CNY forecast of 7.0 would imply about 3% depreciation of the CNY CFETS trade weighted index in 2017 and almost 10% decline over the period of 2015 to 2017.
Bad loans concerns to weigh on INR – forecast downgraded
We also see Indian rupee (INR) weakness. The government has shortlisted four candidates to replace Reserve Bank of India governor Rajan when his term ends in September. Our assessment of this is that the government acknowledges that Rajan had a great reputation with markets (also see our India Watch, A quick Q&A on Rexit, published earlier this month). As the government does not want to lose the carefully built-up credibility in monetary policy, they realise it is important not to select a governor which would be perceived 'overly dovish'. While it is still an early call, we view that this may imply that the new governor is unlikely to materially change the current monetary policy bias of taming inflation. However, in that respect the composition of the newly established Monetary Policy Committee will also play an important role. A relief recovery in the INR may materialise as a result. However firmer oil prices (upside risk to inflation in India) and continued concerns on state banks' bad loans will continue to weigh on the INR. All in all, we expect a somewhat weaker INR by end-2016 and in early-2017. We have raised our 2016 year end USD/INR forecast from 67 to 69.
Less pessimistic on SGD and IDR in 2016
On the other hand, we have become slightly less pessimistic on the Singapore dollar (SGD) in the coming months, as the SGD has some safe haven characteristics given that Singapore has a net positive international investment position and enjoys an AAA rating. We have lowered our 2016 Q3 USD/SGD forecast from 1.38 to 1.36. Nevertheless, we still expect the SGD to depreciate versus the US dollar by the end of this year, as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is likely to lower the centre of S$NEER policy band in the next scheduled monetary policy meeting later this year in October. The S$NEER is now trading at stronger levels when the MAS last eased policy earlier this year in April. This is likely to weigh on core inflationary pressures, notwithstanding a more subdued growth outlook domestically and globally. Our year end USD/SGD forecast remains unchanged at 1.40.
In addition, we have become more positive on the Indonesia rupiah (IDR) given that the tax amnesty which was recently passed by the Indonesia parliament is expected to result in about IDR 560 trillion (USD 42.5bn) of funds back onshore and boost government revenue by about IDR 53 trillion, based on the central bank's estimates. The size is significant given that the projected inflow of USD 42.5bn is about twice the magnitude of Indonesia's current account deficit in 2015. In addition, economic growth is projected to be boosted by about 0.3pp. Our 2016 Q3 USD/IDR forecast has been lowered from 13,400 to 13,100. Looking ahead, the IDR is still likely to depreciate modestly later this year (13,400) as Bank Indonesia (BI) is unlikely to tolerate strong gains in the currency given continued weak exports growth. There is also room for BI to ease monetary policy further to support the economy given low inflation and improving outlook in the IDR. Given the recent decline in foreign currency reserves, BI is also likely to replenish their foreign currency reserves during periods of strength in the IDR.
Asian FX to remain resilient in 2017
Looking ahead, we expect Asian currencies to face several opposing forces in 2017. In general, as the fall-out from Brexit for emerging Asia is likely to be limited and most Asian economies are quite resilient, Asian FX will probably do relatively well among EM currencies in case of global risk aversion. A gradual recovery in commodity prices is also expected to improve sentiment in emerging markets including Asian currencies. However Asian central banks are unlikely to tolerate strong gains in their currencies given weak exports and inflation outlook.
On the other hand economies such as Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan are likely to be more impacted as China slows. We have recently lowered our forecasts for these and other Asian economies, see our Asia Watch Brexit fall-out limited published last week. Hence Asian currencies are vulnerable to a weaker Chinese yuan and rising interest rates in the US (we expect the Fed to raise rates by 75bp in 2017 which is not priced in by financial markets). As shown in the graphs below, Asian currencies' correlation with the Chinese yuan has increased since 2015. This is due to the yuan being more market determined and reflective of domestic economic fundamentals. The Singapore dollar is also most vulnerable to firmer interest rates in the US.
Arjen van Dijkhuizen
Sr. Economist


text:
[ 13 Mar - 11 April 2015 ]
BLUEPRINT | SEISM
Justin Bennett & Pascale-Sophie Kaparis
Blueprint (Justin Bennett)
GEMAK presents the experimental exhibition project, BLUEPRINT | SEISM, of Justin Bennett (UK/NL) and Pascale-Sophie Kaparis (FR).
- download the invitation -
Last year the initial stages of Bennett's city-mapping research and Kaparis' research involving intimate processing of traumatic experiences in the brain ('mental shapes') were presented at Gallery Maurits van de Laar. Now, the 'unwrapped' sequel to this unique duo project is shown at GEMAK; ambitious, layered and experimental. The artists will both engage in a dialogue with the GEMAK space, search for mutual connections in their work and interact with musicians, who will react to the artistic work through improvisation.
The exhibition will be opened on Friday 13 March. During the opening there will be performances (starting at 6:30 pm) by the Amsterdam based MAZE-ensemble, with an improvisation on Bennett's animation/visual score in motion BLUEPRINT, and singer/sound-artist Marie Guilleray and cellist Semay Wu, with a piece based on the Kaparis' installation SEISM.
About Justin Bennett's work in GEMAK:
Central to Justin Bennett's presentation is the film project-in-progress Blueprint. Blueprint, made in close collaboration with a number of improvising musicians, combines hand-drawn animated city-maps and stenciled texts with a live soundtrack. (The first version of the music will be performed by the MAZE ensemble at the opening and will be recorded so that it can be heard for the duration of the exhibition. Another version will be performed at the finissage) Blueprint asks questions to the musicians and the audience about the links between social, urban and musical structures. The context of Blueprint is widened by the inclusion of two older works. City of Progress is another animation, this time accompanied by a spoken text which touches on the roles of architects, developers, artists and the military in urban planning. Stimmung is a sound installation documenting the intervention of the audience during a Karlheinz Stockhausen concert at the Holland Festival of 1969. We hear the music being interrupted as the audience "join in" with the musicians. The concert is stopped but then a discussion starts over music, politics and audience participation. Around these three audio-visual pieces, Bennett shows a selection of sketches and related source material for Blueprint and the other works.
About Pascale-Sophie Kaparis' work in GEMAK:
With sensitive precision, Pascale-Sophie Kaparis draws organic versions of structures that develop in our brains. In her 'mental shapes' drawings, she shows how the information (Kaparis often takes the traumatic experiences of others as her point of departure) that we receive through our eyes is processed by the brain. The red lines she draws are partially covered again by correcting fluid, creating a layered image of information that remains present, but is not clearly visible or (more) difficult to access, possibly because of the suppression of (traumatic) memories of a certain event. The things that the eyes were forced to see and subsequently processed by the brain, is recorded and archived in Kaparis' drawings.
Just like Justin Bennett's BLUEPRINT process, the drawings/installations in the SEISM series form a layered score for an audio work.
SEISM, the umbrella title of Kaparis' contribution to this collaboration, refers to seismic activity, such as earthquakes, and is used by her as a metaphor for the violent transitions that occur when what is seen and recorded by the eye subsequently finds its way in our brains.
BLUEPRINT | SEISM is a project of GEMAK in collaboration with Maurits van de Laar Gallery.
Justin Bennett - from: BLUEPRINT
Pascale-Sophie Kaparis, from: SEISM


text:
Avy Dogs Start 'Em Young
The canine first responders at Wasatch Backcountry get an early introduction to saving skiers in the mountains
Words: Colin Clancy
It's a hot summer morning at Alta, UT—idle chairlifts, parked snowcats, and wildflowers in bloom on now-verdant ski runs. Dozens of dogs gather in a large circle at the base of the Albion chair—mostly labs with some Weimaraners in the mix.
The group is part of the Wasatch Backcountry Rescue, a Utah non-profit that works with ski resorts and search and rescue groups in Utah's Wasatch Range. Among other duties, WBR offers training and certification for rescue dog and handler teams for the ski resorts of the Wasatch, and this morning is one of many summer training sessions. These dogs have one job—to save lives—and come winter they'll be ready to find avalanche-buried skiers and snowboarders both inbounds and out.
"These dogs are mini ambassadors for their ski resorts," says Margie Van Komen, dog coordinator for WBR and Snowbird ski patroller. "They need to meet kids. They need to be more mellow than an animal like a police K9."
This kind of temperament is especially impressive when you know what kinds of puppies are chosen to become avalanche rescue dogs.
ABOVE Morning roll call, avalanche dog style. Photo: Colin Clancy
"Most of us choose dogs that are bred as high drive, very athletic dogs that can handle cold, and the rigors of being outside all day," Van Komen says. "They're not your typical house pet. They've got so much energy; they could run all day. They would be the dog that would end up in the pound because it drives a family nuts."
This balance between mellow temperament and high drive comes from training—lots and lots of training. It typically takes a year-and-a-half of obedience and avalanche training for a dog to become certified, and dogs and handlers continue training throughout the duration of the dog's career, which can last up to 11 years. These dogs and their handlers begin their obedience work, and begin building their bond from a very young age. When it comes to rescue dogs and their handlers, that bond can mean the difference between life and death.
"The relationship with the dog and handler needs to be super tight," says Van Komen. "We have dogs and handlers start from 7 weeks old. From the 49-day mark these dogs and handlers are together every day…to train that dog into a Level A avalanche dog."
ABOVE Tracy Christensen and Jagger take part in morning drills at the base of Alta. Photo: Colin Clancy
In addition to inbounds resort work, these Level A dog teams are certified for road and backcountry rescues, including those that involve loading into Sheriff's helicopters. The stringent testing to become a Level A certified dog and handler team includes being able to clear a 100 by 100-meter avalanche burial site, with an unknown number of burials, in a 20-minute time period. This differs from the testing of an inbounds-only Level B dog, that has to be able to clear that same burial field in the same time frame, but with a finite number of two burials.
With an unknown number of burials, the dog needs to be able to communicate when the site is clear, and the handler needs to be able to understand those communications. Most of the real-life avalanche paths these teams are asked to clear do not actually have any burials, but it takes crystal clear understanding between dog and handler to be sure.
"It's quite a mind game if you're not used to it, and it really shows the skills of the handler off within that 20 minutes," says Van Komen. "Our [dog and handler] testing is some of the toughest in the world."
These testing standards have made WBR a world-renowned backcountry rescue organization, and because of that, they host the biennial International Dog School as well as other training events in which rescue dog organizations from countries like Switzerland, Poland, and Canada come to participate and learn from one another.
For these dog and handler teams, the off-season is anything but a summer break. Training is constant, and the teams participate in search and rescue operations year-round. While the pandemic has made group training exercises more difficult to schedule, it hasn't changed the constant training between handlers and dogs.
ABOVE Dogs work with handlers and coaches from WBR on a series of tasks and drills associated with real life winter rescue scenarios. Photo: Colin Clancy
For new dog and ski handler teams, most of the ski resorts in the Wasatch require a commitment of anywhere from seven to nine years. Primary dog handlers are often some of the most veteran members of a given resort's ski patrol. With the investment required to build a team to Level A status, success is especially important for resorts like Snowbird and Alta. Located in a protected watershed, these resorts are allotted a very limited number of dog permits, so these resorts can't afford to have a dog whose training doesn't pan out. Snowbird and Alta own their dogs, while at resorts like Park City, individual handlers own the dogs.
In choosing dogs, most handlers work with known breeders, selecting puppies from specific bloodlines. Many WBR dogs, in fact, are related to one another. Some of the more experienced handlers, a few who've been in the organization for 30 or 40 years, know the specific traits and personalities they're looking for in their dogs. And they'll search shelters and rescue organizations looking for the right dog.
From an early age, dogs begin to play games and tug with human-scented items like socks and sweaters. From there, it moves on to games of runaway hide-and-seek where the handler will hide in the woods for the dog to find. After the dog masters those visual seeking games, the games become scent-based. Once the snow falls, they'll transition to in-snow burial situations.
"It's so cool to watch the transformation from the pup that's in the handler's jacket just watching, and getting nervous and excited, and they don't quite understand, to watching that dog go out and finally start searching and comprehending what's going on," Van Komen says.
These dogs, Van Komen says, love what they do. The young ones learn from the old, getting excited for the drills and rewarded with affection and treats when they complete a task. These summer mornings on the mountain are fun and games for them. When winter comes, though, these fun and games will translate to real-world rescue skills helping to keep skiers on the mountain alive and safe.


We have given a talk at Smart City Conference & Expo 2015 in Santa Clara, CA on May 30, 2015. Here is the link to the presentation.
So here we have many IoT edge sensors, multiple pieces of information systems (middleware components to analyze and generate events, directory servers to manage the users and their roles, work flow between roles, etc.) and human actors, which could be staff managing the infrastructure, or citizens reporting and tracking the events from their smart phones and PCs. This is a different level than the protocols to interface with the smart sensors.
In our recent projects, we have used sails.js (a very nice MVC web framework on node.js) as the ORM and RESTful API server with good results. The ORM makes it easier for us to deal with data in different repositories. The blueprint API makes it much easier to support RESTful API. RESTful API over HTTP seems to be the most well understood, and most universally supported across the three groups: smart sensors, other information systems, user access agents (mobile apps and browsers). For real-time data streaming, websocket seems appropriate.
We hear of IoT solutions creating silos, making it hard to integrate them. We think our framework could be a way to loosely couple IoT solutions of different domains from different vendors to better serve a complex organization. With encouragement from the conference organizers, we thought it would make sense to open source our framework so that it could benefit others. Most of the existing code are project specific. We hope to refactor and organize the code, and add features, so that it will be appropriate for others to use and contribute to its further improvement. Please email us at info@goodxense.com if this sounds like something you might want to use or contribute to. Your comments/feedback could help steer us at this early stage.


Expert in Linux Kernel and File Systems Expert in C Programming Language.
Very good in Design and Analysis.
Knowledge of Flash Memory is added advantage.
Expert in Flash File Systems and Flash Technologies.
Working exp in FAT, NTFS, JFFS2, YAFFS.
Sound knowledge in Linux and Windows OS.
Experience in working with Open Source is added advantage.
very Good Skills in C, C++ Language.


Face night cream with certified organic Goji berry oil, hydrolyzed tomato extract and hyaluronic acid. Thanks to its rich formula, this is a complete night treatment.
Nourishing effectiveness guaranteed for 8 hours.
Apply in the evening, after face cleansing, on the face, neck and neckline and massage until completely absorbed.
Warning: people allergic to nuts might be more sensitive to the product. Try applying a small quantity of the product on the forearm to test for tolerability.
Please read the warnings on the package.


Have you or a loved one been arrested for drug possession? In Idaho, unlawful possession of even a small amount of a controlled substance can result in an arrest, criminal charges, and harsh penalties. Depending on the severity of your drug possession charges, you could face fines, imprisonment, and the burden of living the rest of your life with a criminal record.
Considering what is at stake, it is of the utmost importance to involve an attorney as soon as possible after an arrest for drug possession. At Gulstrom & Govia PC, we have more than 30 years of combined legal experience, and founding attorney Chad William Gulstrom is a former prosecutor who has an understanding of the "other side" of criminal proceedings. Our experience in this field and our dedication to our clients has enabled us to secure outstanding results in drug crime cases.
Find out how a Nampa drug possession lawyer can help by calling (208) 502-5006 for a free consultation.
When you come to Gulstrom & Govia PC for criminal defense counsel in the face of drug possession charges, you will find that we will treat you with the respect and compassion you deserve. You will also find that our Nampa drug possession lawyers will aggressively fight for your best interests. Challenging drug possession charges can be difficult, but we will conduct a thorough investigation to determine the best approach.
Proving that the defendant was unlawfully arrested.
Proving that the defendant or the defendant's property was unlawfully searched.
Proving that drug evidence was mishandled.
Proving that the drug evidence was not the defendant's and that he or she had no knowledge of its presence.
Proving that the chain of custody for the drug evidence was broken, rendering such evidence inadmissible in court.
If you would like to learn more, call our firm at (208) 502-5006.


text:
Seating At-A-Glance
Ergonomic Task Seating
Conference Seating
Heavy Duty Seating
Drafting Seating
Healthcare Seating
My Chair Maker
Nightingale U
Three Nightingale products Win Green Good Design Awards
Nightingale's MXO, LXO, WXO have won Green GOOD DESIGN® Awards for their sustainability and environmentally conscious composition. Green GOOD DESIGN® identifies the world's most important examples of sustainable design, representing top manufacturers, design firms, and leading Fortune 500 corporations that emphasize sustainable design.
Winners are selected out of hundreds of applications by members of the European Center's International Advisory Committee. Their ultimate goal is to develop a public awareness program that emphasizes global companies that are leaders in developing ecological and sustainable design for our world.
The Green Good Design Awards are a subset of the Good Design Awards, put on by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture. Good Design was originally founded in 1950 as a collaboration between the MOMA and the Chicago Athenaeum.
All award winning products and graphic designs are published in the GOOD DESIGN Yearbook for 2018-2019.
About the MXO: Built after a visitor to our showroom suggested it would be great if a chair could be designed to go back to its original position to maintain a clean, organized boardroom look, the MXO features an automatic lift that brings the chair back to a standard table height and centered rotation. It achieves the symmetrical, clean, organized aesthetic desired by facility managers and designers for collaborative office spaces and classrooms. It is made from 92% recyclable and 83% recycled content and, like all of Nightingale's products, made in our waste-free facility powered by wind and solar energy.
For us, the future of seating is all about the future of our environment: building products with minimal carbon footprints that are recyclable, sustainable, and durable.
About the LXO: Perfect for working, meeting, or training, the LXO is the new standard for ergonomic affordable seating. LXO is lightweight and well-proportioned. Available in three models: task, guest, and stool, it combines design, comfort, and ergonomic technology to enhance any modern office. It is a high-performance product with an incredibly light environmental footprint: 90% recyclable and made of 77% recycled content. Like all of Nightingale's products, made in our waste-free facility powered by wind and solar energy.
About the WXO: The WXO compliments any space with its minimal, functional aesthetic. With fewer parts than traditional task chairs, it is a timeless and environmentally friendly design. The ideal seating solution for the modern work environment, the WXO is a high-performance ergonomic product with an incredibly light environmental footprint: 94% recyclable and made of 83% recycled content. Like all of Nightingale's products, made in our waste-free facility powered by wind and solar energy.
G.S.A
State Contract
MHEC CONTRACT
T: 1 (800) 363-8954
TF: 1 (800) 637-6784
For all general inquiries:
info@nightingalechairs.com
Sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with all our events, product launches, or just to see what we're up to because we're always doing something new.
Toutes nos excuses, la version française de notre site n'est pas encore accessible. Si vous souhaitez obtenir de l'aide en français, veuillez communiquer avec votre représentant Nightingale. Restez à l'affût : le site en français sera lancé sous peu!


text:
Jun 12, 2020 - Politics & Policy
Immigrants sue for delayed naturalizations during coronavirus
Ursula Perano
Citizens from around the world hold up their right hands as they recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a Naturalization Ceremony. Photo: Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images
Two immigrants awaiting delayed naturalization ceremonies amid COVID-19 filed a lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite the process to vote in the November presidential election, Buzzfeed News reports.
Where it stands: The suit filed in federal court in Pennsylvania this week notes that the plaintiffs are among thousands of immigrants waiting to complete the final step to achieve American citizenship. U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services reopened their offices earlier this month for small ceremonies, but a backlog remains.
USCIS says the rate of ceremonies will grow as the agency becomes "more adept" at managing larger groups. Ceremonies before the novel coronavirus could naturalize up to 5,000 immigrants at once.
The lawsuit notes that "it will take several months, under current measures, for the USCIS Philadelphia Field Office to administer the oath of allegiance to Plaintiffs and proposed class members."


Templates can be inserted into pages to easily produce frequently-required text or information boxes. This page catalogues some of the most useful and frequently-used templates on LifeWiki.
A pattern template should be included at the top of every single page describing a specific pattern. The available pattern templates are listed below. When none of the templates match the type of pattern that the page is about, the general pattern template should be used.
Where possible, external link templates should be used to link to external sites in the "External links" sections of articles; this facilitates updating links when sites move, etc. The available external link templates are listed below. When none of the templates link to the right site, a direct link should be used, and a new external link template created or requested at the Tiki bar.
This page was last modified on 14 August 2017, at 21:54.


Canal Català TV was launched live on 11 September 2005, the National Day of Catalonia. It was established through the merge of 13 different local channels in the region, like Canal 50 Barcelona, Canal 50 Vallès, Canal 4 Berga and many others. This procedure cut the costs and improved the quality of the scheduled programs. Canal Català is available digital terrestrial in Catalonia like on channel 48 in Barcelona and 42 in Gerona. The broadcast is mainly in the Catalan language and mostly consists of local and regional news, sports, talk shows, series, movies and various general entertainment programs.For more details on the channel, Canal Catala online broadcast or specific details such as tv shows, schedules or vod please check the official website. The TV online programming includes shows and programmes like Opina, La Ronda y Pericos online, Objectiu Aida, Objectiu Aida. Canal Catala online stream is aired live from Sant Just Desvern (Barcelona).


text:
COUNCIL TO INTRODUCE FREE PARKING IN ELLESMERE PORT CAR PARK IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL TRADERS
10 February 2015 – Cheshire West and Chester Council is supporting businesses in Ellesmere Port by providing free parking in the town's Wellington Road car park for six months, under a new pilot scheme.
There will be no charge to park in Wellington Road car park from this Saturday (February 14).
The car park is located on the corner of Wellington Road North and Cromwell Road, close to the historic high street of Whitby Road, and has 274 spaces.
Executive Member for Localities, Councillor Lynn Riley, said: "This is a great example of the council working in partnership with the local community to highlight their needs and find real solutions.
"The council is committed to supporting local trade and I hope the attraction of free parking will encourage more shoppers to visit the shops and market within the town centre, which will no doubt be a real boost for traders
"Initially a six-month pilot, we will monitor the success of the free parking at Wellington Road after that."
Local member, Councillor Lynn Clare, said: "I'm sure that introducing free parking at the town's Wellington Road car park will have a positive effect on footfall, both on Whitby Road and in to the city centre and I welcome the move."
Free parking in Wellington Road complements 'free after 3' in ten other city centre and town car parks. In Chester there are three 'free after 3' car parks, in Ellesmere Port there are seven 'free after 3' car parks while Northwich and Winsford are free all day.
For more information about car parks in Cheshire West and Chester visit www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk


was born in Catawba County, North Carolina."
community colleges or technical institutions.
Funding Higher Education one Scholarship at a time.
unice Ardelia Turner was a proven leader and one who was truly committed to excellence. Jim Rohn defines leadership as the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills and opportunities you offer…the great challenge of life. Through her work with the New York Nurses Association, Eunice certainly possessed the qualities of skillful leadership. Some of her greatest attributes included being a great listener an awesome motivator, assertive and decisive. Eunice was well respected and valued by her family and colleagues. We often meet people and wonder why we met them. Eunice was this type of person. She truly touched people's lives with her thoughtfulness. It is obvious that she believed in creating opportunities to make life brighter and enjoyable for others. This was her vision for this scholarship.
The Eunice A. Turner Scholarship was developed to assist economically disadvantaged students in their pursuit of higher education. As family members of Eunice A. Turner, it is our honor to complete her vision.


Patients commonly ask when the can get back to normal activity after breast implant surgery, including workouts. No matter how good you are feeling after surgery, it is beneficial to heed the advise of your surgeon and not overdue it for the first few weeks.
Most implants are placed under the pectoralis major muscle, which has been partially cut, elevated, sutured and is now stretched over a prosthesis. Elevating the elbow above the shoulder puts additional, unnecessary tension on it and can cause the sutures to tear out, resulting in bleeding or implant malposition. Therefore, it is recommended to keep the elbows below the shoulders for two to three weeks after breast implant surgery.
Strenuous activity too soon after surgery can also cause bleeding and other implant problems, which could result in the need to back to surgery. Give yourself adequate time to heal and you can avoid these problems and, eventually get back to all normal and strenuous activities.
Contact Us to talk to Dr. McMahan about Breast Augmentation Surgery and your recovery.


text:
Victoria University's first year model triumphs in international education awards
Victoria University (VU) has won one of the Victorian Government's highest honours for excellence in international education following the overwhelming success of its Australian-first block model of teaching and learning.
VU took out the Excellence in International Education – University category of the Victorian International Education Awards on 25 September for its unique model of teaching units one at a time in intensive four-week blocks – one of the most significant innovations ever undertaken in Australian higher education.
The award is presented biennially by the Victorian Government to a university that has demonstrated outstanding achievement in all aspects of the delivery of a university experience to international students.
"Crucial to the success of the block model has been the establishment of our First Year College, in which we brought together a specialised group of teachers dedicated to supporting our students in their first year of university," said VU International Director Bronte Neyland.
"This award would not have been possible without the passion and commitment from these talented individuals."
"To implement the block model Victoria University also re-imagined the curriculum through a student lens, requiring a pedagogical shift that has resulted in a more engaging learning experience that has already delivered significant improvement in academic results," said First Year College Dean Professor Andrew Smallridge.
Pass rates for VU's international students have improved from an average of 86% before the introduction of the block model to over 90% so far in 2018;
60% of VU's international students have received a High Distinction or Distinction to date compared to 40% in 2017, with the same assessment standards in place.
Innovative and inclusive
VU's First Year College enables students, both domestic and international, to flourish at a university that takes an inclusive approach to education, given its inherently diverse student body.
"International and domestic students are integrated during their studies, fostering inclusion and a deeper sense of belonging from the moment an international student enrols," said Ms Neyland.
Building on Victoria's growing reputation for innovation in Australian education, VU's block model and its accompanying unique student experience give international students the best chance of fully participating in university life and reaching their potential, academically and personally.
With its smaller class sizes, prompt feedback, specialist teachers, group work, customised curricula, and complementary activities such as leadership development, VU's block model is now proven to support the success of domestic and international students as they settle into their studies.
It was launched in early 2018 as the First Year Model, and will now be rolled out to all bachelor and coursework master's degrees starting next year.
Ms Bronte Neyland and Associate Dean Andrew Smallridge are available for comment.
Ann Marie Angebrandt
Marketing and Communications Department


text:
Used 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV Review & Ratings
Review & Ratings of the 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV
Rate this Model:
39 users voted
Specs & Colors
Used 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV Review
More Used Mercedes-Benz SUVs Reviews /All Mercedes-Benz Cars
The 2018 GLE class has five powertrains unique to each of the five trims. Only the base trim can be configured with rear-wheel drive aside from all-wheel drive, while the rest have all-wheel drive as standard. It is also the only powertrain without a turbocharger. The base GLE 350 is powered by a 3.5 liter V6 producing 302 horsepower and 273 lb. ft. of torque, mated to a seven-speed automatic transmission. The GLE 550e is a hybrid of a 3.0 liter turbocharged V6 and electric motors with a total output of 436 horsepower and 479 lb. ft. of torque, mated to a seven-speed automatic transmission. The AMG-badged trims have been tuned for spirited driving scenarios and all engines are mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission. First in the lineup is the AMG GLE 63 with a 3.0 liter turbocharged V6 with an output of 385 horsepower and 384 lb. ft. of torque. Next is the AMG GLE 63 with a bigger 5.0 liter turbocharged V8 with an output of 550 horsepower and 516 lb. ft. of torque. The king-of-the-hill AMG GLE 63 S has the same engine as the previous trim but with an increased output of 577 horsepower and 561 lb. ft. of torque. With the starter AMG-badged trim under review, the turbo powerplant pulls the SUV to 60 mph in 5.6 seconds, impressive for the midsize SUV category. Lag has been minimized to provide great response when stepping on the throttle. A bonus, at least for the AMG-tuned models, is the exciting engine noise when driven hard. Handling the GLE through busier streets in the city felt sporty, but it lacks poise through the winding roads. The body roll when cornering is evidence of its not-so-athletic handles. The steering however, is consistent and just the right amount of effort is needed to turn the wheels. The brakes performed well in busier city streets as it didn't overpower steering in sudden evasions. The stopping power is more than adequate, but nosedive occurred under intense braking. The pedal stroke however, has a long stroke and lack of firmness that felt a little disconnected to the calipers.
ReviewitOnline Ratings are based on a number of factors including reputation, appearance, model age, engine & other comparative aspects.
The base GLE 350 trim comes standard with automatic wipers, auto-dimming and power-folding mirrors, power liftgate, automatic climate control, power-adjustable steering wheel, heated front seats, power-adjustable driver seat with lumbar adjustment, driver seat memory settings, two USB ports, infotainment system with 8-inch display, CD player and eight-speaker sound system. Advanced safety and driver assist technologies also come standard. The Premium 1 package adds keyless entry and ignition, navigation, console touchpad controller, satellite radio, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, 115-volt power outlet, and 14-speaker Harman Kardon sound system. The Premium 2 package then adds adaptive LED headlights, heated and cooled front cupholders, and interior ambient lights. The Premium 3 package tops it off with a plethora of advanced safety and driver assist technologies. The hybrid GLE 550e trim, with the integrated electric motors, comes standard with the Premium 1 package features as well as upscale interior appointments. For the AMG-badged models, the starter AMG GLE 43 trim also comes standard with the Premium 1 package features and also includes adaptive air suspension and sportier exterior parts. The AMG GLE 63 trim now comes standard with Premium 1 and 2 package features and then upgrades with power-adjustable ventilated front seats with lumbar adjustment, more performance parts, and upscale interior appointments. The king-of-the-hill AMG GLE 63 S trim comes with all the bells and whistles and has its own interior and exterior parts. Stand-alone options that can be added to any model include a sunroof, trailer hitch, ergonomic heated and ventilated front seats with massage, heated passenger seats, rear-seat entertainment system, and a 14-speaker sound system from Harman Kardon or Bang & Olufsen.
The 2018 model has been tested by the IIHS and it received "Good" scores in crashworthiness and "Superior" in front crash prevention. Its headlights were only "Acceptable" for the crash avoidance and mitigation test. Overall it earned a 2018 Top Safety Pick from the IIHS. Advanced safety and driver assist technologies come standard, such as a rearview camera, forward collision warning, and Mercedes' mbrace Connect telematics system. Optional features that are added from packages include blind-spot monitoring, lane departure warning and intervention, adaptive cruise control, automated steering, collision avoidance, automatic high beams, automated parking, 360-degree camera and front and rear parking sensors.
The 2018 model measures 189.1 inches in length, 78.9 inches in width, 70.7 inches in height, and with a wheelbase of 114.8 inches. For this year, no changes have been to the exterior from last year's model. Non AMG-badged trims sport the same front fascia while the AMG GLE 43 simplifies the vents in its front bumper. The AMG GLE 63/63 S is distinguished by its front bumper and center grille while the iconic three-pronged logo retains its prominence in the front fascia of the GLE class. 19-inch wheels come standard for the non AMG-badged trims, while the models with the AMG prefix start with 20-inch wheels with the range-topping model sporting 21-inch wheels. All models in the GLE class come standard with roof rails.
Entry to the spacious cabin is a breeze with the doors opening wide and with its ride height being in the sweet spot. Room for the head and legs are in abundance and body movement isn't limited as well. There is room for five passengers inside the cabin, and the interior is what you can expect from the German marque �- excellent fit and finish. The leather quality is commendable and seat comfort is sublime even during longer drives. The supportive ergonomic seats in the front, once configured to preference did not cause any fatigue whatsoever. With the AMG-badged trims, ride quality is more suited for sportier driving but is hampered by the body roll present. The suspension is firm and while it didn't fluster in smoother pavement, bumps were transmitted more clearly to the body. The wind noise also prevails inside, given how the GLE does not really slice through the air when going at speed.
Behind the second row of seats is 38.2 cu. ft. of space available, and that expands to 80.3 cu. ft. of space available for cargo.
Used 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV Images
More Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV Images
Mercedes-Benz SUVs, All Mercedes-Benz Cars, All SUVs
Used 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV User Reviews
All Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV User Reviews
There are currently no user reviews for this page. Feel free to leave a review on any of the model pages.
Used 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV - Write a Review
Review Sections
Please fill in 1 or more of the fields below
I agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions
About Us - Contact Us - Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy - Advertising
Copyright © 2007-2020 Reviewitonline.net All rights reserved.


text:
Lagos State House of Assembly passes bill barring police from parading suspects
The Lagos State house of Assembly has passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law of the State barring the police in the state from parading suspects before the media henceforth.
The bill was passed during the plenary of the house which was presided over by Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, tody July 5.
Section 9(A) of the newly passed bill states: "As from the commencement of this law, the police shall refrain from parading any suspect before the media."
The bill also stipulates conditions under which a policeman can arrest without a warrant, one of which is that a person must be reasonably suspected to unlawfully be in possession of firearms or other such dangerous instruments. A subsection of the bill also barred the police or any other agency from arresting a person "in lieu of any other person in a criminal matter".
The bill also stipulates that a person who is arrested shall be given reasonable facilities for obtaining legal advice, bail or making arrangements for defence or release.
"A suspect should also be 'accorded humane treatment, with the right to dignity of person; not subjected to any form of torture, cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment; be brought before the court as prescribed by this law or any other written law; or be released conditionally or unconditionally."
After a voice vote, the Deputy Speaker directed the acting Clerk of the House, Olalekan Onafeko, to transmit the bill to the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for assent.
Updated: July 5, 2021 — 9:43 pm


THE WORLDS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR ARE ABOUT TO COLLIDE. AND THERE'S NOTHING JACOB CAN DO TO STOP THEM.
After a perilous encounter with an Alder Elf – an immortal, trickturning creature to whom he owes a great debt – Jacob must journey back into the enchanted Mirrorworld once again. Together with Fox, his beautiful shapeshifting friend, Jacob has no choice but to follow his brother on the trail of the Dark Fairy, who has fled deep into the East: to a land of folklore, Cossacks, spies, time-eating witches and flying carpets. But what exactly is the Dark One running from? Could it be the same danger that threatens Jacob and Fox?
The third book in the series, The Golden Yarn is a thrilling tale of courage and fear, jealousy and forbidden desire; in which love has the power both to save a life – and to destroy it.


FINALLY ... Check out the Photo Gallery for the indiviual pictures from our reunion. Enjoy!
I'm sorry it took me so long to get them posted, but it's a long story.
Thanks, Eileen, for taking the photos and getting them to me so promptly.
If anyone else took any shots that night and would like to share them, please send them to me as an email attachment. I'll post some candids in the next few days.


text:
» Logo design: Even nonartists may need copyright law protection
Logo design: Even nonartists may need copyright law protection
On Behalf of Schwartz & Ponterio, PLLC | May 17, 2020 | Copyright Law
Many artists in New York understand the importance of protecting their creative work. They want to prevent others from profiting off of their creations without properly compensating the artist. However, career artists are not the only people who may need the protection of copyright law. Anyone in any industry who creates some type of artistic work may want to file for a copyright. One professional basketball player discovered this after, according to him, sports clothing brand Nike allegedly stole and profited off a logo design he says he created to represent himself.
The basketball star in question is Kawhi Leonard, who has played for different National Basketball Association teams for almost a decade. He claims that when he was in college, he designed a logo that incorporated his initials and his jersey number, "2", and he says the design also paid homage to his large hands. Leonard asserts that, at the time, he had an endorsement deal with Nike and that he shared the logo design, called the "Klaw," with the company. Nike modified the logo somewhat to its more-recognizable form today, and used it on clothing and footwear.
Just two years ago, Leonard ended his deal with Nike and claimed that that the logo belonged to him, saying that the company used several versions of it over the years, but that he always had final approval. Nike filed suit against him for copyright infringement, breach of contract and fraud. Leonard argues that he should be considered the sole author of the logo. Unfortunately, the court sided with Nike and ruled that the logo Leonard created was significantly different than the one Nike used. This means Leonard cannot use the logo in endorsement deals with other companies.
It is difficult to say what might have happened if Kawhi Leonard had obtained a copyright for his original design, but it shows that even nonartists may want to consult an attorney regarding any artistic work they create. A copyright law attorney can help anyone with questions about ownership of artistic works. Artists and nonartists alike here in New York may want to consider taking action to protect their work.


text:
function ProgressBar(containerObj, callback) {
  var state = {
    cursorX: 0,
    originalX: 0,
    maxX: 0,
    currentX: 0,
    slider: null,
    progress: 0,
    slideInProgress: false,
    elapsed: 0,
    duration: 0,
    lastUpdate: 0,
    zoneState: "STOPPED",
    hasBeenDragged: false
  };

  var progressAdjustTimer, tickerInterval;

  // Update position
  this.setPosition = function (position) {
    if (state.slideInProgress) return;
    setPosition(position);
  }

  this.update = function (selectedZone) {
    state.elapsed = selectedZone.state.elapsedTime;
    state.duration = selectedZone.state.currentTrack.duration;
    state.lastUpdate = selectedZone.stateTime;
    state.zoneState = selectedZone.state.playbackState;

    clearInterval(tickerInterval);

    if (state.zoneState == "PLAYING")
      tickerInterval = setInterval(updatePosition, 500);

    updatePosition();
  }

  function updatePosition(force) {
    if (state.slideInProgress && !force) return;
    var elapsedMillis, realElapsed;

    if (state.zoneState == "PLAYING") {
      elapsedMillis = state.elapsed * 1000 + (Date.now() - state.lastUpdate);
      realElapsed = Math.floor(elapsedMillis / 1000);
    } else {
      realElapsed = state.elapsed;
      elapsedMillis = realElapsed * 1000;
    }

    document.getElementById("countup").textContent = toFormattedTime(realElapsed);
    var remaining = state.duration - realElapsed;
    document.getElementById("countdown").textContent = "-" + toFormattedTime(remaining);
    var position = elapsedMillis / (state.duration * 1000);
    setPosition(position);
  }

  function setPosition(position) {
    // calculate offset
    var offset = Math.round(state.maxX * position);
    state.slider.style.marginLeft = offset + "px";
    state.currentX = offset;
    state.progress = position;
  }

  function handleMouseWheel(e) {
    var newProgress;
    state.elapsed = state.elapsed + (Date.now() - state.lastUpdate) / 1000;
    state.lastUpdate = Date.now();

    if (e.deltaY < 0) {
      // wheel down
      state.elapsed += 2;
    } else {
      // wheel up
      state.elapsed -= 2;
    }

    state.slideInProgress = true;
    setPosition(state.elapsed / state.duration);
    updatePosition(true);
    clearTimeout(progressAdjustTimer);
    progressAdjustTimer = setTimeout(function () {
      callback(state.elapsed / state.duration);
      state.slideInProgress = false
    }, 800);

  }

  function isWithinElement(target, container) {
    if (target == container) return true;
    if (target == document) return false;
    return isWithinElement(target.parentNode, container);
  }

  function handleClick(e) {
    if (isWithinElement(e.target, state.slider)) return;

    state.elapsed = state.elapsed + (Date.now() - state.lastUpdate) / 1000;
    state.lastUpdate = Date.now();

    if (e.layerX > state.currentX) {
      // volume down
      state.elapsed += 2;
    } else {
      // volume up
      state.elapsed -= 2;
    }

    state.slideInProgress = true;
    setPosition(state.elapsed / state.duration);
    updatePosition(true);
    clearTimeout(progressAdjustTimer);
    progressAdjustTimer = setTimeout(function () {
      callback(state.elapsed / state.duration);
      state.slideInProgress = false
    }, 2000);
  }

  function onDrag(e) {
    var deltaX = e.clientX - state.cursorX;
    var nextX = state.originalX + deltaX;
    // calculate time
    if (nextX < 1) nextX = 1;
    if (nextX > state.maxX) nextX = state.maxX;
    var progress = nextX / state.maxX;

    setPosition(progress);
    state.hasBeenDragged = true;
  }

  var sliderWidth = containerObj.clientWidth;
  state.maxX = sliderWidth - 5;
  state.slider = containerObj.querySelector('div');
  state.currentX = state.slider.offsetLeft;

  state.slider.addEventListener('mousedown', function (e) {
    state.slideInProgress = true;
    state.cursorX = e.clientX;
    state.originalX = state.currentX;
    state.slider.classList.add('sliding');
    document.addEventListener('mousemove', onDrag);
    e.preventDefault();
  });

  document.addEventListener('mouseup', function () {
    if (!state.slideInProgress || !state.hasBeenDragged) return;
    document.removeEventListener('mousemove', onDrag);

    var progress = state.currentX / state.maxX;
    if (typeof callback == "function") {
      callback(progress);
    }

    state.elapsed = Math.round(state.duration * progress);
    state.lastUpdate = Date.now();
    state.slider.classList.remove('sliding');
    state.slideInProgress = false;
    state.hasBeenDragged = false;
  });

  // Since Chrome 31 wheel event is also supported
  containerObj.addEventListener("wheel", handleMouseWheel);

  // For click-to-adjust
  containerObj.addEventListener("click", handleClick);
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
An Exclusive Look Inside a Playful Upper East Side Townhouse
Crafted by design firm Fox-Nahem, this home—having been completely gutted—is equal parts elegance and whimsy
By Juliet Izon
Photography by Peter Murdock
Judging from its immaculate interiors today, it's difficult to imagine this Fox-Nahem-designed Upper East Side townhouse as anything but most New Yorkers' dream home. The seven-story Greek Revival manse, however, was formerly divided into choppy apartments and is basically unrecognizable in its current single-family-home setup today.
"Oh my God, it was disgusting," says AD100 designer Joe Nahem of Fox-Nahem Design with a laugh. "There was just a façade for landmarks; nothing else. Not the floor, not the beams; nothing remained." Along with architect and frequent collaborator Jose Ramirez, Nahem stripped the townhouse down to its shell; even the ceiling heights were changed during the 30-month renovation. "Prior to hiring his team [for interior design], they already had so much input in adjusting the general layout," says the homeowner (who wishes to remain anonymous) about working with Nahem. "They gave us a much more practical flow, which made us so excited."
The entry's walls were livened up by installing back-painted tempered glass from the Alchemy "Atlantis" collection (purchased through Sublime). Above hangs a delicate Paavo Tynell chandelier ca. 1950.
Such an elongated renovation, while obviously time-consuming, did afford Nahem the luxury to scour the globe for décor. He and his team sourced items at auction from around the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Many other focal points, like the asymmetrical bed in the master bedroom and the dusty pink couch in the living room, were bespoke pieces, making the interior design truly unparalleled. "Looking back on working with Joe, it was more of an education," says the homeowner. "He taught me so much about different designers and eras, how to curate and collect vintage, and the joys of bidding at auctions."
Nahem is quick to point out, however, that the homeowners were instrumental in the finished vision of the home. "They weren't the type of clients who just handed you the keys and said, 'Let us know how much and get it done,'" he says, looking back. "It was definitely a collaborative effort and I actually learned a lot." The owners, rather than having a specific design style they wanted the home to embody, focused more on the purpose of each of the rooms. "It seemed to me there was more an overall program of their lifestyle," Nahem says.
The homeowners love to entertain, so a kitchen fit for a professional chef was mandatory. Pendants from Apparatus Studio bring a touch of softness to the otherwise utilitarian space.
Take, for example, the dining room, whose two tables could be set up for intimate dinners of six, or joined together for a massive dinner party. "That room was designed [that way] because it's nothing for them to have 20 or 30 people for a holiday dinner," he says. "But, at the same time, they can also just have friends or family over." The custom floral plasterwork, designed by Matthew Solomon and purchased through Maison Gerard, adds a flourish to the ceiling that is equal parts inviting and elevated. "When Joe approached us with the idea we thought, 'This man is crazy,'" says the homeowner of the plasterwork. "All he kept saying was 'Just trust me,' and trust we did. It's without a doubt the most incredible aspect of the house and gives you the wow factor when you enter the room."
The homeowners describe their design goal as "timeless New York style with an eclectic edge," which is evident not only in the dining room but in nearly every space in the home. No area encapsulates this more, though, than the main hall. While traditional elements abound, like the sweeping staircase and the subtle hand-painted wallpaper, a closer look reveals whimsical details. The balusters, for one, are alternating iron and glass. "They wanted a beautiful, elegant stair railing, but they didn't just want another one of those typical townhouse railings," says Nahem. And it's hard to miss James Bearden's "Moon Pool" wall cabinet: With its blue and gold concentric circle design, it does indeed resemble something from outer space.
Nahem has extensive experience designing townhouses, which, with their immense size relative to other New York spaces, can be incredibly fulfilling projects for any designer. But even he will admit to one challenge: "The verticality of living space," he says. "How do you really get people to use these floors? I've seen people live in 13,000-square-foot houses and basically use two rooms for 95% of the time," he says. But in this home, "every floor has a way of bringing somebody into it."
In an Upper East Side townhouse completely transformed by design firm Fox-Nahem, the hall is an arresting mix of patterns, from the Michael S. Smith Cosmati Emilio-Grid tiles on the floor to the hand-painted wallpaper. James Bearden's "Moon Pool" wall cabinet adds a touch of wacky.


Make your site design unique and truly personal with a wide range of customisation options without writing a single line of code.
AWE your users with a clean, airy and pelasing design that is easy & fun to read and navigate. Reduce your bounce rates.
Speed, SEO and a Good UX are critical to any business. PageSpeed takes care of them all for you.
We ace it in every speed perfromance test.
PageSpeed WordPress theme is capable of achieving the perfect / Google PageSpeed score. It takes less than a second on pingdom website speed test. Inlining critical render blocking CSS makes users perceive the sites to be much faster. PageSpeed is planned and executed giving utmost importance to speed.
Every line of code in PageSpeed is written with SEO in mind. Important content always comes first in the document. We make efficient use of header tags. PageSpeed's speed combines with our onsite optimization makes sure you get the best SERP's.
Watch the video below to find out how much a slow website is costing your business.
Less than a second load time and 100/100 in performance grade.
95+ PageSpeed score for both mobiles and desktops. Our demo scores a perfect 100/100.
PageSpeed provides it's neatly organised customisation options in the native WordPress customiser. It allows making changes visually with real time preview. No more back and forth!
PageSpeed comes with 5 layouts, 3 container styles & 2 widget styles. Giving you a total of 30 styles to choose from.
Post/Page meta is the information about post that usually appears around the post titles. Customize it with an easy drag and drop interface.
Choose from a range color schemes, fine tune the colors schemes to match your brand with just a few clicks.
Use a predefined well thought out typography preset or Choose from 100's of Google fonts or define your own font stack and use it.
Customize the number of footer columns and their individual widths. Hide them on certain pages selectively. Easily change the footer links and copyright text.
PageSpeed is built with at-most care, love, passion and with high coding standards to give you the best performance, usability, user experience and SEO to boost your business.
We are proud of what we built and we are sure that you and your users will enjoy experiencing PageSpeed.
Getting the perfect Google PageSpeed score is a child's play and requires less than 20 minutes with the super-lite PageSpeed WordPress theme.
With under 20KB of CSS and JS footprint, and no images, we are the fastest WordPress theme out there. Easily achieve less than a second load time.
With the raw speed and code optimized for search engines, Google will be mighty pleased. You can be sure of improved rankings.
PageSpeed is coded to our highest standards, with performance and Security in mind, we strictly follow WordPress coding standards and best practices.
PageSpeed supports Page Builders out of the box. With the rise of page builders like Elemntor and Beaver building business sites have never been this easy.
Pick the base colours and PageSpeed will do the rest. Making the design your own has never been this easy.
Choose from multiple layouts and header styles. Just pick few colours to make the site match your brand and make the design truly personal.
All the layouts are mobile optimised, giving your readers a superior user experience and an app like feeling on mobile devices.
Clearly explaining every feature of the theme to make it easy for you to use it and help you get the most out of PageSpeed.
Experience PageSpeed Pro for free for a Month and fall in love with it.
Use for a lifetime. Free updates & support for a month.
Super theme, with clean, fresh look, and plenty of options. Just what I wanted, with good support being offered, both in the forum and from within the theme.
Never once have I had a problem with compatability or support.
In fact, the support that I have received has been world class to say the least. Swift has evolved along with my business and is now meeting the needs of our business in a more and more efficient manner as time goes by. Swift and PageSpeed have been and will continue to be our go to theme for our business.
Get PageSpeed Pro for free for 3 Months. We are sure you will fall in love with it and purchase the license.
Use for lifetime. Free updates & support for three months.
Please click the confirmation link sent to your email to activate you subscription.


text:
The new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is here
By Luca|December 13, 2020|In News|5 Minutes
Finally we get to see what the Porsche 992 looks like in its racing car coat. We are not disappointed. Porsche has unveiled the latest generation of the world's top-selling racing car: the new 911 GT3 Cup. Text: Luca W. © Images: Porsche AG ©
What is new on the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
Firstly, the new racer is a 100% based on the Porsche 992, taking its chassis and aesthetics. As you already may have seen on pictures, the 911 GT3 Cup takes a low, turbo-styled body, with big lateral air-cooling intakes. The car is incredibly wide, with 1,902 millimetres! However, that muscled style is mostly due to the top-mounted rear wing (low-mounted in the 991 GT3 Cup). What's the point of a top-mounted rear wing? You guessed it: aerodynamics.
On a wing, the airflow under the wing is faster than one above. But the bottom mount slows the air down, so the pressure delta is lower. To simplify it, there is a loss of downforce. A top-mounted wing partly solves this issue: it slows the upper air down, which has more effect, as its pressure raises. To simplify it, there is an increase of downforce.
Moreover, the front hood is now fitted with an air duct and central air intake, optimizing aerodynamics and cooling efficiency. The engine hood, rear wing and doors are made of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic, reducing weight. It complements the whole body of the car, made out of aluminium.
In addition to this, the front axle is now double wishbone-ed and the shock absorbers technology is from the Porsche 911 RSR and 919 Hybrid. Lastly, the fully electro-mechanical power steering has been introduced into the 911 GT3 Cup for the first time.
The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup engine
Unlike the Porsche 992, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup enine has no turbocharger (woohoo!). The 4.0-litre, flat six engine, now developping 510hp and 470 Nm of torque powers the new GT3 Cup. It now revs up to 8,750 rpm and the max. power output is reached at 8,400 rpm (torque: 6,150). According to Porsche, the noise is incredible and it is possible for the customers to choose the exhaust system between race tracks and regulations. Furthermore, the engine can run on synthetic fuels, which lowers CO2 emissions.
In reliability terms, the flat-six only needs a maintenance check after 100 hours of track time, which is an incredible number for a racing engine (60 for the gearbox). The engine connects to wheels through a six-speed dog-type gearbox via a single-mass flywheel and a three-plate sintered metal racing clutch.
Yes, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup should be way faster than its precedessor, weighing only 1,260 killograms.
"With its improved performance and the optimised cockpit, the new 911 GT3 Cup is the best Cup car that Porsche has ever built."
Jan Feldmann, project manager 911 GT3 Cup
The cockpit
The most important changes in the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup are in the cockpit. A logical choice because it should be working with a driver, not a museum guard.
The Rubber Switch Panel (RSP) with its ten large buttons on the right was taken from the Porsche 919 Hybrid. These buttons have designated central functions, such as lighting, ventilation or to change tyre settings from dry to wet tyres. We can notice the rotary knob allowing the driver to set brake pressure on the front axle, for instance. Regardless of its beauty, the cockpit is simple and perfect for young talents to fully exploit their potential.
Knowing the drivers are impatient, the car will be campaigned in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup as well as the national Porsche Carrera Cups in Germany, France, Asia and Benelux and in North America. The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup deliveries start in February 2021.
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup wallpapers