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Moving Image Technologies manufacturers and markets a full complement of cinema exhibition equipment and services to support the industry's transition to digital cinema, including: custom engineering, systems design, integration, digital technology solutions for 3D, digital cinema, pre-feature on-screen advertising and components. Moving Image Technologies' mission is to have the most talented, passionate people in cinema working to provide the best presentation tools for the cinema exhibition industry.
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DCIP is the largest digital cinema integrator in the world and provides industry leading software and management solutions to exhibitors and distributors.
Cinergy is an enterprise suite of tools that helps you track, monitor, and efficiently manage cinema operations in one centralized platform.
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Bardan Cinema has been a leader in cinema equipment sales in Latin America and the Caribbean for over 40 years. With a well-established reputation and broad customer base that spans independent boutique theaters to large multiplexes, Bardan provides total solutions and services ranging from cinema design, equipment sales, installation, monitoring and VPF implementation. In collaboration with D-Cinema NOC, Bardan now offers comprehensive 24/7/365 proactive monitoring and remote support to exhibitors throughout the region.
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QSC Cinema is the global leader in signal processing, power amplifiers, and loudspeakers for all cinema applications. Our "SystemSynergy" design approach ensures that the entire system, from source to sound, delivers an audio experience as intended by the filmmakers. Beyond cinema audio for the movies, QSC also provides complete audio systems with network control and monitoring for other areas in the cinema entertainment complex, such as lobbies, concession, food service, arcades, and bowling centers.
QSC, LLC Home Page
USHIO manufactures the highest-quality digital cinema projection bulbs available. USHIO xenon short-arc lamps boast a spectrum that is closer to natural sunlight than that of any other artificial light source. In addition to commercializing products for search and spot lights, which demand precise, powerful white beam lamps, USHIO became the first in the world to develop a xenon short-arc lamp exclusively for large scale, theater-use movie projectors.
Ushio America Home Page
Qube Cinema is committed to creating a seamless world of Digital Cinema with products that are innovative, powerful, reliable and cost-effective. Qube Cinema is a company with a passion for cinema and a thorough understanding of film, video, audio and computer technology along with vast experience in the production, post-production and exhibition industries - a unique combination of expertise that has helped in the development of the company's digital cinema technology.
Qube Cinema, Inc Home Page
Christie is a leader in visual solutions for world-class organizations, offering diverse applications for business, entertainment, and industry. A leading innovator in film projection since 1929 and a pioneer in projection systems since 1979, Christie has established a global reputation as a total service provider and the world's single source manufacturer of a variety of display technologies and solutions. Christie offers comprehensive solutions for cinema, large audience venues, control rooms, business presentations, training facilities, 3D and Virtual Reality, simulation and education as well as industrial and government environments.
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NEC Display Solutions' Digital Cinema Projector Series offers the most comprehensive digital cinema solution on the market today. These 3D-capable models enable theaters to deliver stunning digital images regardless of screen size, while simplifying theater management and reducing costs. All of NEC's digital cinema projectors meet DCI specifications for performance and reliability, meeting the requirements of today's cinema industry. NEC also offers full digital signage solutions, highlighted by its award-winning 32"-98" LCD displays, multimedia projectors and desktop monitors for lobbies, concessions and concourses.
NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. Home Page
Dolby Laboratories has been a leader in developing many groundbreaking technologies and advancing the science of sight and sound for more than 50 years. Based in San Francisco with offices around the world, Dolby, through industry-leading research and engineering innovation, is expanding creative possibilities and enhancing collaborative relationships spanning musicians, filmmakers, and other artists as well as with businesses and consumers globally. Along with its partners, Dolby creates and delivers incredibly vivid experiences transforming entertainment and communications at the cinema, at home, on the go in mobile devices, and at work. Dolby Laboratories develops and delivers products and technologies that make entertainment experiences more realistic and immersive. By giving everyone the power to see, hear and feel the spectacular, Dolby is ideally positioned to transform the future of audio, voice, and imaging experiences worldwide.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Home Page
CES+ is the premier partner in cinema solutions. For the past 35 years has been a pioneer delivering innovative first-in-market technology and will revolutionize the industry with his one-of-a-kind Cinema-as-a-Service solution offering to become the disruptive facilitator of the evolution of the modern movie theater operation. CES+ is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and serves clients globally.
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Sony Digital Cinema 4K gives audiences an entertainment experience they'll never forget in 2D or 3D. There's a complete family of Sony 4K projection systems to suit every cinema operator, from small boutique screens to the largest multiplex. All our easy-to-use projectors deliver 4K resolution images that viewers love, bursting with rich colour and industry-leading 8000:1 average contrast ratio. Sony's SRX-R500 series of projectors are also HDR-ready, meeting brightness and contrast requirements for screening the latest 4K movies mastered for High Dynamic Range presentation. Spectacular 4K images are matched by impressively low running costs. The long-lasting HPM multi-lamp array in all our SRX-R500 Series projectors is more energy efficient than traditional Xenon lamps, reducing routine maintenance and cutting the risk of revenue-threatening dark screens. A compelling choice for the big screens, our Premium Large Format (PLF) projection solution outshines costly first generation laser systems, with unrivalled 4K picture quality at light levels up to 60,000 lumens.
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DTS:X transports you into a new dimension of sound immersion by delivering truly captivating entertainment experiences. Be prepared -- this improved lifelike immersion and heightened realism makes horror movies scarier, comedies more laugh-out-loud, and car chase scenes even more intense. Movies are being shown with DTS:X sound at an ever-growing number of theaters in the U.S., China and Europe.
DTS, Inc. Home Page
Unique X, Based in the UK, is a new brand for the future of digital cinema, providing intelligent autonomous solutions and content services. Unique X operates in 65 countries globally. To date, more than 70 million GB of data have been transferred, and over 60 million advertising playlists have been delivered. Solutions include RosettaBridge TMS, RosettaNet Estate Management System, Movie Transit (DCP Content Delivery Network), Basekey (KDM management), RosettaPOS (Point of Sale), RosettaLive (Event Streaming) and our pre-show products of Advertising Accord, Ad Transit and Smart Trailering.
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GDC Technology Limited is a digital cinema solutions provider. GDC Technology develops, manufactures and sells digital cinema servers, content storage systems, theatre management systems and network operations center software for digital cinema. In addition, GDC is the appointed worldwide certification services agent, with exclusivity in Asia to certify DTS:X immersive sound auditoriums for DTS, Inc. GDC also provides a suite of digital cinema products and services, including integrated projection systems, 3D products, projector lamps and silver screens. GDC's subsidiary, GDC Digital Cinema Network Limited, manages VPF for approximately 5,000 theater screens and 250 motion picture distributors worldwide.
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welcome to Cinionic
welcome to wow
These days, it's no longer just about technology, it's about experiences – WOW experiences. We are a team of cinema and technology experts from around the globe – Barco, ALPD, and CGS – who help you in creating surprising experiences. We combine innovative cinema technologies with our unique and comprehensive service models to guarantee your peace of mind. So you can focus on new ways to surprise and delight your customers for years to come. Together, we engage to deliver a world-class cinema experience - the one you've been waiting for.
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The EDCF is a not-for-profit voluntary organisation that aims to act as a "Forum" to discuss key issues surrounding Digital Cinema in Europe. The purpose of EDCF is to provide a basis of common understanding across all European territories of the business and technical matters of digital cinema.
European Digital Cinema Forum Home Page
The Union Internationale des Cinémas/International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) represents the interests of cinema trade associations and cinema operators covering 37 countries in Europe and neighboring regions.
UNIC (International Union of Cinemas) Home Page
The Inter-Society for the Enhancement of Cinema Presentation, Inc. promotes interactive dialogue and information exchange between cinema-related entities with the goal of resolving issues affecting the overall cinema presentation. Founded in 1978 by Eastman Kodak VP Ken Mason, membership is composed of its four charter trade organizations - International Cinema Technology Association (ICTA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) - along with over 40 member companies, made up of trade organizations, motion picture studios, exhibition companies, manufacturers, technical consultants, and other industry stakeholders.
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For more than a century, the people of SMPTE (pronounced "simp-tee") have sorted out the details of many significant advances in media and entertainment technology, from the introduction of "talkies" and color television to HD and UHD (4K, 8K) TV. Since its founding in 1916, SMPTE has received an Oscar® and multiple Emmy® Awards for its work in advancing moving-imagery engineering across the industry.
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The International Cinema Technology Association is a global network of professionals in the motion picture industry. Members of the ICTA are those companies that manufacture, service and create the equipment that goes into movie theatres. Our members are on the cutting edge of new technologies and have been the driving force in digital, 3D, immersive sound systems, high frame rates and lasers. The ICTA promotes technological advancements in the motion picture industry through educational seminars and programs. The ICTA logo stands for excellence and professionalism and when on a member's letterhead signifies that the company is reliable, competent and committed.
International Cinema Technology Association Home Page
CineEurope 2020 to be held June 22th - 25th, 2020, promises to bring you another year with the very best in exclusive studio screenings and product presentations, cinematic technologies and innovations and educational seminars to keep your business on top of industry trends.
Produced by The Film Expo Group, CineEurope is the official convention of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), an international trade association representing cinema exhibitors and their national associations across 37 European territories whose focus is to better promote the social, cultural and economic value of cinemas in Europe and internationally.
CineEurope Home Page
CinemaCon, held March 30 to April 2 2020 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, is expected play host to more than 6,000 motion picture theater industry professionals. Since taking its first step in 2011, CinemaCon has evolved and grown to become the largest and most important gathering for the worldwide motion picture theater industry. CinemaCon is truly a global event attracting attendees from more than 80 countries.
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Seoul, South Korea and Los Angeles, CA—Dec 22, 2017
Les Cinemas Gaumont Pathe Increases 4Dx Roll Out Commitment to 50 Theatres Via Expanded Partnership
European Growth of Immersive Cinema Technology from CJ 4DPLEX Continues with New Locations Planned in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium by 2020
CJ 4DPLEX has today announced an expanded partnership with Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé, through which they will open at least 50 4DX locations by 2020 in Europe.
On May 27th 2017, the two companies had announced a first roll out plan of 30 theatres by 2020 in Europe. As part of this initial plan, Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé has added 11 4DX theatres in 2017 : 7 in France (Pathé La Villette in Paris, Pathé La Valette in Toulon, Gaumont Montpellier Multiplexe, Pathé Carré de Soie in Lyon, Gaumont Docks Vauban in Le Havre, Pathé Conflans in Conflans Saint Honorine and Gaumont Valenciennes), 2 in the Netherlands, 1 in Switzerland, and 1 in Belgium.
With this expanded partnership, Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé plans to have a total of 40 4DX theatres in France, 5 in the Netherlands, 4 in Switzerland and 1 in Belgium by2020.
"So far, our partnership with Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé has been extraordinary, driving our strategic growth in Western Europe. We look forward to more than tripling the number of 4DX locations by the end of 2020 in Europe. We are really happy to widen this successful partnership in the coming years," said Byung Hwan Choi, CEO of CJ 4DPLEX.
"4DX is one of the newest trends in the global film exhibition industry. We look forward to running more 4DX screens in our theatres and are excited to offer a new entertainment choice to more customers," said Martine Odillard, Chairman of Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé.
About CJ 4DPLEX: CJ 4DPLEX is a leading, next-generation cinema technology company, headquartered in Seoul with international offices in Los Angeles and Beijing. The company has created immersive film technologies for theaters worldwide that include '4DX', 'ScreenX' and '4DX with ScreenX' for consumers to experience films in ways that were never before possible.
4DX provides moviegoers with an immersive, multi-sensory experience, allowing the audience to connect with movies through motion, vibration, water, wind, snow, lightning, scents, and other special effects that enhance the visuals on-screen. Each 4DX auditorium incorporates motion-based seating synchronized with more than 20 different effects and optimized by a team of skilled editors, maximizing the feeling of immersion within the movie, beyond the limits of audio and video. More than 660 Hollywood and local titles have been screened in 4DX. To date, more than 77,400 4DX seats operate in 664 auditoriums, spanning 65 countries.
ScreenX is the world's first multi-projection theater technology used within a theatre setting, marking it as the most visually immersive theater experience of CJ 4DPLEX. ScreenX allows moviegoers to go beyond the frame of the movie screen by utilizing a proprietary system that expands images of feature films and pre-show advertising to the left and right walls of the theatre, creating an immersive, panoramic, 270-degree viewing experience. To date, ScreenX has been installed in 235 screens in over 20 countries. CJ 4DPLEX Directory page
About Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé: Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont are leaders of exhibition theatres in France, the Netherlands and Switzerland. They are also present in Belgium. At the end of 2017, Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé operated 111 movie theatres, totaling 1,091 screens, 66,2 million admissions and 760 million euros in revenue. Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont strategy of upgrading and modernising is based on an active policy of creation, reconstruction, and renovation, constant innovation with the latest technologies, new and adapted services and an optimised viewer experience, at the cinema and online. Les Cinemas Pathé Gaumont is owned by Pathé, one of the biggest film producers in Europe and a major player in film distribution. Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé Directory page
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More CJ 4DPLEX News:
Jan 6, 2020 CJ 4Dplex Appoints Don Savant as CEO of CJ 4Dplex Americas
Dec 24, 2019 CJ 4Dplex and Flexound opened CGV's Second Flexound Augmented Audio™ Theatre in Korea
Nov 26, 2019 4DX Opens 700th Auditorium in Pathe Utrecht Leidsche Rijn in the Netherlands
Nov 13, 2019 CJ 4Dplex and the Walt Disney Studios Presents 20th Century Fox's "Ford V Ferrari" in the Stunning 270-Degree Panoramic ScreenX Format
Aug 12, 2019 New 4DX Auditorium Now Open in Calgary, Alberta
Aug 6, 2019 CJ 4DPLEX and GDC Partnering to Expand 4DX and ScreenX Across Latin America
CJ 4DPLEX (www.cj4dx.com), the world's leading cinema technology company, announced today a new partnership agreement with GDC Technology, where the two companies will work to identify new opportunities for ScreenX and 4DX to expand the companies' exhibition network across Latin America. This alliance will bring a realistic innovative movie-going experience like no other to a much broader audience in Latin and Central America.
GDC Technology Limited Web Page
GDC Technology Limited Directory Page
Jul 26, 2019 Regal and CJ 4Dplex Adds Seven New Auditoriums to its Rapidly Growing Footprint Across the U.S. In July
Jul 10, 2019 CJ 4DPLEX and Christie Partnering to Expand 4DX and ScreenX Across the U.S.
CJ 4DPLEX (www.cj4dx.com), the world's leading cinema technology company, announced today a new partnership with Christie, where the two companies work to identify new opportunities for ScreenX and 4DX solutions expanding the network across the exhibition landscape in the U.S.
Christie Web Page
Christie Directory Page
Jun 18, 2019 4DX Is Coming to Azerbaijan Through A Deal with Cinema Plus
Jun 17, 2019 4DX Breaks All-Time Box Office Record For The Month Of May
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Nov 25, 2019 Cinionic Strikes Deal with Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont to Deliver More than 200 Barco Series 4 Laser Projectors, Illuminating Movie Screens Across France and Africa
Cinionic, the Barco, CGS, and ALPD cinema joint venture providing a new visual standard with enhanced services and technology solutions, reinforces its leadership in the global cinema industry through a strategic relationship with Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont. Cinionic will bring its all laser solutions to the European exhibitor with an agreement for more than 200 Barco Series 4 laser projectors.
Cinionic Web Page
Cinionic Directory Page
May 14, 2019 NEC to Provide Laser Projection to Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont in France
NEC Display Solutions Europe today announces the completion of a successful partnership with ADDE to deploy its digital cinema projectors in Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont La Joliette cinema.
NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. Web Page
NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. Directory Page
Jul 18, 2018 First '4DX with ScreenX' in Europe Opens in France with Marvel Studios' 'Ant-Man and the Wasp'
Jul 12, 2018 IMAX® with Laser Expands Across Europe as Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont Commits to 20 Systems
Jun 12, 2018 Vista Entertainment Solutions Signs Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont, Leaders of Exhibition Theatre in France
Mar 29, 2018 EclairGame and Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé Strengthen their eSport Partnership with Fifa Tour 2018
Oct 19, 2017 Dolby and Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé open France's first Dolby Cinema at Pathé Massy
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) and Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé, the largest cinema chain operator in France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, today announced that the Dolby Cinema at Pathé Massy, south of Paris, will open on October 20, 2017. This marks the first Dolby Cinema in France, with Pathé Vaise in Lyon and Pathé Docks 76 in Rouen opening later this year.
Dolby Web Page
Dolby Directory Page
Jun 2, 2017 30 New 4DX Theatres to Open in Europe Via Partnership Between CJ 4Dplex And Les Cinemas Gaumont Pathe
May 26, 2017 Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé and Dolby to Launch Dolby Cinema in France and Expand Presence Throughout the Netherlands
Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé, the largest cinema chain operator in France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced plans to open 10 Dolby Cinema locations, with seven in France and three in the Netherlands. This includes Amsterdam and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and the upcoming new Pathé cinéma in Massy, south of Paris. Initial locations are expected to be open by Fall 2017.
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My cardio kickboxing numbers have been dwindling. I was up to to 10-12 participants at one point, but only three people showed up to class today.
The slow decrease started back in mid-August. I thought it was due to the summer holidays, and that participants were on vacation. I thought it would pick up after Labor Day, but it hasn't. Then I thought it might be related to the swimming pool closure, as the pool has been shut down for over a month now and won't re-open until 10/20/03. Lastly, the yoga class just before mine has moved to Tuesday - I used to get participants from that class.
Enough excuses. Paranoid that people didn't like my class, I emailed the coordinator for feedback/suggestions. Her reply, "The attendance has been low in all the classes. I'm really not sure why. I wouldn't worry about it. We'll just see how it goes."
The worst thing that can happen is that my class will be canceled. I would be disappointed if that happened since I like teaching, but not as devastated as I otherwise would be since I would have an extra day of triathlon training. Triathlon season may be winding down, but I intend to continue my swim/bike/run regimen during the off season.


Today I enabled support for dual monitor on my machine!
So on one monitor, I see all of my desktop.. and on the other, I see my taskbar! the advantage is, if you are working on multiple applications, you can "throw" the application that you are not using to the secondary monitor and get an uncluttered view of your own desktop.. it will increase your productivity (atleast that's what MS Research Labs say)..
If you want to enable this support, you can do so by following instructions here.
Dates are out for the PDC 2005.. PDCs are held to aligh with key product development milestones and are held every couple of years. There isn't a periodic schedule set for PDC.Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, PDC 2005Dates: September 13 – 16, 2005. (Pre-conferences September 11 and 12)Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA.More information about PDC 2005 and sign up for receiving updates, including news on registration can be done at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdcWe can expect to hear about Longhorn, Avalon, WinFX, and Indigo and lots of innovations that will cover many aspects of the Microsoft platform at the PDC 2005.
The MSN Spaces does resize the pictures very well..
Recently i saw a program on SS Music television, that made me happy!! well yes, our own desi computer games reveiw program :) Airing daily, it is called "GameStation"..
the best part of the show was the detail with which they get into each program and show snippets of the quirk they are talking about. Something like, if they talk about separate teams in a game, they will show a snippet illustrating that point from the game.. somebody is definitely spending a lot of time playing them..
at the end they ask if we would like any game reviewed on the show.. yes, i would.. how about Microsoft Flight Simulator?
Do you enjoy listening to Technical shows (like game reviews, technology how tos etc)? I DO.
The CDs ( i am subscribed to CDs instead of the tapes) that have been lying unutilized on my desk for long now.
The latest MP3 Player (courtesy MVP Program) came to the rescue... have ripped the audio tracks from the drivetime and copied them to my MP3/WMA player (i.e. Creative Muvo) using Windows Media Player 10.
And i am all set to listen to the drive times while on the go!!
Will be travelling to Mumbai and Pune on 8th and 9th Dec 2004.
On Dec 8 2004, will try to meet the MVPs and the CSs in Mumbai to discuss the initiatives at the Mumbai User Group.
On Dec 9 2004, will meet the MVPs and CSs in Pune.
Later in the same day, have a presentation to make at TCS and introduce the MVP Program to them. TCS being the largest company only has a single MVP there.. with more light on the MVP and CS program, hopefully there will be more community leaders in the largest IT company of the country..
On 10th, will be talking at the MDC in bangalore.. and that is a very different story..
The Hotmail upgrades have reached Indian shores.. my account is now 250 MB..


Circa 1820, pair of Dutch marquetry armchairs, the raised back with a stylish splat and elongated section. The splat and the uprights and all the facing areas of the chair are smothered in foliate marquetry depicting flowers, urns and birds. The shaped back, as it tapers down, has two large stylish arms held in position by a single shaped upright. There are two drop-in seat pads. The apron at the side is covered in marquetry, as is the apron at the front with its slightly dipped section. The chair stands on elegant, carved cabriole legs at the front, with carved knees and the back legs are turned and slightly out-swept. Very stylish, functional chairs.
Size 114cm high x 65cm wide x 49cm deep.


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Peter Njonjo
Twiga Foods
Peter Njonjo wants to change the way food moves in Africa
By Edwin Madu 8th July 2021
My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments, and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa.
Peter Njonjo started his first business in high school. He noticed a problem; the school canteen was too far from the dormitories.
Every day, he and his classmates made the tiresome journey from their beds to the canteen to buy bread. Peter's solution was simple – buy all of the bread in the canteen, bring it to the dormitories, sell to customers from the comfort of their beds and charge a small fee for this convenience.
"I built a very successful franchise because there were many dormitories so I couldn't do it alone," he said to me during our call.
Today, he is solving a similar problem on a much larger scale. He is the CEO and co-founder of Twiga Foods, a company that is taking fresh and processed foods from over 4,000 farmers and manufacturers who are often far away and delivering to more than 35,000 vendors across Kenya – while charging a small fee for this convenience.
From having an incomplete MBA to heading Coca-Cola's operations across 33 African countries, his story is one of a man who is passionate about making the lives of people just a little easier.
His name is Peter Njonjo and this is his life in tech.
Peter Njonjo and the case of the incomplete MBA
If you scroll down to the Education section of Peter Njonjo's LinkedIn page today you would find an entry for an MBA in Strategic Management from the year 2000 and right below it are the words "Masters Incomplete".
During our call, Peter tells me that he completed the coursework required to get the MBA. The incompleteness would boil down to his final MBA paper and the professor who was in charge of it. Put simply, they were not very cooperative.
"They were very fussy, they were always changing their minds. And I was very busy."
You may ask what could have made a 21-year old Peter too busy to focus all his time on placating his professor – his job at Coca-Cola.
Around the time when he applied for his master's program, Peter was also starting a job as an accountant in Coca-Cola with his newly minted degree in finance – which he had gotten in nine months.
"So many people have stories of growing up in university and all the partying. For me, it just passed so quickly and I was always in the library."
During the typical two-year window between high school and university, Peter decided to become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). In that time he made considerable progress. He chose to attend the United States International University Africa (USIUA), a private university in Nairobi.
"Because of all the work I'd done during my CPA, my undergraduate lasted nine months."
His fizzy rise to the top at Coca-Cola
In 1998, Peter Njonjo was one of the youngest CPAs in the entire country. He joined Coca-Cola as an accountant in that same year and his first task on the job was to reconcile some accounts that just wouldn't balance.
"I spent very very long hours trying to figure that out."
But that was only the start of his 18-year career at the company.
"If you look at a lot of people who worked in Coca-Cola, the tenures are very long. It's a company where if your DNA matches that of the company, there are a lot of opportunities for growth."
And Peter was taking as many of these opportunities as he could. For him, it was a case of being an entrepreneur within an existing organisation and owning processes. He was, as he puts it, "using other people's money to create value". This approach endeared him to a lot of people early on and helped to advance him through the ranks so that by the time he turned 31, after 10 years in the company, he became country manager for Kenya.
Three years later, he would be in charge of Coca-Cola's operations in six countries across East Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Mozambique. In this time, he would put together deals worth more than a billion dollars in CapEx (Capital Expenditure).
But he wasn't slowing down. During his time as general manager of Coca-Cola East Africa, he started his own company with his co-founder and friend Grant Brooke.
Twiga Foods was not the first business they would try to run together. Their first had been a business that involved felling timber and replenishing the plantation where they got the timber from. The business did not work out.
Sometime later, Grant came to Peter with an idea. He wanted them to sell bananas.
"In my mind, I was like 'Oh God, this doesn't sound like one of those things I want to be involved in for the long term. But let me just listen.'"
And listen he did.
Going bananas and starting Twiga
A fun fact that would help Peter Njonjo take the leap into the world of bananas is that bananas are one of the biggest traded commodities in the world.
So the plan was to export bananas. But that was far from a walk in the park.
"We realised that the supply chains were so broken and there were so many challenges out there. It was not going to be as straightforward as we thought."
When they were unable to sell even one container outside of Kenya, Peter felt it was time for them to sell the bananas locally. But even there, they met broken supply chains that made it hard for them to create any value as many parts of the retail industry was fragmented and informal.
"When you're trying to formalise something that's informal, you'll encounter all sorts of challenges."
One of those challenges was the absence of a standard for packaging produce. This made it hard for a business like theirs to calculate their gross profit margin per unit because, effectively, the concept of a unit in the market was foreign.
"So we had to introduce bananas with crates and teach people that you can actually by bananas in crates and buy them ripened instead of buying them and ripening yourself and losing half of it."
In the middle of tweaking Twiga's business model and figuring out the best way to create value, Grant ran the business while Peter sat on the board and helped direct the business. He also continued to rise through the ranks at Coca-Cola, eventually becoming President of Coca-Cola West and Central Africa overseeing 33 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. He would leave this role in 2019 to become CEO of Twiga Foods.
"I had discussed with Grant that if the business ever became too big, then I would be happy to step in. Because, for me, it was a major investment."
It was such a big investment for him that while they made attempts to raise more capital for the business, he and his wife decided to sell the home they had built to finance the business in the meantime.
"It was actually my wife's idea. We had a term sheet from the lead investor but the due diligence was taking time and I was afraid the company would run out of money before the round closed."
But according to Peter, they were fairly confident about where the business was going and so it made sense for them. They would eventually close a $1.75 million seed round.
"And I think one of the things you can learn is don't get too attached to material assets. Instead, focus on legacy and the things you need to build."
"Alexa, play Legacy by Jay-Z"
"I'm turning 45 this year. I was born and bred in Nairobi, Kenya. I'm the firstborn of four children."
That is how Peter Njonjo starts his story on our call. He and his siblings were born to their mother, a retired accountant who is now involved in the family business, and their father, an engineer who is still active in the real estate market.
Peter and his wife Tina have four children. When I ask him about what personal plans he has for him and his family he said, "Ensuring that I'm there for my kids as they grow up and enjoying my marriage with my wife and figuring out things we can pursue that are tied to our passions; be it philanthropy or angel investing."
For Twiga, big plans abound as well. In September the company plans to commission the largest standalone banana ripening facility in Africa.
"We've spent a good amount of time fine-tuning our business here in Kenya so that should help us scale fast. In the next five years, we want to be in 12 countries on the continent, serving about 100,000 customers a day."
With the success it has already recorded in Kenya, Twiga Foods is well on its way to achieving these goals.
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West Africa's biggest solar power plant goes onstream on Wednesday as Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, inaugurates a novel scheme to boost renewables and cut energy dependence on its neighbours.
The 55-hectare (135-acre) plant at Zagtouli on the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou will be able to churn out 33 megawatts -- enough to power tens of thousands of homes.
"For the past six weeks the plant has been in a test phase with production of 14 MW, and will reach a peak of 33 MW during December, sufficient sunshine permitting," said the site's construction manager, Stephane Nosserau.
"This is west Africa's largest plant in terms of installed capacity," added construction overseer Saidou Nana.
The plant's 129,600 260-watt solar panels are capable of annually pumping out 56 gigawatts -- equivalent to five percent of current production -- into the network of national power firm Sonabel, he said.
"We import energy from Ivory Coast and there have been difficulties obtaining supplies at times," said Nana.
"That is why we decided with financial backers to provide Sonabel with a source of energy from photovoltaic panels to respond to the public's needs, which are growing at an annualised 13 percent," he explained.
Burkina Faso produces only about 60 percent of the electricity it consumes -- and just 20 percent of the overall population is hooked up to the grid. Many people use wood or butane gas bottles.
The 47.5-million-euro cost of the plant ($56.7 million) has been funded via 25 million in donations from the European Union and a loan of 22.5 million from France's development agency.
"With the financing terms that we have, the price per kilowatt-hour is considerably cheaper than for thermal production, which will allow us to reduce operating costs within Sonabel," Nana said.
Energy produced by the Zagtouli plant will cost some 45 CFA francs (seven euro cents; 8.4 US cents) per kilowatt-hour.
That is around a third of the 145 CFA francs per kilowatt-hour it costs to produce electricity at fossil-fuel plants, according Sonabel's operations manager, Daniel Serme.
Zagouli's capacity is dwarfed by some of the behemoths emerging in the fast-growing sector of sun-powered energy.
The world's biggest solar plant is a 648-MW facility in Kamuthi, in India's Tamil Nadu state. A 40-MW solar plant on a lake over a collapsed coal mine in Huainan, China, is the largest floating solar-powered generator globally.
It hopes to meet 30 percent of its electricity needs from photovoltaic solar panels by 2030, and -- maybe one day -- become self-sufficient in electricity production.


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Twins prospect Byron Buxton injured in Arizona Fall League
By Aaron GleemanOct 28, 2014, 1:10 PM EDT
Byron Buxton's injury wrecked year keeps getting worse.
Buxton came into this season as the consensus No. 1 prospect in baseball, but a spring training wrist injury cost him three months and after finally returning he suffered a concussion in his first game at Double-A.
That ended his season in August, but Buxton was cleared to participate in the Arizona Fall League in the hopes of recouping some of the lost playing time. And now he's suffered another injury, this time dislocating the middle finger on his left hand while diving for a ball in the outfield yesterday.
Luckily a dislocated finger is not a particularly serious injury, but the 20-year-old Buxton still needs to show that he's fully recovered from the wrist and brain injuries. And if his AFL season is over he'll have played a grand total of just 40 competitive games this year.
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You hear that slight choke of passion in thier voice.
And you think, "finally, there are others just like me".
Wondering what it is all about? Well, it is a celebration! A celebration of all those hard working women out there who are up early for school/work, who know sacrifice and discipline and who rise above even when everything else is falling apart.
Project Boss Lady envisions a future. A future where all these women are not alone. Instead, they choose to stand together, applaud each other and hope to become each others pillars of strength. In short, it acknowledges the beauty and grace of being a woman!
This September, 8 BOSS LADIES, specialising in different aspects of the wedding industry got together in appreciation of each others expertise and celebrated their sheer hard work through a fun photoshoot! Here we are unravelling those moments through a short trailer.
Stay tuned to our following posts for the full video!
A woman with such magnificent elegance that so easily transcends into the clothes she designs, that she becomes our absolute favourite BOSS LADY! Her fashion empire, ROSE CREATIONS, has been dominating the city for nearly two decades now and her products are also distributed globally to countries like USA, London, Canada and so on. She surely knows what a woman loves best!
This girl, who is beautiful inside out, is the fairy God mother for all the brides to be! Her magic brush knows you better than yourself and her 11 years of expertise along with first class list of accolades in the make up/hair courses makes her our most sought after BOSS LADY for all your beauty needs!
Making the most important day of your life, the most memorable one is a job not so easily done. But with the inspiration and vision that this young lady holds, she has turned her company, TANVI & CO., into one of the most successfully trending wedding design companies of the country in a very short span of time.
Beware! This girl can turn everything precious into priceless! Taking on the legacy of one of the most trusted Jewellery brands of the city, GANPATI JEWELLERS, she is determined to take this empire to even greater heights with her stunning designs and sense of style.
The finger licking preparations of this so talented chef (owner CIAO PATISSERIE) make her our sweetest BOSS LADY! From chocolates, to cupcakes, to macarons, to puddings, to entremets, every thing created by her is to capture the imagination, excite the senses and spread a whole lot of love!
Taking up a profession so heavily dominated by men needs guts! Becoming the first girl in Punjab to take up a career in wedding photography, this BOSS LADY makes us all so proud. Her gorgeous work captured in the trailer and pictures above speaks up for her calibre itself.
Finally, the girls who have been creating waves in the city with their back to back posts! Inspiration and creativity have always been their main ingredients which is why their blog, THE HUSH HSUH DIARY, is now regarded as the no. 1 lifestyle blog in the city!
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Student: I want to be an English teacher.
Me: Do you really? That makes my heart sing!
Student: I really do. Unfortunately, teachers don't make enough money to make my father happy.
Me: What does your dad have to do with your career? Besides, what we don't make in money, we make up in difference.
Student: He has a lot to do with it because he's paying for my schooling ): And that was very profound. I like that. I'm hoping I can maybe persuade him to let me teach.
And by 'so sad' I mean 'almost in tears.' Parents, I've said it before and I'll say it again: you are in control of nobody but yourselves. You do not control your children. Young, old, whether you support them financially every step of the way, or not...you do not control them. They're like real people that way. Huh, imagine that.
So, I'm frustrated for my student, especially because I see myself in her and the situation, and I'm bringing it here to ensure we learn a lesson in what not to do from it all.
We will pay for a great many things when it comes to our sons and daughters, both as children and adults. We will lend money when they hit financial hard times as young adults figuring out the way. We may contribute to college, weddings, first homes. These are gifts. A gift does not come with strings attached. Gifts do not equal blackmail material. A gift is given out of the goodness of our hearts. We give gifts that the recipient will enjoy receiving, not that we want them to have. If you find yourself giving a gift, even in small part, with the hopes of leveraging something out of it in the future, turn yourself around, march back home, sit yourself down, and think again. Gifts are not strongholds. Financial support does not equal lifetime control. Giving is not a means of control.
Great post. Giving 'out of the goodness of your heart' regardless the relationship, by definition, doesn't come with caveats attached.


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July 17, 2013 By Belinda Montgomery
Angry Birds Star Wars Sequel Coming Soon
Avid fans of the Angry Birds and Star Wars should know what this game is all about. But for those not in the know yet, this game features the angry birds depicted in various characters from the famous Star Wars movie. They retain their colors but their made to appear as some famous characters of that intergalactic film complete with hairdo and costumes.
The Angry Birds Star Wars game was produced by Rovio and here, the birds are in a mission to battle it out with the Pigtroopers in their intergalactic journey.
Meanwhile, the second version of the game that will be out soon allows players to unlock their favorite characters any time they want to. They can do this using the new interactive toys that come with the Angry Birds Star Wars Telepods.
For each playset, different figures totalling 30 in all are included. Each Telepod figure is about one inch tall and shows the Angry Birds in the popular Star Wars characters. Some of these famous characters from the prequels are Jar Jar Binks, Darth Maul and General Grievous.
Depending on the player's preference, the figures can be used on their own or they can be scanned into the game app. The code located on the base of the toy can actually be scanned using Android, iOS, windows and Blackberry smartphones and tablets. Scanning the code allows a player to import the figure into the app and replace the existing character that sits on the slingshot. Just remember that this can be done only at the start of the game level.
The Angry Birds Star Wars II Telepod playsets will be released in August. Each pack will cost from a low of $5.99 (with a few figures) to a high of $39.99 (Star Destroyer playset). The new game app, on the other hand, is set for September release at a very affordable price of $0.99 (regular) to $2.99 (HD).
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It's only been a month since UK singer/producer Chris Ward (a.k.a. Tropics) announced he would drop his next EP, the heavily house-influenced Popup Cinema, via Svetlana Industries. We've since been treated to a remix of that record's title track from fellow Svetlana signee Kelpe, and now, before Ward's new offering drops this coming Monday, you can hear the whole thing. Courtesy of Dazed Digital, we've embedded the player for Tropics' three-track Popup Cinema EP (the Kelpe remix is tossed in there, too) for your listening pleasure, below.


How to minimize your pet dander allergy at home! Here are tips that have helped me combat the sniffles and sneezing when we decided to get a cat.
My family has been yearning for a pet for years. I mean many years. I have allergies to both cats and dogs so I was hesitant. BUT one day when we saw this sweetie at the animal shelter I just had to give in and find ways to minimize my pet dander allergy at home. Guess what?? I'm not sneezing any longer, AND I work from home! Let me share what we've done to help my allergies and how FilterEasy who sponsored this post was an integral part of it all.
Let me start by saying that I had pets growing up, but they lived outside. I never thought about whether I had pet allergies until I was an adult and visited friends who had a dog. Soon after I spent time with someone who had a cat and the same symptoms arose. It was then I realized I must be allergic to animals.
For years I fought the idea of owning an animal because of our busy lifestyle, and whether or not I could handle all the dander. This was the very day I gave in!
I took them to a horse ranch to possibly take riding lessons and all they cared about were these cats we found. I KNEW then I had to figure out a way to minimize my allergies to pets so they could have one. Then we headed to the animal shelter and Milo became part of the family!
The next day I went to work on controlling my cat allergies and the amount of animal dander that was inevitably going to enter our home.
I am NOT a big fan of medication so I wasn't about to get allergy shots on a regular basis. A natural way to control my allergic reactions was my focus.
We were pretty diligent about replacing the home air filters in the past, but now it was going to be REALLY important. Not just replacing it but finding one that focused on minimizing pet allergens, dust mites, and made our environment as allergy free as possible.
Their SuperAllergen was what we got!
Have you EVER replaced your house air filter?? If not, you're in for a BIG surprise…and it isn't pretty.
Keep in mind we are pretty focused on air filtration in general because my middle daughter has seasonal allergies. So, the gunk that accumulated on the home air filter on the left is only 2 months worth of dust and other particles!!
If you have never changed the air filter in your home it will definitely look much worse!
Now that we had a cat and needed to control my pet dander allergy it was time to swap it out on a more regular basis. That is where FilterEasy delivery comes in handy! You just choose the size and filter you want and it is delivered to your door as often as you'd like. That way there is NO forgetting and it will not only help reduce your allergy symptoms to pets but to pollen as well. Spring is coming so they're coming!
Now you can have peace of mind knowing the air in your home is being filtered REALLY well. This has reduced allergen levels in our house I can tell because my runny nose is a thing of the past.
Using vacuum cleaners to clean the carpets and hardwoods twice a week.
Having an air purifier in every room of the house, especially those we spend the most time in.
That will definitely help in keeping allergies at bay.
Brushing the cat outside to remove as much hair as possible. This is done (by the kids) 2-3 times a week.
If you have dog allergies you'd need to bathe them regularly.
There may be shampoos that reduce allergic reactions on the market too.
Even if pet allergies are not an issue in your home I HIGHLY recommend you take a peek at the filter in your home. It's well worth the 5 minutes it takes to replace it with FilterEasy.


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Q: filebeat no conecta con elasticsearch Tengo una MV en debian 11 con ELK y kibana en la misma maquina y tengo otra maquina con filebeat para enviar inputs a la que tiene ELK pero me sale este error
{"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2023-02-13T13:59:14.502+0100","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1071},"message":"Exiting: couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts. Errors: [error connecting to Elasticsearch at https://192.168.194.142:9200: Get \"https://192.168.194.142:9200\": Service Unavailable]","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
Exiting: couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts. Errors: [error connecting to Elasticsearch at https://192.168.194.142:9200: Get "https://192.168.194.142:9200": Service Unavailable]

Tengo la seguridad básica con ususario y contraseña.
ejecuto filebeat test config -e y no da errores
ejecuto fileebat setup -e y me pone el error que menciono al principio...
2 he intentado modificar configuraciones y nada
3 el codigo que necesiteis seria este, el de filebeat.yml
142 # ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
143 output.elasticsearch:
144   # Array of hosts to connect to.
145   hosts: ["https://192.168.194.142:9200"]
146   #ssl.verification_mode:none
147
148   # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
149   #  protocol: "https"
150
151   # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
152   #api_key: "id:api_key"
153   username: "filebeat_user"
154   password: "filebeat."
155   #password: "GyPUwo+SF*m4-XfrX=W="
156   #ssl:
157   #  enabled: false
158   #  ca_trusted_fingerprint: "FA:A0:38:7F:C6:96:71:4F:8D:12:7C:8C:8C:67:81:2C:40:07:99:B6:17:1>
159
# =================================== Kibana ===================================
107
108 # Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
109 # This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
110 setup.kibana:
111
112   # Kibana Host
113   # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
114   # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
115   # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
116   host: "https://192.168.194.142:5601/"
117   #ssl.verification_mode: none
118   username: "my_kibana_user"
119   password: "kibana."
120   # Kibana Space ID
121   # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
122   # the Default Space will be used.
123   #space.id:

¿alguna idea?
Un saludo y gracias por contestar...

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Category Archives: Interviews
Interview with Barbara Harris, Lead Singer of The Toys
BAKER STREET | INTERVIEW
by Eric J Baker
A distinct pleasure of being obsessed with music: Falling in love with an album that should be considered a classic but has been overlooked. You get to feel superior because you are a finder of lost treasure… and outraged at everyone else's foolishness and bad taste. We can admit that righteous indignation is kinda fun, can't we? And if you want to see enough indignation to clear a room, ask me about The Toys' one and only album from 1966.
The Toys, by height: June Montiero, Barbara Parritt, and Barbara Harris.
For lack of a more enlightened term, The Toys were a mid-1960s "girl group" comprised of June Montiero, Barbara Parritt, and lead vocalist Barbara Harris and are best known for the 1965 smash hit single, "A Lover's Concerto." The accompanying album is the Magical Mystery Tour of girl-group records, but more on that in a minute. First, we must discuss The Song.
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Interview: D. R. Hildebrand
Author D.R. Hildebrand
by James Tuttle
D. R. Hildebrand, a model, is the author of Walking Marina.
JAMES: Just how autobiographical is Walking Marina? There are some pretty graphic sexual situations involving the protagonist whose name also begins with a "D" and more than one involves a cash transaction. Hmmm.
D. R.: So essentially you want to know if I'm a big ho'. Nope. Sorry, James, it's fiction. But it feels real—thank you—because it's inspired by years at castings, listening to models tell some very graphic stories. I started creating a plot out of their diverse and intriguing experiences, peppered here and there with some of my own. But it certainly isn't autobiographical, which is better because my life really isn't all that fascinating.
JAMES: You paint a vivid picture in your book of the Great Divide in the business between male and female models, where the girls are working steadily and the guys are waiting for scraps. Do you think that it's possible that, male or female, the most in-demand faces are getting all the jobs whether it's Lara Stone and Karlie Kloss or Jon Kortajarena and Clement Chabernaud?
D. R.: Definitely! And that's part of the reason why I wrote the last chapter as I did, but when women are booking 80% to 90% of all modeling jobs in New York, it's difficult to argue that any parity exists. An article in V Man a few years back put it all quite plainly: "Modeling has always been a woman's world—economics and simple psychology have conspired to make it so." Walking Marina simply exposes this world. It takes modeling, the most obvious exception to patriarchy's rule of supremacy, and uses it as a mirror.
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Research shows 1.5 million households and 3 million children are living in desperate economic conditions.
The World Bank and other global institutions use a very specific measure to record global poverty rates. They gather data designed to record the number of people in a country who live on less than $2 a day, and then use the information to make a "poverty headcount ratio"— the percentage of people in a country who live under this standard. In most recent data, Sierra Leone, for example, had a staggering 82.5% of its citizens living in poverty by this count.
TANF isn't working, Shaefer and Edin said. Since the program was created in 1996 to replace a 60-year-old welfare system, the number of families living on less than $2 a day has more than doubled. In 2012, only one-quarter of poor families received TANF benefits, down from more than two-thirds in 1996, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. According to $2.00 a Day, the welfare program reached more than 14.2 million Americans in 1994, but by 2014 only 3.8 million Americans were aided by TANF.


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Amid Rebound Us Regains Position As World Leader In Fdi
A pair of studies shows the U.S. at the top of the rankings for foreign direct investment (FDI) behind a surge of Asian and European investment in technology, chemicals, information and communication, and financial services.
According to Kearney's Global Business Policy Council's 2022 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index and for the tenth consecutive year, the U.S. is the world's No. 1 destination for FDI.
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Attracting Innovation Is the Name of the Game For these Forward-Thinking Parks
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When having any large event you might think that dining and entertainment are going to be your most important concern, but any good host must remember not to forget the ever essential need of bathrooms. There are many differences between portable toilets and any good host wants to make sure their guests are comfortable, including their restroom needs. Below are just a few details to consider when selecting a company to rent your portajohn or portable toilet trailer from for your upcoming event.
Although it's often the last thing someone thinks of when attending an event, the portable toilet is actually the most vitale part of any big gathering, as the good times wouldn't last very long if attendees couldn't go to the bathroom. If you're planning a festive gathering, the choice of a portable toilet might be the last thing on your list to acquire, but the fact is it can make or break the success of your special occasion. There are many more types of portable toilets than you may think and you'll want to ensure you select the right options to avoid long lines or issues.
Selecting a reliable portable toilet service is first step to having a smooth event. You'll want to partner with a business who has a wide selection of choices and has a rapid customer service team. Ask your portable toilet business about how rapidly they can respond in case there is a problem with any of their stalls during your event, since no one wants to watch their guests exit prematurely due to a spill. You'll have a large range of porta potty selections to choose from, so you shouldn't have any problems finding the size or numbers that you'll need to host your gathering.
The next factor to consider pertains to renting portable toilets for classy events, such as weddings. In the case of a special event, it would be a smart idea to rent facilities that have sinks, mirrors, handicap access and even family rooms. If your attendees are dressed up for this particular occasion, then there will be plenty who will need to make sure their looking their best by finding a mirror and being able to wash up in the porta potties. This is very important for big weddings because restrooms or other private inside facilities aren't always close or readily accessible.
The most important decision you can make prior to renting is to determine how many portable toilets you will require for your guests. Most rental vendors provide a basic list for large crowd use, and typical construction sites will use roughly one portable toilet per ten employees each work week. For private events or special occasions, the typical rules is to have at least two stalls per fifty attendees, but this number can go up if there is a lot of food and drink involved. Dozens of portable toilets could easily be needed for bigger events such as concerts, sizable weddings or parties.
If you're selectin a portable toilet you'll want to consider a range of options. The type of event you're planning will help you determine the amount of toilets and the length of time you'll require them for. You will want to remember that your event is going to require some setup regardless of the type of gathering you're hosting, so it's important to ask your rental company how long they will need to set up the porta potties and that way you can ensure they'll be ready in time for your attendees. Handicap access is also something you want to make sure not to overlook, and it's often a good idea to have an easily accessible stall at bigger events.
Before making your choice you will benefit from having an understanding of the various types of options that come with your porta potty rental. A basic portable toilet comes with with a few sanitary amenities like toilet paper, seat cover, a holding tank, dispenser, and lock on its door along with indicators. A deluxe flushing toilet has more sanitary options besides having the selections of a basic restroom. Some of the options you could choose include more upscale portable toilets with hand soap dispensers, washing stations and mirrors. VIP self-contained portable toilets have all the amenities that are listed above along with an interior light.
When it comes to the total price of your portable toilet rental there are several factors that will effect it. Your portable toilets will be more costly if you decide on more high end options such as lights, running water or wash basins. How long you will be renting your portable restrooms for will also have a big impact on your total price, although if you're just using them for one day you don't have to be concerned about those price increases. The price will also fluctuate based on how far the rental vendor needs to travel to deliver the units to your event, so you might want to go with the business that is closest to reduce transport fees. You may be able to negotiate a better fee with your vendor if you've used them before and are a frequent customer. Since you now know a few of the selections available and facts around renting portable toilets you'll be educated to locate the most qualified company with the lowest fees and host a successful event.


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Studio Ghibli's Isao Takahata on The Tale Of Princess Kaguya
The Tale Of Princess Kaguya director Isao Takahata tells us about bringing a classic tale to life
By Jonathan Hatfull	 15-06-20 48,774
Studio Ghibli founder Isao Takahata has been an integral part of the studio's success story, and has directed such classics as Grave Of The Fireflies and Pom Poko.
Back in 2015, we spoke to him about his long journey bringing The Tale Of Princess Kaguya to the screen and his favoured style of animation.
What made you adapt this particular story?
The original is of course a very well known Japanese story, and I had an idea over 50 years ago that it would be interesting if it were treated in this way. It wasn't as if I thought I would want to work on it; it's just that I thought somebody else should make a film out of it. I've never really wanted to make a film of this story! I was only thinking of the Japanese audience, and I realised it would be wonderful if I could present it so that the Japanese audience would think, 'Oh my, is this the kind of story it really was?' And also, if I can be presumptuous, 'Can it be this interesting?' That's what I was aiming for.
What is significant about Kaguya's interest in nature?
I don't think it's any particular interest in nature, but the fact that she grew up surrounded by nature is very significant, and really that's what we have – the world around us is full of nature. Even in the West, poetry is full of nature – British poems are full of nature – or love and human feelings; those are the two main subjects of poems. We're dealing with the fundamentals of human beings.
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In many ways, the film is about a young girl forced to grow up very quickly, and strong, vibrant young girls have always been an important part of your work, particularly in Only Yesterday and your TV series, Heidi of the Alps. What makes youth so appealing to you as a subject?
For over a century, there have been on-going changes in the relations between men and women and in the social standing of women. I have sought to refrain from projecting onto the young girls who are my main characters any "wishful thinking" from the male point of view about how women should behave. Despite being a man, I love vibrant women not only to fall in love with but also as human beings and as friends. I also like to put myself in a women's position as much as I can and think about things even though I am a man.
Do you consider yourself a feminist filmmaker?
I may well be a feminist filmmaker. On occasion I half jokingly remark that "I am an ally of women."
Both Princess Kaguya and your previous film, My Neighbours The Yamadas, are drawn in an imprecise, loose way, which makes them feel freer and more expressionistic than they would if they were animated traditionally. How did you arrive at this style? Do you prefer it to the traditional style of your earlier work?
I certainly prefer this style. I had initially wanted to use this style, but various problems had made it impossible. What made it possible was my meeting up with those who are brilliantly gifted (Character Design and Animating Director Osamu Tanabe and Art Director Kazuo Oga) and advances in computer technology.
Since the Renaissance, Western painting has attempted to give viewers the illusion as if they are seeing people and things as they really exist upon a flat canvas surface. This effort was a singularly uncommon behaviour within the course of world history, and began to be abandoned in the latter nineteenth century in the West. Rather than paintings that declare "I am the real thing" or "I am an abstract expression that has nothing to do with the real thing," I prefer paintings that say "As you can see, I am not the real thing, but please use me as a means to imagine or remember in a vivid way the real thing that is behind me." Nowadays the main stream of animation films consists of 3D CD and such techniques that blatantly shout out "I am the real thing." To counter that trend, I want to make sure that we don't forget the great power of paintings drawn by lines on paper to stir our imaginations and memories.
The sketch-like feeling of quickly drawing what is occurring right in front of us at the moment is what I learned from Frédéric Back, the animation filmmaker of "Crac!" and "The Man Who Planted Trees." Mr. Back was the first one to use sketching techniques to "draw and capture on a flat surface" things and people that are real, and he taught us how wonderful this method could be.
There are two major explosions of emotion in the film: one of pure joy, the other of pure sadness, and both times, the style of the animation changes to reflect this. What do you think the animation style adds to the film?
As I mentioned earlier, what is happening here at this moment is being vividly sketched, which to my mind means that the emotions of the scenes are reflected in the drawings. My intent was to have the viewers be there at the moment when the sketches were being drawn, that is, to have the viewers share in the emotions. I believe I was able to accomplish that intention of mine.
What will you do next?
In my case, since I have to think of my age, I'm not sure if I have the physical energy or the mental energy to make another feature film, and also whether there is the money that might be invested in a film that I might want to make. Of course, I would have to have an excellent producer who could gather that money, perhaps, for me to be able to make it. In terms of animators, of course there are talented top animators that could work on all the drawings. Even for this project, we hired the majority of animators outside of Studio Ghibli, so I know we can hire people on a project basis. I think all those conditions would have to be met for me to make any film in the future.
Will we see a new generation of animators begin to take the mantle?
Well for example, Disney, at one point, was almost going to wither away, but it had the assets that it had, and it was resurrected, and now it's a large company. There could be a completely different direction and a completely different force that comes into being, in terms of Japanese animation. Or animation itself might decline. I'm not sure.
Do you find your output influenced by Western animation?
At my age, I don't know if I can be influenced that much anymore. Of course, in my youth, I really respected and honoured Disney and what he had done, but I always thought it was too different from the way things are in Japan to really take something from that and be able to utilise it. Our starting points were very different, I think. For example, when you make animation in films in English or Japanese language, they're very different. In Japanese, we can talk just by moving our mouths, without large gestures, and that's a normal way of talking in Japanese, whereas you look at American or Western animation – and there's too much action, or the action is too broad to fit into a Japanese context, or to be an influence on us. If we use those kind of large gestures, then people say, 'That smells like butter,' meaning, 'It's too Westernised.' It's a sort of derogatory sense. In that way, even animation is very culturally bound, so I think we need to be careful about influences. For example, my Anne of Green Gables, the television series that is of course based on a Canadian girl – she talks a lot, and of course she would be speaking in English, and using gestures probably, but if I had shown that to a Japanese audience, that would look very strange, so I didn't use many gestures. It's been well-received in Japan, and it's a very popular TV series, but now, when that is shown in the West, dubbed into other languages, then I feel like, 'Oh, is it really going to work in those other languages?' – for example in Italy, where people use a lot of gestures to talk. So if it's dubbed in Italian, and the girl's just standing there, straight, without any gestures, isn't that going to seem a little off to them? I worry about the kind of reception that it gets in the West.
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Solo Exhibitions - 2000, February. Brooklyn Babylon Cinema. NYC, NY. - 2000, August. The Blinding Light Cinema. Vancouver, Canada. - 2000, September. The Whitney Museum of American Art. NY, NY. - 2001, March. Cal Arts. Valencia, CA. - 2001, March. Squeaky Wheel Cinema. Buffalo, NY. - 2001, April. The Pleasure Dome. Toronto, Canada - 2002, February. San Francisco Cinematheque. San Francisco, California. - 2002, March. The Block House Theater. Portland, Oregon. - 2002, December. Four Walls Cinema. Portland, Oregon. - 2003, March. Hampshire College. Amherst, Massachusetts. - 2003, June. Jefferson Presents. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. - 2003, June. Chicago Filmmakers. Chicago, Illinois. - 2003, November. Olympia Film Festival. Olympia, Washington. - 2004, February. Pacific Switchboard. Portland, Oregon. - 2004, March. Reed College. Portland, Oregon Group Exhibitions - 1998, July. "August 1997, Greenpoint, NY" . The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema. NYC, NY - 1999, April. "The Big Film Series". The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema. NYC, NY - 1999, May. "The Big Film Series". Time and Space Gallery. Hudson, NY - 2000, November. "HUH". Mix - NY Gay and Lesbian Experimental Film Festival. NYC, NY. - 2001, May. 'The Big Film Series'. Intermedia Arts Center _ Flaming Film Festival. Minneapolis, MN. - 2001, November. 'The Finer Shades of Exertion'. Mix- NY Gay and Lesbian Experimental Film Festival. NYC, NY. - 2002, September. 'Big Film'. PENUMBRA: Artist Television Access. San Francisco, CA - 2003, April. 'The Big Film Series'. Movies With Live Soundtracks. Providence, Rhode Island - 2003, August. 'The Big Film Series'. My House. Eugene, Oregon. - 2003, October. 'The Big Film Series'. Core Sample: Capture and Release Film Screening. Portland, Oregon. - 2003, October. 'Tableaux Vivant' Core Sample: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Portland, Oregon. Mixed Media Tableaux Vivant. 2003. 69 ft by 29 ft. Two hundred and twenty two 35 mm film strips Illuminated by three 16 mm projected film loops. This film installation is comprised of color reversal filmstrips from the motion picture film of the same title. A vast collection of contemporary landscapes and portraits of Portland, Oregon, this installation explores the physical presence and sculptural qualities of motion picture film. Tableaux Vivant is an ardent meditation upon the boundaries between photography and motion picture film. Filmography - Grieg Farm, Red Hook, NY. 1997. 16 mm, B&W, silent, 9 minutes. Hand processed. A intimate portrait of the disappearing agricultural landscape of the Hudson Valley. - August 1997, Greenpoint, NY. 1998 16 mm, B&W, silent, 8 minutes. A hand Processed film portrait created in the tradition of city symphonies. The kinetic movement of the film emulsion has replaced the frantic motion of the city. This film is a wistful meditation upon the obsolescence of the urban industrial landscape; their decaying and antiquated features are captured with faltering grains of silver nitrate and straying electrolytes. - The Portland Movie. 2000 16 mm, color, silent, 7 minutes. A travel diary of my first visit to Portland, Oregon and a tender exchange of color ektachrome love letters The Big Film Series: A collection of 35 mm hand processed film portraits, shot and projected using An early motion picture hand cranked camera and projector. In these performative film screenings, Lee Krist operates his projector among the audience rather than anonymously from an isolated projection booth, creating an intimate screening experience reminiscent of the dawn of cinema. Traditionally these screenings are silent but some screenings have live musical accompaniment. - Twoness. 1998 35 mm, B&W, silent, 200 ft. Twoness is the first film created in the Big Film series. These early camera tests were experiments in filming continuous motion with a 35 mm hand cranked camera. A cinematic exploration of the various ways motion can be reproduced when the camera's recording speed is variable. - Willa. 1998. 35 mm, B&W, silent, 100 ft. The first of many portraits in the Big Film series, which focuses upon the subtlety of movement. - Pea Green. 1999. 35 mm, color, 80 ft. A color landscape portrait of home. - Self - Portrait. 1999. 35 mm, B&W, 45 ft. Filming this portrait was like a railroad. Self - Propulsion moved by parallel speed. - Susannah. 1999. 35 mm, B&W, 70 ft. Through various photochemical manipulations this portrait explores the movement potential of photographic film emulsion. A study of the ephemeral nature of film stock and friends. - Killer Diamonds. 2000. 35 mm, color, 60 ft. A portrait of a dear friend. - Huh. 2000. 35 mm, hand painted color, 80 ft. A portrait of a professional model, this film just barely makes it into the moving picture category. - The Finer Shades of Exertion. 2001. B&W, 100 ft. A filmic exploration of gesture and movement through capturing dance on film. - 1083. 2003. Color, 80 ft. A Self-Portrait of me in my home sweet home. - Tableaux Vivant. (W.I.P.). Color, 300 ft. A series of portraits and vignettes shot in Oregon, with a variety of still cameras this body of work attempts to reunite motion picture film and photography long lost companions that were separated at birth. Film Workshops - 1999 -2002. Bard College. Annandale on the Hudson, NY. Led a workshop in Color and B&W 16 mm reversal film hand processing and contact printing. - 2001, April. Lift Film Cooperative. Toronto, Canada. Led a workshop in 35 mm B&W negative hand processing and contact printing, with a focus upon creating and layering B&W photographic emulsion. - 2003, January. Flicker Film Workshop For Teens. Northwest Film Center. Portland, Oregon. Led a screening and a workshop on graphic film production. Using old 35 mm film trailers students experimented with a variety of camera-less film making techniques: scratching, spray-painting, bleaching, stenciling, and drawing onto film. - 2004, March. Reed College. Portland, Oregon. Experimental Film Workshop. A workshop on shooting and hand processing B&W 16 mm film. - 2004. March and April. Lift Film Cooperative. Toronto, Canada. A series of two workshops on experimental film and animation techniques. Emphasis will be placed on acquiring a working knowledge of the oxberry optical printer, collage methods of animation, and rotoscoping. Rotoscoping is a traditional animation technique in which animators trace the outline of an object or character's movements through previously recorded motion picture film. Awards - Black Maria Director's Citation Award for " August 1997, Greenpoint, NY" -Finishing Funds 2004, Experimental Television Center Education Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, New York B.A., May 1999 Concentration in Film Production


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President's Remarks
President Discusses Operation Iraqi Freedom at Camp Lejeune
Remarks by the President to the Military Personnel and Their Families
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
10:40 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Thank you all so very much for that warm welcome. It's such an honor to be here. Especially pleased to be traveling today with a great First Lady, Laura Bush. (Applause.) We really appreciate your welcome and we're proud to be with the Marines and sailors and families of Camp Lejeune. There's no finer sight, no finer sight, than to see 12,000 United States Marines and Corpsmen -- (applause) -- unless you happen to be a member of the Iraqi Republican Guard. (Applause.)
For more than 60 years, Marines have gone forth from Camp Lejeune to fight our country's battles. Now America has entered a fierce struggle to protect the world from a grave danger and to bring freedom to an oppressed people. As the forces of our coalition advance, we learn more about the atrocities of the Iraqi regime and the deep fear that Saddam Hussein has instilled in the Iraqi people. Yet, no scheme of this enemy, no crime of a dying regime will divert us from our mission. We will not stop until Iraq is free. (Applause.)
A Vision for Iraq
President Addresses the Nation
Why We Know Iraq is Lying
AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, President Bush!. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: When freedom needs defending, America turns to our military. And as they do their job, our men and women in uniform count on their families -- like you all here today. This is a time of hardship for many military families. Some of you have been separated from your loved ones for quite a while because of long deployments. All of America is grateful for your sacrifice. And Laura and I are here to thank each one of you. (Applause.)
We're here to thank the Marines. (Applause.) I also want to thank the men and women of the Marine Forces Reserve who are serving here and abroad. (Applause.) Hundreds of reserve units across America have been activated in this time of war, and our country thanks these fine citizens and their employers for putting duty first.
I want to thank Major General David Mize for his hospitality and his leadership. I want to thank Major General John Castelaw, Commanding General of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, for his leadership and strength. (Applause.) I appreciate so very much members of the North Carolina congressional delegation who traveled with Laura and me today -- Senators Edwards and Dole, from the great state of North Carolina, thank you for coming. (Applause.)
I appreciate members of the United States House of Representatives -- Congressmen Balance, Jones and McIntyre -- for traveling with us. These five are five members of the Congress are strong supporters of the Marines and the United States military. (Applause.)
I met the Mayor and I want to thank Madam Mayor and members of the County Commission for being so supportive of the families and the personnel here at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. I want to thank very much those veterans who are here, and retired military members. (Applause.) I want to thank Lone Star. (Applause.) We kind of like that name. (Laughter.)
I very much want to say a little something about a person that Laura and I met at Marine One when it landed, Laura Kay Brett.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yeah!
THE PRESIDENT: You may know Laura -- somebody knows Laura Kay out there. (Laughter.) But you need to know her story. You see, Laura Kay is Director of Volunteer Services at the YMCA Camp Lejeune. She represents hundreds, thousands of people who volunteer to make somebody's life better. She runs a Mom-to-Mom program to help people who may need help. Laura Kay represents the best of America, somebody who is willing to love a neighbor just like she'd like to be loved herself.
I want to thank Laura Kay. I want to thank the thousands of you who are here who understand we can save somebody's life by showing them love. We can help somebody who hurts by hugging a neighbor in need. (Applause.)
All around Camp Lejeune are monuments to the heroic achievements of the United States Marines. In the 14 days since the major ground war began, the Marine Corps has added new achievements to its great story. (Applause.)
On the first day of the campaign, Marine units were ordered to secure 600 Iraqi oil wells and prevent environmental disaster. And that mission was accomplished. (Applause.) U.S. Marines and our Royal Marine allies were sent in to take the Al Faw Peninsula and clear a path for humanitarian aid, and that job was done. (Applause.)
In the tough fighting at Al Nasiriyah, Marines continue to push back the enemy, and are showing the unrelenting courage worthy of the name Task Force Tarawa. (Applause.) Two nights ago, Marines and Special Operations forces set out on a daring rescue mission -- and thanks to their skill and courage, a brave young soldier is now free. (Applause.)
These missions are difficult and they are dangerous, but no one becomes a Marine because it's easy. (Applause.) Now our coalition moves forward. Marines are in the thick of the battle. And what we have begun, we will finish. (Applause.)
The United States and our allies pledged to act if the dictator did not disarm. The regime in Iraq is now learning that we keep our word. (Applause.) By our actions, we serve a great and just cause: We will remove weapons of mass destruction from the hands of mass murderers. Free nations will not sit and wait, leaving enemies free to plot another September the 11th, this time, perhaps with chemical or biological or nuclear terror. And by defending our own security, we are freeing the people of Iraq from one of the cruelest regimes on Earth. (Applause.)
At this hour, coalition forces are clearing southern cities and towns of the dictator's death squads and enforcers. Our Special Forces and Army paratroopers, working with Kurdish militia, have opened a northern front against the enemy. Army and Marine divisions are engaging the enemy and advancing to the outskirts of Baghdad. (Applause.)
From the skies above, coalition aircraft and Cruise missiles are removing hundreds of military targets from Iraq. A vice is closing, and the days of a brutal regime are coming to an end. (Applause.)
Some servants of the regime have chosen to fill their final days with acts of cowardice and murder. In combat, Saddam's thugs shield themselves with women and children. They have killed Iraqi citizens who welcome coalition troops. They force other Iraqis into battle, by threatening to torture or kill their families. They've executed prisoners of war. They've waged attacks under the white flag of truce. They concealed combat forces in civilian neighborhoods and schools and hospitals and mosques.
In this war, the Iraqi regime is doing -- is terrorizing its own citizens, doing everything possible to maximize Iraqi civilian casualties, and then to exploit the deaths they've caused for propaganda. These are war criminals and they will be treated like war criminals. (Applause.)
In stark contrast, the citizens of Iraq are coming to know what kind of people we have sent to liberate them. American forces and our allies are treating innocent civilians with kindness, and showing proper respect to soldiers who surrender. Many Americans have seen the picture of Marine Lance Corporal Marcco Ware carrying a wounded Iraqi soldier on his shoulders to safety, for medical treatment. That's the picture of the strength and goodness of the U.S. Marines. (Applause.) That is a picture of America. (Applause.) People in the United States are proud of the honorable conduct of our military, and I'm proud to lead such brave and decent Americans. (Applause.)
I'm also proud that coalition victories are bringing food and water and medicine to the Iraqi people. Our coalition partners have constructed a pipeline to bring clean water to Umm Qasr. We're delivering emergency rations to the hungry. Right now, ships carrying enough American grain to feed millions are bound for Iraq. We're bringing aid, and we're bringing something more -- we're bringing hope. (Applause.)
A man in one Iraqi village said this to one of our soldiers: "I want my freedom. I don't want food or water. I just want my freedom." America hears that man. We hear all Iraqis who yearn for liberty. And the people of Iraq have my pledge: Our fighting forces will press on until your entire country is free. (Applause.)
The Iraqi people deserve to live in peace under leaders they have chosen. They deserve a government that respects the rights of every citizen and ethnic group. They deserve a country that is united, that's independent, and that is released from years of sanctions and sorrow. Our coalition has one goal for the future of Iraq -- to return that great country to it's own people. (Applause.)
Building a free and prosperous Iraq after the regime is gone will require -- will be the work of the Iraqi people for years to come. And they will have our help. Today the goal is to remove the Iraqi regime and to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. And that is the task of the United States military and our coalition.
All who serve in this mission can know this: Your fellow citizens are behind you and our government will give you every tool you need for victory. (Applause.)
People of this country take pride in your victories, and we share in your losses. Camp Lejeune has lost some good Marines. Every person who dies in the line of duty leaves a family that lives in grief. Every Marine who dies in the line of duty leaves comrades who mourn their loss.
There is a tradition in the Corps that no one who falls will be left behind on the battlefield. (Applause.) Our country has a tradition, as well. No one who falls will be forgotten by this grateful nation. We honor their service to America and we pray their families will receive God's comfort and God's grace. (Applause.)
These are sacrifices in a high calling -- the defense of our nation and the peace of the world. Overcoming evil is the noblest cause and the hardest work. And the liberation of millions is the fulfillment of America's founding promise. The objectives we've set in this war are worthy of America, worthy of all the acts of heroism and generosity that have come before.
Once again, we are applying the power of our country to ensure our security and to serve the cause of justice. And we will prevail. (Applause.)
Our Armed Services have performed brilliantly in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Moving a massive force over 200 miles of enemy territory in a matter of days is a superb achievement. Yet there is work ahead for our coalition, for the American Armed Forces, and for the United States Marines. Having traveled hundreds of miles, we will now go the last 200 yards. (Applause.) The course is set. We're on the advance. Our destination is Baghdad, and we will accept nothing less than complete and final victory. (Applause.)
May God bless our country and all who defend her. Semper fi. (Applause.)
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Wal-Mart files patent for blockchain-powered army of autonomous robots
Tech 31 August 2018
First it was a crypto-powered electrical grid. Then came a system for health records stored on the blockchain. Now, Wal-Mart has turned to blockchain again, this time to create an army of autonomous robots that will be controlled by the technology.
On Thursday, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published a document explaining Wal-Mart's patent application for a system of in-field authentication electronic devices that will use blockchain keys for authentication. Wal-Mart's proposal, filed in January 2018, will create a system involving several robots that will handle package delivery throughout the supply chain. The robots will use wireless signals to communicate and authenticate the identity of each another.
As autonomous technologies become "more affordable and available for use," this could result in increased likelihood of security breaches, such as hacking. This is why Wal-Mart wants to use distributed ledger technology to develop "a medium for autonomous vehicles to authenticate each other, which allows for the security and authentication of the autonomous electronic devices." The proposed system will also record the delivery information on the ledger making it possible for clients to access and track their products.
"In some embodiments of described above, blockchain technology may be utilized to record authentication signals and identification information to facilitate or resulting from in-field authentication between autonomous electronic devices. One or more of the autonomous electronic devices described herein may comprise a node in a distributed blockchain system storing a copy of the blockchain record. Updates to the blockchain may comprise authentication signals or identification information, and one or more nodes on the system may be configured to incorporate one or more updates into blocks to add to the distributed database," according to Wal-Mart's patent application.
Walmart has applied for several blockchain-based patents for systems to help in the delivery process. Last year, the company applied to patent a system that would use distributed ledger technology to manage package delivery hubs like a locker. This system would automatically reserve a locker space for packages and make sure the good are only delivered to a locker with enough space.
The company also applied for a patent for a system that uses blockchain technology to track delivery drones as they transmit packages from physical sores to customers.
Note: Tokens on the Bitcoin Core (segwit) Chain are Referred to as BTC coins. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is today the only Bitcoin implementation that follows Satoshi Nakamoto's original whitepaper for Peer to Peer Electronic Cash. Bitcoin BCH is the only major public blockchain that maintains the original vision for Bitcoin as fast, frictionless, electronic cash.


Things We Love About Volunteers is a cartoon collection from Graham Harrop, award-winning creator of the "Ten Cats" comic strip. The e-book includes 25 full-color cartoons that celebrate the commitment and compassion of your volunteers. A wonderful way to say "Thank you!" for all they do. For a print copy of this book, visit www.grahamharrop.com.
More Graham Harrop gift ideas are also featured in the Products and Service sfrom Other Vendors area of the Energize Web site.
Book is ok. Very generic. First page says 'Volunteers' then all other pages list their tributes. But could be a book about moms, dads or bosses even.