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Posted on April 5, 2017 by Retail News Editor
BJ's Restaurants announces the opening of its restaurant in Mobile, Alabama
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., 2017-Apr-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today (April 04, 2017) announced the opening of its restaurant in Mobile, Alabama. The new BJ's Restaurant opened on Monday, April 3, 2017, at 3748 Airport Boulevard. The restaurant is approximately 7,500 square feet, seats approximately 230 guests and features BJ's extensive menu, including BJ's signature deep-dish pizza, award-winning handcrafted beer and famous Pizookie® dessert. BJ's unique, contemporary décor provides the perfect environment for all dining occasions. Hours of operation are from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight Sunday through Thursday, and 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
"We are excited to open our second restaurant in the state of Alabama, building upon the success of our Huntsville restaurant opened in 2015," commented Greg Trojan, President and CEO. "We remain on target to open our fourth 2017 restaurant in Fort Wayne, Indiana later this month."
As with all of our new restaurant openings, BJ's invited members of the Mobile community to attend a soft opening event prior to our grand opening. As our team members put the final touches on the restaurant, invited guests were treated to complimentary food and had the opportunity to make a voluntary donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ("CFF"), a very important charity to BJ's. Additionally, BJ's donated the proceeds of all alcohol purchases during the soft opening event to BJ's Restaurants Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports charities that are important to our team members around the country.
Posted in Business, Management, Restaurants, Retail, Retailer | Tagged Alabama, BJ's Restaurants, Greg Trojan, Mobile |
Posted on March 16, 2017 by USN Retail Editor
ShopChat Launches World's 1st Shopping Keyboard; Rakuten Funding
ShopChat Launches World's First Shopping Keyboard & Raises Funding from Rakuten
ShopChat attracts 100,000 beta users by combining two of the most popular mobile activities,chatting and shopping, into a new chat commerce platform, an alternative to struggling shopping bots
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 2017-Mar-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Message commerce startup ShopChat today emerged from stealth mode with the unveiling of the world's first mobile shopping keyboard. ShopChat lets people share and shop their favorite brands, such as Sephora, Guess and Foot Locker right from their smartphone keyboards. The company also announced that global e-commerce giant Rakuten (Tokyo: 4755) led the company's $1.25MM funding round. Top angel investors from Silicon Valley and Europe also participated in the round.
ShopChat combines two of the most popular mobile activities, chatting and shopping, into one seamless experience. ShopChat lets people share products with their friends and family to get instant reactions and shop directly from chat. Already attracting 100,000 users, the beta version has generated strong user enthusiasm and high engagement – over 32% of users share a product with a friend in a session.
The ShopChat shopping keyboard is now available to the public for free from the iOS App Store, for all major messengers, and is launching on Google Play soon.
Two versions of ShopChat are available, one focused on consumers and one for whitelabel partnerships leveraging ShopChat's API.
Investing in the Post-App Era: Funding and Partnership with Rakuten and Viber
ShopChat's pioneering approach to message commerce convinced e-commerce giant Rakuten to lead the company's $1.25MM round of funding. Rakuten is already a global player in e-commerce and is a major force in messaging through their 2014 acquisition of message network Viber. As part of the strategic investment and partnership, ShopChat now powers Viber's recently announced message commerce to its massive user base.
"We stand at the convergence of messaging and shopping, and ShopChat is developing the right platform to perfect the shopping experience within instant messaging. The investment in ShopChat brings us closer to our vision of Viber as an ecosystem, providing our users with more capabilities to manage their communications simply and securely." said Djamel Agaoua, Viber CEO.
ShopChat as Native Chat Commerce
Existing mobile commerce solutions are not easily adapted to messaging. Users must switch away from chat and choose between using individual apps or slow mobile websites. And most apps are uninstalled after a few uses. Mobile websites suffer from slow load times and navigation issues. ShopChat solves these problems by giving people a chat first shopping solution that's fun and easy to use without ever changing apps. ShopChat works on major messenger apps including Apple iMessage, Facebook Messenger, Viber, Whatsapp, WeChat, Google Chat, Kik Messenger, Tango, Line and others.
Succeeds Where Shopping Bots Are Failing
People spend more time on messaging apps than any other category of apps, but chat commerce is barely developed. Shopping bots were heralded as the future of message commerce, but despite large investments in shopping bots by Facebook and others, people remain unmoved by the experience of chatting with a robot. ShopChat invents a better chat commerce experience by letting people share with those that matter to them: friends and family.
"No one really wants to talk to a computer, any more than they want to talk to a voice response system. That's been the problem with shopping bots. What people really want is a better way to share products with friends, and to be able to buy right from chat, where they are already spending most of their time." said Zephrin Lasker, CEO and Co-Founder of ShopChat. "ShopChat makes it easy for people to share products with friends and shop together, and see a broad selection of products instantly as they browse without having to leave their chat app."
Opportunity for Brands
ShopChat launches with a select number of pilot brands including Sephora, Foot Locker, Guess and others chosen by ShopChat's users. ShopChat users are primarily female with the largest and most active group of users under 24 years old. The company is constantly expanding its brand offerings, using a mix of algorithmic and social graph data to evaluate, optimize and select new brands and products. Brands looking to sign up should contact brands@shopchat.com.
ShopChat's patent-pending technology works inside existing messaging apps, just like emoji or other third party keyboards Bitmoji or Swiftkey. Users install ShopChat once, and it then works on all their messaging apps automatically. This simplicity, combined with the fact that most people use more than one messaging app, makes using ShopChat powerful and easy.
About ShopChat
ShopChat's mission is to make mobile commerce as easy as chatting with friends. The company is based in San Francisco and was founded by proven entrepreneur technologists with experience at Amazon, PayPal, Twitter, Techstars, Pivotal Labs, and Pandora. To learn more, please visit www.shopchat.com.
Posted in Consumer Services, E-Commerce, Mobile, Online Shopping, Shopping, Technology | Tagged Apple iMessage, Commerce, Djamel Agaoua, Facebook Messenger, Google Chat, Kik Messenger, Line, messenger, messenger apps, Mobile, mobile commerce, mobile shopping keyboard, Native Chat Commerce, Rakuten, ShopChat, Tango, viber, WeChat, Whatsapp |
Posted on November 24, 2016 by EPR Retail News
ABBYY Mobile announces 90% off on Productivity and language Apps
Milpitas, CA, 2016-Nov-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — Black Friday is a long-awaited day for everyone who doesn't want to pass up a good deal. This year ABBYY Mobile has prepared some great Black Friday discounts for its productivity and language apps.
Productivity apps:
Business Card Reader Plus for iOS – 90% off: $3.99 instead of $39.99
Business Card Reader Pro for Android – 70% off: $3.99 instead of $14.99
Convert paper business cards to digital with a single tap, manage, export and use them effectively on your smartphone or Apple Watch. Featured by the New Your Times, CNN and The Telegraph.
FineScanner Pro for iOS and Android – 90% off: $3.99 instead of $39.99
Make high-quality electronic copies in PDF or JPEG and convert printed text on them in 193 languages to MS Word, Excel and more. Best mobile scanner according to LifeHacker, editor's choice at PCMag, featured on Discovery.
TextGrabber + Translator for iOS – 80% off: $0.99 instead of $4.99
TextGrabber + Translator for Android – 90% off: $0.99 instead of $9.99
Capture printed text in 60+ languages and translate it into 100+ languages. Digitize and recognize text from books, magazines, ads, and timetables on the go. Featured by Business Insider and LifeHacker.
Bundle:
Black Friday Bundle: TextGrabber + FineScanner Pro – 90% off: $3.99 instead of $41.99
Language apps:
Larousse Spanish Basic for iOS – 50% off: $0.99 instead of $1.99 (Americas only)
Larousse Spanish Advanced for iOS – 60% off: $1.99 instead of $4.99 (Americas only)
Spanish Advanced set of Larousse dictionaries – 50% off: $2.99 instead of $5.99 (Americas only)
Special offer for español learners. Explore useful content bundled with smart word look-up functionality – phrases, idioms, synonyms, antonyms and over 75,000 definitions.
Lingvo Mac – 50% off: $19.99 instead of $39.99
Licensed offline dictionaries for 7 languages with translations and examples of words and phrases (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Russian).
All the information is available on the website: https://www.abbyy.com/en-us/blackfriday-mobile/
Contact-Details: Catherine Matantseva
Catherine_Mat@abbyy.com
Posted in Discounts, Electronics, Retail, Retailer, Technology | Tagged Android, app, Black Friday, business, deal, dictionary, discount, iOS, mac, Mobile, productivity, sale, scanner, translator |
Posted on December 2, 2015 by EPR Retail News Editors
Walmart 2015 Cyber Monday: Mobile firmly established itself as the dominant shopping trend
SAN BRUNO, Calif., 2015-12-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Statement attributable to Fernando Madeira, President and CEO, Walmart.com.
"Mobile firmly established itself as the dominant shopping trend, for both traffic and sales. Mobile is making up more than 70 percent of traffic to Walmart.com, and now, nearly half of our orders since Thanksgiving have been placed on a mobile device – that's double compared to last year. Our customers went from previously mostly searching and browsing on mobile, to making purchases at a much higher rate.
"But what was really fun to see were the products that grew the most in popularity from last year. Star Wars toys, 4K HDTVs 50-55", drones, Xbox One and PS4 video game bundles, iPad Minis and 14-ft. trampolines were among the categories that gained the biggest boost in popularity, and we bought deep in these items to serve customers looking to wrap up those gifts. 2,000 of these and other Cyber Week deals are available on Walmart.com each day through Friday, Dec. 4th.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and live better – anytime and anywhere – in retail stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, we serve nearly 260 million customers who visit our 11,504 stores under 65 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. With fiscal year 2015 revenue of $486 billion, Walmart employs more than 2 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting http://corporate.walmart.com on Facebook at http://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/walmart. Online merchandise sales are available at http://www.walmart.com and http://www.samsclub.com.
SOURCE: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Posted in Business, E-Commerce, Management, Marketing, Retail, Retailer | Tagged Mobile, shopping trend, Walmart, Walmart 2015 Cyber Monday |
RILA: "mobile" may be the new buzz word for retailers in 2016
Arlington, VA, 2015-12-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — This holiday season, a record number of purchases will be made with the use of a mobile device. Some of these purchases will be made in-store, using a smart phone to make the payment at checkout. And a growing number will be purchases made by consumers directly from their mobile device. Added together, and it's clear that "mobile" may be the new buzz word for retailers in 2016. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will be discussing this transformative technology at a hearing this morning entitled, "The Disrupter Series: Mobile Payments."
"With the holiday shopping season in full swing, now is the perfect time for Congress to discuss the dynamic changes at work in our economy, and we're grateful to the House Energy and Commerce Committee for highlighting the mobile revolution that will impact retailers and consumers in the years ahead," said Brian Dodge, executive vice president at the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA).
"Never before in history have consumers had access to so many different merchant platforms and a variety of payment technologies to choose from," said Dodge. "For retailers, meeting this challenge has meant a massive investment in new payment terminals, workforce training, mobile shopping platforms and customer service to ensure we are meeting the needs of our consumers from product selection to check out—regardless of where it occurs."
For decades, Black Friday symbolized the biggest and busiest shopping day of the year, with stores competing against one another with blockbuster sales to drive foot traffic. Just over ten years ago, Cyber Monday became synonymous with online shopping as retailers began to see spikes in online sales the day after the Thanksgiving weekend. This led to new sales strategies designed to attract customers shopping from their home or office. The advent of mobile platforms and payment technologies means consumers can now shop whenever they want wherever they want, and it will be up to retailers to address this challenge going forward.
"The expected growth of mobile shopping and mobile payments means holiday shopping will further evolve to meet the demands and preferences of consumers who now carry in their pocket a global shopping catalog and a bank in one device," said Dodge. "Retailers embrace the challenge of using new technologies that enable them to interact with their customers at any given moment."
And despite the growth of digital platforms, major retailers are still committed to an in-store experience that uses cutting edge technologies to ensure secure payments and a variety of options for the consumer.
"For consumers shopping locally, retailers have invested billions in both new machines and training to ensure consumers have a wide variety of payment options, and that the experience at checkout is as smooth and secure as possible," added Dodge.
Senior Vice President, Communications & Advocacy
Email: jason.brewer@rila.org
SOURCE: Retail Industry Leaders Association
Posted in Business, Management, Marketing, Mobile, Retail, Retailer | Tagged "mobile" may be the new buzz word for retailers in 2016, Brian Dodge, Mobile, RILA |
Posted on March 3, 2015 by EPR Retail News Editors
Kevin Johnson named Starbucks president and COO with focus on Starbucks information technology, mobile and digital platforms
SEATTLE, 2015-3-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Long before Kevin Johnson was named Starbucks president and chief operating officer, and a decade before being appointed to the company's board of directors, he was a Starbucks customer.
"Like everyone else, I started walking into my local Starbucks for coffee and became a part of what millions of people now consider to be their daily ritual," said Johnson. "What I noticed then, and what I continue to appreciate now, is the authentic and thoughtful ways partners (employees) create a great experience for customers and bring the brand to life."
With partners and customers in mind, today Johnson begins his new role with Starbucks. In January, Starbucks announcedJohnson would join the company's senior leadership team following Troy Alstead's decision to take a sabbatical after 23-years with Starbucks.
As Starbucks president and coo, Johnson will manage all operational functions including the global businesses of Starbucks in the Americas, EMEA and China/Asia Pacific. He will also oversee Starbucks global supply chain which works with more than 21,000 stores in 66 countries worldwide. From coffee to cups to chairs and more, the global supply team manages more than 85,000 outbound deliveries per week to Starbucks retail stores, distribution channels and outlets.
Johnson will draw on his decades of experience in the tech industry to direct Starbucks information technology, and mobile and digital platforms. He's a longtime tech leader having served as CEO of Juniper Networks and as a Microsoft executive. At Microsoft, he led worldwide sales, marketing and services which gave him key insights in running a large customer-facing global operation. Johnson said he has a "great deal of passion for innovation and the role technology plays in improving lives."
"The digital revolution has put mobile devices in the hands of consumers and cloud computing enables new types of services. The businesses that utilize technology to enhance their customers' experiences are going to be the big winners in the years to come. I'd definitely put Starbucks in that category," Johnson said.
He has helped guide Starbucks digital strategy since joining the company's board of directors in 2009 – the same year the company introduced its My Starbucks Rewards loyalty program which now has more than nine million members. The most recent innovation for customers, the launch of Mobile Order & Pay, will expand and the company will debut mobile delivery via the Starbucks app later this year.
"The opportunity for me to be a part of Starbucks, which is clearly a leader in the digital space, is both very exciting and humbling," he said.
Johnson's commitment to digital innovation extends to nonprofit businesses. He was a founding board member of NPower, an organization that provides other nonprofits with access to technology and the skills needed to fulfill their social missions. That includes helping young adults and veterans through free tech and professional skills training. Johnson is also involved with Catalyst, a leading nonprofit that focuses on expanding opportunities for women in business. And he supports Youth Eastside Services, one of the largest providers of youth and family counseling assistance in the Seattle area.
Family is at the "center of my world," said Johnson, who grew up with his brother and sister in a small town in New Mexico. Johnson's father was a theoretical physicist; his mother a pediatric nurse.
"I hope that I've taken on the best of my parents' characteristics – the analytical, logical thoughtful nature of my father and the compassionate and caring characteristics of my mother," he added. Kevin and June Johnson have two sons, ages 27 and 30, and one grandchild.
About Starbucks
Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting high-quality arabica coffee. Today, with more than 21,000 stores around the globe, Starbucks is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. Through our unwavering commitment to excellence and our guiding principles, we bring the unique Starbucks Experience to life for every customer through every cup. To share in the experience, please visit our stores or online at Starbucks.com and news.starbucks.com
For more information on this news release, contact the Starbucks Newsroom.
Posted in Business, Food & Beverage, Management, Retail, Retailer, Technology | Tagged digital platforms, EMEA and China/Asia Pacific, information technology, Juniper Networks, Kevin Johnson, Mobile, Mobile Order & Pay, My Starbucks Reward, Starbucks |
Posted on March 4, 2009 by EPR Retail News
The Carphone Warehouse Launches Phone Trade-In Service
The Carphone Warehouse has announced the launch of its exclusive 'Trade-In Calculator' service which allows customers to exchange their old mobile phones for cash when either upgrading to a new handset, buying a new pay as you go handset, or taking out a new contract.
For the first time, customers will be able to instantly find out the true value of their old mobile phones and receive cash in-store at one of over 800 stores nationwide. The model of the old mobile is simply inputted into the 'Trade-In Calculator' operated by sales advisors, which instantly generates an exchangeable figure of up to £200, dependent on the model of the phone. This amount can then be directly redeemed by customers, or offset against the cost of the upgraded handset and contract. The mobile phone trade in service is also available online through The Carphone Warehouse site.
Being the first major high street retailer to offer such a scheme, The Carphone Warehouse can reveal that two million people in the UK are due a mobile phone upgrade, but are yet to take full advantage of receiving a new phone. Consequently, an astonishing £10,000,000 of potential cash is going unclaimed by customers – money that could make a noticeable difference to the bank balance amidst the current financial climate.
Utilising the 'Trade-In Calculator' takes the guesswork out of revealing how much an old handset could be worth. The service works by checking the value of every handset to make sure customers get as much as possible for their old phone. For instance, a high-end handset such as the Nokia Arte would equate to a huge £200 cashback, while more popular handsets from last year such as the Nokia N95 or Sony Ericsson K850i would still generate customers a valuable £115 and £45 respectively.
Andrew Harrison, UK CEO at The Carphone Warehouse said; "Customers are increasingly looking for the best deal when upgrading their mobile phone contract. It's easy to forget the value of your old phone and many end up in drawers gathering dust. Our 'Trade-In Calculator' takes the guesswork out of the true value when trade in your old phone and gives an instant cash 'thank you' to loyal and new customers."
About The Carphone Warehouse
The Carphone Warehouse is the largest independent mobile phone retailer in the UK, with over 820 stores nationwide.
Posted in Consumer Goods, Electronics, Mobile, Online Retailers, Online Shopping, Retail, Retailer, Savings, Shops, Trade-in | Tagged Carphone Warehouse, Consumer Goods, Electronics, Mobile, mobile phone retailer, mobile phone trade in, mobile phone upgrade, mobile phones, Online Retailers, Online Shopping, Retail, Retailer, Savings, Shops, trade in your old phone, Trade-in |
Exclusive form of sophistication and style in contemporary mobility by LG & Prada
LG Electronics (LG), a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, and PRADA, world's leading fashion brand, today announce the global launch of the highly anticipated successor to the PRADA Phone by LG. The latest handset from LG and PRADA partnership is set to hit the stores in Europe by late November this year.
The latest edition of the PRADA Phone by LG (Model: LG-KF900) offers a collection of technical upgrades catering to today's highest mobile needs. In the outer peripherals, new handset preserves the same original minimalist exterior that has now become a key design inspiration of touch screen handsets worldwide. A defining modification for the new handset involves a set of aesthetics keys that slide out to form a more professional look that not only grazes an elevated level of sophistication, but is also a highly efficient communication tool that complements the latest PRADA Phone by LG's technology.
The handset's user interface also receives a powerful improvement with LG's latest active flash UI technology and haptic feedback on touch input enhancing the experience of the phone's exclusive contents offerings. Dynamic upgrades to the software is well complimented by hardware extensions that include 3G capability with HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps and advanced 5 megapixel camera featuring slow motion video recording and DivX playback. Other features include Wi-Fi, full HTML browser, and video calling capabilities.
Reinventing the most exclusive form of mobile sophistication and style, the latest version of the PRADA Phone by LG magnifies the heritage of the predecessor with exclusive PRADA elements including ring tones, wallpapers, and video clips that are carefully selected for users to fully experience the handset inside and out. Each of these unique contents displays PRADA's extraordinary artwork dedicated to the company's visionary design philosophy. Contents include the PRADA Fall/Winter 2008 Lookbook, newPRADA animation films dedicated to the PRADA Phone by LG, and wallpapers illustrating principal themes from PRADA's annual design collections dating back to 2001.
This time around, LG and PRADA reinvents mobile trend with another stunning offering, the 'PRADA Link' (Model: LG-LBA-T950). Expected to release with the new handset, this sleek and elegantly packaged digital timepiece is a Bluetooth device that can remotely monitor phone calls as well as read full SMS text messages without having to extract the phone from a bag or pocket. Extending the handset's luxurious exterior beyond the device itself is a new wearable type accessory; the PRADA Link not only revolutionizes the conventional methods of mobile communication, but adds practicality and convenience to a fashionable statement.
The new PRADA Phone by LG and the PRADA Link will be available with a starting price of 600 Euros and 299 Euros, respectively. The products can be purchased through major mobile dealerships in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, and other countries in Europe. Please contact your local operator for details on the handset's availability in your area.
For further information, please visit www.pradaphonebylg.com
About LG Electronics, Inc.
LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 066570.KS) is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications, employing more than 82,000 people working in 114 operations including 82 subsidiaries around the world. With 2007 global sales of USD 44 billion, LG is comprised of four business units – Mobile Communications, Digital Appliance, Digital Display and Digital Media. LG is the world's leading producer of mobile handsets, flat panel TVs, air conditioners, front-loading washing machines, optical storage products, DVD players and home theater systems.
LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company (LG) is a leading global mobile communication and information company. LG creates handsets that provide an optimized mobile experience to customers around the world with its cutting-edge technology and innovative handset design capabilities. Increasingly, LG is perusing convergence technology and mobile computing products. LG will continue to take leadership in the mobile communication environment with stylish designs and smart technology. For more information, please visit www.lge.com.
About PRADA Group
The PRADA Group is one of the world's leading companies in the luxury goods market. Through the Prada, Miu Miu, Church's and Car Shoe brands, the Group manufactures and markets high-quality handbags, leather goods and accessories, footwear, ready-to-wear, eyewear and fragrances. Its products are sold in 78 Countries around the world through 211 directly operated stores and a network of selected, high-end multi-brand shops and luxury department stores. The Group relies on 16 production plants, 14 located in Italy and 2 in Great Britain (for Church's) and on 6,900 employees worldwide. Group's revenues in 2007 reached 1.7 billion Euros.
Posted in Consumer Goods, Electronics, Fashion, Mobile, Online Shopping, Retail, Shopping | Tagged Consumer Goods, Electronics, Fashion, LG, LG-KF900, LG-LBA-T95, Mobile, Online Shopping, PRADA Phone, PRADA Phone by LG, Retail, Shopping |


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GAUSS will first look in your current working directory for myfile.gss or myprocs.src. If they are not found, GAUSS will then search the folders in the SRC_PATH.
How can I find my current SRC_PATH?
You can see which folders are in your SRC_PATH in the Library Tool by following these steps.
Open the Library Tool (View > Library Tool).
Expand the Paths node and the Sources node.
The last two folders from the full path are shown. Hover your mouse over one of the paths to see all folders in the path.
Alternatively, you can use the sysstate command to print out a semi-colon separated list of paths.
The above command will return something similar to one of the following.
You can also use the sysstate command to modify your SRC_PATH. Instead of passing in a zero for the second argument, pass in the new SRC_PATH.
Since the SRC_PATH folders are searched in order, adding a new path to the front of the list means that it will be searched first (after the current working directory). This new SRC_PATH will be in effect until it is reset or until GAUSS is restarted.
When GAUSS starts up, the SRC_PATH is initially set from the contents of the gauss.cfg file. The gauss.cfg file is located in the GAUSSHOME directory. The line which controls the SRC_PATH will look something like this.
In the line above, $(GAUSSDIR) means your GAUSSHOME directory. In the code below, we add the same path from our earlier sysstate example to the front of the SRC_PATH.
Since this file is read every time that GAUSS starts, this is a more permanent solution.
The SRC_PATH is a list of file paths that GAUSS searches when looking for files to run or open.
The current SRC_PATH can be found by looking in the Library Tool, or using the sysstate command.
The SRC_PATH can be modified with the sysstate command or by editing the gauss.cfg file.


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Power should shift to Ekiti South - Group
'Equity for Ekiti', group has advocated for power shift to Ekiti South Senatorial District in next year's governorship election.
In a statement by its Chairman and former state lawmaker, Afolabi Akanni, Secretary, Oluwafemi Alonge and Director of Communications, Kingsley Ogungbolude, stated that the zone should produce the next governor in the spirit of fairness, equity and justice.
They also added that the bond of unity from pre-colonial days led to the formation of the famed Ekiti Confederation, Pelupelu, by the rulers of 120 towns and villages.
According to Equity Group, the agitation for equal distribution of power among the local governments, senatorial districts and the state will shape future elections.
"Our members cut across the 177 wards. It is an idea conceptualised by political and opinion leaders around August 2020, officially inaugurated in December 2020. It was inaugurated with over 200 members with a minimum of 10 members per ward.
"Our aims are to demand equal distribution of democratic dividends in Ekiti, advocate, campaign and canvas support for a progressive Ekiti State, and to impress the role of equity in societal development, which is centred on fairness and justice for promotion of peaceful co-existence, unity, love and better development among Ekiti citizenry at home and in the diaspora for posterity.
"We urge political parties, opinion leaders, political actors and all interests to allow equity for Ekiti by ensuring that the next governorship tickets emerge from the South Senatorial District, regardless of political affiliation.
"We call on stakeholders to uphold the integrity of the founding fathers of our dear state, which also centres on selflessness, oneness, fairness, equity and justice by supporting this objective agitation.
"We admonish political leaders, actors and gladiators, particularly the two major contending parties, that is, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to beam their searchlight on the South Senatorial District to present governorship aspirants in the interest of fairness, equity and justice, to ensure a progressive Ekiti State," Afolabi said.
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How to create vectors in Julia and R? The following table translates the most common Julia commands into R language.
The following R script creates an example dataset to illustrate the application of clustered standard errors. You can download the dataset here.


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Indian Rayon has reported a topline growth of 14% YoY for the September quarter, aided mainly by impressive growth in garments, textile and VFY (viscose filament yarn) segments. Also, for the same period, the company has reported a substantial 73% YoY growth in its bottomline, which has been helped by extra ordinary income and a steep fall in interest cost. However, the topline growth for 1HFY04 is not very impressive, affected by the dismal performance of it VFY and textile divisions in 1QFY04.
The major cost, which is on account of raw materials have remained constant at around 50%, as percentage of net sales, and this has helped operating margins for 2QFY04 to remain stable at 16.2%. Interest expenses of the company reduced by around 38% as the company has repaid debentures worth Rs 770 m in last nine months. Combined with this decline in interest expenses , a 17% increase in interest income has resulted the net interest paid to decline by 49% during 2QFY04. Also, extraordinary earning of around Rs 200 m arising out of the company�s disposal of its holding in Indo Gulf Fertilizers, have helped in improving the net profit margins by around 430 basis points.
Indian Rayon is a diversified company and, as such, a segmental break-up would help in a better understanding of the company�s financial performance. Take a look at the table below.
As seen from the above table, revenues from the garment segment have grown by 25% on the back of higher volumes (up 34%). In its strategy to counter competition from lower end cheap suppliers, Indian Rayon has been successful in introducing lower price point products (through its Peter England brand), which has helped it in improving its volumes. For this (garment) segment, the PBDIT margins have remained stable at little higher than 8%.
VFY revenues for the quarter were up by around 10%. For 2QFY04, volumes increased by around 10% YoY for this segment, but the realisations remained at same levels as compared to 2QFY03. PBDIT margins for the segment also remained stable at around 26%. The outlook for VFY business is positive, as VFY is gaining increasing acceptance in the fashion industry. The company has stated that it will focus on premium segment and will try to increase the sale of first quality yarn to 76% (from 62% at present) of total VFY business. Its also plans to set up dyed yarn units going forward, which will further strengthen the product portfolio of the company.
Textile revenues for the quarter increased by around 16% YoY. However, the margins lowered mainly due to increase in prices of wool, which forms the major chunk of raw material for worsted yarn, which contributed around 43% of the textile segment revenues. Since 50% of the textile revenues comes from exports, strengthening of rupee also affected the realisations.
Coming to the carbon black business, for the September quarter, its revenues went up by around 8% YoY mainly due to higher volumes. However, realisations came down marginally. The outlook for the segment remains positive due to growth prospects in auto sector. The company is expanding its carbon black production by around 36%, which is expected to come up by the end of last quarter of FY04.
At the current price of Rs 195, the stock trades at a P/E multiple of 6.9x its annualised 1HFY04 earnings. However, excluding extra ordinary income, which is not recurring in nature, the stock trades at P/E multiple of 18.1x. Indian Rayon�s divestment into unrelated businesses is still a cause of concern. The company had already burnt its fingers in acquiring stake in MRPL, which it later sold off to ONGC, registering a one-time loss. Even recently, the company has completed acquisition of Trans Works, a BPO business. Investors need to remain cautious considering the company�s diversified (into unrelated areas) business interest.
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Death: May 30, 2011
Place of Birth: Crookston, Minnesota
Location of Death: Wilmette, Illinois
Burial Location: Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Skokie, Illinois
A Minnesota native of Syrian heritage, Gayle Alice Abas was brought up in an Arabic-speaking Muslim family that explored the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh in the 1930s through friendship with Clement Woolson, a physician who had moved from New York in 1909 to raise a Bahá'í community in St. Paul and had met 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His extended visit to America in 1912.
Family members who embraced the Bahá'í Faith included her father, Hassen Abas, who later established the Faith in North Dakota, along with her mother, Mahdie; brothers Julian and Gerald Abas, who worked to develop Bahá'í communities in Wyoming and Arkansas, respectively; her grandfather Kamel Hider; another brother, Murrie Abas; and sisters, Dahela Hick, Loroli Moore and Victoria Abas. Another brother, Edward, was a long-standing friend of the Faith.
Gayle Abas Woolson opened the Galapagos Islands to the Bahá'í Faith in 1954 — thus earning the distinction of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh — she was already a veteran pioneer for the Faith in Latin America. She had co-founded the Bahá'í community of Costa Rica, helped raise the first Local Spiritual Assembly in Central America, and served on elected National Spiritual Assemblies. She was also part of the first appointed Bahá'í Auxiliary Board serving the Americas.
A Bahá'í since 1932, she was part of a family that helped establish or consolidate the Faith in North Dakota, Wyoming and Arkansas. Passionate about spreading its healing teachings, she authored books on the Faith and provided valuable translation work. In later years she trained children in speaking to the public about Bahá'í principles.
She has written Haifa Notes which can be read here.
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Trial Run. A short Sci-Fi love story. What is the cost of failed love, and who really pays the price?
In Trial Run, Rm Harrington examines the way we measure love. Reading this short story may give you an attitude adjustment.


The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) accepts a limited number of unpaid interns on an ad hoc basis. The objective of the internship programme is to enhance the educational experience of graduate and post-graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds through practical work assignments and on-the-job experience, to expose them to the work of the United Nations and to provide UNICRI with the assistance of highly qualified students specialized in various professional fields. UNICRI will not bear any cost for the internship and all expenses connected with it must be borne by the intern.


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Q: Promote site collections as extranet sites in SP2016 I have a single web application which should be used by internals and external partners.
Some sites should be available for externals, some not and therefore I have created managed paths:
https://project.company.com/int
https://project.company.com/ext

I want to make all site collections on ext path to be available from outside.
Is it possible and if that's correct how can I achieve this?

A: You can certainly do this. Here are some things you will need:

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*Your web application will need to have multiple authentication enabled: Windows for internal users, forms-based authentication (FBA) for external users.

*You will need a site-collection feature that provides external user membership functionality and security policies that you can enable on your site collections in your ext managed path.

*A forms-based authentication page that is friendly for both internal and external users.

*A firewall/proxy that supports managed path routing (like Sophos UTM), assuming you only want to allow Internet traffic to the ext managed path.

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US: off-year elections deal losses to Republicans
The off-year elections held November 8 in several US states provide further evidence of the plummeting political standing of President George W. Bush and the Republican Party. The Republicans lost the two most important contests, for the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia. In the largest state, California, Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was repudiated in a special election in which all four measures he placed on the ballot were rejected by voters. (See "California Special Election: voters reject right-wing measures")
In both gubernatorial elections the Republican candidates labored under the burden of the unpopularity of the Bush administration. In Virginia, which Bush carried a year ago by 54 percent to 45 percent, Republican Jerry Kilgore, the state's attorney general, won only 46 percent of the vote, while the Democratic lieutenant governor, Timothy Kaine, won 52 percent. Republican candidates narrowly won the other two races, for lieutenant governor and attorney general, and the Republican Party remains in control of the state legislature, with 58 out of 100 seats, many of them unchallenged by the Democrats. There were two-party contests in only 49 of 100 seats, less than half.
In heavily Democratic New Jersey, Senator Jon Corzine defeated Republican Douglas Forrester by 54 percent to 43 percent. Both candidates are multimillionaires: Corzine is the former chairman of Goldman Sachs, the huge investment bank, while Forrester's fortune was made in mail-order prescriptions. The two candidates spent a colossal $72 million, with Corzine outspending his rival by about the margin of his electoral victory. The Democrats also retained control of the state legislature.
In both states, the Republican candidates sought to distance themselves from the administration in Washington. Bush never campaigned in New Jersey, and when he visited Virginia in October to make a speech on terrorism and national defense, Kilgore did not join him. Their only side-by-side campaign appearance came November 7, on the eve of the vote, at a rally for Republican campaign workers.
The results of the two statewide campaigns did not suggest any significant increase in public support for the Democratic Party, but rather growing hostility to the Bush administration combined with distrust and suspicion of both parties. The Democratic Party is incapable of making any genuine appeal to the mass opposition to Bush because, like the Republicans, it defends the profit system and the interests of the American ruling elite.
A poll by the Pew Research Center, released on Election Day, found that Bush's approval rating fell to 36 percent, the lowest since he took office. His approval rating among independents—those not affiliated with either the Democrats or Republicans—fell to 29 percent, down from 47 percent in January. The approval ratings of both parties are declining, a phenomenon that demonstrates that millions of people are looking for an alternative.
Tuesday's balloting also included mayoral campaigns in dozens of cities as well as statewide referendum votes. In New York City, despite a 5-1 registration advantage, the Democrats proved incapable of conducting a serious effort against incumbent Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The media billionaire won easily with a self-financed $75 million reelection campaign. It was the fourth consecutive municipal election lost by the Democrats in New York City.
The clearest expression of anti-Bush sentiment came in an intra-party contest for the mayor's office in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mayor Randy Kelly, the incumbent Democrat, endorsed Bush in the presidential election last year, provoking a challenge to his reelection by former city council member Chris Coleman. Both Kelly and Coleman are members of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, as the statewide Democratic organization is known in Minnesota. Coleman won by an overwhelming margin, 69 percent to 31 percent, with polls showing that two-thirds of the voters wanted to punish Kelly for his support of Bush.
The Virginia gubernatorial campaign showed that the vicious political methods of Bush and his chief political aide, Karl Rove, based on appeals to religious fundamentalism and reactionary prejudices, are increasingly ineffective even in a conservative Southern state. Kilgore had been leading in the polls throughout the summer, though narrowly, but Kaine began to pull even in September, as the response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster showed the incompetence of the Bush administration and its indifference to the poorest sections of the working class.
Kilgore's handlers then unleashed what they believed would be an unanswerable barrage of attack ads on Kaine, focusing on his opposition to capital punishment and his past work as a lawyer representing death penalty defendants. The ads featured the families of murder victims emotionally condemning Kaine, with one declaring that Kaine would have opposed the execution of Adolf Hitler. The ads apparently backfired and Kilgore began to fall behind, as polls showed a majority believed the Republican was conducting a dirty campaign.
Kaine's response to the ads was also revealing. The Democrat based his opposition to the death penalty on his religion—he is a churchgoing Catholic—while minimizing the practical significance of his stance. He explained that he was a court-appointed defense lawyer in the two death penalty cases, not a crusader against capital punishment. And he pledged that as governor he would carry out his legal responsibility to rubber-stamp executions, regardless of his personal views.
The Virginia campaign saw a further escalation in the enormous sums expended by the two big business parties. Both Kilgore and Kaine spent over $20 million to win the governorship of a middle-sized state—an amount sufficient to finance a presidential campaign only 10 years ago. Despite the saturation advertising, voter turnout in Virginia was relatively light, with only 43 percent of those eligible going to the polls.
There were, however, some trends worth noting: the biggest swing against the Republicans, compared to the 2004 presidential vote, came in suburban areas of northern Virginia, including the two fast-growing outer suburban counties, Loudoun and Prince William, which Bush carried by 22,000 votes a year ago, but Kaine won Tuesday.
Kilgore had sought to make illegal immigration an issue in northern Virginia, denouncing the local government in Herndon, a Fairfax County suburb, for providing a hiring center for immigrant day laborers that asked no questions about their legal status. Kilgore lost Fairfax, the state's most populous county, by better than a 60 to 40 percent margin.
In California there were no candidates on the ballot, but Governor Schwarzenegger and the state Republican Party engineered a special election on a series of eight referendum propositions, four of them placed on the ballot with Schwarzenegger's support: to make it easier to fire public school teachers; to restrict the use of union dues for political contributions; to give the governor greater power to cut state spending; and to take the power to redistrict state and federal electoral boundaries out of the hands of the Democratic-controlled state legislature.
Schwarzenegger portrayed the special election as a continuation of a war against "special interests" that began with his victory in the 2003 recall election. He singled out "public employee union bosses" for vituperation, and spent $7 million of his own money on campaign commercials. But all four of the Schwarzenegger-backed propositions were defeated. The result was repudiation not just of the Republican governor, but of the method of government-by-referendum employed by corporate interests and right-wing lobbies in California for more than a quarter century. All told, the state paid $50 million to run a special election and campaign contributors shelled out $250 million for and against the various propositions, with no results.
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人尿による白血球核の加水分解を用いての血球鑑別法(所謂Brachetテスト)の本態に関する研究
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The accurate classification of leukemia is very important, because antileukemic agents have different effects for each leukemic types. But still now, it is often difficult, especially in acute leukemias. The urine hydrolysis test was first proposed by Brachet and then Thoma and Gardner et al, who suggested that nuclear chromatin of myelocytic cells were "hydrolysed", while lymphocytic and monocytic nuclei remained intact. The purpose of this study were to establish the most considerable conditions to carry out this test, and to confirm the very responsible substance in urine for this test. Certainly, the lytic action of the urine on nuclear chromatin were variable in different conditions. Therefore, 3 factors, pH and temperature of the urine and incubation time were discussed for the purpose of standardization of Brachet's test. The temperature of urine specimen was heated at 60℃ in preliminary studies. But it was demonstrated that the most effective temperature of this test was 37℃ from aspects of its biochemical natures in this paper, so I tried to design the best method. It was the best method with temperature of 37℃ with incubation time of 10, 20, 30, and 40 minutes for each blood film, which showed satisfactory results in hydrolyze myelocytic cell nuclear chromatin to differentiate from other cells. The optimum pH range of the urine for this reaction were different in blood film and in bone-marrow film. Nevertheless, it was noted that the range of pH 6.2 to 6.8 was common and suitable for both films. The urine substance responsible for this test was studied further. The effect of varying concentration of salt solution and pure distilled water were tried in same method instead of the urine with various conditions but they showed only diffused nonspecific effect, not like the urine specimen. Also purified enzyme solution of RNase in buffered solution and in distilled water resulted nonspecific reaction. On the other hand, the reaction of crystaline DNase solution applied to blood film were markedly simi1ar to those of the Brachet's test. The DNase activities on the urine, were parallel very well with the results of the Brachet's test. In addition, the activities of the Brachet's test fell down linialy with dilution of the urine by buffered solution. From these, the hydrolysis of nuclear chromatin of cells seemed to be due to DNase of urine most likely. Especially, DNase I must be responsible for the Brachet's test because the optimum pH and temperature in this test were at pH 6.6 to 6.8 at 37℃, while no activity was seen at pH 5.0. And this test was inhibited by citrate and not by MgSo4. In clinical application, it was observed that this Brachet's test was exactly useful in differentiation of the type of leukemic patients.


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Ministry of Foreign Affairs loans Azaña Exhibition with Collar of the Civil Order of the Republic that the president wore at ceremony to take office
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation has loaned the Collar of the Civil Order of the Republic to the exhibition entitled "Azaña, Intellectual and Statesman", which he wore at the ceremony to swear him into office. This historical item, identified during cataloguing works, was found in a strongbox that housed the cultural assets kept by the ministerial department, and is the only example of a collar of this order of the Republic that remains. The exhibition, organised by the First Vice-Presidency of the Government, through the State Secretariat for Democratic Memory, by the National Library of Spain and by Spanish Cultural Action, will remain open to the public until 4 April.
As well as at the swearing-in ceremony as President of the Republic on 11 May 1936, the collar also appears in the portrait of Manuel Azaña painted by J. M. López Mezquita, which is housed by the Hispanic Society of America in New York. Its identification was made possible thanks to the numbering (in this case number 3) of the collars of the Order of the Republic and because the Chancellery of the Order of the ministerial department keeps the "Book of Recipients of the Order of the Republic (Collar)" in which the details are contained of all the people who were presented with this honour.
Enrique de Álvaro, a public official at the Museum Conservatory Corps, an expert in the matter, explains that "the Collar of the Civil Order of the Republic that belonged to Manuel Azaña, President of the Republic was found in the collection kept by the ministerial department, "although this was bestowed on him prior to becoming president, when he was President of the Council of Ministers before becoming President of the Republic. And we know that this was in some way returned to the ministerial department by the Court of Political Responsibilities. How the court obtained it is as yet unknown".
This honour was bestowed on six occasions. It was bestowed in 1932 on Niceto Alcalá Zamora, and also on the Republican, Alejandro Lerroux, in 1933. And beyond our borders, it was bestowed on the President of Mexico Abelardo L. Rodríguez, on Albert Lebrun, President of the French Republic and on the President of the Republic of Czechoslovakia.
On the scale of the civil order, the collars are the most important honour that can be bestowed and, unlike other honours, must be returned upon the death of the person upon whom it was bestowed. But, out of the six collars awarded, there is only evidence that the collar of the French President was returned, which is kept at the Museum of the Legion of Honour and that of Manuel Azaña, kept here at the ministerial department.
The loan of this collar to the Azaña Exhibition is the second contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, since on 15 December, the table used by Manuel Azaña on which he signed his resignation as President of the Republic from exile was given to the National Library on loan from the ministerial department. The table, donated by the owner of the French hacienda where the signing took place, was received with honours by the State Secretary for Global Spain, Manuel Muñiz.
State Orders
The State Orders are part of the system of honours and privileges that the State reserves to bestow on citizens who, by their virtue and good deeds to the common good, have deserved this right. As explained by María Sebastián de Erice, Second Presenter of Ambassadors, out of the different civil orders that exist in Spain today, two of the most important – the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic and the Order of Civil Merit – lie with the Chancellery of the Ministry of Foreign Affair, European Union and Cooperation to be bestowed, through the Directorate-General of Protocol, Chancellery and Orders. The ministerial department processes proposed awards and, once approved, hands over a title and a badge. The orders are divided into different ranks: Cross, Official Cross, Commission, Numbered Commission and Grand Cross and Collar.
The awards may also be bestowed on legal persons, which are known in this case as a "tie", to be displayed, for example, on a flag.
Aside from these two awards, the ministerial department formerly housed other orders of the Royal Order of Carlos III, which were here until the 1980s, and before that the Order of the Noble Ladies of María Luisa and the Civil Order of the Republic, which was the great order created by the Republic to bestow on private citizens.
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Jesus said: The war, in Iran, will not end, My children. Neither, will the 'staged wars', within Syria. And, neither, will the government, stop 'staging', hoax-attacks, on different countries, as they want all the resources, that are available, for the people. They want to take, and covet deeply: that which they do not possess. They are power-hungry warlords, My children. The more wars, carnage, and atrocities, the better, they feel, inside, about themselves. This is way beyond 'the conscience' My children. These people, are spiritually and mentally insane. And their 'thirst for blood' cannot be quenched. For they receive their 'marching orders', from the enemy's camp – from the evil one himself. And just as he is a murderer, and a liar, so too are they 'taking on the image' of their father.
The lies, the propaganda, the constant 'holes', in all of the governments' stories, are going to be 'brought to the light' now. This will be part of My Mercy, on the World. However, My Justice has come, in informing 'the ignorant', of what is about to happen to this World. The 'ignorant souls', are about to wake-up. Because 'physical reality' is no longer 'a conspiracy theory'.
What is about to manifest – in a very real way, is no longer just 'some prophet's ramblings'. I hear, your interior lives My people, and I know how you have 'chosen to respond', to My Two Ambassadors. If there was an Embassy in Heaven, then these Two, would be sent, on behalf of Heaven, to make peace, where there is none. But since, there is no Embassy in Heaven, I have sent My Two Ambassadors, to declare War upon the antichrist, and the One World Government's Agenda, and to proxy on behalf of Me, to divide hearts and souls - because people must choose. You must choose, where you stand on this 'battlefield'. What team do you all want to be on? Make your choice, and 'stick with it'. For I abhor lukewarmness. I am not a 'god of war', nor a 'god of peace'. But I am in these times: The Most High True God of Justice.


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"The Soul Reaver"- Maelstrom of Souls
JUL/16
"Never trust what you have observed observed when dealing with the Dark Eldar. The only certain truth is that you saw exactly what they wished you to see."
-Relhadhar Antariel, Eldar Corsair
While Jak was entertaining the arena spectators by dismembering Anyalra's Wych Champion, Unarlan, and Kelson and Magos Domos had just initiated their manipulations of the vestiges of the Gaelan Sphere's Machine Spirit to teleport and release the imprisoned Dark Eldar slaves and deadly creatures of the arena unto their captors, the rest of the party had been rounded up for interrogation after a fellow slave, Obedhiaus Fyst, told the Dark Eldar about the group's plan to start a slave uprising and escape. Fortunately for the group, while the chaos and carnage caused by the actions of Kelson and Domos were taking place, some of their newfound allies, fellow slaves Relhadhar (an Eldar Corsair), Rucker and Doomonue (two humans), and Nashrik (and the remnants of her Kroot clan), were able to free them. The Cult of the Withered Blade are hard pressed to contain this sudden release of thousands of prisoners and beasts, which had them outnumbered, and they tried unsuccessfully to contain the outbreak, which eventually broke out of the Shadowspine Pits and into the city proper.
The Acolytes, with the exception of Jak (who has decided to join up with Captain Anja Shen and her crew to fight to reclaim the Captain's void ship, the Hostile Transaction), and their allies grab what weapons they can from the numerous dead and join in the fight to break out. Wyches, Grotesques and Kabalite Warriors from the arena try to stand in their way but are brutally dispatched and, under Magos Domos' direction, the slaves are able to break into the Wych and Kabalite armories and further increase their fighting capabilities.
After linking up briefly with Magos Domos for a status update, and to pick up their ally, a rogue psyker and fellow prisoner named Neija, the group takes a remote and little used route in the Shadowspine Pits with the objective of opening up a non-defended access way into the Dark Eldar city. They are surprised to find Succubus Anyalra and a cadre of her elite Hekatrix Bloodbrides waiting for them. Interestingly, Anyalra has accepted that she cannot contain the slave uprising, but wants the acolytes to pay for their role in facilitating it. She challenges to fight each of them, one at a time, and should they succeed in defeating her, her retinue will let them pass. The challenge is accepted and one by one the acolytes, and their allies, take on the Succubus. From the onset it is clear that Anyalra is a master of melee combat and she doesn't even break a sweat as she easily flips and somersaults away from attacks, parries strikes and lashes out with her own, sometimes in a playful manner but with vicious results. Each of the acolytes and their allies are defeated, and only Bishop manages to actually wound the Wych with a lucky close-range shotgun blast.
Luckily, before Anyalra can take them back as prisoners, the group is saved by an unexpected explosion on the nearby wall, which was caused by demolition charges set by another one of their allies, an elderly Scintillan nobleman named Heneris who represents an unnamed patron who is interested in acquiring the Soul Reaver and the services of Neija for reasons unexplained. The blast collapses the wall and part of the ceiling onto Anyalra and her retinue and the acolytes join Heneris and his entourage into the Dark Eldar city where they assist in the slave uprising against their former masters. The slave population in the Nexus of Shadows vastly outnumbers the Dark Eldar, and the losses that the slaves sustain are quickly replenished as they start to liberate the slaves that serve the various Kabals of the city. It would be here that Jez would start to demonstrate her leadership abilities by periodically taking command of both her comrades and groups of slaves, and directing them forward in several victorious assaults.
Initially slow to respond because the forces of the various Kabals were taken by surprise by the slaves' sudden revolt, the slaves are able to gain momentum and territory as the Dark Eldar throw forces piecemeal at them while they muster their armies and battle fleets. Scourges, Hellions and Reaver jet bikes attack and harass the slaves from the skies, while Kabalite warriors on foot and mounted in Raider and Venom skimmers set up blockades and assault forces. This provides Archon Salaine Morn with the perfect time to start her initial attack on the Nexus of Shadows and her infiltrated ground forces begin their assault on holdings of the Kabal of the Splintered Talon while she moves her ships into position to bombard enemy forces from afar while waiting for the acolytes to bring down the city's deadly anti-ship defense grid, the Razor's Web. Some of Morn's ship captains appear too eager to close the distance with their rivals and the Razor's Web goes to work unleashing devastating barrages of lethal energy to push them back.
Using makeshift vox-casters that Magos Domos and Kelson were able to covertly construct, the group is able to maintain contact with the Magos, as well as make contact with Archon Morn who instructs them to meet her on top of one of the city's towering spires for further instructions and support. The group breaks off from the main army of revolting slaves and breaches the structure- taking on its Kabalite guards and fighting their way to the roof. Luck appears to have been deeply influenced from her imprisonment by the Wyches and has taken to trying to emulate their dress and fighting-style; donning Wych armor and even wielding Wych weapons. The Kabalite Warriors put up a fierce defense, but the acolytes and their allies reach their objective despite being seriously wounded. On the roof, Archon Morn provides the group with Raiders and Venoms for transportation to Archon Zaergarn Kul's palace (where the Soul Reaver resides), additional weapons, explosive charges to free the Soul Reaver, a "severing" device to deactivate the Razor's Web and Xenos medical treatment that heals their various injuries but leaves their bodies feeling tainted and corrupted; Silvain turns down this offer of treatment and elects to manage the rest of the mission with his battered body.
While Archon Morn departs back to her ship to wait for the deactivation of the Razor's Web, the group heads out with their allies in a small convoy of skimmers toward Archon Kul's palace. The trip to the palace is a fast and treacherous one as the skimmers navigate at high speeds through other skimmer traffic and stationary obstacles, as well as volleys of lethal gunfire unleashed from the Razor's Web, capital ships, Hellions, skimmers and jet bikes. Despite struggling to keep up with Relhadhar's expert piloting skills, Gunn's newfound proficiency in operating the Xenos craft is good enough, and with only the losses of a couple of Heneris' men, the convoy makes it to the palace where it lands on the roof near Kul's Deathworld Gardens. Relhadhar assures everyone that the garden has a secret passage that leads down into the palace where they can then make their way to the Soul Reaver's berth. Defended by an elite cadre of Kabalite Trueborn Spire Guards, the group becomes engaged in a brutal battle where Gunn attempts to crash a Raider into the ranks of the guards but misses his target and crashes into an elegant staircase instead. Luckily, he is able to jump free of the wreck before it bursts into flames and manages to catch some of the guards in the blast.
With the guards vanquished, and more on the way, the group makes haste into the Deathworld gardens to brave the dangers inside. Ever alert, the group makes it through the deadly flora and fauna with only a few minor injuries and finds the door leading into the palace. Luckily for the group of intruders, the Dark Eldar are more concerned with mobilizing their forces to fight the slave rebellion and the rival Kabal outside the palace walls than with internal security. With Relhadhar leading the way through the maze of twisting corridors, stairs and rooms, and bypassing Kabalite patrols, the group is able to make it to the massive chamber that houses the Soul Reaver.
Anchored by massive gantries and a tangle of cables, the Soul Reaver is actually a massive Eldar battleship. Its hull is corrupted and pitted and it does not appear to be void-worthy. There is an eerie unexplained feeling that emanates from the ship and Relhadhar again, states his belief that the ship should be destroyed for the betterment of all. No one openly agrees with this, with the exception of Gunn, who tells the Eldar Corsair that they can explore that option once the ship is free. The massive chamber is patrolled by roving squads of Kabalite Warriors and the group breaks up into four smaller groups to better avoid detection and to carry out their mission- three of the groups will set up the three explosive charges to free the ship and the last will enter the ship to plant the "severing" device on the Soul Reaver's bridge.
Responsible for setting up the explosive charges, Kelson, Jez, Pullo, Rucker, Nashrik, Neija and Heneris and his followers split into groups. Each group is successful in locating the proper place to set up the charges and insuring they are placed correctly, but Pullo's group (also containing Heneris, Neija and some of Heneris' followers) are noticed by the Dark Eldar guards and are attacked; during the battle Pullo is seriously wounded but their task is successful.
Meanwhile, Gunn, Luck, Silvain, Doomonue, Bishop, and Relhadhar proceed into the Soul Reaver to set the "severing" device. They find the Soul Reaver deserted, but note the strangeness of the place and its deteriorated interior. They reach the ship's bridge and find it to be a huge empty chamber with only a gem encrusted pedestal of crystal in the center. An examination of this pedestal shows that there is a Dark Eldar figure laying on top who is well-preserved, but appears to have been dead for some time. The crystal of the pedestal has encased the figure, like a cocoon. Relhadhar identifies the figure as Archon Zaergarn Kul and suspects that this is why no one in the Nexus of Shadows has seen the Archon for quite some time.
After placing the "severing" device, the group is attacked, via Webway portal, by Haemonculus Drecarus (the interim leader of the Kabal of the Splintered Talon in Kul's absence) and some of his Wrack disciples. What follows is a desperate and brutal battle where the Dark Eldar unleash pain and agony from a variety of weaponry that utilize toxins and corrosive properties. Drecarus, an expert gunslinger, fires his dual stinger pistols with uncanny precision and one of his shots tears out one of Luck's eyeballs and pins it to the crystal pedestal. Relhadhar goes into a rage upon seeing his longtime torturer and his twin swords cut down several Wracks before confronting Drecarus himself. Relhadhar's fury and swordsmanship is not enough to kill the Haemonculus, but he seriously wounds him before Drecarus sends twin stinger shots into the Eldar Corsair's body that contain toxins that cause Relhadhar's body to expand and explode in a gruesome fashion. With the Soul Reaver's blood-splattered bridge containing only the dead or dying, only Doomonue and Bishop remain standing against Drecarus and one remaining Wrack. A carefully aimed shot from Doomonue's hand cannon glances off the Haemonculus' skull and stuns the Xenos as he tries to regain his bearings. Seizing upon this opening, Doomonue and Bishop unload their guns on Drecarus and the volley of gunfire is too for even the altered physique of the wounded Haemonculus to handle and he collapses to the floor while the remaining Wrack flees back through the Webway portal.
Meanwhile, with the "severing" device in place and the Razor's Web deactivated, the ceiling of the chamber that houses the Soul Reaver collapses after several loud explosions are heard outside. With the ceiling now open to the void, a Stryxis capital ship can be see maneuvering into position to tow the Soul Reaver from its berth; per Bishop and Hobhyoos Gies' agreement, the Stryxis merchant has arrived for the ship. Many grapnels and lines are sent down from the ship and a small army of voidsmen begins to attach them to the Soul Reaver. Gies sends a shuttle down to pick-up the group. With this massive breach in the Archon's palace, Kabalite Warriors of the Splintered Talon respond in force and Jez steps up again as the leader to coordinate the defense of the theft operation- setting up fields of fire, calling out weak spots and warning of flanking operations. Her efforts are enough for the group to hold off the Dark Eldar while the Soul Reaver is properly secured. In an act of treachery during the ongoing firefight, Heneris and his followers ambush Pullo and Rucker so they can seize Neija and commandeer the shuttle sent by Gies. With Rucker dead and Pullo on the edge of joining him, the shuttle takes off leaving the acolytes and the rest of their allies behind.
Meanwhile, on the Soul Reaver's bridge, the group inside the ship are tending to their wounded comrades and mourning Relhadhar's death when they are approached by one of Archon Kul's lieutenants, Dyrac Nyr, and his retinue. Taking in the scene, including his crystal-encased master and the dead Haemonculus, Nyr demands that Gunn (who he's had interactions with previously in the Pits) explain what his group is doing aboard his master's ship. Despite the concerns over what Nyr might do if he finds out what the group intends to do with Kul's ship, Gunn decides to tell the truth about their plans to take the ship. Nyr listens to this without comment, and after a long uncomfortable silence, he and his entourage leave without further discussion.
With the ship finally secured, and no time to waste because of the Splintered Talon forces converging on the palace to stop the theft of the Soul Reaver, Gies' ship begins lifting the Soul Reaver free of its berth and into the void above the palace. With death sure to follow if they remain behind in the palace, Jez leads her allies and comrades onto the Soul Reaver to join with the "severing" team. Rejoined aboard the towed ship, the groups are relieved to find that despite the decrepit state that the Soul Reaver appears to be in, it seems to be void-worthy. Pullo tells the group of Heneris' treachery and follow-up vox traffic with Gies seems to indicate that Heneris and the Stryxis have come to some type of business agreement. With no other options, those aboard the Soul Reaver settle in for the ride out of the Nexus hoping the Stryxis can get them out of the battle zone with their prize.
Unfortunately, no one counted on Zaergarn Kul having plans of his own. With the battle for the Nexus of Shadows raging on outside, the Soul Reaver comes to life in a terrorizing cacophony of tortured screams, and spirit manifestations powered by the raw power of the Warp. Archon Kul rises from his resting place and screams his anger at the traitors that defied him and promises death for everyone. The sight is more than some of the acolytes can take and all choose to flee as the Archon directs its wrath through the Soul Reaver's power. Gies' ship is destroyed by lances of devastating energy and ghostly tendrils that appear to be made up of Warp apparitions of the dead. Many of Archon Morn's ships who attempt to engage the Soul Reaver in hopes of crippling it so it can be captured also meet the same fate. Fighting their way through corridors filled with the angry spirits of the dead, the acolytes and their allies hope to get to a docking bay to secure a shuttle to escape. The ships of the Kabal of the Shadowed Thorns besiege the Soul Reaver with waves of assault boats packed with Kabalite Warriors, Wyches and Wracks to conduct boarding actions, and while these forces rush forward into the ship's interior, the acolytes and their allies run away seeking passage off. Luckily, Neija is able to telepathically contact Bishop and tells him that she was able to escape her captors. By mind-controlling one of Gies' men, she was able to secure a shuttle and leave the Stryxis ship before it was destroyed. Landing on the Soul Reaver with the Dark Eldar assault boats, the acolytes and their allies join her and head as far away from the battle as they can. Below, the city is on fire and the heavens are burning as the Dark Eldar forces and the uprising slaves tear the Nexus of Shadows apart.
Solace arrives for the acolytes and their allies as Jak makes contact with them as the new first mate of the Hostile Transaction. After helping Captain Anja Shen and her crew secure their ship, Jak was able to convince the pirate captain to look for his old friends, particularly his best friend Jez. After safely aboard the Hostile Transaction, the ship makes haste to the Webway gate leading out of the Nexus. The last thing they see before going through the portal is the destruction of the Soul Reaver by Archon Morn's forces.
* GM's Note: This mission was modified by the GM from the Fantasy Flight Rogue Trader book "Soul Reaver." It can be found here.
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Джевані Джейсон Браун (;  16 жовтня 1994, Летчверт, Англія) — ямайський та англійський футболіст, нападник клубу Другої ліги «Колчестер Юнайтед». Народився в Англії, але на міжнародному рівні представляє Ямайку.

Клубна кар'єра

Ранні роки
Футбольну кар'єру розпочав у «Мілтон-Кінз Донз», але незабаром перейшов у «Пітерборо Юнайтед», де швидко почав виділятися серед своїх однолітків. Швидко став провідним гравцем молодіжної команди «Пітерборо Юнайтед», а напередодні старту сезону 2013/14 років переведений у першу команду клубу. Однак після позафутбольного інциденту, у листопаді 2013 року «Пітерборо» розірвав договір з футболістом.

Після відходу з «Пітерборо» грав у нижчолігових клубах «Лангфорд», «Бартон Роверз» та «Арлесі Таун», а в липні 2015 року приєднався до «Кеттерінг Таун». Браун зіграв за «Кеттерінг» 19 матчів, відзначився лише одним голом у поєдинку Кубку Англії проти «Маркет Дрейтон Таун». Браун відправився на перегляд у лютому 2016 року до «Сент-Олбанс Сіті» на поєдинок Herts Senior Cup проти «Гітчин Таун», однак клуб вирішив не підписувати ямайського нападника.

«Стемфорд»
Браун знову приєднався до «Арлесі Таун», перш ніж перейти до представника Першого дивізіону зони «Південь» Північної Прем'єр-ліги напередодні старту сезону 2016/17 року.

У першому матчі сезону Браун дебютував за «Стемфорд», замінивши Джона Кінга у програному (1:3) поєдинку проти «Віттон Альбіон». Три дні по тому Браун відзначився двома голами в переможному (2:1) поєдинку проти «Регбі Таун», відзначився голом після передачі Давида Колодинського на 71-й хвилині, а потім забепечив перемогу на останніх секундах. Джевані був одним з провідних гравців «Стемфорда» в Кубку Англії, в якому відзначився трьома голами в дев'яти матчах, перш ніж вибули від «Гартлпул Юнайтед» у першій раунді.

«Сент-Неонс Таун»
Після вражаючого старту сезону зі «Стемфордом» наприкінці 2016 року Браун вирішив приєднатися до команди Прем'єр-дивізіону Південної футбольної ліги «Сент-Неонс Таун». Дебютував у новій команді 2 січня 2017 року, в переможному (1:0) виїзному поєдинку проти «Данстейбл Таун». Браун відзначився дебютним голом за «Сент-Неотс» у переможному (3:2) домашньому матчі проти «Дорчестер Таун». Браун продовжував демонструвати прекрасну форму до завершення сезону, відзначився вісімнадцятьма голами в 17-ти матчах.

Після результативного проміжку сезону на Джеваі звернули увагу представники Футбольної ліги, включаючи «Бірмінгем Сіті», «Галл Сіті» та «Кембридж Юнайтед».

«Кембридж Юнайтед»
Хоча Браун побував на перегляді в «Бірмінгем Сіті», в серпні 2017 року ямаєць приєднався до представника Другої ліги «Кембридж Юнайтед», з яким підписав 2-річну угоду. 8 серпня 2017 року Браун дебютував у Футбольній лізі під час програного (1:4) виїзного поєдинку першого раунду Кубку ліги проти «Бристоль Роверз», зв якому замінив Девіда Аму. 21 жовтня 2017 року на 70-й хвилині (зрівняв рахунок) відзначився дебютний голом у Футбольній лізі в переможному (2:1) поєдинку проти «Честерфілда».

«Колчестер Юнайтед»
4 липня 2019 року за невідому плату перейшов до «Колчестер Юнайтед», з яким підписав 2-річний контракт. Дебютував за команду 3 серпня в нічийному (1:1) поєдинку проти «Порт Вейл».

4 січня 2020 року відправився в оренду до завершення сезону у клуб Другої ліги «Форест Грін Роверз». За нову команду дебютував того ж дня, в нічийному (1:1) поєдинку проти «Кроулі Таун».

Напередодні старту сезону 2020/21 років повернувся до команди, дебютним голом за «Колчестер» відзначився 5 вересня 2020 року в програному (1:3) поєдинку Кубку Футбольної ліги проти «Редінга».

3 листопада 2020 року Браун відзначився першим у кар'єрі хет-триком, забив всі три м'ячі Колчестера у переможному (3:1) поєдинку проти «Стівенеджа». Тиждень по тому відзначився новим хет-триком, в переможному (6:1) поєдинку Ессекського дербі проти «Саутенд Юнайтед», в рамках Трофею Футбольної ліги.

Кар'єра в збірній
На міжнародному рівні представляв юнацьку збірну Ямайки (U-17), у футболці якої дебютував у лютому 2011 року в поєдинку юнацького чемпіонату КОНКАКАФ (U-17) 2011 проти Гватемали (U-17).

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UK lawmakers urge gov't to decriminalize drugs - 'It could save lives and money'
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:54 UTC
© AFP / Dominick Reuter
A cross-party group of lawmakers have urged the UK government to consider decriminalizing drugs in Britain and treat it as a health and not a criminal issue, in order to curb the high rates of drugs-related deaths.
A report conducted by UK MPs on The Health and Social Care Committee has concluded that the government should carry out a consultation on decriminalization. They claim it would "save money" for the criminal justice system and allow more funds to be transferred into prevention and treatment that would help "save lives."
There would need to be sufficient funds provided to offer alternative approaches, such as supervised facilities where drug users could take drugs in a safe environment, the report said.
The lawmakers' report highlighted the example of Portugal, which decriminalized possession of drugs in 2001, resulting in a dramatic decrease in drug deaths.
"Overdose deaths decreased by over 80 percent after decriminalization," according to the US Drug Policy Alliance.
The UK has some of the highest rates of drugs-related deaths in Europe. In 2018, 4,359 deaths were recorded in England and Wales that were directly attributed to substance misuse - a 16 percent increase from the previous year. In Scotland, the problem has reached epidemic proportions.
The nation had a higher rate of drugs-related deaths than any other EU nation last year, with a 27 percent increase - its highest level since records began 23 years ago.
PM Boris Johnson's government has insisted that they are committed to reducing the use of drugs and "the harms they cause," but have poured cold water on any suggestions they could be open to decriminalization.
"The decriminalization of drug possession in the UK would not eliminate the crime committed by the illicit trade, nor would it address the harms associated with drug dependence and the misery that this can cause to families," a government spokesperson said.
Highland Fleet Lute · 2019-10-23T20:12:50Z
Why don't they save lives, money, businesses and the social fabric by repealing the smoking ban?
cope2 ·
Because they hate you?
· 2019-10-24T08:00:46Z
I should think they're pretty indifferent to me.
cope2 · 2019-10-24T09:19:52Z
Their drugs are money and power. Boring.
Tabacco hating is so in now, in our coffeeshops, you can only smoke joints..
#SeditionPapers It's not coincidental that it is Trump being accused of sedition at this time
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Kris became involved with animal assisted therapy over fifteen years ago, starting with therapy dog visitation and teaching therapeutic riding to adults with traumatic brain injuries. However, the world of equine therapy as a mental health intervention compelled her to create and grow Triple Play Farm. Motivated by the fact that what a horse offers in relationship can be healing in all areas of life, Kris now maintains a herd of seven horses and a PATH International premier facility offering equine-facilitated psychotherapy and learning just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina.


I, well we, are starting a new trend.
Yes, totally new. Never seen before… and when you start hearing the buzz, What's this? Who came up with this? I just want you to know it started here. That's right, right here, baby!
Okay, so hear me out.
In the midst of a culture where everything is fast. Fast cars. Fast food. Fast internet. Fast girls. Fast marriages. Fast… we are slowing things down. I mean like really slowing things down.
To get a visual of how slow… check this out… and you're welcome.
Think about it. Most daters, especially those of us of the older variety, end up living on the edges. It's either super fast and they are super serious overnight, which if you want to know my not-so-lovely thoughts about 'instant love' you can read here, or they just want to be friends and there is no romantic involvement even when they do really like each other. They don't touch. They try to avoid being alone. It's like they are scared that they won't have self-control, so they just try their darndest to shove down how they feel and distract themselves so "things" don't get out of control.
We live in the extremes- totally in or totally out.
SLO-DATING is intentionally slow. Intentional fun activities. Intentional talks. Intentional boundaries. Little bitty steps. Microscopic at times.
Leaving room for friendship to grow and not be clouded by quick physical intimacy or enmeshment. (Enmeshment… overly intertwined so you lose your footing and find yourself hanging onto the other person. Yeah, this is so not a good place to be, dear sisters, because if you lose your footing than you are relying on someone else other than yourself and your Lord to hold you up and that gives someone else waaaay too much power in your life!) Okay, off my soap box and carrying on.
Is this hard? Heck ya. No, that is an understatement. It is tortuous at times, especially if you think the other person is really hot, ummm hypothetically speaking of course… but think about it. No matter what kind of relationship you are in, knowing that the other person has displayed self-control only builds trust and we NEED self-control when we are married too, right?
And when you slow down you don't miss the little joys. The hidden ones. The thrill of gently touching ones arm. Holding hands for the first time. Finding alternate ways to connect and feel close.
What I like about this is that it's not so black-and-white. Instead it's a slow and steady incline. Imagine that.. gradually taking your time walking up a hill and enjoying the journey together.
You see, dear sisters, this allows us to enjoy the journey. The prize is the journey and who we walk with as we go not some illusive trophy waiting for us at the end.
In truth I can't take full credit for it, because my "SLO-DATEE" came up with it, but I did have a hand in this. When the term 'friend' didn't fit and we weren't ready to say we were "dating- dating" we were looking for a new term- something in between. You don't want to hear the names we rejected. They were pretty pathetic. Secret Lovers. Uh, nope. That just feels like 1980s cheese, right? Courtship. Ugh. Bring out the petticoats and horse-drawn carriages.
So we settled on this.
Watch for it. It's going to be HUGE because with so much fast whipping around us, we are longing for a little bit of SLOW in our lives, are we not?
Oh, dear sisters, may it not just be SLO-DATING. May this be our year to start slowing down the pace of our lives. Slowing down our eyes to take in our world around us- our loved ones. Slowing down our ears to hear what others have to say, what our hearts are trying to say, what our Lord is speaking over us.
Don't you think it is time, dear sisters? Don't you think we are way overdue? Don't you think it's time to slow things down a bit?
Great insights , Alisa and articulated so well. You go girl!!!


In order to trigger an automatic failover situation, all heartbeats must fail. Individual heartbeat mechanisms can be tested by temporarily disconnecting cables (e.g. serial and back-to-back network), or by temporarily unplumbing network interfaces.
NOTE – Disconnecting SAS cables is not recommended for faking disk heartbeat issues as hardware damage can result.


The brain stem is the stalk of the brain below the cerebral hemispheres. It is the major route for communication between the forebrain and the spinal cord and peripheral nerves. It also controls various functions including respiration, regulation of heart rhythms, and primary aspects of sound localization.
The lower part of the brain stem is the medulla oblongata, grossly comprising the medullary pyramids and the olivary bodies or olives. The pons is a knob above the medulla.
Differentiation of the brain stem from the cerebrum is complex, both anatomically and taxonomically. Some taxonomies describe the brain stem as the pons, medulla and mesencephalon while others include diencephaletic regions.
The adult human brainstem emerges from parts of all three vesicles in the neural tube. The myelencephalon and metencephelon emerge from the rhombencephalon. The mesencephalon matures to become a vital link for nerve pathways related to movement. The prosencephalon is the part that gives rise to the diencephalon and to the telencephalon.
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Legendary director, Cecil B. DeMille (The Ten Commandments) directs this spectacular adventure film set in the tumultuous wilds of 19th century Quebec. Starring Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll and Lon Chaney Jr., Northwest Mounted Police follows Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers (Cooper) on his quest to bring murdered Jacques Corbeau to justice. Tracking him through the Canadian wilderness, Rivers is soon swept up in the middle of the Riel Rebellion, where Metis (people of French and Native heritage) and Native tribes clash with the Crown's forces to forge their own separate nation. Amidst this chaos Dusty is determined to bring his quarry to justice, and win the heart of April Logan (Carroll). But first he must contend with his rival for April's affections, Mountie Jim Brett (Preston Foster) and April's brother, who is involved with Courbeau's daughter.
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North West Mounted Police / (Aus Ntr0)
Artist: North West Mounted Police


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Notations From the Grid: A "View of the Week" On What CEO's Think
Our team was on the prowl 4 the week-end on on-going developments. We hope the team enjoys this snapshot of the View From CEO's that Geoff Colvin published last week which is one of our key required readings which we look forward to amplifying further:
Convene 300 CEOs and other leaders from around the world, listen to them talking for three days about what's on their minds – as we just did at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco – and here are five key words that echo in your mind:
-Volatility. Yes, we know change is getting faster and sharper, but it's easy to miss how pervasive the phenomenon is. Cybercrime and cyberwar could do more damage than non-experts realize, and the threat is growing. FireEye chief Kevin Mandia says that "last year the rules of engagement between the U.S. and Russia in cyberspace changed." Used to be that when we caught them in a breach, they would back off. Now they won't. They just keep coming back, day after day. Former German defense minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg says "it's only a question of time" before "the first truly damaging attack" – originating who knows where – occurs. More broadly, Allianz chief economic adviser Mohamed el-Erian says there's "a massive disconnect" between the placidity of the markets and global volatility.
-Disruption. It was the Forum's theme, but I was still struck by the scope of the ambitions of the digital giants, mainly Google, Facebook, and Apple, and by the energy of the startups. Facebook is disrupting entertainment, journalism, advertising, quite possibly commerce, and potentially almost anything else. Google would like to disrupt autos, payments, healthcare, energy, maybe insurance, and doubtless much more. Angel investor Ron Conway, known as the godfather of Silicon Valley, says he's astounded by the disruptive ingenuity of the hundreds of startup founders who clamor for his attention, funding, and connections.
-Imagination. It's a huge challenge for most business people – opening their minds to the possibilities of the digital age. Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Cheskyrecalled how virtually nobody understood his vision, how "everyone told us that no one would stay with a stranger; 60 million people later, I beg to differ." The key, he said, is that you aren't staying with a stranger; you get to meet your host online first. Every successful digital startup sounded impossible when an entrepreneur thought of it. Most people are hard-wired for negativity rather than possibility.
-Humanity. A session on automation, jobs, and the future of work sparked blunt disagreement between those who predict technology will eliminate far more jobs than it creates and those who believe that view is nonsense. Yet when I asked which skills will be most valuable as technology advances, everyone agreed: creativity, interpersonal skills, relationship building. When I asked Ron Conway how he decides which startups to back, he said he pays little attention to the business idea; that always changes. Instead he just focuses on the founders. Are they leaders? Will great people want to work for them? Can they build enthusiasm and recruit allies? Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff spoke for many when he summed up his business thus: "It's not about the technology, the cloud, the service – that's all hard for me to say – it's about the customer relationship."
-Surprisingly – to those who watch too much TV news – one other theme emerged:optimism. Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen reminded us how tech has lifted billions of people out of poverty, and how, despite hand-wringing in developed economies, it has powerfully reduced income inequality worldwide. More generally, spend three days with successful business people of every age from around the world, and you realize that energy, idealism, goodwill, capability, and opportunity have never been more abundant.
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<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Pictures_model_DB extends CI_Model {

	function getData(){
		//for testing purposes
		$query=$this->db->get("service");
		return $query->result();

	}
	function getCurrentPicture(){
		$this->db->select_max('picId');
		$query=$this->db->get('picture');
		$query->result();
		return $query->result();

	}

	function getServicePicture($serviceId){
		$this->db->where('serviceId',$serviceId);
		$query=$this->db->get('service_has_picture');
		return $query->result();

	}

	function getPictureByPicId($picId){
		$this->db->where('picId',$picId);
		$query=$this->db->get('picture');
		return $query->result();
	}

	function insertPictue($data){
		foreach($data as $key => $value) {
			$this->db->set($key,$value);
		}
		$this->db->insert('picture');
	}

}

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