Vodafone is expanding its V by Vodafone range with two new wearables and a smart home hub. All three products have been designed to make smart living a reality for the average family – with a focus on ease of use, value for money and peace of mind.
The SOS band enables users to quickly and simply reach family members via an SOS button. It also has a fall detection feature to give peace of mind to relatives of family members who may be vulnerable, immobile or living alone.
The new V-kids watch is designed for younger children and is smart, safe and fun to wear. Parents can exchange voice messages with their child, set them safe zones and check their location. So whether its walking to school by themselves or keeping safe during family trips to busy locations, the watch offers parents extra peace of mind.
Think of the new V-Home hub as the brain behind your smart home – wirelessly connecting your smart devices together and allowing you to access them simply, through one smart app.
The NEW V-SOS Band from the V by Vodafone range (www.vodafone.co.uk) is a connected device designed to give customers more freedom to do what they want, safe in the knowledge that they don't need to worry.
In an emergency, wearers can alert family members by pushing the SOS button, sharing their GPS co-ordinates* so you can go straight to them or send help. A traffic light system will show them you've seen the alert – so you can relax knowing that they'll be in touch if they need you.
V-Home hosts a range of smart home devices and services designed to help you keep your home safe and secure, even when you're not there – and is available to buy next month, starting from £99 (plus £14 per month service fee). We have partnered with Samsung SmartThings to bring you a houseful of easy to fit and connect smart products including sensors, light bulbs, smart plugs and doorbells. You can build your smart home gradually with individual products or get a head start with the V-Home Hub and one of three suggested starter packs – the V-Home Safety starter pack, V-Home Detection kit and V-Home Automation Kit.
V-SOS Band, V-Kids Watch and V-Home are new additions to the V by Vodafone range of connected devices. This brings together and connects all kinds of smart devices for every part of your life – allowing you to track or monitor your pet, car and even your home while you're away – all through an app on your smartphone.
Terms apply. For full functionality: a 30-day V-SIM plan, Vodafone network coverage and GPS signal are required. V by Vodafone products (except V-Auto) must be activated via the V by Vodafone app (available on Android and iOS devices only). V-Kids watch: Your 30-day plan provides access to the TCLMOVE app and service. Your 30-day plan provides access to the TCLMOVE app and service. If you cancel or suspend your plan you will no longer be able to use TCLMOVE location and messaging features. All location updates are subject to GPS and Vodafone network coverage, and this can affect the frequency of location reporting. V-SOS band: All falls are different and not every fall may be detected. This is not a medical device. Consent required from the user. Your 30-day plan provides access to the V-SOS app and service. If you cancel or suspend your plan you will no longer be able to access the V-SOS app or service. Full terms and details at https://shop.v.vodafone.com. V-Home: 24m agreement. Requires purchase and activation of V-Home Service subscription. Not a replacement for any home monitoring service. Notifications from Hub to the end user is subject to change and is dependent on network connectivity.


Registration for Marshalltown Schools for the 2017-18 school year is June 7 and 8 for 1st through 12th grade.
- Registration is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7 and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 8.
- 1st through 8th grade will register at Miller Middle School.
- 9th through 12th grade will register at Marshalltown High School. Marshalltown Learning Academy registers at MLA.
Enroll in Marshalltown Schools TODAY!
Children may attend school in Marshalltown whether their home is inside the school district, in an adjacent community, in a rural area, or elsewhere in Iowa. If students live outside the Marshalltown district but wish to attend school here, the family simply files an application under Iowa's open enrollment law. More than 75 students are currently enrolled on that basis.
There is no charge to families for tuition, in any case. If a student desires to attend school in Marshalltown and lives in a different school district, that district transfers funds to Marshalltown to cover the cost.
Inside the Marshalltown district, school bus transportation is provided free if the children live too far from school to walk. Families of students who live outside the district must arrange their own transportation to a Marshalltown school, or to a Marshalltown school bus route. In many instances, parents who live elsewhere and work in Marshalltown deliver their children to school.
Textbooks are supplied by the school, but there is a fee for their use. Students are expected to bring their own basic school supplies. There are fees for some courses which involve individual expenses such as lab materials.
Some elementary buildings offer child care before and after school. Open enrollment students may request these buildings, although space cannot be guaranteed.
High school students who transfer into the district may be temporarily unable to compete with other schools in team sports. This section of the law is intended to prevent recruiting of star athletes. It applies only to the first 90 days in the new school. During that time the new student may take part in all sports and team practice but may not play in games or contests with other schools. If your family includes a varsity athlete, you may wish to discuss this aspect with the coach. There is no restriction on new student athletes who live inside the Marshalltown district.
For open enrollment information, click here.


Pest Control Ottawa: Pest issue is one common issue many people are dealing with.
Unwanted insects could possibly manifest due tomany reasons. Location and climatic factors play a significant role in building up pests. Pest control procedures is one-stop way to deal with the infestation from spreading. We have talked about in this article about the reasons to take the precautionary methods and which measures should be executed.
Ways Pest Management Is Going To Be Beneficial ?
Pest control is extremely essential because it can bring about a great destruction to your home. Wildlife animals and all pest control are included in these. Your food can be infected and allergies may scatter immediately causing problems for your health and happiness. To have all things and foodstuff covered constantly is pretty hard even though you are at home. Hence getting rid of the problem from its very source is an excellent choice to prevent it from manifesting repeatedly. Free moving pests is the reason behind the issue.
The hygiene of the house along with wellness of family is in danger. Having pests in your house will have absolutely no effect on your day to day cleaning practice no matter how clean and healthy your surrounds are. In addition , it will eventually generate an undesirable feeling about you because no neighbor prefer a pest infested home.
Most of the time , you need pest management services.
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The specialized expert in Certified pest control services make use of numerous helpful techniques to exterminatepest from your home. Different kinds of pest infestations will need different types of treatment methods since only some pest infestations are same. However the pest management technicians have got deep knowledge and long term experience to solve the toughest of pest issues.
You must phone us for pest control assistance if you are struggling with pest infestation at your home. It is significant you get in touch with us as soon as possible. A few pest conditions might be easy to deal with if managed in time. If the infestation rises with time , it will get more and more difficult as more area gets affected thus taking a long time to clear it.


The beautiful Taumeasina Resort was where organisers of the Samoa Sinnet Fashion Show gave local fashionistas a professionally produced, classy and enjoyable evening showcasing Samoan fashion talents, our people and ideas.
Amongst a wide range of garments shown by experienced as well as beginner designers, there were stunning pieces as well as beautifully simple Samoan fashions for a range of sizes.
Yes some of the ideas were not new and the guys looked a bit robotic but the standouts in terms of cutting, fabric and styles were from Afa Ah Loo and Enara. Congrats to all and looking forward to the 2017 show!


The Lancaster Museum of Art & History (MOAH) and MOAH:CEDAR are excited to announce CEDARFEST: 32nd Annual All-Media Juried Arts Festival! Taking place Saturday, June 17, from 4 to 8 p.m., the festival will feature our annual opening reception, plus live music and food vendors. This year's jurors include artists Robin Rosenthal and Nicolas Shake.
The Newport Beach City Arts Commission hosts the 53rd Annual Newport Beach Art Exhibition at the award-winning Civic Center. The one-day juried event features over 300 works of art, including painting, mixed media, sculpture and photography. The event is open to the public, giving art lovers the opportunity to view and purchase quality original artwork and enjoy an afternoon with food and live entertainment.
The Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale, California announces its 45th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper. Cash awards sponsored by Brand Associates total over $4,000 including one Purchase Award. All accepted artworks will be included in a printed exhibition catalog.
Our juror this year is Leslie Jones, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Ms. Jones specializes in modern and contemporary works on paper and has been at LACMA since 2005. Both curator and art historian, Jones has also worked in New York at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Guggenheim. Exhibition Dates: September 16 through November 3, 2017.
The Alaska Watercolor Society (www.akws.org) is sponsoring its 43rd Annual Juried Exhibition in 2017 with Kathleen Conoverl as the juror. The exhibition will be displayed at Alaska Pacific University Conoco Phillips Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska, August 4-30, 2017. Kathleen Conover will select paintings for awards of cash and merchandise. In 2016 the awards exceeded $5,000 with $1500 for Best in Show.
The Asian American Monument Committee of New Mexico requests artists or artists' teams to submit qualifications for designing a public art sculpture in honor of the landmark civil rights ruling from Territory v Yee Shun (1882). The site for the sculpture is the urban environment in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Second Judicial District Courthouse. The budget for the project is $265,000 Eligible artist or artist teams must reside in the United States.
The South Cobb Arts Alliance (SCAA) is pleased to present our 30th National Juried Exhibition. Submissions must be original work not previously shown with SCAA and completed within the last two years. South Cobb Arts Alliance is honored to have Joe Remillard as our juror and prize judge. He is a full professor of drawing and painting at Kennesaw State University, located north of Atlanta and represented by Mason Fine Arts in Atlanta. He has been selected as a Finalist in the ARC Annual Salon and his work has been featured on the cover of International Artist Magazine.
Awards include $1000 First Prize, $500 Second Prize, $250 Third Prize, and two $125 Awards of Excellence. Exhibiting artists will receive a color catalog at the close of the exhibition. Supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov. MAXIMUM OF THREE ENTRIES. For 3D sculpture, additional photos are permitted.
The Decatur Arts Alliance (DAA) presents the fifth edition of the juried exhibition of artists' books, The Book as Art, August 11–September 29, 2017. This edition will be installed once again at the Decatur Branch of the DeKalb County Public Library. The show's dates encompass the AJC-Decatur Book Festival, which takes place each Labor Day weekend throughout the City of Decatur. The DAA will sponsor a festive opening on Friday, August 25, 2017. Entries will be open April 15 – June 2, 2017 on callforentries.org.
The New Art Center's Curatorial Opportunity Program (COP) is currently accepting proposals for contemporary art exhibitions involving two or more artists and at least one public program.
This open-call program supports independent curators of contemporary art by making diverse visions possible in a non-profit and alternative exhibition space. The program investigates contemporary culture through the visual arts, exhibits strong curatorial voices, and encourages the timely examination of new ideas and perspectives. Curators of accepted proposals receive a 1,000 USD stipend as well as administrative, installation, marketing & P.R. support.
- Proposals must include works by two artists or more.
- Proposals must include one public program with an educational component; more than one is encouraged.
- Curators can choose to include their own work in their proposal, but in some cases, they may be asked to eliminate their work from the proposal if the panel feels that such a cut would strengthen the exhibition.
The City of Alexandria, Virginia invites artists and artist teams living and working in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia to submit their qualifications for a temporary public art project for the Duke Street Pedestrian Concourse. Located south of the King Street metro station, the tunnel allows pedestrian traffic to travel between the metro station and the Carlyle neighborhood - a vibrant and walkable mixed-use community home to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the National Science Foundation, and Motley Fool.
The City of Denver Public Art Program and the Denver Performing Arts Complex (DPAC) Art Selection Panel have released a Request for Qualifications for artists who wish to work on a public art project for several of the façades within the DPAC campus. The panel is interested in permanent or semi-permanent light-based artworks that are interactive and create interest and impact at the site.
The Minnesota State Arts Board, on behalf of the Minnesota Department of Administration and Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, requests proposals from working professional artists or artist-led teams for permanent, site-specific public artwork at the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, Frechette Hall in Faribault, Minnesota.
Open Art Miami arises with the objective of supporting, diffusing and promoting the visual arts. Is an ideal way to gain valuable exposure for artworks and exhibit talents to a wider international audience.
Experienced, emerging and new artists can participate regardless of nationality, age and residence. Artists are invited to submit in any of the following mediums: Paintings, Photography, Drawing and Digital Art.
Art submitted to the competition will be reviewed by a panel of three knowledgeable professionals in the Visual Arts, each representing a different field in the art world, ensuring a fair and balanced judgment process. This is a great opportunity to show a contemporary laboratory of arts, coinciding at the same time with Art Basel Miami 2017. Miami, The Sun City is one of the most important growing Contemporary Art centers in the World.
$ 2,000.00 for each First prize in PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, DRAWING and DIGITAL ART.
$ 1,000.00 for each Second Prize in PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, DRAWING and DIGITAL ART.
$ 500.00 for each Third Prize in PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY DRAWING and DIGITAL ART.
To honor and celebrate the story of the neighborhood's preservation and to reflect its current eclectic and vibrant culture, the City of Asheville in partnership with the Asheville Downtown Association Foundation is requesting artists, architects and design professionals who are capable of creating and installing a permanent exterior public art feature on the 200 Block of North Lexington Avenue.
Letters of interest and qualifications are requested from artists interested in creating art for the public area(s) of the new Southern Utah University School of Business in Cedar City, Utah.
Budget: $104,000 - Deadline: June 9, 2017. Resident American and legal resident artists are eligible for this commission.
This new Business Building has been designed to be an integral component to the future success of the School of Business and those who work, teach and study within its walls. It is the desire and hope of the Committee that the artist(s) will be able to develop site specific work which is harmonious with the design of the building and contribute to an environment that inspires students to think creatively toward new heights. It is hoped this site specific work will encourage thought, exploration, and contemplation, while still being accessible in concept and intent.
Las Laguna Gallery presents Spectacular. This is an open theme exhibition. Artists looking to show their art at a gallery in Laguna Beach are encouraged to apply. All local, national and international artists, professional and amateur and multiple art mediums will be considered in this call for art.
Works in Acrylic, Airbrush, Assemblage, Charcoal, Color Pencil, Collage, Digital Art, Drawings, Encaustic, Fiber Art, Graphite, Illustration, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Painting, Pastel, Photography (Traditional and Digital), Printmaking and Watercolor, will be considered. * Sorry no jewelry, sculpture, or video at this time.
The City of Greenwood Village's Curtis Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the 34th Annual All Colorado Juried Art Show. This exhibit is open for submissions from artists who reside in Colorado; artists may use any medium. The exhibit takes place from July 8 through September 2, 2017, with an opening reception on Saturday, July 15 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The Village is honored to have Tim Vacca, Director of Programs at the Museum of Outdoor Arts (MOA), as this year's juror. A Colorado native, Tim is an established arts administration professional who has been working in the Denver-area arts industry since 2003. As the Director of Programs at the MOA, Tim oversees education, exhibitions and communications programs. He has also worked with Denver International Airport's Art and Culture Program as a curator and exhibitions coordinator.
Artists may submit either one or two individual pieces of work with a maximum of six total images of those one or two pieces. This may be any combination of 2D and 3D work (e.g. one 2D piece, two 2D pieces, one 3D piece, two 3D pieces, or one 2D and one 3D piece). The maximum size is 48" x 48" including the frame. Submissions deadline is Saturday, June 10th.
Located 70 miles from Yellowstone National Park, Northwest College is a two-year, residential college offering transfer and technical programs of study that blend traditional arts and sciences with emerging technologies. Northwest College recently opened the new Yellowstone Building with the goal of strengthening relationships between the college and the community. The building houses state of the art facilities for Criminal Justice, Nursing, Social Sciences and Communications, as well as a conference area and other public spaces.
Through the State of Wyoming's Art in Public Buildings program, the public art committee for the Yellowstone Building is seeking sculptural artwork for the exterior of the building that is visible for motorists and pedestrians. Artists are asked to submit a preliminary (draft) design or artists may submit images of existing sculptural work that would fit the criteria. Submissions will be reviewed by the committee and finalists may be invited to submit a full proposal and may be asked to travel for a site visit and to meet with the committee. This is a regional call for proposals open to artists from North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and Idaho. Wyoming artists will be given preference.
The Center for Photographic Art (CPA) is excited to announce the 2017 Members' Juried Exhibition! $1000 in cash awards. Entry period is May 1 through June 14, 2017, and is open to CPA members working in all still photographic media. You may become a member when you enter. Non-thematic; any subject matter is eligible. An entry discount is available for current CPA members.
Jurors are Elizabeth Corden and Jan Potts, Corden | Potts Gallery, San Francisco. Forty five images selected by the jurors will be exhibited in the CPA gallery at the Sunset Center, Carmel, CA, as well as an online gallery of the exhibition. An additional forty five images, at the jurors' discretion, will be chosen and will also be included in the online gallery. All selected gallery and online images will be published in the 2017 Members' Juried Exhibition catalog.
Curator/juror, Winnie Owens-Hart has invited artists Syd Carpenter, Roberto Lugo, Sana Musasama, Reginald Pointer, and Janathel Shaw to frame the curatorial concerns of Visual Voices: Truth Narratives. The artists selected create powerful works that speak in a variety of visual volumes that touch on personal and global issues and emotions. Their narratives, whether literal or abstract, acknowledge that intolerances spawn racial, religious, class, and gender biases in every part of the world. The sense of interconnectedness created by modern media has transformed what was once an ancestral community to now a global community. Our stories, re-told in clay, are borderless. Historically, the narrative ceramic object has engaged with the retelling of events through visual imagery codification. Clay works dating back thousands of years have enabled archaeologists to theorize on ceremonial, spiritual, and utilitarian societal markers that document the social and cultural contexts of their makers' communities.
Makers have continued the creation of narrative works using clay. Contemporary narrative ceramic artists, compared to their historical counterparts, are visually bombarded through media systems. Some work is created based solely on the artist's personal experiences while others are influenced by what they see through the media; many today are shaped by both.
Watershed's summer residencies are organized by artists—who propose a theme related to clay and recruit a handful of other artists to join them for a session. We call these Artists Invite Artists (AIA) Groups. To apply to lead an AIA residency, you must develop a session theme and recruit at least four (and up to 8) other artists to participate in the residency. As the lead artist, you attend Watershed for free; your invited artists receive a 15% discount off their session fees.
The balance of seven to ten additional participants in each session register independently, often drawn by a shared interest in the session theme. Once at Watershed, all artists work side-by-side in the Watershed studios, forming one community.
Applications to organize a residency are due annually on June 15 in the year prior to the residency. Applicants will be notified in early August of their status.
The mission of the Arts R Alive in Webster City, Iowa Sculpture Event and the object of the project is to promote Sculpture as a public art form that enhances West Twin Park in Webster City, Iowa. Up to 10 sculptures will be chosen by a jury to be displayed. Those 10 artists will each receive a $1000.00 monetary award. Their pieces will be on display for up to one year.
This exhibition is open to artists working in all media areas. Works must be original. Works created under the direction of an instructor should not be submitted. Source material must be original and not derived from copyrighted images. Entries are limited to a maximum of three (per entry fee) and must have been created in the last two years. Works previously exhibited at the Buchanan Center for the Arts will not be accepted.
EXHIBITION: Surface Design Association invites current students working with or inspired by fiber or textile materials and techniques to submit work for the Making Our Mark: SDA at 40 Conference Student Juried Exhibition, FUTURE TENSE. The exhibition will be held in partnership with Portland State University at the AB and MK galleries in Portland, Oregon August 1-August 26, 2017. The exhibition includes cash awards. Entries may be submitted online March 28, 2017 – May 31, 2017. Current or recent students at the undergraduate or graduate level working in all media are invited to apply. Need not be a member or attending conference to apply.
Small Works: SDA at 40 is an exhibition of works by members of the Surface Design Association in conjunction with Surface Design Association's 2017 40th Anniversary Biennial Conference Making Our Mark: SDA at 40, August 3-6, 2017 - Portland, OR. Submission Guidelines: SDA members are invited to submit their work for Small Works: SDA at 40 Exhibition as part of the Surface Design Association's Making Our Mark: SDA at 40 40th Anniversary Conference, August 3-6, 2017 in Portland, Oregon. This member exhibition will showcase innovative use in textiles. This is an open, non-juried call for exhibition. All submitted works meeting the guidelines will be accepted. Deadline for submission is June 15, 2017.
The Wyoming Arts Council's Visual Arts Fellowships are awards of merit, based on the artist's portfolio, honoring the work of Wyoming visual artists whose work reflects serious and exceptional aesthetic investigation. Artists working in any media, including film and video, may apply. Applications are juried by noted artists, curators, and others in the visual arts from outside the state. Up to three fellowships may be given each year, and jurors may also select honorable mentions. Applicants must be Wyoming residents.
The Cheyenne Arts Festival (CAF) is the community's largest annual multicultural event and takes place in historic downtown Cheyenne. Juried artists will enjoy meeting thousands of art enthusiasts in the historic Cheyenne Depot and on the Cheyenne Depot Plaza. The 2 1/2-day CAF features an opening artist reception for juried artists and patrons, scores of performing artists on the Festival stage, youth art workshops, and the Artisan Boulevard, showcasing high-quality locally-sourced products and food.
The 8th annual international 10x10x10xTieton invites artists to submit works under 10 inches in any dimension. In addition to the gallery exhibition in Tieton, all accepted works will be printed in a fully illustrated, handbound exhibition catalogue and each exhibiting artist gets a complimentary copy.
Over $600 in cash and prizes. PLEASE READ FULL CONTEST DETAILS FOR ELIGIBILITY.
Celebrate the wonders of Illinois through photography. We're looking for your best shots taken anywhere in Illinois or on it's waters. The winning photos will be featured in Illinois Times and displayed throughout July at the SAA Collectivs. Contest proceeds benefit the operations of the Collective, a department of the Springfield Art Association, a nonprofit visual arts organization committed to promoting and supporting the visual arts, provides art education opportunities for the greater Springfield area.
Submitted photographs must be taken within the state boundaries of Illinois or upon its waters.
Submitted photographs must not have been entered in past Images of Illinois Contest.
Margate is seeking to expand its public art, and this project has the opportunity to beautify the City using already existing canvases that are primed for art work. There are 36 utility boxes located within the City of Margate, and 24 of those are within the Community Redevelopment Area (Exhibit 1). The boundaries of the Community Redevelopment Area are attached (Exhibit 2). Not only is public art on utility boxes a great way to add color and culture to the City, but it is a deterrent to graffiti and other illegal destruction of property.
Joe Fig, artist and author of "Inside the Artist's Studio" and "Inside the Painter's Studio" will jury the show. Selected artists will be invited to participate in an exhibition from August 3 –, September 2, 2017. A single award will be a solo exhibition in Five Points Gallery in 2018.
LA Artcore 2017 3rd Annual Online Juried Art Competition and Exhibition! 50 juror-selected pieces of art will be exhibited at LA Artcore's historic Downtown Brewery Arts Colony gallery space.
Entry Fee: $40.00 for 3 entries, additional entry $10.00 ea. up to 5 entries. Pay by credit card through the CaFE application. Awards: As determined by our jury panel, cash awards will be given: First Place $1000.00, Second Place $500.00, Third Place $250.00 and Public Favorite (chosen during reception) $100.00.
The East Hawaii Cultural Center (EHCC) will be considering topical, compelling, conceptually grounded proposals for a solo or group exhibition by 1-5 artists. Media is unrestricted. The Center will provide space, installation assistance, an opening, local promotion of the event and pdf and exhibition postcard. 70% of any sales will go to the artist or artist and and 30% of any sales will go to EHCC. Shipping and return shipping will be the responsibility of the artist or artists. Application Deadline is June 19, 2017. The winning applicant(s) will be informed on June 28.
The City of Bethel, Alaska and the Bethel Community Services Foundation are requesting qualifications from artists for artwork to be commissioned for the new Yukon-Kuskokwim Regional Aquatic Health and Safety Center in Bethel, Alaska. This RFQ is open to all professional artists residing in Alaska. Artists must have photos of their work to apply. Applications will be accepted online only through CaFÉ at: http://www.callforentry.org/.
Submitted applications will be judged on a competitive basis from which finalists may be selected for locations described in this RFQ. There are two interior and one exterior locations being solicited for, and an artist residency. TOTAL ART BUDGET $90,000 - $140,000. Deadline for Entries: Received by June 21, 2017 9:59 pm Alaska Time.
Calling all abstract artists! Where do you stand in the current atmosphere? What influences your work? Is your abstraction fueled by representation? CORE New Art Space's newest open entry show focuses on you, the 21st century abstract painter. All abstract art is wanted.


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Few people understand it. Nobody likes thinking about it. But at some point, it touches nearly all of us.
An Overview of Long-term-care Insurance
What follows is a summary of information about long-term-care insurance (frequently abbreviated as LTCi). For an inexpensive brochure on buying...
This Old (Red) House
For most of its 202-year history, the cottage at 98 Winthrop Street has been a private residence. A year ago, Paul Overgaag, owner of the now...
In the Temper of the Times
To those who have seen many of them, this year's Commencement day seemed a sober affair, fit for the gray skies and gray times. The customary...
Three women and six men received honorary degrees at Harvard's 353rd Commencement. Provost Steven E. Hyman introduced them to the Commencement...
Commencement Confetti
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF (MORE BETTER)"Our records of the first Commencement, in 1642, show that all nine students received diplomas," President...
"A Rule-Based System"
Read the 2004 Commencement address by United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan.
Addition by Subtraction
Harvard undergraduates would be much freer than they are now to shape a course of study if the recommendations of the "Report on the...
Scott V. Edwards
Scott V. EdwardsPhotograph by Rose Lincoln / Harvard News Office Hatched in Hawaii, fledged in the Bronx, and sighted above with some of...
Allston Advances
When four faculty task forces finished their reports on Allston this May, the development scenario outlined in an October 2003 letter by...
Sponsored-Research Funds
Sponsored-research funds account for about one-fifth of Harvard's operating revenue — and for 50 to 70 percent of the revenue of the...
Johnson and Friends Arrive en Masse
One of the world's most important private collections of eighteenth-century English literature — with the lexicographer, author, critic...
Aiding Financial Aid
Two recent gifts and a change in graduate-student support, respectively, bolster Harvard's efforts to encourage public service; help students...
La Vida at Harvard
This April, the inaugural issue of La Vida Guide to Harvard highlighted the College's thriving Latino community. In the wake of the popular...
Mr. Inside
There's a spacious aerie called the "penthouse" atop the Littauer Building at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), and it was...
John Harvard Didn't Sleep Here
For three-quarters of a century, the Harvard rooms at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, have hosted graduates of the New England university named for...
1919 Indignant alumni write the Bulletin protesting the unsportsmanlike conduct of Harvard spectators at the annual Harvard-Yale baseball game...
Vanishing VisasPost-9/11 delays in granting visas for foreign nationals intending to study in the United States have begun to inhibit the flow...
Cole Porter to Coolio
They're dancing on the Steinway piano. And on the parquet, the Persian rugs, and the oak tables. The room is reverberating to a song called...
The Wizard of Backstage
Last November, when the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) produced the French Romantic play Lorenzaccio on the Loeb Drama Center's main...
Home-plate Security
On April 12, 1877, in a baseball game between Harvard students and the Live Oaks (a semipro team from Lynn, Massachusetts), James Alexander...
Gone Missing
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The Battle for Illinois
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Longer-lasting Harvardians
In his foreward to the anniversary report of the class of 1954, class secretary John T. Bethell made some upbeat observations about longevity...
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China Economy Research Institute, a think-tank of China Economic Weekly, has published its latest GDP quality rankings, revealing the top 10 Chinese provincial regions with the highest GDP quality of last year.
Released by the Beijing-based institute, the ranking, the fifth of its kind since 2009, lists the Chinese mainland's 31 provincial-level regions based on their per capita GDP quality or the resident income happiness index, which stands for the ratio between per capita disposable income and per capita GDP, calculated as of Feb. 23, 2014).
Shanghai and Beijing, China's two biggest cities, top the list. Most notably, Guangzhou takes the third spot for a third consecutive year. It only ranked lower twice, namely ninth and 11th in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Its service industry, international trade and logistic industry are regarded as major contributors to its high GDP quality.
Statistics show that regions with a greater GDP aggregate are not necessarily ranked high in terms of GDP quality. Experts have pointed out that the GDP should not be blindly worshipped and it's more vital to consider its contributions to the improvements in people's (employment) incomes and overall sense of happiness.
According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Jan. 20, China's GDP hit 56.88 trillion yuan (US$9.3 trillion) in 2013, 7.7 percent higher than that of 2012 at comparable prices, yet with the lowest growth rate in the past five years.
Here we give you China's top 10 provincial regions with the highest GDP quality for 2013.
Find out the top 10 Chinese provincial regions that used their GDP to enhance their people's living standards in 2013.


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A group of travellers have left the old Polestar Taylowe site off St Peter's Road in Maidenhead after just a day on the land.
Between 15-20 caravan arrived on the land yesterday after they were instructed to leave a Thames Water-owned patch of land off Stafferton Way they had been occupying since Friday.
At about 11.30am this morning, the group appeared to leave the land peacefully, but were escorted by police.
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Q: iOS: Check if the Phone is Locked Is there a way to check if the phone is locked? Or do I receive a notification of the phone is going to be locked?
My app runs in the background, continues to play audio, so applicationWillResignActive: isn't really what I am looking for.

A: Checkout UIApplicationProtectedDataWillBecomeUnavailable. This appears to be called when the device is locked. iOS4 + only.
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http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/AdvancedAppTricks/AdvancedAppTricks.html

A: You can't, directly. Indirectly, you can watch for accelerometer on/off notifications.
Why do you want to detect this event in the first place?

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Climate emergency tops list of concerns in WEF Global Risks Report 2022
Environmental and societal risks top the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2022, both in the short and long term.
By Marina Leiva
The World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report 2022 highlights the leading short and long-term concerns respondents to its survey have. (Photo by Fabrica Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
Climate risks dominate global concerns even as the world enters the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Risks Report 2022. While the top long-term risks relate to the climate crisis, the most prominent shorter-term concerns include societal divides, livelihood crises and mental health deterioration. Additionally, most experts believe a global economic recovery will be volatile and uneven over the next three years.
The Global Risks Report 2022 presents the results of the latest WEF Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS), followed by an analysis of key risks emanating from current economic, societal, environmental and technological tensions.
"Health and economic disruptions are compounding social cleavages," said WEF managing director Saadia Zahidi in a press release. "This is creating tensions at a time when collaboration within societies and among the international community will be fundamental to ensure a more even and rapid global recovery. Global leaders must come together and adopt a coordinated multi-stakeholder approach to tackle unrelenting global challenges and build resilience ahead of the next crisis."
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Respondents feel gloomy about the future
Asked to take a view of the past two years, respondents to the GRPS stated that they perceive societal risks – in the form of "social cohesion erosion", "livelihood crises" and "mental health deterioration" – as those that have worsened the most since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
Furthermore, only 16% of respondents said they feel positive and optimistic about the outlook for the world, and just 11% believe the global recovery will accelerate.
Most respondents instead expect the next three years to be characterised by either consistent volatility and multiple surprises or fractured trajectories that will separate relative winners and losers.
During a press conference on 11 January to present the report, Zahidi added: "It is very clear that this confluence of all of the factors that have come together, all of the challenges that we are currently facing, are leading to a fairly pessimistic outlook: 84% of the people that responded to the survey said that they were either worried or concerned about the outlook for the world, with less than 4% optimistic."
Climate change the most worrying risk
For the next five years, respondents signalled societal and environmental risks as the most concerning. However, over a ten-year horizon, the health of the planet dominated concerns: environmental risks are perceived to be the five most critical long-term threats to the world, as well as the most potentially damaging to people and planet, with "climate action failure", "extreme weather events" and "biodiversity loss" ranking as the top three most severe risks, as shown in the graph above.
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Respondents also signalled "debt crises" and "geoeconomic confrontations" as among the most severe risks over the next ten years.
Looming debt crisis and societal risks
In the shorter term and within the economic realm, "debt crises" were identified as an imminent threat to the world for the next two years, but GRPS respondents believe they will reach their most critical point in three to five years.
"Asset bubble burst" and "debt crises" were the two main economic concerns of respondents, but no economic risks featured within the top ten risks identified by respondents in the longer term of between five and ten years, when environmental, societal, geopolitical and technological risks are the most concerning for respondents.
Connectivity blind spots also a risk
Within technological risks, "digital inequality" is seen as an imminent threat to the world as three billion people remain offline, according to the report.
However, it is also the case that many countries and industries were able to quickly access and seamlessly adapt to new forms of human interaction and remote work, the report added.
On the other hand, this digital leap came with increased vulnerability. GRPS respondents believe "cybersecurity failure" will continue to test the world's digital systems over the next two years and, to a lesser extent, in the next three to five years. No technological risk appears among the most potentially severe for the next decade. This suggests lower relevance to respondents – or a blind spot in perceptions given the potential damage of cyber risks – compared with economic, societal and environmental concerns, according to the report's interpretation of the results.
When asked during the press conference about the overall lack of substantial action towards the risks featured in the report – and whether these kinds of reports lead to any impactful changes – WEF president Børge Brende highlighted the importance of reports such as the Global Risks Report 2022 in bringing attention to risks such as the climate crisis.
"We are close to a situation where almost 80% of all the global emissions are part of a commitment towards net zero," he said. "Only five years ago, there was less than 20% of the global emissions that were part of net-zero planning. So I would say that the risk report and other reports are really showing that the cost of inaction far exceeds the cost of action, [and this] is having an impact. So we are seeing political relevance, not as fast and not as deep as we would have liked, but we are moving in the right direction."
Topics in this article: climate change, ESG, Sustainability
Marina Leiva
Marina Leiva is a senior reporter at Investment Monitor, where she specialises in the agribusiness sector. Previously, she reported on institutional investments in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain and Portugal for MandateWire at the Financial Times. She started her career in Spain, covering international affairs for Eldiario.es


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Q: Apps using Google Wave I just watched Google Wave Keynote video on Google I/O and I must say I was very impressed with pretty much everything mentioned in the video, the possibilities with Google Wave are enormous.
I'd like to ask if there are any projects using Google Wave already in beta (usable stage) and I would also like to know when is Google Wave supposed to be available for the rest of us who didn't attend Google I/O.

A: As great as the technology is. It is safe to say it will only be used to find more inventive ways for us to:

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*Not socialize in real-life

*Make communications that would be ill-advised in real-life

*Buy things we haven't seen in real life

*Unlearn things that are useful in real life (like spelling)

Joking aside, you can signup for the sandbox (as I have) and play around with apps and robots and whatever. You can Sign up here for the developer preview and have a look at what is going on!
You could also run your own wave setup using the information here and experiment with the down-and-dirty!

A: You can request developer access to the wave sandbox at: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/wavesignupfordev/
It might take a few weeks.


Last mile delivery and highly convenient, personalized services have been the upper crest of the tech-business industry. There is a race of making lives more comfortable and bringing immense convenience for the customers. It is finely considered synonymous to improve UX and higher customer satisfaction that is eventually leading the way for better client retention. Trust and transparency are always regarded as potential challenges while improvising and scaling business processes. The objective generally remains of making businesses cross boundaries of efficiency and bring in to the next level of quality and service.
These days all food delivery, personalized, dedicated services like Dunzo and free resource tracking systems are using the proof of delivery. It is mainly done for making the critical stakeholders feel secure and more confident while using the services. The confidence in brand and service provider is one of the primary prerequisites for a satisfying UX and businesses which are using technology to make the most out of it with proof of delivery.
Valuable information and all the critical relevant data about the transit operation is documented and managed through digital systems. Proof of delivery app becomes the first access point for your mobile human resources to access the digital system through scanners, mobiles and feed the data in real time, right from the on-field environment. It is a great convenience because managing and refreshing database consumes a lot of human resources and increases the overall time material cost of operations for a new startup. Then, all the information like a signature, consignment number, further package details, and the source-destination information are all available on the digital system that is accompanied by a convincing proof of delivery. The work becomes much faster and drastically shoots in the productivity of the mobile workforce in the field.
If the sender and receiver were located miles apart (geographically) are comforted when there is the trust of proof of delivery, they are more likely to use your services extensively. If the receiver acknowledges the receipt of shipment and the sender can verify it in real time, there cannot be a better way of making them feel secured, having control on operations and bring in more business with a perpetually growing relationship with the brand. The delivery is a masterstroke in the direction of empowering your customers for an improved UX, it is most likely to help you increase the amount of business and reach to larger goals in terms of sales and numbers.
The need for supervision and tracking the transit uproar operations on a mobile field is magically decreased with the presence of real-time database, equipped with a sound proof of delivery system. Earlier delivery process and last mile operations were carried out under the supervision of supervisors and on-field managers who were taking care of deliveries, managing resources and also handling logistics all at the same time. It is a welcome step to reduce the extent of human intervention in the delivery process and puts the in-office managers to track the status of the delivery, screen by screen with each phase of logistics.
It might not be considered as a direct benefit of PoD but is indeed an added benefit because of a fertile real-time database. Because there are location services entailed with the proof of delivery, geospatial management of on-field free resources, for achieving higher delivery success and quicker turnarounds, becomes more of accessible to achieve. It is one of the most lucrative benefits of building a cohesive technological digital system with a database, PoD and technically sound on-field resources.
Proof of delivery is like an extra mile of digitization of on-demand business and the need to personalize services for engaging your customers is always present in a long-term business relationships. When all the deliveries, logistics, and the processes are documented digitally, it is easier to track the number of dropouts, calculate the precision and recall, along with the failure rate. When such metrics are driving the future business strategy and optimization steps for your last mail delivery business process, they are most likely to succeed in leaps and bounds. It is like a constant quality assurance process which comes as an added benefit of POD.
How can PoD improve the QA process?
Proof of delivery (PoD) is born out of a dire need of trust and transparency in the last mile delivery and doorstep service. It has helped numerous start-ups and businesses be more innovative and serve their customers more efficiently. Proof of delivery is considered highly beneficial. Mutability of data and fault tolerance in case of data loss is still a mystery. The industry is yet to see the new concept of technology mature and be extensively used by businesses of all scales and classes. Proof of delivery can help in management, documentation and overall on-field process.
It should not be neglected that the quality of service primarily drives such businesses. It can be meticulously ensured by efficient and smart on-field human resources that are elevating the quality of operations, in the most skillful manner. A pod is capable of reducing the extent of human intervention and delivery process, but no business should look to absolutely eliminate people. Customers are willing to trust your brand. It can be meticulously ensured by efficient and smart on-field human resources that are elevating the quality of operations in the most skillful manner.
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Hi – I love your website. I have 3 year-old b/g twins who just started really fighting with each other. They hit or push each other and my son just started pulling my daughter's hair. It's not often, but when it does occur I'm not sure how to handle it. I'm not usually in the room where the incident occur, I just have a crying child come running to me to tell me what happened. Other times I'll see the incident. How would you recommend handling these situations? Thank you!
somethings that are important and helpful to do when siblings fight are to learn to stay calm ourselves and help them learn to mediate their feelings and reactions. the issue here is that at age 3 neither of them is going to be great at impulse control just quite yet (that is developmentally and age appropriate) so when they do get frustrated, they will turn to more reactive strategies until they learn other coping skills. the new skills would be saying their feelings such as "I am mad" or "I am frustrated" or "I need help" and seeking alternatives to hitting such as counting, going to a calming corner, stomping a foot but not hurting others… This takes modeling, talking, and repetition, plus more repetition! It might be a good idea to put up a visual chart of feelings and things your children can choose to do when they are upset or frustrated. While 3 year olds can learn to play alone in another room, try to be mindful of how long they are being together, visit them or walk by smiling to reinforce the positive interactions, don't take sides if you weren't there to see it, ask each one to tell their story "can you tell me what happened, then I will listen to your sister/brother" At this young age, it's important to intervene but calmly, with the intent to help them move forward with their play/activity. hope that helps!
Thank you for the response. I feel like I'm being dismissive when I ask them to tell me what happened and I don't do anything about it. Like my daughter will come running to me saying that her brother hit her and I'll ask him what happened and he says he didn't do anything. So I ask my daughter where it hurts and that I'll kiss it better and say I'm sorry she got hurt it wasn't nice for him to hit but then I don't do anything to "punish" him. So then it feels like I'm being dismissive to his behavior or even to her feelings. Does that make sense? Thank you so much for the replies, I really appreciate it!
Because both are still three, even if you don't know who hit who or what happened, it can be a good idea to say something like "seems like this is a good time to review some of our family rules…hands are not for hitting, if you feel mad you can…." and explain whatever alternatives you guys have established at home, this way you have addressed the behavior as being unacceptable but not created any finger pointing 🙂 Also, if you do SEE it happening, make sure to address that as well, not to punish but to let the child know "I saw that, it's not acceptable, you can….instead" and take a moment to reconnect, see if they need anything etc… hope that helps!
Perfect – thank you so much!!


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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for July 2016
Posted on July 31, 2016 by Cora
It's that time of the month again, time for "Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month".
So what is "Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month"? It's a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some June books I missed the last time around snuck in as well. The books are arranged in alphabetical order by author. So far, most links only go to Amazon.com, though I may add other retailers for future editions.
Once again, we have new releases covering the whole broad spectrum of speculative fiction. We have a whole lot of space opera and military science fiction this month as well as funny science fiction, dystopian fiction, Steampunk, epic fantasy, urban fantasy, Asian fantasy, young adult fantasy, young adult science fiction, fairytales, horror, vampires, fae, superheroes, blighters, alien invasions, galactic conspiracies, royal weddings, interrupted dinners, cardboard spaceships, haunted houses, time travel and much more.
Don't forget that Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month is also crossposted to the Speculative Fiction Showcase, a group blog run by Jessica Rydill and myself, which features new release spotlights, guest posts, interviews and link round-ups regarding all things speculative fiction several times per week.
As always, I know the authors at least vaguely, but I haven't read all of the books, so Caveat emptor.
And now on to the books without further ado:
A Threat of Shadows by J.A. Andrews:
There are decisions that can't be unmade, paths that cannot be unchosen, choices that change us too much for us to ever change back.
In a desperate attempt to save his dying wife, Alaric has sacrificed everything. He's abandoned his position as advisor to the Queen, he's cast aside his role as a Keeper, he's betrayed his deepest beliefs.
And still he has failed.
Now he's found one last chance at a cure. Haunted by the choices he has made and surrounded by companions who have dangerous secrets of their own, he returns to the people and land he turned his back on.
But soon the quest to save his wife becomes entangled with a larger quest. Gathering shadows threaten the land, whispering of the return of a dark lord, thought to be defeated.
To fight this enemy, the world needs the Keeper Alaric used to be, not the broken man he has become.
Can he regain what he's lost? Or do some choices change us too much for us to ever go back?
Alaric must decide or, in the face of all the growing shadows, it may be the darkness he carries within himself that destroys everything.
The Three Quarters Eaten Dessert by Cora Buhlert
Bertha and Alfred, married for twenty years, enjoy a truly science fictional life in the twenty-first century. But in spite of all the technological marvels surrounding them, an argument about sharing a dessert at an upscale restaurant escalates and threatens their friendship with their neighbours, the Hoppenstedts.
This parodistic piece is a mundane short story of 6000 words or approximately 25 print pages, written in the style of science fiction's "golden age" of the 1940s and 1950s. With bonus recipe.
Cleon Moon by Lindsay Buroker:
Now that she's retrieved the Staff of Lore, Captain Alisa Marchenko can finally dedicate herself and her ship to finding her kidnapped daughter. Her scant clues lead her to Cleon Moon.
Unfortunately, since the fall of the empire, mafia clans have taken over the domed cities on the harsh moon, and exploring there isn't easy. Even with the cyborg Leonidas at her side, Alisa struggles to survive vengeful mafia clans, rogue Starseers, and genetically engineered predators. To further complicate matters, she must worry about the ancient relic hidden on her ship, a beacon to anyone in the system who craves its power. If Alisa can't navigate the moon's chaos, she may lose her only chance to catch up with her daughter.
The Immortality Cure by Toni Centanni:
Henri Dunn was damn good at being a vampire, until her immortality was ripped away from her.
Now she must solve a murder or be executed for a crime she didn't commit.
Six months ago, Henri was stuck with a syringe full of the poison known as "The Immortality Cure." Now, after almost a century of being an immortal monster, Henri is human again and she's not loving it: her body aches, she has too many mortal needs, and the other vampires shun her as a Blood Traitor. All she can do is keep her head down and bide her time until she can find a way to get her immortality back.
When vials of the serum are stolen from the lab and another vampire is murdered, Henri is the number one suspect. With the help of a melodramatic vampire "king" and his mortal groupie, Henri must find the real killer or face the wrath of vengeful vampires.
The Immortality Cure is the first book in The Henri Dunn Urban Fantasy Series, featuring a badass female protagonist and a sardonic sense of humor.
Hollow House by Greg Chapman:
No one in Willow Street pays it any notice, not the disgruntled Campbell family next door, not Alice Cowley and her suicidal daughter, or Mr. and Mrs. Markham down the road. Not even Darryl, the loner at number seventy, who is abnormal himself, thinks much about it. It is just the old Kemper House, forgotten and abandoned.
Until it makes itself known.
When the stench of death wafts from Kemper House through Willow Street, and comes to the attention of recent resident and newspaper reporter, Ben Traynor, it starts a chain of horrors that brings Kemper House's curse into their own homes and leads others direct to its door. Kemper House not only haunts its neighbours, it infects them with an evil that traverses time and reality itself.
The Cardboard Spaceship by Gregg Chirlin and Matt Snee:
Lewis Darby, a science fiction writer of some repute, is about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime.
Also known as the Captain, Lewis lives with his mother in modern day Indiana. What nobody knows is that sometimes Captain crawls beneath an old refrigerator box in the basement and pretends it's a spaceship. And what Captain doesn't realize is that he has a date with destiny.
One peculiar April morning, Captain crosses paths with Jennifer Pichon, the child of legendary space explorer Marty Pichon and Kitty Malhotra, the Princess of Saturn. They join forces just in time as the terrifying astronomical event called "No-Shape" is poised to ravage the Solar System from Mercury to Neptune and beyond.
Together, Captain and the mysterious Jennifer face such terrors as the jungles of Venus, the perilous Worm Caves, and the decaying, giant insect-ridden wastes of Mars – and perhaps even fall in love along the way.
Their journey is filled with trials, but they alone can save the solar system from certain doom.
War's Reward by Michael Chatsfield:
The Second Kalu War rages across known space.
The newly formed Union undergoes it's first baptism, the baptism of war.
The Free Fleet is barely holding the line against the Kalu. Salchar and the other commanders of the Free Fleet have one goal. Survive.
As war rages politics and power brokering are at work behind the scenes in the Union.
Even if the Free Fleet survives the war, will they survive it's aftermath?
Callow Lily by Sara Cobb:
Countries have fallen only to be replaced by corporations. After spending years in the unclaimed districts of the unemployed; Lily has nearly given up hope that anything will change. When she is told that her Mother is dying and nothing more can be done, Lily is desperate enough to try anything.
When her family is offered a position at Trustmedia, Lily thinks that all of their problems are solved. Until she realizes that her acceptance is conditional. She will have to prove that she has what it takes to stay. If she fails, she will be thrown out and never see her family again.
Lily quickly finds that staying will be harder than she expected, even Father seems intent on seeing her fail. Things become complicated when her Father injects her with an unknown substance and she begins to have intensely vivid dreams. Lily is on the verge of having everything she has ever wanted, but does she have what it takes to keep it?
High Flight & Flames by Kate Coe:
The land of Quorl is under attack. S'ian, badly injured when her Glider crashed is trapped in a city under siege. Meanwhile out on the plains, Toru is desperately defending his own city and people from the advancing enemy. The fighting is no longer between men: a battle for the air has started, and new weapons force both sides into desperate measures. Even if Toru succeeds in pushing the enemy back from Meton, what will the cost be? Can Toru reconcile his duty to his country with his own dreams?
Woven Peril by Jeffrey Collyer:
The Guardian's forces may have left the forest, but they haven't departed from Michael's mind as he struggles to learn what his enemy will do next. Torn between feelings of guilt and love, he must now push ahead to find mythical halls deep in the earth, where secrets from the distant past are spoken of, and new riddles unearthed.
Entering dark paths, Michael must learn to use his growing power if he is to discover that which will save the land, at the same time as trying to protect those now under his care from new and deadly monsters sent to hunt him.
And all while he struggles to understand mysteries surrounding his mother.
Woven Peril is the thrilling second book in the Aylosian Chronicles, and continues the epic tale in a world of unusual magic and unique creatures.
Heartfelt Sounds by C.M. Estopare:
Orphaned Naia Belle is an apprentice songstress, attached for life to her silkhouse in the illustrious pleasure capital of Sorrel, Felicity. But as the dark clouds of war descend upon Felicity, Naia, ill-prepared and not yet fully trained, is forced from her home and into a nightmare she never imagined.
Driven once more from the haven she finds, posing as a boy and conscripted into a foreign army, Naia struggles to remain hopeful in spite of the trials she faces. Then she discovers there are those who wish to reopen Heaven's Gate and allow titans to walk the mortal realms once more. Only one power can stop them.
As her friends and allies fall around her, beset by sand wraiths and the soulless dead, with everything she loved now lost to her, Naia faces yet another challenge: the blackened plains of the Void, where she may learn the true power of her voice. A power the necromancers and titans would kill to stop.
HEARTFELT SOUNDS, is the first book in the exciting fantasy coming-of-age trilogy, THE WORLD OF SORREL.
The Cauldron's Gift by Marina Finlayson:
When Vi and her twin sister CJ started spitting frogs and diamonds with every word, they discovered their parents worked for a secret organisation dedicated to keeping the magical denizens of the world safely locked away. Vi thought life couldn't get any weirder, but then Dad became a bear, and her world really fell apart. Because it's starting to look like that's one spell the warders can't undo. They're all too busy trying to unmask the traitor who is secretly aiding the Sidhe.
Vi managed to keep the Sidhe from breaking out of their magical prison, but she couldn't stop the Morrigan from stealing back the great cauldron of the Dagda. And of course now CJ says the only way to save Dad is to get that cauldron back from fairyland. Talk about a suicide mission. Vi would have to be crazy to consider it, but as time runs out for Dad and the Morrigan threatens everyone Vi loves, craziness starts to look like the only sane option.
Noa's Ark by C. Gockel
First contact didn't go as planned…
Time Gate 8, one of humanity's portals between the stars, has been overrun by a mysterious alien intelligence, and the planet Luddeccea is now cut off.
Haunted by those she left behind, Commander Noa Sato is on a desperate mission to save her homeworld. Navigating the ancient Ark, she seeks a hidden gate that will transport her ship to Earth and the Galactic Fleet. But the Luddeccean system harbors dangers, and so does her crew.
The only crew member she completely trusts is James Sinclair, but he doesn't trust himself.
James isn't the man he once was. He has a hunger that is never sated, kills without regrets, and is fitted with extraordinary augments he doesn't remember getting. Can James control his augments, or will they control him?
In a future where almost all humans are augmented, James's answer and Noa's mission will determine the fate of the human race … and the enemy is already within the gates.
Wrong Side of Time by J.J. Green:
When the greatest minds in the galaxy can't solve a problem through logic or reason, they call Carrie Hatchett.
Carrie and her reluctant sidekick, Dave, have succeeded in driving the evil mechanical aliens, the placktoids, to their only remaining hiding place—the past. But the danger isn't over. The Transgalactic Council suspect the placktoids are trying to change the course of history and re-emerge as rulers of the galaxy.
Carrie and Dave are sent on a mission to defeat them, but even attacks from Carrie's psychotic cat can't prepare the two for the challenges they face when they travel back in time to the placktoid planet: searing temperatures, a barren landscape and primitive robots with OCD. And waiting in the wings is the placktoid High Commander, whose 3D printing ability is lethal.
Naively optimistic Carrie needs to recognise what's staring her in the face if she's to defeat the placktoids and avoid being trapped in the past forever.
Amped: A Kid Sensation Novel by Kevin Hardman:
Electra – the beautiful, unflappable girlfriend of teen super Kid Sensation – headlines her own adventure for the first time.
A foundling adopted and raised by the Alpha League (the world's greatest superhero team), Electra has exhibited super powers since infancy. However, her past has remained a mystery for the most part, with those few people with any knowledge of her background being reluctant to talk.
Refusing to remain ignorant of her own origins, Electra embarks on a fact-finding mission intent on discovering who she really is. However, in addition to providing more questions than answers, her investigation causes her to cross paths with a powerful group of supervillains, who see in her a means of furthering their goal of world domination.
Finding herself in the crosshairs, Electra must now find a way to stop those seeking to exploit her unique talents for their own nefarious purposes. Because if she can't, the world will pay a heavy price.
Autonomy by Jude Houghton:
Balmoral Murraine works in a Battery, assembling devices she doesn't understand for starvation pay. Pasco Eborgersen is the pampered son of an Elite, trying to navigate the temptations of the Pleasure Houses, the self-sacrifice of the Faith, and the high-octane excitement of Steel Ball. They never should have met, and now they will rip the world apart.
What happens when ninety percent of the world lives on skaatch – a jellyfish and insect composite?
What happens when mankind spends more time in alternative life sims instead of in the "real" world?
What happens when economic interest is the sole determinant of global decision making?
What happens when a single secret is discovered that calls into question everything we have ever believed?
Welcome to the Autonomy. Welcome to your future.
Beacon's Spark by Jim Johnson:
Twentysomething Rachel Farran dropped out of college after family pressures drove her to the edge. Now disowned by her parents, the only things going for her are her girlfriend, her bestie, and visits to her ailing grandpa, the only member of her family who even really likes her.
When Rachel stumbles into the mystical Veil separating the mortal and spirit worlds, her world is turned inside-out. She soon discovers that she is a Beacon, a descendant of the ancient Fates and a guide for lost souls who can manipulate magical ley threads. But when the malevolent being known as the Spinner harnesses the ley to drag helpless souls through the Veil to devour them, can Rachel learn to control her newfound abilities before her grandpa and many others are lost forever?
Beacon's Spark is the first book in Potomac Shadows, a new paranormal fantasy series set in the Washington, DC metro area.
Blighters by Tim Major:
Them Blighters are everywhere.
They fell out of the sky last year, great horrible armour-plated slugs with razor-sharp fangs. But ugly as they are, they give the ultimate high to anyone nearby: a blissful, gleeful contentment that people are willing to kill for.
Not Becky Stone, though. All she wants is to drink beer, listen to her dad's old vinyl, and get her life back to how it was before everything was all messed up.
Blighters? Frankly, she could do without them.
"Contains true craft and substance… You'll finish this novella and immediately start it over again."
Urban Fantasy Magazine on Carus & Mitch
Five Kingdoms by T.A. Miles:
With the Celestial Swords and their bearers united, Xu Liang heads for his homeland. Having lost his spiritual connection with the Empress, he is unprepared for the severity of Chaos' grip on the land and its people. Fear is spreading throughout Sheng Fan. War is in the air. There is dissension in the ranks of the Empire and Xu Liang's favor with the Empress seems to be in question, his once influential position now tenuous. The coming together of the Blades seems for naught while enemies from within threaten to tear apart his allegiance with the outsiders he dared to bring into Sheng Fan by spreading dangerous rumors. It seems that Xu Liang can do little more than watch as the Dragon continues to rise, every hour clawing its way deeper into the heart of the Empire, which slowly rends itself apart with the governors of the Five Kingdoms taking up arms against each other, as well as against the Song Dynasty. Those allied by the Swords must put Chaos to rest—be it an actual dragon, or war itself—but first they must find peace within themselves and amongst each other.
The Mercy of Men by S. Hunter Nisbet:
The anticipated second installment of the Saint Flaherty series moves from the hills of Appalachia to a city where law no longer prevails.
When Simon Flaherty's routine of training and fighting is interrupted by a sudden eviction, he never expects his new neighbor to be the one person he thought was long gone from Scioto City: Connor Hall.
It's been six years since they escaped from Buchell together—six years since Connor walked out of Simon's life and never looked back. For Connor, it hasn't been long enough. Trapped in a cycle of debt to the syndicate he works for, he's barely making it payment to payment while juggling two jobs and university. One more burden will destroy him, and the help Simon is willing to give can't balance the shadows of their past.
Fighting isn't all Simon's been doing in the years since arriving in Scioto, and the crime bosses of the city have their eyes on him. Getting involved with another syndicate's business isn't an option. But if Connor doesn't find a way to pay back his debts, Simon will do anything to make sure Connor doesn't pay the price for breaking a deal with a syndicate boss.
In a city without mercy, "anything" goes a long way.
Prelude to War by T.S. Paul:
With the destruction of the Earth ship Colossus the 3rd interstellar war is about to begin. The Cabal plan to reveal their political intentions to the Galaxy, but before they can, they have to eliminate their enemies first. Athena and her whole family are in their sights along with anyone that stands in the way of progress and control. Who will survive the onslaught and who will die? Only time will tell.
Join Athena, Wilson and the CATTs as they set out to prove that might does not equal right!
Brother's Pride by Jim Rudnick:
While the wrecked alien ship on Ghayth provides some interesting new technology, Admiral Scott has nothing on his mind but his upcoming wedding to the Lady St. August. In only a couple of months, he'll have vows to pledge and a ring to don as he becomes a Royal himself to take the new title of Lord Scott. And the only thing in his way—even though he doesn't know it, is his sister Gia who has pledged revenge upon him for the death of their sister, Nora.
With the upcoming release of the Ikarian longevity vaccine, the RIM Confederacy realms are all wanting more and more of the vaccines to double their lifetimes, while the Baroness is purposely chocking off the supply. Added to that is the fact that the Master Adept knows what will happen at the wedding and she is hurriedly training her own replacement and the wedding will be where the assassination attempt is made.
But the Master is not the only wedding party member to die at the altar as the admirals sister takes careful aim and screams out her revenge and Tanner falls as do others—all to pay penance for his crime of decades ago…
The Reluctant Adventures of Fletcher Connolly on the Interstellar Railroad: Skint Idjit by Felix R. Savage:
Fletcher Connolly hasn't got a lot to lose. Since he, and half the galaxy, signed on to the rat race of the technological relics trade, Fletch has long since come to terms with the idea that he will join the ranks of the unlucky explorers that perish lightyears from home without a dime to his name.
As the first mate of an old, decrepit exploration ship–the Skint Idjit–things can't get much worse. As if that isn't enough, he has a hard time convincing himself his luck is bound to change when he finds himself stranded on the planet Suckass, on a remote branch of the Interstellar Railroad. With his new assignment an unlikely candidate to hide alien treasures, true to his personality, Fletch settles down to work on his tan.
But when disaster strikes and a member of his crew is killed, Fletch finds himself torn between loyalty to the surviving crew and the siren song of an unsuspected trove of A-tech.
Can Fletch save the Skint Idjit and her crew from a horrible death? Or will he ignore their dying screams and laugh all the way to the bank?
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Kansas Supersedeas Bond • Surety One, Inc.
When an appeal is permitted by law from a district court to an appellate court a Kansas supersedeas bond is required if the appellant wishes to stay the judgment against him. Whenever an appellant desires such stay on appeal, such appellant may present to the district court for its approval a Kansas supersedeas bond which shall have such surety or sureties as the court requires. The bond shall be conditioned for the satisfaction of the judgment in full together with costs, interest, and damages for delay, if for any reason the appeal is dismissed, or if the judgment is affirmed, and to satisfy in full such modification of the judgment such costs, interest, and damages as the appellate court may adjudge and award. When the judgment is for the recovery of money not otherwise secured, the amount of the Kansas supersedeas bond shall be fixed at such sum as will cover the whole amount of the judgment remaining unsatisfied, costs on the appeal, interest, and damages for delay, unless the court after notice and hearing and for good cause shown fixes a different amount or orders security other than the bond. When the judgment determines the disposition of the property in controversy as in real actions, replevin, and actions to foreclose mortgages or when such property is in the custody of the sheriff or when the proceeds of such property or a bond for its value is in the custody or control of the court, the amount of the Kansas supersedeas bond shall be fixed after notice and hearing at such sum only as will secure the amount recovered for the use and detention of the property, the costs of the action, costs on appeal, interest, and damages for delay. When an order is made discharging, vacating, or modifying a provisional remedy, or modifying or dissolving an injunction, a party aggrieved thereby shall be entitled, upon application to the judge, to have the operation of such order suspended for a period of not to exceed 10 days on condition that, within such period of 10 days such party shall file a notice of appeal and obtain the approval of such Kansas supersedeas bond as is required (KS App. Proc. 60-2103). Pursuant to (2)(a) of the same section, if the appeal is based on any legal theory the supersedeas bond is normally set at the full amount of the judgment however if the appellant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that setting the supersedeas bond at the full amount of the judgment will result in the appellant suffering an undue hardship or a denial of the right to an appeal, then the court may reduce the amount of the supersedeas bond. If the judgment exceeds $1,000,000 in value, the Kansas supersedeas bondshall be set at a total of $1,000,000 plus 25% of any amount in excess of $1,000,000. Kansas surety leader, Surety One, Inc. is the most responsive and agile underwriter of supersedeas bonds (appeal bonds) in the nation. Our in-house authority is UNMATCHED, ANYWHERE. Visit SuretyOne.com, call (787) 333-0222 or (800) 373-2804, or email Underwriting@SuretyOne.com for further information about a Kansas supersedeas bond, appeal bond or any surety need.


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Q: swift 3 facebook sdk get friends list I need to get all my friends list:
I found this code:
var fbRequestFriends: FBSDKGraphRequest = FBSDKGraphRequest(graphPath: "/{friend-list-id}", parameters: [AnyHashable : Any]())

fbRequestFriends.start { (connection, result, error) in
    if error == nil && result != nil {
        print("Request Friends result : \(result!)")
    } else {
        print("Error \(error)")
    }
}

But in return I get this error:

Error Optional(Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1002 "unsupported
  URL"
  UserInfo={NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=(null)?access_token=EAAZAaT5Yj9qQBABsXA5KGpwvGX6wIdgX6h9mLtzz6YtgjiOB12XwWxl1MrDJLtZChWSOOKXDiizZCu7uZAixBmqP97HYUXkeg3lkTeeeyjmvhZBOZBibrp2Exa9uZB7V5fflJTvISF2aqK94H7E52svqei6SHvxi3W9vcynSI8hPQBBSawND9NHQif0wYIPuHIpbzl6ErBErvk6nm4ysMo1ZA0BFHVmflVYZD&format=json&include_headers=false&sdk=ios,
  NSErrorFailingURLKey=(null)?access_token=EAAZAaT5Yj9qQBABsXA5KGpwvGX6wIdgX6h9mLtzz6YtgjiOB12XwWxl1MrDJLtZChWSOOKXDiizZCu7uZAixBmqP97HYUXkeg3lkTeeeyjmvhZBOZBibrp2Exa9uZB7V5fflJTvISF2aqK94H7E52svqei6SHvxi3W9vcynSI8hPQBBSawND9NHQif0wYIPuHIpbzl6ErBErvk6nm4ysMo1ZA0BFHVmflVYZD&format=json&include_headers=false&sdk=ios,
  NSLocalizedDescription=unsupported URL, NSUnderlyingError=0x7a6285b0
  {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1002 "unsupported URL"
  UserInfo={NSErrorFailingURLKey=(null)?access_token=EAAZAaT5Yj9qQBABsXA5KGpwvGX6wIdgX6h9mLtzz6YtgjiOB12XwWxl1MrDJLtZChWSOOKXDiizZCu7uZAixBmqP97HYUXkeg3lkTeeeyjmvhZBOZBibrp2Exa9uZB7V5fflJTvISF2aqK94H7E52svqei6SHvxi3W9vcynSI8hPQBBSawND9NHQif0wYIPuHIpbzl6ErBErvk6nm4ysMo1ZA0BFHVmflVYZD&format=json&include_headers=false&sdk=ios,
  NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=(null)?access_token=EAAZAaT5Yj9qQBABsXA5KGpwvGX6wIdgX6h9mLtzz6YtgjiOB12XwWxl1MrDJLtZChWSOOKXDiizZCu7uZAixBmqP97HYUXkeg3lkTeeeyjmvhZBOZBibrp2Exa9uZB7V5fflJTvISF2aqK94H7E52

A: @CBroe is right, this is how the code should look like
let params = ["fields": "id, first_name, last_name, name, email, picture"]

let graphRequest = FBSDKGraphRequest(graphPath: "/me/friends", parameters: params)
let connection = FBSDKGraphRequestConnection()
connection.add(graphRequest, completionHandler: { (connection, result, error) in
    if error == nil {
        if let userData = result as? [String:Any] {
            print(userData)
        }
    } else {
        print("Error Getting Friends \(error)");
    }

})

connection.start()