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Brochure design for a marketing consultancy
Earlier this year, Liven was approached by Domain Diction, a newly formed marketing company which provides proven campaigns for Top Level Domains (TLDs). Liven was asked to create two brochures and in the process establish a visual look and feel which could then be used as the foundations for additional promotional collateral. Both brochures incorporated…
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Liven, Top 50 Digital Agency In South East
Liven Creative, has just been recognised as one of the leading top 50 digital agencies within the South East by the Wire Hive 100. The announcement was made at the annual Wirehive 100 Digital Agency Awards 2012 which were established to showcase the great work being done by agencies in the South East. Liven Creative…
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Literature Design For A Digital Recruiter
Liven Creative, has just completed the design of two stunning new brochures for Salt Recruitment. Salt Recruitment are a leading London based digital recruitment consultancy which provides digital professionals across four markets: Sales, Marketing, Technical and Creative. Liven were tasked with transferring the look and feel of their new websites across two new recruitment brochures;…
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Pabulum Appoints Liven
Hampshire based contract caterer Pabulum has appointed Liven to oversee the creation of its autumn / Winter campaign. Pabulum based in Fleet are an independent company with a simple premise, 'honestly good food'. Their food offering is supported by a collaborative working relationship approach with their clients, which include, primary and secondary schools, Further Education…
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Liven Is Recommended Agency Registered
Liven Creative has joined an exclusive group of design agencies by being awarded Recommended Agency Registration (RAR) status. The Recommended Agency Register was set up to help brand owners make informed decisions when searching for a design and marketing agency in the UK. The process of becoming RAR registered involved having a number of existing…
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Moscow, Effective Project Management
Undertaking a rebrand, new website, advertising campaign or brochure within any large orgnaisations can sometimes be a difficult exercise as staff conflict internally regarding the priorities of the project. Liven has extensive experience undertaking successful projects for Global enterprises and uses as part of our structured approach, an Agile methodology called MoSCow to prioritise what…
Liven Appointed By Astec Projects
Following a consultation period and excellent recommendations from a mutual contact Liven Creative has been appointed by Reading based construction consultancy, Astec Projects to oversee the creation of their new corporate website. Astec projects is renowned throughout the Construction Industry for innovation and creativity in all of their core activities which include: Design and Installation,…
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E-Commerce Website And Brand Identity For Solseal
Liven were asked by Solseal to establish an ecommerce platform so that they could sell their sealant products online. With no brand identity, Liven started by creating a new brand identity which reflected the industrial / construction nature of their products. A fully functional e-commerce website was designed and built using the open source platform…
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Exhibition Design For Enables It
Following a chemistry meeting, Liven were appointed by Enables IT to assist with their marketing and design for an event they were attending called 'Enterprise Cloud Computing & Virtualisation 2012′. Enables IT are a leading technology solution provider who specialise in Virtualisation, Unified Communications, Network Systems and Support solutions for a broad range of clients….
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Toshiba Windsor Triathlon
On the 17th June 2012 James Glass will be undertaking the Toshiba Windsor Triathlon in aid of CLIC Sargent – the UK's leading cancer charity for children, young people and their families. James is undertaking the Olympic distance which involves a 1.5km swim, 40km bike ride and 10km run. James has set a target of raising £2,000…


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For 37 years, the Science History Institute has sought to preserve and promote an understanding of the history of science and how its discoveries and innovations have shaped our modern lives. To serve as the new museum centerpiece in that mission, we created Object Explorer, a new way to make the scope of that ambition, a little easier to get your hands around.
Representative objects tell the story of major innovations in materials science, chemistry, energy and more.
Custom 3D-printed objects trigger and manipulate digital events, content, and stories
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A two-part multimedia exhibit, Object Explorer tells the history of modern innovations —from such wide-ranging topics as energy, synthetic materials, refrigeration and others—through everyday objects these innovations made possible. Placing a custom 3D printed object on the table activates interactive media related to that object. But the discovery is more than the history of the object itself. Instead, the objects show us broader stories of innovations in multiple spaces, historical events and social change that they catalyzed. A single object could expose stories of materials science, sanitation, advances in healthcare, and huge changes social and economic changes wrought by industrial mechanization.
Standing tall over the table and visible from just about anywhere in the museum is the media column where ultra high-resolution video showcases the museums collection of art, scientific instruments, rare books, and photos: the who and what of scientific discovery across centuries.
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Community companies democratising the energy market
Last week I was invited to speak at the Community Energy Scotland conference, and I highlighted the opportunity for Scotland to lead the way on international Energy Justice.
Read on to see what I had to say.
The top line in Green energy policy is that "All people should have fair access to the energy they need". This could be summarised as Energy Justice.
The World Development Movement highlights Nigeria as a great illustration of so much that is wrong with the energy system. In this oil-rich country, over half the population (and up to 90 per cent of the rural population) lacks basic access to electricity. At the same time fossil fuel giants like Shell and Exxon-Mobil pump out enough oil and gas to power the country many times over. These fossil fuels are destined largely for the rich North.
The problem is not that there is not enough energy, but that there are immense energy injustices. Without fair access to energy schools, hospitals and basic improvement to living standards are jeopardised.
Energy justice is about power. Who controls the energy. That is why the work of Community Energy Scotland and the other community energy bodies is so important.
We know people in Scotland support renewable energy, despite media hyperbole the vast majority of people are content to see renewable energy developments happen in their local areas – that is an important social consensus we have to maintain. The greatest threat is not too many developments, but the perception that large corporations are in control and making money for themselves with limited benefits and control in the hands of local people.
I want to live in a world where community control is at the centre of a secure and sustainable energy system. People in countries like Malawi deserve to be in control of their own development, and this is exactly the model Community Energy Malawi appears to be using.
From Holyrood I'm pleased to report that I managed to gather support for a Parliamentary motion I lodged in June from MSPs of every hue. Greens, Lib Dem, Labour, SNP, and even, with a special ask, from the Conservative energy spokesperson. It's important we are consensual and cross party where we can be.
The motion welcomed the formation of Community Energy Malawi and its first Community Energy Conference in June which brought together representatives from Scotland and 12 Malawian community organisations. It also welcomed the continued funding of the project by the Scottish Government as part of the Malawian Renewable Energy Acceleration Programme.
This support from the Scottish Government is extremely important. The Scottish Government does not have power over foreign affairs, "international development assistance and co-operation" are specifically reserved to Westminster but even still the Scottish Government has made the right choice to commit to helping internationally through the international development fund and also the climate justice fund.
I know CES are keen to expand on their international work. CES have stressed to me that their work with groups in Malawi has been a true skills share. They have gained expertise, enthusiasm and experience and hope to have provided some too.
The projects in Malawi and elsewhere are hopefully demonstrating how community control works in the Global South. One example from Europe I have used in Parliament is Germany.
In the small town of Schönau in the Black Forest, a feisty primary school teacher called Ursula Sladek and others decided that they wanted to buy non-nuclear energy, and consume less at that. An approach to the local energy company failed but, after a five-year battle, the community took ownership of the local grid and could supply their own energy.
That idea took hold and there are now 600 community energy companies democratising Germany's energy market. Several years ago, Germany too was dominated by its own big four energy companies but now, more than half of the 60GW of renewable energy that has been installed in less than a decade is citizen or community-owned. That is delivering cheaper, cleaner energy, but importantly, it is an energy market that is not dominated by a few players but is owned and controlled by citizens.
That is a vision that we should aspire to, and I hope Community Energy International can play its part in that for every country.


Ace fashion designer Ritu Beri, also an advisor for Khadi promotion, unveiled an exclusive collection using India's "national fabric" khadi.
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched the exclusive Ritu Beri Khadi Collection in the presence of Micro And Small Enterprise Minister Kalraj Mishra, BJP's national spokesperson Meenakashi Lekhi and Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary.
"When I started doing fashion designing 25 years ago, my first collection was in Khadi. The sales were good. I am honoured to do it again. It is for India and we need to do this for our country. Like they say, it's an air conditioner fabric and it's handspun. It gives employment to so many Indians. Khadi is a national fabric," Beri said at the launch.
Lekhi agreed with her and also emphasised on the need to "designing Khadi according to youngsters' choices. It shouldn't be just clothes for the politicians, but should be fashionable among youngsters as well".
The new collection surely has something for men and women — young and old alike. It's a blend of ghagras, salwars, tops and jackets with kurtas in shades of pink, blue, yellow and white.
Should an ambassador be appointed to promote Khadi?
"Our PM Narendra Modi has been attached to Khadi for long. He has been popularising it across the globe. So, why do we need an ambassador?," said Mishra.
And Beri added that she would love to design something for Modi.
"It's a dream to dress up Modi. He's a real leader. To design for him, will be an honour," said the designer, whose creations have been flaunted by stars like Nicole Kidman, Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar.
The event was also attended by actor Anshuman Jha.


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Crave Cook Click organized a meetup on April 16th, Sunday with a theme of Holi & Gudi Padwa delicacies potluck accompanied with a demo of alcohol ink coasters.
It was a prefect meeting with so much enthusiasm and multi talented full house of Crave Cook Click members. Also, thanks to Asavari for opening her genius kids venue for the meetup and Shweta for conducting the informative and fun filled coasters demo. Last but not the least much thanks to the members who waited till late post meetup to give a helping hand for cleaning the venue.
Crave Cook Click members started pouring in at 12pm and arranged their potluck delicacies. All of them were sporting the graceful Indian attire.
The meetup commenced with a brief introduction of every attendee. I am so glad that we had such a versatile audience of software engineers, entrepreneurs, project managers and home makers. Everyone spoke few lines about themselves and expressed their feelings about being the part of the group.
Introduction session was followed by the Alcohol Ink coasters demo by Shweta Mehta. She explained in detail about the materials and showed every step in creating the beautiful and fuss free alcohol ink coasters. The session was not only helpful but totally entertaining with Shweta's witty sense of humor. She patiently answered all the questions of the members.
Post the demo, the members tasted the wide spread of holi and gudi padwa delicacies buffet. The buffet was a mix of traditional as well as creative fusion dishes. From Vangi bhat to pan macarons. Yes u heard it right J everything was so delicious.
Also, how can we not play with colors in a holi meetup 🙂 Thanks to Archana, we had a blast with colors before everyone bid adieu to each other.
Last but not the least, how can I forget many of the members stayed back to help Asavari with the cleanup of the venue. Can't thank them enough.
Photos by Anita Mokashi Photography.
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Jon Stewart defends 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch's freedom of speech
By jmullins@sfchronicle.com (Jessica Mullins) on December 20, 2013 at 12:29 PM
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The recent booting of 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch Phil Robertson from the popular A&E show has sent the Internet and media into a frenzied debate of free-speech rights.
Robertson's suspension has ruffled the feathers of the show's thousands of fans, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who argues that Robertson had the right to make his anti-gay remarks to GQ magazine.
On 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,' Stewart admitted Thursday that while what Robertson said is "ignorant," he also has "an inclination to support a world where saying ignorant s*** on television doesn't get you kicked off that medium."
Stewart continued and said he "stands with the free speech absolutists at Fox News … mostly" before diving into a montage of Fox News clips with anchors angry about the use of the world "holiday" instead of "Christmas."
Oh, the hypocrisy.
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A few little treats from Boux Avenue, take a look at these lovely pieces.
White Chiffon hand cream is described as "a luxurious hand cream that smoothes and softens for silky hands you'll love." Scented with lily, jasmine and elderflower, the signature Boux Avenue scent is gorgeous and definitely worth checking out the next time you're in store. With silk protein, I was surprised at how rich and nourishing this is, and it's a lot thicker than I was expecting! Once applied, it leaves skin feeling soft and has a light scent that lasts around an hour.
The Rose Petal Lip Balm also smells divine and has a true antique rose scent. A 10ml glass tub, this is a must for any vintage aficionado.
Boux Avenue – not just for undies!
Here's my paltry offering to the gods of empties. Nothing but a Sure Roll On Deodorant and Soap & Glory Righteous Body Butter. The body butter has been on the go since Christmas so it really does last, but I've got loads of body lotions to use up, just in time for summer when a butter is too rich. Needless to say, these will both be repurchased!
Next month I promise to try harder!
Show your local newsagent some love this month and head on down to see the great freebies on offer with this months' magazines.
First off, Glamour has once again collaborated with Benefit to offer a choice of 3 freebies. Choose from BadGal Lash Mascara (4g), The Porefessional (7.5ml)and That Gal Primer (7.5ml). Personally, I adore Benefit and have already purchased the first two on the list. I've searched high and low for That Gal as I'm desperate to try it but it looks like these aren't even available anywhere in the Birmingham/West Midlands area. At just £2 for the magazine with the products worth £10, £10 and £15 respectively, it's a bargain! Look for Kylie Minogue, Fearne Cotton and Eva Longoria on the cover.
Bringing you the cutest nail polishes around, pick from three Ciate colours, taupe, hot pink and pastel purple, worth £9 each. With a cover price of £3.70, it might be worth getting them all if you're a fan.
Leighton Denny is a popular freebie and you can choose a full sized bottle worth £11 in pink, orange or taupe with the £4.20 magazine.
For the £3.80 cover price, you can choose from either a Body Shop mascara (worth £10) or 2 eye definers (worth £16).
Also worth an honourable mention is the free Reiss vest with Elle magazine (£3.90) in 3 different colours and the free sunglasses in Tatler (£4.10) in a choice of 4 different colours. Perfect for your holidays! Plus, Vogue is just £2 this month! You know what they say, buy nothing until you buy Vogue.
Every Sunday, I try to be good and give myself a decent facial. Since I received my Origins basics for Christmas, I've been adding to my collection and have finally got a full nine-piece routine sorted! Here it is.
A huge product, a little goes a long way and you only need a pea sized amount. With a fruity smell, this has a really thick lather, so thick in fact that I need to use a sponge to get it off! This really does live up to the claims though and my skin looks brighter after use.
A deluxe sample size, again, I only use an amount similar in size to a 20p piece and work it in all over my face. A thick paste or emulsion, this exfoliates but without being too harsh or scratchy and dries out once it's been on the skin for a minute or so.
Another sample, a pea-sized amount is enough to cover the face in a thin film of this mask. Upon application this instantly feels soothing and calms my skin.
I love the scent of this toner and it reminds me of that salon smell. By the time I've cleansed, exfoliated and used a mask, the cotton pad I use to apply this with is clean as a whistle! Another product that feels like it's working but isn't harsh and it doesn't sting.
The first thing you'll notice is the odd, botanical smell of this. Get past it (it's really not strong) and you should be able to almost feel it healing the skin. When I first started using it, I saw a definite improvement to my skin in that I had fewer blemishes and outbreaks. Now, that's not so much the case but this is still a great product and one I'd recommend.
The newest addition to the Origins range, this serum has a gorgeous iridescent finish and leaves skin glowing. I only have a tiny sample of this so I use it in the daytime on special occasions as a primer without the Mega Mushroom serum. At the counter I was told to use this after the Mega Mushroom to brighten the look of your skin. When I first started using the two serums together at night, I could see a definite improvement in my skin, but lately there is none, although it does leave my skin feeling smooth. I like it, but not enough to justify purchasing the full sized bottle.
A lovely cooling gel that's oil free and light enough to use without clogging your pores – no greasy residue in the morning here!
One word – genius! This has a definite immediate effect, just pat a little under one eye and compare to the other to see how much lighter the area looks when you use this. It's not an award winner for nothing and it's the best eye cream I've ever used by far.
I haven't quite figured out when to use this during my mammoth routine. Needless to say, this is a topical gel that works to reduce the size of the blemish and is so fast acting I sometimes use it in the day, not just overnight. Everyone should have one!
Hope you enjoyed that super long post! I really like using my Origins products. They're so gentle, natural and brightening that they're suitable for everyone. Sadly, I think it might be time to move on to something perhaps a little stronger on my blemish prone skin. If anyone has any recommendations for blemish busting skincare for combination skin then please let me know!


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In this presentation to the Association of Marketing & Healthcare Research, Michael Foytik of DSS presents our approach to measuring, tracking and influencing consumer healthcare engagement. This presentation received the best faculty paper award for the 2010 conference.
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Q: Memory design with 4 256K X 1 Bit IC's to a Z80 I have a couple of memory IC's lying around (16 of them) which I would like to use in my homebrew Z80 project. These IC's were produced by Samsung in 1988, the KM41256A 256K x 1 bit. I realise I can't hook them all up as the Z80 can't address more then 64K and I'd still like a rom and some IO.
However, I thought I'd use 4 of them to create 16K which seems enough for a test setup. I know I'd need a line decoder for the chip select pins but I'm a bit at a loss how to approach this.
My questions:

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*First and for most would it even be possible to use these chips? Or
do I need chips with a word equal to the data width of my Z80
(surely this can't be true?).

*How much address lines would I need to address 16K of memory?

*Which line decoder would I need 2-to-.... ?

I hope I phrased the questions in such a way that they're understandable. I'm completely new to this type of design. I've tried to read up online as much as I could but these matters left me confused.
Thanks.

A: These 256K x 1 chips are only 1 bit wide. With four of them you would only get 1 nibble at a time, and the Z80 doesn't do 4-bit data.
It is possible to use them, but not what I'd call practical, and would take far more than 8 chips, unless you want to use an FPGA to make a RAM controller. You need a controller anyways, in order to generate your dynamic RAM timing. But let's concentrate on simple read/write operations.
You need, at a minimum, a 9-channel 2x1 multiplexer for the addresses. You also need some time delays to generate RAS and CAS strobes. With a single 41256 you could produce a 32K x 8 RAM, by using page mode. Using the upper 15 address bits as the 32K address and the 3 lsbs of address to provide the 8 bits of data, you would perform a page mode read or write , then step through the 3 data addresses to sequentially read or write the 8 data bits into or from the RAM. Page mode cycle time takes 100 to 150 nsec/cycle, depending on your chip speed, so a single read or write cycle would take on the order of 1 to 1.5 usec.
Chip count would be something like: 2 ea. 74HC157 2-1 mpx (although this would restrict you to a 16k equivalent), 1 ea 74HC374 for the RAS addresses, 2 ea 74HC161 for the CAS addresses, 1 ea. 74HC161 for the data bit counter, 1 ea 74HC151 8-1 mpx for writing data, 1 ea 74HC374 as a read shift register to store the output data before sending it to the Z80, and a 74HC244/245 to drive the data onto the Z80 data bus. Plus a few more for glue logic, at a guess. That's a minimum of about 11 chips. Plus, assuming you're using an 8-MHz Z80, it will run at an equivalent of about a 2-MHz chip. All your memory reads and writes will take a loooong time.
You can, of course, speed things up by using 4 of them with a two-stage read or write cycle with almost no loss in speed.
What you really need to do is use 8. Then you have a good match between your CPU and your memory, and you should be able to get decent speed and minimal chip count.

A: As a MOS Tech 6502 adept you would have been the enemy in the early 80's! ;-)
If I remember well, the Z80 memory were dynamic RAM chips. So you need to update the rows every so many milliseconds and need a special chip to do that. Not sure if you need an even number of address lines (row+column) per se to do that. 16k (note the lower case k for kilo, K is for Kelvin) is 2^14, so 7 rows and 7 columns to scan and you have your Nibbles (half byte). You need to go to 8+8=16 and 2^16=64k Nibbles to cover for 16k Bytes. Or 7+8 and 2^15= 32k Nibbles if unequal row/column are allowed.
Given the speed of modern chips you can multiplex two Nibbles into a byte, but you need to do that bi-directional (R/W). This may become complex and not realy a space saver.
So I would go for the 8-chip approach as suggested by Brian.
PS. For the 6502 we used static memory. Easier to use but more expensive :-)

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Ending human trafficking
Published: 12 Oct 2016 09:00
Strategy to focus on breaking up trafficking groups and supporting victims.
There will be no place to hide in Scotland for human traffickers the Justice Secretary pledged today.
The message came at the launch of the Scottish Government's Human Trafficking Strategy, which will aim to disrupt perpetrators and improve support for traumatised victims.
The strategy, out for consultation from today, involves joint working with Police Scotland, the third sector and partners across the UK. It covers three key themes:
Actions to raise awareness of human trafficking and exploitation, such as helping the wider public recognise the signs of trafficking and know what action to take
Improving arrangements to facilitate detection and prevention, including robust cross-border action by police and courts
Support and assistance for victims, including a clear process to assist their rehabilitation.
Mr Matheson said:
"Human trafficking is an abhorrent crime, causing lasting physical and psychological damage, yet such exploitation is happening in Scotland today. The number of trafficking victims identified and rescued in Scotland rose by 46% in the two years up to 2015.
"The new Human Trafficking and Exploitation Act has already created a new offence of trafficking with a possible maximum life sentence. Today's draft strategy sets out the approach to address trafficking and exploitation, aimed at exposing and eradicating these crimes.
"We want to support victims to safety and recovery, identify and disrupt perpetrators, and address the conditions, local and global, that foster trafficking and exploitation. In order to do that, cross-border working, including continued support from Europol is absolutely vital.
"I encourage anyone who has encountered such crimes – as a victim or witness or any other interested party – to have their say and help shape our action against these vile criminals. There must be no place to hide for them in Scotland."
John Merralls, UK Operations Manager and Deputy Head at Migrant Help UK, also said:
"Migrant Help UK welcomes publication of the Scottish Government Strategy on combatting human trafficking in Scotland. The charity, which was a partner in developing this strategy, shares the government's desire to eliminate human trafficking and help all victims of this abominable crime.
"We support the government's inclusiveness, openness and determination in tackling such a major human rights issue. The strategy establishes a clear blueprint for the future and represents a commitment to working in partnership with all relevant agencies and providers across national and international borders to achieving its aims.
"We will continue our close working relationship with the government in realising the strategy to the benefit of Scotland and all trafficking victims who we support and advise."
Deputy Chief Constable Johnny Gwynne said: "Human Trafficking is a sickening trade in vulnerable people. Police Scotland is committed to targeting those who seek to profit from exploiting others. We support all efforts to keep people safe from this type of criminal activity.
"Trafficking is a challenging and complex issue to investigate, with most cases being protracted and involving law enforcement in more than one country, both in the UK, Europe and internationally. Trafficking is often a hidden crime and its victims frequently don't see themselves as such, therefore we proactively look for victims. Police Scotland has a dedicated Human Trafficking Unit which brings a high level of expertise and robust investigative techniques to identifying both victims and perpetrators.
"Police Scotland encourages reporting and would ask the public and businesses to be socially and ethically aware - if you suspect someone is being exploited and may have been trafficked, please contact us on 101."
A spokesperson for Community Safety Glasgow, which delivers the TARA (Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance) service, said: "This is the first time Scotland has ever set out a strategy to tackle human trafficking and we look forward to continuing to make a detailed contribution to the crucial, national dialogue.
"Human trafficking is a fundamental breach of human rights and has a disproportionate impact on women and children. There is already a national commitment to end violence against women and girls and the new trafficking strategy will help to target the demand that leads to women being exploited.
"It is vitally important that survivors of human trafficking are also able to share their experiences as part of the development of the new strategy. Community Safety Glasgow, in partnership with the Scottish Government, are undertaking an event with current service users to ensure their personal insight will help us develop our thinking around prevention and ultimately bring all perpetrators to justice."
The strategy can be found here.


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South African Of The Year 2014 - South Africa SOUTH AFRICAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2014 HIGHLIGHTS
International superstars Scherzinger & Ella Henderson regaled the audience with their electrifying performance.
The South African Of The Year 2014 award ceremony was held in Johannesburg and was hosted by award winning Investigative Journalist Chantal Rutter Dros and South Africa's sought after celebrity Bonang Matheba. The awards ceremony was an extravaganza with a star-studded local and international line-up, including the likes of Nicole Scherzinger, Ella Henderson, Lira, Mi Casa, Mafikizolo and Zahara to name a few. The event saw attendance by the cream of South African society like former Miss South African Bokang Montjane and current Miss South Africa, Rolene Strauss, famous sportsmen, Graeme Smith, Jimmy Tau, Mkhaya Ntini, Caster Semenya and Brian Baloyi. Other guests included Duduzane Zuma, son of His Excellency President Jacob Zuma, George Bizos, Richard Maponya and Andrew Mokete Mlangeni
The ceremony also featured performances by by Top South African celebrities Mafikizolo (Winner of Trendsetting celebrity of the Year at SATY 2014), Mi Casa, Lira, Zahara and Current Miss South Africa Roelene Strauss and Miss South Africa (2010) Bokang Montjane, Sports personalities Caster Semenya & Jimmy Tau
The set was inspired by hope, wisdom, strength, freedom and spirit celebrated by the South Africans for 20 years. The concept centered around a sapling growing into a tree, created by LEDs that changed colours, graphics and moods through the event. A sit down silver platter service for all guests was organized as they enjoyed the evening. Prominent South African personalities GEORGE BIZOS, ANDREW MOKETE MLANGENI, GRAEME SMITH, KHANYI MBAU, TEBOGO LEROLE, ADVOCATE THULI MADONSELA & PENNY LEBYANE graced the occasion.
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One of the many criticisms to be fired at the England team in the aftermath of their World Cup humiliation was the poor standard of bowling on display throughout the competition and in the build up.
The lack of quality available at county level was cited as the reason for England's lack of pace, variety and dire death bowling. However, Luke Fletcher of Nottinghamshire has been a player able to make the Yorker his own and consistently produce, fast, damaging deliveries throughout the game and into the death.
Nicknamed 'The Bulwell Bomber', Fletcher's bowling arsenal is one of Nottinghamshire's key assets across all three formats. Will he be firing on all cylinders in 2015?
"The Yorker is definitely something I've spent a lot of time working on with the bowling coaches because it's the type of ball which if you nail it's harder to get hit for huge scores. It's definitely been a focus for me in pre-season and I'm looking forward to hopefully getting results with it this year." Fletcher says.
As the England selectors take time to review places and tactics ahead of a busy summer of cricket, it could be that this year is one which sees county bowlers being given opportunities to make their mark on the international stage. Fletcher is keen to reject the idea that this situation has made extra demands of the county game however.
"I don't think there's any pressure on county players to prove that the standard of bowling in the game is high enough but there are definitely chances for county cricketers to get selected a place in the England One Day team which is an added motivation." He said.
Notts have boosted their bowling attack by signing Vernon Philander and Ben Hilfenhaus to share the duties this season but Fletcher admits that there is a noticeable change in the Trent Bridge dressing room as both Ajmal Shahzad and Andre Adams are now at different clubs.
"With Ajmal at Sussex and Andre at Hampshire there's a different feel to our bowling unit now. In the seven years I've been here Andre was always the go-to strike bowler and a very influential senior player so there's definitely going to be some adjustment as the new guys settle in but having fresh talent on board is always an exciting prospect." Fletcher explains.
Whilst it's clear Nottinghamshire are pushing to bring home all three titles, Fletcher admits that the Natwest T20 Blast is probably were the team are most likely to clinch a trophy.
After the success of the Australian T20 Big Bash League and the IPL set to get underway this month, it's clear that T20 is a format which is attracting a lot of attention and making big demands of players. Nottinghamshire have a lot to offer this summer but Fletcher is sizing up the competition with caution.
Nottinghamshire's county season gets underway at Lord's on Sunday April 12th when they take on Middlesex for their first game of the Championship Season.
Their first T20 fixture is against Warwickshire at Trent Bridge on Friday May 15th.


Who says we are living in dark times? LIGHTWAVE offers you an opportunity to defy the darkness at the Science Gallery in a festival to dazzle your eyes and electrify your minds.
LIGHTWAVE at the Science Gallery gives you a unique chance to experiment with illumination in the company of a bright and buzzing community of scientists, engineers, philosophers and techno-artists who are passionate about the visible spectrum. From January 23-31st the LIGHTWAVE festival will thrill and delight Dublin city, and the LIGHTWAVE exhibition will continue until February 20th.
LIGHTWAVE includes pieces where the communication of electric fish is turned into sound and light, where you can step into a camera obscura to view the Aurora Australis or view the cutting edge work on microbial fuel cell technology that can produce electricity from soil or rotting fruit to bring off-grid light to developing countries. Join the Cell Phone Disco to see what your conversations look like or enter the Kosmoscope – a giant kaleidoscope that tracks earthquakes around the world. Coupled with LightChats, movies and LightLounge Lightwave will bring you light relief at the darkest time of the year.


No matter how many times we go to Malacca, there is always something to do.
Despite our regular brief weekends or short getaways there, we still can't cover everything in one visit. And we're not ashamed in repeating or revisiting places in Malacca too!
Upon checking into Estadia, our chosen accommodation for the brief weekend, golek-golek atas katil dulu jap then off to dinner. Will share a bit more info on the hotel in a bit.
For dinner, mestilar gi makan seafood kat Parameswara, Umbai.
Lovely evening...Slow breeze, almost sunset, the mood was set for some lovey dovey dinner sesh and seeing your other half stuffing his/her face with awesome seafood. Biler dah kahwin memang masing-masing makan tak control. Masa dating everything was eaten in dainty bites. Control macho/cantik. Now if mulut penuh with bits of sauce dribbling near your lips also no hal! Hahah!
Apologies for the blurry picture.
This was the best Sweet & Sour Pepahat I've ever had. I don't regularly take pepahat, but entah malam tu ada mood to eat them. Felt like having something different. Pepahat is also known as bamboo clam. For Europeans, it's a smaller version of the razor clam. Not sure if you guys eat razor clams so I can't say for sure whether they're exactly the same.
We had a grand time stuffing our faces with these babies! Must have sotong goreng tepung!!! Always!!!
Ok, so right after dinner, we got back to the hotel. Estadia is basically owned by the Hatten Group and the hotel adjoins the Hatten hotel. Due to last minute bookings and knowing we won't be spending too much time in the room, we decided on Estadia. Not too bad I must say. A bit leceh to masuk though but so convenient due to the location being next to Mahkota Parade and our favourite Assam Pedas place is just 10-15 minutes walk away.
Takkan nak tido terus after stuffing our faces? Mesti jalan-jalan to burn some of the calories. Hmphh, tak jalan lama sangat pun. Masing-masing dah nak golek atas katil sebab kenyang sangat.
How cute is this huge None slippers.
Breakfast was included in our package. Not too bad lar the fare. Tak banyak tapi just nice. I would definitely recommend for those who are coming for a short stay or kalau family kahwin and nak longgok all family members in one place, Estadia is THE place.
Instant love I tell you. Their tiffins are so cute. They were arranged as part of the deco at the entrance of their restaurant.
Malu nak tanya if they jual or not. I think they do tapi at hotel price lar.
This is the lobby of the hotel by the way. Love how spacious it is despite the compact and almost confined size of the hotel.
This was part of the deco near the stairs heading to their shop. Tak gi pun. Again, I love the hotel's local touches to their decor. Nostalgic and proud of their heritage.
Pagi tu lepas breakfast, terus gi ke bandar. Memang nak gi Muzium Tan Cheng Ho. Lar, betul-betul tepi Hard Rock. Selalu passed by tapi tak pernah gi.
One of the wells in the muzium. Air still bersih and cool.
If you get the chance, try to find three of the wells in it. All of them are in the building.
A miniature model of a Chinese trading ship.
A miniature of the ships.
Seriously, it's kinda hard to imagine Melaka crowded with those ships. So many!
The is the third well. We actually missed it. We had to retraced our steps to locate it.
We both enjoyed our visit there. Hubs bought a replica of an old drawn map. The plan is to frame it and hang it in the library.
One unsettling thing during our visit to the museum was the lack of respect by the Chinese (Mainlanders) tourists. Main-main ketuk gendang, gamelan and playing with the exhibits selamber dawg ajer. I got annoyed. Hubs was already giving me the "Just ignore" look. Frust!
Orang tukang jaga pun dah lama fed up but since it's a source of income terpaksa terima ajer. Bayangkan, drum stick untuk gendang or bits of pasu pun boleh they bawak balik. WTF! Please lar, dah visit people's country give the proper respect.
5 mins walk away, what better way to fight the heat than by having a bowl of nice cendol. Before anyone asks "Why tak makan ngan durian?", well sebab earlier that week we just had durians so both of us nak simple cendol sans the durian. Perut pun still penuh from breakfast. Mata ajer kempunan nak rasa. Still yummy babes! Tengok how pekat and dark the gula melaka.
Before going back to the hotel, we jalan-jalan then gi makan assam pedas before checking out. Like I said, memang brief visit ajer. Sajer nak keluar KL and jalan-jalan makan and lepak bersama.
Til' our next visit to Melaka.


(PHOTO/TWITTER.COM) Grand Terrace All-CIF infielder Eliyah Flores will play on scholarship at University of Oklahoma next season.
Slugging infielder Eliyah Flores of Grand Terrace High School will join former teammate Melanie Olmos next season at the University of Oklahoma, where she will play softball on scholarship for the 2015-2016 College World Series Champion Sooner's. Flores contractually signed on Nov. 9, which was National Letter of Intent Day.
Others from last year's Grand Terrace CIF-Division 3 championship team to sign for college scholarships are Lily Bishop, who will play at North Carolina State, Alyssa Martinez who will travel to the University of Mississippi, Yesenia Morrison to Grand Canyon University, and Morgan Parson (Hawaii).
Before they graduate this year, the five will attempt to win their fourth Sunkist League championship, having compiled at 43-1 league record over the last three seasons. Despite being pitched around last season, Flores slugged eight home runs and drove in 27 with a .451 batting average. Flores brought attention to herself as a sophomore by hitting 13 home runs with 31 RBI and a ,495 batting average. In the last two seasons she has led the team in runs scored and has stolen 14-of-14 bases.
In a statement from Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso, she pointed out that Flores is just one of four new recruits to her national championship team. "This class, as a whole, has a lot of power. They can hit the ball hard and they're very strong," said Gasso. "Each one of these athletes have been playing for championships so they have the pedigree to win championships." She feels with such experience, her recruits have the ability to step right in and perform at the national level.
In her bio, it states Flores has lived her entire life in Grand Terrace. She was a Sunkist League MVP and has been chosen all-area and all-county each of the last three seasons. Flores was All-CIF First Team last season and along with her Division title last year, was on the Grand Terrace runnerup team in 2015.
Flores has played for Huntington Beach-based Tony Rico's travel team for three seasons. Its championship winning 18U game against the California Elite was televised by ESPN sports network. Grand Terrace coach Bobby Flores could not be reached for comment about his other scholarship players.


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Yes, this is so concerning "Language names" as well as "Country names".
Moreover, concerning "Ainu", Wikipedia states that the japanese version is also spoken in Eastern Russia, so that a language name like "Ainu (Japon)" for this language could exactly be the beginning of an unfortunate political imbroglio.
If this is about politics, you will get a travesty that has no practical meaning. If anything this is the route not to go. Such political demands need to be ignored.
But notwithstanding  what SIL or ISO 639/RA-JAC does and thinks, there is a political demand for "arab (country name)" as "language name", and it will be much more difficult to explain that this is impossible if we begin in this direction. In this kind of questions, it is not at all certain that: "Il n'y a que le premier pas qui coute"
Have a look at what SIL has to say about Arabic languages... they are not something like Arabic (some country name) this makes sense because borders of countries are hardly appropriate for distinguishing languages.
But, in my opinion, it is more like a "language name" that adding a country name after a language name.
Moreover, if we begin in this direction, how will we explain that we do not want to recognize language names like "arab (country name)" for every arab speaking country ?
> language name ?) for the chinese language ?
But I repeat: in what way would this solution be simpler or easier to comprehend, or less arbitrary, than adding country names in parentheses, as ISO 639-3/RA has chosen to do?


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Charming Shoppes Promotes Exec
James G. Bloise rises to executive vice president.
Jan 5, 2006 4:41 PM EST
Charming Shoppes
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named James G. Bloise executive vice president.
The Bensalem, Pa., operator of Fashion Bug and Lane Bryant women's plus-size stores said Bloise's responsibilities will include supply chain management, information technology and shared business services. He will report to CEO Dorrit J. Bern.
Bloise joined Charming Shoppes in March of 2002 as senior vice president with responsibility for supply chain management.
"In just a few short years at Charming Shoppes, Jim has exhibited both a high level of proficiency and dedication to the company's operational excellence," Bern said. "Through Jim's expanded role, he will have the opportunity to apply his proven operational management skills to additional areas of the corporation, providing a positive impact to many of our processes. I am extremely pleased to congratulate Jim on his promotion to executive vice president."
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The pilot's son told investigators his father routinely flew with his dog sitting in the plane's passenger seat.
A photo from the NTSB shows a makeshift guard that an Iowa pilot made to stop his dog from being able to hit the flight controls on his plane.
MONTICELLO, Iowa — Federal investigators say a small plane crash that killed a 90-year-old pilot near an eastern Iowa airport was likely caused by the pilot's decision to allow his large dog near the flight controls.
The pilot's son told the NTSB that his father routinely flew with his dog in the passenger seat and had installed a homemade plywood device to prevent the dog from inadvertently hitting the rudder pedals during flights.


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Milo Manara (właśc. Maurilio Manara, ur. 12 września 1945 w Lüsen, prowincja Bolzano, Włochy) – włoski scenarzysta i rysownik komiksowy.

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Karierę rysownika rozpoczął w wieku 14 lat, rysując paski komiksowe do włoskich gazet. Tworzenie prac z których jest najbardziej znany, czyli komiksów erotycznych, zaczął w roku 1969, od serii Genius. Komiks stał się na tyle popularny, że w kolejnych latach (1971-1973), otrzymał możliwość rysowania następnej serii, tym razem o erotyczno-sensacyjnych przygodach pięknej piratki Jolandy Almavivy.

Drzwi do wielkiej kariery stanęły przed nim otworem wraz z opublikowaniem w magazynie Pilote opowieści zatytułowanej Małpi król do scenariusza Silverio Pisu (1976). Dzięki sukcesowi tej historii, Manara mógł w końcu rozwinąć skrzydła. W dwa lata później ukazał się jego samodzielny album: HP i Giuseppe Bergman. Podobnie jak Małpi król nie jest to komiks erotyczny, lecz raczej przygodowy. Postać "HP" wzorowana jest na osobie Hugo Pratta, przyjaciela i mistrza Manary. Na początku lat 80. panowie ci nawiązali współpracę, owocem której stały się albumy o kolonizacji obydwu Ameryk: Indiańskie lato i El Gaucho.

W 1983 roku ukazał się kolejny, klasyczny już dzisiaj album komiksowy Manary, zatytułowany Klik. Jest to komiks erotyczny, którego główną bohaterką jest piękna dziennikarka, Claudia Cristiani. Od wydania i sukcesu Klika rozpoczęła się dobra passa autora w dziedzinie komiksu erotycznego. Kolejne lata przynosiły dalsze albumy: Zapach niewidzialnego w 1985, Candide Caméra w 1988, Courts Metrages w 1989.

W 1990 roku pojawił się album Podróż do Tulum, owoc współpracy Manary z filmowcem Federikiem Fellinim. Komiks ten jest adaptacją scenariusza Felliniego, który nigdy nie miał szans zostać zrealizowany w formie filmu fabularnego. W 1992 roku, również we współpracy z Fellinim, powstał album Podróż G. Mastorny, będący podobnie jak Podróż do Tulum, realizacją w postaci komiksu, jednego ze scenariuszy Felliniego.

W 1996 roku został wydany kolejny autorski komiks Manary, który szybko stał się jednym z najbardziej znanych jego dzieł. Chodzi o "Guliverianę", erotyczną i zabawną parodię klasycznej powieści Jonathana Swifta o przygodach Guliwera. Kolejne lata (1997 i 1998) to okres bardzo owocnej aktywności twórczej artysty. Ukazały się wtedy takie albumy jak: Fatal rendez-vous, Kamasutra, Tre ragazze nella rete". W tym czasie Manara zilustrował też album zatytułowany Aphrodite, będący adaptacją erotycznej noweli Pierre'a Louÿsa.

Jednymi z najnowszych prac Manary są albumy Złoty Osioł (1999), Rivoluzione (2000) i Fuga da Piranesi (2002). Pierwszy z nich jest adaptacją tekstu z II wieku, stworzonego przez rzymskiego pisarza Apulejusza, drugi to przewrotna satyra na "nowy Olimp", na którym urzędują ludzie z branży telewizyjnej, oderwani od otaczającej rzeczywistości, trzeci natomiast to komiks SF z elementami erotyki.

W latach 2004–2010 pracował nad serią historyczno-erotyczną Borgia o rzymskiej rodzinie arystokratów i papieży Borgiów (autorem scenariusza jest Alejandro Jodorowsky).

Obrazu twórczości artysty dopełniają liczne artbooki, jak np. "Women of Manara", portfolia, takie jak "Dolomites Encantedes" czy "Letters from a Portuguese nun", a także działalność w branży reklamowej (reklama Chanel nr 5 z Czerwonym Kapturkiem) i rozrywkowej (okładki do płyt). Stworzył nawet swoją autorską talię kart do tarota.

Twórczość
(wytłuszczone tytuły ukazały się po polsku)

 1969-1971: Genius (łącznie 22 odcinki opublikowane w formie pasków)
1971: Un fascio di bombe scen. Alfredo Castelli i Mario Gomboli
 1971-1973: Jolanda Almaviva (podobnie jak seria Genius publikowana w postaci pasków), scen. Roberto Renzi
1974-1977: Il fumetto della realtà, scen. Andrea Mantelli, Franco Frescura i Mino Milani
 1975: Quella notte del 1580, scen. Mino Milani
 1975-76: La parola alla giuria. Processo a..., scen. Mino Milani

 1976: Małpi król, scen. Silverio Pisu
1977: Alessio, il borghese rivoluzionario, scen. Silverio Pisu
 1977: Chris Lean, scen. Raffaele D'Argenzio
 1977: Volere e Potere, scen. Graziano Origa
 1978: HP i Giuseppe Bergman
 1976-1978: L'Histoire of France in Bandes Dessinées (5 epizodów), scen. Jean Ollivier i Pierre Castex
 1978: L'uomo delle nevi, scen. Alfredo Castelli
 1978-2004: Storia d'Italia a fumetti, scen. Enzo Biaggi
1980: Un autore in cerca di sei personaggi
 1981: Quattro dita
 1982: Afrykańskie przygody Giuseppe Bergmana
 1983: Indiańskie lato – scen. Hugo Pratt
 1982: Klik
1982: Acherontia Atropos
1982: L'ultimo tragico giorno di Gori Bau e Callipigia Sister
1984: Trompeuse apparence
1985: Il diario di Sandra F.
1985: Zapach niewidzialnego
 1988: Candide Caméra
1988: Orientalne przygody Giuseppe Bergmana
 1989: Courts Metrages
 1990: Podróż do Tulum, scen. Federico Fellini
 1991: Klik 2
 1991: L'oiseau de soleil, scen. Wilbur Smith
1991: Il sogno di Oengus, scen. Giordano Berti
1991: Cristoforo Colombo, scen. Enzo Biaggi
 1992: Podróż G. Mastorny scen. Federico Fellini
 1992-1995: El Gaucho – scen. Hugo Pratt
1993: Art of spanking
 1994: Klik 3
 1995: Zapach niewidzialnego 2 1996: Guliweriana
 1997: Fatal rendez-vous
 1997: Kamasutra
 1999: Aphrodite
 1999: Złoty osioł
 2000: Rivoluzione
2000: Tre ragazze nella rete
 2001: Klik 4
2002: Fuga da Piranesi
2002: Sirenae
2003: Sandman: Noce nieskończone (rozdział 2), scen. Neil Gaiman
 2004: Mitologiczne przygody Giuseppe Bergmana
2005: Borgia, scen. Alejandro Jodorowsky
2006: Quarantasei, scen. Valentino Rossi
2007: Oczy Pandory, scen. Vincenzo Cerami
2009: X-Women, scen. Chris Claremont
2015: Caravaggio: Paleta i Rapier
2019: Caravaggio: Łaska

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This children's dinosaur activity consists of connect the dots, which in this case are from 1 to 26. As can be seen with the naked eye, it is a dinosaur with a long neck that belongs to Brachiosaurus species. The brachiosaurus sauropods genre lived on planet Earth during the Jurassic period, in areas now occupied by Africa, North America and Europe. It was one of the larger animals that have never existed.


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Jason Gleed is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and producer.

Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gleed graduated as an Ontario Scholar from Crescent School, studied briefly at McMaster University, but left to attend York Mills Collegiate Institute before later enrolling at the University of Toronto's science program where he was accepted into Trinity College.  He left the program in 1999 to work at the newly formed Grayson Matthews Audio.

He has written music and performed vocals for national ad campaigns for Alltel, McDonald's, Coke, Pepsi, ATT, Allel, KFC, Lexus, Chevy, Ford, Toyota, Sears, Daisy Sour Cream, and Hellmann's.

He has songs featured in many major motion pictures such as Jumper, Speed Racer, American Pie Beta House, What Happens In Vegas, Hotel For Dogs, Hamlet 2, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Alvin and The Chipmunks, Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Hannah Montana, Sex Drive, Spring Breakdown, Cats and Dogs 2, Star Struck, Big Mommas House 3, Hop, Footloose, The Muppets, and The Adjustment Bureau.

Gleed spent several years touring with multi-Juno award-winning Canadian House DJ/producer Hatiras as vocalist/performer, Jaxon.  Together Hatiras and Jaxon were known as the Electro House duo, Hatjak.  They released one full-length album.

Jason is sponsored by Sony, and occasionally tours with Sony Creative Software.

Filmography
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Speed Racer
Jumper
What Happens In Vegas
American Pie Presents: Beta House
Sex Drive
Sex and the City
Hamlet 2
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Hotel For Dogs
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Star Struck
Night at The Museum 2
Spring Breakdown
Hop
Big Mommas House 3
Footloose 2011
The Muppets 2011
The Adjustment Bureau
The Loud House Movie

Television
Theme for 2008 Disney Channel Games
Theme for My Dad the Rockstar
Theme for Spider Riders
Theme for Braceface
Theme for Disney "So Random"
Theme for Disney "Kickin' It

Artist work
Gleedsville
Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana co-producer of song "Let's Do This"
The Clique Girlz co-writer and co-producer for The Clique movie soundtrack
Mitchel Musso co-writer and co-producer of song "Didn't Have To Walk Away"
Kelly Clarkson co-producer "Go"
Queensberry co-producer "The Song"
Anna Cyzon writer/co-producer "Love Me", "Young Boy", "Reputation"

External links
 Gleedsville
 Jason Gleed
 Regular Jason Gleed
 JSM Music
 Blow Media
 Grayson Matthews

Living people
Canadian composers
Canadian male composers
Canadian television composers
Year of birth missing (living people)


Do you know who Vladimir Morozov is?
Perhaps it is time for Bend to re-evaluate its position as a bike-friendly city—and, with such an earnest gut-check, then begin trying to surge forward from there toward an actual gold medal, not simply claiming success too soon.
But, we're in an optimistic mood, not a salty one, and we are not awarding a Boot to City Hall for not doing enough to advance bike lanes and non-car commuting; instead this week's award is more a Cinderella take-that-pumpkin-and-make-it-a-sweet-commuter- bike Glass Slipper. In particular, Bend Bikes, a grassroots organization focused on promoting and improving Bend's bicycle conditions, has been working hard to push forward the standards and conditions for bike commuting in Bend. Last week, for example, the advocacy group hosted a well-attended meeting at Bend Velo bike shop where steering committee member Brian Potwin provided updates and goals. The gist? Bend's bike future is bright enough, but success will take work, not complacency.
Potwin outlined a number of overdue (but exciting!) current projects that had us riding wheelies down Bond Street. He said there are two ways to improve Bend's bike town status: one, create a critical mass of cyclists by organizing more fun, accessible group rides (already in progress, see bendbikes.org for more information); and, two, improve bicycle infrastructure.
Thankfully, we are now starting to see that happen. During a recent repaving, Franklin Avenue finally earned a striped, two-foot-wide bike lane that will help connect downtown to Bend's westside. The nearby hairy underpass that connects to Third Street should be next. Ground also was broken last week on the sweeping Riverside/Franklin bike lane project, which should be completed by late October. Additionally, the city has said it agrees with Bend Bikes—that Bend needs greater north-south, east-west bike lane connectivity and highlighted NE Eighth Street as a potential bike corridor. Other zones are also being discussed.
Yes, these are baby steps in the correct direction, but for this momentum to remain, bike-riding citizens need to speak up and speak out. The city has told Potwin and Bend Bikes that an opportunity for change exists. But if concerns aren't voiced, expect the status quo—broken bike lanes and anemic alternative transportation numbers. Write an email to Mayor Jim Clinton. Speak to city council, attend meetings and use the new bike lanes. It's the only way to build on the momentum.
Yes, we understand that Bike Town USA is not some hard-earned title handed down from the U.S. Department of Transportation, but more a marketing gimmick—and, moreover, the title's origins are based on the number of elite cycling races hosted in the area. Still, the title should serve as a goal, as a kick in the bike seat to get going (cue Rocky theme music) and move up from the middle of the pack.


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Can you solve these Winter Olympics-themed maths puzzles?
Every four years, the world's leading winter athletes – the skiers, skaters, sledders and snowboarders – gather to compete for medals in the Winter Olympic Games. In 2018, the games take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Of course, among the drama, bravery and triumph, there is plenty of room for maths! So, while you're cheering on your favourites, don't miss the chance to tackle these Winter Olympics maths puzzles.
The most famous ski jumper in history is not exactly famous for being good. Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, self-funded and short-sighted, famously finished in last place in both the 70m and 90m events at Calgary, Canada in 1988, scoring fewer than half as many points as his nearest competitor. However, these scores are still the British records for ski-jumping! In 2016, a film of his exploits, Eddie The Eagle, was released.
In the ski jump, competitors ski down a huge ramp, reaching speeds of up to 60mph before jumping as far down the hill as they possibly can.
Each jump is awarded points based on two factors: the distance jumped, and the jumper's style.
Here is the recipe (we've simplified it a bit for this puzzle!):
· Take 60 metres away from the distance jumped (this could be a negative number!)
· Double the result
· Add on the style score.
A group of judges also awards up to 60 points for style – how well the jumper flies and lands.
For example, to work out the score for a ski jumper who jumped 95 metres with enough grace to pick up 40 style points, you would calculate:
· 95 – 60 = 35
· 35 × 2 = 70
· 70 + 40 =110
… so the jump would be worth 110 points.
Similarly, a jumper who manages 80 metres with 25 style points would score 65 points altogether.
Bronze Medal Puzzle: Albert the Albatross (of Albania) jumps exactly 90 metres and scores a perfect 60 for style. How many points does he earn?
Click here for answer
60 for distance, 60 for style= 120 altogether
Silver Medal Puzzle: Kelly the Kestrel (of Kazakhstan) jumps 95 metres and scores a total of 120 points. How many style points was she awarded?
She has 70 for distance, so must have another 50 for style.
Gold Medal Puzzle: Lemmy the Lemming (of Latvia) scores a total of zero, including no style points at all. How far did he jump?
To get 0 points for distance, Lemmy must have jumped exactly 60 metres.
Eddie the Eagle wasn't the only feel-good story of the 1988 Games in Calgary. Another team that did remarkably well just to compete was the Jamaican bobsled team. Jamaica's Caribbean climate is not the most helpful for bobsledding, but the team borrowed equipment and asked for help. While the four-man bob team was unplaced after crashing in qualifying, the two-man team finished a creditable 30th out of 41. The movie Cool Runnings is – very loosely – based on their experience.
In the bobsled (or bobsleigh), teams of two or four pack into a streamlined sled and slide down a twisting, icy course with steep, banked corners as fast as they possibly can – often as fast as 75mph. It gets its name from early competitors who realised they could go faster by bobbing back and forth inside the sled!
The 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler, Canada, took place on a track 1,450 metres long. Each team had four runs at the course, and the winners were the team with the smallest total time.
* Feel free to use a calculator for this puzzle!
Bronze medal puzzle:
The run times for the gold medal-winning team (USA) were
50.89 seconds
What was their total time, in minutes and seconds?
204.46 seconds is 3 minutes, 24.46s
Silver medal puzzle:
After their final heat, (Canada) were in second place with total time of 3 minutes, 24.85 seconds – but Germany, in third place, still had one run to go. In the first three heats, Germany had a total time of 2 minutes, 33.48 seconds. How quickly, in seconds, did the German team have to complete their final run to win at least a share of the silver medal?
3:24.85 is 204.85 seconds; 2:33:48 is 153.48 seconds. The difference, and target time, is 51.37 seconds. In fact, Germany's final heat time was 51:36!
Gold medal puzzle:
USA's second heat time of 50.86 seconds was a track record.
What was their average speed in metres per second?
Can you convert that to miles per hour? (Note: there are 1,609.344 metres in a mile.)
1,450m in 50.86s is 1450÷50.86 = 28.51m/s. In 3,600 seconds, they would travel about 102,636 metres, so they're moving at 102,636 metres per hour. Dividing this by 1,609.344 gives 63.77mph.
One of ice hockey's most famous Olympic matches was the 1980 medal-round game between the USA and the Soviet Union, or USSR. The USSR had won the previous five ice hockey gold medals, and were hot favourites to win a sixth. The American team, on the other hand, was young and inexperienced. Despite trailing 1-0, 2-1, and 3-2 at various points in the game, the USA came back to win 4-3. The commentator famously counted down the last few seconds, saying: "Five seconds left in the game… do you believe in miracles? YES!" – and the match entered folklore as The Miracle On Ice. There are at least two movies about it!
Ice hockey - the a high-speed, physical game in which skaters try to hit a small rubber puck into the other team's goal using a curved stick. Matches consist of three 20-minute periods; if a match is tied, the teams play a fourth 'overtime' period, followed by a shoot-out if needed.
In the Olympics, the first round of the tournament is a group phase. The teams are split into groups of four, and the teams in each group play each other once.
Teams are awarded:
· three points for a win in regular time (W),
· two points for winning in overtime or in a shootout (OTW),
· one for losing in overtime or in a shootout (OTL), and
· none for losing in regular time (L).
The total number of goals each team scores (GF) and concedes (GA) are recorded, and the difference between them (goal difference, or GD) is used as a tie-breaker.
Bronze medal: In the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the results in group A were as follows:
· RUS 5-2 SLV
· SVK 1-7 USA
· SVK 1-3 SLV
· USA 3-2 RUS (shootout)
· RUS 1-0 SVK (shootout)
· SLV 1-5 USA
Can you fill out the final group table? (Get your printable table here)
Silver medal puzzle
The final table in Group C looked like this:
a) What was the score in each of Switzerland's games?
b) The Czech Republic lost 4-2 to Sweden.
What were the scores of the remaining two games?
a) Switzerland must have lost 1-0 to Sweden and beaten the Czech Republic and Latvia 1-0.
b) The Czech Republic scored a total of 6 goals (2 against Sweden and none against Switzerland) and conceded 7 (4 against Sweden and 1 against Switzerland). That means they must have beaten Latvia 4-2. CZE 4-2 LAT.
Of the 10 goals Sweden scored, 4 were against the Czechs and one against Switzerland, so they must have scored 5 against Latvia.
They conceded 5, of which two were against the Czechs and none against Switzerland, so the remaining 3 belong to Latvia. SWE 5-3 LAT.
Gold medal puzzle: The final table in Group B looked like this, only some of the numbers are missing. Can you fill them in?
*Hint: do the left hand side of the table first
To win eight points, Canada must have two wins and an OTW. To get no points, Norway must have lost all three matches. Austria must then have beaten Norway and lost their remaining two matches (to Finland and Canada). Canada's OTW was therefore over Finland, making the left-hand part of the table:
Canada's goal difference is 11-2 = +9.
Finland must have conceded 7 goals to have a GD of +8.
Austria must have scored 7 to have a GD of -8.
The last bit is trickier: the total of the goal difference column must be zero, so Norway's GD is -9, and they conceded 12 goals. (You can also see this by saying every goal is scored by someone and conceded by someone else – so the totals of the GF and GA columns must be the same.)
The final table looks like this:
There's maths to be found in all the Winter Olympic events - enjoy it!
Why do puzzles? Working through puzzles is great for active minds of all ages. And if the whole family can get involved, all the better. Aside from helping to develop mathematical thinking and reasoning, puzzles help to build resilience, a useful skill for all budding mathematicians.
Hi, I'm Colin Beveridge - a maths tutor, former NASA researcher, and writer of maths books including Basic Maths for Dummies.
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Op-ed: Muni Rebuild Must Center Riders
By Zack Deutsch-Gross
Image: SFMTA
At a time when transit agencies are struggling to lure back riders, San Franciscans are begging to ride the bus again. Earlier this month, community members from across the city called into the SFMTA Board of Directors meeting asking to restore late night Muni service that supports the city's reopened night-life. This past Thursday, residents in the Tenderloin organized a protest to bring back the 31 Balboa. Their petition already has almost 1,000 signatures. Travel patterns may have changed as a result of the pandemic, but public transit is still at the core of San Francisco's economic vitality, our climate goals, and an equitable, thriving city. We can't afford to wait when it comes to restoring Muni service.
But as SFMTA chooses what bus routes to bring back, they must not make the same mistakes of the past. Riders–in particular riders of color, low-income riders, seniors and people with disabilities–have historically been excluded from the planning process and must be centered in Muni's rebuild. We are the people who ride the bus every day and know intimately what works and what needs to change. For example: SFMTA's current service restoration plan puts 98 percent of residents within three blocks of transit starting in August. Sounds great right? Unfortunately, a three block walk in San Francisco can be straight up a hill, making the bus inaccessible for many, from the parent pushing a stroller to the senior returning from the grocery store. Furthermore, if a bus only comes every 30 minutes or is a 'ghost bus' that never shows up, what's the point? Centering riders in Muni's rebuild ensures what looks good on a map aligns with riders' experience on the ground.
Even with the insights of riders, the path to rebuild Muni is tenuous.
Restoring service isn't like turning on a light; SFMTA walks a tightrope between the transit death spiral and insolvency. Transit has suffered decades of disinvestment, leaving Muni without enough staff to operate all its buses and with a train control system run on floppy disks. SFMTA may be flush with federal stimulus dollars right now but rebuilding a transit system takes time and sustained investment. At the federal level, HR 3744, the Strong Communities through Better Transit Act, offers hope in the form of $20 billion annually for transit operations. Locally, San Francisco is considering passing a major transit funding measure in 2022, which would go a long way toward rebuilding our transit system.
Unfortunately, we can't afford to wait for 2022 or for a gridlocked federal government to bring back service. SFMTA needs to increase overtime so it can run more buses now while it hires and trains new operators. SFMTA should also permanently approve the 20-plus miles of temporary emergency transit-only lanes–which creates more reliable, efficient service by taking buses out of congested traffic. That also increases capacity, since buses do more runs if they aren't stuck in traffic. These immediate changes would go a long way to support the city's economic recovery and meet existing demand.
But whatever comes next, if the needs of riders aren't front and center, Muni's rebuild doesn't stand a chance.
Zack Deutsch-Gross is a San Francisco native and Advocacy Director for San Francisco Transit Riders.
Filed Under: Muni, SFMTA, Transit, GJEL, Promoted
Guest Commentary: Transit Riders Support a Faster, Safer L Taraval
By Rachel Hyden | Dec 5, 2017
Today, Tuesday, December 5, at the SFMTA Board of Directors meeting (City Hall, 1:00 pm), the MTA Board will be voting on the remaining proposed improvements to the L Taraval Muni line. This is a great opportunity for riders to help improve the L Taraval's speed, reliability, and safety.
Muni Cuts Back Service to Core Routes
By Roger Rudick | Apr 6, 2020
Starting Wed., only 17 of Muni's 83 rail and bus lines will be running
Muni Switching to Bus Intervals Rather than a Fixed Schedule
By Roger Rudick | May 27, 2020
All it took was a global catastrophe to get Muni thinking about serving customers, instead of moving vehicles
Supervisor Norman Yee Puts West Portal Motorists Over Transit Riders
Pushes to prevent study of traffic changes that would finally start prioritizing Muni over private cars
Muni Changing Up Rail
By Roger Rudick | Jun 22, 2020
When the subway comes back in August, it'll be a whole lot different
Advocates Align to Fight Proposal to Split Muni/SFMTA
SPUR, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, Walk San Francisco, and the San Francisco Transit Riders have come out hard against a proposal to split Muni from the rest of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency


What is one of the most destructive things Satan is using in our world today? Prescribed for everything from learning and behavioral problems, to bedwetting, aggression, juvenile delinquency, criminality, drug addiction and smoking, to handling the fears and problems of our elderly, from the cradle to the grave, we are bombarded with information pushing us towards this type of chemical "fix."Understanding society's skyrocketing psychiatric drug usage is now even more critical than ever. Internationally, 54 million people are taking antidepressants known to cause addiction, violent and homicidal behavior. Global sales of antidepressants, stimulants, anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic drugs have reached more than $76 billion a year-more than double the annual US government budget spent on the war against drugs.This is the psychiatrist at work today, busy deceiving us and hooking our world on drugs. It is Satan's way of controlling the minds of humanity.


Since 2009, the University of New Hampshire has been awarded $6,113,338.00 in federal dollars for New Hampshire's "I Want Broadband New Hampshire" program. New Hampshire has awarded these monies to 5 organizations and departments within the state.
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JAKARTA. PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk (BNGA) distributed dividends of Rp 696.5 billion (Rp 283 per share) from the 2018 fiscal year.
Tigor M. Siahaan, President Director of BNGA, said that the dividend distribution would be carried out on 15 May 2019. The dividends distributed by the company this time is 16.96% bigger than the dividends from the previous financial year. "The shareholders agree to the use of the company's net profit to be distributed as cash dividends, 20% at the maximum," Siahaan said on Monday (15/4) when met by idnfinancials.com.
In 2018, BNGA's net profit was recorded at Rp 3.48 trillion. Its net profit rose by 16.9% year-on-year. BNGA's net profit in 2018 was supported by the growth in its operating income, which reached Rp 15.83 trillion.


YouTube has created its own "sub-site" called YouTube Gaming. This site is similar to Twitch in that it caters directly to gamers and their fans, and allows gamers to record their gaming and broadcast it live to fans and other gamers. If you're a gamer or a gaming fan, you may find broadcasts that you wish to record and download to your Mac to playback at a later time. The problem is that YouTube does not currently provide any method to download their livestreams.
Airy will help you in to get gaming videos from Gaming YouTube.
Moreover it allows to download whole Gaming YouTube Channels with the only one url.
Download Airy and activate full version. Free Airy allows 2 downloads.
Decide on your preferred file format to save the videos or audios. Choose MP3 if you only need audio. Note that the more files you are downloading at once the more time it may take.
Finally, click the Download button.
All your files will be saved in Downloads folder unless you have set up a different location in Preferences.
And for the desert - Top YouTube Gaming channel you can be interested in.
A relatively new spin-off channel from Rich Evans and Jack Packard of Red Letter Media fame, there are copious Twitch recordings here; but the real meat lies in their occasional, lengthy dissections of games both new and old. Skewering mainstream releases and sacred cows while championing indie gems, their forthright views are always interesting – and sometimes eyebrow-raising – to behold.
Slinging up a mish-mash of panel discussions, gameplay and other entertaining content, these guys are a must-see for all things gaming. Each stream is hosted by one or more of four hilarious group members with special guests popping in periodically. Not only is their in-game green screen action pretty epic, your cheeks will get sore from laughing so much.
As self-proclaimed videogame hype man, Maximillian does exactly that. His primary focus is on fighting games and arcade titles, with new releases like Tekken 7 and Injustice 2 slipping into the mix. This goofy gamer is the one to watch if you're all about those one-two punches and combo moves.
He may be a divisive figure, but Joe Vargas serves up some of the most entertaining, insightful and in-depth game reviews on the web. His 'Angry Reviews' regularly top the 30-minute mark, and are laden with irreverent fancy-dress fueled sketches and fiery rants alike. Passionate in the extreme, but fair and balanced with it, you'll truly empathise with a guy who really wants to love each and every game – and gets furious when they let him down.
Noclip is a documentary-focused channel, dedicated to providing insight on your favorite new games, childhood classics and more. This outlet is primarily for the serious gaming crowd, with videos like "Unraveling VR's Potential," documentaries on hits like Doom and Rocket League and a variety of developer profiles. If the nitty-gritty of gaming is your thing, be sure check them out.
A glorious geek culture thinker whose thoughts on everything from the latest releases to online controversy are always worth a watch, Boogie is one of the most likable gaming personalities on YouTube – and his Francis alter-ego, for which he is perhaps best-known, offers copious opportunity for really fun parodies of gamer outrage.
A veritable titan of gaming analysis, John Bain rakes through everything from indie oddities to Triple A behemoths with a fine toothcomb; his immensely popular 'WTF is…' series providing a really neat mix of review and first impressions piece as he plays through the initial stages of a new game and reports his feelings on the experience. As articulate as it gets, his meticulously formulated views are always worth listening to.
Games Done Quick is a channel that broadcasts video game "speedrun" charity marathons with player commentary. Content varies from top titles to games you've probably never heard of, and everything in between. The folks at GDQ are known for "playing weird games quickly and quick games weirdly," so of course they'd make our list.
Giant Bomb is best known for its "Quick Look" videos, where you can get a raw, unfiltered look at how the biggest new games actually play. The GB crew also delivers some truly entertaining VR videos, as well as the Giant Bombcast: a weekly gaming podcast that's one of the best in the business thanks to its mix of entertainment and insight.