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Debate on the Economic Affairs Committee report into social care funding, House of Lords, 28 January 2021
Adult social care and support is a vital service in its own right. It helps people of all ages to live the life they want to lead. It binds our communities, helps sustain the NHS and provides essential economic value to our country. Too often health and social care are set on unequal footings, with the latter viewed (sometimes solely) in terms of the role it can play in supporting the former.
‘It’s a constant juggle – I had areas in three different tiers at same time’
An interview with Simon Bryant, Director of Public Health, Hampshire County Council and Isle of Wight Council
LGA responds to £23m funding for community champions
Vaccinating as many people as possible is the only certain way we can get through this pandemic.
LGA responds to national report by HMICFRS on fire and rescue services response to the pandemic
“The report rightly highlights the important work of the fire sector in responding to the pandemic. Fire authorities are proud of their work in responding to the pandemic and supporting their communities. I also want to thank all those firefighters and other staff who volunteer to help save lives and reduce the pressure on the NHS."
COVID-19 communications: LGA and LGcomms webinar on vaccine communications
On Thursday, 22 January 2021, we held a webinar on vaccine communications in partnership with LGcomms. Communications and engagement will be crucial to the successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. As more vaccines continue to be delivered, this webinar looked at how councils and their partners can effectively communicate with all residents on programme.
COVID-19 vaccine communications, 21 January 2021
Download the presentation from Dr Michelle Constable, Hertforshire.
LGA responds to call to protect people sleeping rough this winter
"Councils will do everything they can to get rough sleepers off the streets and into safe and suitable accommodation, to protect them from the spread of coronavirus."
LGA responds to PHE report on voluntary sugar reduction
"It is vital that councils are able to decide how the hundreds of millions of pounds raised from the levy is invested, to ensure that our children get the greatest start in life."
Essex County Council: Keeping security personnel safe during the COVID-19 pandemic
Essex Resilience Forum identified issues of concern to communities and developed effective communications between communities and the public services leading the pandemic response.
Transcript - Councillor Janet Duncton, Chairman of West Sussex County Council and Member for Petworth
I value being able to tell people what we do that’s good in the county. I value listening to the people of the county.
Islington Council - Tackling gum litter in known hotspots
In January 2017 and from September 2019, Islington Council have partnered with social enterprise Behaviour Change to pilot innovative new signage, funded by Mars Wrigley, to help tackle the issue of littered gum in known hotspots such as shopping centres, train stations and transport hubs.
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council: communicating local restrictions
Following the easing of the national lockdown, Blackburn with Darwen became an area of intervention before other parts of north England. With the situation changing weekly, communications is challenging.
Surrey County Council: Living with COVID-19
Surrey County Council found itself in unknown territory when the first UK-transmitted case was identified in the county in February 2020.
LGA - Thousands of affordable home would have been lost under planning reforms
Communities could have missed out on nearly 30,000 affordable homes in the past five years if proposed government planning reforms were in place, new analysis by the LGA reveals today.
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Christos Fountos was born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1997, into a family of musicians. He started his musical training at the age of 3 and at the age of 5 he began piano lessons under the tutelage of Miroslav Gospodinoff (who studied under two of Heinrich Neuhaus’ students). At the age of fifteen, he was awarded the Piano Diploma (Ptychion) with Highest Distinction. Two years later he was invited to perform Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2, as soloist in his debut with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra.
At the age of 18, Christos started studying a BMus Piano Performance degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, under the celebrated British pianist and teacher, Philip Fowke. He has also had masterclasses and lessons with Sergio de Simone, Pascal Rogé, Pavel Nersessian, Martino Tirimo, Peter Donohoe and Georgia Alessandra Brustia among others. Additionally, he has had lessons on harpsichord, organ, orchestration, conducting and jazz.
Christos regularly performs in concerts, playing solo piano repertoire, chamber music and vocal repertoire as accompanist. He has formed “Duo Dithyrambico” together with Angelina Pavlou, performing repertoire for piano 4-hands and two pianos, including his own original arrangements of orchestral music. Moreover, he has played the orchestral piano part in performances of Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra, one of them being a side-by-side performance with the BBCSO at Maida Vale Studios.
Christos regularly participates in competitions; most recently he was awarded
the first prize in the 75th Coulsdon & Purley Festival’s Piano Concerto
Additionally, he has received two Trinity Laban Prizes: The Weingarten Prize for Piano
and The Raymond Russell Prize for harpsichord.
In September 2019, he continued his studies at Trinity Laban for
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Recently I've been in an inner conflict with myself.
The Mother I thought I should be has a homestead and a barn conversion home somewhere in Devon. She's got chickens and goats. She churns her butter, celebrates the seasons artfully with crafts with her son, and meets other mothers who connect with common interests when picking her child up from forest school.
In the evenings at home, there is a vast selection of Waldorf books to dive into and a divinely crafted lyre harp for my son to play with whilst I cook dinner in my kitchen, which has the pantry I've always been dreaming of since a child.
I'm the "perfect" Mother in my eyes.
But, It isn't at all who I truly am or desire.
And to even get to this place requires something far greater of me than a commitment to an expensive home or homestead lifestyle.
Because It costs me who I am.
Because in all this, I'm trying to be the Mother I think I should be, which stems from the Mother I always wished I had.
It's my ego identity with the word MOTHER.
Notice how this ideal Mother I've created is based upon a house, animals and beautiful objects rather than how I am showing up as a woman for my son daily.
As I'm travelling right now, in contrast, my partner and I often meet varying levels of opinions from people we meet concerning travelling with our baby.
They vary from inspiration and compassion to disagreement, disgust, triggers or just plain anger.
Sometimes, the first encounter with a stranger will go something like this often, even before a hello!
IS IT NOT HARD TRAVELLING WITH A BABY!!
I laugh, and my partner and I always meet eyes and smile, and then we say something like this.
"No, it's not hard... because raising a child in a home all day, in England is harder" Raising a child with no community and trying to entertain a child all day at home, replacing people with gizmos and gadgets, is way more tiring, for me at least.
Each time I feel myself creating a fantasy in my mind, I feel in my soul and body that this isn't what the divine chooses to give me right now.
So in my life, at least for now. I'm choosing to TRULY HAVE what I've been given and be who I am rather than who I think I should be.

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Nvidia Tegra 4 hasn’t even hit the mainstream consumer devices and Nvidia has already developed and showcased the Next generation Mobile GPU: Nvidia Tegra 5: codenamed Kepler.
Kepler Mobile GPU latest upcoming 28nm GPU that matches performance of GeForce GTX 600 and 700 graphics cards, with some tradeoffs.
The mobile version of Kepler uses the same GPU architecture as the desktop, laptop and workstations, but 250 – 300watts of power consumption reduced down to 2 to 3 watts of mobile paradigm.
Nvidia create “Ira” the most natural looking Human face ever simulated using graphics. Ira has human like bumps, blemishes, details, depth, and near-real refractive skin tones, all responding well to dynamic lighting and shadows. Ira was used to showcase capabilities of Desktop Kepler GPU, the same (with minor loss of detail) has been used to showcase what Mobile Kepler is capable of doing.
Ira facial expressions are rendered in real-time. It was first demoed on GeForce GTX Titan Desktop GPU:
This is how it looks on Mobile Kepler (Tegra 5):
Its pretty impressive for mobile generation GPU, but it isn’t as impressive as the Desktop counterpart. Nevertheless, this is the most amazing Mobile graphics ever rendered.
Tegra 5 vs. Desktop GeForce
Like the Desktop counterpart: FullHDR lighting, FXA anti-aliasing, Bloom, Tone mapping, Auto-exposure, same environment moving light, and same deep tissue scattering. Notice the light filtering through ears, there is no cut down in sub-surface scattering.
On Titan uses Uber skin-shader that uses several passes and several render targets to create the most Real-looking skin. On Logan (Tegra 5), each shader has been simplified to use a single-pass, smaller textures and fewer render targets. This all comes at slightly lower detail. Ira on mobile runs on 1920×1080 instead of 4K on Titan.
Over the time of Ira on Titan demo, Ira has got facelifts in: Light refracts more realistically around pupil, tear duct layers around eyes, a nice blend between skin and eyes so that it looks more realistic.
A more pertinent demonstration is NVIDIA’s Island video, running on the same prototype Logan/Kepler mobile hardware. This one is focused on graphical tessellation, dynamically enhancing the polygonal models for the player’s viewpoint. This allows a game or video to efficiently simulate more detail as the viewpoint shifts. Check out the water effects as well – very impressive.
Logan GPU consumes 2watts, which less than 33% of the power of the GPU in the iPad 4. And its more powerful than PS3 GPU, and 8800 GTX.
Game Developers rejoice
Mobile Kepler supports the new OpenGL 4.4 API, as well as OpenGL ES 3.0 and DirectX 11. It also supports CUDA. Mobile Kepler has good anti-aliasing and post-processing capabilities, along with motion blur, depth of field, and global illumination effects. Outside of graphics, Kepler can be implemented for augmented reality, speech recognition, and general imaging.
Tegra 5 will be available around sometime in 2014.
Tegra 5 is a huge step forward, it brings the mobile performance one step closer to PC, laptops.


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Wish our President talked this way.
“I look forward to see Taiwan become a country where every citizen exercises regularly and leads a lifestyle of health and sustainability (LOHAS),” [the Taiwanese President] added.
Wait, I forgot, the Obamas put (back) in a White House Victory Garden and now a Farmers’ Market, and are working on getting the White House LEED certified. Not half bad.
“…Both Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton made upgrades to the White House and cut energy use, and George W. Bush installed a small photovoltaic system and two solar water-heating systems.”
Come again? Bush put in solar? Not as much as Carter, which Reagan took back out, I’m sure…still, whodathunk?
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January 17, 2006
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January 17, 2006
A political departure
BY Rachel Robertson
There was a time when Andra Gillespie, assistant professor of political science, thought she was done with the scholar’s life. It was her last year in graduate school at Yale and her degree was nearly complete, but instead of looking for an academic position, she decided to dive into real politics and work as a Washington pollster.
“I didn’t think I had any more questions,” Gillespie said of her (short-lived) flight from academia. “I had done my dissertation. I could say, ‘I’ve accomplished this and it is a great goal to have achieved in life, but I don’t really have anything else to say and I’m not sure I really want to publish.’
“But as soon as I got to D.C., I was like, ‘Wow, OK, what I’m doing in my job raises this particular question and it raises that question—wouldn’t it be neat to answer them?’”
New to Emory this academic year, Gillespie plans to expand on her graduate work by using field research to examine ways of improving voter turnout. The field-research method (common in the 1920s and 1950s and more recently revived by her graduate advisers, Donald Green and Alan Gerber) has an advantage over the more typical broad-based surveys in that it allows testing of different techniques of reaching voters; researchers can establish intervention and control groups, then look at voting records to see who actually makes it to the polls.
Previous experiments have shown (“rather intuitively,” Gillespie noted) that walking through a neighborhood and talking to people is the best method of increasing voter turnout. Phone calls are less effective, but—if made by a live person—they’re still better than pre-recorded calls.
“The interesting departure for my work,” Gillespie said, “is that I started to observe there were organizational reasons why certain strategies were implemented; [thus] there were organizational impediments to increasing voter turnout.”
In a study on black voters that measured the effectiveness of phone calls against canvassing, Gillespie witnessed in several cities disorganized campaigns that also ruined the canvassing portion of the experiment by ignoring the experimental procedure. Her observations raised important issues, however, and motivated her next study in 2002 focusing on a campaign to increase voter turnout in a large Southern city.
“There are a lot of very well-meaning organizations that want to get people out to vote, but they make a couple of mistakes,” she said. “They either bite off more than they can chew and try to canvas a region that’s too large for their work force, or they have an adequately sized but poorly trained work force because they literally just picked them up off the street.”
Part of the problem, Gillespie argued, is the decline in civic participation and lack of social capital by institutions such as churches, which were extremely influential during the civil rights movement, for example. As a result, political groups no longer have easy access to an educated, motivated work force and must rely instead on hired help who are often poorly trained, sometimes illiterate, and—in the worst cases—already known in their canvassing neighborhoods for problems such as drug abuse.
“[Potential voters] immediately block out the source if it is not credible,” Gillespie said. “Especially in communities of color, it’s sending a negative message to voters: ‘We really don’t care, we are just out here to get your vote, and we are not [concerned] about any sort of community change.’”
To help her tackle the challenges of how best to approach and present messages to potential voters, Gillespie has assembled a team of six undergraduate political science majors who will conduct their own research projects under her guidance. She selected the students based on how their own interests fit into her larger project. For example, a student interested in young women voters might focus on that particular population and test hypotheses relevant to Gillespie’s theories.
Her students have committed to a three-course sequence starting this spring, and Gillespie designed the courses to follow the sections of a research paper: introduction and literature review during the first semester, research and methods (including data collection) during the second, and results and discussion during the third course.
“By the end of the project,” Gillespie said, “everybody should have something that’s publishable and co-authored with me on various aspects of political participation.”
Voter turnout is not Gillespie’s only line of research, however. Watching the 2002 mayoral election in Newark, N.J., which pitted two black Democrats (incumbent Sharpe James and newcomer Cory Booker) against each other, inspired more questions for her, this time about African American politics.
“The wedge issue was this question of authentic ‘blackness,’” she said. “Who could more ‘authentically’ represent the interests of black Newarkers?” Gillespie plans to examine this question in her research as well as in another course she is teaching this spring on 21st century African American politics.
Finally, the increased prominence of evangelicals in the political world also has captured Gillespie’s attention. She is interested in the message that evangelicals use and the way in which churches can mobilize their members for a political cause. To explore these issues, she is analyzing ethnographic data from a recent “evangelistic crusade,” as she described it, in Connecticut.
Although she is back in academia, Gillespie still keeps an eye on the outside world. “I think I’m part of a larger mission, a new generation of academics who very much want their work to be relevant to the outside world—not just something that is very heady or theoretical and that only 10 people will read,” she said. “So whether I’m studying political participation or young black politicians or the role evangelicals play in the American political system—the point is to actually create work that other people can use beyond the 10 or 20 or 100 people actively engaged in my subfield.”
As for Gillespie’s return to the lectern from Washington polls and politics? “It’s really, really good to be back,” she said.

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Manhattan-based Facts On File Inc., a publisher of print and online reference materials, was sold to media merchant bank Veronis Suhler Stevenson.
Facts On File Chief Executive Mark McDonnell will remain head of the publishing firm, which will operate in partnership with Manhattan-based Veronis. Facts On File, founded in 1940, publishes encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, chronologies, almanacs and biographies under three imprints. Its 1,800 titles cover U.S. and world history, language and literature, science and technology, careers and social issues.
Veronis says the acquisition is the first transaction for its fourth private equity fund. Financial terms were not disclosed.


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How to get rid of acne scars
Acne is not a small problem. In fact, a whopping 85 percent of people between the ages of 12 and 24 are estimated to have experienced acne at least once in their lives, and it affects up to 50 million Americans alone every single year. No matter how common the problem, though, it's still shrouded in negativity and is usually a shameful experience for those suffering through it.
Anyone who has ever experienced acne knows the effects are not just physical, but mental as well. Those who have dealt with the sever inflammation to the skin of the face, neck and shoulders know that the embarrassment can also lead to sever mental stress — and that has lasting affects.
And the worst part is, even when you think it's over, it's not. It's hard enough to clear up acne, but even when the sores are gone, you're often left with scarring that can be just as depressing. It's just one hurdle after another, right? Luckily, most of those scars don't have to be permanent. I spoke with a few skincare experts who were more than happy to share their best tips on how to send those acne scars packing, for good.

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News - Bitcoin spot ETF brings "biggest change on Wall Street in 30 years"
The Bitcoin Spot ETF is just around the corner. According to Michael Saylor, it will change Wall Street like it hasn't changed in a long time.
The Bitcoin Spot ETF is just around the corner. According to Michael Saylor, it will usher in the "biggest change on Wall Street in 30 years."
He said this in an interview with Bloomberg. He also predicted a "huge bull run" for Bitcoin in 2024.
The reason: a demand shock. The amount of Bitcoin on exchanges is dropping and fewer and fewer new coins are being added with the halving in April 2024. At the same time, an ETF for Bitcoin spot would dramatically increase demand.
"The last thing that was so profound was the creation of the S&P index and the ability to invest in all 500 S&P companies at once through one trade," Saylor says.
Michael Saylor is the CEO of MicroStrategy. The company is one of the largest holders of Bitcoin.
His treasury contains a total of 174,530 Bitcoin, purchased at an average price of $30,000. Current value: $7.3 billion. Unrealized gains: about $2 billion.
Approval for a Bitcoin ETF is expected in January 2024. Heavyweights on Wall Street such as BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, have a application submitted. Market analysts expect an influx of institutional money.


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I’ve had a blast trying to make raw-grain free wraps the last few days. Thank you Leslie, over at Health By Coconut on Facebook for the inspiration! Leslie posted on her facebook page about her raw coconut wraps she purchased recently. After looking for them online, I discovered that they were not available in my area. So I decided to try to make them! These are very easy to make. You do need to have a food processor and dehydrator to make them, though you may be able to use your oven to dehydrate them too. This recipe will make one large coconut wrap or you can make a few small, corn tortilla size wraps!
Raw coconut wraps2 cups raw coconut meat (only from young coconuts)
1-2 Tbs of raw coconut water
1/2 tsp unrefined sea salt
DirectionsProcess the coconut meat and sea salt in food processor until it becomes mush. Add raw coconut water until it reaches a spreadable consistency.
Spread coconut batter on dehydrator sheet (or you can use parchment paper). Do not spread too thin or you will end up with holes in your wrap. 1/4 inch thick is about right.
Place in dehydrator at 105 degrees. Check it every few hours. Once it is dry and solid on top, flip it and dehydrate for a few more hours. I left mine in the dehydrator for 8 hours, flipped it, and dried it for another 8 hours (over night). In the morning I had a very pliable wrap, which I used to make this delicious raw crepe!
This crepe is filled with raw yogurt cheese, 1 raw egg yolk, vanilla and stevia. Read here, if you would like to know how to make easy yogurt cheese. I then topped it with frozen raspberries and raspberry sauce. For the raspberry sauce, I used the whey left over from making the cheese and blended it with a handful of raspberries.
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Cloud City Ski Club watches World Cup Finals in Aspen
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Top row: Gabbie Tait (Leadville), Michaelah Main (Leadville), Ethan NeJame Zeiset (Salida), U.S. team racer Ted Ligety, coach Danielle Ryan (Buena Vista), Aiden Urbine (BV), Douglas Ross (Denver). Middle: Alex Perkins (Leadville), Matt Cairns ...
5 things to know for Wednesday, March 22
The smoke is so bad that schools nearby – including Orange River, Oak Hammock, Manatee, and Tice – kept kids inside for recess Tuesday. Tice Fire Chief Ted Ross told us they're not dealing with big flames - only smoldering with half the pile taken care of.
Chicago Cubs World Series Movie in Development
Ram Getz and John Corcoran will adapt Ross's book. Producers are Ted Field, Mike Weber and Getz with Lisette Bross executive producing. Executive producers are Ross and Yaeger through Ian Kleinert's Objective Entertainment. Kleinert and Ryan ...
David Ross, Chicago Cubs' World Series Victory to Get Movie Treatment (Exclusive)
Radar Pictures has partnered with recently retired catcher David Ross and the Cubs to produce a film adaptation of Ross' upcoming book, Teammate: My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the Ages. Written by Ross and sportswriter Don Yaeger, the ...

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Having taken a look on Amazon, I see they do a line of AmazonBasics Portable External Battery Chargers, which may well suit my needs.
Looking at the photos, I see they all show as being 5 volts (which I’m guessing is what’s needed for the Pi?), and a range of amps (as shown below), but have no clue what that actually means.
Are any of these unsuitable for any reason? Cheers.
PS, for anyone that’s interested, here’s my rough idea for one of the awards:
The power usb connector would be built into his foot, with just the contact exposed for plugging into the pi (making it practically invisible), with the wires possibly fed into his back, or down into a stand on which he can sit (containing the battery).
The LEDs would be used to scroll a message across the screen (maybe the name of the award, along with the description, and name of the winner). I’m not too fussed about it being an open circuit board (it’s for a tech community after all), but I should probably put some type of diffuser on it, to avoid going blind.


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Easy money making and earning through internet - Fact or myth
Earn millions online - How easy is it to earn and make money on the internet:
Very easy is the answer all of us would like to hear. That's what we read too on the internet everyday. Is it really so simple to earn money on the net? I don't think it is that simple. So what about all the advertisements that you read about making thousands of dollars everyday? The answer to that is that these people who advertise such things are not doing anything but attracting us to their sites for their own purposes ranging from getting publicity to earning money by getting clicks on their site advertisements. Others also directly earn by selling you a ‘money making kit' for a pittance!
So what is the real truth? Can there be a gold mine open and people not taking the gold? If people can really make so many millions of dollars, wont there be a rush to that? Do you think the people who slog it out all day in their day jobs do it to have fun and wouldn't enjoy making millions sitting at home? There is only one answer to all this. Making money on the internet is not at all easy. People who make enough to quit their day jobs would have worked that much more.
It is not as if money is falling from the web into our hands. We have to work real hard to make enough. Adsense money and other money for click sites are one of the main reasons for internet income along with shopping sites. They require a lot of traffic and writing to help you become a millionaire. That needs hard work, meticulous preparation and a lot of time. Luck too plays a part in all this. Simply saying it is not easy to make enough money on the net. In fact it is very difficult except for a hard working ‘lucky' few. And if you are not one of the few in this category, but want to make it big, then you should either be ready to invest enough time and work or take it easy with minimal results.
This is not to discourage anyone, but to say out loud what most of us have always wondered in the back of our minds. All those who wish to earn money the easy way on the internet would be better off if they keep this adage in mind ‘No pain-No gain'. So the conclusion is that we can earn a lot of money on the internet, but only if we work real hard to achieve the goal

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Over the past few decades, we’ve seen technology propel us into the digital age. With the number of sites and networking platforms readily available, the internet has allowed us to stay connected across infinite borders and time constraints for both professional and personal use — and online dating is no exception. Since the initial launch of the first modern dating site in 1994, Kiss.com, businesses rapidly used our reliance on instant gratification to their advantage. The infamous Match.com launched shortly thereafter, and the business has now expanded to own a slew of other dating sites such as OkCupid, Hinge, and the notorious Tinder — making them the biggest player in the online dating game. Although, with the announcement of the Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:MTCH)’s Q3 earnings, it seems many investors are beginning to question the company’s value.
The ExodusPoint Partners International Fund returned 0.36% for May, bringing its year-to-date return to 3.31% in a year that's been particularly challenging for most hedge funds, pushing many into the red. Macroeconomic factors continued to weigh on the market, resulting in significant intra-month volatility for May, although risk assets generally ended the month flat. Macro Read More
Shares decreased by nearly 17% due to their forecast for fourth-quarter revenue (estimated to be between $545 and $555 million), falling short of the $559.3 million predicted by analysts. The Match Group also suffered a similar plunge in May of 2018, when Facebook first announced their plan for a new dating feature. The company’s stock fell more than 23%, making it their worst single-day drop in history. After looking at these numbers, it should come as no surprise that social media networks may be a huge factor as they’ve become a strong competitor in the online dating world.
With the development of Facebook Dating, an increasing number of people aren’t meeting their partner on a dating site, but a networking platform. 1-800 Contacts conducted a new study to explore this further and found that roughly 1 in 4 people have started a serious relationship through social media.
The atmosphere has drastically changed, and consumers now have the option between a $19.99 monthly payment or a free sign-up (typically, for an account they already own). Even celebrity couples are admitting to the tweet or direct message that led to the beginning of their relationship.
The study also examined specific sites, finding that nearly 1 in 5 people have met their current partner on Facebook, while 8% have done so on Instagram. Social media has been proven to establish life-long commitments, as 1 in 4 married couples who have met online connected through Facebook as well. Although these two networking platforms tend to be more popular, people are still finding ways to use Twitter and Snapchat to their advantage. 14% of singles use Twitter to search for potential love interests, while 13% also look on Snapchat. Looks like the Match Group might have a few rivalries underway.
It’s important to note the role that social media plays in the online dating industry as it continues to expand and innovate. For better or for worse, the internet has changed the way we communicate in nearly every aspect of our lives, especially in terms of networking and relationship-building.


It is reassuring to know that George Tretakis hasn`t lost any of his style.
Not that there could have been any doubt.
The man is right in stride . . . just like the first time I met him, almost four years ago, when a certain mayor of Sunrise was on trial after an indictment of some kind or other.
Tretakis was the bailiff in Circuit Judge Arthur Franza`s courtroom on that occasion, but he was actually more a master of ceremonies. If you were in the mood for an occasional tune or some kibbitzing or maybe a Henny Youngman-style one-liner, Tretakis was definitely your man.
``I hope you`re better than the last group that was in here,`` he told the early arrivals in the courtroom one morning during the trial where I first saw him.
``I`m not saying the last group was old, but the average age was deceased.``
The other afternoon, Tretakis was smiling, as usual, while reminiscing about that trial.
``I had a captive audience with that jury,`` Tretakis said. ``I think I`m just a ham.``
For 10 years, Tretakis hammed it up in Broward courtrooms. And, while he retired as a bailiff last August at age 65, he has hardly stopped entertaining people.
He is a member of Show Stoppers, a volunteer group of Broward entertainers which that has put together a musical comedy called A Broadway Fantasy.
There will be three more performances of the show at Broward Community College`s Bailey Hall, on Jan. 18, and Jan. 20 and Feb. 3. All proceeds go to the Elderly Interest Fund, Inc. (for more information, call 741-3955).
``In the second act, guess what I play?`` Tretakis mused. ``A New York cop.``
A rather fitting role, actually, since Tretakis was a New York City detective for 21 years -- during which time he sharpened up his considerable ham abilities.


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Analytical Study on the Effective Flange Width for T-shaped Shear Walls
This study was organized to derive simplified expressions to estimate the effective flange width for T-shaped shear walls at different loading stages. For that purpose, the variation in the effective flange width was explored by introducing dimensionless effective flange width coefficient. According to the principle of minimum potential energy, the theoretical expression of the effective flange width coefficient in the elastic stage was obtained. Furthermore, a parametric study considering the axial load ratio, height-width ratio of flange and width-thickness ratio of the flange, as well as the section aspect ratio was conducted to determine the effective flange width using verified nonlinear finite-element models. In light of the parametric analysis results, a formula model was proposed depending on the axial load ratio and height-width ratio of flange. Finally, the predictions of the proposed simplified formulas were verified with the theoretical solutions or finite element (FE) results, which indicated that the proposed formulas can accurately capture the effective flange width at the elastic, yield and limit state.


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SMOOTH WHITE BAROQUE PEARL NECKLACE (3977)
From £250.00 + Free UK Delivery
Elegant and stylish necklace of very smooth white baroque pearls with a sterling silver bolt ring clasp. The clasp can be worn either at the back, the front as a feature or used to hang a pendant from.
Choose between pearls 9-10 mm or 11-12 mm. The larger pearls are of a slightly superior quality.
Length 44cms (17.5").
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It's all behind him
25 years later, Buckner is handling things flawlessly and with a firm grip
NEW YORK - On Tuesday, the 25th anniversary of the most infamous day of his life, Bill Bucker woke up at 5 in the morning. He appeared on “The Early Show’’ on CBS with Mookie Wilson. Together, they did radio, more television, and ended the night with a fund-raiser for families affected by cancer.
Time, and a couple of Red Sox championships, heal all wounds. Shea Stadium - the scene of the infamous Game 6 moment - is now just a parking lot. Baseball fans are talking more about Billy Buck’s hilarious appearance on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm’’ than about any ground ball.
“It doesn’t hurt,’’ says the former Red Sox first baseman.
Buckner and Wilson are eternally linked. On Oct. 25, 1986, the Red Sox held a 5-3 lead in the 10th inning of Game 6 of the World Series against the New York Mets. There were two outs, nobody on base, and Sox were one strike away from clinching their first world championship since 1918.
Then a series of horrors unfolded, and the score became tied. With the Mets’ Ray Knight on second base, Wilson hit what TV announcer Vin Scully described as “a little roller up along first,’’ that skipped between Buckner’s legs and allowed the Mets to win. Two days later, the Sox, despite taking an early 3-0 lead, lost Game 7, and Buckner had his obituary headline sealed.
A quarter-century later, Buckner, 61, looking relaxed in a brown sports jacket with suede elbow patches and blue jeans, sips Coors Light and signs his name, over and over and over at a Times Square bowling alley.
“It’s all good, life’s good,’’ says Buckner, his hair streaked (naturally) silver on this silver anniversary.
Two hundred (mostly Mets) fans paid either $199 or $299 to attend the 25th anniversary reunion. Grandstand Sports donated a portion of the profits to the Ronald McDonald House of New York, which supports families coping with childhood cancer.
When Buckner arrives onstage with Wilson for a question-and-answer period, the spotlight lights only half his face; he looks like he’s in the shadows of a witness protection program. Wide-screen televisions show the error several times over in slow motion and from multiple angles.
But Buckner tries to put things in perspective.
“People’s lives, health, family are much more important,’’ he says. “You’ve got to enjoy the good when you’ve got it.
“But life is not all good things. You’ve got to rebound.’’
This summer, Buckner left his Idaho home to manage the Brockton Rox to a winning season in the independent Can-Am League, although they were ousted in the first round of the playoffs.
“I liked it a lot,’’ he says. “I had a fun summer. I enjoyed managing and the players and being back on the field.
He says the long bus rides were not a problem.
“I knew what I was getting into,’’ he says. “It didn’t bother me.’’
But it does bother him that he’s listed as one of the all-time scapegoats in baseball history.
“The punishment didn’t fit the crime,’’ Buckner insists. “But the bottom line is, we might not have won the Series if I caught that ball or not. We still might not have won. There was still another game.’’
Buckner got two hits in the Game 7 loss.
“If I lost the World Series, then hey, I can take that abuse,’’ he says. “But I didn’t. I had something to do with it, but I didn’t lose it. It was a team thing.
“But because it was New York and Boston, and under the circumstances - Boston hadn’t won and New York has crazy fans - so because of that, 25 years later I’m signing pictures and you’re asking questions.
“If something happened in the game between the Cardinals and the Texas Rangers, two months from now nobody is even going to think of it.’’
Partnering with Mookie
Most people don’t know that Buckner amassed more hits in his career (2,715) than Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams. He was a National League All-Star with the Cubs, won a batting title in 1980, and was a career .289 hitter.
“Yeah, but that doesn’t have anything to do with the Series,’’ he says. “I know I was a good player with an outside shot at the Hall of Fame.’’
He says he doesn’t enjoy watching replays of the error on television, “but it doesn’t bother me.’’
“He watches it,’’ says Wilson. “He already saw it earlier today.’’
At this moment, it’s on yet again on the wide-screen. When a reporter gives him a compassionate smile, Buckner blurts out, “I think you’re a jerk.’’
A flash of anger, and then a quick return to Mr. Nice Guy.
But even the recent Buckner-mania has its limits. An auction for a private dinner with Wilson and Buckner at Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant & Sports Bar for a minimum bid of $5,000 whiffed.
So, too, did the tobacco-stained “Buckner Ball,’’ signed by Wilson, that was placed on eBay with a starting bid of $1 million.
But Buckner and Wilson have formed a partnership of sorts and are laughing all the way to the bank.
“We competed, and now we are kind of like partners in crime,’’ says Wilson.
The duo became fast friends in 1989 when Buckner, then with Kansas City, approached Wilson, then with Toronto, and asked him if he wouldn’t mind hitting him some ground balls.
“It was funny at the time,’’ recalls Wilson. “It kind of broke the ice. It was the first time we actually spoke. I thought, this guy’s not so bad.’’
The pair inked a deal to sign enlarged photographs of the play. Buckner is asked about his fee, but he doesn’t want to get into specifics.
“I made more this weekend than I did my rookie year, $10,500,’’ he says.
He told a fan he once made $70,000-$80,000 for a single weekend just signing his name in the Big Apple.
Asked if he finds it demeaning to sign a photo of the play, he becomes defensive.
“No,’’ he says. “Why should it? If doesn’t bother me. Does it bother you?’’
Now they are selling autographed copies of a painting of the scene for $399, including framing and delivery.
Wilson says their relationship is different from that of the late Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca, who appeared together for decades after Thomson hit a pennant-winning homer off Branca in 1951.
“It’s not like I did anything great,’’ Wilson says. “I was just kind of there.’’
A funny episode
Buckner says he long ago made peace with Red Sox fans.
He got a standing ovation at Fenway Park in 1990 after he returned to Boston as a free agent and made the team. On Opening Day 2008, he received a four-minute standing ovation when he threw out the first pitch.
Buckner even attended a 1986 Mets reunion held at Darryl Strawberry’s restaurant in Queens last Friday night.
In the “Curb Your Enthusiasm’’ episode, he misses a baseball that is soft-tossed to him but later redeems himself by making a life-saving diving catch of a baby tossed from a burning building.
He also defends Cubs fan Steve Bartman, the subject of ESPN’s recent documentary, “Catching Hell,’’ who was vilified for trying to catch a foul ball during a key moment of the 2003 National League Championship Series.
“He didn’t do anything different than you would’ve done or I would’ve done,’’ Buckner says. “You go to a game to catch a foul ball. The ball’s in front of you, you try to catch it.’’
Buckner says he enjoyed doing “Curb Your Enthusiasm.’’
“I was happy with it,’’ he said. “It was fun.’’
He says the “dropped baby’’ scene was filmed “probably 7,500 times. It took a long time to even get it into the playing field.’’
Did he ever drop it?
“No - NO,’’ he says.
Asked if he learned any karmic lesson from the infamous grounder, Billy Buck keeps his head down and his Sharpie moving across yet another photo.
“Catch the ball, I guess,’’ he says.
Stan Grossfeld can be reached at email@example.com.


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Here's Everything Apple Announced at its Biggest Event of the Year
Apple just unveiled major upgrades to the iPhone, its own chips for Macs, and much more.
3 Startup Success Secrets Learned on a 40-Year Journey From Go-For to Billionaire
Everybody catches a couple of breaks. What music industry legend Jimmy Iovine did with his made him a rich and wise.
Apple Music Buys Hit 'Carpool Karaoke' for Digital TV Series
CBS Television Studios announced on Tuesday that Apple Music purchased the first-window rights to the upcoming series, meaning episodes will debut on the technology company's streaming music service.
Apple Wants a 'Simpler and More Transparent' Royalty Scheme for Music
Apple wants to shake up the current system.
Spotify Says Growth Has Quickened Since Apple Music's Launch
Spotify now boasts of having close to 100 million users in more than 59 markets, despite increasing competition and, so far, a lack of profits.
Apple Music Inks an Exclusive Video Deal with Taylor Swift
The move was a victory for the tech giant as Swift continues to prove she's at the top of the music business.
Troy Carter Talks About the Future of Technology and Music
The music industry entrepreneur sees streaming as an unstoppable force that will benefit musicians and their fans.
Apple Music Attracts 11 Million Customers During Trial Period
Nearly 2 million trial-period participants opted for the family plan, which costs $14.99 a month.
Report: Apple Could Release New iPod Models Tomorrow
Hold your earbuds. Remember Apple's pocket digital jukeboxes? Hey, wait. People still use iPods?!
FTC Exploring Apple Rules for Streaming Music Rivals in App Store
Regulators are said to be looking into claims about whether Apple's treatment of rival streaming music apps is illegal under antitrust law.

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FOSHAN, China, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Leading UK-based brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance recently released the Global 500 2021 list, with Chinese property developer Country Garden (stock code: 2007.HK) ranking 87th, having moved up the list for each of the last five years since making its first appearance in 2017. This is the first time the firm has entered the top 100 of the coveted roster.
Every year, Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent brand valuation and strategy consultancy, assesses thousands of world-renowned brands and releases the annual Global 500 report. The Brand Finance Global 500 is the only ISO-certified list and one of the most authoritative global company rankings in the world. Brand Finance evaluates companies based on several metrics, including brand assets and revenue. The Global 500 serves as a testament to the overall strength and internationally recognized brand value of the companies included on the list.
The 2021 edition of the report demonstrates the increasingly strong brand presence of Chinese companies. Their combined brand value reached US$1.4 trillion in 2020, nearly 20 percent of the total. China came in third when comparing the aggregate value of the companies by country. In 2020, Country Garden delivered US$19.49 billion in brand value, growing 13.8 percent from the prior year.
Country Garden is committed to quality-focused development backed by robust operations. In 2020, the firm had moved up to the 147th position on the Fortune Global 500 list, making it the list’s highest ranking property developer and marking the fourth consecutive year that the firm has been included. In addition, Country Garden garnered the 111th spot on the Forbes Global 2000 list, continuing the uninterrupted improvement in its ranking over 11 consecutive years.
Country Garden continues to focus on quality-based development by adopting a prospective approach to strengthening its comprehensive competitiveness during the full development cycle in line with the government’s program for a new type of urbanization. In 2020, Country Garden Group and its affiliates achieved combined sales attributable to shareholders of approximately 570.66 billion yuan, up 3.34 percent from a year earlier. According to data from a third-party organization, Country Garden continues to hold the top position in the sector in terms of aggregate sales. Additionally, Country Garden is one of the few Chinese private companies to secure investment-grade ratings from Moody’s and Fitch. During 2021, the firm plans to further boost growth as it continues to build on a strategy, now in its third year, of enhancing its comprehensive competitiveness by leveraging its already strong presence, while further improving quality and efficiency.


California College of the Arts (formerly CCAC) acquired the Greyhound Bus regional repair facility just after the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. The original reinforced concrete building was designed in the 1950s by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) specifically for the Greyhound Company. CCAC moved into the facility in two stages; first into the two-story service building (known as Alpha), and a few years later into the bus repair facility, a large open space, roofed over by enormous concrete arches (known as Beta).
Alpha was heavily damaged by the earthquake, and although not damaged, Beta lacked a strong lateral load path. The design for Alpha was undertaken by firms whose principals were on the faculty. We did the structural design. Conversion of a mid-20th century modern industrial building into an art school called for a sophisticated approach to the seismic strengthening since the braces would also demise the design studios.
The original Alpha building was built to sustain heavy machine shop and equipment loads with robust interior columns supported by concrete piers bearing on underlying bedrock. The braces were placed in the center of the structure to deliver the seismic forces to these elements because they could sustain additional loads. This array of seismic elements allowed the perimeter strip windows to be uninterrupted by bracing. The steel braces themselves consisted of common wide flange sections, rotated 90 degrees to fit snugly around the originally under- reinforced concrete beams. Flanges of the steel sections were threaded through the concrete floors to provide continuity.
Beta was renovated a few years later as the result of an international design competition. Local architects Leddy Maytum Stacey were selected, and the structural design for Beta was done by Arup Associates.


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Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group's leading global music publishing division, has announced the acquisition of 17-time Grammy Award winner Sting's career catalog of music. Financial terms were not disclosed, but according to The New York Times, the deal is estimated to be worth around $300 million. This historic, comprehensive worldwide agreement for the catalog of one of the most commercially successful and critically-acclaimed songwriters of the last half-century encompasses the entirety of both Sting's solo works as well as those with THE POLICE, including "Roxanne", "Every Breath You Take", "Shape Of My Heart", "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You", "Fields Of Gold", "Desert Rose", "Message In A Bottle", "Englishman In New York" and "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", among countless other global hits.
UMPG becomes the worldwide home of Sting's extensive songwriting legacy, uniting his song catalog with his recorded music catalog under Universal Music Group (UMG) with this agreement. UMG has been Sting's label home for his entire career through A&M, Interscope and Cherrytree Records. Together, UMPG and UMG will work with Sting to further build and expand his vast audience reach, strengthen the impact and influence of his timeless works, and continue supporting future music releases.
British-born composer, singer-songwriter, actor, author, and activist Sting has sold more than 100 million albums throughout his illustrious career and created some of the most recognizable and culturally impactful pop songs in recent decades. As co-founder, frontman and bassist of THE POLICE, alongside Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, Sting became one of the world's best-selling artists. THE POLICE released five studio albums between 1978 and 1983, earning six Grammy Awards and two Brit Awards. The band was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2003.
Sting, managed by Martin Kierszenbaum/Cherrytree Music Company, is also one of the world's most distinctive, prolific and acclaimed solo artists, having released fifteen studio albums between 1985's debut "The Dream Of Blue Turtles" and his most recent, "The Bridge", released in November 2021. Sting's acclaimed albums include U.K. No. 1s "…Nothing Like The Sun", "The Soul Cages", "Ten Summoner's Tales", "Mercury Falling", "Sacred Love", "Brand New Day" and more. Sting has received an additional 11 Grammy Awards for his solo works, three further Brit Awards including the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Music Award in 2003, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2002 and presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2000.
Sting said: "I am delighted to have Jody and the team at UMPG curate and manage my song catalog. It is absolutely essential to me that my career's body of work have a home where it is valued and respected — not only to connect with longtime fans in new ways but also to introduce my songs to new audiences, musicians and generations. Throughout my career, I have enjoyed a long and successful relationship with UMG as my label partner, under the watchful guidance of Lucian, so it felt natural to unite everything in one trusted home, as I return to the studio, ready for the next chapter."
Jody Gerson, chairman and CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group, said: "So many memories from my youth are tied to the great songs written by Sting — whether it was first seeing THE POLICE perform in Philadelphia or hearing his music on the radio or playing those albums until I wore them out. I could never have imagined that someday I would get to lead a company that will be the guardian of Sting's remarkable songwriting legacy. Every one of us at UMPG looks forward to this work with a sense of honor, responsibility and enormous excitement about what we can achieve for his music in the future."
Sir Lucian Grainge, chairman and CEO, Universal Music Group, said: "I've had the privilege to work with Sting for over 20 years and I'm so thrilled to expand our relationship to now include music publishing. Sting is a songwriting genius whose music permeates global culture. We are honored that by choosing UMPG for his music publishing, Sting's entire body of work as a songwriter and recording artist — from THE POLICE to his solo work — will all be within the UMG family. It's a responsibility we don't take lightly as well as a great validation of what we have built for artists at UMG."
Beyond his own critical and commercial success, Sting's songs have remained a mainstay of pop culture with many of his songs being sampled to shape global hits. In 2018, Sting's "Shape Of My Heart" was used in Juice WRLD's "Lucid Dreams" which became one of the biggest records of the year. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has since received more than 1.8 billion streams on Spotify. In 1997, THE POLICE's "Every Breath You Take" was sampled by Diddy in "I'll Be Missing You" featuring Faith Evans and 112, and received the Grammy Award for "Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group". The song spent eleven weeks atop the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in 15 other countries.
A testament to the depth of his influence on countless new generations of performers, Sting's works have also been sampled by artists including Nas, THE ROOTS, 2Pac, RZA, Kygo & Avicii, BLACK EYED PEAS, Craig David, French Montana, Talib Kweli, FUGEES and Cam'ron. Additionally, his songs have been covered by an array of the world's most acclaimed artists including George Michael, Johnny Cash, Herbie Hancock, Isaac Hayes, Eva Cassidy, VIOLET FEMMES, Gloria Gaynor, Shirley Bassey and FALL OUT BOY, amongst others.
The recipient of prestigious accolades, Sting has earned Billboard magazine's Century Award, MusiCares 2004 Person of the Year, four Oscar nominations and a Tony nomination. In 2003, he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for his myriad of contributions to music and appointed Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2007. He has received the Kennedy Center Honors, the American Music Award of Merit and the Polar Music Prize. Sting has been awarded Honorary Doctorates of Music by the University of Northumbria (1992),Berklee College of Music (1994),University of Newcastle upon Tyne (2006) and Brown University at its 250th Commencement ceremony (2018).
Sting has appeared in more than 15 films, executive produced the critically acclaimed "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints", and in 1989 starred in "The Threepenny Opera" on Broadway. His most recent theatre project is the Tony-nominated musical "The Last Ship", inspired by his memories of the shipbuilding community of Wallsend in the northeast of England where he was born and raised. The show, with music and lyrics by Sting, ran on Broadway in 2014/2015 and completed a U.K. regional theatre tour which ran from March-July 2018. Thereafter, Sting starred as shipyard foreman Jackie White in the Toronto-based production of "The Last Ship" at the Princess of Wales Theatre. In 2020, he reprised the role for productions in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre and San Francisco at the Golden Gate Theatre.
One of music's most popular live performers, Sting will resume his "My Songs" world tour next month followed by his critically acclaimed Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in June 2022.
Sting was represented in the transaction by Allen Grubman with his partners Joe Brenner and Stuart Prager.


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Ballade for Valentine with a chorus about forests, trees, and love stories with a happy ending
Art, creation of works of beauty through skill and imagination
Songs celebrating trees and forests. Folklore from Scotland. Wales, North America, England and Ireland.
Free illustrations of trees in the world. Wikimedia Commons, USDA Plants Database, Flora of North America, Tree Illustrations, FreePNGImg
Cosmic paintings. The beauty of trees. An impression of its fragile and yet so strong nature
The tree of life, an old symbol and a modern infographic grasping the mystery of nature and being creatures on this planet

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Woman facing murder charge in boyfriend's death
A Lexington woman has been accused of killing her boyfriend.
According to WKYT-TV, police said Shayna Hubers is charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old Ryan Poston, whom she allegedly shot Friday night. Hubers was being held at the Campbell County Detention Center in Newport, Ky.
An official at the facility told The Associated Press on Sunday that Hubers' bond is set at $2 million. The official did not know if she has an attorney.
Authorities are investigating a motive for the shooting.
Police: Man rejected on Facebook broke into woman's home, set it on fire
Amber Alert for 20-day-old canceled, infant found
Officials trying to figure out how mountain lion got to central Kentucky
Pastor accused of making unwanted sexual advances on man at lake
Mountain lion killed in central Ky. appeared young, healthy


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"What" is a track made by WholePunch for Mashup Week. It represents the character Neil Cicierega. It also served as his introductory track.
Who's been bad mouthing Neil? He's on a quest to win the ultimate showdown and get his one week of mashups. Armed with his star guitar and proton pack, he’s ready to damn the competition.
★Songs by Lemon Demon
(Ultimate Showdown, Brodyquest, Spirit Phone, Aaron)
★Songs frequently used in Mouth albums
(Wonderwall, Story of a Girl, One Week, Ghostbusters)
[THIS EXCLUDES SMASH MOUTH. WHY? SOON.]
This track was made by Wholepunch @whole-punch, with art by MS360 @mate-rodriguez.
- Neil Cicierega - Who (Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now)
- Jontron - "What... What the fuck?"
- DJ Snake, Lil Jon - Turn Down For What
- Assorted Lil Jon samples
- Maroon 5 - What Lovers Do
- Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
- Samwell - What What In The Butt
- Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?
- Haddaway - What Is Love?
- Ylvis - What Does The Fox Say?
- Lady Gaga - Just Dance (What's going on?)
- Ray William Johnson - "What's happening, forum?"
- Aaron Carter - How I Beat Shaq (What, what did he say?)
- Hotel Mario - "You know what they say"
- Parappa - BIG (what's going on?)
- Edwin Starr - War (What Is It Good For)
- Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
- Clone High - Say What
- "What" has the most plays of any Mashup Week track on SoundCloud.
- The track was offkey on the actual Mashup Week Part 1 account but was later fixed on the album and the YouTube reupload.
- In the second YouTube upload, visuals are added with RayWilliamJohnson and Charles Barkley showing up when their sources do, as well as some black screens that say "WHAT".
- This track was referenced in the SiIvaGunner video "LAW & DISORDER: TURNABOUT DESPAIR - Teaser || SiIvaFes". Specifically, in one of the backgrounds used, there is a notepad with the text "What? M".
- This track got a sequel called Whatmageddon.
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mashup-week-tournament/what
- Bandcamp: https://mashupweek.bandcamp.com/track/what
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRy5V7wnwSA; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykSGm_1-vno


The Kistler Group has been awarded the contract for instrumentation of three crash centers for the Indian automobile industry. The client for this substantial deal worth almost twenty million Swiss francs is the autonomous project under Department of Heavy Industries - National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP). This means last year's acquisitions by the Business Unit Vehicles of the Kistler Group are already paying off.
The Indian automobile industry is accelerating, with over-average rates of growth at home and abroad. To enable these carmakers to hold their own on the world market, their products have to meet the international environmental and safety standards. For this reason the Indian government set up the National Automobile Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP), which will establish three crash centers to the latest standards in Chennai, Pune and Delhi. The instrumentation of these centers was put out to international tender.
The Kistler Group's bid submitted against strong global competition won on both technological and cost grounds.
Last year's acquisition of MSC Automotive, Corrsys-Datron and KT Automotive has particularly strengthened the group's position as a provider of turnkey measurement solutions for the automobile industry. As remarked by Rolf Sonderegger, CEO of the Kistler Group, the award of this sizable contract to Kistler confirms the correctness of its acquisition strategy and documents the considerable business potential in emerging markets such as India and China. "We are shaping ourselves into a system partner for the automotive industry and are offering customer solutions and services from a single source."
The crash centers in Chennai (GARC), Pune (ARAI) and Delhi (iCAT) will be built and
equipped over the next 18 months.
A printer friendly version of the text (1 859 characters) and photographs of this can be downloaded from our website: www.kistler.com (News & Press Events)
Kistler's core competence is the development, production and use of sensors for measuring pressure, force, torque and acceleration. Kistler's know-how and electronic systems can be used to prepare measuring signals for use in analyzing physical processes, controlling and optimizing industrial processes, improving product quality in manufacturing and improving performance in sports and rehabilitation.
Kistler offers a comprehensive range of sensors and systems for engine development, automotive engineering, plastics and metal processing, installation technology and biomechanics.
A worldwide sales presence in the form of 25 group companies and 30 distributors ensures customer proximity, application support on an individual level and short lead times.
With a staff of about 1 000, the Kistler Group is one of the world's leading providers of dynamic measuring instrumentation. The Kistler Group achieved turnover of 166 million Swiss Francs in the 2009 financial year.


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IKEA Canada unveiled a series of colorful sofas inspired by different pride flags, including those representing transgender, non-binary and asexual communities.
Created to mark Pride Month, the 10 âLove Seatsâ were created by four LGBTQ designers and feature everything from gigantic ruffles to colorful patterns and faux flowers.
The Swedish retailer said in a press release that it hopes the campaign will honor “the richness and diversity of the 2SLGBTQ + community,” using an expanded acronym that encompasses those who identify as Two-Spirit, a Native American term for those who have both a male and female spirits.
IKEA Pride Flag Themed Sofas – Top Row: Asexual, Progress & Bottom Row: Transgender, Lesbian Credit: IKEA Canada
âPride is more than a rainbow,â IKEA said, referring to the range of flags featured in the campaign, including the lesbian flag and the pink, yellow and blue pansexual flag. The company described the sofas as “a platform to celebrate identity and share love stories.”
Although the eye-catching designs were unveiled last week, the buzz has grown online in recent days. And while the canapes were widely celebrated, some sparked debate on social media.
In particular, a purple and pink âbisexualâ sofa, designed by Charlotte Carbone, divided opinions. Taking inspiration from the colors of the bisexual flag, the sofa is upholstered in fabric in the shape of a hand and features armrests that resemble real arms.
More serious concerns were expressed over a phrase on the pillows: “When you change ‘or’ to ‘and’, no one believes you. ”
Pride 2021: A story of the rainbow flag
He added that the hands were “meant to represent the reaction of the audience, especially those of other bisexual people who would approach me after the performances and share their story with me.”
Poet of the word Brian Lanigan pictured on IKEA’s “bisexual” sofa, inspired by his work. Credit: IKEA Canada
As part of the IKEA campaign, people from all the communities depicted sat on their respective sofas while telling their personal stories on camera.
IKEA pride flag themed sofas, left to right: bisexual, non-binary, gender fluent Credit: IKEA Canada
The company has not announced plans to sell the sofas, although some social media users have expressed interest in purchasing them. For now, the sofas are on display in select IKEA stores across Canada.

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Calgary Forklift Training Classes - Forklifts are a kind of heavy lifting machinery utilized in order to handle and move material safely and efficiently. Occasionally known as Lift Trucks, they are made use of in various businesses. Personnel working with and around forklifts have to be trained to spot hazards connected with the use of forklifts.
We provide forklift training classes to be able to teach our trainees how to safely utilize a forklift. The theory part of the program will cover classes and instruction on becoming a lift truck operator. Trainees would learn their legal responsibilities as lift truck operators. Upon completing the classes, a printed certificate will be issued. The certificate should be signed by a person authorized to verify that a hands-on evaluation has been finished within the workplace of the trainee.
Lift trucks are made use of extensively in industrial work environment because of their ability to lift and transport heavy loads. These industrial machinery are essential and indispensable for a lot of groups, yet they can be dangerous if used by workers which is not properly trained. Forklift injuries, when they occur, tend to be serious because of the power of these heavy machines. Workers who work regularly around forklifts can become complacent and forget about the dangers. Important maintenance and operating measures might be neglected.
Forklift training is required not just for new workers. Periodic re-training is important for all operators. First aid training is also important.
The daily check is critically essential in the everyday maintenance and operations of a lift truck. The forklift might become damage if not properly maintained. Prior to being utilized, lift trucks should be visually checked as to their general condition. An operational check should be done to be able to determine the equipment is correctly working. The supervisor has to be alerted if anything is noted that can impact the safe use of the forklift.
An inspection determines if the place is clear of things which could pose a hazard. Whichever overhead obstructions should be noted. Check that a working fire extinguisher is accessible. Various levels must be checked, like for example radiator water, engine oil, fuel, and electrolyte levels in cells. Plugs, batteries and cables must be checked. Clean out vent caps and ensure that nuts, bolts, chains, guards, and hydraulic hose reels are not damaged, missing or loose. A tire check would make certain that wheels are not damaged or worn. Pneumatic tires will need a pressure check.


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Pesto Championship 2014 press conference
27 March 2014
On Thursday 27th of March, h. 11am, at Camera di Commercio di Genova, press conference to present Pesto Championship 2014.
There will be Paolo Odone, President of Camera di Commercio and Francesco Oddone, Assessore allo Sviluppo Economico Municipality of Genoa.


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The Dreamlands: Aisling's Quest
Help Aisling free The Dreamlands from The Mourner! The Dreamlands: Aisling's Quest is an adventure game that blends fantasy and mystery elements to present a gripping story.
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Developer: The Domaginarium Publisher: The Domaginarium
Genre: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian
Tags: Indie (22), Adventure (22), Casual (21), Hidden Object (13), Female Protagonist (13), Point & Click (13), Singleplayer (12), Atmospheric (12), Puzzle (11), Story Rich (11)
Category: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud
Release date: Apr 10, 2018
Owners: 0 .. 20,000
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scobleizerI visited SLAC today and had an awesome tour of the longest building in Silicon Valley.
- thinkmayaSo jealous!!
- jessicagottliebWhat is SLAC?
- rebbysThe SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.
- longsviewI got a chance to see it about ten years ago. The building is so long you can see the curvature of the earth looking down it.
- davehorganand I thought MIT had an infinite corridor.
- charliehelenrobinsonLongest building with longest name.
- kylejelse@scobleizer At first #glance of your pic - I thought I was looking at a #Microsoft #Surface.
- backstagegabeSweet Deal
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Emergency is the sixteenth studio album by the American band Kool & the Gang, released in 1984
Emergency! is the debut double album by American jazz fusion group The Tony Williams Lifetime. It was released in 1969 and was one of the first significant jazz fusion recordings. The album has commonly been regarded as a pioneering, influential, and original album in the jazz, rock, and fusion genres
Emergency! Studio album by The Tony Williams Lifetime. Emergency! was originally released in 1969 by Polydor Records and Polygram Records.
Listen online and stay in a good mood. Org Album: Emergency on Planet Earth (2013).
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Arranged By – Emergency (6). Bass, Acoustic Bass – Otto Bezloja. Drums, Percussion – Udo Lindenberg. Engineer – Peter Kramper. Guest, Trumpet – Dusko Goykovic. Guitar – Barrie Newby. Organ, Electric Piano, Piano, Percussion – Jiri Matousek. Emergency (CD, Album, RE, RM). Green Tree Records, Green Tree Records. Gtr 631, gtr, cmp 631. Germany. Emergency (6). Emergency (LP, Album, RE, Gat).
What are we waiting for? What are we waiting for? I'm a punk star, bitch I feel like Fish Narc. The title song for Rawska’s debut album Emergency features the collective GothBoiClique’s Cold Hart and GothBoiClique affiliate Brennan Savage. In the song, the three speak about lovers, how they complete them, and ponder issues they have in their relationships. Emergency" Track Info. Written By Fish Narc, Rawska, Cold Hart & 1 more.
This album marked the end of Kool & the Gang's 15-year association with De-Lite Records. Impressively, the group charted each of those 15 years, including ten number one singles. Emergency continued that tradition, and was responsible for two of those number one singles. The first release, "Misled," with its crackin' bassline, led the charge; it peaked at number three on the Billboard R&B charts.


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GatorZone.com Senior Writer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The first mini-monsoon arrived Saturday at 4:20 p.m.
Florida led North Carolina State by a comfy five runs in the bottom of the seventh, with slugger/superstar Mike Zunino at the plate with a full count and a Gator on first base when the home plate umpire signaled for play to stop.
When the game resumed two hours and three minutes later, so did the rain. A lot. Zunino fouled the first pitch off into the downpour, then sent Dillon Frye’s second offering into the O’Connell Center’s lower parking lot.
How he saw the ball, only Zunino would know.
“I was zoned in,” he said.
Same could be said for the top-seeded Gators, who mere days after dealing with the pomp and circumstance of the MLB draft performed every bit like a team that had nine players chosen, beating the Wolfpack 7-1 in NCAA Super Regional play before a McKethan Stadium crowd of 5,117, all but a handful of which split after two rain delays totaling nearly three hours.
The day at the ball yard may not have been very convenient, but it was awfully efficient for UF, with junior right-hander Hudson Randall firing yet another NCAA masterpiece, allowing no runs over seven innings, scattering six hits, striking out four and walking none. He's now 5-1 with a 2.48 ERA, 49 strikeouts and just eight walks in NCAA play.
“I felt good with everything,” Randall said.
So did his coach.
“He’s a gamer,” UF coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “Simple as that.”
All Gators were gamers Saturday and will have to be again Sunday, when another win in the best-of-three series will mean a third straight trip to the College World Series. If that scenario plays out, Florida (46-18) will no doubt have earned it because it will mean they went through the nation’s best pitcher in Wolfpack fab freshman lefty Carlos Rodon, one of three Golden Spike finalists. All Rodon has done in 2012 was go 9-0 as a collegiate rookie, with a 1.61 ERA in 111.2 innings, 132 strikeouts and 41 walks.
NC State coach Elliott Avent didn’t waste many words when asked in the post-game news conference how he felt about Rodon taking the hill with his club facing elimination.
“Pretty good,” he deadpanned.
He should. Not only are they trotting out arguably the nation’s best pitcher, but the Wolfpack know something about must-win games, having staved off elimination three times in the Raleigh, N.C., regional last week to earn the right to reach the super-sized round two wins shy of Omaha, Neb.
Florida is halfway there, but taking nothing for granted.
“[NC State] had their backs against the wall last weekend, on the brink of elimination. Our players realize that,” said O’Sullivan, who will counter Rodon with sophomore Jonathon Crawford (6-2, 2.92 ERA). “They won’t want their season to end. They want to go to Omaha as bad as we do. So we’re not going to be flat. We’re going to approach it like we’re down 0-1.”
The Gators also are no strangers to seeing big arms, having stared down LSU’s Kevin Gausman, the No. 4 overall player taken in the draft last week, and Mississippi State’s Chris Stratton, the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and 20th player selected, along with aces the likes of Ryne Stanek and D.J. Baxendale (Arkansas), Alex Wood (Georgia) and Kevin Ziomek (Vanderbilt) during the rugged conference season.
Plus, UF can roll out a few guys with draft pedigree, including the first five in the batting order. That quintet accounted for six of the team’s seven runs and RBI Saturday. In the middle of those numbers was Zunino, who was the No. 3 overall player draft and, like Rodon, a finalist for the prestigious Golden Spike Award as college baseball’s best player. He had two hits and three RBI in Game 1.
Collectively, the Gators know something about the big stage. More to the point, they know how to succeed on it.
“It’s always a battle,” senior outfielder Preston Tucker said. “Hopefully, having been there before is going to come into play.”
It should, but there’s something to be said about being one of the best and deepest teams in the country. There’s a reason the Gators, having played the nation's toughest schedule, are the tournament’s No. 1 seed.
“We’re one win away,” O’Sullivan said. “We’ll see what happens.”
Hopefully, the weather will make for a better view Sunday. Then again, forecasts call for 70 percent chance of rain.
Time to zone in.


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Felipe Montoro is renown journalist and reporter in Brazil. He has reported on several topics and speeches by the top-notch people in his country. The following are among the many speeches he has reported.
Minister for Planning, Development, and Management
According to Felipe’s report, the minister for planning, development, and management, Mr. DyogoOliveir stresses the centrality of creating financial support on the private investments. The minister retaliates on the importance of availing financial guarantees systems that will leverage private investments into the fracture projects in Latin America.
The minister also proposed that the Inter –American Development Bank (IDB) should promote awareness towards efficient solutions for the risk management in the projects.
Speech by the Argentinian Finance Minister
Luis Caputo, the minister for finance and the chairman of the board of governors. He agreed with Dyogo, the minister for planning’s proposal. He suggested that IDB should leverage private investors in the region.
According to him, Oliveira, there is the need for new investors from other nations being supported by IDB. This investment is key to reach the industry 4.0 revolution. The revolution is already on the way coming.
Montoro continued to report that the main challenges were to construct roads and water and sewerage planning to provide clean and safe water beside investing in infrastructure, much effort should be put in place to improve the modern infrastructure to enhance industrial revolution. Learn more about Felipe Montoro Jens at terra.com
The inter-American President’s Speech
Felipe Montoro Jens continued to report that the president of IDB, honorable Moreno Albert. The president said that the Latin American challenge e is the convergence in infrastructures. This will, without the connectivity. The minister, Dyogo Oliveira pointed out that several partnerships between the private and the public sectors have been made in Brazil. The reporter continued to emphasize that the action taken by the government especially in the area of finance development is in line with the practices in the region.
These are some of the reports done by Jens Felipe Montoro. He is an earnest reporter in the country. Information is power, and that is what he does, supply power to the people.


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