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CAC Third Annual Golf Classic 2017
Check out some great shots from Champions Against Cancer's Third Annual Golf Classic! It was another great day of golf, libations, food & fun!
Casino Night Fundraiser 2016
Champions Against Cancer hosted our first Casino Night on May 14, 2016 at the Howard County Community College Kittleman Room. Over 200 attendees enjoyed various gaming events including Blackjack, Roulette, Craps and Texas Hold 'em, run by Dealers Choice Casinos. Admission for $60 included hors d'oeuvres, a full dinner from River House Pizza, unlimited beer and wine, dessert, and gaming currency. Winnings were used to get raffle tickets, with attendees receiving prizes including 55-inch flat screen TV, Aruba time share, and luxury box for a Capitals game in 2017.
CAC Golf Classic 2016
Champions Against Cancer John L. Champion Scholarship Recipients
Champions Against Cancer provides up to $24,000/year to high school seniors. These are called the John L. Champion Memorial Scholarships in the memory and spirit of John Champion. Please see pictures of our board members presenting the scholarships to a few of our recipients at the school award ceremonies.
CAC Golf Classic 2015
Champions Against Cancer hosted its inaugural golf fundraiser at scenic Hobbits Glen Golf Club in Columbia, Maryland on October 19, 2015. Over 100 golfers, other guests and many volunteers participated in the event. The day included a full 18 holes of golf, continental breakfast, lunch, three course dinner, beverages, and adult spirits. The fun-filled day was highlighted by challenging golf on Hobbit Glen's famous course and various contests, including two putting contests and a lowest team score competition. The event featured incredible support from 25 of our generous corporate and 7 private sponsors, including our main event sponsor, FESCO Emergency Sales. We are especially grateful to our wonderful volunteers who made the event run smoothly while welcoming and guiding our guests throughout the day. Finally, we express our thankfulness to our host, Hobbits Glen Golf Club. The staff was courteous and helpful in the planning of the event and on the day of the fundraiser. The facility was spectacular with beautiful views and scenery throughout the course and grounds.
Champions Against Cancer is a 501c3, non-profit organization. Our board members are all volunteers and all of the proceeds, donations and sponsor support we receive from the golf fundraiser and all of our events are used to run the event and support children who have a parent who has faced or is currently battling cancer.
Champions Against Cancer is proud of and grateful to our supporters to helping us raise more than $17,000 to achieve our mission.
Please check our website, emails, and newsletters for information about our next planned golf in September, 2016.
Please see the gallery of pictures below that were provided by our volunteer event photographer, Dave McIntosh Photographics of Baltimore.
Reds, Whites & Blues
Champions Against Cancer had our kickoff fundraiser May 9, 2015. The event was an evening affair at Oakland Manor in Columbia, Maryland. Two hundred patrons attended the sold out event, which included full dinner, open bar, live band music by Fast Eddie and the Slow-pokes, and a silent auction including baskets offering handmade, personalized quilts, rounds of golf, dinner reservations, and autographed pictures of local sports heroes. The event raised about $35,000 that will be earmarked to help us achieve our principal mission: To provide financial awards for children in families in which a parent has been afflicted with cancer. We would like to thank all of our sponsors, patrons and volunteers for making this event a success beyond our expectations.


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- Soil temperature
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- Soil to Seed Contact
- Soil Compaction
One of the biggest yield robbers (culprit of uneven germination or poor emergence) is due to highly variable soil moisture conditions at planting. Soil moisture variation can be caused by different soil types, tillage patterns, Mother Nature, or seedling depths. Too much water at planting can limit oxygen to seed and restrict growth of corn seedling. There is also a risk of poor or uneven germination if soil moisture conditions are too dry at planting or if the planting depth is too shallow. Be sure to have the appropriate seedling planting depth for optimum corn germination.
Scouting for corn emergence problems is strongly encouraged early in the season so that prompt replant decisions can be made. Burrus provides an easy to use replant chart in their 2016 Growing "pocket" Guide on page 18.
When using this chart, keep in mind that Burrus has different recommended planting rates (A – Higher, B – Moderate, and C-Lower) for their hybrid seed corn, and this information can be found on page 17 of the 2016 Growing "pocket" Guide.

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I have four students in my classroom this year, speaking at least six different languages. So when it comes to saying "Thank You" we have several different ways to say it.
God has blessed us this year with a new school building, nine new students, volunteers who overflow with love and kindness, and staff members who trust Him for everything. We thank Him every day for His gifts. We wouldn't be here without Him.


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Teen1 still likes to cook and asked for this cookbook for Christmas. It's by two local women, Claudia Pruett and Rima Barkett. They used to have a restaurant downtown where we often ate. The food was always fresh and well prepared and delicious. Sadly the restaurant has been sold and the food is not quite the same. Their focus is now on encouraging family cooking through this website, the cookbook, and charity projects. In fact, one day they came to Teen1's cooking class at high school and gave a demonstration. Wonderful women!So last night Teen1 asked to make dinner and when I picked her up from work she had purchased the ingredients and when we got home she made Penne con Scampi.
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I am an Artistic Mother! I have been doing Art as long as I can remember. I have incorporated doing Art in the upbringing of my daughter and it has come in handy for those last minute projects that our kids conveniently forget to tell us about. Over on "An Artful Life" Shona is giving away her book "the Artistic Mother"! I would really love to win this book!
Here is what North Light Craft Books has to say, "Get inspired and get creating! Trudy Callan is organizing a group to go together through the 12-week art course in Shona Cole's new book The Artistic Mother. Check out her blog and join in the fun for encouragement and camaraderie as Shona guides you through making art an important part of your busy life."
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Blacks who had been out of the system then began
to get into the system. They got into the system in very very minor
numbers prior to our administration. To the best of my knowledge Chep
had no blacks working in the administration. When I say he was a
moderate, it was more an expression of doing separate but equal. Before,
it was separate but unequal. During Chep's years, Chep at least tried
to build black playgrounds and black swimming pools
and began to share some of the city's revenues with the blacks. Looking
back at that, you know, in the terms of todays perspective, you say,
"My God, how backward can you be? How conservative can you
get?" But that was frankly, a moderate position. Most moderate
in the entire state by far. I think Chep would have done a great deal
more. In other words, I think philosophically he was more liberal on the
racial issue than his record would indicate simply because he always
wanted to run for Governor, which he did do three times, and knew quite
well that one of his major handicaps was that he was looked upon as a a
racial liberal in this state. Well, you can fairly well understand that
if you are running against a Jimmy Davis kind of state-wide candidates
who just traditionally ran against blacks. You know, just ran against
the old southern way of life and against integration. That was the
battle cry in this state as it has been in every southern state for any
successful office seeker.
- WALTER DeVRIES:
- As you look down the road, will the power of the organized black groups continue to grow?
- No.
- WALTER DeVRIES:
- Are they at a peak now?
- Well, I would have to go back just a little bit. There were several black organizations in the city that were fairly significant politically that were attached to the Morrison group. Perhaps there were some unseen favors that were done that caused that attachment, some philosophical attachment too, because the blacks generally liked Chep very much, loved him. But they didn't enjoy a great deal of patronage. I would suspect very little. During the Scuro years the same thing was true. He had several black groups attached to him and perhaps did some minor favors for them. But never any public expression in terms of philosophy. In fact, he was always on the stated conservative side. We had as Councilmen, I think I had gotten the Mayor to appoint, sort of got every Councilman who doesn't have any stated patronage, but at least you've got a little muscle with the Mayor and say, "I'd like you to appoint this guy to the board for me if you could." When Tom Scuro's administration was finished I think there were three blacks serving on boards and commissions across the city. One on the Parkway Commission, one on the Planning Commission, and one in the Civil Service Commission. I had gotten two of those blacks appointed, and another friend of mine, Councilman Ciasio was instrumental in getting another one. But those are the only three that have ever served in any position in government on any board or commission, ever in this city. He had only one black that was working as an aide to the Mayor. It was a minor job at about $600 per month. When I got elected, having run on a platform of equality and openness . . .
- Did you have a campaign theme as such?
- I guess you could say we ran on a slogan, "The man who tells the truth, wins." But I went on television and said that I proposed to appoint blacks to departments and that I hated racial prejudices and that I proposed to open this city up for everybody and give everybody equal opportunity. We have. We began to bring blacks into the administration in large numbers. Three Department heads, counting Model City, that would be four, I think we have five Deputy Department Heads, members of boards and commissions in significant numbers, and we've done fairly well, even though a lot of the boards are staggered and it takes time, we've done well and we've moved employment up from . . . almost to where it is equal to, fairly close to being equal right now to the population ratios, certainly greater than the voting ratios. A lot of those people came from the political organizations. Blacks in the political organizations are generally far better educated than their counterparts in the white political organizations of several years earlier. Virtually every one is a college graduate, some with Masters degrees, the kind of individual that would not have participated in the white political structure because they didn't need it. They were lawyers, they were otherwise employed, white lawyers and doctors and businessmen; they didn't need the political system. They were out making money in private enterprise. But the young black professional correctly saw the political system as a way into the mainstream of American life. Part of the problem was, okay, so you want to bring blacks in, but who are they? When you and I grew up, you've got white friends, and this friend has friends and you end up identifying with a great many people who you would ultimately bring into the administration. But when you think in terms of bringing blacks in, you start numbering them and you run out of numbers very quickly. The political organization provided that kind of input. Of course, their strength, the more patrons they got, the stronger the political organizations looked and became. But patronage ultimately will kill anything. Success will kill anything. In some instances, I think, their strength has been greatly exaggerated. The press, you know, something new, it was bold, so the press began to accord great political powers to several black organizations.


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Buckley Veterinary Clinic is under new ownership, now that Dr. Dennette Wood has taken over the established practice along State Route 410.
The purchase was effective Feb. 2 when Wood assumed ownership from Dr. David Gran.
Wood is no stranger to the Plateau, having spent the last five and a half years working at the Timber Ridge clinic in Bonney Lake. Prior to that, she spent time at Country Animal Hospital in Enumclaw.
She is a Northwest native, growing up in Portland, Ore., and splits her loyalties between Washington's largest universities. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington, then headed east to the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Wood's goal has been to own a clinic of her own and Gran's operation was the perfect fit.
"I've been looking for quite a few years for a quality clinic," she said, noting that she did not want to leave the immediate area.
Wood said customers should expect no major changes, other than "there are two of us now."
Gran will stay on board for at least a year.
A slight change is in the clinic's Saturday hours. Previously, the office was open only until noon; now, it's open until 3 p.m.
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The decrease was primarily due to actions taken by our businesses to reduce emissions in areas such as flaring, methane and energy efficiency.
Other factors contributing to the decrease included operational changes, such as lower throughput at some of our downstream sites in Germany and increased gas being captured and exported to the liquefied natural gas facility in Angola, as well as the divestment of some of our North Sea assets.
We saw a large decrease in the total volume of flaring – the controlled burning of gas during oil and gas production – in our upstream business. This was driven predominantly by reduced flaring at our assets in Angola, Asia Pacific and the North Sea. We are aiming for zero routine flaring by 2030, as part of an initiative by the World Bank.
We also track GHG intensity, which is the quantity of GHGs emitted per a defined unit of production or processing.
In 2018 we saw an improvement in our upstream GHG intensity, mostly due to an overall reduction in GHG emissions due to flaring reductions, increased operational reliability and the completion of start-up activities.


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We are grateful for your consideration of The Xena Project as the new home of your horse or other animal.
We take commitment to the animals in our program seriously, and thanks to decades of combined experience with horses, livestock, dogs, cats, and others, are well versed in the care requirements associated with bringing new animals to the facility. We believe it is in the best interest of the program and the animals to only accept animals with a clear plan for their long-term care, including funding. At this time, we do not have funding to accept donated animals.
If you would like your animal to be placed on the list to reach out to as we secure funding and are able to expand, please contact us. Thank you for your continued support of The Xena Project.


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A multifunctional and multicultural developing has been built for 'Stichting Welgelegen'. It houses Principal and Secundary vocational instruction, the Topsports Affiliation Utrecht and the 'Leostichting' (yought health and fitness care). The specific architecture (environmentally friendly-yellow forest exterior) serves an the best possible integration in the surroundings. One particular of the special attributes is the actuality that the sportshall are stacked.
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Here's more for the argument that the ECB needs to seriously step on it.
Retail sales in Europe tanked in December.
In December 2013 compared with November 2013, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade1 fell by 1.6% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.8% in the EU282 , according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In November retail trade increased by 0.9% and 0.8% respectively. In December 2013 compared with December 20124 the retail sales index decreased by 1.0% in the euro area and rose by 0.1% in the EU28. The average volume of retail trade for the year 2013, compared with 2012, fell by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU28.
The Eurozone has several signs of a flagging economy and a risk of deflation. This is just the latest.


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So, IDEK. I've been making not-instructional videos because–seriously–unless I'm classrooming it, y'all probably don't want to listen to me gas-on about this stuff. There are way better Youtubers than I if you want to know how to do this stuff.
But. If y'all really want, I can make these more serious and more instructional. Y'all's choice.
These started because a couple of my Tumblr-friends asked "how do you even circle loom," and I thought the best way was to show them.
Today, though, I decided to do a little beating on metal and playing with fire vid instead.
It's kinda long and probably boring and y'all probably really don't want to look at me, but yeah, here it is in all of it's crazy splendor.
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Liz Cheney: My father would rather be fishing
For those who have been wondering why former Vice President Dick Cheney doesn't just go gently into the night -- or at least park himself at that undisclosed location for a while -- now comes the answer. Apparently he really cares.
Liz Cheney, the vice presidential daughter who got a plum job at the State Department during George W. Bush's administration, has taken to the airwaves to defend her father's rants. Ever since Barack Obama started initiating new policies -- closing Gitmo, ending torture -- Cheney has made the oft-repeated and truly incendiary assertion that Obama's policies are making the country less safe from terrorism.
Today on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Liz Cheney said her father would "rather be fishing in Wyoming" but felt compelled to tear down the Obama administration instead.
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Her basic argument: Waterboarding was not only effective, it was legal, since the Bush administration had the legal documents that said so -- despite international conventions to the contrary.
Liz Cheney also accused the media of a double standard in criticizing her father over his outspoken views, noting that the media embraces former Vice President Al Gore when he speaks about global climate change. "You want him [Cheney] to shut up because you disagree with what he's saying," she told the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, whose column this morning called Cheney "an Old Faithful of self-serving nonsense."
The Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist also asked this question:
Can't we send Dick Cheney back to Wyoming? Shouldn't we chip in and buy him a home where the buffalo roam and there's always room for one more crazy old coot down at the general store?
Others in key policy roles in the Bush administration -- former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, former CIA Director George Tenet, even former President Bush -- have maintained a respectful....
...silence during the recent debate over whether the "enhanced interrogation" methods they approved crossed the line into torture.
Not so Cheney, who has become a familiar face on the Sunday talk shows, spewing his critiques about the Obama administration, urging Republicans to recover politically by embracing the very Bush conservatism that cost them control of the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Asked about Cheney's recent comment that he would rather see the future of the Republican Party in the hands of conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh than the more centrist former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called it "an illuminating answer."
The vice president, Gibbs added, keeps floating ideas that "in many ways the last election was about and the last election rejected. They're essentially going forward by looking backward. If the vice president believes that's a way of growing and expanding the Republican Party, then we're happy to leave him to those devices."
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New Allernow Walk-In Clinics and Shot Room Hours In Nashville!
We are excited to announce that our Allernow walk-in clinic for allergies and asthma is now open at our Hermitage and Franklin offices as well as the Mt. Juliet office. While these clinics will continue to see patients with appointments as usual, they will now accept allergic and asthmatic walk-in patients as well. If you need to see a provider immediately for your allergies, asthma, cough or sinus infection, don't hesitate to visit one of our Allernow clinics where experts are available to see you right away.
We are also pleased to announce new office and shot room hours! The Franklin office is joining Mt. Juliet by adding office and shot room hours from 9am until noon on Saturdays for your convenience. Franklin is also adding Wednesday shot room hours (8am until 4:40pm) per our patients' special request.
And last but not least, Franklin, Hermitage and Mt. Juliet offices and shot rooms will now be open throughout the lunch hour!
We hope these changes will make expert allergy and asthma care more convenient for you and your family!
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By Jenny Anderson
Special to Today's News-Herald
Many of the top ten costly pet health issues , and the resulting veterinary treatments, might be prevented with some basic preventative measures. These measures include feeding biologically appropriate nutrition, keeping your pet lean and well-exercised, brushing his teeth, avoiding unnecessary vaccinations, and keeping up with both at-home and veterinary wellness exams.
According to Veterinary Pet Insurance the top ten reasons for veterinary treatments in 2013 were for: skin allergies, ear infections, non-cancerous skin masses, hot spots or skin infections, arthritis, upset stomach, dental disease, intestinal upset, urinary tract disease, and soft tissue trauma.
A species specific and balanced diet that is anti-inflammatory can prevent many illnesses. Dr. Karen Becker, a proponent of veterinary wellness programs, believes the right nutrition can prevent or alleviate diet-related skin allergies and infections (including hot spots), ear infections, gastrointestinal issues, and bladder and urinary tract disease.
Keeping your animal healthy and fit with regular exercise and weight management will ensure better joint health, making it less likely to develop debilitating arthritis and degenerative joint disease. Fitness can help prevent some injuries, too. Also, when an animal is supervised carefully, it is less likely to sustain certain injuries. A responsible pet owner can prevent many of the top injuries, such as lacerations, bite wounds, and torn ligaments.
Brush a pet's teeth at least several times a week to prevent or control buildup of plaque that leads to tooth decay, gum disease, and other oral conditions. Follow through with professional veterinary cleanings as needed. When good oral hygiene is practiced, these professional cleanings aren't required very often.
A responsible pet person also frequently does at-home overall health examinations, noting any parasites, lumps, coat condition, among other things. This, coupled with a couple veterinary wellness visits each year, can catch most conditions early, when they are most treatable. Your veterinarian can show you what symptoms you might observe.
If you want to save money, it's often a matter of being proactive with your companion animal and his health. Together you can maintain overall wellness and enjoy many years of good health.
The Western Arizona Humane Society is open Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., with kennel hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 855-5083 for details. For found or lost pets, call 855-4111. View animals found at www.lhcpd.com.


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ONE to ONE fitness training
The Swiss market leader, ONE Training Centre, has made a name for itself with personal and individual member support, a high quality standard, modern strength training and cardio machines and over 350 highly efficient group fitness lessons per week.
At the Mall of Switzerland, ONE Training Centre has taken on an above-average area of over 2,000 square metres for a generous training area and varied indoor and outdoor wellness oasis with sauna, steam room and hamam. And while their parents are getting fit, children can be left in the hands of qualified childminders as they craft, read picture books or splash around in the ball pool at the ONE children's paradise.
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"A mix of ambient beats and of purely quiet moods, Svalbard respects all the same the orientation of those minimalist and hypnotic beats of TM Solver and of the New Berlin School genre"
2 Snowfall 2:25
3 Arctic Dream 7:01
4 Northern Lights 8:53
5 Polar Night 14:07
6 Svalbard 14:35
7 The Little Auk 8:56
8 Olav v Land 10:22
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(Ambient beats and moods in a New Berlin School sauce)
A little like last year with the duet of Polymorph and Namaste albums, TM Solver gets back titillating the ears of his fans with an album of pure New Berlin School, for Maroc, and another one of ambient music. Inspired by the northern and frosty landscapes of the Spitsbergen island, "Svalbard" is a music album of meditation, of contemplativity that Thomas Meier has written during his journey in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, in 1993. This music had never found echo on a recording before this day. Recorded and remastered in 2015, the SynGate label is offering it in a download format under its Luna banner. A brand which is dedicated a little more to the music of atmospheres than of rhythms, although both forms can coexist. A little as with this "Svalbard".
It's with pulsations which beat sneakily that "78°N19°E" gets developing between our ears. The rhythm is soft and beats lasciviously, as a kind of slow, sensual and cosmic Funky-Groove. The bass pulsations go up and down in an ambient pattern where elytrons of metal are flashing, relaxing stars are sparkling and astral choruses are warbling. The movement is slow and rather poetic with these crystalline tones which sparkle here and there. Torn between its envelope of atmospheres more cosmic than Arctic, although both poles are very near, "78°N19°E" scatters elements of ambient rhythm, here and eleswhere in "Svalbard", which crackle and skip nervously, like steps lost on a tense drum skin, in the resounding curves of the bass pulsations and these lines of synth filled of voices and of astral mist. Our thoughts go adrift towards the very ambient "Snowfall" and its breezes full of prism which whistle in the ice-cold reflections of the synth lines fed of Arctic colors. These lines are overflowing in the ambient territories, and less threatening, of "Arctic Dream", a long track with profound meditative atmospheres which little by little reveals a structure of rhythm. A structure always so very lunar with soft beatings which sculpts a walking in a thick coat of snow where some uncertain steps accompany others more assured. The atmospheres are always signed by synth lines of filled with harmonies mourners and of scarlet colors, challenging even sometimes the nature of this album which is inspired by the Norwegian coldness. "Northern Lights" drives us a little in the psybient territories with a structure of slow rhythm where always crackle these crumbs of rhythm crushed on a bandaged skin in between lines of a synth haloed by vocal breezes and by icy mist. The bass line is feeding more and more a morphic down-tempo approach where is sparkling and crackling a thick clouds of chords paints in the colors of the Arctic prism. "Polar Night" is as ambient than "Snowfall" and is built upon the same icy elements while the title-track is a long wall of very meditative atmospheres. We are in the most ambient moods of "Svalbard" here. Doubtless the most livened up track of "Svalbard", "The Little Auk" draws marvelously the walk very muddled of this funny little auk. Except that he is not alone and the lines, just as much incoherent, of rhythms weave a gyrating core where sequences prevail on the very discreet songs of the synths. The whole thing goes up to "Olav v Land" which concludes this album of Greenland atmospheres with a mixture of rhythm and non-rhythm where the sequences and the percussions have difficulty in dominating the synth lines which pile together in a thick wall of atmospheres always rather contrasting with the coldnesses imagined of this archipelago lost between the glaciers of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Sylvain Lupari (December 29th, 2015)
You will find this album on the SynGate Bandcamp page here
This webzine is online since August 2010 and is completely dedicated to Electronic Music (EM) identified as the Berlin School style and its derived. You will find interviews but mostly reviews of ambient, sequenced and symphonic EM with a glimpse on other related genres. You have questions or want your music to be reviewed? Please read the 123 FAQ section attentively. Bear in mind the main purpose of this Blog. So welcome in and I hope it will guide you into the wonderful world of EM.
mardi 29 décembre 2015
TM SOLVER: Svalbard (2015)
Publié par Sylvain (A.K.A. Phaedream) Lupari à 17 h 12
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Community Recreation Center Exploration
Updated July 2019
With the completion of the Park District's community recreation center feasibility study in 2016 and the discontinuation of discussions with Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 and River Forest Park District (see below for more details), the Parks Foundation of Oak Park is now exploring the concept of a community recreation center. Here is more information about this project.
Community Recreation Center Collaboration
A Joint Exploration by the Park District of Oak Park, Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 and River Forest Park District
July 2017
The Board of Park Commissioners for the Park District of Oak Park and River Forest Park District and the Board of Education for Oak Park River Forest High School District 200 approved a Memorandum of Understanding In July 2017 to explore partnership opportunities for construction of a Community Recreation Center (CRC). This collaboration is in part the result of a feasibility study conducted by the Park District of Oak Park in 2016, which confirmed community support for this type of facility. During the study, the community emphasized the need for the Park District to collaborate with other governmental entities and community organizations. This collaboration is also in part the result of D200's need to address the replacement of its aging pools and the need expressed by the River Forest community for quality, indoor recreation facilities.
Concurrently with the exploration of a community recreation center, the Oak Park River Forest High School organized the Imagine OPRF Work Group to make long-term facility recommendations to the District 200 Board of Education. Recommendations are planned to be presented in mid-2018.
Amenities being considered for the community recreation center include an indoor pool, a multi-use gymnasium with three basketball courts, indoor walking track, fitness center, program and meeting spaces and more.
November 2017 CRC Update
The Memorandum of Understanding specified a December 1, 2017, deadline for all parties to agree to all the elements necessary for the collaboration to move forward, or the MOU would expire. On November 13, 2017 the River Forest Park District Board of Commissioners voted not to extend the MOU and District 200 Board voted not to extend the MOU at the November 16, 2017 Board Meeting.
The Park District of Oak Park appreciated the initial conversations between the River Forest Park District and D200regarding collaboration on an Oak Park / River Forest Community Recreation Center. All three entities learned more about the needs of each organization and both of our communities. While the MOU was not extended, D200 and the River Forest Park District stated they are open to continuing conversations once the Imagine OPRF process is completed next year.
The Park District of Oak Park values a collaborative effort to deliver a facility that meets the recreation and wellness needs of our residents. We strongly believe that providing the opportunity for residents of all ages and economic levels to gather at the Community Recreation Center would be one of the main benefits of this type of facility; contributing to a sense of place in our community.
PDOP Letter to the Editor – November 15, 2017
CRC Benefits
The concept of a Community Recreation Center is to bring community members together in one location to enjoy a variety of programs, services and facilities. As a community hub, it will serve the recreation needs of Oak Park and River Forest residents of all ages, interests, and abilities. Bringing residents together, whether young or old, helps to forge positive relationships and a stronger sense of community. The following are just a few of the many benefits of a community recreation center:
Immediately following the completion of the 2016 feasibility study, the Park District of Oak Park completed a pro forma study, which concluded a Community Recreation Center, with specific amenities, could be financially self-sustaining.
Funding models for the construction of the Community Recreation Center were explored as part of the Memorandum of Understanding. The estimated cost of a Community Recreation Center is $38-44 million. The three governmental entities discussed the possibility of each initially contributing up to $5 million toward the project and raising another $5 million in private contributions. This leaves a balance of more than $20 million to be covered. The Park District of Oak Park does not have funds available, nor bonding capacity to go out for referendum, to cover the remaining costs of construction. One possibility might be for the Park District of Oak Park borrow the remaining costs of construction from District 200. In this potential scenario, the park district would repay these funds to the district over a period of time to be determined. Through this collaboration, it is the intent of all three governmental entities to maximize tax dollars while increasing programs and services to their constituents.
Additional Partners
The Park Districts and District 200 welcome additional project collaborators. The Community Mental Health Board has expressed interest in some level of facility usage, and now that the Memorandum of Understanding is signed, further exploration can determine what might be appropriate. It should be noted that during the 2016 Feasibility Study, D200 students expressed a desire to have mental health services be a part of this Community Recreation Center. Therefore, the Collaboration team is keeping this component top of mind when determining how to best service our communities.
Next Steps
Currently, three locations for a community recreation center have been explored. When discussions resume, the next step will be to identify the location that best meets the needs of all entities. The benefits and risks of building a community recreation center will be closely examined by each group. Facility operations and use agreements will be discussed and finance options will continue to be investigated. Community information meetings will be scheduled if planning moves forward.


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Absentee ballots can be requested by voters who cannot or do not wish to vote in-person during early voting or on Election Day. This is an official ballot that will be cast if voted and returned to the Registrar of Voters office by the deadline (7 pm on Election Day). The request for an absentee ballot must be in writing and made by the deadline for each election to be honored (the deadline to request an absentee ballot is 7 days prior to Election Day). After the request is processed, the voter will be sent Absentee (Mail) Ballot voting materials, which includes a paper ballot and voting instructions. CLICK HERE for an absent ballot request form.
- NEW for 2018 - if you are 65 or older and/or have a physical disability, you may request permanent absentee ballot status for all future elections for which you are eligible to vote. Simply fill out the request for an absent ballot, and check the box next to "REQUEST PERMANENT STATUS." Please call or email our office if you have any questions.
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THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR AN ABSENT BALLOT IS THE TUESDAY PRIOR TO ANY ELECTION, AT 5 pm.
WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SEND IN YOUR REQUEST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REMEMBER, YOUR VOTED BALLOT MUST BE IN OUR OFFICE BY 7 pm ON ELECTION DAY IN ORDER FOR YOUR BALLOT TO BE COUNTED.
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Returning your Ballot
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Vote by completely filling in the oval to the right of each of your ballot choices.
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Your completed ballot may be returned by mail OR in person. You or an immediate family member (no one else) may bring your voted ballot to the Registrar of Voters Office, Washoe County Admin. Complex, (9th and Wells) Bldg A, Rm 135. It cannot be faxed or e-mailed.
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Size Guide
Featuring aqua blue net lehenga with allover lime green sequin and pearl work which is heavier at bottom and lighter at top. Lehenga has baby pink raw silk broad border as inside finish to offset and complement the sequin work. It has layers of can can and net overlayered to give a full and bouncy look. The latkans of the lehenga are also heavily stylised and embellished. The pink net blouse is cut in peplum jacket pattern, fitted with lycra lining and embellished with minute placement embroidery at front and back leaving some gaps to give a peekaboo effect. The aqua blue dupatta is studded with similar work as lehenga and embellished with a heavy hand work border on one side and a cluster of embroideries at one end form a wristlet to be wrapped around the wrist on one side.
Length of the garment in picture : Blouse length 23", lehenga length 42".
Fabric Specificaton: The lehenga is made up of net with taffeta and cancan inside it. The lehenga has a raw silk border at the bottom. The blouse is made up of net with lycra lining inside it.
Wash care instructions: Dry clean only. Steam iron only. Do not wash.(possibility of slight color variations)
Thus piece consists of a blouse, lehenga and a dupatta.
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Two years ago, when Bethany Wilkerson was born with a serious heart problem, private insurance wouldn't help her. Without SCHIP, Bethany might not be here today. Watch the new SCHIP ad:
The last SCHIP family to go public about the value of the health insurance program — the Frosts — was smeared by the right wing. The Wilkersons said today they aren't scared of the attacks that may come against them:
The Wilkersons said they are fully aware of the possibility that their finances and personal lives may be investigated by opponents of the SCHIP bill.
"We rent a house, we have one car that is a junker. Let them dig away," Bo Wilkerson said. "I have $67 in my checking account. Does that answer your question?"


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I posted some pics on Instagram and lots of ladies asked for the recipe, so I thought I'd share on the ol' blog! :) The recipe is very easy, pretty messy, but very easy.
Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix
1 egg lightly beaten
2 cups cool whip
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350. Mix the first three ingredients until well blended. Place powdered sugar in a separate bowl. Using a teaspoon, drop batter into sugar to coat and roll into a ball. Note- the batter will be very sticky and messy, the sugar helps to form the balls.
Place balls 1 1/2 inches apart on baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove cookies from baking sheet immediately to cool.
I sprinkled with green sprinkles to be extra festive! :)
I also thought I would make them extra indulgent by making them cream cheese sandwich cookies!
I just bought the whipped cream cheese tub of icing and piped it on to the cookie, sandwiched them, and voila!
I then got these fab boxes, liners, and ribbon from Michaels to deliver them in! I must say, I am very happy with how they turned out! :)
Hope you all enjoy!! Fa La La!!
Oh and PS, you can use any cake mix. These were originally a lemon cookie recipe and I decided to do Red Velvet to make festive fabulousness!! :)
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Calls to action are commonly used in all forms of marketing, and web marketing is no exception. Their purpose is to prompt a user to do something. Much like a good conclusion of a college paper, they answer the question "So what?" for the user.
Great websites include at least one clear call to action on each page. They help ensure that, no matter which page on your website a user finds, they are directed to where you want them to go. Whether you want users to fill out a form, make a donation, or join your email list, your calls to action are meant to compel users to complete those actions.
A term that's closely related to calls to action is conversion rates. When you hear people talking about conversion rates on their website, they are usually talking about the percent of website visitors who clicked on a call to action. CTAs play an integral role in the sales pipeline, helping visitors become leads, leads become customers, and customers become loyal patrons of your brand. Here are the key elements of CTAs and what you need to do to make them as compelling as possible.
Calls to action need to be strategic based on your marketing goals but, above all, they need to make sense to the user. Before you can even consider where to place them on a page, you need to first consider which call to action belongs on each page.
Your entire website should provide a great user experience with a clear path of action. A confusing or vague call to action will not only deter your customers from completing the action — it may build a sense of distrust with your brand and send users backing out of your site.
HubSpot is the master of purposeful calls to action. You won't visit a page or read a blog without being prompted to take a next step that's natural and helpful. Take a look at their main blog page:
They offer two blogs: one about marketing and one about sales. As you preview the posts, you see three main calls to action, all prompting you to subscribe:
So, just as your interest in their blog is piqued, they make it easy for you to become a subscriber. And they make it clear in the calls to action what you can expect when you complete the action.
HubSpot is also notorious for offering compelling calls to action at the bottom of each of their blog posts. Take, for example, the end of their blog post titled "63 Stats & Tips to Help You Become a Better Twitter User [Infographic]":
Just after you've read their helpful infographic about market your business on Twitter, HubSpot tells you about their social media software and provides a link to try a free trial. This is the kind of intentionality your users are hoping for when they visit your website.
There are endless possibilities for placing your calls to action. They can be forms, buttons, or text and be placed in a sidebar, in the navigation, as a pop-up, at the end of posts, and more. Brafton, a content marketing company, found that strategic placement of calls to action led to these results:
Consider what actions you want your users to complete, and then develop a strategy for placing them on pages where they are clear and relevant to the user at that point in time. They should make sense on the page they're on, make sense with the content around them, and provide clear information about what will happen when the user follows them. This will give you a solid foundation for optimizing their design and content.
Purpose and placement will play a huge role in the success of your calls to action but, without a great design, they may never be noticed. Web design's purpose is to draw users' eyes to what you want them to see. This is why web designers put a ton of thought into the fonts they use, the spacing between lines of text, the height and width of each section — all to provide an attractive, cohesive, and simple experience for the user.
Consider these statistics found by protocol 80 about how design can affect the success of calls to action:
Elements like size, color, placement, style, and page design all produced tangible results on the effectiveness of these company's calls to action. And, while many blogs will make claims like one color is always most effective or buttons always work better than forms, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. The most effectively designed CTAs look completely different based on the context and layout of the entire page.
For example, check out the differences between the successful CTAs on each of these four landing pages:
Work with your web designer to consider each of the design elements that impact the effectiveness of your calls to action. And, as with all of your marketing efforts, test out different options to compare what works best for you and your users.
Once you've strategically considered the purpose, placement, and design of a call to action, you have one important piece left: copy. It's fairly straightforward to understand, but it can be difficult to master.
The content of a call to action functions similarly to that of an advertisement: it's a short piece of copy that's meant to grab attention, raise interest, provide information, and compel action. Copy allows you to tell the user exactly what it is they can expect when they follow the call to action. The copy also allows you to speak directly to the user before they either decide to click through or move on.
Whether you're writing your website content or your web design team is handling that for you, ensure that the call to action copy prompts a sense of urgency, describes the offer, and uses words to entice a user (like these examples found by IMPACT):
Finally, remember that, if a user has filled out a form or followed the prompt in a call to action, this is the point when they are most interested in your brand. Use copy to thank them, reiterate what they can expect (How frequently will you be emailing them from the email list? When will you follow up with their contact form inquiry?), and drive them to other pieces of content they may be interested in.
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Measurement Converter In Office 2010
Hello there, this is Peter Liang and I am a Software Design Engineer in Test in the GXP team.
Today, we'll explore the Measurement Converter feature that can recognize commonly used measurement units in Word and PowerPoint. It also helps user to convert measurement units between the metric and the imperial measurement systems. The types of measurement units supported by Measurement Converter include length, area, volume, temperature, weight, and speed.
Changes in Office 2010 – from Smart Tags to Actions
Prior to Office 2010, Measurement Converter was part of the Smart Tags feature. In Office 2010, Smart Tags has been renamed to Actions (learn more about Actions here) and has several changes compare to the previous versions of Office such as:
- Recognizable words are no longer underlined,
- Smart Tags options icon will no longer appear,
- And additional data from Actions are available through the context menu when you right click on words, instead of a separate context menu.
Enabling Measurement Converter
By default, Measurement Converter is enabled. If it's not enabled, you can go to File->Options->Proofing->AutoCorrect Options->Actions, and check the options shown below.
Using Measurement Converter
Have you ever read documents containing measurement units that you are not familiar with? Do you want to figure out quickly what the same measurement would be in a measurement system of your choice? For example, if you are accustomed to use miles as a measurement unit and are reading a document about speed limits in countries that use kilometers, then you can right click on the text and find the answer under Additional Actions. In Word, you can click on the selection to automatically replace the text in the document with the selected conversion.
Customizing Measurement Converter
Measurement Converter is available in any language version of Office; it can also recognize measurement units in many languages that are built-in. Below is an example of converting 100 centimeters to feet in Arabic.
You can customize Measurement Converter by adding your own measurement units in any language by modifying the file Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Smart Tag\MetConv.txt. For more details, see Additional Actions->About Measurement Converter.
I hope you have found this article helpful. I would like to thank Mohamed Elkugia for his assistance with this article.


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In this drama, a man journeys to the posh British estate of a friend for a weekend soiree. There he learns that the real purpose of the party is to provide the host the opportunity to steal the jewels of his guests. To thwart the plan, the man and the host's adopted step-daughter team up. Unfortunately she winds up getting locked in the room where the jewels were begin stored. The host is attempting to beat a hasty retreat with the jewels but is stopped by an enterprising butler who throws a switch as...more
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Last night I was invited to Tirade Magazine Launch Party to celebrate their latest Issue, and mark the beginning of London Fashion Week AW15/16. This conceptual and cutting edge magazine blends fashion, arts and interiors. The magazine promises to be "a showcase of stunning and memorable visuals of the best of what fashion has to offer around the globe".
With preview samples of Issue 5 available on the night featuring collaborations from leading models, photographers and stylists both established and emerging, it seems they have pretty much achieved their agenda. I miss seeing a good conceptual fashion photography magazine, like when 10 was first launched back into the early 2000s… These days, there are just too many instant pics on instagrams and fashion magazines are becoming really commercial and mainstream, it's great to see something like Tirade on the scene.
|Into the dungeon at Tirade Magazine Launch Party in Wellington Club. Photographer: Julia Jevzikova
The event was held at none other than the edgy exclusive celebrities hotspot, The Wellington Club in Knightsbridge, which I thought was the perfect venue to showcase the magazine concept, with its arty punk-rock rebellious interior decor. A complete contrast to its modest and polite – not to mention conservatively – canopied entrance on the street of Knightsbridge…
The first thing you see when you enter the premise though, was this very cool, in-your-face writing on the mirror wall that sets the tone for what one can expect… I have not been to this club before and I'm glad that Tirade Magazine has invited me because the venue fuses art, attitudes that say "who cares!", punk-rock and comfort all into one in the most intriguing manner. I loved how there are curious pieces to be discovered everywhere I looked… like every angle just surprised you visually… provocatively even… with either objects or writings on the wall, ceiling, floor etc. One of my favourite quotes from the night was definitely "I am in love, but don't know who with" in the basement dungeon and "Who the f*** are you" right inside the entrance…
|The first thing to see when enter the Wellington Club. Photograph courtesy of Wellington Club
|One of the downstair corners in Wellington Club.
|The writing on the wall says it all! Photographer: Julia Jevzikova
|"slower minds keep right!" at Wellington Club
The party itself was a fantastic fun with more than 500 guests from fashion, art, interiors, photographers, stylists, models, designers, journalists, bloggers and of course Tirade Contributors. Here are some moments of the crazy night…
|Full on party Tirade style!
|Natalia of Belstaff found the decor as intriguing as I did! Photographer: Julia Jevzikova
|Amazing Hair Pieces.
|Photographer: Beer Klongklaew
A special thanks to 2 very lovely and talented photography students Julia Jevzikova and Beer Klongklaew for contributing some of their photographs of the night on this post. For more information about their photography portfolio, please check out:
Julia Jevzikova at https://www.flickr.com/photos/yuliayevzikova
Beer Klongklaew at http://beerklongklaew.tumblr.com/
.. and last but not least, a big Thank You to Tirade Magazine for inviting me to a fantastic night to mark the beginning of London Fashion Week… I look forwards to seeing more of your magazines!
Dress: Paul & Joe Sister [similar]
Blanket Poncho: Burberry Prorsum
Bag: Chanel
Hairband: H & M
Boots: Prada
Make Up: Veronica Enna for M.A.C
Hair: Blo by Real Hair


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Your pride
Why should your pride be so restricted?
Restricted to a mere fraction of this earth.
This earth from which we have all evolved.
This earth where all of it's people are downtrodden.
Downtrodden by all those who
stand to prosper from exploitation.
Downtrodden by those whose slime infests your weak minds.
--Your weak minds. (repeat a lot
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Gilbane Building Company Awarded Construction of The New Norton in West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, FL – March 16, 2015 – Gilbane Building Company, a global leader in construction services, has been selected by the Norton Museum of Art to manage the comprehensive expansion and renovation of its building and campus in downtown West Palm Beach. The signature project designed by Foster + Partners consists of the design and construction of an extension to the Museum to accommodate increased gallery and exhibitions space as well as provide more educational and program space and dramatically re-orient the Museum entrance from the south to the west along the main thoroughfare of S. Dixie Highway. Construction is anticipated to start in the summer of 2016 and be completed by the end of 2018.
The scope of services will include differentiating the exterior of the building with signature architectural elements – articulating glazing, structural glazing, architectural precast concrete panes, reflection ponds and architectural roofing elements. The New Norton's design will add approximately 50,000 square feet of program space with a new 200-seat, state-of-the-art auditorium, meeting rooms, new entrance space with 44-foot high ceilings in the Great Hall, arrival forecourt, restaurant, 15,000 square feet of new gallery space and support spaces. The Project will also include the upgrade and re-use of approximately 60,000 square feet of existing space and demolition of approximately 35,000 square feet.
"The construction of the museum is highly technical and challenging," said Tim Hensey, vice president of Gilbane Building Company. "The team we have dedicated to this project has exceptional depth of experience in dealing with the complex issues of constructing this facility. We are truly honored to be part of the growth of the Norton Museum."
The Norton has some of the nation's premier collections of American, Chinese, Contemporary, European, and Photographic art. It has served as a cultural centerpiece for art in South Florida since its founding in 1941.
About Gilbane Building Company
Gilbane provides a full slate of construction and facilities-related services – from pre-construction planning and integrated consulting capabilities to comprehensive construction management, close-out and facility management services – for clients across various markets. Founded in 1873 and still a privately held, family-owned company, Gilbane has more than 50 office locations around the world. For more information, visit www.gilbaneco.com.
As a national leader in museum construction, Gilbane has a proven track record of providing comprehensive construction services for iconic clients such as the Smithsonian Institution, Cleveland Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum. Since 1972, Gilbane has been an industry leader in the state of Florida with a reputation for construction quality and client satisfaction. The company's market expertise is focused on education, healthcare, and public facilities working with some of the area's major organizations including the Palm Beach County School District, School District of Sarasota County, Manatee County Schools, Broward College, Lee county, St. Joseph Hospital, Baptist Health, and Florida Power and Light.


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Trail Challenges
Oct 26, Nov 16, Dec 7, Jan 18, Feb 1, March 14
Dressage Playday
Sept 21
Contact Deb to register
HMR Cowhorse Series
Cowhorse Classic July 27/28, 2019
Harvest Hoedown
Sept 7/8, 2019
HMR Summer Classic Hunter Derby Show
August 17/18, 2019
HMR Dressage Schooling Show
English and Western
Saturday May 18, 9am
Equine Wellness Day at Hidden Meadows Ranch with Dr. Sylvia Carley
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Mobile way of life
Satoru Iwata, the current CEO of Nintendo Co., has announced the long-awaited Nintendo approach to mobile devices, including games for smartphones and tablets. The video game company has agreed a partnership with DeNA, a giant mobile game developer with some big successes apps such as Godus and Blood Brothers 2 .
Nintendo will collaborate actively with DeNA in order to adapt classic franchises to new devices
This new partnership will combine the long game tradition of Nintendo with the innovation and the latest entry into the mobile market of DeNA. This collaboration will ensure that the classic series of the Japanese company will be released on this mobile platform, with new titles using the iconic characters. This way, Nintendo will collaborate actively with DeNA in order to adapt classic franchises to new devices, just like the previous Pokémon TCG for Windows and Mac OS X.
At the beginning of the conference, there were doubts about this new partnership since there are bigger and more successful companies in the app marketplace. However, according to Iwata, the passion of DeNA for working alongside Nintendo, without showing any kind of doubt of this new collaboration, was determinant. Many companies have tried to develop Nintendo titles for smartphones, but they backed down with the final terms. However, DeNA was passionate from the beginning, willing to cooperate with their new projects.
What kind of titles can we expect?
Nintendo has just announced that the titles developed by DeNA will be completely new, using the classic franchises. According to Iwata, the previous Nintendo titles won't be released for smartphones since the experience won't be the same. This situation opens new possibilities for Donkey Kong, Super Mario and Pokémon for mobile devices. Can we count with a new RPG about Mario and his friends? How about a new Pokémon game featuring the online possibilities of the smartphones devices?
This new collaboration with DeNA can revive old franchises such as Nintendogs, the sports games of Mario or any other installment such as The Legend of Zelda. The objective of Nintendo is to create a new membership service, such as the current Mobage, in which smart devices and video game systems will be synchronized, including the next Nintendo video game console, codenamed "NX" which new details will be unveiled the next year.
What kind of games will the fans expect from this new collaboration relationship? Counting on the success of the Pokémon franchise, can you imagine a new release for smart devices? Wait for the incoming details and results of this partnership with the next app games reviews of your trusted site, PHPnuke.


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~Strong product and patent licensing revenue contribute towards record quarterly and annual results~
VANCOUVER, CANADA, February 28, 2017 /CNW/ - Avigilon Corporation ("Avigilon" or the "Company") (TSX: AVO), provider of trusted security solutions, today reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2016. All figures are in United States ("US") dollars unless otherwise stated.
Fourth Quarter 2016 Highlights
Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Highlights
"Once again, we've set new quarterly and annual records for revenue and gross profit while generating record cash flow from operations," said Alexander Fernandes, Avigilon's Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. "We have a robust pipeline of groundbreaking new products and video analytics launching this year, and global demand for our solutions is stronger than ever."
Summary of Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Results
Three Months Ended
Twelve Months Ended
(In thousands of US dollars except margin and per share amounts)
% Change
(December 31, 2016)
(December 31, 2015)
Gross profit
Gross margin percentage
Total operating expenses
Adjusted EBITDA(1)
Adjusted EBITDA Margin* percentage(1)
Net income (IFRS)
Adjusted Earnings(1)
Basic earnings per share (IFRS)
Diluted earnings per share (IFRS)
Diluted Adjusted EPS(1)
(1)Non IFRS measures are unaudited
Detailed Financial Review
Avigilon reported Q4 2016 record revenue of $102.2 million, an increase of 25% over revenue of $81.4 million in Q4 2015. Record revenue for FY 2016 of $353.6 million represents an increase of 23%, or $66.1 million, compared with revenue of $287.6 million for FY 2015. Revenue growth for Q4 2016 and FY 2016 reflects increased unit volume as a result of the Pricing Adjustment (as defined below), greater customer adoption in existing markets, further penetration of target regions, new product introductions, greater adoption of video analytics, and increased contributions from the Patent License Program. On a constant currency basis, revenue grew 27% for the fourth quarter and 24% for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to the same periods in 2015.
Gross profit increased to $52.1 million in Q4 2016 from $45.6 million in Q4 2015, an increase of $6.5 million or 14%. Gross profit increased to $184.0 million in FY 2016, compared with $165.1 million in FY 2015, a growth of $18.9 million or 11%. Record gross profit was achieved for the quarter and year, primarily from the success of the H4 camera platform, the Pricing Adjustment, and the Patent License Program. In the second quarter of 2016, management reduced prices on the H3 camera line and select Network Video Recorders to drive unit volume and revenue, expand addressable market, and capture additional market share (the "Pricing Adjustment"). As a result of the Pricing Adjustment, gross margin percentage was strategically exchanged for increased unit volume to drive greater revenue, gross profit, and cash flow from operations. Over time, the Company expects gross margin percentage to increase due to growing contributions from the Patent License Program, greater economies of scale from leveraging our previous investments in manufacturing facilities to support larger unit volumes, and increasing adoption of video analytics.
Sales and marketing expenses in Q4 2016 were $18.8 million, consistent with $18.7 million in Q4 2015. Benefiting from operating leverage, sales and marketing expenses decreased from 23% of revenue in Q4 2015 to 18% of revenue in Q4 2016. Sales and marketing expenses in FY 2016 were $76.7 million or 22% of revenue compared with $70.8 million or 25% of revenue in FY 2015. Overall, Management believes sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenue will decrease year over year as the Company focuses on increasing profitability, and benefits from efficiencies arising from the enterprise resource planning ("ERP") system and economies of scale from its previous investments in global sales and marketing teams.
Research and development ("R&D") expenses, net of related income tax credits and capitalized development costs, were $4.4 million in Q4 2016, compared with $4.2 million in Q4 2015, and $16.9 million in FY 2016, compared with $10.6 million in FY 2015. Gross R&D expenses were $8.3 million in Q4 2016 (8% of revenue), compared with $7.2 million in Q4 2015 (9% of revenue) and $32.5 million for FY 2016 (9% of revenue), compared with $24.7 million in FY 2015 (9% of revenue). The increase in gross R&D for both the quarter and year ended December 31, 2016 compared to the same periods in 2015 is consistent with the Company's ongoing plan to further enhance and expand upon its product offering and intellectual property portfolio.
General and administrative ("G&A") expenses in Q4 2016 were $10.4 million (10% of revenue), compared with $10.2 million in Q4 2015 (12% of revenue). G&A expenses in FY 2016 were $49.2 million (14% of revenue), compared with $42.3 million in FY 2015 (15% of revenue). The decrease in G&A, as a percentage of revenue for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2016, was primarily due to operating leverage on previous investments in personnel, infrastructure and our ERP system to support business growth. Management expects the Company's G&A expenses to increase at a slower rate over time as the Company focuses on increasing profitability.
Amortization and depreciation in Q4 2016 and FY 2016 were $5.9 million and $21.2 million, respectively, compared with $3.8 million and $14.5 million, respectively, in Q4 2015 and FY 2015. The increase in amortization and depreciation for both the quarter and year ended December 31, 2016 compared to the same periods in 2015 reflected previous investments in, among other things, global sales offices, R&D, patent portfolio and the ERP system. As these investments are now substantially completed, the Company plans to focus on increasing profitability.
IFRS net income for Q4 2016 was $4.4 million, compared with $4.2 million in Q4 2015. IFRS net income for FY 2016 was $7.2 million, compared with $22.0 million in FY 2015. IFRS earnings per share in Q4 2016 were $0.10 (basic and diluted), compared with $0.10 (basic) and $0.09 (diluted) in Q4 2015. IFRS earnings per share in FY 2016 were $0.17 (basic) and $0.16 (diluted), compared with $0.49 (basic) and $0.48 (diluted) in FY 2015. Net income and earnings per share for FY 2016 were impacted by non-operational items, including deferred tax, a foreign exchange loss compared to a foreign exchange gain, non-recurring costs, and share-based payments.
Adjusted EBITDA was $20.8 million in Q4 2016, compared with $15.5 million in Q4 2015. Adjusted EBITDA was $54.4 million in FY 2016, compared with $51.3 million in FY 2015. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2016 was primarily due to increased unit volume as a result of the Pricing Adjustment, new product introductions, greater adoption of video analytics, and increased contributions from the Patent License Program.
Adjusted Earnings for Q4 2016 increased 25% year over year to $11.5 million, compared with $9.1 million in Q4 2015. Diluted Adjusted EPS were $0.26 in Q4 2016, compared with $0.21 in Q4 2015. The increase in Adjusted Earnings and diluted Adjusted EPS in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2016 compared to the same periods in 2015 was primarily due to increased operating leverage, a reduction in corporate expenditures, increased unit volume as a result of the Pricing Adjustment, new product introductions, greater adoption of video analytics, and increased contributions from the Patent License Program.
Adjusted Earnings and diluted Adjusted EPS for FY 2016 were $27.0 million and $0.61, respectively, compared with $30.4 million and $0.66, respectively, in FY 2015. FY 2016 results were impacted by increases in non-cash amortization, interest expense and investments to expand the Company's sales and marketing initiatives and product portfolio. In the second half of the year, these items were offset by an increase in gross profit as a result of the Pricing Adjustment and increased contributions from the Patent License Program.
As at December 31, 2016, Avigilon had net working capital of $105.4 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $30.0 million. Net cash from operating activities for 2016 was $43.0 million, an increase of $44.7 million when compared to net cash used in operating activities of $1.8 million in 2015. This increase was the result of the Pricing Adjustment and the resultant record unit volume, and increased contributions from the Patent License Program.
As at December 31, 2016, the Company had 43,597,364 common shares issued and outstanding. The weighted average number of common shares issued and outstanding for the quarter was approximately 43.6 million basic and 44.5 million diluted and for the year was approximately 43.4 million basic and 44.4 million diluted.
Financial Outlook
As of February 28, 2017, Avigilon expects the following for fiscal year 2017:
The foregoing expectations constitute forward-looking information and are qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statement set out below.
Conference Call
Avigilon has scheduled a conference call to discuss these results on Tuesday February 28, 2017, beginning at 5:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. PT). To access the live call, dial 1-888-231-8191 or +1 647-427-7450, or view the webcast at http://ir.avigilon.com or http://bit.ly/2iRm80R. A replay will be available for 90 days on the Company's website, and for one week by dialing 1-855-859-2056 or +1 416-849-0833, reference number 49950613.
This news release is qualified in its entirety by the Company's consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the associated Management's Discussion & Analysis respecting the same period, which can be downloaded from the Avigilon website at http://ir.avigilon.com or from the Company's profile on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com/.
*Non-IFRS and Additional IFRS Financial Measures
Management uses certain non-International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and additional IFRS measures that it believes are useful to investors in evaluating the performance and results of the Company. The terms "Adjusted EBITDA" and "Adjusted EBITDA Margin" refer to earnings and earnings as a percentage of revenue, respectively, before deducting interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, foreign exchange gain or loss, business acquisition-related costs, restructuring costs, non-recurring legal costs, non-recurring lease termination costs, revaluation gain on contingent consideration receivable, and share-based payments. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful measure as it provides an indication of the operational results of the business prior to taking into consideration how those activities are financed and taxed and also prior to taking into consideration asset amortization, foreign exchange gain or loss, business acquisition-related costs, restructuring costs, non-recurring legal costs, revaluation gain on contingent consideration receivable, non-recurring lease termination costs, and share-based payments.
Management also believes that analyzing operating results exclusive of significant non-cash and non-recurring items provides a useful measure of the Company's performance. The terms "Adjusted Earnings" and "Adjusted Earnings Per Share" ("Adjusted EPS") refer to net earnings and earnings per share, respectively, before share-based payments, foreign exchange gain or loss, business acquisition-related costs, financing costs, restructuring costs, non-recurring legal costs, non-recurring lease termination costs, amortization of acquired intangibles, revaluation gain on contingent consideration receivable and related tax effects. Please refer to the Company's consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the reconciliation table within the associated Management's Discussion & Analysis respecting the same period.
The terms "gross profit" and "gross margin percentage" refer to revenue less cost of sales and gross profit as a percentage of revenue, respectively. Management considers gross profit and gross margin percentage to be key measures as they demonstrate the Company's profitability and its ability to cover its operating expenses from normal operations.
Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted EPS do not have standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS and are not necessarily comparable to similar measures provided by other companies.
Investors are cautioned that Adjusted EBITDA or Adjusted Earnings, respectively, should not be construed as an alternative to operating income or net income, respectively, determined in accordance with IFRS as an indicator of the Company's financial performance or as a measure of its liquidity and cash flows.
About Avigilon
Avigilon Corporation provides trusted security solutions to the global market. Avigilon designs, develops, and manufactures video analytics, network video management software and hardware, surveillance cameras, and access control solutions. To learn more about Avigilon, visit avigilon.com.
© 2017, Avigilon Corporation. All rights reserved. AVIGILON, and the AVIGILON logo are trademarks of Avigilon Corporation.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information and statements in this news release contain and constitute forward-looking information or forward-looking statements as defined under applicable securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements normally contain words like 'believe', 'expect', 'anticipate', 'plan', 'intend', 'continue', 'estimate', 'may', 'will', 'should', 'ongoing' and similar expressions, and within this news release include, without limitation, the information under the heading "Financial Outlook" and any statements (express or implied) respecting: Avigilon's future plans, strategies, and objectives; projected growth, revenues, gross margin percentage, Adjusted EBITDA Margin and profitability, expenses, capital expenditures, and earnings; anticipated enhancement and expansion of product offerings and associated R&D plans; expected investment and expansion of infrastructure; the pursuit of the proposed office tower sale and leaseback and resulting effects, when and if completed; the impact and benefits of Avigilon's new ERP system; and the expected benefits of the Pricing Adjustment. Forward-looking statements, including the Financial Outlook, are provided for the purpose of presenting information about management's current expectations and plans relating to the future and allowing investors and others to get a better understanding of our anticipated financial position, results of operations and operating environment. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes.Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, actions, or developments and are based on expectations, assumptions and other factors that management currently believes are relevant, reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances. The material expectations, assumptions and other factors used in developing the forward-looking statements set out herein include or relate to the following, without limitation: Avigilon will be able to successfully execute its plans, strategies and objectives; the business and economic conditions affecting Avigilon's operations will continue substantially in their current state, including with respect to industry conditions, general levels of economic activity, regulations, taxes, interest rates, and foreign exchange rates; there will be no adverse material changes to Avigilon's key personnel, facilities, production capabilities, supply chain, sales channels, reseller network, or contractual arrangements; Avigilon will be able to leverage its past investments to support growth and focus on increasing profitability; Avigilon will be able to successfully manage cash flow, operating expenses, interest expenses, capital expenditures, working capital, and credit, liquidity, and market risks; future financing will be available to Avigilon on favorable terms when and if required; Avigilon will keep pace with or outpace the growth, direction, and technological advancement in its industry; industry data and projections obtained from external sources are accurate and reliable; Avigilon will be able to design, develop, and manufacture new products and enhance its existing product lines; Avigilon will be able to enhance and expand its intellectual property portfolio; Avigilon will continue to generate revenues from patent licensing; Avigilon will be able to successfully integrate businesses, intellectual property, products, and technologies that it may acquire, if any; Avigilon will continue to pursue the proposed office tower sale and leaseback; Avigilon will not face any material unexpected costs related to product liability or warranties; Avigilon's protection of its intellectual property against third party infringement or misappropriation is sufficient and its products and technology do not materially infringe third party intellectual property rights; Avigilon will be able to obtain necessary third party licenses on favorable terms; Avigilon will not become involved in unexpected material litigation or otherwise subject to materially adverse claims; Avigilon's ERP system will operate and function as intended; the lower prices of Avigilon's products under the Pricing Adjustment will continue to drive unit volume and revenues, expand addressable market and capture additional market share; Avigilon's plans respecting the pricing of its products and services, including without limitation under the Pricing Adjustment, will proceed in substantially their present form; and Avigilon will be able to achieve greater economies of scale and cost savings from previous investments in infrastructure and in its global sales and marketing teams.Although management believes that the forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results could be substantially different due to the risks and uncertainties associated with and inherent to Avigilon's business, as more particularly described in the "Risk Factors" section of Avigilon's Annual Information Form dated February 28, 2017, which is available under Avigilon's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Additional material risks and uncertainties applicable to the forward-looking statements set out herein include, but are not limited to: unexpected changes to accounting policies, accounting standards or internal controls and procedures over financial reporting; and unforeseen events, developments or factors causing any of the aforesaid expectations, assumptions and other factors ultimately being inaccurate or irrelevant. Although Avigilon has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, predicted, estimated, or intended. Many of these factors are beyond the control of Avigilon. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.Avigilon undertakes no obligation to reissue or update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or events after the date hereof except as may be required by law. All forward-looking statements contained in this news release are qualified by this cautionary statement.
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Here at Infosemantics we're always looking for ways to improve our AS3 widgets for Adobe Captivate by adding new features, fixing bugs, etc. So from time to time we release new widget version so that clients can log into the secured area of our website to download the new widget update file free of charge. This page outlines the procedures for downloading new widget updates and replacing older version widgets in your Captivate projects.
NOTE: Please be aware that Infosemantics widgets are licensed to individual Captivate developers, just as Captivate itself is. Only the authorised client who originally purchased the widget license will be able to download the latest widget updates free of charge. If you did not purchase a widget, but obtained it from a third party, you will need to purchase a new widget licence before you can download the latest update.
As of September 2011 most Infosemantics widgets now check their own version number against the latest version of the same widget advertised on the Infosemantics website. Widget Properties will display a green circle on the interface if the widget is the current version, an orange circle if a new version is available, or a red circle if a new critical update is required urgently to resolve some issue.
Downloading a new widget update
- On the Infosemantics website home page, go to the User Login section containing Username and Password fields.
Alternatively, you can go to www.infosemantics.com.au/userto log in.
- Log in with the username and password you received at the time you purchased your widget, or when you originally created your user account.
NOTE: If you do not have a user account, but you ARE the original purchaser, use our Contact form to provide details of the original purchase (purchase date, invoice/order #, type of widget) so that we can set up a new user account for you.
- After logging in, click the link to My Account.
- When you reach your My Account page, click the Files link.
- On the File Downloads page, click the relevant link to download the latest version of the widget that needs updating.
- Save the downloaded file to a suitable folder on your PC hard drive.
NOTE: Do not yet over-write the previous version of this widget, because you may need it when updating projects. (See the update instructions below.) It is recommended that you always keep one copy of the widget in a folder somewhere outside your Captivate install directory just in case you one day update your Captivate version, which could inadvertently wipe out your only copy of the widget.
Updating a Widget in an Existing Captivate Project
Once you have the new version of a widget on you PC, you may choose to update the widget in any projects where it is used. This is not really necessary if the current widget is functioning satisfactorily.
However, if you DO decide to update project file widgets, the update process is much easier if you were the original author of the Captivate project, because the project file 'remembers' the original location from which each widget it contains was inserted. In Captivate version 5 and later, the widget shows a green ball if it is the current version and a red ball if it detects that the widget of the same name now residing at the original insert location is a newer version.
If you were the original Captivate author, and the file is Captivate version 5 or later, you can use the following update method. Updating a widget normally wipes out configuration settings on the widget. But please pay particular attention to steps 4 and 5 below, as updating using this method will mean you do not lose configuration settings on updated widgets:
- Save an copy of the old version widget from the original insert location. This is just for insurance, in case for any reason you need to roll back to the previous version.
- Copy the newly downloaded widget into the original insert location so that it overwrites the older version widget.
- Open the Adobe Captivate project and locate a slide containing the widget. The widgets should show a red ball in the upper right corner, indicating that this widget is no longer the current version.
- Make a duplicate of this slide by right-clicking on the slide in the filmstrip and choosing Duplicate from the context menu.
- Right click on the widget in the duplicated slide and choose Update from the context menu. The widget should now show a green ball in the upper right corner to indicate it is the current version.
- Delete or HIDE the duplicated slide.
If you were not the original Captivate author for this file, or if you are using Captivate 4, you'll need to use the following update method:
- Locate the project slide containing the widget.
- Take note of any objects referenced by the widget and all Preference settings.
- Delete the older version widget and insert the new version to replace it.
- Set the new widget up exactly the same way as the older version
If you have any further queries about widget updates, use our Contact form.