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Rapper/Artist 316 was born in Kisumu Kenya and Raised in Sydney Australia. Developing a love for hiphop at the age of 14 he has taken to the Sydney hiphop scene with his undeniable stage presence and unbeatable flow. Releasing 4 solo and 2 Group Rap projects before taking a break in 2016.
316 has since made his return in 2018 with the singles Fear Ft Mirrah and Still loving you Ft Caleb Balen (Triple J unearthed number No.20 and No.3). 316 describes his music as creativity through positivity; a way of expressing the human condition through the Art of hiphop.
Good vibes and Dope Sh*t ( Positivity And Creativity)
Echoing the sonic virtue of Nick Murphy (Chet Faker) & Bon Iver is Adelaide artist, Zac Eichner. Zac is about to undertake his second national tour in support of his latest release 'Dream, please'. Recorded by Matt Cooper Productions in the Adelaide Hills; 'Dream, please' gives the listener a raw & powerful vocal that hovers above layers of impactful production.
Under the Violet moniker, Sydney's Jessica Meier produces textured, cinematic pop that is consistently thought-provoking. Previous singles 'Ivory' and '(wo)man' were both added to rotation on triple j unearthed and received praise from community radio stations across the country.
Central Coast creative Louise Donnelly (Wandering Minstrel) is a poet, musician, sound healer, artist, composer and music educator. Her music and creative endeavours showcase her versatile and eclectic background as she takes her audience on a journey of sound, emotion and melody.
Wandering Minstrel is currently engaged in creative pursuits across multiple platforms including classical, folk, electronic, sound healing and fusion projects.
Louise has shared the stage with Balinese singer/songwriter Rizal Abdulhadi, Chad Wilkins and conscious musician Dustin Thomas. Her instruments of choice are piano, flute, vocals and guitar. Wandering Minstrel is an intuitive and sensitive musician who is constantly pushing the boundaries of melody and harmony, often in collaboration with percussion and stringed instruments. Her current set is mostly instrumental with intuitive vocals and poetry in motion, where vibration and sound meet raw emotions. Wandering Minstrel has her debut EP out now (the anatomy of a wing) and a book of poetry is in the works.
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I was born in the Midlands in 1969. With poor eyesight as a child, I developed a knack for taking mental fuzzy snapshots of the world to help me navigate my surroundings. These mental images were then frequently scribbled onto paper, in an attempt to clarify the blurred scenes around me. Encouraged by such comments as "come on Ant, stop squinting and draw a picture for your Auntie Margaret", techniques were nurtured at the same time as keeping me out of trouble (mostly).
Later studying fine art and sculpture at art school, I became a little despondent at my peers, who were busy nailing tampons to trees as a "symbolic embodiment of the rise of China as an economic power. Exploiting the arrogant attitudes expressed by western Europe in the late 20th century", or some similar such nonsense. I just wanted to paint pretty pictures.
A need for food and rent, and an interest in computers led the disgruntled twenty year old me into a career in digital arts. Graphic design leading from print to the then emerging world of web design. Eventually, less hungry and with a "proper" job paying the bills, I combined a skill set of digital mediums with the addiction to express the aesthetic visions in my head and now produce art from my studio in Brighton, England.

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The non-profit Friends of Kenny Warren now has an updated site that more vividly represents their fundraising and activities. The new website by WebDugout has a larger frame and is filled with photo galleries of their outings and trips. There is an easy to use donation page and an added email subscriber field. The site is mobile-friendly and adjusts its size for viewing on smartphones and tablets. Contact WebDugout today to find out what we can do for your organization.
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Although the FDA stands by the drug (far more supportive today than the ruling from an advisory committee in 1996 who voted 5-4 against its approval), the Chicago Tribune cited a source close to the agency who expects it to issue a tougher stance that could result in anything from updated guidelines to restricting its use.
A neurotransmitter reuptake inhibitor that works by affecting the natural chemicals in the brain involved in regulating appetite, Meridia has been found to cause substantial increases in blood pressure and has been associated with 124 reports of serious cardiovascular problems, just two of the many side effects that forced Italian regulators to pull the drug off the market three years ago.
And all because people prefer "quick fix" solutions to their problems that could be far more fatal to them -- and line the pockets of greedy drug companies all too happy to provide them -- than simpler, healthier treatments you can start today:
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The main objective of this project is to make a genome-wide analysis of expression patterns in leaf primordia and developing leaf samples of Setaria viridis, in order to identify candidate regulators of Kranz anatomy development. Candidate genes will be functionally tested by forward and reverse genetics in S. viridis. These objectives pursue two final goals: (1) to find genes involved in the development of the C4 syndrome that can be used both for improving C3 and C4 crop plants, and 2) to contribute transcriptomic and anatomical data to the emerging Setaria research community to support the advance of C4 research. Besides this project, our research group focus on the molecular responses to abiotic stresses in plants. The molecular responses to drought stress and drought stress combined with high atmospheric CO2 have been evaluated in crops of social-economic importance to Brazil, such as coffee (Coffea ssp) and soybean (Glycine max). The identification and the functional characterization of these genes will provide important information for breeder to allow the development of new cultivars adapted to the global climate changes expected in the next decades.
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Cool! And thanks for reminding me I had Cortex Command... need to try it!-wraith808 (October 28, 2012, 03:52 AM)
Does it count if it isn't finalized? I haven't done any other gun types that SMGs, which I did plan to do. But I need tons of graphic content to do so, and I am not able to produce it myself.-p3lb0x (December 05, 2012, 05:09 AM)
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There's arguably a close correlation between the rate of inflation and pay awards…that correlation was most controversially manifest when the Government in 1979 sought to restrain pay awards leading to widespread industrial relations unrest – culminating in the infamous 'Winter of Discontent'.
Pan forward 32 years and the current Government is once again endeavouring to contain inflationary trends whilst also restraining pay awards – hence the current Local Government pay freeze. This time though there's a significant difference; inflation is being 'fuelled' by rising global prices in oil as well as commodities – in particular driven by international food shortages, rather than national remuneration demands.
The latest inflationary trends (and the ensuing impact on UK employment) have been evidenced by payments processing company Vocalink. These data demonstrate inflation is running three times the rate of private and public sector pay increases. The corollary of which is employees in real-terms are enduring a pay cut as wages fail to keep pace with rising prices and take-home pay takes a hit.
Vocalink's chief executive comments "It's double bad news for consumers because not only is there a real drop in take-home pay, inflation is going up at the same time". Add into the equation the increase in VAT to 20% and there is an ominous portent for the UK economy and recovery from the worst recession since the Second World War. These trends also have implications for employment…the public sector is announcing significant redundancies (such as Manchester's recent job loss announcement of 2,000 employees).
I have genuine concern about how the predicted 500,000 public sector redundancies will move successfully into employment with the private sector. I anticipated this a long time ago on this blog (See The Beveridge Curve, and It's All About Equilibrium posts).
Without economic growth in the private sector there won't be new jobs anytime soon to stimulate a stagnant jobs market.


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You'd be hard-pressed to find a successful business owner who'd willingly revert back to working for someone else. Being your own boss has a number of perks that can't be beat, not the least of which is maintaining a certain lifestyle that may not be possible in different employment circumstances.
However, for those who intend to hand off the reins of their business to someone else once retirement beckons - in part so they too can experience the advantages of entrepreneurship - too much living "in the moment" may prevent that from happening, a new poll suggests.
In a recent survey commissioned by wealth management firm Key Private Bank, which queried financial advisors, 3 in 4 confessed that they had at least one business owner client who maintained a company mainly to keep up with a specific standard of living. Additionally, close to 45 percent said that in the past, clients have opted to sell their company in order to better pay for retirement.
"40 percent of business owners have not addressed succession planning."
This may be all well and good for those who don't have long-term aspirations for their companies. However, excessive focus on the here and now can stymie these down-the-line ambitions. For example, 40 percent of advisors said "very few or none" of their business owner clients had given much thought about how their current decisions would affect their company's sustainability when ceding control of it to someone else, be it a family member of someone who works under them.
Business owners may be in cruise control too early
Francis Brown, financial specialist for the Cleveland-based wealth management solutions firm, indicated that far too many business owners put succession planning on the back burner, forgetting how long it took them to get their company off the ground once they're well established. These same kind of efforts are needed as retirement nears.
"More often than not, business owners emphasize the journey to success, but fail to consider the work it takes to wind down," Brown warned. "It could take years to prepare a business for exit. "Furthermore, a recent Treasury Department proposal to limit valuation discounts when transferring businesses to family members could cause business owners to further stall succession planning."
50 percent couldn't quickly replace key employee
Business owners are similarly ill prepared by the prospect of key employees moving on to something different unexpectedly. In a separate survey performed late last year by recruitment firm Robert Half, only 10 percent of respondents said their was someone internal who could fill a position that was suddenly left. Fifty percent indicated they would have to hire someone externally.
"Not having a plan B can jeopardize a company's survival."
"Succession planning may feel like a long-term initiative, but the pain felt watching a star employee walk out the door with no backup in place is immediate and costly," explained Paul McDonald, Robert Half senior executive director. "Having no 'Plan B' puts the business at risk, particularly at the executive level, where it can take a significant amount of time to replace someone."
As an advisor, you've probably helped your clients with many of their current cost concerns. But have you adequately prepared them for what could happen down the road? They probably have someone who could step in for them if they were no longer able, but what would happen if that person died unexpectedly or became gravely ill? Key-person financing can serve as a lifeline - in more ways than one. For more information on key-person financing and how it can help your clients prepare for the unforeseen, speak with a Global Financial Distributors associate.


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Probably the first time this season Fakenham fielded a representative first team
London Counties 3EC: Fakenham 23 Holt 19
A superb upset since Holt were leading the division and Fakenham were in ninth place, but this was probably the first time this season that Fakenham fielded what looked to be a truly representative first team with a number of faces back in harness.
Fakenham out-thought and out-fought undefeated Holt throughout.
Holt were given 26 penalties in the game to Fakenham's four and if you add three yellow cards to the home side, meaning Fakenham played with 14 men for 30 minutes of the game, this makes the win absolutely outstanding.
Holt started the game well and took an early lead through a penalty and this was followed by a try and conversion scored after Fakenham's lineout was put under pressure.
The relieving kick from this lineout was charged down and Holt scored, 0-10, and the pre-match forecasts looked spot on.
There was a distinct pattern emerging in the game. Holt were happy to kick the ball and play rugby in the Fakenham half, whilst Fakenham kept the ball in hand and ran back at Holt, who struggled to defend these lively attacks from deep.
The home side's forwards were beginning to get on top with some excellent lineout work from Adam Lingwood. Powerful scrummages from Richy Warren and Jack Powel-Thorn meant the backs had plenty of good quick ball to play with, but it was the domination of the breakdown, ably led by the giftedRob Ward and Howard Kellock, that put Fakenham in the driving seat.
Lloyd Marshal converted one of the few penalties awarded to Fakenham and then followed this up with a superb piece of skill which resulted in captain Tom Bane-Young going over in the corner.
With two yellow cards and the penalty count going against Fakenham, Holt were only kept out by some desperate defensive work by Ashley Steward and Brett Stolworthy.
Holt did kick a penalty but this was little reward from this pressure. A lovely piece of tackling by Marshal saw Fakenham break again into the Holt half, eventually resulting in a try by Steward converted by Marshal from out wide. Half-time score: 15-13.
From the restart the forward dominance from Fakenham continued in the second half and, after some great work from Rob Ward and Kellock, Fakenham drove deep into the Holt half.
Scrum half, Luke Taylor, then danced his way through the entire Holt pack to score an enchanting try which was not converted.
Another yellow card and more penalties going against Fakenham saw Holt dominate field position, however, a determined defensive effort held Holt to their only scores, two penalties, in the period.
Damon Howick and Josh Gee made impressive contributions when they came on after 60 minutes and Marshal slotted one of the rare penalties awarded to Fakenham to see out the game as well-deserved winners in the end.
Paul Richardson, Fakenham's coach, was very pleased with the effort and skill shown by his side.
He was especially happy with a new tactic deployed by his forwards that absolutely won the game for Fakenham, with Holt's captain admitting after the match they had no answer to Fakenham's counter rucking.
Man of the match could have gone to any of the 18 Fakenham players but it was narrowed down to two, Rob Ward and Rory Singelton.
The 1st team are back on the road tomorrow with a trip to Woodbridge, KO at 2pm, and the coach leaves the club at 10.15am.
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When an employee doesn't work out or decides to move on to another job, most companies are left short-staffed until a replacement can be found. Unfortunately, the hiring process is not typically a quick ordeal, which leads to decreased productivity and over-stressed employees trying to pick up the slack in the interim.
However, there's a simple solution to this problem ─ working with a staffing firm. These professionals handle your hiring efforts, helping to shorten your recruiting process and find better talent.
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Interested in streamlining your recruiting efforts? Learn five ways a staffing firm can improve your hiring process:
- Qualified Pool of Top Talent: The best candidates aren't always looking for jobs when you post an open position. However, staffing firms are always recruiting, providing them with the opportunity to be selective and only add top talent to their candidate pool.
- Faster "Time-to-Fill" Rates: It can take companies weeks or even months to fill an open position, but staffing firms always have qualified candidates on-hand, ready to get to work. Jobs can be filled immediately, if necessary.
- Pre-Screened Candidates: Reviewing resumes and interviewing candidates takes a great deal of time. Staffing firms pre-screen candidates from their talent pool, so you only need to meet with top contenders to make your decision.
- Cost Savings: The expenses associated with hiring a new employee can add up fast, between direct costs like advertising fees and indirect costs like overtime needed for existing team members to take on the additional workload. When you hire a staffing firm, you'll only pay one set rate to hire your new worker.
- Minimal Disruption to Business: Operations at your company may become greatly disrupted when you're missing a team member, between a lack of productivity caused by the vacancy and recruiting responsibilities taking the front seat to your workload. When a staffing firm handles your hiring efforts, qualified workers can be hired quickly, without much effort on your part.
If you're looking for top talent to fill open positions at your company, contact Sparks Group. We'll help you find qualified candidates who are the perfect fit for your available roles.


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2018 may go down as the most significant year in the history of MMA since 2005. Last year saw an unprecedented increase in the financial leverage of individual fighters. When fighters who aren't major draws in the UFC can reportedly generate 8 figure salaries in competing organizations, it's clear that the old rules no longer apply. This is great for fighters in the short term, but if the UFC doesn't adapt quickly, it could be bad for everyone in the long run.Read More
15 years ago Russia was home to some of the greatest fighters in MMA. But the MMA landscape is always changing, and through the late 2000s Russian fighters virtually disappeared. The tides have again turned for Russian MMA, and it's not impossible to imagine a scenario where Russian fighters hold 3 major UFC belts by the end of 2019.Read More


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The first night of the year was a presentation by Debbie Mooney and Michael Smyth on "Getting and Using Creative Ideas". This presentation was Debbie's first for LCCP and was an excellent presentation on how she finds her (very) creative ideas.
Those people lucky enough to possess a natural gift for creativity often fail to understand how the rest of us struggle to find ideas that work for expressive or creative image making. Asking creatives how they come up with ideas is often pointless, most naturally gifted creatives I know just "get" ideas from somewhere.
For the rest of us who have to work at getting ideas, this presentation is for you. Download and save the document here


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Floating hotel in Mumbai: High court junks plea for jetty opposite NCPA
Private firm had approached high court challenging an earlier refusal by the HC-appointed committeemumbai Updated: Jan 08, 2018 22:36 IST
Rashmi Developments Private Limited will have to find a new location to build a jetty to ferry passengers to its floatel – floating hotel with five star facilities in the Arabian sea proposed to be anchored two nautical miles off Raj Bhavan — as the Bombay high court on Monday rejected its petition challenging decision of a high court-appointed committee refusing permission for the jetty opposite NCPA, where Marine Drive promenade ends.
The division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice PN Deshmukh rejected petition filed by Rashmi Developments observing that the order passed by the HC-appointed committee was not groundless and was also not based on irrelevant considerations.
The bench also rejected the private firm's claim that the Western Naval Command and the Coast Guard had accorded their respective no-objection certificates for constructing a floating jetty opposite NCPA at Nariman Point – where the Marine Drive promenade ends. The bench noted that by no stretch of imagination the letters issued by the Western Naval Command and the Coast Guard be treated as NOCs for the floating jetty.
Read: Floating jetty in Mumbai's Arabian Sea: BMC says no
In July 2013, Rashmi Developments has entered into a revenue sharing agreement with the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) for setting up a floatel in Arabian Sea – about two nautical miles off Raj Bhavan. The firm proposed to construct a floating jetty opposite NCPA for carrying persons to and from the floatel.
Apart from the 22-metre-long and 3-metre-wide wide floating jetty, the firm also had plans to construct a waiting area of 200 sq m where it wanted to provide bathroom and toilets for the waiting crowd. Besides, it also wanted to construct a 4-metre-wide and 100-metre-long walkway.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had referred the firm's proposal for construction of the jetty to the HC-appointed committee comprising the Municipal Commissioner, Commissioner of Police and the Chairman of the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee. On May 24, the HC-appointed committee rejected the proposal on the grounds that the jetty will create traffic problems on Marine Drive and will also hamper the ambience of the Marine Drive promenade.
Read: Soon dine aboard a floatel in Mumbai
The firm had approached high court challenging this refusal by the HC-appointed committee contending that though it had obtained NOCs and permissions from all concerned authorities, the HC-appointed committee had rejected the proposal on flimsy grounds. Its lawyer, advocate Milan Desai, argued that the HC-appointed committee had no authority to consider its proposal for construction of the floating jetty opposite NCPA.
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Elliot Scientific offer a number of biophotonic products for bioscience and microscopy, including nanopositioning systems, spatial light modulators, UV and NIR microscopes, laser and LED light sources, laser trapping with optical tweezers, anti-vibration tables, platforms and benches.
• Vibration isolation platforms
Accurion designs and manufactures the Halcyonics range of advanced vibration reduction systems for today's exacting nanotechnologies. Whether it's high-resolution measurement or a high-precision manufacturing process, effective anti-vibration solutions are required to achieve maximum performance. Active vibration isolation overcomes the limits of passive damping systems, enabling the attenuation of vibrations caused by machinery, people, traffic, even sound waves, that would disturb delicate instruments.
• UV-Vis-NIR microanalysis
CRAIC Technologies is a developer at the forefront of superior UV-Vis-NIR microanalysis instruments for the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry. Products include UV and NIR microscopes, and UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometers, as well as instruments to measure thin film thickness and colourimetry on the microscopic scale. Spectra and images of samples less than a micron across can be acquired and specialised systems have been developed for a number of fields including vitrinite coal analysis and semiconductor metrology.
• Microscope incubators
DPMH - Surrey-based Digital Pixels has been designing and supplying equipment for the research microscopy community throughout the world for nearly two decades. More recently, under the Microscope Heaters brand, they have developed, designed and manufactured a wide range of fanless enclosure systems for maintaining cell viability within microscope applications for leading universities and research institutes.
• Single or multiple spot
Elliot Scientific developed a complete, stand-alone and portable Optical Tweezers for researchers to begin their work on day one instead of spending their time designing, building, and calibrating a system from scratch. This award-winning unit was derived from open architecture designs, and led to a range of add-ons for commercial research microscopes. Today, Elliot Scientific can supply life scientists fully integrated systems comprising microscope, lasers, imaging system, optional force measurement, specialist software and the complex opto-mechanical design to make it all work straight out of the box.
• Spatial Light Modulators
HOLOEYE Photonics focuses on the development of adaptive micro-optics and diffractive components for scientific and industrial applications. The company's range can be divided into three major groups: Diffractive Optical Elements [DOE], active Spatial Light Modulators [SLM], and microdisplays.
• Optical tables & accessories
Kinetic Systems has been at the forefront of the vibration isolation and optical table market for over 50 years and is a world leader in the development and application of advanced low frequency vibration control systems that provide vibration-free work environments for sensitive equipment. Kinetic Systems is a trusted and valued supplier to academic, industrial, OEM and government facilities worldwide.
• Transmission DHM® Microscopes
Lyncée Tec of Switzerland offer digital holographic imaging (DHM®) techniques for life science, materials science, and industrial inspection - making the invisible visible. DHM® is a non-scanning non-contact technology that instantly delivers 3D & 4D topography.
• Tuneable light source
Mountain Photonics has engineered an easy to use high-brightness broadband tuneable light source by combining the EQ-99X plasma-based LDLS™ from Energetiq with a proprietary precision monochromator system.
• Nanopositioning stages
nPoint is a leading manufacturer of piezo-actuated flexure-based nanopositioning systems for microscopy, metrology, nanofabrication, materials characterisation, beam steering and the life sciences.
• Ultra High Power LED light sources
Prizmatix is a scientist-led company specialising in ultra high-power LED illumination systems for microscopy, optogenetics, and other scientific or industrial applications. Prizmatix systems incorporate the latest technologies in modular packages to offer maximum versatility in light delivery and light sensing for bioscience, neuroscience, chemistry, physics, neurobiology, biochemistry et al.
• Single-axis manipulators
Siskiyou offers a diverse range of micromanipulators, microscope sample positioners, and modular opto-mechanical building blocks to Life Science and Photonics researchers. The company has been a leading manufacturer of laboratory mechanicals, photonics components and precision position products for decades. From the beginning, these products have been produced with quality and flexibility in mind. Siskiyou's superior engineering provides the end user with a product that fulfills the designed function and lasts far longer than the competition.
• Patch clamp amplifiers
Tecella supplies electronics for electrophysiology, electrochemistry, biotech, drug discovery and pharmaceutical research.
• Confocal Raman microscopes
WITec is a market leader in the field of micro- and nano-analytical microscope systems (Raman, AFM, SNOM) for the life sciences. Since the company's formation by physicists from the University of Ulm in 1997, the award-winning WITec team of engineers and scientists constantly work on developing new technologies for their high-quality, flexible and innovative products.


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This year, the summer solstice will take place on Wednesday, June 21. Celebrating the solstice can remind us of the preciousness of each day and season because the truth of its passing away is also acknowledged. It is important to move with the cycles of nature and actually feel them. Here is an opportunity watch the sunset and to rise early in the following morning and witness and be part of this special sunrise. The rest of the year is shaped by this and many feel this is a healthy and vital connection for the body, mind and spirit.
There are two options for this evening/morning:
Sunset Gong Bath, 20th June - 9.30pm -10.30pm
The sun will set at 9.21pm on 20th June. The following morning heralds the summer solstice at 4.25am. If you would like a Gong Bath but cannot stay the entire night then this will be a time to connect with the solstice. £10 with refreshments afterwards.
All night gong bath. 9.30pm - 5.15am.
The sun rises at 4.25am. The evening begins at 9.30pm on 20th June and the gong bath will move into softer instruments while those coming for just an hour will leave. It will then continue through the night with 3 gong players in rotation until 5.15am when we will watch the sun rise whilst sitting around the fire pit. There will be a drumming session led by Tim Byford which we can all join (drums and percussion instruments provided but bring your own instruments if you would like). The morning will end with a cooked breakfast at 6.30am. If you are planning to go to work afterwards this gives enough time for you to return home. The gong bath will allow for very deep relaxation and possibly deep sleep so the plan is that you will feel fully rejuvenated, revived and fully rested the following morning with a spring and a hop in you step.
£50/person with snacks in the evening and cooked breakfast the following morning.


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The tussle between the BJP's local unit and Administrator Shivraj V Patil deepened on Saturday with party president Sanjay Tandon writing to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to highlight the "Administrator-bureaucracy nexus" and the "dictatorial attitude of the Administrator". Tandon, in his letter, has demanded that the Administrator's Advisory Council be dissolved.
The tussle began with the Administration holding the Advisory Council meeting despite local MP Kirron Kher saying she would be unavailable on the scheduled date. Following this, BJP leaders including Tandon, Satya Pal Jain and Bhajan Singh Maru staged a walkout from the meeting.
In his letter Tandon has said, "During the last 15 years that Pawan Bansal was MP of the city, particularly in the last 10 years of UPA rule, there has been gross neglect of the public's opinion. Decisions have been taken and implemented despite stiff opposition from the people and political parties. Each of these was always presented as fait-accompli. Over the years the Administrator-bureaucracy nexus has become so strong that even the local MP was rendered ineffective."
The letter further reads, "The fact that the people of the city have been ignored is very evident, as such meetings of the council were not held periodically. The last meeting was held on 30th November, 2012. For their own reasons, the Administration decided to postpone the meeting but only to 19th June, while it could easily have been held after 29th June. It is clear that there is absolute disregard for public representatives."
Tandon also said that the autocratic attitude of the Administrator was evident as he said he would call the meeting at his discretion and was not bound to consult anyone about the same.
"The matter is extremely serious because the residents of the city are looking to be freed from the shackles of this Administrator-bureaucracy nexus. They are expecting this deliverance from the BJP representative and NDA government," writes Tandon.
Apart from demanding that the Advisory Council be replaced by "members who represent the people of the city", Tandon has also sought that the Home Secretary, Government of India, visit the city to take stock of the situation.


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There were important developments in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, the DRC and Somalia on the week of May 20th. In Burkina Faso, the state forces likely thwarted another major attack by Islamist militants in the capital, Ouagadougou. On May 22nd, the
Regional Overview – Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo – October 2016 Update
Since the beginning of 2016, riots and protests in DR-Congo have generally fallen into two broad categories. First, protests against the presidential election delay scheduled to be held in late November 2016, a concern which was recently confirmed when the
Democratic Republic of Congo – September 2016 Update
On 14 August 2016 an attack by suspected ADF-NALU rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) North Kivu province killed between 45-51 people (Xinhua, 14 August 2016; Telesur, 16 August 2016), with some official estimates putting the fatality count
Update — Burundi Local Data on Recent Unrest (26 Apr – 7 Nov 2015)
A new update of the recent unrest in Burundi, covering events from 26 April to 7 November 2015 has been released by ACLED. This update can be found here. These real-time data draw primarily on crowd-sourced information available from 2015Burundi as well
The Exportation of Ugandan Rebel Violence: A Comparison of the Allied Democratic Forces and Lord's Resistance Army
In the past few weeks, the Alliance of Democratic Forces (ADF, formerly the Alliance of Democratic Forces – National Army for the Liberation of Uganda, ADF-NALU) has experienced several setbacks. Dozens of its soldiers have been killed or captured, including


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The Spider Man movie also featured many connections to real life high school and balancing the pressure of being a secret super hero at the same time. For instance, there was a school dance that took place, a school field trip for academics, and the everyday emotions of the staff and students. During all of these events and everyday life Spider Man (Peter Parker) was able to identify how to solve crime without blowing his cover or letting his boss (Iron Man) find out he was on a more serious type of mission. With all this commotion some sacrifice at school had to happen as well. It left his friends wondering 24/7 and only one friend eventually found out which to me was pretty disappointing.Especially with his love interest because he saved her life and she already looked up to Spider Man. Spider Man (Peter) also had to face constant detention,always being distracted in class, and many people getting into his head.One thing I really enjoyed is how they made it possible to understand his life. I saw how he felt, trying to keep his normal life balanced at the same time,and trying to prove himself for a better future that he had in mind before.
The movie also includes a message of empowerment in the sense of if Spider Man is nothing without his suit he does not deserve that suit which hooks you in at one of the most calm less action parts of the movie. He is told this through one of the people he most looks up to: Iron Man. The best part is how he handles it. He peacefully takes himself home and returns to his old life and accomplishes a lot more then handles the conflict without the suit. For me it was probably, the best part of movie based on how deep it was.
Furthermore,throughout the movie- it kind of started out kind of fast and started to become slower as you got into the movie, making it seem like the same thing was happening over and over in a different context. A little interaction with Peters peers, then a small fight with the criminals and then another lesson learned until the big fight at the end to finish it off.
Speaking of the end of the movie, it was almost like a cliffhanger Spider Man learned his lessons and became stronger as a superhero, and then nothing else. Not with the big bad mastermind, the love interest, his friends, his aunt so personally it made me a little upset but what do you know maybe there will be a second movie to explain the rest? So if your looking into the new Spiderman movie, being an adult, it might be a little cheesy with the teenage humor, being a teenage girl a little disappointing but funny at the same time because of all the repeated fights and lack in friendly relationships yet the silly things that happen when spider man is finding out his new suit. All in all, I would recommend this movie to young teenage males it's the perfect movie for that audience and they would very much enjoy it.
This is a great review, it tells me about the plot line, introduces some of the main characters and makes sure to tell the writers opinion. However, I think you might have given away a little to much about the story and spiderman's life a high schooler. Overall this was a great review, Thanks!
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This is one of my favorite Easter stories….
On Holy Saturday he wore a mopine…a dishcloth tucked in his belt while he scurried about the kitchen on an Easter pilgrimage; cooking pastiera, the traditional Easter rice pie.
Dad found his recipe years before and wrote it on a 3×5 card, as if he had invented it. It became his Easter contribution, his signature dish. His hands and shirt were covered in flour. Pans cluttered the kitchen. Egg shells were stacked in the sink. The smell of baking bounced from the kitchen walls and ceiling. "Try my pastiera." He beamed as he passed his precious offering. To my surprise, it was good, very good.
"Have you tried Pete's?" was the refrain when other samples were passed.
"Ummm.Great, Pete. The best." He smiled as his chest expanded.
As the years passed, the pies got better, so he made more, distributing them to friends and relatives, much as a supplier might deliver a specialty product.
He was convinced that if he did not make pastiera, Easter would be a flop. Over years, Dad's pastiera remained consistently perfect; until the year of the overcooked pies. We arrived on Easter morning to a smell like burned toast that blended into the pie, like a stale log the day after the fire. "I think I burned them."
He knew he did but could not bring himself to the truth. His dejection was palpable, his disappointment great. "Bad, huh?"
No one had the heart to tell him." No, not bad, not that bad, Pete. Not your best, but still good."
"Keep 'em comin'. We'll be back next year."
"Can I have one to take home?"
It took him a while to recover, but optimist that he was, he did.
The following year he was back in his kitchen; his mopine tucked into his belt, the stained recipe card propped on the counter, pans and dishes everywhere. The smell of toast was replaced by the familiar smell of rice and eggs.
It was a great comeback. The pies were good, no excellent. They were moist and rich…crammed with rice and bits of orange and lemon peel that crunched softly to a gentle bite. The taste of citrus was married to the taste of egg and rice. I took a second piece.
"Have you tried Pete's? They're great, the best." He smiled.
"I burned it last year. Remember?"
"You did?"
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Dogliani Rosso – Altare (2016)
Grape Variety(s): Syrah Style: Dry Rosé
Region: Rhone, France
Winemaker: Denis Lattard
Soil: Granite and Clay/Limestone
Age of Vines: 10-20 yrs
Nicholas Altare is 26 years old and 3rd generation farmer on his family's estate in
Dogliani, (which is about 15 miles south of where Barolo comes from) in the NW part of
Italy (Piedmont). This is only his 2nd vintage (he makes just one wine) with just about
450 total cases made. The wine is vinified in stainless steel tanks, SO2 is added only before bottling. It has a beautiful velvet texture, perfectly balanced dark red fruit and a medium mid
palate with a surprisingly long yet delicate finish. And a surprising acidity which wraps it
all up nicely. It is a lovely choice to serve slightly chilled with really any fresh, spring cuisine with some backbone to it.
Rosé de Syrah – Domaine Lattard (2016)
Grape Variety(s): Syrah
Style: Dry Rosé
Region: Rhone, France
Winemaker: Denis Lattard
Soil: Granite and Clay/Limestone
Age of Vines: 10-20 yrs
Great story here! Denis returned home to their family's land in the Northern Rhone that was raising chickens and other livestock. They planted a small vineyard in the late 90s, converting it to organic just a few years later. Denis is definitely one of our more "hardcore" producers, as the Domaine has made wine with ZERO additives, not even sulfur, since over 10 years.
Despite being 2016, this rosé just came in! They release the rosé definitely on the late side, giving the wine a chance to settle. The rosé is made with Syrah grapes that are directly pressed and then fermented and aged in steel. If you like things a little bit funky, you'll love this wine! This will evolve significantly after opening. I prefer to drink it rather cold and not to decant at all. Amazing with grilled spring veggies!


text: First timer Danielle Webb and 7ish timer Alex Pappas join us for the latest movie podcast where we talk about the trailers for The Post (Not Fake News!), and Game Night (Not Fake Kidnapping!) We also discuss keeping your genitals in your pants at work, whether or not Brad is sponsored by Mountain Dew (he's not), and Ben hosts the games portion with a BUNCH of fun games! Listen up!


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Let There Be Joy - Day 13
God Is Always On Time
Elizabeth was too old to have a baby by human standards. Her body had long ceased to exhibit the possibility of reproduction. Even when Elizabeth was young and in her childbearing years, she had been unable to conceive a child. Now, as a woman who had lived nearly 9 decades of life, there was no human possibility that this would ever happen. There was not a sliver of hope that Elizabeth would ever hold a biological newborn baby in her wrinkled arms!
But God breaks all of the constraints of human standards. His ways are higher than our ways and He is able to trump any limitation that we exhibit even in our strength.
"Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth ..." Certainly this "time" was not Elizabeth's chosen time. God has a chosen time for prayers to be answered, for His mission to be accomplished and for miracles to take place. Elizabeth's chosen "time" had most certainly been when she was a young woman but God's chosen time involved a miracle! Do not for one second believe that God has forgotten you or that He has not heard your prayers. When God's appointed time comes in its fullness, you will give birth to all that God has planned for you.
"Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her."
Many times I believe that the Lord says "Wait" as an answer to our desperate prayers so that His glory is revealed rather than the certainty of mankind's function. Most women are able to conceive and bear children in their teens and twenties and even into their thirties and early forties, but it takes the intervention of God for a woman to experience the miracle of birth when in her eighth decade of life!
Can you imagine the rejoicing of her relatives and neighbors? Can you picture the scene as the women danced in circles in the village streets? Can you envision how her friends lifted their hands in praise to Yahweh?
As John nestled into his mother's arms, and as the nearly 100 year old eyes of Zacharias looked into the newborn eyes of his son, God was glorified. Prayers had been answered. Their story had just begun.
The story of Elizabeth and Zacharias is the call to live a righteous life and it is the promise of what persevering prayer will certainly obtain. God is more than able to accomplish all that concerns you. His part is to perform the miracles ... your part is to pray without ceasing and to live a life that pleases His heart.
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What has been the greatest miracle or answer to pray that you have ever experienced? Write it out and share it with your family this Christmas season.
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In 2009 Kaspersky Lab is hosting the 10th Summit of virus analysts. Every year Evgeny Kaspersky, the author of the most popular Russian antivirus program, conducts a tour around the company's office for the foreign journalists. This time the company has chosen the format of video-excursion.
We bring to your attention the film-excursion "We are here to save the world".
Anna Kogan, script author and director: "This cheerful and light film is indeed a feat of patience. Evgeny Kaspersky compliantly endured 5 long takes. Sasha Koshelev, the animator, made 333 amendments to his wonderful cartoons. And the film editors joint video with animation in the most inconceivable combinations for thousand times."
Alexander Koshelev, animator: "As for me, I managed to implement my dream I had when a schoolboy. I remember that my fantasy excited by transformers and ninja turtles was giving birth to a great number of superheroes, able to do everything I wanted. And in the reel about the woodpeckers my superheroes became alive as tough and stern as they were."
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Script writer, director — Anna KoganAnimator — Alexander KoshelevCamera operators — Andrey Kuznetsov, Egor RiabchikovComposer — Dmitriy MisharinGraphics — Rostislav Kiyantsev, Stanislav OnishchenkoTechnical consultants — Evgeny Kaspersky, Stanislav Shevchenko, Sergey Novikov, Olga Kobzareva, Julia Yudina, Taimuraz TsorievProject manager — Katerina Miroshnikova
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When our Dear Leader, Barstool Pundit, started this blog it had an obvious mandate - calling out asshats. Knowing him in real life, I never would've suspected that he would feel strained for material. And then he set the bar high with his funny pictures. Sure, everyone likes funny pictures, but that's hard work man. Hard. Work. So the Christmas season rolls around and BP is too busy fishing at the boats, BD and I are off doing family duties and no one is in the mood to make fun of asshats. There is no limit to asshattery in the world, but their is apparently a limit to our patience for describing it. Which is a nice long intro into me liberating myself from the asshat mandate and just posting whatever the hell I want. Today, it is Mexicans. I want more Mexicans in Missouri.
I'm a tolerant person, open to different cultures and not demanding that they eradicate their culutural traditions down to binge drinking days. But I want Mexicans for a selfish reason. (I say Mexicans, although Latino would be the more appropriate term, simply to counter all the disparaging talk directed at "Mexicans"). Missouri lost its bell-weather status because we don't have enough Hispanics in the voting population. Upon reading that, I decided that we needed more Mexicans. And then last week, I read in the Star that the population in WyCo is like 24% Hispanic. And for the first time in my life, I was jealous of WyCo. All those nice Mexicans across the border, why can't they love us!!?? (I know some of the answers, no need to go there today).
Demographically, Hispanics (classification I've never understood, but I'm not Mr. Census Bureau, so there you go) are going to push whitey into a minority group sometime during my lifetime. It feels a little weird, but I'm ok with it. I have little doubt the vestiges of white privilege will long outlast our majority status despite the best efforts of right minded people. Some people respond to this demographic certainty by encouraging more white baby making, or limiting non-white immigration. I think that won't work and it's not very american. I'm more of a mind to welcome and encourage our hispanic friends as the (great?)grandparents of our future overlords. Corrupt them with our liberal ways. The Republicans have given us a great opening with their xenophobia and racism. Let's take it.
Friday, January 2, 2009
I demand more Mexicans!
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DRM-Free Witcher Sale: Every Game Discounted Right Now
This sale runs until June 1.
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers.
Every game in CD Projekt Red's acclaimed The Witcher series is currently marked down on the developer's digital distribution platform, GOG, and in some cases, discounts are as deep as 85 percent off.
The sale period started today and runs through Wednesday, June 1, ending at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST. Scroll down to see all of the deals.
GOG Witcher Series Sale:
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- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings -- $3
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- $25
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Hearts of Stone -- $9
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Blood and Wine (pre-purchase) -- $18
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Game and Expansion Pass -- $50
- The Witcher Adventure Game -- $1.50
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This sale period comes just a couple weeks before The Witcher 3's Blood and Wine expansion arrives on May 30. The massive-sounding, 30-hour expansion is definitely the last piece of new content CD Projekt Red plans to release for the game, a developer recently said.
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#GAReads | Cryptocurrency Is Not Just a Boys' Club
"Cryptocurrency Is Not Just a Boys' Club":
When dinner conversations turn to cryptocurrency, as they often do these days, I brace for a grilling, because I've been a reporter covering the topic for six years. "Do you own any?" "Is it too late to get rich?" "What's the next big coin?" The answer is always the same: I'm neither an investor nor a financial adviser. (So no, I'm not going to tell you whether to buy or sell either.)
But the main reason I won't give you advice is that, to me, the price tag on a digital coin is its most boring feature. What's most fascinating about cryptocurrencies is they don't care who you are. Be you a man, woman, person of color, trans, someone with bad credit, someone with no credit—if you can log on to a computer and push the right buttons, you can send money just like anyone else. That accessibility is a big part of what makes this technology such a breakthrough. There's no gatekeeper.


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In a previous blog post, we talked about how to build a photo booth with a Samsung ARTIK 1020 IoT module. To make your holiday a little merrier, we are going to extend our photo booth code to put Santa's hat on the person in the photo. We will do this by using one of my favorite open source libraries, OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision), and its Python bindings.
- A Samsung ARTIK 710 or ARTIK 1020 developer kit
- An HDMI display and cable
- A USB camera or MIPI camera
- A USB keyboard
- A Santa's hat image with a transparent background, saved as a png
I am using an ARTIK 710 and a USB camera for this project.
- Connect the ARTIK 710 to the HDMI output of a monitor.
- Plug in a USB keyboard and a USB camera.
- Install X Windows on ARTIK 710.
- Install the required OpenCV Python packages.
#dnf install python-devel opencv-python
- Capture a photo.
In the code below:
- We connect to the camera using VideoCapture () function. In my environment, I only have a USB camera connected so the index parameter of the function is 0.
- We grab a frame from the camera with read().
- imshow() displays the frame in a pop-up window until we hit 'q' key.
- release() function releases your hold of the camera.
- The captured frame is saved into a file in imwrite().
import cv2 cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0) while True: # Capture frame-by-frame ret, frame = cap.read() # Display the resulting frame cv2.imshow('Video', frame) if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'): break cap.release() cv2.imwrite("mockup.jpg", frame)
- Face Detection
There are a lot of great online tutorials on how to use Haar Cascades for face detection, here is one from the OpenCV website.
First, we have to download the Haar Cascade frontal face Classifier onto ARTIK.
# wget https//github.com/opencv/opencv/blob/master/data/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
We extend our code from step 5 to the block below:
- We create faceCascade object from xml file, then use this object to find faces by using the detectMultiScale() function.
- The parameters passed to the detectMultiScale() function determine the scaling factor, minimum size of faces that can be detected, and the minimum distances between faces etc.
- Once we have the identified faces, we draw a rectangle around each face.
- The mocked up image will show in the pop-up window, and our program ends when we hit 'q' key again.
import cv2 # Build cv2 Cascade Classifiers faceCascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier('haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml') cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0) while True: # Capture frame-by-frame ret, frame = cap.read() # Display the resulting frame cv2.imshow('Video', frame) if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'): break cap.release() # Create greyscale image from the video feed gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) # Detect faces in input video feed faces = faceCascade.detectMultiScale( gray, scaleFactor=1.3, minNeighbors=5, minSize=(30, 30), flags=cv2.cv.CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE ) # Iterate over each face found for (x, y, w, h) in faces: # Un-comment the next line for debug(draw box around all faces) cv2.rectangle(frame, (x, y), (x+w, y+h), (0, 255, 0), 2) cv2.imwrite("mockup.jpg", frame) cv2.imshow('Video', frame) while True: if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'): cv2.destroyAllWindows() exit()
- Place the hat
Now that we have a way to find a face, we will place the hat over the top of the face.
7.1 Load the hat
We got our festive hat image here.
- We load our hat image by using imread(). The -1 parameter tells the function to load the image as is, with alpha channel. hat.png we are using consists of 4 channels: Blue, Green, Red and an Alpha transparency channel(BGR-A). Alpha transparency channel indicates which pixels in the image are transparent.
- We take the alpha channel and create a single-layer image as our mask, also create an inverted mask. orig_mask defines the region of the hat, and orig_mask_inv defines the region around the hat.
- Convert hat image into a 3-channel BGR image.
# Load our overlay image: hat.png imgHat = cv2.imread('hat.png',-1) # Create the mask for the hat orig_mask = imgHat[:,:,3] # Create the inverted mask for the hat orig_mask_inv = cv2.bitwise_not(orig_mask) # Convert hat image to BGR # and save the original image size (used later when re-sizing the image) imgHat = imgHat[:,:,0:3] orighatHeight, origHatWidth = imgHat.shape[:2]
7.2 Calculate the size and location of the hat
In OpenCV, common image operations are performed using a Region of Interest(ROI). An ROI allows us to operate on a rectangular region of an image. We create an ROI on the image so we can perform operations in this smaller region of the image rather than the entire image.
In this section of the code, we re-size the hat to make it fit into the frame, while also remaining proportional to the size of the face.
- In our example, we re-size the original hat image to 1.2 times the width of the face. Height should be proportional to the width. We can tweak the parameter based on the shape of the hat.
- Place the hat centered vertically to the top of the face.
- Make sure the hat image does not fall outside the frame boundary.
- Re-size the hat image and masks to the hat sizes calculated.
# The hat should be 1.2 times the width of the face hatWidth = w + int(w * 0.2) hatHeight = hatWidth * origHatWidth / origHatWidth hat = cv2.resize(imgHat, (hatWidth,hatHeight), interpolation = cv2.INTER_AREA) # Center the hat the top of face x1 = x - (hatWidth * 0.1) x2 = x + w + (hatWidth * 0.1) y1 = y - hatHeight + int(hatHeight * 0.2) y2 = y + int(hatHeight * 0.2) cropImg = 0 # Check for clipping if x1 < 0: x1 = 0 if x2 > frame.shape[0]: x2 = w if y1 < 0: y1 = 0 cropImg = hat.shape[1] - y2 hat = hat[cropImg:] if y2 > frame.shape[1]: y2 = h # Find region of interest roi_gray = gray roi_color = frame # Re-size the original image and the masks to the hat sizes # calcualted above mask = cv2.resize(orig_mask, (hatWidth,hatHeight), interpolation = cv2.INTER_AREA) mask = mask[cropImg:] mask_inv = cv2.resize(orig_mask_inv, (hatWidth,hatHeight), interpolation = cv2.INTER_AREA) mask_inv = mask_inv[cropImg:]
7.3 Draw the hat
- We take a ROI from the background image, with the size and location that we will place our hat image.
- The two bitwise_and() functions select the pixels in the background where the hat is not in the region, as well as the pixels that make up the hat.
- Add the two images and place the joined image back to the original image
# Take ROI for hat from background equal to size of hat image roi = roi_color[y1:y2, x1:x1+hatWidth] # roi_bg contains the original image only where the hat is not # in the region that is the size of the hat. roi_bg = cv2.bitwise_and(roi,roi,mask = mask_inv) # roi_fg contains the image of the hat only where the hat is roi_fg = cv2.bitwise_and(hat,hat,mask = mask) # Join the roi_bg and roi_fg dst = cv2.add(roi_bg,roi_fg) # Place the joined image, saved to dst back over the original image roi_color[y1:y2, x1:x1+hatWidth] = dst
You can find the final code for hat.py here.
Start X-windows on your HDMI display. Use Alt+F1 to launch a terminal window, and run our fun photo app
#python hat.py
This is how Mona Lisa looks like with a Santa's hat.
ARTIK's processing power provides the capability to run OpenCV algorithms locally. For further readings, please check out OpenCV-Python Tutorials.
Have Fun and Merry Christmas!


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Alpharetta Food Truck Alley
Every Thursday through October 10, 2019
5 – 9 p.m.
Old Roswell Street
Alpharetta, GA
Enjoy a variety of 6-8 rotating food trucks and music each week. Stroll the streets, eat delicious food, listen to some great music and kick off the weekend a little early!
Take Hwy 9 to West on Old Milton Parkway; at the first light take a right on Roswell Street; and Old Roswell Street will be on your right directly in front of La Casa Italian Grill at 37 Old Roswell Street.
More information:
In the event of inclement weather, please check the Alpharetta Food Truck Alley Facebook page. View more awesome photos of Alpharetta Food Truck Alley.


text: Naomi Randell, age 92 was born in Williamsport NL Dec 16, 1922. She passed peacefully away Friday Feb 6th, 2015 at The Angus Pratt Nursing Home in St. John's, NL. Leaving to mourn her beloved children Freeman Randell, Eileen Evans (Dave), Scott Randell (Rae), Grant Randell (Bonetta) & Dean Randell (Debbie); her beloved grandchildren Ingrid Evans (Dave), Timothy Randell & Brett Gillard; Brother-in law Rueben Randell (Nellie); Nephew Craig Randell & Niece Karen Hann (Shane); along with a wide circle of family and friends. . Predeceased by her husband Timothy Randell & Daughter Bernice Randell. Visitation was held at the United Church in Englee from which the funeral service took place on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 2:00pm. Interment followed at the New United Church Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Kerry M. Fillatre's Funeral Homes, St. Anthony and Roddickton, Lee Nippard Funeral Director. Donations can be made to Hope Air (www.hopeair.ca) in her name.


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Beer Review 60: Blue Point Hoptical Illusion
Hello Beer Friends Nation! This week the Beer Friends head back out to Billy Joel's native land, Long Island for Blue Point's Hoptical Illusion. This is the third beer the Beer Friends have reviewed (Spring Fling and Supreme Pumpkin) but the first you can get year round from Blue Point Brewing. We had a great time at the Brew House (I mean who doesn't have a great time at a brewery?) Check out Hoptical Illusion for a nice year round hop flavor! Beer! Islands! Year Round flavor!


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of jam maker J.M. Smucker Co. rose more than 7% Thursday on better-than-expected quarterly earnings, while shares of Flowers Foods tumbled 12% as steeper flour costs ate into the bread maker's profit margin.
Smucker SJM, +1.35% reported fiscal first-quarter net income rose 4% to $42 million, or 77 cents a share, from the year-ago period. Sales rose 18% to $664 million. Excluding merger and restructuring costs, Smucker said it earned 82 cents a share. On average, analysts polled by FactSet forecast earnings of 77 cents a share on sales of $647 million.
The maker of Jif peanut butter, Hungry Jack pancake mix and Pillsbury dough reiterated its fiscal-year financial forecast, calling for sales in a range of $3.8 billion to $4.0 billion and earnings of $3.45 to $3.50 a share. The per-share target excludes one-time costs primarily associated with the acquisition of the Folgers coffee brand.
When that deal closes before year-end, Folgers will become Smucker's largest brand with annual sales of $1.5 billion. Smucker is acquiring Folgers from Procter & Gamble PG, -1.48%.
Flowers FLO, +0.16%, which makes bread brands Nature Own's and Sunbeam, reported second-quarter earnings rose 8% from the year-earlier period to $24 million, or 26 cents a share. Sales climbed to $541 million from $478 million.
Those results missed Wall Street's targets. Analysts, on average, polled by FactSet pegged earnings at 27 cents a share on sales of $525 million.
This week, Flowers completed its acquisitions of ButterKrust and Holsum bakeries, deals that will add $200 million to annual sales.
Taking that into consideration, Flowers said 2008 sales will grow 17.8% to 19.1% over 2007, or up to $2.42 billion. Earnings will range from $1.17 to $1.23 a share.
In trading, Smucker shares closed at $54.34, up $3.84. Flowers dropped $4.01 to $27.96.


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Youth Worker On Fire (YWOF) is produced by a team. Gabriella "Gabby" Templeton, David Whitty, Garrett "Bear" B. and teacher of Media Production at EHS, Mr. Mike Ligler. Mike has helped me with projects as I have volunteered for him and his media classes and school projects.
It's hard enough for college students just to take classes and excel in getting your degree. But these two lady athletes go far beyond excellence and getting a degree. They practice day after day, week after week, all school year long and more. They expend many hours representing Lake Sumter State College as softball players. Madison and Brie are a catcher and pitcher duo. They are college roommates. But who influenced them to go so far into this sports career? Listen to every word because you are going to be inspired and learn from valuable stories of their life journey. Listen up Youth Worker Nation.
Larry Stephens is a FORCE to follow and learn from in the area of college students. He is the CRU trainer, facilitator, fundraiser, motivator for thousands of leaders both volunteer and full time on 1,600 universities and colleges. He is a mentor to professional athletes, keynote speakers and around the world projects for CRU students. We will talk virtual film making and what it's like to be a husband to a wife who has impacted the Greek world on several campuses and the dad of 3 young boys (2 are twins) and a beautiful little girl. He looks calm and collected but there is a driving force behind that "together" persona that says, "World Changers Line Up Behind Me! Now Dive, Jump, Run...whatever it takes!" THIS IS VALUE PACKED! But you've got to listen to this soft spoken hurricane! A Texas boy now an Orlando, Florida man!
Inspiring Principal Nancy Velez is an A+ high school principal. She grew up hearing graduation as a child because she was so close to the school and loved it. She is passionate for students and families and it shows. Listen to her inspiring story.


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- The students were all ears when they found out the topic of the film was "reproduction." They were disappointed to discover that it was also about fish.
- (idiomatic) Awaiting an explanation.
- I am all ears to find out how my car, which used to have a perfectly functional engine, will no longer start.


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Ajm23 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 212 designs submitted by 52 freelance designers.
Angela J Morris Optometrist
We are an optometry practice that provides excellent eyecare and fashion eyewear.
Angela J Morris Optometrist is located in Bathurst, regional New South Wales, Australia. Our patient base is made up of a huge mix ranging from young families, university students and the elderly. If I had to pinpoint our perfect target market it would be female 30-50years.
Our practice has been in operation for 12 years and is known for its personalised service, modern testing equipment and quality fashion frames and sunglasses.
The interior walls have just been repainted with an earthy red and pale green tone. I do like these colours but I am open to any suggestions that will reflect a modern, progressive and quality image.
Colours need to be suitable for the web and full colour print.
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If you are born with the gift to pursuade, chose you words carefully
The swedish election is withing a near future, which brings up alot of interesting discussions regarding our coutry's welfare, young work force, economics and develoopment of social equalities. I listened to our present prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, this evening, whom I find as a very good politician. He was about to receive some of the greatest leader in the European Union into the Swedish idyll to discuss the future of Euroup. His name is also on the list on potential leder for the EU. Too bad he doesn't represent my choice of party.
But, it's not what you're saying but how you say it. People who know how to speak and who knows in whay order to put the words right in order to make people listening to you, follow you and even to believe in what you say has this enormous power of making a change. But every person who is born with the benefit to persuade and divert people also has the enormous responsebility to do it in a right way, and not to make a use of it for their own profits.
According to Mr. Reinfeldt Europe stand for
- 7% of the worlds population
- 25% of the worlds expantion
- 50% (!!) of the worlds expences
And by seeing these numbers I believe that there is no doubt that if the people born with the power to put the right words right we would have a different world; a better world; a world striving towards equality...


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Welcome to Monument Academy's Lynx News
The weekly Lynx News is sent out from the school office and is emailed to all parent email addresses listed in the school database. You may add, delete or change your email address through your parent portal. Your parent portal can be accessed from the school homepage by following the Quick Link in the upper right-hand corner. Previous issues:
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Essential Car Safety Tips For Young & Inexperienced Drivers
In the UK, one in five car accidents involves someone who has been driving less than a year. And, if you are under 25, the statistics get even worse. Only one out of every eight motorists are your age or below, but under-25s make up one of every three killed on the roads.
It makes sense, then, to approach safety issues with driving in a robust way. Sure, you might have passed your test with flying colours, but it doesn't mean you can drive yet. There is still a lot to learn before you can remove yourself from the danger zone.
I've put together these simple tips for anyone who is young and inexperienced. Check them out and let me know what you think. Who knows, maybe they will help you avoid an accident in the near future?
Get more training
OK, so you have passed your test, but you still have a lot to learn. Think about doing the Pass Plus course which will test your strength as a driver. It will help you come to terms with driving in adverse weather conditions, motorways, and busy towns and streets. It will also reduce your chances of having a crash by a significant amount.
Understand your vehicle
All cars are different, and it takes a time to get to know them. If you are used to driving your instructor's car, it will take a while to understand how your vehicle works. Grab some time, and learn the little intricacies and nuances of any new car you drive first.
Go out in the bad weather
The next time it rains or snows, put on a brave face and experience it. You will know the area around your home like the back of your hand, so go for a few laps and get to grips with how your car reacts. Yes, it's going to be dangerous. But it's far better to get experience in an area you know rather than being caught without experience somewhere foreign.
Learn about upgrades
On the subject of inclement weather, it might be worth investing in different tyres for the season. Take the Pirelli Cintuato P7 tyres, for example. They help give you extra traction on wet and slippery surfaces. Also, keep a close eye on your windscreen wipers. Standard versions are cheap, and they can often break or stop working properly. If it rains for the first time in ages, you don't want to get caught out.
Kick out your friends
As a young driver, there will be a lot of pressure on you to give your friends a ride. Try to avoid doing it too often at first, though. Particularly for long journeys. You are more likely to suffer distractions, which increases your chances of crashing.
Don't use your phone
It's illegal to use your phone without a hands-free kit in this country. So many people – many of them young – fail to adhere to this vital safety law. Using a phone can increase your chances of having an accident by a significant amount. Don't do it if you want to stay out of the grim reading that is UK car fatality statistics.


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Triple S ranch was the perfect venue for Clare & Sean. Turning a wedding day into an entire weekend where their guests could stay in a charming cabin, spend time quality time with each other and running around the ranch, which honestly was my favorite part of shooting there. I felt like a kid again who had just gotten their first camera. Clare & Sean are so incredibly clever, goofy and down to earth. They had both treated me like an old friend where sarcasm was our first language and yet immensely trusting me to document them in their most habitual moments. I love that about them. That they are confident in who they are but also very harmlessly eccentric. And I don't think they could have chosen a more perfect home to wed and person to marry for that very reason.
Before the wedding day I love asking my couples their favorite thing about the other person. I get to grow to adore my couples from the things I notice, but getting to hear what they see in each other is even more adoring. When I asked Clare what she loved most about Sean, she replied with "He's my ideal mix of serious and silly - he believes fiercely in the the things that matter to him and he isn't afraid to hold his ground in conversations, but he can also open up and be weird and stupid with me." And when I asked Sean about his favorite thing about Clare, he replied with "Clare can hold her own on all fronts. She's smart, curious, self-sufficient, and doesn't tolerate fools. And she does all that with an amazing butt."
I love it most when I've seen those qualities in them before even hearing their answers. Even her butt.
Everything felt organic, and loved, and supported. The day was filled with such dream light and charming interactions. I felt every bit of it and I know you will too.
Photography // Nataly Zigdon Photography
Coordinator // Nicki Wolfe
Florals // Maria Philbin Floral Design
Cake & Desserts // Butter &
DJ // Chris Fox
Hair & Make up // Brush Salon
Food // Park Avenue Catering
Wedding Dress // Blush and Ivory Bridal
Rings // Bario Neal
Groom's Suit // Indochino
Map & Bar Menu // Lichen Ink
Bride's Jumpsuit // Misha Nonoo


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Nokia 5235 comes to the UAE with unlimited music
New touchscreen phone is estimated to cost AED 1,000 in the United Arab Emirates
Nokia has just released the 5235 Comes with Music edition handset in the Middle East, offering unlimited access to millions of tracks for a year.
Nokia 5235 Comes with Music is a 3.2" touchscreen device with a 2 megapixel camera and, with the support of up to 16 GB of additional memory, can store up to 3,400 tracks. The new device, which is estimated to retail for AED 1,000 in the UAE, follows the launch of the Nokia X6 Comes with Music edition in February that costs more than AED 2,000.
All Comes with Music edition phones come with 12 months of unlimited access to music tracks available through Ovi Music.
"The new Nokia 5235 Comes with Music edition is a fantastic device that allows access to millions of tracks for download. Adding this new device to the Comes with Music offering ensures that we are giving consumers more choice and wider access to this fantastic service," said Frederic Copper-Royer, music manager, Nokia Middle East and Africa.
Copper-Royer also revealed the musical preferences of consumers in the region, based on the feedback and download activity seen since the Nokia X6 launch.
"Interestingly, approximately 40% of all music downloaded is Arabic music. In terms of overall popularity of genres, international pop music leads, followed by oriental pop, RNB, Khaleeji, and Hip-Hop," he revealed.


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Southwest Airlines Crashes
A Snapshot of Southwest Airlines
Started in 1971 by Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest Airlines), is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. In its 2017 annual report, Southwest Airlines reported annual net income of $3.5 billion. As of December 31, 2017, Southwest had 706 Boeing 737 aircraft serving 100 destinations in 40 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Jamaica, and other international destinations. According to information from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), as of September 2017, Southwest was the largest domestic air carrier of domestic-originating passengers in the U.S.
Southwest's main routes are point-to-point service, in which passengers fly direct nonstop to their destinations. As of December 31, 2017, Southwest had 675 nonstop routes. Southwest Airlines uses Boeing 737 aircraft. During peak travel seasons, Southwest Airlines has more than 4,000 weekday departures and recently announced it intended to expand service to Hawaii.
In 2011, Southwest acquired AirTran Airways and by the end of 2014 had fully integrated AirTran.
At the end of 2017, Southwest had approximately 56,100 fulltime equivalent employees.
Southwest Airlines Crash and Incident History
The following is a list of major Southwest Airlines accidents and in-flight incidents:
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, Philadelphia, PA, April 17, 2018
Southwest Airlines Flight 3472, Pensacola, FL, August 27, 2016
Southwest Airlines Flight 31, Nashville, TN, December 15, 2015
Southwest Airlines Flight 345, Queens, NY, July 22, 2013
Southwest Airlines Flight 812, Yuma AZ, April 1, 2011
Southwest Airlines Flight 2294, Charleston, WV, July 13, 2009
Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, Chicago, IL, December 8, 2005
Southwest Airlines Flight 1455, Burbank, CA, March 5, 2000
Southwest Airlines Accidents and Incidents Handled by Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C. has handled cases against many of the largest airlines in the world, including the following Southwest Airlines crashes and incidents:
- Southwest Airlines Flight 812 – In-flight fuselage rupture (Yuma, Arizona). On April 1, 2011, Southwest Airlines Flight 812 experienced a rapid decompression due to a fuselage skin peel, forcing the flight crew to make an emergency landing in Yuma, Arizona. Multiple injuries were reported.
- Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 – Runway accident (Chicago, Illinois). On December 8, 2005, a Boeing 737-7H4 operating as Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 crashed during a botched landing attempt at Midway International Airport. The plane overran the runway and struck two passenger vehicles on a road adjacent to the airport. A young boy was killed and others were injured.
- Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 – Runway accident (Burbank, California). On March 5, 2000 a Boeing 737 operating as Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overran the runway during a landing attempt at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport. The NTSB concluded that the incident was caused by the flight crew attempting to land with excessive speed.
Southwest Airlines Lawsuit – Call Today for Free Case Consultation
If you or a loved one has been involved in a Southwest plane crash or accident, it is in your best interest to speak with an experienced aviation law firm about your case. To learn more about filing a Southwest lawsuit, feel free to contact us online or call 800-827-0087 to speak with an attorney.


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This week's 2/21 WWE Smackdown Live drew 2.79 million viewers on Tuesday night on the USA Network according to a report by Showbuzzdaily.com.
This is up from last week's show that drew 2.63 million viewers. WWE came in at No. 2 for the night on cable. "Curse of Oak Island" on History won the night once again.
WWE Smackdown Live Ratings and Demographics
Smackdown, headlined by No. 1 Contenders Battle Royal, averaged a 0.95 rating among adults 18-49. This is up from last week's show that drew a 0.87 rating.