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Women in film accelerate with
Audi and AFI.
Audi and AFI.
Audi of America has started the ignition on one of our most innovative and ambitious initiatives yet: #DriveProgress, designed to create development and mentoring opportunities for the next generation of female leaders.
For us, that means working across industries and age groups to help ensure that everyone has a fair shot. That's why we feel it is important to provide meaningful opportunities in arts and film as well as science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and to recognize female philanthropists tackling difficult social issues.
We first decided to take on the arts and film school through our longtime collaboration with the American Film Institute. For the past 14 years, we've worked with AFI as its official AFI FEST automotive sponsor, which has given us an up-close look at the new talent making large and small films out of Hollywood. Over that time, we saw how we could make a big impact on helping women gain visibility in the film industry while helping them remove barriers to equity, inclusivity, growth and development.
Credit: Courtesy of AFI/Yang Wang
Audi of America President Scott Keogh with actors Mary J. Blige and Carey Mulligan and
director Dee Rees. Credit: Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Audi
director Dee Rees. Credit: Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Audi
An Audi R8 on display in front of TCL Chinese Theatre during the 2017 AFI FEST. Credit: Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Audi
To make those numbers more inclusive, #DriveProgress provides one promising female director with an entire two-year AFI Conservatory enrollment, one of the most respected filmmaker training programs in the world. Natalie Camou—a director who possesses exceptional talent, ingenuity and creativity—was announced as the first member of the Audi Fellowship Program. We look forward to nurturing the next generation of female storytellers through this support for a student with passion and drive.
And this is just the start. #DriveProgress will be investing in more programs and scholarships over the next several years.
Director Sofia Coppola made her presence felt at AFI FEST. Credit: Getty Images for AFI/Presley Ann Slack


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Gorjan Petrovski (Goki) – a guitarist and a backing vocal in NOKAUT since 2006.
He was born on July 9, 1981 in Skopje.
The first touch with music came when he was 11 years old i.e. in 1992.
After many collaborations with famous Macedonian musicians, Goki joined NOKAUT in 2006 and he is still the fundamental guitar backup in the band.
He is happily married with Frosina and a father of Jovana.

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text: Evelyn Ruth Augustine, 69, of Findlay passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. She was born on June 21, 1948 in Reading, PA to the late James P. and Dorothy (Wilk) Kline. Evelyn married William Augustine on October 16, 1971 and he survives along with their daughter, Karen Augustine of Findlay. She is also survived by her sister, Jean Kline of Reading, PA. Evelyn was a minister with the Salvation Army serving throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania. She was active in the Women's Ministries, was a Sunday School teacher and also participated in the praise band and regular band at the Salvation Army. Visitation will be held on Sunday, January 14, 2018 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at COLDREN-CRATES FUNERAL HOME. A funeral service will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 15, 2018 at COLDREN-CRATES FUNERAL HOME with Major Herb and Angie Carter officiating. Burial will take place at a later date in Reading, Pennsylvania. Those who wish may donate in Evelyn's memory to the Salvation Army. Condolences can be sent via www.coldrencrates.com.


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"Sia Mor" has made the lists of the great two couple ones ; namely, Phetsaipha Sorchor Wichitpadraew fighting with Khwan S. Plearnchit and Phomthong Singbansrang fighting with Rittidate S. Meeudorn on Suek Chuchareonmuaithai and Suek Safebuntham. Then, they will fight with amusement because of being the member of the big and well-known boxing camps to make the faith to the experts for paying a lot of money.
Besides, for Suek Chuchareon Muai Thai on this Monday of 27 June, 2016 at Rachadamnern , Sia Mor or Chuchareon Raweearamwong and Safebuntham Phakpho have made the lists of the couple ones between the Champion Feather Weight Rachadamnern or Chomphichit Sitsavebuntham to get revenge of Superball Teemuenglei and other significant ones ; namely, Phetsaifah Sorchor Wichitpadraew fighting with Kwan S. Plernchit , Pomthong Singbansrang fighting with Rittidate S. Meeudorn , Rachasak Teedet 99 fighting with Chomphikhad Chuwattana and others.
On yesterday evening, Sia Mor has revealed about the couple ones on this program that apart from the master ones to be cheered up amusingly, there are others to fight with each other funnily because of coming from the big , reliable and well-known boxing camps. In addition, these boxing camps are Sorchor Wichit Padraew boxing camp , Sia Khwag P.K. boxing camp and Tee Teedet 99 boxing camp and others. Similarly, it includes of Rachasak and Superball to fight on this program , so it is believed that Sia Tee Teedet will give a large amounts of money on this game. Thus, the experts of boxer shouldn't miss to watch on this program on Monday at Rachadamnern definitely.


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TWO drunken thugs who launched a savage attack on a "wholly innocent" man in the street leaving him with a fractured cheekbone and nose have been spared a prison sentence.
Michael Power and David Bradley had both been drinking heavily when they battered Simon Meredith for telling them to stop picking on another man.
Bradley, 24, had been caught on CCTV just minutes earlier kicking a man who was lying on the ground, said Delroy Henry, prosecuting.
He told Wolverhampton Crown Court that Bradley was confronted by an off-duty policewoman after the attack on Mr Meredith and he spat at her a number of times.
Power, 22, of Coldstream Drive, Wordsley, and Bradley, of Brook Crescent, Wall Heath, both Dudley, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm on Mr Meredith.
Bradley further admitted threatening violence and assaulting Charlene Lowrie and they were both given 12-month jail terms suspended for two years. Power was further ordered to carry out 300 hours community punishment, to pay Mr Meredith £3,000 compensation for his injuries together with £300 costs.
Bradley was also ordered to carry out 300 hours community punishment, ordered to pay £2,000 compensation to Mr Meredith and £300 costs.
The two men were further told they must obey six-month curfew orders between the hours of 7pm and 7am on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.


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One of McKay's 2010 prestige projects is the sailing catamaran SY Hemisphere, which was completed at Pendennis Shipyards in the UK.
At 44m long SY Hemisphere will be the largest luxury sailing catamaran in the world. Equipped with the latest toys and bespoke accommodation spaces, she will ensure her owner can travel the world in comfort and style.
McKay has provided electrical design and engineering support, as well as switchboards, and motor control centres. Electrical equipment was designed and built by McKay in New Zealand, then shipped to the vessel, in the UK, for installation.


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ACC Liverpool is a short taxi or bus ride away from Liverpool Lime Street station and its direct services to London that take little over two hours. The nearest international airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport, which is under 10 miles from the venue. Car parking is also available within the ACC and the surrounding area.
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I always thought I'd have two kids. There's something about only having one that seems lonely, and when you get to three…well, the kids start to outnumber the parents and that seems like more than I could handle.
[Before going any further, I would like to pause and address my mother and assure you that we have in no way made a decision to not give you any more grandchildren. Thank you everyone else for your patience.]
Two children seemed to make sense, and feel right. There really wasn't a question of "if" we would expand our family, but rather "when." And, sometimes, the "when" feels like "now." Mostly within the context of, "If we just have another baby right now then we could get rid of all the boxes of maternity clothes & baby stuff in the shed."
Recently, however, I've been having fleeting thoughts that make me think twice. Things just seem so…easy. I get a full nights' rest, I don't feel pulled in lots of directions, I can give my son all the attention I have, and we can easily provide for both today & tomorrow for our family. Plus, we have so much FUN! I love that he can talk to me, follow directions, and that I have the time & energy to teach him new things and watch him learn. We can go places with minimal effort. Life is full of laughs when I'm with my family. Life feels happy. Life feels normal.
I can't help but think of how that would change with another one. But, there are still those thoughts that our family isn't complete without four. I see pregnant women touch their bellies, and I think of my own little one kicking softly. I watch videos of our sweet little Conlan as a baby, and I want that again. I think we are good parents, and have a lot to offer another child. It seems like there are a lot of "maybe's" floating around in my mind.
Maybe we're meant to be a family of three.
Maybe I'll regret not having another baby.
Maybe I won't be a good mom to two kids.
Maybe Conlan would be a fantastic big brother.
Maybe he won't.
Maybe I won't be able to enjoy motherhood as much.
Maybe I'll enjoy it more.
Maybe I'd be pushed beyond my limits.
Maybe we'd struggle financially.
Maybe I am underestimating myself.
Maybe things wouldn't be as different as I imagine they would be.
Maybe other moms with more than one kiddo are laughing at me right now and think this is ridiculous.
Maybe you can't really know for certain until you're there.
Instead of wrestling with them, I have decided to take time out. To stop obsessing, planning, and making decisions. I am taking the time to honor those "maybe's." I want to find out if they are stirring in my soul because God put them there, or out of my own selfishness.
If we decide not to have another baby just because we imagine life would be more difficult, but the voice is not from God, it would be selfish.
If we decide to have another baby only because we "want" one, but the desire is not from God, that too is selfish.
I will be at peace, pray, and honor each of my thoughts. God will show me which He has placed in me, and which come from a place of fear and selfishness. Until then, we'll just enjoy the family we have been given. For today, our family is complete.


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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2012, Article ID 857561, 11 pages
Impulsive Cluster Anticonsensus of Discrete Multiagent Linear Dynamic Systems
School of Mathematics, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224002, China
Received 8 September 2011; Accepted 9 December 2011
Academic Editor: Piyapong Niamsup
Copyright © 2012 Liping Zhang and Haibo Jiang. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cluster anticonsensus is another important type consensus of multiagent systems. In this paper, we investigate the problem of impulsive cluster anticonsensus of discrete multiagent linear dynamic systems. Firstly, an impulsive protocol is designed to achieve the cluster anticonsensus. Then sufficient conditions are given to guarantee the cluster anticonsensus of the discrete multiagent linear dynamic system based on the -theory. Numerical simulation shows the effectiveness of our theoretical results.


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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) The maker of Snickers bars and M&Ms candies said it is raising wholesale prices on various items to offset the higher costs of raw materials, packaging and energy, the second major candy company in the past week to announce such a move.
The statement issued this week by Mars follows a similar announcement by its larger rival, The Hershey Co., which cited the spiraling costs of everything from cocoa and peanuts to fuel and utilities.
The privately held Mars did not say which products will go up in price, or by how much. But it said the majority of the price increases will take effect Oct. 17, while several other changes will be introduced through next March.
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I remember being the loner who loved collecting cards. Everyone else had the cool stuff, like electronic gizmos and digital what-have-yous. I had trading cards, Magic the Gathering, even Top Trumps for a laugh.
Now it's 2017 and climate change fears have led to everyone cutting down on printing, and besides, everyone uses their phones nowadays…. so what better time for a revival of card-based games… but for mobile devices?!
The Elder Scrolls: Legends is just one of the summer's many mobile deck-building titles. The game also has two expansions – the deck expansion "Heroes of Skyrim" and the story expansion "The Fall of the Dark Brotherhood". So far, I have completed the main story, acquired a fair number of cards and decks in the Heroes expansion, and I am around halfway through the Dark Brotherhood story expansion.
So let's kick things off with a bit of background for those wondering how an action RPG turned into a deck-building tabletop battler.
How Legends came to be
The main game, Elder Scrolls Legends, came out on PC in early March this year, and was released for iPads later that month, and then in June the game made its way onto iOS and Android. The Heroes of Skyrim expansion was released at the end of June on all platforms and then the Fall of the Dark Brotherhood expansion was released in July.
The game follows on the heels of Bethesda's surprise smash mobile hit Fallout: Shelter, raising the expectations for the Elder Scrolls mobile experience.
The main storyline
The main story campaign follows a band of ragtag adventurers as they save the kingdom from Lord Naarfin, who looks proper evil and stuff. Your character is dubbed "The Forgotten Hero", which is an appropriate name given that I had forgotten you have a character at all, due to it having no bearing whatsoever on the story (I'll come onto that later). Crucially, although primarily an issue with the main game, the story is very linear, only branching slightly through a few choice moments in the standard plotline.
You battle your way through sewers and onto grand battlefields, dispatching a broad selection of enemy types which all feel appropriate in card format. The undead shuffle into play, bringing more hulking fallen foes into action with them. Creatures like harpies and conjurers are bastards and usually cause some sort of havoc when they appear.
The units and abilities you can summon are nicely varied as well. You get enough cards and decks to play as most of the standard "mage/warrior/rogue" classes, although you can always create your own decks to complement "your" story. Dragons and shouts, introduced in the Heroes of Skyrim expansion, feel mighty powerful when deployed, although never quite reach the thrill of blasting a Fus Ro Dah for the first time.
The game's cutscenes, menus and cards are all beautifully-drawn and it is a good design choice for Bethesda. Rather than the usual "get 3D model to woodenly quote dialogue", they have opted for a static image delivering dialogue, which seems far more natural and maintains the game's light sense of immersion.
The artwork is perhaps a little muted in palette, meaning that certain abilities like "guard" – which is indicated in-game with a solid bronze box around the card – aren't obviously visible against the bronze-ish card border and the also-bronze-ish tabletop.
While the game warns me that "this title was designed for bigger devices", i.e. for tablets really, the text size and the rest of the user interface are perfectly suitable on my smaller Samsung Galaxy screen. However some parts of interface, particularly for the deck management screens, can be confusing, and I still have no idea how to delete a card deck altogether.
So, how does the Elder Scrolls translate to a strategy card game?
Similar to most deck-building strategy games, each card you collect has an associated attribute, or attributes. For Elder Scrolls Legends, it is these attributes which link the gameplay back to the classic RPG structure:
- Agility indicates that your creatures could move between lanes (see description below), move into cover, and make extra attacks
- Endurance means these cards get higher health, healing abilities, or can drain life from opponents
- Intelligence gives these cards the chance to deflect damage, prevent enemies from attacking, or damage enemies outside of battle
- Willpower means strength in numbers, often summoning swarms of friendly creatures, guarding abilities, or boosting the power of your other units
- Strength equals cards that have higher damage, may let them attack as soon as they are deployed, and bring along many powerful items
Aside from the above, there are also "neutral" and "dual-attribute" cards which are fairly self-explanatory. This array of different card types means that battles can be varied and fast-paced. While the first few rounds may be calm, once a few major "boost other units" abilities are on the table then battles can turn catastrophic at the turn of a card.
The game does give a couple of decks from the beginning, so you can try out a couple of different combinations to see what works best for you. You may find that relying on one particular style may work…. right up until that big battle where you get overwhelmed and have to try a different tact. While in general I like this approach, you don't really get enough out of failed battles to reward your experimentation, so it's not surprising people "stick to what they know".
Legends also mixes up the formula with the introduction of lanes, which vary between story missions but can have either one or two separate channels to deploy your cards. The catch: you can only attack/defend lanes with deployed units, meaning you have to think tactically and allocate your cards appropriately.
Do you go all out in one lane, or spread yourself thin between the two?
Other Gameplay Modes
Aside from the story campaigns, you can also enter into single battles for bonus experience (both AI and online player battles) as well as taking on the Arenas. These are eight consecutive battles plus a boss which must be defeated without too many losses, or you have to start again.
Each arena attempt costs a ticket – either lots of in-game currency or real cash – and as the game needs a constant internet connection, losing through dropped wi-fi can be a massive pain in the ass, even if the game sometimes counts this as a win.
The standard "solo" arena is AI opponents, although you also have the "versus" arena, where you are pitched against other actual players in the same format, and presumably with even greater risk of connection issues buggering your gameplay.
Story mode
The overall narrative is ever-so-slightly carried through the gameplay as well, with each story mission changing the play slightly. Some levels give each unit a bonus item when deployed, other levels cause random damage to units each turn, and these unique mechanics are explained through the scenario and cutscene introducing the level.
As mentioned above, you have some choices to make as well, not surprising for an Elder Scrolls title, but these are simply conveyed through selecting which cards to upgrade and sacrifice at certain points in the story. You do technically decide whether a friend lives or dies based on these simple card-based choices, which gives this singular moment the slightest hint of emotional impact.
The main story is completely linear – you have no choice about the order of levels and simply plough through them until the inevitable climax. This disappointed me slightly, as it lacked the depth or variety associated with an Elder Scrolls game. The lack of any true character development also disheartened me, with the role-playing limited to which cards and decks you have available rather than which skills and abilities your character has acquired.
The problems I found with the story were slightly improved in the first story expansion – The Fall of the Dark Brotherhood – which reformats the story progression into several maps which are explored by clicking a limited number of markers to either advance the story or trigger the next battle. The interaction is limited but just about enough to make it feel like you are in control of the direction this story is taking. The choice of your next battle, and exploring the map to progress the narrative, gives that sense of being part of the unfolding events far more than the main campaign.
The Fall of the Dark Brotherhood is hard as balls, so I'm retrying most levels with several deck options before being able to progress.
Throughout the main story, there were only four or five levels which caused any trouble at all. Even the final battle only took a couple of tries, but by that point I had acquired a better selection of cards. The expansion ramps up the challenge, which I guess is expected, but I was surprised that the opening missions obliterated me for the majority of an evening. I'm still only part of the way through the FOTDB, but I still want to keep playing, though I'm guessing the difficulty is going to continue climbing.
That is before I've even gotten onto "Master mode", although there don't appear to be new cards on offer there, only some in-game currency and "titles" (which means I get to be called "The Saviour of Cyrodiil", both in-game and out).
I guess a bonus extra-tough mode adds to the replay value and stretches the content further, while giving additional challenges / bragging rights through titles, but the cost for the expansion is £20 (complete, or you can buy individual story acts separately). Pretty pricey for mobile DLC so you're going to need to cough up for that additional content.
The game is beautifully drawn, well designed and strategically rewarding, which you would expect from Bethesda. What I didn't expect was a total lack of character development, or influence over the story direction (aside from the odd "A or B" choice), which meant that this never really felt like an Elder Scrolls game. The story expansion gives just enough of that choice to almost feel right, but you will have to fork out a pretty penny to experience it.
If you love deck-building strategies, this probably has enough depth and variety to keep you happy. If you love the Elder Scrolls titles, you may be left wanting a bit more….


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It is possible that it is already late but I have seen the need to talk about this tape. In the direction we have Nacho G. Velilla and surprisingly we see four people in the script. I will not give their names because it would be ugly for me to say what I am going to say after having named them.
The movie premiered in December 2016, and I'm not going to fool you, Villaviciosa next door had one of those trailers that you see, laughs for your inside and thinks "this must be seen". The premise was interesting, a high concept, the characters live in a town where they play the lottery, but they are unable to go to collect the ticket because they had bought it in a brothel.


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Top each of 2 bread slices with 2 slices white cheddar, 2 slices meatloaf arranged to cover bread, a good-sized dollop of mashed potatoes spread to cover meat, and half the corn, green chile and caramelized-onion mixture. Top each with 2 slices of the yellow cheddar and 1 slice remaining bread.
Heat large cast iron or nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. When hot, place 2 tablespoons of butter in 2 places on the pan. Carefully place sandwiches over butter in pan. Spread tops with remaining butter.
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5 Questions with V12 Group's CEO, Paul Chachko
Marketing Innovation
Editor's note: We recently sat down with Paul Chachko, Chairman and CEO for V12 Group, to get his thoughts on the future of marketing and the challenges CMOs are facing right now. This blog is a compilation of those conversations. V12 Group is a gold sponsor at RampUp 2016.
- What marketing trends do you predict will be most prominent in 2016?
2016 will be the year of the individual.
As smartphone adoption continues to rise, with an estimated 2 billion consumers worldwide expected to own a smartphone by the end of 2016, and programmatic becoming the norm, the opportunity for brands to be connected with their customers and prospects will be closer than ever.
In 2016 and beyond, personalized, data-driven marketing will become increasingly important.
Using data will be integral to addressing the consumer.
Data is now available in easily accessible and interpretable formats through which marketers can develop strong consumer- based marketing plans that will allow for greater brand affinity and stronger sales.
- Why are you attending the RampUp conference this year, and what are you most excited for?
RampUp has emerged as one of the best forums for the discussion and exploration of how data is permeating the marketing landscape.
This event gathers together all of the leaders in the AdTech industry and allows the exchange of ideas and forecasts of how data will transform the marketing and business landscape.
It will be refreshing to hear and see which companies are emerging with new ideas and tactics to reach the consumer as we progress towards one-to-one marketing.
- What brand do you view as a leader in digital marketing, and why?
Netflix is a brand we look to as a leader in leveraging data as a core piece of their marketing effort.
As a leader in content creation, Netflix is constantly releasing a diverse set of programs for their subscribers.
To ensure these new programs get in front of the right audience, Netflix utilizes all types of available data and creates custom audiences aimed at users who will become followers of these new programs.
- What do you think is the single biggest challenge CMOs are facing today?
CMOs are being tasked with two distinct objectives, managing and growing existing customer bases and building and exercising control over burgeoning marketing budgets.
CMOs will continue to own more of the IT and advertising budget.
And, with the consistent development of new technologies and efficiencies, CMOs will, over time, find a balance that allows for the execution of CRM and acquisition-based campaigns targeted down to the consumer level, while leveraging technology stacks that provide efficiencies of cost and time.
- Fill in the blank. My CMO idol is:
Seth Farbman, the CMO for Spotify.
Seth manages the marketing for the world's largest music streaming service. He has overall responsibility for the Spotify brand, the customer experience, and all marketing and external communications worldwide.
In an industry that is extremely crowded, competitive, and fraught with high-brow issues, he has managed to bring Spotify to the forefront of online music listening.
Prior to Spotify, he was the Global CMO for Gap, where he helped the brand rediscover itself, driving a rapid turnaround that increased the company's share price almost three-fold.
This past year, Seth was again named one of Forbes' top ten most influential CMOs (#9) in the world and one of the Top 50 Most Creative People by Creativity magazine.
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My ink paintings are made with a process that starts by randomly brushing, spraying, pouring and flicking ink across paper, then letting it dry. At this stage it looks something like this →
Later I submerge the paper in a flat developing basin of water, the water is about two inches deep; I work on the painting with a stiff bush gradually subtracting the ink.
This is a slow process, the paper may remain submerged for several days at a time.
The innitial application of ink is very fast, sometimes a matter of seconds, so all the time and painting work itself is in the removal of the paint. It is more like painting in reverse, white on black, except lifting permanent black ink from white paper is an extremely delicate process, as the paper surface is fragile, it can tear, or break up into fibers, and is often so stained that the lightest it can go is a mid tone grey. So what I am getting at is that, I have to work with what is there in the original splatters and make that randomness into something - it feels a lot like I am an archaeologist carefully excavating images that are buried in the layers of ink.
Working this way makes my hands turn white and wrinkly from being in the water for long periods of time. I change the water only when it is too dirty to see what I am doing.
At a certain point an image emerges from the ink, like a premonition becoming real, in a nuanced way, I am coaxing it out, like the painting is opening it's eyes from being asleep, not necessarily representing something specific but expressing abstractly in its own terms. There is a certain moment when I am looking down into the water at form, light and space.
The painting to the right has been through this process. Although it is not the same as the above (because I do not have before and after pictures) it started out looking similar →
A thirteen year cycle from 1993-2006. Starting with New Years Eve Paintings (which Bittleston continues), and culminating with the Dream Collaboration paintings Residency in 2006.
Most active in 1997 and 2003/2004 when Bittleston made hundreds of ink paintings, more...
Influenced by "lead pouring" (Bleigiessen), East Asian Ink wash painting and traditional watercolor techniques, which Bittleston studied with Edith Smith and by notoriously going though every art book in Stanford Library in alpabetical order.
Each of these works is a unique improvisation, in a medium that stains the paper on contact. As Bittleston puts it: "Ink painting has the immediacy, and vulnerability of performance. Each work is an adventure, the risk is to set out without knowing and let my hands do the thinking. At the heart of exploration is the allure of the unknown. It is a game of flirting with future. The paper is the future and the ink is the past, their interaction is the present.
There is a moment before I make a mark when anything could happen, I imagine that same limitlessness was there before the big bang, as god took a breath before saying 'let there be light'... then, as ink meets paper, the future is happening, faster than I can take it all in, I am just observing as the painting paints itself."
These works bring together two distinct elements. One of risk and spontaneous expression, the other of controlled planning and meticulous detail. In the mature works from 2003 and 2004 it is hard to tell the difference. Was that abstract shape a fast gestural splatter, or was it obsessively built up from a thousand tiny brush strokes?
Bittleston was familiar with Japanese technique of Kirifuki/Fukibokashi and misted ink with a Mouth Atomizer - found in the varnishing section of the art store, it is the "Medieval" equivalent of a spray can, you blow into one end of two small tubes that meet in a right angle - this device is hard to use and results are often unpredictable, which probably appealed to Bittleston, he wrote that he likes "the idea of painting with his breath".
Bittleston's predeterminate counterpoint to the unpredictable spraying was replicating spray textures by fastidiously painting each dot of the spray by hand. This method of reducing the ink paintings down to points, like pixels or particles, gave rise to some of his strongest work that juxtaposes broad, wet brush strokes that seem to be wielded by the hand of chaos itself, with purposefully building up transparent layers into fine textures and hard edges that melt into soft gradients.
Bittleston's concept of deconstructing improvisation, by slowing it down, is continued in the multi-year dot drawings of "82 Dreamscapes".


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- 3 to 4 small beets
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 sprig thyme
- 6½ tablespoons canola oil
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- ½ cup unsalted pistachios
- ¼ cup sherry vinegar
- ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 ounces Capra Gia goat cheese
- 1 cup microgreens or mache
- 1 tablespoon pistachio oil (optional)
In a baking dish, toss the beets with the garlic, thyme and 2 tablespoons of the canola oil; season with salt and pepper. Cover with foil and bake in a 350° oven for 30 minutes or until tender. Let cool, then peel and quarter the beets. Transfer the beets to a bowl; if using both golden and red, put them in separate bowls.
Toss the pistachios with ½ tablespoon of the canola oil and season with salt and pepper. Toast in the oven for 5 minutes. In a bowl, whisk the vinegar with the olive oil and the remaining ¼ cup of canola oil. Toss the beets with the vinaigrette, season with salt and pepper and arrange on a platter. Crumble the goat cheese on top and sprinkle with the pistachios and microgreens; drizzle with the pistachio oil and serve.


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Are you penalized in Google search if you publish the exact same content on various platforms? This article explores the difference between curated and duplicate content.
Read this tip and more: "So Google recommends to syndicate carefully," the authors write. "In our own experience republishing to Medium, LinkedIn and other sites, we had great results in Google Search but we used different titles for each destination."
How are you avoiding publishing duplicate content?
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Add New York City to the list of roadblocks that ride service Lyft must deal with as it expands nationally.
New York City's attorney general and the Taxi and Limousine Commission filed a restraining order on Lyft, which lets users order rides around town after scheduling a pick-up via a smartphone app. The move comes on the same day Lyft planned to start operations in two New York City outer boroughs, Brooklyn and Queens.
A report by The Verge claims Lyft met with city officials, who are deliberating over whether the startup's business adheres to local transit laws. Officials took legal action after Lyft announced it would move ahead with its New York City launch, regardless. Now, Lyft intends to delay its New York City launch until both sides can iron things out. (A number of cities have tried to stop Lyft over licensing and legal issues. Taxi drivers, which stand to lose clients to Lyft, have been particularly vocal in their opposition.)
"We agreed in New York State Supreme Court to put off the launch of Lyft's peer-to-peer model in New York City, and we will not proceed with this model unless it complies with New York City Taxi and Limousine regulations," Lyft spokesperson Erin Simpson told Fortune in a statement. According to Simpson, Lyft and the Taxi and Limousine Commission will begin discussions on Monday on ways for the startup to comply with local transit laws. Once the two sides come to some sort of agreement, Simpson said Lyft plans to launch in New York City "immediately."
Lyft's expansion efforts in recent months have been nothing short of aggressive. This April, the startup nearly doubled the number of U.S. markets it serves moving into cities like Kansas City, Mo., Omaha, Neb., and Corpus Christi, Texas, bringing the total tally to 60. The company also announced a temporary 10% price cut on fares in all markets, following a 20% cut it had already announced. That same month, Lyft raised a whopping $250 million from backers such as Alibaba, Third Point, and Andreessen Horowitz – a sum that will go towards international growth.
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The bmt's interactive services for broadcasting encompass products where the user must also play an active role. The bmt can develop custom services/applications harmonized precisely to the needs of the application, and thus optimized in terms of performance and stability.
The bmt also draws on its own experience to develop for all current systems, such as HbbTV, iOS and Android.
Current Projects
Local TV portal
The Local TV portal comprises a still image channel and an HbbTV application. It is intended to make it easier to find local TV programming.
The still image channel is fed by satellite and shows all available local TV programming, including the logo, program name, ID and transponder slot (frequency). Satellite receiver users can then find programs on their own and bookmark their favorite program slots.
The HbbTV application can be received via DVB-T and satellite on Smart-TV receivers (HbbTV). The selection of local TV programming is collated into lists (by federal state) and program (broadcaster name), and is supported through maps and logos. If a given program is available, selecting it leads to an automatic jump to that live satellite signal or to the broadcaster's specific HbbTV application with a media library or similar.
Prior development projects
The BR Radio App (iOS) and BR Rundschau App (Android) were developed for BR. The bmt was commissioned by the BLM to develop the BLM local radio (iOS) app, an iPhone application for local Bavarian radio programming.
The DynSI (Dynamic Service Information) system developed by the bmt processes topical content bundled with the broadcast signal and makes it available for transmission. This is handled based on the so-called Service Information (SI), in this case specified for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB).
Modular radio app
This new product from the bmt involves an iOS and Android radio app featuring a modular construction. Select your preferred options and offer your listeners and users the latest app technology in your corporate design.
Select from the options
– Notifications
– Image/email/voice to studio
– Traffic speed trap warnings
– Current song/playlist
– Banner ads
– Alarm clock function
Or tell us your ideas and we'll integrate them.
The bmt is also involved in the field of digital radio (such as the "DAB-Toolbox" and "Datendienst goes Handy") and mobile broadcasting with interactive services (such as with the aid of Java or MPEG4-BIFS).
Given the relatively short usage times, users seeking mobile access to TV content on portable receivers need quick access to interesting, highly meaningful information. There are two ways to achieve this: classic linear programming; or a system to save segments from the on-going program to allow on-demand viewing. Tagging involves the marking of individual segments of an audio or video stream by the program broadcasters, allowing for targeted recording based on category and simple call up based on meta-information bundled with the broadcast. A demo application developed by the bmt shows how tagging works on mobiles, and clarifies the potential applications of tagging. Program segments are sorted by category and can be selected and viewed based on a brief description of the content. The time for recording and the program broadcaster's logo are also displayed on each segment. Once a viewer composes a playlist of desired segments, those segments can then be collated into a virtual program — ordered to the viewer's preference — for future viewing.
Interactive Applications (MPEG4-BIFS, Java)
BIFS stands for Binary Format for Scenes, a descriptive language contained within MPEG-4 used for interactive multimedia content. When working with DMB, BIFS offers the opportunity for supplemental services such as the ordering of merchandise or a news ticker to be included with a video service.