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We're only about half way through Hartley's first 10-game segment as the Flames coach so we're limited in how much we can read into his bench management so far. That said, a few things seem to be emerging in the early going as mentioned yesterday, so let's dive in and see how each guy has been deployed and how he has fared in that role.
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These charts help visualize three primary elements in player evaluation:
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2.) Quality if Competition, or who on the other team a player faces, be it first liners or fourth liners.
3.) Corsi, or the ratio of shots for and against the occur with the player on the ice.
Of course, all of the above is considered at even strength only.
These charts starting popping up in various forms a few years ago, but one of the main proponents and innovators was Hockey Prospectus (and part-time FN contributor) Rob Vollman. This chart was submitted by him.
On the x-axis is the ratio of offensive zone draws moving from most difficult to easiest. On the y-axis is the quality of competition moving from easiest to toughest. So a guy in the upper left hand corner would be facing murders row and starting in the defensive zone all the time, while a guy in the bottom right would be facing 4th liners and starting in o-zone all night.
The color and size of each players "bubble" represents his relative corsi rate. Blue represents guys with positive ratios (above 0 or 50%) while red are players underwater (below zero or below 50%). Bigger bubbles means the player is further above or below neutral – so a big blue bubble means a high relative corsi while a big red bubble means a very low (negative) rate.
The ideal superstar plays against other players superstars, starts more often in his own zone and still has high possession numbers. Let's call him "Davel Patsyuk". His big, blue bubble would be slightly left of Bouwmeester's on this chart. An archetypal replacement level or worse player would look like…well Blake Comeau on this chart.
As usual, given the sample size, we should take these numbers with a pinch of salt. Quality of competition metrics are especially prone to kicking out some odd results with so few games played (although the Flames positioning on this chart more or less matches what I've seen by eye so far).
In addition, Rob has used relative corsi here rather than absolute corsi for possession numbers which can be deceptive if not correctly noted. Jarome Iginla isn't actually underwater on the season (he's closer to even), but relative to the club's performance his corsi rate is in the red. Ditto Hudler and Cervenka, who are actually well on the positive side of the ledger by normal corsi.
What obviously stands out is the work done by Stempniak and Backlund have done so far. They've started more often in the d-zone but lead the pack by wide a margin in terms of possession. They've mostly faced muffins so far, but it wouldn't surprise me if Hartley starts match them a bit more against top-6 competition.
Jay Bouwmeester continues to face the toughest competition on the team and in the toughest circumstances. He hasn't fared all that well so far, truth be told, although that defniitely has a lot to do with his struggles through the first few games. He and Giordano seem to have turned things around lately, so his results could improve as we move along.
As mentioned, Blake Comeau is playing butter soft minutes and getting killed. He was okay as a middle rotation winger last season (although he couldn't put the puck in the ocean) but he has been legitimately terrible to start this season.
Other Stuff – Chicago Chances
I finally sat down and counted out the chances per line from the Chicago game. I limited it to even strength chances, although I can put together the PP chances per line if anyone would like as well.
Anyways, here's how things broke down. The final numbers surprised me:
Essentially, each forward unit traded chances with their counterparts…except for the Backlund unit who went all medieval on the Hawks. A lot of the damage was done in that lopsided thrid period, no doubt when the Hawks legs were gone (and they were defending a lead) so attach appropriate caveats.
Guys like Iginla and Hudler were on the ice for a lot more chances overall because they featured prominently on the man advantage, but at ES they more or less just traded blows. Which isn't, in itself all that bad given they were facing guys like Hossa, Toews and Kane most of the night. That said, Calgary's overall domination was built on the back of it's third line.


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"All That Jazz" from CHICAGO at the Hollywood Bowl
Here's the opening number from CHICAGO the Musical at the Hollywood Bowl opening night.
Samantha Barks and the company in "All That Jazz."
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LAFAYETTE, La. (AStateRedWolves.com) – The Arkansas State women's tennis team fought back to tie Middle Tennessee 3-3 with one match remaining, but couldn't get the fourth win as the Blue Raiders defeated A-State by a score of 4-3 in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tennis Tournament at Red Lerille's in Lafayette, La. Thursday afternoon.
MTSU improves to 11-11 on the season and advances to play Troy in the second round. Arkansas State finishes the season with a mark of 5-11.
Arkansas State got down 3-1 before Tamara Slijepcevic defeated Irina Constantinide 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 to pull A-State within 3-2. Ioana Teu was able to tie it up at 3-3 with a 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2 victory over Nayara Moraes.
In the deciding match, Janie Nowland fell to Yuiri Nomoto 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 and the Blue Raiders escaped with the 4-3 win over the Red Wolves.
"The girls gave it their best effort and left their hearts and souls out on the court," ASU tennis coach Marina Engelbrecht said. "That's all you can ask for as a coach and I'm proud of how they played. We would have loved to win, but we can go home knowing we gave it everything. Losses like today just motivate you to work harder next year."
In the other singles matches, Biljana Miloshevska registered the first A-State point with a 6-4, 6-2 straight set win over Flavia Nagayama. Carla Nava defeated Jess Heeps-Eriksen 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 and Chiara Stefanov fell in straight sets 6-0, 6-3 to Alexandra Torres.
A-State's pair of Heeps-Eriksen/Slijepcevic defeated Nava/Torres by a score of 8-6, but ASU couldn't get a win from its other duos to record the doubles point. Nowland/Teu lost to Constantinide/Moraes 8-6 and Miloshevska/Sofia Krsmanovic fell to Nomoto/Nagayama by a count of 8-6 as MTSU took the doubles point.
The A-State tennis season comes to a close with the loss and marks the end of senior Ioana Teu's Arkansas State career.
Doubles Competition
1. Constantinide, Irina/Moraes, Nayara (MT) def. Nowland, Janie/Teu, Ioana (ASU) 8-6
2. Nomoto, Yuiri/Nagayama, Flavia (MT) def. Miloshevska, Biljana/Krsmanovic, Sofia (ASU) 8-6
3. Heeps-Eriksen, Jess/Slijepcevic, Tamara (ASU) def. Nava, Carla/Torres, Alexandra (MT) 8-6


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Launching two new faces, Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty, Salman left no stones unturned to promote them as the upcoming stars of Bollywood. Salman organised musical concerts, recorded a song in his own voice and even promised autographed tickets to fans. But alas, his efforts seem to be failing as Hero is showing a steep downward trend at the box office. After making merry at the box office on the opening weekend, raking over Rs 21.1 crore, there has been considerable dip in the collections over the weekdays. " #Hero Fri 6.85 cr, Sat 6.62 cr, Sun 7.63 cr, Mon 3.03 cr, Tue 2.45 cr, Wed 2.15 cr, Thu 2.14 cr. Total: Rs 30.87 cr. Despite being a holiday on the account of Ganesh Chaturthi, Hero could not pick up its declining box office figures, earning Rs 2.14 crore on Thursday. And now with Imran Khan and Kangana Ranaut's Katti Batti sure to attract crowd, the box office fate of Sooraj and Athiya's Hero doesn't look too good. The film can take solace from the fact that it has managed to surpass the lifetime collections of Nikhil's last release D-Day [30 crore] within one week flat. Also, unlike numerous newcomer films that gets lost in the oblivion without much of a fight, this one – albeit being backed by Salman Khan and Eros – has managed to make some noise en route its release at the least.
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The industry too now has newer options for leading hero and heroine in the form of Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty. Yes, a clean HIT would have pleased all involved with the film but still, it isn't a bad deal after all for Hero to head for that 40 crore mark. The film is doing exceptionally well in Rajasthan, CP-Berar, Gujarat and CI belts throughout the first week. The movie was quite good in Maharashtra belts especially in cities like Pune, Mumbai etc. The action and music of the film has worked big time it seems. The movie has been made on a budget of 28 Crores (inclusive of all) and has already recovered its cost in the first weekend. 8th day has brought good figures in the side of Hero and total 2nd Friday box office collection of Hero is 1.95 Crores* which is good than even the latest released flicks. The movie was average in north belts and below par in Mysore and West Bengal but the collections in Mumbai, Mass belts including Central Belts have helped the movie notch a very good business throughout the week days. It may do quite well in the next two days due to weekend time.
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Before my morning prayer, I read my daily Psalm. "The Lord is the light and my salvation," the 27th Psalm begins, "whom shall I fear?" After having read the Psalm, I closed my eyes and in the silence began to reflect on light. There is a beauty to light as it breaks through leaves on trees in a forest or dances in motes through the window and creates a patch on the floor, which is usually where I will find one of our dogs so that they can be bathed in its warmth. I am fascinated by light, so much so, to the dismay of my family, I will watch documentaries like Forces of Nature: Color that deal with color as a complex array of light. It's incredible to think about how light not only affects color but is composed of colors. The color of the light depends on the length of its wavelengths. And both determine the energy of the light, with violet waves having the most because it has the shortest length. Sunlight contains all the colors of the rainbow.
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When I was a small boy, my family went camping along the Outer Banks on the North Carolina coast. One night, my grandfather, Papa Fred, led me by my tiny hand to the shore. It was night and it was darker than what I, having been raised in a busy city, was used to. I could hear the sounds of the ocean, the night tides coming in and out. The air is salty and I can taste it on my lips. Overhead were more stars than I had ever seen in my life before. A canopy of stars brighter than they ever appeared in the city with all of its streetlights. It was breathtaking. As we stood there in awe and wonder, Papa Fred leaned down to me and whispered, "You are made up of the stuff of stars."
I had never heard such a thing before but it sounded magical. I looked up at the stars and him, doubtful but thrilled by the idea. It definitely made me see myself differently. I kept looking at my hands to see if they would glow like the light of the stars. He and I sat on that sandy beach and watched for shooting stars. I would never forget that moment. I was made of the stuff of light.
Many years later, I was a chaperone on a school field trip my older son's school took to Camp Kanuga in the mountains of Hendersonville. One night, one of the camp leaders led us on a midnight hike up one of the mountains. At first all of the kids were nervous and said, "But it's too dark!" The counselor smiled and led us up the path. It was amazing to all of us how our eyes adjusted to the lack of light and how we began to not only see more clearly, but hear more clearly too. It made me think of the Theodore Roethke line, "In a dark time my eyes begin to see." They were also enthralled by the bioluminescence of Foxfire, a fungi that grows on rotting logs, and glows with a dim green light.
God as light creating light. And then, throughout scripture, asking that we join in this by being light ourselves, light in the chiaroscuro of this world with all of its light and darkness and shadows. We are called to be the light in the darkened world to help others to see, to draw them to the light, to the love that we are reflecting, Christ's love.
The Dutch painter Vermeer was an artist who utilized light to great effect in his paintings, using light to draw the viewer's eyes to the subject, to the focal point. He used light and shadow to create space and dimension like no other artist before him had. Creating reflections in glass. Vermeer was able to do this by using a camera obscura (a box with a hole to look through. The inside of the box is painted white and there are a series of lenses and mirrors that reflect the exterior image within and intensify the light and shadows with the reflection, so he could notice the finer details on objects made by the shadows and light on them). One cannot help but be amazed by such details when looking at one of his glorious paintings.
Psalm 119:105 says, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light on my path." Amidst the darkness of the world, it is the very scriptures that are meant to illuminate how we are to live so that others will see and be drawn in by our light and our love. As that famous and oft-repeated passage in the Gospel of Matthew reminds us, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven" (5:13-16).
Everyday I pray that, as I go about my day, I am a light to others in all that I say and do and write. I pray that the choices and decisions I make are based in light (love) and not darkness (fear). I strive to live this out by hopefully choosing kindness, mercy and compassion in my interactions with people instead of being guided fear because scripture tells us that perfect love casts out fear. Love, like light, is radiance and gives glory to God. This is critical in a world that is filled with so much distrust and fear. We have no problem sending missionaries to dangerous parts of the world, but we shrink in fear at the notion of refugees from Middle Eastern countries coming to our own homeland. We choose security over servanthood (being light) out of fear of the cost to ourselves and our family and our comfort.
Yet we forget that we are, all of us, refugees: exiled from Eden and from being the people God created us to be. Christ came to show us the light, that we had gotten lost from the path, from being the people we were created to be, to remind us of the reality of who his Abba was, and to let us know that to be light was to work daily for "on earth as it is in heaven." That means we are not to focus on a someday kingdom after this life, but work to be glimpses of that kingdom in the places where we are now. That means we have to move from self-serving motives to serving others, from darkness to light.
The world is in the darkness of night and we are to go about, like candles being carried in the dark, showing the light of Christ through our acts of compassion, mercy, grace, love, joy and peace. This is not easy or natural. Today, I heard another story on the news involving an act of violence in which one man sought to kill many others. Whenever there is such violence in the world, I pray that there isn't retaliation because it always lead to escalation. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." This means that, like children, we are open and vulnerable to loving others, being a light for others amidst violence and terror. It takes more strength to respond in peace than it does in violence. Violence comes naturally. Peace comes spiritually. How many who heard Christ say those words turned back in disappointment that he was not offering a call to take up arms and overthrow Rome. They wanted a militaristic and nationalistic Messiah. How many of us today still want that? Yet Jesus is telling us, "That's not the way of the kingdom. You are to be light. You are to be love. You are to be peacemakers." I pray that I can be a peacemaker in my home, in my neighborhood, in my community and that what I do brings peace and wholeness.
One of my heroes, Archbishop Desmund Tutu, said, "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."
Christ is our hope, our light.
With Christ in us, we are to offer hope, to offer light.
Too many in this world, including those who call themselves followers of Christ, are moved by fear and not light and love. To often, Christians shrink back in fear when they see the violence and acts of terrorism that appear to occur daily. It frightens so many. Fear is one of the deadliest hindrances to faith because it exists in the "What if . . .?" What if something happens to someone I love? What if I lose my job? What if someone opens fire on my child's school? Like the characters in Madeleine L'Engle's classic A Wrinkle in Time, we see the great darkness in the form of a great dark cloud, known as The Black Thing, overcoming so much of the universe. It is a personification of evil. Then they are shown by the Happy Medium how Christ and artists and philosophers have come to fight that darkness through beautiful acts of creation and self-sacrifice.
When I thought about this section of her Newberry Award winning novel, I was reminded of the Quaker leader, George Fox's saying, "I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness." Christ was and is that light. We are called to be that ocean of light and love in this world darkened by fear and death and violence and cruelty and discrimination and hatred.
How can we do this?
Returning to Madeleine L'Engle, "We draw people to Christ not by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it."
We must do act accordingly. This world that appears so darkened and dimmed desperately needs to see the light of Christ in us. We can offer them glimpses of the kingdom through every act of compassion we perform. Let love speak loudest in this world that is too frequently drowned in words of hate, anger, distrust, fear, and hopelessness. Just as we cannot move mountains by ourselves but can move one rock at a time, we cannot change the world by ourselves, but we can affect the world by simply choosing to interact with each person who comes across our path with kindness, with love, with mindfulness. Let them be surprisingly dazzled by the light of our tenderness, our vulnerability, by our peacefulness. May any cold heart be thawed by the light of our love towards those who would not either ask for nor welcome it. May they catch glistening prisms of the light of the Lord out of the corner of their eyes when they see us about in the world. Let mercy, like light, touch gently on their shoulders.
Lord, may this begin with me.
I am reminded of one morning when I had gone in to work very early. It was still darkness when I entered, but as I came out of the store to go to my car, I was greeted with the most magnificently bright sunrise I had ever seen. Despite my exhaustion, coming out into this sunrise filled me with new life, with warmth, with gratitude. All I could do was gaze upon it and utter, "Thank you." My heart was filled with gratitude and love for a Creator who greeted me that morning in such a manner.
"Let there be light . . ."
Let us be light.


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I think it says a lot about my relationship with my sister to state that I can't really remember much of my life that didn't have her in it.
Whether it was watching my father pull her out of the pool in early April, fully clothed in her snowsuit, or wearing a swimsuit, swarmed by cats coming from every direction as she fed them dinner, I have had a front row seat for the life that is Little Sister's. When we were younger, we were either best buddies or bickering
As much as we were alike (she always wanted to pick the same chocolate bar that I picked at the corner store), we were very different (I never had a problem falling asleep at night, she would need some "wind down time" before drifting off – more on that later!) She had naturally curly blonde hair. I think you remember what my hair was like.
She is a free spirit, a young heart and big laugh. There are few mothers more dedicated than she, and she has been dealt – and endured trials that few others could overcome. I feel I have helped with that sense of tenacity. I like to take credit for shaping the person she is today!
It came from years of holding her hands after she pulled her mittens off and stuffed her hands into snow drifts. Either that or it was when I'd cross the hall to her room in the dark of night and pound the ever lovin' crap out of her for failing to SHUT UP when I told her I wanted to go to sleep. I tempered her physically and emotionally which prepared her for life's challenges!
Now, in one of life's little twists of fate, I work with my sister. For her actually. We were recently asked how it was to work together – and neither of us could come up with an answer. Partially because we have always worked together, in less formal circumstances, and also because of the nature of our relationship.
We have always had each other's back.
Happy Birthday Little Sister!


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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Closing arguments are set in the federal conspiracy and cyberstalking case against the widow and children of a man who killed his ex-daughter-in-law at a Delaware courthouse.
David Matusiewicz; his mother, Lenore; and his sister, Amy Gonzalez, are being tried on charges involving the death of David's ex-wife, Christine Belford. If convicted, they could face life in prison, a punishment Justice Department officials believe would be unprecedented for cyberstalking resulting in death.
Belford and a friend were fatally shot by Thomas Matusiewicz, who then killed himself. The shootings followed a bitter custody battle between Belford and David Matusiewicz. Prosecutors say the Matusiewicz family tormented and stalked Belford for years.
Jurors were to hear closing arguments Tuesday after the judge denied a defense motion for acquittal of Gonzalez and Lenore Matusiewicz.


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If you are on the lookout for a professional notebook that can cruise you through your day, then this ASUS VivoBook Pro N580VD-DB74T review is something you must read! This new notebook is a new entry in the power user segment and comes with a price tag that sort of makes it a bit affordable.
It comes with all the mouthwatering specs that every power user would drool over. But is it really that different from other laptops in the same category? Is it worth the money? Well, let's find that out in our full review below.
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The ASUS VivoBook Pro N580VD-DB74T laptop comes in a nice light gold color. It is made of aluminum and is pretty durable when you hold it for the first time. ASUS says that they use high-strength aluminum for the materials used in this laptop and it sure does feel that way.
When it comes to the looks, this one surely will turn a few heads. The laptop comes with a thin 0.76-inch profile and weighs around 4.8 pounds. This is much lighter than any other laptop in the same size category. This weight also makes this laptop suitable for travel as taking it along is a bit lighter now.
The cooling system inside deserves a mention here. It features a dual-fan cooling system. The system is capable of adjusting its speed according to the load so that you get maximum processing power for your work and play. One thing to note here is that such a robust cooling system hasn't made the laptop any thicker.
ASUS VivoBook Pro N580VD-DB74T Specs
Once you open the laptop, you are greeted with a nice 15.6-inch LED-backlit display. It comes with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels which makes the screen full HD. The colors are pretty good as the display supports 74% NTSC and 100% sRGB color gamut.
The contrast ratio is impressive and so is the viewing angles on this display. You can enjoy watching your favorite content like movies and TV shows without having to confine to a particular position all the time. ASUS says there is enough power in this laptop for UHD playback but we don't really believe that as it could lead to a really unenjoyable user experience with hiccups.
If you are a writer, then you will love the keyboard on the ASUS VivoBook Pro N580VD-DB74T laptop. It has good key travel and is pretty good for writing on. It is also backlit, so working in low light situations is not a problem anymore. The trackpad is also decent but won't win any awards.
The processor that runs this machine is an Intel Core i7 7700HQ chip. This is a quad-core processor from Intel which comes with a 2.8GHz clocking frequency. This is a high-end chip is it brings quite a bit of power to the equation. It can go up to 3.5GHz. when there is a need for more power.
But what good is it in real life situations? Very good. For example, you can run any software on this chip without any hiccups whatsoever. Be it high-end video editors, or programming consoles, this processor will run them all.
Combine the power this Intel i7 7700hq chip with the 16 gigs of DDR3 RAM memory, you have one hell of a machine in your hands. With the memory available, you can do a lot of multitasking.
Graphics, Storage & Other Stuff…
The graphics card on the ASUS VivoBook Pro N580VD-DB74T is a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050. This is a high-end graphics card that comes with 4 gigs of video memory. You can use this graphics card not only for gaming but also for video editing and other graphics works.
If you are a gamer, then this GPU will quench your thirst for gaming. You can play games like FIFA 17, Prey, Team Fortress 2, and other recent games at high settings. If you are into online games like WoW or LoL, then this GPU will perform like a superstar and you will get a superior experience.
Storage in laptops has become so important these days. It is not only how much storage you have but also what type of storage that is present in the laptop. The ASUS VivoBook Pro N580VD-DB74T comes with 512 gigs of Solid state drive storage which is a very good addition in our opinion.
This SSD will improve boot times significantly. The loading times of applications will also be snappier. If you have used only mechanical drives before, then you will notice the difference immediately. The solid state drive comes with Windows 10 installed in it so you also get the latest and the greatest of Windows as well.
For connectivity, you get one USB 3.1 type C port, one USB 3.1 type A port, one USB 2.0 port, one HDMI port, and also a headphone jack. The laptop has both WiFi and Bluetooth inbuilt so that it will easier for you to connect to the internet and external devices without having to use wires.
ASUS VivoBook Pro N580VD-DB74T Review: Verdict
That brings us to the end of this ASUS VivoBook Pro N580VD-DB74T review. This VivoBook pro is indeed a pro machine. Yes, there are machines with much better specs catered towards pros but in this price range, this laptop here beats every other model. If you are looking for an allrounder with powerful specs, then this is an excellent choice.
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The New Mobile Frontier: Hyperion & Oracle Business Intelligence
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Mobile is big. Really big. Huge in fact. In the world of Business Analytics Anywhere, we need to be able to build a solution once and then deploy it to a desktop, cell phone, or tablet. Before your CFO asks to pull up reports on her iPad, your VP of FP&A asks why we can't put Planning on a tablet, or your users ask for dashboards on a mobile device, make sure you have a solution in mind. Luckily, Oracle has multiple excellent mobile answers: OBIEE Mobile Analytics, BI Mobile Application Designer, mobile Hyperion Financial Reporting, Hyperion Planning tablet, and Oracle EPM Mobile Approvals. In this session, you will be shown all the possible solutions and leave knowing the benefits of each one and the basics of how to implement. If you want to business analytics on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device, join us to hear about the best current solutions available.
Pre-requisites: None
Presentation Objectives: 1) What is OBIEE Mobile Analytics and how do I use it? 2) What is OBIEE Mobile Application Designer and how do I use it? 3) What are the Oracle EPM mobile solutions and how do I use them? 4) What's the future of Oracle mobile?
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Oracle ACE Director, Edward Roske is the cofounder/CEO of interRel Consulting and co-author of the bestselling series Look Smarter than You Are with Hyperion. Known for his dry wit and Oracle EPM/BI mastery, Oracle has sent Roske around the globe to evangelize Oracle EPM/BI in over 25 countries across 6 continents. Though he was the first person ever to get a perfect score on the Essbase Certification exam, he is most proud of winning "Speaker of the Year" at the largest Oracle BI/EPM Conference in the world. Follow him on Twitter at @ERoske or check out his free videos at epm.bi/videos.


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I was recently quoted in the Danish political weekly Mandag Morgen about European politics.
The article is about increased interest in European politics in the Danish news media. I talked with the author, Claus Kragh, about various reasons that may explain this: the fact that (Western) European countries all have the same "blue-red" divide between cosmopolitans and nationalists; the breaking down of traditional parties; a renewed sense of political urgency in the wake of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump.
If you don't read Danish, check out my articles in English about Europe's blue-red culture war at the Atlantic Sentinel.


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Renaissance Books provides a platform for authors in the fields of reference, memoir, fiction, literature and literary studies that speak to our scholarly interest in East-West cultures and traditions.
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Anjin - The Life and Times of Samurai William Adams, 1564-1620. As Seen Through Japanese Eyes
Hiromi T. Rogers
This is a highly readable account of Adams' voyage to and twenty years in Japan, told for the first time from a Japanese perspective, and enriched by detailed observations of Japanese culture and society at this time. New light is shed on Adams' relations with the Dutch and his countrymen, including the disastrous relationship with Captain John Saris, the key role likely to have been played by the munitions, including cannon, removed from Adams' ship De Liefde in the great battle of Sekigahara (September 1600), as well as the shipbuilding skills that enabled Japan to advance its international maritime ambitions. This is the real story that inspired James Clavell's Shogun
My Shanghai, 1942-1946. A Novel
Keiko Itoh
It is 1942. Shanghai after Pearl Harbor. Newly-arrived Eiko Kishimoto, a twenty-year-old, London-educated Japanese housewife, settles into a privileged existence in the French Concession as a member of the community of the Occupying Power. Initially, her days are filled with the rich fare of high society life, amidst an ebullient, cosmopolitan community that makes up Shanghai.
Cantankerous Essays. Musings of a Disillusioned Japanophile
Ron Dore
After six decades following developments in Japanese society, economy and culture and as a well-known 'leftie' – the author describes the evolution of his cognitive and evaluative/emotional perceptions of Japan, and explains why he can no longer be described as a 'Japanophile'. To which are added essays on more general issues of the present day, such as events in the Ukraine, Iran and Israel, the 'Piketty boom', Japan and China, Japan and North Korea and the 'new Cold Wars'
An Image of the Times. An Irreverent Companion to Ben Jonson's Four Humours and the Art of Diplomacy
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Here is a witty and learned literary excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed inter alia by the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Fielding – leading in the second half to some glorious insights and observations provided by the author's life experience in the world of diplomacy. It is a rich and fascinating mix of literary idiom, the theatre of the absurd and the comic element of the human condition.
Magnolia. A Novel
Agnita Tennant
Here is an extraordinary love story that speaks to the crisis of separation and scorn, love and hate, following the Korean War ceasefire in July 1953. Four years later, Sukey, a graduate with much promise, falls in love with Kwon, a man who confesses to having been a North Korean spy. Although hostilities are over, enmity towards the North is the social norm and deeply entrenched. With anti-spy campaigns, street searches, and arrests of any suspect, citizens are urged to be vigilant and to report on any suspicious goings-on.
Rhythms, Rites and Rituals. My Life in Japan in Two-step and Waltz-time
Dorothy Britton
Including a description of her survival as a small child in Japan's Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, this book is an enthralling account of the late Dorothy Britton's life, loves and experiences in an amazingly varied life and career. Amusing episodes and stories of fascinating people and relationships abound in the book, as do valuable insights into topics such as the post-war Occupation and its impact on everyday life, the role of women, learning Japanese, marriage customs, food and many other aspects of Japanese culture and society.


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This video blog by The Simpit covers the new release of Assetto Corsa version 1.3. This new update to the already terrific sim brings many new features and fixes to AC. In this video Shaun covers some of the more significant upgrades that will effect the performance of the sim.
In addition to the update Assetto Corsa has also released its second Dream Car Pack as available Downloadable Content. This DLC does come at an additional fee and Shaun also covers the list of additional cars and track that will be added to the Sim.
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