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Author's Note: Hello, everyone!
For those of you who have been faithful readers from the beginning, please don't freak out about the lack of chapters. Everything is still all here, but I went through and put some shorter chapters together and did a lot of editing (I added some things, tweaked others). Let me put this into perspective for you guys: I started Just a Dare at the end of my freshman year. I'm a junior now. My writing style has changed since then and I wanted to get everything up to date. You beautiful people deserve the best for being awesome and following Trey as he makes his way through the tail-end of high school.
I hope you guys like the new changes!
And for all of you brand-spanking-new bright and shiny faces, hello! *excited wave* I hope you enjoy the roller coaster ahead. I know that I've enjoyed writing it for you. :)
Chapter One
"Excuse me, come again?" I said to my best friend, Jonathan Berkeley, nearly choking on the mouthful of water I had just swigged from my plastic water bottle.
We were sitting at one of the round tables in our school cafeteria, the other chairs presently vacant since the meat heads we called our friends were up in line to purchase a school lunch.
We were what every annoying Hollywood high school movie would call the "jocks" at school, the guys who were in athletics and were on nearly every sports team the school had to offer.
Jon smirked at me, flashing his perfectly straight white teeth, a malicious sort of humor glinting in his deep blue eyes. "You heard me," he replied coolly. He picked up his soda, took a long gulp from it, and gestured over to a table across the room from ours, drink still in hand, to a petite brunette with her back to us presently. Her long, dark brown hair was plaited down her back, shining softly underneath the obnoxiously bright florescent light bulbs. "I dare you to make Melody Scribner fall madly in love with you."
For as long as I could remember, I had always hated Melody Scribner.
Of course, I saw what everyone who looked at her saw; a bright-eyed girl with a matching smile and hunger for knowledge. Good, smart, kind; that was her. Always offering to linger after class to help a fellow student with their work, eager to talk to her teachers during and after class. She knew the answer to nearly every question but would wait to see if anyone else knew it before cautiously raising her hand.
She was so nice and pure and innocent - the epitome of "Little Miss Sunshine" - and that had always annoyed the living shit out of me.
I didn't even keep it to myself after a while, reminding her of my contempt for her every second I had the chance. She smiled a sad smile the first time, but my constant jabs at her eventually led to witty comebacks, scathing remarks, and furious glances over the years.
Despite the fact that the infuriating girl was the bane of my existence, however, I thoroughly enjoyed watching her get all riled up just to see how she'd react to what I'd say or do. So, like I said, I'd obviously never been interested in her in any regard besides the obvious one: mercilessly using her as a means of entertainment.
I glared at my friend, who wasn't feeling much like a friend presently, entertaining myself with many different colorful ways to murder him. He lazily placed the soda can back onto the table, his smirk widening. I hated him more than I had ever hated anyone at that moment as I watched him recline in his chair and wait for me to speak.
He was wearing his Letterman jacket, the large orange "B" emblazoned on the left chest side over the black material, and a patch with a football on it just below that with the year we made it to state with the Varsity team - our junior year. The back of the jacket bore his last name between his shoulder blades along with his jersey number (eleven) and the year we were going graduate. It was unbuttoned, revealing a blue V-neck T-shirt. His blonde hair was gelled as usual, the front spiked up.
"You know I can't do that." I ground out, irritated.
Jon arched a golden eyebrow. "What's that? Are you actually turning down a bet?"
"No," I snapped, "I just haven't agreed to it yet. It's impossible and you know it, so I really don't see why you're trying so hard to push me to do it."
He was being a prick about it. Was I really surprised, though? I knew the answer anyway. No, because Jonathan Berkeley was an immature asshole, simple as that.
"Whoa, whoa. Watch it with the temper there, Trey." He said jokingly, chuckling. "I just meant that you've never turned down a dare. Ever."
Unfortunately, it was true.
I always followed through with a dare, no matter how stupid it was, just to prove that I could. Some might say that it was a sign of arrogance or male dominance, but the truth of the matter was that I simply liked showing everybody up and claiming my reward afterward.
Okay, so maybe that might still come across as arrogance, but whatever. Like I said, it was the truth.
"I know." I sighed, taking a huge bite of my piece of pepperoni pizza.
"So," Jon prompted me, stuffing a handful of Lays potato chips into his mouth. He swallowed before continuing. "are you willing to break your perfect dare-winning record?"
I looked over Jon's shoulder at Melody, watching as her shoulders shook and her head fell back slightly as she laughed.
If I cocked my head to the side, closed one eye, and squinted the other just enough, I guess she really wasn't that terrible looking...
Maybe I could make it work after all. I mean, I already had breathtakingly rugged good looks and an undeniably great personality, so what could possibly go wrong?
She started talking (I could tell by the glimpse of animated hand gestures I could see; she made a better door than window, obviously) and I held in a groan of protest.
Damn it, who was I trying kid, here? The crazy woman hated me with a fiery passion that could rival the intensity of the innermost levels of Hell, for God's sakes!
My gaze traveled back to Jonathan's face, the superior expression upon it giving away his thoughts. And the more that I watched him, taking in the arrogant air about him and the fact that he acted as though he was my superior, the more pissed off I became.
So, that bastard thought he was going to win, did he? Well, then it was definitely time to put his cocky ass back in its place by reminding Jon that I was called the Dare Devil for a reason.
"Like hell I will."
His expression shattered, replaced by a look of pure shock, but he covered it up quickly with a mask of indifference.
I smirked.
"Care to hear the terms?" he asked, a slightly hopeful glimmer entering his eyes.
He still thought I was going to give. I rolled my eyes, barely holding back a snort of disbelief. What a fucking idiot. "Go ahead." I said before sinking my teeth back into my pizza.
One of the other guys, Robert Martin, walked up right then, pulling back his customary chair beside Jon and flopping down into it. His tray banged down onto the table. He was built like a rock; his muscles were solid as steel and just as strong. He had cropped light brown hair and gray eyes set into a square-shaped face, which was positioned on a thick neck between broad, brawny shoulders.
Oh, and speaking of rocks, he was just as dense.
Robert surveyed the scene before himself, taking in Jon's slightly desperate expression and my cocky one. "If I didn't know any better," he began slowly, "I'd say that you two are in the middle of coming up with a dare."
"You don't say." I drawled sarcastically.
Rob just shrugged and plunged his spork into the grey, mushy goop on his tray, scooping up a rather large bite. I grimaced in disgust at the way it jiggled on the plastic eating utensil (because only Jell-O and certain puddings jiggled like that, and I was positive that the lumpy shit on his tray was definitely not either of those) as he took a bite out of it before forcing myself to avert my eyes - and attention - back to the matter at hand.
The last thing I had to say on the whole mystery-goop issue was that I was glad I'd brought my own in my lunch.
"Here's the deal: you have until graduation to make it happen, no exceptions. If you back out before that, you owe me one hundred bucks."
My mind was reeling.
How the hell was I supposed to get her to fall in love with me by graduation if it was less than three months away?
I opened my mouth to voice this opinion, to tell him, "No thank you, deal's off," when I saw that same damn triumphant smirk from before on his face. And it was that face, the one that clearly said, "I won this round, dumb ass," that sent me over the line between reasoning and illogical thought processing, just to show him up.
Besides, if I let Jon win this one, he'd lord it over me like the narcissistic jerk he was.
"Make it two hundred and you've got yourself a deal." I said, extending my hand out across the table. Rob let out a low whistle and Jon's eyebrows rose nearly to his hairline.
"You're on." He said, firmly shaking my hand. When we let go, he looked over his shoulder in Melody's direction and let out a chuckle as he got back to his food. "I foresee myself being two hundred dollars richer in the near future."
I stared at Melody for a little while, too, after all the boys had been seated and had long since tucked into their meals.
I really hoped this would work.
The lunch bell rang and I watched Melody rise from her chair. I had been toying around with the idea of simply sticking to observation for the first couple of days just to get a good feel for what I was up against, but I soon decided against it. After all, every day I wasted was a day less that I had to get her to succumb to my boyish charm and good looks.
So, naturally, I followed her.
It wasn't hard; she was pretty easy to pick out of the crowd. She wore a white pair of skinny jeans that hugged her legs and slightly curved hips and a pair of turquoise Converse high-tops.
My eyes traveled back up her calves and settled on the curve of her butt, a smirk flirting on the edges of my lips.
Surprise, surprise, Scribner actually had a decent-looking ass, after all.
Her friends were flocked around her like bees to honey, apparently deeply engrossed in some kind of important conversation. There were five of them in all, including Melody. I was just behind her - a few swift strides would have closed the gap, I'm sure - but I stayed put. I knew that her friends would eventually leave and then I'd be home free.
Melody nodded at something one of the girls said, a stream of giggles erupting from her lips. I let out a sigh of exasperation.
Would they ever leave?
I was right on their heels through another hallway, and just as I was about to give up and go to my class, she waved to them. I distinctly heard her say, "See you later, girls. Bye!"
To say I was gleeful that they were saying their goodbyes was an understatement, grateful that I didn't have to listen to their irritating squealing any longer. Her four friends, whose names I didn't bother trying to remember, exchanged their goodbyes as well before they parted ways. I trailed behind her, watching her braid swing back and forth and the little bounce in her step as she walked.
Funny, I'd never noticed that before. Then again, I'd never really paid too close attention to her, either.
After the giggling gaggle of teenage girls had disappeared from my sight, I decided it was time to make my move. I closed the gap between us with three long strides, a suggestive smirk tugging at my lips. I ran a hand through my soft, chestnut colored hair, tousling it slightly in the process and letting it fall just into my steel grey eyes. Girls really loved it when I did that.
I fell into step with her easily. "Hey there, Melody." I said, allowing a subtle undertone of allurement enter my voice.
That tone was among the more favorable ones I used when hitting on hot girls; sexy and masculine all rolled into one. If the tousled hair made their hearts skip a beat, that voice caused cardiac arrest.
She turned and looked at me, her cheerful smile sliding right off of her face, only to be replaced by a dark scowl. Her emerald eyes lost their cheery glow and her dark brows drew together. I knew that look well, as I should: she was the only human being who would ever dare to give me that look of loathing - especially of the female species.
I'd always figured she was born defective. And she hardly ever wore makeup! According to everything I knew about girls, they thought that stuff was a gift from God. But honestly, looking at her face right then: full pink lips, slightly flushed cheeks, thick, dark eyelashes, high cheekbones, an oval shaped face with little pale freckles sprinkled sparsely over her nose and beneath her eyes, I decided she didn't necessarily need it.
Then I remembered the look she was giving me and decided that it made her face terribly ugly.
"What do you want, Williams?" Melody snarled.
If looks could kill, I would have been sent to the morgue a long time ago. Ouch.
"Call me Trey," I said smoothly, unaffected by her death glare after years of conditioning.
Melody rolled her eyes. "Look," she said tiredly, not even bothering to look at me anymore, "I really don't have time for you and your stupid games right now."
That was Scribner-talk for, "Piss off, asshole." Double ouch.
"That's okay, I'll make it quick."
"Then hurry up and get on with it. I don't want to be late to class." Melody said in that same bored tone.
I stopped right in the middle of the nearly deserted hall, smirking when I heard her huff in annoyance. She halted and backtracked a couple of steps, putting a safe distance of about two or three feet between us. "Melody..." I began, trailing off and peering down at her, trying to decide how best to approach the question at hand.
How did a guy ask his mortal enemy out on a date, anyways?
I saw her foot tapping impatiently the longer I dragged out the confrontation, so I made up my mind and said, in the most charming, convincing voice I could muster, "I've liked you for a long time, now. I can't stop thinking about you. Will you possibly entertain the thought of going out on a date with me this weekend?" I attempted to paste on a smile as if it would prove my point, silently praying that it didn't look like I was just baring my teeth at her to fend off her unnecessary bitchiness.
The next moment, had any historians been close by to witness it, probably would've gone down in the history books.
At first, Melody just stared. And stared. And stared some more.
And after she'd stared at me for a good couple of seconds, something that I could have sworn had been shock filling her expression, her eyes narrowed into the most evil, most hateful glare I had ever witnessed firsthand (which was really saying something, since it was coming from her) and she marched right up to me and ground her heel into my foot. Hard.
What. The. Fucking. Hell?
And then she started screaming at me, obviously not caring about the pain shooting up my left leg from my crushed foot. "You are such an inconsiderate, arrogant, insufferable human being!" She screeched furiously at me, her face red with anger. She stomped over to where she'd unceremoniously dumped her things, scooped them up into her arms, and stalked off. The bell rang just as she rounded the corner.
I guess I'll be late to class, then, I thought in some numb part of my brain.
That girl was not to be pissed off, or you'd most definitely regret it. My smarting toes were evidence of that.
Damn, this was going to be a lot harder than I thought it would be.

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I went to a training with Pres. Maravilla last week. It was great. I saw everyone that I went out with. They are all doing well and getting lots of baptisms. I don't and that kinda makes me feel like garbage. But, that's part of life I guess. I just have to work hard and make sure we get some here in the mountains. This area is super hard but I have a lot of people who are counting on us, Pres and the assistants, and a bunch of others. I won't let them down.
I can't believe how soon Kendrick and Carly are going out. It is insane. I will be at almost eight months by the time they go. That is weird!!! I am super excited for them both. The mission is amazing. I absolutely love it.
Not a whole lot has happened this week. We are trying to work with the members more because contacting isn't working. We had a sweet conference this week and WOW I know now that the key to have success in this area is working with members. So, this week has been full of a lot of service to gain the trust because the members are a little suspect of missionaries. We will get it done! I think we will soon be speeding it all up.
I am used to the cold. It didn't take long for that to happen. After all, I am from good ol' Idaho. I will send pictures next week. I should have a card reader this week.
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.......Put together, therefore, ICT has been defined as:
The acquisition, analysis, manipulation, storage and distribution of information; and the design and provision of equipment and software for these purposes.
More than three in ten homes in the developing world have Internet access.
Mobile phones have replaced fixed-line phones as the default technology for communication.
"Information" means many things to many people, depending on the context. Scientifically, information is processed data. Information can also be loosely defined as that which aids decision making. Information, though abstract, could also be visualized as a commodity, which could be bought or sold.
Any potentially useful fact, quantity or value that can be expressed uniquely with exactness. Information is whatever is capable of causing a human mind to change its opinion about the current state of the real world.
"Communication" refers to the transfer or exchange of information from person to person or from one place to another. When action produces a reaction, whether positive or negative, communication has taken place. Other writers in the field of communication studies have defined communication as: a process: a transfer of information, ideas, thoughts and messages. It involves a sender, a receiver, a code and, a language that is understood by both the sender and the receiver.
"Technology" refers to the use of scientific knowledge to invent tools that assist human beings in their efforts to overcome environmental hazards and impediments to comfort. In this regard, technology refers to the things like the computer, telephone, cell phone, GSM handsets, television, radio, etc.
Welcome to Web 3.0.
The internet, Web 1.0, is so incredibly powerful that even now, almost 20 years later, we have only begun to explore its potential. Web 2.0, with its YouTube, Facebook, Flickr and blogs galore is even younger and shows even more potential.
Web 2.0 describes World Wide Web sites that emphasize user-generated content, usability, and interoperability. The term was popularized by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty at the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 Conference in late 2004, though it was coined by Darcy DiNucci in 1999.
"Web 2.0 changes us from
passive to active information consumers, allowing our online voice to be part of the
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
is a composite term, which embodies three important concepts. To understand ICT, one must understand all three concepts.
Web 2.0 and higher education: changing approaches to learning and teaching
2.0 trends in distance education, globalization, digital literacy skills, and collective
intelligence are now driving the restructuring of academic programs
Discussions of Results
In a study conducted in United States in 2011, the majority - 58% said that they feel
comfortable using web 2.0 technologies to connect with other students to discuss
homework assignments and exams and they wished their instructors would incorporate
sites like Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn and Google+ into the curriculum more often.
Now, thanks to the work of the WIP project, we may be on the brink of a new internet, a new world wide web. One where users can spontaneously create their own networks, in minutes, and with any kind of data device – mobile or fixed, handheld or deskbound.
Along with a summary of approaches to Webs 1.0 and 2.0, the authors contend that a more complex and poststructuralist theoretical approach to the notion of, and the phenomenon of Web 3.0, offers a more interesting and appropriate theoretical grounding for understanding its particularities.
However, even with these words of caution, in Africa and Asia-Pacific, almost every interviewee considered ICTs as appropriate to their society for various reasons, even in the face of poverty. The reasons were as follows: for Africa,
· ICTs were generally seen as the basic tool for survival in the next century;
· ICTs were seen to enhance efficiency in the workplace;
· there was a high belief in ICT ability to increase the ease and speed of social communication and at the same time obviate the problem of transportation;
· ICTs help solve socio-economic problems;
· among university academics, ICTs help them reach out to colleagues in other parts of the world and keep them up to date with developments in their disciplines;
· there was the belief that ICTs help to monitor crime in society, and
· there was the ultimate belief that ICT usage will make Africa to become part of the global trend.
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The Sweet Sister EP Track Listing:
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03 Sweet Sister
04 Holler and Howl
05 Flesh and Blood
Band leader Adam Baker did the producing and the band is slated to tour North America this spring.
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On Dec. 19, the South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team played a game at Clemson in which the Tigers weren't whistled for a foul after the 10:14 mark of the second half. USC also didn't take a free throw over the game's final 20 minutes at Littlejohn Coliseum.
Coach Frank Martin made note of these things immediately following Carolina's 64-48 loss.
It's part of the reason why he admired Dawn Staley's reaction on Sunday after her Gamecocks lost to Missouri. The 83-74 defeat included Staley's ejection and star player A'ja Wilson fouling out.
"I'm not gonna speak on Dawn's situation because that will probably get me in trouble," Martin said Monday during a press conference at Colonial Life Arena. "I think Dawn handled herself a lot better than I would have in the same moment.
"We just went to Clemson ... if I told you we played (10) minutes in the second half and no one fouled our team, would you believe it? That's what happened at Clemson. They called the last foul at Clemson with (10) minutes to go in the game. I don't understand.
"I'm going to leave Dawn's alone because I'm just telling you, if I was in her shoes, I'd be in a lot of trouble this morning. She handled herself like she always does, with unbelievable class in a very, very difficult situation."


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South African smartphone sales climbed 28% year-on-year to 3 million units in the third quarter of 2017, while basic mobile phone sales were up 6% to 1.6 million units for the same period, according to point of sale tracking data from GfK South Africa. Smartphone revenues were up 27% compared to the same quarter in 2016, as the market accelerated its transition from basic phones.
The future of media measurement is a very hot topic right now. So, in association with IAB Europe, we invited industry representatives from a wide range of companies to a Round Table discussion on how media measurement might look in five years' time. Participants included: digital platforms Google, Facebook and Oath; global ad agencies Publicis and Dentsu; media owners from broadcast TV and digital; a programmatic audience platform; a national advertising association and a large national JIC (Joint Industry Committee).
Media currencies form the cornerstone of media trading, they provide a value to the media inventory that is bought and sold across TV, digital and a plethora of other platforms.
However, are traditional currency systems being replaced by automated bidding? Is the media planner being replaced by an algorithm? And in the process will target groups become "identity graphs" of attributes, sometimes down to the individual level?
In the future will there still be a requirement for Joint Industry Committees (JICs) to provide trusted, standardized measurement for the advertising trade? Or will tech and data providers create a new world with scalable, cost efficient technologies which are faster, more flexible and more tightly targeted?
Despite rapid advances in tech, the industry has been dogged by issues of trust, transparency, fraud and a high reliance on a few digital platform players with a lot of power. There have been calls for higher transparency and better orchestration in the data world, most notably by the P&G CMO Mark Pritchard. And more recently Martin Cass at Advertising Week.
It is high time to pause for a moment and reflect. Is neutral arbitration in the media industry not needed any more due to disruptive technology and the rise of data? Will chaos, ruled by smart, quick but unregulated systems replace order? That's the discussion we are having. As a leading media measurement company, our future is linked to the industry, so this goes to the core of what we and the industry are about.
We created a white paper to summarize our roundtable discussion. You can read more here to discover more about three scenarios outlined for the future:
We also discuss the role of media planner in these scenarios and ultimately what this will mean for consumers, who are likely to have more control and will expect to be paid for their data.
The future of media currencies is still very much open, but one thing that is clear: the proliferation of many types of data means that media planning as we know it today will be enhanced and replaced. The question as to what will fill that void is answered by our group's three possible future scenarios.
"The way people are paying for consumption will change radically, be that by blockchain, or usage of a brand and delivery of content."
-Simon Halstead, Oath
"In five years' time, we need to look at why we are using Reach currencies. In essence, they are a compromise. Reach planning won't exist, either, because Effect planning is already rising sharply, or it will be used less and less. Planning can certainly be done on Effect currencies."
-Walter Flaat, Dentsu
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South Africa has a youthful population, with more than 66% of our people below 35 years old and 41% younger than 21 years old. Marketers who want to ensure the longevity of their brands and win the consumer of the future thus need to come to grips with what the under-21s - Generation Z - want and value.
In our interactive white paper, we share our five-step program for maximizing your media effectiveness and achieving more for your marketing budget.
Retail growth in South Africa's mobile computer market has flattened out, though the market is performing reasonably well considering the tight economy, according to point of sale data from market research firm, GfK South Africa. However, the media tablet market has shrunk by about 40% in the first half of 2017, while smartphones continue to boom.
Jeremy Maggs, from eNCA Maggs on Media, interviewed Rachel Thompson, Insights Director at GfK South Africa, about new GfK research which reveals how brands can connect with people in townships by aligning with their values.
The make-or-break for a customer experience survey is that it delivers a great experience in itself. The customer has to be left feeling that their time spent in completing the survey is ultimately of direct benefit to themselves, not a wearisome sacrifice of time to benefit the company.
I was recently sent a survey invitation asking me to give my feedback on a flight. I decided to give it a go, but it turned out that the survey was longer than the flight (or at least that is how it felt).
I do think it's laudable that businesses ask for my feedback, but, while most surveys claim that the feedback will be 'valued', many survey experiences don't make me feel valued. They fall into the three basic mistakes:
It seems to me that for many businesses the customer survey has become just another management tool – to measure every single part of the customer journey with a 'customer score' – rather than a way to listen to the actual voice of the customer. And it can't be customer centric to get customers only to answer questions that the company wants to ask and, at the same time, dictate how they can answer ("please tick one box only").
What businesses need to capture are the experiences that are relevant and memorable to the customer, at the most appropriate point in time. In order for feedback surveys to be both better experiences for the customer and ultimately more useful to the company, businesses need to be much smarter about what they ask, how they get more from less and how they connect the customer feedback to the other data they have in their business and across teams.
Customer feedback needs to be treated as an energy source: it will be renewable and powerful, so long as you respect customers' time and intelligence, design your questionnaire to be honestly customer-centric and use the results to build better experiences.
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· Value of market falls 17% to R3 billion in 2016 · Low-cost local brands to grow at expense of premium multinational brands
Our clients tell us that the biggest challenge facing them in fashion and non-food retailing today is conversion. Do you understand your shoppers' path to purchase?
Conquering today's connected shopper is a battle. Consumers' expectations of convenience, choice, price and experience are continually escalating.
Whatever you make or sell, the true power rests in the palm of shoppers' hands. The "always-on" culture of connectivity puts both manufacturers and retailers under intense pressure to stay relevant and create "fans for life". This is a cut-throat, slim profit environment that is further endangered by emerging hyper-competition from global marketplaces. Conversion is more key than ever.
No retailer or manufacturer has a free pass to success. No existing business models are guaranteed. For instance, in the recent past, the generalists and the manufacturers that supplied them were all-powerful. Today, specialists and global market places like Amazon are squeezing the generalist model. Clearly, whatever the sector, whatever the scale or geography, all players must constantly re-evaluate their strategies and tactics to ensure they win the connected shopper's business. It is essential to constantly be on top of your shopper by focusing on the right touchpoints at the right moment throughout the whole omnichannel path to purchase.
So, if you're serious about conquering the connected shopper, you must understand today's retail environment and anticipate tomorrow's trends to plan and prepare for the future.
Retail is transforming to keep pace with the connected shopper and their demands. We believe that in the future, shopping will either be functional, rational and efficient, or it will need to offer an emotional connection or be an experience.
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Here the smart home of the future takes over the functional aspects of shopping, ordering and replenishing supplies as they run out.
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Hellcat\'s Revenge (2017)
Release: March 01, 2017
Megashare Hellcat\'s Revenge (2017)
Hellcat\'s Revenge: When the leader of an all-female biker gang (the \"Hellcat\'s\") is brutally murdered, the gang is out for vengeance! Now led by the tough & sexy \"Kat\" the hellcats go full-throttle in pursuing her killers.
Director: Len Kabasinski
Cast: Len Kabasinski, Deborah Dutch, Donna Hamblin, Lisa Neeld, J.P. Edwards, Frederick Williams, Dave Campbell, Jawn Gross, Jenniffer Marie, Mark Kosobucki, Hunter McKenrick, Joseph Mellesh, Jeremiah Salhoff, Adele Crotty, Bob Dobiesz
Megashare Tube (2003)
This is a touching action epic about an all-out war between a subway terrorist who holds a city hostage and the detective who risks his life to save everyone. It\'s the heart-wrenching story...
Director: Woon-hak Baek
Cast: Seok-hun Kim, Sang-min Park, Doona Bae, Oh-jung Kwon, Ju-bong Gi, Choi Han Kwon, Jun Jeong, Eun-kyeong Na, Hyeon-jin Sa, Byung-ho Son
Struck (2017)
Release: June 15, 2017
Megashare Struck (2017)
On the sand dunes of her local beach a female jogger returns to the scene of a crime looking for closure.
Megashare Welcome 2 Karachi (2015)
Two men from India land in Karachi, Pakistan, without their passports. They get trapped by the Taliban and desperately try to find a way to get back to India.
Director: Ashish R. Mohan
Cast: Arshad Warsi, Jackky Bhagnani, Lauren Gottlieb, Kumud Pant, Ayub Khoso, Adnan Shah, Kubra Khan, Dalip Tahil, Pavan Malhotra, Asim Ahmed, Fozia Ahmed, Nausheen Ahmed, Hayley-Marie Axe, Nigel Barber, Kamal Bharati
Megashare Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
Eddie Macon's Run: A young man, harshly sentenced for a few minor infractions, escapes from a prison in Alabama and flees to Laredo, Texas, where he hopes to cross into Mexico for a reunion with his wife and small son.
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Dann Florek, Gil Rogers, Harry Murphy, Jay O Sanders, JC Quinn, Jim Gough, John Goodman, John Schneider, JT Walsh, Kirk Douglas, Leah Ayres, Lee Purcell, Lou Hancock, Mark Margolis, Matthew Cowles, Matthew Kimbrough, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Nik Hagler, Ron Jackson, Todd Allen, Tom Noonan, Vic Polizos, Woody Watson
Real Bullets (1990)
Release: January 01, 1990
Megashare Real Bullets (1990)
A group of stuntmen and women travel to the wilderness for a weekend party. Two of the women stumble upon the secret entrance to a drug-lord\'s narcotics operation and are abducted. Out-gunned and out-numbered, the stunt team must rescue their friends before they are administered fatal overdoses of heroin.
Director: Lance Lindsay
Cast: John Gazarian, Darlene Landau, Martin Landau, Merritt Yohnka, Jim J. Poslof, C. Juston Campbell, Patrick Lloyd, Bob Rochelle, Claudia Stenke, Wolfgang Linkman, Samir Kamoun, Danita Jo Fox, Dianne Wolston, Sue Benson, Roy Hill
Night of the Ninja (1988)
Release: January 01, 1988
Megashare Night of the Ninja (1988)
Famous real life giant sapphire called the Star of India has been stolen. Special agent Nick Goldman is assign to find it.
Director: Bob Chan
Cast: Jimmy Alan, Alex Clark, Martin Gordon, Don James, Ron MacDunn, Esther Saura, Paul John Stanners
Who Killed Cock Robin (2017)
Release: March 31, 2017
Megashare Who Killed Cock Robin (2017)
The story about an ambitious journalist who eagerly pursues a long-forgotten accident. When the sole survivor of the accident suddenly disappears, he realizes that nothing is what it seems, and the unimaginable dark truth will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Director: Wei-Hao Cheng
Cast: Wei-Ning Hsu, Kaiser Chuang, Chia-Yen Ko, Christopher Ming-Shun Lee, Mason Lee, Ian Chen, Chih-Wei Cheng, Chih-Wei Tang, Mario Pu, Chang-Mien Chang, Shu-Fang Chen, Angel Ho, Kuan-Han Ho, Davis Huang, Chang-Shih Hung
Maverick Manhunt Brazil (2016)
Release: January 01, 2016
Megashare Maverick Manhunt Brazil (2016)
A stranger arrives to the small town of Passo Fundo, south of Brazil. And he\'s on a manhunt of a killer that turns in a giant drug conspiracy running by an international conglomerate.
Director: Emiliano Ruschel
Cast: Emiliano Ruschel, Larissa Vereza, Pietra Gasparin, Carla Elgert, Márcio Kieling, Massayuki Yamamoto, Michelle Birkheuer, Cesar Scortegagna, Carlos Takeshi, Mark Lucas, Mateus Billy, Roberto Campos Jr., Max Cenci, Bruna Giongo, Ricardo Henriques
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (2017)
Release: January 01, 2017
Megashare Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (2017)
A team of con artists pose as CBI agents to conduct raids.
Director: Vignesh Shivan
Cast: Suriya, Keerthi Suresh, Karthik, Ramya Krishnan, Nandha, Senthil, Menon Suresh, RJ Balaji, Sathyan, Thambi Ramayya, Kalaiyarasan, Anand Raj, Shivashankar, Yogi Babu, Vinodhini Vaidynathan
Juggernaut (2017)
Release: October 07, 2017
Megashare Juggernaut (2017)
After a lengthy absence, a small town outlaw returns to his hometown, violently obsessed with the notion that his Mother\'s death was not a suicide.
Director: Daniel DiMarco
Cast: Amanda Crew, Ty Olsson, Jack Kesy, Stephen McHattie, David Cubitt, Peter McRobbie, Matty Finochio, Philip Granger, Darren Dolynski, Aaron Hutchinson, Fanny Migneault-Lecavalier, Jason Diablo, Paul Herbert
Wine Wars (2015)
Release: January 01, 2015
Megashare Wine Wars (2015)
There are secrets hidden behind an auction of whopping priced red wine.
Director: Leon Lai
Cast: Juan Du, Lily Ji, Leon Lai, David Yao-Qing Wang, Hanyu Zhang
Megashare The Outsider (2018)
An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza.
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Cast: Jared Leto, Tadanobu Asano, Kippei Shîna, Rory Cochrane, Emile Hirsch, Shioli Kutsuna, Yurino, Nozomi de Lencquesaing, Sôtarô, Kohji Katoh, Motokatsu Suzuki, Hiro
Brooklyn Tide (2016)
Release: June 06, 2016
Megashare Brooklyn Tide (2016)
Two FBI agents pursue members of a radical hacker collective after they steal a powerful cyber-weapon.
Director: Rubidium Wu
Cast: Clem McIntosh, J.D. Brown, Bern Cohen, Aurora Leonard, Dalane Mason, Edvin Ortega, Victoria Ratermanis, Eric Stafford
Megashare Spies Strike Silently (1966)
Le spie uccidono in silenzio (original title) A young blonde Jane Freeman is found dead in the pool. She turns out to be a daughter of Professor Freeman who has been told his daughter will die unless he gives up his research.
Director: Mario Caiano
Cast: Lang Jeffries, Emma Danieli, Andrea Bosic, Erika Blanc, José Bódalo, Mario Lanfranchi, José Marco, Gaetano Quartararo, Enzo Consoli, María Badmajew, Ennio Balbo, Umberto Ceriani, Jesús Tordesillas, José Villasante
Tango One (2018)
Release: January 01, 2018
Megashare Tango One (2018)
Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.
Director: Sacha Bennett
Cast: Richie Campbell, Vincent Regan, Sophie Colquhoun, Enrique Arce, Joseph Millson, Lauren Coe, Nicky Henson, Gabrielle Glaister, Sean Blowers, Christopher Ellison, Al Snow, Elijah Baker, Johnny Palmiero, Sacha Bennett, Sarah Alexandra Marks
Hustle (2001)
Release: May 01, 2001
Megashare Hustle (2001)
Die Abzocker - Eine eiskalte Affäre (original title) Maya and Tony are grifters. They do well at their small time cons...until they get in over their heads.
Director: Stuart Cooper
Cast: Bobbie Phillips, Robert Wagner, Stephen McHattie, Thomas Heinze, Benjamin Sadler, Russell Yuen, Ellen-Ray Hennessy, Nicu Branzea, Julian Richings, Vincent Bruni, Billy Otis, Nicholas Vrettakos, Rami Posner, Jon Stroll, François Klanfer
Execution of Justice (1999)
Release: November 28, 1999
Megashare Execution of Justice (1999)
The story of an assassin who killed a mayor in the 1970\'s in what was known as the \"Twinkie Defense\".
Director: Leon Ichaso
Cast: Tim Daly, Peter Coyote, Khalil Kain, Tyne Daly, Stephen Young, Frank Pellegrino, Amy Van Nostrand, Lisa Rhoden, Trulie MacLeod, Shannon Hile, Paul Miller, Richard Fitzpatrick, Jonathan Higgins, Mark Camacho, Rodger Barton
The Death Squad (1974)
Release: January 08, 1974
Megashare The Death Squad (1974)
When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a group of his fellow officers who think the criminals were treated too leniently by the courts.
Director: Harry Falk
Cast: Robert Forster, Michelle Phillips, Claude Akins, Mark Goddard, Melvyn Douglas, Dennis Patrick, George Murdock, Stephen Young, Kenneth Tobey, Bert Remsen, Jesse Vint, Janis Hansen, Nate Esformes, Regis Cordic, Sidney Clute
Mind and Machine (2017)
Release: March 26, 2017
Megashare Mind and Machine (2017)
Set in 2024 where humanoid robots are common in society, the mob reprograms a female android to think and feel so they can use it as a contract killer.
Director: Brock Humphrey
Cast: Ariana Guerra, Oryan Landa, Sal Rastegar, Bobby Hernandez, Christopher Alvarenga, Grant Hawbaker, Destiny Baldwin, Teagan Jai Boyd, Liza Wilk, Jake McDermott, Sarah Murphy, Dagny Paige, Reece Harvell
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There must be many reasons, no doubt interconnected, why the string trio has not developed into a major institution on a par with the string quartet or piano trio. Even by the time Beethoven wrote his five, the quartet was well on the way to predominance, something that he, it has to be said, did nothing to avert.
Perhaps it's partly because quartets are somehow more organised, perhaps even more industrialised and resource-thirsty. A trio is just any three dopes who happen to meet up – like the soloists in Schnittke's Concerto for Three, supposedly inspired by the practice of drunken Russian bums of congregating in threesomes: one brings the vodka; the second helps with the drinking; the third is left with the dregs at the bottom… but does gets the deposit back on the bottle.
(Maybe that explains the pair of duos at the start of our trio concert. We're just trying to get assembled for the main session.)
The quartet, on the other hand, is something rather more sober, requiring self-denial, at least on the part of the musicians whose first instincts must be to suppress thoughts of self-expression in the name of unity of purpose. Differences in personality – in the form of vibrato, bow stroke, articulation, phrasing – must be ironed out. You only get to express yourself if your view prevails in rehearsal, and is accepted by your colleagues as being the interpretation to be used in the final product.
At least, that's how quartet practice appears to have developed. It does seem a shame. Maybe we should look to the string trio for liberation? Because I quite like this idea I'm dreaming up of it being an outsider: a little bit unruly, but a bit free. A playground for free spirits.


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US markets rallied sharply yesterday, as rising prospects that Greece would remain in the euro and hopes that China would introduce fresh stimuli to boost its economic growth outweighed a disappointing reading on US consumer confidence. Chesapeake Energy advanced 3.4%, as the activist investor, Carl Icahn reported a 7.6% stake in the company on Friday and called for change of at least four directors. Coal producers, Consol Energy and Peabody Energy rallied 1.8% and 5.6%, respectively, as Goldman Sachs raised its recommendation for the sector to "Attractive" from "Neutral". PulteGroup and DR Horton advanced 2.0% and 2.5%, respectively, after as a report showed US home prices stabilized in the year ended March. Caterpillar rose 2.9%, amid speculation that China was preparing a new round of stimulus measures.
DJIA gained 1.0% to close at 12,580.7.NASDAQ surged 1.2% to settle at 2,871.0. S&P 500 soared 1.1% to end at 1,332.4.
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Asian markets are trading lower this morning, as China dampened expectations of a massive economic stimulus and as rising concerns about the health of Spanish banking sector and their potential to worsen Europe's debt crisis weighed on market sentiment. In Japan, energy sector stocks, JX Holdings, Japan Petroleum Exploration and Inpex, paced declines, as crude oil prices retreated. Exporters, Sony, Toshiba and Sharp lost values, as the yen appreciated against the dollar. In Hong Kong, Bank of Communications, Haitong Securities and China Life Insurance traded lower, as risk appetite decreased among investors. In South Korea, GS Retail lost value, after the country's Fair Trade Commission mulled to ban convenience store operators from opening multiple stores in a 500-meter radius.
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In Asia, crude oil for July delivery is trading 0.4% or $0.38 lower at $90.38 per barrel. Yesterday, crude oil for July delivery eased 0.1% or 10 cents to settle at $90.76 per barrel, amid concerns about the European economic problems after Egan-Jones Ratings downgraded Spain's credit rating to junk status. However, losses were limited amid concerns about supply disruptions as dispute between western power and Iran over its nuclear program remained unresolved and as a report showed that China's biggest banks had accelerated lending.
Gold for immediate delivery is trading 0.4% lower today, at $1,547.36 per ounce. Gold for August delivery fell 1.3% or $20.20 to settle at $1,551 per ounce yesterday, as the dollar appreciated against the euro and as investors continued to focus on Spain's deteriorating financial situation after a credit rating agency downgraded Spain's credit rating to "B" from "BB-".
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The EUR is trading 0.1% lower against the USD at $1.2464. The EUR is trading 0.2% lower against the JPY at ¥99.06.
The EUR is trading lower against the USD and the JPY, amid speculation that the European debt crisis would worsen, after Spain's borrowing costs climbed. EUR also traded lower before the release of a report on consumer confidence in the euro area.
The AUD is trading lower against most of its major peers, amid speculation that the Reserve Bank of Australia would lower its borrowing costs, after a report showed that retail sales in Australia unexpectedly declined in April.
The NZD is trading lower against the USD and the JPY, after report showed that home building approvals in New Zealand declined 7.2% in April from a revised 19.6% gain in March.
Yesterday, the EUR finished lower against most of its major peers, after Egan-Jones downgraded Spain's credit rating to "B" from "BB-" and after reports showed that Spanish retail sales declined in April. The GBP closed higher against the EUR, as investors preferred the relative safety of the British currency, after Spain announced that it might need to sell bonds for a banking rescue. The currency also appreciated after an index of UK retail sales rose to its highest level in more than a year in May. The CAD ended lower against the USD, as a drop in base metal and crude oil prices decreased the demand for the commodity linked currency.


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Easter morning is such a good time for a bit of a splurge, and these cinnamon rolls fit that role perfectly. The "sourdough cinnamon roll" idea had been floating around in my head for quite some time, and what better … Continue reading
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World is turning its back on the dollar, Saxo Bank FX strategist writes
World is turning its back on the dollar, Saxo Bank FX strategist writes by Chris Powell – GATA
hree Reasons the World Could Turn Its Back on the U.S. Dollar
By David Reid
CNBC, New York
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
A combination of geopolitical pressures could spark the end of the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency, according to the head of foreign exchange strategy at Saxo Bank.
In a quarterly outlook note titled "The World Is Turning Its Back on the Almighty Dollar," John Hardy claimed the U.S. currency was "increasingly dysfunctional" and there was an urgent need to replace it.
The currencies analyst highlighted these three geopolitical issues currently putting pressure on the dollar's status:
"– The ongoing rise of China as it assumes a more prominent role in global trade and financial markets and in particular how it will manage policy and unwinding the excesses of its credit bubble in the wake of the 19th Party Congress scheduled for October 2017 without upsetting its domestic economy and the global economy.
"– The North Korean regime's striving to maintain credibility and untouchability as a nuclear power and how this impacts China-U.S. relations, but also how Japan deals with this threat in terms of domestic as well as foreign policy,
"– The loosening of the U.S.-Europe transatlantic alliance and how Europe and the European Union find their feet as a more independent superpower — or not — in their own right after the German elections."
Hardy extracts "de-dollarization" as a direct theme that can be pulled from China's situation as the country looks to encourage demand for its yuan.
"China is eyeing the benefits of having its own currency play a larger role and to supplant the U.S. dollar's role in global trade," he said. "The initial focus is on the global oil trade, where it has announced the intention of buying oil in yuan and allowing trade partners to settle that yuan in gold."
Hardy said settling in gold is a clever move by Beijing as it provides oil-exporting countries with a greater degree of comfort. …
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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, thoughts turn to family. Here's a fun art project from the KinderCare blog that combines paper crafts, kinsfolk, personality, and imagination to create a no-sew quilt. In the end parents and children will have a piece of art that celebrates their unique family.
- White butcher paper or another large, neutral-hue piece of paper, poster board, or cardboard
- Washi tape or other color tape
- Items for decorating: stickers, puff balls, ribbons, feathers, fabric scraps, markers, paint, glitter, glue, etc.
- If using butcher paper, cut out a large piece in the desired size.
- Using colored tape, create a grid pattern on the paper.
- Gather around and get to work decorating. Outline a child's hand, write family member's names or silly words describing each person, and add crafty details like buttons or silk flowers.
For more craft project ideas, be sure to pop over to the KinderCare blog.


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Great news that 'Do Tell' is the June Pick of the Month for IBBA – the Independent Blues Broadcasters Association. Each week their members broadcast 127 hours of blues to the UK and beyond!
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Thanks to Maverick Magazine for their review of 'Do Tell' in the July/August issue.
"All in all Hat Fitz and Cara are as potent a combination you'll find anywhere and lay down a mighty, mighty groove."
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Thanks to 'The Rocker' for the following review of our new album:
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And we're finishing off the day with the welcome arrival of the new album from Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson.
And it's another good one. They would both do well as solo performers, but the combination of things that should not work, does just that. They're still, basically, a blues duo, but there is more emphasis on ballads this time, something that suits the vocals perfectly.
With some sensitively arranged on a couple of numbers – namely 'Do Tell' and 'Stray Hat' – helping to turn them into album highlights, it's a direction they think about for the next offering. But even when it's just them, on the likes of 'Friday Night' and 'Sister Sister', it makes for an engrossing display of roots music. Highly recommended.
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This Video Taken Was On January 10, 2014 at 10:09 p.m. (cst).
This has to be one of the most bizarre experiences I have had when trying to capture planets, stars, and the moon in the night sky with my camera. My ultimate favorite thing to capture in the evening is the moon, but something very odd was occurring on this particular night.
I was initially filming a weird pulsating purple sky from the distance but my camera wasn't picking up any of it. I could see it with my eyes but it was not showing up on my camera. All of a sudden, this blinking light appears above the area out of nowhere...just hovering but moving all around in that area of the sky.
Now the fascinating thing about this moment is that I could see it being captured on my camera, but as I looked away from my camera...I saw nothing. I could not see it with my eyes just only through the camera.
After reviewing the video...this light seems to be playing with me. My camera was completely out of my control. I would zoom in and it would zoom me out, the light would appear to break into two and then back in one part...bouncing around in the sky in that one area.
VERY SCARY SOUNDS ON THIS VIDEO...IF YOU CAN TRY TO WATCH THIS VIDEO IN THE DARK AND WITH HEADPHONES TO GET THE FULL EFFECT OF ALL THE SOUNDS CAPTURED IN THIS VIDEO. You will have your regular background noise, a motorcycle and dogs barking on and off...but notice that there are some very weird and strange sounds that seem to be coming from within the atmosphere. I do not live near a busy street and it is always very quiet, but it sounds like heavy traffic and big trucks. I also found that I was the only one crazy person outside because temperatures were below freezing on this night and it was very cold, but at times I could hear unknown yells/screams or people talking. Try to hear the loud, howling, screeching sounds captured at the end of this video. Also, at the bottom of these videos you will see certain lights...these are porch lights from other houses...kind of gave me a point of reference.
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LAHORE, Aug 20 (APP): Pakistan Railways Minister Khawaja Saad
Rafique said former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
was not going anywhere and news about his traveling to abroad was baseless.
Talking to media at Jati Umra Raiwind here on Sunday, he said
Nawaz Sharif was fine and fresh so he was not going to abroad.
He said Election Commission of Pakistan had snatched political
right of campaign in NA-120 for which the party would go to the
court against the decision.
He said Raiwind was the centre of politics for PML-N workers
so they come here to get guidance from their leader.
Talking about the press conference of former Interior Minister
Ch Nisar Ali Khan, the minister said Ch Nisar did not create
any hype in his press conference.
Saad said dengue was a chronic issue and even the Sri Lankan doctors had admitted the expertise of the doctors of Punjab in overcoming the dengue in the province. He asked KPK Chief Minister Pervaiz Khatak not to do politics on dengue issue and extend cooperation to the Punjab's doctors team to save the lives of citizens in his province.
He said Federal Minister for Trade Pervaiz Malik had been made incharge of political campaign in NA-120 as political worker with the consultation of Hamza Shehbaz.
"Justice was not done with us, we have reservations regarding NAB,
our lawyers are reviewing the matter and we will announce our strategy soon," he said while replying a question. Saad said there were no differences between Ch Nisar and Pervaiz Rasheed.
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2D musings
If you've been following graphics developments in the 2D world over the last few years you've probably seen a number of blogs and articles complaining about performance. In particular about how slow 2D is on GPUs. Have you ever wondered why it's possible to make this completely smooth but your desktop still sometimes feels sluggish?
Bad model
For some weird reason ("neglect" being one of them) 2D rendering model hasn't evolved at all in the last few years. That is if it has evolved at all since the very first "draw line" became a function call. Draw line, draw rectangle, draw image, blit this, were simply joined by fill path, stroke path, few extra composition modes and such. At its very core the model remained the same though, meaning lots of calls to draw an equally large number of small primitives.
This worked well because technically zero, or almost zero, setup code was necessary to start rendering. Then GPUs became prevalent and they could do amazing things but to get them to do anything you had to upload the data and the commands that would tell them what to do. With time more and more data had to be sent to the GPU to describe the increasingly complex and larger scenes. It made sense to optimize the process of uploads (I keep calling them "uploads" but "GPU downloads" is closer to the true meaning) by allowing to upload an entire resource once and then refer to it via a handle. Buffers, shaders, addition of new shading stages (tessellation, geometry) all meant to reduce the size of data that had to be uploaded to the GPU before every rendering.
At least for games and well designed 3D software. 2D stuck to its old model of "make GPU download everything on every draw request". It worked ok because most of the user interface was static and rather boring so the performance was never much of an issue. Plus in many cases the huge setup costs are offset by the fact that the Graphics Processing Units are really good at processing graphics.
Each application is composed of multiple widgets each widget draws itself using multiple primitives (pixmaps, rectangles, lines, paths) and each primitive needs to first upload the data needed by the GPU to render it. It's like that because from the 2D api perspective there's no object persistence. The api has no idea that you keep re-rendering the same button over and over again. All the api sees is another "draw rectangle" or "draw path" call which it will complete.
On each frame the same data is being copied to the GPU over and over again. It's not very efficient, is it? There's a limited number of optimizations you can do in this model. Some of the more obvious ones include:
But the real problem is that you keep making the GPU download the same data every frame and unfortunately that is really hard to fix in this model.
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The Telegraph has compiled a list of MPs' 10 favourite shops.
At 5 they have Oka:
"Designer furnishers co-founded by by Lady Annabel Astor, David Cameron's mother-in-law. Michael Gove - £238.50 for birdcage coffee table, March 2006 - Ed Vaizey, £671 Dordogne table, February 2007."
Highly amusing that the Telegraph's example consists of two ShadCab members. Funny old thing.
See the top 10 here.
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Dot Day meets ROYGBIV
This week, we are finishing up our Pinwheels for Peace- and installing them on Friday. Stay tuned for pictures on that!
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The kids finished these up this week and I just had to share. Aren't they adorable? We started with a step by step drawing on pink cons...
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There is one topic I tout and really talk up to other spouses, but I somehow seem unable to take my own advice. I really do not understand why it is so hard for me to ask for or accept help. I'm not too proud to ask and I know I can't do it all on my own. So why do I push myself too hard or fill my plate a little too high then think back and ask myself "why didn't I ask a friend for help?"
I know I'm not the only spouse who does this and definitely will not be the last spouse to do this! Asking for help is a topic I hear many times at support group meetings and from any experienced military spouse. We all know our minds and bodies can only take so much before hitting a wall. Dealing with military life on top of balancing life with a spouse who is in and out or out more than in can create stress and exhaustion.
I would say the biggest reason I have trouble asking for help is because I am used to doing so much on my own, so I honestly don't think to ask. If I start to feel overwhelmed, I sit back and think of ways "I" can handle the situation. If I cannot handle it, then something has to change.
Another part of why I struggle with asking for help is not wanting to bother or inconvenience someone else. I know we all have busy lives and we are all dealing with different phases of military life (family time, pre-deployment preparation, deployment, and reintegration period). I hate to bother another spouse when I know she is dealing with something (we always are).
A third reason for not asking for help would be a sense of pride. I have to admit, I want to be a strong military spouse and I want my husband to have no worries when he walks out the door. He has enough to worry about and I do not want me to be one of them. Then again, as I sit and think about this I wonder if admitting the need for help is like having a HUGE neon sign above your head saying "normal military spouse." We all struggle at some point! Worrying about your pride so much that you put more strain on yourself and your family is ridiculous and irresponsible. I'm pretty sure my husband would worry more if he didn't hear me complain and ask for help. I also know he would be proud to hear me say I asked someone for help, received it, and solved the problem!
Do you have different reasons (excuses) for not asking for help?
Just today I learned the lesson of asking for help. I have wanted to find a babysitter so I could go to the gym three days a week for an hour. I looked and looked and finally found a lady to interview today. Of course I get to her house and immediately my gut is sending up red flags. She was a very nice lady, but just not "good enough" for my kiddos. Plus, I am finding it very hard to leave my baby (even if it is just an hour). I told a friend about the experience and how I will just have to find a way to be motivated to exercise at home. Her response, "I can watch them." I honestly never thought to ask her because of all the reasons stated above. Silly me! I trust her with my kiddos (which finding someone you trust is not easy). So why did I not think to ask her? Because that would mean I needed to reach out and ask for help.
So with all this said, I challenge you to find something/anything big or small and ask for help!! You have to start somewhere, right? You have to teach yourself how to ask and train yourself to accept that it is okay to ask for help. I have promised myself to work on this. Knowing my husband may be one who is often out more than in, I have to add asking for help to my list of skills! If not for me, then for my children!


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I just experienced one of the best CSF Board Meetings ever. Really. I know, some of you who have attended ministry board meetings think that statement cannot possibly mean what it says, but I'm telling you, this board meeting has me bouncing off the ceiling!!
I love it when God gives us the same vision, the same direction, the same prompting. Things are coming together in amazing ways to step up the ministry at UIS and LLCC, and the CSF Board is totally trusting God to do what it takes.
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I am grateful for traditions that center around the real meaning of Christmas.
Today was our second annual Shepards Dinner. I love how my children are always SO excited for this dinner. This year we did it a little differently and as we sat on the ground to eat our 'shepards feast' (as Ella calls it) we watched Joy to the World. That show always brings tears to my eyes and the spirit into our home.
I am so very thankful for our Savior and Brother, Jesus Christ and that we can celebrate His birth every Christmas season.


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- Coordinates case management with the ATI Supervising Social Worker, with an emphasis on serving immigrant victims of human trafficking identified through the Human Trafficking Intervention Court (HTIC);
- Coordinates referral and placement for immediate client needs, including shelter and medical treatment;
- Assists clients of Sanctuary's Anti-Trafficking Initiative in obtaining public benefits for which they are eligible (e.g. Medicaid, food stamps, housing and childcare subsidies);
- Assists clients of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative in obtaining self-sufficiency through appropriate referrals for mental health counseling, financial counseling, ESL classes, job readiness programs, and higher education;
- Prepares requests for educational and financial assistance grants on behalf of clients of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative;
- Refers clients of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative to other appropriate legal and social services within and outside of Sanctuary;
- Provides culturally appropriate support to clients who have experienced gender-based violence as they engage with various social and legal services within Sanctuary and with other service providers
- Assists ATI staff attorneys in the preparation and filing of immigration applications on behalf of clients of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative;
- Collaborates with the Director of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative and staff attorneys to complete grant reporting duties to funders of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative;
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2008-09-08 08:57:41
By Theo Mushi
The process of privatising loss making state owned enterprises started way back in 1992, with the establishment of the Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC).
Having completed most of its work, in November, 2007, all the remaining tasks of the PSRC were vested to Consolidated Holding Corporation (CHC). More...
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Final privatisation tasks placed under Consolidated Holding Corporation
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Aside from the simple matter of craving some serious adventure, one of the more practical reasons Gregory and I traveled to Boston last year was so that he could introduce me to some of his old high school friends and show me where he grew up. I got a chance to meet Neal and Peter (who are both SO fucking butch!) and their darling wives, Miss April and Miss Gwen -- who, it turns out, is quite an extraordinary artist. Although she didn't go to high school with our darling little trio of drug-addled teenage villains, apparently Gwen knew my sweet husband all those many years ago, as well.
After we were all ensconced cozily around her and Peter's kitchen table -- drinking yummy hot tea, poring over old yearbooks, and belly laughing at the absolutely HIDEOUS 80s hairstyles contained therein -- Gwen smiled mischievously and asked Gregory, "So, do you remember when I sketched you all those years ago?" -- to which my husband actually looked rather shocked and answered, "Umm...no." And then homegirl proceeded to go into her studio and return with a portfolio...out of which she removed an absolutely extraordinary drawing she had done of him when he was but a mere 23-year old babe in arms.
When she handed it to me, I honestly almost passed out -- I couldn't believe what I was seeing. All the air completely left my body. I couldn't stop staring at it -- it was just so amazing. It was my sweet love's face from a long, long time ago -- before I knew him. Before I loved him. Before he loved me. I couldn't stop crying -- it was just the most amazing and unexpected surprise to have had come floating down to me from the ethers of the past. Thank you, Miss Gwen -- it is truly one of the greatest gifts I have ever been given: A singular moment in the past of the man I love most in the whole world -- a small glimpse into a life he had long before I knew he even existed. I mean, how many times in your life are you offered a treasure like that? It just takes my breath away.
Needless to say, we went to the post office the next day and mailed it home in one of those secure document mailer tubes as we didn't want to ruin it in our vagabond luggage. When it arrived at our house a few days after returned, I was just so enchanted that I couldn't stop gazing into his clear, young eyes -- eyes that had hardly tasted life yet...but which, of course, are the very same green eyes I gaze into everyday of my life. He's just so unbelievably beautiful -- and I love him without end. Were it that every girl was as lucky as me.
My one true love.
Friday, January 22, 2010
"god only knows what i'd be without you..."
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reflect then decide. We live in a "quick" world. Everything seems to require immediate action and reaction - but not today.
We all have something big we are facing. For each of us it may be a different issue, but a decision is needed. Your decision may alter your day or alter your life, so instead of wanting instant gratification and resolution, for today we should all reflect thoughtfully on what we are facing. Actually weigh the pros and cons. Calmly, patiently and morally examine your choices and decision possibilities and then determine your course. Put the anxiety of rushing to the side, don't make your choices in the heat of anger or despair - take your time, be thoughtful, prayerful - the world will actually wait. We are all capable of making horrible decisions when emotion, drama or desperation raise their ugly heads.
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So we've FINALLY taken the leap and decided to jump on that Instagram bandwagon!
Well… actually… we take that back… two of kainalu's wolfpack have jumped on that IG rage… Kuro Bandit and Ewok! Except that we decided to use Ewok's REAL name instead of his alias, which is Matisse… :o).
If you'd like to give them a follow, they can be found at matisseandbandit… we promise, you'll love all the fun paw-ventures they're about to debut! ^.~
Does your cutie pet have any social media accounts? If so, share them with us in our comment box below! We'd LOVE to give them a follow! :oD.
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Its weekly and monthly volatility is 27.92%, 16.15% respectively.
Stock in Focus: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYTX) reached at $0.63 price level during last trade its distance from 20 days simple moving average is 71.38%, and its distance from 50 days simple moving average is 73.73% while it has a distance of -41.44% from the 200 days simple moving average. (NASDAQ: CYTX) is noted at 0.08. Its Average True Range (ATR) shows a figure of 0.07. CYTX exchanged 19.35 million shares in recent session versus to the average volume of 1.12 million shares while its relative volume is 23.15.
GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) stock moved with shift of 0.02% in the past week.
By taking a look at the stock's current statistics it can gauged that the stock candle is BULLISH with HIGH volatility. (PTCT) stock is the study of technical indicators and past trends.
Technical Analysis is the forecasting of future financial price movements based on an examination of past price movements. The company reported revenue of $2.64 Million in the same period previous year. The return on equity ratio or ROE stands at -173.8 percent while most common profitability ratio return on investment (ROI) was -68.9 percent.
The TTM operating margin for the company stands at 0%. A composite of 13 technical indicators that includes measures such as moving averages and momentum oscillators suggests that CYTX is a buy, which implies that CYTX is expected to outperform the market based on prior trading patterns.
ATR is counted for different periods, like 9-day, 14-day, 20-day, 50-day and 100-day. SMA20 is the last stop on the bus for short-term traders. SMA50 is used by traders to gauge mid-term trends. Now moving toward intermediate time frame, 50-day Moving average is more useful at showing position trading trends lasting 50 days.
It is now trading at $0.54 which is impressively higher than the 50 day moving average of $0.37 and quite a bit lower than the 200 day moving average of $0.82. For the current quarter Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CYTX) has high EPS estimates of $-0.09 in contradiction of low EPS estimates of $-0.18. This comparison showed down direction of price behind its 200-SMA.
Before trading, trader, investor or shareholder must have an eye on stock's historical performance. Volatility is one of those things which for many retail shareholders means very little, but it's the basis on which stocks and are traded and the sentiment in markets is also assessed. Therefore stocks with higher earnings growth should offer the highest capital gains. (CYTX) stock showed the move of 29.55% with the closing price of $0.63. The overall volume in the last trading session was 3,735,038 shares. The indicator should not be confused with relative strength. Momentum is the rate of the rise or fall in price. Consensus earnings estimates are far from flawless, but they are watched by many investors and play an important role in measuring the appropriate valuation for a stock. Shorter or longer timeframes are used for alternately shorter or longer outlooks. Many investors will use the CCI in conjunction with other indicators when evaluating a trade. Maxim Group maintained Cytori Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CYTX) on Monday, July 24 with "Buy" rating.
A price target is the projected price level of a financial security stated by an investment analyst. They now have a United States dollars 1.25 price target on the stock.
Analysts have given a mean recommendation of 2.30 on this stock (A rating of less than 2 means buy, "hold" within the 3 range, "sell" within the 4 range, and "strong sell" within the 5 range). Analyst recommendations as stated on FINVIZ are rated on a 1 to 5 scale. (NASDAQ:TROV). The majority of analysts covering the equity have either a Buy or Strong Buy recommendation on the stock, yielding a consensus score of 2.00. The CCI may be used to spot if a stock is entering overbought (+100) and oversold (-100) territory.