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Undergraduate students must maintain a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) and an SFSU GPA of 2.0 or higher. If either is below 2.0, the student must complete an Undergraduate Academic Probation Hold Clearance Form (PDF). When submitting these petitions, the student needs to attach two documents for a complete packet:
- His or her unofficial transcript
- His or her completed Undergraduate Deficit Calculator
The Advising Resource Center (ARC) can assist students in preparing their packets. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for an appointment. Once you have an appointment set, please do the following to prepare for your appointment:
- Print out and bring the Undergraduate Academic Probation Hold Clearance Form (PDF)
- Fill out the top section of the form including answering Questions 1 and 2 (you can also type up your response to these quetsions on a separate sheet)
- Print out and bring your Unofficial Transcript
- If you are able to, complete the Undegraduate Deficit Calculator and bring a printout
Before submitting the petition for a Dean's review, make sure that all parts of the petition are completed; that the student, advisor, and Chair have signed; and the three documents identified above are attached. Clear statements about what contributed to a low GPA and what is now different that will lead to improvements are required for approval.
Packets which are otherwise complete, but still needing a Dean's signature should be submitted to the LCA Dean's Office in Creative Arts Building, Room 251. Appointments will not be given for a Dean's signature; petitions will be processed within a week of being received.
If there are no issues with a petition, it will be acted upon and the hold will be removed if it is approved. If there is a problem, the student will be informed within a week by email. It is imperative that students write their email address on the petition clearly.


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This is Episode 1 of Film Season 2. We are introduced to the five hosts or "characters" as they get situated in their new home. Plus we get to know their portfolio and personalities and what's to come for Film Season 2.
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I'm am absolutely BURSTING with excitement. I can't stand it.
Can`t wait for the first episode of season 2 … 😉
love what you guys do whens episode 2?
Last season helped encourage me to go all film for my wedding work. Beyond the entertainment y'all provide, I'm grateful for the knowledge and experience that you are sharing. THANK YOU! Excited for season 2 🙂
Hell Yeah!!
I'm really curious, excited… can't wait for those crazy adventures you guys have!
Ryan, you nailed it!
Btw : all that film, OMG! 😀
I'm so excited about season 2, LOVE you guys. BTW who cares about the bad comments, negative people are usually jealous 😉
Picked up my mamiya 645 last night and took it to my 30th birthday party after watching this. AWESOME!!!
IM READDDDDDDDDDY!!!!!!!Cant wait for you to start 🙂
Love what you guys are about. Great ep, totally can't wait to check out the rest.
AHHHHHH crying Ryan is back, too cute.
Hell yeah, I'm so excited and happy that film season 2 started today. WoOoHhoo!!
Loved this intro episode. It's a great episode to start the season.
Say hurray for a great mood every friday from now on, and till the last episode.
You are all the reason why I pursued my dream with film, please take the negative with a grain on salt and don't ever change. Thank you to the framed network, and every one that makes this show possible.
So pleased you guys are back!
Oh those Youtube commenters! I'm certain that they're highly outnumbered by a pile of kind, level-headed people that don't comment.
You're giving us something insightful, entertaining, and educational – for free! Can't see much worthy of complaint.
So stoked to learn more.
Ohhhh what now. Film is back baby 🙂
GAHHHHHHH! So excited!
It has been torture waiting for this show to air ever since the IndieGoGo campaign started!
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I have a client that makes pipe shelving furniture and I have a slew of drawings for them. I started out modeling the assemblies using Frame design, but it presented a ton of issues when a lot of changes to the product took place. At that point it was easier to model each length of pipe in a part file instead of Frame Design because the models held together better as the designs changed.
With that said, one of the downfalls was that in the BOM/Cutlist, I could no longer parametrically link to the length of the pipes (at least that I know of). I have a column added for length, but in the list of properties to pull from, i cannot figure out a way to pull in the length of the modeled pipe? Is this possible? Right now I manually type that, but that leads to costly mistakes.
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In your part file, go into the variable table and find the variable for length. It will be named by default something like: "ExtrudedProtrusion_1_FiniteDepth"
To the right check the box "Expose" and give it a name.
Then, add that variable to your parts list. It will show up in your parts list properties with (Exposed Variable) after it. You can control the number of decimal places by adjusting the units in your draft.
To make this easier I would create "template parts" of the various pipe sizes you use and embedd htis exposed variable in the template part. Then when you open the template part, save it as your part number, you exposed variable will be there and you won't have to expose the variable on new parts.
You will of course have to add the exposed variable to existing parts.
Ive never used the "Expose" feature. I have renamed dimensions to use in Family of Parts though. Thanks.
Yeah I just thought about that, i will have to open all the exisiting parts and change them, but for future parts, it helps tremendously
another way I used since a couple of years is to prepare template with Your pipes - and this is where sync can help You a lot - with a PMI dimension for the length You need and expose this for BOM usage.
Since sync edits and modifications are done extremely easy from ASM You can bring Your pipe to the wanted shape and length, with an automatically change of dim AND so with an exposed property changed too.
My Parts lists include a column called Cut 1, it can be one of three veraibles, whatever aplies to the part.
Case 1. Manual, Assign any varible to "L" like protrusion length
Case 2. sheet metal, Cut_X goes here
Case 3. Frame members
here is the formatting I use for the parts list for that column
%{Flat_Pattern_Model_CutSizeX/@3N/CP/NU|G}%{Cut Length|G}%{L/@3/NU/CP|G}%RT
I also have a Cut 2, but that is only used for sheet metal Cut_Y
That way, you can use a mixture of frame and indevidually modled parts and still have the length show up on the parts list.


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Recently, one of my sweet blog friends, Once Upon a Lime, found out some crappy news. She went for a skin/mole check-up and left with a diagnosis of the C-word. Cancer. It's not life threatening, not too serious – and she'll tell you all will be just fine after her surgery. But holy wake up call – that is yuck.
She put the call out for everyone to learn from her experience and go get an annual check-up. So, I scheduled that very thing. Thanks sweet Sarah – am thinking about you with your upcoming surgery – and appreciate you getting the rest of us off our butts and to the doc.
I was a lifeguard for six years and a total sun baby for most of my life. I changed ethnicity during the summer. My parents always made us wear sunscreen, and we are naturally tan and don't burn much – but we were in the sun a lot.
So, I went to Nashville Skin and Cancer (love them) this week. They were so great – got me right in and made me feel totally comfortable. Except for the fact that I was near naked wearing a lovely paper dress.
After a thorough once over, down to the bottoms of my feet and the top of my head, there was one mole on my right arm that exhibited some of the abnormalities they look for. Shape, color, texture, etc. (There is some clever ABCDE list, but I don't remember it).
Better safe than sorry, let's take a sample and check it out. It's probably nothing, though.
Cool – that's why I'm here – "better safe than sorry."
Then the doc says, "yeah – no big deal. You'll just have a couple stitches."
I'm sorry. Stitches? STOP. Hold the phone.
You don't just scrape it with a dull butter knife and send those microscopic cells off to your fancy lab? Call CSI – they can figure out a better way to do this.
"Um, no. We have to remove it – and send it off to the lab."
I have to lie down. I'm sweating profusely. I can't feel my face. I'm.going.to.DIE.
You see, I'm kind of a pansy. I passed out once when I got a vaccination.
They numbed it (needles! Ahhhhh!) cut the little sucker out and sewed me up. I never looked at it. I stared at a photo of Brooke Shields on a Latisse ad and tried not to throw up on the pretty nurse.
By the end of it, I had sweated through my gown AND the sheet on the table. And they were putting wet paper towels on my face.
What is wrong with ME!? Huge baby. Two stitches had me in a fit.
We'll know the results in a week or so, but again, I'm being so light about it because they felt pretty good that it will come back totally normal.
Just like a physical every year – go get your moleys checked! Because you just never know.
I have to wear a band-aid for 10 days. Lame. So, I stocked up on "Disney Princess" band-aids. At least I can be fashionable.
Shown below – lame doctor's office band-aid.
Now who's tough?
My humongous injury. You're welcome for the close-up.
I'll be at the pool this weekend, never fear – but with my SPF on.


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So I'm having a bit of an issue trying to figure out which fragrance I'm going to use for my Elemental Swirl Challenge soap (Amy Warden's Great Cakes Soapworks Challenge). I don't want to use anything that will accelerate trace, and I also don't want to use anything that will discolor my soap. I thought I would do something citrusy and sweet, however I don't want to use the same combo I used for my soap cake... because A) that would be silly; and B) the 10x Orange EO did discolor my batch to a creamy orange right away. I knew it would but still... I don't want to discolor my batch. So... I have all these sample fragrances and after a bit of research for each one I decided on the following:
BB's Red Apple - No notes about discoloring, morphing, fading, or acceleration
BB's Pearberry - Notes about forming white streaks remedied by extra stirring (no problem! plus I didn't use much lol.. about .4 oz)
BB's Blackberry - No notes about discoloring, morphing, fading, or acceleration
BB's Yuzu - Only notes were it sticks beautifull in CP soaps.. excellent!
BB's Champagne - have used before with zero side effects (plus I'm only using about .2 oz)
PFO's Citrus Blast - No notes about discoloring, morphing, fading, or acceleration
The end result of this mix being that it smells fruity, a tiny bit effervescent and very spring-like. I'm naming this one "Spring Fling" and I think it may become somewhat of a staple.. as in blending a bunch of my sample fragrances that will compliment each other in a type of Spring Cleaning of fragrances. It won't ever smell exactly like this again.. but it works I think.
I should be able to soap in about 2 hours or so.. once my lye water has cooled down. I think I'm going to use orange, pink and yellow for my "warm" colors and blue, green and purple for my "cool" colors with a black mica line. Will upload a YouTube video when it's all said and done. Reveal cutting video and pics on Saturday... can't wait!!!!
Edit: Just in case you were wondering...
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|Contents: Vol. 5 (No. 3), pp. 67-102, 2012
2. Effects of the large male-selective harvesting on population demographic structure
2-1. Common features in reproduction among the three studied species
2-2. Spiny king crab Paralithodes brevipes
2-2a. Introduction of spiny king crab
2-2b. Harvesting pattern of the spiny king crab
2-2c. Demographic structure of harvested spiny king crab population
2-3. Coconut crab Birgus latro
2-3a. Introduction of coconut crab
2-3b. Harvesting pattern of the coconut crab
2-3c. Demographic structure of harvested coconut crab population
2-4. Introduction of stone crab Hapaologaster dentata
3. Effects of the large male-selective harvesting on female reproductive success
3-1. Difficulty in investigation into influence of harvesting on the reproductive output
3-2. Relationship between fishing pressure and female reproductive success in fished spiny king crab population
3-3. Relationship between population structure and female reproductive success in manipulated populations of an unfished crab, stone crab
4. Effects of the large male-selective harvesting on male reproductive potentials
4-1. Method to extract sperm from spermatophores
4-2. Effects of male body size on male reproductive potentials
4-2a. Number of retained sperm
4-2b. Possible number of mating
4-2c. Number of ejaculated sperm
4-2d. Fertilization rate
4-3. Effects of male mating frequency on male reproductive potentials
4-3a. Number of ejaculated sperm
4-3b. Fertilization rate
4-4. Interactions between male body size and male mating frequency for male reproductive potentials
4-4a. Number of ejaculated sperm
4-4b. Fertilization rate and male reproductive success
4-5. Sperm recovery rate
5. Temporal variations of male sperm reserve and the ability to ejaculate
6. Influence of changes in socio-sexual conditions on female reproductive success
6-1. Decreased difference in body size between mates: female mate choice
6-2. Decrease in the encounter rate between females and males: female delayed mating
6-3. Skewed sex ratio towards females: male sperm allocation strategy
7. Plausible interaction between maternal influences and female mate choice for reproductive outputs of the resources
8. General discussion
8-1. How large male-selective harvesting influences reproductive outputs of large decapods crustacean resources
8-2. For the establishment of optimal management regimes
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I've only been on it 2 1/2 weeks and am still adjusting, but I've lost 8.8lbs in my first two weeks. I, too, want immediate results and usually sabotage myself so I have to quit. I actually had a difficult weekend last weekend but met with a health coach on Monday and she said to get right back on the program and I did! I've talked to so many people about how amazing the results are and my doctor is so excited that I'm on MF. I have liver disease that is completely weight related. My doctor has been telling me for 3 years that if I don't get it taken care of I will lose my life. I'm only 26! I'm finally taking control and doing something. I can be VERY stubborn but so far it's not as bad as I thought! Good Luck! Keep me updated on your progress!..
OH! Also, set mini goals for yourself! I have not reached any of mine yet but it give me something to strive toward. That has been a big motivating factor for me!..
Welcome to MF! This plan works as long as you stick to it! Congrats on making the decision for a healthier you!.
The support on this board is awesome. If you would like to join a challenge team, come over to the Sapphire thread under the challenge board. We are looking for some new members so we have enough people to join the next team challenge. We'd love to have you join us. I find that the challenges really help keep me motivated!..
Stay positive, lovingherdoggies...MF will help you achieve weight loss no matter how much you have to lose..
I started Medifast in May, 2006, just a week before my 60th birthday. I lost 70 lbs., but I'm back because I fell into my old habits of unhealthy eating on a regular basis and let the weight gain get out of hand. Like you, I have health issues where losing the weight is mandatory. I am having difficulty walking due to Achilles tendon problems. I need an operation, but the doctor won't do it until I lose the weight. I cannot put any weight on my foot after the operation for 6 wks.
I cannot afford to hire an aide to come in and help me..
What I want to tell you is that during that first week back in May, 2006, I met a wonderful lady on these boards who was an inspiration (and still is) to me. I'd like to tell you her story and I hope you will see from her success that the same is possible for both of us..
Patti was 58, I believe, in May, 2006 and had been on Medifast since late 2005, I think. She was still on a lot of medication for many ailments, walked with a cane and had to have a portable oxygen tank to breathe when we started to correspond in May, 2006. She started out weighing, I think, about 385. The thing I remember most about what her weight did to her was the fact that she had to drive down her driveway to get her mail. She couldn't walk that short distance because of her weight..
Long story short: She lost more than 200 lbs., sent the oxygen tank back to the medical supply company, was able to get off some of her meds and planted more than 100 bulbs in her yard! And...she happily walks down her driveway to get her mail.
I suggest that you start posting (or at least reading) the Class of '06 and Prior thread that appears on this Veterans of Medifast board. I've just started to post there. In fact, I have not posted for a long, long time and I feel that not posting actually helped me put back on some of the weight I lost. There are also many teams on the Clubhouse and the Ready, Set, Go boards that will also provide support. Just start posting on one that you've read for a while and where you would feel comfortable. There is also a 60+ board..
The gals on this thread (Class of "06) have been through it all and can help with questions, tips, encouragement, inspiration and support..
Best wishes...keep coming back to the boards and staying OP (on plan)...
Lovingherdoggies - welcome! you have already done the most difficult part , and that is admit that you need to lose weight and do something about it! This program works, and it will work for you! Just follow the program and you will start seeing and feeling the results..
Look on the boards and find a group or a person that you can connect with, because we all need some extra support sometimes. But above all have confidence that you can do this. I know that you will be able to lose the weight that you need to lose.
As everyone else has said there is so much inspiration and support on these boards. If you ever feel down or like you want to throw in the towel, you don't have to look far to see a success story that will lift you up from that low point and keep you going!.
Best of luck, you will do GREAT!!!..
I am *definitely* a "trees" and not "forest" person, so I take this plan one packet at a time (or maybe a couple at a time, just to be daring!). Seriously, this is an "over time" and not "overnight" plan, so you just have to hunker down and do it drink the water, eat the foods, move as much as you can. I have lupus, so I am with you on the importance of losing weight to help with mobility, both now and later. I have lost 100 lbs on this plan, kept it off for a couple of years, and am recommitting to get the rest off.
So, I will check in on you, and I cannot wait to help you celebrate your Medifast success!.


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I read somewhere (sorry can't find reference now) that you can use "-c none" with scp to copy files without encryption, but the login would still be encrypted. I'm not a ssh wizard, so please correct me if I'm wrong. If i'm right, could that option be added to winscp? Because sometimes I need to scp large files, but the data in it is not sensitive at all, even intended to be put up for public download.


text: Just don't think we need films like this anymore. No longer shocking, just a bit disturbing. Torture, Rape, Murder and Revenge. You can't side with the bad guys and a bit worrying if you side with the 'Good?'. I like a good Horror film but I don't consider this to be it. The cinema was full though, Orange Wednesday can take the responsibility.


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This home is managed by Vail Valley Getaway.
The main level of the home was made for entertainment. It has a great room with vaulted ceilings, gas fireplace, and dining area with seating for ten guests. You'll also find the spacious kitchen on this floor with an additional hearth room and powder room. Two balconies can be found off this level as well; one with a built-in fire pit and the other with a gas grill.
The lower level of the home is a fantastic room for families as it has its own ski entry with boot dryers, a laundry room, billiards table, entertainment area with ample seating, and access to the two car attached garage. On this level you'll also find three of the guest bedrooms. The first has a king bed with flat screen television, and en-suite bathroom with walk-in shower. The second houses two twin beds with its own en-suite bath with a shower/tub combo, and the final bedroom has two sets of twin bunk beds, a flat screen television, and an en-suite bath as well with a soaking tub and walk-in shower.
The upper level of the home houses a small area with writing desk as well as the Master and Jr. Master suites. The Master suite has a King bed, flat screen television, walk-in closet, and en-suite bath with a Jacuzzi tub as well as a steam shower. The Jr. Master suite also houses a King bed, flat screen television, and en-suite bath with Jacuzzi tub and steam shower.


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Christin Gronnslett – October Guest Designer
Happy Friday friends! I am happy to share another layout by our amazing Guest Designer for October, Christin Gronnslett…I am always inspired by her creative combinations and custom style, and I know you will be too! Using the current October "The Weekender" kit, Christin made this beautiful Fall page…here are her photos and descriptions:
"Hello everyone. Christin here again with another layout with the lovely October kit. I was inspired by the October challenged and went all in with different kinds of leaves. I have stenciled leaves, big cut out leaves and lots of combined leaves and some fussy cutting and some gold Thickers from the kit and most of all – lots of leaves …"
"For my last layout I went with soft colors and a touch of pink and more feminine. For this layout I went a little bolder with the colors to match the darker colors in the photo and I could add more contrast. Instead of a process video I am giving you lots of photos of my process. Each photo in the background process represents 1-2 layers and I used a heat gun in between."
"I don't use that many colors in the first layer, just making a base and mixing in a few colors."
"When the first layers have dried I can add contrast colors and I drop a few different colors of mist."
"Since this is going to be a more masculine page I added distress ink with a stencil, that way the contrast is still somewhat subtle compared to spraying a mist and most important – you have much more control."
"Then it's time for some heavy gesso and a stencil with leaves, this adds some more texture."
"A few more drops of mists on top of the white gesso."
"I recently got a Cameo3 and this is my first attempt at cutting out the title on my background paper. I also cut out some combined leaves and sprayed them with gold mist."
"For my last layer before starting with the patterned paper I stapled some cut out leaves with the gold leaves. My stapler doesn't like thick layers so I have to take a few papers at a time."
I would like to say thanks for this opportunity, I had a great time with the kit."
Thank you SO much Christin for all your inspiration and hard work this month…I think this might have been the best month to focus on your watercolor styled background and the patterns of Fall. Also the few pieces of black & white patterned paper in the kit are the perfect compliment. Your ability to combine so much into one project truly baffles me and I strive to achieve the same balance!! Thanks again!
I hope you all have enjoyed our GDT this month…it is only getting better, so make sure you come back, share your projects on our FB community page and go make an amazing Fall background for your memories!! 🙂


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Are you considering opening an e-commerce website?
This interactive workshop will offer you an overview of e-commerce hosts and tips on what to consider when choosing one. The focus will then be on Shopify and you will build an online store using their free 14-day trial, so there is no need to commit until you have had some time to look at your options. Topics covered include:
Please bring a laptop or tablet to use. You do not need to have purchased your domain website before working on your Shopify store. Although images of your products/services are not necessary, they will help with building your site and are recommended. Please let us know if you need the use of a laptop and one can be provided.
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Universal Music Publishing Plots Exit From ASCAP, BMI
By Ed Christman, New York
On the heels of Sony/ATV and EMI striking a deal to directly license their music to Pandora, Universal Music Publishing has notified ASCAP and BMI that it too will no longer rely on the two performance rights organizations to negotiate digital performance licenses and royalty rates.
In addition, sources say that BMG Chrysalis has also negotiated the option to withhold its digital performance rights from ASCAP and BMI, but it has yet to decide if it will actually use a direct deal strategy.
Sony/ATV has just completed negotiations with Pandora on its own behalf and for the EMI Music Publishing catalog, which it administers, which sources say yielded a 25% increase.
Sony/ATV's Martin Bandier on New, 'Quite Reasonable' Pandora Deal
Since Pandora was paying music publishers approximately 4.1% of its revenue, according to its most recent 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, simply put that means that Sony achieved a rate of about 5% of Pandora's for licensing its and EMI's songs to the service.
ASCAP, BMI and SESAC typically represent music publishers on a non-exclusive basis to license performance rights and collect performance royalties on their behalf. The motivation to do direct deals is driven by the belief that ASCAP and BMI, which operate under consent decrees they have signed with the U.S. Department of Justice, are hamstrung in getting a market rate from services like Pandora.
Since terrestrial and digital radio operate under compulsory licenses, BMI and ASCAP cannot refuse to grant a license to services like Pandora, even if a rate has yet to be negotiated. Once those type of digital services apply for a license, they may begin playing the music immediately and if the parties fail to negotiate a rate, any dispute goes to rate court, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which is currently hearing a case between ASCAP and Pandora.
As music publishers point out, they were able to negotiate a rate of 12% from Amazon, Google and iTunes for their scan and match cloud lockers, while the labels get 58% a revenue, a ratio of about 5-to-1. In contrast, the labels get above 50% of Pandora's revenues while publishers get 4.1%, a ratio of 12-to-1. The difference, they say, is due to the compulsory license and the consent decrees.
"With the consent decree constraints that apply to both ASCAP and BMI, in our view, it's especially challenging for either society to achieve market rates in negotiations with digital services," says UMPG chairman/CEO Zach Horowitz in a statement to Billboard. "In order to ensure that our songwriters are fairly compensated, we believe the best approach is for us to negotiate directly with these services. For that reason we notified both ASCAP and BMI at the end of last year that we will be withdrawing our digital rights for controlled catalogs at the earliest opportunity. With ASCAP, this will be effective July 1, 2013. With BMI we are still working out the effective date."
The rights-withdrawal delay is because PROs typically have contracts with publishers, and in turn with music services like Pandora, so an effective date when a publisher is free to negotiate direct deals on its own behalf must be established.
Other publishers are taking a wait-and-see attitude about the direct deals strategy, although most point out that they themselves don't have the clout to follow in Sony/ATV and UMPG's footsteps. But they also expect eventually to be the beneficiary of their actions, since rate courts tend to look at market-negotiated rates when setting rates. Moreover, some say it is to their benefit that the PROs stay strong, and that whatever upside they could get from withholding digital rights could hurt in other areas where the PROs negotiate on their behalf.
While it may seem like the PROs are losing a big chunk of business -- since Sony/ATV, EMI, UMGP, and BMG account for an estimated 60% of global publishing revenue -- that is not the case. Digital royalties only account for about 3% of their revenue today, although undoubtedly that will grow going forward, so the withholding of digital rights by these publishers revenues won't have much of an impact today.
Further, taking off what sting there might be currently to the PROs, Sony/ATV has negotiated a deal with BMI to handle Pandora administration for its BMI songwriters and is in negotiations with ASCAP to handle that as well for ASCAP songwriters. Likewise, UMPG has negotiated a deal for with ASCAP to handle Pandora administration for its ASCAP songwriters, and is involved in negotiations with BMI to handle it for its BMI songwriters.
One potential holdup to those negotiations is that Sony and UMG are pushing for an administration fee lower than the estimated 11-13% revenue that the PROs typically withhold every year from royalty disbursements to cover their expenses.
Manwhile, Pandora is currently in rate court with ASCAP, while Pandora has agreed to pay BMI 1.75% of its revenue and 0.4% to SESAC, according to its 10-K. If Pandora is paying 4.1% to publishers, that means ASCAP and the small portion of EMI's catalog withdrawn from ASCAP in 2011-- before it was acquired by a Sony-led consortium and administered by Sony/ATV, which has withdrawn the rest of the catalog -- is getting 1.95% of revenue.


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Beyond the Mask (2015) | The chief mercenary for the British East India Company, being double crossed by his former employer, has made his way to the American Colonies. Working to redeem his name, William Reynolds (Andrew Cheney) now hides behind a different mask in hopes of thwarting his former employer. As his past life closes in on him, Will must somehow gain the trust and the help of his beloved Charlotte, a woman he has been lying to, as well as a colonial intellectual by the name of Ben Franklin. All the while he races against time to defuse a plot that could have devastating effect on the birth of a new nation.
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"A radical expansion of what folk songs are supposed to do."
- The New Yorker on Anna's duo project, Anna & Elizabeth
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Anna Roberts-Gevalt is a voracious and curious musician who nestles in the space between ancient ballads and new sounds. She spent ten years studying traditional music in the Appalachian mountains, with elder masters, and in archives. Anna now makes music, performance, and film inspired by her experiences, and experiments with connections she finds between old sounds and new ones. Her collaboration with Virginia ballad singer, Anna & Elizabeth, released its third record this spring on Smithsonian Folkways, which she co-produced, and features lauded experimental pedal steel player Susan Alcorn and Jim White (The Dirty Three). She currently serves as a guest curator of traditional music at Big Ears, an experimental music festival in Knoxville; was a fellow at The MacDowell Colony, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Berea College Traditional Music Archive, OneBeat (Bang on a Can's Found Sound Nation); and teaches fiddle and banjo across the country. Learn more about Anna at: www.annaandelizabeth.com
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Patrice Evra was the surprise goal-poacher as Marseille inflicted a first defeat in two months on Mario Balotelli's Nice.
Third-placed Nice lost 2-1 to fifth-placed Marseille at Stade Velodrome when former Manchester United defender Evra scored a spectacular diving header for the 66th-minute winner.
Former Swansea striker Bafetimbi Gomis gave Marseille the lead in the 21st minute before another figure well known to Premier League fans, Mario Balotelli, equalised early in the second half by tapping in with his shinpads.
Evra's goal, made possible by 19-year-old Frenchman Maxime Lopez's perfect cross, put Rudi Garcia's side above Bordeaux into the Europa League spots and in the hunt for fourth place.
Lyon remain firmly in pole position to take fourth, though, five points above Marseille after a 3-2 win over Nantes in the 4pm kick-off.
Eighth-placed Nantes took the lead in the 19th minute through Valentin Rongier and it stayed that way until the 65th minute when Nabil Fekir scored a penalty, picking himself up after a foul by Koffi Djidji.
Five minutes later Lyon took the lead through a Maxwel Cornet header from Memphis Depay's corner only for Guillaume Gillet to equalise in the 75th minute.
But Cornet struck again - again assisted by Depay with a clever header from a loose ball in the box - with a fourth goal in 15 minutes to claim the points for Lyon.
Lyon lead Marseille by five points with two games remaining, while Bordeaux are a further point back but have an inferior goal difference.
Montpellier's dismal end to the season continued as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at mid-table Rennes.
Ndombe Mubele scored the only goal of the game in the 80th minute for the hosts, who were smarting from last week's defeat to bottom club Bastia.
The result means Jean-Louis Gasset's men are still not mathematically certain of avoiding relegation, although an improbable series of results would need to go against them.
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Serves: Makes approximately 28 hot wings
- 3 pounds chicken drumettes
- 1½ teaspoons kosher salt
- 1½ cup water
- Buffalo ranch sauce, see recipe below
- Fresh chopped chives, for topping
- For the Buffalo Ranch Sauce:
- ¾ cup hot sauce
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons shallots, finally chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh chives, finally chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, finally chopped
- 1 tablespoon buttermilk
Procedures:Combine the two favorite elements of hot wings, buffalo sauce and ranch, and you have yourself a new favorite appetizer: buffalo ranch hot wings. Buttermilk, fresh chives, shallots and honey are combined with a homemade buffalo sauce to add a bit of ranch flavor. These wings are steamed inside the Instant Pot with a Joseph Joseph Lotus Steamer, chilled in the fridge, tossed in a homemade wing sauce and then finished off in the oven.
30 minutes before cook time, remove the wings from the fridge and evenly salt the wings on all sides. Let the wings sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Pour the water into the Instant Pot and place the Joseph Joseph Lotus Steamer into the Instant Pot insert.
Place the wings inside the steamer and secure the lid on to the Instant Pot
Using the steam function, steam the wings on high-pressure for 10 minutes. Use the quick pressure release method to release the steam after 10 minutes of cooking.
Line a rimmed baking sheet with paper towels. Place the wings on top of paper towels and place into the fridge for 1 to 2 hours.
Heat an oven to 425°F.
Place 3 tablespoons of buffalo ranch sauce into a large mixing bowl. Place the chilled wings into the mixing bowl and toss to coat. If the wings appear to be dry, add a few more tablespoons of buffalo ranch sauce.
Place the tossed wings on to a rimmed baking sheet and place in the oven. Cook for 10 minutes, or until the outside of the wings are crispy.
Meanwhile add 3 to 4 additional tablespoons of buffalo ranch sauce into the same mixing bowl. Set aside.
Remove the wings from the oven, and place back in to the mixing bowl. Toss to coat well.
Serve warm topped with chopped fresh chives.
To make the Buffalo Ranch Sauce: Place the hot sauce, butter, honey and salt into a small sauce pan. Cook over medium high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and let simmer for 5 to 8 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened.
Remove the sauce from heat and add the shallots, chives, garlic and buttermilk. Stir well. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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1. This revision is by the State. The respondents herein are the accused in S.C. No. 129 of 1972 on the file of the Court of the Third Additional Assistant Sessions Judge, Coimbatore. The Assistant Sessions Judge convicted the accused under Section 395 read with S. 397 Indian Penal Code and sentenced A-1 to A-3 to two years' rigorous imprisonment and sentenced A-4 to A-6 to one years' rigorous imprisonment. The accused preferred an appeal from jail and the appeal C.A. No. 90 of 1973 was disposed of by the Sessions Judge, Coimbatore (West) Division and the Lower Appellate Court has confirmed the conviction and sentences of the first Court. In the present revision by the State, it is urged that the accused having been found guilty under Section 395 read with S. 397 Indian Penal Code, the minimum sentence of seven years prescribed under S. 397 Indian Penal Code ought to have been imposed and this error should be corrected now in revision by enhancing the sentence to the minimum prescribed. There is force in the case urged on behalf of the State. The judgment of the first Court was rendered on 24th February, 1973 and the judgment of the Lower Appellate Court was rendered on 24th July, 1973. The present revision by the State was filed on 22nd December, 1973 under S. 439 of the old Criminal Procedure Code. These factors, I am obliged to point out because though there is a warrant to correct the error committed by the first Court in not passing the minimum sentence, the time lapse cannot be lost sight of. The accused must have suffered and completed the sentence of imprisonment imposed on them long back.
2. It is true when the statue enjoins the courts to impose the minimum punishment, in the absence of any saving clause in the statue itself, it is not open for the Courts to award a punishment lesser than the minimum one prescribed. Even as early as in 1928 in Emperor v. Badhia 1928 29 Cri LJ 35, a Division Bench of the Patna High Court dealing with the case under Section 397 of the Indian Penal Code held that a person convicted for an offence under that section cannot be sentenced for a period of imprisonment less than seven years, in Bansi v. Emperor, (AIR 1941 All 359) : (43 Cri LJ 97 : : AIR1941All359 ) a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court discountenanced the plea that even though under Section 397 of the Indian Penal Code a minimum sentence of seven years has to be imposed, a sentence of less than seven years could be imposed on persons against whom it is impossible to prove that they used dangerous weapons themselves or caused grievous hurt.
3. The court is definitely enjoined with the duty to correct an error committed by the inferior Court when such Court flagrantly ignores the statutory provisions with reference to imposition of minimum sentence. The necessity and the reasons for correcting such errors have also been recognised by a Division Bench of Kerala High Court in Subbayyan Muthukumaran v. State of Kerala AIR1968 Ker 330 : 1968 Cri LJ 1554. The Supreme Court in Supdt., Central Excise, Bangalore v. Bahubali 1979 Mad LJ Cri 241 : (1979 Cri LJ 862) : : 1979CriLJ862 had discountenanced the application of the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act when the Defence of India Act and the Rules framed thereunder specifically bars the exercise of judicial discretion in the matter of award of sentence. In an unreported judgment in State v. Roskkan (Criminal Appeal No. 757 of 1977). Paul, J. has adopted and applied the ratio enunciated by the Supreme Court in the above case, to a case arising under the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act and the learned Judge corrected the error committed by the Court below in imposing a punishment other than the minimum one prescribed. The principles set out above cannot have an exception. In the present case, the accused who are the respondents though served, did not appear either by themselves or through counsel. By order dated 1st October, 1980 Mr. A. K. Kumaraswami, advocate of this Court was appointed as amicus curiae to represent the accused and assist the Court in the matter. The learned counsel has been of much assistance in explaining the position in law. Yet he would urgue as pointed out earlier, that the time lapse will practically render any order enhancing the sentence, an unworkable proposition. The chances of apprehending the accused after the lapse of such a considerable time are remote. The first Court has committed an error in passing not the minimum sentence prescribed by law. The lower appeallate Court was of course helpless. Apart from pointing out the impropriety and illegality committed by the first Court, I find that there is no useful purpose which will be served in exercising the powers of revision of this Court so as to enhance the sentence. With the above observations, this Criminal Revision stands dismissed.
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The Dominican Republic is enjoying a period of investment in infrastructure and mining activities. Executive director Alejandro Gil tells Martin Ashcroft how Geocivil is growing along with it.
The Dominican Republic is attracting a great deal of attention at the moment, not least for the gold discoveries made by various mining operations, including Barrick Gold's Pueblo Viejo.
Enterprises like these need experienced, reliable contractors, and Geocivil is a local supplier that fits that mould. The company was formed in 1969, but its executives had been in business as part of a consulting firm since 1954, so the length of experience speaks for itself.
Mining is a relatively recent interest for Geocivil, however, as executive director Alejandro Gil explains. "Our main customers are large construction companies: we started working in large dam projects—we have done the geotechnical exploration for practically all the 20-plus largest dams in our country. We have also worked in most of the larger construction projects like bridges, sea ports and thermoelectric plants, among other things. In the last 20 years we started getting more involved in core drilling for mining as these projects became of greater interest for the Dominican economy."
With mining companies like Barrick Gold, Perilya Ltd, Xstrata Nickel-Falconbridge and Everton Resources among its clientele, Geocivil now has a broad range of capabilities and equipment in this area.
"We offer everything from geotechnical core drilling and in-situ testing to ground improvement, deep mine core drilling (over 1,000 meters deep) to near-shore/over-water borings for marine projects, to environmental drilling and well installation, always focusing on quality of recovery and accuracy of sampling and reporting," he says.
On the construction side, Geocivil has worked with major names including Constructora Norberto Odebrecht, Constructora Andrade-Gutierrez, ICA-Fluor, CBI-Chicago Bridge & Iron Works, Bouygues Offshore, CH2M Hill, Agroman and Dragados, among others.
One of the jobs he is most proud of, he says, was for an important natural gas power plant on the south coast of the Dominican Republic. "We worked on it for over two years, first in several consecutive geotechnical exploration campaigns in virgin terrain, and later performed extensive and thorough ground remediation work in a karstic coral limestone formation in a record time, involving over 11,000 meters of drilling for grouting, over 14,000 cubic meters of cement grout to fill caverns/voids, all in about six months of very intensive work with over 150 people on site."
Another example of Geocivil's expertise is a current mineral exploration project for an international metal mining company. "We have to core-drill down to 500 meters in an active mine with blastings nearby every day, which alter the already very broken and abrasive formation, and we have kept a very good record of recovery, production and minimal loss of equipment, all with a zero accident record. We have already completed about 20,000 meters of core-drilling and have a similar quantity ahead to complete in the first half of 2012."
Another mining project, started last year, involves deep mineral exploration. "This is where we set our record depth of 1,085 meters in HQ and NQ," says Gil. "It's the deepest core-drilling ever done in our country, and we also drilled several other drill holes between 500 and 800 meters." This was achieved in cooperation with Heath & Sherwood drillers, he explains, using a Maxidrill 18 rig. "By the way, the previous record was also ours, set back in 1987 at 550 meters in HQ-NQ with a Longyear 38."
Demonstrating Geocivil's diversity is an intensive geotechnical remediation job for the construction of a multinational telephone company's main office building, he continues. "We had to execute over 1,200 micropiles of 200mm in diameter and 12 meters deep for the foundations, all in just a little over 10 weeks—which we did."
The subject of telephone companies brings us to yet another technical capability—well electrical grounding. "During the early years when work was scarce, telephone companies needed good and effective grounding systems that required only small surface areas, so drilling a well to the ground-water level and connecting that water level to the surface with a copper conductor resulted in an excellent solution for our customers. We have been using this type of deep grounding well for over 40 years now, originally for transmission towers and lately for cellular phone system antennas."
So, the work is varied, and depending on the size of the project, Geocivil might have six to eight small projects on the go at any time, or might alternatively be working on maybe two or three larger ones. "We have managed single projects worth over $5 million," says Gil, "while many of our smaller projects are worth less than $100,000."
The company's challenges include its location on a relatively small island, where drilling materials all have to be imported, which takes time adds transportation cost. As a result, says Gil, Geocivil has to keep a large inventory of materials and spares, as well as a large metal-mechanical work shop with over 15 pieces of machinery, along with operators, for equipment rebuilding, maintenance and urgent spare parts production/repair. "Also, due to the low level of academic education in our country, and specifically due to the lack of good technical formation schools, we have been obliged to train our own personnel from the ground up."
Geocivil's main competitive advantage, Gil believes, is the confidence it offers clients through its quality of service. "If we are contracted the job will be done with good quality—period. Of course this has a cost, but most customers know that you get what you pay for, and when you are doing a delicate evaluation you have to do it properly. Usually all our projects are under direct professional supervision all the time."
Customer service improvements have been made in recent years, he adds, such as the provision of ancillary equipment and services in drilling operations, including barge/jack-up platforms, small dozers, cranes, concrete mixers and pumping units. "In this way we can provide the full service without having to engage any external contractors/subcontractors, so we give our customers a better guarantee of execution for their projects." There is also a subsidiary company which handles all transportation requirements, with over 35 units comprising SUVs, pickups, buses, trucks and trailers.
From a safety point of view, Geocivil has its own health, safety and environment plan but it is customary in the industry to follow the customer's requirements for each contract. "We have a very clean HSE scorecard," says Gil, "being usually among the best of the pack in most of the projects where we work. This includes regular training to all personnel as well as a five minute planning meeting every day to focus each team on the day's work, risk assessment for every irregular situation, adequate equipment to contain/control any incidental situation (spills, fires, etc.) and all pertinent PPE for any given work."
The last 10 years have seen the company's strongest growth, in line with the development of the country's infrastructure and increasing mining activity. "We have been able to use our experience to participate in larger projects," says Gil, "and there have been more of those in recent years. Right now the mining industry is taking the lead, but in recent years we've also seen alternating opportunities in infrastructure construction and large civil works and we expect more development in the near future."


text: At the seminar (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – The National Assembly has helped to strengthen relations between Vietnam and many foreign countries, especially neighbouring and regional nations, traditional friends, and strategic and comprehensive partners, said National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu. The legislator said at a seminar in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 20 that the Vietnamese legislative body has set up ties with 140 parliaments and become a member of many parliamentary cooperation organisations worldwide. Parliamentary diplomacy has significantly contributed to materialising the Party and State's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, diversification, and multilateralisation, thus improving Vietnam's global image and position, he noted. He cited multilateral parliamentary mechanisms in which Vietnam has participated, such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie, the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum, and the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership. Vietnam has proposed several initiatives and constructive recommendations, proving itself a responsible member of the international community, Luu said. He, however, pointed out difficulties facing the legislature's external affairs, especially regarding personnel, strategic research, and situation forecasting. Representatives from the foreign ministry, Vietnamese embassies, and international delegates presented speeches on the regional and global situation, and parliamentary diplomacy during the implementation of State's foreign policy, among other topics. The event, jointly held by the NA's Committee for External Affairs and Germany's Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, will last until August 21. –VNA


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Review: Spiderman 3
Can a game be so bad that you can't actually put it down?
That's where I stand with Spiderman 3 for the Playstation 3. For the last couple of weeks, I have enthralled in the exploits of Peter Parker and his friends. Like I said before, by no means is this game any good.
Where do I begin? The graphics during gameplay are tolerable, but the cut-scenes are just downright spooky. Big bulgy arms and legs. Lifeless eyes. Unsynced audio. Its just a complete train wreck.
The camera angles are atrocious. Most of the time you're looking at the web-slinger from the front while getting your butt handed to you from somebody off-screen. Its nearly impossible to swing the camera around. A centering or targeting system would have been great.
The controls are nothing special. It's a button masher. There's some ability to control the action by slowing it down and pulling some moves that would make Neo say "Whoa," but the evildoers seem to always get a hit in somehow.
With that said, what makes the game so addictive?
Simply put: the ability to swing around Manhattan. I followed the silly little missions until the symbiote took control of 'ol Pete. Seriously, couldn't they just have used the scene from the movie? I almost felt sorry for the symbiote watching the video game cut-scene.
I now spend my days fighting crime and sometimes the occasional mission. There's a venerable rouge's gallery of bad guys. I've taken down Scorpion who first freed Rhino. I watched Dr. Connors turn into the Lizard who I eventually fought and took down only to return as the prey for Kraven. And taken straight from the movie, I flushed Sandman down the pipes.
Some of the missions are damn near impossible to finish. In mission 4 in my fight with the Order of the Dragon's Tail (honest to god, that's the name; I thought it was a PBS kid's show), I have to take four samurai at the same time. Those samurai don't go down easy and by that time, I'm completely out of energy.
I still can't put the game down. I go back for more. Sure, the game is bad, but like the symbiote, it has taken me over.
Maybe I should've heeded the words of the fellas over at Penny Arcade.
Originally appeared on the 4Play video game blog on azcentral.com on May 24, 2007.
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Matthew Brown – Retail Futurist, Echochamber – celebrates the power of the Pop Up to inspire new designs and new experiences across the retail world. This column is part of a regular series that champions design inspiration in retail, published in association with The Design Solution.
The Pop Up is now a mainstream retail channel bursting with creativity. Travel retail should embrace the Pop Up in order to create fresh and exciting experiences…
It's nearly a decade since the global financial crash set off a retail apocalypse, and the world is now a very different place, writes Matthew Brown. The traditional shopping mall model, with its anchor department store, is in crisis. New retail behemoths such as Amazon are not only dominating online but reinventing physical retail across books, technology and now food. Yet amongst the ruins of brands such as Blockbuster, Radio Shack and Sears, there has been resurgence in retail innovation, driven by our increasing demand for exceptional shopping experiences.
Travel retail has been a surprise winner. Who would have thought that airports and railway stations would become global destinations for shopping, food and leisure? Certainly the sector had some catching up to do in terms of improving the customer offer, however, the innovators in travel retail have looked at trends in the wider world and created a new benchmark of excellence that can compete globally in any sector.
The other big winner in retail is the Pop Up. Originating as a niche concept back in the early Noughties, it accelerated during the crash, as brands went bust and the leasing model changed. Then it went mainstream. Somewhere along the way, the Pop Up transformed itself into a 'permanent' retail channel. Now, when brands talk about Omnichannel, this means online, permanent and Pop Up.
IKEA are the perfect example of this new innovative Omnichannel approach, with original, powerful retail design at the centre of every project. Faced with the growth of online, and the fading popularity of big box shopping amongst Millennials, IKEA has developed smaller city centre stores, as well as an even smaller click and collect concept for the shopping mall. Interestingly, with a subtle tweak, this format could work perfectly in a travel environment.
Alongside this permanent portfolio is a continual global program of innovative Pop Up experiences; from the sleepover bedrooms in the Paris Metro, to the Breakfast in Bed Café in London and the IKEA Temporary in Milan, with its meatball café and kitchen of the future. My favourite store of last year was the IKEA Dining Club in London, featuring a café, events space, and, best of all, a DIY restaurant where you could learn to cook dinner for 20 of your friends. You even got your name on the door!
For mall and airport operators, Pop Up retail is an opportunity to build a point of difference, seasonality and experience into what can otherwise be a static and boring mix.
Even malls themselves have become Pop Up experiences – Bikini in Berlin is an iconic lifestyle mall with pop ups built into the design. And what about the UK-based concept Boxpark, the world's first shipping container mall, now at a second location in Croydon? These blend up-and-coming street food operators and designers, with brands wanting to do something a bit different.
FMCGs such as Nestle and Unilever have also discovered the power of the Pop Up as a tool to raise brand awareness. They have developed fantastic, game changing retail concepts for their consumer brands. For them it's a battle of survival, as the rise of the hard discounters in the grocery market erodes the dominance of household name brands. Factor in the slow death of traditional advertising and a high profile pop up experience that goes viral starts to look like an obvious investment.
Nestle have developed the Kit Kat Chocolatory, where customers queued around the block to customise their own Kit Kat, made fresh to order and with packaging that you can design yourself. Perfect for gifting or as a decadent treat.
Unilever meanwhile have been busy rolling out their fantastic Magnum Pleasure Store Pop Ups; offering a theatrical reconstruction of the iconic ice cream, perfect for that Instagram moment. This has been followed by other social media engaged retail experiences this summer, such as the Axe Pop Up Barbershop in Dublin, St Ives Mixing Bar in New York and a new Soft Republic ice cream concept for Walls in London.
What all the best pop ups share is a sense of bold invention, a playful ability to present their brand in a new light, free from the constraints of long term leases and capital costs. Ironically the result is sometimes better than the permanent.
Benefit in particular create wonderful pop up experiences every year; from the fantastic Curls, Cupcakes and Cocktails Parlour, with a secret nail cocktail bar that opened after dark, to their Good Ship Benefit on board a boat in London, complete with restaurant and beauty pods.
Hospitality is one key element towards making a Pop Up shine, and even the supermarkets are in on the game. Tesco's pop up Finest Wine Bar in London, was a two week celebration of its best selection, set within a stylish monochrome space. Buzzing with activity, this was one of the best things they have ever done.
John Lewis too has transformed the rooftop of its Oxford Street store into a garden oasis, complete with personal gazebo huts and bars and restaurants.
Pop Ups have become a regular fixture of the retail calendar, yet they are also becoming permanent. Brands such as Nike and Adidas have both developed permanent pop up spaces, where the location is the same, but the content changes over time. These innovation hubs allow brands to experiment with new ideas, showcase new ranges, and host events. From a customer perspective, there is always a reason to come back.
It is this approach that makes the Pop Up a sustainable retail channel, and one that can be adopted anywhere. My favourite Pop Up of all time is Story in New York. Launched in 2011, this magazine style concept changes its 'story' every few weeks, re-launching with a totally new store design and product mix. Six years, and many stories later, Story is still one of the best stores in New York.
Brands that value innovation are evolving the very concept of the Pop Up every year. This is the sector that provides the most exciting new ideas; whether in new technology, interactive storytelling, personalization, hospitality, and even design. In a world where customers travel ever further and more often, so we crave new experiences that break the mould of the ordinary.
The pace of change is furious, terrifying, but also electric!
Matthew Brown runs Echochamber, a retail trend consultancy that travels the world seeking out innovation across all sectors, in order to understand the trends that are shaping the future. As a retail futurist, Matthew advises clients on global best practice and how to apply principles to futureproof their businesses. Echochamber.com has been feeding industry professionals with inspiration since 1999, in the early days of the internet.
More in The Design Solution series:
The Design Solution: The food & beverage revolution leads to Rome
A Venetian Grand Design – how design has shaped the most beautiful store in the world
The Design Solution: Virtual Reality – Bringing the design experience to life
The Designed Experience: Introducing a new series in partnership with The Design Solution


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St. Louis Cardinals
Molina's rant at his manager is unprofessional and disappointing
I was at the press conference where Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny dared to suggest that his all-star catcher, Yadier Molina, could use a day off.
Luke Weaver was making his first big league start of 2017 that night and Matheny elected to have him pitch to Carson Kelly, the rookie right-hander's recently-promoted battery mate from triple-A Memphis.
It made total sense, and so I thought nothing of the skipper's comments.
"Yadi's caught a lot," Matheny said. "Yesterday, just kind of watching him go around the bases, too, you could tell that he's, you know ..."
In all of baseball history, only 27 times has a catcher caught 150 or more games in a season. Molina himself has only once in his 13 previous seasons caught more than 140 games. He's on a pace to catch 138 games this year.
It's not like Matheny is nudging his 34-year-old catcher out of a job.
Yet somehow Molina has taken offense to Matheny's abbreviated comments, excusing a social media pot-shot at the boss by saying he was just "defending himself."
Fans appreciate the fiery Puerto Rican for "training to play 174 games because that's what it takes to make a Champion." You can also understand his frustration in an underachieving team that's been chasing .500 for the better part of the season.
But none of this excuses his petty and short-sighted slam on Matheny. It is, after all, the manager's job to make the lineup every day.
Maybe Molina has finally come to his senses. Since this column was originally posted Wednesday night at about 5 p.m., Molina's Instagram post has been removed. It could be he decided that his two home run over the Brewers was enough to convince the skipper that he's not tired. Or maybe the Cardinals brass stepped in and made the catcher and manager shake hands.
Whatever the reason, it's way too late for takebacks. That post lived on the internet for days and the media has already seized upon the drama.
So, what exactly is the source of Molina's insecurity?
Is it his employer? You know, the one that just gave him a three-year, $60 million contact extension that will keep him in his catching gear until his 37 years old?
Or is this personal? Does Molina have some specific beef with Matheny?
The manager has no doubt lost some fans in recent months as his reputed struggle with bullpen management continues to manifest in one blown game after another, and as the once proud Cardinal Way continues to tarnish under his watch. This may be true in some corners of the clubhouse, too.
But is a social media rant the best way for Molina to express his frustration? He owes Matheny some respect.
Let's go back to 2004, which is the last time somebody other than the current Gold Glover was the Cardinals' starting catcher. Molina was the 21-year-old heir-apparent to Matheny, who took the understudy under his wing and helped to make him the franchise catcher.
Matheny subsequently was allowed to become a free agent at the end of the season.
He was 33 years old, had just won the second of three consecutive Gold Gloves and was leaving a team that fell a win short of the franchise record 106. A lesser man might have been bitter.
Instead, this is what Matheny had to say about his successor:
"I will stand behind the fact that Yadier Molina has impressed me more than any catcher I've ever witnessed," Matheny said to mlb.com. "Yadi had a lot of people investing into him with his family and people from the outside, but he had to do it himself. He had to take what he was given and make the most of it, and he continues to get better.
"I don't know that we've seen the best of him," Matheny added. "I think there's even more there. He's special."
Time, of course, has proven Matheny right. Through nearly 14 full seasons, Molina has been the consummate professional.
That's all the more reason his decidedly unprofessional outburst is so decidedly disappointing.
Sports Editor Todd Eschman: 618-239-2540, @tceschman


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Worked mornings in Lubbock, Austin, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, back to Austin, then home to Lubbock.
Work middays from 9-Noon.
Love to…..spend time with family, friends and animals……snow ski….write and paint. Have written 2 screenplays (haven't we all?) both represented, but not sold. Sky dived a few years ago, and wish to again! I work out and jog, and kick a stick while jogging at Tech Terrace Park.
Love the mountains! Fascinated by great white sharks and grizzlies.
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New: Purcell's THE FAIRY QUEEN at SF Conservatory of Music
Henry Purcell died in 1695 at the early age of 36 just three years after the premiere of his semi-opera The Fairy Queen, which in turn came only a year after the great success of his other noteworthy works in this genre, Dioclesian and King Arthur. The genre itself developed in England out of the popular court masques. Semi-operas combined spoken dialogue, acting, instrumental music, singing, and dance. The libretto for The Fairy Queen, by an anonymous author, offers a heavily abridged version of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. This material, usually presented in spoken dialogue, was absent in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's concert version of Purcell's The Fairy Queen, which included all the music Purcell composed for the 1692 premiere as well as the music he added for the 1693 revival. None of the familiar characters from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream have singing roles, so the singing is provided by nymphs, fairies and allegorical figures. I attended on Saturday afternoon, March 12, the second of two performances of Purcell's The Fairy Queen at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. -more-


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Fon approaches 12M global hotspots and expands footprint in France with SFR
A few weeks ago we announced superb news in France: all SFR broadband customers are also Fon members and can enjoy all Fon benefits! Today, these benefits are even better since Fon is approaching a great milestone: almost 12 million hotspots all around the world!
SFR was Fon's first international telco partner and, after years of a great relationship, we're thrilled all SFR broadband customers now form part of the Fon community. Like other Fon members, they'll securely share the unused capacity of their broadband connection with other Fon members by default and receive free worldwide Internet access in exchange. In France, just look for the "SFR WiFi Fon" signal and connect!
With close to 12 million hotspots, mostly deployed with international telcos, we are without a doubt, the world's largest WiFi network.
Driven by great telco partnerships, our growth is unstoppable! We've announced three new partnerships so far this year, including KPN (Netherlands), Hrvatski Telekom (Croatia) and Deutsche Telekom (Germany) and there's plenty more announcements planned for 2013!
If you are a SFR customer and need more information, please visit the official SFR WiFi website.
You can read our full press release here and make sure to keep up with us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn for all the latest at Fon!


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This Week in Startups - #628: Chamath Palihapitiya
Jason & Chamath discuss politics, diversity & more at LAUNCH
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Ryan HooverPro@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
This is the first interview published from @jason's LAUNCH Festival last week. Here's the video for those interested:
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The only downside to this interview and podcast is that is was less than an hour. I could listen to Chamath and Jason talk for 10x the length of this podcast and still want more.
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Happy I saw this live last week. Really good stuff, Chamath is amazing.


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Kearney works for NASA circa:1964-1968
NASA's Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California
Only a few years out of the US Navy as a deck hand and now working in the Graphics and Exhibits Department for world famous NASA as a technical illustrator! Just because I could draw! My first job out of the Navy was working in retail at Valley Fair,San Jose, CA. Then my brother Phil, helped me get into a "job-shop" as a technical illustrator. That lead to the NASA job. This was before the moon landing.
Kearney at his best in jacket and tie, with poster art he designed.
Kearney at the drawing board. This was when Leroy pens and India ink were used for lettering illustrations.
In NASA jump suite setting up an exhibit in one of those large hangers at Moffett Field.
Kearney at work drawing animal cartoons for kids at NASA 1966 Christmas Party.
Cartoon Doodle. Some times it felt like this being a technical illustrator.
At the desk, Ames Research Center, April 1964.
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What happen in our Country?
You can get beat in a crowd Fast Food Restaurant??!!
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1 sec; The Customer try to look for a fight?
2 sec; the customer "lady friend" say "sorry sorry" to the employees.
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24 sec; one blue shirt guy looks enjoy and smiling on the scene.
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Converse College Low-Residency MFA program has long been proud of our online literary journal, South 85. Helmed by Converse MFA fiction alumna, Debby DeRosa, the journal is a well-curated online publication featuring fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art from writers and artists across the country.
Not one to allow our beloved publication to drift in the sea of similar online journals, Debby is constantly looking for innovative ways of featuring the work and artistry that make up South 85.
Enter the South85 YouTube channel. Once a month, this brand new channel will feature videos of select poets reading their own work. The inaugural performance video dropped October 9, 2017, and it features Converse MFA alumna, Mel Sherrer, reading her poetry to bassoon accompaniment by bassoonist, Liz Valvano. See link below.
Enjoy this month's video post, and be sure to click "Subscribe," so you don't miss next month's post. All of us in the MFA office are proud of Debby and her staff's innovative ideas and the professionalism with which they execute them. And a huge shout-out to multi-talented alumna, Mel Sherrer, and her friend, Liz Valvano. Beautiful work, ladies.
To read the full text of Mel's poem, click here.
Mel Sherrer completed her MFA at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She uses her Southern roots and knowledge of sonic aesthetic to create poems which have personal reverence for place, time, and societal evolution. Mel has been performing poetry for more than ten years. She is currently the Managing Poetry Editor for South 85 Journal, and she regularly interviews writers for our blog. She lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she is an avid performer, angler, and Nerf collector.
Liz Valvano, bassoon, is beginning her Doctorate of Musical Arts in double reed performance at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She completed her Masters in Music at Texas State University, woodwind performance under the tutelage of Daris Hale and Dr. Ian Davidson May 2017, and her BA in music and chemistry at Hollins University in May 2015, studying under Danny Felty of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. Currently, she performs with the UNLV Symphony Orchestra and Honors Graduate Wind Quintet.


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Last night, Tom Floppy Ears and I decided to go for a
walk down by the dell. Tom Floppy Ears is my dog and
a more faithful friend you will not find anywhere.
I cannot quite recall who gave him the name Tom Floppy Ears.
But as I have been living alone now for 10 years and I've had
the dog for 6 of those years, it was probably me.
The Dell is our favourite walk, it's leafy shady hollows
are particular enchanting at this time of year and we
have spent pleasant days exploring the small charming
nooks and have had many adventures.
Just as we turned into the Goblins Valley, a mysterious
and quite beautiful secluded part of the dell, I saw an old
gentleman staring at what I thought was his wallet.
We approached the gentleman to greet him with a cheery salutation.
"Good day sir." I said.
"Ah good day to you." he replied without looking up from his wallet.
It was then I noticed that it was not a wallet but a
pocket chess set and the gentleman was studying a position
that was set up on the tiny chess board.
"Ahh." I said, "A fellow traveler of the 64 squares."
"I beg your pardon?" he replied.
"A comrade of the majestic game... A chess players"
"Oh, I see." he relied, "Yes I play the odd game."
I leaned forward, not getting too close as that would
be very impolite. I noticed he was studying what appeared
an ending.
"A problem?" I asked.
"Not quite," he replied and then added;
"It's one of the games I downloaded from the Chess
Scotland site. Black lost but I think I found have a defence."
"How delightful to meet a fellow member of the S.C.A." I stated.
"Oh I'm not a member." he replied and carried on staring
at the small red and white plastic chessmen.
I noticed a small moss covered boulder a few feet away.
I picked it up and dealt the gentleman a heavy dunt
to the back of his head. He fell down unconscious.
I shall not detain the reader with the exact details of
how me and Tom Floppy Ears managed to get the polite stranger
to the local police station. Suffice to say it was very tiring.
"Hello again Mr Chandler..." said Sergeant Parker,
"...and what can we do for you this time."
This gentleman." I said pointing to the groaning body at my feet.
"Downloaded games from the Chess Scotland site even though
he is not a member of the S.C.A."
"Ahh." sighed Sergeant Parker as he came around from behind his desk.
"I think you will find that you do not have to be a member of the
S.C.A. to download games from the Chess Scotland site."
Aren't our police wonderful:
It always amazes me how they seem to know every letter of
the law without consulting a book or even asking a colleague.
So Sergeant Parker and myself sat the gentleman up in a chair
and slowly revived him. Fortunately, after I had knocked the
gentleman out, I had the foresight to pick up the pocket
chess set and began looking the position myself.
"I see what the move is." I said. "Black can draw this."
Sergeant Parker was giving the gentleman a glass of water
which appeared to have an immediate effect in restoring
him to his senses.
"I thought so too." replied the gentleman rubbing the back of his head.
Here is the position. A. Stalker v W.Burnett SNCL 2005.
White has just played 65 f6 Black replied 65...Ne8 66 Ba4+ and Black resigned.
Black can draw with 66 Ke8. One variation.
65...Ke8 66.Bb3 (66.fxg7 Kf7) 66...Kf8 67.Bc4 Nh5
68.f7 Nf6 69.Kf5 Ne8 70.Kg6 Nf6 etc.etc.
So with the problem solved the three of us adjourned
to The Cross Eyed Swan where the first round was on
a rather embarrassed me. Cheers!


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Spinach Basil Pesto
This sauce is perfect for freezing in an ice cube tray. Just pop out a couple of cubes from the freezer and add to a pasta dish for a quick and easy meal. The Parmesan cheese can be omitted and added after thawing. Pour any pesto you aren't using immediately into an ice cube tray, cover with plastic wrap, and store in freezer.
12 frozen cubes
1 1/2 cups baby spinach leaves
3/4 cup fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup toasted pine nuts
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
4 cloves garlic, peeled and quartered
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Blend the spinach, basil, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, garlic, salt, pepper, lemon juice, lemon zest, and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a food processor until nearly smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula as necessary. Drizzle the remaining olive oil into the mixture while processing until smooth.


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Northern Colorado Pain Management clinic offers reprieve from chronic pain, treatment resistant depression with intravenous Ketamine
About the clinic
Northern Colorado Pain Management clinic takes patients with and without referrals for intravenous Ketamine treatments to manage chronic pain. It takes patients with referrals for treatment resistant depression. To learn more, call (970) 495-0444 or go to http://www.northerncoloradopain.com/.
The pain ruled Darin Stephenson's life for years.
He could barely move. He missed his son's wedding. He had to quit his job.
Stephenson, 52, of Greeley, started having back pain in 2012 after a car crash. Then things got worse.
In 2014, Stephenson developed a neuromuscular disease. Little things like vacuuming the house left him almost paralyzed. Brushing his teeth became a massive feat of endurance. Even after several tissue biopsies, doctors didn't know how to treat the underlying condition. They referred him to Colorado Pain Management, 1175 58th Ave. Suite 101, where he finally found a solution.
The clinic started him on intravenous Ketamine treatments. It's been around since 1962. It's generally used as an anesthetic for minor procedures and a sedative for painful emergency procedures. In recent years, however, it's been used to help manage chronic pain and depression.
The treatment is ongoing, said Jan Gillespie, a pain specialist who owns the clinic. For now, Stephenson comes in once every other month for a three-day infusion of Ketamine. He sits for a couple hours each day, leaves and then returns the next day. Eventually Gillespie hopes to reduce the frequency of the infusions.
Intravenous Ketamine works to address the wind-up phenomenon, Gillespie said, where the brain keeps sending pain signals and amplifying them. Ketamine dampens down that pain signal, Gillespie said. Oral Ketamine does not work as well.
Stephenson said he could function if his pain was at a four on a scale of 10. Without Ketamine treatments, he described his pain as a seven or eight, even with the narcotics doctors prescribe him.
Pain management does not address the underlying conditions causing it, but it's important regardless: Chronic pain is the No. 1 reason for disability and the top reason why people miss work, said Matthew Gray, a pain management specialist with North Colorado Medical Center. Despite this, many folks rely on primary care providers to manage their pain rather than specialists, Gray said.
Pain management specialists have a deeper knowledge of management techniques and can help patients try a variety of treatments, Gray said, "instead of the shotgun approach of increasing opioids."
Gray said he agrees intravenous Ketamine treatments can be beneficial to patients if it's done in a controlled environment.
Gillespie has a background in anesthesiology. She makes sure patients are monitored during the Ketamine treatments and keeps doses low enough to avoid hallucinations.
In the two months since Stephenson began the treatments, he said he hasn't experienced any negative side effects. He's been able to enjoy his life again.
Recently he was able to go to the shooting range and hang out with his sons. He hopes he'll be able to return to the work force soon. He's hopeful he'll be able to cut back on his pain medication, as well.
"There was really nowhere else to go," Stephenson said. "I am very thankful."
— Kelly Ragan writes features and covers health and nonprofits for The Greeley Tribune. Have a tip? Want to share your story? Call (970) 392-4424, email firstname.lastname@example.com or connect on Twitter @kelly_raygun.


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PIECES of me
I hate to rub it in anyone's terrible Tuesday face but today was absolutely lovely. lots of positive things going on and with the sun down shinning brightly, the reflection on my silver shoes transformed me into an obnoxious (transformed??) walking mirror.
thanks again for those who are still reading this thing, I appreciate it.
riddle me this, why is it that as soon as the sun comes out in London, everyone's sad grey faces immediately turn into these wonderfully good looking people?? not the case however when they get the reflection from my mirrored feet in their eyes but hey, some days you make friends and other days you don't.
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- HHF said...
You make friends every day, mirror or sans mirror!!
HHF x
- 3/14/2012
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