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This course, as an advanced course of EE 421, aims at providing a strong foundation for research in the are of wireless communications. The course will address (1) wireless channel models from a system theoretic viewpoint, (2) modulation and demodulation in wireless channels, (3) coding techniques for wireless channels, (4) various equalization techniques for ISI channels, (5) multicarrier transmission techniques including OFDM, (6) spread spectrum technique (DS, FH), and (7) MIMO communications with a focus on single-user MIMO.
Introduce students the fundamental concepts and intuition behind modern machine learning techniques and algorithms, beginning with topics such as perceptron to more recent topics such as boosting, support vector machines and Bayesian networks. Statistical inference will be the foundation for most of the algorithms covered in the course.RecommendedCircuit Theory Signals and Systems Electromagnetics Programming Structure for Electrical Engineering Introduction to Electronics Design Lab. Electronics Design Lab. Probability and Introductory Random Processes Discrete Methods for Electrical Engineering Control System Engineering Digital Signal Processing Introduction to Multimedia Audio-Visual Perception Model Intelligent Systems Power Electronics Control
This course will discuss the key differences in architecture and algorithms between conventional information processing systems (e.g. von Neumann machines) and biological brains. Subsequently, we will try to come up with the scaffold of a basic design for a non-von Neumann type of brain-like information processing system.
This course explains how digital signal processing techniques can be applied in the field of speech communication. The initial part of the course covers some background material in signal processing and the acoustic theory of speech production. Later lectures cover coding, recognition, and synthesis of speech. (Prerequisite: EE202)
This course deals with the fundamental concept of digital image processing, analysis, and understanding. Topics include sampling, linear and nonlinear operations of images, image compression, enhancement and restoration, reconstruction from projections, feature extraction, and image understanding.
EE538Neural Networks
This course covers the theory and application of neural networks. In particular, lectures explore the structure and function of neural networks and their learning and generalization. Also, various models of neural networks and their applications are illustrated.
This course is to allow the students majoring in the general areas of communications and signal processing (and those in other areas also) to obtain the basic and advanced knowledge of statistical techniques for signal processing. Topics include multivariate distributions, order statistics, and their applications. The key concepts, theory, and methodology of nonlinear techniques for statistical signal processing are studied.
(Prerequisite: EE528 recommended)Recommended
This course is designed to treat electromagnetic theory with applications in waveguides and antennas. The course will start with Maxwell's equations and show how to apply Maxwell's equations to the basic electromagnetic wave phenomena.Recommended
This course is designed to provide in-depth understanding and knowledge on the theory and applications of microwave circuits, components, and systems used in Microwave and RF wireless communication systems.
(Prerequisite: EE204)Recommended
EE543Antenna Engineering
This course mainly deals with general theories and applications for antenna and antenna system. The main topics are including an introduction to antennas, analysis, and synthesis of antenna elements and arrays, microstrip antennas, active phased array antenna, and smart antenna techniques.Recommended


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In the dairy industry, one of the most pressing needs for food quality and safety is the timely detection of aflatoxin M1 contaminations that originate from animal feed and are secreted into milk.
This toxin represents a hazard for human health and an economic loss for the dairy industry. The current technology for the detection of aflatoxin is laboratory-based. In most cases it requires sample preparation and does not provide timely identification of contaminants. It thus fails to deliver cost-effective management of milk quality.
The SYMPHONY STREP project (FP7-ICT-2013-10) addresses the needs of the dairy industry. It aims to lead to an improvement of milk quality assurance by making available new technologies and procedures for the detection of aflatoxin and other contamination.
It will focus on the analysis of raw milk and other liquid dairy products, such as yogurt, butter milk, kefir, etc.
The project started in 2013 and it will finish in October 2016. The European Union funded EUR 2 345 378. out of its total cost of EUR 3 087 592.
So far, SYMPHONY can be proud of its first scientific achievements.
It developed the first prototypes of photonic sensors detection of various contaminants. More details can be found on the project's website and newsletter.

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N.J. dry cleaner who lost suit makes Santa's naughty list
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — One dry cleaner now knows how to get on Santa's naughty list: lose his suit.
After Christmas last year, Max Weisberg took his red velvet suit to Royal Cleaners, which accidentally gave it to someone else. The family-owned business acknowledged the mixup and offered to pay him half the value of the nearly $400 suit, said Jean Hwang, who said she's the owner's sister.
Weisberg, 54, a civilian employee of the Navy, took the business to small claims court and won a $396.50 judgment to cover the suit and court costs.
But he had to collect the money himself. So Weisberg decided to do it with flair. His wife's public-relations firm notified the media that he would drop by the shop.
Donning a new red velvet suit with soft white trim and shiny black boots, a jolly Weisberg burst into the dry cleaners Monday, television cameras rolling.
"Merry Christmas! Have you been a good girl?" he asked a smiling Hwang. She promised to put the check in the mail to Weisberg the next day.
Weisberg, who has been playing Santa at events for about a dozen years, made a promise, too: If it didn't arrive, he'd be back to protest again.


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By Shaykh Shahin-ur Rahman
As the new Islāmic academic year[1] approaches, students of knowledge are moving into the higher years at every Islāmic institute of learning (dār al-ʿulūm). Many are prone to becoming overwhelmed by the volume of their studies and speed of their teachers' lectures. At this point, they fall prey to making a 'rookie mistake' they later realise and regret. That is, the error of taking inefficient notes.
Every dār al-ʿulūm has a broad range of students taking notes. Some, in the process of attempting to write every word emanating from the teacher's mouth verbatim, miss the core content of the lecture. Others, on the other hand, give up writing completely and hope to rely on a classmate's notes. As with everything in life, success lies in creating a balance.
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STATE DEPARTMENT - Under pressure from U.S. lawmakers, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will convene an accountability review board to probe the health attacks on 24 American diplomatic personnel in Cuba.
Todd Brown, diplomatic security assistant director for international programs in the State Department, told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that officials are investigating various potential causes for the attacks.
"I think there's viral. There's ultrasound. There's a range of things the technical experts are looking at," Brown said.
He acknowledged the State Department has not been able to find out who is responsible for the attacks or what methods were used, and said the FBI took up the investigation in May.
"An FBI team has since visited Havana several times and met with Cuban officials. The FBI's investigation has interviewed victims and conducted surveys of the residences and hotel rooms. However the investigation remains ongoing and we would refer all specific questions concerning the investigation to the FBI," Brown said.
Dr. Charles Rosenfarb, medical director in the State Department's Bureau of Medical Services said the symptoms most closely match those associated with a mild traumatic brain injury.
"Although the assembled group identified that some of the symptoms at finding could be caused by other things such as viral illnesses, previous head trauma, aging, and even stress, the consensus was that the patterns of injuries that had so far been noted were most likely related to trauma from a non-natural source," Rosenfarb told lawmakers.
'Targeted attacks'
During Tuesday's hearing, senators from both parties slammed State Department officials for what they called a "sluggish" and inadequate response to what Tillerson says are "targeted attacks."
"This was not something conducted by a fly-by-night operation," Senator Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American Republican, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "Whatever happened to these people happened as a result of some sophisticated technology that quite frankly is so sophisticated that we don't understand it."
Rubio listed the medically confirmed symptoms all 24 Americans have experienced: "sharp ear pain, dull headaches, ringing in one ear, vertigo, visual focusing issues, disorientation, nausea and extreme fatigue."
He said the incidents began as early as November 2016, with additional incidents last year.
Fellow Cuban-American senator and ranking Democrat Bob Menendez also said he was outraged by the attacks and dissatisfied with the State Department's response.
"It is unfortunate that since the news of these bizarre and vicious attacks broke late last summer, we have not seen more public outcry against the Cuban government," Menendez said.
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco Palmieri defended his department's response during Tuesday's hearing, saying the health and well-being of the 24 confirmed victims continues to be Secretary Tillerson's and the department's top priority.
Under questioning from Senator Rubio about the law requiring the State Department to convene an accountability review board whenever U.S. diplomatic personnel suffer serious injury at their posts abroad, he said that Tillerson will convene a review board and will officially inform Congress of his intentions soon.
Cuba has denied any involvement, conducted its own investigation, and allowed State Department and FBI officials to travel to Cuba to conduct their own probe into what U.S. officials still describe as "perplexing" attacks.
Following the incidents, the United States recalled a number of non-essential diplomats and their families from Cuba and expelled 15 Cubans from the Cuban embassy in Washington.
Senator Menendez said expelling a handful of diplomats was hardly a bold move, and that the State Department's response has been bureaucratic and troubling, noting the department had not even warned U.S. diplomats heading to Cuba about risks to their health and safety.
He said the Castro regime has proved time and time again it is not a responsible actor in the community of nations and that is has no regard for individual human rights.
"The Cuban government may or may not, at the end of the day, be responsible for attacking our diplomats. But as someone who has personally witnessed the modus operandi of the Cuban government, it is unfathomable that the Castro regime and the intelligence services specifically were not aware of these attacks," Menendez said.
In an interview with the Associated Press released Monday, Secretary of State Tillerson said he has no intention of restoring the normal U.S. diplomatic presence in Cuba, saying he would be "putting people intentionally in harm's way" if he sent diplomats back to Cuba.


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"Ain't My Day To Save The World"
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"Ain't My Day To Save The World" is Hoyt Hughes' debut single for Lofton Creek Records, a song that recasts the working man as a superhero who needs a little time off. The Lakeland, Florida native is currently working on his upcoming album.
Hughes was raised in a musical family with his dad being a singer and his older brother playing drums. "I can remember Dad gathering up the band and performing on the front porch. The whole neighborhood would end up in the yard before the night was over with." With music abilities that continued to grow, Hoyt spent his childhood dreaming of a life in the country spotlight.
When Hughes met his wife, his passion for music accelerated. She pushed him to get on a stage one evening where his brother was playing. "I realized I had been bitten by the music bug and I haven't looked away from the industry ever since." He has taken the stage alongside artists including Charlie Daniels, Jett Williams and the Bellamy Brothers. Grammy winner and "Rose Garden" icon Lynn Anderson even personally invited him to sing at her birthday celebration.
"I couldn't ask for anything more," says Hughes. "To bring a smile to someone's face or hear stories of how my music has changed a fan's life is overwhelming. Sometimes, you can just see and feel the crowd and band connect at a live show. It makes me recognize that I am part of something that is much bigger than me and the band members. It's those experiences that drive me to take the stage."
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Alternate Title: Code Closers Online
Developer: Naddic Games
Publisher: En Masse Entertainment
Type: Action MMORPG
Model: Free-to-play
Platform: PC
PvP: MOBA
PvE: Dungeons, Instances
Code Closers Review - Is It Worth Playing?
Are you bored of traditional MMOs? Then why not try Code Closers out? It's a faster-paced version of Closers that removes part of the grind and allows players to play without the pay to win crap in the main game.
You take on the role of a spunky teen trying to save the world from shit. You know how these kinds of games go.
The game utilizes a very fast-paced action combat system and still possesses some of the best Anime-inspired graphics in the genre.
Add on to that Code Closers is significantly ahead of the official version, having access to a much larger selection of characters and content, and.. well, I honsetly don't see why we'd play on the dead official servers.
There are 10 characters to choose from when beginning your journey. Seha, Seulbi, Yuri, J, Misteltein, Nata, Levia, Harpy, Tina, Violet, Wolf, and finally, the most recent addition to the game.. Luna.
Who looks super adorable, just like I am. So, naturally I'll take her out for a spin.
So as you can tell.. Luna, who I opted to try out because she's the newest character actually utilizes both her shield, and.. I guess, her hands and feet to fight as well. So she's kinda like a.. hot version of Captain America.
The combat is a lot of fun though – probably some of the best I've seen in a game of this type – but then again, the graphics play a large part in that as well.
The beautiful character models, the beautiful character models.. and the beautiful character models all contribute to what makes this game so good.
So overall, I spent around 5-6 hours following through the story, massacring.. well, actually, I have no idea what the fuck those things are but I was kicking their asses.
The game is broken down into "zones" that each house various "maps" for the player to play through. Each "zone" has a different landscape and monsters associated with it, with each "map" ultimately resulting in a boss fight.
You progress through each map until you finish the zone you're in, move on to the next zone, and so on and so forth.
That doesn't mean that that's all you do, though.
There's an extensive gear system in place that has you on the lookout for an ever-increasing plethora of gear to equip and upgrade.
And if that wasn't enough, the game offers players both a separate PvE and PvE skill list, allowing players to shape their character differently for both PvE and PvP.
And yes, there is PvP in the game.. although, and I'm sad to say this.. I never had the opportunity to explore what it had to offer. But! PvP will definitely be in the next video.. if you guys want a "day 2".. y'know.. hint hint, wink wink.
So, after reaching a certain point.. I forgot what point that was, admittedly, I had some strange old man come up to me and offer me a place to live.
He said I could decorate it however I wanted, so long as I invited all my female associates to live there as well. So, naturally – I took up the innocent old man's offer to move in.
My friends seemed to enjoy it – especially Harpy, as she jumped straight into the bathtub.. fully clothed. Yeah, she's weird, don't judge her.
So after progressing through further, I was presented with a new kind of mission.. Mop-Up Operation. I had no idea what that was, but being my ever curious self, I jumped at the challenge and went straight in! And for the first time, I was taking heavy damage. Sure, you get hurt during the game and you take a fair amount of damage here and there, but holy shit I was half health already.
Then this asshole comes along and just.. locks me in place while he wrecks me right up. I couldn't even move! He literally stunlocked me repeatedly until I died.
Yes, I died. I legit died. For the very first time, I died. Thankfully though I cheated, using Resurrection Capsules to come back to life and royally screw him over – show him who the real fucking Rank A Agent was.
After I finally bested him, I learned that those are traditionally tackled in groups.. so I essentially solo'd a group mission all by my lonesome.. because I'm that good at this game.
So to end my first day in Code Closers, I would like to point out a few key differences between this version and the version published by En Masse.
Code Closers has a higher level cap, more areas, more dungeons, more characters, revamped skills and characters, new costumes, new pets, new systems, character rebalancing, and.. just so, so much more.
Code Closers, from what I can tell, is the closest thing you'll get to the Korean iteration of Closers, and it definitely has the most content out of the official Korean version of the game.
If you enjoy Closers, if you enjoy Anime MMOs.. hell, if you're just looking for something different, then come on over and try Code Closers out. I assure you you won't be disappointed.. okay maybe not assure you, but I'm pretty sure.
Unless you hate these kinds of MMOs, in which case.. maybe you won't. But at least you can complain about it in the comments section, then!
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FlyersRights often receives letters criticizing us for our ''Naderite'' newsletters on the airline industry.
They don't believe that market manipulation by airline companies is an important issue, and say it sounds too much like what one hears from leftists, who blame greedy capitalists for every problem.
And that we passenger-rights advocates have cried ''Wolf'' so many times, that people have learned to discount such claims.
But now a bona fide wolf has arrived, whose predatory behavior has even alarmed even a do-nothing Congress.
Senator Richard Blumenthal asked the Justice Department last Wednesday to investigate airlines engaging in anticompetitive and colluding behavior to limit capacity and drive up fares.
We completely agree. This is effectively price-fixing and collusion through restriction of supply. You can even call it a cartel, not unlike OPEC, and enforced by Wall Street.
"Consumers are paying sky-high fares and are trapped inside an uncompetitive market with a history of collusive behavior," the senator said in his letter.
In a letter to William J. Baer, the head of the department's antitrust division, the senator highlighted several comments that airline chief executives made at a recent industry gathering that confirmed that carriers are pursuing anticompetitive practices.
In his letter, Mr. Blumenthal quoted the presidents of Delta, Air Canada and American Airlines, who all spoke of capacity "discipline." He also noted that the airlines had become more concentrated after several mergers in recent years that were all inexplicably approved by the Justice Department.
FlyersRights often goes out on a limb, at least by journalistic standards, saying that the airlines manipulate the market via capacity "discipline". We have now been vindicated: arguments that people called leftist nonsense years ago are now conventional wisdom.
Our deregulated airline industry, in which airfares and fees can be sold for whatever the traffic will bear, was suppose to deliver cheaper, better flying.
Instead - have you wondered why your airline ticket prices have remained so high even though the cost of jet fuel has plummeted 40 percent?
Because U.S. airlines have consolidated into a handful of giant carriers, they can divide up routes and collude on fares. In 2005 the U.S. had nine major airlines. Now we have just four. And all are politically well-connected.
The situation raises doubts about deregulation. And more broadly, it's a warning about the dangers of placing blind faith in markets.
Expect Fewer Seats, Even for Overseas Flights
The question today is, now that the summer travel season is in full swing, what kind of an air-travel future are we looking at?
Short term, things are looking worse for passengers; with rising fares, more fees, airlines cutting domestic capacity, reducing service in many midsize and smaller markets and stuffing more people than ever into airplanes.
What is necsessary: First, as others have commented, re-regulation is needed, pronto. Letting the inmates run the asylum never made much sense, and it makes even less sense now.
Second, re. wages and benefits, why is it that the pay rates and work rules for labor are "completely unsustainable," but that obscene executive, board, and management wages and benefits never are?
Third, re. train networks, both long-distance and shorter distances, the U.S. could have extensive networks in place now if there had been less lobbying efforts in the past to stop them, lobbying efforts that involved major U.S. airlines.
Yes, U.S. flying is a uniquely horrific experience. But, also, U.S. airlines are in an unstable equilibrium, and thus a 'race to the bottom' in terms of service.
Finally, the Fear-and-Loathing that one suffers when one travels by air is pretty much limited to the U.S. and Africa. Yes, Heathrow is a mess; neither Europe or Asia are perfect. Traveling by air in the U.S. however, is a universally miserable experience."
It is worth noting that the EU now has what they call a "Passenger Bill of Rights" - exactly what we're pushing for here.


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QUEENSBURY — A Glens Falls man has been arrested on a murder charge involving the stabbing death of a Queensbury man, the Warren County Sheriff's Office announced Friday night.
Jesse James Breault, 25, of 22 Morgan St., was charged with second-degree murder, a felony.
Police made another arrest, of 29-year-old Ashley Nicole Bell, also of 22 Morgan St., who was charged with one count of second-degree hindering prosecution, a felony; and one count of second-degree tampering with physical evidence, a felony.
The arrests come at the end of a tumultuous day, after 36-year-old Christopher Goss was found dead early Friday morning on the lawn of a residence at 72 Meadow Lane.
The Sheriff's Office said Goss had been "in the area to meet with an individual regarding a dispute that the two were having. During the confrontation, Goss was stabbed multiple times in the torso."
Officers interviewed Breault and Bell, before charging them with the felonies. Both were scheduled to be arraigned Saturday morning in Queensbury Town Court.
Breault has been in trouble with the law before, arrested in July 2017 on burglary and misdemeanor drugged driving charges in Moreau. In October 2017, he was arrested on a misdemeanor petit larceny charge in Wilton.
Friday's arrests mark the end of a day that started around 4:50 a.m. when investigators responded to Hyacinth Charles-White's 911 call.
Charles-White, who lives at 72 Meadow Lane, had gone to bed around 1 a.m. after watching television, but woke around 4:40 a.m. to use the bathroom. She always looks out the bathroom window, she said, to see whether it's raining or snowing.
That's when she saw something suspicious on the lawn, and her husband told her to call 911.
"I didn't go outside," she said. "I was too scared."
When police came, they shined a flashlight on the lawn, and that's when she saw it was the body of a young man. He appeared to have gotten out of a Jeep, also found at the scene, and walked around to her yard.
A nurse for 45 years, Charles-White said based on where he was found, it seemed like he was coming to her house for help.
Fighting back tears, she said, "I feel he was coming here for a reason, you know, to get help or something, and I wasn't in time. I was just not in time to do whatever he was coming for. He got so far, and I couldn't know why he didn't go over there to the other side," she added, pointing to the neighbor's house across the street, which was closer to the driver's side of the vehicle.
"It seems he figured if he come here, he could get some help," she continued.
Neighbors stood around Charles-White, consoling her and telling her there was nothing else she could have done.
Collen Geczy, who lives diagonally from Charles-White, said she sleeps with the window open and has a dog, and they were not woken up by any disturbance in the night. Also a nurse, Geczy came to check on Charles-White because she knew that Charles-White would have been upset that she couldn't have helped the young man.
Throughout the morning, police set up a white tent around where Goss' body was found.
Police had canvassed the neighborhood in the morning to see if anyone recognized the Jeep that was found next to the body. Geczy said it was not a familiar vehicle.
"We're a small neighborhood, and everybody knows everybody and what they drive," Geczy said. "You know when somebody is a stranger comes through."
Investigators expanded the crime scene during the early afternoon to include the parking lot of Rick's Bike Shop on the corner of Ridge and Quaker roads. York added at the press conference that police were looking at other places of interest in the area, but would not say where.
The bike shop was closed as police investigated and reopened later.
Owner Rick Chiasson said he found a hat in the parking lot when he opened the shop, but left it there. He saw police activity across the street, and a few hours later they came into the shop.
Chiasson had five families inside looking to buy bikes, but police had him clear out the store and the parking lot. They roped off the scene with crime tape. Then he learned there were droppings of blood outside his store.
"I have no idea what happened, but something might have happened here and ended up there," Chiasson said, pointing across to Meadow Lane.
During the search, evidence technicians placed 23 markers and then scraped or scooped up evidence into bags. Chiasson said it was the kind of thing you only see on television.
Resident Staycia Sheerer, who lives across the street and next to Rick's Bike Shop, said the corner of Meadow Lane is where the school bus stop is, but the Queensbury school district was closed Friday.
"Thank goodness we didn't have school today," Sheerer said. "We have baseball, so our life runs on baseball hours, which is 6 o'clock in the morning, and this was the first morning we got to sleep in."
She said it was about 9 a.m. when her children woke her up and told her that a bunch of police officers were outside.
Dressed in their baseball uniforms, her children continued to watch the investigation throughout the day, some sitting up high in a boat parked in the driveway. They were surprised when police took the investigation to the bike shop next door.
"We're all in kind of a shock because we thought it was just over there," Sheerer said.
Following a press conference around 3:30 p.m., Charles-White said police had finally removed the body and the Jeep.
She was upset at how long the body was left on her lawn — more than 10 hours. At first, police covered the body with a sheet, but the wind kept blowing it off, exposing his arms and hands, she said.
"I was wishing to cover his arms, or at least put them to the side, or something, and that was the most horrifying thing," Charles-White said.
Then police set up a tent around the body.
York said the reason for keeping the body there for so long was because police had to obtain the proper search warrants.
"That takes time from a court," York said. "So until we get the proper paperwork and search warrants to do the in-depth crime scene (examination) that we want to do, we have to get them, and that takes a while."
Richard O'Brien, captain with the State Police's Bureau of Criminal Investigation for Troop G, said the evidence gets photographed, documented and collected by their forensic identification unit. Some of the evidence is processed on scene. Other parts are analyzed at the Warren County Sheriff's Office, others at the State Police headquarters in Latham, and O'Brien added that some things will likely be submitted to the forensic investigation center in Albany.
In addition to the Warren County Sheriff's Office, the State Police's Bureau of Criminal Investigation Unit from Queensbury and Wilton assisted, as did the State Police commuter crimes unit, forensics identification unit, major crimes unit and personnel from the New York State Intelligence Center from East Greenbush.
Editors Ken Tingley and Adam Colver and reporters Kathleen Moore and Don Lehman contributed to this report.
Reporter Gwendolyn Craig can be reached at (518) 742-3238 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @gwendolynnn1.
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An Interview with Luvy Delgado; Executive Producer at Leviathan.
Emma King: What have been the major milestones in your career?
Luvy Delgado: My first milestone was, after just a few months at my first job, being asked to run my own multimillion-dollar project and produce all the photo and videos at just 23 years old. I was terrified and excited at the same time.
The second milestone was being part of the team which won a Cannes Lion Health award for a drug launch we worked hard on for over two years. That project pushed me into managing entire teams in different offices and taught me what no sleep and long hours of teamwork can accomplish.
Finally, being asked to join the Ad Council UX committee. It's been such a fulfilling experience working with both amazing campaigns and top peers in the industry; it's like a dream.
EK: What's the biggest hurdle you've overcome?
LD: Being a woman in an industry still dominated by white males is a barrier. However, the biggest hurdle has been believing that I am qualified and able keep pushing boundaries, being fearless to fail, or thinking my ideas might not be good enough. Everyone has those fears, but pushing them aside and deciding that they are good enough is a hurdle worth the fight.
EK: After so many years in the industry, how do you stay passionate about what you do?
LD: I like seeing how technology, trends, and consumers change the industry every day. It should never be the same job year after year. You have to change or stay ahead of the game in order to stay engaged and do better.
For me, learning new skills and mentoring keeps me passionate. I love learning from younger teams and growing with them.
EK: What inspires you?
LD: When I see someone whose work is "fine" but push themselves to change it and make it better, that kind of attitude inspires me to improve. Complacency and boredom are my biggest motivators; once I start feeling one of two things I push myself to make a change. Take a class, change roles, and, twice for me, change cities.
EK: What advice did you receive early in your career that has stayed with you?
LD: Be confident in your ideas, listen to others and be respectful when criticizing work.
EK: Can you tell me about a female role model who has inspired you over your career?
LD: There were a few inspiring women throughout my career:
Jodie Hein was my first boss and she taught me to be tough. At 4'9" she ran a whole studio. She taught me accountability and earning respect.
Shelley Tanner, CEO of my previous agency. When we were understaffed, she worked right alongside us with live conferences. Even while in chemo, she was never too "high up the chain" to not be accessible. She taught me to be nurturing to the team.
Rebecca Rose, an SVP at my previous role. It was inspiring seeing her take over a room and instill confidence and creativity in others. She was also very accessible to everyone on her team of 100 people. She taught me to be confident and accessible.
EK: What three skills do you think are essential to be a great leader?
LD: Great listener, be action oriented, nurturer of talent. Based on your own experience, what advice would you give to women considering pursuing a career as an Executive Producer?
If you are a great multitasker and know what each department does, you will be a good Producer. However, to be a great producer, it's all about having people skills. You will be asking your teams to work unrealistic deadlines and with no budgets. You will be asking vendors to lower prices and meet your needs. All these are done through patience and persuasion while keeping your eye on the big picture.
EK: If you could give any advice to a young woman in your industry what would it be?
LD: This industry can be a tough place to make your voice heard. There are a lot of strong personalities competing for their ideas to be chosen. It took me a long time to learn to trust my instincts and not apologize for voicing my ideas. Be assertive! Don't start the emails with "just following up…" Ask for what you need. You will be taken more seriously.
Bring solutions with your problems. It will help you get more constructive and open a dialog that would otherwise not be possible.
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The Kardashians are one of the most well-known families in the world, regardless if you've heard of only one Kardashian or know the whole family. Most of us know the fab fam from their reality show "Keeping up with the Kardashians," but some even have the audacity to say that these women don't deserve their fame. I'm here to tell you why they deserve every single Instagram follow, Twitter retweet, and Facebook like.
1. Kris Jenner
Kris is well known for mom-aging all of her children's careers, but this powerful parent even owns her own production company called Jenner Communications LA. She is not only a businesswoman but has also been the author of two books: an autobiography (Kris Jenner and All Things Kardashian) and a cookbook (In the Kitchen with Kris: A Collection of Kardashian and Jenner Family Favorites). And let's not forget that she gives back just as much as she makes; Kris created and funds the California Community Church in LA.
2. Kourtney Kardashian
Kourtney is known for many successful collaborations with her sisters including their store franchise DASH, K-Dash clothes, and Kardashian Glamour Tan. She was also a co-author for Kardashian Konfiedential. When she was younger, Kourt participated on a show titled Filthy Rich- Cattle Drive where she earned money for charity. But I have to say, her most impressive achievement is raising her three children; Mason, Penelope, and Reign.
3. Kim Kardashian
Yes, we all know Kim for her fantastic booty, but this baby has got more than just back. Kim has released a photo book entitled Selfish and even a mobile app where you have to become Hollywood's biggest starlet. Kim has also made numerous TV appearances including How I Met Your Mother, WrestleMania, Dancing with The Stars, and America's Next Top Model--to name a FEW. I also bet you didn't know this triple threat also released a soundtrack called Jam (Turn it Up). All of this while raising her two children North and Saint. Talk about Super Mom!
4. Khloe Kardashian
Khloe, the middle child of the Kardashian-Jenner fam, was always the most overlooked Kardashian. But this late bloomer is just getting to the party and is looking as radiant as ever! Khloe is most known for her recent 40 lb weight loss and started her own show Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian where she acts as a trainer! She has also started her own clothing line, Good American, which promotes body positivity, self-confidence and has cute af merch!
5. Kendall Jenner
Kendall is one of the most well-known models of her generation; she has walked in the NY, Milan, and French Fashion Weeks. Not only has Kendall modeled for many famous brands such as Victoria's Secret and Givenchy (2/2000000 brands she has modeled for), she is also a brand ambassador for Estee Lauder, owns a clothing line with sister Kylie called Kendall and Kylie, and has even gotten behind the camera photographing Cindy Crawford's daughter. This generous sister also started a family eBay page where the girls auction off their clothes to donate to the Children's Hospital in LA.
6. Kylie Jenner
KUWTK star is due to star in her own show, Life Of Kylie, premiering in July! Kylie is also the face of Puma, the creator of The Kylie Shop--an apparel shop--and Kylie Cosmetics, which sells her infamous lip kits, as well as Kyshadows, blushes, and Kylighters. Within the Kylie Cosmetics empire, she created a lip kit with Smile Train and donated these proceeds to children with cleft palettes.
Maybe the Kardashians rise to fame wasn't the way most stars pave their way on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But what counts is what these women did when they got there. I am sick of hearing that they have 'no talent'. These girls worked their a**es off to become the successful business women they are today. So what if their a**es are altered? They still worked those perfected booties off into the business world, and there's no denying they have worked for what they've earned. I am proud of you, Kardashians, and I hope you are too.


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AnaBio - Pharmaceutical Cleaning
We're delighted to now be providing exceptional facilities management services in the pharmaceutical industry.
We were awarded the facilities management contract for AnaBio, a pharmaceutical company in Cork. The contract includes Contract & Industrial Cleaning, Maintenance & Consumables.
AnaBio Technologies LTD. is an innovative Irish company providing micro-encapsulation expertise and contract manufacturing solutions for the stabilisation of food, pharmaceutical and animal health product ingredients.
Our flexible and highly versatile services mean we cater for daily office cleans, food manufacturing plants, warehouses, sports stadiums, race courses, concerts and beyond.


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Populating RadCalendar with Data
RadCalendar allows you to define a list of events for a particular date. This is done by using the
eventSource property. This article describes the steps you need to take in order to feed
RadCalendar with your custom events using a events source.
The CalendarEvent Class
Feeding events into
RadCalendar is done via instances of the
CalendarEvent class. The
CalendarEvent class is model describing a single event. It exposes properties allowing you to specify things like:
- start time of the event
- end time of the event
- whether the event is an 'all-day' event
- title of the event, etc.
To create instances of the
CalendarEvent class you need to import the
calendar module into your
.ts file as shown below:
import * as calendarModule from "nativescript-ui-calendar";
Define a List of Events and Bind Them to
Assuming we have imported the calendar module as instructed above, we can now create an
Array of events and assign it to the
eventSource property of
let events: Array<calendarModule.CalendarEvent> = new Array<calendarModule.CalendarEvent>();
let j = 1;
for (let i = 0; i < this._eventTitles.length; i++) {
const now: Date = new Date();
const startDate: Date = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), j * 2);
const endDate: Date = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), (j * 2) + (j % 3));
const event = new calendarModule.CalendarEvent(this._eventTitles[i], startDate, endDate);
this.set("calendarEvents", events);
_eventTitlesarray is with example purposes and contains several strings representing event names.
calendarEvents property used at the end of this snippet is exposed by the view-model assigned as a binding context to the page. This allows us to directly bind the
eventSource property of
RadCalendar in our XML file to it:
<calendar:RadCalendar id="calendar" eventSource="{{ calendarEvents }}" />
Running the application, the following is shown on iOS and Android:
Extending the CalendarEvent
If you need, you can extend the
CalendarEvent with an id to track more easily the selected items or any other information that you need that is missing from the default event. Here's an example:
export class CustomEvent extends CalendarEvent {
id: number;
location: string;
formattedTime: string;
constructor(id: number, title: string, location: string, startDate: Date, endDate: Date, isAllDay?: boolean, eventColor?: Color) {
super(title, startDate, endDate, isAllDay, eventColor);
this.id = id;
this.location = location;
const hours = startDate.getHours();
const minutes = startDate.getMinutes();
this.formattedTime = (hours < 10 ? "0" : "") + hours + ':' + (minutes < 10 ? "0" : "") + minutes;
Then you can use the new type to populate the list of items that will be bound to RadCalendar's
eventSource property:
let events: Array<CustomEvent> = new Array<CustomEvent>();
for (let i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
startDate = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate() + i % 2, 12 + i);
endDate = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate() + i % 2, 12 + i, 30);
let eventLocation = i > 5 ? "at home" : "at the office";
event = new CustomEvent(i, "event " + i, eventLocation, startDate, endDate, false, this.eventColors[i % 3]);
this.source = events;
Event View Modes
The events for each date cell are shown as dots (iOS) or squares with a summary (Android). RadCalendar allows you to show more information about the events by changing the eventsViewMode property. The default value is None meaning that there will be no additional event reperesentation coming out-of-the-box and the detailed information about events could be added through an additional ListView added below the RadCalendar and populated with information about events in a selected date. There are other event modes - Inline and Popover that present similar information within the calendar. Here are the available event view modes:
None- the default option
Inline- event details are displayed in a list that appears in the calendar
Popover- event details are displayed in a popup over the calendar
All of these values are exposed by the
CalendarEventsViewModeenum defined in the calendar module.
To change the events view mode you need to set the
eventsViewMode property of
RadCalendar to one of these values. Here's how
Inline looks like:
Want to see this scenario in action? Check our SDK examples repo on GitHub. You will find this and many other practical examples with NativeScript UI.


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Related to purifying: disillusion, emphasises, foisted, gushes, Purifying selection
tr.v. pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing, pu·ri·fies
1. To rid of impurities: purify water.
2. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements: tried to purify the party of its dissenters.
3. To free from moral or spiritual defilement: rituals to purify the soul.
[Middle English purifien, from Old French purifier, from Latin pūrificāre : pūrus, clean; see pure + -ficāre, -fy.]
pu·rif′i·ca·to′ry (pyo͝o-rĭf′ĭ-kə-tôr′ē) adj.
pu′ri·fi′er n.
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|purifying - serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"
|purifying - freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent"
adulterant, adulterating - making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials"
|purifying - acting like an antiseptic
antiseptic - thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities"


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20 June 2018 Dinner at Oxford & Cambridge Club, Marlborough Room
The subject of the discussion was the growth of embedded plant, allied with new forms of storage. These are being checked by network constraints, despite DNOs' steps to innovate with different forms of connection and network management. Could the growth of private/microgrids be part of a solution to network bottlenecks and facilitate 'behind-the-meter' developments (growth of renewables and storage) on a greater scale? Should BEIS/OFGEM be taking policy steps to encourage private/micro-grids or is it/should it be waiting for others to take the lead? Future owners of network assets could spearhead own-built and operated micro-grids. Do they need to be incentivised to do so? Should others be incentivised to do so? Should the approach to network charging (and embedded benefits) be rethought with private networks/micro-grids in view?
Tom Greatrex (Discussion chair), CEO Nuclear Industry Association & Advisory Board Member EUF
Alan Whitehead, MP, Shadow Minister for Energy & Honorary VP EUF
Lord McConnell
Volker Beckers, NED/NEC Cornwall Insight, Foresight Metering, Reactive Tech, Elexon, Etc & Hon VP EUF
Ian Smyth, Director of UK Power Networks Services
Sally Barrett-Williams, Chairman and Advisory Board Member EUF
Mark Workman, Energy Futures Lab Imperial College
Richard Howard, Head of Research Aurora Energy Research
Andrew Buglass, Advisory Board Member EUF
Richard Thompson, Partner Foresight Group
Neil Sampson, Treasurer EUF
John Mustardé, CEO Tangent Energy Solutions
Steve Blackwell, Joint Treasurer EUF
Jeremy Kinghorn, Utility Sector Director BearingPoint
John Marsh, Director, District Energy business Brookfield Utilities
Stephen Stead, Head of Strategy SSE Enterprise
Paul Branston, Regulation and Government Affairs Manager WPD
Paul Fidler, Energy Networks Association
Rich Hampshire, Senior Vice President CGI
Alan Thomson, Director/Global Leader Energy Systems Arup
David Butcher, UK Energy Networks Cap Gemini
Maxine Frerk, Director of Grid Edge Policy
Justin Andrews, Head of Design Authority ELEXON
Frances Warburton, Director Energy Systems Transition OFGEM
The sponsor of the dinner was BearingPoint


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BYJ's condition - related news
1) Excerpts from The Korean Herald online :
I am really starting to believe this September thing, sob..sob.
I am really starting to believe this September thing, sob..sob.
Credits : allkpop.com
Actor Bae Yong-joon hospitalized for illness
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Posted by Parkmeister in Breaking News 20 Sept 2009
Actor Bae Yong-joon hospitalized for illness
Korean Wave star Bae Yong-joon has been hospitalized for treatment of an illness believed to have been caused by extreme fatigue and stress, his management agency said Sunday, Yonhap reported.Source : The Korean Herald
Bae's agency, BOF, said the actor was admitted to a Seoul hospital Thursday after his blood pressure and blood sugar levels fell sharply. Test results showed that he was suffering from early stages of blood deterioration, the agency said.
Agency officials said the actor was not in serious condition and may be able to be discharged from the hospital this week in time for a scheduled publicity event.
2) Excerpts from allkpop.com :
Hallyu world star and actor Bae Yong Joon has been sent to the hospital from overwork and exhaustion.
On September 17, Bae Yong Joon had fainted from exhaustion, overwork and stress, and was sent to a local hospital in Gangnam. But this was only made known to the public on the 20th and Bae Yong Joon is reportedly still in hospital for treatment.
A BOF representative expressed, "Bae Yong Joon is currently receiving treatment on a IV drip but is otherwise in a stable condition. His blood pressure and blood sugar has lowered by a lot and is showing the early stages of Septicemia, or blood poisoning."
The represenative added, "We did not announce the situation earlier because we were afraid that we would worry many of Bae Yong Joon's fans. There are no complications thus far and everything should be fine."
Bae Yong Joon is scheduled for discharge before the 22nd, which is the day he publishes a book titled, 'Taking A Vacation to Find the Beauties of Korea." On 29th and 30th of September, Bae Yong Joon will be promoting the animation of the famous Korean drama which he starred in, "Winter Sonata".
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We do everything to maintain the highest possible level of service in the bed bug extermination sector within the Berwick, LA region as well as across the country. When you meet an exterminator from our company, you will find that they are willing to go above and beyond the call. Interviewing you about what you have noticed about the pests in your home as well as performing our own investigation are two steps we complete during each treatment. Our bed bug extermination professionals ensure that the pests are not going to be returning in the near future, and we will not leave until we are certain this is the case. In many cases, this means that they will do a thorough investigation of how the pests came into your building. Our exterminators will also always arrive on time, and they will answer any questions you may have regarding the treatment since we hate it when professionals try and act like their job is top-secret.
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Amazon Prime comes with all sorts of perks and goodies to try and make your £79 a year subscription fee some worthwhile, but really it's just a tactic to try and trick you into spending more money. That's especially true of Amazon Prime Day, a special holiday specifically designed to get people onto Amazon spending money, thanks to the promise of money off various goods. Leaks claimed Prime Day was arriving on 16th July, and that's just been confirmed by Amazon.
Prime Day is a bit of a misnomer, because all the sales have been stretched over 36 hours running from midday on 16th July to midnight on 17th July. That's a six hour extension from last year's shopping day, which gives you more chances to spend money on things because they're discounted - or to get yourself that TV you've been mulling over for the past few months.
As ever Prime Day deals are exclusive to Prime members, but there are no restrictions on the type of membership. So if you have a free trial, or pay monthly, you still get all the same deals as the people who bought a whole year in one go. What's more, there will be deals available every day in the run up to the big day, including 50 per cent off Prime Video purchases and three months of free Prime Video Channels subscriptions from today until the end of 17th July. Amazon is also offering four months of Music Unlimited for 99p, a free PC game every day until July 18th with Twitch prime, and three months of free unlimited reading with Kindle Unlimited.
Finally, Amazon will be hosting events in the run up to Prime Day with London's 'Unbox Prime' event taking place on 15th July. The event is designed to showcase how amazing Prime is of you subscribe, and to do that Amazon will be showing a screening of Paddington 2, an 'intimate reading' and Q&A qith Ant Middleton about his book First Man In: Leading from the Front, followed by a musical appearance by Take That. If you're interested you simply need to head to unboxprimeday.co.uk and register your interest. It's free for Prime and non-Prime members alike, but tickets will be on a first-come first-served basis.


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Yoav, a young Israeli man, has a one-way ticket to Paris—believing France will be his salvation from what he sees as the madness of his country. Wholehearted in his resolution to erase his Jewish-Israeli origins, he refuses to speak Hebrew and obsessively studies his constant companion, a French dictionary. He develops a particularly strong bond with his privileged neighbor who, for him, symbolizes the French promise of fraternité. Nothing can extinguish Yoav's determination to be thoroughly French.
Based on the real-life experiences of writer-director Nadav Lapid, SYNONYMS explores the conflicted realm of fervent nationalism and the challenges of putting down roots in a foreign land. Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
"Astonishing, maddening, brilliant, hilarious, obstinate, and altogether unmissable." —David Ehrlich, IndieWire "Breathtaking in the way it careens from one scene to the next in a whirlwind of personal and political meaning all but impossible to grasp in full measure, the film is an excoriation of Israel's militant machismo and a self-teasing parody of Parisian stereotypes, embodied by actor Tom Mercier in this astonishingly audacious debut." —Jay Weissberg, Variety
The Belcourt Theatre does not provide advisories about subject matter or potential triggering content, as sensitivities vary from person to person.
Beyond the synopses, trailers and review links on our website, other sources of information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media and IMDb, as well as through general internet searches.
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Looking ahead to 2020 iPhones
Rumor has it that Apple plans to release FIVE new iPhone models in 2020! Likely starting with an iPhone SE 2 type model with a 4.7-inch LCD display in the first half of the year, and then followed by 4 more models in the second half.
The rumored iPhone SE 2 will probably resemble the iPhone 8, but faster, with a 4.7-inch display with bezels and a Touch ID home button.
The second lot of models are predicted to all be higher-end all-OLED models consisting of 5.4-inch, two 6.1-inch, and 6.7-inch sizes which will support 5G with a Qualcomm X55 modem.
A 4.7-inch iPhone SE 2 with LCD display, single-lens rear camera, and no 5G support, a 5.4-inch iPhone 12 with OLED display, dual-lens rear camera, and 5G support, a 6.1-inch iPhone 12 with OLED display, dual-lens rear camera, and 5G support, a 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro with OLED display, triple-lens rear camera, and 5G support and a 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max with OLED display, triple-lens rear camera, and 5G support.
There are also rumors that one of these later models will not have a Lightning connector and will instead offer a "completely wireless experience,".
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Starting in 2018, Fannie and Freddie will have maximum conforming loan limits of $453,100 for single-unit properties, up from $424,100 in 2017. Under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, or HERA,
The 2018 VA loan limit increased to $453,100 in 2018 from $424,100 except in 220 high cost counties where they are higher. This represents a 6.8% increase this year. For comparison there are 3,234 counties and county equivalents. The maximum conforming VA loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are determined by.
In most of the U.S., the 2019 maximum conforming loan limit for one-unit properties will be $484,350, an increase from $453,100 in 2018. Baseline limit The Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) requires that the baseline conforming loan limit be adjusted each year for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reflect the change in the average U.S. home price.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently announced the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages to be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2018. In most of the U.S., the 2018 maximum conforming loan limit for one-unit properties will be $453,100, an increase from $424,100 in 2017.
Mortgage loan limits for every U.S. county, as published by Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The first step to.
Mortgages higher than these limits are known as non-conforming or jumbo loans. Almost all US counties have a maximum loan limit of $484,350 for a single family residence, ($620,200) for two units, ($749,650) for three units & ($931,600) for four units. These limits are applicable for purchase and refinance mortgages.
Giving a breakdown, FHA's 2019 minimum national loan limit, or floor, of $314,827 is set at 65 percent of the national conforming loan limit of $484,350. This floor applies to those areas where 115.
2019 loan limits increase to $484,350 for most areas. Conforming (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) loan limits are up – way up – and it could benefit home buyers and refinancing households in 2019.
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with all the stuff that happened during the match between omg and cycak, i have some thoughts i'll just jot down here. i went the the swannee tournament only to watch the matches; i had no idea omg was playing cycak. typically omg would help out the live stream crew and maybe do some commentaries, as well as whatever else that needed a hand like interacting with online spectators. when i saw her went to the back of the tournament room & put her cue together, i had a hunch that omg was in action & decided to run back and forth between the swannee matches and the omg match. i didn't know the person who played omg, and the people i asked had no clue. anyway, i ended up taking a few pics of the omg match. honestly, i thought this would be a one-paragraph writeup: omg vs. so and so, and (insert winner's name) won. i hadn't started on a swannee post yet, but i figured the omg match would be a cool item to end the article. little did i know the paradigm would be turned upside down, and the omg match would end up as the main feature. i happened to catch the story, and decided to rush out a post right after the tournament. thanks to omg's link, quite a few people read my post to find out what happened; for those that read my article, my sincere gratitude. i appreciate your readership. and thanks again to omg for the link.
i found the idea that ms. cycak thought she could waltz in and rob omg to be quite funny. first of all, you'll never know if your opponent would catch fire, even the weakest opponents, let along someone who's seen plenty of action and tournaments. second, the tables at hard times are killer. you all know about the pockets on table six now; however, you may not know that the pockets on the rest of the tables are only 0.25″ wider. the pockets on table ten were roughly 4.25″ wide, plus they spit out a million balls. i watch people miss shots at hard times that'd drop practically anywhere else on a daily basis; on the tournament side, there are no easy tables. unless you're a top pro, those tables can take you down a playing level; if you're a b+ player, you may go down to a b or a b- at hard times just for the equipment. omg, having played on those tables before, knew what to expect, but i don't think ms. cycak had any idea how the hard times tables worked. hey, that's what happens when your head gets too big: you stop doing your homework. if ms. cycak had bothered to ask around or did some serious practice on the table a few days before the match, she would have noticed how those pockets played and adjusted accordingly. (this is besides the point, but watch the oscar vs. morra match and you'll notice that oscar played safeties on seemingly makable shots because of the pockets. oscar should know; his dad ernesto maintains the tables at hard times. the pockets on table six are always that tight; that's how ernesto had them set up, and he never changed it.)
moral of the story? if you want to set up a legitimate match, do your homework beforehand, don't get big-headed, and always be ethical and courteous. if you can't pay, don't play. speaking of which, ms. cycak owes omg money for forfeiting the match. ma'am, do the right thing.
since omg still has her money, i wonder if she'll use it to set up that andoni rematch. time will tell.


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"Inflation on Marshall Plans": EC announces not very high level of trust in financing Ukraine
EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has said the European Commission (EC) received the so-called "Marshall Plan for Ukraine," but it has already the necessary tools for its implementation.
"I have received this Marshall Plan from the Foreign Minister of Lithuania and I have carefully read it. Honestly, everybody everywhere is always talking about Marshall Plan. And there is an 'inflation on Marshall Plans.' We have Marshall Plans for Africa, we have so… I think the spirit of this paper is already solicit or we try to implement the spirit of this paper already today," Hahn said at Eastern Partnership Civil Society Conference and the Annual Assembly of the EaP Civil Society Forum in Tallinn, Estonia, according to a video, posted on Facebook by Ukrainian MP, head of the Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs Hanna Hopko.
Read alsoMarshall Plan for Ukraine provides for EUR 5 bln annual support from EU – Kubiv"We are ready to give money but not without any incentives or conditions. And in order to take care about our that spheres' moneys we can only give the money if the conditions are fulfilled. Sorry, but so say the level of trust is not very high, therefore we pay if something is done," he said, adding: "I have to admit Ukraine is around at the place 80 [of Doing Business ranking]. So, a lot can and should be done to improve the business climate in Ukraine and maybe in some other countries to attract foreign investors and also this is something we try to achieve."
As UNIAN reported earlier, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis on August 31 stressed that Vilnius was and will remain the advocate of Ukraine in the European Union and NATO, first of all in the context of countering Russian military aggression.
"But today Ukraine's economic success is on the agenda as well. To this end we voiced and introduced the idea of the 'Marshall Plan' in Europe and the United States," Viktoras Pranckietis said, adding that the initiative was supported both at the political and financial levels.


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The Milwaukee Brewers are making available to fans a deal they call the "Timeless Ticket." In engraved brass, the oversized one-pound ticket will allow the ticket holder to attend any single game, any time in the future. So, you may ask, what's the savings in that? A thousand dollars for one ticket?
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Carrow led the effort to bring figure skating to Greensboro
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Four years after their debut in Greensboro, North Carolina, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships have returned to the Greensboro Coliseum, with Hill Carrow again serving as chairman of the local organizing committee. Carrow, the 60-year-old CEO of Sports & Properties Inc. in Cary, led the effort to bring figure skating to Greensboro in 2011, convincing an established winter sport to try a little Southern hospitality.
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Commissioner: NBA jerseys with sponsor logos 'inevitable'
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the practice of selling ad space on team jerseys, common in other international sports, and the WNBA, is likely coming, whether you like it or not.
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Panama City Beach Sports Village — Request for statement of qualifications
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The Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau has issued a Request for Qualificationsto find an experienced and qualified firm, or teams consisting of more than one firm providing support services to a lead firm, capable of planning, evaluating and developing a variety of operationally connected sports facilities and to assist in placing these facilities into service (the "Sports Village").
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The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games are coming!
Starting July 10, 2015, Toronto will host the largest sport event in their history – the 2015 Pan Am Games/Parapan Am Games. The best way to witness the power of sport is to be there. Share the highs of winning gold for your country, the thrill of a close race and the camaraderie of 7000+ athletes from 41 countries and territories.
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The Mobile (Alabama) Sports Authority is a non-profit sports commission with a mission to create a positive economic and public relations impact for Mobile County, the City of Mobile, and the region through attracting, hosting, managing and supporting sporting events which attract visitors to the Mobile area. MSA is the main point of contact for sports and sports-related activities for the Mobile County area.
Mobile County is famous for a rich sports tradition and can host just about any type of indoor and outdoor sporting event at any time of the year thanks to its semi-tropical climate. The MSA has the ability to successfully host a variety of athletic contests such as tennis, softball, baseball, basketball, and bass fishing as well as rugby, soccer, volleyball, and golf tournaments, gymnastics meets and many running events. Mobile can and does host a diverse number of sporting events, both big and small, and the MSA stands ready to be the point for visiting sporting events.
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College sports' governing body gathered for its annual convention recently, and for the first time in its 109-year history, student-athletes had a seat at the table. One student volunteer leader shared his experience.
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In the year after Matt Dunn took over the position of vice president of tourism development for Palm Coast and the Flagler Beaches, the county recorded the most successful tourist development tax collections in history, with an increase of 13% over the previous year. Dunn and his team are already working to make an even bigger year by rebooking a significant amount of group business, launching a new ad campaign and booking several new events for the area.
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As colleges cut sports, will cities lose?
Birmingham, Alabama's reputation as a budding sports town took a major hit recently. Recently, facing serious budget constraints, University of Alabama-Birmingham shut down its football program. The controversial decision shocked the community. And now residents are grappling with the fallout: The city's most recognizable sports team is gone and its largest sports facility has suddenly been left without a permanent tenant.
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Multi-sports complex 'feasible' for former Champion Paper site in Ohio
An indoor sports complex, baseball stadium and rowing center in Hamilton, Ohio, is a step closer to becoming a reality. Two sports center consulting and managing firms have seen positive results from feasibility studies conducted in 2014 for an "adaptable mixed-use development" at the former Champion Paper mill property.
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Lake Erie Duathlon to Return in August 2015
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The Erie Sports Commission announced the Lake Erie Duathlon will take place at Presque Isle State Park on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, returning after a two-year hiatus. The event will be hosted by and benefit Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania.
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Enormous TV screens with live NFL feeds cover the walls of the ballroom at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. A sound system blares the broadcasts of all the various games at an ear-shattering volume. Couches and bar stools are scattered around the 14,520-square-foot space, which is playing host to the fifth annual FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship.
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The rising costs of youth sports, in money and emotion
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With travel teams and indoor versions of outdoor sports now in full swing, some former top athletes and even the coaches who feed parents' obsessions are encouraging caution. The willingness to spend heavily — in money, time, emotion and a childhood — needs to be looked at more carefully, they say.
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How German national team used wearable technology to win World Cup
Leading up to last year's World Cup, the German team wore small devices during practice to monitor everything from speed, distance, and heart rate of each player. Norman and his colleagues would crunch the data after training sessions and see how exactly each athlete performed. Coaches then used the information to plan future workouts more effectively and make better personnel decisions.
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The view from any seat at LaGrave Field — the longtime North Side home of the Fort Worth Cats minor league baseball team — offers an easy view of part of its promise: Overlooking the burgeoning downtown and the Trinity River, it's nestled in the heart of the proposed major Panther Island redevelopment plan. But LaGrave's future is unclear.
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The Uniqueness of Hawaiian Koa Wood
Acacia koa is one of the most prized woods in the world. But people in Hawaii more simply know it as koa. It naturally grows nowhere else in the word except in Hawaii. The ancient Hawaiians used this fine medium density hardwood to build canoes, paddles, spears and surfboards. Koa wood quality is somewhat similar to black walnut. At one time, the wood was so sought after, it was known as the wood of kings. Additionally, craftsmen valued the wood for its shining luster after they finish and polish it. Today, people also prize koa wood for use in ornate woodworking as well as in very high end furniture. As a tonewood, craftsmen also use koa for making ukuleles.
Where to Find Koa Today
One can find the best koa wood today on the Big Island of Hawaii. They typically grow at higher elevations between 2,500 to 6,000 feet above sea level. However, this was the same elevation where there were many cattle ranches. As a result, ranchers cleared many of the koa forests when they started ranching operations the area. Additionally, what makes this tree harder to grow is that cattle like to eat the seed pods from this tree. Feral animals such as wild boars also like them. These factors make it even harder for the trees to reproduce.
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Today, Federal, state and private agencies are making an effort to restore the koa forests in Hawaii. They are planting new trees for both commercial and conservation purposes. This is good new for a number of reasons. Those that love the beauty of Hawaii's forests will certainly appreciate this. Also, those that admire the beauty and the art that people can create from koa trees will also be grateful.


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Gone are the days where the only way to track your fitness progress comes from the scales. It's time to take a jump into the 21st century and understand that there are so many more effective ways to track your progress.
Some of these might come as a surprise to you, some you might already know and some may seem a little strange. Don't knock it until you've tried it so lets get going and show you some of the best ways to track your fitness progress.
1. The good old-fashioned tape measure
The tape measure is a great way of tracking weight loss or muscular gain progress. The thing is, if you are on a weight loss mission and you are training hard the scales wont always go down because you are also building new muscle. Muscle is a dense tissue and it's heavier than fat. You may have lost weight but the scales say you haven't. This is why you need to get the tape measure out to measure those lost inches!
2. Take progress photos
Taking photos is the best way to see visually your progress, especially if shaping up is your goal. If you are doing a transformation then ensure you take photos of yourself before you embark upon your journey. Next, take photos of yourself in the same position every couple of weeks then you can compare them. It's an extremely rewarding way to monitor your progress.
3. Body fat scales and calipers
You can invest in some body fat scales to measure your levels of body fat. These usually strange-looking devices track your body fat levels through a gentle, electrical current either though your upper body or lower body. Callipers are also another good way to measure body fat levels, as these are a simple way to measure your skin folds.
4. Measure your VO2 Max
Are you training for a specific event? Do you want to improve your cardiovascular fitness? If this is the case then using the VO2 Max is a great way to track your progress to see if you're improving.
So what exactly is the VO2 Max and what does it mean? It refers to the maximum or optimum rate at which your heart, lungs, and muscles can effectively use oxygen during exercise, used as a way of measuring a person's individual aerobic capacity.
The more you train, the better your VO2 max result will be. This score is usually improved via regular CV activity and resistance training. It's also important to include plenty of iron in your diet and of course adopt a healthy eating regime.
5. Get your blood glucose and cholesterol checked
A professional usually does this by the means of obtaining a small droplet of blood from your finger. An unhealthy person might have very high readings on both which would indicate their eating and exercise regime could be much better. High bloody glucose can signify excess weight as can high cholesterol.
If your readings come back higher than you'd like you can take active steps to improve these by adopting more clean eating habits and a more exercise regime. When your results are better the next time you have these readings done, you will have tracked and successfully improved your fitness levels.
6. Wearable technology
The great thing about modern day technology is the fact you can track your progress all the time. There are such a huge variety of devices on the market such as fit bits and tracker watches all with different price tags. You can also get some amazing apps on your phone too.
The great thing about all these gadgets is that they can track your fitness progress in ways you could never imagine. You can set yourself goals, record your calories, monitor your steps and activity, and check your heart rates to name but a few. These advances in technology mean you can keep better track of your fitness goals and progress.
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Tracking your fitness progress is not only important for this reason, it's also important to keep your motivation high. If you are seeing changes every week via one of the above methods you are more likely to stay on track and keep motivated. The more motivated and informed you are the more likely you are to achieve your fitness goals.