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PTG Music Group presents its first act, K Slim with his debut release titled, 'Glory Dance'. K Slim started rapping in 2006 and has been pushing his music ever since. The video for Glory Dance was shot in Miami, by the same director that shot Wizkid's "In My Bed".
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Star Control: Origins
Star Control: Origins is a space exploration game by Stardock Entertainment. It was released on 20 September 2018 for Windows. Following in the footsteps of the seminal Star Control series, it features a massive procedurally-generated galaxy for you to explore and figure out a way to protect humanity from the Scryve Empire, which decided that humans are a warlike race of immense potential that needs to be prevented from ever reaching the heights of their ability.
You captain the first interstellar space ship created by humanity, The Vindicator. Flying the Star Control banner, it's your mission to explore space, find a solution to the threat humanity faces, and go on countless adventures in the process. You're given free reign as to how to achieve your goals. Villain? Hero? Someone in between? As long as Earth is safe, any action you take will be sanctioned.
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Welcome to Early Childhood!
My name is Jill Schwarz and I am the Early Childhood Teacher at Laremont School. This year I have two paraprofessionals Miss Melody and Miss Mary, that assist me with the students in the classroom.
Our priority is to provide a safe and fun learning environment, where every student can reach their fullest learning potential.
We have two sessions of Early Childhood. The AM class is from 8:45 to 11:15 and the PM Class is from 12:00-2:30.
In the classroom we use an adaptive form of Unique curriculum that includes, stories, cooking, Math, Science, arts and crafts, making choices and answering questions. The curriculum is supplemented by monthly themed lessons.
We have specials everyday that include PE, Mobility Room, Music, Gross Motor Room, Sensory Room, and Library
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Today was "Take Me Outside" Day- this day was created by a non-profit organization to educate and create awareness with Canadian students about our connection with nature and our time spent outside.
The nursing students organized activities for each grade group to participate in today.
The grade 2 group was first thing this morning and there were 3 activities for the children to choose between: skipping, tag and free play.
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Global Launch Manager – Late Markets (m/f/x)
- Basel, Switzerland
- Full-time
Company Description
Ready to make an impact?
We develop, manufacture and supply dental implants, clear aligners, instruments, CADCAM prosthetics and biomaterials for use in esthetic dentistry, tooth replacement and restoration solutions or to prevent tooth loss.
We empower our employees to perform and make an impact, to question the status quo, to drive change, to stay ahead of the competition. From the first Dental Implant in 1974 to the latest Digital Solution – we do things differently than others
We deliver innovation based on evidence. This is part of our employer culture as well as an exceptional team spirit that truly encourages diversity and a powerful "can-do" attitude.
#WeChangeDentistry every day. Be part of it.
Job Description
We are looking for you as our new Global Launch Manager - Late Markets. In this role, you will ensure a faster time to market penetration of newly introduced products into second wave countries for Straumann portfolio. The position is based in Basel within the Innovation & Portfolio Management department.
- Orchestrate the overall market introduction of Straumann products in APAC, LATAM and Emerging Markets following introduction in first wave markets (Europe and NAM)
- Be the sparring partner of the Regional Marketing Manager in APAC and LATAM. Setup an annual review of the Go to market for the regions according to RMMs and Regions business priorities. Propose and stir the portfolio priorities based on countries business priorities
- Together with the respective Markets, Global Product Manager, Global Pricing and Global RA, plan and manage the product market introduction plan for the year
- Ensure all steps of launch readiness are taken as soon as possible: Portfolio review, forecasting, production ramp up, pricing and on time registration
- Schedule regular calls and follow up with Head of Marketing in the region together with the Global PM to review market needs and support launch conditioning activities
- Structure reporting of launch execution and provide analysis of product launch performance when requested
- Conduct regular product performance review of new launches: plan vs forecasts (volumes, net sales), ASP review
- Scopes business problems and processes by identifying key issues and stakeholder inputs
- Roll-out and leverage the new launch request platform on a Straumann group level
- Establish a launch management community via SharePoint, information sharing and best practices
- Lead OR Support process improvement projects in the area of launch excellence in order to further speed up and improve launch process. Includes documentation of process improvements and training of all relevant stakeholders about newly introduced tools and processes
- Operate effectively in ambiguity. Apply process where it creates value, and design process where it is needed. Recognize the situations where each approach is most appropriate
- Be comfortable interacting with senior management, highlighting risks and providing recommendations to support Launch readiness and effectiveness
- Educated to a degree in business administration, or engineering, bioengineering or life science
- Experience in a Commercial Management or Product Management role in a manufacturing environment, ideally in the medical device, pharma, chemical or automotive industry
- Project Management Education (PMP, PRINCE2) is of advantage
- Sound knowledge of applicable standards and regulations (MDR, FDA, ISO) is a plus
- Entrepreneurial, analytical and proactive personality with the ability to cultivate a network of productive relationships in an international matrix environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, any other languages is an asset
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- An employer who invests in our #inspiring corporate #culture.
- The #opportunity to develop yourself as a person and in your #career. We #grow.
- #Attractive workplaces at great locations - We are a #GlobalPlayer.
- A good salary and many other cool #benefits (depending on location).
- To work for the No. 1 in #Dentistry and one of the leading #MedTech companies.
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This ringlet-loving sampler is your chance to try DevaCurl's innovative curl care system. Each trio includes a creamy lather-free cleanser, a hydrating conditioner, and a lightweight, curl-defining gel. All three work with your hair's natural texture, so you're left with soft, shiny spirals without that pesky halo of frizz.
With the amount of hair I have, I wish I had more to sample. I am pleased with the ingredients and the smell and the feel of these conditioner, but I didn't get the curls I would like. Sometimes I have to experiment with products before I get the desired result. I'm not sure if I want to buy it to accomplish that.4
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Virgin America Announces Nerdbird Express San Francisco-Austin Route, Adds SFO-Anchorage
Referring to it with the hashtag Nerdbird Express, because it goes between Silicon Valley and Silicon Hills, Virgin America announced it will begin daily nonstop service between San Francisco and Austin, Texas on May 21, 2013. In addition, the airline also announced it will offer service six times a week between San Francisco and Anchorage, Alaska between June 6 and September 9, 2013.
Flights from San Francisco to Austin will depart from San Francisco International Airport at 10:15 a.m. and arrive at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport at 3:35 p.m., while flights from Austin will depart at 5:00 p.m. and arrive in San Francisco at 7:00 p.m. On every day except Tuesday, flights from San Francisco to Anchorage will operate, departing at 8:00 p.m. and arriving at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport at 11:55 p.m. Flights from Anchorage to San Francisco will depart at 12:50 a.m., on every day except Wednesday, and will arrive at 6:25 a.m.
From Austin, passengers will be able to connect to Virgin America's West Coast destinations such as Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. From Anchorage, travelers will be able to connect to San Diego, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas on the airline as well, in addition to Chicago and Philadelphia.
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Back from Turkey, Chelsea's focus quickly turns to Premier League action and our first home game under Frank Lampard. We start our look forward to Leicester's visit by examining the key facts and figures...
Chelsea's recent home record
Chelsea have won our opening home league match in 14 of the last 16 seasons (14 wins, one draw, one defeat), with our only defeat coming as reigning champions in 2017/18 against Burnley.
Chelsea have only lost one of our last 22 home league games (13 wins eight draws), though that defeat did come against Leicester in December 2018.
The Blues have failed to score in two consecutive top-flight games, last doing so in three in a row in September 2007 (a run of four).
In his playing career for the Blues, Frank Lampard scored three goals against Leicester, and won all five games he played against them.
League games since
A home win: 0
A home draw: 1
A home defeat: 9
Chelsea vs Leicester head-to-head record
The Foxes were the only away side to win at Stamford Bridge last season in our 19 league home matches. Leicester's 1-0 victory was only their second at the Bridge against the Blues in 13 meetings in the competition, and their first since September 2000.
Chelsea last won at home against Leicester in October 2016. Goals came from Diego Costa (7), Eden Hazard (33) and Victor Moses (80) in a 3-0 victory.
Leicester are looking to win consecutive away league matches against Chelsea for the first time since October 1961.
Biggest league win for each team:
Leicester 0-4 Chelsea 2003/04
Chelsea 4-0 Leicester 1924/25, 1957/58, 1994/95
Leicester 4-0 Chelsea 1924/25
Leicester's biggest win at Stamford Bridge is 3-1 in 1960/61 and 1961/62
Premier League, Stamford Bridge, 22.12.18, 3pm
Chelsea (4-3-3) Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta (c), Rüdiger, David Luiz, Alonso; Kanté, Jorginho (Fàbregas 74), Kovacic (Loftus-Cheek 60); Pedro, Hazard, Willian (Giroud 61)
Unused subs Caballero, Cahill, Zappacosta, Barkley.
Injured Christensen, Morata
Head coach Maurizio Sarri
Leicester (4-3-3) Schmeichel; Pereira, Morgan (c), Maguire, Chilwell; Choudhury, Mendy, Ndidi; Albrighton, Vardy (Iheanacho 83), Maddison (Gray 82).
Unused subs Ward, Fuchs, Evans, Iborra, Okazaki.
Manager Claude Puel
Booked Ndidi 30, Mendy 80
Scorer Vardy 51
Referee Lee Probert
Attendance 40,558
Leicester stats
Last season
Premier League - ninth
FA Cup - third round
League Cup - quarter-finals
Top scorer all competitions - Jamie Vardy 18
Last season's Premier League stats
Most starts: Schmeichel 38, Ndidi 37, Chilwell 36
Most goals: Vardy 18, Maddison 7, Gray 4.
Most assists: Maddison 7, Pereira 6, Chilwell, Tielemans and Vardy 4
Most clean sheets: Schmeichel 10
After their draw against Wolves last week, Leicester have won their opening Premier League match of a season just once in their last 11 attempts (drawn five, lost five) - against Sunderland in 2015/16.
Leicester have failed to score in each of their last three games - this is only the second time a Brendan Rodgers side has done so, after a run of three games with Swansea City in November 2011.
Jamie Vardy has netted 53 per cent of Leicester's goals under Brendan Rodgers (9/17).
Leicester didn't have a shot on target against Wolves until the 83rd minute, courtesy of substitute Harvey Barnes - their latest first attempt on target in a Premier League game since May 2018 v West Ham (86th minute).
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has only faced Aberdeen and Rangers more often during his managerial career (13 games) than Chelsea (12 games).
Brendan Rodgers managerial record against Chelsea.
Won 0
Drawn 6
Lost 6
Sunday 11 August
Leicester 0 Wolves 0
Team 4-1-4-1: Schmeichel (c); Pereira, Evans, Soyuncu, Chilwell; Ndidi; Perez (Albrighton 76), Tielemans, Choudhury (Barnes 61), Maddison; Vardy.
Leicester's pre-season
Leicester's six pre-season friendlies were all played in England. They won their first three at Scunthorpe, Cheltenham and Cambridge United, then drew at Rotherham and beat Stoke on the same day with split squads before defeating Atalanta, including Chelsea loanee Mario Pasalic, at The King Power.
Pre-season scorers: (12 in total)
Iheanacho 3, Albrighton 2, Perez 2, Vardy 2, Choudhury 1, Maguire 1, Tielemans 1
League games since
An away win: 2
An away draw: 1
An away defeat: 0
Leicester summer transfers
Ayoze Perez - Newcastle
Youri Tielemans - Monaco
James Justin - Luton
Dennis Praet - Sampdoria
Vontae Daley-Campbell - Arsenal
George Hirst - OH Leuvens
Ali Reghba - Bohemians
Mitchell Clark - Free
Callum Hulme - Bury
Harry Maguire - Manchester United
Shinji Okazaki - Malaga
Danny Simpson - Released
Daniel Iversen - Rotherham, loan
Elliot Moore - Oxford United
Josh Knight - Peterborough, loan
Ryan Loft - Carlisle, loan
Layton Ndukwu - Southend, loan
Callum Elder - Hull
There are no suspensions.
Premier League bookings list
Chelsea: Abraham 1, Jorginho 1, Kante 1, Zouma 1
Leicester: None
Chelsea vs Leicester referee
Referee: Graham Scott
VAR: Mike Dean
Scott was the official for two of our Premier League wins last season – away to Fulham and home to Brighton.
Click to read more stats for the 2019/20 campaign, and to find out more about the new laws this season
Club statistician Paul Dutton provides all the key facts and figures.


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Am I Happy: The question that changed Ana's life forever
"Am I happy?" This small question that she asked herself one night, changed her life for ever.
Vandana Jain also known as Ana J decided to set up a website that she believed would be 'incharge' of spreading happiness through art, trinkets and memories. An ex-advertising professional, she wanted to engage with people, reflect on simplicity and grasp a void we all feel in our lives – that of the small and the simple.
Ana chats with Ria Das on how she envisages the journey of PrettyPinkPebbles.
Ana, you had a successful life in advertising. What made you quit your job and how did you come up with the idea of PrettyPinkPebbles?
After I quit my job in advertising, one night in the month of August 2013 I had this little question pop up in my heart, Am I happy? The reflex to it was obviously "I am very happy!" I have a doting husband, a kid I can dote on, loving parents, good health, a good life! At the same time I had this feeling inside me that I am in danger of wasting my life. The night was still and silent, but my heart was racing at this thought. I didn't want to look back at my life at the end of it, and think, "How happy I was, or what did I make of my life."
I must give something to this world, before I go. If not much, I can share the happiness my heart holds, or infuse the life of others with some simplicity and joy. Or give them a moment of calm in their wild world. All these thoughts flooded my mind, as I sat down and listed some names for my blog. I finally chose PrettyPinkPebbles as my blog name; it suggests that beauty lies in the little little things that life offers us.
That very night in the still of the moment I blocked this domain name, 'prettypinkpebbles.com,' and in a flash the world changed for me. I had put some meaning, some purpose into my life, and at that very moment I knew I have given wings to my dreams. I became 'Happiness Developer' for myself and for others.
Starting someone on your own isn't easy… What challenges did you face?
The whole journey has been very challenging of sorts. My initial challenge was to overcome shyness. I wanted to experience the joy of jumping 'high' so badly that thinking about the fall or how silly I might look didn't matter to me. It took a lot of certitude and hardihood to make that leap from being coy to being a one woman army running everything from sourcing, to logistics, to creating website and eventually building my own brand.
Given that everything at PrettyPinkPebbles is handmade, scaling it up without quality loss is extremely important to me. That affects its pace but currently I am very content keeping it small and simple. Having said that, there is no dearth of loads in my plate.
In this business of creating happiness, concept of 'good time' is very precious to me. Nothing that is available at my pretty shop has ever rushed through time. Every piece of art has been created with good mood, good intentions and in a very peaceful state of mind.
So while there are but only 24 hours in a day and it is not easy to don various hats, the source of my strength 'my loving family' and 'my inner peace' keeps me going.
Also Watch: Mrinalini Sarabhai no more: Epitomy of grace in dance & life
In the beginning, who motivated you to become an artist-entrepreneur?
The entire process has been very self-driven, however, I dedicate all my efforts to my loving husband and super son. PrettyPinkPebbles is one tiny step towards living our dreams together!
What do you think are the particular strengths women have to being a successful entrepreneur?
Every woman today can bring about fresh ideas, originality, experience and true nature to the workplace that could make a big difference.
What do you consider to be your greatest achievement so far?
To create a brand that has a distinct persona, an aura of aesthetics, beauty & simplicity, and that connects with its customers on a personal level, infusing in their lives 'the joy of little things'.
I hope that each original artwork at PrettyPinkPebbles is able to cast a magical spell on to its viewer that makes them believe 'Life is Beautiful'!
What would you call the single most important reason for your success?
My determination to follow my quest for happiness, and spreading it!
Besides this, I think having worked in advertising for 12 years for some of the finest brands of India has given me a better understanding of how brands are built. In fact, I think going forward this beautiful blend of 'creativity' and knowledge of 'building brand' is going to be extremely worthy!
Also Read: Entrepreneur Shweta Shivkumar asks only one question: Why So Blue?
What message are you sending to all women out there through PrettyPinkPebbles?
PrettyPinkPebbles sets a very fine example for a woman to look within and discover that one thing that she is very passionate about or that one thing that she can share with the world. The world is waiting to discover you!
What part of your journey have you reached? What lies ahead for this venture?
This is just the very beginning. I'm into the business of spreading happiness & what I understand of it is that 'happiness is not a destination, it is a journey!'
Of course, I have plans for its future expansion. I intend to diversify my art and collaborate it with lifestyle and fashion. I plan to tie up with few select brands and work in unison with them. I believe the world is my palette and the possibilities are endless.
Read: The woman handing out happiness in lollies: Frugurpop's Pallavi Kuchroo
How would you like people to remember you and your company?
I would want PrettyPinkPebbles to be remembered as a magical space, where beauty, happiness, hope, peace and grace are a plenty!
One piece of advice for young women entrepreneurs…
Have big dreams and keep taking tiny steps towards realizing them.


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Work Area: Software-Design and Development
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Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
SAP started in 1972 as a team of five colleagues with a desire to do something new. Together, they changed enterprise software and reinvented how business was done. Today, as a market leader in enterprise application software, we remain true to our roots. That's why we engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality and spread opportunity for our employees and customers across borders and cultures.
SAP values the entrepreneurial spirit, fostering creativity and building lasting relationships with our employees. We know that a diverse and inclusive workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for all. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift up societies and sustain our environment. Because it's the best-run businesses that make the world run better and improve people's lives.
The Multi Cloud team sits at the tip of the spear within SAP's global public cloud transition. As the Multi Cloud Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be at the heart of the engineering process building software and processes that empowers SAP to develop and deliver high quality products quickly. Working with our lines of business, you will help build and run our next-generation multi cloud technologies at global scale. If you are an experienced DevOps engineer with a passion for delivering innovative IT services and value-creation, a career at SAP Labs may be right for you!
The Multi Cloud Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer will work within the Multi Cloud engineering team to build automation services from conception to operations. You'll work with global teams to deliver high quality products and ensure engineering and operational deliverables goals are met. This role is based in Shanghai, China.
Candidates should have minimal 5 – 7 years of DevOps experience especially in a public cloud environment. You must be able to communicate in both Mandarin and English. If you have large systems software design and development experience in Linux, that will be a plus. Hands-on experience with Container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Helm or Hyperscaler Kubernetes experience is a plus too.
Success is what you make it. At SAP, we help you make it your own. A career at SAP can open many doors for you. If you're searching for a company that's dedicated to your ideas and individual growth, recognizes you for your unique contributions, fills you with a strong sense of purpose, and provides a fun, flexible and inclusive work environment – apply now .
To harness the power of innovation, SAP invests in the development of its diverse employees. We aspire to leverage the qualities and appreciate the unique competencies that each person brings to the company.
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UFC 234 goes down tonight (Sat., February 9, 2019) on pay-per-view (PPV) from the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
A middleweight title fight is scheduled to close out the night. Robert Whittaker makes his first official career title defense. "Bobby Knuckles" takes on former Ultimate Fighter winner Kelvin Gastelum. The winner of the main event will have their next challenger determined in the co-main event.
Israel Adesanya faces ex-middleweight king Anderson Silva in the co-featured bout of the evening. Adesanya is undefeated in MMA, and will face a man who many have compared him to. It will certainly be an exciting night of fights for MMA fans across the world.
Check out the full fight card, start time, and information on how to watch the Melbourne card below:
Main Card (10 P.M. ET, PPV):
- Middleweight: (C) Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum
- Middleweight: Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva
- Bantamweight: Rani Yahya vs. Ricky Simon
- Women's flyweight: Montana De La Rosa vs. Nadia Kassem
- Light heavyweight: Jim Crute vs. Sam Alvey
Preliminary Card (8 P.M. ET, ESPN):
- Lightweight: Devonte Smith vs. Dong Hyun Ma
- Featherweight: Shane Young vs. Austin Arnett
- Flyweight: Kai Kara-France vs. Raulian Paiva
- Bantamweight: Teruto Ishihara vs. Kyung Ho Kang
UFC Fight Pass Exclusive Prelims (6:30 P.M. ET):
- Lightweight: Lando Vannata vs. Marcos Rosa Mariano
- Lightweight: Callan Potter vs. Jalin Turner
- Bantamweight: Wuliji Buren vs. Jonathan Martinez


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Dear 4-H Youth, Parents, and Volunteers:
Welcome to the Wayne County 4-H News and Notes. This is a weekly e-mail update that our office will be sending throughout the year to keep everyone connected with Wayne County 4-H. We will be sharing news and information about upcoming events and reminders about important deadlines. Additionally, our office may from time to time send special messages to certain groups such as all members taking a specific project or all volunteers. However, these messages are not necessarily 100% comprehensive of everything going on in 4-H. In other words it is still your responsibility to know what the requirements, rules, and deadlines are for 4-H projects and activities you're involved with. These rules and deadlines are published in places like the Extension Office website, Jr. Fair Book, Link Newsletter, Project Guidelines, Project Books, etc.
Later this year we will send you a short web-based survey to evaluate if you find these messages helpful and if weekly is the right frequency. In the meantime, thank you for providing us your e-mail address when you enrolled in 4-H this year and please send any comments or feedback you have on these messages to 4-H Educator Doug Foxx at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please understand our goal is not overwhelm you with information, but simply to help keep you informed. Most of the stories listed in these e-mail updates will be linked to stories on our Wayne County Extension Office Website or our new Wayne County 4-H Blog. You can also stay connected with Wayne County 4-H on Facebook.
Listed below are the Wayne County 4-H News and Notes Updates for this week – simply click on the headlines to view the story:
Campers Wanted Alive: 2014 Junior Camp Registration is Now Open
Dog Massage Clinic to be held May 29, 2014
Important Dog Clinic Updates and Guidlines
Join the Wayne County 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Team
Reminder: Several Important Horse Forms Due June 1st


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Our in-depth review of the Alien RPG Cinematic Starter by Free League. More than 90 minutes of overview, analysis and some spoilers for the free PDF adventure, Chariot of the Gods. We start with a summary of the Year Zero System used in the game and how it differs from previous Free League releases like Forbidden Lands and Mechatron. There are also the stress, consumables and PVP mechanics that are unique to this system and setting. We discuss the use of props and sound effects and their effect on the sessions. We played through the adventure in 4 game sessions that are available on our YouTube and Twitch channels.[youtube]eE26W3rXEWg[/youtube][/font]
If you are curious about the Alien RPG and its system and setting this should give you a very thorough idea of how this game plays and if you want to bring it to your gaming table.
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While I certainly do not support the concept and execution of the Lingerie Football League, I see why it exists. It plays on a variety of sexual fetishes and, of course, makes these female athletes far less threatening because of the sexualization and because what they are doing doesn't look like "real" football. Again, not a fan. Wish it would go away. Will write letters or engage in other methods of discouragement to get that to happen.
What did genuinely surprise (ever so cynical) me is the news that there is now a Lingerie Basketball League. I found out about it on some mom blog. Said mom does not seem too upset, after her initial questioning, that the league exists because, once you get past the uniforms, you can see (there's a video) that they are skilled.
Yes. They are skilled. But there are a lot of women who are skilled basketball players. They play at all levels: high school, college, professionally, recreationally, in the pick-up games at my gym. They don't wear bras, and ass-cheek revealing butt huggers, garter belts, and some kind of ribbons that are laced up their legs. In other words, it's kind of hard to get past the uniforms. In fact, I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to "get past" the uniforms. After all, the league's reason for existence is the uniform. Why else would it be called the Lingerie Basketball League? And though the writer tries to argue that the uniforms are similar to--if not less revealing--than those worn by beach volleyball players, I'm not buying it. Yes, those uniforms are skimpy--arguably unnecessarily so--but they fit the sport, which is played on a beach.
Other problems with the league:
1) Sure, players have to be good; but they also have to be pretty. They have to fit a type. They are not large forwards planted under the basket ready for the pass or the rebound. As one player said: "we play hard and we look doing it." A prescribed and mandatory looking good.
2) The players are constantly referred to as girls. (Watch the video.)
3) The coverage highlights the pushing and shoving. A "reporter" asks one of the players if the other girls are just too tough for her because she is tiny and so demure. She's also Asian playing with a majority of black woman.
The league seems to be in its infancy. And indeed it's very infantilizing. I hope it goes away before it reaches the Terrible Twos.


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Disposable Blood Bags are used for storage, collection, and transportation of human blood and its components. and are made up of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and plastic materials. The key factor driving the demand for disposable blood bags is the rising demand for blood owing to increase in global population with blood-related diseases and advancement of science and technology to cure such diseases. Moreover, growing concerns regarding environmental sustainability are also driving the demand for disposable blood bags across the globe. Initiatives being taken by government organizations for spreading awareness among people about blood donation is also bolstering the growth of this market. However, certain factors like risks related to transfusion of blood and poor infrastructure of blood storage across several geographies remain key challenges to the market growth. North America is the biggest market for the global disposable plastic blood bags due to the increasing number of patients with blood disorders in the region. The Asia Pacific region is anticipated to expand at the highest growth rate in the coming years owing to a large population base and burgeoning demand for blood transfusion.
Research Methodology
Firstly, the report provides a brief introduction of the market and deals with detailed research methodology for calculating market size and forecasts, secondary data sources used and the primary inputs which were taken for data validation. This section also outlines various segmentation which has been covered as part of the report.
Market Dynamics
Next, the section provides comprehensive market dynamics through an overview section along with growth drivers, challenges, and opportunities which exist in the current market. This section of the report also provides supplier and industry outlook as a whole; key industry, global and regional regulations which are determining the market growth and a brief technological aspect of Disposable blood bags. Complete industry analysis has also been covered by Porter's five forces model as a part of this report section.
Disposable Blood Bags Market has been segmented on the basis of product, end users and geography as follows:
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Finally, competitive intelligence section deals with major players in the market, their market shares, growth strategies, products, financials, and recent investments among others. Key industry players profiled as part of this section are Fresenius Kabi India, Span Healthcare, Terumo Penpol, Poly Medicure Limited, HLL Lifecare, Macopharma Bharat Transfusion Solution and Grifols among others.


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After Eli finished up with the time he got off after injections, I was sooooo excited to hop on and see how amazing my "new" horse felt. We'd done some light tack walking, but nothing where I asked anything of him.
He did feel good… he was happy to stretch over his back and I was able to get a few seconds of real engagement here and there.
But he still felt… weird. He was more wiggly than I think I've ever felt him; completely unable to keep his body straight for even a step or two. It was like he 100% did NOT trust where his feet were going. He never took a truly lame step, but he just felt …. not quite there.
My first thought was that something had gone wrong with his injections, but he had no heat, swelling, lameness, or any other indication that something was physically wrong.
I called the vet and discussed the issue with him and he agreed upon seeing video that it wasn't a physical issue, but perhaps a mental one.
This horse is so wildly defensive about his body that the vet thought that he just didn't trust that the good feeling was actually good; hence his extreme need to "protect" himself by being unstable and backed off entirely.
So from there I had two options… force him through it or turn him out for another week or two and see where I was at.
I chose the latter of the two options, and tossed him out with his old man friends. No lunging, hacking, nothing.
I get a lot of flack because I refuse to push this horse further than he trusts me to. He came to me with issues, and I just don't see the point in backsliding because he "should be" at x,y, or z place in his training. This is the only horse I have right now, and if it takes me years, than so be it.
If he was a different horse, than perhaps we would duke it out, but he's not. I have to work the horse that's in front of me. Giving him a break doesn't mean he's going to forget everything that he's learned, it just means he's learning that I'm going to listen to him, and deliver on my end of the bargain.
In my opinion, that's what a good trainer does, especially when they love a horse as much as I love this one.
Fingers crossed my gut is right, and he's able to come back happy and willing to work. The farm isn't done showing for the year, but as far as Eli goes, I'm hoping to instead attend a few clinics this fall, for some off farm learning adventures. I'm hoping a bit more constructive setting than a horse show will better set him up to come out swinging next year.
It's been such a learning curve with him, one that I'm thankful for as it's really helped me grow and learn patience, humility, and to have a sense of humor. I think I'm going to end up with a great partner in this dude, and I def wouldn't do much differently about the whole adventure.


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A play that is not about a cup of coffee at all
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Marysha is one of the most famous Czech theatrical plays, a true gem of the Naturalist drama. The iconic quotes about coffee, in the play used as a means of murder, have become part of the Czech popular culture.
The play, based upon a true story about a village girl married against her will, was repeatedly rejected by the dramaturgy of the National Theatre for reasons of excessive naturalism in the way the corrupt relationships among the characters and the circumstances of the murder were depicted. It was accepted only at third attempt and played only in afternoon people's performances for fear of insulting the bourgeois audience. Its success was nevertheless immediate and it eventually found its way to audiences nationwide.
The director Jan Mikulášek, one of the most remarkable talents of his generation, was put in charge of the staging of the eleventh successive production of Marysha in the history of the National Theatre. His minimalistic view of this important part of Czech dramatic tradition builds upon the unique personal actorship and deep understanding of the characters by the actors.
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How to Start a Summer Book Club for Kids
Are you looking for a fun way to incorporate reading in to your family's schedule over the break? How about starting a summer book club for kids?
It's the perfect way to combine the excitement of a playdate with learning, avoiding the academic "summer slide" that happens when kids don't read over break.
Excited to Read
Katie Keber, a teacher and mom of 4, has organized a summer book club for her crew and their friends for the past five years.
"I think what the kids love the most is an opportunity to get together with friends," says Keber." "Every spring my kids start asking me about summer book club and begin brainstorming books and activities they want to incorporate.
"It is awesome to see them so excited about reading!"
Humble Beginnings
The original idea for a book club came from Keber's friend who has a daughter the same age as her oldest. Both girls love to read.
"This mother and I have teaching backgrounds and thought it would be fun to put our brains together to develop fun and motivating activities that involve and encourage reading," says Keber.
Over the years, the idea grew and Keber assisted with and organized book clubs for all four of her kids.
Boys and girls. Beginning to advanced readers. Bookworms and kiddos that needed more motivation.
"I have been doing summer book clubs with my children for five years now," says Keber. "In those five years, we have had so much fun and are creating so many great memories."
Here she offers some tips for making it a success.
MarbleSpark: How do you organize your summer book club?
Keber: "The organization of the book clubs varies by age, abilities, and interests. When the kids were younger, it was more like story time.
"Each meeting would have a theme, and we would read several books and complete fun activities to go along with the theme.
"Now, the process has progressed to where my oldest is choosing the book for her meeting, planning the activities, and leading the discussions, all on her own."
MarbleSpark: Do you have to adapt the book club based on the kids in the group?
Keber: "Just as all the kids are unique, I have found that motivating some book clubs is easy, but that other book clubs need more frequent encouragement.
"It sometimes even helps to incentivize the process by incorporating competition or challenges."
MarbleSpark: What fun incentives have you used?
Keber: "We might keep track of incremental milestones like most pages, minutes or books read. Or we may create a summer reading bingo where kids can fill in the boxes on their bingo card based upon what they have read.
"For example, one box might be, "Reading in the Tub," while another might be, "Reading Two Books by the same author."
"Fun activities like read and feeds, read and swims, movie nights, game nights, library outings, book swaps, and traveling books (swapped from person to person) are all methods we have used to motivate the young readers in our book clubs."
MarbleSpark: What sorts of books/format work best for beginning readers?
Keber: "When the kids were beginner readers, the book club meetings would have a theme or feature an author, and I would usually read several books aloud that fit the theme or that were written by the featured author.
"If the kids felt comfortable, I would encourage them to bring a book that fit the theme to read to a partner. In this case, I would encourage them to read it ahead of time to be prepared, thereby building fluency and encouraging independent reading."
MarbleSpark: Any other creative ideas for the little ones?
Keber: "I would also create opportunities for a book swap; I love having the beginning readers bring a bag with five of their favorite books to read to share with their book club buddies.
"The bags go home with a new buddy at the end of each meeting so that by the end of the summer each child has had the opportunity to read lots of new books at or near their reading level. "
MarbleSpark: What about for older readers?
Keber: "The older readers are expected to read a book between meetings and then be prepared to discuss the book and participate in activities that go along with the book. Each year the kids have become more and more independent.
"My oldest now picks the book, creates the activities, and leads the discussion for her meeting. It is wonderful to see them take charge, and it makes our job a lot easier."
MarbleSpark: Are there any mistakes that you made and changed along the way?
Keber: "We have tried to incorporate writing into the book clubs and this seems to always be the kids' least favorite part."
MarbleSpark: Any other tips for someone just getting started?
Keber: "My recommendation for someone trying to start a kids summer book club is to get the kids involved in the planning and book selections.
"Also make it fun and exciting so that it doesn't seem like work. They will happily do the reading if the meetings are enticing enough."
MarbleSpark: Any other resources?
Keber: "The libraries have so many fun and educational opportunities for kids, so make sure to check those out. Also, reach out to teachers for book lists."
Good Works
This summer, one of Keber's daughter's book clubs has decided to take on an additional group project.
They are running a book donation drive—and lemonade stand–that will benefit a local community center (see their hand-made flyer below).
It's another fun way to get the kids together with their friends, encourage reading and help others.
We can't think of a better way to spend the summer!
For other summer reading ideas, check out our "Tips to Make Summer Reading Fun" and "How Poetry Instills a Love of Reading."


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Here's how to change the language used on an iPad with Retina display:
- From the Home screen, tap Settings.
- Tap General.
- Scroll to and tap International.
- Tap Language.
- Select the language you want to use and tap Done.
That's it! Voila! Ole! Eureka! etc - your iPad with Retina display will now operate using your selected language.
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Funny woman Amy Schumer is coming off a relatively good high as of late. Her new romantic comedy is out in theaters and thanks to her acceptance speech at the 2015 Glamour Awards, she has become somewhat of an icon for powerful women everywhere. Her latest outing for GQ's Comedy Issue has been to don the guise of everyone's favorite princess from a galaxy far far away. Of course Schumer doesn't do anything halfway or without putting her brand of comedy on it.
GQ let her pick her own cover idea and Schumer not just went funny and geeky, but she blew out our servomotors. It is a shame that GQ is only featuring Schumer as part of their "comedy" issue. She is a powerful and sexy woman and we would not mind seeing more of her and those like her on the cover of GQ in the future.
For insight into the Schumer shoot, check out GQ and the hilarious video she made while lying next to a bewildered and somewhat jumpy C3PO. Of course in all fairness, surprised and a bit insulted tends to be Threepio's default look, but it works fairly well. Our personal favorite would have to be the bar scene. Check out the magazine and the pictures below for more.


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I just read an article on spiders in Trout magazine....I enjoy fishing soft hackle flies very much, they produce, I have usually fished them down and across, letting them swing to the dangle, but the article says they should be fished with short casts upstream and dead drifted......I say whatever produces fish. Next time I am out fishing I am going to fish them the recommended way and see if it works as well as the article says.....i
if not, I'll just snag a few on streamers.....a new technique I learned recently on NEFF..........
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MU Team Shoots for Victory
But, success has its price because shooting at MU is an expensive endeavor.
"For our team, we probably have 20 competitive shooters and anywhere between, roughly, $40,000 probably," added Hollin.
It costs about $2,000 per shooter because the team does not receive any money from Mizzou.
"It's one of those things," admitted shooter Tyler Schwab. "I really wish the university could recognize us, even if it's not with money, just with a congratulations on representing our school in a very honorable manner."
Both schools ranked ahead of MU, Lindenwood and Texas A&M help pay for their shooting teams. Hollin used to shoot for Lindenwood, but transferred to Mizzou because of better academics.
"Well, for Lindenwood, I liked the fact that I didn't have to worry about going to a competition and having to pay entry fees, having to pay for food, that was all accomodated through the university."
Despite a zero in the funding column, this MU team is on the mark to continue hitting the bullseye.


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This is Year 3 on my journey to early financial independence. I officially started in January 2012, beginning that year earning exactly $0/month in passive income. I first conducted research on early FI in November 2011, and initially thought that the entire plan would take about 10 years from Inception to Finale. My original early retirement date from the cubicle life was slated for 2021, when I would be 37 years old.
I've made a lot more progress than I originally anticipated for, which is why I've been reining in the date over these past two years. Should everything go according to plan, I realistically do see myself walking away from the corporate world sometime next year (2015), at the age of 30.
Everything that's happened so far has occurred at a blistering speed. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined any of this being possible in such a short period of time. By no means am I finished working, but sometimes I do have to pinch myself when I stop and think about how I already own five rental properties… Not long ago, I thought being able to buy just one house in my lifetime would be pretty awesome!
As I've become more successful with my investments, I'm realizing that I'm less scared today than I was when I first started. Should this be a natural feeling? I'm not entirely sure, but here are the reasons why I'm not afraid of "failing":
If You're Going to Screw Up…
… Do it while you are still young, or relatively young. I'm 29 years old, and I've worked extremely hard in my 20's to save up as much money as possible. I've been frugal, living below my means, and a diligent saver. Not only have I invested in retirement accounts (401k and Roth IRA), but I've also dabbled in dividend stocks and rental properties.
I make a good (not amazing) salary, so I've been very fortunate in this regard. As a result, I've been able to accelerate my progress towards financial freedom more so than a good majority of my friends and peers. The best part is that I've been able to get through my 20's without feeling like I've been sacrificing the entire time. Quite frankly, I earn more in a given month than I could ever spend… Yes, this is a good problem to have.
The way I look at it is this — I could lose EVERYTHING tomorrow, and I still wouldn't be much worse off than a lot of people who are also 29 years old. I have friends who are 29 and haven't saved a penny since they've started working full time. Some of these people still owe student loans and have negative net worth.
To be clear, I am not knocking on anybody (we don't all have the same blessings and opportunities), but when I look on the flipside, I'm just not all that scared. Crashing and burning before I'm 30 and having to hit the reset button would NOT be the worst thing that could possibly happen to me.
Starting over at 30 would still give me ample time to recover and rebuild my wealth empire. I would have the experience and know how of what to do and what NOT to do the next time around. Should I have to start all over again at 30, I really still couldn't imagine it taking me until 65+ to reach financial freedom… I would probably take less risks since I would be older, but even the most conservative plan wouldn't require 35 years to finish.
Just having the opportunity to be on the journey to early financial independence is a wonderful blessing. I've been able to pursue something that many can only ever dream about…
I Grew Up Poor
Having money is something that will most likely never feel natural for someone like me. I grew up in a poor family and I had to struggle most of my life. I started working at 14, and bagged groceries for minimum wage throughout high school to make ends meet.
Since life has always been a grind, I'm used to not having much, or expecting too much in return. No, I will never be "royal". 🙁 I just need the basic necessities and my own freedom to do as I please. To me, absolute freedom is the most wonderful possession of all.
I don't need nice toys. I don't need flash, or bling. I would even prefer to not have my own car so that I could avoid paying: gasoline, registration, insurance, smog checks, oil changes, etc.
I'm a person who tries their best to stay humble and grounded. I value true friendships and the simple things in life. So, the investments that I do have and the passive income that I collect don't influence my day-to-day life.
If I didn't know any better, it would appear to me that my life today really isn't all that much different from the life I lived when I was still going to school in college. And I'm not complaining, so good news for me. 🙂 Life only needs to be as complicated as you want to make it.
Life Isn't Binary
Real life isn't full of 1's and 0's and the world we live in isn't just black and white… There are also a million shades of grey. In the previous paragraphs, I spoke about failing as it being this all or nothing proposition.
It's not.
In life, failing can, and does entail just about anything. What does it mean to fail? In my mind, it doesn't mean that you have to lose EVERYTHING and start over again with ZERO.
Let's suppose that I do attempt early FI at 30 and things just don't work out. I miscalculated my numbers, and I find myself needing to work again to fully make ends meet…
Big deal. I'll get a part-time job, or even another full-time job, and keep marching on. I'll still have my assets and passive income. Even if the market tanks, my assets won't lose all their value… Am I any less of a person just because I attempted something and wasn't 100% successful?
I don't think so… You succeed in life by being open to new ideas and always remaining adaptable. Learn from your mistakes and attempt to do better the next chance you get. Life doesn't have to be so dramatic. Failing is OK and a natural part of the human experience. It is entirely possible to "fail", yet still be better off in spite of it. How can you grow as a person if you never experience anything else but success all the time?
And like Wayne Gretzky said, "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take." In baseball, if you can just get a base hit 3/10 at bats, you're batting at an all-star level. 4/10 would put you in the Hall of Fame…
No Regrets
Life is too short to have to live through and have regrets at the end. If I'm going to go out, I'm going to go out on my own terms. I know that the 9-5 lifestyle just isn't suitable for me, so I'm going to do everything that I possibly can to get out of it as soon as possible.
Ideally, 2015 will be the last year I ever have to work for someone in my life. Once I retire from the workplace, I very much want to continue working in the future, but only for myself. Just like with this blog, I want to be able to set my own rules, hours, schedule, and availability.
But whether or not I succeed in reaching early FI next year, I will have no regrets. The journey to early FI has already been a tremendous experience, and I've had a ton of fun on this ride so far. Thanks to all the readers and bloggers who have been following along! 🙂
Financial freedom is the target destination, but it'll be ok if I don't get there on time… There's no need to sweat every last detail, and I'm sure there will be another train just around the corner if I'm late. Besides, I was never good at operating on a fixed schedule, anyway…
Are you afraid of "failure"? How is your journey to early FI going? Does it get easier or more difficult with time?


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Become the ultimate Pokémon Go trainer with a little boost from Xiaomi
You may have already caught the Pokémon Go bug, or FOMO has set in and you need to get started like ASAP. Either way, there are some vital essentials you are going to need to become the ultimate Pokémon trainer and Xiaomi has the perfect packages to help you level up.
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You can't play Pokémon Go on just any phone. You need a smartphone, one so smart that it has at least 2GB of RAM before you can even download the app. A gyroscope and GPS to fully experience the augmented reality of having a Pokémon pop up in your very own living room. And a 1280x720 screen resolution to see where your next Pokéstop is situated.
But all this Pokémon hunting can get a little tiring, especially on your phone's battery. That's why a Xiaomi Power Bank is essential while you're on the go. With 10400mAh, this powerful charger is the best in its class, and the only way you're going to get your hands on a Squirtle without the worry of your phone's battery dying.
Go Explore
You've become quite the seasoned Poké-hunter. But you need more! More juice to keep your phone going while you're out on an adventure and there's no plug-point in sight. It's a stress-free zone when you bring a Power Bank along with you on the trip. 10400mAh of battery power is more than enough to keep you moving.
And speaking of which. When last did you take a walk as long as this? If only you could track your steps and the distance you've covered. Oh wait, you can. With Mi Band Pulse, getting active while on the Go has never been easier. 30 Day battery life and a heart-rate monitor, Mi Band Pulse is the perfect fitness tracker for a Pokémon trainer.
Go Battle
Pokémon Go is no longer 'just a game'. This virtual world is a battle field and you need everything in your arsenal to be the ultimate Pokémon warrior. A more than capable smartphone with gyroscope, GPS and 2GB of RAM; check. 10400mAh Power Bank to keep you and your phone on the Go and ready for anything; check. A fitness tracker to monitor every step you take; check. With all of these items from Xiaomi, those Pokémon don't stand a chance.


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Seaborn: statistical data visualization — seaborn 0.7.0 documentation. Choose the right chart for your data with this tool. Credit: Screenshot of the 'Essentials' chart choosing resource.
Data visualisations can pack a lot of information into one element of a story, helping you effectively illustrate long-term trends, percentages or other comparisons. But using the wrong type of chart for your data can result in misrepresented numbers and misleading your audience. To make it easier to find the best way of illustrating data sets based on intention, data viz consultant Ann K. Emery created the 'essential chart-choosing tool'. Users can filter all the possible options by selecting what they want to illustrate, like patterns over time, or the tool they are using – there's a 'do-able in Excel' filter as well. Once you click on a chart, the resource also includes links to examples where this particular visualisation has been used. "I have no plans to add every single chart type known to mankind. Big Data Exploration, Visualization, Analytics.
D3.js - Data-Driven Documents. 20+ Tools to Create Your Own Infographics. A picture is worth a thousand words – based on this, infographics would carry hundreds of thousands of words, yet if you let a reader choose between a full-length 1000-word article and an infographic that needs a few scroll-downs, they'd probably prefer absorbing information straight from the infographic. What's not to like? Colored charts and illustrations deliver connections better than tables and figures and as users spend time looking back and forth the full infographic, they stay on the site longer. Plus, readers who like what they see are more likely to share visual guides more than articles. While not everyone can make infographics from scratch, there are tools available on the Web that will help you create your very own infographics.
In this article, we're listing more than 20 such options to help you get your messages across to your readers, visually. Read Also: The Infographic Revolution: Where Do We Go From Here? What About Me? "What About Me?" Vizualize.me Piktochart easel.ly. Natural Language Processing. Natural language processing has come a long way since its foundations were laid in the 1940s and 50s (for an introduction see, e.g., Jurafsky and Martin (2008): Speech and Language Processing, Pearson Prentice Hall).
This CRAN task view collects relevant R packages that support computational linguists in conducting analysis of speech and language on a variety of levels - setting focus on words, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. In recent years, we have elaborated a framework to be used in packages dealing with the processing of written material: the package tm. Extension packages in this area are highly recommended to interface with tm's basic routines and useRs are cordially invited to join in the discussion on further developments of this framework package. To get into natural language processing, the cRunch service and tutorials may be helpful. Visual Thinking Archive.
A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods. Over 100 Incredible Infographic Tools and Resources (Categorized) This post is #6 in DailyTekk's famous Top 100 series which explores the best startups, gadgets, apps, websites and services in a given category.
Total items listed: 112. Time to compile: 8+ hours. Follow @DailyTekk on Twitter to make sure you don't miss a week! Update: Be sure to check out our latest post on infographics: Infographics Are Everywhere – Here's How to Make Yours Go Viral. I love a good infographic! Data Visualization: 20+ Useful Tools and Resources.
There are plenty of cool technologies available to collect and examine data.
Both web and desktop applications have provided some really great interfaces to fall in love with data mining, and with the rise in popularity we have noticed an increased number of infographics created over the past few years. Pin it Today we'll be looking into some really cool and popular online resources for data visualization. You can see all kinds of data like human population, world condition and even human emotion presented via the visualization. While some of the visualization might be experimental, all of them have one similarity: they help you understand the data better, and this is exactly what visualization is for.
If you've designed your own infographic or visualization tool we'd love to check it out. Recommended Reading: More Infographic related posts. Better World Flux Now this is one beautiful visualization tool! The refined condition of BWF's design comes as no surprise. Visual.ly. Data visualisation and Infographics tools. Think BigIngestion and Streaming with Storm, Kafka, and Flume. Flume Flume is distributed system for collecting log data from many sources, aggregating it, and writing it to HDFS.
It is designed to be reliable and highly available, while providing a simple, flexible, and intuitive programming model based on streaming data flows. Flume provides extensibility for online analytic applications that process data stream in situ. Flume and Chukwa share similar goals and features. However, there are some notable differences. Chukwa Log processing was one of the original purposes of MapReduce. Sqoop. Data Visualization with D3.js. The Miso Project.


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Rose Namajunas: 'UFC title doesn't mean as much if you're just an asshole'
Rose Namajunas shocked the world when she knocked out Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217 in November. She might have earned even more praise for her post-fight comments, where she remained remarkably humble.
"Me saying that this belt don't mean nothing, it's not really that it doesn't mean anything, it's just it doesn't mean as much if you're just an asshole, you know what I mean?" Namajunas said. "Me being the best in the world, it doesn't mean that much to me if I'm not a good person at the end of the day, if I'm not setting a good example for other people to be better to each other."
"What's the point of being the best in the world if you scratch and claw your way to the top and you push everybody down instead of lifting everybody else up with you?"
"There were times where I didn't know for sure this is how it's going to happen, but I had a strong feeling that it would," Namajunas said. "Even though there was a lot of challenges that I had to get over, the stars seemed to align for me, certain blessings and people that were brought into my life.
"One, just for example that popped into my head, Valentina Shevchenko and her team coming into town was a huge help for me and just getting to know them was awesome. Just little things like that proved that this is where I'm supposed to be and it's just kind of my destiny I felt."
Namajunas is expected to make her first title defense against Tecia Torres, probably at UFC 221 in Australia in February.


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All the times Jessica Rowe was a #BOSS
Jessica Rowe has made a shock announcement saying she's quitting Studio 10, it only seems to fair to take a walk down memory lane at her most #BOSS moments.
Studio 10 has today announced a new panellist will join the program in 2020: Perth news anchor Narelda Jacobs.
Jacobs, who first joined Ten almost 20 years ago, will serve as a regular panellist as well as a roving reporter, sharing stories from around Australia.
"I'm so excited … as well as being a proud West Australian, I am also a proud Australian and I can't wait to come and join you guys and talk about the things that matter to all of us," Jacobs, 43, told her new colleagues via video link as her appointment was announced in the closing minutes of Studio 10 this morning.
HUGE NEWS: We're just as excited as @NareldaJacobs10 😍 pic.twitter.com/YSuWuwyeQJ— Studio 10 (@Studio10au) December 6, 2019
Panellist Joe Hildebrand reminded Jacobs that she'd been a part of Studio 10's inception, filing special reports for the show from Perth back in 2013.
"I've always felt like part of the family — you guys are amazing. So smart and talented. I say that now …" she joked.
"Like family, we have robust discussions. We're not always going to agree. We might end up in fights. But I love and respect you guys, and I'm looking forward to doing a lot of laughing as well," said Jacobs, who confessed she'd never lived outside Perth before.
Currently the lead news presenter for 10 News First in Perth, Jacobs is also the mother to Aboriginal artist JD Penangke, 2 3. An outspoken public campaigner for marriage equality in the lead-up to 2017's postal survey, Jacobs split with her own same-sex partner of six-and-a-half years in 2018.
Jacobs' appointment comes on the same day a Studio 10 regular announced he would be leaving the nest in 2020: Scott Tweedie has landed a plum new gig as a breakfast host for popular US network E!
The 31-year-old Aussie, best known for his work as a reporter on Studio 10 and The Loop, is set to lead both the early morning program E! News, and Pop of the Morning from January 6, 2020.
Tweedie told news.com.au he managed to score the "dream job" after initially planting the seed five years ago.


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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Oct. 23, 2015) Epcot invites guests to experience the magic of the season and time-honored traditions from around the globe during Holidays Around the World. This year's festive celebration rings in a new entertainment offering as well as seasonal favorites from Nov. 27 – Dec. 30, 2015 at Walt Disney World Resort. One of the mostRead more


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Friday, May 31, 2013
Ok, I pulled out my geek card to get stamped last weekend and trundled off to the movies with the family to watch the second J.J. Abrams Star Trek film, Into Darkness. It was awesome! The knitting of the old story timeline with the new one fit right in and Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal of Khan was well done. I know there are many of us Star Trek purists out there that believe that no one could replace Ricardo Montalban as Khan, but come on. Just face it. Benedict did the character proud.
There was only one issue I had with the movie and that goes back to the purist thing. Long ago Gene Roddenberry declared that the Enterprise design could not operate in an atmosphere. Well, even in the first movie, Starfleet was building the ship on a Earth ground based shipyard. Not in space. With the right thrust capabilities and stabilizers, I believe it could work, but that is my engineering background coming out again.
One spoiler. I did like the movies role reversal with Kirk and Spock. This time it was Kirk that lay dying in radiation chamber and Spock looking helplessly on the outside. Very well done and nicely played.
Ok, second spoiler... My son asked my why Spock went after Khan in the final big chase and not some of the security guys. One, the red shirts die.. The walking dead...sorry. Two, Vulcans are strong. Much stronger than humans and there had to be someone that could face off with Khan in a hand-to-hand fight.
Only one final comment. Alice Eve as Dr. Carol Marcus... Hot!
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PHRP expert meeting on predictive policing
In May 2019, PHRP held a 2-day expert meeting on predictive policing. The meeting brought together representatives of civil society organisations, international institutions, academia and police to discuss the use of algorithms to predict crime. The diverse backgrounds of the participants and variety of angles on the topic led to insightful discussions into the problems of predictive policing and the possible approaches to assess them not only in technical terms but also with regard to their impact on the human rights of individuals, groups and the community.
Key issues discussed included the quality and bias of the data used to train and feed the algorithms, as well as the design of the algorithm itself, including the type of data taken into account and the recognition of feedback loops. Another point of discussion was the accuracy of predictions and the difficulties in measuring the effectiveness of policing approaches based on such predictions. Attention was also given to the often-limited ability to comprehend how algorithms arrive at predictions, and the difficulties in challenging these conclusions and achieving meaningful accountability. An overarching question which should guide any assessment of predictive policing systems was if such systems are necessary at all and what purpose they can or should serve.
A report summarizing the conclusions of the meeting can be found here.


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Rep. Richmond Statement on the President's Budget Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02) issued the following statement after the President released his 2018 budget proposal:
"On top of the callous healthcare bill that is being rammed through Congress on the backs of working people, this budget is a slap in the face to the entire state of Louisiana," said Rep. Richmond. "The President makes his priorities clear and strips funding from programs that help working families get ahead. Our economy is strongest when investment is focused from the middle out, rather than the top down. Instead, the President's proposal delivers the moon and stars to the wealthiest Americans while leaving the middle class without a parachute.
"It cuts $800 billion from Medicaid, even though President Trump promised several times throughout his campaign that he would protect it. It cuts the Children's Health Insurance Program by almost 20%. It attacks farmers by eliminating commodity payments and making it impossible for many farmers to get crop insurance. It attacks families and workers struggling to put food on their tables by cutting food stamps by more than 25%. It cuts funding to programs for people who are disabled and can't work rely on to survive, and funding for programs that help first-generation college students obtain the education they need to support themselves and their families.
"President Trump made a promise to working people in Louisiana that he would not leave us behind. He guaranteed that we could count on full support in our recovery, that we could depend on quality healthcare, and that working people would be put first. This proposal is hard evidence that these promises were hollow. We cannot allow the President to continue to take advantage of our state.
"These programs are not a luxury, they are vital to the health and security of our people. President Trump has shown us again that this is not a concern of his. Louisiana cannot afford this irresponsible budget proposal, and anyone who values the state and our unique needs cannot support it."


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Data Protection versus Cloud Computing – Public Clouds
Since a fairly long time, two little words are on their way: Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is a concept from IT-Management and has the aim – described easily – that the IT-domains will not be operated via the user anymore but rather via one or more service providers. The data and applications will not be found on the local computer or data processing service center but rather will be stored in the so-called Cloud.
The concept of Cloud Computing has the aim to present the liberty, to provide services from any place in the world. However, the liberty of these Clouds will be initially limited in Europe. Reason for that is the restrictive Data Protection regulation. In case of a Cloud-based processing of personal data outside the EU, the processing is not allowed according to the German Data Protection Act. That would mean that country-specific data monopoles can develop. Thus, the risk might increase, that a numerous countries can become the target of hackers.
The usage of Clouds is not without risks for companies as well. Especially sensitive data can trigger serious security concerns. Companies, which decide to use Cloud Computing, need to define clear access rights which will not be passed to someone else under no circumstances.
Not only because of the Data Protection concerns, many organizations nowadays evolve to a Private Cloud that offers the same cost benefits and flexibility as Public Clouds, but with less perceived risk and greater security and accountability. This idea is gaining increasing acceptance among large enterprises.


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Make this the year you fly private
Chartering your own private jet has often been seen as only accessible to the rich and famous.
Brilliant team from DesignQ, the design studio of the United Kingdom, has accepted the challenge from BAE Systems to create an irresistible luxury concept for regional aircraft....
One of its proposal, called Elegante, the company describes as a comfortable luxury, but we would simply call it magnificent. Rich materials and fluid forms are combined in this design, and escorted with advanced technologies, to form a graceful and very intriguing environment.
The spacious layout of the aircraft contains a large kitchen in the front, beautiful lodge, as well as a welcoming dining room in the central part, where there is plenty of room for eight passengers, who can enjoy a meal in complete comfort. Meanwhile, in the rear, a private loggia with comfortable sofas and bookshelves will get you in the right mood, and we are sure that it will make your day if you also receive your favorite drink.
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Jaron Lanier was no one I had heard of before. But the meeting we were supposed to have with him looked interesting right from the announcement; anyone writing a book "You are not a Gadget" had to be a beautiful mind.
The easiest way to get to know Lanier was to google him. Wikipedia had a long article on him and I've started to read. I needed an online dictionary and more Wikipedia to get a sense of what it was written there.
Computers were never my thing. I've passionately embraced the computer class in 1991, in high school, hoping that I would use my Mathematics skills, which back then were worth exploring. Instead I've found myself every Thursday condemned in a chair in front of little screen in black and white. Actually we were three students in front of every such machine. There were always the boys hitting the keys and actually doing the work on it. The girls were using pencils and paper trying to replicate the commands, in writing.
I've never got along with those machines, probably because they were too ugly. I was good with foreign languages, but not with those Basic and Pascal; too alien for me.
There was however a nice machine I was drawn to, a nice 286 IBM: tall, majestic, and white, with a screen in colors. I've never touched it! Back then such a thing was more expensive then my parent's house and the perspective of becoming homeless because I had touched a wrong key seamed horrific. My way of understanding computers then was comparing them to pianos: fingers making bad "music" on their keyboards that would destroy the machine. I was taught to consider them frail things, easy to terminate by human touch. I've got it so wrong!
I've used the email services for the first time in 1998 and it was a hotmail account. I've switch afterwards to yahoo and sometime in 2004 I've got my gmail account. Back then a gmail account holder had to send you the invitation in order to be able to join the service. I've got my facebook account in January 2009.
I've never owned a computer, never spent money on one. I remember writing my law dissertation through a secretary: my father's, in 2000. My first computer was the one at work. It's when I've started to know about passwords, safe connections, viruses, online updates. It's exactly then my eyes were affected by the screen radiation and slowly I've became a short-sighted person. My myopia is the gift of a computer!
I've moved in a house with a computer on 1st January 2001. My then boyfriend had a HP laptop, black and heavy, as a small suitcase. It was a mid 90's model. I've started to use it daily, to connect to the world through a dial-up connection and saved all my data on disks. CDs and DVDs came a couple of years later.
In 2006 entered into my life my laptop, another HP (Compaq nx7000). It was a second hand one and became my best friend. After divorce, I kept the laptop. It was a great burgeon worth fighting for. Ever since then, it traveled with me all over the places: from Asia to Paris, from Munich to New York, from Washington to Cuba. As if it was on my passport, as a person!
The Monday I've met Lanier, I was after a sleepless night. A virus infected my computer, unableling all applications on my laptop. Isn't it ironic, I was thinking?
He was dressed in comfortable black linen trousers and same color T-shirt. Few days later, I've told about him to a couple of friends. Hearing the name "Jaron Lanier" they've replied me: "the technology evangelist". Yes, I think he looked exactly like one.
Jaron is a sort of Shakespeare of the technology. As a musician, he might want to be called the Mozart of the technology, but I still like paring him to the Bard, not because his CV is longer than a midsummer's night dream, but because his work, writings and ideas are just as important for the humanity. Can anyone imagine humanism without Hamlet, without Romeo and Juliette, without King Lear? Now can anyone imagine technology without virtual reality and its laws of content and experimentation?
As the one who baptized and explained the virtual reality, Lanier started to evolve parallel to the businesses of Silicon Valley, trying to stay an objective observer of the internet and computers, predicting ways for both technologies to get better and people to cope with them and even develop more through them.
Time Magazine called him one of the 100 most influential people in the world this year. But he modestly refers to his involving into technology evolution simply as: "Very oddly, I've just happened to be around when a lot of particular computers and Internet were designed, were put together and contributed to the current system."
Yes, computers are in the middle of our relationships, the way we educate and raze children. People are recreating their future using computers and technology is into the very center of how we are thinking about how things should be done.
Lanier is not a rebel when he says that "there isn't any particular way Internet has to be". He criticizes what exists right now, but it doesn't at all mean he is "criticizing the very idea of Internet or technology".
You are not a gadget, his latest book, is an essay of the same value as McLuchan's The Gutenberg Galaxy. The first part is dedicated to digital mistakes. Technological designs came into existence in very particular ways: "Not exactly by accident, but not in any well picked for either". And once integrated into the network, they became really hard to change. "It's much harder to rethink than to think. That's always true in life but it's exceptionally true with digital staff. It takes longer to undo than to think. We've become lost in the illusion of what we've created before. This is the tyranny of digital legacy and it's severe."
Change is necessary. Not change for the sake of change, but change into improvement. The gain is civilization itself: "I think that some of the ways the Internet should change are necessary if civilization is to continue seriously. I think what we are dealing right now cannot continue however it can take a long time to change. It could be 1000 years. Quite seriously! It's a very BIG thing to undo. It might be 100 years – I don't know. But it's not going to be 10 years!"
Lanier has a special way to explain things, touching all facets: the serious ones and the not so serious ones, the necessary and the essential, the facts and the fiction, the literature and the philosophy. No one is left out: not Marx, not A.J Wells and his Time Machine and not even Spielberg and his Minority Report film that made usage of a lot of Lanier's gone wrong scientific projects.
He made everyone aware of the carbon footprint of the internet. The main reason is because Internet is filled with copies of all sorts of things. In order for these copies to exist, Internet has to expend and the giant machines that makes it all possible use carbon. It's a very dramatic way to imagine Internet. Loading photos and keeping 5-6 years old emails on the yahoo account started to look criminal!
Internet is not a democratized space. The money and the power are in the hands of few servers and no one has access there. Private information is at the disposal of who pays more and the user is just a targeted audience that is expected to spend money on system picked items. "If anyone would have told me 30 years ago that a company of three people would decide on what's private for a whole world, I would have been scandalized", confessed Lanier and suddenly Facebook did not seam so cool anymore!
Internet is not an oracle that knows you – the user; though companies sell this idea of an Internet that knows your taste, knows you and loves you. Of course, it also costs you – but they just love to take your money!
The real issue about Internet is that nowadays, it does exactly the opposite of what it was created for: it does not broader the horizon; it shrinks it with research engines that are manipulated my companies' money that want their products, their info to pop on your screen.
The more you pay, the higher you are on the search engine's list.
According to Lanier, here still are about two dozens of ideas that will make billionaires out of those who will exploit them best, one being an online medicine site and one being the telepresence.
Also Arts will improve their dominium with a new kind of performance. Lanier calls it "high value improvise performance" and it takes place in the virtual reality. The performer, as a puppeteer, would make things happen spontaneously, live on Internet.
I am clearly not a gadget. Not anymore. And discovering Jaron Lanier was a nice plunge into another dimension of human spirituality of a technological dimension, but still flavored with the art of a great humanist.


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10 Observations From Last Week
I was unable to write last week, so here's a quick synopsis of the intermittent musings that went through my mind last week...
Celebrations, Dreams & Blessings!
The last 2 weeks have been just that - celebrations, dreams and blessings! Follow along if you can, make it to the ending, it's important... 🙂


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Alex Rodriguez always wore the No. 3 before coming to the Yankees, where that number is legend.
With the start of the 2016 season on the horizon, it seems that the man who now wears No. 13 will have a good chance to match or pass the man who hit 714 home runs, most of them while wearing the Yankees" No. 3, Babe Ruth.
A-Rod has 687 career homers even after missing the 2014 season over performance-enhancing drugs. He had 33 homers last year and the 14-time All-Star needs just 27 to match Ruth.
"Overwhelming,"" is the word Rodriguez, who turns 41 in July, used in an interview with Kevin Kernan of the New York Post. "When you start playing baseball at 9 years old, you never think about tying anybody, let alone a guy like Babe Ruth.""
After the suspension, Rodriguez said he needed to get back to his 9-year-old mindset.
"I was reconnecting with the game, reconnecting with the clubhouse,"" Rodriguez said. "What I found is how much fun the game is.""


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From the chair:
4 It shall come to pass in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it,
2 and many nations shall come, and say:
"Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths."
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall decide for strong nations far away;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore;
4 but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,
and no one shall make them afraid,
for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.
5 For all the peoples walk
each in the name of its god,
but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God
forever and ever.
-Micah 4:1-5
I went searching for this passage today, and, because I don't know Micah well, it took me a while to find it. As I read Scripture, it does not seem that the Bible pushes us toward the view that "all faiths are the same." The more philosophers and sociologists I encounter, the more I find that they do not push us that way either. Yet, somehow, it has become a prevailing notion in our society, and we must decide whether we will tune our ears to the word of the majority or "the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."
That being said, a commitment to "walk in the name of the Lord our God" is in no way a commitment to violence or exclusion. I do testify that not all gods are God, but the Lord our God is calling not only people but peoples, many nations, to the Mountain of the Lord, where tanks become tractors, soldiers become chefs, preachers become poets, and no one shall make us afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. Because I follow this God and this God only, I have great hope for any person and all peoples.
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"…seminaries should do more to encourage their brightest students to consider working in the church rather than the academy, precisely because cultivating the wisdom of Jesus Christ on the ground requires more intelligence and creativity than writing scholarly articles does."
-Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Owen Strachan, The Pastor As Public Theologian: Reclaiming a Lost Vision, p.2
I'm only half a chapter into this book, but when the table of contents gets you excited, you know it's going to be good. I applaud pastors–I hope and pray I can serve the Church as one, and if this PhD leads to other work as well, I hope every word of it is in service to these servants.
"The chair" is the one Annie aptly chose for the corner of our living room, and it's where I am committed to daily hearing from God's Word–the Word I above all else hope to speak to others. "The desk" is the one by my coffee grounds and spare charger (if I get to the library early enough); it's where I have the privilege of reading and thinking all day, where I intend to learn for others' sake.