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Izenda is a business intelligence (BI) platform that enables real-time data exploration and report creation. It is suited for software vendors and development teams in enterprises that need to embed BI and analytics functionality into their existing applications. Izenda can be accessed through web browsers on desktop and mobile devices, and on-premise deployments are also available.
Izenda is built on a 3-tier embedded architecture with an open source front end that enables integration with Ruby, Python, Java, .NET, PHP and other applications. Izenda can run on user infrastructure and utilize an application's existing security. Reporting tools include ad-hoc reports, dashboards, visualizations, tabular summaries, fixed-layout reports, trending comparisons and aggregations.
Users can build charts and grids, add filters and include drill-downs from inside their applications. A GUI-based administrative interface allows system and tenant administration and copy management for code-free deployment and administration. The platform supports a variety of databases, including SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL.
Deb from Bluffton university
Specialty: Education
Employees number: 501-1,000 employees
October 2017
October 2017
Could use a little work.
Izenda is going to be easy for the end user, but getting to that part is a small struggle. It is fairly easy for users to drag and drop and produce pretty reports.
It seems there has to be a better way that to create views for everything! I find that very time consuming and frustrating.
Jerrod from Best Team Bid
Employees number: 51-200 employees
June 2018
June 2018
All the high-technologies that you need for a modern and successful doing business exist in Izenda. There is no need for a paper reporting anymore, collecting all the reports from different colleagues, sorting them now is in the past. After implementation this software in your company you will forget about all this stuff because all the control of the results of each part of your business you will be able to control through one program where your subordinates will put all the important data.
This software gives to our company everything that we need except the only one little thing. The system allows us to make visualization of our data through graphs and so on, nevertheless the ability to compare all these current charts with the old ones still did not realize here and that is what we want to be added.
Marianna from BAT
April 2018
April 2018
The ability to provide embedded self service reporting. Very wide range of customizability. Excellent customer support
The documentation whilst getting better still needs to be kept more up to date, i.e. some of the filtering and charting can get complicated to build
Eamon from ScerIS Inc.
Employees number: 51-200 employees
March 2018
March 2018
The software is easy to use. There's a large sample of report configurations and integrating multiple data sets is easy.
Inital set up can be tough (permissions on files, etc...). Upgrades were cumbersome, but Izenda is improving that process.
Eric from NonProfit Technologies
February 2018
February 2018
The online help and responsive implementation team helped us work through issues and deliver a demonstrable product quickly. I also like the numerous graph types and the ease of creating new dashboards and reports.
The user interface supports numerous functions and so the screen is sometimes crowded. This is mitigated with collapsable panels that are helpful.
Sid from Strategic America
January 2018
January 2018
Lots of features, their dashboard, calculated fields, custom views, roles and permissions and the fact that everything is stored in the database
Adding excel, csv datasource could be a plus, adding a report the UI could be improved. Need a little bit of work on report filters
Ken from Sage Software
Employees number: 501-1,000 employees
December 2017
December 2017
The support staff was very willing to work with out specific needs to integrate with our product. Additionally, the UI visualization renderings will add a lot of "pop" to our product to drive up customer adoption.
There are way too many settings which would confuse our users. This requires us to craft our own version of settings to hide that complexity.
Marc from Lantern Data Systems
November 2017
November 2017
The technical requirements in our search were definitely met by Izenda. The real differentiator was their business model and the ability to completely understand our business needs. These backed by real people made the decision fairly simple.
The overall solution is still quite new with a monthly build-out of features and bug fixes. They are absolutely going in the the right direction.
Julian from Insurance Systems Inc.
Employees number: 11-50 employees
October 2017
October 2017
Integrating izenda 7 series has giving our product the ability to the end user to create and administer dashboards and ad hoc reporting, ultimately giving the end user better insight into their data without having to contact us for base report modifications. We essentially needed a BI tool, and this fit the bill!
I really like their flexible architecture. They have many integration and stand alone modes that fits all scenarios. The technology stack aligns quite well with ours - so that was a plus. The visualizations and ad hoc reporting capabilities are great. The simple licensing model is a must, and very good customer support.
The documentation on integration for both series 6 and 7 is a bit lacking - although I have seen a great push on getting it updated, its had to get any fine details. Due to this it has taken a long time for us to embed the solution properly.
Although series 7 has many advantages, it is also lacking in certain areas compared to series 6. Having no export of the reports makes it hard to mange tractability with source control. 7 series is still quite immature with a lot of bugs. Performance is always a concern.
Response: Izenda, Izenda
Date: October 2017
October 2017
Thank you for the review and feedback.
Regarding export options. Izenda supports export of reports to PDF, XLS, Word, CSV, JSON, XML
October 2017
October 2017
Izenda gives our clients access to their data, in an easy to use form, without them requiring direct database access. Also gives us time to concentrate on more complex report requests because clients can develop their own simple reports. And can schedule the report to run repeatedly.
With the new version of Izenda, it has been easy to implement segregation by Tenant whilst allowing us, as administrators, to share reports between tenants. Our users will find the report history option useful.
The support during our implementation period has been excellent.
Adding relationships between tables\views was a labour intensive task and I had to repeat it for several tenants.
Ian from Insurance Systems Inc.
Employees number: 51-200 employees
October 2017
October 2017
Because of Izenda's seamless integration, our customers have a powerful BI tool at their disposal that looks like a natural extension to our product
Izenda's ease of use is one of their biggest strengths. Another main advantage is that users have a great deal of control in terms of formatting and displaying reports. If required, a report can be formatted "Pixel Perfect" for accurate printing requirements. We were also able to embed Izenda seamlessly into our application making it seem like a natural extension to our product.
It would be great if power users were able to input a SQL statement to build a data set. Also another
one of the challenges we encountered was the deployment of Izenda to other internal and external environments.
Rudolf from Planbox
Employees number: 11-50 employees
October 2017
October 2017
Izenda is our go to platform for ad-hoc reporting and analytics.
Izenda is a complete, highly configurable, scalable and extensible reporting and analytics platform designed for today's connected collaborative cloud-based enterprise solutions backed by a strong positive management, R&D and services teams that are very easy to work it.
Advanced reports and dashboards require a strong background in SQL and may also require some Izenda training and support.
Thomas from Synovia Solutions LLC
Employees number: 51-200 employees
September 2017
September 2017
Easily integrated within our SaaS platform. Flexible licensing model. Not only do our customers use Izenda but we also have an instance running internally to aggregate and analyze our entire cloud dataset. The internal instance has greatly improve the efficiency of our Customer Service and Finance departments.
Unable to load balance by storing session state in Redis. Report scheduler is not user friendly. Note that we currently use version 6 and these items appear to be resolved in version 7.
Jacques from Theradex
Employees number: 51-200 employees
August 2017
August 2017
Izenda integrates nicely into our data warehouse. We use it to provide reports and visualizations to internal and external customers. We also use it for analytics on or internal processes such as monitoring or ETL activities.
Izenda fit well in the "good enough" domain. It answers most business analytics and reporting needs without having to hire an army of developers and/or pay a tremendous amount. The embedded analytics model lets you develop customized solutions that can be given to end-users. but it is also powerful enough that it can be used for more advanced purpose.
I personally have been using Izenda for less than 6 month and the learning curve is somewhere between Tableau and Qlikview to get to the expert level.
Most end-users will learn how to navigate reports and dashboards designed for them in a couple of hours as most features are quite intuitive and fit most needs.
The onus is on the developer of Izenda's applications to design applications that are easy to use. Most complains are related to people trying to use out of the box features that need a little bit of in-depth knowledge - mainly SQL and database related - in order to use the whole potential of Izenda.
Charts start to look and feel a bit outdated, but each new release brings updates that address the problem.
Jeff from Tungsten Network
August 2017
August 2017
It has been a much appreciated additional offering in our software suite.
Ease of use it at the top of the list; it is relatively easy to get users up and running on designing their own reports and customizing existing ones.
It can be a bit slow with LARGE data sets; we are still on a slightly older version, so this may have been corrected in newer versions. It is easily dealt with by building smaller reports and combining them if needed.
Joshua from Wencor Group
Employees number: 1,001-5,000 employees
August 2017
August 2017
The product is very easy to use, no matter what your skill level. It offers a full featured BI tool without causing the user difficulty finding what they need. It is truly a platform, not a product, that supports its user instead of forcing them into a box like the other solutions we evaluated.
Yishai from Menako, LLC
Employees number: 2-10 employees
July 2017
July 2017
The ability to provide embedded self service reporting. Very wide range of customizability. Excellent customer support.
It is cutting edge and I'm often waiting for the next release for a feature. Releases are very frequent, at most monthly.
Randy from NetWise Technology
July 2017
July 2017
great analytics internally and it helps me big time to sell to decisions makers.
Ability to aggregate reports into dashboard and then drill into records in the system from the reports. Helps me to sell my product to execs big time
The data sources page is a bit confusing...once you get data sources setup right, the rest is easy. But you have to know the DB pretty well to get that first tab right.
John from NetWise Technology
May 2017
May 2017
One of the best things about Izenda is the flexibility it provides not only to the admins but the end users we well. It is very user friendly and had a ton of features.
The flexibility of the software can make it complex to learn if not properly deployed. It required quite a bit of thought to make sure your end users have a streamlined experience.
David from Heartland Campus Solutions
Employees number: 11-50 employees
May 2017
May 2017
Ease of use creating feature-rich data reports and analysis for a large variety of clients.
The flexibility to to extract data and provide visualizations that are meaningful to a wide customer base.
Response: Izenda, Izenda
Date: May 2017
May 2017
Thank you for your review. Please continue to let us know how we can continue to assist your organization and the users of your application.
Rick from Xenegrade Corp
March 2017
March 2017
Izenda provides us the ability to provide our customers an embedded reporting management experience that is seamless and matches our branding.


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Patching packages
This document covers the steps to creating and/or applying patches to packages when using ABS.
Creating patches
If you are attempting to use a patch that you got from elsewhere (ie: you downloaded a patch to the Linux kernel), you can skip to the next section. However, if you need to edit source code, make files, configuration files, etc, you will need to be able to create a patch.
sed instead.
Creating a patch for a package involves creating two copies of the package, editing the new copy, and creating a unified diff between the two files. When creating an Arch Linux package, this can be done as follows:
- Add the download source of the file to the source array of the
PKGBUILDyou are creating. Of course, if you are altering an existing PKGBUILD, this step is taken care of.
- Create a dummy (empty, or containing a single
echocommand is good) build() function. If you are altering an existing
PKGBUILD, you should comment out most of the lines of the build function, as you are likely going to be running
makepkgseveral times, and you will not want to spend a lot of time waiting for a broken package to build.
- Run
makepkg -oThis will download the source files you need to edit into the
- Change to the
srcdirectory. In standard cases, there will be a directory containing a bunch of files that were unzipped or untarred from a downloaded archive there (Sometimes it's a single file, but diffs work on multiple files too!) You should make two copies of these directories. One is a pristine copy that makepkg will not be allowed to manipulate, and one will be the new copy that you will create a patch from. You can name the two copies
package.newor something similar.
- Change into the
package.newdirectory. Edit whichever files need to be edited. The changes needed depend on what the patch has to do; it might correct a Makefile paths, it may have to correct source errors (for example, to agree with
gcc 3.4), and so on. You can also edit files in subfolders of the
package.newdirectory, of course. Do not issue any commands that will inadvertently create a bunch of files in the
package.newdirectory; ie: do not try to compile the program to make sure your changes work. The problem is that all the new files will show up in the patch, and you do not want that. Instead, apply the patch to another copy of the directory (not the pristine directory), either manually with the
patchcommand, or in the
PKGBUILD(described below) and test the changes from there.
- Change back to the
- Run
diff -aur package.pristine package.newThis will output all the changes you made in unified diff format. You can scan these to make sure the patch is good.
- Run
diff -aur package.pristine package.new > package.patchto capture all the changes in a file named
package.patch. This is the file that will be used by patch. You may now apply the changes to a copy of the original directory and make sure they are working properly. You should also check to ensure that the patch does not contain any extraneous details. For example, you do not want the patch to convert all tabs in the files you edited to spaces because your text editor did that behind your back. You can edit the patch either using a text editor, or to be safer (and not accidentally introduce errors into the diff file), edit the original files and create the patch afresh.
Applying patches
This section outlines how to apply patches you created or downloaded from the Internet from within a
prepare() function. Follow these steps:
- Add an entry to the
sourcearray of the
PKGBUILDfor the patch file, separated from the original source url by a space. If the file is available online, you can provide the full URL and it will automatically be downloaded and placed in the
srcdirectory. If it is a patch you created yourself, or is otherwise not available, you should place the patch file in the same directory as the
PKGBUILDfile, and just add the name of the file to the source array so that it is copied into the
srcdirectory. If you redistribute the
PKGBUILD, you should, of course, include the patch with the
- Then use
updpkgsumsto update the
md5sumsarray. Or manually add an entry to the
md5sumsarray; you can generate sum of your patch using
- Create the
prepare()function in the
PKGBUILDif one is not already present.
- The first step is to change into the directory that needs to be patched (in the
prepare()function, not on your terminal! You want to automate the process of applying the patch). You can do this with something like
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgveror something similar.
$pkgname-$pkgveris often the name of a directory created by untarring a downloaded source file, but not in all cases.
- Now you simply need to apply the patch from within this directory. This is very simply done by adding
patch -p1 <pkgname.patch
to your
prepare() function, changing
pkgname.patch to the name of the file containing the diff (the file that was automatically copied into your
src directory because it was in the
source array of the
PKGBUILD file).
An example prepare-function:
prepare() { cd $pkgname-$pkgver patch -Np1 <../eject.patch }
makepkg (from the terminal now). If all goes well, the patch will be automatically applied, and your new package will contain whatever changes were included in the patch. If not, you may have to experiment with the
-p option of patch. read
man patch for more information.
Basically it works as follows. If the diff file was created to apply patches to files in
myversion/, the diff files will be applied to
myversion/file. You are running it from within the
yourversion/ directory (because you cd would into that directory in the
PKGBUILD), so when patch applies the file, you want it to apply it to the file
file, taking off the
myversion/ part.
-p1 does this, by removing one directory from the path. However, if the developer patched in
myfiles/myversion, you need to remove two directories, so you use
If you do not apply a -p option, it will take off all directory structure. This is ok if all the files are in the base directory, but if the patch was created on
myversion/ and one of the edited files was
myversion/src/file, and you run the patch without a
-p option from within
yourversion, it will try to patch a file named
Most developers create patches from the parent directory of the directory that is being patched, so
-p1 will usually be right.
See also
- http://www.kegel.com/academy/opensource.html — Useful information on patching files
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/
- http://gentoo-portage.com/
- http://packages.gentoo.org/
- http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/

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[I had iffy internet for the past few days, so sorry for the delay!]
Now that the top 4 from bracket A has been named, it is time to introduce bracket B! Welcome to The Sing-Off China, episode 3.
For the opening number, the 8 groups bring us 杨培安 Yang Pei An's 《我相信》 (Wo Xiang Xin / I Believe). The song is about optimism and believing in oneself, and it's probably my favorite opening number thus far. The arrangement does a good job of conveying the message of the song, and while some of the soloists sound better than the others, the performance is lovely. (I really didn't care for the camera work during the VP fill near the end though…)
As a friendly reminder, our host is 赵屹鸥 (Zhao Yi Ou), and our judges are:
- 韦唯 (Wei Wei) – The female judge. Well-known Chinese diva.
- 黄伟文 (Huang Wei Wen, English name: Wyman Wong) – The bald judge in the black shirt. Well-known Cantonese pop lyricist.
- 谷峰 (Gu Feng) – Judge on the very right. Known for his jazz and vocal imitations of instruments
- 谭伊哲 (Tan Yi Zhe) – Judge in the black jacket on the very left. Music producer.
This episode's format is similar to that of episode 1's. Among the 8 groups, only 6 will move onto the next episode. After each group's first performance, the judges will critique and decide whether the group moves on or has to wait. The judges can only advance 3 groups based on their first performance. After all 8 groups have performed, one will be eliminated, and the remaining 4 will perform another song. The judges will then pick the 3 groups they liked best.
First round of performances:
1) 蓝色警报 (Lan Se Jing Bao / Sirens Vocal Band)
- Intro package – None of the members are music majors, and they aren't great at reading sheet music. They're called the Sirens because when a siren goes off, everyone notices. They want people to notice and listen to them when they sing.
- Performance – 张震岳 A-Yue Chang's 《自由》 (Zi You / Freedom). It's about two people breaking up.
- My thoughts – The arrangement had some nice moments, but with only five people, the sound was a bit thin. The intro was cool in concept but sounded too exposed. I think a choral approach with the other members harmonizing with the solo line would have been more effective. The VP breakdown was great. The chords in the bridge were nice, but I think some of them could have benefited from different voicings.
- Judges' comments – Wyman: You helped me understand the importance of song choice. As a judge, I want groups to make me feel like they're my friends through their singing. You succeeded today. Wei Wei: These five people seem very natural, and they have their own kind of feel.
- Judges' decision – Wait and see.
- Intro package – They came together because of a cappella, and they feel like a family.
- Performance – "Chili Con Carne" [apb. The Real Group]
- My thoughts – This isn't a bad performance, but I don't really feel anything from it. There were some pitch and balance issues, and some of the rhythms were not precise enough. The biggest problem with a song like this is really the lack of an emotional connection. I hope the group chooses a different type of song next time because they do have the talent.
- Judges' comments – Gu Feng: It's nice to finally hear something with a Latin feel on this stage, but I feel that you don't really understand Latin music. The bass shouldn't always be just one kind of groove. The VP felt like a beatbox, but Latin drums have a lot of other little sounds. The performance was essentially missing some spice. Wyman: I actually thought it was too full and too busy. Wei Wei: I thought your technique was great.
- Judges' decision – Because their technique is rather good, the judges want to hear them again. Wait and see.
3) 木塞子 (Mu Sai Zi / MUSE.S)
- Intro package – They are a collegiate a cappella group from Guangzhou. They are all different majors who were brought together by a cappella.
- Performance – 刘欢 Liu Huan's 《弯弯的月亮》 [apb. Club For Five] This song is about looking up at the moon and reminiscing about one's hometown.
- My thoughts – I absolutely love Club For Five's arrangement and performance, so this one falls short for me. The soloist does a pretty smooth rendition but could have been more emotional. I'm hearing some pitch problems, and the girls aren't quite blending with the rest of the group. I also thought the "deng" echoes were unnecessary.
- Judges' comments – Wei Wei: Your solo was very captivating at first, but I didn't feel it enough. Your movements and your solo did not have the same level of conviction. You should sing as though you're telling a story. Tan Yi Zhe: It sounded great. Then the vocal erhu started, and I started laughing. His posture didn't look great.
- Judges' decision – Wait and see.
4) 人声失控 (Ren Sheng Shi Kong / Voices Out of Control)
- Intro package – They believe that singing a cappella is about being modern and popular. They're here to win.
- Performance – Jay Sean's "Down" [apb. NoTa]
- My thoughts – I don't care for this performance either. This group has a lot of potential, but singing a NoTa arrangement was just not a good idea. Trying to imitate without understanding the aspects of NoTa's sound just made the VP and horns breakdown sound weak. The soloist also doesn't have the "oomph" needed to sing this song.
- Judges' comments – Gu Feng: [Not fully understanding what he's saying…] You don't have to dance the entire time. You could start with mic stands at first and then start dancing halfway through. You're a very mature group, but there's a fine line between well-practiced and insincere. I can't tell which you are. Wyman: How old is the soloist? [24] Your pants are too short. I'd add some socks if I were you.
- Judges' decision – The four groups they've seen thus far were all good, but none of them were especially good. Wait and see.
5) 梦想家 (Meng Xiang Jia / Dreamers)
- Intro package – They're a new group that was formed to compete in The Sing-Off China. They had to replace two members last minute. This is their first time performing on stage together.
- Performance – Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You"
- My thoughts – Wow. For a new group, this is a very mature arrangement and sound. I'm actually really digging the solo and bass. The only really questionable moments were the soprano's "di da doo's" and the fake-out ending.
- Judges' comments – Wei Wei: His solo really touched me. He fully immersed himself in the music. What's also interesting is that these people are all really good at what they do [which is singing?], and yet you brought all of them together.
- Judges' decision – Advance.
6) 自由人 (Zi You Ren / Freeman)
- Intro package – Many soccer teams have a player called a libero (aka sweeper). The libero is a very versatile player who can handle many different positions. They wish to be as strong and versatile as a libero when it comes to music.
- Performance – 陈力 Chen Li's 《枉凝眉》 (Wang Ning Mei / Eyebrows Frowning in Vain). The song is from the TV adaptation of the classic novel 《红楼梦》 (Hong Lou Meng / Dream of the Red Chamber) and is about the tragedy that befalls two star-crossed lovers.
- My thoughts – Whoa. That was fantastic. Great song choice (really fits the group), very nice arrangement, and lovely vocal imitations (especially the xiao, the Chinese vertical flute).
- Post-performance comments – This is a group of teachers. One of the guys is ET's teacher, and another teaches Xin Sheng Jia Dao (New Sounds Have Arrived).
- Judges' comments – Wei Wei: This was a really brave song choice. I really admire your talent. You did a great job of taking this classic Chinese song and giving it a more international kind of feel. [Host interlude] Host: So this guy with glasses. His wife is home pregnant. Do you want to say anything or sing anything to her? [The guy sings 苏芮 Su Rui's 《牵手》 (Qian Shou / Holding Hands).]
- Judges' decision – Advance.
7) Honey
- Intro package – They claim to be China's first all-female a cappella group. Men have an Adam's apple and can make certain sounds that women can't. There is a degree of difficulty to being a female beatboxer. This is their first time on TV and in a competition, so they're super nervous.
- Performance – Adam Lambert's "Whataya Want From Me" [apb. Delilah]
- My thoughts – Well, I'm glad they didn't try to tackle "Grenade" instead. The tempo was rather inconsistent in the beginning, but I suppose that can be attributed to nerves. The group sounds okay, but there were some pitch issues here and there. The rhythm isn't quite as clean as it could be, and I think the performance could have benefited from a greater range of dynamics. I'm curious to see what they'll sing next.
- Judges' comments – Tan Yi Zhe: Your clothing is very bright. I'm a single producer. Your higher voices were great, but your middle and lower voices need more work. It's okay; I can help you. Gu Feng: Well, you can ask me too.
- Judges' decision – Wait and see.
8) 平衡木(Ping Heng Mu / Balance Beam)
- Intro package – They're a group from Shanghai, and they're all about balance – gender balance, sound balance, etc.
- Performance – Adele's "Rolling in the Deep"
- My thoughts – *sigh* Another "Rolling in the Deep" cover… It was a good idea to gender swap the solo, but I didn't care for the main soloist. He sounded a bit too generic and didn't really bring anything to the solo. The arrangement, however, was nice for such an over-covered song though the group does need to work on intonation. The bass sounded solid.
- Judges' comments – Gu Feng: It was too balanced. It lacked personality. Also, on the "ba ba ba's" in the breakdown, I got bored when you sang it so many times without adding new elements to it. Tan Yi Zhe: The best part was your ending pose, but other than that, I was sort of sleeping through your performance.
- Judges' decision – Wait and see.
Since the judges only advanced 2 groups so far, they get to advance one more, and that's Honey.
As for the group going home, it's Balance Beam. The group representative says they have gotten so much stronger as a group after all the time and effort they put into rehearsing. They hope to keep singing together. Their swan song is an original song called "Ready to Fly," and it's about chasing one's dreams. [Me: An original song?! Awesome. Please keep singing and songwriting!]
Second round of performances:
1) 蓝色警报 (Lan Se Jing Bao / Sirens Vocal Band)
- Performance – Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours"
- My thoughts – Hm, interesting groove. The arrangement seems like it might have been inspired NoTa's. It's a nice and chill performance. One problem with that is it's a bit too low key. It sounds good but doesn't seem special – there's no "wow" moment.
- Judges' thoughts – Gu Feng: I'm just going to talk about the groove. If a Jamaican were to hear your performance, they'd think that something sounded off. You need to study reggae some more. Reggae's strong beat isn't on the first beat.
- Performance – 邓丽君 Teresa Teng's 《南海姑娘》 (Nan Hai Gu Niang / South China Sea Girl) and 李香兰 Li Xiang Lan's 《夜来香》 (Ye Lai Xiang / Evening Primrose). "Nan Hai Gu Niang" is a classic while "Ye Lai Xiang" is a Chinese standard.
- My thoughts – I'm still not connecting with their performance. The bass sounds off for some reason, and I wasn't a fan of the "Ye Lai Xiang" portion… The soloist and arrangement just didn't work for me.
- Judges' thoughts – Wyman: Your performance transported me to a beach-themed night club, and then when you sang "Ye Lai Xiang", I was transported to Shanghai in the 1930s. I think it's great that you can transport the audience to another place with your music.
3) 木塞子 (Mu Sai Zi / MUSE.S)
- Performance – Wonder Girls' "Nobody"
- My thoughts – Ooh, nice intro. I'm not a huge fan of the soloist, but I suspect it may be because of her having to sing in Korean. The tenors sound off at times, and the alto is still not quite blending at times. Overall, this is a lot of fun, and I like it better than their first performance.
- Judges' comments – Wyman: I feel like the true Wonder Girls spirit was only expressed by one of the guys – the one with glasses in the middle. Can I see it one more time? They're not the best dancers, but their dancing is really cute. It felt very earnest and sincere.
4) 人声失控 (Ren Sheng Shi Kong / Voices Out of Control)
- Performance – Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"
- My thoughts – I liked this better than their first performance. The soloist sounded more convincing on this than on "Down." The arrangement felt a bit stagnant in the middle. I was starting to get a bit bored before the breakdown, which sounded kind of random. The ending was nice though.
- Judges' comments – Wei Wei: You made it sound like Korean pop. This song has such a strong beat, and you made it sound a bit bland. You didn't really try to understand the song, but I think you have the potential.
Voices Out of Control, Sirens, and MUSE.S advance to the next episode, which means AHA is going home. The group representative says they're going to continue working hard and singing together. Their swan song is 苏芮 Su Rui's 《奉献》 (Feng Xian / Dedicate) and is about dedicating oneself to loved ones.
The top 6 from bracket B are: Dreamers, Freeman, Honey, Voices Out of Control, Sirens, and MUSE.S.
Generally, I do feel that the groups in bracket B are slightly stronger, but I do think they need to be more careful about song choice. Since it's just the first episode for bracket B, I can understand about picking whatever songs are comfortable for the group. However, in the future, groups should play to their strengths. Pick songs that they can convincingly solo and that they can connect with.
Next week, we'll see the top 6 in bracket B compete for 4 spots!
How do you think these groups did? Which groups do you think will advance in the next episode? Feel free to comment and share your thoughts.


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(NEW YORK, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Destiny USA today signed an agreement committing the company to use environmentally-sound practices in constructing and running its project in Syracuse, N.Y. EPA Regional Administrator Alan J. Steinberg and Destiny USA founder and chairman Robert Congel signed and discussed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which touches on design, construction and operational principles ensuring the planned complex meets the highest environmental standards, at the Environmental Business Association of New York State's Empire Energy and Environment Expo in Syracuse.
"This landmark agreement incorporates many of EPA's top conservation and pollution prevention goals into a project that stands to greatly contribute to our economy," Regional Administrator Steinberg said. "From increasing energy efficiency through the Energy Star program to using 'green' construction materials to reducing diesel emissions, this agreement virtually has it all."
"Destiny USA is pleased to have this opportunity to enhance our relationship with the Environmental Protection Agency," Congel said. "Executing this Memorandum of Understanding furthers our ability to serve as a demonstration project."
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• Using green building design, construction, and operation principles to obtain the highest levels of certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.
• Retrofitting more than 100 construction vehicles with diesel particulate filters and using clean fuel, which will reduce emissions by nearly 85 percent.
• Implementing techniques to reduce idling of vehicles during construction.
• Becoming partners in EPA's EnergyStar and WaterSense programs, which require the use of energy- and water-efficient appliances.
• Using over 3,000 tons of coal ash in place of using newly-manufactured Portland Cement, which will reduce greenhouse gases by over 3,000 tons.
• Developing a comprehensive set of tools to manage environmental, health and safety matters, also known as an environmental management system or an EMS.
• Taking part in EPA's Resource Conservation Challenge, a voluntary program that promotes the reduction, reuse and recycling of solid waste, including electronics.
• Increasing the number of hybrid and biodiesel vehicles in its fleet.
• Implementing a commuter benefits program that qualifies for EPA's National Standard of Excellence.
• Promoting EPA's SmartWay Transport Partnership to its carriers, shippers and tenants to reduce diesel emissions and conserve energy.
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Book Scavenger Update: Two more books hidden; one found!
A book scavenger hunt is happening in Bay View and the sixth and final copy of Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman has been hidden. Here are your clues...the book is in a Little Free Library across from a park. This Little Free Library is located at a house on the corner of a state street that starts with a "D" and a street whose name is the same as a coniferous tree. Here's what the library looks like:
As a bonus, we've also hidden a copy of Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein at another Little Free Library, located on the same street named after a coniferous tree.
This Free Library is farther south and is actually a little out of the general Bay View area, closer to the Tippecanoe area. If you are traveling south and reach a cemetery on the west side of the street you have gone too far! Here is a picture of the adorable library with a figure of a girl reading on top:
If you find either of the books, please report them found at Book Scavenger. After you read the book, consider hiding it again so more people can participate in the scavenger hunt. Happy hunting!
The fifth copy of Book Scavenger that was hidden at a Free Library on Delaware Ave was found.
On August 15 at 6:00 p.m., the Bay View Library will have a family book discussion with activities based on Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman. Book Scavenger is about an online book scavenger hunt so we're hiding copies of Book Scavenger as well as others around Bay View this summer.
Clues as to their location appear on this blog and at bookscavenger.com. Sometimes the site takes a while to update, so check back often.


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AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass hockey team rallied from a 1-0 deficit to earn its first Hockey East point of the season, skating to a 1-1 tie with Maine on Friday night at the Mullins Center. Following the draw, UMass is 2-4-1 on the year, 0-1-1 in league play, while the Black Bears sit at 3-2-1, 0-0-1 in conference action.
Senior Conor Sheary scored UMass' lone goal of the contest, his second of season to extend his point scoring streak to four straight games (2g, 2a), while sophomore Ben Gallacher logged an assist for a second consecutive contest. Freshman Marc Hetnik registered a helper, as well, for his first collegiate point.
After a scoreless first period, in which Maine out-shot the Minutemen, 10-3, the Black Bears took a 1-0 lead 3:35 into the second. Connor Leen sent an outlet pass to Devin Shore who tapped the puck over the Ben Hutton for the power-play goal on the odd-man rush.
The Minutemen did come up with the equalizer, though, with a goal at the end of the frame. After collecting a pass from Gallacher and Hetnik at the points, senior Conor Sheary wristed a shot past Martin Ouellette from inside the left faceoff circle at the 17:28 mark.
UMass controlled the bulk of the play in the third and nearly took the lead midway through the period. However, Ouellette turned aside senior Michael Pereira's breakaway attempt with 8:07 remaining.
Maine later had a would-be go-ahead goal called back with 45 seconds remaining in regulation for goaltender interference.
UMass had a 4-1 edge in shots in the extra period and finished the night with a 32-27 advantage in attempts. The Minutemen were held without a power-play goal for the first time this season, going 0-for-4 with the man advantage, while the Black Bears were 1-for-5.
Junior Steve Mastalerz totaled 26 saves in net for UMass and Ouellette had 31 stops for Maine.
The teams will play the final game of four straight meetings between the squads tomorrow night, Nov. 2, in the Mullins Center at 7 p.m.


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Tamed by you : Laurel Heights Series, Book 7. / Kate Perry.
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A Laurel Heights Novel, Book 7First rule of matchmaking: Don't fall in love with your client.Second rule of matchmaking: Don't fall in love with your client!Valentine Jones has never been good at following rules, especially the one that matters most: following the family tradition of being a matchmaker. She's tried, but she happens to suck at it. So when her mother swoops in to help, Valentine is determined to prove she doesn't need a babysitter.Enter Ethan "The Predator" Hunter, ex-fighter and all-around hunk. Career on hold because of injury, his sole focus is to get back in the ring. He has no interest in the people-until Valentine sets her matchmaking sights on him. Suddenly Ethan's world is filled with nonstop commotion and lessons on attracting women. Only Ethan doesn't want a random woman. He wants his matchmaker-rules be damned.The rest of the books in Kate Perry's fun, sexy Laurel Heights series are available now:Book 1: PERFECT FOR YOU...
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This is the second UK Supreme Court decision involving advocates from 20 Essex Street this week.
Julian Kenny QC appeared for the Appellants in the Supreme Court who handed down judgment 11 May, a much anticipated ruling by shipowners and subsidiary companies affected by the OW Bunker collapse.
The judgment affirms the rulings of the Court of Appeal and of first instance Judge, Males J, that a contract for the supply of bunkers that a shipowner had entered into with a subsidiary of the now insolvent OW Bunker company was not one to which the Sale of Goods Act 1979 applies.
The Supreme Court further ruled that it was not an implied condition of the contract that OW Bunker Malta Limited would perform its payment obligations promptly.
The practical effect of this ruling confirms that as far as English law is concerned, that OW Bunker subsidiaries are entitled to sue for contract debt and that shipowners may be liable to pay twice for the bunkers that they procured.
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With the Wizards' playoff chase limiting the chances for inexperienced players to see the court, rookie Glen Rice Jr. was sent down on Wednesday to the Iowa Energy of NBA Development League.
This is Rice's second D-League assignment this season. The Wizards sent Rice to Iowa last month for a rehabilitation stint to help him regain his rhythm after missing nearly a month of action because of a broken right wrist. He is going back now just to have a chance to play.
Rice had a dominant showing in three D-League games, averaging 24.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.7 blocks and 2.0 steals, and the Wizards brought him back into the fold. But Rice never saw the court after rejoining the team, spending most of his time watching games from the sideline in a suit while on the inactive list.
With Nene and Kevin Seraphin both out because of differing knee ailments on Tuesday, Rice finally got a chance to wear his uniform again but never removed his warmups as he served as a spectator for the Wizards' 115-106 victory over the Orlando Magic.
On the same day that the Wizards added veteran big man Drew Gooden to the roster on a 10-day contract, the team left for a road trip through Toronto and Philadelphia that will not include Rice. Rice has appeared in just 11 games, including one start, for the Wizards this season and averaged 2.9 points.
Owner Ted Leonsis's playoff demands have meant an abandonment from any sort of youth movement aside from 23-year-old John Wall and 20-year-old Bradley Beal. The Wizards traded 23-year-old Jan Vesely to acquire soon-to-be 38-year-old veteran Andre Miller. Veteran Al Harrington, who turned 34 last week, has returned from a right knee injury and is back in the regular rotation.
The addition of the 32-year-old Gooden means that the Wizards now have more players older than 30 (Miller, Harrington, Nene, Gooden and Gortat) than under 24 (Wall, Beal, Rice and Otto Porter Jr.). The average age of the team has gone up to 27. Last season, the Wizards spent most of the season with only two 30-somethings getting significant minutes in Nene and Emeka Okafor.
Beal, Trevor Ariza and Martell Webster have occupied all of the minutes on the perimeter, leaving Coach Randy Wittman with little use for his rookies this season. Porter, the third overall pick, appearing in just 24 games – and only two in February – since returning from a right hip injury that robbed him from training camp and the preseason. Wittman said the D-League could also be an option for Porter to get repetitions on the court, but so far, Rice has been the only 2013 draft pick to take the plunge.
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Debit Cards Emerged as the Financial Instrument Targeted Most by Fraudsters
Phishing attacks in the United States soared in 2007 as $3.2 billion was lost to these attacks, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The survey found that 3.6 million adults lost money in phishing attacks in the 12 months ending in August 2007, as compared with the 2.3 million who did so the year before.
According to a survey of more than 4,500 online U.S. adults in August 2007 (which was representative of the online U.S. adult population) the attacks were more successful in 2007 than they were in the previous two years. Of consumers who received phishing e-mails in 2007, 3.3 percent say they lost money because of the attack, compared with 2.3 percent who lost money in 2006, and 2.9 percent who did so in 2005, according to similar Gartner surveys during those years.
"Phishing attacks are becoming more surreptitious and are often designed to drop malware that steals user credentials and sensitive information from consumer desktops," said Avivah Litan, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "Anti-phishing detection and prevention solutions are available but not utilized widely enough to stop the damage. These must be deployed and combined with solutions that also proactively detect and stop malware-based attacks."
"Customer-facing organizations cannot expect their customers' desktops to be protected from malicious code, nor from e-mail and/or advertising traps that lure innocent consumers to Web sites that turn out to be infection points," Ms. Litan said. "In fact, 11 percent of online adults say they don't use any security software (such as antivirus or anti-spyware products) on their desktop, and another 45 percent only use what they can get for free."
The average dollar loss per incident declined to $886 from $1,244 lost on average in 2006 (with a median loss of $200 in 2007), but because there were more victims, $3.2 billion was lost to phishing in 2007, according to surveyed consumers. There was a bit of relative good news, however; the amounts that consumers were able to recover also increased. Some 1.6 million adults recovered about 64 percent of their losses in 2007, up from the 54 percent that 1.5 million adults recovered in 2006.
PayPal and eBay continue to be the most-spoofed brands, but phishing attacks increasingly employ devious social engineering attacks, impersonating, for example, electronic greeting cards, charities and foreign businesses.
Thieves are increasingly stealing debit card and other bank account credentials to rob accounts — targeting areas where fraud detection is weaker than it is with credit card accounts. According to the survey, of those consumers who lost money to phishing attacks, 47 percent said a debit or check card had been the payment method used when they lost money or had unauthorized charges made on their accounts. This was followed by 32 percent of respondents who listed a credit card as the payment method, and 24 percent who listed a bank account as the method (multiple responses were allowed).
"Criminals have stepped up attacks on debit card and bank accounts, where back-end fraud detection systems are traditionally weaker than they are with credit card accounts," Ms. Litan said. "Fraud detection and authentication systems deployed widely in online banking in response to FFIEC banking regulator guidance are already a step behind fraudsters' latest techniques and must be updated to guard against browser hijackings, "man in the middle," and other hidden malware-based attacks often delivered to users through phishing e-mails. Regulators must get a better handle on the problem through consistent and timely bank reporting on their fraud incidents and losses."
Ms. Litan said bank regulators appear to be in the dark when it comes to measuring damage from phishing attacks. The University of California at Berkeley conducted a Freedom of Information Act request, asking the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for all bank-reported data on fraud attacks between January 27, 2005 and May 30, 2007. Gartner and UC Berkeley analyzed these data and found spotty, unreliable and unstructured data reported by U.S. banks to the regulator. Just 451 unique incidents were reported in this period. "The data quality was so poor that it was impossible to draw any conclusions from it other than that the regulatory reporting on fraud attacks is severely lacking," Ms. Litan said.
Phishing and malware attacks will continue to increase through 2009 because it's still a lucrative business for the perpetrators, and advertising networks will be used to deliver up to 30 percent of malware that lands on consumer desktops.
Gartner sees no easy way out of this dilemma unless e-mail providers have incentives to invest in solutions to keep phishing e-mails from reaching consumers in the first place, and unless advertising networks and other "infection point" providers (which theoretically can be any legitimate Web site or service) have incentives to keep malware from being planted on their Web sites to reach unsuspecting consumers.
"Enterprises should at least protect their own brands from being used in phishing attacks by subscribing to an anti-phishing solution," Ms. Litan said. "Similarly, companies should subscribe to anti-malware services that detect malware targeting the firm's customers, and prevent it from spreading across consumer desktops. Custodians of consumer financial accounts must protect those accounts through fraud prevention, stronger user authentication and transaction verification."
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[PANN] 161015 Is BTS V close with Shinee Minho?
I was like why is Minho fidgeting so much when they're giving the winning speach ㅋㅋㅋ
it was to pat V who was behind themㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
over here you see him holding his chin and go awwwwwwwwwwww ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
it's an unexpected friendship...
+) ohㅋ I'll add the photos I received in the comments. Just awhile ago on Inkigayo too ㅋㅋ
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1. V is really ㅋㅋㅋ he creates new friends everyday so it looks like he has great personality ㅋㅋ I can't count how many celebrity friends he has mentioned until now +283 -28
2. In the first gif, I would have just died there if I was the person getting his touch ... it makes my heart flutter ㅠㅠㅠ date (clap) date!
I didn't expect my comment to come top. Please support Minho and V's drama <Hwarang: The Beginning> that's coming out in December~ +237 -3
3. ㅋㅋㅋ Minho ㅋㅋ it's like boyfriend_who_wants_to_get_congratulated_by_his_gf_for_winningno1.gif ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ +228 -3
4. They both appear in <Hwarang> that's airing in December! +98 -1
5. I think other groups consider BTS members cute when they're together ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ yesterday Jimin was smiling when Taemin turned around and their eyesmiles ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ +72 -2
6. My heart's fluttering too ㅠㅠㅠㅠ two of them are so cute ㅜㅜㅜ +68 -1
7. Taemin and Jimin too +61 -2
8. I think they got close after filming Hwarang! Jimin and Taemin seemed close. it was unexpected but that made me happier... I hope they do a dance performance together in the end of the year award ceremony! +55 -1


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The diary of a priest, being random thoughts and various things of possible interest from the founding pastor of Our Lady of the Atonement Church in San Antonio, Texas.
03 April 2015
The well-traveled Crucifix
The Relic of the True Cross is embedded in this simple crucifix, and it is one of three relics of the True Cross we have at the parish.
This crucifix has special meaning for me. It is the first crucifix I had, and I purchased it at the old S.P.C.K. shop on the High Street in Salisbury, England, when I began my studies at the Theological College there. I had it in my College study, and it then was in my office at the Anglican parish I served in Bristol, England. It was brought back to America when we returned, and it was in my office at both Episcopal parishes in which I served. It was in the first parish office when we came to Texas to found Our Lady of the Atonement (the office shared the rectory laundry room). Finally it was embedded with this relic in 1987, when we began using it for the Veneration of the Cross.


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Monday, July 27, 2009
2009 has been 'The Fail Year'. Everytime one turns around, someone's being idiotic in a spectacular way, about race. The spectacular is the way it's different from all the other years. But spectacular is exhausting. Spectacular, you see, equals 'Post Racial' and that lie is one overfed, over indulged, blood sucking leech on the arm of activism.
Or at least my activism.
January to March took up all sorts of energy with Race Fail - Part 1.
Then came Part 2 (Mammoth!Fail) in April and May and Part 3 (Cover!Fail / Cover!Gate) in July, with Harlan Ellison being Harlan Ellison and using the word n****** and, Justine Larbalestier's blog hosted discussion on the whitewashing of book covers - including her newest YA book, LIAR.
There's still August, September, October, November and December to go, for five to three more big things. Big as in, not counting the little OMGWTF indignities and outrages. And this is all Speculative Fiction associated. This does not include the vetting process for soon to be Justice Sonia Sotomayor or the Philly Pool 'Complexion' situation, or Henry 'Skip' Gates or The Brooklyn Lesbians Of Colour Victims of Police Brutality situation.
- This isn't counting the email with the photoshopped watermelons on the White House Lawn.
- This isn't counting the email with the photoshopped 44th POTUS as a black square with jigaboo eyes.
- And I'm pretty sure there was a third email incident I'm just not remembering.
- This also isn't counting the racist political cartoon of a dead chimp with cops discussing the stimulus bill
- Or Pat Buchannan talking about how 'White Men Built America'
This Week In Blackness put it succinctly: 2009 is the new 1952.
Or at least for those of us who didn't live through 1952 with nonwhite skins, each incident is feeling a heck of a lot like how we've imagined moments in 1952 must have been like; frustrating, painful and eating into one's strength.
I've found it extremely exhausting, don't you find it exhausting just reading the list? Do you remember the things I haven't mentioned so far? Because there's been more. A whole heck of a lot more, both Speculative Fiction oriented and non-writing/political.
Some Hints: Wiscon, Readercon, Robin McKinely saying she's going to be considering the POTUS to be a tanned white man, Prince of Persia (with white male lead).
And of course Avatar: The Last Airbender being RACEBENDED to have white heroes and brown villains. Because PoC Heroes aren't Realistic / Don't Sell / Blah Blah White Privilege Excuses Blah.
2009 has been a banner year for saying "IF YOU AREN'T WHITE, YOU DON'T BELONG".
I pause now for a potentially blurry set of references: Cockroaches in Space. District 9, Alien Nation (remake).
Sure, it's more overt than it's been in a while, but it's not as if folk don't know what the whitewashed covers, and white actors in roles for characters of colour have meant for all these years. It's not as if folk haven't known why in the future PoC rarely seem to exist or why The Forbidden Kingdom, despite being all about Jackie Chan and Jet Li, needed a white boy to move the narrative along.
So it's International Blog Against Racism Week - but I'm exhausted because 2009 has felt like a BLOG AGAINST RACISM YEAR. That said, however:
1. Teens Of Colour, reading and reviewing books
2. A Detroit organization, operating a library and offering support to young women.
3. Zulu Mech 1 Yes, African Mechas. A series produced by Wesley Snipes.
Meanwhile I'll continue regrouping enough to do more than blog occasionally about what absolutely infuriates me; regroup so I can go back to organizing the Carnival and not feel burned out just by living.
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Love Thy Neighbor, Part 3October 31st, 2017 — compassionradio
Here we are on the very last day of October.. a month where we've really honed in on the plight of our refugee and immigrant brothers and sisters who are living here in the states.. many carrying with them the baggage of heartbreak and tragedy.
Today, we're going to get back to Bram's chat with one dynamic couple.. who have an equally dynamic ministry to refugees - based in St. Louis (Mark and Joani Akers of Oasis International).
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[UPDATE: My mom checked in. She's fine and so is everybody else. No power, but fine.]
…my immediate family – including my mom – lives in a portion of the Jersey Shore that is apparently off of the grid right now, and I haven't directly heard from them in two days. So I may be just a touch on edge for a while. I won't try to take it out on anybody, but I'm not exactly serene at the moment.


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Pardon me if I don't shed any tears over the problems facing Coral Springs Medical Center.
It's not that I have anything in particular against that hospital. I've been there once or twice and never had a problem.
But it is now facing loss of Medicare money and possible loss of accreditation in the wake of the death of 2-year-old Alexandra Silverman of Coral Springs.
The Broward County Medical Examiner's Office has said no hospital action caused Alexandra's death, but the office was critical of two sets of nurses' memos - containing substantial differences - about the case.
And now, we have learned that the U.S. Health Care Financing Agency is threatening to cut off Medicare payments to the hospital because of emergency-room conditions so grave they "constitute an immediate threat to the health and safety" of patients, according to investigators.
And then there's that possible loss of accreditation.
The hospital will get a chance to respond to allegations before losing Medicare money.
But maybe one good thing will come of this.
Maybe all hospitals will start becoming more aware of the difficulties many people have when they go to an emergency room.
The worst nightmare
What happened to the Silverman family, of course, is every parent's nightmare.
Alexandra, suffering from diarrhea and vomiting, was rushed to the hospital on Feb. 12.
After a lengthy wait in the emergency room, her father, Bruce, became so distraught, he called 911 from the parking lot.
It took more than an hour before a nurse saw Alexandra. She was eventually admitted and put to bed.
The next morning, she was brain-dead. On Feb. 15, she was taken off life support and died.
If you have ever taken a child to an emergency room, and waited and waited and felt totally helpless, you can relate to what happened to the Silvermans.
"We are glad that the state and federal governments are threatening to pull their Medicare," Bruce Silverman was quoted last week. "Maybe the hospital will pay more attention to people that need quick attention."
Indeed. And it's not just that hospital.
I have taken my child to an emergency room at other hospitals twice in the past year. Once, there was no problem. The other time - a particularly busy day - we waited two hours to see a doctor.
Yeah, I know they're busy in emergency rooms. Everybody's busy.
Sometimes, that answer just isn't enough.
All hospitals should learn
"Coral Springs Medical Center intends to aggressively address this issue," hospital administrator Jason Moore said.
I hope so.
And I hope emergency room personnel everywhere learn from this case.
I know they are busy. But that's no reason for arrogance.
I know they are tired and overworked. But that's no reason to treat people like so many numbers.
I know they have paperwork to tend to. But maybe they will be a little more alert to which patients need help the quickest.
I know they deal with pushy people who all think they need help quicker than anybody else. But maybe emergency room people will be a little more tolerant, particularly when people come in with a child.
People who bring a child into an emergency room are going to be more demanding. More nervous. More impatient.
That's not going to change.
But maybe what will change now, even a bit, is the way these people are treated.
Local columnist Gary Stein is published on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays.


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Football is one sports exercise that has successfully achieved a very firm grip on our lives. Present day society cannot complete its narrative without explaining the effects of sports and the most popular sports in the world at present is football. This sport has given the world a lot in entertainment, and has made a lot of financial inroads into people's lives and in building great business empires.
One other good thing about football is that it keeps creating and throwing heroes at people who love and follow it. These heroes are people who achieve exceptional feats in the field of football based hugely on their God given talents or through the results of sheer hard work.
One of the potential heroes of the football world is the kid named Declan Rice. Many people have not heard his name before and actually did not know his history until his performance at the Wembley Stadium. West Ham did yet another big one against their perennial city rivals, and he contributed hugely. The Hammers have never won the Carabao Cup, since it was established. Since their resurgence as a strong mid-table team in England, they have been struggling to achieve such feat. However, the morale booster came when they defeated their city rivals that have spent more money than them over the past years to progress to the next round of the cup competition. More significant about this victory over their age long foes is the fact that they were 2-0 before halftime, only to produce three amazing goals during the second half to win Spurs on their home ground.
One man stood out in the game, not because he got the goals that sealed their victory. He stood out because he is one of the youngest lads in the team and he held down his defensive position without any errors all through the game.
After the game, the 18 year old Declan, who was given the rare opportunity to play at one of the most prestigious stadiums in the entire world, commended the experience. He told the official website of the club of how amazing it feels to come to the Wembley Stadium and beat Tottenham. This is his first game as a football player here, though he has previously visited the stadium on many occasions as a fan. He spoke of how majority of the fans believed that they were down and out after the first half of the game, and how their half time meeting helped to prop them into action. They actually showed what they are made of after that. He could not hide his excitement at the outcome of the game. So, he posited that he had never been in such a situation before and that he sees the night as the best night of his life so far.
Rice was born in London on the 14th of January, 1999, but his parents are of Irish roots from the city of Cork. He started his footballing career with the Chelsea youth team, but later moved to West Ham where he has been the captain of the under 23 squad. However, in April 2017, he was called up to the man team in games against Sunderland and Everton. But his senior debut was in the game against Burnley on the last day of 2016–17 Premier League season. He was also called up by the republic of Ireland on the 23rd of May 2017 for their games against Mexico, Uruguay and Austria, though he did not play in any of those.
However, it should be noted that his heroics started when the West Ham under 23 Captain was handed a substitute position in the center of midfield alongside the more experienced Pedro Obiang in a match against Manchester united. When he came in to replace the current captain of West Ham, it did not take up to 10 minutes before his brilliance shined bright. The 18 year old has an amazing positional sense that will take him places in football. He also has a knack for
organizing the people around him, and this is very imperative for central midfielders like him.
It did not take up to 30 minutes in the pitch before the kid completed 22 out of the 23 passes he made. That was his second appearance in the English premier league and he ended it with a rating of 95.7% in terms of passes completed. Of course, the chief attribute of any good central midfielder involves passes, because the midfield is the area from where the game is normally built. It was after this game that many people started taking interest in the lad. You cannot possibly put up the level of composed performance he did at the Old Trafford at his age and not be a huge star in the making. When you to play in a midfield against huge names like Nemanja Matic and Paul Pogba as opposing numbers, and make 28 amazing touches within a short duration of time, you are good. There is another thing that makes people fall in love with this young star. While he is waxing strong with those skills that Pogba and Konte are known for up front, he combines it with the defensive prowess of Mikel Obi. He was always seen in the game going back to cover for Arthur Masuaku and Pablo Zabaleta whenever they move out or overlap.
He is also not the Fabregas type of fearful play, as he always asserts his presence and is never afraid of going in for those tackles. You should get a view of his challenge of Eric Bailly, his stoppage of Marcus Rashford at the penalty area after a clearance and his interception of Pogba's pass. They are all testament to his diverse skills and versatility.
The teenager will only turn 19 in January next year, but he is doing great things already. He is bringing those attributes that position people for a great career in the game to the table. They include the right attitude and character, the right stature and physique and the right skills and intelligence. However, he has to add humility and hard work to these, and he will get to a place where the football world will chant his name. He is already the Irish under 17 player of the year and many top clubs are monitoring his progress for a potential deal, what are the odds on him being snapped up by a 'bigger' club?
This article was written for us by rising star journalist Alex Norwood - Ed
Wed, 01/11/2017 - 18:37
Nice write up Alex, but don't make him sound too good or other clubs will be sniffing around!
Wed, 01/11/2017 - 19:43
Yes, that is true Andycarollstyle, and it is quite possible that he could follow in Reece Oxford's footsteps. We could have done with Reece Oxford in the squad, new now that three of our centre backs are clapped out.


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Connecticut Authorities Not in Position to Enforce New Registration Laws
Over three months after Connecticut's deadline for its residents to register their firearms that the state has deemed "assault weapons," it seems that authorities are no closer to actually being able to enforce these new laws.
According to My Record Journal,
State police are still wading through the 50,000 assault weapon and high-capacity magazine applications received last year prior to a Jan. 1 deadline. Current owners were required to register their weapons under state legislation passed in the wake of the Newtown massacre.
While gun owners who didn't register could face a Class D felony conviction carrying a maximum of five years in prison, state police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance said there are no plans for enforcing the law right now.
"We're still in the processing stage," he said. "We have no plans over and above that."
Vance said he doesn't know whether the 50,000 applications represent that number of gun owners or weapons themselves and didn't have any estimates on how many assault weapons authorities believe are actually in the state. There haven't been any prosecutions under the new law, Vance said.
I'm glad to see these new laws which took so much time and money to implement are working out so well for the Connecticut authorities.
It's not like anyone predicted this registration scheme would be a huge waste of time and resources. Oh, everyone predicted that? Yeah…


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Trip Report: Sofa - Vimy Traverse (FIXED)
(Sorry about the pictures not loading. This should fix it.) First off, Chris Goble has posted a description here. I thought I would do a write-up with some pictures and gps stuff (disclaimer - the way points were done with my phone gps and the route was pieced together from the way points and memory. All lines on the pictures are approximations and were drawn by hand. Everything is subject to inaccuracies and should be taken with a grain of salt).
I will try to use mostly pictures to reference the route. I headed up the right ridge. I have pictures at point 1 and then point 2.
Point 1
Point 2
The scrambling after point 2 isn't bad, you can easily stand and get your bearings. After a short while you are back to scree. You can then summit this point which has a survey marker. After that, it's a walk to the summit of Sofa.
The summit of Sofa had only a Cairn. From the summit, you head West down the "Sheep Shearer's Ridge" that is exposed and full of cool blocks of rock.
At the end of the ridge, you work your way up through the broken cliff band. You basically traverse till you find what you like.
The last cliff has a few options. I came up on the right side of the only tree on the upper cliff. It's about halfway up the steep stuff.
One you reach the top, you traverse along the peak. I didn't think it was worth the time. As you come around, there is a predominant ledge that leads to what I would call ledge steps.
This is the view from those steps. Carefully traverse and step down to a plateau. From here I traversed on the left side of these columns with the yellow lichen bands.
At one point, I traversed upwards, switching to the inside/right side. Here is the view from part of the way up. I wish I had taken a picture of what it looked like. Basically it looked easier than the left at this point. Just a reminder. If I figured I could go back down it, I didn't go up it.
After a short time on the right side, I peaked the ridge and started traversing the unknown peak on the left side again. I went all the way around first and then doubled back up to the peak. As you can see from below, it was an easy climb up. A summit Cairn was at the top.
The next peak was much the same. I traversed to the left, circling around to the next ridge and doubling back on the peak. The ridge was high up, so there wasn't much vertical left to the peak. This peak (Arras Peak) had a log book that you can enter your name into.
As you continue on, the ridge turns to the right. I traversed on the right side, aiming towards this lone tree you can see in the next shot.
A short distance after the tree, the ridge plateau's and rolls over the top. You continue on easy terrain till a row of trees forms and the ridge will drop off to the left.
This is the last ridge that drops and then rises to Vimy. Right where the snow patch ends on the way up the ridge is where I started my sideways traverse. I started at a shrub right above the snowpatch.
This is that shrub.
Eventually as you traverse, there is a break in the upper cliff band and I traversed closer along the top. You can see that point here.
Finally, the summit looked as you see it, with these rather large blocks.
Finally, you descend onto an easy to find trail and exit. I exited at the Chief Mountain Road, making for about a 30 km trip (I decided to bivy and make it an easier two day trip.)
It was a pretty surreal experience and I enjoyed the time alone on this one. For anyone else thinking of doing it, I've included the Waypoints and Route in gpx format. To look at it on Google Earth, here is the KML file, this file is slighlty different to match up with Google. You can access all my files linked to this hike here and all my pictures here. Enjoy!
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