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Android App Designing: Easy to Implement Tips and Techniques
though android platform provides a plethora of challenges other then making apps on it's far too rewarding along at the same time. android is arguably one platform that will be seeing an immense growth in todays time. below we've got mentioned a few useful tips and modules out to get your hands on android app designing. create use of fonts though android contains 2 fonts : roboto and droid sans, which can be found an excellent fit ( particularly roboto ) for small screens, other then you can not restricted or restricted out to use no more than them. any font ( in ttf format ) often is packaged among an app. emphasize on brand speaking of visuals, the very first few factor that pops up in our own minds is branding. branding forever leads out to profits. a number of wonderful branding techniques are : designing icons of brands, widgets, drawables etc. alternative of color and fonts ought to conjointly be given equal emphasis. moreover, focussing and knowing slightly about the target users and gaining additional knowledge android platform furthermore may make it easier to avoid premature optimisation and earn possibly the most out of every fragments. leverage ui patterns responsiveness is another main area in todays time, several sites are going responsive and rightly therefore. all things considered, it helps embrace the true power of web : flexibility. and android is certainly a platform designed for some screen sizes and even cameras today. by embracing fragments, adaptive pcs within the layout, you are able to make an android app that works well on every and each android device. this can be one amongst those points where android provides you a footing on ios : within the whole latter, totally different apps are created for ipads and iphones. in contrast to taking ui ( user-interface ) patterns as constraints, it's preferably higher out to take them as your mates simply because they facilitate offer us hints of navigation and interaction. a few nice examples ui patterns are : action bar, workspaces, dashboard, ribbon menu etc. android framework visual designing is nonetheless another issue which is be given huge importance and attention. a few individuals have a home in a myth that using recognized ui design patterns can create their apps less distinctive. this isnt true. these apps are far too effective and impressive. hence, in contrast to thinking how out to make use of the app, users ought to appreciate that how effectively the app helped them solve their problem. last though not the smallest amount, we can currently talk regarding androids layout, designs and themes. android has an wonderful visual layout editor that's obtaining higher and higher with time. after we talk regarding framework, androids framework provides separate graphic assests and layouts for totally different screen sizes. not no more than this, it even enables you out to switch color resources for totally different platform versions regardless as to the screen size.
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For the first time, eight planets have been found orbiting a distant star, Kepler-90, 2,545 light-years from Earth in the Draco constellation, NASA announced Thursday. It is the first star known to support as many planets as are orbiting our own sun, and researchers believe that this is the first of many to come.
Researchers had known that seven planets were orbiting the star. But Google Artificial Intelligence — which enables computers to "learn" — looked at archival data obtained by NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope and uncovered the eighth planet.
Christopher Shallue, senior software engineer at Google AI in California, and Andrew Vanderburg, astronomer and NASA Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, trained a computer how to differentiate between images of cats and dogs. They refined their approach to identify exoplanets in Kepler data based on the change in light when a planet passed in front of its star.
"The Kepler-90 star system is like a mini version of our solar system. You have small planets inside and big planets outside, but everything is scrunched in much closer," Vanderburg said.
The new planet has been dubbed Kepler-90i. It's not a hospitable environment. It's "sizzling" hot and rocky, whirling around its star every 14.4 days.
"Just as we expected, there are exciting discoveries lurking in our archived Kepler data, waiting for the right tool or technology to unearth them," said Paul Hertz, director of NASA's Astrophysics Division in Washington. "This finding shows that our data will be a treasure trove available to innovative researchers for years to come."
Researchers also announced that they had uncovered a sixth planet in the Kepler-80 system, Kepler-80g, which is similar in size to Earth. The Kepler-80 system is stable, as the previously discovered seven-planet TRAPPIST-1 system has proven to be.

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Dental Bridges & Crowns
Our goal is to provide dentistry that is undetectable with bridges and dental crowns. Whereas most dentistry obviously looks like work has been done, we create tooth crowns, bridges and fillings with restorations that look and feel like your natural teeth.
When damage to a person's teeth is extreme and apparently beyond repair, we can use porcelain to make the smile appear "as new". This is an extremely reliable technique for repairing the most severe of dental problems, even permanently replacing missing teeth to offer a complete smile and a functional bite. These treatments are used for a long-lasting correction of major dental problems. It is usual for these treatments to last for over 20 years, which is as close to permanent as dental treatment can get.
Fitting A Dental Crown
Fitting a crown usually requires two visits to our office. Initially, we will remove decay, shape the tooth, and fit it with a temporary crown of either plastic or metal. On the subsequent visit, we will remove the temporary crown, and then fit and adjust the final crown. Finally, we will cement the crown into place and you will have a new beautiful looking tooth.
Key Benefits of Dental Crowns
- Replaces missing teeth
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Crown and bridgework is a very reliable solution for major dental problems caused through accidents, diseases or wear. Where accidental damage has occurred, resulting in lost teeth, or where teeth have broken away through excessive wear, or as the result of old fillings breaking, crowns and/or bridges can be used as a long-term solution.
Many people have unexplained pain from back teeth fillings, which is usually due to hairline cracks in the chewing part of the tooth. Placing crowns on these teeth relieves pain and allows for return of full dental function. In front teeth, older fillings can both weaken the teeth and cause "appearance" problems due to staining or chipping. Porcelain crowns and bridges are suitable in cases where porcelain veneers are not. In teeth with root canal fillings, crowns can prevent breakage.
Dental Bridges
A tooth bridge is a custom device anchored to neighboring teeth that replaces one or more missing teeth. When a lost tooth is replaced with bridgework, the teeth on either side of the missing one are prepared as crowns that serve as abutments supporting the prosthetic (replacement) tooth.
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Back in 2013, developer Neil Dipaola breathed new, roadtripper-friendly life into Autocamp Santa Barbara, a 1920s-era trailer park geared toward vacationing motorists tootling up and down California's Central Coast.
The genius of Santa Barbara Autocamp is that the existing RV park remains operational and its many longtime residents have stayed put — they've just been joined by five vintage Airstreams, each lovingly refurbished by aluminum travel trailer rehabber extraordinaire, Matthew Hofmann. Essentially, the new Santa Barbara Autocamp is an Airstream-based boutique hotel existing within an old-school RV park.
While souped-up, tricked-out Airstream accommodations are nothing new (just take a look around Airbnb), Santa Barbara Autocamp wins big in the authenticity department as it doesn't attempt to erase the past — it both celebrates and coexists with it. That is, the renovated Airstreams, the oldest dating back to the late 1950s, are pretty swank … but they're also located within a 90-plus year-old trailer park outside of — but not too far from – trendy and historic downtown Santa Barbara in the "real" part of town.
Hot showers all around! No overcrowded communal bathhouses or bathing in a creek here ... (Photo: Mesa Lane Partners/Kickstarter)
Now Dipaola and his firm Mesa Lane Partners are taking the Airstream boutique hotel concept further up the coast to Sonoma County. For better or worse, the new Autocamp property — it's located 90 minutes north of San Francisco along the Russian River near the town of Guerneville, a former rural logging outpost-turned-hip Bay Area weekend destination — largely abandons the authenticity and funky, midcentury retro appeal of its Santa Barbara sibling to offer more of a high-end glamping experience.
Aside from not being located within an active RV park (more on that in a bit), the most significant change from Autocamp Santa Barbara is that the iconic "silver bullet" trailers themselves — all 24 (!) of them — that comprise the new property are new models custom-designed with unfussy yet comfortable rustic-modern polish by Santa Barbara-based Dan Weber Architecture, not exquisitely restored vintage acquisitions. That being said, it's unclear if Hofmann, who himself lives in a rehabbed Airstream, is involved with this latest venture. I'm guessing not.
In addition to the "Airstream suites with hotel-style interiors," the redwoods-studded property will include 10 "luxury tents," a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired clubhouse pavilion and various amenities including a bocce court, bike and canoe rentals and outdoor art installations. "Curated artisanal food and drink offerings" will also be available to overnight guests.
Plush goes to the woods: The interior of a Autocamp Russian River Airstream suite. (Photo: Mesa Lane Partners/Kickstarter)
While Autocamp Santa Barbara, with it strong link to the past and unpretentious urban beach town vibe, decidedly caters more to adventurous types, Autocamp Russian River is altogether a more fancy affair targeting "romantic couples," "active families" and, gulp, Bay Area tech companies looking to hold retreats.
The bathrooms at Autocamp Russian River are "spa-inspired," the toiletries are by Malin + Goetz and the throw blankets are by Coyuchi. There's free WiFi and coffee. There's bistros and wine tasting rooms and galleries right down the road. Make no mistake, this isn't camping and this certainly isn't roughing it. This is spending $225 to spend the night in a detached luxury hotel suite located in an "up-and-coming epicurean destination" that just happens to be surrounded by spectacular natural scenery.
And there's nothing wrong with that. No matter how or where you decide to hunker down for the night, this is a beautiful part of the country with a lot to do when it comes time to frolic in the great outdoors.
It's worth noting that while not integrated into an active RV park like Autocamp Santa Barbara, the 2-acre property where Autocamp Russian River is located was indeed previously a real-deal RV park named Spooner's Resort. According to Sonoma West News, the unsavory "RV slum" had fallen into "squalid conditions" and was closed over two years ago. Locals in the unincorporated community of Guernewood Park are mostly enthusiastic, some cautiously, about the arrival of Mesa Lane Partners' "fashionable trailer park and campground."
Every glampsite needs a clubhouse pavilion, right? Autocamp Russian River is looking to build a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired one. (Rendering: Mesa Lane Partners/Kickstarter)
In an interesting twist, the property, which is slated to open as soon as June of this year, is accepting pre-reservations via Kickstarter.
While allowing folks to get deeply discounted first dibs before Autocamp Russian River officially opens, the just-launched crowdfunding campaign also helps Mesa Lane Partners raise the necessarily cash to complete the project. And with 26 days left to go until the campaign expires, this Airstream-based boutique hotel is already a runaway hit — it's easily blown past the $55,000 fundraising goal in just a couple of days. And even if you have no immediate plans to visit Guerneville but love the Autocamp concept, you needn't show your support by necessarily pre-booking a suite — a small donation will get you a sticker or another small perk in return.
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Psalm 29
11 May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!
Psalm 29
11 May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!
Psalm 28
1 To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, do not refuse to hear me, for if you are silent to me, I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who are workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors, while mischief is in their hearts.
4 Repay them according to their work, and according to the evil of their deeds; repay them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
5 Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, or the work of his hands, he will break them down and build them up no more. 6 Blessed be the Lord, for he has heard the sound of my pleadings.
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
9 O save your people, and bless your heritage; be their shepherd, and carry them forever.
Psalm 27
7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me!
8 "Come," my heart says, "seek his face!" Your face, Lord, do I seek.
9 Do not hide your face from me. Do not turn your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, O God of my salvation!
10 If my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up.
11 Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
12 Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.
Psalm 26
1 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and mind.
3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you.
8 O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell, and the place where your glory abides.
9 Do not sweep me away with sinners, nor my life with the bloodthirsty,
Psalm 25
1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
2 O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame;
do not let my enemies exult over me.
3 Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame;
let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all day long.
6 Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love,
for they have been from of old.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness' sake, O Lord!
11 For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
17 Relieve the troubles of my heart, and bring me out of my distress.
18 Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.
20 O guard my life, and deliver me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all its troubles.
Psalm 22
11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
19 But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
20 Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.


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Back in Sept. 2003, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sought information from the New York Stock Exchange on details of the outlandish pay awarded to its now former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Grasso. Apparently those details were not enough, and the SEC has now subpoenaed as many as 65 former New York Stock Exchange directors, seeking records relating to Grasso's pay, according to press reports.
Brendan Sullivan, Grasso's lawyer, has already sent John Reed, the NYSE's interim chairman, a letter accusing him and the NYSE, in effect, of hiding behind the SEC's and Eliot Spitzer's skirt. In the letter, Sullivan, famed for representing Col. Oliver North, said that Grasso refused to return any of the $140 million he has already received and that he may seek the $50 million he allegedly left on the table.
At this point, Grasso is a very dangerous individual because he has nothing to lose — except of course the $140 million. He has already lost his job and there is no indication he is about to take another. If SEC or the New York Attorney General does go after him, he could wreak havoc — much like Oliver North threatened to do — by exposing dirty laundry all over Wall Street.
The subpoenas were sent to Wall Street honchos like Bear Stearns' James Cayne, Morgan Stanley's Philip Purcell and Lehman Brothers' Richard Fuld, as well to ex-Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin. Home Depot Director and key Grasso ally Kenneth Langone, who just sold his seat on the NYSE, will also come under scrutiny as he sat on the NYSE compensation committee. So would Goldman Sachs CEO Henry M. Paulson Jr., former boss of current NYSE president John Thain.
Spitzer is also said to be considering a lawsuit against the directors who approved Grasso's deal.
But whether the directors are backing the suit or the defendants in it, Grasso's lawyers would likely seek to question them about the meaning of "excessive" and what they consider proper disclosure of their own pay packages. This would get ugly, and, for that reason, look for Spitzer and the SEC to drop it.
Sullivan has worked this tactic, which is legitimate, before, and with much more at stake. After Oliver North was indicted in March 1988, along with many others, Sullivan succeeded in getting many of the charges dismissed on the grounds that the government would not or could not comply with his discovery demands. He also represented North during his Congressional testimony. After North was found guilty on three counts, mostly involving obstruction of justice, Sullivan successfully appealed on the ground that his trial might have been impermissibly tainted by the use of congressional testimony, for which North had received immunity.
Spitzer has been lionized as a terror of Wall Street for exacting a $1.4 billion settlement from the big banks after investigating conflicts of interest in their research departments. No one admitted fault, and none of the higher-ups lost their job. The banks settled, preserved their licenses, and moved on.
Grasso, though, has nowhere to go. He certainly knows something of how NYSE board members managed the Exchange. Who knows what else he knows about the top men on Wall Street, and who knows what Sullivan might find out? The only reason this issue hasn't been dropped already is that Reed is now an outsider, who also has little to lose here. But look for Spitzer, Donaldson and the Big Board to quietly back down.
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The Soul'd Out Music Festival took the Rose City by storm with brilliant performances from a variety of soul, jazz and hip-hop performers, including Solange, Travis Scott, Cory Henry, Bilal, Big Freedia Queen Diva and more. With the festival now in the books, relive your favorite shows through our coverage.
A Tribute To Jimmy Mak
The Soul'd Out Music Festival came to an end by honoring one of the most important people in the Portland music scene: Jimmy Makarounis. For nearly 20 years, Portland musicians played weekly and visiting artists from around the world came to play at Jimmy Mak's. The venue in the heart Portland's Pearl District was one of the last surviving jazz clubs in the city until it closed on Dec. 31, 2016. Just after the new year, Jimmy Mak passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer.
The tribute Sunday to Jimmy Mak's was part musical journey, part ride down memory lane, and part reunion to all of those that knew the importance of the now-closed jazz club named after him. Portland Legend Mel Brown orchestrated the night sonically, leading his quartet though an array of tunes — including an inspiring rendition of Charlie Parker's "Salty Nuts." Multiple video tributes from musicians around Portland gave the night historical interludes providing those in attendance a true since of what the Rose City had lost.
— David Stuckey
Yells of "cheehoo!" filled Star Theatre as Spawnbreezie performed one of the final shows of this year's Soul'd Out Music Festival on Sunday night. The Hawaiian colloquial exclamation equivalent to "woohoo" echoed throughout the night as Spawnbreezie captivated his fans who grooved along to his upbeat, feel-good "Island Hip Hop" sound.
The night opened with a traditional Polynesian-style roast pig dinner and Fai Kava serving for VIP ticket holders and performances by Portland State University's Pacific Islanders Club, Lagoon, King D, David Rhythm and more. Spawnbreezie played fan favorites and ended his performance interweaving short covers of Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" into his smash hit "Oh My Goodness."
— Shirley Chan
Dead Prez
One thing was made clear Saturday night: It's still bigger than hip-hop.
Dead Prez put a black fist on top of a multi-layered cake of calculated consciousness when they headlined a hip-hop heavy night of the Soul'd Out Music Festival. The set was filled with a bold declaration of black pride, political analyzations on the state of the world, and a message that the fight for freedom is still ahead. Throughout the night, Dead Prez did three things: they taught, they rhymed and they rocked the house. By the time their classic 'Hip-Hop,' dropped, all in attendance were fully entranced in their seasoned stage show.
The Soul'd Out Music Festival ends Sunday night with a tribute to Jimmy Mak's.
— David Stuckey
The Ohio Players
Fans of The Ohio Players have definitely grown up with the band, but the fact that most of their audience members are over the age of 50 doesn't make the legendary funk group's performances any less lively. The Players put on an energetic and well-received Soul'd Out show at The Roseland Theater on Saturday night. The band, formed in Ohio in 1959, came out of the gate swinging, starting their set off with the ever-funky hit, "Love Rollercoaster," and although the show was sold out, the crowd had no problem finding space to get down.
— Meerah Powell
Not that she needed to prove it, but Solange Knowles in no way stands in her sister, Beyonce's, shadow. Solange brought eclectic dance moves and a powerful performance to a sold out crowd at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Friday night.
A layered wonderland of soul and R&B, peppered with horns, funky bass and Solange's delicate voice, the night's set was filled with tracks off her newest, critically-acclaimed album "A Seat at the Table," as well as older material from her EP "True" and previous albums.
From the get-go, Solange had an unspoken connection with the audience, all of whom abandoned their assigned seats for the majority of the night in an attempt to dance as gracefully as her. For many audience members, especially African-American audience members who deeply connected with songs like "Don't Touch My Hair," Solange's performance seemed to be more than just a concert — it was an experience. — Meerah Powell
Since "A Seat At The Table" debuted in 2016, Solange's art has felt nothing less than critical. For many, the album came right on time — putting raw emotions they felt about the state of the world and their respective places in it into words and sounds.
Solange's live performance gave that energy direction, somewhere to escape the traps of our bodies and minds. It was like an art museum come to life.
The elegant and regal choreography bathed under the red lights of rage and imposing architecture at Portland's Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall was a message to everyone in the room that they could be mad, upset or enraged without losing who they are. So when the red eased into a purplish glow and Solange left the stage to perform with the crowd on the floor, people saw their connection to the artist and the feelings behind "A Seat" materialize.
"A Seat" took years to make; the live performance, months. Solange said Portland was her first time performing that particular arrangement live. No matter when the album or the show would have come, they would have felt right on time because they are indeed timeless.
And so it was gratitude that filled the concert hall — overwhelming gratitude. The crowd was grateful Solange picked them to share the experience. And Solange was grateful to find a welcome place to share it. — Bradley W. Parks
Big Freedia Queen Diva
It's not everyday in Portland you see a diverse stage full of people twerking, jumping and shaking the entirety of their beings, but that's just what a Big Freedia show entails. Freedia played to a packed Dante's on Friday night, and the crowd was diverse not only in terms of race, but in terms of gender, sexuality and age.
It seems as though Freedia's signature choppy mix of electronic and hip-hop, or "bounce," music can unify just about anyone. Playing a mix of her own originals as well as stylistic covers of songs like Adele's "Hello" and Beyonce's "Formation," there was no way to avoid a full-on dance party. With backup dancers hyping up the crowd with on-stage antics, like twerking to no avail, doing the splits and even backflips, it's no wonder there wasn't a tired eye in the building at 1 a.m. — Meerah Powell
Philadelphia-bred jazz and soul singer Bilal opened his Soul'd Out Music Festival set at Portland's Revolution Hall with a request: that audience members feel one another's energy. Love, synergy, jazz — those themes carried Bilal's transcendent performance.
At the show's apex, Bilal sang his 2001 cult classic, "When Will You Call?," a song about a man desperately wanting his lover to call him back.
"When will you call?" Bilal belted from the stage's edge, before putting a topical spin on the original lyrics: "They're dropping bombs all over the world! Girl, this could be it! Please, call! When will you call!?" The crowd released a collective gasp.
Another highlight came when Bilal and his co-singer (not a "backup" singer) took "Back To Love" down a new path. The two got into a melodic duel: scatting jazz riffs, trying to outdo one another — but also searching for a unified sound.
Bilal is a performer who can truly reach a higher level of artistic consciousness. He may not be a big mainstream name, but he's definitely an American treasure. — David Stuckey
Shy Girls
Portland-based Dan Vidmar, better known by his stage name Shy Girls, wooed the crowd with his dreamy, electronic R&B sounds Thursday night before Bilal's performance at Revolution Hall.
Performing a combination of new songs from his recently released debut album, "Salt," and old classics from his EP "Timeshare," Shy Girls filled the venue with smoky lights and his passionate soft falsettos to match the intimacy of his music. — Shirley Chan
Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco's career didn't end up where many thought it would — and he seems to know it. The now-dreadlocked Lupe is a long way from the "peach-fuzz-buzz" wunderkind on Kanye West's "Touch The Sky" in 2005.
"Can you believe that I've been doing this for 15 years?" he mused in a freestyle at Roseland Theater on Thursday. He went on about how he felt the radio buried him, and how he sometimes felt boxed in as one of the conscious, meticulous lyricists of the genre.
That thread of personal reflection took the audience on a journey through Lupe's career — almost like he were performing a one-man musical rather than a concert.
Lupe invited audience members to indulge their nostalgia. He reveled in playing his pile of smash hits and blockbuster cameos for the crowd, meanwhile performing the hell out of every song the "Kick, Push" and "Show Goes On" fans may have missed in his long, fascinating career. — Bradley W. Parks
Travis Scott feat. Drake
Travis Scott loves Portland. He said it before on Twitter and the trap music superstar said it again at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday night, where he brought out rumored guest Drake to perform their song "Portland" off the later's new playlist, "More Life." Scott's performance, part of his nationwide Bird's Eye View Tour, kicked off the 2017 Soul'd Out Festival in style. The energy was nonstop from both Scott and the crowd, as the Houston musician bounced around the stage, throwing water on the crowd and climbing atop everything from speakers to a giant animatronic bird as he performed. Whether you were down in the mosh pit or up in the stands, there wasn't a moment where you weren't dancing or jumping to Scott's melodic and infectious trap sounds. — Shirley Chan
Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles
Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles' mix of funk, gospel, R&B and sometimes dubstep is an emotional thrill ride — like a chopped up (not slopped up) version of Prince's "1999" sandwiched between groovy dance tracks type of thrill ride.
Their two-hour set at Wonder Ballroom left you wanting to apologize to wronged lovers and confess your sins to God, all the while tapping your feet.
"I want you to know how I feel," Henry crooned in one love song's refrain.
So he let the audience know. To finish his set, he sang a riff about police brutality and brought himself to tears. — Bradley W. Parks
Toots and the Maytals
A night full of positive vibes! Opener Lee Fields showed the crowd what the epitome of North Carolina smooth looks like and literally left the stage singing 'I Love You.' Headliner and legend Toots and the Maytals then delivered a reggae- and soul-inspired set that had the Roseland Theater crowd swaying and grooving well into Thursday morning.
Want to dance the night away again during Soul'd Out Music Festival, check out the European Godfather of Disco Giogio Moroder Friday night back at Roseland! — David Stuckey
Soul'd Out Music Festival Prequel
Known for frenetic live shows, Scott comes to Portland after a Coachella set in which he climbed on top of a giant mechanical bird on stage. (No word on if the bird will appear in Portland.)
So it seemed fitting that Gucci Mane, one of trap's forefathers, kicked off a monumental week for the Portland music scene before handing it off to Scott, one of trap's favorite sons.
Related: Gucci Mane performs at NPR's Tiny Desk.
Gucci was not an official part of the Soul'd Out lineup, but to call his show an appetizer would ignore the fact a performance by the self-proclaimed (and widely recognized) "Trap God" amounts to a full meal on its own.
Fans filed out of a packed Crystal Ballroom after Gucci's set Tuesday night sweating. They were greeted outside the venue doors by a man handing out fliers for, who else, Travis Scott.
See photos from Gucci Mane's performance below and stay tuned for more as Soul'd Out gets underway. — Bradley W. Parks
Not sure what to see next? Check out KMHD's list of five Soul'd Out performances you won't want to miss.


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If user been supplied with username and password during creation, we can get Internet access if put proxy server in the browser settings: 192.168.17.123 and port 3128.
During the attempt to use internet ICS will ask username/password. This is called "Login/password authorization".
Authorization itself could be using 2 methods: • By user login and password - user, who created HTTP-query will receive pop-up window for entering its credentials (username and password) and will receive its query after successful identification • By domain - user, registered in Active directory will be automatically authorized on Proxy server;
Second type is only possible, when system is connected to Active Directory domain and users are imported from the domain.
Warning. Using this authorization type will prevent usage of ICQ, mail, bank-client and other software's, which are not using http-protocol.
Most used authorization type is authorization using IP address.
It is used in the cases, when LAN users having static IP addresses or dynamic addresses, registered with MAC-address. User get access to external network for all the protocols and according to global and personal rules and conditions set.
In order to provide user with the IP address it is necessary to select username in the list of users. The information page for this user will be opened. After that select IP address tab, click "add" and set address, assigned to this user.
After that assigned address will appear in the list of user addresses. Each user could be assigned with any number of IP addresses. It is also possible to assign range of addresses to user in the format address/prefix.
Warning! IP address could be easily high jacked. Malicious user could impersonate another user by changing network settings on its personal computer. In order to prevent it - use MAC address lock function.
This type of authorization is convenient when network uses dynamic addresses, but ICS is not used as DHCP server. In order to assign MAC address to user, navigate to IP-addresses settings of the user and Click "Add MAC address:
It is possible to assign some users with login/password authorization type and some with IP authorization.
The sequence in this case is "IP authorization" followed by "Username/Password authorization":
1. IP address of the user is checked first of all. users with known IP addresses are allowed. 2. If user has proxy settings set in its browser - he will be asked to enter login name/password. Users who successfully authenticate themselves are allowed. 3. All the rest of the users are blocked.
More detailed description of authorization sequences are explained in proxy-server settings part.
In order to user with dynamic IP-address to authorize by username/password and be allowed in the external network without any limitations it is necessary to use xauth or web-authorization.
To speed-up user creation process - import function is used.
After user creation it is possible to assign them with access rules.
All the users using Terminal Server are not different from each-other from ICS network queries prospective (same Terminal Server IP address is a source of traffic). Therefore in order to split statistical report and access settings it is necessary to specify proxy-server in the browser settings for each of the Terminal Server users. In this case every user will be registered under its own login and proxy-passing queries will be identified for each of the Terminal Server users.


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The Chrysler Group has initiated a recall of many of their models due to faulty or possibly faulty equipment, most of which are related to vehicle safety.
In separate statements, Chrysler is recalling 282,000 2013 model year minivans (sold/produced in 2012) for a side airbag software issue that deploys the side airbags on the other side of the impact. The affected models are the Dodge Grand Caravan, the Chrysler Town & Country and the Ram Cargo Van.
Chrysler is also issuing a recall for 490,000 vehicles for issues surrounding the active head restraint (headrests that actively move forward in the event of a rear collision) systems that have potentially faulty micro-controllers. The defect is attributed to the 2011 tsunami in Japan that caused a worldwide shortage of the component. Affected models are the Chrysler Sebring, Dodge Avenger, Jeep Liberty, and the Dodge Nitro.
Also affected are 69,000 Ram 1500 4x4 pick ups for a faulty Electronic Stability Control unit, 1,060 commercial trucks for a possibly faulty Track-Bar Fastener, as well as 226 U.S. market minivans for faulty airbag control modules.
Chrysler Group LLC will notify affected customers.


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Greenhouse gas emissions from energy use across Australia's eastern states totalled 68.7 million tonnes this summer, a fall of just 60,000 tonnes or less than one per cent compared with last summer's emissions.
Greenhouse gas emissions from energy use across Australia's eastern states totalled 68.7 million tonnes this summer, a fall of just 60,000 tonnes or less than one per cent compared with last summer's emissions. The figures were released today as part of The Climate Group's Greenhouse Indicator Summer Report, which tracks the main sources of greenhouse emissions (those produced by coal, natural gas and petroleum) in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland on a weekly basis.
The reduction was due to a significant fall in emissions from petroleum of almost one million tonnes, or just under four per cent, across all three states. However, this good news was almost entirely wiped out by a continued rise in emissions from coal-fired electricity, which rose by 770,000 tonnes, or 1.9 per cent, compared with the previous summer.*
While Victoria produced more coal-fired electricity this summer, it was the only state to see its electricity use decline.
The emissions picture was not uniform, and varied across the three states.
New South Wales and Queensland's emissions from energy use this summer were 24.7 and 19.1 million tonnes respectively. Both states reduced their overall emissions, by 310,000 tonnes and 230,000 tonnes respectively, when compared with the previous summer.
Both states also saw big reductions in petroleum product emissions (3.6 and 3.7 per cent) with New South Wales also reducing its emissions from coal-fired power by 0.7 per cent or 107,000 tonnes compared with the previous summer. Queensland saw a slight rise in coal-fired emissions of 0.3 per cent.*
In stark contrast, Victoria saw a rise in overall emissions by some 483,000 tonnes when compared with the previous summer, in spite of a 4.6 per cent decrease in petroleum product emissions. The culprit was a 5.6 per cent increase in emissions from Victoria's coal-fired power stations, the equivalent of 851,000 tonnes.
Rupert Posner, Australia Director of The Climate Group said: "This report shows that the good news of decreasing emissions from petroleum products has been entirely undone by another big increase in emissions from coal-fired power stations, particularly those burning the most greenhouse-intensive brown coal.
"These increases in coal emissions come at a time when we need the exact opposite to be happening.
"2009 is an incredibly important year for action on climate change. We have an ever-decreasing window of opportunity to act if we are to avoid dangerous climate change, with potentially catastrophic results in Australia, and around the world.
"We need to quickly find out if we can turn our greenhouse intensive coal-fired power stations into ones that produce electricity with no greenhouse emissions. In other words we need to know pretty soon whether carbon capture and storage is a viable solution for Australia."
The total amount of electricity generated across the East coast states continued its upward trend with 47 million megawatt hours produced in total, 1.7 per cent more than the previous summer. However, emissions from electricity grew more strongly, by 2.1 per cent, reflecting the increased burning of the most greenhouse polluting brown coal in Victoria.
Demand for electricity varied across the states. Despite being the only state to see a rise in its overall emissions compared with last summer, Victoria was the only state to see demand for electricity fall, down one per cent. As a result, Victoria exported significantly more of its electricity compared with the previous summer.
Demand for electricity rose in Queensland, by 3.9 per cent, as well as in New South Wales by 1.2 per cent. However, cleaner sources of generation such as gas and hydro electricity took a larger share of this output. This was especially true in New South Wales which commissioned two new gas generators over the summer period.


text: Joe Morgan is best known for his achievements as second baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, winning back-to-back MVP awards in 1975 and '76 (the Reds won the World Series both years). Born in 1943, Joe began attending the Boys Club in Oakland, California at age 7. A self-described "sports fanatic," young Joe was active in Club baseball and basketball. His talent on the diamond began to appear around age 14; by age 20, Morgan was in the major leagues. After five Gold Gloves and 22 seasons, Morgan retired from pro baseball in 1984. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame six years later. For more than two decades, Morgan was an analyst for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.


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Longmont's Verlo Mattress Factory has relocated from Main Street to 455 Weaver Park Road, Unit 800, in Longmont.
Owner Dick Sumerfield said an equipment company approached him about the 715 S. Main location because it liked all of the parking lot space that it could use to display its equipment. Verlo's new location on Weaver Park Road is perfect for his business because it allows for more production and showroom space with room leftover for future expansion, Sumerfield said.
Verlo's hours in the new space are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The store can be reached at 303-651-9024 and its website is verlo.com.


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The 12 Step Programme is a well known set of instructive principles that shows a clear path for addicts to overcome their addiction and address the issues caused by it. The 12 Step method can be used for a range of addictions from heavy substance-abuse, sex addictions to smaller behavioural tendencies which is why it's so versatile and widely used.
First published in 1939, these 12 steps have helped countless people find the necessary awareness, support and guidance to truly break free of the chains of addiction. With communities offering support groups based on this programme all over the world, it can be incredibly effective in helping you to change your life into one of positivity and healthier habits. Here's a summary of the 12 steps which I hope will give you an insight into the overall path to recovery:
1. Admit to yourself that you have lost control
In truth, addiction means that we lose the power of conscious decision and choice to a certain extent when it comes to our dysfunctional behaviour. Whether it is eating junk food or drinking alcohol excessively, we no longer have total control over our actions and can be easily overcome by our urges.
If we sincerely accept that we are powerless over our addiction, it is the first and most important step to becoming willing to accept positive change in our lives. Realising that our life has become unmanageable when it comes to addiction and shattering the delusion that we have control over our powerful urges is crucial to recovery.
2. Have hope and faith in a higher power
Regardless of your religious and spiritual beliefs, this step rallies us all together in the acceptance that there is a higher power which has the ability to restore our lives. The focus is not on what this power is, but what it can do for us.
After having admitted to ourselves in Step 1 that there is in fact a big problem which we are powerless against, it is equally important to come to the realisation that we can recover and to have hope in whatever higher power we choose to believe in which can help us to do so.
3. Offer yourself to this higher power as you understand it
Having admitted to yourself that you are powerless and then accepted that there is a higher power that can help you. It is time to devote yourself to this higher power and trust that it can lead and aid you in the path of recovery.
The commitment made in this step is something that will most likely need to be done repeatedly, perhaps every single day. However, it is important to realise that we are not simply handing over responsibility of all of our actions to this higher power, allowing us to indulge further without a sense of responsibility or guilt. We are simply accepting that this higher power will do a better job of guiding our actions and caring for us than we ourselves have managed to do thus far.
4. Make a personal inventory
This is the first practical step in the programme whereby you need to physically or electronically write down and start to rid the burdens and traps which have affected us throughout our lives. The purpose of this is to free yourself of age-old negative thought patterns which act as some kind of toxic monster in your head, constantly reminding you of your resentments, mistakes and victim stories.
Take the time to honestly write down your stories, harmful memories from your childhood or even more recent ones, relationships with family, friends or others that affected you, things that you are dependent on, things that you are ashamed of or feel guilty about etc. Include the people who you have resentments for or people who you have affected through your actions, this will be addressed further in later steps.
This step can be one of the most profoundly freeing things you do in your road to becoming a better person. It allows you to spill out all of these thoughts onto paper which have been stuck to you like a leech for so long and begin your journey of breaking free from them.
5. Confess your mistakes to your higher power, yourself and another person
This could be one of the more challenging steps in this recovery programme. Admitting your wrongs to another person can be challenging but at the same time incredibly rewarding as it destroys your self-made image of yourself, your ego, the need to appear a certain way. In order to do this, it's vitally important that you are 100% honest with yourself in Step 4. Don't leave out certain stories as you think they are too bad to talk about.
It is also important that the person you confess your wrongs to is appropriate. It's not a good idea to go to your spouse or a close family member to spill all of your darkest secrets. This person should be detached from your life situation and be compassionate and understanding rather than condemning your actions. This could be a therapist or pastoral counsellor, a kind of mentor that you feel comfortable sharing with and who can promise you confidentiality so you can trust them should you have the need of expressing any criminal stories.
6. Prepare to correct your personal defects
After having revealed to yourself the extent to which our lives is filled with problems and personal mistakes, we need to be willing and prepared to move forward in a spiritual direction of self-improvement without shaming or condemning ourselves for our actions.
This step involves being clearly aware of our personal defects which has led to our lives getting to this stage and asking ourselves "Am I willing to fix this personal defect?". If your answer is no, reflect on why you feel that way and how this defect affects your life and makes it unmanageable. Similarly, if your answer is yes think about how it will improve your life in all of it's various aspects.
7. Ask the higher power to remove your shortcomings
This step is comparable to step 3 in that it requires a sense of humility and pushing of the ego aside. The way you go about asking is entirely individual and based on your own perceptions and beliefs about your higher power. The word "prayer" is widely used as the form of communication we use to contact this higher power but you can ask in your own way provided that it comes from a place of humility and honesty that you genuinely want to work on your defects.
When going about this step, be clear in which shortcomings you want to work on and whether you are fully committed in changing what needs to be changed in order to overcome them. The humility comes from a place of powerlessness which was accepted in the first step of the programme and this is crucial to having positive and genuine changes in your life.
8. List the people affected by your actions and be willing to make amends
In step 4, you included in your personal inventory people who you have harmed. After having reflected honestly and sincerely on your past mistakes, this step is all about being willing to make amends and clear up all of the resentment, guilt and pain that has built up within us over the course of our life. Of course, this involves contacting people who you have harmed and being genuine with your apologies and the actions you take to make amends but all you need to do in this step is prepare and be willing to do so.
It may also be useful to make a list along with each person's name of exactly what you did wrong, how it affected them and what you should have one instead. This will help you to be fully aware of your mistakes and properly consider whether you are willing to make amends or not.
9. Make direct amends to the people affected, unless it would make things worse
Step 9 is the time when you put into action your list from the previous step and fix your past mistakes. This needs to be approached with caution as there may be personal problems that you may be making amends for. Your apologies should be well thought out, your list from the previous step about exactly what you did wrong will help in this regard. Making amends is equally important as apologising. Apologising to someone that you never returned their money without actually paying off your debt is an empty apology and will not fully resolve the issue.
There may of course be circumstances where making amends is out of your capabilities but this required honesty on your behalf. Another thing to consider is the other person's response. They may not be ready or willing to accept your apology or amends which should be accepted. We are not there to point out why we took our actions or to try and justify them in any way, shape or form. Lastly, it may not always be the best idea to re-open old wounds and step back into someone's life trying to apologise and make amends, particularly if it would make the situation worse. As mentioned beforehand, this needs to be honestly judged and not used as an excuse to get out of amends that really should be made.
10. Continue to be aware of your actions and accept any mistakes you make
This step lays the groundwork for the way in which you live the rest of your life. It urges you to be fully aware of your behaviours and monitor your life with honesty and caution. If your personal defects do ever occur again and you make mistakes (more than likely, it doesn't go away immediately), you can swiftly deal with them instead of allowing them to stay and fester in your life.
The emphasis in this step is really to be fully aware of your actions. This takes time to practise and perfect but you can think of it as a maintenance step. This will set the precedence for making sure that you continue to improve yourself as a person and prevent your character defects from taking over your life again.
11. Stay connected to your higher power and new perspective
This step will provide you with a way of strengthening your connection to your perceived higher power through acts such as prayer and meditation. It can act as your continual, daily compass and personal check to ensure that you remain on a healthy path where you can take care of yourself and find the happiness that you have been seeking in your life.
This step can be used at your own leisure to a certain extent. You do not have to pray or meditate in order to remain in control of your self and the inner consciousness which will guide you to a happier life but it can be a useful, daily reminder to stop yourself from falling into the same negative habits that have affected you for so long.
12. Share your awakening with others live selflessly
Having gone through the journey of recovery, you will find joy and a higher purpose in the act of aiding other people who are going through a similar struggle which you faced. Carry the new principles that you have learnt to other people and share the positive energy with those in most need of it.
As well as this, begin to incorporate these principles and perspectives into every aspect of your life. People who have gone through the 12 steps report feelings of freedom, lightheartedness and pure joy once reaching this stage. Understandably, once you break free from your addiction and begin to live life with a whole new set of positive principles, it may feel as if you have an entirely new beginning with which you can work on yourself.
This programme has changed countless lives throughout it's history and it provides a new way of living for many people. In a certain sense, you can never actually complete this programme and be done with it. It gives a new set of principles and values that you can continually incorporate into your life. In many ways, the last step is the whole essence and basis for the program. A whole new way of living which will benefit you and others around you.
If you have any thoughts about addiction or this programme, please leave a comment down below! I'd love to discuss it with you.


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The preparations
I got up here last Tuesday evening, and I spent the week playing out here, which was really enjoyable, obviously we had weather like this every day. And I just watched the course firm up throughout the week, and tried to get my game to adjust to these conditions.
So I had a really relaxed and enjoyable week learning Muirfield last week. I played Renaissance just to get away for a day. It's busy out there and I've seen the course a lot. That was enjoyable playing, I played with my dad out there.
Rose's US Open win
I couldn't be happier for him. I really did believe — "I feel like it's our time," I think is what I wrote to him. And that's because — sitting on the outside of his world a little bit and look in and can see how hard he's working, how good he is, how much time and effort he puts into it.
And a couple of times when we have spent time together away from a tournament, just playing socially or something, you can just see in a guy when he's ready and that he wants it, too. And I saw that in Justin. The good thing about me winning the Masters for him was that it fired him up probably even more. And sometimes that's all you need.
I played a practice round with Tom Watson at the Australian Open last year and he waited seven holes to bring up what happened at the Open
Focusing on the Majors
What I have been doing for the first 10 years of my career didn't work, and it took me that long to figure it out. I needed to do something different. And I just put everything else aside and said I'm just going to focus on big events, and do what I need to do to hopefully play the best I can at every one, especially for the Open Championship.
Coming early for me and playing a lot on the course that we're going to play and learning it has been important for me. I want to feel comfortable when I'm on every tee throughout the week in any condition. And the more I play the course, I think, the more I'll feel that way. And the other part of that is, yeah, I'm enjoying practising more because I believe also for me that for my swing and my short game and my putting to hold up to four days of Major pressure, I need to put in more time practicing than playing tournaments.
Advice from Tom Watson
I played a practice round with Tom Watson at the Australian Open last year and he waited seven holes to bring up what happened at the Open. He asked me, and I told him what I thought. And he said that he let one slip early in his career, and he said he would never let that happen again. He would just be tough and want it so badly. And sometimes maybe that has to happen for you to realize that. Obviously words coming from him I took to heart.
It was a completely different situation at Augusta. But I felt like I played tough, especially in the playoff, because no one's going to give you a Major.


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Tue 25 Oct 2011
HALLOWEEN QUICK HIT: The Black Cat Halloween card from the Rifle Paper Co.
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I love the stationary and paper goods of the Rifle Paper Co. in general, but this week, I love their Black Cat Halloween Card.
The card, described as "inspired by vintage Halloween cat masks and old posters" comes with a cool yet totally impractical matching black envelope.
See this cool card and all the great products of the Rifle Paper Co. here.


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Evoke Wilderness Therapy Programs operates at two locations: Evoke at Cascades and Evoke at Entrada. Both offer treatment for teens and young adults. Speak to an admissions counselor to discuss which location might be best for you.
Evoke Cascades
20332 Empire Avenue, F-7
Bend, OR 97703
The Cascades field area is located in central Oregon in the high desert on the eastern edge of the Cascade Range along the Deschutes River. Here, the Ponderosa pine forest transitions into the high desert, characterized by arid land, juniper, sagebrush, and bitterbrush. Wildlife is abundant, including antelope, elk, porcupine, badger, Golden Eagles, and Bald Eagles, just to name a few. Elevation ranges from 4,000 to 5,000 feet. The wilderness field area is semi-arid with over 300 days of sunshine annually, with mild summers and moderate winters.
Evoke Entrada
2711 Santa Clara Drive
Santa Clara, UT 84765
The Entrada field area is located in the southwest corner of Utah within high desert mountains near Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce National Parks. Entrada is located in a rare geographical region, where the Great Basin, Colorado Plateau and the Mojave Desert converge with a diverse range of flora and fauna. Elevation ranges from 3500-8000 feet. The semi-arid climate provides the area with over 300 days of sunshine as well as rainfall seasons in the early spring and late summer, averaging about eight inches of annual precipitation.


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Target Field, the new home of the Minnesota Twins, is actually the third venue for this franchise since
they began play in this region. They initially played at the old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington
before moving to the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome at the other end of downtown, where they played for
28 seasons. Like most teams that have replaced venues in recent years, the Metrodome had become
too cramped, too outdated and devoid of premium spaces and amenities designed to generate
revenue. So in 2007 ground was broken for a new stadium at the west end of downtown Minneapolis.
Despite a great deal of debate and consternation about the weather, Twins baseball would once again
be moving outdoors.
Getting to the venue
Situated right downtown, easy road access is provided via I-394 coming from the west, I-94 and I35W
from the north and Hwy 55 from the south. Parking is amply available throughout the downtown core,
with prices starting at $20 in the lots closest to the ballpark. Over 10,000 spaces are available within a
10-15 walk from the venue.
Many fans use the Hiawatha Line light rail, which terminates at the ballpark and runs eastward through
downtown before heading out towards the airport and the Mall of America. Trains run at regular
intervals but get pretty packed before and after the games. Additionally, the team supports biking as a
mode of transportation. Bike routes are scattered throughout downtown, and over 400 bicycle rack
spaces are available steps from the ballpark gates.
Outside the venue
The stadium is located at the west end of downtown, is an anchor of the historic Warehouse District,
and is adjacent to the Target Center, the basketball arena which is the home of the NBA Minnesota
Timberwolves. The Warehouse District is a tightly woven neighborhood of historic structures combined
with some new builds, and is replete with shops, bars, restaurants, many with outdoor patios to
provide a real energy to the neighborhood. On game nights this area hums and thrives with activity.
The large and spacious plaza on the east side of the stadium blends in with the adjoining
neighborhood nicely. A timeline exhibit of all the ballparks in Minneapolis/St. Paul's history, statues of
team icons Kirby Puckett, Harmon Killebrew and Rod Carew, a massive metallic wind veil which
obscures a parking ramp overlooking the plaza and provides a dynamic example of urban art, and 9
tall metal topiary frame statues, which light up for each inning when the game is played, are just a few
of the features worth checking out.
Architecture and seating bowl
The designers of the ballpark stayed away from the old "retro" red brick façade look, as well as the
modern urban design of such venues as Washington's Nationals Park, and instead mined yellow and
beige limestone from local mines to create a distinctly local look. Add ample splashes of glass and
Target Field represents a ballpark which is truly unique. The light rail station and a commuter rail line
station is integrated right into the stadium's north side. While the idea of a retractable roof was once
considered and then rejected, a sail like canopy roof runs across the top of the stadium and covers a
good portion of the upper deck seats.
The stadium is divided into three levels of seating, with a suite level above the 200 club seats. The
lower level is further divided into premium spaces closest to the field. The upper deck is divided to offer
fans in the concourses an unfettered view of the seating bowl.
Stadium electronics here include a huge HS video board, ribbon boards which run foul pole to foul
pole across the upper deck fascia, and dot matrix boards for out of town scores, pitchers lines and
message board. The entire presentation adds a great feel and look to the game day experience. The
best view of the skyline can be enjoyed from the third base side seats.
Here is the one negative critique of this ballpark. Due to the dimensions of the land available to build
this ballpark, Target Field sits on the second smallest footprint of any stadium in the majors. The result
is a more vertical than wide structure, and this means that the public spaces aren't as ample as one
would expect, given a new venue.
What this means is when the ballpark is at full capacity of 40,000, the stadium concourses are heavily
congested. Mind you too, that the team sells standing room tickets when they enjoy sellouts, and this
just adds to the mass of humanity. Hallways are choked and move slowly, and just walking out the
stadium is a chore. Judging from the looks of things, not much can be done to modify or improve the
traffic flow in the building. So it is what it is.
If you can navigate through the crowds, then the trip will be worth it, for the foods and eats here are just
incredible. They serve up such local favorite's as the Murphy's Steak Sandwich, served up on ciabatta
bread with melted provolone. The Kramarczuk Sausages are locally made by a Ukrainian butcher and
come smothered with sauerkraut and fried onions. Pork chop on a stick, walleye on a stick, the
Vincent Burger served with smoked gouda, and the Minnesota wild rice soup are must haves. The
regular ballpark fare all have local themes to them, such as Twins Brews, Hennepins Grill, Mill City
Grill and North Shore Creamery.
Several restaurants are available to all ticketed fans, including Hrbek's, containing many of the player's
great memorabilia and an outdoor patio, Town Ball Tavern has pub fare and the hardwood of the old
Minneapolis Lakers playing surface provides the floor here, and up top above home plate is the Twins
Pub, where organist Sue Nelson entertains the crowd, while chatting it up with fans and well wishers.
The main clubhouse store is located on the Target Plaza near the 7th street side.
Banners/Retired numbers
In addition to Jackie Robinson, five Twins, Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, Kent Hrbek, Rod Carew and
Kirby Puckett have their numbers on display along the fascia of the administration offices which look
over the left field corner. Interestingly, each of the gates are numbered after one of these icons of the
team, a great touch. He Twins' division, championship and two World Series pennants all proudly fly
high above the stadium atop the outfield bleachers.
Premium seating
Those who are lucky enough to visit the club areas at Target Field will experience what a great living
museum this really is. Behind home plate is the Champions Club, offering access to an opulent
restaurant with a fireplace, multiple food and carving stations, and on the way in the two World Series
trophies of the team are on display.
The dugout boxes, running down the basepaths on each side, offer access to more austere dining
areas. But on the 200 level Legends Club, fans have access to a sit down restaurant, nicely appointed
lounges with relief wood sculptures of Kirby Puckett and Rod Carew, and endless memorabilia
displays. One level up along the suite level, a lengthy display listing all of 11,000 lakes in the State of
Minnesota gives a decidedly local feel to the venue.
Home runs, hits, errors…
Home run… to the USRT Karma, which helped along a three win set in a four game series, of the arch
rival Chicago White Sox. In Sunday's finale, the Twins plated four runs in the bottom of the 9th for the
improbable 7-6 win. On Saturday, the teams battled between two thunderstorms and got the game in
in under two hours.
Hit… to the baseball card murals, lining a fence along the exterior walkway on the north side of the
Home run… to the LEED certified green building, offering recycling stations, bike racks, and other
amenities designed to reduce the carbon footprint.
Hit… The gates are numbered after the retired numbers of the team's icons.
Hit… Single game tickets aren't printed like your ordinary ticketmaster dreck. Each ducat spit out of the
machine is full color with a logo and photo and makes for a souvenir in itself.
Error… Poor traffic patterns. Congested concourses and some tight seating areas. Not good.
Home run… And thanks to Patrick Klinger, VP Marketing for the Twins, for the behind the scenes tour of
the ballpark, and for assisting us with ticket purchases to a very sold out weekend homestand.
What is nice about Target Field is that the venue is opulent and dramatic, yet not overstated. At 40,000
seats it has a bit of an intimate field, but is also very much the edifice of a major ballpark. Great
attention is given to team history, cutting edge technology, game day presentation, terrific food
selection, and the location could not be in a better or more dynamic part of the city. Add the fact that the
venue is deferential towards green initiatives, and the transportation options,including the abundance
of bicycle racks, is a definite plus. About the only thing we have to complain about here is the
congestion and lack of space and subsequent negatives as to fan comfort. But given the whole picture,
the Minnesota Twins' new stadium pretty much fires on all cylinders.
Architecture 7
Food 8.5
Scoreboard/electronics 8
Ushers 8.5
Fan Support 7.5
Location 8.5
Banners 8
Entertainment 7
Concourses 4
Bonus: USRT assist 1.5, Ticket stubs 1, Organ 1, Baseball card murals 1, Warehouse District 1,
National anthem/flag raising 1
for the Minnesota Twins Metrodome profile
Target Field
July 16-18,
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Open Call
THE PANORAMA HANDBOOK: Thoughts and Visions On and Around the Panorama of the City of New York
The Queens Museum is seeking entries for THE PANORAMA HANDBOOK: Thoughts and Visions On and Around the Queens Museum's Panorama of the City of New York, a mini-encyclopedia of over one hundred key concepts about the phenomenon of the panorama, in all its variations, as it continues to reverberate through visual culture today. Selected open-call contributions in text or image will be included among a set of researched excerpts from diverse disciplines, works of art by contemporary artists, and commissioned writing.
Submitted material will be selected and included in this unique online publication on the Queens Museum website (print-on-demand or free downloadable PDF). Sina Najafi, Editor-in-Chief of Cabinet is a special guest panelist to the selection committee.
Submissions should be sent to: firstname.lastname@example.com, as plain text or word document attachments. PDFs will not be accepted.
Deadline: August 31, 2017; publication launch on October 1, 2017.
Subject Index
We seek original or found material of no more than 250 words for each of the subject headings below in bold font. These headings represent key terms related to the concept of the panorama—as a historical artifact, artistic playground, and intellectual pursuit. You may also propose a new subject heading with your entry or entries.
Click here to see the book under construction (PDF).
THE PANORAMA HANDBOOK is inspired by The Panorama of the City of New York—a 9,335 sq. ft. scale model of the metropolis in the Queens Museum. Commissioned by New York City's controversial "master builder" Robert Moses (1888-1981) for the 1964/65 New York World's Fair, the Panorama has been on permanent display in the museum since it opened doors in 1972. Over time, it has inspired various temporary exhibits and installations, most notably, Bringing the World into the World (June 15 – October 12, 2014), whose unique showcase of fifteen international artists, celebrated the Panorama's 50th anniversary.*
Similarly, this publication comprises a multi-layered compilation of ideas relating to the concept and experience of the panorama beyond its traditional definition—a crowd-pleasing spectacle in the form of a 360-degree circular painting—or even, as is the case of the Panorama of the City of New York in the Queens Museum, a scale model of a living environment—to include spatially and philosophically expansive representations of the world, from historical forms of mass media to the contemporary visual conditions we inhabit. While the modestly "encyclopedic" entries in THE PANORAMA HANDBOOK span the idea of the panorama in wide-ranging sources, they also chronicle artistic interventions that have been staged around the Queens Museum's Panorama in recent years, as well as works of art that share the concepts of the panoramic vision and the experience that was amassed in the exhibition Bringing the World into the World.
THE PANORAMA HANDBOOK: Thoughts and Visions On and Around the Queens Museum's Panorama of the City of New York is conceived by Hitomi Iwasaki, Director of Exhibitions/Curator and co-edited with Blagovesta Momchedjikova, New York University. Emmy Catedral and Chloe Wyma are special researchers for and contributors to the publication, and Noelia Lecue, editorial assistant.
Design by Zeynab Izadyar
Encyclopedic entries include:
- Panorama of the City of New York, Blagovesta Momchedjikova, New York University;
- 15 artists in Bringing the World into the World, as well as previous art projects by Luca Buvoli, Michael Rakowitz, and Damon Rich and the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP);
- Researched and open-call textual and visual excerpts from various authors and sources from Plato and Goethe to Lewis Carroll and Erkki Huhtamo;
- Commissioned entries.
* Bringing the World into the World set out to recapture the allure and wide-eyed amazement triggered by this historical artifact and largest exhibit in the Queens Museum' collection. Indeed, half a century after its creation, the Panorama remains the world's largest and most comprehensive scale model of an urban environment. Although misnamed a "panorama," as it does not surround the viewer the way painted circular panoramas do, the gigantic model in the museum is testimony to the generative significance of the panorama as a concept: the artistic interventions inspired by it engage with far-reaching subjects: from surveillance, mass media, and urban spectacle; to memory, cinema, and city planning. Taking its title from a series of works by Alghiero Boetti (1940-1994), Mettere al mondo il mondo ("Put the World Into the World"), Bringing the World into the World adopted Boetti's vision that art and the world contain and are also contained by each other. To that end, the special exhibition featured a diverse body of works exploring the formal, conceptual, and psychological principles of panoramas as devices of wonder that prompt us to see, imagine, and comprehend worlds both familiar and unfamiliar. Participating artists: Alighiero Boetti, Chris Burden, Ray and Charles Eames, Harun Farocki, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Hikaru Hayakawa, Yumi Kori, Jessica Rylan, Tavares Strachan, Clarissa Tossin, Lawrence Weiner, Liu Wei, and Wong Kit Yi.
Bringing the World into the World was organized by Hitomi Iwasaki, Director of Exhibitions and Curator at the Queens Museum. Click here for the exhibition's brochure (PDF).
Image: Cover of the handbook, designed by Zeynab Izadyar


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As easily understandable as it may seem, I do not really know what Red Shirt Day means. Of course I know when they say RED SHIRT DAY, they ask students to be in red when they go to school on the said day. But why red? Maybe because it's the color of violence. Or opposition. Or love. (Eeek.) EDIT: This just in. I've just read Bikoy's current post on his blog and saw the embedded video of tonight's local newcast on the issue. Supposedly, they were in red shirts as a sign of protest.
As I walked to one of the buildings to attend my class yesterday, I saw a huge banner in front of the building inviting students to wear a red shirt on Thursday, 23 November, and to boycott their classes. They were inviting their fellow students to join them in what I can only assume is a sort of demonstration. They are against the system-wide Tuition Fee Increase (TFI) to hit the premier state university in the Philippines next academic year. It's an increase from the roughly 20-year rate of $6 per unit (or $18 per class) to $20 per unit (or $60 per class) and many say there's no way on earth that they could possibly afford such a "STEEP" price. Note how I wrote steep. Oh, you noticed? Thank you.
Normally, I'd be fine with whatever they want to do with their lives. I mean, they are activists, and I do not confess myself to be an expert on the subject of [insert politically correct, intelligent-sounding adjective here] activism. But I still think what they were inviting their fellow students to is something so ironically stupid, I want to cry.
They say they value their money so much because they (together with their parents) don't have much and they want to make the most out of it. They say they value their education and suggest that the government should, too [FYI: The government spend (yes, it is plural in this case) most of its budget on debt servicing and military crap]. They say the university cannot raise its fees because it would ruin so many people's lives, so many people who want to get a decent education but cannot afford one.
Now I really want to cry.
These people keep whining about not being able to afford so many things that I can't list them all BUT THEY HAVE THE GALL TO WALK OUT ON THEIR CLASSES FOR AN ENTIRE DAY. These people go on about how they want an inexpensive yet decent education for themselves and many others as well BUT THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO FAIL THEIR CLASSES, probably because of too much time spent in demonstrations and rallies, masked behind the concept of education beyond the classroom. They butcher the affluent, saying they shouldn't even be going to college there because there are other equally intelligent entities who do not have the financial means to go to regular-priced colleges, BUT THEY HAVE THE INSOLENCE TO NOT GRADUATE ON TIME AND OVERSTAY, making the government spend more on them.
Tell me, how IRONIC is this? At this point I stopped wanting to cry.
I drafted my own message to forward to everyone who sent me that stupid RED SHIRT DAY text message earlier this week:
Photo courtesy of KidsOK.
Send me an SMS (text message) at +63.927.641.4328. Activists not allowed. Haters will be reported to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and will be arrested for harassment of private individuals.


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There is no chance of an internal attack, so I would like to give sudo privileges to users at the local computer using sudoers. I tried these lines separately:
%admin localhost=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%admin 127.0.0.1=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
But sudoers does not seem recognize either
localhost or
Is there an alternative, and if so, how secure would it be? Could a remote attacker gain local user privileges using cron or some other method?


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4.9.2 sites import mobirise open error while import project.Unable to save loaded project
in Bugs
I am using mobirise 4.9.2. I have a new web site project that I am wanting to open. Really sucks trying to explain this via email. do you have phone support, even for a fee? No phone support sucks
2hrs registered in MBR-Forum and you want "phone support" ???
Funny, lol.
Even for 100$ per minute, there is no official phone-support, sorry.
But here are some friendly users with a lot of knowledge, which makes MBR most of the time better, cause we are all "the everlasting bug-check-reporters"!
You are welcome. Describe your wish or problem please.
Maybe 4.9.2 has an "import-bug"?
Which project-version you like to import?
Which theme did you use?
BTW: email-support is:email@example.com
if mbr support knows what's good for the company they'll remove your comment, and just insert one about what's required when people lodge support requests
-- there's a psychological difference between companies -- some do have phone support, and if you read comparisons of different website development tools you'll see it's one of the many criteria "the professionals" use to rate them against each other
-- there're a number of things that count against mbr as a development tool, like the frequently poor performance when compared against "clean code" solutions that's involved when using a builder like MBR -- all those extra requests coming from use of multiple CSS/JS files
if mbr cannot compete in performance -- and it can't -- then it's up to the psychological differences, and responses such as yours, if allowed, count heavily against it
for explanation of these terms, see this series of articles, beginning with:
Strange...some people never wrote something useful in this forum. They only complain and I'm shure, that they never made a website by their own.
@Alangough88: like Info453397 wrote, there is no telephone support. Mobi is still a small company.
Describe your problem step by step. Here are a lot of able people
A grande verdade é que o suporte da MOBIRISE é um lixo, você só coseguira extrair deles uma desculpa, se quer o seu dinheiro de volta ou baixe a ultima versão de nosso programa, aí fudeu, você já usa a última versão. E nunca vi ninguém aqui no Forum ter soluções.
The great truth is that MOBIRISE support is crap, you can only extract an excuse, if you are your money back or download a latest version of our program, now fucked, you already use the latest version. And I've never seen anyone here in the Forum have solutions.
Then why do you keep coming back and giving us garbage?


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- Just days after giving birth to her second child, Chrissy Teigen shared a picture on Instagram of her post-baby body.
- The model stood in her kitchen topless while breastfeeding her newborn and wearing mesh hospital underwear.
- Fans praised her for "being real" about motherhood, as she had had on no makeup and was sporting a messy bun.
Leave it to Chrissy Teigen, 32, to keep it real — even after giving birth just days ago! Shamelessly taking to Instagram on May 20, the model showed off her post-baby body in the most honest way, and we are so here for it. Standing in her kitchen topless, breastfeeding, and wearing medical mesh hospital underwear, Chrissy gave fans a real look at motherhood — and had zero effs to give in the process. Can someone say queen?
On top of her giant, high-waisted hospital undies, Chrissy wore a bohemian maxi skirt in her #shameless photo. With her hair swept up in a messy bun, she had on no makeup as she lovingly cradling her and John Legend's, 39, baby boy Miles in her arms. In the background, 2-year-old Luna Simone can be seen playing a pink toy harp. Is it just us, or is the raw realness captured in this pic everything? The proud new mom captioned the image, "If you haven't seen @aliwong's new Netflix special, you are bad at picking Netflix specials #asianpearunderwear."
Chrissy is referring to comedian Ali Wong's, 36, new standup Netflix special called "Hard Knock Wife." In it, Ali performs while pregnant with her second child and she too gets hilariously real about motherhood. "Way to be so Real life! ❤," one fan commented on Chrissy's new photo. Another gushed, "I could not respect Chrissy Teigen an more than I do at this moment."
Chrissy and John announced the early arrival of their son on May 17. The infant's name and first pic were then revealed just days later on May 20 via Twitter and Instagram. "Hello, world! This is Miles Theodore Stephens – We are drowning in his little peeps and nuzzles," Chrissy captioned an adorable close-up shot of baby Miles. "Our household feels overwhelmed with love. Thank you for all your well wishes!"
Despite having a newborn at home though, John still made an appearance at the Billboard Music Awards on May 20. The singer not only walked the red carpet, but even performed his hit song "A Good Night." Don't worry though, Chrissy made it very clear over social media that her husband had to be home by 9 pm for dinner — she made short ribs! "I'm already at the airport. I'll be home for dinner by 8," John responded to Chrissy on Twitter about an hour later.
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Vol. 3, Issue 2, April 2010 Contents
One hundred years ago, the U.S. government scored an impressive victory over an interstate counterfeiting operation administered by New York-based Mafia boss of bosses Giuseppe Morello.
A mountain of evidence gathered over a period of years by Secret Service agent William Flynn secured the conviction of Morello, his lieutenant and brother-in-law Ignazio Lupo and a number of their associates. The 1910 counterfeiting case revealed the methods, the hierarchy and the influence of the American Mafia. In this expanded issue, we look at that landmark case as well as at the incarceration of the Sicilian underworld leaders.
We start with excerpts from the story told by informant Antonio Comito to Secret Service investigators (preview). An out-ofwork printer, Comito claimed that Morello's Mafia forced him to work at the production of counterfeit American and Canadian currency. Comito was the prosecution's key witness at the Morello-Lupo trial.
A timeline (preview) shows the significant events during the imprisonment of the Morello counterfeiters. The courtroom testimony of several defense witnesses, including Ignazio Lupo himself, is presented next (preview). Morello's long prison sentence dethroned him as Mafia boss of bosses and also sent him into a deep depression. We look within surviving correspondence and other prison records for evidence of the jailed underworld leader's emotional struggle (preview).
Finally, we examine the life and career of William Flynn, whose detective work made him the nemesis of counterfeiters and also the terror of American radicals (preview).
The issue also includes an early Gambino Crime Family membership chart by Bill Feather (preview), Ask the Informer (preview), and A Look Back (preview).
Eighty pages including cover and advertisements
Published April 2, 2010.
Click here to preview or purchase this issue.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Vol. 3, No. 2: April 2010
Vol. 3, Issue 2, April 2010 Contents
Comito's story
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Feature article
"The reader will pardon me, if, in reading this story of my life in New York, there are errors of language and periods not well expressed. During the latter part of 1908 and a good part of 1909, I had occasion to know many malefactors who horrified me from the very start, and whom I gradually came to fear as I studied their brutal character. I refrained from denouncing these men to the police because I was constantly in danger of losing my life had I done so."
Ten pages
Seven images
Click here to preview or purchase this issue.
Imprisonment timeline
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Nov 15 - Secret Service agents from William Flynn's New York office arrest Giuseppe Morello and a number of his associates, charging them with counterfeiting.
Nov 17 - New York Police arrest Ignazio Lupo for extortion."
Four pages
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Witnesses for the defense
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Feature article
"Confronted with the prosecution's mountain of evidence against them, counterfeiting defendants Ignazio "the Wolf" Lupo and Giuseppe Morello attempted in early February 1910 to establish alibis... Excerpts from trial testimony held in the National Archives."
Sixteen pages
including one and a half pages of notes
Four images and one map
Click here to preview or purchase this issue.
Boss of bosses despairs in prison
Nemesis of counterfeiters: William Flynn
Ask the Informer: Morello crime family descendant
A Look Back
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A Look Back
50 years ago:
- A labor racketeer is sentenced to four years for income tax evasion.
- Lewis McWillie becomes a pit boss for a Trafficante-run casino in Havana.
- Leaders of NYs crime families are indicted for racketeering.


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AC/DC has left Paris on saturday , sunday is a day off for me.
Monday back to rock'n roll with Pete Doherty playing Canal+ TV show : " L' album de la Semaine".
This week with AC/DC will be hard to forget for many reasons, from the day they arrived in Paris ( Feb 23rd ) till the day they left ( Feb 28th ) to go to belgium to play their next show in Antwerpen.
Pete Doherty solo with just an acoustic guitar is always funny to see ( remember the gig @ the Truskel which ended in chaos ) . This time it's more relax , in front of a selected audience of 200+ for Canal+.
He's very smart tonight and here to play his new album Grace/Wastelands ( out next week ) so lots of new songs that i'm hearing for the first time plus a couple of Babyshambles for the encore.
I'll get the setlist right tomorrow.
Very nice set and for once he's playing ( mostly ) in tune and the vocals are right too.
A club gig without the chaos.
So sad he left straight after the gig , no one could meet him.
Past Pete Doherty reviews :
Maroquinerie Nov 2008 ( with videos )
Fete de L' Humanité ( Babyshambles )with videos
Truskel ( part 2 )with video
Truskel ( part 1 )with video
See you tomorrow morning for a radio show with Pete.


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Draghi's dovish ECB statement causes chaos in global markets
07/Νοέ/2014 • Currency Updates•
After the Bank of England announcement, the pound fell throughout the day against the dollar losing 0.85% overall. After rising against the euro by as much as 0.75% after the ECB's monetary policy statement, the pound ended the day unchanged against the single currency.
As expected the Bank of England maintained its benchmark interest at its record low level of 0.5% yesterday. The central bank also decided to maintain the £375 bn asset purchase facility. Again, this was widely expected. The announcement caused the pound to fall against its peers, although this was overshadowed by the ECB release. Elsewhere, industrial production for September came in above expectations at 0.6% MoM, while the annualised figure of 1.5% marked the thirteenth consecutive month of year on year growth in industrial output. Encouragingly for the UK economy the manufacturing output also increased above expectations by 2.9% YoY, having climbed 0.4% in September.
The day's main announcement in the UK will be this morning with the release of trade balance data at 9:30am.
The single currency suffered a blow yesterday plummeting by 0.8% on the dollar after the ECB's monthly announcement.
Attention of the world markets was firmly on Frankfurt today and the monetary policy statement delivered by ECB President Mario Draghi. In a dovish statement, Draghi stated interest rates were to be kept unchanged at 0.05% and, as expected, it was announced that the ECB had started to buy covered bonds, a decision that was taken last month. Asset-backed securities will also be bought "soon", with these programmes lasting at least two years and having a "sizable impact" on the balance sheet. He reiterated that the governing council is unanimously committed to taking further unconventional measures if required, and that these measures would gradually return inflation to the target level of 2%.
A lower key day in Europe today with the main announcements coming from Germany with the release of the trade balance and industrial production figures for September.
The dollar benefitted from Draghi's comments during afternoon trading yesterday, with the US Dollar index rising by 0.75%, its fourth consecutive day of climbs, reaching a four year high in the process.
Dwarfed by the ECB announcement yesterday was the release of some more promising employment data in the US. The four week average jobless claims fell further to a new fourteen year low, dropping 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 278,000 for the week ending 1st November. This was 7,000 below forecast, with claims now remaining below the 300,000 threshold for eight straight weeks, suggesting that employment growth is gaining considerable momentum in the country.
More volatility in the US market expected today with a couple of significant announcements. At 1.30pm London time the US Department of Labor will be releasing the Nonfarm payrolls for October, followed by the official unemployment rate which is predicted to remain stable after a series of declines in 2014.
Rest of the world
Brazil's real fell to fresh nine year lows after the central bank indicated that it won't step up increases in borrowing costs, which made local assets less attractive to global investors. The currency fell by 1.6% against the dollar during trading on Thursday. Elsewhere, the Czech central bank maintained its interest rate of 0.05% for an eighth consecutive meeting and capped 12 months of quantitative easing causing the Krona to fall by one percent on the US dollar during trading.