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Last weekend we enjoyed a feeble sunshine and weather that made it seem like spring was just around the corner. On a plateau that was totally cleft by grykes and pocked with sinkholes we found a joint that had several likely entrances into the underground. Jeff also explored a crevice cave that soon became a solution passage.
This is an intriguing shot of tree roots that spider over top a water worn crevice on the surface. As you can see the soil is thin and tree roots block entrance to this crevice. No big deal, it looks like a natural cave gate, and a short distance further in the tunnel is blocked by sticks and twigs.
It seems that the water percolates through many fractured rocks and leaves the nearby clifface from multiple locations. It's not that the rock is un-cave like, its just that the water remains unconcentrated. When wear is spread over so many possibilities, the tunnels can only be small and crawley. For good cave tunnels you need nice thick layers, less joints and fewer points of water entry. That natural cave gate hardly brings me much concern. In what they are calling a potential flash freeze, Wolfmaaan, JC and I are preparing to do a wetsuit crawl in some very exciting circumstances. Weather and courage permitting I will have some amazing cave pictures by tomorrow night.


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With the code below, I am trying to replace all regex matches for visa cards within a given text file.
My first test was with a text "new3.txt" exclusively containing the visa test card 4111111111111111. My objective was to replace the card with "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx". This was successful.
However, when modifying the text file to include other characters and text before and after (ex: " qwerty 4111111111111111 adsf zxcv"), it gives mixed results. Although it successfully validates the match, it replaces the whole text in the file, rather than replacing solely the match.
When trying this search and replace with words (rather than a regex match), it does not have this behavior. What am I missing?
import java.io.*; import java.util.regex.*; public class BTest { //VISA Test private final static String PATTERN = "(?s).*\\b4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?\\b.*"; public static void main(String args[]) { try { File file = new File("c:/eclipse/new3.txt"); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file)); String line = "", oldtext = ""; while((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { oldtext += line + "\r\n"; } reader.close(); String newtext = oldtext.replaceAll(PATTERN, "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"); FileWriter writer = new FileWriter("c:/eclipse/new4.txt"); writer.write(newtext);writer.close(); } catch (IOException ioe) { ioe.printStackTrace(); } } }


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From the 13th till the 15th of November 2018, the new H2020 project MIICT (ICT Enabled Services for Migration), coordinated by CENTRIC has been officially launched, in Sheffield Hallam University. This project, is conceived with the goal of designing, developing and deploying tools that address the challenge of migrant integration through the co-creation of improved ICT-enabled services with migrants, public sector services and NGOs (Non-Governmental-Organizations).
On the 13th of November, the Center of Security Studies (KEMEA) along with other 14 organizations from 10 different countries that compose MIICT consortium, have attended a symposium, where a sister project (NADINE) as well as other relevant studies and initiatives were presented, depicting a diverse set of themes connected to the overall objectives of the MIICT project. The next one and a half days were dedicated to the official kick-off meeting, where all the consortium members presented and shared relevant insights and findings, shaping strong and long-lasting partnerships through thorough discussions around the structural, managerial, and procedural issues of MIICT project.
KEMEA participates to several stages of the project, offering its vast expertise as research partner to specifically define Operational and End User Requirements and "translate" them to Technical Specifications for the development of "IMMERSE" (Integration of Migrants MatchER SErvice), a database system that captures the specific socio-cultural, economic and legal contexts of migrants that is shared with public authorities. KEMEA also contributes to the validation of inventory and the system design, being involved both in the final demonstration events for end-users and stakeholders, and in the results' Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation to Critical Infrastructure stakeholders.
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Coordination & Research and Innovation Action under Grant Agreement No 822380


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Today, the two major powers on the Indian subcontinent are India and Pakistan, the latter occupying much of Punjab, the Indus River, Kashmir and Baluchistan. Most of its population follows the Islamic religion. But it was not always that way. Over a thousand years ago, Sindh and Punjab were Buddhist and Hindu majority areas until after their conquest by Umayyad forces under General Bin Qasim. But what if that changed? This timeline explores the possibility of local king Raj Dahir's victory, helped by a prophecy that made many turn to his side that OTL prophesied his defeat. It also explores the aftermath of the conflict and a dramatic change in the course of history in Asia.
POD: The Umayyad Retreat
In 712, Muhammad Bin Qasim's army invaded India to take over the rich Sindh valley and Multan. They enjoyed success for a while, raiding communities while Dahir mobilized. However, within a few weeks the armies meet - Dahir's army had swelled to double it's previous amount, reinforced by mercenaries and commoners, believing that divine favor was with Dahir.
The Arab army was driven from Sindh in shables. Fearing yet another attack, Dahir married off his daughters to Gurjara and Vallabhi, two kingdoms in the east, forming an alliance with their dying kings and securing them an heir. The three armies met another Arab force at the Indus river and once again the Arabs were defeated. Dahir soon became ruler of the three kingdoms and declared himself emperor of Rajastan.
713 - 820: The Dahir dynasty
Dahir died in 719 and his son Kumara took the throne. When he died in 734, his son Narasimha took the throne. Narasimha expanded east towards the Ganges Delta, creating an empire stretching from Sindh to Delhi to Bengal. Narasimha's reign saw a decline of Buddhism and Jainism in the Indian subcontinent, as Narasimha, as a Brahmin, propagated Hinduism. Narasimha also established an advisory council called the Varna Sabha, consisting of four lower caste, three merchant class and two Brahmin and warrior caste representatives to advise a king and elect a new one if necessary.
When Narasimha died, his son Ramachandra took the throne in 762. Ramachandra did not expand his empire, rather he consolidated it and introduced an affordable income tax and property size limit law to decrease poverty, leading to a form of economic policy called Chandraic Feudalism. Kings ruled over nobles, who ruled over town governers who in turn ruled over the majority of the population, farmers, artisans and priests.
During Ramachandra's reign, in 802, the scholar Adi Shankaracharya became a part of Ramachandra's court and became an important political figure.From 803, Shankaracharya guided his heir, Vinayakraj, through caste equality and spreading the message that Rajasthan was designated the "Hindu Empire", prompting many Indian kingdoms to pledge loyalty to the empire. Eventually, Vinayakraj conquered all of Southern India until his death in 820 without an heir. From the Varna Sabha, a popular kshatriya general, Ramaraja Chauhan, was elected emperor, signalling the start of the Chauhan dynasty.
820 - 1000: Hindu Empire
Ramaraja Chauhan had earned his name in the war between Rajastan and a rival empire to the south, Rashtrakuta. He had won a battle near Ujjain against a Rashtrakuta force twice the size of his own by using guerrilla tactics and traps. Chauhan was declared a national hero before his election as king of Hindustan. Chauhan's only major accomplishments as king, however, were an alliance with the declining Abbasid empire to the west and reforms in the Varna Sabha, tasking them with electing one of his sons as king when he died even if that son was not the oldest. When Chauhan retired to the life of a monk in 839, his youngest son, Markandeya, was chosen as king. Markandeya, however, used his influence to disband the Varna Sabha and declare India a Buddhist kingdom. The members of the Varna Sabha, in retaliation, assassinated the king in 841 and replaced him with a puppet, his eldest son, Vikramaditya, who returned the Varna Sabha to power.
In 871,Vikramaditya died and his much more popular son, Siddhartha, succeeded him. Siddhartha placed checks and balances throughout the political makeup of the kingdom, with the king remaining the supreme leader of the country, but, like other citizens, under the law. Siddhartha ruled at a time when many of the kingdoms conquered by Vinayakraj and Ramachandra had broken free under Vikramaditya, the weakest ruler in the nation's young history. Siddhartha soon sent a large contingent of forces down towards these breakaway states and subdued them, bringing them back under his rule.
In 876, Siddhartha, realizing the importance of cities like Magadha to the Silk trade, proceeded to make the provinces along the borders better protected and more hospitable, creating a banking system similar to the Abbasid Sakk system to safeguard the money of merchants, called the Sekha banks, and provided cheap escorts for merchants throughout the empire. This move increased trade in Hindustan and gave more money to the government. However, things turned ugly when a group of spies attempted to steal the technology of Silk production in China (which had since reemerged as a great power after the prevention of a devastating rebellion by the official, An Lushan) and were caught. The spies were of Magadhan origin, leading the Chinese to believe that Hindustan was responsible (In fact, the spies were hired by Bengali land-owners who wanted to make their lands more profitable). In 880, the Chinese declared war and Bengal was swiftly occupied by the humongous force sent by the Chinese.
Slowly, the Hindustani forces regrouped, and in the next ten years reconquered lost territory and moved into southeast Asia, into Chinese vassals like Burma. They were also pushed back, however, and for three more years a stalemate occurred at the edge of Bengal until a treaty ended the war with no gains or losses for either side - officially. However, in return for the support of many land-owners, Siddartha sent his own spies to China who succeeded in discovering the secret to creating silk. Soon, landowners became even more rich from Silk - and politically powerful.
By 900, the artisan-merchant class was the dominant group in the Varna Sabha, with seats held by corporate giants who used their money for political gain. Out of the 100 seats that the Sabha was expanded to, land-owners held a staggering 80 seats in government. This came to a head when the merchants leading the Kolkota company, a trading corporation, attempted a coup against the king, Vikramaditya II. Vikramaditya II crushed the rebellion and gave seats to the other castes who had supported his side, leaving the merchants with only 25 seats. He also placed a limit on the value of property one person or corporation could own. With the end of corporate domination and political power, Hindustan started a shift away from feudalism.
713 - 1200: China and Africa
China also experienced a separate POD with the disastrous An Lushan rebellion being prevented by the execution of said person. China went through a resurgence in the power with the Tang Dynasty, and eventually reconquered the parts of central Asia lost to the Muslims. China also was able to establish a system similar to the Mameluke slave system used in Persia that brought it's first taste of Turkish culture into the country. Turks became powerful officials under the Chinese Strongman system, which took in Turkish families to train their sons for the army. Because of this, Islam spread very deep into China.
In 994, a decade after the war with Hindustan ended, a Turkish rebel named Nizam Seljuk sparked a rebellion and swiftly overran China. Though his empire would last only about two centuries and a half, during its reign Islam would gain a strong foothold in China. It also borrowed many Confucian and Buddhist values from China's ancient culture. by the 1000's, Chinese Sufism would be the second largest religion in the country, second only to Confucianism.
The Seljuks adopted a tolerance policy that helped them adopt Chinese culture. The later East Seljuk kings would only speak Chinese. However, the Seljuk tribe that conquered China was not the only branch of the clan. In 1055 Seljuk Bey conquered Baghdad and established a Turkish empire of West Asia. They became highly Persianized. Despite cultural similarities between the two Seljuk Empires, both frequently fought. Eventually the East Seljuks, richer from trade, prevailed, and overran the Seljuk capital of Baghdad in 1096. Jalaluddin Ibrahim Seljuq, the king of China at the time, conquered as far as Iraq before being repulsed by a Syrian kingdom that was established by rebels.
In 1130, reduced government involvement in Central Asian affairs caused many Turkish groups to break free from the empire. Consequently, the Turks were unable to control both China and Persia and the two empires fell to rebels.
The changes in Silk Road power allowed trade to flow more easily throughout the Middle East and Africa. East African city states like Sofala and Kilwa rose about 990 AD. These two city-states are the most important because the leaders of the nearby city of Great Zimbabwe conquered them and used them as trading ports. The Kerala-Yemen-East Africa trade flow became one of the richest in history. Great Zimbabwe used these riches to fuel a wave of conquest stretching across the OTL southern fifth of the continent.
Great Zimbabwe eventually converted to Islam under the a ruler who killed his three brothers to gain the throne. about one hundred years later, by 1100, Great Zimbabwe had made permanent trading contact with Ghana in the west. Ghana was reeling from a recent attack by the Islamic Almoravid empire and was quickly falling apart. However, it was saved by West African trade flooding in with goods from China, India and the Muslim World. By the 1150's Ghana was regaining its power and had formed an alliance with Great Zimbabwe. Though both far behind technologically, They borrowed foreign naval advancements and eventually ships were patrolling Atlantic Africa.
Though empires rose and fell for the next 500 years, the effect of Indian goods reaching Europe so fast from a different and cheaper source helped spark European interest in the east...
1100 - 1300: India and the Mongols
India experienced great prosperity for a time under the Chauhan dynasty. Hindustan provided stability for the country and rarely had any slight misfortunes. In the 1000's, however, India was surrounded by the Turkish empires of China and Persia, sandwiched between the two. For many years only the mountains of the north separated Hindustan from the two powers. Thankfully for Hindustan, they were constantly at war. During the period of the united Turkish Empire, however, Hindustan had to guard its borders heavily and many forts were established in the Himalayas. Today many cities in that region came from these numerous mountain - forts. When the Turks finally fell, for a brief period peace once again reigned in the empire.
In 1206, however, a new threat started to the far north. After years of struggling for independence, the Mongol tribes under a man named Temujin Khan established their own empire, bestowing upon Temujin the title of Chingiz, or Genghis, Khan. Chingiz overran China and Persia and within a few decades was encroaching upon Hindustan's borders.
In 1230, Genghis Khan's son Ogedei Khan campaigned into Hindustan by launching dual attacks from Persia and Tibet. Hindustan's strategic mountain forts just barely survived the invasion, with the help of the harsh mountain winter. after a few decades, the Mongol empire finally divided and Hindustan was safe again.
1095 - 1187: Conflicts in Europe
In 1095 the Christian Pope Urban II launched a Europe-wide attempt to conquer the Holy Land from Turkish rule. After years of fighting, the Christians overwhelmed the weary Turks and established the kingdom of Israel which constituted the entire Holy Land in 1099. By this time, however, Syria was rising in power and took over Israel in 1106. Europe was enraged and a battle between the Catholics and the Muslims, Syria and the Turks, raged for about thirty more years until the Turkish empire fell. However, the Catholics never regained the Holy Land. Instead an independent Kurdish king was made king of Israel and he permitted Christians and Jews to live and travel there. His name was Saladin I.
In 1240, Ogedei Khan launched attacks on Christian Europe. after overcoming Russia, he turned to the West. Ogedei had occupied half of Germany until he died and the Empire fell apart, letting the Holy Roman Empire counter-attack and reclaim its lost territory as well as Poland. Russia would remain under the Mongol rule until Ivan the Great.
In 1200, trade with Ghana flourished when Spanish kingdoms invited their traders to travel there past the hostile Almoravids. That empire quickly deteriorated and Christianity was able to quickly take advantage. In 1304 the last Muslim kingdoms were ousted and the Inquisition snowballed into Iberia.
Ghanan trade not only helped secure Spain as Christian, but it led to an interest in the East and trade there. For example, the trader Miguel de Sevilla from Spain set out in 1320 to find Endieutan, the mythical land that the goods apparently originated from. Miguel finally found Endieutan, or Hindustan, in 1326 and stayed there as a government advisor until 1345 with the death of Ekadantaraya II Chauhan.


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I'm happy to report that our 13 month old is going strong with infant potty training! To be clear, she still wears cloth diapers and our only focus is getting her to poop on the potty. She started pooping on the potty at around seven months and her progress is continuing. It means fewer poopy diapers to wash and strong steps toward actual potty training when she's ready. We even toted our little potty seat to Maryland with us on our family vacation and she used it many times while at her grandparents' house.
During the trip, she started using the sign for "poop" which was even more exciting. While we were driving home after nearly twelve hours of travel, she did the sign in the back seat along with the sign for help. We were so exhausted and shocked that she would be able to tell us, that we didn't stop. When we did arrive home, she had pooped in her diaper and we felt horrid that we didn't listen to her.


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they really do make life so much better. we love them both so much.
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I want that dress. And a cupcake from Magnolia! Looks like you guys had a great weekend with the Moms!
Your hair is so long! Thats so great that both your moms were there at the same time. How fun!


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A sobering place. A pivotal place in American History.
But if you cannot, perhaps the photos will make it more real to you.
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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Yesterday CEMPER.COM announced that after 3 years of innovation of their tools, they will be stopping link building services as a separate service to new clients and changing focus towards the creation of more Link Research Tools.
We spoke to Christoph C. Cemper about the change of Direction and about the New Link Detox Tools.
"By no means is link building a dead end street, but without the proper knowledge and data, it's easy to fall for 'quick cheap link' scams that can definitely get you in trouble really quick." Christoph C. Cemper
The Link Detox Tool
If you've been getting those friendly unnatural link warnings from your Webmaster Interface, you need to investigate the links and deal with them effectively. The Link Detox Tool can help you:
- Find bad links
- Help you clean up your link profile
- Integrates with the Google Disavow tool
- Remove unwanted links
Interview with Owner Cristoph C Cemper
The Link Detox Tools has been around since August but was updated yesterday along with the websites www.linkresearchtools.com and www.linkdetox.com
We have not reviewed the tool in depth, but we did speak to Cristoph C. Cemper founder of Link Research Tools and CEMPER.COM to ask some questions.
What makes linkdetox different from other software?
It's actually the first – and only – software that combines huge link-databases with link intelligence –i.e. automated rules that create quality signals like Google does. It's astonishing how often some of the "older" rules are still ignored by webmasters.
What does LinkDetox do?
LinkDetox is a one-click analysis for your link profile that recommends which links are toxic or at least suspicious. The other 17 tools in the Link Research Tools suite range from Competitive Analysis, Link Alerts to niche research based on keywords.
How easy is the Link Detox System to use?
In fact because of the comprehensiveness a lot of new users are overwhelmed with the possibilities this opens. Compared to the 'average SEO toolkit' it's really overwhelming.
That's why we tried to make LinkDetox the first LinkResearchTools module that tries to solve all questions for the user right from the start, while other tools work more like the 'deep dive' tools that Google has to inspect link graphs.
What does it cost?
Starting from $1 for the link detox up to EUR 1300 for the full fledged Enterprise edition of Link Research Tools
What is 'new' about it?
We combine 23 different link data sources and validate & filter those for accuracy. The new approach here means we focus on the result and benefit of the data for the user instead of trying to build 'just another outdated link index'.
With our technology we validate whatever we get and can solve the problem that some link data sources often provide outdated data – if needed we just re-crawl for the user. So one really unique advantage is, that users ALWAYS have up to the minute accurate info, for the combined link data AND those 97 metrics we provide for each link.
What made Cemper decide to no longer offer consultancy services?
Consultancy is something still needed. Let's name it – we no longer offer link building as standalone service.
The difference is clear – a client wanting X amount of new links might miss on a lot of opportunities if not looking at the full picture. That's why we want to educate users to either do the full circle SEO with our tools or might even provide full service for some selected partners or clients still but 'simple link building jobs' we won't do in the future.
What other exciting developments might there be on the horizon?
With Link Explorer we will provide a fully visual tool to investigate any link graph. That will provide similar outstanding advantages as a game changer like the Competitive Landscape Analyzer did since it's launch in March 2010. Also we have some really sophisticated improvements coming for Link Detox and rating of link quality signals.
Think of the current Link Detox being able to fix the problems of SEO knowledge not updated since 2007 or so, there's a lot more to fix… and people will need it for upcoming Google Penguin or whatever updates come along.
I think Google has just started to enforce SEOs not do bad things from 2004-2006 and they have a lot more they can throw at bad SEOed websites. We will try to keep up with their quality enforcement strategy.
Do you think this is this a sign of things to come with more agencies ie providing the tools over consultancy?
Yes, to my knowledge we are really the first 'link building company' that switches to technology & knowledge and practically forces their new clients to "think full circle".
Don't get me wrong, selling link building services or link packages of whatever dimension has been a fruitful business for years, but I think it's the wrong approach to just think 'more links from wherever'. Therefore I think several other companies will follow us to educate and support their clients up to state-of-the-art of 2012 and beyond SEO.
With more Guidelines suggesting that social, and better content is going to be required, can we expect to see more social tools from Cemper?
Definitely. We already interpret data from all big social plattforms Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest for almost two years and that was just the start. Authorship is a big thing to come too and we have a lot of things on the roadmap for the next year. With every month SEOs need to get smarter and get better data.
Will you be looking at also creating tools for paid search marketers?
A very good question.
Oscar Wilde said – "I'm a man of simple tastes. I'm always satisfied with the best." – I can relate to that very well and so I built Link Research Tools for Links and SEO.
I haven't seen something that suits me well in the paid search market, so… I have some un-served needs, even after evaluating a dozen different tools on the market, so yes, I see a very good chance that we could enter that market as well. Depending on needs and possible partners the timing of different options varies.
How do you see the roles of SEO's changing?
SEOs do have the responsibility to integrate the whole enterprise to make the whole company search marketers. That's what we do in full service internet marketing services, and anything less is not acceptable from my point of view.
Today you cannot afford to have separate departments launching websites, facebook and Adwords-campaigns, newsletters etc without integrating with an SEO in charge.
That being said, SEOs have a LOT higher responsibility today than in the past.
What do you see as the future of SEO?
See above and…We strongly believe that SEO cannot be considered as an isolated part anymore. It's necessary to integrate all bits and pieces into your Internet Marketing campaign.
It is interesting is that many enterprises aren't even ready for the 'new SEO'… so going back to the whiteboard and rip those bits & pieces apart can become a major requirement in many cases.
There are some great resources and insights on the CEMPER.COM Website regarding the bigger picture here: www.cemper.com/
Not sure what Link Research Tools Do?
here's a handy video from Link Research Tools to explain LRT


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Thousands of rowers, kayakers, canoeists and stand up paddle boarders will take to the River Thames to contest the first 'Regatta London' on Sunday 29 September.
Starting in Putney and Hammersmith, paddle sports enthusiasts will come together as they take on the 12-mile 'Big Ben Challenge' loop or the 14-mile 'London Crossing' route along the river through Central London as they look to raise money for charity.
Paddlers will pass some of London's most iconic landmarks including The Houses of Parliament, Battersea Power Station, The London Eye, St Paul's Cathedral, The Shard, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast and London Bridge, before finishing at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.
"We can put paddle sports on the map like no other event, while supporting some amazing charities, and celebrating the river and the environment," Triple Olympic Champion and CEO of Regatta London Andrew Triggs said.
"I'm thrilled to see Regatta London finally come to life, an event that will see so many different types of paddlers all in one event
"We'll be taking over the most iconic stretch of river in the world for our participants to race or simply challenge themselves through central London.
"For me this feels like a life's work come to a focus point! This is hugely exciting!"
Protection of the environment will also be at the heart of the event, with Regatta London championing the benefits the River Thames brings to the capital and why it deserves more care, attention and investment.
Held on the final day of 'Recycle Week 2019', sustainability initiatives include no leafleting on site, labelled bins to ensure waste can be recycled, and the ban of single use plastic bottles on the course, with all participants encouraged to bring their own water.
All finishers will receive a bespoke medal made of clay dug from the River Thames by Tideway, who are building London's super sewer, and finishers will receive a sustainable T shirt, made from bamboo, charcoal and recycled polyester.
Participants are encouraged to raise money for the Regatta's partner charities, London Youth Rowing who help underprivileged kids through the power of sport, Thames 21 who are cleaning up the River and its surrounding areas, and Mates in Mind, who are aiming to raise awareness about mental health issues.
There are still places remaining in all three disciplines due to charity places but registration closes on 20 September. For more information and to book a place, visit www.regatta.london


text: MOVIES CinemaCon: Kathleen Kennedy Honored With Pioneer of the Year Award 10:27 PM PDT 4/17/2013 by Rebecca Ford FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Art Streiber Kathleen Kennedy "Lincoln" stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Sally Field presented the prolific producer and co-chair of Lucasfilm with the award on Wednesday. LAS VEGAS -- Producer Kathleen Kennedy was honored with the Pioneer of the Year Award at CinemaCon on Wednesday evening. The co-chair of Lucasfilm and prolific producer received the honor from the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. PHOTOS: A Force to Be Reckoned With: Photos of Kathleen Kennedy Lincoln star Joseph Gordon-Levitt was the host for the evening, giving brief remarks before introducing his Lincoln co-star, Sally Field. "I'm reading this speech that I wrote and you're all going to be very quiet," she told the crowd of theater owners in her opening remarks. Field went on to trace the illustrious career of Kennedy, who, before being handpicked by George Lucas to lead his company, had produced or executive produced more than 80 films. An eight-time Academy Award nominee, Kennedy counts among her film credits four of the highest grossing films in motion picture history: Jurassic Park, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Sixth Sense. She also produced Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which received 12 Oscar nominations. STORY: Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy on 'Star Wars,' 'Lincoln' and Secret J.J. Abrams Meetings "As an actor, every moment of working on that film was perfect," said Field of her experience on Lincoln. "In an industry that is not and has not been female friendly … Kathy has beaten those odds the only way a woman can -- by being so much better than most everyone else," Field told the crowd before introducing a video with remarks from some of the many people Kennedy has worked without throughout her career. The video presentation, which featured comments from her longtime collaborators Lucas and Spielberg, along with her husband Frank Marshall and about a dozen other executives, filmmakers and actors, also revealed Kennedy's athleticism (she's an avid water skier) and philanthropic work. After Field read a letter from former Paramount chairman and CEO Sherry Lansing, Kennedy took the stage to accept her award. Kennedy kept her comments short, admitting that she had written a speech, but "didn't completely comprehend" how significant the award was and what it meant to her until about 15 minutes before she took the stage. "I just want to say thank you. This means a tremendous amount to me," she said. The Pioneer of the Year dinner -- an industry tradition for 70 years -- honors leaders of the motion picture industry and within the philanthropic community. Past honorees include Lansing, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dick Cook, Sumner Redstone and Alan Horn. Proceeds from the event go to the Motion Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund (MPPAF), an industry charity that helps movie industry veterans who are encountering an illness, injury or life- changing event. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com; Twitter: @Beccamford FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Rebecca Ford firstname.lastname@example.com beccamford


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Life has not been easy for Cristian Fernandez, and in the months to come, it will get immeasurably worse. The 13-year-old will be charged as an adult and is the youngest inmate awaiting trial in the county jail.
If convicted of first degree murder for the beating death of his 2-year-old half brother and the sexual abuse of his 5-year-old half brother, he could spend much of his life behind bars. As his short back-story unfolds, it's clear this young life has been a sad and devastating one.
The product of a sexual assault, his mother gave birth to him at just 14 years old. At 2 years old, he was found naked, dirty, and alone on a South Florida street. In the care of his grandmother, she was reportedly found with cocaine in a messy hotel room.
Cristian was later sexually assaulted by a cousin and physically abused by his stepfather, who committed suicide during the police investigation of that incident. So harrowing was his life, to survive, he once told a counselor: "You got to suck up feelings and get over it." What a sad perspective for such a young person.
Now facing a lengthy prison term, this poor child's life is over before it ever began. This case has definitely sparked a lot of controversy, as many people believe it's not right such a young child should face life in prison. However, even if found guilty, Fernandez will likely see the light of day. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that it's unconstitutional for juveniles to get mandatory life sentences without parole.
If convicted, he certainly deserves to be locked away for some period of time. If only that meant he would get the help he needed. We all know that is unlikely. I can't even imagine what he will be like after decades behind bars, but I suppose one day we will find out after he is freed.
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The Concept of return under Performance Measurement and Evaluation of Mutual Fund Schemes!
Performance in the context of the mutual funds is to compare the expected return with the actual return. Therefore, one needs to begin the performance measurement exercise by carefully understanding the objectives of the fund and then compare the actual performance against these objectives.
The most vital statistic in measuring the performance of a mutual fund is the rate of return. Rate of return has many possible definitions, and there is no single definition, which can be applied to all the purposes. Luckily there is one possible definition for each purpose. So the trick is to have clarity about the purposes for which the performance is to be measured and then look at an appropriate return measure.
Holding period return vs. Compound average rate of return:
The most straightforward rate of return is the holding-period-return (HPR), popularly known as total return or point to point returns. It equals the income generated by an investment plus the change in price of the investment during the period the investment is held, all divided by the beginning price.
For example, if an investor has purchased one unit of a mutual fund scheme on 1 April, 2002, for Rs. 10.00, received Rs. 2.00 as dividend, and redeemed the unit on 31 March, 2003, for Rs. 12.00, he would have achieved a holding-period return equal to 40%. In general, we can use Equation (1) to compute holding-period returns.
The limitation of this measure is that it does not take into consideration the impact of reinvestment. It assumes that all distributions are made at the end of the year. In spite of this limitation, total return measure is widely used and generally accepted indicator for performance comparison purposes. This is considered as the starting point of performance measurement exercise.
SEBI regulations on disclosure of information in scheme information documents, advertisements etc., require that return for periods exceeding a year is to be calculated on a compounded basis (except for money market mutual funds which has a short investment horizon).
Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is worked out on the following basis:
Step 1:
Assume that any dividend declared by a scheme is reinvested in the same scheme at the ex-dividend NAV.
Step 2:
On the above basis, calculate the growth in number of units during the period for which returns are being calculated.
Step 3:
Calculate the opening wealth. Opening number of units multiplied by opening NAV would give opening wealth.
Step 4:
Calculate the closing wealth. Closing number of units multiplied by closing NAV would give closing wealth.
Step 5:
Use compound interest formula to determine the CAGR between the opening and closing wealth.
Suppose in the above example, the fund had an interim dividend distribution of Rs. 2 per unit, when the NAV was Rs. 11. The CAGR assumes that Rs. 2 is reinvested in the fund, giving the investor 0.18 unit (2/11) in the scheme.
The total holding of the investor becomes 1.18 units (initial 1 unit +0.18 through reinvestment). The total return with reinvestment is 41.81%. Note that this is higher than the simple holding period return.
In this example we have assumed exactly one year as period of holding. What if the period of holding is 2 years?
The compound interest formula is used to determine the CAGR between the opening and closing wealth.
The Rupee-weighted rate of return is a measure of return achieved over a period of time by a fund with its initial investments and its particular cash flow. Because the RWR measures the annual rate at which our cumulative contributions grow over the measurement period it includes the timing of new money flows.
Since such cash flows at the total level are not normally subject to the control of the fund manager and vary considerably from fund to fund. RWR is not a suitable statistic for comparison between different funds.
To assist in inter-fund comparisons the time- weighted return (TWR) is calculated as this measure removes the impact of different cash flows. We can compute the time-weighted rate of return by first adding one to each year's holding-period return to determine the return's wealth relative.
Then we multiply the wealth relative's together, raise the product to the power 1 divided by the number of years in the measurement period, and subtract 1.
We have understood that RWR captures the effect of intermediate cash flows. TWR ignores the effect of intermediate cash flows.
When the fund manager has no control on intermediate cash flows, TWR represents his performance better. As this is the general situation in a mutual fund TWR is preferred.
The time-weighted rate of return is also called the geometric return or the compound annual return. Although the geometric return and the compound annual return are often used interchangeably, technically the geometric return pertains to a population whereas the compound annual return pertains to a sample. We use the term geometric return to refer to both. It is the rate of return that, when compounded annually, determines the ending value of our initial investment assuming there are no interim cash flows.
Geometric mean return vs. arithmetic mean return:
Suppose we have to invest Rs. 10,000 in a mutual fund scheme. One scheme produces a holding-period rate of return of -50 per cent in the first year and 100 per cent in the second year. Another scheme produces holding-period rate of return of 10 per cent in the first year and 10 per cent in the second year. Which one will you suggest?
In case of first scheme at the end of the second year we will end up with Rs. 10,000. The value of the portfolio is the same, as it was two years ago, though the average annual return on the portfolio is 25 per cent.
With the second scheme the value of the portfolio at the end of the second year is Rs. 12,100; an average annual 10 per cent gain in value. Clearly, we are better off with the second scheme; although it produces average annual return lower than the first scheme.
To understand how the outcome in the two cases is so different, it is important to distinguish between the two methods of calculating returns. The average annual arithmetic return is the simple average of individual total yearly returns. The yearly return is the sum of (1) the percentage gain (or loss) in the value of your portfolio due to changes in asset prices and (2) any dividends or other cash distributions, expressed as the per cent of invested assets.
The second method of calculating returns is the average annual geometric or compound return. The average geometric return is far more important than the average arithmetic return if one is analyzing the long-run return on assets.
The average annual geometric return is the rate at which the sum you invested at the beginning of the period will accumulate to a given sum at the end of the period by the process of compounding, or continuously reinvesting your dividends and capital gains. A characteristic of the compound return is that it depends only on the initial and final values of the portfolio, not on the path by which that value was realized.
For a one-year holding period the arithmetic and geometric returns are identical, since both calculate the total return over one year.
But over longer holding periods the geometric average return is always less than the arithmetic return except when all the individual yearly returns are exactly the same, in which case the geometric return equals the arithmetic return. Given the initial and final value of a portfolio, a fund manager can always increase the average annual return by increasing risk.
As noted above a manager who takes your portfolio from 100 to 50 and back to 100 again achieves an average arithmetic return of plus 25 per cent, beating the zero return from a manager who keeps your portfolio at 100 each year.
Yet every investor should prefer the second manager to the first. Geometric return is the only way to compare long-term accumulations. It explains what has really happened to the investments.
Consider the following situation. Suppose an investment can generate 100% or -50% returns in two holding periods. In the first period it will generate either 100% or -50%.
So could happen in the same period. We may work under two sets of assumption. First that the first year return will not repeat in the second year. Second, which the first years return may repeat in the second year.
When we calculate geometric average, it is sampling without replacement. On the other hand arithmetic average refers to sampling with replacement.
The best estimate of a future year's return based on a random distribution of the prior years' returns is the arithmetic average. Statistically, it is our best guess for the holding-period return in a given year.
If we wish to estimate the expected value of an investment over a multi-year horizon conditioned on past experience, we should also use the arithmetic average. If, however, we wish to estimate the probability distribution of terminal wealth we should use the geometric average.


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1949 Born in Los Angeles
Lives and works in Los Angeles
1974 M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles
1973 M.A. University of California, Los Angeles
1971 B.A. California State University, Northridge
John Divola, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
The Green of This Notebook, Maccarone, New York
Physical Evidence, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica
36 Bars, American Museum of the Moving Image, NY
John Divola, Time to Stop, Gallery Pedro Alfacinha, Lisbon
Spotlight, John Divola, Gallery Luisotti, Frieze NYC, New York
Theodore Street Project, Maccarone, New York
John Divola: Denta and Abrasions, Gallery Luisotti, California
Despite Intensions, Pedro Alfacinha, Lisbon
John Divola: Clive Wearing's Dilemma, Wallspace, New York
John Divola: As Far as I Could Get, solo exhibition across three venues: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Art Museum (LACMA) and Pomona College Art Museum, Los Angeles
2012John Divola, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
John Divola: Notes on the Observer, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA Surface Conditions, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
2011Vandalism Series: John Divola LAXART, Los Angeles, Trees for the Forest!, Wallspace, New York, The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington In Focus: The Sky, Getty Center: Museum, Los Angeles
Street Sight, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica
The Green of this Notebook, LAXART, Los Angeles
Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
Arles Recontres De La Photographie, Espace Van Gogh, Arles, France
Charles Cowles Gallery,New York
Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Janet Borden Gallery, NY, New York
Palm Springs Museum of Art, Jorgensen Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland Oregon
Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
Wooster Gardens, New York
Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York
Rewdex Contemporary Art Gallery, Koyoto, Japan
Galerie Niki Diana Marquardt, Paris
Seibu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Min, Tokyo, Japan (catalog)
Jayne Baum Gallery, New York
John Divola, Selected Work, 1974-85, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles
The Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Gallerie Del Cavallino, Venice
The Photographers Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Camera Obscura, Stockholm
Print Galleri, Copenhagen
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Image Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
The Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York
Serralves Collection: New Lines, Images, Objects, Serralves Museum, Portugal
Neil Campbell & John Divola, Office Baroque, Brussels
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
A Handful of Dust, curated by David Campany, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Auto photo, Fondation Cartier, Paris
No Transport, Super Dakota, Brussels
Los Angeles – A Fiction, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
Strength in Numbers: Photography in Groups, Gallery One, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
How Things Shouldn't Be Done, Clement & Schneider, Bonn
The Pleasure Principle, Pro Artibus, Helsinki
Under a Falling Sky, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Ordinary Pictures, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
The Pleasure Principle, Sinne Gallery, Helsinki
Still life with Fish: Photography from the Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Low, Lyles & King, New York
A Handful of Dust, curated by David Campany, Pratt Institute, New York
Webber Gallery, London
A Handful of Dust, curated by David Company, Le Bal, Paris
Images Moving Onto Space, Tate St Ives, Cornwall
Take One: Contemporary Photography, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Bill Bollinger, John Divola, Magali Reus, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Blue Sky, The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts at 40, Portland
Interior, Modern Art, London
2013Photo Levallois Festival, Levallois, France Push Pins In Elastic Space, curated by Gabriel Kuri, Galerie Nelseon Freemann, Paris La Derniere Vague: Surf, Skate Et Custom Cultures Dans L'art Contemporain, La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
Coquilles Mecanique, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, Alsace Days in Lieu, David Zwirner, London
Natural History, curated by Dan Byers, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
No Person May Carry a Fish into a Bar, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
L'IDEE FIXE, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles
Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community, USC Fisher Art Museum, Los Angeles
Backyard Oasis, The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-82, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
The End, curated by Michael Bühler-Rose and John Connelly, Vogt Gallery, New York
Prairies, 3rd edition of Les Ateliers de Rennes – biennial for contemporary art, Rennes
Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-81, part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980, curated by Paul Schimmel, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,
Common Thread, California State University at Fullerton Begovich Gallery, CA
It Startled The Natives, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica
This Was Funny Yesterday, CCS Gallery, University of California Santa Barbara, Los Angeles
Coquilles Mecaniques, Centre Rhenan d'Art Contemprain, Alsace-Altkirch, France
The Unspecific Index, 601 Artspace, New York
The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection, The George Esatman House International Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York
A Darkness More Than Night, Derby QUAD Market Place, Derby
Under the Big Black Sun, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angles
The Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Ground Control, See Line Gallery, Los Angeles
The Long Range, ltd Los Angeles, Los Angeles
California Continued: New Approaches in West Coast Photography, Smith Andersen North Gallery, San Anselmo, CAJohn Divola and Amir Zaki, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles
Palms Won't Grow Here and Other Myths: John Divola, Cyprien Gaillard, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
The Artist Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,
Inscription …text…image…action…, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
The Fleeting Glimpse: Selections in Modern and Contemporary Photography from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Swagger, Drag, Fit Together, Wallspace Gallery, New York
Sunless (works from the American west: 1938-1985), curated by Walead Beshty, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
The Fleeting Glimpse: Selections in Modern and Contemporary Photography from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University, Roanoke Virginia
Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970 – 1980, Cincinnati Art Museum
Masterworks of American Photography: Popular Culture, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Spectral, Galician Center for Contemporary Art, Santiago, Spain
View From Here, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Conspiracy, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the West, The Museum Of Modern Art, New York
This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs. Boone Gallery , The Huntington, San Marino, CA June14 – September 15. – Sept. 15th, 2008, Exhibition travels_ Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, January 30 to April 19, 2009, & Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Mixed Emotions, Domus Artium 2002 (DA2) Salamanca, Spain
Where We Live: Photographs of American from the Berman Collection, Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Los Angeles 1955-85, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Esperando Unha Chamada (Awaiting a Call), The Centro Galago de Arte Contemporanea, Galicia, Spain
Imago 2002, Museo de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain (catalog)
New Acquisitions / New Work / New Directions 3: Contemporary Selections, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Friends of the West, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California Photography 1950 to the Present, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Blind Date, Three Person Exhibition, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York
Modern Times III/Something Happened, Hasselblad Center, Goteborg, Sweden
Photography: Process, Preservation, and Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Architecture Hot and Cold, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Beyond Boundaries,: Contemporary Photography in California, Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum, California State University, Long Beach, The Friends of Photography, San Francisco
COLA Exhibition, Hammer / UCLA Museum, Los Angeles
William Eggleston and the Color Tradition, Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Innovation / Imagination: 50 Years of Polaroid Photography, Friends of Photography, Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco
Desapercibidos, (Wim Winders and John Divola), Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Ghost Story, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna
Scene of The Crime, Hammer/UCLA Art Museum, Los Angeles
Crossing the Frontier: Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Perpetual Mirage: The Desert in American Photographic Books and Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Photo Binennale, Enschede (Obsessions. From Wunderkammer to Cyberspace), Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enchede, Netherlands
The Photographic Condition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
PLAN: Photography L.A. Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
After Art: Rethinking 150 Years of Photography, Henry Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Multiple Images; Photographs since 1965 from the Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Proof: Los Angeles Art and Photography, 1960-80, Laguna Art Museum, Traveling to, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Mass.; Friends of Photography, Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco; Montgomery (Ala.) Museum of Fine Arts; Tampa (Fla.) Museum of Art; and Des Moines (Iowa) Art Center. (Catalog)
More Than One Photography: Work Since 1980 From the Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Individual Realities in the California Art Scene, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (Traveling) (Catalog)
California Photography: Remaking Make Believe, curated by Susan Kismaric, Museum of Modern Art, New York, traveling: Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO; University Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA, (Catalog)
Das Konstruierte Bild, ("Constructed Realities"), curated by Michael Kohler, Kunstrverein, Munchen, Germany, traveling: Kunsthalle Nurnburg; Forum Bottcherstrabe, Bremen, Baldischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, (Catalog)
Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois (with Chris Koules) With Jack Fulton, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
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Photography and Art: Interactions Since 1946, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA, traveling: Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Fl; Queens Museum, Flushing, NY; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa (catalog)
Photographic Fictions, Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, CT
LACE Annual, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
Contemporary American Photography, Gallery Min, Tokyo
Artist Response to Architecture, Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas
Southern California Focus, Los Angeles County Museum of Art", Los Angeles
Contemporary Constructs, Otis Parsons, Los Angeles
Eileen Cowin & John Divola: New Work, traveling, (catalog) La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, Ca. Aug.-Oct 1985 Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Co. June-July 1986 Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin Oct.-Dec. 1986 Halle Sud,Geneva
California Photography: 1945-1980, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
1981 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Mirrors and Windows, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
John Divola: As Far As I Could Get, Published by Prestel, NY
John Divola, Artie Vierkant, Erwan Frotin. Photo Levallois 6th Edition, essays by Paul Frèches, Levallois, France,
John Divola and Cyprien Gaillard, Palms won't grow here and other myths, published on the occasion of the exhibition, essay by Jan Tumlir, published by Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
John Divola, The Green of this Notebook, Nazraeli Press, 42 pages
John Divola, 7 Dogs, Nazraeli Press One Picture Book #45, Seven Image Original Artwork, 20 pages
John Divola, Three Acts, book of original artwork, essay by David Campany, interview by Jan Tumlir, 144 pages, Aperture, NY
John Divola, Dog Chasing My Car in the Desert, by Nazraeli Press
John Divola, Isolated Houses, essay by Jan Tumlir, by Nazraeli Press
John Divola, Continuity, book published by RAM Publications and Smart Art Press
John Divola, John Divola, book of original artwork with essay by Mark Johnstone, 89 pages, Gallery Min, Tokyo, Japan
Michael Slenske, Vandal Supreme: John Divola puts an artistic spin on structural interventions, Wallpaper, 19 April
Alexxa Gotthardt, Photographer John Divola on Capturing Human Life through Abandoned Buildings, Artsy, March 16
Alexander Schulan, Interview with John Divola: The Californian Photographer's Portraits of Vandalized Homes are Artifacts of his Engagement with Time, Place, and Circumstance, Kaleidoscope
Courtney Fiske, John Divola at Wallspace, Art in America, 10 December
Jason E.Hill, John Divola's Incidental Photographs, X-Tra Contemporary Art Quarterly, www.x-traonline.org
Eli Diner, John Divola, Artfourm, January
Carmen Winant, John Divola, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Pomona College Museum, Frieze Magazine, January-February 2013
Marius Engh, Out There: John Divola, PARIS,LA, Issue 11 Spring
Ingrid Reeve, John Divola's evocative photographs visit Claremont, Inland Empire Weekly, 3 October 2013
Jonathan Griffin, John Divola at His Riverside Workplace, Aperture, Issue 211 www.aperture.org
Colleen Kelsey, John Divola's floating eye, Interview Magazine, October.
Laura McLean-Ferris, John Divola, Frieze, no. 153, March, p. 156-157
John Divola at Laura Bartlett Gallery, Mousse Magazine
66 Zuma Series, photographs, John Divola, Doingbird Magazine, January
Jan Tumlir, John Divola: As Far As I Would Get, Artforum, Vol. 52, No 1, September
Maxell Williams, John Divola's SoCal Moment, Art in America, October
Mark Prince, John Divola, Art in America, 28 Dec
John Divola, exhibition review,Art Review, Issue 64, Dec
Matthias Connor, From the Chateau to Skidrow,Nero Magazine, November
John Divola, interview by Ariella Wolens, 4Hot & Cool, Issue 4, Summer
John Divola, from Prairies, 3rd edition of Les Ateliers de Rennes, October
Cover,John Divola, Afterimage, No6
John Divola:Notes on the Observer, www.faculty.ucr.edu
Alex Moshakis, John Divola, It's Nice that, issue 5, March
Chris Wiley, Giving Up the Ghost, Kaleidoscope, Spring
Karen Rosenberg, JOHN DIVOLA: 'Trees for the Forest',The New York Times, May
Chris Wiley, John Divola,Artforum, June
Christopher Hart Chambers, John Divola at Wallspace,New York, Flash Art, July
Dan Abbe, John Divola, Chased by Dogs, Turns a Wild Encounter Into Art,American Photo, October
Elizabeth Schambelan, Postrcards from the Edge, Artforum, October 2011
Janet Borden, John Divola, ART News, Summer
Ken Johnson, John Divola, Isolated Houses exhibition review,New York Times, Jan
Andy Grundberg, John Divola at the Municipal Art Gallery, Art In America Survey Review, Nov
Mark Johnstone, John Divola: Facts of the Imagination, Published in: Exposure 19:1 (1981) pp. 38-45, Camera (Lucerne, Switzerland); Part I, July 1981; Part II, August 1981


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It looks as though Victoria Beckham has had enough of husband David's court-side ogling of the cheerleaders at LA Lakers basketball games. The LA Galaxy player has been spending a good amount of his free time at the Staples Centre in LA, and has been snapped a few times with his eyes on round bouncy things- and we're not talking the basketballs. The front row seats which are just a few feet from the court are hot tickets for celebrities and basket ball fans alike and now Victoria, 34, knows why. So this time around- despite her obvious disinterest in the game- the former Spice Girl wasn't taking any chances and decided to join David at the match to keep her husbands gaze away from the scantily clad cheerleaders. But the hot-pant wearing, mid rift showing cheerleaders strutted their stuff in front of the Beckhams as they entertained the crowd. And as hard as David, 33 tried to keep his gaze firmly fixed on the match his eyes wandered a few times to the disapproval of Victoria who gave him a few menacing looks. Posh -- who is known for her glum looks -- couldn't hide her annoyance at the line women with their meager attire who seemed set on standing in front of her husband to perform their dance routine. And although she kept David in check on several occasions even she couldn't help taking glimpse at the well toned cheerleaders ... David even tried to shut his eyes a few times in an attempt to block out the sexy ladies dancing just a few feet from where he was sitting. Luckily for Victoria, David only had eyes for her and even gave his wife a few reassuring pats on the back.
Aww ... poor Becks ... it looks like the poor chap's balls are held securely in Vicki B.'s robotic claws. Incidentally, the Lakers defeated the Spurs with a final score of 101-71 -- yeah, it wasn't even close. I'm not sure that Becks was even aware that there was a basketball game going on ;) [Source]


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A new bachelor's degree concentration brings students to the Greystone campus to study farm-to-table cuisine with legendary chef Larry Forgione '74. The home of American Food Studies: Farm-to-Table Cooking is in the heart of the Napa Valley, the epicenter of the farm-to-table movement.
Visitors to Greystone will reap the rewards of the students' culinary lessons when dining at The Conservatory. This student-led "crop-up" restaurant on campus will be open to the public Friday and Saturday nights, beginning August 2. A multi-course tasting menu will focus on seasonal ingredients grown, harvested, and prepared by the students. The cost per person is $65, and reservations can be made by calling 707-967-2300 or visiting the CIA's restaurant website.
Farm-to-Table Cooking is a one-semester (15-week) conservatory-style, hands-on concentration for students who want to be part of a community working to create healthy, sustainable, and delicious food systems. They will learn environmental stewardship and food ethics, and put into practice their education regarding these important issues. Chef Forgione, the program's culinary director and co-founder, is hailed as "the godfather of American cuisine," credited with changing the way Americans eat today by embracing the virtues of using seasonal, local ingredients.


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We've lived in our new house for about four months now. In that time, my wife (bless her) has collected and disposed of two dead squirrels, a fully grown but dead rabbit, and a moribund cardinal. We do have dogs, but neither of them are competent enough to have caught any of the above.
Which leaves either a neighborhood killer (cat, mountain lion, hexavalent chromium?), or the mystical: our new backyard is the neighborhood's elephant graveyard, where dying animals go to leave their bones. Or in our case, carcasses.
Perhaps this is not an unusual number of dead things? But in our previous fourteen years of home ownership I can think of… well, one poisoned rat, one threadbare squirrel, and two animals I killed with a lawnmower (a wee baby bunny and a garter snake). So, that's four in fourteen years, versus four in four months.
Methinks something is up.


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Leap Year Update for 29 February 2016
Gods Miracle Gates are Opened for the Next Human Evolution!
In connecting with my higher Godess self and the Celestial Militia Guide Team I have the following message for you:- (2+9 = 11 2+2+0+1+6=11) 11:11
Today we have been blessed with a day that has much meaning. Today is 11:11 and the golden gates are open. Now is the day to raise your consciousness to greater things.Move towards this beautiful Gate – your Angels and Guides are working with you. It is a day of renewal and a day of blessing. Preparing you for new and greater things to happen in your life right now. It is a day to manifest your dreams and desires. It is a day to reflect and to grow spiritually. Much will be happening with your light body today – there will be activations taking place to raise your energy and vibration. This will bring you to a new level of evolution. Now is the time to move forward feeling more empowered. Many of you will find your spiritual abilities sharpened today as you shift forward. Today is also a day of Twin Flame Manifestation and Union and in this we are called to reflect and work on ourselves working within focusing on our Heart Chakra. Many of you will see signs and feel energy and a knowing that your Twin Flame is around – it is a day of connectivity. Embrace this day much is happening…
I dance through the Light-filled gateways feeling your guidance and knowing that loving awareness for new possibilities in my life is being provided in every moment, with every heartbeat. I awaken in your Light and embrace my Soul's gifts being offered to me now with supreme gratitude. You are giving me the Divine Connection to greater life and I gratefully receive this. I am honored to anchor this Light into the Earth as the presence of Nature awaits my awareness.


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Planning board can be found in the menu under Applications. Click here to go to this Application.
This application gives you an instant overview of the resource demand from projects and activities versus the available resources. Specify resource requests by skills, roles and teams and simply allocate resources by dragging and dropping them onto the requests.
You can enter both single and recurring bookings based on a specific pattern. You can add detailed information like instructions, location, skill qualifications and action items for resource allocation and communication purposes.
- Combined view using the two Board-options
- Display can be divided in a horizontal or vertical way
- View by day, week or month
- Boards are related
- Several notifications can be set
- Resources: Planning your resources
- Projects: Planning and maintaining request
- Agenda: Agenda view of resource or project bookings
- List view: list of bookings from the resource or project board
- Gantt Chart: View of the Gantt chart
- Tasks: View and edit your tasks
After opening the planning board, the boards last used are displayed. Changing or closing a board can be done by using the selection list top left.
The top or left board is basically leading to another board. For example, when for the first board a different time period is selected, this selection will also be applied to the other board.
- Time/period display options:
- 1 day/2 days: display per hour
- 1 week - 8 weeks: display per day
- 1 month - 6 months: display per week
- Date: go quickly to date
- Other navigation options:
- Create a new project
- Change order of boards
- Show previous period
- Show 1 period earlier
- Show 1 period further
- Show next period
- Navigate to the current date
Resource and Project board
In these boards you can book requests and resources. You can book...
- ...by dragging one or more resources to a date or week in the resource or project board.
- ...by dragging a activity to a date or week in the resource or project board.
- ...by double clicking on the desired date or week.
For all details about making a booking, click here. Click here for the available shortcuts. Shortcuts helps you to display possible actions or to easily perform an action like delete or Copy a booking.
Link boards ("Slave" mode)
- The option to link these two boards exists by clicking on an arrow between the top board and bottom board.This mode shows the data from one board (the "slave") automatically followed by the data from the other board. Use this option to retrieve all the related information quickly. The yellow color of an arrow indicates the leading board. Click this arrow again to stop the link.
Other options
Resource board: Click on a resource:
- Remove the resource form this list
- Filter specific resources
Project boards: Click on a project gives a number of options:
- Generate requests: generates request bookings based on budgeted hours and the duration from project planning
- Go to first booking: Navigate to the first booking made on the activity
- Go to Start date: Navigate to the start date of this activity (Project planning)
- Remove project selection: remove this project from the list
- Add Activity: add a new activity including budget to the project
- Edit Activity: Change the activity (code, name or budget)
- Filter specific projects or activities
- Add progress
Board Calendar
Shows all the details of a selected period in a project or resource board. It is possible to add or update bookings. use your mouse to drag a booking or to change the start and end times. Double click to open a booking.
Board List view
Shows all the details of the selected projects or resources. From this view, the following options are available:
- The list can be sorted per column
- Columns can be moved by dragging the header to the desired place
- The information can be filtered by project, resource or year
- Multiple bookings can be deleted by clicking the Select All button or by selecting the desired lines using your Ctrl button
- One or more entries can be rescheduled using the Reschedule button
- A list of deleted entries will be displayed by pressing the button Deleted entries, use the Reset button to restore a booking
Board Gantt Chart
Shows the planning of the selected project (Project board). This view is linked to the project board. Click here for all details about Gantt chart.
Board Tasks
All created tasks are displayed. Through the filter options on the right you can search for specific tasks. Via the button New you can create a new task.
- Start the Kiosk mode
- Export to Excel
Shortcut Menu resource booking (Click booking)
From left to right:
- Add a new booking
- Edit the booking
- Delete the booking
- Remove Resource(s)
- Copy
- Send mail to resource
- Send confirmation email
- Tasks
- Add progress
Shortcut Menu request/project booking (Click booking)
From left to right:
- Add a new booking
- Edit the booking
- Delete the booking
- Remove Resource(s)
- Copy
- Tasks
- Match resources
- Add progress
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Submit the following documents to the Washington Wing Chief of Staff (firstname.lastname@example.com) no later than the deadline shown above.
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Dates and times
12th Jul 2017 - 31st Dec 2018
Working in partnership with Colourful Heritage, GlaswegAsians traces the influence and heritage of South Asian Communities across Scotland and throughout Glasgow.
The exhibition marks the start of a relationship between Glasgow Museums and Colourful Heritage, a community group based in Glasgow that has developed an online archive of material recording the migration of people from South Asia to Scotland.
The exhibition will run for an extended period at Scotland Street School Museum allowing Glasgow Museums to explore how people came to Glasgow and how the city grew and changed as a result.
Among the exhibits are the copy of the Quran Mohammed Sarwar used as he was sworn in as the UK's first Muslim and South Asian MP and the kilt and sherwani worn by Humza Yousaf MSP as he was sworn in at the Scottish Parliament in 2011. The exhibition explores entrepreneurship and working life, politics, war, family and social life and schools.
Scotland Street School Museum
Scotland Street, Glasgow, G5 8QB
See venue page for opening hoursMore venue information
If you like this
Self-Led Adventures – Green Room
Scotland Street School Museum
Tue 16 Jun 2015 to Sun 14 Mar 2021
Secret Sunday Cinema Club
Scotland Street School Museum
Tue 16 Jun 2015 to Sun 14 Mar 2021
Self led Workshop - Share some South Asian Games
Scotland Street School Museum
Thu 8 Aug 2019 to Sat 1 Jan 2022


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I went to a seminar approved by the AAPC, last week. The instructor brought up medical/cardiac clearance prior to surgery. She said if the surgeon requests clearance prior to surgery, the insurance company will pay the clearing physician. However, she stated that the payment would be 10-15% of the payment for the surgery and would be taken from the surgeons payment. I work for a surgeon. He says thats fee splitting and is no longer allowed. Who's right?


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Friday, 21 August 2015
Markets with the lot.
Tibetan food, children's dresses, psychic readings, german sausages and toilets.
What more does one need to fill in a lazy Saturday?
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- William Kendall said...
I'd be more interested in the German sausages than the psychic!
- 22 August 2015 at 01:57
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