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On Monday morning, I watched the Today Show. Not on TV, though, and not standing and screaming alongside middle-aged Texans in the vicious cold outside the show's Rockefeller Center digs. My view was from the middle of the set, between two hulking broadcast cameras, as the three anchors wrapped up a segment. I don't remember what they were talking about, only that as soon as they threw to commercial, I was suddenly walking up to Al Roker, the show's anchor and weatherman and all-around hilariously weird dude. Just as he bent over to grab something from underneath the set's table, a voice I couldn't see said, "hey Al, say hi to Periscope."
Roker looked directly at me, and smiled. "Heyyy, Periscope. How ya doing, Periscope?"
In a week of beta-testing Periscope, the live-streaming app that Twitter bought for a reported $100 million early this year and is officially launching today, I've seen a lot of crazy things. I've watched astronaut Chris Hadfield's feet as he lay on the beach in Playa del Carmen. (He has a weird big toe.) I've gotten a tour of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's operating room. I've watched venture capitalist Megan Quinn wander around Croatia and attempt to pronounce the name of its capital, Zagreb. I've seen Tim Ferriss, he of the four-hour workweek and various other crazy self-hacks, show off his screwed-up shoulder, then go through the long regimen he's using to help it heal. I've lounged inside the pit of an orchestra as a french horn tooted away. And I've absorbed hours of mundanity—the walking down the street, the dogs, the out-the-window shots of bridges and buildings—from the odd mix of Twitter employees, journalists, and celebrities (Tyra Banks!) allowed into the beta.
Like any good citizen of an app designed to stream quick and simple moments in our lives, I've also turned my phone's rear camera into a window to my world. I walked upstream through the throngs of people heading to work in downtown New York City. I asked for commiseration as I walked the two blocks and six flights of stairs that I trekked back and forth, from my apartment to the car, as my girlfriend and I prepared to move out of New York City. I watched a delightfully gruff old man fix a pair of shoes, and a couple of strangers watched with me.
Periscope is consensual voyeurism. That's not a new idea—millions use Twitch to watch other people play videogames, while YouTube, UStream, and a dozen others have tried to make businesses out of live-streaming video—but it feels like the right platform and the right time. We all have smartphones now, with good cameras and fast LTE connections. And we're desperate for more unmediated access to the people we care about.
Any doubts about the demand for something like Periscope can be answered by looking at Meerkat, a live-streaming app that has, in the weeks since it launched, shown its users how cool it can be when people invite you into brief, almost always totally unstaged and unmediated moments in their lives. That's what Periscope promises, too, plus the ability to put the viewer in the director's chair and actually participate in the stream. It's more immediate than Twitter, Instagram, even Snapchat. It's life, right now, through anyone's eyes I choose. It's intoxicating.
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The idea for Periscope began in the summer of 2013, as Kayvon Beykpour was planning a trip to Istanbul. He'd quit his job at the education-tech giant Blackboard, which had acquired his startup more than four years earlier, and decided to travel the world.
Just before Beykpour left, however, protests broke out in Taksim Square—near the hotel he was scheduled to check into—and quickly turned from peaceful to violent. He dove into TV news and Twitter, trying to figure out if it was safe for him to go to Istanbul. But all he got were the craziest images, the most dramatic stories, not the answer to his real question: what's actually going on outside my hotel? Is it safe? There are probably thousands of people with smartphones and high-speed connections in Taksim Square right now, he figured. Why couldn't he see what they were seeing in real time?
He eventually made it to Istanbul, and came back with an idea. He and co-founder Joe Bernstein began to build the app that would become Periscope. After experimenting with a prototype that involved dropping a pin on a map and hoping someone replied with photos, the pair settled on creating a live-streaming app that would let you broadcast what you were seeing to anyone in the world, in real time.
The mechanics of Periscope are really simple: tap a button, and start streaming whatever your camera lens sees. Anyone who follows you gets a notification to tune in (you can also host a private broadcast for a few selected people), and they can watch in the app or any web browser. Some streamers are silent, others prefer to narrate the action. Some streams are selfies, which makes onlookers feel like they're in a Baby Bjorn attached to the broadcaster's chest, watching them talk down into the camera.
If that sounds a lot like Meerkat, that's because it is, with a few key differences. Meerkat becomes useless as soon as a broadcast ends; there are no profiles, no timeline, no nothing outside of what's live at this moment. Periscope is a much more complete experience. It's better-looking, for one, with a super-clean interface, the Facebook to Meerkat's flashing-neon MySpace. When you open up Periscope, you immediately see a grid of live broadcasts from people you're following, and people Periscope thinks you might like to follow. Below the grid is a timeline of past broadcasts; one big advantage for Periscope over Meerkat is that it lets you save a stream for up to 24 hours when you're finished, just like Snapchat Stories, so people won't miss anything. User profiles don't really exist right now, but Beykpour says Periscope is building them out. He keeps using Beyonce as an example, like: how cool will it be to go catch up on Beyonce's spontaneous streams and behind-the-scenes footage?
As you're watching someone stream, you can leave comments, which the Broadcaster (in Periscope parlance) can see and respond to. This, Beykpour says, is the app's real secret sauce. "The magic moment of Periscope is not when you see video for the first time," he says. "Because you've experienced that before, whether it's YouTube or another live broadcasting tool. The magic moment for Periscope is when you as viewer say something and you end up influencing the broadcast." With most streaming apps, from Meerkat to Livestream, there's a long gap between when something is captured and when it actually appears on your screen. It makes for awkward, asynchronous interactions, because one of you is way behind. Meerkat's commenting feature is crushed by that latency, which never goes below about ten seconds and often goes much higher; Periscope worked to get streaming latency down to as little as two seconds, which means you really can converse with the broadcaster in real time.
That interaction isn't just limited to text. If you like a Periscope broadcast, you don't drop a solitary fav or thumbs-up. You mete out your approval with hearts, and you can do it over and over and over. And over. In one five-minute broadcast, I got 34 hearts from one person. (I love you too, whoever you are.) A performance from the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus at Twitter's offices received a constant stream of different-colored hearts on the bottom-right side of the screen throughout the whole performance. It's a clever way to approximate cheering someone on, saying "you're doing great!" while they perform.
"The hearts were born out of an observation that being on stage is just really hard," Beykpour says. "It's anxiety-inducing." There's a dopamine hit that comes from seeing the hearts on the screen as you broadcast, enticing you to keep going or do it again.
Periscope is all about the love: hearts are the service's most visible number, measuring not just how many people like your broadcasts but how violently they like them. There's even a list of the "Most Loved" users. #1 in the beta-tester group? Ryan Goodman, a design exec at Twitter. Mark Cuban, Tony Hawk, and Felicia Day are all in the top ten.
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Beykpour says he had no interest in selling Periscope when it started, or even as talks began with Twitter. But the union actually makes perfect sense. Twitter's always been about immediacy, and Periscope removes even the tiny frictions found in character limits and empty text boxes. You don't need to explain it, or capture it—just let people see what you're seeing.
Beykpour assures me that Periscope is an independent entity within Twitter. It has its own team, its own app, even its own offices. The app does have some connection to its new parent, suggesting people for you to follow and (once it's officially live) automatically tweeting to your followers whenever you start a stream. Then, whenever someone you follow starts broadcasting, you get a notification that they're live. When you're watching a broadcast, you can also quickly invite a few or all of your followers to watch with you; it's the digital version of "get over here, you gotta see this!" There will be nice-looking Twitter cards for live broadcasts, too—being part of the Flock does have its perks.
Oddly, though, Periscope has fewer ties to Twitter than its main competitor. Before Twitter shut down its API access, Meerkat snagged huge growth by aping your entire network, following everyone in Meerkat you've followed on Twitter. Beykpour says Periscope intentionally doesn't do that. "The visibility that you get is significant, but at the risk of being downright spammy," he says. Push notifications are the whole reason an app like Periscope or Meerkat can work—they solve the synchronicity problem that killed apps like Justin.tv, because now I know immediately when you're broadcasting—but if they're not "a good push notification citizen," Beykpour says, people will just turn them off. He's not wrong: a lot of Meerkat users have already complained about its incredible notification spam. Periscope does have a bit of the same problem right now, though. I only follow a couple dozen people, and my phone's already dinging constantly with that weird Periscope-y chirp.
Meerkat's growth is hard to ignore: it was the darling of this year's SXSW conference, and has raised $12 million to do exactly what Beykpour wants. Hell, their names even evoke the same thing: something sticking its funny-looking head up, looking around to see what's going on. Periscope is in most ways a better app, but it does feel a bit a bit like déjà vu.
Late last week, for instance, I watched Jimmy Fallon rehearse his Tonight Show monologue. I was a little late to the party: by the time I got a Meerkat notification on my phone and started watching, Fallon was already in full swing. He was talking about Kevin Pillar, the Toronto Blue Jays outfielder who apparently sneezed so hard he strained a muscle and couldn't play. "When asked about the injury," Fallon said, "he hiccuped and passed away." I laughed, the audience laughed. The joke worked. And he'd say it again later, this time in a suit and in front of a big blue curtain, on the show.
I get a heads up from Meerkat about Fallon's monologue rehearsal almost every day now, because that's what he uses. And I tap it, because I want to watch it regardless of Fallon's chosen app. Meerkat's already caught on with some important people, and Periscope isn't so obviously better that it will destroy the competition on impact. Especially not when the the competition has a slight head start. For now, having both Periscope and Meerkat on your phone is easy enough, and as people continue to learn about live-streaming in general, each probably benefits from the other. But eventually, as the apps try to build larger and more exclusive social networks, it's hard to imagine two live-streaming apps both winning out. Beykpour wasn't first, but he thinks Periscope can be the last one standing.
He's got time to figure it out. There's a lot left to be perfected with the Periscope experience. The app has some basic content controls—you can block users, or report broadcasts for abuse—but it's going to be an uphill battle to police live broadcasts that evaporate. And, at some point, it's going to have to figure out how to make money. Beykpour says that's the furthest thing from his mind right now, but it can't be long before we're watching sponsored stream of someone eating Taco Bell, right?
Well, at least—oh, hang on, sorry. This guy is singing in the subway station—he's amazing, you gotta see this. I'll be live in two seconds.


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Banks earned large profits as they
refocused their operations, often
pursuing high-wealth clients on
the consumer side of the business
and serving the medium and
smaller organizations of rising
entrepreneurs on the business side.
Because of ongoing revelations of past
misdeeds, banks continued to suffer from
a massive deficit in consumer trust even as
consumers patronized banks, believing that
their money was protected, if not by the bank
then by government guarantees.
Restoring consumer trust was important to
safeguard the brand, lift internal morale and
sustain growth, at least in the case of retail
banks. In some instances, CEOs proclaimed
a higher vision aimed at both internal and
external audiences.
Not known for their innovation, banks
became even more risk averse under the in-house
scrutiny of government regulators. But
the rest of the business world did not pause
while the banks sorted themselves.
Instead, Alipay, a banking function of
Alibaba, and Apple Pay were only the most
publicized examples of how non-traditional
players nibbled at the perimeter of banking
and portended category disruption and
The post-crash regulatory environment
raised two key questions: in what businesses
do banks want to operate, and in what
businesses can they operate? Generally,
global banks concentrated on three
businesses – commercial, investment
and retail banking – but their levels of
involvement varied by bank.
Regulations and consumer pressure
made it more difficult to be in the most
profitable business, investment banking.
Banks attempted to resolve the tension
between being a highly profitable investment
bank and strictly adhering to their social
responsibility values.
Banks divested some businesses because
they were unprofitable or because of the
regulatory burden. With exceptions like
Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Morgan
Stanley, many investment banks ceased equity
trading. Citi returned strong profits, even as
the bank streamlined many of its operations.
Many banks pursued wealth management
business. Leveraging its heritage in
international trade, HSBC cultivated
relationships with high-wealth individuals
among its commercial clients to build its
personal banking and wealth management
Businesses of small and medium size, with
an annual revenue of $50 to $500 million,
increasingly interested HSBC and many
other commercial banks, as governments
in developing markets sought to drive their
economies by financing entrepreneurial,
often family-owned operations.
Santander prospered as Spain's economy
strengthened. Economic growth in the
US helped balance the slowdown in Brazil
and elsewhere in Latin America. Spain's
economic recovery also boosted the
financial results of BBVA, the country's
second largest bank.
Following years of post-financial crisis
restructuring, the large Dutch bank ING
reported strong earnings, repaid its
government bailout early and passed the
European stress test.
But even as the banks prospered, they faced
potential threats as the industry transformed
faster than banks innovated. A growing
market of young people with above average
income transacted most of their financial
affairs online, and not always with banks.
As home ownership or family formation
complicates their financial needs and they
need a banking relationship, these younger
consumers may favor the Internet brands
with which they transact business everyday.
Internet brands could own the consumer
payment relationship, even if banks remain
the clearing house for all the transactions. In
that situation, the banks would gain fees and
interest revenue, but they'd perform more
like a utility.
The infiltration into banking by online
brands could quickly penetrate beyond
payment systems. Regulations that restrict
some banking activities don't apply to the
online brands, at least for now. Easy Internet
access also eliminates the viability of banks
as financial supermarkets. Any one-stop
shopping will happen online.
The impact of Internet brands on banking
is already evident in China, where online
leaders like Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu
offer mobile apps that make banking easier
and more nimble than interacting with a
large, highly regulated bank. (Please see the
regional banks story.)
The entry of nontraditional players could
threaten not only the key profit drivers of
banks, but also their fundamental role as the
gatherers and custodians of savings and fees
from transacting.
Banks potentially could be squeezed into
gaining just cost recovery and a small margin
– a utility business – unless they preempt
the Internet brands in forming banking
relationships with the younger generation of
Responding to changing demographics is
also critical. Aging boomers are entering a
phase of their lives when they're no longer
increasing their assets, but rather drawing
down their savings. The younger affluent
consumers will become the source of
savings deposits.
As many of these consumers for the first
time face major financial decisions, brand
and trust become important. Banks have the
requisite knowledge but the social networks
have the customer relationships.
Re-establish trust.
This can happen through: a) massive
cultural change; b) hiring nonbanking
people (including C-suite)
who understand the hopes, dreams
and fears of consumers, not just their
financial affairs; c) rewarding staff on
attitude over performance.
Determine focus.
Banks need to decide where they want
to make their profit going forward. Do
they want to double down on the things
they can be successful at, or do they
want to be part of the broader financial
conversation and provide services to
Create a clear vision.
Banks need to articulate a vision for the
business, ensuring that leaders walk the
talk and develop the internal behaviors
aligned with the vision. They need to
design everything – systems, products,
processes, pricing, promises and
communications – through a customer
experience lens. Then banks need to
simplify, simplify, simplify.
The Brand Value of global banks
declined 5 percent over the past 10
years, while the Brand Value of regional
banks almost doubled, and the Top 100
brands overall grew 126 percent.
This divergence in the value growth of
global and regional banks reflects the
fact that regionals were less impacted
by the worldwide financial crisis and
buoyed by faster growing Asian markets,
particularly China.
But neither the global nor regional
banks did a good job of ingratiating
themselves to consumers. The global
banks declined in being trusted and
increased in being seen as dishonest,
arrogant and uncaring. Regional banks
declined in their level of desirability,
trust, and difference while being seen as
more uncaring.
Consumer perception of banks did
not turn sharply negative until the
last few years, suggesting that during
the economic downturn, consumers
waited for banks to reform themselves,
and when they saw little change, lost
Consumers probably didn't discriminate
between global and regional bank
brands but rather viewed them both as
large financial institutions that did little
to earn trust. This general perception
subjected all brands to a category
Global Banks - Top 10 Total Brand Value $120.8 BILLION
Category Definition
The bank category, which includes
both retail and investment
institutions, is split into two
segments, with the brands classified
as either global or regional. Global
banks are defined as deriving at least
40 percent of revenue from business
outside their home market.
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Top 100 Report
Top 100 Chart
Top 100 Infographic
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Police were called to a report of a car that had struck a light pole in the median on Beloit Avenue south of Venture Drive at 2:53 a.m. Saturday.
Police said the driver of the car, Janice A. Rook, 32, admitted to drinking prior to the accident and failed field sobriety tests. Police said an open bottle of vodka was found in the passenger compartment.
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How To Cope With Bereavement
Coping with bereavement is a distressing time in anyone's situation and people learn to deal with their own grief in their own individual ways. There is no right or wrong way to grieve for your loved ones and peoples experience of grief is unique to each person. It is important to know that no matter where you are with coping with your bereavement, that you are not alone.
What is Grieving?
Grief is your bodies emotional response to coping with the passing of a loved one or something you cared for. Whether this grief has occurred from a sudden passing or it was expected, the pain of losing your loved ones can be deeply overwhelming. Grief can cause you to feel a wide range of different emotions.
Grief can occur if you are significantly affected by a change that has happened in your life. For example, if you have become a carer to your loved one, you can grieve the loss of things you once could do but now cannot have time for. Or your loved one can feel grief for a decline in their health, causing them to be unable to do something they once could.
The grieving process is a highly personal experience and overtime you can learn to cope with the loss but it is not clear how it can affect you or how long it can last unless you take precautions overtime to try and adjust to your new life.
What is Anticipatory Grief?
Anticipatory grief can occur if you or someone you care deeply for is diagnosed with a terminal illness. This grief is the process of beginning to mourn prior to the impending loss. This type of grief can be difficult to deal with especially when attempting to stay as positive as possible to support the person who is ill.
On the other hand of this, the person who was diagnosed with the illness can also be affected by anticipatory grief, where they grieve their own impending loss of life and prepare to say goodbye to their loved ones.
How To Grieve Over The Loss Of The Home
Grieve can also take place if your family member or friend has been living in their home for a large duration of their life but are now moving out. Their home can hold many fond memories of their life which has gone beyond their possessions to the actual building itself.
In some circumstances, they may be forced to move following the death of a partner, which will cause two series of grief at one given time. This can make the process of grief worse if they are only able to carry a small amount of possessions with them to their new accommodation.
It is important in such a situation, to defer any major decisions about moving for several months after the initial bereavement to provide a more painless process for your loved one. Moving to a new property so soon after the loss of a loved one can interrupt the grieving process and can make the bereaved individual feel cut off from their old comforting surroundings.
The Grieving Process
Grieving for a loved one is unique to any individual suffering the loss of a loved one. There is no right way to grieve and every person will approach loss in a different way. But when you grieve for the loss of a loved one, you can experience any of all of these emotions:
- Feeling numb
- Denial
- Acceptance and relief
- Yearning and searching
- Repeating the event
- Restlessness or disturbed sleep
- Loss of confidence
- Guilt
- Anger
- Profound sadness and depression
How Long Can Grief Last
There is no duration of how long grief should last due to each case being so different depending on how well the person heals. Overtime most people find that the good days will begin to outweigh the bad ones, making it easier to look forwards rather than backwards to remember the good times shared.
Learning to cope with bereavement in any situation is very painful and may take far longer than you initially expected but the initial distressing grief will not last forever.
How To Cope With Bereavement
Coping with your own grief can be difficult, especially if you are taking care of a parent of other close relative or friend.
- Look after yourself
- Create a routine and stick to it
- Try not to be anxious about how you are feeling
- Try not to upset or offend anyone
- Try not to feel rejected
- Don't be embarrassed to seek help
- It's okay to laugh
- Remember that people grieve differently and at different paces
- Only do things when you are ready
- Keeping talking to your loved one for comfort
How To Support Someone Grieving
If you are supporting someone grieving, it is important to be there for them by proactively offering to do things as opposed to stating you are simply there for them.
In the beginning of their grief, it is important to prepare to just sit there with them even if they are not yet ready to talk, simply being in their company can help them to not feel alone in their grief. When they are ready to then speak, they will speak to you and it is important to actively listen. If your loved one asks you a question you feel you don't know how to answer, then don't, they will have a lot of questions but it is okay to say you aren't sure. If you have suffered your own bereavement, it may feel right to share your own experience, but this doesn't always help the other person, it can just open up further questioning of their own situation.
As weeks go by, it is important to keep inviting the bereaved individual to events to continue their development, especially when it comes to special dates such as Christmas, birthdays or anniversaries.
Support When Grieving
If you or a relative feel you need extra support to help you come to terms with the loss of your loved one, there are many different support options available to you.
Many local charities offer bereavement support over the telephone, email or internet forums and some even offer face-to-face support. Some funeral directors churches or other faith organisations organisations and hospices also offer bereavement support. If you are feeling as though your grief has brought you to physically and mentally feel unwell, you can also speak with your GP who can offer you medical advice.


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Mom's Touching Tribute To Son With End Stage Renal Disease
It is a pair of shoes that has gotten Jessica Schrank through so many sad, scary and hopeless moments. And it is those same "Riley shoes" that give her so much hope.
They are tan and they are not flashy, just plain, comfortable shoes.
They are the shoes Jessica Schrank wore when her son, Hudson, was rushed to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health after being diagnosed with end-stage renal disease.
"These were the shoes that I slipped on in the morning, rushed to Riley to spend each and every possible moment I could with my baby," Jessica says, "not knowing if I would ever be bringing him home."
Hudson, who was born in March of 2016 with the last stage of chronic kidney disease, is on 10 hours of nightly peritoneal dialysis. He is fed completely by a gastrostomy tube. He takes nine daily medicines and he has weekly therapy appointments and monthly follow-up appointments and blood work done at Riley.
The 22-month-old is full of smiles, even with all he has to go through. He is a ray of sunshine. And Hudson is awaiting a kidney transplant to save his life, hopefully this spring, from his dad Bryan Schrank.
The other day, someone suggested Jessica Schrank throw away those worn out, tan shoes. But she just can't. And she wrote a touching tribute about what they mean to her.
"I know so many moms and dads of Riley patients can relate," Jessica says. "I hope it brings encouragement to them."
My Riley Shoes, By Jessica Schrank
The other day as I was taking Hudson to Riley I couldn't find my shoes. You know, the tan ones -- my Riley shoes.
I have worn these shoes since the beginning.
When Hudson first got transferred to Riley Hospital for Children, these were my most comfortable shoes. They were newer, but broken in and I knew I could make it a whole day wearing them without my feet hurting.
These were the shoes that I slipped on in the morning, rushed to Riley to spend each and every possible moment I could with my baby, not knowing if I would ever be bringing him home.
These were the shoes I had on my feet as the day ended, wearily walking away, leaving my baby behind to go back home as my other children needed me, too.
These were the shoes I was wearing when we got to bring him home.
And these are the shoes I wore when he had to go back and back and back again.
As I slip my feet in my shoes on the way out the door, I always say a little prayer asking for protection on our ride to Riley. And I remind myself that I've got this. God's got this.
As I park in my usual third floor, left side of the parking structure and head in, I say another little prayer asking God to please let my baby only have to be poked once. And if not once, please no more than twice.
These are the shoes I'm wearing as I've held my baby down to be poked with needles for blood draws or IVs over and over and over again. These are the shoes I'm wearing as I sit patiently in doctor's offices going from appointment to appointment. Bouncing, walking, swaying, singing -- anything to keep Hudson entertained and somewhat quiet.
These are the shoes that I'm wearing when we often had to stay longer than we wanted.
Someone said, "It's time for a new pair of shoes." But I'm not ready to throw them out yet. These are the shoes I was wearing on the hardest days of my life, full of dried tears and so many memories.
As I slip my feet in these shoes for each and every appointment, I know I can make it through the day without aching, weary and exhausted. They remind me of how far we've come. How far I've come. And they remind me I've got this because God's got this.
If you look closely, you'll see the spots of my son's splattered blood, the dried stains of vomit and the holes from the many hours of rocking him in hospital chairs. Yet, these are the shoes I come home in and slip off and say another prayer thanking God that we are home sleeping in our own beds tonight.
These are the shoes I'm wearing while I hold my baby and look down to see him smiling after all he's been through.
These shoes, you know the tan ones, dirty, worn, weary, but full of hope ones? Yes, these are my Riley shoes.
-- Compiled by Dana Benbow, Senior Journalist at IU Health.
Reach Benbow via email email@example.com or on Twitter @danabenbow.


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Old School Ties by Kate Harrison
Women's Fiction
Tracey Mortimer was the Queen of her high school. When Tracey spots an
ad to make a reality TV show about the perfect school reunion, she jumps
at the chance. Tracey is a suburban housewife with a cheating husband
and two kids who dislike her.
When Tracey starts to get in
touch with her old schoolmates she is not prepared for the outcome. It
turns out that Tracey was a bully. She terrorized, humiliated and
treated her classmates awfully. What is really sad is that Tracey does
not even realize what she has done.
Will there even be a reunion?
I felt absolutely not one whiff of sympathy for Tracey. She should get
everything back in spades. Also it might be nice if she grew a brain.
Not my fav of reads
First Line: "Last night, when the third gin and tonic finally knocked the sharp edges off the day, I dared to look in the mirror."


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Arrow S02 E06: "Keep Your Enemies Closer"
At last, we're going to find out where Oliver got his Russian mob cred, and where he got that Bratva tattoo, as the crew takes a trip to Russia. Almost sounds like an "I Love Lucy" episode, doesn't it? Just not as funny.
In our opening sequence, after some Lucy style secret identity shenanigans with Summer Glau's Isabel Rochev, Arrow and his sidekick, um, snitch, um, sidekick, Roy Harper bust up some counterfeiters in short order. In the midst of it, and here's where it gets good, Diggle gets kidnapped.
Diggle gets kidnapped by dudes namedropping Task Force X, the Suicide Squad's official codename, and answering to Mockingbird, who gave orders to the Secret Six in the comics. When he comes to, he is confronted by, da da da dum, a very svelte looking Amanda Waller, played by Cynthia Addai-Robinson, who you might remember as Naevia from "Spartacus," which also starred our Deathstroke, Manu Bennett.
Waller, who Diggle identifies as being with ARGUS, tells him that Lyla has vanished after following up some leads in Russia. Specifically Lyla was tracking Deadshot for Diggle. Waller, who also knows what Diggle and Oliver Queen do with their nights, wants Lyla extracted. So much for sightseeing in Russia, it sounds like it's all business.
Back on flashback island, or more accurately, the Amazo boat, Professor Ivo interrogates Oliver with Sarah present. It seems that the island was where a Japanese World War II secret super soldier formula is, and Ivo's looking for it. The formula, that gifts super strength and enhanced regeneration, is called Mirakuru – miracle.
Or is that Miraclo? With the recent announcement of an Hourman series possibly in development, I can't help but wonder if The Flash isn't the only back door pilot being prepped here… For those who don't know your Golden Age comic lore, Miraclo is the drug that Hourman takes to gain super strength, super stamina, and yes, even regenerative abilities for one hour.
Dylan Neal's dad next door portrayal of Anthony Ivo is extremely creepy when you think about this guy was up to in the comics, and what he's probably up to here. There is just this very scary chord of quiet menace in his performance. Factoid: Neal played a character ironically linked to Amanda Waller back on the CW's "Smallville." And could the sadistic Captain of the Amazo… be the future Amazo??
Back in the present, Wendy and Marvin, ahem, I mean Isabel insists on tagging along to Russia with the Arrowcave trio. It's like a sitcom setup almost, and infuriating. They have to avoid Isabel while trying to find Lyla and Deadshot. Let me tell you, this does not make Summer Glau any more likable or tolerable. She is even less likable drunk, and downright hatable as a one night stand.
We do get the goods on how Oliver is a Bratva captain. Anatoli Knyazev, known as the KGBeast in the comics, was his prison mate on the Amazo boat. Oliver saved his life, and was rewarded with tattoo and rank. Anatoli helps them find Lyla and Deadshot, beginning Diggle's brief prison movie inside the show. In the end, everyone gets saved, but Diggle can't kill Deadshot.
However Diggle does learn who hired Deadshot to kill his brother. In a reveal that may bring some loose ends full circle to a knot, Deadshot says he was hired by H.I.V.E. Not in the comics, but in the "Teen Titans" cartoon, the H.I.V.E. was run by a guy called Brother Blood. Da da dum.
On the subplot track, Jean Loring makes her third appearance as Moira Queen's attorney. This is the first time however I was aware of her name. This is Jean Loring?? I was very surprised. Teryl Rothery is a beautiful but older woman, but based on the character's previous mention ('Ray and Jean'), I would have assumed she was younger, much younger, a contemporary, a peer, of Laurel and Oliver. Let's just hope she's not being paid in white dwarfs or black diamonds…
The Blood Rush mini-adventure starring Felicity and Roy, and sponsored by Bose, is dumb. There I said it. It's out of continuity, confusing, and dumb. Just give the actors more screen time in the real show and give the audience a real Bose commercial. Otherwise, this is a waste of time.
Speaking of dumb and waste of time, it seems that Felicity is being groomed for the role of Oliver's romantic interest, or worse than that, his fawning crush. She tells him he deserves better, regarding Isabel. I'd like to tell the producers that Felicity deserves better than this kind of crap. Come on. Make Felicity a strong female character on television, not another one of Oliver's failed attempts at a relationship.
Next week: The return of (The) Count (and) Vertigo!


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Afghanistan: Why Civilians are Killed? A People's War: Not a "War on Terror"Posted: June 10, 2011 Filed under: Illegal Occupation, War Crimes | Tags: Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, NATO, Obama's Wars 1 Comment
by Prof. James Petras
Published: Jun. 09, 2011 – Global Research
The recent rash of civilian killings by NATO forces in occupied Afghanistan raises several basic questions: Why do US – NATO air and ground forces kill so many civilians, so persistently, over such long stretches of time, in regions throughout the country? Why have the number of civilians killed, increased in the course of the conflict? Why do NATO-US airplanes continue to bomb civilian housing and village gatherings and ground troops indiscriminately assault homes and workshops? Why are the pleas of NATO collaborator President Karzai to desist in home bombings go unheeded? Finally, knowing that the killing of civilians, entire families including children, mothers and the elderly alienates the local population and breeds widespread and profound hostility, why do the NATO-US military refuse to alter their tactics and strategy?
Explanations and Excuses for Civilian Killings:
Apologists for the NATO killings of civilians are as abundant as their explanations are lacking in substance. Pentagon spokespeople speak of "accidents", "errors of war", "collateral damage"; media pundits blame the guerrilla fighters for engaging in warfare in areas populated by civilians; neo-conservative academics and their "think tank" colleagues blame Islamic fundamentalism for converting villagers to their cause and "forcing" NATO to kill civilians in order to create martyrs and to use their deaths as a recruiting device.
These patently superficial explanations raise more questions than answers, or in some cases, inadvertently refute the justification for the entire war. The "error of war" argument begs a more basic question: what kind of war is NATO-US engaged in that constantly finds the guerrillas 'melting' into the population, while the occupation breaks down doors and perceives each and every household as a possible sanctuary, or outpost of the resistance? What kind of military relies on high altitude fighter planes and pilotless planes directed from distant command posts to attack population centers, in which commerce, farming and household economies engage the population? Clearly only an army of occupation, an imperial army, is willing to repeatedly sacrifice a multitude of civilians to kill a single or a few suspected combatants. Only a military operating in a hostile civilian environment is going to assume that lodged behind every door of every home there is an "enemy"; that every family is sheltering a combatant; that it is better to "go in shooting" then to risk a bullet in the gut. 'Accidents of war' do not 'just happen' for an entire decade, covering an entire country. The killing of civilians is a result of a war of imperial conquest against an entire people who resist the occupation in whatever form is appropriate to their circumstance. The pilots and ground troops recognize that they are a hostile alien force, whose presence is commanded from above by Generals and politicians dealing with abstract schemes of 'terrorists-linked to Al Qaeda' that have no relation to the dense web of personal bonds of solidarity between resistance fighters and civilians on the ground in Afghanistan.
Working from these abstract categories, the strategists label extended family compounds as 'hideouts'; family gatherings as 'terrorist meetings'; trade caravans as 'guerilla smugglers'. The conflicting interests of the imperial politicians, generals, strategists and military officers on the one hand and the civilian population and resistance form an immense gap. The greater the number of civilian/combatants killed the faster the career advances for imperial officers –eager for promotions and prized pensions. "Success", according to the imperial world view is measured internationally by the number of client rulers; nationally by the number of flags pinned to the war maps denoting 'secure cities'; and locally by the body counts of massacred families.
On the ground, among the millions in intimate family and clan circles, where sorrow and anger co-exist, resistance in all of its manifold forms unfolds: Sacred vows and the profane pledges to 'fight on' grow out of the millions of daily humiliations affecting young and old, wives and husbands, in homes, markets, roads and by-ways. The hostile stare of a mother sheltering an infant from soldiers breaking into a bedroom is as telling as the crackle of gunfire of a sniper hidden in a mountain crevice.
A People's War: Not a War on Terror
The killing of civilians is not "accidental". The fundamental reason that so many civilians are killed, everyday, in every region for over a decade, is because the civilians and the combatants are indistinguishable. The image of the Afghan combatants as some kind of footloose professional bomb throwing terrorist is completely off the mark. Most Afghan fighters have families, cultivate farmland and tend herds; they raise families and attend mosque; they are 'part-time civilians' and part-time fighters. Only in the schematic minds of the "great strategists of war" in the Pentagon and NATO headquarters do such distinctions exist. Their deadly military mission to 'save the people from terrorist fundamentalists', a self-serving self-deception, is, in fact, a ladder up the military-political hierarchy. Each step up depends on waging a 'just war' to a successful conclusion.
The civilian-combatants are a mass popular phenomenon. How else can we explain their capacity to sustain armed resistance for over a decade, indeed, advancing with the passing of time? How can we explain their military success against the armed forces and advisers from 40 countries, including the US , Europe and a clutch of Afro-Asian-Latin American mercenaries? How can we explain the growing resistance despite suffering from military occupation, backed by the most advanced technological instruments of war? How can we explain the ebb of popular support for the war in the 'Conqueror's country and the growing number of recruits for the Resistance? The combatants have the loyalty of the Afghan people; they do not have to spend billions to buy the spurious 'loyalties' of mercenaries who can and have at any moment 'turned their guns the other way'.
Weddings are bombed because combatants attend weddings – along with hundreds of relatives and friends. Villages are bombed because peasants cultivate crops, which contribute to the resistance. Civilian shelters become military sanctuaries. Afghanistan is polarized: the US military versus a people in arms. Faced with this reality, the real policy of NATO-Pentagon is to rule or/and ruin. Each bomb killing dozens of civilians in search of one sharpshooter deepens the isolation and discredit of the puppet ruler. "President" Karzai has seen his mission of building a 'civilian base' to reconstruct the country utterly discredited. His impotent complaints to NATO to cease bombing civilian targets fall on deaf ears; because the NATO command knows very well that 'the civilians' are the 'deep resistance' – the vast reserve of support for the combatants; their eyes and ears far excel all the electronic intelligence devices of the Occupier. Just as Karzai cannot convince the civilians to turn against the combatants so he cannot convince the imperial armies to stop bombing civilian homes and gatherings.
Washington knows that with each withdrawal (or retreat), the terrain, the towns and villages are occupied by resistance fighters who emerge from everywhere. The best that the US-NATO politicians can negotiate is a safe orderly departure. The best that they can hope is that their local collaborators do not defect or flee abroad prematurely turning over billions of dollars in military ordinance to the resistance. The best the collaborators can hope is that they will secure an exit route, a visa, an overseas account and a comfortable second home abroad. What is absolutely clear is that the US , NATO and its collaborators will have no role to play in the newly independent Afghanistan .
Source: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25191
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One Comment on "Afghanistan: Why Civilians are Killed? A People's War: Not a "War on Terror""
Blatant disinformation! Behind this is the corrupt, wicked Rothchild's empire, the English crown,and their criminal central bank economic mafia and thugocracy, which Obama is a groomed psychopath CIA operative and the US forces expendable cannon fodder. Currently, they are HAARP bombing the crap out of the American heartland but it is not even getting reported. If you are too stupid to see this then keep believing this crap they are shoving down the throats of the blind, deaf, and dumb. THEY ARE AT WAR WITH EVERY MAN, WOMEN, AND CHILD ON THE EARTH! The code announcment for their endgame was "Osama bin Laden is dead". What they started in the Gulf of Mexico they are taking to all Americans and what they started in Greece they are taking to all of Europe and they are suceeding beyond their wildest dreams.
Expect a war with Iran, the complete destruction of the regular US forces, famine on a global scale, diseases right out of the lab, and genocide of at least a half of the world's population. Only a complete mass rebellion would stop this madness now. This is what we've got because we believed the lie of paper wealth and let our countries be led into YID usuary to the present day complete economic collapse.


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Kitchen tools and cooking utensils are made from different materials like plastic, wood, stainless steel, aluminum and others. In recent years, silicone kitchen tools were introduced into the market. Silicone kitchen tools and cooking utensils have characteristics that offer some advantages over their metal, plastic, rubber or wooden counterparts. Most of the silicone products come in bright colors.It can withstand very high heat with non-stick surfaces. Food safe and product. You don't have to worry that it will melt when you accidentally leave it in the pot for a while if you are using silicone turners, whisks or spatula in cooking. Silicone pot holders are perfect for use in taking out the dish from a very hot oven.Because of the non-porous characteristic silicone cooking utensils are stain-resistant and doesn't retain odors or colors
Today's new fashion trend in kitchen is colorful silicone kitchenware that attract attention with its visibility. Apart from cake molds, products such as egg brushes, tongs, spoons, silicone products, steel and teflon molds, metal tongs, wooden spoons have been removed from the shelves. Silicone is a healthy and hygienic raw material obtained as a result of liquefaction of silica sand which is a raw material of glass. The average melting temperature of silicon is 357°C. For this reason, such a flexible material can be used surprisingly in the oven. Even if metal molds are used under normal conditions, deformations resulting from their use are no longer sticky and healthy after a short period of time. Silicon cake molds can be used for many years as long as the package leaflet is followed. Even if plastic containers are not used in the ovens, but they become harmful to human health by interacting with the hot food inside. Glass containers are actually the most reliable, healthiest containers, but they have the property of breaking, cracking and adhering to materials touching the surface. Silicone containers do not contain carcinogenic substances 100% liquid silicone (LSR), the product is absolutely taste and odor-proof. And again 100% silicone containers do not contain carcinogenic substances. There are no harmful substances in human health. It is flexible and practical. It does not crack, it can be used for years. It does not stick to the materials touching its surface, so you do not need oil when you use it, so that you do not get unnecessary calories. It is even easier to get rid of the cooked cake than the teflon molds. The heat radiates quickly and steadily. Easy to clean, no detergent required. It can be used in oven, microwave oven, fridge and freezer between -25 and +220 C. Silicone baking molds seem to be very simple, but their production is very difficult and their investment costs are high.
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Introduction: Raspberry Pi Arcade Game High Score DIsplay for Multiple Locations
This Instructable will show you how to use a Raspberry Pi board with an existing computer monitor to create an arcade game high score display for your home or office. You and your family or your co-workers can keep an eye on the latest high scores and get into a little trash talkin'. Since the display pulls all of the information it needs from the internet, you can have multiple displays showing the same information or several with the differences you decide.
If you find this Instructable helpful then please vote for this in the Pie Day Contest. Thanks.
This project is a great use of an older 4:3 aspect ratio computer monitor and the low priced Raspberry Pi board, doesn't require any tools, and can create a little competition.
See the video of the display for a demo. Expand the video to full screen and set the quality to the top setting to see a better representation of the display.
FYI - The little blue square in the upper left corner is what is shown in the preview mode of the Presentation when you are viewing the display from the Rise Vision web site.
Step 1: Materials
Materials I used include the following:
- Raspberry Pi
- Raspberry Pi enclosure
- Wireless Adapter
- Keyboard
- HDMI Cable - I used a converter cable to go from HDMI to DVI for the monitor I used. It was about $7 on Amazon.
- USB Power Supply and Micro USB Cable (to power the Raspberry Pi)
- Any monitor - I used an older Dell monitor with a 1600x1200 resolution. You can pick up old monitors off of Craigslist very cheap. Often you can get them for $20 or $30. Once in a while even free.
- 3M Adhesive strips
The software I used for the display is called Rise Vision and is a digital signage company. Their web interface is relatively easy to use and it is free for basic accounts like the one I set up.
Step 2: Set Up the Raspberry Pi
I started by connecting a wireless keyboard that has a trackpad built in. It is a Logitech K400 keyboard. For me it worked right out of the box and it only uses one of the USB ports on the Raspberry Pi.
If you are using an older computer monitor that doesn't have an HDMI connection you can use an HDMI to DVI cable. I purchased mine from Amazon and it works great.
Raspberry Pi
I used a new Raspberry Pi B+ board that came with NOOBS memory card with the operating systems that you can pick from when you install the operating system. You have the choice of the following operating systems.
- Raspbian
- Arch
- OpenELEC
- Pidora
- RaspBMC
- Raspbian - Boot to Scratch
Connect the adapter for the wireless keyboard and wifi adapter.
Install the microSD card with the operating systems.
Connect to a tv or monitor with the appropriate cable.
Connect power to the raspberry PI.
You will get a screen that gives you the option to install one of the different operating systems.
I installed Raspbian operating system as that is what was recommended by Rise Vision - the company whose interface we are using.
Once installed you will get a Software Configuration Tool.
Option 2: In this window you can select to change the user password. I changed mine to "pi" to make it easy.
Option 3: Enable Boot to Desktop/Scratch. I selected the middle option of "Desktop Log In as user "pi" at the graphical desktop."
Option 4: Internationalisation Options. Select this to select your timezone.
Now you can select "Finish". You will be given the option to reboot. Select "Yes".
Step 3: Set Up WiFi
Open WiFi network app.
Select Scan.
double click on your network.
Enter your network password in the PSK field.
Check your WiFi connection by opening a terminal and enter PING GOOGLE.COM.
If you have any trouble with this step there are plenty of tutorials on how to get a wireless connection set up.
Step 4: Update and Configure the Operating System
Update the OS
Connect to the network using the hardwired connection, open a Terminal window, and enter the following:
sudo apt-get update
Once that is completed, enter this command into the Terminal window:
sudo apt-get upgrade
Now, make sure the whole Linux distribution is up-to-date. This step takes a while to complete. Enter this command into the Terminal window:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Once the distribution upgrade is complete, reboot the Pi.
sudo reboot
Turn off the Screensaver and Power Saver Settings
Open a Terminal window, and enter the following:
sudo nano /etc/kbd/config.
When the file opens, scroll through the file and change the appropriate lines to the following:
Save and close the file, and restart the Pi.
Type the following in the Terminal Window:
sudo reboot
Step 5: Install VNC
VNC is short for Virtual Network Computing and is a way for the Rise Vision platform to manage your digital display.
Vino is the name of the VNC we are going to install.
Install VNC and configure it to run on Startup
Open a Terminal window and enter the following:
sudo apt-get install vino
Once that is completed, type the following into a Terminal window:
The screen may flash and open a dialog box, but just close it.
Now, configure Vino to allow for remote connections, and set a password to enter when connecting by typing the following into a Terminal window: vino-preferences
Select your preferred options in the Preferences window.
Password was "rise"
Once that is all configured, this next portion you have to follow to the letter. Vino doesn't autostart with the Pi Operating System, so we need to configure that manually. Type the following into a Terminal window:
sudo leafpad /etc/sudoers.d/vsrv.sh &
Add this text to that file:
#! /bin/bash /usr/lib/vino/vino-server
Save and close that file. Now set it to be executable by entering this into the Terminal window:
sudo chmod +x /etc/sudoers.d/vsrv.sh
Next, add that file to the startup of the Pi by entering this into the Terminal window:
sudo leafpad /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart &
Add this text to the bottom of the autostart file:
All of the information in this step was taken from the Rise Vision web site, but has been added here for your convenience. Their web site has a lot of useful information that you can search since a lot of people have been through some of the same issues you might be going through.
Step 6: Install the Rise Vision Player and Registering Your Display
Install Java JRE
To install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) run the following command:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
Install Chromium
sudo apt-get install chromium
install the at package:
sudo apt-get install at
Installing the Rise Vision Player
Download the installation file from here.
Right click on the installation file, go to Properties, go to the Permissions tab, and check the "Make the file executable" checkbox.
Open a Terminal window, and enter the following while you are in the directory you downloaded the file to:
sudo ./rvplayer-installer.sh.
This install step can take a while so be patient.
Enter the super user password to complete the action.
Registering Your Display
Upon startup the Rise Vision Player will ask you to enter either a Display ID or Claim ID to connect your Display to the Platform.
Display ID – From the Rise Vision Platform click on Displays, then Add Display give it a name and click save. Copy the Display ID and enter it in the Rise Vision Player on startup.
Claim ID – From the Rise Vision Platform click on Settings, then find the Claim ID that is unique to your Company. Enter the Claim ID into the Rise Vision player on startup and then name your Display. This will automatically create the Display in the Rise Vision Platform for you. Learn more about setting up and managing Displays here.
Step 7: Rise Vision Setup
Setting up Rise Vision software on your computer is really based on your situation.
To create a display for your monitor or TV you first set up an account.
Next you click on the Presentations tab and create a new template by clicking ADD on the right side near the time of the page.
You start out with a blank presentation. You add items to it by clicking on the placeholder button and then defining the area your want on the screen.
At the bottom of the dialog box you will need to click ADD at the right side of the line that says Playlist is empty.
You can now add a variety of content such as text, images, video and Content. Select Content to add items in their catalog such as Google Spreadsheets, clocks, photo albums, Google Maps, etc.
You will need to scroll down through the list to get to some of the free content.
Once you hit Save you can then click on this placeholder region and move it around in your template.
To edit the placeholder and add content to it you right click on the region and select properties.
Click on the Displays tab to set up a display for your Raspberry Pi.
Click on Add Display on the right side and you will be prompted to give the display a name. You will also be able to enter the Display ID for your Raspberry Pi. This is important since it is how your presentation is tied to your specific Raspberry Pi.
Click on this tab to create a schedule of the display for your Raspberry Pi display create in the Displays tab. This is where you decide what templates to display and for how long each one is displayed.
Step 8: Create Your Template
Now it is time to create your template for what you want to display.
Go to the Presentations tab. This is where you set up your template.
My template has three sections displayed from a Google spreadsheet. More about that in the next step.
The first section shows a scrolling list of all of the high scores that are on the cocktail style arcade game in our office. It continuously scrolls through the game list and starts over when it gets to the end of the list.
The second section has a list of the 3 most recent high scores achieved.
The third section has the top seven people with the most high scores.
I recommend using Flickr to store your images. One has all of the old arcade flyer pictures. These are displayed as an image feed.
Use the photo album url from Flickr for your Photo Album Gadget in your Rise template.
I used the Photo Album gadget on the right side of the template to display old arcade flyers. The image changes every10 seconds.
Step 9: Create Your Spreadsheet
In order to have a high scores displayed in multiple offices at the same time it made sense to store all of the high score in a spreadsheet on line. That way it could be accessed from any location for updates through a web link.
First create a Google Sheet (spreadsheet).
Sheet 1
Next give columns 1 through 4 the following headings: Games, Score, Name, and Date.
Next enter a list of arcade games in the first column.
As people achieve high scores for each game they fill in the columns for their Score, Name, and Date.
Make sure you use the same number and not variations of it or your spreadsheet for the high score display will not sort names properly.
If you need to add a game then insert a row in the appropriate place and type in the game name.
You should only need to edit this first sheet in the spreadsheet as sheets 2, 3, and 4 are all sorted information from sheet 1.
Sheet 2
In sheet 2 I take the list of people from Sheet 1 and sort the list by the most number of high scores.
This is displayed in the lowest section of the high score template.
Sheet 3
Sheet 3 sorts all of the high scores by date so the information can be displayed in the center section of the high score template where the last 3 high scores are displayed.
Sheet 4
Sheet 4 is not used for the template, but more to see who has what high scores in a list. The people with high scores from Sheet 1 are sorted by name and then by the names of the games they have high scores in.
Attached to this step is excel version of the spreadsheet and an OpenDocument Format for the spreadsheet. Hopefully someone can tell me if it works to import one of these into their Google account.
Here is a share link to a copy of my current Google Docs spreadsheet for you to view. Please let me know if you have any trouble accessing the files or the individual sheets.
Step 10: Test and ReTest Your Template
Not much else to say here except this process is a lot of trial and error and finding what you like in the looks of your high score display. If you think you want to try something out then just save a copy of your template and modify it. If you don't like the way it looks then just open the previous version, save a copy and start again.
Step 11: Assemble Your Parts
This is one of the quickest steps of the assembly. Take your Raspberry Pi and connect it to the monitor with the HDMI cable. Stick two pieces of the 3M Command Strips to the back of the Raspberry Pi case. Position the case on the back of the monitor before you remove the plastic on the tape. This lets you trial fit the location of the Pi before you stick it on permanently. It is best to have everything connected to the Raspberry Pi and the monitor so as to make sure you don't have any conflicts with the cables.
Make sure when you out the 3M Command Strips on the back of the Pi case that you leave the rounded end visible and accessible for when it is attached to the back of the monitor. You will need to
Once you are satisfied with the location of the Pi you just peel off the plastic film on the outer face of the 3M Command Strips and firmly press it in place.
If you ever want to remove the Raspberry Pi case then you just slowly pull the rounded tabs on the 3M Command Strips until they pull away from the case. Hold on to the Pi case when you remove the second one so it doesn' fall off the monitor.
Step 12: Go Live
Now you are finished. You can place the monitor in a place where others can see the list of high scores and admire the old arcade game flyers.
I sent a link for the Google spreadsheet out to the people in my office so they can update the spreadsheet when they get a new high score. It has been working great and has been a lot of fun for everyone. You will notice some people walking by the monitor and stopping to see if someone has beaten their high score.
We have two buildings with arcade games. This works great since you can set up multiple monitors to display the same high score display. All of the monitors update with the same information with minimal effort. All you have to do is update the high score list when someone gets a new high score.
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Google doesn't disclose specifics about how it ranks web content. It tells us it uses over 200 criterion, but the ranking algorithm itself is a well-kept secret.
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- Write content for your human audience, not search engines. Make sure it is well-organized, clearly written, complete, accurate, and uniquely valuable. Google says to give "visitors the information they're looking for", "provide high-quality content on your pages", and it is "the single most important thing to do."
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Fans' favourite Simon Francis has finally ended speculation which surrounded his Cherries future by penning a new three-year-deal.
Bournemouth had received two bids from Championship rivals Derby over during this transfer window, however they were both declined and yesterday Francis committed himself to Cherries by signing the new contract.
"To put it simply, this is the happiest I've been during my career. I'm playing my best football in probably the best team I've played in."
The 29-year-old has been a key player in Bournemouth's success under Eddie Howe and hit fine form during their campaign last season by winning the coveted Daily Echo-Micky Cave supporters' player-of-the-year award.
This form provoked two bid to be tabled by Derby with the figure to of been somewhere in the region of £250k–£500k, both bid were rejected by the Cherries with the club insisting Francis was not for sale.
Francis joined the Cherries from Charlton for a reported £25k back in January 2012, this was after impressing on a brief loan spell at Dean Court, Since then he has missed just one league game since current boss Howe returned to the club 22 months ago.


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(Bruce Rolff/Shutterstock) Fraud detection. Customer recommendations. Search engine results. These use cases–and so many more–all owe a debt to machine learning. By automatically discovering patterns that lead to insights and creating predictive models that drive actions, the technology has proven its value many times, and to many industries. More recently, machine learning has begun to make a name for itself in the field of cybersecurity. There are multiple reasons that manual cybersecurity practices on their own are no longer sufficient to protect businesses, governments and other organizations. Here are a few: There's simply too much security-related data coming onto the network from an ever-widening array of connected devices; There are too few qualified personnel to assure proper integration of the multiple systems that feed security data into Security and Event Management…
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I have n't been very good at this blogging thing. It seems I need an outlet to rant more then a way to share what I cook!
I started this blog with the intention of weaving my stories and life through what I cook and feed my family. But honestly the last two years have been really tough and I had living it was difficult enough. It seems like we are still struggling. I wrote about some of those difficult times but they never got published – who wants to read a moan blog? But something has to change and I think on this wet cold blustery morning that perhaps my reality or me sharing my reality may help me deal with the changes that I need to make in my life. In turn they may help another.
We do not have an extravagant lifestyle and have stripped everything back to the bare minimal. I know we are not the only ones finding it hard to make the salary meet the end of the month. But it does n't help when you have to borrow money off your kids so you can head out the door to work. It does n't help when you want to take the family somewhere like to the Tall Ships event in Dublin that you are all looking forward to and then you can't afford to go.
What year are we leaving in 1975? My childhood? No 2012 my reality. I think that's the biggest piece its so disappointing to be struggling financially and not making ends meet. In the 70's and 80's I remember what it felt like not having enough. I thought myself and my husband had moved beyond that.
So what do you do? Have you ever felt like that – what do you do?
Well I go walking to try and deal with the stress or I look in the fridge and press and bake. Yesterday it was soda bread pizza and short change short bread.
Shortbread is one of those things that is simple, easy and quick to make. When I was a teenager I hung around with twins their mother would always have a tray of shortbread emerging from the oven as a gang of us descended on her house. The warm buttery crumble dry sweet biscuit was always delicious. Major kudos in our teenage minds.
Over the years I have tried several recipes. I like Rose Elliot's version from her recent tome New Complete Vegetarian on page 362. But I like a mix of rice flour as an addition to her flour and cornflour mix. I know some non wheat cooks that only use rice flour when making shortbread and it is possible to make it with a butter substitute like Pura, soya or sunflower.
Most of all it is easy to make by hand and here go try it.
250g Butter, softened
100g caster sugar
150g plain flour
100 rice flour
100g cornflour
Oven 150 degrees.
A Swiss roll tin is the best, grease it lightly. If you use a longer tray only press out the shortbread to three quarters length.
Cream the butter and sugar together. Put all the dry ingredients in and mix but don't over mix.
Press the dough into the tin covering the base evenly. Prick the dough with a fork and sprinkle some sugar over the top.
Bake for 18-22 minutes.
Leave to cool slightly and then cut into squares, diamonds or slender fingers. A little goes along way.


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"Make no mistake about it – there is nothing about politically correct in a gunfight. There is nothing about politically correct when you're keeping people alive and well and safe – and the people of this community and these law enforcement officers come first. If you surrender peacefully that's the way we prefer it… and if you start pointing guns at us, you can not only plan on it, but you can guarantee we're gonna shoot ya."
-Sheriff Grady Judd responding to a reporter who was questioning the Sheriff's about his earlier comments on the gunfight his officer's had engaged in chasing two suspects wanted in connection with a violent take-over robbery and double homicide.
Why some morons, especially in the media, can't comprehend why violent, evil men can sometimes only be dealt with in a violent fashion is beyond me. I guess some people are just clueless to the realities of the world. Our job is to hunt the wolves. The wolves decide how they get brought in. I don't know anything else about Sheriff Judd, but it looks like he leads his hunters pretty well. The citizens in his community are fortunate to have such a man watching over them. Job well done. More on this case below:
Suspects in robbery, double-murder in court
The four suspects arrested after a 12-hour Polk County manhunt are expected to appear before a judge Saturday morning. They were taken into custody after a pawn shop robbery, a home invasion that left two women dead, and a chaotic police chase.
It all started just before 6 p.m. Thursday with the robbery at a Cash America pawn shop in Auburndale. Sheriff Grady Judd described it as a "well thought-out" crime created to "terrorize people" and demand cooperation from the victims.
In video from the store's surveillance footage, the suspects could be seen pointing rifles towards at least one of the store clerks.
After leaving the store, the sheriff said the men led officials on a chase — during which shots were fired at two deputies' patrol cars — to the nearby Chanler Ridge subdivision.
That's where they ditched their vehicle, a red GMC SUV, and tried to run away. A deputy K9 caught one of the suspects, 22-year-old Devonere "Devon" McCune, before he could get very far.
Deputies say the other three escaped and ended up breaking into a home on the 600 block of Astor Road.
According to the sheriff, that's where they killed two women who lived there — a mother and daughter identified as 72-year-old Patricia Moran and 51-year-old Deborah Royal.
Officials received a call from a neighbor who said the men had broken into the women's home. When deputies arrived, they said a car burst through the garage door in an effort to escape. Deputies fired shots and took a second suspect, Michael Gordon, into custody.
Gordon, 34, had gunshot wounds and an injury from a K9's bite, but is expected to recover.
The sheriff asked residents to stay inside and lock their doors during the subsequent manhunt, which continued throughout the night. Deputies and officers went door to door looking for the other two suspects.
Deputies tracked down the third suspect, 29-year-old Javon Lamb, Friday morning after an elderly woman said he knocked on her door.
"[He said] he was the police, and asked if he could use her cell phone, and she said 'no' and immediately called 911," explained the elderly woman's sister-in-law.
The woman went on to say Lamb was wet because he and the fourth suspect, 29-year-old Terrell Williams, had been hiding underneath a pontoon boat in the lake behind the woman's home.
After deputies responded to the home and arrested Lamb, they said they found Williams hiding under a tarp in a shed on the woman's property. They took him into custody, officially ending the overnight manhunt.
All four men have extensive criminal records — over 60 arrests between them — and all have served prison time. They now face a slew of charges including robbery and attempted murder, but Gordon is the only one charged with first-degree murder.
Sheriff Judd said afterwards that he was pleased that all four suspects were taken into custody, but insisted his deputies were prepared for another outcome.
"If you surrender peacefully, that's the way we prefer it," he said. "But if start you pointing guns at us, you can not only plan on, but you can guarantee we're gonna shoot you."


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Zach Ramos '19 Completes Eagle Scout Project to Protect Threatened Island Birds
SJND student and Boy Scout from Troop 78 Zach Ramos '19 completed his Eagle Scout Project over the Christmas break, working with a wildlife biologist from the East Bay Regional Park District to support the Shorebird Sanctuary program. Supervising 20 people including fellow SJND students on December 29 and 30, they helped to create an island sanctuary for Western Snowy Plover Shorebirds in which the threatened animals would be able to nest with protection from predators.
To begin, he and others transported a mixture of shells and sand across the marsh using a boat and onto a small island in Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline. From there, it was spread in a two-inch thick layer over a portion of the island measuring 30x70 feet with a bio-berm of dirt and rocks around the perimeter to prevent erosion. Snowy Plover birds need very specific environments to nest in and the shell and sand mixture is perfect for the rare birds to lay their eggs in.
"I wanted to do this project because I knew it would be a major part of helping the environment and the Snowy Plover Birds," said Ramos. "It was definitely a lot of work but in the end, it will really make a difference for these birds by establishing a safe habitat for them to nest in."
Ramos has been involved with the Boy Scouts since elementary school and says he enjoys being involved with the scouts "because it offers so many opportunities to grow as a leader while also going camping, serving others, and learning important survival and life skills."
Ramos would like to thank the East Bay Regional Park District, the wildlife biologist who mentored him, Mr. Dave Riensche, and everyone who came out to support his project.
Great work, Zach!


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The Westminster Full International Scholarship provides the international student from a developing country and holds an offer for a full-time undergraduate degree at one of the most prestigious universities or recognized institution in the United Kingdom.
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The scholarship will cover:
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- Accommodation
- Living expenses
- Flights to and from London.
The scholarship will be renewed each year subject to satisfactory academic performance.
- Must be an international student from a developing country and hold an offer for a full-time undergraduate degree at the University.
- The scholarship will be renewed each year subject to satisfactory academic performance.
- For our scholarship purposes, the term 'developing' includes middle-income countries. The following is a list of countries considered to be 'developed'. If your country is not on the list then you are eligible to apply.
Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, Vatican City
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- All scholarship applications are screened to ensure the basic eligibility criteria for the scholarships selected have been met. If it is found that they do not meet the requirements they will be informed via email.
- Please note applications that do meet the criteria for scholarships will be assessed and shortlisted once the application deadline for the relevant scholarship intake has passed.
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