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On The CW series The Flash, Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale) is becoming more comfortable and more confident in his Kid Flash powers, at the same time that both Iris (Candice Patton) and Joe (Jesse L. Martin) are being threatened by a criminal meta-human who is methodically killing people by causing them to decompose at an accelerated rate. And while The Flash mentors Kid Flash and elevates the newer speedster's training to another level, Wally must also come to terms with the fact that he might not be able to save everyone, every time.
During this 1-on-1 phone interview on Collider, actor Keiynan Lonsdale talked about his reaction when he found out that he was officially becoming Kid Flash, when being in the superhero suit comes in handy, just how rough Kid Flash's training will be, the challenge and pressure that comes with saving his own family, learning what it means to be a superhero, The Flash/Supergirl musical cross-over episode, and teaming up with Jesse Quick (Violett Beane) again. He also talked about reuniting with his former castmates for the Dance Academy movie, which is set for Australian release on April 6th.
Collider: When you signed on to join the show, everybody, including you, knew that we'd most likely eventually get to see Wally as Kid Flash, at some point. When did you first find out that it was actually happening, and how did you react to that?
KEIYNAN LONSDALE: The first time I received the first clue was Flashpoint, and I found out about that just a few weeks before starting filming. I was back in Australia and I read the script and was so excited. I didn't expect for that to happen so soon. And then, when Wally got his powers from the stone and Kid Flash became and official thing with an outfit and was legit, I was as excited as Wally was. It's been cool. He has to work on the powers now, but I'm having a lot of fun.
How did it feel the first time you put on and saw yourself in the superhero suit, and does it ever get old, especially on really long days, or is it always just a ridiculously awesome day at work, no matter what?
LONSDALE: It's interesting. There are different layers to the suit and it's kind of tight. When we're inside, the suit can be really hot and I'm like, "I'm sweating!" But when we're outside in the cold, the snow and the rain, it's very comfortable. Everyone else will be uncomfortable and freezing, but I feel great. That's always quite helpful. So, if I'm going to be outside at 2am, I'm glad if I can be in the suit. It's a crazy thing. I rarely get to see myself in the mirror while I have it on because I need help putting it together. I usually just see it when I watch the show, which is funny. But, it feels awesome and it lifts you up. It's just a crazy, surreal moment, for sure.
On the last episode, Barry told Wally that he's going to be the one who has to save Iris. How does Wally feel about that? Is he up for the challenge, or is it a lot of pressure for him?
LONSDALE: It's both. He's up for the challenge, definitely, but it is a lot of pressure, and he understands that. He's excited about the fact that he gets to train and immerse himself fully into being a speedster. He's not just training to be in the background, but to be pushed, and he's looking forward to that. He's probably masking the fear with his ego, but that's what Wally does, and that's what most people do.
Now that Barry is determined to train Wally to be able to succeed in saving Iris when he knows that he can't, just how hard will the training get, and will we see Wally get better at being a speedster than Barry is?
LONSDALE: That's a tough question. The training is gonna be rough and it's gonna be painful. Wally is gonna learn, very quickly, that it's about more than just speed. Whether it's in the training or in battle, it's not just to do with being really fast. There's strategy involved. You need experience in keeping your guard up, all the time. These are the things that Barry has learned, over a long period of time and through wins and losses, and Wally hasn't really had any of those. These are all things that he needs to understand, if he's going to save Iris.
Does it feel like Wally is really finding his groove and place as Kid Flash, or is that still and will that always be evolving for him?
LONSDALE: He's finding his groove, for sure. He feels very comfortable being Kid Flash and he's very confident in being Kid Flash. He has fans, and he's lapping that up. Of course, it will always be evolving. What it means to be a hero, for him, will always be evolving, just as it does with Barry. But, Wally has never felt more himself.
Do you think actually getting to save his own family is the ultimate in being a hero for him?
LONSDALE: He wouldn't wish it on anyone to have to do that. But knowing that people are trusting and believing in him to do something so important gives him a boost, and I think that would really make him feel like he belongs.
What can you say about this next episode and what it will be like for him to go up a really scary meta-human who threatens Iris' life?
LONSDALE: It's frightening for him. Wally is going to have to deal with what Barry has felt, in the past, about sometimes not being fast enough. That's really going to shake him. Along with all of that, he doesn't have his mom around, and that was all he had. It took some months for him to call Iris, Joe and Barry family, but now that he has, Wally is very loyal and very protective. He will take it to heart, if he lets anyone down. It's gonna be interesting and tough.
This is really the first time that Wally has to come face to face with the fact that powers won't necessarily help you save everyone or do everything you want to do?
LONSDALE: Exactly, 100%. He's wanted to help out for so long, and the grass is always greener. In a lot of ways, it has resolved his issues with self-doubt and he feels like he's become more himself with powers. So, when you strip the light, bright and colorful layers away from that, it gives him a reality check and a different perspective.
How much fun has is it to get to be a part of a show where you even get to do a The Flash/Supergirl musical cross-over? Please tell me that you'll at least get a dance number in the Kid Flash suit!
LONSDALE: The thought is always there! I'm like, "I should sneak in a couple moves here!" It's really cool. I love the fact that there are endless possibilities with our show, and that there are endless ways to actually have it make sense with the story. That's really cool. That's what you get when you have guys in red and yellow leather, running around. We can do a lot of cool things. It's fun! It keeps work exciting, even to have new people around. It just always keeps the vibe up.
We also know that Kid Flash will be teaming up with Jesse Quick again, in the upcoming Grodd episode. What can we expect from them teaming up, especially now that Wally has a better grasp of his powers?
LONSDALE: Last time we saw them, the dynamic was different. They were in a great place. Wally had to accept that Jesse has powers and he doesn't, and that's okay. Now, it's really exciting to share something with her. It feels a little more equal between them. They'll have to team up and deal with their own issues. While dealing with their relationship issues, they'll have to deal with a meta-human while The Flash is gone in Gorilla City. There's pressure and responsibility that falls on them, and I think that will be an interesting watch.
Is it also cool to go back for the Dance Academy movie, where a lot of people, especially in America first became aware of you? Was it fun to return to that role and work with that cast again?
LONSDALE: One hundred percent! Those guys are like my best friends. We had known that the movie was in the works, but we had finished the TV show so long ago and we were all getting older, so we were like, "This is never gonna happen!" But the show kept getting more and more popular, over time, after we finished, and they were like, "Okay, we're ready to do this movie. It's happening!" We were just so happy. It felt surreal that we got to work together again. We were all at each other's houses, every night after work. It's a big family. It was great! And to dance again was incredible, but super painful.
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Last month, Iraq's unpopular former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki paid a visit to the southern Iraqi provinces of Maysan, Basra and Nasiriya. But instead of a welcoming committee he was met by thousands of Iraqis demonstrating against him. Most of these were affiliated with, or followers of, another political leader, the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
In Basra, dozens of the protestors, who chanted that al-Maliki was corrupt and a thief, even went so far as to try and storm the hall where al-Maliki was giving a speech, forcing security staff to cancel the event. After the cancellation, al-Maliki threatened to launch a new version of a 2008 military operation called Sawat al-Fursan, or Operation Knight's Charge, against the protestors. This was a military operation sent into Basra to purge Basra of militias affiliated with al-Sadr's movement at the time.
This may have been an idle threat – the 2008 operation did not succeed and a truce between the two Shiite Muslim leaders was eventually brokered by Iran. But the real repercussions of the protests began to be played out some days later on Iraq's latest, and increasingly important, political battleground: The country's provincial councils.
Because of various new legislation that gives provincial councils more power to make their own decisions on security, finance and politics, Iraq is moving slowly toward a more decentralized system. Competition for power on these councils will only increase in the future.
Calling Baghdad's governor for questioning at this time is clearly politically motivated. Why did they choose this moment? What have they been doing for the past few months?
And competition for seats on the provincial councils in southern Iraq, populated mainly by the country's Shiite Muslims, will be divided between two main Shiite Muslim groups: The State of Law coalition, led by Nouri al-Maliki of which the current prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is also a member, and the forces led by two younger clerics, Ammar al-Hakim and Muqtada al-Sadr. The pair represent a new Iraqi generation in political Islam.
Al-Maliki's next response to the humiliation he suffered in front of al-Sadr's protestors in southern Iraq was to instruct the members of the Baghdad provincial council belonging to the State of Law coalition, to question their governor, Ali al-Tamimi, a member of al-Sadr's Sadrist movement.
The governor was to be called to answer special questions about financial and administrative corruption, including questions about a security system to monitor vehicles in Baghdad, to try and stop car bombs, that was planned but never carried out. Money for the system was collected from the people of Baghdad.
"Calling Baghdad's governor in for questioning at this time is clearly politically motivated," council member Fadel Al-Shuwaili, also a member of the Sadrist movement, told NIQASH. "Why did they choose this moment? What have they been doing for the past few months?"
But, al-Shuwaili said, the alliance between the Sadrist members of the council and other parties is strong and the State of Law members won't be able to sack the governor. The State of Law has 20 out of 58 seats on the provincial council but would need over 29 to be able to dismiss the governor.
"This questioning of officials is both legal and constitutional," says Saad al-Matlabi, a senior member of Nouri al-Maliki's party and one of his supporters, in reply to the criticism. "If the Sadrist movement trusts their governor, then why are they afraid of having him questioned?"
A few days later the next campaign against a provincial Sadrist politician began. This time it was Maysan's popular governor, Ali Dawai, also a Sadr supporter, in the spotlight.
State of Law members in Maysan accused him of helping organize the protests against al-Maliki in that province and of preventing the supporters of al-Maliki from planning their own meeting. Dawai denied the allegations and said he would file a lawsuit against those who accused him falsely.
Meanwhile in Basra, the head of the provincial council's financial committee, Ahmad al-Sulaiti, who is in al-Maliki's camp, asked the province's governor, Majid al-Nasrawi, pointed questions about the details of certain financial contracts concluded in Basra. Al-Nasrawi is not a member of the Sadrist movement. But he is a member of the Islamic Supreme Council, headed by Ammar al-Hakim, and currently an important ally of the Sadrists.
But it wasn't just the State of law members playing political hardball on the provincial field. The Sadrists got their own back fairly quickly, responding by preparing to question Karbala governor Aqeel al-Turaihi, a member of the State of Law group and close to al-Maliki.
A Sadr-supporting member of Karbala's council, Majid Said al-Maliki, admitted as much, saying that the questioning of Karbala's governor was simply a tit-for-tat response to the questioning of Baghdad's governor. He added that the Sadrists were in the same position in Karbala as State of Law members were in Baghdad: None of them had a big enough majority on their respective councils to be able to remove the governor.
Up until now most of the problems between the two sides of the Shiite alliance have been settled at the ballot box. But if they cannot be, those political conflicts could turn violent.
After 2003, Iraq's Shiite Muslim-dominated parties came together in order to ensure their hold on political power. But over recent years cracks have shown in this alliance. After 2013's provincial elections, there were nine Shiite Muslim-dominated councils formed in the south of the country, which has a Shiite Muslim majority population. The Shiite Muslim provincial councils were either for al-Maliki on one hand, or for al-Hakim and/or al-Sadr on the other.
After 2014's federal elections, during which the country's government was elected, this rift deepened further. Al-Maliki had become unpopular and al-Sadr banded together with Sunni Muslim parties in order to push al-Maliki out of the prime minister's job. Al-Maliki was replaced by a more palatable member of his own party, Haider al-Abadi.
Over the past two years the Shiite Muslim parties have appeared more united again, having been forced back together by the security crisis sparked by the extremist group known as the Islamic State.
But as the Islamic State, or IS, group seems increasingly likely to be pushed out of Iraq soon, many analysts are starting to worry about what happens to the Shiite alliance, after the security crisis has – more or less – been resolved.
Up until now most of the problems between the two sides of the Shiite alliance have been settled at the ballot box. That could have happened again in the provincial elections, slated to be held early in 2017. But for various reasons – areas still held by the IS group, many displaced unable to vote – those elections have now been postponed until 2018; they will take place at the same time as the next federal elections. Which also means those problems between the two sides of the Shiite alliance cannot be resolved by voters.
The other complicating factor is the presence of the Shiite Muslim volunteer militias. These were formed in 2014 by thousands of volunteers, many from southern Iraq, to fight the IS group after the Iraqi army in the north collapsed in the face of the extremist onslaught. The IS group's days will eventually be numbered in Iraq, and now-battle-hardened fighters from those militias, which have played a crucial yet controversial role in the fighting, will be returning home to southern Iraq. Additionally the militias will most likely continue to exist in some form or another, as the Iraqi government has more or less made them a legitimate fighting force, separate from the standing Iraqi army.
Yet the militias themselves do not present a united Shiite front either; there are many of them and they have different allegiances to different Shiite leaders – such as, for example, al-Maliki's or al-Sadr's.
At the moment al-Maliki and his block are seeking to change the country's provincial councils before the 2018 elections. Al-Sadr and al-Hakim appear to want to maintain them as they are, until elections can be held.
The worry is that, given conflicts between leaders like al-Maliki and al-Sadr cannot be resolved at the ballot box, they may draw the militias into the scrap too – and those political conflicts could then turn violent.
Also worth considering is the fact that the militias have become immensely popular among ordinary Iraqi Shiites and are often seen as the heroes of the past two years. This gives them great political potential, that could be used to support the political affiliations they already have or, possibly even in some cases, create their own new, independent political entities. They may challenge the traditional Shiite political parties, many of whose members are seen by ordinary people as corrupt and as having done nothing for anyone but themselves.
One thing is for sure: Iraq's next set of provincial elections, now planned for 2018, will quite likely be some of the most important elections the country has held since 2003, if not the most important. They may also be among the most dangerous.

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Pimps and prostitutes are moving into border counties in the Republic as a crackdown on the sex trade in Northern Ireland comes into force, campaigners have warned.
There has been more than a 50% rise in online sex trade activity in counties Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim and Louth in recent weeks, according to a study by the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI).
Laws making it a crime for anyone to pay for sex came into force in Northern Ireland yesterday after it became the first UK region to back a ban late last year.
In Louth, there were 25 escorts advertising their services at the end of May compared to 18 at the beginning of the month. Numbers were up from 14 to 24 in Donegal, from two to nine in Leitrim and from 13 to 15 in Cavan.
ICI chief Brian Killoran said: "The initial indications are that those who run prostitution have been feeling the heat of new laws even before they came into force and have been switching their operations to the south."
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Kim Dae Jung not only persuaded North Korea's notoriously recalcitrant leadership to engage in talks towards normalizing relations; he also managed to convince the United States which had been far from convinced by his "Sunshine Policy" that a sea change was possible in relations between the two Koreas. The fact that a North Korean leader made a first-ever visit to the White House this week, and that Secretary of State Madeleine Albright plans to visit Pyongyang later this year, would not have been possible without the South Korean leader's efforts. Of course, the Nobel Committee has, in recent years, taken to giving joint awards to two leaders on opposite sides of an ongoing peace process. In the case of Kim Jong Il, however, the committee could not stretch its imagination far enough to lionize an unpredictable authoritarian with a dismal human-rights record. Besides, the reconciliation is occurring primarily because Kim Dae Jung, with Beijing's help, managed to coax the North Korean leader out of his shell. Still, being the arch-conciliator that he is, don't be surprised if Kim Dae Jung makes some gesture toward sharing the award with his peace partner.
Peace Prize Recognizes a Truly Epic Achievement
The Nobel committee was right, says TIME.com's TONY KARON, because South Korea's Kim Dae Jung may have single-handedly defused the world's most dangerous time bomb.
Speculative journalists might have tossed around such unlikely names as Bill Clinton and George Mitchell for the Nobel Peace Prize, but looking back on the last year there shouldn't really have been any doubt Kim Dae Jung's visit to North Korea earlier this year marked an epic achievement in reconciliation. The 74-year-old South Korean president has worked for decades to bridge the divide between the two Koreas, which have been technically at war for a half century. He spent two years in prison and 10 years in exile because of his activities as a campaigner for democracy in South Korea and for reunification with the North, but eventually was elected president, in 1997, on promises of pursuing a "Sunshine Policy" of reconciliation with Pyongyang. Following his historic visit to the North Korean capital for a summit with its leader, Kim Jong Il the first ever between leaders of the two Koreas there has been an unprecedented warming of relations along the world's most dangerous Cold War boundary. Moves to promote social and economic relations across the divide are proceeding apace, and the two countries marched together at last month's Olympic Games in Sydney.


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Founded in Hangzhou, China by Weng Shanwei and Yuan Jia-dai, AN-design aims to put aside the inertia of thinking, focusing instead on designs engrained with quick moving, cutting-edge fashions to provide visual space research, product and architectural design & transformation solutions. This talented team have won honours at the World Festival of Interiors and IDA Design Awards so we asked Weng to tell us more about his award-winning studio.
Hello guys! Congratulations on your recent Inside 2016 prize. Can you tell us a bit more about the monochrome boutique that won the award?
Hi and thanks! The Heike Store took us two and a half months to complete and it now serves as a store and gallery for art, music, exhibitions & events.
We wanted to try to explore an independent and free commercial space in response to China's rapid expansion. Inside the Heike Store there is a fan-shaped armrest, hangers, polished metals, aluminum and mirrors as well as lots of intense black marble. The centerpiece of the store is a sculptural black block called the 'Black Cant', which is a sort of large, slanted wedge that separates the store by connecting and incorporating the ground floor passages and lots of different access points. The cylinder is an original structural support which we majorly exaggerated.
Usually, designers always take these blocks or staircases as a division. But we wanted the Heike Store to be a whole space, to do this we had to put aside conventional ideas of what this could mean. Division became connection - it's bold and sloped. The staircase, for example, divides the space into two parts but the sunlight comes through and lights the space up in three different directions.
What would you say your signature architectural style is?
I'm not sure exactly, I like blue, dynamic and neat styles, and for designs to feel unique and futuristic. We don't have a definite architectural style at AN-design, but generally, it's always a bit exaggerated.
How big is your team? How do you all work together?
There are six members in our team. When a new brief comes in we start with my initial ideas then Yuan will join the discussion to go deeper into the details to correct problems. When our concept is almost there, the construction team will report back with the early stages of feasibility for the materials and construction. Naturally problems may arise during the build, in which case we adjust some details as we go. It's all a process of adaptation.
What is it like working creatively in Hangzhou?
Hangzhou flies fast and has huge market potential. With the influence of the internet the taste of ordinary people is becoming bigger and better with each passing day. It seems that everyone is in need of design so there is no doubt for us that the creative scene here is big.
What is there in Hangzhou to keep you inspired?
Hangzhou is a historic city embedded with a strong cultural atmosphere. It's a city with mountains and rivers all around, and the famous West Lack is located in Hangzhou. The internet is interlaced with real life quite a lot: you can go out without cash and use your mobile phone to pay the bill everywhere. The Chinese Academy of Arts is also located in Hangzhou so there are many poets, writers and various artists living here. I'm not sure which of these influences is my specific inspiration. But it's a must to have some relation with the experience and thinking of the city you live in.
We love your work for the Ningbo Global Center. Can you tell us more about the project?
I'm glad that you like it! It's actually a dessert shop - the client's first in Ningbo. We wanted the layers of the space to be fuller, so we turned it from one floor into two. But the height of the second floor wasn't all that comfortable for standing room so we had to make a suspended ceiling first. We designed two atriums and combined one with the open facade to make the space more unique.
Space was very limited on this project and a difference of ten or twenty centimeters would have decided whether this idea could come into fruition or not.
What are your plans for 2017?
A friend told me; "the unknown is good" and I hope we'll find something rip us apart a little, to inject us with new life and design anxieties in 2017. It would be great if we could find a new state to approach our designs with.
What new technology are you guys enjoying?
We only apply basic technologies to our projects at the present moment and although we try to polish them with innovative influences it's still low-grade technology. This doesn't mean that we reject new media or high-tech options, it all depends on what we can get that works for us.
Have you discovered anything recently that's made your work easier?
The only way thing that would make our work easier is to find a way through those time-consuming, complex and large-scale problems we all encounter. We're trying to find opportunities in these kind of difficulties.


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The spiritual path is a blissful and scary one. It takes courage and time to connect with God and self, and is best done in silence and solitude. I invite you to discover the all-encompassing healing power of inner stillness.
I offer my loving guidance and companionship to you as a spiritual director and retreat leader. My gifts of intuition, inner stillness and soul connection will assist you in your journey toward God and peaceful acceptance and love of self and others.
As a retreat leader I provide a safe space to explore your spiritual life and relationship with God, yourself and others. Silence and solitude, prayer and awareness, time together and time apart, allow you to experience the divinity within. The offered prayers and meditations will help you to grow closer to God in your day-to-day life and assist you on your spiritual path.
As a spiritual director I create a loving and safe space-one on one-to explore your most intimate relationship in life: your true self in God. It is my honor and joy to be a guide on the spiritual path to many people in three countries.
Being grounded in the Christian faith, I invite people from all walks of life and all faiths. I feel blessed to be able to welcome people where they are in their spiritual journey.


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Well done undead!!
For the official Thrill Day performance on October 28, 2017 we had 78 performers! Everyone did a great job with this and our bonus performances.
Big thanks to our team of producers and instructors for all your hard work: Jeanne Huff, Lindsay Kopp, Tim Welch, Jade Maldonado, Janelle Wilson.
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Cedric Smith (vocals, guitar)
Richard Keelan (guitar, vocals)
Michael Butler (bass)
Terry Jones (guitar, vocals)
Terry Jones (guitar, vocals)
George Taros (piano, vocals)
Bob Burchill (guitar, vocals, fiddle; 1973-1975)
Formed in Stratford, Ontario's Perth County in 1969 by Smith and former Spikedrivers member and US draft-dodger Keelan,
The Perth County Conspiracy [Does Not Exist] released 'Mushroom Music' on Rumour Records before being signed to Columbia Records and releasing their self-titled album 'Perth County Conspiracy Does Not Exist' in 1970.
The stage at Massey Hall
Their third release, in 1971, was the double live album 'Perth County Conspiracy...Alive' (recorded in the Batthurst Street United Church in Toronto) featuring "You Ain't Got Nothing" which was edited for radio.
Trudy, Penny, Bob & John on What Bus - 1977
David Woodhead,77, Track IV Studio, Waterloo, Ont @ Bob Burchill 1977 Stockholm Sweden
David Woodhead,77, Track IV Studio, Waterloo, Ont @ Bob Burchill 1977 Stockholm Sweden
Bob Burchill joined permanently in 1973 and another live album, 'What School Bus Tour' was recorded from performances in Ottawa, Sudbury, Winnipeg in February of that year. Because the band made rare and infrequent stage appearances, another live album followed in 1976 called 'Break Out To Berlin'. After the album the band split up leaving Cedric Smith to carry on. Smith collaborated with Terry Jones on 1977's 'Ten Lost Years - And Then Some'. The album did nothing and Smith moved into a career as an actor. His most memorable role being that of Alec King on CBC-TV's 'Road To Avonlea'.
Richard Keelan, David Balser and Larry Brownsetup at Alumni Hall, London
1969 Mushroom Music (Rumour) RUMOUR-
1969 Mushroom Music (Rumour) RUMOUR-
1970 Perth County Conspiracy Does Not Exist (Columbia) EKL-375
1971 Alive (Columbia) GES-90037
1973 What School Bus Tour (Rumour/Mushroom) RUMOUR-II
1975 Kanada (Rumour) RUMOUR-IV
1976 Breakout To Berlin (Rumour) RUMOUR-
1977 Ten Lost Years - And Then Some (Rumour)
Mime, Pierre Pot, did incredible interpretation of the songs
Bob Burchill on MySpace Music -Thanx To Bob's page for the pics
Bob Burchill
Bob Burchill
pcc on acid archives
see The Perth County Conspiracy Reunion Stratford, Ontario August 14, 2006
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University of Guyana students mount road block
Students at the University of Guyana yesterday blocked the entrance to the tertiary institution in support of lecturers and other staff seeking increased salaries.
The students also called for a better environment at the university including an up-to-date library, improved security, free Internet access, better laboratories and modern classroom technologies.
The university has appealed to staff members to end their industrial action.
The workers are demanding a 60 per cent salary increase.
However, the university has said it can only increase salaries if government increases its subvention, and if it decreases part-time expenditure by 50 per cent, reduces programme offerings with low enrolment and maintains an increase in tuition fees.
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After skin classifier has tested all pixels in the image, we get isolated blobs of potential body parts. The task of combining them into complete shape is regarded as a merging or grouping problem. As a simple way to attack this task I used a morphological 'close' operation (which is dilate + erode).
Among other approaches, one that seems to work for me is a merge of close blobs with similar color signature. For two blobs we compute the clustering using Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM). Then we throw away the variance information and use only centers of each cluster. Intuitively, if we put the earth, with weight corresponding to cluster's weight, in the center of a cluster, then Earth Mover Distance (EMD) may be treated as the distance between two color signatures and also as the distance between corresponding two blobs. Details are here [1].
One known weakness is that sometimes the color distance is small for completely unrelated blobs and we get the merging error. In extreme case, I am thinking of the children in the swimming pool, crowding near the border and listening to their coach. It will be the challenge to find the owner of each body part and this approach may not work.
Assume that we know that given two blobs are parts of the single owner. How do we merge them on a pixel level? As I am interested in catching whole color diapason for a given swimmer (for the sake of identification among other swimmers), I am connecting blobs with a 'thin bridge', expecting that it will cover parts of a swimming suite.
Also another weakness of this approach is the performance penalties from color conversion (RGB-Lab), GMM learning, EMD computing and actual blobs merging on a pixel level.
[1] "Visual tracking using the Earth Mover's Distance between Gaussian mixtures and Kalman filtering", Vasileios Karavasilis.


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Think Awards Season Is Over? Not Quite! Here's What's Left
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Sure, the big ceremonies have come and gone but awards season is just getting started. Here's a guide to the lesser-known awards shows that still have statues to hand out.
3/12 – BAFTA Games Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has spread out to other media as well, and their 2014 games awards will include the naming of Rockstar Games as the recipient of the Academy Fellowship.
3/29 – Kids Choice Awards
Nickelodeon's slime-filled celebration of everything that little ones like is hosted by Mark Wahlberg this year and features categories like "Favorite Animated Animal Sidekick" and "Most Enthusiastic Athlete."
4/6 – Academy Of Country Music Awards
Pull on your boots and saddle up for the 49th annual ACM awards, which celebrate the best and brightest in the country and western world. Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan host the ceremony from Las Vegas.
4/7 – Shorty Awards
Yes, there is an awards show for Twitter. The Shorty Awards actually honors outstanding personalities across all social networks, and this year's event (held at the Times Center in New York) will see the crowning of a new Best Fake Account.
4/13 – MTV Movie Awards
Conan O'Brien just got tapped to host this often irreverent awards show, so expect hijinks to ensue. It's the only awards show to give Lifetime Achievement Awards to both Clint Howard and Godzilla.
4/26 – IIFA Awards (aka The Bollywood Oscars)
Hollywood's not the only movie town that likes to lionize its stars with little golden statues. The IIFA is the Indian Film Academy, and this year sees them holding their 15th awards gala. Kevin Spacey is hosting an "acting masterclass" in conjunction with the event.
5/1 – iHeartRadio Music Awards
The Internet radio platform owned by ClearChannel has its own awards show, where winners are picked by Internet voting. In addition to the usual categories, they give trophies for "Best Fan Army" and "Best Lyrics."
5/15 – American Comedy Awards
The only awards show dedicated to just the funny stuff, this show is often a blast to watch as comedians go wild on the podium. In addition to movies and TV, they give out awards for "Best Club Comic" and "Best Viral Video."
5/19 – Webby Awards
It's insane that the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences been giving out Webby Awards for eighteen years – has the Internet really been around that long? Judges include luminaries like Biz Stone and Arianna Huffington.
6/8 – Tony Awards
The T in EGOT, the Tonys are the last stop for awards season most years. Celebrating the best in Broadway theatre, this year's ceremony will be nominated by that ol' singing Wolverine Hugh Jackman.


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Thrifted Shorts- $4
Some cute shorts
A sewing machine
I found these adorable shorts in the 'vintage and retro' section of a local op shop and knew that we were meant to be together.
Dusty pink with lace trim and a pleated high waist? It was love at first sight.
However, being somewhat small in stature, when it comes to hem lines, anything too close to my knees makes me look a little ridiculous, but luckily this is an easy fix!
So, as the finale in our Salute to Cute month of alterations, I will show you a simple and easy way to shorten a pair of vintage shorts.
One of my favourite parts of these shorts is the lace trim at the bottom, so I'm going to shorten these a little differently to normal so that I don't lose the lovely lace.
Vintage finds are often all about these little details; how lovely and flattering are waist pleats? And they're so feminine too. I'm smitten.
Okay, so the first thing you need to do is cut off the length of short that you don't want.
If there is no detail at the bottom that you want to salvage, simply cut the length off the bottom of the shorts. However, with these I took a section from just above the detailing.
I then pinned the bottom trim section back on to the now slightly shorter shorts and sewed the two pieces back together. The added bonus of altering your shorts this way is that it adds a small amount of volume to the bottom of the shorts for a lovely bloomer effect!
Et voila!
A pair of adorable shorts, tailored to fit and complete with pretty lace detailing.
Happy shortening,


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TechFinancials Brokers
One of the more successful binary options brokers that has adopted the Tech Financials trading platform is 24Option.
The award-winning binary broker is owned and managed by a Cypriot Investment Firm (CIF) called Rodeler Ltd. Operating under the CIF license #207/13 and regulated by the Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySEC), 24Option has successfully managed to combine the best of both worlds for their traders in terms or regulatory protection and enhanced trading experience.
With returns for regular options reaching as high as 89% and the ability to trade with more than a hundred different types of underlying assets on a premium trading platform like Tech Financials, it's not surprising to find that 24Option is the binary broker of choice for countless number of traders from all around the world.
List of Other Brokers adopting the Platform
Apart for 24Option, there are also numerous other binary options brokers that have adopted the Tech Financial trading platform. They include:
- 2Selections
- 33Options
- Binary International
- Boss Capital
- Exbino
- FRX Banque
- Option99
- OptionsClick
- OptionsFair
- OptionsXO
- Planet Option
- Vantage FX
There is no doubt that the Tech Financials platform is one of the best binary platforms around. It comes as simplified solution that delivers world class performance. With the platform's ability to deliver accurate pricing, a trader can be confident that his trades will be executed instantaneously. Click here to visit the 24 option website.
More about the TechFin Binary Options platform
There's an age old saying in trading, "knowledge is power". Now that may be true and go a long way to reaping massive profit, but let's not overlook the importance of working with an efficient, and for that matter secure trading technology provider.
With trading, timing is everything – the speed at which your trade is executed is a key factor in determining whether the trade will be successful or not. That's why binary options and forex traders are consumed by using platforms that they know perform well. Additionally server down time is a real pain when it comes to trading. Imagine this scenario, you're about to close out your trade and the platform you're trading on goes down. It's annoying.
This article looks at one of the key technology providers in Binary Options, Tech Financials. It will cover the key platform features, benefits, and cons, if any.
Platform Types
Generally, binary options traders will come across two different types of binary platforms, both proprietary and those developed by third party providers. In the binary options trading industry, there are only a handful of binary brokers that have opted to develop and use their own proprietary platforms.
The majority of binary brokers instead rely on white label platforms, developed and supplied by third party solution providers. These are dominated by several leading brands one of which is Tech Financials.
About Tech Financials
Established in 2009, Tech Financials is binary options trading solution provider that specializes in delivering simplified trading environments for both novice and professional traders. The company is currently the only binary options trading platform provider that is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM market under the ticker symbol "TECH".
Key Features of the Platform
The Tech Financials binary trading platform is one of the most popular binary trading platforms in existence today due to its amazing capabilities and ease of use. The platform offers:
• Accurate Pricing
One of the key elements which form the foundation of binary options trading is the asset's price. In order to deliver real time accurate pricing, Tech Financials has developed a cutting edge pricing engine called the "Orca+" that is able to meet the demanding conditions of the fast moving binary options trading arena. Today, their pricing engine serve accurate real time prices to more than 100,000 binary trading transactions made daily by traders from all over the world.
• Fast Execution and near Instantaneous Reaction Time
In order for traders to reap the benefits of accurate asset pricing, a platform must be able to quickly execute trading orders placed by traders. In fact, the trading speed and reaction time of the trading platform can determine if a trade will be successful or not, especially when it comes to short term options. With its minimal graphic user interface, the Tech Financials platform is able to perform at near instantaneous speed to enable traders to monopolize any favourable market position which they have identified.
• Trading on the Go
With the majority of today's wired population owning a smartphone or mobile device, forward thinking Tech Financials has recognized the fact that most binary traders will most likely own a smartphone or mobile device as well. To enable traders using the tech financials' platform to harness the power of their smartphones or mobile devices, Tech Financials has developed dedicated mobile trading apps for both iOS and Android powered devices. The apps are designed with a simple yet user friendly navigation interface that maintains the look and feel of the fully fledged trading platform ensuring minimal adjustment time to fully exploit the apps.
Multiple Option Types
To enhance the trader's experience while they are using the platform, Tech Financials has provided support for several types of options contracts. The option types can be categorized as:
• Standard Options
These are your typical High/Low (Call/Put) options contracts where traders just need to specify the direction of the price movements. The average run time for this type of option contract is 30 minutes. Variations of this type of option contract comprise of one touch options, and boundary options.
• Short Term
These trading contracts are designed to be fast paced especially for traders who want a faster turnaround for their investments. The expiry times ranges from 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes and 5 minutes.
• Long Term
To cater to binary traders who want to trade using just fundamental analysis, Tech Financials has came up with the idea of long term options contracts. These options have an expiry time that extends to the end of the trading day or to the end of the month.
• High Risk
Tech Financials has also provided traders with the option of converting one touch and boundary trading contracts into higher yield contracts with just the click of the mouse. For example by clicking on a "High Yield" tab, a trader can turn a contract with 70% payout ratio into a contract with a 200% return. Naturally, with higher yields comes higher risk.


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The consequences / results / impact of the war � The Allies emerged victorious, the victory over the central forces. � The redrawn map of Europe: new nations set up after the aftermath of the war on the principle of nationalism, and, following the dismemberment of the 4-empires of the German, Austrian, Ottoman and Russian. Examples: a) The Habsburg Empire broke out in Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. b) Poland c) Finland, Latvia, and Estonia Lithuana. include d) other territorial changes Romania expanded its territory, and Greece and the new Republic of Turkey occupied the western regions of the former Ottoman Empire. � 4 monarchies in Europe toppled Czar Nicholas II of Russia, Emperor William II of Germany and the Emperor of Austria and the Ottoman Sultan of Turkey. ...read more.
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Blog Archives
Buster Keaton and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
From Laurel and Hardy to Abbott and Costello to Cheech and Chong (yeah, I said it) – duos make the comedy world go 'round. And why not? You've got the yin and the yang, the clown and the straight man, the graceful and the inept – and you've got the very large and the very small. Physical dichotomies are just really, really funny and never more so than in the era of silent slapstick,when the visual was paramount. Take away a comedy duos ability to verbally spar, insert a prima facie visual pun, and you've got yourself a great comedy team. And was ever there a pair as physically disparate as Buster Keaton and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle? Read the rest of this entry
Watch Chalie Chaplin's "The Rink" Online
Need an afternoon pick me up? Why not spare twenty minutes and what Charlie Chaplin's delightful short "The Rink" (1916).
Chaplin's earliest short films have a certain insouciance, a carefree playfulness, that gets lost in his later feature work when he's loaded down by the demands of complex narrative. Given that Chaplin's genius is a physical one, a dazzling kinetic grace, what could have more potential for greatness than Chaplin on roller skates?
Watch "The General" Online
There are about a million ways to see Buster Keaton's The General, including on Blu-Ray, streaming on Netflix, and frequent showings on TCM. But, if you need some instant gratification, like right now, watch The General online on YouTube.
Film School Rejects Offer up "A Trip to the Moon" by Georges Méliès
The marvelous feature "Short Film of the Day" over at filmschoolrejects offers up a tasty morsel of film everyday. I always look forward to watching the selection, but I was delighted today when they featured Georges Méliès' "A Trip to the Moon." If you care for silent film at all, you've probably seen this one, but it bears another watch (or twenty). How can a sci-fi flick made it 1902 still be so fresh?
Watch Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Online
Watch the creepy 1920 silent version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide online at YouTube. The incomparable John Barrymore takes the lead.There are countless stage, screen, radio, you name it adaptations of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but this is the greatest of them all, in my humble opinion. And after this scares your pants off, lighten the mood with "Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde".


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"A sheltered girl.
The perfect boy.
A mysterious stranger.
Random messages delivering a sobering prophecy plague Aspen's existence. With every curious encounter, her sanity wavers further. Before long, Aspen finds herself balancing the fate of humanity on her shoulders, until a single act turns her world upside down. She finds herself alone, isolated from those she thought she could trust.
Alone to damn the world."
Heroines of Paranormal Decoded!
I initially wrote this blog as a joke, reflecting on the various types of female leads within the paranormal genre. It then took on a life of its own.
This is my "Heroines decoded" breakdown. It made me laugh. I hope it does the same for you!
1) The Only-Human-Chick-in-the-Crazy-Ass-World-of-Supernatural Heroine:
Queen of the inside scoop, this leading lady is the only one in creation who gets to be let in on all the finer points about things that go "bump" in the night. Often smart, but unpopular, this brainy loner easily accepts her newfound reality, if for no other reason than to escape her old one. She's driven primarily by external forces, exercising her own will as little as possible, especially if it puts her in mortal danger. Why do we love her still? She gets the hotties, plain and simple. And secretly, we kinda want to be her, too (don't lie, you know you do).2) The Clueless Wonder/Damsel in Distress Protagonist:
Now, before I start, I should explain that I have an inexplicable soft spot for these girls. Their "wandering into chaos" M.O. just does it for me even though it should annoy the piss out of me. The Clueless Wonder is the master of never knowing what's going on, even if it's blatantly apparent (like the building is on fire and she can't quite figure out why everyone is running out of it), which then leads to her other namesake: Damsel in Distress. She's completely incapable of lifting a finger to save her own ass, but, luckily for her, someone is always willing to do the job for her.
Maybe I'm just a sucker for being rescued. By a hot guy. With great abs. And tousled hair. Who's undoubtedly well endowed...3) The Badass Without a Cause Heroine:
Probably my least favorite of all the heroine species, she's dangerous, but not in a good way. She's got all the right credentials: immortal/hard to kill, super strength, shady colleagues, looks killer in leather, and is always packing something illegal in her waistband. The problem arises when her lack of judgment leads to more problems than solutions. Throw shotguns and hand grenades into that equation and the death toll rises quickly. If she were capable of packing as much brain power as she did ammo, she'd truly be a force to be reckoned with.4) The Help Me, But Don't Help Me Heroine:
She's the Fickle Fanny of the bunch who just can't seem to decide if she wants to bear her burden alone or not. She's a glory hog who can't acknowledge her team of minions (think Martha Stewart), who helped her get to the end of the journey. It's ALWAYS about her. This character tends to make me insane because everything has to be on her terms. She has an undying need to appear self-sufficient, but clearly lacks the tools to be. She wants/needs the assistance of those more knowledgeable than her...right up until she doesn't.
Generally, this is the protagonist that I find myself wanting to punch in the face the most, but...when she gives into her moments of breakdown/weakness, I find myself begrudgingly cheering her on. Until I want to slap her again.5) The Bed Hopping Heroine:
Really...this one shouldn't require a whole lot of explanation. She's the character that EVERYONE wants to sleep with, including, but not limited to: hot vampires, rugged werewolves, dark mages, sketchy sorcerers, questionable fae. your mailman, the creepy guy you always see at the coffee shop, and your Uncle Franklin. ALL of them want to sleep with her because she's apparently the only woman in the world--and lucky for them, she's more than happy to oblige. Don't get me wrong, there's always a reason involved as to why she needs to have sex with various sinister immortals. In fact, the world's very existence may well be dependent on her ability to so. We should really send her a fruit basket to thank her.
Maybe a candygram?6) The Too-Torn-to-Function Heroine:
This girl (and yes, I mean girl), is the one who would get hit by a train as she straddled the track, trying to figure out which amazingly hot guy flanking her she should pick. Her indecisiveness is all but paralyzing. What I really want to point out to her (being older and far more wise), is that she can't make a wrong choice. Both boys are always stunningly beautiful, madly in love with her, AND willing to die for her. Where's the problem here? I'm happy if my guy is willing to unclog the toilet for me.7) The Cannon Fodder Protagonist:
Unlike her cousin, The Clueless Wonder, Cannon Fodder takes a slightly different path. Where CW seems to just happen upon chaos (and by happen, I mean land right in the middle of it), CF seems to genuinely try to NOT be what she is. She often thinks she's doing everything right, only to find out that she's once again tightened the noose around her own neck. I happen to really enjoy CF because her intentions are generally good or helpful, and she (usually) learns from her near death experiences. The poor girl just can't catch a break.8) The Dances With the Dark Protagonist:
Girl gone wild in all the wrong ways. She's the one that you find yourself yelling out loud at in public places while you read because her "Warning: This man is likely to eat you" alarm is clearly broken. She frolics in ominous alleys, willingly sleeps in creepy basements, and frequents nefarious establishments. Why? Because she's thinking with her heart (or not thinking at all). She always falls for the baddest boy, or demon, in town. The nice thing about D with the D is that she's redeemable, though it's usually a 50/50 split on that outcome. I'll give her one thing...she always keeps it interesting.9 ) The Mercenary:
There's nothing heroine or protagonist about her. She's an unbalanced cocktail of psychosis, rage, and vengeance, packaged up into one undoubtedly hot supernatural ticket. She knows no rules but her own, and we all adore her for it. Willing to win at any cost, she mows down her adversaries without even breaking a sweat. Bad guys and good guys alike need to beware. If you see the Mercenary coming, do yourself a favor and run.10) The Girl I Wish I Was Heroine:
The perfect blend of flawed and fabulous, this leading lady knows how to milk emotion out of a reader, good or bad. She's by far the most relatable character going, and one of the most interesting to watch grow over a novel or series. Believable, but fallible, she's the perfect blend of all the other heroines.
The boys all love her, but don't want to do dirty things to her like the Bed Hopper. She has moments of Clueless Wonder behavior, but tends to pull it together when the chips are down. Though equipped with an inner Badass in one way or another, she's far too aware of her shortcomings and wouldn't dream of wandering the streets with a sawed off, looking for trouble. She'd probably shoot herself in the leg anyways.
She knows that she can't always go it alone, even if she dreams that she can, and though the sea of men that often surround her cause a temporary dilemma, she always manages to pick a team and stick to it. Unlike D with the D, if her libido drives her to flirt with the dark side, her inner wisdom shines through...eventually. CF is probably her greatest tendency, which usually reads as more endearing than annoying. As for her inner mercenary... I think if you push ANY woman far enough, you'll see that crazy bitch pop out. And you don't want none of that :)
No matter your favorite, these ladies bring a certain charm and entertainment to the page that keep us all wanting more. I look forward to a day when my schedule is far more balanced, allowing me to reacquaint myself with the heroines that made me love the genre to start with.
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Students are starting to multiply and divide. For extra practice with the facts visit Mr. Rich's Kids' Corner above.
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In ELA students are reading and writing from the heart.
To help your child choose a book that's just right follow these instructions:
Does this topic interest you?
Can you read or figure out almost all the words? Use the five finger rule.
Do you like the illustrations?
Can you understand what you are reading?
Are you reading the text smoothly without stopping to sound out unfamiliar words?
Every day we have writer's workshop. During this time we discusswhat good writers do, study good writing, write and share our writing with eachother. We have been collecting ideas and writing about them in our writer's notebook.
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Topic 3
Aimant is the french word for "magnet". It also means affection! Two things drawn to each other!
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In social studies students are learning map skills, so you can let them start driving around town soon!
We are also keeping up to date on current affairs with Time for Kids. Check it out. www.timeforkids.com
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In third grade students learn how to write in cursive.


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Todd Chrisley's Most Medal-Worthy Moments
Posted on 1/10/18
Look what arrived just in time for the 2018 Winter Olympics. It's Todd Chrisley's most medal-worthy moments! The star of Chrisley Knows Best shows off his ultra-competitive side and proves without a shadow of a doubt that he is the most athletic member of the family. Does the Patriarch of Perfection live up to his name? Check out this lowlight... err highlight reel above of Todd's most medal-worthy moments!
Make sure to catch the 2018 Winter Olympics on NBC, starting with live competition on Thursday, Feb. 8. Visit NBCOlympics.com for the latest TV listings and schedules.


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Have you ever wondered how some young people are able to start a profitable business by posting videos on social media and then getting sponsors for it? Well, today I want to tell you a story about an online business owner who began his journey as a social media icon and started a profitable business with just a $2000 Ad budget. (and how he got there)
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Jason is an entrepreneur that helps marketing agencies by creating viral videos that are engaging and are what people love to share. He coaches and guides a range of companies from start-ups or to those who are already established. At first, he was doing incredibly well, but that didn't last for long. The business got slow, and he was struggling to get noticed.
Jason was trying his hardest to break through the insane amount of marketing noise by doing videos so he could get more leads and potential clients. He knew that this was the best way to tap into his market and get the attention of potential customers. While he's just one of the bright stars, other people from his network of businessmen told him that he's on the right track and that the results will one day be massive.
When he first started out, he was doing really well. What stopped him from continually growing was a lack of creative ideas that would go viral and get shared across social media.
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With everything finally optimized and fully matured, his cost per click decreased by a massive 52%. He also started gaining 5 to 10 leads per day in the first 5 days that the ads ran for his video. This accounted to just $2,000 of total ad budget in 30 days. Jason was dumbfounded with the surreal results.
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The ultimate goal for all companies online and offline is to increase sales and secure their market presence. So how do you grow your client base and secure your market share? it is likely that your company has what your target market needs the problem for you though is that your competitors do too. Here are a 5 timeless and fun tips that will help you increase your sales and consumer base. Whether you sell a product or service these tips will help you raise your sales.
Get some reputable partners:
Your prospects want to know that you can be trusted, that your service is good and that you have something in common with them, aside from solving their problem. This is especially important if you sell a service. What makes you so special? Your prospects need to know this and they don't need you to tell them either, they need to learn about you from someone else. Partners, promoters or supporters are paramount! Nothing beats good ol' PR, right. Get good sources interested in your product support their product and they will support yours. You do have a great product or service anyway, right? Then it is time to build some great partnerships with companies that share something in common with your target market!
Just remember, that building up a good network of known companies related to your industry takes time and building strong ties to those partners is worth the time spent.
Build awareness about your service or product:
If no one knows about your office, shop, website, product or service then no one will buy from you unless they happen to stumble upon it one night while randomly surfing the net. If you want to grow and expand your client base build your reputation, expertise and quality over through the internet. Work with reliable sources though or building your reputation can go in the opposite direction than you intend.
Don't be too self promotional or you will lose credibility. Being too self serving is like going up to a gorgeous woman that has all she needs in the world and saying "I am the best because I know so, you need me."
Chances are she will laugh and turn away just because you didn't give her any real quality information and that's not your goal! Is it? Give your target market information that they can use and would be worth taking their time to look further into.
Run some "Keep in touch" campaigns:
It is always nice to get an email from a company that you purchased from or hired to provide you a service. The secret is to keeping 95% unrelated to them buying or using your service again. Keep it friendly and caring, be genuine, say Hello without ulterior motives, except that you want to see how they are coming along. Keeping in touch with previous customers will keep you on the top of their mind, so it is mostly likely that just by keeping in touch they will return to your company the next time they need what you have. Well, that is if they were satisfied and if they were not satisfied, find out why so you can take that feedback into consideration.
Keeping in touch isn't just about recycling those previous customers, keep in mind that their feedback is just as valuable.
Segment your prospects (profiling):
How do you know who wants to buy what? Demographics say so say much about your target market and what is grabbing whose attention that if neglected you are literally taking a knife to your sales and cutting them by a percentage. Which leads to having the right tools available to learn which customers are buying what and why. Who can you target for specific products. Proper analytics and monitoring software is something that if added will give you the insight you need into your consumer base. After you have the software tools you need then you can start segmenting your buyers and tailor your sales messages by profile.
Applying these few tips into your organization, you will easily gain more sales. Timeless and tested, proved and in practice techniques such as these can be found all over the net. It is definitely beneficial to run a few small campaigns, to build partnerships, awareness and of your company. Find the right software to monitor your influx of buyers and segment them into different buying groups then stay in touch with everyone for the sake of caring about them. Start turning your customers into your clients... Clients are way better for business!


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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A federal judge blocked a California gun law which was supposed take effect Saturday.
It would have banned the possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines defined as being capable of carrying over 10 rounds.
None of the handguns and rifles on display at Herb Bauer's Sporting Goods have high-capacity magazines. They've been illegal to buy or sell in California for 17 years.
State law would've required people to turn in high-capacity magazines into gun stores or law enforcement or face fines.
"I've had nobody come in who wanted to turn anything in," Barry Bauer said.
The state law was overturned by a federal judge who ruled the ban takes away gun owners' second amendment rights. Bauer at the sporting goods store was pleased to hear about the ruling but expects an appeal.
"The judge just made a determination that the government cannot take your property and there would be irreversible damages if we let the law go into effect," he said.
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims says the state law would only impact law-abiding citizens. She too wasn't expecting anyone in the Valley to turn in any magazines.
"We're not going to be actively looking at sales rosters, looking at these to see who may have purchased these and enforcing the law that way," she said. "It's a waste of our time."
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra criticized the judge's ruling saying in a statement, "I will defend the will of California voters because we cannot continue to lose innocent lives due to gun violence."
Voters approved Proposition 63 in November which in part banned the possession of high-capacity magazines.
Fresno sheriff, store owners welcome blocking of CA high-capacity magazine law
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Some pranksters (that may or may not be employed by Taco Bell and/or its ad agency, DraftFCB/Orange County) posted flyers in the small town of Bethel, Alaska announcing that a new Taco Bell would be opening on July 4th.
The flyers included a fake web address but a real phone number belonging to a local citizen, who ended up fielding many unwanted calls about possible jobs at the new fast food restaurant.
The hoax rocked enough boats to make the Anchorage paper, and the LA Times. After news of the hoax, and the hungry cries of a remote Alaska town, reached Orange County (assuming the whole thing didn't originate there), the agency and Taco Bell stepped up.
It turns out residents of Bethel were truly stoked to get a Taco Bell in their town of 6000, considering the nearest Taco Bell is 400 miles away in Anchorage. So naturally, they were bummed to learn that they'd been duped.
Enter the thoughtful brand and its air-lifted taco truck, equipped to serve 10,000 free Doritos Locos Tacos to the Bethelites. Aslo enter the camera crews to catch it all on tape, so the whole corporate good will thing could be replayed in an ad campaign now running on TV.
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This is an accidental topic – one which I hadn't planned to blog on at all – but could possibly be one of the most interesting areas for the application of mobile learning approaches.
My colleague Helen Lynch posted a YouTube video on our team blog today, featuring an accomplished Australian jazz pianist and teacher (Doug McKenzie) performing an improvisation of "Some Day My Prince Will Come" – with video of his hands and a captioned explanation of his technique. Here it is for your viewing pleasure;
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This comes just a week after meeting Megan Iemma at mLearn. Megan is a music teacher who has terrific ideas on how to use iPods to support teaching and learning (and, in particular, music education), with many of her ideas and resources available on her blog. At the conference, she had asked me if it was possible to display the musical notation on an iPod while a song was being played. I had no idea at the time, but delving further into Doug's videos, I found this:
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Yes – a musical performance, together with video of the performer's hands, a digital version of the keyboard (making the fingering a little clearer), the musical notation, chords, and explanation of the performance, all in one. Wow.
This made me think about how I started learning violin (though it's been over a decade since I last had lessons, and sadly, things are now rather rusty). I started learning with the Suzuki Method, which is basically a method of teaching a musical instrument by teaching technique, but learning songs by just listening to them. I started at the age of four years old, and didn't even see musical notation for the first three years of my violin classes – everything was done by ear.
What does this mean? Well, for one thing, it means that it's possible to learn music just by listening to it – as easily for a child as picking up a language. The Suzuki Method has been around for decades now, and has been proven with scores of virtuosos (myself definitely not among them!). Anyway, this would effectively make an iPod a powerful learning tool for picking up musical pieces, even if you *only* had audio. The addition of video – which can allow the annotation of a musical performance with live demonstration, musical notation and commentary makes an iPod even more interesting as a tool for learning music.
I've certainly tried out the use of mobile devices for learning performing arts before – for example, as described in this previous post. Learning new dance moves requires me to constantly practice them until my body develops a subconscious "muscle memory" for them; until then, however, it's easy to completely forget how to replicate any given move, or to introduce errors of timing, movement or technique. This is why I started videoing instructors performing dance moves – so I would have a reference for revising dance moves correctly; and it's been the most effective method for learning dance (certainly better than my initial attempt to keep a textual database of the moves!)
I also have a teaching qualification in Speech and Drama, and it got me thinking about how my Speech teacher used to do taped recordings on audio cassettes for me to listen to her delivery – for example, changes of pitch, pace, pause, power and timing – that would help me as I memorised each piece of prose or poetry. I would also have to tape myself and listen to my own recordings to pick up ways I could improve my own performances. How easy and effective this would be on today's mobile, digital devices, compared with the low-quality, clumsy tape deck I had to use as a child! Using Gavin's voice-based system, which I explored in a previous post, it would even be possible to exchange performances between teacher and learner for guidance and feedback easily and remotely.
There are some really terrific opportunities for the use of mobile devices in teaching and learning performing arts – it will be fantastic to explore this area of application for mobile learning in more depth in the future!
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The following is a fictional account of the dialogue between a political science professor and the students of an honors seminar in an East Coast liberal arts college.
Robert had just asked, "Is a coup possible in America?"
The Professor smiled and said, "Robert, that's a very fundamental question. Especially because of the polarization we now have in America. Coups don't have to be the result of armed conflict or widespread street violence. Remember most dramatic changes in the form and substance of government has occurred through the ballot box and not out of the barrels of guns.
"More correctly, most dramatic changes in the form of government are the result of several voting cycles. The journey to socialism, communism or fascism is an incremental process. Many years ago, I wrote a small book called "Stepping Stones to Tyranny" that explains the process of the gradual loss of choice and individual freedom. The successful socialist revolutionary will pose several issues to the public, none of which seem dramatic. National health care is a good example of a single, but critical first step. Each step results in an expansion of government and a corresponding reduction of life choices available to individuals in a free society.
"The results of a recent move of a nation into a socialist economy, is Venezuela. The message of Socialism is a seductive one. Voters attracted by the benefits and class warfare rhetoric don't see they are losing the power of choice or individual freedoms until it is too late. For the Socialist/Progressives to be successful they need a population that has been brought to the promise of 'cradle to grave' care over decades. We are close to that point in America, which is why I believe the Progressives have a real shot at establishing a one-party socialist government if they can get rid of the Trump Administration by any means.
"I don't think there is much doubt that the Progressives/Liberals control our education system, especially in colleges and universities. They certainly have won over most of t national media. The Black and Hispanic voters favor Socialist candidates by wide margins and they have the highest birth rates in America. Illegal immigrants from South and Central America will vote for Progressive Candidates. Our largest population centers on both coasts vote for liberal candidates. Take away the Electoral College and go to a popular vote tally to determine winners and the Progressives could win the next national election. Among registered voters, those who voted twice for Obama, once for Hillary Clinton and today believe the election was stolen from her by the Russians are already in the Progressive/Socialist camp.
"Look how far the Progressives have come in pushing their anti-Trump agenda. They have caused the appointment of a Special Prosecutor, Mr. Mueller a former FBI Director, to investigate collusion between the Trump Administration and the Russians. This all without any evidence that any crime was committed. The Progressives have won a victory simply by keeping the anti-Trump media drum beating its mind-numbing tune. Play the big lie often enough and people will believe it. (A tactic out of the Nazi playbook.)
"The stay behind Obama followers, who have embedded themselves in the Trump Administration, are leaking real classified documents and making up others to damage the Trump Administration. Of all traitors that expose national secrets, leakers are the easiest to find. It is a huge stain on the record of the FBI and The Department of Justice (DOJ) that they are not even conducting a serious effort to find the leakers. Under the Obama Administration leaks made the President look good. Those leakers where never found either.
"The last barrier the Progressives must break through is the 'rule of law. Unless Mr. Mueller can motivate the FBI and the DOJ to investigate and prosecute offenders, no matter who they are, this important safeguard of freedom will be gone and the Socialist will have won.
"Yes, Robert, I believe a coup in America is possible. Your generation may be the last hope we have of keeping a government consistent with individual liberty alive."
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Consumer Protection and the Criminal Law: Law, Theory, and Policy in the UK
Consumer Protection and the Criminal Law: Law, Theory, and Policy in the UK
Consumer protection law and criminal law have both received considerable analysis from academic lawyers. The role of legal intervention with the aim of protecting the consumer has come in for scrutiny in a number of seminal works, many of which concentrate upon the role of consumer law in the marketplace. The role of criminal law has also been discussed by a large number of leading commentators, with particular attention being paid to the boundaries of criminal sanctions, and particular concern being addressed to increasing criminalisation. Against this background, it is surprising that so little has been written about the role of criminal sanctions in the protection of the consumer. The criminal law has been the prime technique used by successive post-war governments to implement consumer policy in the UK. Intervention in the civil law to protect the consumer has been less frequent, although a number of important examples of this exist. Strict liability regulatory offences, tempered by statutory defences, remain the paradigm of UK consumer protection law.
This book aims to be the first major monograph to examine the role of criminal sanctions in the protection of the consumer. Although focusing on the UK, much of the analysis in this work is relevant wherever matters of consumer policy are being considered. The book provides a critique of regulatory consumer law, by examining the objectives of consumer policy, the role of criminal law in society, and the extent to which consumer protection is an appropriate topic with which criminal law can deal. The book seeks to achieve its aims in the following ways. First, it investigates the justification for having consumer protection laws, and considers the regulatory techniques available to fulfil consumer policy objectives. Although much of the traditional analysis of consumer protection law has focused on its economic role in correcting market failure, it will be argued that the social objectives of consumer law should be given greater attention. Secondly, the book examines the role, and the use, of criminal law in society, with particular reference to the concept of the regulatory offence. There has been considerable concern from liberal criminal justice scholars at what is perceived as over-criminalisation in general, and it is . . .


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Strike a Chord (SAC) supports seriously ill and disadvantaged children. Through the gift of music, SAC offers children the opportunity to play an instrument, play in a band or more. The affiliation between SAC and Datacom was born out of a longstanding friendship between Datacom WA's Director Basil Lenzo and John Zaccaria, Chairman and Co-Founder of SAC. As a founding partner of SAC, Datacom has provided ongoing financial support and is an integral sponsor of their Music4Life programme. The programme enables SAC to purchase musical instruments and equipment for children to keep. Datacom has also developed its website and supplies electronic merchandise for SAC grants requiring iPods and other electronic musical equipment. So far, hundreds of children and thousands of family members have benefited from the partnership between Datacom and SAC.
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I have to sort a list using a number of criterions (a,b,c,d) where d
is the least important criterion and a is the most important one. All
comparisons should be 'higher number: better position'. This is what I
have tried:
require 'pp'
h= {"Team A"=>{:a=>3, :b=>2, :c=>6, :d=>114 },
"Team B"=>{:a=>0, :b=>-2, :c=>4, :d=>112 },
"Team C"=>{:a=>3, :b=>4, :c=>4, :d=>110 },
"Team D"=>{:a=>3, :b=>4, :c=>4, :d=>108 },
[:d,:c,:b,:a].each do |criterion|
tmp=tmp.sort_by { |a| a[1][criterion] }.reverse
pp tmp
[["Team D", {:d=>108, :a=>3, :b=>4, :c=>4}],
["Team C", {:d=>110, :a=>3, :b=>4, :c=>4}],
["Team A", {:d=>114, :a=>3, :b=>2, :c=>6}],
["Team B", {:d=>112, :a=>0, :b=>-2, :c=>4}]]
but as far as I can see 'Team C' should be better than 'Team D',
because of criterion d. Is it possible that sort_by is not stable? Or
is there something I did wrong?


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Richard Elder is taking on the Half Iron Man Challenge in Weymouth on 23rd September 2018 to help raise funds to support Project Dream's Water Well campaign. This is a gruelling course, which takes determination, a lot of hard work and training. Even though the course is only half it is still no easy feat.
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1. Be Proactive
This book takes an in depth look at teaching yourself how to let go of the things you can't control. It's much easier said than done; it takes time and effort to craft your mind. But this book teaches you exactly how to do it, and relieve you of unnecessary stress and wasted effort in any situation for the rest of your life.
2. Learn to lead yourself
As Stephen Covey, himself says: "if you don't make a conscious effort to visualize who you are and what you want in life, then you empower other people and circumstances to shape you and your life by default". Source
This chapter is important because it teaches you how to realign your goals so that you keep focused on all the right things. Basically, it teaches you why self-discipline is one of the most important ingredients for success, and how to achieve it.
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Chapter 3 is important far beyond the scope of your working life. It teaches you the skill that you must carry with you to be successful as a spouse, parent, employee and employer altogether. It teaches you how to set specific goals in the right order, and more importantly, how to follow them easily and diligently.
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There is a saying that goes "only speak if the words you are about to say are more beautiful than silence". This quote goes hand in hand with listening to understand and to respond, instead of just waiting for your chance to speak.
It is important to obtain an objective opinion across all walks of life. This chapter guides you on a journey to better understanding people and situations around you, before making decisions, forming opinions and reaching conclusions.
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One of the biggest obstacles in life is learning how to turn weaknesses into strengths; especially when it comes to cooperation and competition.
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