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Secret Life of Humans – Cast and Creatives
Emma Denly (Ava)
Her theatre credits include: The Ballad Of Maria Marten (UK Tour, Eastern Angles); Out Of Sorts (Theatre503); The Rebellious Women of Wimbledon (for which she was nominated for an Offie, Attic); The Rivals (Watermill); The Woman In The Moon (Shakespeare's Globe); Saint George and The Dragon (Workshop,NT Studio); The Importance of Being Earnest (Theatr Clwyd); Women Redressed (Park Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Rabble / South Street Arts) and Henry I (Rabble). She is also a regular performer in the Read Not Dead series of readings at Shakespeare's Globe. Her screen credits include: Gentle (Fire Heart Films); Golden Girl (London Film School), UK: A-Z and Christmas Hacks (both Baldy Productions, YouTube). Additionally she has also recently recorded an episode of the sitcom Plum House for BBC Radio 4. Emma also writes for theatre and television, and works as a voiceover artist.
Lukas Lee (George)
Lukas trained at the Guildford School of Acting. Theatre credits include: The Soldier (Salisbury Playhouse, Mesh Theatre Company); Bliss (Russia, Menagerie Theatre Company); Journeys End (Belgium, Mesh Theatre Company); Christmas Carol (Split Second Productions UK Tour); Not Dead Enough (UK and Ireland No.1 Tour); She Stoops to Conquer, Alls Well That Ends Well (Changeling Theatre Company); The Sessions: Live at Abbey Road ( Royal Albert Hall/UK and Ireland Tour); Twelfth Night, The Tempest (The Lord Chamberlains Men UK Tour); Henry IV (Waterloo East Theatre).
Evan Milton (Jamie Bronowski)
Evan Milton trained with the National Youth Theatre. His work in theatre includes Network (National Theatre); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (National Theatre tour); Dracula (UK No.1 tour); Every Bit of my Love (Old Vic Tunnels); The 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic); A Marked Man (Hightide Festival); King Ubu and Mr Kolpert (Edinburgh Festival Fringe); and The Seagull, Macbeth and Dr Faustus (Bloomsbury). TV credits include: The Little Drummer Girl (Ink Factory/BBC); Tell Me Who I Am (Netflix); EastEnders (BBC); The Lost Pirate Kingdom (Netflix) and Eyewitness: D-Day (National Geographic). Film credits include: Bel Ami, Brighton Rock and Every Bit of my Love (Time Warner IGNITE).
Caroline Moroney (Rita Bronowski)
Caroline trained at RADA. Her theatre credits include: Midsummer Nights Dream, Frankenstein (Aquila theatre company, American tour); Science, Penelope Skinner (RADA Studios); Persuasion (Manchester Royal Exchange); A Collection of Cells (HighTide); Midsummer's Night's Dream (Creation Theatre Company); A Subject of Scandal and Concern (Finborough Theatre); The Spill (Old Red Lion Theatre). Credits whilst training include: As You Like it, New Labour, The Rover, Women of Twilight.
Gary Tushaw (Bruno Bronowski)
Gary trained at RADA. West End theatre includes: Sunset Boulevard (ENO/Coliseum); Sweeney Todd (ENO/Coliseum); The Mousetrap (St Martin's Theatre); Les Miserables (Queen's Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Piccadilly). Other theatre credits include: Amour (Charing Cross Theatre); Rocky Horror Show (International Tour); In Gay Company (Jermyn Street); Ragtime (Charing Cross Theatre); Allegro (Southwark Playhouse); Thérèse Raquin (Park Theatre and Finborough); The Liberation of Colette Simple (Jackson's Lane); The Hired Man (Leicester Curve); Return of the Soldier (Landor Theatre); Bonnie and Clyde (Kings Head Theatre); Billy Chickens is a Psychopath Superstar (Theatre 503/Latitude Festival); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires); Hacked (Theatre 503); Bel Ami (White Bear); A Christmas Carol (Southwark Playhouse); Our Miss Gibbs (Finborough); The Melancholy Hussar (Kings Head); The Beggar's Opera, Taming of the Shrew (Changeling Theatre Company); The Tempest (New Wolsey); The Picture of Dorian Gray (Pomegranate); As You like It, Hamlet (National Tour); Fumed Oak, Red Peppers, The Importance of Being Earnest (REL/Cunard Productions).
Television includes: Glow and Darkness (Dreamlight Productions); Thanks For The Memories (ZDF). Gary is delighted to be back in Frankfurt having starred in the Rocky Horror Show at the Alte Oper in 2018.
Derek Anderson (Director / Lighting Designer)
Derek studied Film and Television Production at the North East College of Scotland followed by Theatre Production from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. On his directing debut, Derek won the 2015 Whatsonstage Award for Best Off-West End Production for Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Twickenham Theatre. The critically acclaimed production, starring Olivier Award-winner David Bedella in the title role, was also nominated for Best Musical Revival. For Aberdeen Arts Centre Derek directed the Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company and The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh. At The English Theatre Frankfurt Derek has directed Hand to God, The Lion in Winter, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Sweeney Todd.
Other work includes Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim for Stowe Arts and the world premier of Eyes Closed, Ears Covered by Alex Gwyther at the Bunker Theatre which was nominated for three Off-West End Awards. Recently Derek directed Ticker, a new play by Tom Machell.
Simon Kenny (Set and Costume Designer)
Simon was recently selected to represent the UK at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design. Previously for The English Theatre Frankfurt: The Children, Cabaret, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Venus In Fur, The Collector, Saturday Night Fever. Recent theatre includes: Ghost Quartet (Boulevard); Assassins (Watermill/Nottingham Playhouse); Red Dust Road (National Theatre of Scotland); Crongton Knights, Noughts & Crosses (national tours for Pilot); the multi award-winning Sweeney Todd in a purpose built pie shop (West End and Off-Broadway, Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Set Design of a Musical), and Barbarians, a multi-storey performance in the abandoned St Martin's School of Art building (both for Tooting Arts Club); The Gift, Princess & The Hustler, Black Men Walking (national tours for Eclipse); The Selfish Giant (West End); Macbeth (Stafford Castle); Holes (Nottingham Playhouse and tour); Broken Glass (Watford Palace) and The Wind in the Willows (Sherman). Other designs include: Babette's Feast (Print Room); Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare's Globe); Driving Miss Daisy, Saturday Night Fever (Theatre Royal Bath and UK tour); Rose with Dame Janet Suzman (HOME Manchester); Fallen Angels (Salisbury Playhouse); Sleeping Beauty, The Ladykillers, Sleuth (Watermill); Ghosts (Theatr Clwyd); In the Next Room or the vibrator play (Ustinov/St James); Island (National Theatre); Entertaining Mr Sloane (UK tour, London Classic Theatre); Tales From the Bar of Lost Souls (a British Council collaboration with imitating the dog and the National Theatre of Greece) and Border Force, an immersive installation/performance/club event for Duckie.
Opera includes A Midsummer Night's Dream, Le Nozze di Figaro (Nevill Holt Opera); the world premiere of Vivienne (Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House) and A Voice of One Delight (Riverside Studios); The Cunning Little Vixen, Háry János, The Prodigal Son, The Homecoming, Orlando (all Ryedale Festival); Carmen (Hampstead Garden Opera). www.simonkenny.co.uk
Max Pappenheim (Composition and Sound Designer)
Theatre credits include: Switzerland, Spamalot, The Glass Menagerie, Strangers on a Train (The English Theatre Frankfurt); The Night of the Iguana (Noel Coward Theatre); The Way of the World (Donmar); The Children (Royal Court/Broadway); Macbeth (Chichester Festival Theatre); Crooked Dances (RSC); Dry Powder, Sex with Strangers, Labyrinth (Hampstead); Ophelias Zimmer (Schaubühne, Berlin/Royal Court); One Night in Miami (Nottingham Playhouse); Hogarth's Progress (Rose, Kingston); The Ridiculous Darkness (Gate); Amsterdam, Humble Boy, Blue/Heart, The Distance (Orange Tree, Richmond); Beckett Triple Bill (Jermyn Street Theatre); The Gaul (Hull Truck); Cookies (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Jane Wenham (Out of Joint); Waiting for Godot (Sheffield Crucible); My Eyes Went Dark (Traverse & 59E59, New York); A Kettle of Fish (Yard); CommonWealth (Almeida); Creve Coeur (Print Room); Cuzco, Wink (Theatre503); The Cardinal, Kiki's Delivery Service (Southwark Playhouse); Mrs Lowry and Son (Trafalgar Studios); Martine, Black Jesus, Somersaults (Finborough); My Cousin Rachel, The Habit of Art, Monogamy, Teddy, Toast, Fabric, Invincible (National Tours); The Talented Mr Ripley (The Faction). Opera creditsinclude: Miranda (Opéra Comique, Paris); Scraww (Trebah Gardens); Vixen (Vaults/International Tour); Carmen: Remastered (ROH/Barbican). Dance credit: While You are Here (DanceEast/The Place). Radio credit: Home Front (BBC Radio 4). Associate Artist of The Faction and Silent Opera.
Louise Rhoades-Brown (Video Designer)
Louise is a highly skilled Video & Projection Designer specializing in video for theatre and live events. She trained in Motion Graphic Design at Ravenbourne College. Her work can be seen across the UK and internationally.
Recent theatre and live events credits includes: Dick & Angel – Dare to do It (UK Tour); Macbeth, Sweet Charity (Watermill); One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (The English Theatre Frankfurt); D Day75 (Greenham Trust); The Phlebotomist (Hampstead Theatre); Trial by Laughter (Watermill & Tour); An Adventure (The Bush); It Happened in Key West (Charing Cross); Lava (Nottingham Playhouse); Br'er Cotton (Theatre 503); Rothschild & Sons, The Ugly One (Park Theatre, London); Inside Pussy Riot (The Saatchi Gallery); Bananarama UK Tour, Rudimental, V festival, Friendly Fires, Brixton Academy, Animator (all Really Creative Media); Neil Oliver, Dr Michael Mosely, Luv Esther, Gok Wan, Naked and Bearing all, Ray Mears Tales of Endurance, An Evening with Ray Mears, The Handyman, Flash mob, Associate (all UK Tours); Legally Blonde (Korea/Monte Carlo); A Thousand Faces; Art Sung, Alma Maler (Wilton's Music Hall) Worst Wedding Ever (Salisbury Playhouse); Dracula (Resorts World, Singapore); The Island Nation (The Arcola, London); Merch Yr Eog (Theatre Genedlaethol, Cymru); Legally Blonde, Bugsy Malone (Leicester Curve); The Trial of Jane Fonda (The Park); Box of Photographs (Polka Theatre); Alice's Adventures in Underground, Animator (Waterloo Vaults); Chwalfa (Pontio); The End of Longing, Animator (The Playhouse); Monster in The Maze (The Barbican); Merchant of Venice, Associate (The Almeida); The Water Babies (Ed Curtis); Fugee & Wasted, Gods & Monsters (Southwark Playhouse); The Prodigals (The Belgrade, Coventry); Fallujah (The Cockpit, London); 1936 (Lilian Baylis Theatre, London); Romeo & Juliet (Headlong, National Tour); Opera Holland Park (Corporate Party); The Swallowing Dark (Theatre 503); Queen with Adam Lambert (World Tour 2014); The Flying Dutchman, Associate (English National Opera, London); Raymond Gubby's Aida, Associate (The Royal Albert Hall); Josh Groban's Straight to you Tour (Multi Arena USA Tour); Procter & Gamble's Hairworld (Paris); Versus Versace Spring/Summer 2016, Pippin, Animator (The Menier Chocolate Factory); Reasons to be Cheerful, Animator (The New Wolsey Theatre). Content Manager: Nokia, Internal Communications (Internal Web Videos). www.rhoades-brown.com
Melanie Schöberl (Assistant Costume Design)
Melanie did costume design for The Threepenny Opera, The Crucible and Master Class. Her work for ETF as assistant costume designer includes The Who`s Tommy, Rain Man, Breaking the Code, Sweet Charity, Good People, The Ruling Class, Saturday Night Fever, Venus in Fur, The Collector, Other Desert Cities, Death and the Maiden, The Glass Menagerie, The Life, Disgraced, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Spamalot, Handbagged, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Pygmalion, Jekyll & Hyde, Hand to God, The Lion in Winter, Cabaret, Apologia, The Children, One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Sweeney Todd, The Effect and Switzerland.
Marc Frankum CDG (Casting Director)
Marc originally trained as an actor at Drama Centre London before moving into casting. For the English Theatre Frankfurt, Marc has cast Sweeney Todd, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Children, Apologia, Cabaret, The Lion in Winter, Jekyll & Hyde the Musical, Hand to God, Pygmalion, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Handbagged, Spamalot, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Glass Menagerie, Disgraced, Death and the Maiden, Other Desert Cities, Ghost, The Musical and Strangers on a Train.
Marc has also cast The History Boys (Grand Theatre Wolverhampton); God of Chaos, The Kneebone Cadillac (Theatre Royal Plymouth); Cinderella, Aladdin (Theatre Royal Norwich); Moll Flanders, Pieces of String, Much Ado About Nothing, Clybourne Park, Noises Off, Macbeth (Mercury Theatre Colchester); Dracula (Touring Consortium Theatre Company); The Full Monty 2018/19 & 2016/17 (UK Tour); Tonight at 8.30 (Jermyn Street Theatre); The Band (UK Tour); I Capture the Castle (Palace Theatre Watford/Bolton Octagon); Out Of Order (UK Tour); Hand to God (West End); The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night (Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank/Shakespeare's Globe); Barbarians (Tooting Arts Club); When Blair had Bush and Bunga (Pleasance One); Dial M for Murder (UK Tour); The Duck House (West End); Goodnight Mister Tom (West End/Chichester Festival Theatre/The Children's Touring Partnership); Stepping Out (Salisbury Playhouse); The Mousetrap (60th Anniversary Tour), The Woman In Black (West End); An Inspector Calls (UK Tour); Mother Adam (Jermyn Street Theatre); The Hairy Ape (Southwark Playhouse); End of the Rainbow (UK Tour); Sign of the Times (Duchess Theatre); Calendar Girls (UK Tour); Far Away (Bristol Old Vic) and The History Boys (Theatre Royal Bath/West Yorkshire Playhouse) and was casting associate on Big, the Musical (Plymouth/Dublin); Good Canary (Rose Theatre Kingston); The Bodyguard (West End) and Elf, The Musical (West End/Plymouth/Dublin/Manchester) and casting consultant on Love on the Links (Salisbury Playhouse); The Dark Room (Theatre 503); Chinese Whispers (Greenwich Theatre).
Marc has worked alongside fellow Casting Director Sarah Bird on series 6 of Hustle, the BBC One Wales series Crash and various theatre productions.


Grand Plaza Serviced Apartments, London. Rates from GBP82.
Grand Plaza Serviced Apartments is a 4-star apartment-style hotel that offers private luxury apartments that are well-positioned for Notting Hill, Kensington Palace and Hyde Park.
Each of the 205 apartments has contemporary, open-planned kitchenettes and is completely furnished with first-rate modern appliances. All of these units are ideal for space, independence and serviced accommodation.
The Grand Plaza is just a 5-minute walk from the Paddington Train Station and only a few steps away from Whiteley's shopping centre. Queensway Tube and Bayswater stations are also just a short distance away.
Great room, new and clean. Good breakfast. Staff polite. everything was good. Excellent position.
Very clean and serene apartment. Facilities and service are high-grade. The Selesa Restaurant is perfect. Recommended especially for Southeast Asians visiting London.
We have stayed at the Grand Plaza several times, always for a week at a time. It sort of feels like coming home and we especially appreciate the possibility to cook our own meals. Serviced appartments are a lot more practical than plain hotel rooms.
That the big Tesco-shop in Bayswater closed down.
La situation, le calme, chambre spacieuse ... Rien a dire de négatif !!! Magasins à 2 rues de l hotel , très pratique ! Tout est super !
Excellent value for money. Brilliant location, very quiet but central, 5 minutes from tube station and Hyde Park - enjoyed a jog around the park! Staff were very polite, helpful and friendly. Our continentyal breakfast was included in the price and was very good. Breakfast available up to 11 and a good selection and service until then. We stayed in February and room was very warm. Good facilities in kitchen. Definately stay again and recommend.
Some beds a bit hard.
Some of the beds were very uncomfortable, the ventilation is very poor.
We were very happy with the hotel and the location was brilliant. The apartment was very clean and had everything that we needed. The staff was friendly and nothing was a problem to them. I will definately stay in this hotel again.
everything was wonderful at the grand plaza,from the lovely staff to the great apartment.we had a double executive studio.it was perfect, plenty of room,a huge bath and it was spotless.a very nice place to stay close to everything.thankyou grand plaza.
Room looked directly into hotel opposite. My girlfriend had been walking around naked for about 30mins before we realised a couple opposite were looking into our room (and appeared to be enjoying it, if you know what i mean!!) My girlfriend was very embarrassed.
the bathroom just needed a lick of paint and areas where damp had come through especially on the ceiling needed attention.
We (3) got a very nice apartment. The staff were kind and helpfull. It was a really nice hotel!
I had to sleep on a sofa-bed (which was not made for us) i slept on it 3 nights. When i came home i had problems breathing and pains in my chest. Went to the doctor and found out i have a damaged back bcuz of the sofabed.Need a specialist doctor to fix my back now for £70-80!! I am still in a lot of pain!
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Ransomware Attacks Your Organization's Ability to Function
by Brad Slavin | Sep 26, 2018 | Phishing Protection
By the time any business is aware that they are the target of a ransomware attack, it's too late. Once a hacker has breached security and enticed a user to click on a malicious link or attachment, access to local data on that employee's computer is locked. In order to unlock the data, a ransom must be paid. In about 91% of cases, the vector for ransomware is incoming email, often in the form of a spear phishing attack that purports to be from a sender known and trusted by the victim.
The good news is that relatively simple solutions can be found to combat the threat of ransomware. Since ransomware is nearly always initiated via email, adopting a strategy that blocks malicious URLs and weaponized attachments is the single most effective means of defense in the fight against ransomware and protection from phishing. DuoCircle's Advanced Threat Defense is the single most effective low-cost solution for organizations seeking to defend against email phishing prevention based threats.
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As previously mentioned, the overwhelming majority of ransomware attacks are delivered as attachments or links within emails.
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Most often, ransomware is installed on the user's computer when they click on a weaponized attachment or suspicious link within the email.
The United States ranks highest with 18.2 percent of all ransomware attacks.
Even though a ransomware attack directly affects only the user that opens it, the entire organization can suffer. Often, more than one user will be affected, and if the email is innocently forwarded by the affected employee, the malware can propagate over the corporate network. The challenge is that ransomware attacks grow more sophisticated as corporations become more aware of the problem of protection against phishing. Since ransomware is launched via email, defensive strategies must focus on email security. DuoCircle's Advanced Threat Defense Suite phishing protection software is an effective barrier to all forms of email based attack, including ransomware.
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Today Tony Burke, Labor's Shadow Minister for Environment and Water joined Fiona Phillips, Labor's Candidate for Gilmore at the Kiama Downs Surf Lifesaving Club to discuss the recently announced Clean Our Oceans Program.
Labor's Clean Our Oceans Program is a proposal to partner with Surf Clubs and the Clean Oceans Initiative to reduce and eventually eliminate, single use plastic water bottles from our beaches.
Single use plastics, including PET water bottles, are some of the most wasteful and environmentally damaging products, with thousands of them ending up in our oceans every day, polluting our pristine beaches and choking our marine wildlife.
"Labor has a clear plan to ensure that our oceans are clean and that our marine wildlife is safe. Thousands of plastic water bottles end up on our beaches and in our oceans every day and this needs to stop," said Tony Burke MP.
"Our community cares about the environment. While we're talking about removing plastic from local beaches, the Liberal candidate for Gilmore is Pro-Nuclear, and in November last year couldn't rule out Jervis Bay as a future location for a reactor – there's a clear policy difference here," said candidate Fiona Phillips.
Labor's Clean Our Oceans Program will provide the nippers program with up to 600,000 reusable water bottles, and help Surf Life Saving clubs around Australia put in place up to 600 water refill stations on our beaches and the systems and procedures to move toward zero waste.
A Shorten Labor Government is committed to tackling the issue of plastic pollution on our beaches and in our oceans. Labor will have further announcements on how we will tackle the issue of ocean plastics in the lead up to the election.


Rock Review Phil: Good Knives "A Place Called Doubt"
Opening track Until We Bleed is a good high energy track, but ultimately it doesn't define the album the way most opening tracks should. It gives a general idea of the vocal capabilities (raspy, sort of high) and musicianship (great usage of two guitars,) however the album does have tracks that standout more.
Doubt and Dance With Death are both promoted with music videos from the band, and rightfully so because these are two songs which I would say are spotlights from the album. Solid mid-pace hard rock tracks with a serious attitude to them. But it's the fourth track Keep On Running that made me realize just how good the band was at writing songs, mostly thanks to its key change at the end. Changing keys in songs has become such a lost art form; I guess it isn't the easiest thing to do, but it certainly isn't the hardest thing to do, and Good Knives does it with ease in this track.
I like how the album can go from high energy tracks such as the previously mentioned to slower tracks like Wasted, My Heart Is Cracked and Same Old Story. The album doesn't have a ballad, so I'm not calling these songs ballads, but there was definite emotion put in to these tracks which is why the band doesn't seem to want to lose that emotion behind loud and showy musicianship.
Then there are the songs like Nightmare and Fix Me which aren't fast paced high energy songs (though Fix Me has its energetic moments), but rather dark, serious and melodic without losing their edge. This is around the point of the album that I think listeners would realize the album has only seemed to have been getting better. Even the remaining songs Lost in Time, Breaking Out (one of my favourites) and Found My Way don't let up and manage to impress me with how they were written.
Just like the track that opened A Place Called Doubt, the song that closes it, Stand By Me (no it's not a Ben E. King cover) is also a great track, but on an album with 13 great tracks, I'm not sure I'd have picked this song to be the closer. I feel it doesn't punch the listener's ear drug and tickle their memory the way other tracks on the album have and the way I feel a closing track should be.
My first impression of Good Knives is not at all what I think of them now. I was expecting loud, possibly incoherent music that was high in energy and low in quality, but what I ended up finding is that there are still hard rock bands out there that know how to write good music. As previously mentioned, I love their usage of two guitarists; no one wants to just hear power chords and nothing but power chords behind the singing, and Good Knives seem to know that there is a reason a rhythm guitar player is called a rhythm guitar player and why a lead guitar player is called a lead guitar player. And rather than trying to hook listeners by playing loud and fast, Good Knives really do let their music do the talking and they hook listeners the way listeners should be hooked.
"Keep On Running" – While the entire album is great, the first half of the album is where I believe the band was trying to make the most of their statement, and Keep On Running is not only smack dab in the middle of the first half of the album, but it is also the track I feel stands out the most. It changes pace from simple and melodic to energetic choruses. Frankly when verses are a little basic compared to most of what the rest of the album has to offer, but the chorus is just so catchy, and the singing sounds at its absolute best in those moments. And for the songwriters out there, there is also that change in key toward the end as an added bonus.


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Q: Do multivariable functions have only one derivative (at each point)? I'm sorry if I sound too ignorant, I don't have a high level of knowledge in math.
I'm just starting Calc II, yet, I have a tiny understanding of derivatives in higher dimensions.
Having $z(x,y)$, one could treat $y$, for instance, as a constant, in order to get a function with respect to $x$ and then differentiate as one would do in two dimensions. This would, intuitively, give the derivative in the direction of $x$. To my understanding, differentiating with respect to $x$ is different as differentiating with respect to $y$, unless the function $z$ has some sort of symmetry.
But recently I have read in math posts that functions of more than one variable have only one derivative at each point, and that what I have described above is merely the 'directional derivative'.
If this is true, what is this type of derivative they are talking about? What is the equation for it?
Any help/thoughts would be really appreciated.

A: Given a function $f: U \subset \mathbb{R}^n \to V \subset \mathbb{R}^m$ we say $f$ is differentiable at $x \in U$ if there exists a linear map $T: \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^m$ such that,
$$ \lim_{\vec{h} \to \textbf{0}} \frac{\|f(x+\vec{h}) - f(x) - T(\vec{h})\|}{\|\vec{h}\|} = 0 \Rightarrow f(x+\vec{h})-f(x) = T(\vec{h})+\epsilon(x)$$
It follows from the limit definition that when $T$ exists it is unique. Hence $T$ is the best linear approximation to $f$ and we call it the total derivative, derivative, etc and define $T = Df(x)$.
The directional derivative that you are talking about is for functions like $f$ but when $m = 1$. In this case we have $D_{v} f(p) = \nabla f(p) \cdot v=Df(p) \cdot v$ where the LHS is the directional derivative. Although this definition may seem a bit abstract, if our main goal is to study general functions, it would be nice if we had a way to approximate them by simpler functions and if this is possible, it would nice if we already have theory developed for these simpler functions. This is good motivation for the above definition since we have linear algebra.

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Nebo Grabs A Record Eight Finalist Nominations At 60th Annual AMY Awards
Atlanta Agency Leads in Finalist Nominations at the Annual AMY Awards presented by the Atlanta Marketing Association
ATLANTA (March 8, 2017) – Nebo, an award-winning human-centered agency headquartered in Atlanta, has been nominated as a finalist for a record eight Atlanta Marketer of the Year Awards. This includes Nebo's president, Kimm Lincoln, being named a finalist for Atlanta Agency Marketer of the Year.
Nebo is being recognized in a variety of categories, including the inaugural Project Manager of the Year Award:
Kimm Lincoln: Finalist in Atlanta Agency Marketer of the Year
Sarah Christiansen: Finalist in Project Manager of the Year
GSMA Mobile World Congress: Finalist in Digital Advertising
FilmStruck: Finalist in Email Marketing
FilmStruck: Finalist in Web Campaign/Microsite
Gas South: Finalist in Integrated Marketing Campaign
TTI Floor Care: Finalist in PPC Campaign
Brookdale: Finalist in PPC Campaign
"We have a very talented and hardworking team, but our amazing clients make it possible to do great work," said Brian Easter, co-founder of Nebo. "The AMY Awards are generally considered to be the most prestigious marketing awards in the Southeast. To have industry peers recognize our work among other amazing agencies and brands is truly humbling."
For 60 years, the Atlanta Marketer of the Year Awards program has recognized marketers who craft innovative strategies and unforgettable campaigns and produce outstanding results. The awards are presented by AMA Atlanta, the third largest AMA Chapter in the US.
This year's AMY Awards winners will be acknowledged at the awards ceremony on March 9 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
About Nebo:
Nebo is a human-centered agency built for the digital age. We believe that trust and attention are the most valuable resources in this hyper-connected, omni-channel, multi-device, ad-saturated world. By creating human-centered digital experiences and buyer journey marketing campaigns, we inspire, educate, and empower consumers. Our research and strategy teams develop deep, authentic understandings of consumer behavior to earn a place in their hearts and minds. Our creative and copy teams use these insights to help brands tell great stories. Our marketing teams build campaigns that do more than drive awareness, they change consumer behavior. To learn more about Nebo, visit www.neboagency.com.
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Looking forward to An Education
An Education is to be released in UK cinemas on 30 October 2009, and I'm very much looking forward to it. It went down very well at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. My fear is that, being the kind of independent film it is, it will only end up in the small independent cinemas like the wonderful Harbour Lights in Southampton or have very short runs in the multiplexes. I hope UK film distributors E1 (and Sony Pictures Classics in the USA) will give it a good push. It won two prizes at the Sundance Film Festival easlier this year: World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic and the World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic. Carey Mulligan, who for Doctor Who fans is unforgettable as Sally Sparrow in 'Blink', stars as a brilliant teenager who is set to go to Oxford, when she falls under the spell of a wealthy, urbane older man. The cast also includes Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson, and Dominic Cooper. Perhaps even more exciting that this impressive line-up is that the screenplay was written by Nick Hornby. An Education is directed by Danish director Lone Scherfig. I confess I knew nothing about her until yesterday, but what I've read suggests she's very talented.
An Education is to be released in UK cinemas on 30 October 2009, and I'm very much looking forward to it. It went down very well at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. My fear is that, being the kind of independent film it is, it will only end up in the small independent cinemas like the wonderful Harbour Lights in Southampton or have very short runs in the multiplexes. I hope UK film distributors E1 (and Sony Pictures Classics in the USA) will give it a good push. It won two prizes at the Sundance Film Festival easlier this year: World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic and the World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic.
Carey Mulligan, who for Doctor Who fans is unforgettable as Sally Sparrow in 'Blink', stars as a brilliant teenager who is set to go to Oxford, when she falls under the spell of a wealthy, urbane older man. The cast also includes Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson, and Dominic Cooper. Perhaps even more exciting that this impressive line-up is that the screenplay was written by Nick Hornby. An Education is directed by Danish director Lone Scherfig. I confess I knew nothing about her until yesterday, but what I've read suggests she's very talented.
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Roblox shuts down Chinese mobile app to work on a new version
Roblox shut down the Chinese version of its iOS and Android app, also known as LuoBuLeSi, just five months after its release in China, according to a report from TechCrunch. The app, which was rolled out as a test in partnership with Chinese game company Tencent, will be rebuilt and potentially re-released in the country at a later date.
Roblox was officially taken off app stores on December 8th of last year, as announced on a translated version of Roblox China's website. The post thanks players for testing out the app, and says that developers will "continue to optimize the product."
"A number of important transitory actions are necessary" as devs rebuild the app
"Last year, we launched Roblox China also known as LuoBuLeSi with a vision to build an immersive virtual universe of 3D experiences in China that we have been testing and iterating on along the way," Roblox spokesperson James Kay said in a statement to The Verge. "It is critical that we now make the necessary investments, including investments in our data architecture, in order to realize our long-term vision for LuoBuLeSi."
As for why the Roblox app was removed, Kay told The Verge that "a number of important transitory actions are necessary" as the platform prepares to build another version of the app. Kay also didn't share any additional details about when the new version will be released, noting that the company will make the information public when the time comes.
Roblox's brief debut in China hasn't been free of challenges — the Financial Times reports that the platform appeared to struggle against Chinese competitors, like the similar ByteDance-owned Reworld. Aside from that, Roblox encountered an even bigger challenge: China itself. Financial Times notes that Roblox was subject to China's regulatory standards, despite marketing itself as an educational game, resulting in the censorship of some of its features.
The shutdown of Roblox China, albeit temporary, marks the sudden cessation of yet another popular game in the country. In November, Epic Games closed out a test of Fortnite in China without much of an explanation, despite the game having heavy modifications to comply with China's strict content rules. Even more surprising, the global version of Steam appears to be banned in China as of late December, perhaps to replace the service with the much more limited Chinese version.
Ahead of all these gaming-related shutdowns, Chinese regulators compared video games to "spiritual opium" and began limiting kids' screen time to just three hours per week. This is in addition to a curfew that prohibits children from gaming between 10PM and 8AM, which is supposed to fight video game addiction.
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Well it looks like Sprint has been busy lately eh? They're just announced they're getting the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, the LG Mach and LG Optimus G and their very own Plug-in-Connect Tri-Mode USB device. The last one could have a used a better name I think, but it's basically a USB Modem for your laptop for cellular access. And with this one as well, no prices and no real release dates either.. Why put out a PR with no real information?
These four new 4G LTE additions will be available this fall and will provide customers powerful devices that fit their lifestyles:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is the first tablet to combine the benefits of Sprint 3G and 4G LTE with a vivid 10.1-inch touchscreen display, Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich and a 1.5GHz dual-core processor.
LG Optimus G features an advanced 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, making it a dream device for photo lovers who are ready to leave their point-and-shoot at home and just carry their smartphone.
LG Mach makes 4G LTE accessible as an inexpensive yet sleek smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard and Sprint ID.
Sprint Plug-in-Connect Tri-Mode USB brings Sprint 3G/4G/4G LTE directly to a laptop through a USB connection.
Meet the New Fab Four
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 brings to life the data capabilities of the Sprint 4G LTE Network on a large beautiful display making it the ideal device to watch a video, listen to music, check email or surf the Web.
The new tablet offers endless content access in a sleek design that maximizes the home entertainment experience. Using the built-in IR Blaster, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 can be used as a universal smart remote that helps users easily find their favorite TV shows.
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 boasts two cameras, a rear-facing 3-megapixel camera with LED flash and video capture for taking pictures of life's important moments as they happen and a front-facing VGA camera for Face Unlock and video chat. Additionally, on-device encryption and VPN access ensure the tablet is secure for business use. The 7,000 mAh battery keeps the devices connected throughout the day, and the 3G/4G LTE mobile hotspot capability supporting up to 10 Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously.
LG Optimus G, the latest superphone from LG Electronics, combines the Sprint 4G LTE Network with the power of Qualcomm's Snapdragon™ S4 Pro CPU quad-core processor to create an extremely fast and incredible mobile experience. Equipped with a high-density 2,100 mAh battery and impressive 4.7-inch True HD (high-definition) IPS Plus display, LG Optimus G users can seamlessly multitask between personal, business and entertainment needs and go beyond the boundaries of traditional on-the-go smartphone capabilities.
Beyond the advanced 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, LG Optimus G has unique camera capabilities including Time Catch Shot, which empowers users to choose the best photo among various shots taken before the shutter button is pressed, and "cheese shutter," which allows users to take a photo by just saying the word "cheese." Additional features include 32 GB of internal memory, a 4.7-inch WXGA True HD IPS Plus Display (1280 x 768) and the Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
An ideal entry point into 4G LTE, LG Mach will be one of the thinnest devices with a QWERTY keyboard offered by Sprint. Additionally, its 5-megapixel camera with LED flash allows users to capture images in a snap, and the front-facing camera makes video conferencing a breeze. Full 1080p HD recording and playback allows users to watch streaming movies on the go, or show off those videos to friends and family.
Featuring Sprint ID, LG Mach allows users to cut through the clutter of more than 600,000 apps in the Google Play store by selecting from a variety of mobile ID packs featuring apps, ringers, wallpapers, widgets and more. Sprint ID packs currently include Green, Fashion and Beauty, E!, MTV Music, CMT and NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Sprint expands its 4G mobile broadband portfolio with the addition of the first tri-mode USB device, Sprint Plug-in-Connect Tri-Mode USB. It provides an easy-to-use mobile broadband solution for instant connectivity and enhanced productivity while on-the-go.
With no software to install or startup delay, the Plug-in-Connect Tri-mode USB works just like an Ethernet cable – just plug in and go. For business customers, the device gives the flexibility that mobile workers need with real-time access to company resources, networks and data. Additional features include a fold-away USB connector, LED service status indicator and hands-free activation.
All smartphones, including LG Optimus G and LG Mach, require activation on one of the Sprint Everything Data plans starting at just $79.99 per month (taxes and fees excluded) with Truly Unlimited data, text and calling to any mobile. No throttling, no metering and no overages, all while on the Sprint network. With Sprint's Everything Data and other plans that include Truly Unlimited data, Sprint is continuing its history of data leadership by making it easy for its customers to use data in all the ways that are useful to them, such as news, email, music, TV and GPS navigation, without worrying about data overages on their monthly bill.
Sprint 4G LTE is available in 24 cities[i] and is expected to be in more than 100 additional cities in coming months. Sprint introduced its all-new 4G LTE network in July 2012 and expects to have largely completed the nationwide build-out by the end of 2013. For the most up-to-date details on Sprint's 4G LTE portfolio and rollout, visit www.sprint.com/4GLTE.
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Arranged Marriages - an interview with novelist Shobhan Bantwal
Award-winning author Shobhan Bantwal calls her writing "Bollywood in a Book"—romantic, colorful, action-packed tales, rich with elements of Indian culture—stories that entertain and educate. Her latest novel, "The Full Moon Bride", is a compelling story that explores the fascinating subject of arranged marriage, as young Indian-American attorney Soorya Giri navigates the gulf between desire and tradition.
I'm privileged to host Shobhan on my blog this week, as she answers questions about love, romance and marriage.
Q: The book's blurb starts with "What makes a marriage-love or compatibility? Passion or pragmatism?" Shobhan, what is your own view about the foundation blocks of a good marriage? Do romance books mislead us about true love and the happy ever-after?
My latest book, The Full Moon Bride, revolves around the conflict in a young Indian-American woman's mind about choosing between arranged marriage and finding a mate on her own.
Having had a happy arranged marriage that is now in its 38th year, I have faith in the old-fashioned belief that love, passion, pragmatism and compatibility can and do co-exist simultaneously and harmoniously within a good marriage. In fact, they are the foundation blocks of a solid marriage along with mutual respect, compromise, and sacrifice.
I am a hopeless romantic, so I honestly can't say that romance books mislead us about true love and the happily-ever-after. We all need romance in our lives and romance books give us that much-needed break from the mundane nature of daily life. This is one of the reasons I write books with romantic elements, what I call "Bollywood in a Book". However, some of the more formulaic romance novels tend to romanticize physical love to the point that impressionable readers like teenagers and young adults can mistake sex for love. While sexual desire is a vital component of love between a man and a woman, true love transcends the physical.
The commercialization of Valentine's Day and other holidays, flowers, jewelry, chocolate, wine, and candlelight as symbols of love by the retail industry further impact upon man-woman relationships. To me, true love is about two people being there for each other through the worst of circumstances as well as the best. All the above-mentioned tokens, although cute and touching, are merely that: tokens.
Q: What are some advantages and disadvantages of arranged marriages?
The most significant advantage of arranged marriage is the discreet but intense research done by both the bride and the groom's families before an alliance is made, making sure that both partners come from similar social, economic, and religious backgrounds (caste in India). This makes for minimal adjustment, a fact that is often overlooked in non-arranged marriages, and can be the major factor in many divorces. Falling in love sometimes makes couples blind to the more mundane yet significant aspects of marriage and family, something that arranged marriage pays serious attention to.
The disadvantage obviously is two strangers coming together in a life-long relationship that is a bigger gamble than the average American-style marriage, where two people have known each other and come to love, before tying the knot. Also, in arranged marriages in conservative cultures like India, family and honor always come first, which places undue amount of pressure on a couple to stay together even when the marriage is unhappy or abusive.
Q: And the question you've been dreading: what made you choose this topic?
By its very nature arranged marriage is an intriguing and sometimes controversial topic that can trigger interesting debates. The subject matter is great fodder for a juicy storyline and therefore ideal for book clubs and women's fiction with romantic elements. I enjoy bringing more awareness to this custom, which still flourishes in India and other Asian cultures.
Besides, having raised a daughter in this American culture, and observed her dealing with the challenges of fitting into two diverse cultures in her youth, I was compelled to write a story about second-generation immigrant life. Most young men and women whose families have settled in the U.S. for generations are unaware of the unique cultural conflicts that their immigrant counterparts experience. I felt this story would bring to light some of those rare experiences.
Readers can find my books, events, contests, photos, recipes, and contact information on my website: www.shobhanbantwal.com/ or visit my facebook page: www.facebook.com/ShobhanBantwal.author
Thank you for a great interview.
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Shobhan Bantwal said...
Thank you for hosting me on your popular blog. I appreciate the friendly support.
Shobhan Bantwal
author of The Full Moon Bride
Fri Aug 05, 06:13:00 am GMT+12
Nicole B said...
What an interesting and thoughtful conversation about arranged marriages. Your book sounds intriguing.
Sharon Jonelle said...
Yvonne, the article about arranged marriages is a great pick. I once found a love quote I like by Mignon McLaughlin which goes "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person" this seems so true because, no matter the kind of marriage, love or arranged, the temptation is always there to give up on "true love".
A marriage with "true love" is like a strong boat that rocks hard with the storm but never loses it's direction and survives the worst!
Nice work my friend, you have a great talent to write and I'm very inspired by it.
God bless!!!!
Fri Aug 05, 12:49:00 pm GMT+12
JaneB said...
Yes, what an interesting topic. One wonders whether today's modern woman would really like someone else to 'find' them a husband. Sometimes i think it might be a lot easeir!
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Q: Assign each row to every other row in another table I have 2 tables:
**Table user**
Username

**Table prize**
PrizeName

How can you assign for each prize,  rows in table prize to each username I have in table user?
For example:
**Username**
Bob
Alice

**table prize**
Iphone5
Iphone6

Result:
**Username**    **prize**
Bob             iphone5
Alice           iphone5
Bob             iphone6
Alice           iphone6

A: Use a CROSS JOIN. CROSS JOIN will return all of the results in a result set. Using your example:
SELECT
 Name, p.PrizeName
FROM
 dbo.[User]
CROSS JOIN Prize p
This returns:
Bob iphone 5
Alice   iphone 5
Bob iphone 6
Alice   iphone 6
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A: This is called a Cartesian Product. Use a CROSS JOIN.
SELECT *
FROM UserTable UT
     CROSS JOIN PrizeTable PT;

A: If I understand you correctly, the following should get you what you want:
SELECT Username, Prize
FROM
user
CROSS JOIN
prize
ORDER BY prize, Username

A: Use a CROSS JOIN:
select u.username, p.prize
from users u cross join
     prizes p;

I name tables in the plural, because they contain multiple instances of entities (and plurals are less likely to conflict with keywords).
If you want to "assign" them, then you may want a junction table.  For this, you would normally have ids and do something like this:
insert into user_prizes (user_id, prize_id)
    select u.user_id, p.prize_id
    from users u cross join
         prizes p;

A: INSERT INTO table_User_Prizes
           (Username, PrizeName)
SELECT Table_User.Username,table_Prize.PrizeName
FROM Table_User,table_Prize

Note that if the "table_User_Prizes" has more columns, they will be filled as NULL.


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La Martina is an Argentine sports and leisure clothing manufacturer.

History
La Martina was founded by Lando Simonetti, who was working in the fashion industry in the United States until 1985. That year he moved back to his native Argentina. The company originally created leather products such as saddles and boots for use in the sport of polo, and following this the company moved into the creation of other apparel such as shirts and caps. 65% of the materials used in the products are sourced locally in Argentina. In addition to La Martina, Simonetti also founded the Polo Management Group, which managed international polo tournaments in partnership with La Martina.

As of 2000 the company had sales of $1.2 million and its products could be purchased over the Internet. Over the 2000s sales for the company then increased to $200 million. At this point, the company began to refocus on polo equipment instead of pure fashion, rearranging its business operations in Europe in order to attempt the new direction. Sales slowed, though they did continue to grow at about twenty percent, in an effort to lessen the dilution of the "luxury" reputation of the brand. In 2015 La Martina opened its first store in London, and it has additional stores in North America, South America, and Asia. New clothing releases have occurred outside of Argentina, including at polo events in Dubai. Newsweek Magazine has stated of La Martina that it has, "changed the sport of kings by offering players more protection and comfort".

Partnership
La Martina has been designated the official supplier of the Argentina polo teams by the Argentinean Polo Association, as well as the official supplier of Federation of International Polo, at all international tournaments. The countries for which La Martina designs its team polo shirts include the UK, Argentina, the United States, Brazil, and Dubai. In addition to the various national teams, La Martina also equips the university teams from Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge and the College of St. Xavier in Mumbai, as well as the English national team, Guards Polo Club, Polo de Paris and Milano Polo club. La Martina has partnered with luxury companies in the development of its lines as well. La Martina also produced Technical polo clothing and equipment for the Royal Salute team members.

Events
La Martina was the co-sponsor of Maserati Centenary Polo Tour with Maserati, where 65 players from 12 countries participated. It has also been the sponsor of the Copa de La Martina polo championship. In 2014, La Martina polo created a luxury saddle for the event they co-sponsored together with Maserati.

Anti-counterfeiting efforts
In January 2009, German police seized 20 tons of clothing after receiving complaints about La Martina holograms washing off shirts purchased on eBay.

References

External links
 La Martina Official Site

High fashion brands
Clothing companies established in 1985
Luxury brands
Clothing companies of Argentina
Manufacturing companies based in Buenos Aires
Argentine companies established in 1985
Sportswear brands

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Once our lives slow down a bit, we should get froyo or supper!
For #1, you should just go run around in circles. That makes me feel pretty badass.
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Have you ever been confused about the difference between a linear foot and a square foot measurement? We often get this question from some of our DIY clients looking to take on little projects themselves.
Linear means extending along a straight line. This is a length measurement used for calculating things like baseboard or door and window casing, counter tops, and wall measurements. For instance, to calculate the linear foot measurement to replace baseboards in your room, measure the length of one wall and the width of the other. Then multiply each measurement by two and add all four numbers together. So for a 10′ x 12′ room, you will add 10×2+12×2 = 44 linear feet and don't forget to add a 10% overage for cuts/waste – in case you make a mistake with cutting a mitre the wrong way.
To get square foot measurements you use your linear measurements and multiply them. So for instance, if you have a room that you'd like to replace the flooring in, you will need a square foot measurement to obtain the correct quantity of flooring. For example, if the room is 10′ long x 12′ wide, you would multiply these with each other and you will get the floor area as 120 sq/ft. Don't forget to include an approximate 10% overage for waste/cuts to your 120 sq/ft.
Another simpler way to figure this out is to multiply 10′ x 1.5′ (because 18″ is equal to 1.5′).
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