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\section{Introduction}
Social media was developed for people who desire diverse communication paradigms.
Currently, social media plays the role of a hub for social information, a platform for exchanging opinions, and a place for researchers to observe digital traces of human behavior.
In addition to the availability of big data and improvements in computing capability with GPGPU, machine learning techniques, including deep learning, are more practical for image, sound, and natural language processing. They are becoming important tools for promoting the social sciences and constructing social information infrastructures~\cite{Huang2012,Lin2014,Lin2014a}.
Based on this background, a new interdisciplinary science called computational social science has emerged and it has been actively investigated in recent years~\cite{Lazer2009,Golder2014}.

According to the official announcement from Twitter, as of April 2016, there are approximately 310 million monthly active accounts worldwide, and the number of monthly views of tweets with embedded photos and videos has reached 1 billion~\cite{twitter1}.
Although the increase in the number of active accounts is slowing year after year for social media competitors (such as Facebook and Instagram), there are about 40 million monthly active Twitter accounts in Japan, as of September 2016.
This indicates that Twitter is still a popular social media platform in Japan~\cite{twitter2}.
Unlike Facebook, which requires permissions for social networking, one can follow both friends and others of interest without permissions.
After that, friends can share any contents online.
This follow mechanism enables ``loose social relationships'' that encourage diverse communications.
Besides this, Twitter allows us to collect a large amount of social data via API~\cite{twitter_api}.
Thus, Twitter has frequently been used as a data source by computational social science researchers (e.g., \cite{Golder:2011cy,Sasahara:2013eu,Takeichi:2015ia,Kaur2016}).

The prediction of personal attributes based on social data has become a major research theme in recent years.
Previous research has examined the relationships between personal attributes and behaviors.
For example, how people talk and write are known to be associated with various personal attributes, such as educational background and growth environment~\cite{Pennebaker2007,Tausczik2010}.
However, previous research has been limited by the availability of data.
In the age of social media, people spontaneously post and share linguistic expressions online, and this information can be used to infer personal attributes~\cite{Golder2014}.
Although a significant amount of research has been done on this topic, little is known about how to computationally infer personal attributes from social data, and no versatile algorithm has yet been established.

The aim of this research is to investigate the extent to which personal attributes can be predicted only from texts in social media posts.
This results can give us baseline data; we can further increase the prediction accuracy by adding other features in addition to texts.
In this study, we used a large dataset from Twitter, transferred tweets to vectors using a word embedding method, and then predicted gender (male or female), occupation (10 different jobs), and age groups (whether he/she was born before 1980, indicating ``digital native'' or ``digital immigrant'') based on those tweet vectors using five different machine learning algorithms.
In this paper, we report two preliminary results.

\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
 \includegraphics[clip,width=1.0\textwidth]{1.eps}
 \caption{Schematic diagram of data processing and machine learning}
 \label{pic1}
\end{center}
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\section{Related Research}
With the development of information technology, the inference of personal attributes based on social data has been actively studied for applicability.

Sloan et al. showed that demographic information (gender, language, location, age, occupation, and social class) could be accurately extracted from the profile descriptions of Twitter users using natural language processing (NLP)~\cite{Sloan2013, Sloan2015}.
Schwartz et al. analyzed words, phrases, and topics from Facebook posts.
Combined with personality tests, they observed close relationships among language use and personality, gender, and age ~\cite{Schwartz2013}.
Kosinski et al. demonstrated that even simple algorithms can predict personal attributes on the bias of the patterns of Facebook's ``likes,'' an indicator of peoples' preferences~\cite{Kosinski2013}.
Wang et al. applied various deep learning algorithms to extract information from tweets, profile images and posted pictures and predicted their political intonation~\cite{Wang2017}.
Liu and Zhu demonstrated that the Big Five factors in human personality (i.e., openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) could be predicted from text posts on the Chinese microblogging platform Weibo~\cite{Liu2016}.
IBM has also developed a service called Personality Insights which predicts personality traits including the Big Five factors, needs, and values~\cite{IBM}.

The inference of personal attributes from social data is increasingly studied in academia and industry because it can be applied to a wide range of areas, including basic research in social science and applications for information recommendation and social media marketing.

\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
 \includegraphics[clip,width=1.0\textwidth]{2.eps}
 \caption{Comparison of different algorithms in prediction accuracy for three attributes}
 \label{pic2}
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\section{Method}
\subsection{Data Collection}
To construct models that predict gender, occupation, and age groups, we collected tweets from Japanese accounts via. Twitter API~\cite{twitter_api}.
We manually selected 120 active Twitter accounts whose posts numbered more than 3000 at the time of crawling and for which genders and occupations could be identified from the personal Twitter profiles or reliable information sources, such as Wikipedia.
We then assigned age group labels to these accounts using reliable information sources as much as possible, because age information is less readily available compared to gender and occupation.
Among the 120 accounts, we used tweets from 100 accounts for training and tweets from the remaining 20 accounts for testing.

In the 120 accounts, the number of males and females was the same. The number of accounts belonging to each of 10 types of jobs (politician, entertainer, cartoonist, entrepreneur, scholar, journalist, writer, musician, athlete, IT engineer) was also the same.
The age groups were divided into ``digital natives'' born after 1980, ``digital immigrants'' born before 1980, and ``unknowns'' who were not identified via internet search.
In the training data from 100 accounts, there were 50 digital natives, 41 digital immigrants, and 9 unknowns.
In the test data from 20 accounts, there were 11 digital natives, and 9 digital immigrants.
Thus, the number of people in age group was approximately the same.
Next, we crawled user timelines, which included retweets and replies from each account as much as possible (Fig.~\ref{pic1}A).
This resulted in 314,382 tweets from the training accounts and 64,027 tweets from the test accounts.

\subsection{Data Processing}
Data processing was performed in the following steps.
First, the Japanese tweets we collected were segmented into words using the Japanese morphological analysis tool Mecab~\cite{Kudo2005} with the Japanese dictionary NEologd~\cite{neologd}.
Segmented tweets shorter than four words in length were considered less informative and deleted.
As a result, there remained 312,169 tweets for training and 63,454 tweets for testing.
In this research, word2vec~\cite{Mikolov2013} was used as a word embedding method to create a dictionary of word vectors from the segmented tweets for training (30,5491 different words in 11,308,535 total words).
We used a Skip-gram model with a window size of 5 and 20 iteration times for word2vec implemented in the machine learning framework Chainer~\cite{chainer}.
Although doc2vec~\cite{Le2014} is often used for vectorization of sentences, it is unlikely to work for short sentences, such as tweets.
Thus, instead of doc2vec, we used the method of averaging word vectors in order to obtain tweet vectors, as shown below (Fig.~\ref{pic1}B):
\begin{equation*}
\label{eq1}
T = \sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{w_i}{n},
\end{equation*}
where $T$ is a tweet vector, $W_i$ is the vector of $i$ th word in a given tweet, and $n$ is the number of words in the tweet.

Tweets vectors were constructed based on data from 100 training accounts by referencing the dictionary of word vectors created previously (Fig.~\ref{pic1}D).
The same procedure was applied to data from 20 test accounts.
Some words exist in tweets from 20 test accounts but did not exist in the dictionary of word vectors.
We did not use these words for constructing tweet vectors.
The number of unused words was only 4\% of the total words in the tweets from 20 test accounts.

Since a tweet consist of 140 characters or less, a single tweet may not convey enough personal information, but a collection of multiple tweets might be a more effective unit for inferring personal attributes.
Thus, we used a group of tweets or ``tweet blocks'' as inputs for machine learning and tweet block vectors were constructed by averaging the tweet vectors used (Fig.~\ref{pic1}C and D).

\subsection{Machine Learning Algorithms}
Using machine learning algorithms, we trained and tested models based on single tweets ($L$=1) or either tweet blocks ($L > 1$) obtained from the above-mentioned processing method (Fig.~\ref{pic1}E).
We used scikit-learn~\cite{scikit} for Linear Support Vector Classification (Linear SVC), K-Neighbors, AdaBoost, and Random Forest.
The best parameters for these algorithms were selected using 10-fold cross-validation.
Furthermore, we used Chainer for deep learning, in which a full connection neural network was chosen and parameters such as the number of middle layers, the number of nodes for each layer, learning rate, and the types of activation functions were optimized through repeated trials.

\begin{figure*}[t]
\begin{center}
 \includegraphics[clip,width=1.0\textwidth]{3.eps}
\caption{Comparison of prediction accuracy between linear SVC and deep learning}
\label{pic3}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}

\begin{figure*}[h]
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\caption{Prediction accuracy as a function of $L$ under the condition where the best $N$ is selected for each attribute}
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\end{figure*}

\begin{figure*}[h]
\begin{center}
 \includegraphics[clip,width=1.0\textwidth]{5.eps}
\caption{Predictability within personal attributes}
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\end{figure*}

\section{Results}
We examined the effects of the word embedding dimension ($N$) on word2vec, tweet block size ($L$), and different algorithms in terms of the prediction accuracy of three personal attributes: gender, occupation, and age groups.

\subsection{Effects of Word Embedding Dimension and Tweet Block Size on Prediction Accuracy}
Figure~\ref{pic2} shows the accuracy of different learning algorithms for three kinds of prediction tasks in all combinations of $N$ and $L$.
All the algorithms exhibited approximately 70\% accuracy with respect to inferring age groups for (digital natives and digital immigrants), indicating that age groups can be more easily predicted from social data than the other two attributes.
The result also showed that Linear SVC and deep learning exhibit stable performance and higher accuracy compared with the two other algorithms.

Figure~\ref{pic3} shows the accuracy distributions of Linear SVC and deep learning for each attributes for different values of $N$ and $L$.
For gender prediction, both Linear SVC and deep learning achieved approximately 70\% accuracy at $N$ = 500 and $L$ = 50 (F-Score = 0.688 and AUC-Score = 0.701 in Linear SVC; F-Score = 0.702 and AUC-Score = 0.706 in deep learning; male (positive) / female (negative)).
For occupation prediction, Linear SVC achieved approximately 70\% accuracy at $N$ = 500 and $L$ = 100, and  deep learning achieved a comparable level of accuracy at $N$ = 200 and $L$ = 100.
For age group prediction, Linear SVC had a 75\% accuracy at $N$ = 500 and $L$ =200 (F-Score = 0.778 and AUC-Score = 0.749; digital immigrants (positive) / digital natives (negative)), and deep learning showed approximately about 80\% accuracy at $N$ = 200 and $L$ = 300 (F-Score = 0.821 and AUC-Score = 0.839; digital immigrants (positive) / digital natives (negative)).
In most cases, a larger value for $L$ and $N$ led to a little higher accuracy, but this soon reached a plateau.

Figure~\ref{pic4} shows the prediction accuracy as a function of $L$ under the condition where the best $N$ was selected for each attribute.
For gender and occupation predictions, the best accuracy was achieved using Linear SVC and deep learning. In contrast, for age groups the best accuracy was achieved using Random Forest and AdaBoost.
This result suggests that the optimal algorithm varies with the kinds of personal attributes, although Liner SVC and deep learning showed better and stable performance in our experiments.

\subsection{Differences in Predictability within Personal Attributes}
With regard to the three personal attributes, some entities have been thought to be more easily predictable than others.
Intuitively, for example, politicians should be more predictable than others, since their word choice and usage would be unique.
Figure~\ref{pic5} shows accuracy distributions for each attribute entities computed from all combinations of $N$ and $L$ in deep learning.
In terms of the inference of personal attributes from texts, females were easier to predict than males ($t$-test, $P < 0.001$), entrepreneurs were easier to predict than musicians ($t$-test, $P < 0.001$), and digital immigrants were easier to predict than digital natives ($t$-test, $P < 0.001$).

\section{Discussion}
In this paper, we reported two preliminary results regarding the prediction of personal attributes (gender, jobs, and age groups) from text tweets by five different machine learning algorithms.

The results showed that the prediction of age groups is easier than the other two attributes.
This can be explained by greater differences in word choice and usage between digital natives and digital immigrants, although this needs to validated in the future.
All the algorithms exceeded 60\% accuracy for age group prediction, which was achieved even at $L$ = 1 (i.e., a single tweet) if selecting for a proper value of $N$.
As for gender and occupation predictions, larger values of $L$ and $N$ were required to obtain more than 60\% accuracy ($N$ = 500 and $L$ = 50 for gender, $N$ = 500 and $L$ = 100 for occupation). Both predictions lead to approximately 70\% accuracy.
It is encouraging that 60--70\% accuracy could be obtained for inferring personal attributes based only on text posts.
This suggests that much higher accuracy could be achieved by adding other features, such as images or URLs embedded in tweets.

In this study, deep learning did not show significant advantages compared with Linear SVC, but it has a potential advantage.
While linear SVC needs to learn each attribute separately, deep neural networks (DNNs) can learn multiple attributes at the same time.
If those attributes are mutually dependent, DNNs could learn faster with better prediction performance.
This also needs to be tested in the future.

Compared to single tweets, tweet blocks significantly improved accuracy for all prediction tasks, suggesting that the prediction of personal attributes require a certain number of tweets.
In other words, tweet blocks as relatively low dimensional vectors can convey enough personal information such that personal attributes can be algorithmically inferred.
According to our study, $L = 50$ is the lower limit for gender and occupation predictions of approximately 60\% accuracy.
As shown in Figs.~\ref{pic2} and \ref{pic4}, even fewer tweets can yield a higher accuracy for the prediction of age groups.

Regarding the effects of the embedding dimension ($N$) for word2vec, better results were achieved in most cases when $N$ = 500 rather than $N$ = 50.
In reality, however, greater $N$ requires larger computational costs.
Thus, it is better to select an appropriate $N$ to balance computational costs and desired performance.

For future research, we will conduct a prediction test for other personal attributes by improving deep learning algorithms with a larger dataset.
Once established a general framework for the inference of personal attributes can be applied to a wide variety of fields, including basic research on computational social science and applications for personalization and marketing.

\section*{Acknowledgment}
This research was supported by JST PRESTO Grant Number JPMJPR16D6, JST CREST Grant Number JPMJCR17A4, and JSPS/MEXT KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP15H03446 and JP17H06383 in \#4903.

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I know I can "Attach to ... Interpreter" from Tkcon to the GUI within the virtual machine.
Unfortunately, since the application always runs full screen, the tkcon dialog is hidden behind it.
I understand, I can use ALT - TAB to switch between tkcon and the fullscreen GUI. It works as long as you are ok with regularly switching back and forth.
Question:
Only I was wondering if it is possible to run tkcon in a 2nd monitor (on a windows or linux host, for example) and connect over ssh to the GUI running in the virtual machine. I can see that tkcon has an "Attach to ... socket" option.
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Which makes me wonder as well, how the tkcon 'discovers' the Interpreters in the virtual machine.
Thank you for your time&help.

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*The tkconclient package (see that wiki page for the source code) that you run in the interpreter you wish to control. Then you attach to it with tkcon (though you'll need to know what port to connect to). You'll need to set up an ordinary SSH tunnel for that; by default it only allows local connections (and that's a good thing).
Note that the client code must be running an event loop. That's no problem for any GUI application, anything that's answering other server sockets, or in fact usually anything that's doing plenty of thread management. Which covers most interesting applications.

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SoftBank-backed Tier plans to charge its e-scooter batteries in local shops
Published Wed, Feb 10 20213:30 AM EST Updated Wed, Feb 10 20214:29 AM EST
Sam Shead@Sam_L_Shead
Mobility start-up Tier has a grand plan to charge the batteries that power its rental e-scooters and mopeds in shops around the world.
The company is planning to use some of the $250 million it raised from SoftBank and other investors last November to install battery charging stations in 4,500 shops in the next 12 months.
"We already have signed up a lot of stores," said Lawrence Leuschner, CEO and co-founder of Tier, in an interview with CNBC held via Zoom.
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LONDON – Tier, the Berlin mobility start-up backed by Japanese tech behemoth SoftBank
, has a grand plan to keep its rental scooter batteries full of juice: power them in local stores.
The company is planning to use some of the $250 million it raised from SoftBank and other investors last November to install battery charging stations in 4,500 shops around the world in the next 12 months.
"We already have signed up a lot of stores," said Lawrence Leuschner, CEO and co-founder of Tier, in an interview with CNBC.
The 37-year-old entrepreneur said the required charging pods, known as PowerBoxes, are roughly one meter squared, and can run off a standard plug socket. He added that Tier will pay for the electricity that the shops use to charge its batteries. Tier claims the PowerBoxes can charge four batteries in three hours.
To swap a battery, users must open the Tier app on their phone and check if the battery of the scooter they are riding or the battery of a scooter nearby needs to be swapped, which is indicated by a lightning icon.
They must then ride to the nearest "SwapSpot," which is shown in the Tier app, remove the battery by pushing a button, go into the store, and exchange it for a fully charged one.
What's in it for riders and shops?
Riders who swap the e-scooter batteries after they've completed their journey are rewarded with a free ride, while shopkeepers benefit from increased footfall and — hopefully — revenues, according to Leuschner.
"The stores where we are swapping the batteries get significant (extra) revenues of roughly 20,000 euros ($24,200) a year because every time somebody swaps a battery in the store, they buy something," said Leuschner. Tier said the figure is based on the average spend of battery swappers in shops and local businesses over a month-long period during a trial in Tampere, Finland, last summer.
Approximately 50 shops have already installed Tier's charging stations following the trial last summer, and the company is now rolling out the charging pods to other countries that it operates in.
Tier plans to equip all of its vehicles with batteries made by Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt.
Leuschner said Tier eventually wants to open the energy network so that other electric vehicle operators can use it to power their own batteries.
European rival
Founded in 2018 as a European competitor to the likes of Bird and Lime in the U.S, Tier has rolled out electric vehicles across 85 cities in nine countries.
It aims to expand its fleet of e-scooters and mopeds from 60,000 to over 100,000 by the end of 2021, and the company is planning to launch an undisclosed new vehicle around the third quarter of this year.
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In order to pay for new vehicles, Leuschner said Tier is in the process of securing a new round of debt funding. "We are currently in discussions," said Leuschner, adding that the company has had a number of different offers.
Tier had a challenging 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic forced nations into lockdown, taking potential customers off the streets in the process. However, the company was "almost profitable" for the year, according to Leuschner. "That's why SoftBank invested in us," he said.
Looking ahead, Leuschner is trying to prepare for after the pandemic, as are European competitors like Voi and Dott.
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Gullah History Gullah Language
Gullah Food
Lecture & Performances Historical Tours Da Grapevine
The Ultimate Gullah Cookbook By Veronica Davis Gerald and Jesse Edward Gantt, Jr.
Gullah Food is older than the South and as ancient as the world. It is one of the oldest African and American traditions being practiced in this country today. As it has always been, it is informed by need,availability and environment. The Africans brought to the Carolina colony used the similarities between culinary environments of the low country and the West Coast of Africa to create a food culture that has come to characterize the regions where they live.
One of the biggest ironies is that rice, the grain that had been in African food culture for thousands of years, became the cash crop and reason for the American enslavement of many Gullah people.
For years, the oceans, other bodies of water, and farming practices remained in the backdrop while rice, seafood and vegetables (corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, collards, turnips, peanuts, okra, eggplant,beans and peas) brought the connection between both sides of the Atlantic full circle. Slave cooks simply adapted their African cooking traditions to American soil.
Even today, cooking traditions remain somewhat consistent. One pot dishes, deep frying, rice dishes, sea food, boiling and steaming, baking in ashes, basic and natural seasonings, and food types consistent with those received in the weekly rations on plantations are all characteristics of Gullah food.
The food is characterized by the ever presence of rice and a distinct "taste" present wherever Gullah people are cooking. The recipes are simply frames; the art work is created in the taste buds of the preparer. Try to obtain a recipe or cooking directions from Gullah cooks, and you will more than likely get the generic response, "ah 'on measur." They will tell you that they cook "cordin' ta taste." This taste is passed down from generation to generation, but unlike other ingredients, it is an elusive quality guided by memory and taste buds, almost impossible to explain in words. It is an ingredient that must be experienced. Tasted first, then duplicated each time Gullah food is prepared.
Under the task system used on most rice plantations, each slave was assigned a certain task each day. These tasks included ground breaking, digging trenches, plowing, hoeing, harrowing, threshing and other specific tasks related to rice farming. Unlike gang labor employed on cotton and tobacco plantations, when slaves on rice plantations finished their assigned tasks, they were generally free to tend their own gardens, fish or hunt for wild game. As a consequence, they were often able to enhance and supplement their ration supply with vegetables from their own gardens, natural seasonings, wild game, chicken, eggs and fish. These supplements also include leftovers given to them during hog killings. Feet, ears, entrails, jowls, heads and the like are still favorite meats for celebrations.
Slave Rations:
10 quarts Rice or peas
One-Bushel Sweet Potatoes
2-3 Mullet or Mackerel- Salt Fish (in the winter)
1 pint Molasses
2 pounds Pork
Bacon and Beef (in the summer)
1 peck of Meal
1 peck Grits
Slave cooks simply incorporated the weekly rations given to slave families into the African cooking traditions of their ancestors. A glance at the average food ration given on Brookgreen Plantation in Murrells Inlet in the 1800's reads like a grocery list for a 21st century household.
Simply speaking, Gullah food is about ancestral ties and American living, adaptability, creativity, making do, livin' ot da waddah and on the lan'. It is a culture within the culture, with its own history, heritage, and distinction. It is a food culture handed down through practice more so than with words It lives among us in the restaurants, homes, kitchens, backyards, family reunions, church anniversaries, birthday parties and other celebrations that dot across the grounds that the Gullah call home.
Excerpt from The Ultimate Gullah Cookbook by Jesse Edward Gantt, Jr. and Veronica D.Gerald
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    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
    <title>Drawing app</title>

Draw.

            Stroke
            <input id="stroke" name='stroke' type="color">
            Line Width
            <input id="lineWidth" name='lineWidth' type="number" value="5">
            <button id="clear">Clear</button>

            <canvas id="drawing-board"></canvas>

I am making a simple line drawer and this is what I have so far. One of the main features i need it to have is solid straight lines as this is for a bigger project in which this is meant to represent pipes. So the lines cannot bend or curve but must be how the code shows it to be. The issue i am having now is if i want to have the lines to stay on the canvas after another mouse down and click then the lines aren't straight and is almost a paint application. I have provided the code down below.

const canvasEle = document.getElementById('drawContainer');
const context = canvasEle.getContext('2d');
let startPosition = {x: 0, y: 0};
let lineCoordinates = {x: 0, y: 0};
let isDrawStart = false;

const getClientOffset = (event) => {
    const {pageX, pageY} = event.touches ? event.touches[0] : event;
    const x = pageX - canvasEle.offsetLeft;
    const y = pageY - canvasEle.offsetTop;

    return {
       x,
       y
    }
}

const drawLine = () => {
    if(!isDrawStart) {
        return;
    }
   context.beginPath();
   context.moveTo(startPosition.x, startPosition.y);
   context.lineTo(lineCoordinates.x, lineCoordinates.y);
   context.stroke();
}

const mouseDownListener = (event) => {
   startPosition = getClientOffset(event);
   isDrawStart = true;
}

const mouseMoveListener = (event) => {
  if(!isDrawStart) return;

  lineCoordinates = getClientOffset(event);
  clearCanvas();
  drawLine();
}

const mouseupListener = (event) => {
  isDrawStart = false;
}

const clearCanvas = () => {
   context.clearRect(0, 0, canvasEle.width, canvasEle.height);
}

canvasEle.addEventListener('mousedown', mouseDownListener);
canvasEle.addEventListener('mousemove', mouseMoveListener);
canvasEle.addEventListener('mouseup', mouseupListener);

canvasEle.addEventListener('touchstart', mouseDownListener);
canvasEle.addEventListener('touchmove', mouseMoveListener);
canvasEle.addEventListener('touchend', mouseupListener);
body {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    height: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: white;
}

h1 {
    background: #7F7FD5;
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(to right, #91EAE4, #86A8E7, #7F7FD5);
    background: linear-gradient(to right, #91EAE4, #86A8E7, #7F7FD5);
    background-clip: text;
    -webkit-background-clip: text;
    -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
}

.container {
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
}

#toolbar {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    padding: 5px;
    width: 70px;
    background-color: #202020;
}

#toolbar * {
    margin-bottom: 6px;
}

#toolbar label {
    font-size: 12px;
}

#toolbar input {
    width: 100%;
}

#toolbar button {
    background-color: #1565c0;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 4px;
    color:white;
    padding: 2px;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>

        <meta charset="UTF-8" />

        <canvas id = "drawContainer" width = "500" height = "500" style = "border: 1px solid #333;"></canvas>

A: Adding line segments
I am guessing this is what you are after. A set of line segments added as the use clicks and drags (mouse or touch)
The simplest solution is to create an array of lines, adding lines to the array at the end of each click drag interaction.
Example
The example adds some functions to create points and lines, draw a line and lines from an array of lines.

const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'), lines = [];
const Point = (x = 0, y = 0) => ({x,y});
const Line = (p1, p2) => ({p1, p2});
var currentLine = Line(Point(), Point()), addingLine = false;
["mousedown", "mousemove", "mouseup", "touchstart", "touchmove", "touchend"].forEach(name => canvas.addEventListener(name, mouseEvent));
function getClientOffset(event, point) {
    event = event.touches ? event.touches[0] : event;
    point.x = event.pageX - canvas.offsetLeft;
    point.y = event.pageY - canvas.offsetTop;
}
function drawLine(line) {
   ctx.moveTo(line.p1.x, line.p1.y);
   ctx.lineTo(line.p2.x, line.p2.y);
}
function UpdateDisplay() {
    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
    ctx.beginPath();
    for (const l of lines) { drawLine(l) }
    addingLine && drawLine(currentLine);
    ctx.stroke();
}
function mouseEvent(event) {
    if (event.type === "mousedown" || event.type === "touchstart") {
        getClientOffset(event, currentLine.p1);
        getClientOffset(event, currentLine.p2);
        addingLine = true;
        UpdateDisplay();
    } else if (event.type === "mouseup" || event.type === "touchend") {
        lines.push(currentLine);
        currentLine = Line(Point(), Point());
        addingLine = false;
        UpdateDisplay();
    } else if(addingLine) {
        getClientOffset(event, currentLine.p2);
        UpdateDisplay();
    }
}
        <canvas id = "canvas" width = "500" height = "500" style = "border: 1px solid #333;"></canvas>


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Top 15 matchups highlight Week 7 FCS games to watch
The Citadel leads the FCS with 388.8 rushing yards per game so far this season.
Entering Week 7 of the college football season, it's starting to become increasingly apparent who are the contenders and pretenders within the FCS.
There's been little to no movement in the polls among the upper echelon of elite programs the past two weeks. Although, teams continue to shuffle in and out on the backend of the top-25 list.
This week may be different, however, as the latest slate of games is highlighted by a trio of top-15 matchups. Below are the must-watch matchups in Week 7:
James Madison vs. New Hampshire – Saturday at noon
New Hampshire entered the FCS coaches poll following its 13-10 victory over Elon last week.
Before getting to those aforementioned top-15 bouts scheduled for later in the day, this matinee matchup should be a satisfying appetizer.
James Madison stayed put at No. 6 after its 31-24 win over rival William & Mary and remains undefeated in FCS play.
Once again, it was running back Khalid Abdullah that carried the Dukes to victory, rushing for 194 yards and three touchdowns. Abdullah ranks second in the FCS with 797 yards in five games.
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Meanwhile, New Hampshire cracked the top 25 for the first time this season, coming in at No. 25. The Wildcats topped Elon last week 13-10 and have won four of their last five games following its season opening loss to the FBS' San Diego State.
UNH took a dip into the waters of the national ranks this week. Now, the Wildcats look to make a big splash and justify that spot.
Chattanooga vs. The Citadel – Saturday at 3 p.m.
Mocs quarterback Alejandro Bennifield threw four touchdowns in a 52-31 win against Mercer last week.
Now, it's time to get into the main course.
Two undefeated teams put their unblemished records on the line when No. 3 Chattanooga (6-0) travels across the state border to visit No. 9 The Citadel (5-0) in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Mocs have rolled through their fairly soft schedule thus far with the biggest win coming against newly-ranked No. 24 Samford in Week 4. Chattanooga is averaging 42 points per game on offense, and quarterback Alejandro Bennifield is coming off a four-touchdown performance in a 52-31 victory over Mercer.
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The Citadel will be a major step up in competition for the Mocs as the Bulldogs pose the top rushing offense in the country (388.8 yards per game) to go along with a tough defense that has held opponents to just 14 points on three occasions so far.
Seven players have rushed for at least 100 yards and five have scored at least two touchdowns on the ground for The Citadel. There's no single rusher that the Bulldogs rely on and multiple players are rotated in to give different looks – including quarterbacks Dominique Allen and Jordan Black, who both fall under the list.
Saturday's game will largely be revealing of both sides' legitimacy as contenders.
Richmond vs. Villanova – Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
Villanova won its fifth straight game in a 35-0 shutout win against URI last weekend.
Richmond needed three overtimes last weekend to put away then-No. 17 Albany and maintain its top 10 placement at No. 7. Next up is a third ranked opponent in its last four weeks of action.
No. 11 Villanova enters on a five-game winning streak after outscoring Rhode Island and Elon by a combined 77-7 over the past two weeks.
The Wildcats' Zach Bednarczyk has thrown for eight touchdowns and three interceptions in his second season under center and Javon White and Aaron Forbes have made up a formidable double threat on the ground with 11 combined touchdowns.
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But excluding Week 1's game against Pittsburgh, Villanova's remaining five opponents have combined to go 8-15 so far this season. So this weekend's trip to Richmond for the Spiders' homecoming game will be a new measure for the Wildcats.
Richmond has responded well since its surprising 42-14 blowout loss to Stony Brook in Week 3 with some quality wins, including last week's thriller that ended with a David Broadus four-yard score and an ensuing defensive stop in the third extra frame.
Let's see how Villanova responds in its biggest test of the season.
North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State – Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
SDSU's Taryn Christian passed for a program-record 466 yards along with five touchdowns in Week 6.
Like Richmond, South Dakota State is also coming off a tight, high-scoring game that ultimately ended in celebration.
While the Jackrabbits never trailed in its 45-39 win over Southern Illinois, they had to fend off a frightening comeback attempt from the Salukis, who trimmed the deficit to three on two occasions in the second half.
Nonetheless, the Jackrabbits moved back over .500 at 3-2 on the season and slotted in at No. 14 in the latest coaches poll. South Dakota State has played well in both losses, hanging in tough with the Big 12's TCU late into the fourth quarter in Week 1 and falling 38-31 to ranked Cal Poly in Week 3, and are deserving of their national ranking.
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The Bison continued its quest for a sixth straight FCS title with a 27-3 win against a solid Missouri State team in Week 6. North Dakota State has been rolling on all cylinders with its balanced offense and a tremendous defensive effort that's kept offenses at 21 points or less in four of its five games.
Including Saturday's matchup with South Dakota State, the Bison's next four matchups all come against current ranked teams. Will they stay perfect entering the playoff bracket? The Jackrabbits have the latest say in that.
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Since he is a supposed crackhead (or as Vincent Gallo once noted, "Abel Ferrara was on so much crack when I did THE FUNERAL, he was never on set. He was in my room trying to pick-pocket me.") who has directed some of the most unwaveringly sleazy works of celluloid art-trash to slither out of the busted bowels of NYC, it should be no surprise that the McGuido auteur Abel Ferrara (Ms. 45, Bad Lieutenant) started his filmmaking career in pornography, with his first feature being the incest-themed blue movie 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy (1976). Indeed, Ferrara certainly went 'all the way' with his first feature film, as the somewhat strange fuck flick not only features the director's then-girlfriend getting boned by other people, but the director himself being cinematically debased (though many reviewers assume Ferrara hired a cock-double for his scenes, the filmmaker revealed in his obscure 2010 documentary Mulberry St. that he bravely used his own member for the scenes, thus demonstrating his unwavering 'commitment' as a true, if not seemingly terribly troubled, auteurist filmmaker). As Italian actress-turned-auteur Asia Argento, who starred in Ferrara's little mess of a movie New Rose Hotel (1998), stated in 2001 regarding her colleague, "Mr. Ferrara will not speak about his porn film. He says that now he has two daughters and that's why he will not allow it to be re-released or talk about in interviews," yet since then, the director has discussed the film, even complaining about the experience of making the film in a 2010 interview with the Guardian, "It's bad enough paying a guy $200 to fuck your girlfriend, then he can't get it up." In fact, Ferrara had mentioned 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy in interviews long before 2010 because, as noted by biographer Brad Steven in his work Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision (2004), the director told a French journalist in 1988 who asked whether or not the film was a thriller, "Some episodes were sort of like something you'd find in a thriller, but otherwise it was rather an erotic movie. It was my first feature, one of the first things I shot in 35mm. It was a sexy portmanteau drama about three or four women we knew, their sexual adventures. It consisted of seven episodes, ten minutes each." David Pirell, who played the cold husband of the main character of the film, speculated that 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy, "was a way of raising funds to do The Driller Killer. That movie (in my opinion) had redeeming social value, although it was basically a grade B porno. It was filmed during Fall 1975. We had a great time making it, because we were all beginning our careers and had been friends for many years. Abel was a good and unique director. I remember the film opening at a theatre in the city: everyone attended this screening and laughed at how stupid this movie was, but we believed it would lead to better things. We all learned a lot about the film process, and I learned what I did not want to do." Originally made under the working titles 'White Women' and 'Nothing Sacred', 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy is somewhat in the spirit of the semi-artsy/quasi-narrative-driven works of auteur-pornographers Armand Weston (The Defiance of Good, Take Off) and Cecil Howard (Neon Nights, Scoundrels), albeit somewhat more degenerate and incoherent. Indeed, featuring Abel Ferrara in a scene where he plays a deeply religious old Polack man (he was 25 at the time!) whose daughters take turns raping him after he gets too drunk on wine, 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy features a debauched mix of daughter-on-father incest, lesbo miscegenation and lily-licking of the black blue blood sort, superficial occult themes (including dubious tarot card readings and Nigerian 'black' magic), and aesthetically vulgar 1970s hairdos (sometimes it is hard to tell if it is a man or woman that is giving a blowjob), 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy is by no means a lost masterpiece from a great American auteur, but simply evidence that proves Abel Ferrara has always been an 'exploitation' filmmaker with a wayward moral compass.
Beginning with close-up shots of a negress massaging oily white tits and a high yellow chick sucking on a white cock, 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy at first seems like another miserable miscegenation porn movie, but things change quite quickly after the title screen disappears, at least temporarily. Narrated and presented by a hippie-like chick named 'Gypsy' (Dominique Santos), who reads out letters written to her by her former lesbian lover Pauline (Pauline LaMonde), 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy is a curiously convoluted tale of compulsive carpet-munching, anticlimactic cumshots, and rather tedious tarot readings. As Pauline confesses in a letter to Gypsy, she is cheating on her husband David (David Pirell) with a French stable boy (Shaker Lewis), stating of the erotic experience, "oh god, how I love it when he cums and cums…Oh Gypsy, you must really learn to love men again." As Gypsy states to the viewer after reading Pauline's letter, "Learn to love men again? That's Pauline. She does nothing but have intercourse all day long. Then she writes letters about it as if I might be interested." Indeed, while reasonably beauteous, Gypsy is a devout dyke and has nil interest in men. Instead, Gypsy spends her days all by her lonesome playing with her kitty cat and tarots cards in the hope that Pauline will one day come back to her so they can rekindle their 'cunning linguist' games. After smoking opium from an exotic peace pipe, Gypsy reads a letter from Pauline where she complains regarding her hubby, "Oh we still make love together when he's not snorting coke with Rachel or balling his mistresses and boyfriends," adding regarding the dubious status of their relationship, "But this cold detachment of his, which derives me wild when we are in bed, makes the rest of my life unbearable." Indeed, while taking a leak at a gas station bathroom, Pauline decides to counteract her husband's 'cold detachment' by having sex with a random stranger. Reading tarot cards in a supposed 'Hungarian fashion,' Gypsy also describes how savage salaciousness is in Pauline's blood, remarking, "I know Pauline, she has her grandmother's soul. They even say she has her grandmother's face. You see, Pauline's great-grandfather and two daughters came to America in 1903 from Poland. Pauline's great-grandfather was a very strict Christian. He was really overprotective with the two girls. When the old man would go out to work, he would lock them up in the apartment. The only time they could leave the house was under his chaperon. Life was pretty lonely and…the older they got, the more curious they became." Indeed, Pauline's great-grandfather (played by auteur Abel Ferrara, who sports a rather unbelievable grey wig) was sexually ravaged by his own two daughters after he had too much holy wine to drink. Gypsy then goes on to complain about how Pauline had a steamy love affair with a virginal Nigerian princess named Nacala (Joy Silver) and how she "was afraid of that black bitch" and her double black magic. In one of the more would-be-depraved scenes of the film in what is a less than dreamy dream sequence, Gypsy morphs into a man (of course, this is not actually depicted in the film) and literally begins biting Pauline's beaver. In the end, Pauline somehow 'magically' appears at Gypsy's apartment. After getting all pseudo-philosophical and stoically stating, "There is no reality except human reality," Gypsy walks over to Pauline's naked body and states, "Sister, I have been waiting…It has been lonely and dark for me here since you left."
While I was hoping 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy would be a wanton lost masterpiece, it ultimately proved to be one of Abel Ferrara's worst cinematic efforts to date. While it attempts to tell a sordid story in an experimental way, 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy ultimately seems like a haphazardously constructed collection of banal fuck scenes that Ferrara attempted to piece together with a Sapphic pseudo-occult storyline. Indeed, when everything is said and done, 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy is nothing more than a botched celluloid orgasm with a rather misleading title that, with the exception of sexual degeneracy and cheap exploitation, gives little, if any, indication of what sort of filmmaker Ferrara would evolve into. Of course, as musical composer Joe Delia, who would go on to write music for most of Ferrara's films, revealed regarding the film, "it was never anyone's intention to make an intellectual statement with this production. I always had the feeling that it was a means to get to the next level, which was to get another film made." As early Ferrara collaborator Douglas Merov would also insightfully reveal, "The only reason Abel made 9 LIVES OF A WET PUSSY was because that's the only kind of film he could get money for. Arthur Weisberg, an old porno producer from Detroit, gave him the money. Why he's not credited, who knows? Tax reasons, maybe. Arthur was a character, boy – a truly tough, no-nonsense Jew […] I saw the film and laughed my ass off at the sight of my friends in powdered wigs and beards showing their private parts for all the perverts in the world to see." Indeed, 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy is nothing short of an abject embarrassment, so it should be no surprise that Ferrara tends to tell people that his arthouse-slasher flick The Driller Killer (1979) was his first film, though the director apparently told Brad Stevens, "I'm not ashamed of having made a porn film, but if I hadn't directed anything except 9 LIVES OF A WET PUSSY, you wouldn't be writing a book about me." A work that ranks below Stanley Kubrick's Fear and Desire (1953) and John Waters' Mondo Trasho (1969) in terms of embarrassing first features, 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy is ultimately a potent remainder of what can happen when you get involved with Jewish pornographers.
Ty E, when i read that one of the characters was called Pauline i had difficultys concentrating on the rest of the reveiw because all i was thinking about from that point onwards was Pauline Hickey at age 17 circa 1985.
Just with regards to Abel Ferrara's ludicrously under-rated 1993 re-make of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers": I want to bugger Gabrielle Anwar (as the bird was in 1988 when the bird was 18, not as the bird is now obviously). Such a shame shes British horse-shit though. By the way, Gabrielle celebrated her 18th birthday just 3 days after Heather Snuffed it.
I want to bugger Meg Tilly (as the bird was in 1978 when the bird was 18, not as the bird is now obviously). She was in "Body Snatchers" to. By the way, Meg celebrated her 28th birthday just 13 days after Heather snuffed it.
Happy Easter by the way. I hope you and your girlfriend will be enjoying that box of Belgian chocolates i was telling you about.
I want to bugger Christine Elise (as the bird was in 1983 when the bird was 18, not as the bird is now obviously). She was in "Body Snatchers" to. By the way, Christine Celebrated her 23rd birthday 11 days after Heather snuffed it.
"Driller Killer" was pretentious unwatchable garbage.
Although i`ve never been a fan of Abel Ferrara or his movies its diffcult to believe that that silly bastard is coming up for 64 years old.
Ty E, this is a sex film right, so why couldn`t you have at least showed some more graphic images than the ones you did ?. For instance, birds licking out other birds twats or birds buggering other birds with strap-on dildo's ! ! !, i dont understand why the images that you DID choose to show were so tame.
Ty E, i wish i could somehow send you those 3000 porn clips that i`ve got stored on my computer, they are such masturbation-aids par-excellence (as it were), you could spend the next 40 years jerking off to those clips, when you haven`t got your knob stuck up your girlfriends bum of course ! ! !, you fucking lucky bastard.
Actually, strickly speaking, when you think about it, "Body Snatchers" is Abel Ferrara's ONLY good movie, literally ALL his other films are total bull-shit.
Ty E, just going back to that semi-bizarre co-incidence for a mo-girl-t, its amazing and eerie how those three gorgeous birds who starred in "Body Snatchers" all celebrated their birthdays in early February just a few days after Heather snuffed it, maybe its fate trying to tell us something, that had Heather lived she might`ve grown up to become a film-maker just like Ferrara(!), i`d have prefered her to become a film-maker just like Steven Speilberg(!!!) the geezer who made her(!!!) a star to begin with.
When Spielberg first saw Heather he said he didn`t think she was right for the part in Poltergeist but at the same time he did see something in her(!!!), his knob perhaps(!!!...sexual inuendo intended obviously for those who think knobs have something to do with doors).
Ty E, if you do ever decide to reveiw George A. Romero's 1967 cult masterwork "Night of the Living Dead" on this site make sure you reveiw the colorised version, its far superior to the black and white version.
I want to bugger Judith O`Dea (as the bird was in 1963 when the bird was 18, not as the bird is now obviously).
Ty E, i just realised, today is Judith O`Dea's birthday, the bird is 69, imagine sixty-nining the bird 51 years ago today on her 18th birthday...! ! !...WOW...pure heaven.
Thank goodness "A Haunted House 2" has essentially gone down the proverbial toilet in its first week-end at the North American box office, that would-be franchise is an absolute fucking abomination. Although for all its inherent unwatchable shittyness its still infinitely better than anything the British film industry has ever produced, just to put things into the proper perspective again.
Duane Jones (From "Night of the Living Dead") celebrated his 51st birthday the day after Heather snuffed it, then 6 months later he himself snuffed it just 3 days before Judith Barsi was so cruelly snuffed out, eerie and odd i think you`ll agree.


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Oman Oil and Orpic Group, one of the fastest growing companies in the world, will outline their ambitious portfolio expansion strategy at K 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany (October 16-23, Hall 6.1, N-04).
The Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC) investment will see Oman Oil and Orpic Group's production of PE and PP increase to 1.4 million tons by 2020. The product portfolio will include linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE), High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Polypropylene (PP). The improvement of the product mix helps Oman Oil and Orpic Group partners to address the growing global demand for innovative polymers. "We are proud that with our polymer products, we are shaping possibilities across the Packaging, Infrastructure, Household and Appliances, Agriculture, and Healthcare industries," says Talal al Awfi, Chief Commercial Officer, Oman Oil and Orpic Group.
At K 2019, Oman Oil and Orpic Group will share its strategy into these new areas of the plastics industry, with an expansion of their PP capabilities and their entry into the PE space. Executives will explain how they are uniquely positioned to combine agility, innovation and state-of-the-art technology to develop game-changing specialty solutions for their customers. The newly developed "Think It… Make It" campaign highlights how the company is set to revolutionize the plastics industry by collaborating with plastics converters in identifying opportunities in the areas of sustainability, efficiency and performance.
"Oman Oil and Orpic Group will share how our new vision and strategy can function within tomorrow's winning products. We will present how our R&D and Technical Services departments can team up with our customers to transform concepts into reality," adds Talal al Awfi.
In Q1 2019, Oman Oil and Orpic Group announced ambitious plans to invest US$28bn in 9 core assets over the next 10 years. These core assets include OXEA, one of the leading companies for oxo chemicals, with headquarters in Germany and fully owned by Oman Oil and Orpic Group since 2013.
Other mega projects valued at US$16bn are currently running, including the construction of the US$6.7bn Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC) for sustainable polymers. The LPIC steam cracker project will allow Polyethylene (PE) to be produced in Oman for the first time, as well as strengthening the company's polypropylene capabilities.
For more information, visit Oman Oil and Orpic Group's K 2019 website www.OrpicK2019.com ahead of the event October 16-23, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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73 0 Havas Village Jakarta Opens its Doors by http://lbbonline.com/
Integrated office opened by French ad legend and Havas VP of Global Creativity, Jacques Séguéla
Havas Indonesia announces the official opening of Havas Village Jakarta, an integrated office that houses creative, media, digital, PR and all the specialist brands of the agency group, under one roof. Havas Village Jakarta becomes the 39th village to be launched by the group, and embodies the group's "Together" approach, a collaborative model that aims to provide clients seamless integrated solutions with digital at the core. Havas Village Jakarta is also the 16th village in APAC.
Located in Menara Sentraya, in the heart of the bustling city of Jakarta, and occupying an area of 3000 square meters on the 11th floor, the village in Indonesia accommodates 260 strong people across all the brands of the agency including Havas Worldwide, Havas Life, Havas Media, Arena Media, Ecselis & Mobext.
Havas Village Jakarta was officially launched by France's creative legend Jacques Séguéla, VP of Global Creativity at Havas, in an event attended by clients, partners, employees and the regional leaders of Havas.
Commenting on the launch, Jacques Séguéla, VP of Global Creativity at Havas, said: "I am very honoured to be invited as the chief guest for the launch of Havas Village Jakarta. The idea of media and creative being located together is very close to my heart. I had been rooting for this structure for the last ten years and it is satisfying to see it become a reality. I strongly believe that clients are looking for coherence in marketing and do not want to go to different agencies for different needs."
Matt Wiggers, CEO of Havas Worldwide Indonesia, said: "Our move into the village marks an important phase in the evolution of Havas Indonesia. To best facilitate meaningful connections, the agency has designed an open office, where employees work together as one team to produce integrated ideas and solutions that are fresh, fun and meaningful. The aesthetics have been built keeping in mind the needs of not only employees but also clients."
"It has been two months since we moved into the new office and we are able to clearly see the benefits this has brought us. The philosophy of bringing media and creative agencies together has already proven to be phenomenally successful in other markets. We already have robust operations in Indonesia and I have no doubt that this move will make us stronger," added SK Biswas, CEO of Havas Media Group, Indonesia.
This move reflects the Havas Group's desire to reinforce its position as the most integrated of all the communications groups and its ambition to further strengthen creative and media integration by increasing shared platforms, encouraging synergies and promoting joint entities. It will also deliver operational efficiencies and facilitate new Havas transversal offers such as events, production, and content.
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IT IS TIME FOR NATIONAL JUDICIAL REFORM.
Quest for Litigant Parity
Founder Lee Whitnum was the eight year victim of Lawfare
"When it comes to Israel, some Zionists and Israelist Neoconservatives are nihilistic. In other words, they will employ any means necessary in order to discredit, smear and stop an American candidate who threatens the US funding of Israel." Lee Whitnum
Now retired from politics, Whitnum was a former CT Democratic candidate for Governor (2018), Senate (2010) and Congress (2008). She was the victim of Lawfare by pro-Israel zealots. In all, 12 judges and 3 law enforcement agencies unlawfully and unethically did the bidding of the powerful.
Because of her political beliefs, people in the highest levels of power falsely accused politico Lee Whitnum and demanded her arrest and got it - again and again. They engaged in Lawfare - the abuse of the legal system. They did this to punish her and smear her for her outspoken political beliefs against the United States funding of Israel and her opposition to the political movement Zionism. When she was exonerated of charges, after more than 40 criminal court appearances, the press, also doing the bidding of the powerful, failed to report it.
Her nine years of legal hell, opened Whitnum's eyes to flaws of the system and the fact that powerful state employees could so flagrantly run amok and abuse their positions, for powerful private interests, with no fear of repercussion. Whitnum, a first time offender at 53-years-old at one point found herself facing 14 years in jail for crimes she did not commit! Most shocking were the judges who did the bidding, unlawfully, of a powerful constituent group. This is symptomatic of a judicial system with no checks and balances.
Lee holds a masters degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Education (EdM). She has a BS in computer science from University of Maryland.
Candidate Lee Whitnum talks about the Lawfare she endured by the powerful due to her outspoken opposition to the United States funding of Israel.
Candidate in action
Candidate for Congress Lee Whitnum debates Congressman Jim Himes in 2008, and later in a senate debate with Senator Chris Murphy.
Public Life and Activism
Activitsm -
Whitnum protesting and demanding that AIPAC be registered as a representative of a foreign country. "unlike the AIPAC propaganda talking points to all candidates, the goals of Israel and the United States are NOT 'one in the same.'" Lee Whitnum
"Our court system should not be a vehicle for the powerful to punish the outspoken for their political beliefs." Lee Whitnum
Copyright © 2019 Foundation for Litigant Parity - All Rights Reserved.


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United Methodist Church of Palm Springs Staff
United Methodist Church of Palm Springs is blessed to have a leadership team who are truly dedicated to Christ and accomplishing His will. Following are brief bio's of our staff team and their qualifications for ministry.
Jane Voigts
Email - pastorjane@umcps.org
Jane Voigts is excited to come to the UMC of Palm Springs! She has been on "family leave" for the past five years caring for her parents in northeast Iowa. Jane grew up in Des Moines, in the Lutheran Church and in a funny family. After graduating from college (Oberlin and Indiana U) in 1981, she moved to Chicago to begin pursuing her dream of becoming a comedian. Jane performed in improv troupes and stand-up clubs throughout the Chicagoland area, and in 1987 she moved to Los Angeles to continue realizing her dream…which led her to the First UMC of Santa Monica and an astonishing call to ordained ministry in Joshua Tree on Good Friday 1991. (Of course!) Jane attended the Claremont School of Theology and earned a Master of Divinity in 1996. There she also began discovering all sorts of ways to bring her gifts and passion for comedy into the worlds of ministry, Church and theology (including the creation of an improv troupe of CST seminarians called "Angelic Residue"). Jane has served at Westwood UMC (1996-2002), First UMC of Appleton (WI) (2002-2006), San Luis Obispo UMC (2006-2012) and Toluca Lake UMC (2012-2013). While on leave, she has regularly guest-preached, began the blog "The Comic Lens" that explores how the Bible actually intends to make us laugh, and developed "The Bible Cabaret: A Music and Comedy Revue Starring the Old and New Testaments" that she has performed around the country and now looks forward to bringing to the Coachella Valley! Jane loves hiking, yoga, traveling, classic movies, music of all sorts, her cat Marcos, and collecting polyester pant suits, for starters! She looks forward to getting to know you and beginning the next leg of the journey together!
Click here to visit Pastor Jane's website
Click here to listen to Pastor Jane on a local radio show, The Bill Feingold Show
Staff Member's Name
Staff Member's Title
Jeremy Wells
Email - jeremy@umcps.org
Jeremy Wells came to the United Methodist Church of Palm Springs Director of Christian Education in June of 2016. Prior to that, he served as Director of Youth and Family Ministries of Atascadero UMC in Atascadero, California.
In addition to leading small group studies, playing guitar in worship, teaching Sunday school, and organizing the monthly Messy Church worship service, Jeremy is pursuing a Master of Divinity from the Claremont School of Theology and seeking ordination in the United Methodist Church. Coming from Oregon, Jeremy is a huge fan of the University of Oregon and enjoys all things Oregon Ducks.
He graduated from Concordia University- Portland in 2006 with a degree in Business Administration concentrating in International Management
Jeremy has recently married his girlfriend of four years, Erin. They have an adorable tuxedo cat named Rocky.
Wayne Hinton
Email - music@umcps.org
For over 20 years, Dr. Wayne Hinton has pursued an active career as a vocal coach and recital pianist in chamber music, opera, and song repertoire in addition to working in arts administration. After finishing his undergraduate studies in piano with honors at Florida State University, he was awarded a scholarship to study at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna and at the Institute of Advanced Musical Studies in Montreux, Switzerland. In this innovative school, he performed in Master Classes of such great artists as Gregor Piatigorsky, Zino Francescatti, composer Alberto Ginastera, and pianists Ania Dorfmann and John Ogdon. After finishing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Southern California, Dr. Hinton worked as a music editor for film and television and was assistant music director of Orange County Opera and Golden West Opera. Dr. Hinton has been the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, the General Manager of the Nimoy Concert Series of Temple Israel of Hollywood, and the Executive Director of the Riverside County Philharmonic in Riverside, CA. He currently works as Opera Coach and Accompanist at the University of Redlands, Adjunct Faculty at Moreno Valley College, and is the Music Director of the United Methodist Church of Palm Springs.
Dr. Ed Hartman
Director of Bell Choir
Dr. Ed Hartman has lived in Palm Springs since 1961 and was a music teacher and administrator in the local school district for twenty-one years. He has a Bachelor and Masters degree in Music Education from the University of Arizona and a Doctorate in Education from USC. He has been the director of the Handbell Choir at the Methodist Church since 1984.
Erin Forgét-Wells
Email - info@umcps.org
Erin Forgét-Wells has lived in Palm Springs for nearly three years. She began helping in the church office in the fall of 2016, before taking a full-time position in March 2018. She enjoys connecting with people and helping them get connected.
Erin loves all things soccer, going to the movies, and spending time with friends and family (as well as her cat, Rocky).
URL: https://www.umcps.org/new-here/staff/


Should Doctors Prescribe Cannabis For Epileptic Dogs?
Dr. Ilo Leppik wants to amend his state's cannabis laws to allow veterinarians to prescribe cannabis pills to epileptic dogs.
In humans, epilepsy is incredibly difficult to treat. The available treatment options often involve powerful pharmaceutical tranquilizers that come with a host of side effects. In pets, finding safe, affordable, and effective treatments for epilepsy is much harder. This fact has inspired one Minnesota doctor to push for cannabis reform. Dr. Ilo Leppik wants to amend his state's cannabis laws to allow veterinarians to prescribe cannabis pills to epileptic dogs.
My passion is to find a better treatment for this condition.
One of his patients, Plymouth resident Dawn Swanson, was able to drastically reduce seizures and severe pain from contestant muscle spasms after incorporating medical cannabis into her treatment plan.
While Swanson has taken over 20 different pharmaceutical medications to control her condition, she has been seizure free since switching to the herb. For the past year, she has stuck to a strict regimen of three cannabis pills per day. Since beginning the program, she has seen a dramatic improvement.
Recent trials of cannabis-based seizure medication, Epidiolex, have had positive results. Yet, clinical studies on cannabis extracts for both humans and epileptic dogs are lacking.
Anecdotal evidence like Swanson's is certainly a positive sign. Yet, when it comes to furry friends, strict restrictions on veterinary prescriptions and cannabis research block doctors from experimenting with canine cannabis in a safe setting.
Leppik hopes that Minnesota cannabis reform will shed light on both the potential veterinary uses of the herb and help spur further understanding of the impact of cannabis medicines in humans.
As Swanson's case shows, it's not uncommon for human epilepsy patients to go through what seems like an entire pharmacy with only marginal symptom relief. In epileptic dogs, quality treatment options are even more a is abysmal.
One of the most commonly prescribed anti-seizure medications for canines is phenobarbital, which can cause liver damage after long-term use.
Surprisingly, dogs have higher rates of epilepsy than humans do. Expanding medical cannabis programs to include veterinary application could open new doors for safe and effective treatments without extreme side effects like liver failure.
In high doses, cannabis is toxic to household pets. Dogs are extremely sensitive to THC, the primary psychoactive in the plant. Yet, the human and anecdotal evidence thus far shows that nonpsychoactive CBD or extremely low doses of THC can significantly reduce symptoms of various conditions, like seizures in epileptic dogs, and cancer pain.
Leppik is onto something. His initiative to include veterinary applications for medical cannabis is the first of its kind. As marijuana reform continues to rocket across the United States, new applications for the herb are sure to develop.
Veterinary medicine seems like a natural and much-needed expansion of the cannabis industry.


We like to refer to Fulshear as "urban country" - big-city amenities with a relaxed, rural lifestyle. Because of this unique mix, and our proximity to major employment centers in and around Houston, Fulshear and the surrounding area have undergone tremendous growth over the last ten years, with the addition of many new residential and commercial developments. Fulshear's population has exploded from just over 1,000 residents in 2010 to an estimated 8,200 as of mid-2016.
Residential developments are growing rapidly in both the city limits and ETJ. Two large established residential developments in our corporate limits include Cross Creek Ranch located off FM1093 on the east side of Fulshear and Fulbrook on Fulshear Creek located off FM1093 on the west side of Fulshear. A third, Fulshear Run, is well underway just south of FM 1093 at Bois D'Arc Lane across from Lamar Consolidated ISD's new Fulshear High School and Leaman Junior High campuses.
Commercial development has accelerated along FM 1463 to include the HEB-anchored Market at Cross Creek Ranch, Cross Creek Commons at S. Fry Road, and many additional retailers and service offerings in surrounding spaces and tracts. Additionally, "old town" Fulshear is seeing an increase in interest and development, and Fulshear's ACE Hardware is set to open at Main Street (FM 359) and 1st Street in Fall 2016.
It is our pleasure preset community information to your organization, or interested investors. Please contact Economic Development at ecodev@fulsheartexas.gov, or call (281) 346-1796 for more information.


Cellphone users must register. Land-line phones are automatically part of emergency systems.
County and city governments in the Dayton region are spending money on emergency notification systems for residents, but the growing prevalence of wireless-only users is making some citizens responsible for registering to receive these alerts.
County and city officials are emphasizing that in order to receive free emergency alerts via text message, cellphone and email, residents must sign up or risk missing notifications.
The Dayton Daily News surveyed eight counties in the region, finding that five have implemented an emergency notification system within the last 10 years. Preble and Warren counties do not have a system in place. Champaign County did not respond to multiple requests for information.
Of the five counties, the average annual cost is $22,490. Much of that is paid for by grants as well as fees collected from municipalities that also have access to the system.
Greene County is one of the latest to take advantage of the alert technology. In conjunction with 10 jurisdictions and Central State University, the county began using Hyper-Reach in October.
Land lines automatically are uploaded into the system, but citizens must sign up their cellphone number and email address on Hyper-Reach's website. That link can be accessed on a city's web page.
The number of people who have signed up isn't clear, county officials said, but they encourage residents to take a few minutes to register.
As of the second half of 2011, 34 percent of U.S. households had only wireless phones, according to a study released in October by the National Center for Health Statistics.
In Ohio, 28 percent of adults aged 18 and over were living in a wireless-only household from January to December 2010. The following year, that number jumped to 33.4 percent.
Fairborn resident Amber Wood, who does not own a land line, is in favor of an emergency notification system. She plans to sign up to receive the Hyper-Reach alerts on her cell phone, as well as install a land line in her home in the coming months.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office has had its current system, Everbridge, in place since late 2009. Phone numbers registered with the Yellow Pages, White Pages or in the 911 system are in the county's database, which is up to 160,000 households.
County residents also can sign up their cellphone and email address to receive notifications, up to five ZIP codes. The county does not send out weather alerts, deferring to the media and weather services, Montgomery County sheriff's Capt. Rob Streck.
Clark County implemented Hyper-Reach about a year ago, saving the county money and giving it more versatility than what its previous system of eight years, Wide Area Rapid Notification, offered. More than 1,800 people have registered within the past year, Clark County EMA director Lisa D'Allessandris said.
Miami County has utilized Twenty First Century Communications for the past six years, but Jeff Busch, the county's Communications Center director, said there have not been any mass notifications in the last two years. The main use for the system is for events in isolated areas, he said.
Butler County has a system called the Communicator, which has both an internal and external component to it.
Internally, the system is shared by six agencies in the county to alert "decision-makers" of businesses, churches, schools and the government of pressing matters, said Katharine Piaskowy, Butler County EMA emergency planner.


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The Armoury began as an open loggia in the Italian Renaissance style, with a door at the top of the steps at each end.
Such an arrangement proved inconvenient, as it meant that there was no interior passage on the ground floor between the two wings. The 2nd Marquess filled in the windows in 1834 and laid the marble floor. The 3rd Marquess completed the alterations by putting up the panelling.
Most of the armour on the walls was purchased by the 2nd Marquess from the Tower of London in the middle of the 19th century. At the west end of the Armoury there are two standing figures in armour, the faces of which are replicas of the death mask of Charles I.
The Armoury houses a fine domestic organ supplied in 1609 by John Haan, a Dutchman. The case retains its original decoration by Rowland Bucket, an extraordinarily versatile artist whose painting and gilding on ceilings, walls and furniture did much to brighten the interior of the House when it was first built. He even decorated the salads and meat dishes at Robert Cecil's funeral. The organ is in regular use and is played to entertain visitors.


Huron County Historical Society presents "Re-purposing our Local Mills" Apr. 17, 7 to 9 pm at Four Winds Barn, Brussels. David Blaney will speak of the plans to rehabilitate Brussels' Logan's Mill & the McGuire Mill in Gorrie. Email dblaney@ezlink.ca.


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Cork analytics start-up Over-C reaches £10m funding goal
by Kelly Earley
Over-C CEO and founder Michael Elliott. Image: Clare Keogh
Over-C has raised an additional £5.5m in equity funding, bringing the total that the company has raised to £10m.
In 2011, CEO Michael Elliott founded Over-C, an analytics company focused on operational performance in the workforce management market.
A few years later, the company took part in Bank of Ireland's 2015 accelerator programme, which led to Over-C being fast-tracked to Enterprise Ireland's high-potential start-up (HPSU) programme.
At present, Over-C is operating across Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands to provide solutions for industry sectors ranging from transport operators to shopping centres, stadiums and manufacturers.
Over-C's software uses artificial intelligence, data and analytics to provide industry professionals with key insights for time-critical decision-making. The company's software focuses on driving behaviours that allow companies to rethink their business and operating models, quantify risk, and uncover new opportunities.
After eight years in business, Over-C has now raised an additional £5.5m in equity funding, bringing the total that the company has raised to £10m. The latest round of funding was led by Ingenious and represents the second investment from the Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service.
Pleased with the investment, Elliott said: "As demand for our solutions has increased, so has the need to continue accelerating our AI capabilities and address a rapidly growing international customer base."
Guy Ranawake, investment director at Ingenious, also commented on the investment: "Over-C has created and developed a management tool designed to improve mobile and field-based business processes, and remote workforce operations. As an active investor and manager, we are delighted to support Over-C, setting new standards by providing customers with the tools to operationally perform at a higher level."
On top of Over-C's good financial news, the company also proudly announced that its UK partner O2 (the mobile operator and communications company), recently won the IOT Award at the annual Connected Britain Awards 2019 for O2 Smart Compliance, which is powered by Over-C.
Over-C said: "The IOT Award for 2019 was given to O2 thanks to our joint work with ScotRail in helping to ensure the security of workers in potentially hazardous situations. ScotRail, Scotland's national rail service provider, needed a digital solution to help them align with the Department for Transport's requirements and standards for security and safety."
Listed on Siliconrepublic.com's 30 superb Irish tech start-ups to watch in 2019, Over-C received contracts worth more than €20m with KPN and Facilicom Group in 2018, and has a list of clients that includes Thomond Park, Eli Lilly, GSK and Savills UK. The company's chair is Sir Robert Bone, former chair of Boeing UK.
Ingenious, the company that invested in Over-C, is an FCA-regulated alternative investment manager, specialising in media, infrastructure, real estate and education. Since Ingenious was founded in 1998, it has raised and deployed more than £9bn of capital on behalf of clients.
Updated, 5.09pm, 1 July 2019: This article was amended to clarify that Over-C has raised £10m in total funding.
Related: funding and investment, data, Cork, AI, analytics
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Cosmic Psychos are back with yet another record of straight-ahead, fuzz-out yob rock, titled Loudmouth Soup. Sit back with a cold one and check out first single 'Feeling Average' on today's show. Former Sidewinder guitarist Nick Craft has just released his debut solo record, Minerva, on Wally Meanie's Cheersquad Records and Tapes and you can year a track from that record. And you can also hear the stunning single 'Girls On Film' from Vancouver band Speller's new full length Champ de Force.


Added by Radhika Chippada about 2 years ago. Updated over 1 year ago.
Similar to workbench_units, workbench_functionals, workbench_integration, it would be helpful if we further split workbench_integration tests into multiple jobs. Currently, the workbench_integration is the longest job in jenkins, taking around 21 mins. Breaking it into multiple jobs that can run parallel will help reduce the overall jenkins run time.
1. minitest 5.10.1 has --exclude option. This option can be used to exclude tests with a specific pattern such "test_project..." from a test run. Unfortunately, the pattern matching seems to be available only on the test name, not a test file name. To use this option we would need to edit our test files and make sure all test names start with a specific string. For example, to omit all tests from pipeline_instances_test.rb from a job run, we would need to update all tests in this file to have a name such as "test 'pipeline blah blah blah'"
2. Another option is to rename all the integration test files to something like 1_pipeline..., 1_projects...., 2_anonymous... We can then run all files starting with "1_" as one job and all files starting with "2_" as a separate job.
Branch 11251-split-wb-integration-tests takes an initial stab at using minutest --exclude option.
IMO we should be fixing slow/redundant test cases before we give up and make the test pipeline/server fatter. It looks like the 10 slowest tests account for 3 minutes of runtime, and 6 of them test the sharing feature. It seems very likely something wasting a lot of time in either the tests or the sharing feature itself.
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7.05 SearchBoxTest#test_test_search_box_for_user_admin = 7.05 s = .
7.17 RepositoriesTest#test_browse_repository_from_jobs#show = 7.17 s = .
7.80 WebsocketTest#test_dashboard_arv-refresh-on-log-event = 7.80 s = .
8.41 ProjectsTest#test_scroll_collections_tab_for_project_with_201_collections_with_201_objects_with_ascending_sort_(case_insensitive) = 8.41 s = .
9.14 ProjectsTest#test_select_all_and_unselect_all_actions = 9.14 s = .
9.30 ProjectsTest#test_selection_Move_->_nil_for_project = 9.30 s = .
9.37 SearchBoxTest#test_test_search_box_for_user_active = 9.37 s = .
9.38 CollectionUploadTest#test_Upload_two_empty_files_with_the_same_name = 9.38 s = .
9.43 PipelineInstancesTest#test_Run_pipeline_instance_in_true_with_Two_Part_Pipeline_Template_with_collection_with_no_name_in_aproject_file_false = 9.43 s = .
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9.66 PipelineInstancesTest#test_Run_a_pipeline_from_dashboard = 9.66 s = .
9.81 SmokeTest#test_all_first-level_links_succeed = 9.81 s = .
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10.37 UsersTest#test_setup_the_active_user = 10.37 s = .
10.57 ProjectsTest#test_test_search_all_projects_menu_item_in_projects_menu = 10.57 s = .
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10.93 LoginsTest#test_login_with_api_token_works_after_redirect = 10.93 s = .
11.13 ApplicationLayoutTest#test_getting_started_help_menu_item_false = 11.13 s = .
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12.05 ApplicationLayoutTest#test_getting_started_help_menu_item_true = 12.05 s = .
13.42 RepositoriesTest#test_active_can_manage_sharing_for_another_user = 13.42 s = .
13.65 RepositoriesTest#test_active_can_manage_sharing_for_another_group = 13.65 s = .
13.83 PipelineInstancesTest#test_Create_pipeline_inside_a_project_and_run = 13.83 s = .
14.43 ProjectsTest#test_copy_action_is_disabled_when_a_subproject_is_selected = 14.43 s = .
15.21 ProjectsTest#test_first_tab_loads_data_when_visiting_other_tab_directly = 15.21 s = .
16.66 ProjectsTest#test_Create_a_project_and_move_it_into_a_different_project = 16.66 s = .
17.71 PipelineInstancesTest#test_Create_and_run_a_pipeline = 17.71 s = .
17.79 RepositoriesTest#test_admin_can_manage_sharing_for_another_group = 17.79 s = .
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At this moment the current water temperature in Port O´Connor is -. The average water temperature in Port O´Connor today is -.
The water level is falling. There are 5 hours and 43 minutes until low tide.
Today Monday, 22th of April of 2019, the sun rose in Port O´Connor at 6:52 am and sunset was at 7:56 pm.	In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the low tide was at 1:49 am and the high tide was at 12:53 pm.
The heights today are 0.1 ft and 1.0 ft referenced to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW).
We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Port O´Connor which is of 1.6 ft and a minimum height of -1.0 ft.
The following graph shows the progression of the tidal coefficient in the month of April of 2019.These values give us a rough idea of the tidal amplitude in Port O´Connor, forecast in April.
Large coefficients indicate important high and low tides; major currents and movements usually take place on the sea bed. But bear in mind that this tidal amplitude may be greatly affected by the weather and you should also consult the weather forecast in Port O´Connor and the wind and wave forecast in Port O´Connor before you go fishing.
The moon set at 9:26 am at 248° southwest. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the southeast (114°) at 11:28 pm.
The lunar transit is the time at which the moon crosses the local meridian (Port O´Connor, 96.4° W) at 3:57 am.
The solunar periods indicate the best times of day for fishing in Port O´Connor. The major periods correspond to the lunar transit (passage of the moon over the meridian) and the opposing lunar transit and last approximately 2 hours. The minor periods begin with the rising and setting of the moon and its duration is approximately 1 hour.


As we head into 2013, we are excited about the new features we'll bring to market this year. Our development efforts are focused on these pillars: solution deployment, SharePoint 2013, mobile and forms.
Our Package and Deployment feature, currently in beta, allows you to move artifacts like SmartObjects, views, forms and workflows between environments. P&D, as we like to call it, will form the foundation for additional interfaces for management and administration of your K2 artifacts. This includes a new site, K2 Management and a revamping of the current K2 Workspace to make it more friendly and powerful.
Our forms technology had a fantastic launch in 2012, and we have received a number of great feature requests that we will be shipping throughout 2013. These include core building blocks, such as security and versioning, as well as enhancements to rules and debugging, additional controls and themes.
New integration functionality, including OAuth-enabled line-of-business systems like SharePoint 2013, provides easy integration with more systems and services. Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and more cloud-based offerings can be easily integrated into your business applications. And with this additional integration, we will continue to work on greater access to K2 systems, taking advantage of the mobile platforms.
Our core workflow and forms offerings will also continue to evolve and help make your business run smoother.
We constantly take feedback from our customers and partners to focus on areas where we can make workflow, forms and SmartObjects better, faster and easier to work with, so never hesitate to drop us a line.