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Humans of GHS: What are your summer plans?
Leland Spencer, Staff Writer, Page Designer
Lisha Loud, freshman-I am going to get a job at concerts and events. I will also attend Volleyball camps. Anthony Kindred, junior-I will throw pool parties at the crib with my friends. Judah Gerards, freshman-I am buil...
Matthew Coffey, Staff Writer, Page Designer
Remember when these things used to be popular? Childhood was filled with these songs, movies, and shows. Cruise through this list to take a stroll down memory lane. Music 2000-2007 Boys like Girls: "The Gr...
Nadia Moseley, CUB Writer
Recently GHS started some very exciting remodels, including the new auditorium. While this is thrilling news and many students are anxious to see the new school building, the transition between the old auditorium to the new o...
Ask Argus- Sincerely, Torn
Angelica Smith, Staff Writer, Page Designer, Editor-in-Chief
Dear Argus, I'm having some boy trouble. I like a guy but I don't know how to tell if he likes me back. We don't talk a whole lot but when we do it's really nice. Even if I'm awkward as hell. Should I test the waters out as f...
Pet Sematery Review
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Spoiler alert! Please do not proceed if you do not wish for the plot of Pet Sematery to be revealed. "Pet Sematery" was released in theaters on April 5th this year. It's based on Stephen King's bone-chilling novel, w...
Going Out With A Snap!
Weak Heart Review
Day in the Life of a Dog
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The Best Pick-Up Lines in the History of Pick-Up Lines
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Are you from Tennessee because you're the only 10 I see! -Sara Edmondson Is there an airport nearby or is it my heart taking off? -Freshman Are you from McDonald's because I'm lovin' it! -Haylee Rossman If nothing lasts forever, will...

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Place flour, hazelnuts and salt into food processor. Add cold diced butter and pulse briefly until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Add the egg yolks and briefly blend again before adding water a little at a time until you achieve a smooth dough (not all of the water may be needed).
Remove dough from mixer, wrap in clingfilm and place in fridge for atleast an hour.
Preheat oven to 170 C/ gas 3.
Once the pastry has chilled, roll out onto a lightly floured surface until the thickness of a pound coin.
Line the tin with the pastry allowing the excess to fall over the sides. Line the inside with baking parchment and fill with ceramic baking beans or uncooked rice, to line the base.
Bake for around 15-20 mins. Remove from oven take out parchment and beans and return to oven for further 10-15 mins until golden brown. Trim excess pastry from around tin.
To make the filling whisk togeher double cream, egg yolks, thyme and some seasoning into a large bowl. Stir in the pumpkin and cheese.
Pour into cooked tart case turn down the oven to 120C/ gas 1.
1. Bake the quiche for 35-45 minutes until the filling has set and is a light golden brown.
Remove from the oven allow to cool for 10 mins. Carefully remove tart cut into wedges and serve with a crunchy salad.
Chop the pumpkin or squash into 3 cm chunks, chop ginger into matchsticks, pick coriander leaves and finely chop coriander stalks.
Pour some groundnut oil into a large saucepan and place on a high heat. Add the ginger, garlic red chilli and shallots then reduce to medium heat. Cook until golden, stirring occasionally add mustard sees, curry leaves and coriander stalks. Fry until the curry leaves are crispy.
Add the turmeric, tomatoes and coconut milk. Bring to the boil then add the pumpkin and chickpeas. Reduce to a low heat, cover with lid and simmer for 45 mins. Check occasionally and add a splash of water if it looks a bit dry.
Take the lid off and cook for a further 15 mins or so until the sauce is thick.
Scatter with coriander leaves and serve with rice, naan bread, chutneys and dips on the side.
Add oil to a large saucepan, fry the onion and garlic until they are turning golden. Add the cinnamon and allspice and fry until fragrant.
Add the sweet potato, carrot, pumpkin and apples and fry for another few minutes.
Add the stock and vanilla essence. Stir, close the lid and cook for 20 minutes until the ingredients are soft. Season with pepper and salt.
Once cooked add the butter, then allow to cool a little and blitz the soup using a stick blender directly in the cooker pot, or transfer to a blender or food processor and whizz until silky smooth. Check the seasoning and add a little more vanilla if required – you want a hint rather than a definite flavour. Add more stock or water to thin.
Reheat and serve topped with a swirl of cream, pumpkin and sunflower seeds.
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After Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba , during World Economic Forum in January this year, company officials are now visiting Islamabad, reported Propakistani. Sources claimed that Alibaba delegation is carrying out a feasibility study for a potential entry into the local market.
The Alibaba delegation is reportedly impressed with how rapidly Pakistan's e-commerce market is growing and the endless opportunities it presents for everyone. With more than 45 million smartphones in the market, Pakistan is on track to become one of the largest internet populations in the world. Ishaq Dar informed Alibaba delegation that over 11% Pakistanis user mobile phones for financial transactions. Dar urged Alibaba group for an entry in the local sector that has the potential to grow to a full-scale sector.
Besides helping entrepreneurs and small scale businesses, Ali Baba is rumoured to be in talks with Daraz for a possible buyout. Alibaba group is proposing approximately $150 million for an acquisition transaction to become the largest e-commerce player in Pakistan.
Experts say that Daraz's acquisition is going to streamline Pakistan's e-commerce market. Alibaba is one of the largest e-commerce players in the world. It has played a strategic role in opening the global market for Chinese products. Alongside business to business e-commerce, Alibaba also deals in business to consumer e-commerce segment.


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Toyota lead Le Mans as Porsche suffer setback
Saturday 17 June 2017 - 10:45pm
The Toyota Gazoo Racing (starting no.9) with a Toyota T050 Hybrid with Nicolas Lapierre of France, Yuji Kunimoto of Japan and Jose Maria Lopez of Argentina in the pit lane during the Le Mans 24-Hour race in Le Mans, France, 17 June 2017.
LE MANS, France - Favourites Toyota led the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race at the quarter distance on Saturday with champions Porsche left with just one car battling it out against the Japanese manufacturer's three.
Remember last time we were at Le Mans & tried to BBQ the team in the pitlane? Well Arran who got singed is back this year -- pic.twitter.com/ZDij9t1Q4a
— JMW Motorsport (@JMWmotorsport) June 17, 2017
After six hours, the number seven Toyota with France's Stephane Sarrazin at the wheel was leading Porsche's number one car, driven by former winner Andre lotterer of Germany, by 25.854 seconds.
Porsche's number two car, their only other entrant in the top LMP1 category, pitted after three and a half hours with a front axle problem.
When you're working during Le Mans. ------ pic.twitter.com/HZOiRkBtgY
— Katie Mech (@YourRacingBelle) June 17, 2017
It remained in the garage for a long period and was 54th and 18 laps down.
Toyota has entered three cars to Porsche's two and is chasing a first victory at the Sarthe Circuit, after five times finishing runners-up in 18 failed attempts, to become only the second Japanese manufacturer to win the French race.
Mazda won in 1991 on a road track where mechanical reliability is of critical importance and plenty of dangers lie in wait for drivers racing in shifts through the night and into the dawn.
Setting sun with #Toyota still leading the #LeMans24 2017. #LeMans #Motorsports #France #Travel #Racing #24HoursLeMans #GrandPrixTours pic.twitter.com/Q5LB96mo9h
— Grand Prix Tours (@gptours) June 17, 2017
This year Toyota have won the first two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship, in which Le Mans is the jewel in the crown with a crowd of around 300,000, and started on pole on Saturday after a record qualifying lap.
Ex-Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi, who shares the number seven car with Britain's Mike Conway and Sarrazin, had lapped the circuit with the fastest time ever - an average speed of 251.882kph - on Thursday.
Toyota came agonisingly close to winning last year but a last lap power failure on Kazuki Nakajima's leading car handed the victory to Porsche. Nakajima is back at Le Mans in the team's number eight car.
With once-dominant Audi pulling out after last year's race, the 2017 edition is a straightforward battle between the two carmakers.
The only other LMP1 entrant is the number four ByKolles Racing ENSO and that retired in the second hour after Britain's Oliver Webb made contact with the wall on the opening lap.
Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, who holds the record for most Formula One races started, made his debut in a Racing Team Nederland Dallara LMP2 car.
Sunset at Le Mans is always special pic.twitter.com/onBuI2qHal
— Adimas Pardede (@dimaspd) June 17, 2017
In the process, the 45-year-old became the 40th driver to compete at Le Mans, the Indianapolis 500 and Monaco Grand Prix.
The race was started by Formula One chairman Chase Carey waving a gold tassled French flag with FIA head Jean Todt and Automobile Club de l'Ouest President Pierre Fillon in attendance.
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Home News & Analysis Fund Managers ESO Capital to fully deploy its latest fund by year end –...
ESO Capital to fully deploy its latest fund by year end – Exclusive
The SME lender sees a pick-up in its special situations deal pipeline amid mounting dry powder in the European private debt market.
Adalla Kim
European Special Opportunities (ESO) Capital, a London-headquartered European special situations investment firm, is to fully deploy its latest special situations fund by the year end, Tingting Peng, head of investor relations and fundraising at ESO Capital told Private Debt Investor.
The manager's latest flagship fund, the 2015 vintage European Special Opportunities Fund VI has deployed 80 percent of its $250 million capital, 35 percent of which has gone into real estate debt opportunities.
The firm is looking to deploy the rest of its capital into special situations lending to European corporates.
ESO Capital raised its capital from at least 17 investors based in the US, according to an SEC filing disclosed in February 2017.
PDI understands that Fund VI has an anchor investor based in the UK, while the remaining commitments come from state-backed pensions and corporate pension funds in the US.
The firm typically invests €10 million to €30 million apiece in lower mid-market SMEs with a focus on the UK, Northern Europe, and German-speaking European countries, according to Peng.
The 2013-vintage predecessor vehicle, European Special Opportunities Master Fund V, targeted $230 million, according to PDI data.
ESO Capital also has exposure to European non-performing loans via one of its German portfolio companies in fund VI, LOANCOS Group, as per PDI reporting.
The firm's investment strategy mainly focuses on a combination of cash and payment-in-kind (PIK) – for which the firm realises its return at the maturity of debt instruments, rather than on a quarterly basis – depending on the type of business and deal.
Asked if the capital will be fully deployed within the target timeline, this year, Peng said: "Market observers say there is $80 billion dry powder in the European private debt market, but as a flexible capital solutions provider, we continue to see interesting deals in our pipeline."
ESO Capital is not the only SME lender to point out the growing dry powder mountain in the European private debt market.
"People will have to work hard, and there will be some players out there, the weaker funds, who will struggle to deploy capital on returns acceptable to the LPs," Jon Herbert, a managing director of the UK SME fund at Beechbrook Capital told PDI during an interview recorded last week.
PDI understands that the ESO fund has a six-year life with a target gross internal rate of return of 16 to 18 percent per annum across both debt and equity on an unlevered basis. For debt instruments, the firm targets an internal rate of return ranging from 12 to 14 percent per annum.
The firm has €550 million in capital under management and invests across the full capital structure, providing bespoke solutions, according to a member list provided by the Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association.
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  expectedValue?: string,
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}

// Our component.
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      prop: 'progressCount',
      type: 'invalid-type',
      expectedValue: 'number',
      actualValue: typeof props.progressCount
    })
  }
  // If the prop `id` is undefined..
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      prop: 'id',
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    })
  }

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Q: PsExec64.exe to encrypt password and sore is throwing error I am new to power shell scripting. I have used below piece to encrypt and store password:

$password = "TestingWithSamplePassword"
$salt = -join ((65..90) + (97..122) + (48..57) | Get-Random -Count 10 | % {[char]$_})

$encryptPasswordFile = "& script_path\PsExec64.exe -accepteula -nobanner -s powershell -Command {$password|ConvertTo-SecureString -Force -AsPlainText|ConvertFrom-SecureString}"
Invoke-Expression -Command:$encryptPasswordFile

It fails with below error:

PsExec executes a program on a remote system, where remotely executed console
applications execute interactively.

Usage: psexec [\\computer[,computer2[,...] | @file]][-u user [-p psswd][-n s][-r servicename][-h][-l][-s|-e][-x][-i [se
ssion]][-c [-f|-v]][-w directory][-d][-][-a n,n,...] cmd [arguments]
     -a         Separate processors on which the application can run with
                commas where 1 is the lowest numbered CPU. For example,
                to run the application on CPU 2 and CPU 4, enter:
                "-a 2,4"
     -c         Copy the specified program to the remote system for
                execution. If you omit this option the application
                must be in the system path on the remote system.
     -d         Don't wait for process to terminate (non-interactive).
     -e         Does not load the specified account's profile.
     -f         Copy the specified program even if the file already
                exists on the remote system.
     -i         Run the program so that it interacts with the desktop of the
                specified session on the remote system. If no session is
                specified the process runs in the console session.
     -h         If the target system is Vista or higher, has the process
                run with the account's elevated token, if available.
     -l         Run process as limited user (strips the Administrators group
                and allows only privileges assigned to the Users group).
                On Windows Vista the process runs with Low Integrity.
     -n         Specifies timeout in seconds connecting to remote computers.
     -p         Specifies optional password for user name. If you omit this
                you will be prompted to enter a hidden password.
     -r         Specifies the name of the remote service to create or interact.
                with.
     -s         Run the remote process in the System account.
     -u         Specifies optional user name for login to remote
                computer.
     -v         Copy the specified file only if it has a higher version number
                or is newer on than the one on the remote system.
     -w         Set the working directory of the process (relative to
                remote computer).
     -x         Display the UI on the Winlogon secure desktop (local system
                only).
     -arm       Specifies the remote computer is of ARM architecture.
     -priority  Specifies -low, -belownormal, -abovenormal, -high or
                -realtime to run the process at a different priority. Use
                -background to run at low memory and I/O priority on Vista.
     computer   Direct PsExec to run the application on the remote
                computer or computers specified. If you omit the computer
                name PsExec runs the application on the local system,
                and if you specify a wildcard (\\*), PsExec runs the
                command on all computers in the current domain.
     @file      PsExec will execute the command on each of the computers listed
                in the file.
     cmd        Name of application to execute.
     arguments  Arguments to pass (note that file paths must be
                absolute paths on the target system).
     -accepteula This flag suppresses the display of the license dialog.
     -nobanner   Do not display the startup banner and copyright message.

You can enclose applications that have spaces in their name with
quotation marks e.g. psexec \\marklap "c:\long name app.exe".
Input is only passed to the remote system when you press the enter
key, and typing Ctrl-C terminates the remote process.

If you omit a user name the process will run in the context of your
account on the remote system, but will not have access to network
resources (because it is impersonating). Specify a valid user name
in the Domain\User syntax if the remote process requires access
to network resources or to run in a different account. Note that
the password and command is encrypted in transit to the remote system.

Error codes returned by PsExec are specific to the applications you
execute, not PsExec.

Help would be highly appreciated..

A: Try this:
$encryptPasswordFile = "& 'script_path\PsExec64.exe -accepteula -nobanner -s powershell -Command {$password|ConvertTo-SecureString -Force -AsPlainText|ConvertFrom-SecureString}'"

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Here's when, where to watch Boise State football games this season; 3 games on weeknights
By: Idaho Statesman
Posted at 1:15 PM, Oct 13, 2020
This article was originally published by Ron Counts in the Idaho Statesman.
The Boise State football team's season opener Oct. 24 will kick off at 5 p.m. in Albertsons Stadium and will be televised on Fox Sports 1.
The Mountain West released its 2020 TV schedule Tuesday, and the Broncos have three games that were moved from Saturdays. Their home game against rival BYU will be played Friday, Nov. 6 at 7:45 p.m. They'll host Colorado State on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m., and their game at UNLV was moved to Friday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
All of Boise State's home games will be televised on FS1 or FS2 this season, and its road games will air on CBS Sports Network.
After many games haven't kicked off until after 8 p.m. in recent years, the Broncos will enjoy a couple early games this fall. Their game at Air Force on Oct. 31 will begin at 4 p.m., as will their regular-season finale at Wyoming on Dec 12. Their latest kickoff of the season will be 9 p.m. on Nov. 21 at Hawaii (6 p.m. in Hawaii).
In all, 42 Mountain West games will be televised this fall: 40 conference games, Boise State's nonconference game against BYU and the conference championship on Dec. 19, which will air on Fox or FS1.
BOISE STATE'S 2020 SCHEDULE
Oct. 24: Utah State, 5 p.m., FS1
Oct. 31: at Air Force, 4 p.m., CBSSN
Nov. 6 (Friday): BYU, 7:45 p.m., FS1
Nov. 12 (Thursday): Colorado State, 6 p.m., FS1
Nov. 21: at Hawaii, 9 p.m., CBSSN
Nov. 28: San Jose State, TBA, FS1 or FS2
Dec. 4: at UNLV, 7:30 p.m., CBSSN
Dec. 12: at Wyoming, 4 p.m., CBSSN


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WOMEN / AT HOME, AT WORK
What is a homemaker worth?
The assumption that the workplace and the home are always mutually exclusive spheres distorts our understanding of women's economic roles, writes Shoma Chatterji.
Work+Life
The Supreme Court has recently objected to the census listing homemakers as 'non-workers' on par with beggars, prostitutes and prisoners, and called for laws to quantify their contribution to the economy. "This approach betrays a totally insensitive and callous attitude towards the dignity of labour and also strongly suggests a gender bias against women," said a two-judge bench on July 22. The judges added as a suggestive that this be corrected in the ongoing census.
In its discussion of "Economic Activity", the 2001 Census states that "an adult woman engaged in household duties but not doing any productive work to augment the family resources was considered a non-worker. Persons like beggars, pensioners, etc., who received income without doing any work were regarded as non-workers." However, it goes on to say, "A public or social service worker who was actively engaged in public service activity or a political worker who was actively engaged in furthering the political activity of his part was regarded as a 'worker'!" (Exclamation added).
The Supreme Court awakened to the bizarre definitions of the Census while hearing a case pertaining to the amount of compensation to be paid by an insurance company to the family of a housewife killed in a road accident. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal of Uttar Pradesh, and the Allahabad High Court had earlier quantified her contribution to the family at Rs.1250 a month as a 'non-earning' member of the family under the Motor Vehicles Act. On this basis, they had fixed the total amount of compensation to be paid to the husband as Rs.2.5 lakhs. The Supreme Court, in its ruling, enhanced the compensation to Rs.6 lakhs, and also directed the insurance company to pay 6 per cent interest on the amount owed. The husband will get another Rs.50,000 as legal costs.
By tradition and by law, the housewife - or, in its new nomenclature, the 'homemaker' - is not taken to be an economically productive person. The reward that she - and it is almost always a she - gets for the real and concrete services she renders is solely in emotional terms, including the satisfaction her services bring to the other members of the family. In other words, though her services are direct, the rewards are vicarious. Lenin defined housework as, "The most unproductive, the most barbarous and the most arduous work a woman can do. It is exceptionally petty and does not include anything that would in any way promote the development of the woman..
The Workforce Participation Rate, defined as the percentage of total workers to the total population, is 39.3 per cent. While the WPR for males is 51.9 per cent for females it is 25.7 per cent. The gap is almost entirely the result of women's work within homes being classified as 'non-work'.
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This ideology sustains today, as the census indicators have proved. Margery Spring Rice, a researcher who conducted a study of British housewives during the Great Depression wrote, "In the large majority of homes, the woman is the slave without whose labour the whole structure of the family tends to collapse."
The irony of the homemaker's job being labeled a 'non-working' one is that the market economy has an analogy for every item of housework that falls in the usual course of a homemaker's everyday chores. Meals at a restaurant or street corner dhaba offer an analogy for good preparation, cooking and serving of meals. Dryers and cleaners provide the analogy for washing and laundering services. Housecleaning can be done by professional housekeepers while taking care of small children, the sick and the ageing, is done by ayahs and nurses. Indeed, there are well-off families that hire such professions - albeit of various skills - to perform these tasks within their home itself!
If these professional service-providers are included in the computation of the Gross National Product, why not homemakers engaged in these same tasks? The answer is simple - because they are not paid for their work! By a self-perpetuating and false logic, the homemaker's 'free' services are not computed in the country's GNP, whereupon it is decided that housework is uneconomic and unproductive! Whereas an International Labour Organisation source (Recomendation 123: Concerning the Employment of Women with Family Responsibilities, 49th Session, June, 1965) reported that if the value of housework is calculated as equivalent to paid services performed by cooks, cleaners, housekeepers and nurses, it would contribute to half the GNP in many countries.
There is little doubt that a homemaker creates evident surplus value through her labour. True, she is not paid for her services. But her total consumption of goods and services she has helped create by her labour is less than the total amount of goods and services she has produced. Instead of the fruits of her labour being exclusively available to her, they are shared among the members of her family, and in many cases in patriarchal societies the benefits are disproportionately appropriated by male heads. Even in desperately poor families, homemakers go hungry at least once a day, and the surplus value they create is consumed by the rest of the family.
Housework has no fixed hours, no holiday and no pay. It is done almost exclusively by the homemaker with some professional help for those households which can afford it. According to environmentalist Rashmi Mayur, "The kitchen environment is the most crucial in victimizing women ... almost all women in India spend a considerable amount of their life in the kitchen. On an average, a woman spends 73,000 hours in the kitchen. "
The average Indian woman spends about 3401 days of her life, or 8.33 years in the kitchen. Assuming that the average life-span of an Indian woman is 50 years, this means that she spends 16.66 per cent of her entire life and four hours per day in the kitchen. These, however, are not accurate figures because they are based on the actual work of cooking. These do not include other processes involved such as chopping vegetables, grinding the spices, kneading the flour, cleaning the rice and pulses etc. Add to this the out-of-kitchen activities like marketing, serving food, setting and cleaning the table or eating space, budgeting, etc.
Even a mechanistic and quantitative analysis does not indicate, much less measure the real cost of the homemaker's labour on her physical well-being, in the form of nutrition during working age or the loss of strength in old age.
Homemakers' work is interpreted and calculated as 'non-work' based on the assumption that "household" and "workplace" are mutually exclusive spheres. This distorts our perception of women's economic roles. In the real world, the division between these two is neither rigid nor real. Many women who fill up forms describing themselves as "full-time housewife" are engaged in various income-generating activities to support the family. There are many home-based activities which do not fall strictly within the periphery of private service for the family members. But as these are either ignored completely or considered 'marginal' in a market economy, they do not produce surplus value and are therefore not considered 'public' production.
The work-home dichotomy also implies that there is an essential contradiction between women's private roles as household managers and child-rearers, and their public roles as wage-earners. The evidence that women can balance these two roles very successfully has not yet led to the overthrow of this myth.
Shoma Chatterji
Dr. Shoma A Chatterji, freelance journalist and author, writes on cinema, media, human rights, cultural issues and gender.
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"He would have broken many records, if…" Gautam Gambhir hails wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni
Posted On / June 15, 2020 / by Akshat Gaur
Gautam Gambhir, MS Dhoni (Image Source: AFP)
Former India skipper, MS Dhoni is highly regarded as one of the finest captains to have ever played the game. Under his captaincy, India won the top competitions in all formats, for instance: the No.1 Test ranking for 18 months, the 50-over World Cup in 2011 and the T20 World Cup on his captaincy debut in 2007.
Not only in leadership, but Dhoni was also equally brilliant with the willow. His charisma can be expressed with the fact that despite playing mostly at the number 6 position, the Ranchi-born has smashed more than 10,000 runs in ODIs. It is a phenomenal feat as in ODI cricket, batsmen who have reached the landmark of 10k runs are mostly the top-order batters. So, this is enough to explain that if MSD was a top-order player, he might've scored much more runs.
Speaking about the same, Dhoni's former teammate Gautam Gambhir believes that 'Captain Cool' could have been a legendary batsman had he continued to bat at number 3. In a Star Sports show 'Cricket Connected', Gambhir said that if captaincy wasn't handed over to Dhoni, then he would have batted in the top order and broken many records.
Gambhir opined that if Dhoni had batted at number three, fans would have seen an entirely different avatar of Dhoni.
"Probably world cricket has missed one thing… that is MS (Dhoni) captained India and did not bat at No. 3. Had MS batted at No. 3, probably world cricket would have seen a completely different player," added the former opener.
The cricketer-turned-politician further said that Dhoni would have been the most exhilarating cricketer if he had batted at the top order and not captained India.
"Probably he would have got many more runs, broken many records. Forget about records; they are meant to be broken. He would have been the most exciting cricketer in the world had he not captained India and had he batted at No. 3," articulated Gambhir.
"MS Dhoni batting at No. 3 on flat wickets with the quality of bowling attack now in world cricket… look at Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and West Indies in the current situation, with the quality there is in international cricket, MS Dhoni would have broken most of the records," he added further.
Dhoni made his debut in 2004 and quickly earned limelight when he played two notable innings against Sri Lanka and Pakistan while batting the no. 3 position. Although Dhoni averaged 82 runs while batting at number 3, still he continued playing in the middle order for a longer time in his career.
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import os

from flask import Flask
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy

from config import MUSICDIR

#Initialize flask app and database
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config.from_object('config')
db = SQLAlchemy(app)

from app import views, models

db.create_all()

def get_song_dir(musicdir=MUSICDIR):
    """Walks configured music directory for mp3 and flac files. Creates a row in the Songs
    table for each song found that is not already in the database.
    """
    abs_song_dirs = []
    rel_song_dirs = []
    unicode_musicdir = unicode(musicdir)
    for path, subdirs, files in os.walk(unicode_musicdir):
        for name in files:
            if name.endswith('.mp3') or name.endswith('.flac'):
                abs_song_dirs.append(os.path.join(path, name))
    for abs_directory in abs_song_dirs:
        rel_song_dirs.append(unicode(os.path.relpath(abs_directory, unicode_musicdir)))
    for rel_directory in rel_song_dirs:
        current_song = models.Songs.query.filter_by(path_with_space=rel_directory).first()
        if current_song is None:
            song = models.Songs(path_sans_space=rel_directory.replace(' ','_'), path_with_space=rel_directory)
            db.session.add(song)
            db.session.commit()

#On running the server, asks if it should run get_song_dir to update the database
update_db = raw_input("Would you like to update database?")
if update_db.startswith('y' or 'Y'):
    get_song_dir()


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class DocumentTranslation < ActiveRecord::Base

end


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Please be advised that road work is expected to cause traffic delays around Ann Arbor in the coming days.
Plan ahead and alert patients if they will be traveling in the area.
From Thursday, July 23 until Friday, July 24, Washington Street is scheduled to be closed at the intersection of First Street.
Westbound traffic will be detoured southbound on Main Street, westbound on Liberty Street, northbound on Third Street back to Washington.
Eastbound traffic will be detoured southbound on Third Street to eastbound on Liberty Street to northbound on Ashley Street back to Washington.
Local traffic will be maintained and pedestrian traffic may use one side of the street at all times.
From 9 a.m. on Monday, July 27 until 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, South Maple Road is anticipated to be closed in both directions between Pennsylvania Avenue and Pauline Boulevard.
Northbound traffic will be detoured to eastbound Pauline, then northbound on West Stadium Boulevard and westbound on West Liberty Street back to South Maple.
Southbound traffic will be detoured eastbound on West Liberty Street, southbound on West Stadium Boulevard and westbound on Pauline back to South Maple.
Local access will be maintained and pedestrian access will be available on the east side of the road only.


No matter what age you are teaching, everyone can find a use for a hands-on graphic organizer. After students have been introduced to a concept, the teacher would facilitate the students' construction and application of this three-dimensional organizer. Students can organize their newly learned information. Not only do these "foldables" provide students a hands-on study guide of their learning, but creating them is fun.
Select the Foldable format that fits the content being studied. There are many websites available online that offer simple instructions for creating different 3-D graphic organizers, including samples in a variety of content areas. Check out Dinah Zike's website for ideas. One of my favorite versions is called the Matchbook.
The Matchbook is created by first laying multiple sheets on top of one another at staggered lengths. This strategy enables what appears to be a single sheet of paper to contain layers of information about words and concepts.
Within each page of the Matchbook students can organize information into categories, parts, even steps in a process. The pages can include examples, diagrams, drawings, timelines, facts, figures, vocabulary, etc. All relevant information is contained on the one page of the Matchbook, creating a quick-reference guide.
Download three examples from social studies and language arts.
Keep in mind, however, the power of such a learning tool does not end with its construction; students need to reference its content. The point of this resource is that it helps them better learn your content and vocabulary.


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Soccer: Defending Class S champs kick off season
Cromwell boys, Portland girls aiming high again in 2014
CROMWELL >> Defending Class S champion Cromwell kicks off the boys' soccer season at home tonight (6:30 p.m.) against Shoreline Conference champion Valley Regional.
"It should be a battle," said Panthers coach Jon Harder, now in his eighth year.
Harder also guided the Panthers to a state title in 2009 and a Shoreline crown in 2010 and he knows how hard things can get following a state championship season.
But his 2014 edition has that perfect combination of experience, chemistry and leadership to contend for another title again this fall.
"The kids were able to step back and appreciate what they accomplished last year," said Harder. "They also understand that a lot of teams this year are going to bring everything they have to try and knock off the defending champs. Every game really becomes quite a battle. So we don't worry too much about what our opponents are going to do. We're just focused on our next practice and our next game and really preparing for what we have to do."
The Panthers senior-laden lineup is led by senior co-captains Ryan Murphy and Derek Parker. Both four-year players, Parker, a midfielder, was the team's leading scorer last season, while, Murphy, a goalkeeper, was named the Class S tournament MVP last fall after Cromwell knocked off Haddam-Killingworth (2-1) and East Hampton (2-1) before blanking Old Lyme (1-0) in the semifinals and Bolton (3-0) in the finals.
"I like our work ethic," Harder added. "The captains are hard workers who lead by example and that rubs off on the other players."
Cromwell lost first team all-league players Ryan Hopley (Western Connecticut) and Kevin Yawgel (Western New England) to graduation, but there is a lot of experience returning, led by seniors Thomas Manteo (defender), Ardit Statovci (forward) and Dylan Davis (midfielder).
The Panthers top underclassmen include junior Jared Grant (forward) and sophomore Jake Pendo (midfielder).
"We've got a good group of kids," said Harder. "They watch out for each other on and off the field. They work hard and take care of themselves. You need to have skill and talent but it's that leadership and chemistry where you really earn your money's worth as a coach."
After the Portland girls soccer team shared the Class S state championship with Old Saybrook last fall – the teams played a classic 0-0 overtime tie in the finals – to win the school's first state title, the Highlanders will be aiming high again in 2014.
"It's always special winning the first one," said Portland coach Sandy Booth, now in his sixth season. "Sharing it was just the way it is set up. This year's group wants to be the first to win a single state title…to do it alone. They want to show that we're still as good as we were in the past and they're focused on maintaining that high level of play of the last four years."
Graduated players Marisa DiMare, McKenzie Reimondo, Jackie Otake, Amanda Ghent and Nicole Caruso certainly left an impressive legacy.
There was another state finals appearance in 2012 (a loss against Immaculate) and two straight trips to the Shoreline Conference championship game, which Portland captured in 2012. The Highlanders were runner-ups to Old Lyme last season.
"Last year's seniors cast a long shadow," Booth added. "But we've got some experienced players coming back, and some young players looking to step up, and they want make a name for themselves and show that they're just as good. We're not the players who just left… that's not our program."
Portland will be led by seniors Emilie Hernandez (forward), Alina Plantano (defender), and Kayla Hardesy (midfielder), and juniors Emma Ruppert (sweeper) and Anna Rose Zampano (midfielder).
The Highlanders travel to Bristol today (3:45 p.m.) for a non-league contest against St. Paul Catholic.


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Music January 7, 2022
Primal Scream frontman and iconic rock vocalist Bobby Gillespie has taken a long-building aside with his latest release, a collaboration with the frontwoman of French band Savages, Jehnny Beth.
Gillespie's typical style is set aside on the record, which is more slow-paced yet lyrically cutting, play off emotional heartbreak and making use of a dynamic that essential fuses the two vocalist's bands, but creates a hybrid with a mellower tone and poetic lyricism that falls slightly outside of either of their norms. The result, new album 'Utopian Ashes', is something Gillespie is exceptionally proud of.
"I think I wrote the majority of the lyrics. I know the concept came from me," he says. "When you write songs, it's a mixture of autobiography, fiction, observation and life experience all mixed up to tell a story. Jehnny Beth's background is in theatre, so she sees it as characters, I think. My aesthetic comes from somewhere else, I like to sing about things that I've experienced, I sing about pain, suffering… I think I have poetic license, to use an old cliche. I can take incidents from real life and dramatise them."
"There are many literary techniques that can be used to cover your tracks. I want people to hear it and know that I mean it when I sing, that there's a meaning, a lived experience and a pain behind it. I hope that other people can relate their own experiences to the songs."
"I'm not nervous about releasing records anymore. I hope I don't sound egocentric, right, but I really believe it's a very strong piece of work. It's good art, I'm very proud of it, and I'm just glad that it will finally be released, out in the world, where I hope people enjoy it, and it means something to people. It's the music that I should be making at this point in my life. It's a serious, grown up record and I'm very proud to be involved in it, and of everyone else involved in it. It's stellar work. I can't wait for it to be out. I was able to express a lot of the stuff that I really wanted to say."
In recent years, Gillespie has become every more politically vocal on social media, and he's keen to emphasize his regard for Ireland, and his dislike of the current UK elite.
Music November 29, 2021
As one of those acts that were just building up a head of steam when the music industry shut down entirely at the start of the pandemic, Post-Party have been thrown into an interesting time of career conundrum. How, for example, do you maintain a reputation as a massive live band, whilst keeping your name out there in the midst of an enforced sabbatical?
It's turned out they have the answers. With latest single 'Wasting Time' lighting up Spotify playlists and previous effort 'Being Honest' featuring on cult TV show Made In Chelsea in recent months, the Dublin four-piece are building towards something bigger than a single, and have uncovered a passion for video production along the way, too.
"There's definitely something big on the horizon," they say. "In terms of new songs, we have loads in the bank, we're just waiting for the right time to release them into the world."
"It usually starts out with one of us writing the bones of a song, and bringing it to someone else in the band," they say of the process of producing their music. "They may add more ideas. We usually jam it out in a rehearsal and see how far we can get with it, and if we're happy we'll bring it into Logic and start to fine line out parts separately. Keelan will then add his magic touch and we'll have a great sounding demo that can communicate our ideas fully to our producers."
Returning to that production process, and the stage, will be key for the boisterous pop-rockers. "It's definitely not been fun," they say. "We went from playing Electric Picnic and supporting Miles Kane to not even being able to see each other. We're gonna be rehearsing together constantly for the next couple of months until we finally get back to gigging."
"When you want to release music at the highest quality, the industry is very financially straining, especially when there's no live shows. The only real source of income for artists is sync deals and streaming revenue. Although these days, with a DAW [Digital Audio Workstation] and a great producer, you can do anything."
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Siobhan Lynch – or Baba Music, when she's performing – is keen to be an icon for social change, and that filters through to her music. Self-examining but also socially conscious, she writes music that reflects where her heart sits, and explores her impact on the world, and the world's impact on her.
In new single 'Keep You Safe', for example, Lynch reflects on the vulnerable and how she can be there for them, pouring her beliefs into the words she delivers.
"'And they try to shame the skin you're in, until you shed. Black, white, fat, trans, perfect 10, they're afraid'… I love these lyrics from the new track 'Keep You Safe'," Lynch tells me. They came to me really quickly after writing the melody."
"As a woman I have found you have to fight and fight to be heard and listened to. We are always too fat, too skinny, too loud, too quiet. The list goes on. So for me, accepting that this might be a fact of life gave me a certain freedom, I could let myself off the hook a little, everything wasn't always my fault. Unfortunately it is a way of the world, not to say that it's right or should be tolerated but to think in those terms, makes it easier to keep fighting to be heard…"
It's not just the single that will reflect these beliefs. As Lynch moves forward – both back towards performing live, and with the production of a record she hopes might appear some time next year – she will continue to address her own realities deeply within her music.
"I find it difficult to write about anything that hasn't affected me, everything I write about are things I've heard, seen or felt." Lynch says. "I am an extremely curious person, I go to counselling once a week and I love finding out about what makes me feel a certain way, or why I might behave or react in a certain way and that really helps my writing."
Three Underneath: "A lot of my lyrics are sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek or at the very least, cynical"
Dublin rockers Three Underneath have been one of those slow-building bands, a set up that have taken six years to get a debut album, preferring to make their noise live instead.
It's paid off, too, with their ambitious self-titled debut album launched recently to ample comparison to the Foo Fighters, and a digital version (click the name above) available with a full digital 'festival' on their website. I spoke to them about it all just as the album came out…
First of all, talk me through the debut – a long time coming, what can we expect?
Yes, a long time coming! But this is our calling card. Our real debut! There's 11 tracks total. A couple are written upon early demos, but most of the album was written last year. We were delighted to get to work with Aidan Cunningham [Overhead, The Albatross and The Scratch] because he has a really unique, analogue sound. A lot of the album was recorded at my home studio which is all digital, so him mixing the vocals and then mastering the whole thing made everything beautifully balanced out. Legend!
What will you consider a success for the record?
We're giving the album away for free! The digital version anyway. Not "pay what you like" either, completely free. We're pressing 1000 copies of the physical album, in high quality print, limited edition. I have no doubt these will sell out, but a true success will be hearing the songs sung back at our live shows. The album inlay has gorgeous artwork and all the lyrics printed. The record is the homework! Get learning…
Let's allow for short attention spans… if listeners are going to check out one of your tracks, what should they listen to?
My personal favourite is 'You've Been Had', the intro track on the record. For our YouTube fans, that's the "Bank Robbery" video. But I've been told by many that 'All You Can Do' is the catchiest. That was a really early demo that we then worked on again last year.
Music October 28, 2021
Crowded House: "We were trying to get back into that almost teenage mindset of making a racket with an electric guitar"
Nick Seymour, bassist in Australiasian stars Crowded House, has been riding the coronavirus outbreak with us here in Ireland. A long-time resident of Sligo, Seymour and his band were making a new record when the coronavirus crisis hit, and Seymour steamed home to Ireland's west coast, while the record production went on digitally.
The band are highly international in their approach now, but their first record in a decade, 'Dreamers Are Waiting', is nevertheless atypical of their approach, and saw the incorporation of new members.
"We started out recording the album in November 2019," Seymour explains, "in Los Angeles. We went into a rehearsal room and tried to make sense of some of the ideas being tabled as potential songs, and jam our way into arrangements and so on. We had to integrate Neil [Finn]'s two sons and Mitchell Froom, who we'd only ever done pre-production before."
"We were trying to get back into that almost teenage mindset of making a racket with an electric guitar. We were rehearsing and recording a little in this vintage studio, and then we moved to United Studio on Sunset Boulevard. That was meant to be the clincher studio with the serious takes."
That wasn't how things worked out, however.
"We realised the stuff we'd recorded in Valentine, this locked up museum-like studio, were as good as they were going to get, so we started working on those and tracked a few new songs. And then covid happened, and we started to realise it was a bit every man for himself in the US, the law of the jungle."
Bobsleigh Bob: "the closer you look the more detail you see"
Measuring a coastline is one of those long-standing abstract problems. The length, ultimately, is what you want it to be, depending on whether you measure the broadest shapes of a headland or the edges of each tiny angle. And whether the tide is in or out.
That seems to be where Bobsleigh Bob is going with his debut album, aptly titled 'How To Measure A Coastline': an album full of playful but abstract takes on life and how to cope with its changes and its progress, glancing at the obvious and the more subtle along the way.
"The album actually started title-first and then I worked back from there," Rob Davis, a Dubliner based in Limerick, tells us. "I heard a conversation on a podcast (I think it was 'No Such Thing as a Fish') about how difficult it is to measure coastlines, and how the closer you look the more detail you see. That idea that we can step back and see a simple picture, or lean in really close and get a very different and complicated answer really stuck with me."
"I happened to hear that at a time when I was getting back into making music for the first time in years. So I sat down and started playing with the idea and tried to musically represent that coastline dichotomy with long sweeping sounds contrasted with more detailed complex ones. The result was a sprawling 10 minute instrumental piece which I called 'How to Measure a Coastline', which over the following couple of years slowly became the song 'Twine' from the album."
"It made me think about how the same applies to everything that we do; relationships, everyday decisions, work, the list goes on. So then when it came to lyrics, that led me to draw on relevant stuff for inspiration. And again that started with 'Twine'. "I've asked you twice, I've asked you kindly, I've asked you not to look too close. There's too much detail and too much time, too many corners and too much twine."
Davis' album was penned over a three-year period, but emerges into a world where live shows are just about to reopen, and that's something he's particularly looking forward to, despite the record being full of self-examination.
Scouting For Girls: "Every situation we went into, we thought it might never happen to us again"
When Scouting For Girls emerged in the mid-00s, they weren't quite the polished, manufactured-type boy band many quickly assumed. Having been playing together for years, the London three-piece's smash breakthrough 'She's So Lovely' was in fact the culmination of several different acts with similar personnel and years on the stage, going way back to 1995.
Their journey since has been an undulating one: huge hit shows in front of thousands, followed by a fading from chart popularity that left a massive cult following behind. That cult following is significant enough to have Roy Stride, Greg Churchouse and Peter Ellard releasing a blend of originals and cover music to this day, as they explore a career based heavily on a simple idea: make it a whole lot of fun.
"Our new album was an escape from lockdown, and a nostalgic look back to the past while everything else was falling apart," Stride tells us on new record 'Easy Cover', which is predominantly a collection of 80s cover tracks. "It was also a response to having a studio booked and someone wasn't able to come. I didn't have any songs ready to go, so I started recording."
"The actual idea came when we were traveling back from Dublin on a night time tour bus journey, and playing a Phil Collins live album, singing along to 'Easy Lover', and someone said it'd be great to do a load of 80s covers, so we did it. It went in a box of world's worst ideas ever, until lockdown, and then we did something with it."
"I tried to do a cool, synthy, Spotify friendly version of these covers, and I just put it back on the shelf. It ended up being fun instead. I think it's classic Scouting For Girls, that when the 80s was quite cool ten years ago, we weren't doing anything. Now it's the 90s that are quite cool, and that's our era, here we are releasing an album of 80s covers. We're alway a decade behind the trend."
The year off, naturally, has been strange all round and had plenty of impacts on musicians. "I reassessed my whole relationship with music," Stride says. "It had got quite stale. I was writing for other bands I didn't even like, or who weren't very good. I'd lost a bit of the love and passion."
Music September 30, 2021
Elgin: "We feel comfortable on stage together and that's always been the greatest part"
Elgin photographed by Anthony Furey
Born out of the ashes of popular Dublin act The Young Folk, Elgin – Anthony Furey and Paul Butler – are embarking on a musical journey that takes them far from their roots. Feeling the need to move past their successful previous act, the pair's music is steeped in travel, but embedded in origins that sit firmly in the Dublin suburb of Kilbarrack.
"A few years back, we spent some time in Austin Texas for South by SouthWest," Butler says, setting the scene. "No matter where we go or what country we've toured, our spare time consists of finding second hand stores and usually buying the most ridiculous clothes or old musical instruments."
"I bought a 1980s casio keyboard for $5 in New Zealand two years ago. Anyway, in Austin, we stayed near a town called Elgin. Low and behold, we found a second hand store. We walked out of that second hand store looking like Irish Cowboys. Cowboy boots, cowboy hats, stained jackets and an odd looking teddy bear for our merch case. That teddy became Elgin and spent a lot of time with us, helping to sell our merch. The name sat well with us, it has meaning but it also means nothing to a listener."
"[The new outlet] was always the next step," Butler continues. "The Young Folk's name had run its course. It wasn't us anymore. The Young Folk had different members, a different style. The name itself didn't match us anymore. We still love playing the songs, they've changed with us along the way too."
"Myself and Anthony have been playing together for over fifteen years now. We've shared hundreds of stages, we know each other inside out, we've had numerous arguments (all resolved), we've stayed in the same beds far too many times. But the most important thing is that we feel comfortable on stage together and that's always been the greatest part. We know we have a connection on stage, no matter what we write, it'll be portrayed in the best way."
"And I suppose, it was a case of 'then there were two'. It was back to basics for us, in the way of creating music together, no interference, no negative influences, everything was out in the open. We had absolute freedom. So with that, we wanted to create something completely new and exciting for us."


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A FORMER Central Queensland miner is seeking $1.35 million in damages after a worksite accident.
According to documents filed with the Supreme Court of Queensland in Rockhampton, the accident took place at Dawson Coal on October 30, 2015 about noon.
Alan James Farrow, 49, was removing an unserviceable roller from a conveyor and replacing it during a small window of time when the conveyor was offline.
To install the new roller, Mr Farrow had to lean his body onto a fire water pipeline with his arms outstretched to reach under the conveyor, with assistance, to place the new roller into position.
While he was holding the new roller, Mr Farrow suffered a back injury.
The claim alleges Dawson Coal Processing Pty Ltd failed to provide a safe workplace; failed to provide a safe system of work; failed to provide safe plant and equipment; failed to provide proper instruction supervision and training; and failed to identify hazards, among the many allegations.


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Crowdfunding Credibility - The Reykjavik Grapevine
Crowdfunding Credibility
Kirsten O'Brien
The year is 1945. After suffering defeat at the hands of the Allied powers, a secret fleet of Nazi Germans flee to the dark side of the moon, with plans to construct a giant fortress and an armada of spaceships, more powerful than anything they used in battle on Earth. They reorganise, regroup, and hatch a plan to return to Earth 70 years later, in 2018, where they will once again try and conquer the world.
Hold off on preparing an underground bomb shelter for a Nazi return: This is the plot of 'Iron Sky,' a Finnish-German-Australian film released in February 2012. The film was created not by a team of producers and directors, but rather by an entire online community of film enthusiasts. Anyone who was interested in the project could contribute an idea, and ultimately help shape the outcome of the film.
In Reykjavík, far away from Nazi German moon space fleets, the people behind the Karolina Fund are trying to do something similar. Ingi Rafn Sigurðsson and Arnar Sigurðsson, two of the fund's creators, used the 'Iron Sky' model of "participatory cinema" to create a similar crowdfunding platform for creative projects.
Just like Kickstarter or Indiegogo, Karolina Fund allows creators to pitch projects and seek investors, who can choose how much money they want to donate. Creators set a goal amount to reach and have a limited amount of time to raise funds. The website, which was launched in October of this year, currently has six projects users can fund. They range from a documentary film about Icelandic horses to a ten-part musical composition about a character in Icelandic folklore.
Introducing the ProjectDock
Karolina Fund differs from other crowdfunding platforms, however, in that it has an integrated project management tool called ProjectDock, which adds transparency to a formally murky process.
"You get the choice to see what the plan is, and how it's supposed to go, and what happens after the project is being executed," Arnar says. "The idea is that everybody sees what the deal is and where the project is at using this simple project management system."
Their solution combats an all too common problem on other crowdfunding platforms: the lack of accountability and oversight to ensure projects actually get done. According to a study published in July 2012 by Ethan Mollick, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, 75 percent of technology and design-related projects on Kickstarter didn't finish on time. For the millions of people who have given more than $274 million to 28,000 projects since 2009, this represents a huge waste of cash, and more importantly, decreased trust and credibility among crowdfunded projects.
"We thought about this way before the problems became as obvious as they are today," Ingi says. "Once we start hearing about these things and problems with these platforms, we became more confident that this could really be a good answer for these problems."
Plans to go global
The platform is still young, but ultimately Ingi and Arnar hope it evolves to host projects and connect investors worldwide. So far, Ingi says that 10 percent of all donations to current projects have come from somewhere outside of Iceland.
"I think it's already proven a good decision to not be completely limited in Iceland," Ingi says. "We don't have any boundaries to stop people from coming in. If they have the ability to present their project with a video and some pictures in a nice way, then we will host it."
Much like the Sky Fall project, this platform allows people to feel more connected to the final result. The experience is different than walking into a store and buying something off a shelf because investors know they have had a direct hand in the final product, Arnar says.
"It's not just buying something. You are not just a consumer. You are a participant in something," Arnar says. "And we're not sure if current crowdfunding platforms are allowing this adequately, and that's why we'd like to develop it further."
As the team behind Karolina Fund works out the kinks and takes user feedback and suggestions, there's one question still on the table: no word yet on whether they will start hosting projects from the dark side of the moon.
To fund your own project or to view and donate to others, visit alpha.karolinafund.com.
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Kyrgyzstan is a country of rich heritage and beauty that also translates to its capital and largest city Bishkek. Located in the Chuy valley Bishkek which is the economic and commercial center of the nation has about one million people living in it and is quite welcoming to tourists and visitors. The city is embellished with great architectural works that standout across the continent, it is home to the famous Kyrgyz Philharmonic Hall and Faiza restaurant.
History Museum of Kyrgyzstan
Formerly known as the Lenin museum, the State History Museum of Kyrgyzstan was established in 1926. It is a huge museum with over 90 thousand exhibits. Located on Ala-square in the city's Capital, the museum features artifacts from the stone age to modern times. Some items displayed include a collection of 20th century embroideries, bronze age objects, old coins, Ancient jewelry and utensils of the nomads of the first millennium.
The Kyrgyz Philharmonic Hall
Named after Famous composer and musician Toktogul Satylganov, the Kyrgyz Philharmonic Hall is one of great monuments of Kyrgyzstan. The hall is at the center of the city with the enormous statue of Manas and fountains in front of it. The hall is use for a variety of things including classical music concerts. Around the premises of the hall you can relax and watch BMX bikers, skaters and dancers perform. Close to the Kyrgyz Philharmonic Hall is the Youth Avenue which has the Mayor's Office, National University and some huge sunglasses (the first art to be installed in Bishkek) called Point of View.
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Bishkek is quite the city for parks, whichever park you find yourself, there is no doubt that you will be stunned by the architecture and the serenity. One of such parks is the South Gates Park, officially named Victory Park. The Park is often regarded as the "Oasis of peace" within the city, at the park there are usually events, such as the Tengri Open-air International Classical Music Festival which features talented musician from around the world. Sometimes the locals call the park "Luzhnye Vorota" so don't be confused when you hear them.
Faiza restaurant is one of the top restaurants in Kyrgyzstan serving local delicacies and Russian dishes. It is known as the best and oldest restaurant in the city and it is located at the rear side of the Bishkek city shopping center. The restaurant is famous for its special cuisine "laghman". If you are interested in tasting all what Kyrgyzstan food has to offer, then head over to Faiza.
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Coun Colin Davie, Lincolnshire County Council's executive member for economic development, at the site of the new North Sea Observatory in Chapel Point neat Skegness. ANL-170313-121420001
Construction of the new North Sea Observatory at Chapel Point has finally begun – just days after another Second World War bomb was found on site.
Discovery of wartime smoke bombs and historic sea defences have delayed the laying of foundations.
However, council officials were on site on Monday morning to officially celebrate the start of building.
The observatory – funded by Lincolnshire County Council and the Coastal Communities Fund and Arts Council England – will give nature lovers a new way to experience the coast and will form an impressive gateway to the Coastal Country Park.
It will include an art space, café and public toilets, and is expected to be completed in the autumn.
Coun Colin Davie, Lincolnshire County Council's executive member for Economic Development, said he hoped the observatory would be finished by the autumn.
He said: "This is just one of a series of investments on the coast, which we are confident will help attract new visitors to the area.
"Combined with the nearby outdoor theatre space and the new visitor centre at Gibraltar Point, it will help extend the traditional tourist season, providing a significant boost to the economy. I can't wait to see it finished."