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OUR ROAD BY ZEGNA
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ZEGNA OUTDOOR COLLECTION 22/23
ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA FALL/WINTER 2017-18 MENSWEAR COLLECTION
ZEGNA TAKES ACTION AGAINST COVID-19
In a move to rebrand itself following its placement on the New York stock exchange, Zegna (formerly Ermenegildo Zegna) has removed its first name distinguishing itself from the group that continues to manage a number of other lines.
The new chapter, entitled 'Our Road' signifies a fresh start for the brand, who, however, has no intention of forgetting its heritage and roots in the forging of its fresh identity, with a new logo and graphics to boot, Zegna will continue to trace its own footprints (in the snow). Inspired by its visionary founder, Ermenegildo and the Route 232 that he constructed 111 years ago in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy, Alessandro Sartori has designed a capsule outdoor collection, collaborating with Cask, Zai and La Sportiva, the collection is a nod to the labels rich outdoor heritage and the mountains of Piedmont.
From its beginnings as a stretch of bare rock, Zelda has grown into a luxury, ready-to-wear, global menswear brand, building an entire community centered around wool spinning, and creating a natural park 'Oasi Zegna', expanding out over 100km2, on what had once been just a deserted mountainside almost completely devoid of all life form. Zegna represents the modernity of a new type of entrepreneurial ethic.
The road has become a powerful symbol at Zegna, representing its own history and original vision, entwined within progressive ideas: to look ahead and leave a trace in the same breath. In the spirit of remembering that it's the journey that counts and not the final destination, the label celebrates its placement on the New York stock exchange with the double stripe symbol and the new Zegna logo that were unveiled at the launch of the collection today, the 3rd December 2021:
'A collection in celebration of outdoor activity and winter sports, in homage to our own trodden paths, and our own roots and the mountains of Piedmont. When you know where you're going, you can follow your own path. Zegna is starting a new and passionate chapter in its story, but is sticking to the same path it has been tracing for over a century. Together our route will guide us to the boundaries and innovation of textile, of business leadership, and lifestyle. Let's be the catalysts of change and the promoters of a better future.'' Says the brand in the collections footnotes.
Discover the collection and campaign video below. Available online now.

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HomeBusinessPRS FOR MUSIC AND BMI'S NEW AGREEMENT AIMS TO SUPPORT MUSIC ARTISTS
PRS FOR MUSIC AND BMI'S NEW AGREEMENT AIMS TO SUPPORT MUSIC ARTISTS
The new arrangement aims to support music artists ' interests while protecting their copyrights and upholding policies and processes that ensure a high degree of accountability and disclosure.
It also challenges industry issues such as administrative fee limitations and strengthens arrangements for digital rights flow.
PRS for Music represents the rights of its 140,000 songwriters, composers and members of the music publisher in the UK and worldwide.
The organization has more than 100 international recognition deals, representing more than two million entertainment artists around the world.
In 2018, PRS for Music recorded 11.2 trillion music performances with £ 746 million raised on behalf of its members, making it one of the world's leading cooperative music management organizations.
Celebrating more than 79 years of service, BMI holds the interests to public performance in more than 15 million musical works produced and owned by over one million songwriters, composers and music publishers.
The Organization negotiates copyright license agreements and distributes payments to its associated artists and publishers as royalties when their compositions are played in public.
Andrea C. Martin, PRS for Music's chief executive, says:' The latest BMI deal is a significant step towards making the collaboration a real business-to-business alliance. While with BMI we have continuously changed our business practices with the median duration of the other reciprocal agreements of PRS being 35 years, modernizing this dimension of our industry and establishing a strategic basis of our international relationships is a high priority for PRS. "Mike O'Neill, President and CEO of BMI, comments:' BMI and PRS have a common responsibility to quality. The PRS collaboration supports the dedication and will continue to benefit music producers from our two territories. '
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Q: Docker-Compose: permission denied / no matching entries in passwd file docker-compose and linux newbie here.
I set up my first docker-compose container and get some errors in my docker logs, which I would like to fix:
failed to setup application, mkdir /mnt/vg1/myapp/: permission denied can't make directory /mnt/vg1/myapp

so I double-checked the directory permissions, which look fine to me:
drwxrwx--- 2 myuser docker  4096 Jan 22 20:54 myapp/

(I also tried chmod 777, which didn't solve the errors)
Then I checked, how to specify a user for running docker-compose up. I added the user:-line to my docker-compose.yml:
version: '2'

services:
    myapp:
        build: .
        image: myuser/myapp:latest
        container_name: "myapp"
        hostname: "myapp"
        user: "myuser"
        restart: always
...

Now things got worse: I cannot recreate my docker container.
myuser@myhost:/opt/mydocker$ docker-compose up -d
Removing myapp
Recreating 55419e7048cc_myapp ... error

ERROR: for 55419e7048cc_myapp  Cannot start service myapp: unable to find user myuser: no matching entries in passwd file

ERROR: for myapp Cannot start service myapp: unable to find user myuser: no matching entries in passwd file
ERROR: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.

So I checked /etc/passwd:
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
...
myuser:x:1001:1001:My Admin User,,,:/home/myuser:/bin/bash

Seems fine for me. So I'm running out of ideas, how to fix this error. :/
Any ideas, what I might be missing?
Many thanks in advance!

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Qu'a fait Jack ? () est un court métrage américain en noir et blanc de 2017 écrit et réalisé par David Lynch. Il est présenté le  à la Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain à Paris. Il est ensuite diffusé sur Netflix le .

Description
Le film met en scène un détective (joué par Lynch) qui interroge Jack, un singe capucin qui a peut-être commis un meurtre. Jack est accusé par le détective d'avoir tué Max pour une histoire d'amour avec une poule : le dialogue décousu entre les deux, vêtus de façon identique, est à un moment interrompu par une chanson interprétée par Jack.

Le film est résumé ainsi : « Dans une gare où la circulation des trains est bloquée, un détective cherchant à résoudre un homicide mène l'interrogatoire d'un singe tourmenté ».

Distribution
 Jack Cruz (singe) : lui-même
 David Lynch : détective
 Toototabon (poule) : elle-même
 Emily Stofle : serveuse

Production
Lynch évoque le projet pour la première fois en , dans une interview sur son travail à venir, enregistrée lors de son exposition Naming au Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art : « En ce moment, j'écris surtout [Twin Peaks], je peins, j'ai un tableau en cours, et je construis une chaise. J'adore construire des choses et c'est pour un film de singe. Je travaille avec un singe nommé Jack et ça sortira un jour. Ce n'est pas un chimpanzé, le singe vient d'Amérique du Sud. »

Le film est finalement tourné en 2016 et projeté le  à la Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain à Paris, dans le cadre du lancement du livre photo de Lynch Nudes publié par la Fondation. Lynch avait évoqué la première lors d'une interview aux Cahiers du cinéma enregistrée le  et publiée en décembre : « Je serai à Paris pour la sortie de ce livre. Je signerai des copies au salon Photo. Et puis je montrerai mon "film de singe" à la Fondation Cartier. C'est un film étrange de 17 minutes ». Le , le court métrage est projeté aux États-Unis lors du Festival of Disruption de Lynch à New York. Le , date du 74e anniversaire de Lynch, le court métrage est disponible sur Netflix.

Accueil
John Squires du site Bloody Disgusting qualifie Qu'a fait Jack ? de « joyau bizarre ». Sur le site Indiewire, Tambay Obensen parle d'un film « bizarre et troublant » tout en le qualifiant de « très drôle » que ce soit l'intention du réalisateur ou non. Sur l'agrégateur de critiques Rotten Tomatoes, le film a un taux d'approbation de 92%, avec un score moyen de 7,35 / 10. Dom Robinson de DVDfever déclare lui : « Cela m'a donné l'impression d'avoir avalé 100 comprimés de LSD ! »

En France, Le Figaro salue « un duel verbal exquis » où « Expressions aléatoires, non-sens, parti communiste et bras de 34 kilos se mêlent dans ce qui semble être l'interrogatoire le plus loufoque du  siècle. »

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Home » Sport » 7am Arsenal transfer news LIVE: Martinelli injury update, Xavi on Gunners job, Isco wants move abroad
7am Arsenal transfer news LIVE: Martinelli injury update, Xavi on Gunners job, Isco wants move abroad
ISCO's agent has put Arsenal on red alert by admitting he's keen on a move outside of Spain.
Meanwhile Gunners fans are waiting for news on Gabriel Martinelli, who went off injured just 47 minutes into his return against Man City.
Follow all the latest below…
Alex Terrell 13 minutes ago
RED FACED
Jamie Redknapp reckons Arsenal will have the same problems if they sack Mikel Arteta and bring someone else in.
The former Spurs and Liverpool midfielder said: "It's a real problem for Mikel Arteta. People are saying 'he's going to lose his job' and losing 4-1 at home is not ideal.
"The last win they had was the first of November against Manchester United.
"In his defence that day I remember doing the game we thought 'they're on to something special here'.
"We saw a very talented midfield player in Partey who looked exceptional. The way they set up I thought 'they might be good' and all of a sudden things of turned they're devoid of confidence.
"Of course you can go and sack the manager but the bigger problem is there's only three or four with a manager coming in you think 'I can trust.'"
Joshua Jones Today, 06:07
GOOD MORNING ARSENAL FANS
It was another disappointing outing for the Gunners last night, as they were trounced 4-1 by Manchester City at the Emirates.
The match got off to a nightmare start, when Gabriel Jesus was given the freedom of the six-yard box to nod home in the third minute.
Alexandre Lacazette's header had the Gunners level, but a Runar Alex Runarsson howler from a Riyad Mahrez free-kick gifted City another lead.
And this time, it was not to be relinquished, with Phil Foden and Aymeric Laporte adding further strikes.
After the game, Mikel Arteta said: "A really hard one to take considering how the game went.
"Against this level opponent when you give away the goals that we did it makes it impossible."
And on his gaffe-prone keeper Runarsson, he added: "He hasn't played a lot of games for us, he hasn't adapted to the league and that's it. We all make mistakes and we have to support him."
On his buddy Arteta, Pep Guardiola said: "I didn't speak with him. We'll speak in the next days.
"What can I say in our position as a manager we'll be judged by the results. Only I can say I was with him for a long period, the most successful period our club had.
"Sometimes in our job we need time. It's time to be patient. He's an outstanding manager, incredible work ethic and puts the club in front of any decisions he has to make."
The match was further marred by Gabriel Martinelli's injury, sustained in a challenge with Zack Steffen.
He had been making his first start since March 2.
sstreet 22nd Dec 2020, 23:05
TAKING IT ON THE SHIN
Mikel Arteta appeared to suggest that Gabriel Martinelli's injury is not too serious, but added that he did have bad swelling on his shin.
Arteta said: "It was just a really bad kick on his shin and it was swelling up, and he was in pain and came off."
Etienne Fermie 22nd Dec 2020, 22:57
MIKEL ARTETA SPEAKS
On the match, the Spaniard said: "A really hard one to take considering how the game went.
And on his gaffe-prone keeper Runar Alex Runarsson, he added: "He hasn't played a lot of games for us, he hasn't adapted to the league and that's it. We all make mistakes and we have to support him."
Credit: EPA
'HE WANTED TO TRY'
Mikel Arteta has admitted that he only sent Gabriel Martinelli out in the second half against Man City because the Brazilian insisted on continuing.
Martinelli looked in agony after colliding with City goalkeeper Zack Steffen in the first half, but got up and kept playing after being treated by the medical staff.
However he ultimately hobbled off injured two minutes into the second half.
And Arteta said: "He was pushing saying that he was completely fine. He wanted to try [to continue] so we gave him the possibility to try."
DROP YOUR GUARD
Here's what Pep Guardiola had to say on his old pal Mikel Arteta after the match.
He revealed: "I didn't speak with him. We'll speak the next days.
"What can I say in our position as a manager we'll be judged by the results. Only I can say I was with him a long period, the most successful period our club had.
"Sometimes in our job we need time. It's time to be patient. He's an outstanding manager, incredible work ethic and puts the club in front of any decisions he has to make."
Credit: Reuters
We should hear from boss Mikel Arteta soon, but in the meantime, feast your eyes upon Duncan Wright's player ratings from this evening's defeat by clicking here.
It's fair to say he wasn't overly impressed by Runar Alex Runarsson's display…
FINAL SCORE: ARSENAL 1 MAN CITY 4
The Gunners were briefly shone a glimmer of hope in this EFL Cup quarter-final, when Alexandre Lacazette cancelled out Gabriel Jesus' opener.
But City, looking for their fourth consecutive triumph in this competition, went through the gears in the second-half, with efforts from Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Aymeric Laporte getting the job done.
The match was further marred for Arsenal by Gabriel Martinelli's injury, on what was the Brazilian's first start since March 2.
73 MINS – ARSENAL 1 MAN CITY 4
Pep Guardiola's side are on easy street now!
Terrible, static defending from a curling Phil Foden cross finds Aymeric Laporte, who, unmarked, nods into the back of the net.
It could get embarrassing.
And that, should be that.
Phil Foden has clipped the ball over Runarsson to give City a commanding lead.
Disaster for Runarsson!
Riyad Mahrez strikes a free-kick straight at the Icelandic keeper… but it slips through his fingers!
MARTINELLI INJURED
Terrible news Arsenal fans, Gabriel Martinelli has succumbed to that injury sustained towards the end of the first-half.
He's been replaced by Nicolas Pepe.
Credit: PA:Press Association
SECOND HALF KICK-OFF!
Arsenal are back underway at the Emirates, can they pull off the upset?
HALF TIME: ARSENAL 1 MAN CITY
Mikel Arteta's side made a dreadful start to proceedings, with Gabriel Jesus heading the visitors into a third minute lead.
But the Gunners have grown into the match, with Alexandre Lacazette heading in Gabriel Martinelli's cross.
Well that wasn't in the script!
Alexandre Lacazette has headed Arsenal level.
3 MINS – ARSENAL 0 MAN CITY 1
Oh dear. Gabriel Jesus heads City into a third minute lead.
That was all a bit too easy.
KICK-OFF!
Arsenal's League Cup quarter-final against Manchester City is underway!
MAN CITY XI
Now let's take a look at the Man City lineup that Arsenal must try and get past this evening.
13. Steffen 3. Dias 9. Jesus 11. Zinchenko 14. Laporte 16. Rodri 20. Bernardo 25. Fernandinho 26. Mahrez 27. Cancelo 47. Foden
ARSENAL XI
Here's how Mikel Arteta has lined his team up to face Man City this evening.
13. Runarsson 6. Gabriel 8. Ceballos 9. Lacazette 15. Maitland-Niles 17. Cedric 20. Mustafi 25. Elneny 28. Willock 31. Kolasinac 35. Martinelli
The Gunners take on Man City tonight in the EFL Cup quarter-finals.
Mikel Arteta's side have been in woeful form, but perhaps a cup distraction could provide a much-needed shot in the arm for the Spaniard's players.
Team news should drop in around half an hour.
GUNNER TURN OFF
Arsenal's players look bored and are struggling with Mikel Arteta's system, according to Gary Neville.
The Sky Sports pundit believes Arsenal are currently having the same issues Manchester United had.
In Neville's latest podcast, he told Sky Sports: "I think Mikel Arteta has to do one thing in the next few weeks: results may not come, performances may not come, but he's got to make those Arsenal players look like they are enjoying themselves.
"At the moment, they don't look like they are enjoying themselves. On Saturday they looked like a bunch of players struggling and toiling with how they'd been asked to play, maybe they didn't believe in the system, or maybe they don't believe the players next to them are good enough. Something is not right.
"Although I didn't look like I enjoyed my football, because I was always really serious on the pitch, I did love playing in this Sir Alex Ferguson team. It was a thrill, we would go forward and were committed.
"I think Arsenal fans, and most football fans, are the same. They won't accept being bored. To me, the Arsenal players look bored, and the football they're producing looks like a real struggle."
CHRIS THE REDEEMER
Arsenal are reportedly 'looking at' a shock move for former Tottenham star Christian Eriksen.
Gazzetta Dello Sport claim Eriksen could return to North London in red with Inter Milan set to offload the Dane less than a year after he arrived from Spurs.
Eriksen has found himself frozen out under former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte at the San Siro.
And he could provide the attacking spark the Gunners need with Mikel Arteta's side sitting 15th in the Premier League, four points off the relegation zone.
DROP THE MIKE
Former England star Michael Owen has had his say on Arsenal's League Cup clash with Manchester City later this evening.
He told BetVictor: "It's now seven matches without a win for Arsenal.
"The last thing Mikel Arteta needs is a visit from Manchester City, but that's exactly what he's got.
"I've been impressed with City's defensive displays recently. They really seem to have turned the corner in that regard.
"With that in mind, I fear for the Gunners once again. The home side have failed to score against the Citizens in each of their last 3 matches at the Emirates, and I won't be surprised if history repeats itself again."
TESTING SURGE
London's six Prem teams will be tested twice a week for Covid as League bosses try to ensure the season is not seriously disrupted.
The new testing regime will see players and staff at Arsenal, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Spurs and West Ham reverting to the 72-hour sampling rules that came in for Project Restart in the summer.
League bosses sanctioned testers from scientific company Prenetics to reduce their visits to once a week this season.
But the sudden switch of the capital and the rest of the South East to the new Tier Four has brought in the immediate ramping up of testing.
Craig Mahood 22nd Dec 2020, 15:47
MIKEL ARTETA has turned to rookie midfielder Catalin Cirjan amid Arsenal's Premier League struggles.
Cirjan, who signed his first professional contract last year, has been promoted to first-team training on a permanent basis by the under-pressure Gunners gaffer.
The 18-year-old has been posting snaps on his social media accounts of practice sessions in recent weeks.
He was joined in training by fellow teenagers Miguel Azeez, Nikolaj Moller, Folarin Balogun and Ben Cottrell on Monday ahead of the Carabao Cup quarter-final clash against Manchester City.
Cirjan's representative, Catalin Sarmasan, told Metro: "From today, he will train daily only for seniors, he is confidently waiting for his debut in the Premier League."
Sarmasan added on Twitter: "Happy to confirm @CirjanCatalin1 is now officially part of Arsenal's first-team squad.
"He's got a fantastic progress ahead of him. He'll work hard and achieve his dreams!
"Good luck, Cata! I'm proud of you!"
Cirjan, a creative central midfielder by trade, joined Arsenal from Romanian side Viitorul Domnesti in the summer of 2019.
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Q: Random forest: how to handle new factor levels in test set? I am trying to make predictions using a random forest model in R.
However I get errors since some factors have different values in the test set than in the training set. For example, a factor Cat_2 has values 34, 68, 76, etc., in the test set that do not appear in the training set. Unfortunately, I do not have control over the Test set... I must use it as-is.
My only workaround was to convert the problematic factors back to numerical values, using as.numeric(). It works but I am not very satisfied, since these values are codes that have no numerical sense...
Do you think there would be another solution, to drop the new values from the test set? But without removing all the other factor values (let say values 1, 2, 14, 32, etc.) which are in both training and test, and contains information potentially useful for predictions.

A: King and Bonoit, this snippet can be useful to harmonize levels:
for(attr in colnames(training))
{
  if (is.factor(training[[attr]]))
  {
    new.levels <- setdiff(levels(training[[attr]]), levels(testing[[attr]]))
    if ( length(new.levels) == 0 )
    { print(paste(attr, '- no new levels')) }
    else
    {
      print(c(paste(attr, length(new.levels), 'of new levels, e.g.'), head(new.levels, 2)))
      levels(testing[[attr]]) <- union(levels(testing[[attr]]), levels(training[[attr]]))
    }
  }
}

It also prints which attributes are changed.
I did not find a good way to write it more elegantly (with ldply or something). Any tips are appreciated.

A: Here's some code I wrote that addresses @King's response above. It fixed the error:
# loops through factors and standardizes the levels
for (f in 1:length(names(trainingDataSet))) {
    if (levels(testDataSet[,f]) > levels(trainingDataSet[,f])) {
            levels(testDataSet[,f]) = levels(trainingDataSet[,f])
    } else {
            levels(trainingDataSetSMOTEpred[,f]) = levels(testDataSet[,f])
    }
}

A: Test and training set should be combined as one set and then change the levels of the training set.  My codes are:
totalData <- rbind(trainData, testData)
for (f in 1:length(names(totalData))) {
  levels(trainData[, f]) <- levels(totalData[, f])
}

This works in any cases where the number of levels in test are more or less than training.

A: If the test set has a lot of these points with new factor values then I'm not sure what the best approach is. If it is just a handful of points you might be able to get away with something fudgy like treating the errant factor levels as missing data and imputing them with whatever approach you see fit. The R implementation has a couple of ways to impute missing data, you just need to set these factor levels to NA to indicate they are missing.

A: I have a lousy workaround when I use randomForest in R. It's probably not theoretically sound, but it gets the thing running.
levels(testSet$Cat_2) = levels(trainingSet$Cat_2)

or the other way round. Basically, it just gives tells R that it's a valid value just that there are 0 cases; so stop bugging me about the error.
I'm not smart enough to code it such that it automatically performs the action for all categorical features. Send me the code if you know how...

A: If your test data has some levels that are an insignificant percentage of the population,  but are just messing up your ability to make the model, here is an elegant way to remove the extraneous levels from the test set:
uniquetrain <- unique( train$category)
test <- test[test$category %in% uniquetrain,]

A: I'm sure that you would have thought of this already if this were the case, but if the test set has actual values and you're using the test set for cross validation purposes, then re-splitting the dataframe into training and test datamframes where the two are balanced on these factors would avoid your problem. This method is popularly known as stratified cross-validation.


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Amanda Bynes Currently Under Psychiatric Hold
Amanda Bynes has been placed under psychiatric hold after acting bizarre, paranoid and erratic for the last few weeks. Last year Bynes was arrested and ordered to go to rehab. She was released from rehab in December into the care of her parents and had been making great progress.
She was photographed with her parents often after her release from rehab and appeared to be happy and healthy. She also enrolled in fashion school a few months after her release and seemed excited about attending school.
A few weeks ago Bynes was kicked out of school for acting strange and behaving badly. One of her classmates claimed that she would talk to herself and out loud when she shouldn't, laugh randomly, interrupt class constantly and was even caught cheating on a test and trying to pay other students to do her homework and class assignments.
A short time after Bynes was kicked out of school she was pulled over and arrested for DUI. After being released on bail she disappeared for a few days and showed up in NYC acting paranoid and erratic.
Bynes' parents were worried about the condition of their daughter but confirmed that she is now safe in a California hospital where she is being held until doctors and psychiatrists can determine what is causing her strange behavior.
Amanda Bynes HOSPITALIZED on psychiatric hold http://t.co/fNQsOcOdLJ pic.twitter.com/opd6IzDx4J
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Bynes arrived back in LA by flight on Friday and was picked up by a chauffer who she believed was taking her to her attorney's office. Instead she was driven to a Pasadena treatment center where she still remains.
As unfortunate as it is that Bynes has to be held in the hospital, a source told People that her parents are just happy she is safe and being cared for properly.
"They're happy she's safe and that Amanda is finally getting some help," the source said.
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PM wants quick passage of revised building code
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller says there is urgent need for the revised building codes and no-building zone legislation to be completed as quickly as possible.
The building legislation will empower the Government to prevent construction in disaster-risk areas and will also include compulsory evacuation where there is imminent danger.
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller listens to a comment from Minister of Local Government and Community Development Noel Arscott during this week's National Disaster Committee meeting at Jamaica House. (PHOTO: JIS)
The prime minister, who was addressing the National Disaster Committee meeting at Jamaica House this week, said it was critical that the statute is in place soon, so that there can be some order in the way people build and where they build.
"We cannot have people building everywhere and anywhere and then put pressure on the Government," she said.
"We need to push this one (the building legislation) as fast as we can, and identify with the local authorities, the no-building zone. We need to do this. I think this is critical because too many persons are getting away with building anywhere," Simpson Miller added.
"The local authorities do have a responsibility and should ensure that citizens adhere to the laws of the country in terms of the building codes, but we need to come up with something official now that will prevent anyone from trying to go on a gully bank or somewhere near a gully to build anything at all," she stated.
Simpson Miller pointed out that it is the most vulnerable in the society who are always the worst affected in times of disaster, and has instructed the ministries of labour and social security and local government to devise a plan to deal with these persons, including those living on the streets.
In the meantime, she commended the various ministries, agencies and entities such as the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), for their quick response after Hurricane Sandy and urged them to maintain a state of preparedness during the 2013 season.
Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Richard Thompson, pointed out that between 2000 and 2012, the country suffered some $14 billion in losses due to disaster, which is approximately 2.5 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).
He said that the effect of Hurricane Sandy on the country amounted to $9.7 billion in total damage.
"This has shown the need to place significant effort on disaster preparedness mechanisms and to really look at the fact that disaster is tied to development and that no country can progress in terms of socio and economic growth, if we constantly have to have repairs and recovery whenever we are hit by a system. This underpins the need to improve mitigation measures if we are to have a safe, productive and growing economy," Thompson said.
He reported that the ODPEM has established a Disaster Risk Reduction Committee that is examining legislation to deal with the no build zones. The agency is also looking at building disaster resilience at the community level to strengthen the national response.
Thompson said there have been island-wide assessments of shelters; 44 micro mitigation projects implemented; and an upgrade of the telecommunications capability with the launch of the National Emergency Affiliated Radio Systems, where 100 persons have been trained in the use of emergency radios as part of the agency's preparedness.
The meeting of the National Disaster Committee, which came at the start of the 2013 Hurricane Season, included reports from several other agencies and ministries including the: Meteorological Service; Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing; Ministry of Labour and Social Security; National Works Agency; Ministry of Health; Jamaica Fire Brigade; National Solid Waste Management Authority and Jamaica Red Cross.
Source: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/


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Rolls-Royce Camargue
From BMW Tech
1982 Rolls-Royce Camargue (front)
Rolls-Royce Motors
Also called
Bentley Camargue
531 produced
6.75 L Rolls-Royce V8
3-sp TH400 automatic
120 in (3,048 mm)
58 in (1,473 mm)
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1982 Rolls-Royce Camargue (rear)
The Rolls-Royce Camargue is a two-door coupé introduced in March 1975. The Camargue's body, built in London by Rolls-Royce's coachbuilding division Mulliner Park Ward, was designed by automotive designer Paolo Martin[1][2][3] at Pininfarina — the Camargue was Rolls-Royce's first post-war production model not to be designed in-house.
When it was launched, the Camargue, which was the flagship of the Rolls-Royce lineup, was the most expensive production car in the world, selling for approximately US$147,000, or £83,000 (which adjusted for inflation, would be US$550,604 in 2005 dollars). The car was sold in very limited numbers in European, American, Canadian, Australian and Asian markets. It was named after a renowned breed of horses from the southern French Camargue region.
The Camargue shares a platform with the Rolls-Royce Corniche and Silver Shadow. It is powered by the same 6.75 L V8 engine as the Silver Shadow, though the Camargue is slightly more powerful. The transmission was also carried over — a General Motors Turbo-Hydramatic 3-speed automatic.
The car, which is large for a coupé, sits on a 3048 mm (120 in) wheelbase. It was the first Rolls-Royce automobile to be designed to metric dimensions, and was the first Rolls-Royce to feature a slanted grille; the Camargue's grille slants at an inclined angle of seven degrees. It was also the first vehicle in the world to offer completely automatic split-level climate control, a system that reputedly required 8 years to develop.
The first 65 Camargues produced used SU carburettors, while the remaining 471 used Solex units. The Camargue was fitted with the Silver Shadow II's power rack and pinion steering rack in February 1977. In 1979, it received the rear independent suspension of the Silver Spirit.
Production of the Rolls-Royce Camargue ended in 1986. During the car's 11-year production run, 530 Rolls-Royce Camargues were built, as well as one specially-ordered Bentley Camargue.
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Clark, Shupe honored at Bob Jones U.
Former State Line Rush players pick up game honors for Bruins.
GREENVILLE, S.C. –– Former Twin County basketball players Madison Shupe and Rachel Clark were both named PlanFIRST players of the game recently for Bob Jones University.


Many people hesitate to start investing in real estate because, for them, there's so much mystery about the process, which saps their confidence.
The key to getting started as an investor is just like everything else in life: Once you do it a couple times, it's just not that complicated anymore. Additionally, talking to a professional (like myself) can also provide some much-needed clarity. So today I'll focus on three key things to help you wrap your head around the concept.
1. Identify your risk profile. Not everyone is built the same way; some people are riskier than others. The same applies to the types of assets you can acquire in real estate. There's land as an asset, where you get to build from the ground up, but this is a bit riskier. Shells are also a risky, but potentially viable, asset.
Apartments that have already been established and are currently being rented out are less risky assets to think about. They've likely got cash flowing already, and even if it's not much, you've got renters paying down your principal and interest.
So, when thinking about your own risk profile, you need to consider what assets you would feel comfortable owning. Also, consider your investment horizon, or how long you intend to stay invested in an asset before cashing out. You can start out with a turnkey property and once you've built confidence in your investing skills, you can take on assets that will provide a bit more value down the road.
2. Demystify the process. We've all seen the shows on HGTV—many think that they could never do anything like the investors on TV because it's all just so complicated. The key to dispelling the mystery around the process is to align yourself with the right resources.
Here at the Salas Team, we help our clients with the process. We can help you expand your contacts so that you have the right contractors, property managers, attorneys, architects, and so on. If you have the right people on your team, then everything will go much smoother.
3. Understand how to value an opportunity. I started this process by reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. The book will take you through the steps needed to learn how to value a deal, and I highly recommend you read it.
In addition, I built a spreadsheet with easy entry points with certain fields highlighted. Fill it in, and you can see your numbers from the income side, the expense side, and what you can expect in terms of a return for each asset class you're pursuing. It's essentially dummy-proof.
In the future, I'll do more videos on how to value properties so that you can demystify the process and lower your anxiety, allowing you to begin the process with confidence.
If you're interested in learning more about real estate investing sooner, however, please feel free to reach out to me. I'd be happy to discuss it more with you.


When you create a client, it is imperative that you search for the client to the best of your ability before creating a record for them. If you create a record for a client that already exists in the system, this is called a duplicate record and can cause more issues down the line for your own organization and the system as a whole.
To begin your search, you will use the ClientPoint module in the navigation sidebar.
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Posted in Illinois Attractions April 02, 2016 by Laura
There's No House In The World Like This One In Illinois
When most people think about building custom homes, they think about all the sweet amenities that you don't find in your typical cookie cutter house: maybe a cool theater, or a really big kitchen, or some cool architectural detail. Well, Jim Onan totally went with the architectural detail – borrowing the style of the ancient Egyptians. Yes, there is a gold pyramid in Wadsworth, Illinois.
Onan and his wife built the home in 1977. Onan was always taken by Egypt and thought, "why not bring this to Illinois?" As you can imagine, the 17,000 square foot, six-story structure that is surrounded by a moat caught the interest of passersby. So now you can actually tour the home.
1. This home is coated in $1 million worth of actual 24 carat gold--so when he says that it's gold, he means it.
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2. The home has drawn international interest, and even celebrity intrigue, with the likes of Michael Jackson and Muhammad Ali wanting to use the structure.
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3. But the real reason that Onan built this structure was to test a hypothesis: does the structure of a pyramid cause shifts in energy?
4. As much as you might be so taken by the authentic representation, snow will remind you that, yes, you are NOT in Egypt.
You can learn even more about this house and the idea behind it here:
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Creativiva recently created a spectacle corporate event show for the opening launch of Ricarda's Restaurant in downtownToronto.
We believe that corporate event entertainment is no exception when it comes to high quality entertainment. So when it came to this beautiful venue, we knew that only something extravagantly beautiful could do the launch party justice.
The feature act of the evening consisted of an elaborate extravaganza, including a stunning aerial performance in a vibrant red dress. The red dress project was conceptualized months in advance as the headlining act for Ricarda's corporate event launch party. Through the inspiration of a grand Opera performance, combined with the existing architecture of the venue, we were able to create an unforgettable entertainment experience.
Take a look at how we brought our concept to reality in the production of the Red Dress.
Every great idea we develop at Creativiva starts with the traditional ink and paper. Yes, even when it comes to a corporate event.
Configuration is key when you're standing 20m in the air! For this corporate event, safety an accuracy were crucial to the success of the show.
Here are Creativiva, we are always reaching new heights! When it comes to elevated entertainment, we ensure to rehearse into perfection.
Our productions are a full experience, and that means every show has a story, and every story is created with artistic vision in mind. When it comes to a corporate event, the theme and story behind the show are integral.
The stunning grandeur of a magnificent red dress complimented by the elegant operatic music was the perfect combination to amaze the crowd….until….
Always leave them breathless! Our red dress was dropped to the floor to reveal a mesmerizing aerial performance on one of the newest and most iconic architectural marvels in the city.
Every concept, every show, every corporate event, and every story we develop is created through a series of intricate details coming together. The Red Dress project is testament to our quality of work and attention to detail. The character not only represents luxury and elegance, but also life and the power of feminine allure. When we create concepts for a corporate event, or any kind of entertainment production, we ensure its amazing. Every time.
Check out the The Dress in action in this video!
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Laurie Olin (born 1938, Marshfield, Wisconsin) is an American landscape architect. He has worked on landscape design projects at diverse scales, from private residential gardens to public parks and corporate/museum campus plans.

Early life
Olin grew up in Alaska, and earned his degree in Architecture from the University of Washington in Seattle, where he was mentored under Richard Haag.

Career
After graduating he worked for offices in Seattle, New York City, and London. In 1976 he became a professor for the University of Pennsylvania, where he offered courses on the design of environments. In 1986 he became head chair of the landscape architecture program at Harvard University. After serving as chair at Harvard, Olin returned to University of Pennsylvania where he continues to be Practice Professor of Landscape Architecture.

Founding OLIN
Olin is the founding partner of the landscape architecture and urban design firm OLIN, formerly Olin Partnership.  The firm received the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape Design in 2008, and in 2010 was on the winning team in the competition to design the new United States Embassy in London with architects KieranTimberlake.

Writing
Olin has written widely on the history and theory of architecture and landscape, receiving the Bradford Williams medal for best writing on Landscape Architecture. Olin co-authored La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany, which includes a historical essay, along with photographs, sketches, and a critical analysis of the early 20th-century garden in Italy. Across the Open Field (2000), is both a memoir and series of essays on the evolution of the English landscape. He is also the author of Transforming the Commonplace (1996) and Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers (2006, with Witold Rybczynski), on James Deering's mansion in Coconut Grove, Florida.

Awards and honors
Olin is a Guggenheim Fellow, an American Academy of Rome Fellow, a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), an honorary member of the  American Institute of Architects (AIA), a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the 1999 Wyck-Strickland Award recipient. Olin won the Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture in 1972, was the recipient of the 1998 Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was recently inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Olin was a speaker in the Spotlight on Design Lecture Series at the National Building Museum in 2003. In 1994 he was elected into the National Academy of Design. In 2013 he was presented with the prestigious National Medal of Arts by President Obama. Awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, it is the highest honor given to artists by the US Government.

Notable projects

Europe
 Bishopsgate, London, England
 Brancusi Ensemble, Târgu Jiu, Romania
 Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin, Germany (with architect Peter Eisenman)
 Westferry Circus, London, England

United States
 Apple Park, Cupertino, California
 Director Park, Portland, Oregon
 1 Memorial Drive, campus of the headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
 ARCO corporate headquarters, La Palma, California
 Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York
 Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York
 Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York
 Getty Center, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California
 Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, Manhattan, New York
 Mill River Park & Greenway, Stamford, Connecticut
 Pacific Park, open space around development, Brooklyn, New York
 Pershing Square, Los Angeles, California
 Robert F. Wagner Park, New York
 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Campus Development Plan)
 Washington Monument, Washington, DC
 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
 National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
 LDS Conference Center roof ambient, part of The Gardens at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah

Awards
 ASLA Merit Award, ARCO Research Center, 1984
 Progressive Architecture Magazine Design Award, Battery Park City, 1985
 Urban Landscape Institute Award for Excellence for Public Projects, Bryant Park, 1996
 ASLA Landmark Award, Battery Park City, 2003
 ASLA Design Honor Award, the J. Paul Getty Center, 2003
 ASLA Award of Excellence, The Heart of the Park at Hermann Park, 2005
 Mid-Atlantic Construction Magazine Park/Landscape Award of Merit, the Washington Monument, 2005
 AIA Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design, the University of British Columbia, 2006
 ASLA Landscape Architecture Firm Award (awarded to OLIN firm), 2006
 ASLA General Design Award of Honor, Columbus Circle, 2006
 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Urban Design Award, the University of British Columbia, 2006
 ASLA General Design Award Of Honor, the Washington Monument, 2008
 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award (awarded to OLIN firm), 2008
 Urban Land Institute Award of Excellence, Comcast Building (awarded to OLIN firm), 2009
 Building Institute's Bybee Prize, 2010
 ASLA Landmark Award, Bryant Park (awarded to OLIN firm), 2010
 ASLA Medal, 2011
 National Medal of Arts, 2012
 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture, 2013
 Vincent Scully Prize, 2017

Publications
France Sketchbooks, 2020. Edited by Laurie Olin and Pablo Mandel
Be Seated, 2018.
OLIN: Placemaking, 2008.
 Vizcaya: An American Villa and its Members, with Witold Rybczynski, 2007.
La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany, with Benedetta Origo et al., 2001.
Across the Open Field: Essays Drawn from English Landscapes, 2000.
 Transforming the Common Place: Selections from Laurie Olin's Sketchbook, 1996.
 Breath on the Mirror: Seattle's Skid Road Community, 1973.

References

Dowdell, Jennifer. "Washington Monument, Security Built In: An Underground Center Nixed as Construction begins on Olin Partnership's Design" Landscape Architecture 2004.
Dvořák, Petula. "Washington Monument Subtly Fortified" Washington Post 2005.
Goodridge, Elisabeth. "Landscape Redesigned at Washington Monument" Deseret News 2 April 2006 A.02
Smith, Sandy. "Laurie Olin: Q and A" The Penn Current. December 13, 2001.
"Concept" Battery Park City Authority, viewed October 29, 2006.
"Getty Center" Getty Center Trust. 2003, viewed October 31, 2006.
OLIN viewed October 28, 2006.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation Online viewed November 1, 2006.

External links
Official OLIN design studio website

American landscape architects
1938 births
Living people
American landscape and garden designers
Architects from Alaska
Architects from Pennsylvania
Architects from Wisconsin
Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
United States National Medal of Arts recipients
Harvard University faculty
University of Pennsylvania faculty
People from Marshfield, Wisconsin
University of Washington College of Built Environments alumni
20th-century American architects
21st-century American architects


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Terry Jones: Ken Holland not in position to make splash for Oilers on trade deadline day
In free agency, the off-season and at next year's NHL Trade Deadline, that will almost certainly be dramatically different
Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) slides into the boards after colliding with New Jersey Devils defenseman Dmitry Kulikov (70) during the second period at Prudential Center on April 4, 2021. Photo by Catalina Fragoso /USA TODAY Sports
When the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that they'd acquired Nick Foligno Sunday, the team that hasn't won a Stanley Cup since 1967 effectively announced that they were going for it.
So what did Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland announce when he traded a conditional fourth-round draft pick to obtain veteran defenceman Dmitry Kulikov and his 700-plus games of experience from the New Jersey Devils?
It certainly did not announce that Edmonton was also going for it. Not even close.
The Oilers GM wasn't in a position to make those kinds of moves from a salary cap and lack of assets perspective.
In free agency, the off-season and at next year's NHL Trade Deadline, that will almost certainly be dramatically different. And Holland will certainly have a lot better idea of exactly what he has here with what happens next in the interim.
But for now, for this special coronavirus pandemic exclusive 56-game Canadian Division including the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs, Holland was determined to do at least one significant deal to help his team.
And it says here that he did that.
He needed to send a message to this group that he was delivering them something to help them.
Holland wasn't able to get a second line left-winger or a third line centre but adding a second-pairing defenceman makes a statement to the team that they earned the line-up upgrade for going 22-9-1 after a brutal start to put themselves in the playoff picture.
"The players have played real hard and it's always nice for them to be able to feel there's some help coming through the door, so absolutely," he said.
"As a manager, you like to pitch in a little bit."
Holland was asked if he expected to be able to do more in future deadline situations as he gets out of salary cap jail to some extent next year.
"Yes," he said.
"That's the hope."
With COVID-19 that shutdown the regular season and a highly disappointing one-win exit from the Qualifying Series against the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup Hub City playoffs in their own arena, Holland didn't learn as much about his team as he hoped to.
He'll be getting out of salary cap jail, to some extent, at the end of this season. So Holland should be able to swing for the fences and help more going forward. Maybe a lot more if he gets Oscar Klefbom back.
With Klefbom having his shoulder surgery and currently being back in Edmonton, I asked Holland if he knew yet if his top pairing defenceman had yet made a decision if he wanted to continue his career.
"I do not," he said.
Holland said he talked to Klefbom when he returned to town after surgery in Cleveland.
"I told Klef that I'd talk to him as we got into June and July to see how he was doing," he said.
"Obviously I have to make decisions about our team heading into the expansion draft and who we protect and also about free agency as to whether he's thinking about playing next year or not."
Holland says he has a pretty good handle on the expansion draft as it currently relates to the Oilers.
"It's pretty straight forward. We have the players to meet the rules of exposure so I think we're going to be fine.
"Obviously I'm going to be watching our team for the rest of the regular season and hopefully the playoffs and make some decisions, get information on Oscar Klefbom, and to watch and evaluate before I submit our protection list.
"We have some players who are obviously unrestricted free agents that I want to and make some of those decisions moving along," he said of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Adam Larsson and Tyson Barrie.
I doubt if many in the hockey world view his one move to acquire Kulikov makes the Oilers a favourite to come out of the Canadian Division and advance to the final four of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
But it might be the one piece that will help Edmonton get past Winnipeg in the expected first round series against the Jets.
What Holland announced was probably revealed in the conditional part of giving up the draft pick to New Jersey.
The fourth-round selection becomes a third round pick if the Oilers advance to the second round.
With Toronto's deadline deals neither the Jets nor Oilers should be looking past that almost certain first round series. But it should be one whale of a series.


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I got to meet my step-son for the first time when he was 11 years old.
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Construction of Al Thumama Stadium, a host venue for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, continues to progress rapidly with the stadium concrete works now completed.
The team building the venue – proposed to host games up to and including the quarter-final stage during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ – is installing the steel and cables in preparation for the operation known as the 'big lift' of the roof structure.
The roof columns and compression ring serve as an integral part for the roof's structure. Successfully installing these items means we are a step closer to the big lift, which is considered the main event in stadium construction.
The 'big lift' requires the use of 80 hydraulic jacks and 10 hydraulic pumps installed around the compression ring to carefully lift an intricate 727-tonne cable net system into place. This laborious procedure is expected to take approximately seven to 14 days.
More than 50,000m³ of concrete have been cast at the site, while 2,285 tonnes of steel have been installed and approximately 38,400 m² of masonry works have been completed.
Materials to build Al Thumama Stadium have been brought from many providers from different countries including the USA, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Luxemburg, Turkey, Germany and Switzerland.
The design of the 40,000-seat stadium is inspired by the 'gahfiya' headpiece worn by men in Qatar and across the MENA region. It is the first venue to be designed solely by a Qatari architect, Ibrahim Mohammed Jaidah of the renowned Arab Engineering Bureau (AEB) – one of the oldest architectural and engineering firms in Qatar – which was responsible for the concept and schematic design of Al Thumama Stadium.
After Qatar 2022, Al Thumama Stadium's seating capacity will be reduced from 40,000 to 20,000. The 20,000 seats removed from the stadium will be donated to countries in need of sporting infrastructure.
It is envisaged the stadium will be transformed into a 'sport city' complemented by other mixed use developments, such as a hotel and a sports clinic.
Given its potential location as a major component of the south region, the precinct will provide a long-term focus on sport, leisure, community, housing and cultural uses.
Cooling technology was also devised in the design of the stadium where 2,500 construction workers are currently employed. Another design target is to decrease the carbon footprint of the structure in the long term, which is targeting a four-star Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) certification for both design and construction.
Main contractor works at Al Thumama Stadium are scheduled for completion by 2020.


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A bit of creativity is always helpful when planning home improvements, and it is always best to plan thoroughly in advance. This allows you to put your focus and effort on the actual project rather than stressing over the details. There are many places out there to draw inspiration from. Your friends' homes, design TV shows, books and magazines and much more. You can certainly find it if you're looking.
Before you do anything with electrical outlets or lighting fixtures, you need to turn the electricity off. Leaving the power on will leave everyone vulnerable to live wires and possible electrocution.
Wall surfaces can be much more appealing (and imperfections in them are harder to spot) when they're textured with drywall mud. It is quite easy to do. Trowel drywall mud and use a stiff brush or sponge to dab at it and add texture.
Lately, there are certain dangers to be concerned with before starting a home improvement project. Stay away from drywall that was manufactured in China. Many contractors in the United States have used drywall sourced from China–at least since 2005. A lot of this drywall, however, is not of good quality. These materials are risky because they emit corrosive gases that may damage wiring.
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Versatility is one of the most integral selling points of the Sonos product line. With just a handful of Sonos speakers, you can create essentially any soundscape you could want. Surround sound is one of the most in demand stereo setups around for its ability to create an immersive and all-encompassing aural experience. This makes it a useful choice for both home theaters and dedicated music devices. Fortunately, Sonos offers a lot of ways you can mix and match their products to create a true surround sound experience. If you're looking to upgrade your system, here's everything you need to know.
What Devices Are Supported in Surround Sound?
Any of the traditional wireless speakers in the Sonos catalog can be used as components in your surround sound system. That include the Play:1, Play:3, Play:5, and One. Any members of the Play line can work reasonably well for a surround system setup, but keep in mind that the power in each of the speakers can step up significantly with each model. Even a pair of Play:1 speakers can generally fill a room with meaningful sound. If you're really looking to make your home theater rumble, a pair of Play:5 speakers are the option, but even a single Play:5 is generally enough to give you clear and crisp sound in large spaces. The Play:3 and Play:5 are designed to sit both horizontally and vertically. Either is a reasonable option, but just make sure that they're both arranged in the same position. A pair of One speakers are almost identical to a pair of Play:1 speakers in terms of performance and output, but they come with Alexa functionality built in. If you're working with a receiver, such as the Sonos Beam, that already has voice-activated support or you're pairing up your system with an Amazon Echo or Dot, you should be just fine getting by with a Play:1 in place of a One.
If you already have wired speakers that are appropriate for the job, you don't necessarily need to go out and invest in a whole array of Sonos speakers. The Sonos Connect and Sonos Connect:Amp are both designed to fold your non-powered speakers into your smart home speaker system, and they come with surround sound capabilities as well. If your speakers come with their own amplifier, you can invest in the Sonos Connect which is cheaper and simply serves as a portal connect your speakers to your wireless network. The Sonos Connect:Amp comes with its own amplifiers built in, and it's the right choice if you're working with passive speakers. Regardless of the speakers you decide to use, both the left and right speakers need to be the same model to work in a Sonos surround sound system.
If your surround sound system is intended to be incorporated as a part of a home theater, you'll want a receiver as well. Sonos offers three great soundbars that can provide as a baseline for your surround sound setup and connect directly to your TV. The Playbar is the meatiest of the three both in terms of size and output. The Playbar is designed to sit underneath your TV and provides some heft as well, particularly in terms of bass performance. As the newest of the bunch, the Beam offers Alexa speakers built in, providing a more versatile range of features that make up for the relative lack of full performance. They're all strong receivers that can step up to bat for a home stereo system. If your surround sound is intended for music only, the central channel can be handled through a traditional Sonos speaker. The Play:3 and Play:5 are both great choices for that. And if you partner them with Play:1 or One speakers, you can ensure that you get clarity from the three front channels without being overpowered by the rear speakers.
Users starting from scratch with their surround sound system will want to check out the package deals that Sonos offers. These bundle all the components you need in one easy to arrange package and even provide a noticeable discount in terms of cost. If you're integrating speakers or receivers that support Amazon Alexa, you may want to consider checking out the Amazon Firestick as well so that you can control your video streaming services directly with your voice. If you're looking for an added burst of bass and overall performance, your system can further be upgraded with the inclusion of a Sonos Sub.
Once you've settled on the speakers and receiver that are right for you, actually setting up your surround sound stereo system is the easy part. You'll want to frame your speakers on either side of your receiver to make sure that your sound comes in clearly from every angle. Go into the Sonos app on your mobile device, then navigate to Settings and then Room Settings underneath the More tab. Then select the Room to which your prospective surround system is placed, and tap "Add Surround Speakers". The app will then guide you directly through the process of adding both the left and the right rear speakers.
Any speakers designated as your left and right surround speakers will automatically be configured to handle their roles, but you can adjust their functions to suit your particular needs. You'll want to again navigate to Room Settings in the app and click on Advanced Audio and then Surround Settings. There are a number of handy options you have here to customize your experience. Your surround speakers can be turned on or off with the click of a button, but you can also create different volume profiles for music playback and TV settings. A number of template music playback settings are also available directly through this menu, but they only work with music and not when you're coordinating though your TV.
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As a composition instructor, I believe in several core practices: emphasizing the grammatical expectations of standard written English, introducing highly difficult but rhetorically powerful texts, and presenting a variety of writing genres and purposes. As a teacher of core literature courses, my goals are somewhat different: I attempt to excite student interest, to open students' sense of what constitutes literature, and to push students into new critical postures. In both cases—composition and core literature—I believe my best practice coalesces around a desire to pass along big ideas and compelling texts.
BA, Beloit College (1999)
MFA, University of Washington (2004)
Contemporary American Poetry
Contemporary World Literature
Experimental Literature
Solar Trauma (poetry, Rescue Press, 2017).
Of Embodies (poetry, Rescue Press, 2012).
from Men's Fashions. The Stockholm Review of Literature (2015) .
from L O N E L Y T H I N G. Swine Magazine (2014).
from L O N E L Y T H I N G. Spolia (2014).
from L O N E L Y T H I N G. Ohio Edit (2014).
"Five Poems." Deluge (2013).
from The Poems of Alfred de Musset. Pelt (2013).
from The Poems of Alfred de Musset. Spolia (2013).
from The Poems of Alfred de Musset. Horse Less Review (2013).
"The Waspmen in the Pines." Verse Daily (2012).
"External of Time" and "External of Time II" and "[wings and skins]" and "Married Woman" and "[light grows]." Moria Poetry (2012).
"After Elagabalus." Asymptote (2011).
"[then a mule dropped]" and "[known as Rome's emperor Severen]" and "[oh varius]" and "[a gibbon]." Strange Machine (2011).


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Don't hope for Obama or fear of Trump - Snowden chimes in on US elections and surveillance
Edward Snowden © Brendan McDermid © Reuters
The world's most famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has addressed the public on the US election result urging people to think beyond a single person or a single election and take their future into their own hands.
"We can not hope for an Obama and we can not fear a Donald Trump rather we should build it ourselves," Snowden said about creating positive social change.
Snowden, an NSA contractor fled the US in 2013 after he leaked classified documents from the National Security Agency (NSA), revealing details about its global surveillance programmes. He has been granted temporary residency in Russia.
The NSA whistleblower was speaking from Moscow, Thursday, in a livestream hosted by private search engine StartPage in Amsterdam.
READ MORE: It's all over: How hackers & whistleblowers killed the Clinton campaign
Snowden declined to get into a discussion regarding Trump's election victory specifically and the impact it may have on the NSA, insisting he tries not to "look at this as a question of single election or a single government ".
He reminded the audience that President Obama did not fulfil promises he made in relation to ending mass surveillance or closing Guantanamo Bay in order to highlight the broader point that "we should be cautious of putting to much hope or fear in one person".
"President Obama campaigned on a platform of ending mass surveillance, ending torture and we all put a lot of hope in him because of this. We thought because the right person got into office everything would change."
He went on to discuss the fabric of communications and how it is being used to disempower the very communities it was intended to empower.
"We have to think for ourselves what if we start weaving this fabric in a different way...what if every communication is protected by default.. instead we make this fabric work for the whole world.
"I think this election reminds us that that capability is within our reach today"
The whistleblower admitted he followed the election closely but insisted it was bigger than him, "while I obviously care what happens to me this is not about me, this is about us," he said.
Snowden insisted that it is the people that must force the change, "We can not hope for an Obama and we can not fear a Donald Trump rather we should build it ourselves".
Returning to the subject of Trump later in the discussion Snowden said "It's not that people think Trump is the greatest person in the US, its just they didn't prefer the other option."
He said it shouldn't be a mere question of two candidates. "A vote will never be enough", he said urging people to think more about what happens after the election.
When asked by an audience member what more can people do he suggested supporting organizations that fight to protect civil rights.
Snowden insisted the personal uncertainties created by the new US commander in chief and his apparent closer relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin didn't worry him.
READ MORE: Moscow has no legal, moral reasons to extradite Snowden – Russia envoy to US
"They said Russia is not a country that extradites human rights offenders," he said but admitted it was still a possibility however not one he loses sleep over.
"If I was worried about safety I would still be in Hawaii. I never expected to make it out of Hawaii. I'm comfortable with the choice I made".
He continued that he was proud of his actions and no matter what happens "if there's a drone strike that's something that won't change".
"As long as we live in accordance with our values we won't have to worry about what happens tomorrow because today for me it's enough," he continued.
The NSA whistleblower said while he hopes to someday return to the US what he won't do is stand up and serve as a deterrent to scare people.
The interview focused largely on privacy concerns and the ongoing issue of mass surveillance.
Snowden emphasized the effectiveness of targeted surveillance over mass surveillance pointing to the Boston Marathon as an example where terrorism was not stopped despite it happening during the height of mass surveillance and the US receiving a tip off from Foreign Intelligence agencies.
Mass surveillance fails "because when you collect everything you understand nothing - you get drowned in so much information you can't find what's relevant".
He claimed the traditional method of following tip offs and the obtaining a warrant to carry out surveillance is the most effective. "Targeted surveillance does not destroy the rights of everyone else in society."
The conversation ended on a positive note with Snowden reminding people he gets great enjoyment out of what he does and felt optimistic about the future despite the present uncertain times.
"Despite the challenges and statements by president of elect this is a nation that will strive to get better..this is a dark moment in our history but it's not the end."
A campaign is underway to secure Snowden a presidential pardon before Obama leaves office in January 2017.


There seems to be some confusion over her surname. In some records she is Selina Spicer and in others she is Selina Spencer. Her marriage banns record gives her surname as Spicer but it is written, and she signs, Spencer on the marriage entry. Worthy of note is the fact that the previous entry of Marriage in the register is for Sophia Spicer - could this be from where the confusion arises?


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Tumblereads: A New Twist on the Old West
A New Twist on the Old West
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Theodore Roosevelt, Calamity Jane, and Montana's First Dude Ranch
August 9, 2022 / Lynn Downey
The 140-year history of dude ranching has a few famous "firsts" and one of them was the O.T.O., the first dude ranch opened in Montana. It doesn't just have a fascinating history — the ranch itself is history, because it closed decades ago and since the 1990s has been managed by the dedicated staff of the Custer Gallatin National Forest. And now, my friends at the True Ranch Collection are helping to raise funds to assist with restoration efforts. More about that later.
Dick Randall, celebrated in the 1920s brochure above, was one of the many transplants from the Midwest (Iowa, in his case, where he was born in 1866) who came West and realized that he should have been there all along. His brother had moved to Junction City, Montana in 1884 and Dick soon joined him, working at the 7 Bar 7 Ranch. The owners lost their cattle herd during the terrible winter of 1886-1887, known as The Big Die-Up, and Dick needed another line of work.
He and a friend named June Buzzell had a cabin in Gardiner, near the north entrance to Yellowstone, and they started a business trading horses and leading pack trips for hunters coming from back East and Europe. Dick married Dora Roseborough in 1892; their son Lesley, known as Gay, was born the following year, and daughter Helen came along in 1898. When the kids were little, one of the Randall's neighbors was Calamity Jane, and Gay used to wander over to visit her because she usually had cookies on hand. Calamity's reputation had followed her from Deadwood, and Dora Randall was not pleased when she heard that Jane had kissed her son. So, she washed out his mouth with soap.
Dick Randall was one of the best-known guides in the area and decided he needed to expand. He bought a larger cabin near Cedar Creek, about 12 miles from Gardiner. He got a good deal on the place because the men who owned it had been robbing the Yellowstone stages and things were getting too hot for them to stick around. Dick and Dora built a barn, added to their cabin, and started hosting visitors who had come to take one of Dick's celebrated hunting trips. Theodore Roosevelt was one of them; Owen Wister, author of The Virginian, was another.
By 1912 the Randalls' home was officially a dude ranch, and was soon named for their cattle brand: O.T.O., which was simply a collection of letters that was easy to turn into a brand and read on the side of a steer or a saddle.
Dick Randall believed in giving his dudes a true western experience, and that meant everything from riding, fishing, and camping trips to helping out with chores like branding, milking, and gardening. Dudes also took field trips to the Livingston Rodeo and got to ride in the parade along with the famous Randalls. The O.T.O.'s main lodge had a Victrola and a piano, and the floor was always ready for folks to dance.
By the 1930s the lodge also had something else: furniture made by celebrated artist Thomas Molesworth. The O.T.O.'s architecture was classically western and rustic, with Arts & Crafts period touches and a natural hand-crafted style which was also being embraced in places like Yellowstone National Park. Molesworth, who had studied at the Chicago Art Institute, moved to Cody, Wyoming in 1931 and opened the Shoshone Furniture Company. Many of his early pieces of furniture were sold to ranches and hotels, and in 1934 he was commissioned to make chairs and tables for the O.T.O.
Courtesy Libbey Family and Custer Gallatin National Forest
Courtesy True Ranch Collection
Dick Randall was a dude ranch marketing genius. Not only did he see the value of having interior design elements that appealed to vacationing easterners, he also traveled around the country to promote the O.T.O. In 1924 a filmmaker named Charles Herbert spent time on the ranch filming the dudes in action and created a reel titled, "What the Dudes Do on a Dude Ranch." Dick took the movie to famed Marshall Field's in Chicago and Gimbels in Philadelphia and helped the merchandisers use the film to promote their western sportswear.
In 1928 he found out that a movie actor in Los Angeles (I could never find out which one) had commissioned a silver-mounted saddle for himself but then changed his mind about buying it. Dick was in L.A. that winter and he bought the saddle, shipping it by train to Chicago to be exhibited at stores that sold western wear. Dick also knew that dude ranching had a future, and he was one of the founders of the Dude Ranchers' Association in 1926.
Dora Randall, like many women who co-owned or ran dude ranches, was in charge of managing the guests, the staff, and the kitchen. Next to the wrangler, probably the most important employee was the cook, and ranchers did everything they could to keep the good ones happy. This didn't always work out, though. The O.T.O. had one cook who was surly and made watery mashed potatoes. Dora tried to explain to him how she wanted the potatoes prepared, but he quit in a huff. She then had to take over in the kitchen and serve meals to 75 dudes until she could hire a new cook.
Dick and Dora Randall retired in 1934 and sold the O.T.O. to son Gay and former guests Chan and Mary Libbey. They ran the dude ranch through the rest of the decade and Gay wrote books and articles about the ranch. But Depression and changes in the tourism industry made it too hard to keep the ranch going, and the O.T.O. closed to dudes in 1939.
New owners included the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the USDA Forest Service, with the Custer Gallatin National Forest now in charge of preserving the remaining buildings. In October of 2004, the O.T.O. ranch was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is good news for the ongoing efforts to save the site. And now there are even more reasons to be hopeful.
This summer, the True Ranch Collection is hosting a series of Pop-Up ranch vacations at the O.T.O. For the first time since the 1930s, dudes will be in residence again, and will enjoy what Dick and Dora Randall created over a century ago. All proceeds from the events will be donated to the Custer Gallatin National Forest to help preserve and restore the O.T.O. to its western glory.
For more information, check out their website: https://trueranchcollection.com/yellowstone-pop-up/
If you want even more stories from the history of the O.T.O. Ranch, get a copy of Music, Saddles & Flapjacks: Dudes at the OTO Ranch by Roberta Cheney and Clyde Erskine (husband of Helen Randall). It's a wonderful book.
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We are winegrowers, but also scientists. We study the land, weather, plants, animals, and microbes that shape our wines. While our understanding is based on science, our practices honor nature and tradition: sustainable hand-based viticulture, low yields, small native yeast fermentations, and natural winemaking.


A Caribbean cruise provides you with a gorgeous palette for Summer style. Take the traditional red, white, and blue, then add a beautiful range of ocean teals and aquas. It's a classic with a twist. This Spring, Jaime and I took a few of our girlfriends on a Carnival cruise and couldn't help but think about how we could take some nautical style home with us. If we can't have our own butler, comedian and bartender, at least we can try to recreate the feeling of our vaca on the high seas with pretty home decor.
1. A life preserver throw pillow from Land of Nod comes to the rescue adding a pop of color to a kid's room or patio.
2. I miss living where you can leave the door open to enjoy the Summer breeze. Someone who doesn't live in Texas needs to grab this Mooring Rope Knot Door Stop from Dot & Bo so that I can live vicariously.
3. Let everyone who arrives at your doorstep know that they are welcome to drop an anchor and stay a while with an Anchor Floor Mat from West Elm.
Read on for our favorite picks for your home inspired by our week gazing out at the sea, with the ocean breeze in our hair, from aboard Carnival Glory's route through the Western Caribbean.
Voutsa's Under The Sea Melamine Dinner Plates, available at Anthropologie, are not only beautiful but practical enough for the pool or a picnic.
Turn to ETSY for a variety of nautical inspired string art, both '70s vintage and new.
This chic ceramic whale is a steal at Target.
Since our cruise had two stops in Mexico, we couldn't resist adding this charming Tulum Side Table from CB2. It's designed to withstand the elements but beautiful enough to use indoors.
Garnet Hill's Mini-Print Percale Bedding features charming hand-painted nautical designs printed on soft cotton sheets.
And how about one last DIY to bring it all together. Try out Jaime's stunning Rope Rug tutorial from our book, Pretty Prudent Home. It's the perfect nautical inspired project.


The Principal, Mrs. Zulekha Siddiqui is an anchor between the School and the management.
The Committee comes under Mr. G.A.R.Shaikh, Vice –President. Dr. Zahir I. Kazi, President of Anjuman-I-Islam is the final authority in all matter pertaining to governance, decision -making and administrative practices. The very active 'P.T.A' plays a pivotal role in connecting the parents, teachers and students with the School Management.


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Her only lead in a motion picture prior to Friends was in the film Leprechaun, a horror-comedy. Young actors often accept less than high quality scripts in order to have a foot in the door.
She spent ten years on Friends, only filming during the show's hiatus. During that time she made only 8 films, 6 of which were romantic comedies. During the same time period, 1994 to 2004, Sandra Bullock made 19 movies and Meryl Streep, 13. Not that quantity is a provision of recognition but ten years is indeed a long time during which she produced very little.
Second fact-Brad Pitt has spent most of his year filming two movies,' The Tree of Life' and' MegaMind'. Much of the remainder of his time was spent with Angelina Jolie and their six children in Paris and Venice, where Angelina is filming her new movie' The Tourist'. Photos of the two of them along with their children were all parts of the internet.
With less than 20 movies to her credit, Aniston has focussed on the romantic-comedy genre, her specialty. It is very seldom selected for Oscar consideration, as good as she is as this kind of role.
The film studios have not been able to promote those films to Oscar voters with Aniston only acting in a small number of movies that could've earned her a nomination so far.
The break-up of her marriage to Brad Pitt and the subsequent revelation of his affair with Angelina Jolie was played out in the tabloids and splashed across television screens and the net. Not only did she take time off from work to recover but the ensuing he said-she said never helps. Though she came off looking like the public's favorite and the wronged party, the publicity did nothing for her work.
After the break up died down, Aniston began dating co-stars and other celebrities. Soon she was rumored to be dating nearly anyone she worked with. Still cranking out romantic comedies, she seemed more focused on her personal life than her professional one.
Stars who made their names on television first have historically had a harder time earning recognition from their motion picture peers if the form of an Oscar.
Aniston has just released The Bounty Hunter, an action comedy that while doing well at the box office, isn't Oscar material. Next up she has two more romantic comedies and her first attempt at a musical. Unless it is the caliber of Chicago, it is not likely she will be nominated for anything in the next few years.
Returning to the subject of romantic comedies as being the root of her trouble, Aniston's leading men are sometimes not Oscar caliber either, or she's simply paired with A-list leading men in a less than stellar production. While Paul Rudd, Aaron Eckhart, and Jay Mohr are all respectable actors, they're not what are going to bring out the performance from her we have been waiting for.
Because Aniston does so much romantic comedy, her characters all seem to blend into the same one. Minor differences set them apart but basically she does not challenge herself. Her dramatic ability was barely scratched on the surface in The Good Girl for which she won critical acclaim. We've yet to see what she can really do.