Creating a personal customer experience requires the smart collection and management of data … a lot of it. But how do you take on this daunting task and come out on top?
At Bronto Summit, Uri Minkoff, co-founder and CEO of global lifestyle brand Rebecca Minkoff, offered attendees an intriguing glimpse into the brand's successful user-focused approach. It wasn't a smooth experience to start, he said, but the brand eventually began using data derived from social media to get closer to shoppers and fast-track product improvements. Now with every interaction, data is collected on what customers like and what they pair products with, and the brand has introduced its own store of the future that incorporates this data to give shoppers a truly personalized retail experience.
Let's dive in to the concept of big data and explore how you can it use it to create a personalized omnichannel experience for your customers.
What is big data? The amount of data we're talking about can be difficult to fathom. Businesses receive, store and manage billions of data points every day.
He cautioned that more data is not necessarily better. "It's what you do with the data that matters. We can analyze the data for insights that lead to strategic business moves," Paulus said. For example, you could organize LEGOs by size or color or function. How you organize the data often determines whether you'll be able to achieve your business goals.
This graphic from Mehta's Bronto Summit presentation shows some of the many data points a marketer can access and leverage to improve the omnichannel customer experience – from inventory and financials to content management and merchandising to customer support and channel management.
The goal, as Mehta sees it, is to bridge front-end and back-end data points and drive your marketing efforts by unifying data in real time. Doing so requires an integrated data structure that allows you to automatically share data across platforms. When big data is integrated – or unified, as Mehta calls it – you can identify the behaviors that most directly affect your brand's bottom line. Spoiler alert: They're the ones tied to revenue.
Your most profitable campaigns, promotions and segments.
Which products sell best together or have the highest return rate.
Your channel-specific return on investment (ROI) and most profitable partner.
Average fulfillment cost by customer.
All of this data makes marketers more aware of their brands and how they're performing in the marketplace. "You can use this data to create the roadmap for how you are going to grow your business and your customer base," Mehta said. It also helps them better understand shoppers and make changes to increase overall customer lifetime value (CLV).
For example, having a reliable flow of data that's well-organized and managed allows you to tailor the customer experience with things like personalized product recommendations in your email marketing. You can choose a predictive model and identify relationships among your products based on the contact's browse and purchase histories and related content. And by applying your own business rules, or product criteria, you can recommend not only what speaks to the customer but what makes the most sense for your business (e.g. products that satisfy a certain profitability margin or those that are top sellers on your website).
Uri Minkoff and his team made their brand's shopping experience more personal by getting to know their customers and embracing social media to solicit their feedback. Big data can give you the business intelligence to answer the same questions so you can plan more effectively and pivot more smoothly as you drive toward your overall business goals.


Introduction: Topwater fishing is undoubtedly one of the most fun ways to catch any species of fish. The visual excitement of seeing a fish smash a surface lure is pretty darn tough to beat! What makes topwater fishing even more awesome? For me, a bait that can be effectively fished in both open water as well as cover really heightens the experience. As someone who loves throwing frog-style baits, the Live Target Sunfish series of baits really caught my attention. Although these are topwater sunfish imitators, they can be used just like one of my favorite offerings�the hollow-body frog. That's a great thing!
Even in the packaging these baits look fishy!
Quality/Construction: The Live Target Sunfish could almost pass for a small hard-plastic swimbait at first glance. Once removed from the cozy packaging, however, the softness of the body becomes apparent. The vibrant, realistic coloration of the hollow body is really quite impressive. You'll also find a great amount of detailing on the fins, scales, and gills, as well as subtle color shifts and accents. A strong and super-sharp Trokar hook along with a vertically-oriented line tie rounds out a top-notch package.
It's an impressive-looking bait, that's for sure.
Performance: It doesn't take a ton of concentration to master the necessary cadence that makes this lure dance. All that's needed are small twitches of the rod tip and it easily walks. The bait's walking action can range from short pops back and forth to full 180-degree swings to either side. The Sunfish may also be manipulated over and through vegetation, and a quick snap of the rod can also be used to make the bait jump out of the water. Most of my fishing was with the smallest Sunfish, and for that I found my insanely-versatile MBR843C NRX to be a sweet matchup with this little bait.
Notice the slight curve to the body of the Sunfish.
The Live Target Sunfish can be launched a long distance thanks to the weight and compact body. I was also able to skip it decently on a backhanded cast, but admittedly I'm not the best at skipping with a baitcaster. I didn't experience any solid hangups while pulling the bait over moss mats and through light to medium aquatic weed clumps. The only little annoyance was that the hook points would collect thin tendrils of grass or moss from time to time which was to be expected. A bit of water would get inside the body here and there, but it never seemed to hurt the action.
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We should all be outraged at the misuse of science against women
I just told you about my brief history with the gaming community. I drifted away from it into something else, and that something else also shaped the way I think about these feminist issues. I became a scientist. And worst of all, my trajectory started with neuroscience, and led me into developmental biology and genetics, and then on to evolution, and I've got to tell you, those subjects…it's almost as if they were designed to put you on a collision course with feminist concerns. Just think, I could have gone into physics or chemistry and avoided thinking about sex and gender altogether…until, of course, I noticed the humanity of my colleagues.
What brought this on is an excellent article on the history and genetics of the sex chromosomes. Two things leapt out at me, in part because they confirmed something I've been trying to teach my students for years.
The X and Y chromosomes are not girl chromosomes and boy chromosomes, respectively. There is a bizarrely essentialist approach to these concerns that even scientists sometimes take, and it's infuriatingly wrong.
The X is dubbed the 'female chromosome', takes the feminine pronoun 'she', and has been described as the 'big sister' to 'her derelict brother that is the Y' and as the 'sexy' chromosome. The X is frequently associated with the mysteriousness and variability of the feminine, as in a 2005 Science article headlined 'She Moves in Mysterious Ways' and beginning, 'The human X chromosome is a study in contradictions'. The X is also described in traditionally gendered terms as the more 'sociable', 'controlling', 'conservative', 'monotonous', and 'motherly' of the two sex chromosomes. Similarly, the Y is a 'he' and ascribed traditional masculine qualities – 'macho', 'active', 'clever', 'wily', 'dominant', and also 'degenerate', 'lazy', and 'hyperactive'."
None of that is true. The X and Y have different genetic properties and evolutionary histories, but they do not define the entirety of your sex. The Y has a little trigger on it that activates a cascade of gene activities on all the autosomes and also the X chromosome that generate 'maleness', whatever that is; 'femaleness' is likewise the product of complex patterns of gene activity that are spread throughout the entire genome. Sex is most definitely multigenic, and every gene that has differential sexual effects is wildly pleiotropic.
If you want to talk about genes and sex, you've got to be more informed than this cartoon version of men and women reduced to just whether they have an XX or XY chromosome set. It's one of the things that enrages me about the ongoing abuse of science by politicians who think they have perfectly encapsulated all the complexity of sex and gender by trying to restrict bathroom use by what kind of sex chromosome a person has. Do they even realize that these chromosomes have next to nothing to do with the anatomy of the crotch, which requires the carefully choreographed interactions of thousands of genes? Or that the brain is even more indirectly influenced by these magic markers of gene organization? And worse, most of the population has no clue what their karyotype looks like anyway, so their logic reduces to "My sex is male/female. Males/females have XY/XX chromosomes. Therefore, I have XY/XX chromosomes." That isn't always true. And even when it is true, it's not as crudely straightforward as they think it is.
There's another thing that stunned me about the field I was studying. I've always been interested in history (developmental biologists should be: "everything is the way it is because of how it got that way," as D'Arcy Thompson would say), and when you dig deep into how genetics, for instance, came to be, you discover these little neglected stories. The superficial history of genetics is a series of great Men: Gregor Mendel, Thomas Hunt Morgan, for instance. There's no denying their importance, but then you look at who was actually doing the work — this is a deep truth of science, that most often it's teams of students who are laboring under the Great Man who are actually getting the job done in the lab — and there are all these women everywhere, largely uncredited, and working in careers that would never lead to positions of prominence, because institutions simply did not hire women for tenured professorial positions.
So then you have to grub around in the corners of the science to find acknowledgments of women contributing to genetics. And even then, their work is diminished, as happened to Nettie Stevens.
Between 1903 and 1906, Nettie Stevens at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania investigated this "X element", and found that it wasn't alone – there was a tiny Y chromosome hidden right next to it. Elsewhere, Wilson (he who first used the phrase "sex chromosomes") also found the Y, and agreed with her that its presence seemed to influence the development of male sex characteristics. (Richardson takes some time to sardonically note the extraordinary achievements Stevens, who was never offered a full faculty post, made "in the face of few opportunities for women" – when she applied for post-doctoral funding from the Carnegie Institution in 1903, she "assembled stunning letters of recommendation" from America's most prestigious cytologists, and "none failed to note her brilliance – for a woman".)
There are lots of instances like that. William Bateson, another of those seminal early geneticists, was very influential for his work on homeotic genes and the translation of genetics into morphology. He was also notable for the fact that he took on large numbers of women to work in his lab. You could even argue that the person most responsible for the recognition of the importance of cell and tissue interactions in translating genes into form was Becky Saunders. Do you hear much about her? Not unless you read historical minutiae any more.
There is a lot in these stories that reminds me of creationism. There's the fundamental wrongness of how they mangle the science, and there's the coupling of bad science to the preservation of injustice in society.
It's no wonder I'm kind of cranky all the time.
Oh, yeah, and don't get me started on how science is tortured by racists.
PZ Myers says
Also: chromosomal essentialism is an abuse of science against men.
robro says
Do they even realize that these chromosomes have next to nothing to do with the anatomy of the crotch…
Probably not. The message of high school science class is clear: X and Y determine sex. That's the source of my knowledge about genetics, and probably most folks in politics. Your description seems transparently obvious. So, I thank you for clarifying this in such simple terms. You should write a book for the lay audience on such misapprehensions about genetics and developmental biology.
marcoli says
This is something that I have tried to consider as I teach introductory genetics to my freshperson bio class. But I am guilty of tipping things the other way, just for fun, really, and I thought to share that here. I describe the X chromosome as this very large chromosome which carries about 2,000 genes and that many of these are essential for survival. Then I point out the Y chromosome, and I mention that it is puny and decidedly less important since it has only a few hundred genes and that we can survive without it. This usually gets a giggle, which was what I wanted.
4 April 2016 at 12:06 pm
Gah! Guilty. When I think the men in my life are being weird, I refer to them as 'those Y-chromosome people'. Must stop. And probably need to read a book about how these X-Y chromosomes work.
But I'm wondering- when I say that I usually mean: I am giving this person a pass on doing something that makes me uncomfortable (aggressive speech, competitiveness, violent D&D story-telling, apparent obliviousness) or explaining why they might be interested in something that bores me (movie car chases, extended fight scenes) on the grounds that their brain works differently from mine. So I must (duh!) subconsciously have this idea, that I consciously reject, that the behavior appropriate to a man and the behavior appropriate to a woman are somewhat different things. Huh.
If I was going to uphold some standard-for-all-humans, what would I put in, I wonder?
Jake Harban says
People assign genders to chromosomes? That's a variety of wrong I haven't seen before.
Of course, even if it magically turned out that literally every person with a penis had an XY genotype and literally every person with a vagina had an XX genotype, it still wouldn't justify the claim that there is any (meaningful) difference between the two. So the logic is invalid and the premises are false.
erik333 says
@5 Jake Harban
You're saying you could just as easily have an exact match over several billion samples by pure accident?
Christopher Stephens says
It is also worth noting that this article is based on a book – Sex Itself – by Sarah Richardson, who is a historian and philosopher of science. We need all the positive PR we can get.
Golgafrinchan Captain says
People like to be able to fit things into simple, discrete pigeonholes, when almost everything is highly overlapping bell curves. Often a multitude of layers of interdependent bell curves.
Things like sex/gender/cultural stereotypes are only useful if you had to place bets on what people are like before meeting them. Many stereotypes would help you shift the odds of winning your bets in a long-term statistical sense but they are pretty useless when you try to apply them to individuals. And to they extent that they are "true", it usually says nothing about why they are "true" (nature/nurture). But many people (especially those who don't understand statistics) just run with their confirmation bias and make sweeping pronouncements about the sexes; shoving individuals into their nice tidy pigeonholes.
I had a lot of conversations about those experiments a couple of years ago that "proved" that men's and women's brains are wired fundamentally differently. Those headlines even reached some of my daycare coworkers who don't follow science at all. Thanks to PZ and other FTB'ers (I seem to recall at least Mano Singham & Stephanie Zvan) for a bunch of good articles putting that study in proper perspective.
Men are from Earth, women… also from Earth. (not even considering the impossibility of coming up with clean definitions of 'men' and 'women')
Dammit, I started my previous comment with about pigeonholes with a pigeonhole. "People like to" should be "People tend to like to". I'm usually more careful about speaking in absolutes.
Lou "Weegee" Doench, says
How many folks take any biology beyond what is necessary to get out of high school and move on to whatever else they are doing with their life. And my high school, which was a pretty nice place (go Bombers!) taught that fairly stripped down xx/xy dichotomy to anyone who wasn't moving on to take anatomy senior year. Breaking the cycle of such black and white thinking needs to start a lot earlier than the training of biologists in college if we want to see wider acceptance of the complexities of gender.
Siobhan says
@#8 & 9, Golgafrinchan Captain:
Men are from Earth, women… also from Earth.
HOLY SHIT, STOP THE PRESSES!!!
In all seriousness, all the yes. To PZ and your commentators. This is the sort of stuff that concerns me, as a trans person, so I always appreciate it when you and your commentators can communicate on this topic in more accessible terms. I have a couple years of biology and genetics under my belt, so I understand enough to read about this but don't always feel comfortable trying to reteach it.
Cat Mara says
The thing that annoys me most about the way some people tout the XX/XY system as the universal be-all and end-all of gender is that it's not universal. Birds and some reptiles and insects use a WZ/ZZ system where it's the male that has the ZZ chromosome pair and the female has the WZ pair. And don't even get me started on that weird haplo-diploid system the social insects use… or on the notion that men are going to "disappear" because the Y-chromosome is shrinking… gah, I'm not even a biologist!
Arguing that sex chromosomes have next to nothing to do with human anatomy is as much of an exaggeration as arguing that they have everything to do with human behavior.
timgueguen says
Lou@10 when I went to high school in Saskatchewan in the early '80s you just needed credits in a science to graduate. So I took chemistry. Any involvement in biology I had was in grade school, and the only thing I specifically remember doing was looking at pre-dissected frogs at some point. I doubt genetics came up at all.
Amy Buzalsky says
I am always so happy to see someone bringing up conversation about chromosomes and gender! As an XY female, it makes it easier to approach the topic with others and come to terms with it personally. Thanks PZ!
chris61@13:
Seriously, checking out Wikipedia's entry on sex determination should be enough to disabuse yourself of the notion that sex chromosomes are the key to understanding the process. What happened historically was that researchers noticed that females had an XX karyotype and males had an XY karyotype, which led to the obvious inference that the karyotype determines sex. But that theory was worked out in 1905 — long before anyone knew the structure of DNA, and it isn't so much outright wrong (most men have XY and most women gave XX so most of the time you can guess a person's sex from their karyotype with reasonable predictive success) but it's a causation/correlation error.
We now know that chromosomes are gigantic libraries of genetic material, and the library has NOT been organised thematically like a Dewey-decimal system. The reason the X/Y system works as a good simplification in humans is that the SRY gene is found on the Y chromosome, so it acts as a near-random sex switch by the process of chromosomal sorting in gametogenesis. But the cascade of processes the SRY gene activates that creates a male phenotype involves lots of other chromosomes, including some on the X chromosome, and occasionally the SRY gene migrates to the X chromosome which makes it entirely possible to be a male with an XX karyotype. And having a Y chromosome doesn't always take one down the male reproductive path — you can be an XY female because the SRY gene is nonfunctional, or you can be an XY female with a functional SRY gene but a lack of androgen sensitivity (in this case, the change is NOT on the Y chromosome).
If you want to read an excellent, brief, clear explanation, check this out:
http://www.isna.org/faq/y_chromosome
The money quote:
The last time I counted, there were at least 30 genes that have been found to have important roles in the development of sex in either humans or mice. Of these 30 or so genes 3 are located on the X chromosome, 1 on the Y chromosome and the rest are on other chromosomes, called autosomes (on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19).
As we know, the X chromosome is soft and frilly and in the right light has a pink hue, where the Y chromosome is hard, tough, and has never been observed to cry.
@16 chrislawson
it isn't so much outright wrong (most men have XY and most women gave XX so most of the time you can guess a person's sex from their karyotype with reasonable predictive success) but it's a causation/correlation error.
It's a strong correlation. 99% or more of the time you can predict anatomy from sex chromosome complement. Have a Y, you'll likely have a male anatomy. Not have a Y and you won't. Yes you can be an XX male or an XY female but those are very rare (being due to rare mutations) which is why arguing the sex chromosomes have next to nothing to do with anatomy is an exaggeration.
mbrysonb says
For further interesting details, philosophy of science and (trans)gender politics, see Dreger's book, Galileo's Middle Finger. A tangled tale, but worth the read.
Vivec says
Or instead, don't read it and stop supporting someone that spreads the claim that trans women are either "an advanced sort of male homosexual" or fetishists.
consciousness razor says
chris61:
Did you not read the rest of chrislawson's comment @#16? This quote right here, for example:
Let me assume you're not going to dispute facts like that. I take it that "have something to do with" doesn't just mean there's a "strong correlation" or just a positive correlation. So your argument doesn't follow: you haven't given a valid reason why it's an exaggeration. If it has "next to nothing do with" them, that means those are not causally relevant to what realistically happens in the actual world. If you're going to understand or explain how something really works, what it really is, how it's related to other stuff, etc., then simply finding correlations isn't sufficient.
For instance, if you want to know how global warming occurs, why it occurs, what effects it has or doesn't have on anything else, etc., the global number of pirates has next to nothing to do with that. I don't care how incredibly strong the correlation may be — you definitely don't fucking grok something about the subject of global warming if you think pirates have something significant to do with it. This example seems a bit more perverse than yours, granted, but it's meant to draw the distinction clearly.
So, you can't coherently cite a correlation like this (whatever it may be, although I'm sure 99% is an invented statistic) as some kind of evidence against the notion that X and Y chromosomes aren't especially important in how sexual development works in actual human beings (for "rare" people as much as anybody else). Simply put, people are talking about what goes on in the real world, not just your ability to predict things. It may be convenient for you that you can use something fictional to make fairly decent predictions, but it is still fictional. And if you recognize that you're doing it and are satisfied with taking an instrumentalist sort of view, with having "knowledge" which is merely about what you think you can predict, then you have nothing to complain about regarding factual realistic claims like this, since instrumentalism isn't the sort of position which even attempts to say anything useful about what is actually the case.
abbeycadabra says
Oh absent gods, no! That's an absolute travesty of science written by someone with an axe to grind and an obsession bordering on the creepy with 'proving' trans women aren't women.
Here. Zinnia refutes it with actual science, point by point: http://genderanalysis.net/2016/04/alice-dreger-autogynephilia-and-the-misrepresentation-of-trans-sexualities-book-review-galileos-middle-finger/
@21 consciousness razor
The sex ratio for humans at birth is ~1:1. It is ~1:1 because most of the time an X containing female gamete is fertilized by either an X containing or a Y containing male gamete. Most of the time those sperm are present in approximately equal proportions. XX gives rise to a female anatomy and XY to a male. It is not only a strong correlation but a mechanistic explanation. At a molecular level there are multiple other genes involved during development but it is only rare mutations in those genes that will alter sexual anatomy and the frequency of those mutations are too low to affect the sex ratio on a population level. Is that better?
@#23 chris61
XX gives rise to a female anatomy and XY to a male.
Compare to:
As long as I'm understanding consciousness razor's comments correctly, I think you're still missing the point.
@24 Siobhan
No, I understand chrislawson and consciousness razor's point. There are genes located on chromosomes other than the X and Y that play important roles in the development of male and female anatomy. There are in fact more, by sheer numbers, of important genes located on those other chromosomes than there are on the X and the Y. My point was those genes are only rarely mutated so most of the time sexual anatomy is determined by whether a person has two X or one X and one Y chromosome.
Think of it this way. HIV causes acquired immune deficiency and smoking causes lung cancer. There are multiple other causes of both acquired immune deficiency and lung cancer although most of them are pretty rare relative to the major causes. Would you say that HIV next to nothing to do with acquired immune deficiency or smoking has next to nothing to do with lung cancer?
raj says
Then, there are those of us who are, shall we say, "in touch with their feminine side". Don't know why, but simply have a strong draw toward feminine things. Always have been. But definitely a male in every way. Sex is definitely a fluid thing.

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6 March 2018 | Legend of the Five Rings LCG
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Preview Disciples of the Void with Designer Brad Andres
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"It is the nature of man to walk the path. It is the nature of man to turn from the path. This is the nature of man."
–Shinsei's Gift, apocryphal
The Emerald Empire is in a state of change. New champions rise up to lead their clans to honor and glory, strange calamities throw entire regions into chaos, and underneath it all, a Minor Clan looks to elevate their status. The dynamics of the Emerald Empire are shifting. Can the Phoenix rely on their ancient wisdom to keep themselves grounded in the ever-shifting land of Rokugan?
Today, designer Brad Andres helps us preview Disciples of the Void, a new Clan Pack for Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game.
As the balance of the elements in Rokugan shifts, so too does Disciples of the Void shift the dynamic of Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game. As the first Clan Pack, Disciples of the Void infuses the game with new Phoenix cards, including a new stronghold and province card devoted to this mystical clan. Alongside these, you'll encounter a host of powerful Spells, the most expensive dynasty card yet in the game, and new ways to claim and manipulate the rings.
Read on to find designer Brad Andres's thoughts on the new expansion, and be sure to pre-order Disciples of the Void from your local retailer or our website here!
Fantasy Flight Games: Where does Disciples of the Void take the Phoenix? What new sub-themes are explored?
Brad Andres: Disciples of the Void takes us deep into the heart of the Phoenix Clan and really shows off just how powerful and flashy their magical might can be. The main new sub-theme this clan uncovers in the pack focuses on their use of Spell cards to give themselves an edge during conflicts or control of the flow of the game by manipulating the ring tokens. Some of their characters get in on the fun as well, with cards like Fire Elemental Guard (Disciples of the Void, 8) being able to trigger its powerful attachment removal effect if you played at least three Spell cards during a conflict.
FFG: This is the first Clan Pack introduced to Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game. What makes this format exciting as a designer?
BA: The Clan Pack format has been really intriguing to design for. You really get to dive deep into what makes a particular clan tick and get to love and dote on them with all of your attention. The format also provides the opportunity to push new deck archetypes and grow the faction's identity, which includes creating the game's first new stronghold, Kyūden Isawa (Disciples of the Void, 1)!
FFG: What was the biggest challenge in designing Disciples of the Void?
BA: Honestly this pack was really a joy to design and the most difficult part was reining in all the ideas I had! I really wanted to focus on the most interesting aspects of the clan, the ones that truly set the Phoenix Clan apart. This led me to designs like the Secluded Shrine (Disciples of the Void, 12), which synergizes with the Phoenix Clan's capability to benefit directly from the rings they have claimed. This card has a natural fit in decks that utilize cards like the Solemn Scholar (Core Set, 83) or the Henshin Disciple (Fate Has No Secrets, 87) from the Imperial Cycle.
FFG: What card best exemplifies the Phoenix philosophy in the pack?
BA: Flavor-wise I think the card Fushichō (Disciples of the Void, 11) best exemplifies the philosophy of the Phoenix Clan, representing the cyclical nature of life, death, and rebirth in Rokugan which inspired the Kami Shiba to found the Phoenix Clan in the first place. The card's ability was also inspired by this tale, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. To boot, it's also an actual phoenix, so what better representative of the Clan's philosophy could you get?
FFG: What clans synergize well with the new role card, Support of the Phoenix (Disciples of the Void, 3)?
BA: The first two clans that come to mind are the Crane Clan and the Dragon Clan. The Crane can take advantage of the extra influence provided by the role card to pick up cards like Clarity of Purpose (Disciples of the Void, 23), which help make their political conflicts more effective than ever. The Dragon Clan benefits by being able to supplement their own stockpile of attachments with some of the powerful options available to the Phoenix, including the Katana of Fire (Disciples of the Void, 20) or Favor of the Kami (Disciples of the Void, 19).
FFG: How did you go about designing the other clan cards featured in Disciples of the Void?
BA: Designing the cards for the other clans in Disciples of the Void was an interesting challenge, but I started by looking at what aspects and play patterns are the most integral to how the Phoenix Clan plays. Then, I found ways that the other clans can exploit or fight against them in a way that stays mechanically true to the clan's identity, while making sure they still had broad applications to the game as a whole. A great example is Togashi Tadakatsu (Disciples of the Void, 15). His ability to manipulate how players select rings can be a huge roadblock for any clan to overcome, but the Phoenix Clan will have a particularly tough time with their need to use particular rings.
With twenty-eight unique cards, Disciples of the Void iinfuses the Great Clans with powerful new options. But will these new tools be enough to save Rokugan from the calamities to come?
Ignite the flames of wisdom and pre-order Disciples of the Void (L5C08) from your local retailer or our website!
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IG4 Capital-, AimCo- and CPPIB-backed Iguá Saneamento had won a sewage contract in Rio de Janeiro State. The concession consists of 2 Block of assets of state-owned company CEDAE for a grant of USD1.3b.
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EDC Submits Letter on Behalf of 28 Environmental Groups Urging Increased Safety Requirements Prior to Restarting Plains' Oil Pipelines
Santa Barbara, CA – The Environmental Defense Center ("EDC") sent a letter on behalf of twenty-eight environmental organizations to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ("PHMSA"), urging the agency to implement increased safety requirements prior to restart of the pipeline responsible for the May 19, 2015 Plains All American Pipeline Oil Spill off the Santa Barbara coastline near Refugio State Beach. EDC called on PHMSA to require Plains), the operator of the faulty Line 901 and its connecting Line 903, to: (1) require annual inspections of the lines with third party oversight; (2) implement best achievable technologies such as coupling leak detection technology with automatic shutoff systems; and (3) require assurance that Plains will comply with several oil spill response and emergency plans.
EDC claims the devastating environmental impacts of the Plains Oil Spill could have been avoided had these safety requirements been in place. The letter highlights that the impacts of the Spill have become even clearer following the agency's former issuance of a Corrective Action Order to Plains on June 3, 2015, including the greatly increased estimate of the amount of oil released, the expanded distance the oil travelled, and the large number of animals killed or harmed. EDC calls on PHMSA, as the agency responsible for ensuring pipelines are operated in a safe manner, to ensure that these pipelines are as secure as possible prior to restart of their operation, and that they are maintained and operated in a manner that will make another devastating oil spill less likely.
"Especially given the track record of Plains, it is imperative that PHMSA take its responsibility to ensure pipeline safety seriously, in order to protect our communities, natural resources and our precious coastal environment," said Nicole Di Camillo, Staff Attorney at the Environmental Defense Center. She added, "the measures called for by these environmental groups are eminently reasonable, are already being implemented on many intrastate pipelines in California, and can make a real difference in preventing spills and mitigating the impacts of any spills that may occur in the future."
EDC's letter urges PHMSA to require annual inspections of the pipelines, citing that less frequent inspections were obviously insufficient to identify the massive corrosion and metal loss that led to the Plains Oil Spill. The letter also urges PHMSA to require coupling of automatic shutoff systems with advanced leak detection technology, as already implemented in intrastate pipelines regulated by Santa Barbara County, and which would avoid delays in shutdown, such as that which occurred on Line 901 due to the need for operator-initiated shutdown of the line. The letter finally urges that Plains should be required to operate in a manner consistent with the guidance set forth in the County of Santa Barbara and California Coastal Commission's oil spill response and emergency plans, and that it demonstrate its ability to do so prior to restart of the pipelines through a comprehensive practice drill.
"We believe that the devastating impacts of the Plains Oil Spill could have been avoided or greatly reduced had the pipeline been operated with up-to-date technology, such as automatic shutdown systems, and had it been inspected more frequently," stated Linda Krop, Chief Counsel of the Environmental Defense Center. "It is crucial that our coast, and the wildlife, recreation and businesses it supports, be protected from further harm."
Read the groups letter to PHMSA for more details.
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Editorial: Let the Stars and Bars fly
Pensacola News Journal Editorial Board
The Escambia County Commission overreacted when commissioners voted to remove all but Old Glory from the flagpoles at the Pensacola Bay Center.
Commissioner Wilson Robertson was right to oppose the ham-fisted maneuver that lacked serious debate, especially from the public. There are serious concerns about the Confederate battle flag flying over the Bay Center and they should be aired after the public has a chance to debate the issue. (Robertson's Viewpoint, which we published Tuesday, can be found below.)
We firmly believe the Confederate Stars and Bars should replace that Battle Flag in the name of historical accuracy. (For a primer on the two flags, click below.)
We look no further for a source than our own J. Earle Bowden, the newspaper's editor emeritus. He has conducted serious research on the subject, including a role in bringing in some of the nation's foremost authorities on the Civil War. He has studied the issue for more than a half century and written several columns about the controversy. He reached this conclusion: The Stars and Bars should be the flag to join the others as one of the city's historic five flags. He makes several solid points:
•"The seven-starred Stars and Bars – visible in photographs of Fort Barrancas in 1861; captured by Federals during the Battle of Santa Rosa Island — was appropriately symbolic for Historic Pensacola," he wrote in November, his most recent column on the issue.
•"Four certified Civil War scholars, including Edwin Cole Bears, nationally acclaimed historian emeritus of the National Park Service, historian and dean of Civil War tour guides, shot down claims of the battle flag flying over Confederate Pensacola, indeed agreeing Pensacola is historically accurate to fly the first national seven-star flag. They agreed the first national flag rightly represents the city's high moment in 1861-62 when the nation's eyes turned to Pensacola and Charleston harbors as Mr. Lincoln's powderkegs of war," he wrote in the same column.
•The battle flag never flew in Northwest Florida. The Stars and Bars was a garrison flag and General Robert E. Lee's headquarters flag throughout the war, he points out, offering hard evidence, not generations-old emotion.
•"You don't fly a battle flag over a building or institution. It would be the same as flying the flag of the 84th Airborne Division over the U.S. Capitol," he said earlier this week.
•"You don't say the Pledge of Allegiance to those flags, they are part of the city's history; it's what makes us the City of Five Flags." He also pointed out critics could look at the history of Spain and ask that flag be removed because of the damage that country caused in the Western Hemisphere centuries ago. Ditto the French and British empires.
We rest our case.
To be sure, we understand the emotion and sentiment surrounding the Civil War – 2015 will mark the 150th anniversary of the war's end on April 9, 1865 – and the desire to honor those who fought for the Confederacy. However, emotion should not play a role when it comes to historic accuracy and facts. If commissioners are determined to erase a blot on our local history, why not remove the reference to W.D. Childers Plaza around the Bay Center?
Like Mr. Bowden, we did a little research of our own and found this gem from John Adams that sums up the argument for both sides: "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
Based on Mr. Bowden's research and other evidence and in the interest of historical accuracy, the Stars and Bars should be a representative part of Pensacola's 455-year history.
Commissioners should revisit this issue as soon as possible and approve a motion to replace the Battle Flag and allow the other three flags to join the U.S. flag flying proudly over the Bay Center.


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Q: Meteor 1.2: Xcode 7.0.1 build issue I recently updated my Xcode to Xcode 7.0.1. My project used to compile and build for ios without issues on Xcode 6.4. Now, I'm having this error:
Cordova/CDVViewController.h file not found in the line -
#import <Cordova/CDVViewController.h>

Please let me know how to fix this.
P.S. "archiving" doesn't produce errors

A: I found the answer here: http://forum.ionicframework.com/t/cordova-cdvviewcontroller-h-file-not-found-in-xcode-7-1-beta/32232/5
From the author shazron
Add this line to your Build Settings -> Header Search Paths:
"$(OBJROOT)/UninstalledProducts/$(PLATFORM_NAME)/include"
Don't replace the existing line that looks similar, that is still needed to be backwards compatible with Xcode 7 and Xcode 6.4.
This probably had something to do with tvOS, I reckon -- Apple had to separate the archive intermediates by platform for universal builds.

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Q: Are there any performance benefits of using else{} over always assigning a variable and only changing if condition met? Sorry for the poor title.
Take these cases:
Case 1:
a = true;
if (b)
{
    a = false
}

Case 2:
if (b)
{
    a = false
}
else
{
    a = true
}

Is there any performance difference in these cases?

A: You should probably try to specify the language/compiler/runtime.
In brief, no: in most cases optimising compiler will eliminate the difference.

A: It doesn't really matter which one is faster because these are micro-optimizations which don't affect running time at all (except for some situations) and because "premature optimization is the root of all evils". You should put all your efforts in optimizing the algorithm rather than these sharpness.
As @jalf said, a good compiler will compile them to the exact same code but if you're running your code on an ancient CPU the best one is the first one because it takes a brand less than the other.

A: It generally depends on which compiler you use and which parameters get passed to it. It is definitely possible to optimise such conditions via dataflow analysis (i.e. live variable analysis), which most modern compilers are able to perform.


In our nation's capital area, many families are struggling to provide for basic needs like food and shelter. Unfortunately, many times, some cannot even afford that. Since 1995, Food for Others has been helping many of these families.
Our mission is to distribute food to our neighbors in need by mobilizing our giving community and volunteers.
Food for Others is an important part of Northern Virginia's safety net for those needing food when an emergency strikes, and for the growing number of working poor who are unable to make ends meet and need to supplement their inadequate food supplies.
Food for Others obtains much of its food through food rescue operations and food drives. Staff and volunteers pick up good food that would be thrown away from local grocery stores and other retail food establishments. The food is brought to the warehouse for temporary storage, including refrigeration as appropriate. Food drives provide most of our non-perishable food.
Local merchants, the USDA, food drives, and crop harvests provide the food; volunteers and staff provide the hands; and charitable contributions and fundraising events provide the funds. Charitable contributions provide a major part of Food for Others' budget.
In case of inclement weather, Food for Others will follow the closing schedule of the Fairfax County Government (not the schools). Under exceptional circumstances, Food for Others may also close early or close entirely at the discretion of our executive director. If you have any question about whether the office is open or not, please call us at (703) 207-9173 before you visit.
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Adriano Correira Claro (Curitiba, 1984. október 26. –) brazil labdarúgó.

Élete, pályafutása
A Paraná állambeli Curitiba városban született. Itt is kezdett focizni a Coritiba Foot Ball Clubban. 2003-ban a brazil U20-as csapattal megnyerte a világbajnokságot, amelyben többek között a Sevillában és a Barcelonában is csapattárs, Daniel Alves is játszott, majd a 2004-es Copa Americán a felnőtt válogatottban is bemutatkozott.

Sevilla

2005 januárjában szerződött a Sevillába, ahol 5+1 éves szerződést kötött. Első mérkőzését  január 29-én a címvédő Barcelona ellen játszotta. Az andalúz csapat a hatodikként végzett a bajnokságban, így indulhattak a következő szezonban az Uefa-kupában.

A következő években Adriano többféle szerepben is játszott a Sevillában, részese volt a 2006- és a 2007-es Uefa-kupa sikernek is. A két sorozatban összesen 25 mérkőzésen lépett pályára és 4 gólt szerzett. 2006 szeptemberében újabb 5 évvel hosszabbította meg szerződését. A Sevillával az Európai Szuperkupát is elhódította, amikor Monacóban a Barcelonát 3-0-ra legyőzték. A 2007-es Uefa-kupa döntőjében ő lőtte az első gólt, ahol a Sevilla 2-2-es végeredményt hozó mérkőzésen tizenegyesekkel legyőzte a szintén spanyol Espanyol csapatát. A 2007-es Európai Szuperkupa-döntő előtt, augusztus 26-án a csapattársa, Antonio Puerta elhunyt. A csapatot lesúlytotta a tragédia, a döntőben ki is kaptak az AC Milan gárdájától 3-1-re. A mezeken a Puerta nevet viselték, valamint a lefújás után ünneplés sem volt.

A 2006–2007-es szezont a Sevilla már a harmadik helyen végezte, így indulhatott a Bajnokok Ligájában, ahol az Arsenallal, a román Steauaval és a Sparta Prahával kerültek egy csoportba. A négyesből első helyen jutottak tovább a nyolcaddöntőbe, ahol a török Fenerbahce a visszavágón tizenegyesekkel kiütötte őket.

Első Bl-gólját Glasgowban szerezte a Rangers ellen 2009 szeptemberében. A 2009–2010-es szezont sok sérülés kísérte, de így is játszott 27 mérkőzésen. A Sevilla negyedik lett a bajnokságban a Barcelona, a Real Madrid és a Valencia mögött.

Barcelona

2010. június 16-án váratlanul aláírt az FC Barcelona csapatához  4+1 éves szerződéssel. A Barcelona 9,5 millió eurót fizet érte, ami emelkedhet a játékos teljesítményétől függően 4 millióval. A kivásárlási árát 90 millió euróban állapították meg. Ő lett ezzel a katalán csapat második igazolása David Villa mögött. Július 17-én írta alá szerződését. Első interjújában azt nyilatkozta, hogy egy álma vált valóra és bemutatása során megcsókolta a csapat címerét is.

A 2010-2011-es szezon során 15 bajnoki mérkőzésen lépett pályára, nem talált a kapuba sem.

A 2011-2012-es szezon során azonban 26 bajnoki mérkőzésen lépett pályára, egy találat is fűződik a nevéhez.

A 2012-2013-as szezonban 23 bajnokin szerepelt, meglepetésre öt gólt szerzett.

Játékstílusa
Adriano azok a ritka játékosok körébe tartozik, aki mindkét lábával egyformán tudja a labdát kezelni. Képes védőként és középpályásként is játszani, a pálya mindkét szélén.

Sikerei, díjai

Klubokban

Coritiba FBC
Campeonato Paranaense: 2003,2004

Sevilla
 UEFA-kupa – 2006, 2007
 UEFA-szuperkupa – 2006
 Spanyol labdarúgókupa – 2007, 2009
 Spanyol labdarúgó-szuperkupa – 2007

Barcelona
 Spanyol bajnokság:
2010–2011, 2012–2013, 2014–2015, 2015–2016
 Spanyol kupa:
2011–2012, 2014–2015, 2015–2016
 Spanyol szuperkupa:
2011, 2013
 UEFA-bajnokok ligája:
2010–2011, 2014–2015
 UEFA-szuperkupa:  2011, 2015
 FIFA-klubvilágbajnokság:
2011, 2015
 Audi kupa: 2011

Beşiktaş
Süper Lig : 2016–17

Statisztika

klubokban
Frissítve: 2019. március 16-án:

A válogatottban
Frissítve: 2013. február 6-án:

Váltogatott
 2003-as ifjúsági labdarúgó-világbajnokság
 CONCACAF-aranykupa –2003
 Copa América – 2004

Jegyzetek

Források

További információk

Brazil labdarúgók
A Sevilla labdarúgói
A Barcelona labdarúgói
A Beşiktaş labdarúgói
A CA Paranaense labdarúgói
1984-ben született személyek
Spanyol bajnok labdarúgók
Bajnokok Ligája-győztes labdarúgók
Élő személyek
A La Liga labdarúgói
A Süper Lig labdarúgói
Az Eupen labdarúgói

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AMERICAN 'RED' DISPARAGES TRUMP AT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST YOUTH CONFERENCE
by Trevor | Dec 30, 2019
By Trevor Loudon | The Epoch Times | December 20, 2019, Updated: December 29, 2019
Ohio Communist Party leader Maicol Lynch criticized President Donald Trump and pledged allegiance to the international communist movement at the recent 20th Conference of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Lynch affirmed American communists' place in the world revolutionary movement and outlined some of the recent activities of the Communist Party USA and the Young Communist League.
According to Lynch's contribution to the Communist Party USA website:
"The Young Communists of the United States of America salute you in this time of revolutionary change and resistance! This particular gathering of the 20th general assembly of the World Federation of Democratic Youth in Cyprus is taking place precisely at a time that the youth of the United States of America, like in many other parts of the capitalist world, are facing a crisis. American capitalism has been intensified over the past three years as a result of the neo-fascist, anti-immigrant, anti-labor, and anti-people policies of the Trump administration.
"For the past three years, our organization has stood firm against the policies of Trump and worked alongside young workers and students in the resistance who are growing more and more frustrated with the political situation and are looking for revolutionary alternatives.
"In the midst of this year's strike wave led by teacher and autoworker unions, our organization joined the picket lines and offered solidarity and support. …
"Our organization rallied with the masses of young workers and students for the international Youth Climate Strike in which we condemned global capitalism's neglect to put people and planet before corporate profits."
According to Lynch, the Young Communist League is using Democrats' impeachment hearings against Trump to further ramp up propaganda against the president:
"The U.S. has entered a new political moment. The fight against the Trump administration is now centered on the impeachment hearings. Young Communists are working for what we call a 'workers'/people's and youth impeachment.' On campuses and in workplaces all over the country, young people are taking a stand against Trump by holding up banners at football games, stopping traffic, kneeling during the National Anthem, and so forth."
Lynch, like most American communists, is a Democratic Party supporter. Speaking to his international comrades, he emphasized the importance of the Party's seemingly permanent shift to the far left and its role in radicalizing more American youth—all with an admirable flexibility with the truth:
"Inspired by Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign, our country's youth flocked to the polls a year ago to back candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib: women of color who pose a threat to Trump's racist, anti-labor domestic policies and his imperialistic foreign policy to the point where they themselves, progressive Democrats, were red-baited this past July by being called 'communists' and were later met with threats of deportation by Trump himself.
"Progressive candidacies like these have motivated U.S. youth to search for more revolutionary and socialist alternatives to capitalism on the Left, which often brings them to the ranks of our organization. It is estimated by recent polls that as much as 40% or more of the U.S. millennial population believe that some form of socialism is better than the system we have right now. This number grows each day as youth realize that we need more than a temporary bandage on our problems both domestically and internationally. The march to the ballot box began last year, which resulted in the biggest defeat of the GOP in recent U.S. history, and is continuing."
Founded in 1945, WFDY was for many years run as the Soviet Union's main international youth front organization. After several lean years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, WFDY is on the rebound.
Today, WFDY gathers young communists from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Vietnam, Japan, Nepal, India, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Greece, France, Great Britain, Angola, South Africa, Namibia, Australia, the Philippines, and many other countries to coordinate revolutionary activities worldwide.
Every three or four years, WFDY convenes a World Festival of Youth and Students. The last gathering was held in October 2017 in Sochi, Russia, and attracted more than 30,000 young communists from all over the world to mark the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Attendees included more than 50 Americans from the Young Socialists, Communist Party USA/Young Communist League, and Students and Youth for a New America. Russian President Vladimir Putin personally intervened to secure the Sochi venue and keynoted the event.
WFDY was one of the first organizations granted general consultative status with the U.N. Economic and Social Council, and also enjoys operational relations with UNESCO.
Lynch rounded off his speech to the WFDY comrades with a rousing call to arms:
"Our organization will continue to seek the broadest unity possible to take down Trump, the extreme right, and all the other reactionary neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan—like forces that fuel their fires of hatred and division. We will continue to combat Trump's imperialist policies against Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, and others.
"We will fight within the belly of the beast and never abandon our international comrades in their struggles, which are our struggles as well. We have a long road ahead of us, but we shall overcome! Long live socialism, long live international solidarity, and long live WFDY!"
Is Lynch advocating giving "aid and comfort" to enemies of the United States? Surely not—that's illegal. Shame on me.
Photo credit: A view of Nicosia, Cyprus, in February 2008. The city hosted the 20th Conference of the World Federation of Democratic Youth during the first week of December 2019. By TomasNY, via Wikimedia Commons
Trevor Loudon is an author, filmmaker, and public speaker from New Zealand. For more than 30 years, he has researched radical left, Marxist, and terrorist movements and their covert influence on mainstream politics.
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"Plainest tom kha soup ever, just chicken, soup, lemon grass and a cliantro stem. Spicy fish was okay not worth $16. Red curry with beef was ok, had better before though. Pass on this place."
"This sprouts seems to have more narrow walkways compared to other stores. Gets crowded quick too. Selection is about avg, but seafood section in meat dept seems bigger."
"Vitamins like probiotics, krill oil, multi vitamins gummies, collogen, coq10, advil etc."
"Reserves are worth tasting, they wont comp your tasting if you buy a bottle like other wineries though."


In this podcast I discuss several topics with two other rowing strength coaches; Will Ruth and Joe Deleo. We only begin to scratch the surface here, we plan to make this a regular monthly event. Comment below if you'd like us to answer any questions in future episodes.
Are Injuries Just A Part of The Sport?
It's no surprise to any rower that rowing places extreme demands on its participants. The movement itself, the intensity, the technique required, and the traditional approach to training makes injuries a common occurrence. Studies have found that 32-51% of rowers will experience an injury each year. When it comes to back pain, 82% of rowers report pain annually (3).
So, is that just the nature of the sport? Is there no way to get around these numbers? What most people don't realize is that we are completely capable of flipping the switch on these numbers.
Fortunately, there are only 3 ways to get injured from rowing (excluding a freak accident or a serious crab).
Since rowing is a non-contact sport we have control over all 3 mechanisms listed above. Lucky for us, we don't have to deal with contact injuries such as ACL tears and concussions that are so prominent in other sports. The only way you can truly keep a football player safe is by keeping him on the sideline. We, on the other hand, can reduce the chance of all injuries from ever even occurring in the first place. All we have to do is make injury reduction a priority.
The simple truth is, that staying healthy is the easiest way to improve your performance. Rowers are really good at putting in the time and effort. What rowers often miss, is the fact that you not only have to outwork your opponents, you have to outsmart, and out-recover them as well.
These injury rates are not the sport, it's not normal. It's how we've been training for it. In fact, there are several things that you can do that can drastically reduce your chance of getting injured. Just to be clear, no one can prevent injuries, but we can reduce the overall number of injuries significantly. If we get lucky, and we put in the time and effort, we can have an injury free season(s).
Avoid increasing your training load by more than 10% weekly. Drastic increases are commonly associated with injury. Training load is calculated by multiplying time by intensity. For example, on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the hardest, my 30 minute workout was a 7. The training load would then equal 30 x 7 = 210.
"Just to be clear, no one can prevent injuries, but we can reduce the overall number of injuries significantly".
The human body is a marvelously designed machine. It was literally made to adapt and respond to all types of stress. If we stress the body within its limits, and allow it time to recover, the body will adapt and improve. Therefore, if we can do more to speed up our recovery time, we will be more likely to improve, and less likely to end up without a seat. The following 3 topics are the easiest ways to increase your recovery time, and in-turn, reduce your chance of injury.
Are Injuries Just the Reality in Rowing?
It's no surprise to any rower that rowing places extreme demands on its participants. The movement itself, the intensity, the technique required, and the traditional approach to training makes injuries a common occurrence. Studies have found that 32-51% of rowers will experience an injury each year. When it comes to back pain, 82% of rowers report pain annually (1).
So, is that just the nature of the sport? Is there no way to get around these numbers? What most people don't realize is that we are completely capable of flipping the switch on these numbers. Fortunately, there are only 3 ways to get injured from rowing (excluding a freak accident or a serious crab).


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Talarurus ( "Korgsvans" ) var en växtätande, bepansrad dinosaurie som levde i nuvarande Gobiöknen i Mongoliet. Man daterar den till slutet av kritaperioden, för cirka 95-85 miljoner år sedan.

Beskrivning
Talarurus var en typisk ankylosaurie. Den hade starkt pansar på ryggen och var tung i kroppen. Den hade fyra korta ben och en lång och låg, tunnaformad kropp med bred, rund rygg. Huvudet var proportionerligt litet, mer hästlikt än andra ankylosauriders, med tätt sittande näsborrar och relativt lång hals. Som många andra ankylosaurider hade Talarurus en benklubba i änden på svansen, som troligen stärktes av starka senor. Klubban var dock vekare än andra ankylosauriers. Den kan ha varit ett vapen mot mindre rovdjur såsom dromaeosaurider.

Referenser
nhm.ac.uk
dinodictionary.com
animals.howstuffworks.com
Gondwanastudios

Dinosaurier från Asien
Dinosaurier från kritaperioden
Ankylosauridae
Ankylosaurier


G, 2012, Jacob Garbe, digital collage with augmented reality. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.
acceptable behavior. In many cases, they are in active dialogue with that space, and are engaging, co-opting, or subverting those spaces and their accompanying expectations. However, they remain concerned with a specific physical location.
Augmented reality (AR) art, however, distinguishes itself through its particular mechanics of exhibition and performative re-contextualization. This allows the artist to translocate the borders and constraints of experience from physical to virtual, expressing the piece onto spaces in a way that is independent of physical constraint. This practice of anchoring virtual assets to the physical world allows artists to make use of mutability and replication, while engaging with issues of embodiment, performance, and presence. In this way AR pieces, such as From Closed Rooms, Soft Whispers, show themselves as dynamic both in content due to their performativity, and in a physical location of experience due to their mediation.


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using Eventualize.Interfaces.Domain;

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{
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    [EventTypeName("MyFirstEventWoot")]
    public class MyFirstEvent : IEventData
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    }
}

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Tichina Arnold. My answer is a person instead of an incident, but that is because she is the funniest and the source of almost every laugh on set.
Nice restaurants, handbags, and weekend roadtrips.
Entertainers are pretty much expected to maintain some sort of social media presence now, both because people like being able to have greater access to entertainers in this age over-sharing, and because the people hiring us like knowing we have at least some sort of built-in platform to advertise our shows/movies on. So I feel a certain amount of pressure to post on a fairly regular basis, even though my social media presence wouldn't be that different if I wasn't in entertainment. I would probably just post less pictures of myself (like why do we like looking at people's faces so much?). Social media also makes word of mouth that much more powerful, because everyone has a platform to be their own critic. If people are tweeting that show or movie is good or bad, it can greatly affect how successful that show or movie will be.
Realistic. If you've got an issue and you come to me I won't necessarily tell you want you want to hear, but I will tell you what I really think the situation is.In what way are you a "Diva" in real life? Usually I'm too laid back and wish I was more of a diva. But I hate being cold. I WILL complain at least once in cold weather.
In what way are you a "Diva" in real life?
Usually, I'm too laid back and wish I was more of a diva. But I hate being cold. I WILL complain at least once in cold weather.
What is your favorite thing about playing "former child star Kibby Ainsley" on DD?
She's a sexually fluid girl who struggles with sobriety, so her storylines have plenty of ups and downs. And she's fun to play because she's basically a party in human form.
Whats your summer 2017 style motto?
Wear more color and prints! Dress like it's a vacation even if it's not!
When you are not working you enjoy?
Tearing up a brunch, maybe a mimosa or two, then going home to watch Netflix. I also try to go to school at Columbia in New York when I'm not working. Less fun than mimosas but better for my brain.
Daytime Divas on Monday nights at 10/9c on VH1!


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Sometimes I write my blogs around things that come up in sessions. Sometimes I have an idea brewing in my head for several weeks and write about that. Other times I hear or see something and feel like I have to share it with people. This week is one of the latter. While driving around with my wife this week I heard a beautiful piece on This American Life. The segment talked about grief and the needs of children going through grief and loss.
While listening to this segment I thought about all the people I have worked with over the years struggling with grief and loss. The place I always see people get stuck in is being closed off to their emotional experience. Everybody grieves differently and nobody can tell you how you should do it and how long it should take, but you need to find a way to be open to your own grieving process and allow yourself to experience your emotions. It is when we try to stifle and lock away our grief that things go wrong.
Don't get me wrong, grief is painful! Terrible! There have been some studies that have shown that significant loss activates the same areas of the brain that are responsible for physical pain, and most people would choose a broken arm over a broken heart any day! (read more here) But you have to experience that hurt or it will lock itself away in you and cause problems down the road, resurfacing at times, and preventing you from feeling a sense of closure and peace with what has happened.
Children tend to grieve in ways that are different from adults. They can communicate through play, art, anger and aggressive outbursts. Regardless of the way they do it, the important thing is that they be encouraged and allowed to express what they feel. This is the biggest problem people tend to describe when in therapy for grief and loss; the idea that people will or do judge them and the feeling that whatever emotions they have might be wrong, unacceptable, or burdensome to others. It is important for those going through grief to feel supported, unjudged, and that their emotions are valid and heard.
***At the time of writing this, I wasn't able to get the above widget to work.
I have a therapist friend and colleague who went through significant loss in her life several years ago. Just the other day she spoke on a radio program about the importance of allowing oneself to grieve. Check it out if you'd like to hear more about the subject.
Stifled Grief is not Relief.
If you or anyone you love is struggling with grief and loss, grief counseling may be helpful. Counseling helps people struggling with grief by providing them with a safe, caring, non judgmental environment to openly express and process their emotions and to speak their truths. Please give me a call if you have any questions or would like to talk about grief counseling. I offer free brief phone consultations for new clients. You can also click the following link to learn more about grief counseling with me.


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Mt Hood Classic
Photo ©: Swift
UCI codes explained
An interview with Viatcheslav Ekimov
A race that makes him feel younger: the 101st Paris-Roubaix
By Sergey Kurdukov, Russian Eurosport commentator
Slava Ekimov: Dreams do come true
Photo: © Chris Henry
For Viatcheslav Ekimov, arguably Russia's most seasoned classic specialist, a podium in this mythical race had always been much more than just a goal. For the multiple Olympic and World champion, it had been a craving, a dream of a lifetime. Slava came disenchantingly close in 1995 as photo finish film gave the 3rd position to Johan Museeuw.
But Ekimov finally did it in his 5th attempt. A third that is more precious than some wins. So, before the grey dust on the cobbles has time to settle, we ask Eki to relive the greatest moments of this epic contest and share some background facts. He answered the following questions in Andorra where he was expertly bringing his body and soul together after a grueling test that tested both to the limit.
Viatcheslav Ekimov: It is a great place to actively recuperate. After Paris-Roubaix you can hardly be back to normal in a few days' time by means of ordinary massage. This time, it seemed my muscles stuffed with lactic acid like never before. So it took all-round physiotherapy and healthy mountain air to make myself fit for the next weekend when we take on the Amstel Gold Race.
Cyclingnews: Did you do something on your bike during this recuperation period?
VE: Certainly, but it was limited to 2-3 hours of leg-spinning in the saddle without any specific work.
CN: Then let us keep to the actual order of the events. What did your training consist of in the week preceding Paris-Roubaix? Anything special?
VE: Nothing special at all.
CN: No reconnaissance, which is so fashionable and thought to be an integral part of preparation or even something sacral to Classic riders?
VE: No, although there were a couple of cobbled sections I wouldn't have minded to see, but the effort I had to make wasn't worthwhile. Of course every man to his taste, but for me personally it's much better to focus on accumulating energy rather then working out on these ancient boulders.
I tried the alternative method too a couple of years ago, and the only thing it resulted in were perineal problems that aggravated torture in the race. That's what they call experience, you have to find your unique way of peaking for the Roubaix.
I for one make use of the amount of training I do in wintertime and early spring, and during the last week I even avoid climbing any sort of hills, let alone riding along cobblestones. I also had ridden the whole of the race in my mind's eye on the eve of the start; it was also of great help.
Photo: © Sirotti
CN: Well, than what about your bike? A lot of teams mechanics carry out some more or less serious tuning aimed at this race.
VE: Again my answer will disappoint you. It was an ordinary Trek we ride in other races, the only difference was that the forks were changed back from straight ones we normally make use of this season to curved ones. Theoretically it helps to smoothen vibration. Also we made use of Hutchinson tyres. We ride 20 and 22 in most of races but here we were given 25mm wide ones. For some guys, the pressure was 6 kilos, but I preferred them stiffer. Weak pressure creates a measure of comfort on cobbles but as soon as you find yourself on asphalt, you feel as though you've got a puncture.
CN: Any changes to the small chainring?
VE: 44, and the bigger one was 53, like in any other flat race. The 9 speed Shimano cassette was 11 to 21.
CN: How about double handlebar tape?
VE: I've never used them - the handlebar feels abnormally fat. But it [not using another layer of tape] is more dangerous, as there is a risk of injuring your finger joints on the shaky parts of the road. There are no minor factors in a race like that [Roubaix], every small thing can turn out all-important.
CN: As far as I know, you give much attention to your riding technique on the cobbles. Could you share some secrets with us?
VE: Strange as it is, you should keep relaxed. I move myself back along the saddle plate as far as possible and never lock my fingers on the handlebars too much. Hands get tired first, muscles start to cramp, nerves begin to ache - and you are no longer a contender after that. And never hold onto brake levers. You can do it anywhere else but not on the cobbles, as you're very likely to destroy ligaments in your arms.
CN: Had there been any signs for you that this race would be the most successful ever for you?
VE: Yes, firstly it was a top 10 in the Tour of Flanders, and secondly it was a wonderful weather forecast. A rainy Roubaix is not for me, like in 2000 when I called it quits before the second feed zone. You mean to ride in one direction; your bike carries you into the other. But it doesn't imply that a sunny race is easy. There is no such thing in the world as an easy Paris-Roubaix.
CN: Do you think wind was a major factor in that Sunday's conditions?
VE: Only the first hundred kilometres, when we sped along the highway in pursuit of the front group. On cobbled sections you've got other troubles to pay too much attention to wind.
Staying relaxed
CN: Who had the leader's status - you or Max Van Heeswijk?
VE: Both of us did. We were on equal terms, half of the team was at my disposal, the other half at his. When both of us made it to the leading group, it was great. But if Max hadn't fallen, I would have worked for him in the final part, ahead of my personal ambitions. He's a better sprinter. You should always think of the team's success first.
CN: But some of your fans ask if it's not demoralizing to work for another when you feel capable of something yourself.
VE: If you ask my personal opinion, I opt for riding with a team that has a clear leader, where every rider has his definite role to play. And I absolutely don't see anything wrong in riding for the leader. Such sort of organization is highly effective and truly professional. I hope Lance's string of success in the Tour is a brilliant illustration of that.
CN: Did you get your portion of bad luck in this year's race? Did you puncture?
VE: You can't do without a puncture in Paris-Roubix. I flatted twice. And in retrospect, I was in luck both times. First time it happened in Arenberg, but our mechanic with a spare wheel stood by the road, so practically I didn't lose any time. The other puncture was harder to deal with. Victor Hugo Pena was at my hand and gave me his wheel, but the group had already split to pieces by that moment, so I gave it my all the next dozen kilometers to return to the leading pack. It was a real problem to find out if the group you chased down was the right one. I looked at the backs - no Museeuw, no Van Petegem - wrong people, chase on, the big ones are still somewhere in front.
CN: Was that a critical moment for you in this race? Did you tell yourself your chances are gone?
VE: Not quite. I was more or less in control this time. That was a critical part of the race, but it was critical, I believe, for everyone who was still riding in the last 30 km or so. You should bear in mind the sheer amount of tiredness and throw in last cobbled sections which really follow one another. You can't eat or drink on these cobbles , you can't let go your handlebars, so you start to starve on top of it all. Journalists shouldn't wonder why we are sometimes so short of emotions after this sort of a race.
CN: Did an idea of a victory cross your mind during the final 30km-long surge?
VE: When I remained with Pieri, and the Italian started to drop out on some cobbles, yes, a wild thought came through my head that I can try and win it alone. Yet, when Van Petegem rode up to us, I thought: "Here we are, this man you'll never drop".
CN: Still you went on doing most of the work in front. You tried to secure your podium position? Better a bird in the hand than two in the bush, was that the case?
VE: Exactly. I knew that in the chasing group there were guys who had always been better sprinters. If they closed those 30 seconds of the gap, my number would be up, I was most likely to lose the battle for third.
CN: And what about your last attempt to come in first in the velodrome?
VE: I didn't give up without a fight. My only serious chance was in a classical track sprint, with false spurts and variations of pace. But this old velodrome with long straights and a flatter banking, it is not devised for this kind of game. I was so tired. And Van Petegem... with his six-days experience, he is not the man to be taken by surprise.
CN: You say this time Dame Fortune was on your side. Generally speaking, what part of a success in Paris-Roubaix is made of pure luck?
VE: It's luck by 75 per cent! You can get stuck with a puncture for ages, and your chances are ruined in the wink of an eye. But if your teammate helps you and your mechanic is in the right place - the rest is up to you.
CN: There is a legend that goes as follows: one of the winners of Paris-Roubaix says right after the finish "Oh how I hate this race!" What about your emotions?
VE: I love this race! I really do. It's hard to put in a couple of phrases why. I feel strong when I ride it like this time. And I feel truly young. When you see how many young, fresh, ambitious men finish behind you, you forget your age.
CN: I know it was a great dream of yours to make the podium of the queen of the Classics. Now the dream has come true. Will there be a next goal? Something like following Duclos-Lassale's tyre marks, so to speak - both in the sense of age and the place on the finish.
VE: My great dream has just materialized. What you're asking about would be another, greater dream... I don't know. What I can say right now is that I'll be happy to take as many starts in this race as my future career still holds in store.
Other Talking Cycling Interviews


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Educators are faced with the challenge of both integrating technology into the classroom and teaching students of all learning styles and abilities, including students with disabilities. Students with disabilities face unique challenges in learning and in life. Microsoft has long been dedicated not only to building accessibility into our products but also providing accessibility resources for educators.
We are continually growing our commitment to accessibility in education by listening to what teachers need and creating the accessibility training resources they request. In response such requests, Microsoft recently published Accessibility Curriculum Resources for Special Education for Windows 7 and Office 2010 . This curriculum resource provides specific examples and best practices that show how the PC can be personalized for students with learning style differences or physical disabilities. And, it shows educators how to create accessible documents and teaching materials in Office 2010. Teachers are using Office 2010 to prepare effective teaching tools to support students with disabilities. With Office 2010, teachers can create animated instructional presentations, convert documents to audiobooks, and include subtitles with audio and video media. They can also check the accessibility of a Word document, Excel worksheet, or PowerPoint presentation with Accessibility checker.
Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) is just one example of a school district that is leading the way, and I had the privilege of touring their staff training center and visiting with their accessibility specialists this week. Loudoun County Public schools has a ten-person assistive technology team that utilizes the built-in features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office products to help educators throughout their district incorporate accessibility best practices into the curriculum in a cost-effectively way. Read how Loudoun County Public Schools uses familiar technology to make learning more accessible for all students. At the Global Forum, teachers had an opportunity to attend the accessibility teacher training workshop and get hands-on experience using the accessibility features of Windows and Office. We also shared the story of a blind student named Ignacia Picas who attends Colegio San Benito, a school in Santiago, Chile that uses accessible software to help Ignacia reach the top of her class. Ignacia using a laptop running the Windows operating system and its accessibility features, Microsoft Office, and JAWS screen reading software to fully integrate into her classroom and maintain a near-perfect grade point average. Her teachers provide her with quizzes and exams in Microsoft Word document.
While here, we have met with educators from Chile, Portugal, Germany, Australia, Russia, the United States, and Ireland to have in-depth discussions and share best practices about the use of accessible technology in schools. On the Partners in Learning network, we plan to continue this global dialogue to help educators worldwide lead the way in engaging students through accessible technology.


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Q: Android - Compilation error: program type already present I don't know what is causing this error or what does it mean, but I guess it comes from the gradle file and has something to do with the SDK version.
The full error: Program type already present: android.support.v4.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat$AccessibilityServiceInfoVersionImpl
And the gradle:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "27.0.3"

    repositories {
        maven {
            url "https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/paho-snapshots/"
        }
    }

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "org.eclipse.paho.android.service.sample"
        minSdkVersion 11
        targetSdkVersion 19
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.0'
    implementation 'org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3:1.0.2'
    implementation 'org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.android.service:1.0.2'
}

A: That is happening because the paho library already have the support v4.
You can also check it by running gradle -q dependencies in the command line to generate a dependency report. You should see where support v4 is coming from.
Finally exclude the library from that specific dependency as such:
dependencies {
implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.0'
implementation 'org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3:1.0.2'
implementation ('org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.android.service:1.0.2') {
      exclude group: 'com.android.support', module:'support-v4'

}

A: I finally found the solution:
Exclude the module support-v4 in the last dependency, as @Ruan_Lopes said, but don't exclude the group.


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Tweak says, "You look very taste today!"
poeticmisery ( poeticmisery) wrote in manchester_rpg,
In retrospect he really should have seen that something was up. While he could hold a social conversation now and again and be pleasant, most of his interactions with people really centered around what he was in some fashion. The comment about him making more sense to her should have been a dead giveaway, but it really wasn't, perhaps because it had been a while since he'd had a conversation that really felt, natural, philosophical, something deeper than the chit chat that was easy to get into, especially these days. It seemed that the world had become something that dwelled so much on the superficial that it had lost sight of what lay beneath unless it was forced to look. And it also seemed these days that often what lay beneath was something dirty, horrible, something that was hidden away for a reason. Desmond was certain that was not all there was to it, but the media of the time seemed obsessed with it.
When Raina asked him about whether or not he thought 'it' was out there, he chuckled a little, looking out towards the stars. "I think that it has a lot to do with who you are, rather than an act of fate. I would say that there are always people who are capable of finding real love if they can find the right person. When two of those people fall for each other, the result is something... beyond words." Desmond said softly, and gave a quiet rueful smile. "Whether that means you or I could achieve such a thing however, is not something that really you know until you're in that moment. That is really what is so wonderful and terrifying about love. You don't really know what it is until you are in that moment when you are in it, and then it is something that is held together by your faith in its existence. When you start to doubt it, like a bubble, it pops."
"I think though, that you should not give up waiting for it. For if you do, you might miss it when it comes by and stares you right in the eyes." Desmond said softly, looking, ironically, into her eyes as he spoke the words, though it was not something he did intentionally.
She might as well have driven a dagger into his chest when she whispered that he could break her heart. All of the little clues suddenly added up in his mind suddenly added up to a single solitary clarity, a puzzle finally assembled to a great tragedy. A part of him had, for the briefest moment, hoped for someone that was simply immune to the way that he looked. He had met mermaids who had seemed not to care about his appearance, but had always flirted. Was it possible that they had, behind the scenes, simply been sighing and looking at him lustfully, hoping that he would come and sweep them up in his arms and whisper sweet things to them and make love to them?


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Guillaume-Nicolas-Pantaléon Moutier est un homme politique français né le  à Sézanne (Marne) et décédé le  à Châlons-sur-Marne (Marne).

Lieutenant général civil au bailliage de Sézanne, il est député du tiers état aux états généraux de 1789 et siège dans la majorité.

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Député français du tiers état en 1789-1791
Naissance en janvier 1742
Naissance dans la province de Champagne
Décès en juin 1795
Décès à Châlons-en-Champagne
Décès à 53 ans


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Q: react-chartjs-2 custom tooltip infinity loop with setState of object community
I am trying to create custom tooltip with react-chartjs-2, using useState to update top and left as an object, but got infinity loop.
However, if use 2 x useState for top and left separately, saw it re-render 3 times for each tooltip hover action.
Can you please help me to understand why would this happen? Thanks in advance.
Here is the error message:
Warning: Maximum update depth exceeded. This can happen when a component calls setState inside useEffect, but useEffect either doesn't have a dependency array, or one of the dependencies changes on every render.
    at ChartComponent (http://localhost:3000/static/js/bundle.js:28289:5)
    at ScatterP (http://localhost:3000/static/js/bundle.js:740:80)

Here is my code, this is the example code from react-chartjs-2 scatter plot.
import React from "react";
import {
  Chart as ChartJS,
  LinearScale,
  PointElement,
  LineElement,
  Tooltip,
  Legend,
} from "chart.js";

import { Scatter } from "react-chartjs-2";

ChartJS.register(LinearScale, PointElement, LineElement, Tooltip, Legend);

export const data = {
  datasets: [
    {
      label: "A dataset",
      data: Array.from({ length: 100 }, () => ({
        x: Math.floor(Math.random() * (200 + 1)) - 100,
        y: Math.floor(Math.random() * (200 + 1)) - 100,
      })),
      backgroundColor: "rgba(255, 99, 132, 1)",
      pointHoverRadius: 12,
      radius: 5,
    },
  ],
};

const ScatterP = () => {
  const [isTooltipShow, setIsTooltipShow] = React.useState(false);
  // const [tooltipX, setTooltipX] = React.useState(0); update X and Y separately would be fine.
  // const [tooltipY, setTooltipY] = React.useState(0);
  const [tooltilPosition, setTooltipPosition] = React.useState({
    top: 0,
    left: 0,
  });

  const setTooltipState = (show, x, y) => {
    setIsTooltipShow(show);
    if (x && y) {
      // setTooltipX(x);
      // setTooltipY(y);
      setTooltipPosition({
        top: y,
        left: x,
      });
    }
  };

  const showTooltip = ({ chart, tooltip }) => {
    console.log(tooltip);
    if (tooltip.opacity === 0) {
      setIsTooltipShow(false);
      return;
    }

    const position = chart.canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
    const top = tooltip.caretY + position.y + 5;
    const left = tooltip.caretX + position.x + 5;
    setTooltipState(true, left, top);
    // console.log(position);

    // setIsTooltipShow(true);
    // setTooltipX(left);
    // setTooltipY(top);
  };

  const options = {
    plugins: {
      tooltip: {
        enabled: false,
        external: showTooltip,
      },
    },
    scales: {
      y: {
        beginAtZero: true,
      },
    },
  };

  return (
    <React.Fragment>
      <Scatter options={options} data={data} />
      {isTooltipShow && (
        <div
          className='absolute bg-green-200 border border-2'
          // style={{ top: tooltipY, left: tooltipX }}
          style={tooltilPosition}
        >
          <img
            alt='noimage'
            style={{ width: "500px", height: "600px" }}
            src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Image_created_with_a_mobile_phone.png/1200px-Image_created_with_a_mobile_phone.png'
          />
          tooltip content
        </div>
      )}
    </React.Fragment>
  );
};

export default ScatterP;


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Westbury is delighted to host the Haringey Street Pastors group.
Each city project is set up by Ascension Trust and run by a local coordinator with support from Ascension Trust and local churches and community groups, in partnership with Police, Council and other statutory agencies.
For more information please look at the Street Pastors website.