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Self-Taught Digital Nomads: The Story and Team Behind the Video App Builder VidApp (and how its success can help your membership site)
Last modified on September 29, 2020 | Lindsay Flanagan
Here at MemberPress, we love to share clients' successes stories. Today we spotlight VidApp, a SaaS solution for video membership sites to create and manage native mobile and TV apps.
Vice president of sales and marketing for VidApp, Rory Hancock, says VidApp is like a "Squarespace for building and managing native mobile apps that are specifically designed for video courses and programs," and that they excel "as a powerful solution for membership sites to better reach and engage their audience, reduce churn, and grow their revenue." And because we think that's pretty cool, we thought you might, too.
VidApp's Beginning
VidApp was founded by Dave Hancock (CEO and co-founder) and Hannah Curd (CTO and co-founder) as they were traveling through Europe in 2013. Although the two had limited coding knowledge, they felt there was an opportunity in mobile video apps.
Dave and Hannah met in Sydney previous to Europe, whereas Dave knew Rory, well, from birth. The brothers were born in a small town in New Zealand known for hobbits and gorgeous scenery, but perhaps in the near future when we think of New Zealand, we'll also think of VidApp, because it's where the company is now headquartered.
What first sparked the idea for what would become VidApp was that in 2013 (the year of iPhone 4 and before app stores became mainstream), Dave was asked to turn a few DVDs into video apps to sell in the app stores. At the time, mobile video made up only 10 percent of the market as native apps were (and still are) complex and expensive to develop and maintain.
Native apps are those developed in a specific coding language that offers the most powerful performance, reliability, and features compared to a hybrid or web app. They're more expensive and complex to develop because Apple and Android require constant software updates and because of the vast number of different smartphones and tablets on the market. Even today, the average native iOS app takes five months to develop and costs over $25k—and that doesn't include the $5k a year to maintain it!
But Dave was driven by the move toward smartphones and his passion for helping small businesses gain access to a technology that allowed them to be part of an exciting, emerging marketplace (the app stores). Dave envisioned an easy-to-use tool just about anyone—not just businesses with big budgets—could use to develop and launch their own native apps.
But as mentioned, Dave and Hannah initially had limited coding experience and a limited budget, so they decided to do what great entrepreneurs do: build the solution themselves. These digital nomads taught themselves to code as they traveled through Europe, and the result is a SaaS platform now known as VidApp, which enables all types of businesses to create and manage their own video apps. That may be our favorite part of the story.
As VidApp continued to evolve, Dave became the lead front-end and Android developer, while Hannah headed up iOS. Although their coding was self-taught, Dave has an MBA from Cambridge and majored in software engineering; he also has a background as a technical project manager at IBM.
Hannah has a degree in Mathematics and technical skills from her time as a marketing-data analyst for major Australian banks. Once Dave and Hannah developed the technology and were ready to start sales and marketing in 2016, Rory joined the team, bringing with him his experience in sales and an educational background in finance and international business. To date, VidApp has raised a seed round of investment and grown to a full staff of ten.
Why Apps Are Becoming Critical for Membership Sites
VidApp is entering the business world at an exceptionally opportune time. In today's world, video rules: it's engaging, exciting, and faster to glean information from than any other type of content.
We live in an on-demand world—one where, Rory tells us, it's "no longer enough to just offer your audience a good quality web experience because they're now no longer just on their computer; to truly succeed in today's digital world, you have to give your audience an omnichannel experience."
You have to reach and convert them wherever they are, whether laptop, smartphone, or connected TV (Apple TV, Roku, etc.). You may or may not be aware of the following statistics: by 2021, more than 80 percent of all global internet traffic will be video. By 2023, 80 percent of all mobile-data traffic will be video.
This not only highlights the world's demand for video but for mobile video. The key user behaviors and preferences driving the demand for mobile apps and reinforcing why they're becoming a crucial offering for any membership site are:
60 percent of online videos are now watched on a mobile device.
85 percent of all people prefer to use an app over a mobile website.
US consumers spend five hours a day on their mobile devices; 90 percent of that time is spent in apps.
People's preference for apps is simply due to better user experience. Video apps offer faster loading times; in-app, user-created playlists; and video downloads.
Behind-the-screen note: Rory didn't dare say "video downloads" at first, but he took that dare on and conquered it! Why was that scary? Because every digital business's worst nightmare is to wake up and find out someone has copied and pirated their content. The sweat, blood, and tears poured into creating the value that is their video content and information could be stolen just like that.
But that's the single most important reason a mobile app is so valuable—it gives a membership site the ability to offer its audience downloadable videos for offline viewing in a way that prevents copying or sharing. (There's a reason why Netflix offers downloads on their apps but not on their site.)
Combined with a superior user experience and mobile push notifications to combat dropping email-open rates, it's no wonder why offering members an app is proven to reduce subscription churn by as much as 30 percent. If that doesn't get your attention, we don't know what will.
One final note about the importance of apps: The App Stores are now the world's biggest digital marketplaces. And they're no longer solely about games. In fact, education and lifestyle apps now make up close to 10 percent of all apps in the app stores, with entertainment apps making up a further 6 percent.
Health and fitness apps have experienced a 70-percent growth rate from year to year, with in-app subscriptions up 58 percent in 2017. Consumers will go from spending $90 billion to $190 billion on in-app subscriptions by 2021, which makes them a marketplace opportunity that can no longer be overlooked.
Enter VidApp!
Say hello to your new best friend in launching your own branded membership or subscription video app at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional developers. Their mission is to help online video businesses and membership sites to reach, engage, and delight their audience on any device.
Rather than high up-front costs, VidApp makes it affordable with a low setup fee and ongoing-monthly-support plan. Additionally, once they've developed your app, you don't have to rely on their developers because you can customize and manage your apps from within the VidApp platform (a combination of a CMS and Video App Builder).
Although you will find generic app builders on the market, you most likely won't get the specific video functionality or specialty integrations a lot of membership sites need and which the experts at VidApp offer.
With one look at their customer demographic, you'll understand how much and how well they serve the business community. While they are based in New Zealand, the majority of their customers are from the U.S., Canada, and the UK.
The first clients were mainly businesses like sports and fitness companies whose audiences tend to watch videos at the gym, while commuting, or offline. But as we've seen, all audiences are demanding video now, and VidApp's clients also include companies in the entertainment, educational, and instructional industries.
Here's a quick peek at VidApp in action:
A few more awesome facts about VidApp:
Specific video-app functionality gives your audience an experience they'll love
Publish apps to iOS/Android/Apple TV/Roku
In-app transactions that integrate with your site to sell your memberships in the app stores
Specialist integrations (like MemberPress and Vimeo)
A low setup fee and ongoing support plan based on the number of paying app users a site has, so it works no matter your size or scale
And here are a few reasons why developing an app with VidApp is a far better solution than custom development:
It keeps and maintains your apps live across all app stores
It releases software-app updates whenever Apple, Google, or Roku require
It offers feature and design upgrades every four months
It handles all app user-related technical support
Oh, and one more thing: they offer a trial run for MemberPress sites where they'll build a test app at no cost!
MemberPress client Katie Austin is also a VidApp client, who says, "I tried other development options which cost tens of thousands and failed—simply because it's hard to find good people that know what they're doing. VidApp knew exactly what I needed for my app. They understood my brand, my subscription service and my app needs."
You really have nothing to lose by trying them out. We like to think they're offering this to you, our clients, because we've been able to provide them with a product they can recommend. We don't mind sharing that Rory says MemberPress is their go-to because it's "really been great to work with technically and one of the most robust plugins we've integrated with." Thanks, VidApp!
Learn more about VidApp and take them up on their free trial by hitting up their website or finding them on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Special thanks to Rory Hancock for the information and statistics about apps, video content and about VidApp's history.
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Wanna Decryptor (WNCRY) Ransomware Explained
boB Rudis
May 12, 2017 4 min read
Mark the date: May 12, 2017.
This is the day the "ransomworm" dubbed "WannaCry" / "Wannacrypt" burst — literally — onto the scene with one of the initial targets being the British National Health Service. According to The Guardian: the "unprecedented attack… affected 12 countries and at least 16 NHS trusts in the UK, compromising IT systems that underpin patient safety. Staff across the NHS were locked out of their computers and trusts had to divert emergency patients." A larger estimate by various cybersecurity firms indicates that over 70 countries have been impacted in some way by the WannaCry worm. As of this post's creation time, a group with the Twitter handle @0xSpamTech has claimed responsibility for instigating the attack but this has not yet been confirmed.
What is involved in the attack, what weakness(es) and systems does it exploit, and what can you do to prevent or recover from this attack? The following sections will dive into the details and provide guidance on how to mitigate the impact from future attacks.
What is "Ransomware"?
"malicious software which covertly encrypts your files – preventing you from accessing them – then demands payment for their safe recovery. Like most tactics employed in cyberattacks, ransomware attacks can occur after clicking on a phishing link or visiting a compromised website." (https://www.rapid7.com/solutions/ransomware/)
However, WannaCry ransomware deviates from the traditional ransomware definition by including a component that is able to find vulnerable systems on a local network and spread that way as well. This type of malicious software behavior is called a "worm" and the use of such capabilities dates back to 1988 when the Morris Worm spread across the internet (albeit a much smaller neighborhood at the time).
Because WannaCry combines two extremely destructive capabilities, it has been far more disruptive and destructive than previous cases of ransomware that we've seen over the past 18-24 months.
While the attackers are seeking ransom — you can track payments to their Bitcoin addresses:
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What Systems Are Impacted?
WannaCry only targets Microsoft Windows systems and is known to impact the following versions:
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2
Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1
Windows RT 8.1
Windows Server 2012 and R2
However, all versions of Windows are likely vulnerable and on May 13, 2017 Microsoft issued a notification that included links to patches for all impacted Windows operating systems — including Windows XP.
As noted, Windows XP is impacted as well. That version of Windows still occupies a 7-10% share of usage (as measured by NetMarketshare):
and, this usage figure likely does not include endpoint counts from countries like China, who have significant use of "aftermarket" versions of Windows XP and other Windows systems, making them unpatchable.
The "worm" component takes advantage of a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability that is present in the part of Windows that makes it possible to share files over the network (known as "Server Message Block" or SMB). Microsoft released a patch -MS17-010 - for this vulnerability on March 14th, 2017 prior to the release of U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) tools (EternalBlue / DoublePulsar) by a group known as the the Shadow Brokers. Rapid7's Threat Intelligence Lead, Rebekah Brown, wrote a breakdown of this release in a blog post in April.
Vulnerability detection tools, such as Rapid7's Metasploit, have had detection capabilities for this weakness for a while, with the most recent Metasploit module being updated on April 30, 2017.
This ransomworm can be spread by someone being on public Wi-Fi or an infected firm's "guest" WiFi and then taking an infected-but-not-fully-encrypted system to another network. WannaCry is likely being spread, still, by both the traditional phishing vector as well as this network worm vector.
Ensure that all systems have been patched against MS17-010 vulnerabilities.
Identify any internet-facing systems that have not been patched and remediate as soon as possible.
Employ network and host-based firewalls to block TCP/445 traffic from untrusted systems. If possible, block 445 inbound to all internet-facing Windows systems.
Ensure critical systems and files have up-to-date backups. Backups are the only full mitigation against data loss due to ransomware.
NOTE: The Rapid7 Managed Detection & Response (MDR) SOC has developed detection indicators of compromise (IOCs) for this campaign, however we are only alerted once the malware executes on a compromised system. This is not a mitigation step.
UPDATE - May 15, 2017: For information on how to scan for, and remediate, MS17-010 with Nexpose and InsightVM, please read this blog.
A Potentially Broader Impact
We perform regular SMB scans as a part of Project Sonar and detected over 1.8 million devices responding to full SMB connection in our May 3, 2017 scan:
Some percentage of these systems may be Linux/UNIX servers emulating the SMB protocol but it's likely that a large portion are Windows systems. Leaving SMB (via TCP port 445) open to the internet is also a sign that these systems are not well maintained, and are also susceptible to attack.
Rapid7's Heisenberg Cloud — a system of honeypots spread throughout the internet — has seen a recent spike in probes for systems on port 445 as well:
Living With Ransomware
Ransomware has proven to be an attractive and lucrative vector for cybercriminals. As stated previously, backups, along with the ability to quickly re-provision/image an impacted system, are your only real defenses. Rapid7 has additional resources available for you to learn more about dealing with ransomware:
Understanding Ransomware: https://www.rapid7.com/resources/understanding-ransomware/
Ransomware FAQ: /2016/03/22/ransomware-faq-av oiding-the-latest-trend-in-malware
If you'd like more information on this particular ransomworm as seen by Project Sonar or Heisenberg Cloud, please contact research [at] rapid7 [dot] com.
Many thanks to the many contributors across Rapid7 who provided vital information and content for this post.
For more information and resources on WannaCry and ransomware, please visit this page.
Bob Rudis has over 20 years of experience defending companies using data and is currently [Master] Chief Data Scientist at Rapid7, where he specializes in research on internet-scale exposure.
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ECHO Family Spotlight: Meet the Rivera Family
Kannaway proudly supports ECHO, a non-profit organization that makes a powerful impact in the lives of special needs families largely through the incredible donations given by Kannaway's generous family of Brand Ambassadors. Over the years, Kannaway has contributed more than $2 million in health-supporting cannabidiol (CBD) products that have gone on to help more than 150 ECHO families.
One of those families is the Riveras of Las Vegas, Nevada. Today, we'd like to introduce you to seven-year-old Marco Rivera and his loving and dedicated parents, Jose and Juana.
The Riveras are one of the original 5 families that have received support since ECHO was founded. They have been a part of the sponsorship program for roughly six years, since Marco was about 1 ½ years old, and the remarkable impact that ECHO and its donated CBD products have made in the quality of their lives over that time is both humbling and inspiring.
Get to Know the Rivera Family
From the very beginning of his young life, Marco Rivera has faced very serious health challenges. As a newborn, his parents, Jose and Juana Rivera, were told by doctors that Marco was in a vegetative state and would likely only live a few months.
From birth, Marco had no natural gag reflex or control over his secretions. His body was unable to properly regulate his temperature and he had scoliosis. All of these issues were tied to serious neural development problems that led doctors to believe that Jose and Juana should focus on keeping their son as comfortable as possible for the rest of what they expected to be a very short life.
"Basically they told us Marco's never gonna walk. Marco's never gonna talk. Marco's blind. Marco's deaf. I felt like what they were handing me was a corpse," Jose explained, looking back to those early days.
Juana, remembering that time, added, "At the beginning when he was born, it was very difficult for me. I was always depressed and I would cry a lot."
But the brave parents never lost hope. They became determined to provide their son with his best chance of not only survival, but a happy life.
Marco is now seven years old. He goes to school and is now in second grade. On a typical day, pre-pandemic, Marco receives a full line-up of treatments, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and even aromatherapy.
Jose and Juana have been thrilled at Marco's positive developments over the years. They've found that consistent and repetitious therapeutic work is key, and they've since had to make adjustments with the pandemic to ensure that Marco still gets the training he needs. Before, the family had teachers and therapists coming to their home to help them during the day. Now with the pandemic, it's all on the parents to take Marco through the services.
"To have a special needs child, it's not easy," said Jose. "Not only is it not easy dealing with your child, but it's difficult for people to understand what a family goes through with a special needs child. You know, they have no idea, you know, unless they come and see and even with seeing, the full understanding is not there."
Jose, who has taken an even greater lead on his son's development since the start of the public health crisis, is teaching Marco how to read and communicate using braille. Marco, whose vision remains limited, is learning the alphabet through the tactile reading system.
Marco also loves books and it's rare to find him without a stuffed animal by his side. But, according to Jose, Marco really enjoys everything in his life. Once he adjusts to new things and gets comfortable, he gives smiles and shows his appreciation using his own unique ways of communication with his family.
The Rivera family believes that the sponsored CBD hemp oil products that they have received through ECHO have also supported Marco's wellness over the years.
"[From] a parents perspective, it's day and night," said Jose.
The Riveras were initially introduced to CBD hemp oil by Dr. Kathleen Smith, a Las Vegas-based doctor with years of experience as an emergency room and a family practice physician. Dr. Smith had heard of and seen CBD's positive natural wellness properties. On her suggestion, Jose and Juana started Marco on a CBD oil regimen.
The entire Rivera family now incorporates CBD products into their everyday wellness routine. Jose notices positive differences in how he feels every day from servings of CBD, but he's even more impressed with the differences the hemp compound has had on Marco.
"It's all because of the effects of the CBD to the body, we have actually seen what they say, the science says it does, we're actually physically seeing with our eyes the response through our son," he said.
Supporting Families Like the Riveras Through ECHO
It's because of the incredible impact that the ECHO sponsorship program makes in the lives of the Riveras and other families that we at Kannaway are so proud to support, in every way we can, the non-profit organization's efforts to improve lives with CBD and financial assistance.
Through ECHO, Marco and his family receive sponsored hemp CBD oil products to promote their wellness and support their quality of life.
"It has been, in my eyes and my family lives, it has changed our life completely," explained Jose when asked about the impact of being an ECHO family.
You too can make a direct positive impact in the lives of children like Marco and families like the Riveras. ECHO is able to deliver CBD products and financial support to more than 150 families largely through donations from the caring Kannaway community.
Asked whether he'd like to say anything to those who contribute to ECHO, Jose passionately replied, "I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart, the bottom of my family's heart, and the bottom of my son's heart, that we appreciate everything that everybody is doing for us and the rest of the family's out there."
We truly hope you'll consider supporting families like the Riveras today. With your donation, you will be an integral part of ECHO's mission of supporting families during a time of need.
There are two ways to make a gift to ECHO:
Add a Click to Care donation to your Kannaway cart as you make your next Kannaway purchase. Through your Kannaway back office, you can also make a powerful impact in families lives by adding a recurring Click to Care contribution to ECHO through your SmartShip.
Make a one-time or recurring donation directly through the ECHO website.
The most rewarding part of ECHO is hearing the differences in the lives of families it supports, and we're humbled to help the Riveras and the more than 100 other families that receive CBD products and financial support through ECHO.
You can learn more about ECHO or visit our News Feed to view more ECHO Family Spotlights and learn the stories of even more families that have had their lives powerfully impacted by ECHO.


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Berlin Battlefield Guide (Kindle)
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On 16 April 1945 the Red Army unleashed a colossal offensive against Berlin with the aim of destroying Hitler's armies in the East and capturing the German capital before the Western Allies. Over two million soldiers confronted each other in the last act in the war against Nazi Germany. In the course of the next three weeks, relentless Soviet assaults crashed against a desperate, sometimes suicidal defence, and the historic city was turned into a vast battleground. This was the climax of an awful conflict. It represented the death struggle of Hitler's Third Reich and the supreme achievement of Stalin's forces, and the story of the battle has fascinated students of warfare ever since. Yet this epic contest can only be understood by visiting the sites of the battle on the ground, on the outskirts of the city, in the suburbs, in the city centre where the final dramatic combat took place. And this is the aim of Tony Le Tissier's definitive guide to the Battle of Berlin.
Tony Le Tissier's Berlin Battlefield Guide is one of the most informative and interesting tours of the great city I have read. I have always been fascinated by Berlin, by the interwar years, the war years and the cold war and the new rebuilt Berlin. I supposed as the grandchild of a Polish soldier I should not be so drawn to that damn city but it is and always has been a City of Intrigue I just wish I had this book with me.
As the race to Berlin in World War 2 was taking place Greater Berlin was getting smaller, the defence forces less, the rumours more and the Russians far too close for liking. This book is broken down with maps and pictures starting outside of Berlin showing which Army Division was attempting to defend the city from invasion.
Throughout the book we are given directions to each battleground, colour pictures and maps with the defensive maps. More importantly we are given brief descriptions of the action as it took place sometimes using the words of the combatants. This at times can be desperate but required reading. You can feel the desperation of the defenders and at times their fears.
When you read through to the actual Introduction to Berlin Le Tissier you will find it packed with information for travelling round Berlin with the various transport links. He again he has broken it down so you can work out the street by street fighting and the pictures also show the utter devastation of the city. The is special mention of the Battle for the Reichstag where we have the iconic picture of the Soviet flag above it, when one looks at the Reichstag today it is hard to believe that there was total devastation and fighting taking place around the vicinity in April 1945.
Berlin Battlefield Guide is the best guide of that City I have read and will be taking with me when I next travel to Berlin. The more I read this book the more I want to be there looking at the buildings, the streets and can hear all those silent and long since dead voices of war fighting to the death. This is simply a stunning book.
Paul Diggett
Tony Le Tissier's … encyclopedic knowledge of the battle and the subsequent Cold War aspects of the Soviet occupation of East Germany enables him to give a compelling and moving account. [His] account is highly impressive and it shows that he is a superb writer, a diligent researcher, and a master of battlefield detail
Lt. Colonel Robert A. Lynn
A visually exciting work whose contents match its appearance. There are pages and pages of fascinating pictures….Tony Le Tissier's informative text and his descriptions of military actions and battlefield tours make it much more than that. It is a sensible and very entertaining piece of military history.
Warbooks
All of Tony Le Tissier's knowledge is synthesised into this must-have book – and more….It can only be described as indispensable to anyone visiting the city and wishing to experience Zhukov's triumph and Hitler's Götterdämmerung ….Critical for understanding the battle….Le Tissier's detailed, full-colour and scaled maps are … a joy to study.
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Whilst not having done the tours in these books it seems to me to be a very good resource.
It pulls material that he has already used in his other books on this subject, and the personal witness statements have unfortunately appeared in those volumes.
Many of those volumes have been from the "German side", and generally give a view that doesn't necessarily appear elsewhere.
He covers the Halbe escape, and also the final pieces across the Seelow Heights and the fighting in Berlin which saw the ultimate collapse of the Third Reich.
I would recommend buying the book because it would support Mr Le Tissier in writing other volumes. This volume allows the others to be put into context whilst also being a tool to allow further exploration in today's Berlin and its outskirts.
About Tony Le Tissier
During many years working in several senior official positions in Berlin - including spells as provost marshal and British governor of Spandau prison - Tony Le Tissier has accumulated a vast knowledge of the campaign the led up to the fall of Berlin.
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Q: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.Entity.DbSet`[City]' to type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[System.Web.Mvc.SelectListItem]' I am trying to load all cities from cities table and show it in dropdownlist in client side but it shows this error

Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.Entity.DbSet1[EVS.Dotnet277.Entities.City]' to type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable1[System.Web.Mvc.SelectListItem]'.

Action
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult SignUp()
{
    ViewBag.CityList = _userService.GetAllCities();
    return View();
}

html

@Html.DropDownList("City", (IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewBag.CityList, "- Select City -", new { @class = "form-control"})
/label>

A: change your code to this :
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult SignUp()
{
    ViewBag.CityList =new SelectList( _userService.GetAllCities(),dataValueField, dataTextField);
    return View();
}

View Code :

@Html.DropDownList("City", (SelectList)ViewBag.CityList, "- Select City -", new { @class = "form-control"})
/label>

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Health industry needs to go mobile, entrepreneur Geoff Rohrsheim says
Yolanda RedrupReporter
Updated Jan 19, 2016 – 5.43am, first published at Jan 18, 2016 – 4.35pm
Imagine a health system where hospitals could liaise with each other to maximise space, patients could receive their results on the go and long wait times would be a thing of the past. There's every chance this is what the sector will look like thanks to mobile devices, and Australian company Chamonix is helping hospitals make the transition.
This shift towards mobility has been kickstarted by new legislation which digitises Australians' health records.
IT consulting company Chamonix, the brain child of serial entrepreneur Geoff Rohrsheim, has connected more than a hundred Australian hospitals to the My Health Record system, formerly the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record, since it was proposed in 2010.
Chamonix chief executive Geoff Rohrsheim says the opening up of the health industry's data will allow entrepreneurs to start innovating. Supplied
Under the PCEHR, Australians had to opt-in to digitise their medical data, but in November the e-health bill was passed which made it so that an online record would be created by default, and people would have to opt-out if they didn't want their data online.
But Mr Rorhsheim said the new e-health system was still behind the times, and that the real advancements in health care would come once the industry had embraced mobile solutions.
"All other industries have already moved to mobile devices because it's so much more efficient," he said.
"There is an m-health trial starting soon which we're quite excited about. A clinician on a smartphone or Apple Watch will be able to see when results come in for patients in both private and public hospitals."
In May Health Minister Sussan Ley said less than 10 per cent of eligible Australians had signed up to the My Health Record system when it was in its opt-in phase, minimising its usefulness.
To improve the system, the government has dedicated $485 million in extra funding over four years.
Mr Rohrsheim said that once digital health records were commonplace, this would lead to a more efficient healthcare system.
"Prescriptions, for example, at the moment you get a piece of paper, put it in a draw and then you need a repeat and you've lost it. Wouldn't it be good to be able to walk into a pharmacy, have the eHealth system know you need a repeat and be able to get it from any pharmacy in Australia?" he said.
"Most referrals are still done by paper and fax too, if that was electronic you could do far smarter scheduling."
Deloitte has estimated that the mHealth industry will be worth $21 billion by 2018.
Eventually Fitbits may also be able to upload data to people's health records and devices could send health data on elderly patients straight to a nurse, allowing older people to stay at home for longer.
PwC's 2014 Health Research Institute Report also found that digitally enabled care had moved from a "nice-to-have" to a "fundamental of delivering high quality care".
The opening up of healthcare data will also lead to more innovation in the sector.
Currently outside of medical device and drug development there are very few start-ups in the industry, but that is starting to change.
In December a website which provides doctors certificates over the internet, Dr Sicknote, launched and has so far been visited over 10,000 times and issued more than 100 medical certificates.
Australian consumer health tech start-up CliniCloud also launched a connected medical device kit last year, which is gaining traction in the US.
The internet-connected stethoscope can be remotely listened to by clinicians, allowed diagnoses to occur quickly and efficiently. The kit also includes a digital thermometer.
"At the moment it's frustrating," Mr Rohrsheim said. "You think of all the industries you can be tapped into on your smartphone, but you've got nothing from health. It will be mHealth where consumers will start to see the benefit."
Yolanda Redrup is an award-winning journalist who writes on technology and healthcare from our Melbourne newsroom. Connect with Yolanda on Twitter. Email Yolanda at yolanda.redrup@afr.com.au
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While CGI (computer generated imagery) has given film makers enormous freedom to create powerful virtual sets, characters, and effects, many directors feel strongly that there's no substitute for real props and real effects.
In that regard, despite the fact that Christopher Nolan's 2014 sci-fi hit Interstellar includes a lot of CGI—it is a sci-fi film about wormholes and interplanetary travel, after all—there are interesting cases in which Nolan goes out of his way to minimize the use of CGI.
The biggest example is the corn field growing on the farm where the film's protagonists live. While it would be easy to write off the enormous fields of green corn around the farm as a CGI trick (after all, what isn't a CGI trick these days?), it's actually real corn. Now, a field of real corn out in the middle of nowhere isn't exactly revolutionary, but what makes the corn in Interstellar interesting though is that Nolan had the corn specifically planted for the movie around the farm house he wanted to use for the film. The corn that stretches out as far as the camera can pan? That's 500 acres planted specifically for the film.
Not only did the corn look great in the film, and certainly better than CGI corn ever could have, but our favorite detail about the saga of the Interstellar corn is what happened after the shooting wrapped up. Despite the stunt work and the general mayhem in the fields, enough of the corn survived that the harvest from the "prop" corn was profitable and paid for the whole experiment (and then some).


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Our forms are hyperlinked to each bio of the cat. You can find the same hyperlinks on this page as well as well as the foster application and volunteer/membership form.
Here are some short videos of our kittens.
Rizzo playing with dog named Cole (top left).
Bear had a lot of fun jumping obstacles (top right).
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"Direct effects of fatty acids and other charged lipids on ion channel " by Steven Petrou, Richard W. Ordway et al.
A variety of fatty acids increase the activity of certain types of K+ channels. This effect is not dependent on the three enzymatic pathways that convert arachidonic acid to various bioactive oxygenated metabolites. One type of K+ channel in toad stomach smooth muscle cell membranes in activated by fatty acids and other single chain lipids which possess both a negatively charged head group and a sufficiently hydrophobic acyl chain. Neutral lipids have no effect on K+ channel activity, while positively charged lipids with a sufficiently hydrophobic acyl chain suppress channel activity. Acyl Coenzyme A's, which do not flip across the bilayer, act only from the cytosolic surface of the membrane, suggesting that the binding site for channel activation is also located there. This fatty acid-activated channel is also activated by membrane stretch. Moreover, this mechanical response is either mediated or modulated by fatty acids. Thus, fatty acids and other charged single chain lipids may comprise another class of first or second messenger molecules that target ion channels.
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 1995 Feb-Mar;52(2-3):173-8.
Petrou, Steven; Ordway, Richard W.; Kirber, Michael T.; Dopico, Alejandro M.; Hamilton, James A.; Walsh, John V.; and Singer, Joshua J., "Direct effects of fatty acids and other charged lipids on ion channel activity in smooth muscle cells" (1995). GSBS Student Publications. 984.


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Q: Break up block in several parts I basically want to break up the ADC block on the right hand side of this figure:

I want it to be broken into 4 parts. That means one part for each line that it is connected to. One I/O for each ADC block.
The code is below:
\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{circuitikz}

\usetikzlibrary{chains,fit,positioning}
\begin{document}

% Version 3
\begin{tikzpicture}[
node distance = 20mm and 5mm,
  start chain = going right,
 block/.style = {draw, minimum height=20mm, minimum width=5mm,
                 font=\boldmath,on chain}]
% upper blocks
\node (ht1)   [block,draw=none]
{\hphantom{$\boldmath(H)^+$}};
\node (f1)    [block,right=6mm of ht1]     {$T^{-1}$};
\node (y1)    [block,right=39mm of ht1]     {$T$};
\node (adc1)  [block]                       {ADC};
% lower blocks
\node (ht2)   [block,draw=none,below=of ht1]
{\hphantom{$\boldmath(H)^+$}};
\node (f2)    [block,right=6mm of ht2]     {$T^{-1}$};
\node (y2)    [block,right=39mm of ht2]     {$T$};
\node (adc2)  [block]                       {ADC};
% common input nodes
\node (in2)   [draw,inner sep=0pt, fit=(ht1)  (ht2),label=center:$\boldmath H^+$] {};
% top blocks
    \node (cpu) [above=15mm of in2]     {CPU};
    \node (rf)  [above=15mm of y1]      {RF-chain};

% Math symbols
    %\node at (42mm,15mm) (g1) {$\boldmath Y_1$};

    \node (Y) at (53mm,18mm) {$\boldmath Y_1$};
    \draw [->] (Y) -- (53mm,10mm);

    \node (Y2) at (53mm,-23mm) {$\boldmath Y_k$
};
    \draw [->] (Y2) -- (53mm,-30mm);

    \node (Z) at (41mm,6mm) {$\boldmath Z_1$};
    \node (Z2) at (41mm,-34mm) {$\boldmath Z_k$};

    \node (x) at (-12mm,11mm) {$\boldmath \hat{x}$};

\draw[densely dotted] ([xshift=29mm] cpu.north -| in2.east) coordinate (in3)
                    -- (in3 |- in2.south);
% lines between blocks
    \foreach \y in {-0.75, -0.25, 0.25, 0.75}
{
% 8 input lines
    \draw [->]  ([yshift=\y cm +2 cm] in2.west)--++(180:1cm);
    \draw [->]  ([yshift=\y cm -2 cm] in2.west)--++(180:1cm);
}
% 2 lines between other blocks
    \foreach \j in {1, 2}
{
        \foreach \y  in {-0.25, 0.25, 0.75, -0.75}
        {
            \foreach \i [remember=\i as \lasti (initially y\j)] in {adc\j}
    \draw [<-] ([yshift= \y cm ]\lasti.east)--([yshift=\y cm]\i.west);
    \draw (-1,-2.0) circle [radius=0.7pt,yshift=-0 cm -\y cm];
    \draw (3.95,-2.0) circle [radius=0.7pt,yshift=-0 cm -\y cm];
    %\draw (0,-1) -- (4,-1);
    %\draw ([yshift= 0.5 cm -\y cm] adc\j.east)--++(0:1+1.5*\y)   node[antenna] {};
    \draw ([yshift=-0 cm -\y cm] adc\j.east)--++([xshift=1.5cm] 0:1+1.5*\y)   node[antenna] {};
    }

    \foreach \y  in {-0.25, 0.25}
        {
            \foreach \i [remember=\i as \lasti (initially f\j)] in { y\j}
    \draw [<-] ([yshift= \y cm ]\lasti.east)--([yshift=\y cm]\i.west);
    }

    \foreach \y  in {-0.25, 0.25, 0.75, -0.75}
        {
            \foreach \i [remember=\i as \lasti (initially ht\j)] in { f\j}
    \draw [<-] ([yshift= \y cm ]\lasti.east)--([yshift=\y cm]\i.west);
    }
}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Maybe it can be directly manipulated in the line:
\node (adc1)  [block]      {ADC};

A: A suggestion. I start by defining a new style block4 that is a rectangle split type node, i.e. a rectangular node with multiple parts. The shapes.multipart library is loaded because of this. In the adc nodes, change the style from block to block4, and the node label to ADC\nodepart{two}ADC\nodepart{three}ADC\nodepart{four}ADC.

\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{circuitikz}

\usetikzlibrary{chains,fit,positioning,shapes.multipart}
\begin{document}

% Version 3t
\begin{tikzpicture}[
  node distance = 20mm and 5mm,
  start chain = going right,
  block/.style = {draw, minimum height=20mm, minimum width=5mm,
                 font=\boldmath,on chain},
  block4/.style={block,rectangle split,rectangle split parts=4}]
% upper blocks
\node (ht1)   [block,draw=none]
{\hphantom{$\boldmath(H)^+$}};
\node (f1)    [block,right=6mm of ht1]     {$T^{-1}$};
\node (y1)    [block,right=39mm of ht1]     {$T$};
\node (adc1)  [block4] {ADC\nodepart{two}ADC\nodepart{three}ADC\nodepart{four}ADC};
% lower blocks
\node (ht2)   [block,draw=none,below=of ht1]
{\hphantom{$\boldmath(H)^+$}};
\node (f2)    [block,right=6mm of ht2]     {$T^{-1}$};
\node (y2)    [block,right=39mm of ht2]     {$T$};
\node (adc2)  [block4] {ADC\nodepart{two}ADC\nodepart{three}ADC\nodepart{four}ADC};
% common input nodes
\node (in2)   [draw,inner sep=0pt, fit=(ht1)  (ht2),label=center:$\boldmath H^+$] {};
% top blocks
    \node (cpu) [above=15mm of in2]     {CPU};
    \node (rf)  [above=15mm of y1]      {RF-chain};

% Math symbols
    %\node at (42mm,15mm) (g1) {$\boldmath Y_1$};

    \node (Y) at (53mm,18mm) {$\boldmath Y_1$};
    \draw [->] (Y) -- (53mm,10mm);

    \node (Y2) at (53mm,-23mm) {$\boldmath Y_k$
};
    \draw [->] (Y2) -- (53mm,-30mm);

    \node (Z) at (41mm,6mm) {$\boldmath Z_1$};
    \node (Z2) at (41mm,-34mm) {$\boldmath Z_k$};

    \node (x) at (-12mm,11mm) {$\boldmath \hat{x}$};

\draw[densely dotted] ([xshift=29mm] cpu.north -| in2.east) coordinate (in3)
                    -- (in3 |- in2.south);
% lines between blocks
    \foreach \y in {-0.75, -0.25, 0.25, 0.75}
{
% 8 input lines
    \draw [->]  ([yshift=\y cm +2 cm] in2.west)--++(180:1cm);
    \draw [->]  ([yshift=\y cm -2 cm] in2.west)--++(180:1cm);
}
% 2 lines between other blocks
    \foreach \j in {1,2}
{
        \foreach \y/\anchor  in {-0.25/two east, 0.25/three east, 0.75/four east, -0.75/text east}
        {
            \foreach \i [remember=\i as \lasti (initially y\j)] in {adc\j}
    \draw [<-] ([yshift= \y cm ]\lasti.east)--([yshift=\y cm]\i.west);
    \draw (-1,-2.0) circle [radius=0.7pt,yshift=-0 cm -\y cm];
    \draw (3.95,-2.0) circle [radius=0.7pt,yshift=-0 cm -\y cm];
    %\draw (0,-1) -- (4,-1);
    %\draw ([yshift= 0.5 cm -\y cm] adc\j.east)--++(0:1+1.5*\y)   node[antenna] {};
    \draw ([yshift=-0 cm -\y cm] adc\j.east)--++([xshift=1.5cm] 0:1+1.5*\y)   node[antenna] {};
    }

    \foreach \y  in {-0.25, 0.25}
        {
            \foreach \i [remember=\i as \lasti (initially f\j)] in { y\j}
    \draw [<-] ([yshift= \y cm ]\lasti.east)--([yshift=\y cm]\i.west);
    }

    \foreach \y  in {-0.25, 0.25, 0.75, -0.75}
        {
            \foreach \i [remember=\i as \lasti (initially ht\j)] in { f\j}
    \draw [<-] ([yshift= \y cm ]\lasti.east)--([yshift=\y cm]\i.west);
    }
}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

A: Another solution. It keeps phantom adc1 and adc2 nodes because they are later used to draw connections. But when connections are drawn an individual node is added.
I've also changed the inner foreach condition.
\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{circuitikz}

\usetikzlibrary{chains,fit,positioning}
\begin{document}

% Version 3
\begin{tikzpicture}[
node distance = 20mm and 5mm,
  start chain = going right,
 block/.style = {draw, minimum height=20mm, minimum width=5mm,
                 font=\boldmath,on chain}]
% upper blocks
\node (ht1)   [block,draw=none]
{\hphantom{$\boldmath(H)^+$}};
\node (f1)    [block,right=6mm of ht1]     {$T^{-1}$};
\node (y1)    [block,right=39mm of ht1]     {$T$};
\node (adc1)  [block, draw=none]                       {\phantom{ADC}};
% lower blocks
\node (ht2)   [block,draw=none,below=of ht1]
{\hphantom{$\boldmath(H)^+$}};
\node (f2)    [block,right=6mm of ht2]     {$T^{-1}$};
\node (y2)    [block,right=39mm of ht2]     {$T$};
\node (adc2)  [block, draw=none]                       {\phantom{ADC}};
% common input nodes
\node (in2)   [draw,inner sep=0pt, fit=(ht1)  (ht2),label=center:$\boldmath H^+$] {};
% top blocks
    \node (cpu) [above=15mm of in2]     {CPU};
    \node (rf)  [above=15mm of y1]      {RF-chain};

% Math symbols
    %\node at (42mm,15mm) (g1) {$\boldmath Y_1$};

    \node (Y) at (53mm,18mm) {$\boldmath Y_1$};
    \draw [->] (Y) -- (53mm,10mm);

    \node (Y2) at (53mm,-23mm) {$\boldmath Y_k$
};
    \draw [->] (Y2) -- (53mm,-30mm);

    \node (Z) at (41mm,6mm) {$\boldmath Z_1$};
    \node (Z2) at (41mm,-34mm) {$\boldmath Z_k$};

    \node (x) at (-12mm,11mm) {$\boldmath \hat{x}$};

\draw[densely dotted] ([xshift=29mm] cpu.north -| in2.east) coordinate (in3)
                    -- (in3 |- in2.south);
% lines between blocks
    \foreach \y in {-0.75, -0.25, 0.25, 0.75}
{
% 8 input lines
    \draw [->]  ([yshift=\y cm +2 cm] in2.west)--++(180:1cm);
    \draw [->]  ([yshift=\y cm -2 cm] in2.west)--++(180:1cm);
}
% 2 lines between other blocks
    \foreach \j in {1, 2}
{
        \foreach \y  in {-0.25, 0.25, 0.75, -0.75}
        {
            \foreach \i  in {adc\j}
    \draw [<-] ([yshift= \y cm ]y\j.east)--([yshift=\y cm]\i.west) node[draw, minimum height=3.5mm, anchor=west]{ADC};
    \draw (-1,-2.0) circle [radius=0.7pt,yshift=-0 cm -\y cm];
    \draw (3.95,-2.0) circle [radius=0.7pt,yshift=-0 cm -\y cm];
    %\draw (0,-1) -- (4,-1);
    %\draw ([yshift= 0.5 cm -\y cm] adc\j.east)--++(0:1+1.5*\y)   node[antenna] {};
    \draw ([yshift=-0 cm -\y cm] adc\j.east) --++([xshift=1.5cm] 0:1+1.5*\y)   node[antenna] {};
    }

    \foreach \y  in {-0.25, 0.25}
        {
            \foreach \i [remember=\i as \lasti (initially f\j)] in { y\j}
    \draw [<-] ([yshift= \y cm ]\lasti.east)--([yshift=\y cm]\i.west);
    }

    \foreach \y  in {-0.25, 0.25, 0.75, -0.75}
        {
            \foreach \i [remember=\i as \lasti (initially ht\j)] in { f\j}
    \draw [<-] ([yshift= \y cm ]\lasti.east)--([yshift=\y cm]\i.west);
    }
}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

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Alive! je první živé album skupiny Kiss, které je považováno za jejich průlomové, zároveň je všeobecně považováno za mezník ve vydávaní živých alb. Byl vydáno 10. září 1975 jako dvojalbum s koncertními verzemi některých skladeb, které vyšly na jejich prvních třech studiových albech, Kiss, Hotter Than Hell, a Dressed to Kill. Nahrávky pocházejí z pěti vystoupení: v Clevelandu (Ohio), v Detroitu (Michigan), v Tri-Cities , ve Wildwoodu (New Jersey) a v Springfieldu (Illinois).

V žebříčku alb Billboard 200 se dostalo na devátou pozici a udrželo se v ní 110 týdnů, což byl největší úspěch v historii diskografie skupiny Kiss. 4. prosince 1975 získalo od RIAA zlato za prodej 500 000 nosičů; koncem ledna 1976 se mělo stát platinovým. V roce 2007 dal časopis Rolling Stone Alive! na druhé místo mezi nejlepšími koncertními alby všech dob.

Skupina Kiss byla známá svými vystoupeními, která byla teatrálními show s explozemi, kouřící kytarou, pliváním ohně, či krve. I když byla tato vystoupení známá, neodráželo se to v prodeji jejich hudebních nosičů. Skupina Kiss po finanční stránce víceméně jen přežívala a situace se začala komplikovat po tom jak se jejich vydavatel Casablanca Records dostal do finančních problémů z realizace dvojalba monologů Johnnyho Carsona. I když byl tento projekt propadákem, vydavatelství tehdy dalo předčasně udělat milióny výlisků alba. O úspěchu dvojalba Alive! vzhledem na prodej předcházejících studiových alb mělo vydavatelství Casablanca Records také pochybnosti. Argumentem byla i cena, protože se jednalo o dvojalbum, jehož součástí byla i knížka s fotografiemi, která ale zároveň naznačila trend dávat fandům víc než u alb jiných skupin.

Pár let po vydaní Alive! kytarista Paul Stanley a basista Gene Simmons potvrdili, že po vydaní Alive! úměrně stoupla i návštěvnost jejich koncertů. V dokumentárním filmu Kiss: X-treme Close Up vzpomíná, "že na jednom koncertě v Daytonu v Ohiu bylo tolik lidí napěchovaných na jednom místě, že další jeden by se tam dostal jen pomocí obušku".

Seznam skladeb

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sestava
 Gene Simmons – basová kytara, zpěv
 Paul Stanley – doprovodná kytara, zpěv
 Ace Frehley – sólová kytara, zpěv
 Peter Criss – bicí, zpěv

Umístění

Album

Singl
 "Rock and Roll All Nite" (Live)

Certifikace

Reference

Koncertní alba z roku 1975
Koncertní alba Kiss
Koncertní alba Casablanca Records
Alba v angličtině

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Business broadband customers are to make significant savings on their high-speed Internet access following BT's decision to make substantial cuts in its wholesale prices.
Following the consumer cuts, announced early on Tuesday morning, BT has cut the wholesale price of its recently launched business self-installation ADSL product, and also the earlier "engineer-installed" package, by £20. This amounts to a saving of up to 33 percent. The price cuts are scheduled to come into effect on 1 April.
Early indications are that ISPs who resell BT Wholesale's products are planning to pass most or all the savings on to end users.
Business broadband packages offer a better contention ratio -- the number of customers sharing a connection at the local exchange -- than a home user package. This means that businesses can benefit from better performance at times of peak demand. Most business offerings also generally provide higher data transfer rates, and additional services such as a fixed IP address.
The price that ISPs pay BT for the self-installation entry-level IPStream Office 500 product, which offers speeds of up to 500kbps, will fall from £60 per month to £40 per month.
The monthly cost of the IPStream Office 1000 and IPStream Office 2000 products will also fall by £20, to £60 and £80 respectively.
Self-installation products were only launched last month, so many businesses will still be using the older engineer-installed product, which is slightly more expensive.
BT has also introduced a £20 price cut for these products. The BT IPStream S500 wholesale product will now cost £45 per month from 1 April, the BT IPStream S1000 will cost £65 per month and the BT IPStream S2000 will cost £85 per month.
These engineer-installed services will incur a £260 installation fee, which also includes the cost of a modem and router. The self-install range only involves a £50 activation fee, but users must provide their own equipment.
BT has also made very significant price cuts in its consumer ADSL product, where the wholesale monthly price has fallen to £14.75 per month -- a price that could make mass-market broadband a realistic possibility in the near future.


Ready to buy a new home in Curdworth? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender's list of approved solicitors can put your Curdworth home move at risk of delay or failure.
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My husband and I are hoping to purchase a house in Curdworth and are in fact using a Curdworth conveyancing firm. Within the past 48 hours our lawyer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with a view to exchanging next week. Coventry Building Society have this morning contacted us to advise us that there is now an issue as our Curdworth solicitor is not on their approved list of lawyers. Please explain?
When purchasing a property with mortgage finance it is usual for the purchasers' solicitors to also represent the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your property lawyer should contact your lender and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the bank's conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Curdworth solicitors, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you have another set of people involved.
I am the registered owner of a freehold residence in Curdworth yet pay rent, why is this and what is this?
It is rare for properties in Curdworth and has limited impact for conveyancing in Curdworth but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.
What happens if my lawyer's firm is expelled from the Principality Conveyancing panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Curdworth?
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my father I am disposing of a property in Newport but live in Curdworth. My conveyancer (approximately 235 miles from merequires that I sign a stat dec ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Curdworth to attest this legal document for me?
I want to let out my leasehold apartment in Curdworth. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask her. Is permission from the freeholder required?
Your lease governs the relationship between the landlord and you the flat owner; in particular, it will say if subletting is not allowed, or permitted but only subject to certain caveats. The rule is that if the lease contains no expres ban or restriction, subletting is allowed. Most leases in Curdworth do not prevent an absolute prevention of subletting – such a clause would adversely affect the market value the flat. Instead, there is usually a basic requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly supplying a copy of the sublease.
Please note if it is less than 80 years it will impact the value of the apartment. It is worth checking with your bank that they are willing to to proceed given the lease term. Leases with fewer than 80 years remaining means that you will almost definitely have to extend the lease sooner rather than later and you need to have some idea of what this will be. Remember, in most cases you will be required to have been the owner of the premises for a couple of years in order to be eligible to extend the lease. How many of the leaseholders are in arrears for their maintenance charge payments? In the main the outlay for major works are not included within service charges, albeit that there some managing agents in Curdworth require leasehold owners to contribute towards a sinking fund created for the specific intention of building a fund for major repairs or maintenance.


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Businesses Of The Future: 20 New Wealth Creators On The African Continent
Karen Mwendera
Sector: HR innovations
Ngozi Adebiyi, 44, Nigeria
Founder, CEO and Lead Consultant: OutsideIn HR
Ngozi Adebiyi, Founder, CEO and Lead Consultant of OutsideIn HR. Picture: Supplied
Ngozi Adebiyi is a human resource (HR) manager-turned-entrepreneur.
Surprised by the lack of innovative processes within the HR sector, Adebiyi took it upon herself to provide an innovative service to companies through gaming and business simulations.
Adebiyi grew up in the Delta State of Nigeria, an area known for oil and agriculture.
She has worked in the HR sector for over 13 years, with companies such as Walmart in the US and Diageo group in Nigeria. However, her life in HR was not as fulfilling as she thought.
In 2011, she decided to freelance while looking for greener pastures.
"People that I had worked with starting asking me, 'oh, come and help us with this, come and help us with that', so I usually say that I became an accidental entrepreneur," she says.
Clients would ask her for her company name, regardless of the fact that she was freelancing.
This prompted Adebiyi to start OutsideIn HR.
"I didn't know it at the time but I was doing HR from the outside in," she says.
In December 2012, she set up her company, without any investments.
She first targeted the oil and gas industry, a sector she knew little about.
"It was hard, I must say… at the time, at least twice, I thought I was going to go back [to being an employee]. I thought it was too hard and I just wasn't cut out to do this," she says.
However, she persevered.
OutsideIn HR offered talent management services, consulting and coaching and training services to clients.
But something was still amiss.
"You could see that some of the participants were kind of distracted," she says.
Some participants would leave the room, or take calls during the training sessions.
Adebiyi then started researching for ways to make her service more interactive and innovative.
In 2016, she decided to partner with CELEMI, a solution provider, for innovative answers to her challenges.
OutsideIn HR is now offering HR and business simulation programs catered to each client.
Each simulation is a game, or challenge, that the participants have to solve, and they can do it even from their mobile phones.
Adebiyi relates it to being as interactive as playing Candy Crush, a mobile app-based game.
"We are building skills for the future," Adebiyi says.
Her company has worked with government, parastatals and companies. Currently, Adebiyi employs 10 people and plans to grow the business.
Her goal is to revolutionize HR in Nigeria by providing innovative services.
Sector: Digital pharmacies
Vivian Nwakah, 36, Nigeria
Founder and CEO: Medsaf
Vivian Nwakah, Founder and CEO of Medsaf. Picture: Supplied
Surprised by the lack of innovative processes
Five years ago, Vivian Nwakah lost a friend who died as a result of taking fake medication as well as a lack of adequate healthcare services.
Since then, Nwakah has dedicated her life to solving healthcare problems in Nigeria.
Born and raised in Chicago, Nwakah's parents migrated to the US in the 1970s and did not return.
She pursued her studies in psychology and sociology at the University of Illinois, and then started her first business, Comet Home Healthcare, a home healthcare service.
In 2012, she enrolled at the Georgia State University – J. Mack Robinson College of Business to pursue an MBA in International Business.
During her studies, she traveled to Nigeria, for the first time in her life, to fulfil her internship requirements for three months, learning about the healthcare systems in the country.
Little did she know those three months would be extended to a lifetime.
"When I got to Nigeria, that's when my eyes opened up to the different opportunities and problems that deserved solutions here and I have, actually, been here since," she says.
While she pursued her internship, she learned a great deal.
"I felt that excitement of just the ability to potentially do something really big, and just making an impact," she said.
Nwakah's entrepreneurial side was calling.
She first worked in an oil and gas company to create renewable energy for a company called GreenTech in 2014.
However, a few months into working there, she received the devastating news that her friend had died as a result of consuming counterfeit drugs.
"He died from taking a fake malaria pill but he also died in a horrible way, in that he went to one hospital and they gave him more malaria pills, and then went to another and they pumped his stomach with something that made his liver fail.
"They took him to other hospitals after that but his health did not improve," she says.
"At the end of the day, he died in the back of a car.
"That was so shocking and eye-opening to me that the healthcare industry in Nigeria had very serious issues. And in the story of his death, you see many different problems with the healthcare system."
Meanwhile, Nwakah started facing challenges with her own health.
She had a surgery in the US and while she was living in Nigeria, had trouble finding the medication she needed for her care.
"I had experiences where I felt that something was wrong with the medication I was receiving in Nigeria and then I started to talk to people and almost everyone I met had a similar story," she says.
"In Nigeria, you could be young and then die and no one would bat an eye because it happens so often and there is no answer for it."
Nwakah had seen a gap and wanted to be part of the solution.
After three years of research and planning, she founded Medsaf in January 2017.
It is a digital medication supply chain management solution, linking hospitals and medication manufacturers from all over the world through a "pay as you go" system.
Through the technology platform, she disrupted the pharmaceutical industry by creating a transparent, affordable and safe manufacturing method to get direct medication to hospitals and pharmacies across Nigeria.
According to Nwakah, more than 400 hospitals and pharmacies signed up to use the platform and app when they launched, allowing stakeholders to see drug information, tracking and tracing details on a smartphone.
Medsaf also gives hospitals and pharmacies a 'credit score' based on indicators such as repayment history, insurance data and patient feedback.
They make profit from medication sold through the platforms as well as through inventory management and data subscription services.
The company currently employs 13 individuals who are mostly pharmacists.
They have raised $1.4 million to date and are looking to expand to other countries.
Medsaf won the Nigeria round of Seedstars Lagos in 2017 and also won the Greatest Social Impact award of the Global SME Awards at the ITU Telecom Awards 2017 in South Korea.
"A new wealth creator is using innovative and disruptive ideas to improve on existing ways of life or ways of business in emerging markets and opening the people's minds to doing things differently and creating jobs and opportunities that didn't exist before because of their innovative thinking," Nwakah tells FORBES WOMAN AFRICA.
Sector: Drone technology
Dale McErlean, 32, South Africa
Co-founder and Director: NTSU Aviation Solutions and AfricaUSC
Dale McErlean, Co-founder and Director of NTSU Aviation Solutions and AfricaUSC. Picture: Supplied
Dale McErlean was born with aviation in her blood. She is the holder of a frozen Airline Transport Pilot License, with 2,000 hours on a fixed-wing twin turbine aircraft.
However, she spread her wings beyond aviation and ventured into entrepreneurship.
McErlean was born and raised in the East Rand of Johannesburg, an area that's home to Africa's busiest airport, OR Tambo International Airport.
"I had always been an academic so when I said I wanted to be a pilot, my dad said, 'well, you can be a pilot but you need an education behind you as well'," she says.
Fulfilling her father's wishes, she graduated with a BCom degree, specializing in Aviation Management from the University of Pretoria in 2008 with a cum laude.
She worked as ground crew at Virgin Atlantic Airways at OR Tambo International and Cape Town International Airport for five years.
In the meantime, she was completing her degree and pilot's license to pursue her dream to fly.
She flew the Cessna Caravan, King Air 200 and Beechcraft 1900 for four years and furthered her aviation career in 2014, joining the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA).
It was here that McErlean first got involved with Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), commonly known as drones.
She was responsible for the accreditation of RPAS operators and issuing of operator certificates, at the forefront of new regulations within the drone industry in South Africa.
"I started thinking 'I've got all this knowledge but as a regulator at the SACAA, I'm not actually allowed to use it to develop the industry because as a regulator, you are not there to promote and develop'," she says.
McErlean wanted to contribute to the industry in a different way.
"So I started thinking about going at it on my own and people asked me 'so what are you going to do?', and I was like 'I'm just going to wing it'," she says.
McErlean found herself starting her own company with her now co-founder, Sam Twala, who had also previously worked for SACAA.
At the end of 2017, McErlean resigned and the following year, in 2018, they officially started NTSU Aviation Solutions, an aviation company offering specialized services to the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry.
The name NTSU was inspired by the seSotho word ntsu, which means eagle.
They do compliance for operators in civil aviation and help existing operators amend their current operations manual and specifications to do more complex projects.
McErlean says they have worked with 10 to 12 companies on a monthly basis, and have worked with companies in mining, as well as protection services.
One of the most complex projects she has worked on involved security surveillance using drones in Cape Town, just 3km away from the airport. "We do security surveillance at night, this is flying drones at night beyond visual line of sight," she says.
The drones were instrumental in the arrests of 25 criminals.
"We coordinate with the ground team and we can then loiter overhead, or follow the criminals to wherever they go and then apprehend them," she says.
This led to McErlean winning an award as one of 10 Women to Watch in UAS in Las Vegas for 2018, making her the only woman from Africa to win.
"The largest use of drones is going to be on the African continent due to our minerals, due to rain, and due to our geography," McErlean says.
Because of the opportunities drones offer on the continent, McErlean and Twala also founded a second company called AfricaUSC that educates and trains new and existing RPAS operators.
McErlean says they are also working their way up the African continent, helping other countries implement regulations to fly drones.
For McErlean, being a new wealth creator is about development, job creation and sustainability.
"With the use of technology now, you want to use what's available to make things better and create wealth," she says.
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Psychedelic rock band Wolf People are celebrating the release of their second album, Fain. The artwork immediately caught my attention, leading me to check it out. Well, that and I tend to like any band with "wolf" or "black" in their name. When I put the album into my computer to play, I noticed there were eight tracks that were close to five minutes, with the average length being five minutes and 30 seconds. Upon listening to the first song, "Empty Vessels," I was blown away by the musicianship. Cymbals start the track off until the guitars kick in. There is a special relationship between guitarists who have their own parts to play, but somehow manage to meet up in an incredible way. My favorites on the album are "All Returns" and "When The Fire Is Dead In The Grate." The lead guitar is absolutely fantastic on these two with heavy melodic solos, showcasing the band's natural talent.
Energy is derived from the bass and drums on "Athol," "Hesperus" and "NRR." The deep, distinct sound of the bass stands out in the background as it follows the rhythm guitar riffs. As for the drums, the cymbals alternate between hi-hat, ride and crash, dictating when the "sections" of the songs will change.
Overall, this is a great psychedelic rock album with lots of heavy riffs and energetic drums. With most of the tunes sounding like a musical composition, there are many different sections, most of which end with where they began. Popular music has gone through various different genres over the years. Where psychedelic rock reigned in the late '60s and '70s, Wolf People are here to bring it back. Much like their own music, the band has helped their respective genre come full circle.


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#include "vertSnapDeformerNode.h"

#include <maya/MFnData.h>
#include <maya/MPlug.h>
#include <maya/MDataBlock.h>
#include <maya/MDataHandle.h>
#include <maya/MArrayDataHandle.h>
#include <maya/MArrayDataBuilder.h>

#include <maya/MGlobal.h>
#include <maya/MItMeshVertex.h>

// CHANGE THIS ID AS NEEDED
MTypeId     vertSnapDeformer::id( 0x7269b );
MObject     vertSnapDeformer::driver_mesh;
MObject     vertSnapDeformer::initialized_data;
MObject     vertSnapDeformer::vert_map;

vertSnapDeformer::vertSnapDeformer() {}
vertSnapDeformer::~vertSnapDeformer() {}

MStatus vertSnapDeformer::deform( MDataBlock& data, MItGeometry& iter, const MMatrix& localToWorldMatrix, unsigned int mIndex )
{
	int initialized_mapping = data.inputValue(initialized_data).asShort();

	///////////////////////////////////////
	// Attribute based initializing for resetting the deform state:
	// (using an attr on the node)
	//
	if( initialized_mapping == 1 )
	{
		initVertMapping(data, iter, localToWorldMatrix, mIndex);
		initialized_mapping = data.inputValue( initialized_data ).asShort();
	}

	if( initialized_mapping == 2 )  //deformer data initialized successfully. begin deform.
	{
		//get data from data block:
		float env = data.inputValue( envelope ).asFloat();

		MArrayDataHandle vertMapArrayData  = data.inputArrayValue( vert_map );

		// attach to the poly function set :
		MDataHandle meshAttrHandle = data.inputValue( driver_mesh );
		MObject meshMobj  = meshAttrHandle.asMesh();
		MItMeshVertex vertIter( meshMobj );

		// this is the deform loop:
		for( ; !iter.isDone(); iter.next() )
		{
			float weight = weightValue( data, mIndex, iter.index() ); //painted weight
			float ww = weight * env; //weight * envelope value

			if (ww != 0)
			{
				vertMapArrayData.jumpToElement( iter.index() );
				int index_mapped = vertMapArrayData.inputValue().asInt(); //get mapped index

				if( index_mapped >= 0 ) // filter out un-mapped points
				{
					int prevInt;
					vertIter.setIndex(index_mapped, prevInt);

					MPoint mappedPt = vertIter.position( MSpace::kWorld ); // get in world space

					MPoint iterPt = iter.position() * localToWorldMatrix; // get in world space by transforming

					MPoint pt = iterPt + ((mappedPt - iterPt) * ww);    // scale delta for painted weights

					pt = pt * localToWorldMatrix.inverse(); 			// transform new pt back into obj space
					iter.setPosition( pt );
				}
			}
		}
	}

	return MS::kSuccess;
}

void vertSnapDeformer::initVertMapping(MDataBlock& data, MItGeometry& iter, const MMatrix& localToWorldMatrix, unsigned int mIndex)
{
	//make poly mesh function set object:
	MDataHandle meshAttrHandle = data.inputValue( driver_mesh  );
	MObject meshMobj = meshAttrHandle.asMesh();
	MItMeshVertex vertIter( meshMobj );
	vertIter.reset();
	int count = iter.count();

	MArrayDataHandle vertMapOutArrayData = data.outputArrayValue( vert_map );

	MArrayDataBuilder vertMapOutArrayBuilder(vert_map, count);
	MPointArray allPts;
	allPts.clear();

	int i=0;
	//first initialize all mappings to -1, and also store a buffer pt array to search through:
	for( ; !iter.isDone(); iter.next() )
	{
		MDataHandle initIndexDataHnd = vertMapOutArrayBuilder.addElement( i );
		int negIndex = -1;

		initIndexDataHnd.setInt( negIndex );
		initIndexDataHnd.setClean();

		allPts.append( iter.position() * localToWorldMatrix );
		i++;
	}

	vertMapOutArrayData.set(vertMapOutArrayBuilder);

	for ( ; !vertIter.isDone(); vertIter.next() )
	{
		MPoint driver_pt = vertIter.position( MSpace::kWorld );
		int closest_pt_index = getClosestPt( driver_pt, allPts );

		//save the closest point mapping to snap verts to each other here:
		MDataHandle snapDataHnd = vertMapOutArrayBuilder.addElement( closest_pt_index );
		snapDataHnd.setInt( vertIter.index() );

		snapDataHnd.setClean();
	}

	vertMapOutArrayData.set( vertMapOutArrayBuilder );

	MPlug setInitMode(thisMObject(), initialized_data);
	setInitMode.setShort(2);

	iter.reset(); //important, reset the geom iterator so it starts from zero again

}

//this is really a brute force linear closest pt function,
//definately nothing fancy here (returns the pt index, not the point):
int vertSnapDeformer::getClosestPt( const MPoint& pt, const MPointArray& points )
{
	int ptIndex =0;
	double currentDistance = 9e99;
	double furthestDistanceSoFar = 9e99;

	for(unsigned int i=0; i < points.length(); i++ )
	{
		currentDistance = pt.distanceTo( points[i] );
		if( currentDistance < furthestDistanceSoFar )
		{
			ptIndex = i;
			furthestDistanceSoFar = currentDistance;
		}
	}

	return ptIndex;
}

void* vertSnapDeformer::creator()
{
	return new vertSnapDeformer();
}

MStatus vertSnapDeformer::initialize()
{
	MFnNumericAttribute numericAttr;
	MFnTypedAttribute polyMeshAttr;
	MFnEnumAttribute enumAttr;

	driver_mesh = polyMeshAttr.create( "vertSnapInput", "vsnpin", MFnData::kMesh );
 	polyMeshAttr.setStorable(false);
	polyMeshAttr.setConnectable(true);
	addAttribute(driver_mesh);
	attributeAffects(driver_mesh, outputGeom);

	initialized_data = enumAttr.create( "initialize", "inl" );
	enumAttr.addField(	"Off", 0);
	enumAttr.addField(	"Re-Set Bind", 1);
	enumAttr.addField(	"Bound", 2);
	enumAttr.setKeyable(true);
	enumAttr.setStorable(true);
	enumAttr.setReadable(true);
	enumAttr.setWritable(true);
	enumAttr.setDefault(0);
	addAttribute( initialized_data );
	attributeAffects( initialized_data, outputGeom );

	vert_map = numericAttr.create( "vtxIndexMap", "vtximp", MFnNumericData::kLong );
	numericAttr.setKeyable(false);
	numericAttr.setArray(true);
	numericAttr.setStorable(true);
	numericAttr.setReadable(true);
	numericAttr.setWritable(true);
	addAttribute( vert_map );
	attributeAffects( vert_map, outputGeom  );

	// Make the deformer weights paintable
	MGlobal::executeCommand( "makePaintable -attrType multiFloat -sm deformer blendNode weights;" );

	return MS::kSuccess;
}

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VANCOUVER, Feb. 7, 2019 /CNW/ - Clean Commodities Corp. (TSX VENTURE: CLE) ("Clean Commodities" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that the Company's option partner, Orano Canada Inc. ("Orano Canada"), has commenced its planned 3,600 metre winter diamond drill program at the Preston Uranium Project. The project is located in the western Athabasca Basin near NexGen Energy Ltd.'s high-grade Arrow deposit hosted on its Rook-1 property and Fission Uranium Corp.'s Triple R deposit located within their PLS Project area.
"We are excited for the commencement of exploration and drilling programs by Orano Canada at the Preston Uranium Project. With a proposed CDN $2,200,000 budget during the current year, Clean Commodities is looking forward to the results that this significant amount of exploration may yield as we work with our strategic partner to further advance the project. Orano Canada has a knowledgeable technical team and a lengthy history of exploration and mining in the Athabasca Basin. In addition, given the scale of this exploration program at our flagship Preston Uranium Project, the Company has elected to discontinue its strategic review process as it now stands to benefit from a large amount of near-term, third-party funded exploration," stated Ryan Kalt, CEO of Clean Commodities.
Orano Canada plans to carry out CDN $2,200,000 in exploration and diamond drilling programs over the next year.
Recently commenced a diamond drilling program consisting of 11 to 15 drill holes at the JL and FSA targets for a total of approximately 3,600 metres.
If carried to completion, a tripartite joint venture would be formed is 70% as to Orano Canada and 30% equally divided as between Clean Commodities and Skyharbour.
Orano Canada has commenced its 2019 winter diamond drilling program consisting of 11 to 15 drill holes for an approximate total of 3,600 metres on the Preston Uranium Project. Drilling will test targets defined by the 2018 EM surveys on the JL and FSA target grids. The estimated cost of the 2019 exploration and drilling program(s) is CDN $2,200,000.
The JL grid has no historical drilling although a field reconnaissance program carried out by Orano Canada personnel in 2017 within the western portion of the grid identified several outcrops consisting largely of felsic to intermediate gneiss with minor granite and pegmatite. Thorium related radiometric anomalies were detected in association with some of the pegmatites. A total of 21 drill targets have been identified within the JL grid including on seven of the eight discrete basement conductors defined by the 2018 EM survey.
The western extension of conductor FSA defined by MaxMin was previously tested by historical drilling. Drill hole PN15004, a follow up to lost hole PN14009, encountered locally graphitic and sulphide-rich metasediments with a 7.5m wide graphitic and pyrite bearing shear beginning at 179m downhole. Alteration (clay and chlorite) was noted as moderate to strong within the shear zone and the drill hole returned a maximum of 1.8 ppm U over 1.0m from 188.42m downhole. During the 2017 Orano Canada field reconnaissance program in the FSA area, a uranium related radiometric anomaly was detected in an outcrop. Two grab samples from this outcrop returned 47 ppm and 62 ppm U. Of note, two conductors were identified on the FSA grid on all three profiles providing a minimum of six drill targets.
The Company advises that it views the commencement of a significant, third-party funded exploration program at its flagship Preston Uranium Project to be a significant advancement for its operations. As a result, the Company has discontinued its strategic review process (see news release dated July 26, 2018) and looks forward to the forthcoming exploration results from the drill program detailed in this news release.


Home Campus Life Campus Alert Classes Delayed Until 9 A.M.
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Belmont University will be open today—Wednesday, January 20, 2016—but no classes or activities will be held prior to 9 a.m. All classes and events scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. or later are expected to proceed as scheduled, but we will continue to monitor weather and road conditions and update campus again if that schedule needs to change. Facilities Management Services will be working to clear ice from sidewalks and building entrances, but some areas may remain slippery. Please be cautious when walking through campus and stay on the walkways that have been cleared.
Commuter students and employees should be aware that all surface parking lots will closed today to allow crews to remove snow and ice so cars should be parked in garages. In addition to surface parking lots, closed areas include the top floors of the Curb and Thrailkill garages and Portland Avenue (between MPAC and the library). The 4th floor entrance for the Curb Garage from 15th Avenue will be open today. Because weather and road conditions can vary greatly within our region, students, faculty and staff are urged to use individual discretion when making the decision to travel to campus in snow or icy weather.


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Q: How do you get the older Mac OSX SDKs for Xcode? How can I can the 10.6 version of MacOSX SDK with the latest version of the Xcode (version 4.6)?

A: You would have to install an older Xcode, take MacOSX10.6.sdk out of the SDK folder at the location it's installed (default: /Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs) and copy it to the SDK folder in your latest Xcode.app (default: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs).

As for fixing your error, try importing/including <sys/ucontext.h> instead of Apple's ucontext.h.


Muscles are the corner stone of body building. Without muscle mass the shape, the physique plus symmetry becomes totally useless. In purchase to build muscles you want to understand the 3 golden components involved- the appropriate diet, the muscles improving training and the approved supplements. Building muscles is not an impossible job, people have been building body since historic times. With the advancements inside the field of health science it has become simple for us to know how to gain muscle mass rapidly. In this short article I have compiled the number one factors one could do inside order to gain muscle.
The just means this would happen is in the event you train as hard as they do, eat as much as they do and have the genetics they do. Steroids alone might not make anyone as big and muscular because professionals. You'll receive bigger certain nevertheless the pros have the total package. The amount of discipline required to receive to that level is beyond the scope of many people.
The actual cool down period is a vital part of any health and fitness routine and the ideal method to end a rigorous exercise. You can cool off by stretching to reduce on any muscle mass pain you may experience after a workout. Trying to cool off is moreover a terrific technique to permit a heart reconcile into its usual rhythm.
Additionally, make sure you may be undoubtedly drinking a lot of water every day. This really is vital to aid the body stay hydrated when you're working out.
If you wish to build muscles, then you need to receive foods that are rich in proteins. If you cannot receive such foods then, you are able to opt for protein supplements. Ensure which all your food contain protein foods. Protein has been known to keep the glucose level in the blood stable. We must additionally include entire grains as a means of supplying carbohydrates which are beneficial to provide you vitality when exercising. Ensure we include fruits, greens, grains, and meat inside a diet. This really is a convenient method of getting a balanced diet.
Do we learn why expert bodybuilders have the body that we usually dream ? The answer is specialist bodybuilders monitor every single detail on their body and when they feel anything is not ideal they do any it takes to create it perfect. And whenever I say anything I don't imply simply workout, it involves diet and resting time. And since they don't stop until they reach perfection they have bodies folks are jealous of.
It's effortless to find why flax seed is the choice of people whom would nonetheless wish their dose of Omega 3 because it is actually inexpensive plus easy to buy. While it does not have all of the same benefits as fish oil it does contain a few of its own advantages plus shares the most important ones since it additionally contains omega 3 fatty acids. Also it has the advantage of not having most fish oil side effects. For those who are still not including Omega 3 because a part of their diets, do try taking flax seed considering it is worthwhile.


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Meet 2020 LEAF Finalist Lynne Hanson
NewSong's 7th annual LEAF Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition takes place Oct. 24! This month, we are introducing readers to our eight, talented finalists. Today we are proud to highlight Canadian artist Lynne Hanson. Lynne's brand of "porch music with a little red dirt" can turn on a dime… (read more)
Meet 2020 LEAF Finalist B.J. Fisher
NewSong's 7th annual LEAF Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition takes place Oct. 24! This month, we are introducing readers to our eight, talented finalists. Today we are proud to highlight B.J. Fisher. B.J. has been writing songs for the past 10 years while raising a young family… (read more)
Meet 2020 LEAF Finalist Naïmah
NewSong's 7th annual LEAF Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition takes place Oct. 24! This month, we are introducing readers to our eight, talented finalists. Today we are proud to highlight Los Angeles, CA based artist Naïmah. Naïmah is a SESAC-affiliated and Billboard-recognized singer and songwriter from Washington,… (read more)
Introducing the 2020 LEAF Festival Finalists
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Kelly English releases new single, "Free"
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Kelly English releases new single "I'm Not Like That"
The indie pop song is the first to be featured on sophomore album, "The Savannah Theory," produced and mixed by Gar Ragland and released on NewSong Recordings. May 15, 2020 (Asheville, NC) - Connecticut-based singer-songwriter Kelly English is proud to announce the release of… (read more)
Wilder Adkins pays tribute to mothers everywhere with new single
Wilder Adkins pays tribute to mothers everywhere with new single "Mother" out on NewSong Recordings May 8 May 7, 2020 (Asheville, NC) - Birmingham, AL-based singer-songwriter Wilder Adkins did not intend for his latest single, "Mother," to be autobiographical. Instead, it's a tribute to and a… (read more)
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2020 LEAF Competition Live Performance Finals to take place Fall 2020
The 2020 LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition Live Performance Finals has been postponed until October 24, 2020. In the interest of public health, the Spring 2020 LEAF Festival has been postponed. We support our friends at LEAF in this very difficult but necessary decision. This year's NewSong – LEAF Competition… (read more)
The 7th Annual NewSong LEAF Competition is now accepting entries
THE SEVENTH ANNUAL NEWSONG PRESENTS: LEAF SINGER-SONGWRITER COMPETITION IS NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES UPDATE: Due to public health concerns regarding Covid-19, the LEAF Competition Live Performance Finals will now take place Oct. 22-25. Submission deadline is Monday, May 4, 2020. February 18, 2020 (Asheville,… (read more)
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/**
@file      matcher.cpp, matcher_avx2.cpp, matcher_avx512bw.cpp
@brief     RE/flex matcher engine
@author    Robert van Engelen - engelen@genivia.com
@copyright (c) 2016-2022, Robert van Engelen, Genivia Inc. All rights reserved.
@copyright (c) BSD-3 License - see LICENSE.txt
*/

#if defined(HAVE_AVX512BW)
# if !defined(__AVX512BW__)
#  error matcher_avx512bw.cpp must be compiled with -mavx512bw or /arch:avx512.
# endif
#endif

#define COMPILE_AVX512BW
#include "matcher.cpp"