we arrived around 2 p.m. and was greeted with the POC with smiles and everyone expressing how much they appreciated us being there. POC escorted us down to our changing area ( bathroom ) , POC proceeded to inform us that we were going on to come out as the key performed their last number, the Star Wars theme and imperial March among a few other favorites. As we Waited , there were a few of the musicians that saw us while they were backstage and excitedly wanted a few photos and told us how ' awesome you guys are ! , great looking ! ' some more time passed and then finally our moment was upon us ! We were told that they wanted us to line up on each side of the stage with the storm trooper ( Brian ) in the center as they played. People were all smiles and taking photos as we stood on stage as the music played . After the music ended , we were instructed to mingle with the crowd if we could and take photos with everyone that wanted , and exchanged excited laughter and high fives ! huge shout out to Jeanne Aiken , whom was a big help in guiding us around and helping out with the costumes!
– Photos to PR email are inbound !
The Rebel Legion decided to induct a recurring resident of the Ronald McDonald House of Baltimore as an Honorary Member of their ranks; they invited the 501st to send an Honor Guard, and both OLG and GT were in attendance. The Emperor himself made an appearance, and introduced one of his apprentices: Darth Maul. The young dark lord is the favorite of inductee. Surrounded by all the Star Wars characters, the Rebel Legion presented him with a Honorary Member Certificate; the Empire is lucky to have such a cunning spy within the ranks of the Rebel Legion. Both the child and his mother were overcome with emotion from the support shown by all the Star Wars groups. GT recorded a brief interview with the young fan, who explained that the Sith Lords were his favorite of all Star Wars characters.
Big school but very nice accommodations in a large music room given water and pizza leftover still warm. After a quick brief about what was going to be our strategic insertion into the halftime show. We suited up and headed down to the field. Waving and pictures on the way. (Did get I love you Darth Vader) We lined up waiting for our cue. Then it happen we walked 3 paces onto the field turned and waved after halftime we mingled with the younglings for pictures on the track and in front of the stands. Luckily we had a squire and helmet free to wander in the dark. Returned to the music room dekitted and walked out together. I believe the FB team won as well.
Photos submitted to PR email.
We arrived at the location and we're led to our secure changing area by our event host. Our area was stocked with water and cookies which was nice. We suited up and began our patrol of the premises. Upon reaching the main part of the library, we stumbled upon a costume contest for kids. It was refreshing to see some children dressed as First Order Stormtroopers as well as one pint-sized Kylo Ren. After the contest, we hung around and took photos with the guests, patrolled the main entrance and interacted with the staff who had tables set up. We were then invited up for pizza in the break room by the library staff. Several of our troopers took a quick break for lunch before returning to duty. After a few hours, we retired to the changing area to return to our civilian clothes and exit the location.
A pleasant break from the heat to support a very important cause!
The troops arrived at the VIP parking lot and donned their gear at the vehicles. Vendors were setup with tables in the shadow of Camden Yards in a very nice area lined with trees facing the Baltimore Ravens stadium. As participants began to arrive and check-in, we greeted them with high fives and fist bumps. Several small children slowly warmed to the Empire's protective presence. The Baltimore Orioles mascot came out and joined us for photos. After a rousing opening ceremony, we cheered the walkers as they headed out from the starting line.
The library was very gracious and shared their employee break room for the Empire to change into gear. The library wanted to ensure maximum energy levels for the troopers, and provided 3 dozen donuts so personnel could carb up. The garrison marched into the public library space shortly after 1100 hours, and greeted the many wide eyed visitors. An Imperial officer introduced the many different ways to serve in the Empire, and reminded the galactic citizens that in spite of what they may have read and seen in the obviously slanted historical documents, the Empire is the rightfully "elected" government. The garrison then patrolled the library, posing for pictures with the delighted patrons, and participated in arts and crafts. Around 1300 hours, the troopers were recalled to the Imperial shuttle and were extracted from the landing zone.
Arrived shortly after noon, met up with event coordinator whom said changing area was sane as day before . Barn area in the back . Once suited up , came out and mingled with fans/people , smiles were wide and most had no idea what character or who I was period haha, had a few immediately run up for high fives and hugs , most young kids were real skiddish of me and unsure if I was good or bad lol , needed a lot of reassurance but once they knew I was a 'good ' guy then they opened up a little more . The crowd was not as nearly as big as the day before but still a great day. A few of the kids ran up and said ' do the roar ! ' and jumped up and down after hearing it , took photos with those whom were willing ( haha ) and as the event winded down , thanked the coordinator for having us out and look forward to any future events !
An annual event arranged by Anne Arundel County Firefighters to raise money for The Children's Cancer Foundation. This is the second year Old Line Garrison (OLG) has supported this event and hope to see its continued growth.
Prior to arrival a Facebook Messenger group was created for all to coordinate arrivals. This worked well to precoordinate prior to event arrival. Troopers began to arrive at 1030 Local. Event lead made contact with the POC shortly after his arrival. Troopers were provided with a trailer to change and congregate. With the number of Troopers and size of the trailer most Troopers came in partial kit and/or changed quickly next to our transports. The trailer was reserved for those needing more time and help to kit up. This was precoordinated after reconnaissance from Garrison Command. Event organizers provided Troopers with water throughout the event and delivered lunch provided by Mission BBQ.
Troopers were in gear at approximately 1155 at which time we took the group photo provided to Garrison PR. We then roamed the event for photo opportunities interacting with the crowd and the first responders present at the event.
The main issue today was the ambient temperature. Troopers used the trailer and provided water to stay hydrated as best we could.
Troopers began to depart around 1500. Event lead departed at 1559.
– Photos Submitted to Garrison PR. Official photo courtesy of Kirk Douglass.
Bester Community of Hope is located in the Washington County school district of Hagerstown MD. This event will be our third annual Block party. Each block party has been bigger and better with over a thousand attendees the first year; and around 2000 attendees last year. It is a community event designed to bring community resources together under one big tent or one big field, with the families and children of the community. In addition to our core mission, we provide music, games and fun–top notch entertainment, and we try to bring a learning element together to support our neighborhood families and children.
The Fall Block Party is one of about three signature events that Bester Community of Hope does in the community for the community. We look forward to hearing from you and working out any details. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Referred by: Our Executive Director Keith Fanjoy is the first one to hear of you guys. He may have caught a performance in West Virginia–(He is an alum of Shepard University and CEO of San Mar Home of Boonsboro, MD) of which Bester Community of Hope is an Initiative created to serve the under-served needs of children and families, of the Bester school area. (The most needy and impoverished district in our area–and the most grateful). And we strive to strengthen families and support communities, so they can in turn be more supportive of children and families in their district and eventually we hope city-wide and state-wide. We also welcome partners to work with and we would love to work with you.
Suggested Arrival Time is 60 minutes before the event Start Time.
Other 501st Garrisons, the Rebel Legion, the Mandalorian Mercenaries Costuming Club, and R2DC are welcome to attend.
We arrived promptly at 7:15am and checked in with our host. We were already in kit, so we immediately began mingling with the crowd. 5K runs are always full of excitement and people who love to see the costumed characters who have come out to cheer them on – this event was no exception. We stood for many photos and wished all the runners luck before the race. We ran into a number of local sports-teams' mascots. Each one of them thought it was funny to pantomime a lightsaber. We played into it and explained, "your imaginary lightsaber doesn't stand a chance against a blast from our imaginary Death Star!" The mascots all reacted in mock defeat. The crowd loved it.
As the runners lined up to begin, we positioned ourselves along the course's edge and offered high-fives to the runners as they ran passed. We knew this was a good crowd when several runners went past, turned around, and came back for a high-five before picking up their pace back into the run. We waited for the runners to return and cheered them to a great finish.
This event also sponsors a 1K walk; we will very likely be back next year and register to walk in kit.
Security was a little tighter than with past events, so we were slightly delayed. The Children's Inn has adapted to their damaged roof by shifting rooms and staff offices and moving the front entrance. We met up with our host who was excited to have us and mentioned that they can always count on us when we are invited. We also made the offer to help in a non-costumed capacity if they have any more moving or recovery from the roof damage. We got ready in the arts and crafts room, where they usually station us. The room has been halved in order to accommodate some makeshift office space but it is still spacious and comfortable. Once we were ready, we headed out to where a couple dozen motorcycles were parked by the entrance. Children and adults were thrilled at our presence and we posed for several photos. Several of the bikers were impressed by TI-13621's Imperial-issue gauntlets and remarked that they would be good for riding. Only a few younglings were afraid to take advantage of the photo op and maintained a safe but friendly distance. After about an hour and a half, the event began to wind down and several of the bikers headed out. We took that opportunity to visit with the security guards and pose for a few more photos. When we re-entered the building, a youngling named Tyler insisted on taking us upstairs to the dining room, where a few more families took the opportunity to meet us. As we were about to head down, a girl who had been previously too scared to take a picture with us approached us, gave us some shy high-fives and, beaming, posed for several photos. With that, our work was done and we headed down to change and depart.
Troopers arrived before 4pm in Kennedy Center parking garage. No issues with using provided parking vouchers.
and escorted by another new POC, Ashley, for the dance portion of the evening which lasted until 11pm. Dancing in TK armor is a challenge.
It definitely requires a handler nearby. TK 50116's thermal detonator got knocked off a few times during the bumping around on the dance floor.
floor got rowdy and it was time to go.
We arrived around 7:00 and suited up, getting to the walk site around 7:45. We took photos and gave high-fives. Mary was amazing at drawing out some of the shy children. One little boy was a huge Star Wars fan and was completely overwhelmed by our presence. He couldn't quite handle photos but started to come out of his shell shock a bit more towards the end. His mother is considering putting in an event request when his birthday comes around. The walk got underway a little after 9:00 and we posted ourselves at the starting line to cheer on the walkers. Once the walk got underway, we posed for a few more photos before the heat became punishing and we headed back to hydrate and de-kit.
LexiCon is an annual event held by the St. Mary's County Library System at the Lexington Park, MD branch. A small mixed genre convention in the NAS Patuxent River Area.
Troopers started to arrive at 1115. Event guests started arriving shortly before 1200. Troopers stayed for the most part near the entrance of the event posing for photo ops. Periodic strolls through the library were performed thorough the day. Almost interaction with fans was in the form of photo ops. Occasionally discussions about our costume construction and the construction of the droid occurred. We were given a small break room for changing and storage. As usual Lord Vader and a Droid present were key attractions. Troopers began to de-kit after 1500 as individual fatigue set in. Event ended at 1600. Final troopers de-kitted and all departed by 1615. Today's event had all the Troopers who live in the Pax River area present and serving the Empire.
Event lead had discussions with St. Mary's County Sheriff's Department and the Calvert County Library System regarding requesting Troopers to appear at their upcoming events. They were referred to the websites for appearance requests. Suggestion for event leads need to have a handful of Garrison cards with the website address to give out to such inquiries. Today's event lead did not have any.
The Lexington Park Librarians were very appreciative of the Legions being there and will relay to the other Librarians in the St. Mary's County Library system about us for future events.
– Photos Submitted to PR via email. Photographer was library event staff who used Jedi Master Linda Ward's iPhone after taking photos for the library. Permission to share these photos is granted. Event lead will patrol Library Social Media for official photos to be posted.


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Q: Title of a Custom UIBarButtonItem from a UIButton not showing I made a custom UIBarButtonItem from a UIButton. The custom bar button is visible, the action works, the size is correct, and the background color can be seen; however the manually set title cannot be seen. maybe background is laid over the text? I'm not sure, help?
In viewDidLoad:
UIButton *resetButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
resetButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 65, 30);
[resetButton addTarget:self action:@selector(speakPhrase:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
resetButton.titleLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"ProximaNova-Bold" size:19];
resetButton.titleLabel.text = @"RESET";
resetButton.titleLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
resetButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
resetButton.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;

UIBarButtonItem *resetBarBTN = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:resetButton];

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = resetBarBTN;

A: You should set the title for button of using setTitle:forState: for particular control states, replace your code with below
UIButton *resetButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
resetButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 65, 30);
[resetButton addTarget:self action:@selector(speakPhrase:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
resetButton.titleLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"ProximaNova-Bold" size:19];

[resetButton setTitle:@"RESET" forState:UIControlStateNormal]; //change this line in your code

resetButton.titleLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
resetButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
resetButton.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;

UIBarButtonItem *resetBarBTN = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:resetButton];

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = resetBarBTN;

A: Use setTitle:forState to set button title. For example
[resetButton setTitle:@"text" forState:UIControlStateNormal]

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Award season is officially underway in Music City. On Sunday, October 16, the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) celebrated the men and women behind country music's most popular songs at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony.
BMI songwriters dominated the list of winners, who were determined by the votes of professional members of NSAI. Taylor Swift earned her fourth Artist/Writer of the Year crown in five years, while the Band Perry's "If I Die Young," penned by frontwoman Kimberly Perry, scored the Song of the Year win.
All of the top 10 "Songs I Wish I'd Written" were written or co-written by BMI songwriters: "American Honey," co-written by Shane Stevens; "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not," co-written by Jim Collins; "Hello World," co-written by Tom Douglas and David Lee; "Homeboy" by Casey Beathard and Eric Church; "Honey Bee," co-written by Rhett Akins; "Mean" by Taylor Swift; "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer" by Troy Jones; "The Boys of Fall," co-written by Casey Beathard; "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking," co-written by John Wiggins; and "If I Die Young" by Kimberly Perry.
Esteemed publisher David Conrad received the Frances Williams Preston Mentor Award in recognition of his soulful stewardship of songwriters and their songs, while beloved BMI troubadour Thom Schuyler was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
For more information on the event, please visit www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com.


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Brazil's Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate
CNN, 21 Aug 2019
Fires are raging at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and scientists warn that it could strike a devastating blow to the fight against climate change. According to INPE, more than 1½ soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day and the fires are burning at the highest rate. Environmental activists and organisations accuse Brazil's president -Jair Bolsonaro of relaxing environmental controls in the country and encouraging deforestation.
Forest Sourcing
Brazil's amazon rainforest
NGOs file lawsuit against CPSC over phthalate rule
Chemical Watch, 3 Jan 2017
Three NGOs in US have filed a lawsuit to compel the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to finalise a rule banning five phthalates in children's products. The commission issued a proposed rule in late 2014 to ban five phthalates in children's toys, at levels greater than 0.1%. They were diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP); di-n-pentyl phthalate (DnPP); di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP); dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP); and diisononyl phthalate (DINP). The CPSC was required to publish the final rule within 180 days of the CHAP's report on 14 January 2015. But the lawsuit states that the agency has missed this deadline by almost two years.
Chemical Watch
CHAP's report
dicyclohexyl phthalate
diisononyl phthalate
dinhexyl phthalate
dinpentyl phthalate
US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Brazil revises Amazon deforestation 6% upward
Mongabay, 4 Oct 2016
The Brazilian government has revised upward its estimate for the extent of Amazon rainforest destroyed last year. Figures released last week by Brazil's National Space Research Agency (INPE) put Amazon deforestation at 6,207 square kilometres for the year ended July 31, 2015. That represents an increase of 6.5 percent relative to the estimate of 5,831 square kilometres published last December.
Brazil's National Space Research Agency
Brazilian Goverment
On eve of Olympics, Amazon deforestation surges in Brazil
Mongabay, 25 Jul 2016
Imazon, a group that tracks forest trends in Brazil, released data suggesting deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon may be on the rise after years of remaining at historic lows. The data shows that the deforestation during the month of June 2016 is the highest level recorded in a single month since November 2007. Forest clearing in Brazil often rises in dry years and when the national currency is weak, which makes agricultural exports more profitable. Currently, both conditions are present in Brazil. INPE, Brazil's national satellite agency, provides official deforestation quarterly. The rise of deforestation trend in Brazil could be further confirmed after both INPE and Imazon release data next month.
Brazilian Amazon
deforestation trend
Has Amazon deforestation reached a 7-year high in Brazil?
Mongabay, 18 Jun 2015
Satellite data analysis suggests deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon may have reached a 7-year high. Imazon, a Belém-based non-profit, released data showing deforestation in the region pacing ahead of the previous year's level for 13 months consecutively. The 12-month moving average of short-term deforestation alert data has reached levels that have not been seen since 2008. This hasn't yet been confirmed by the Brazilian government who now report statistics quarterly for its deforestation system, but recent figures released by INPE mirror this data.

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Conserving the Dove Window: A Spiritual Journey from Ian Carr on Vimeo.
Filmaker and parishioner, Ian Carr, documented our work throughout the treatment process. View the finished project above – sometimes pictures (in this case moving pictures) are worth a thousand words.
After the conservation of St. Christopher, the church contracted Nzilani to conserve the Dove window, which had been identified as having similar conditions. The approach was different as the window was part of the architecture of the building designated as a National Historical Landmark on Sunday, March 19, 2006.


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The Political Dimension of Facebook and Firearms
Judith Harris (April 25, 2019)
Salvini Holding a Machine Gun
Luca Morisi
Facebook in Italy is as much a political power tool as anywhere else. Now meet the informatics genius who lurks behind the country's most popular politician Matteo Salvini.
The Easter holiday is normally a time to speak of peace, but not at the Roman party we attended. Matteo Salvini, who is Italy's Interior Minister, Deputy Premier and the head of the rightist Lega party, had just appeared in a Facebook photo embracing a machine gun, and few spoke of anything else. "He's right," enthused (now former friend) Maria over dessert. As the rest of us looked on blankly over strawberries and cream, she smiled. "When I was a little girl we didn't need anything similar, but times have changed. Today having a gun is a necessity."
As this indicates, Facebook in Italy is as much a political power tool as anywhere else. What struck many was that Salvini himself did not post the photo, though some reports claimed he did. It seems that it was his clever spin doctor, Luca Morisi, 46, who is described as the "man behind Salvini's social network." When Salvini was criticized for clutching the gun, Morisi responded that the critics "are doing everything they can to cast mud" on the Lega. "We are approaching the European elections, and they are inventing all they can to stop the Captain [Salvini]. But we are armed and wearing helmets!" wrote Morisi in his own Facebook site.
Morisi is considered by many to be the brains behind Salvini's victory at the elections. Until four years ago Morisi taught courses at the University of Verona in such subjects as "The Web Sites of Philosophy" and the "Philosophy Laboratory of Informatics." Born in Mantua, he edited a regular weekly page on informatics for its local daily "La Voce di Mantova". Morisi had been a Lega Nord provincial counselor from 1993 to 1997. He says that his relationship with Salvini came about because of Facebook: "I had a kind of falling in love," he told Milan journalist Matteo Pucciarelli, "due to my realizing his enormous capacity to manage a talk show. I recall that Salvini was the first ever seen with an iPad on [the TV show of] Bruno Vespa, and this made me curious since I am passionately interested in communication." Salvini, Morisi went on to say, "mixes the dimension of the private and of amusement with the political, that is his anti-political strength. He pays no heed to palazzo ritual."
Joining Salvini's staff, Morisi set out to use social media to promote the man he dubbed "Il Capitano." His Facebook postings for Salvini included a competition to see how many "mi piace" (likes) the Captain's supporters could churn up. From 2 million prior to the national general elections last year Morisi almost doubled the post-election likes, which soared up to 3.5 million. Offered as the prize for the supporters who invoked the largest number of "likes" was the chance to enjoy "private phone conversations and meetings" and even photos with Salvini, that would naturally be posted on Facebook. Facebook shots of Salvini with admirers in cheering selfie crushes are routine. Morisi himself now has over 13,000 Twitter followers and 24,000 on Facebook, according to the financial daily Il Sole-24 Ore.
Promoting easier gun laws has a long history. Founder of the Northern League, the local party that Salvini transformed into the nationwide Lega, which is now Italy's largest single political organization, was the largely disgraced Umberto Bossi. A decade ago Bossi called for "300,000 armed people in the valleys of Bergamo." Until recently, however, Italians save for hunters were not usually armed for self-protection. But as CBS News reported March 16, "Analysts say a growing sense of insecurity... are bringing a shift in Italy's gun laws." In fact, last September new and less restrictive legislation was passed, making gun purchases easier. Gun owners can now possess up to 10 long firearms (double the previous five) and in the clip 29 short firearms bullets. Ownership of a gun license requires only reporting it directly to Carabinieri or police by certified email.
In summer 2018 Salvini publicly supported the Italian gun lobby, already backed by fellow European gun lobbies. Albeit far less powerful than the NRA in the U.S., one of the most prominent of the European gun lobbies is FACE (European Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation), with 11 full-time lobbyists and a $1.2 million annual budget, according to the EU transparency registry. Meantime the EU is attempting to make gun laws, including over semi-automatic firearms, more restrictive in Europe.
Terror attacks as in Belgium and France are not the sole reason behind EU proposals for tougher gun laws, said an EU Commission spokesperson. "We cannot ignore that legal firearms have been used in other tragic events where children were killed in a school or young people massacred in a holiday camp. This directive is not about terrorism, but about firearms and public security." But FACE is battling this.
Judith Harris
Signs of a Slump in Tourism: Curse or Blessing?
Italy Honors World Refugee Day With Nationwide Events
Italy's Run-Off Vote For 136 Town Administrations
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social media politics
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Lessons Learned from the NRA
I wonder how long it will be before the articles come out about the Italian gun lobby being a conduit for Russian money laundering the same way the NRA is in the United States. https://www.csis.org/blogs/kremlin-playbook-spotlight/kremlin-playbook-spotlight-intersection-italian-state-media-and


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Q: Placemarks displayed in order / defining which overlap others I have created a kml with over 500 placemarks in a country. I divided them in four folders/categories and assigned them separated icons respectively.
I have noticed that when zooming out, the placemark icons overlap each other in a random order. I wanted a certain category of icons to be displayed on top of others in a hierarchy order. I tried setting altitude and also order of placemarks in kml, but it doesn't help. I have yet to come across a solution to this when searching on the web.
Does anybody know if there is a way to make it work?
Thank you!

A: If you want to place a ground overlay image over another you use the <drawOrder> element. For lines and polygons you use <gx:drawOrder>. For points these drawOrder elements are ignored.
If the points are close together then only way to try to make one placemark icon appear over another is if it has a higher altitude. NOTE: You must make sure you have the altitudeMode defined otherwise altitude value is ignored.
In the example below, the Placemark icon for P1 is drawn over the Placemark P2.
<Document>
    <!-- style definitions here... -->

    <Placemark>
        <name>P1</name>
        <styleUrl>#s1</styleUrl>
        <Point>
            <altitudeMode>relativeToGround</altitudeMode>
            <coordinates>98.92,43.55,0</coordinates>
        </Point>
    </Placemark>

    <Placemark>
        <name>P2</name>
        <styleUrl>#s2</styleUrl>
        <Point>
            <altitudeMode>relativeToGround</altitudeMode>
            <coordinates>98.92001,43.55001,2</coordinates>
        </Point>
    </Placemark>
</Document>

In general, if the altitude different is 1 meter or less the first placemark is drawn first. If the altitude is at least 2 meters then the high placemark is drawn first.
Generally the higher altitude placemark icons are drawn over lower altitude icons but if you rotate and tilt then sometimes the lower altitude icons are drawn over one with higher altitude so this technique does not always work. The terrain and tilt angle makes this a non-trivial problem for Google Earth to solve. Without Google Earth adding support for an explicit drawOrder element added to the Point geometry (as with lines and polygons) you don't have full absolute control over the icon drawing as you would like.
Likewise, the placemark label names can have a color and scale factor but you don't have fine-grain control of its placement with respect to the icon -- the labels will "float" around the icons as you move around.


Services, Solutions and Products. These terms are very commonly misused. To a large extent it's a matter of interpretation, and to some extent it's about misleading marketing jargon.
Services are limited to the scope of one time deployment or single customer or client requirement based applications. These are applications which are very specific to the needs of an individual customer. They do not factor-in industry best practices or processes, and to a large extent driven by customer inputs.
Solutions are more generic than services, in that they are about 50%-70% pre-built application, and the rest is customer specific requirements. These are applications which have a set of standard modules that address a key part of the customer needs in a particular domain. Solutions are half way to a product, as some modules would meet requirements of-the-shelf and the rest would be customer specific development. Typical the ready modules are built to be standards compliant.
Products are applications which are ready to use. These are nearly 90% ready modules and in some domains could be 100% ready with just a few minor configurations for roll out. Products require the application to be compliant with industry standards. Most customisation would be done with configuration and additional customisation would also be structured as extensions to prevent the core product being tampered with.
In terms of costing for a customer, they would see products being available at much lower costs than solutions or services. Services being the most expensive.
At the same time, services are highly customised to the need of an organization and rewrite minimal change in organisation for adoption.


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Q: How to get update ACF fields from AJAX form data I can send the data to admin-ajax.php and see that the data exists via my dev tools, however, I cannot seem to be able to take that data and update an ACF field, or perhaps my function to do that is not running.
Here is my PHP:
// define the actions for the two hooks created, first for logged in users and the next for logged out users
add_action( 'wp_ajax_add_dog_to_favorites', 'add_dog_to_favorites' );
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_add_dog_to_favorites', 'login_to_add_to_favorites' );

// define the function to be fired for logged in users
function add_dog_to_favorites() {

    // nonce check for an extra layer of security, the function will exit if it fails
    if (!wp_verify_nonce( $_REQUEST['nonce'], 'add_dog_to_favorites_nonce' )) {
        exit('Woof Woof Woof');
    }

    // Get the post_id and user_id value from the form and update the ACF form "test_field".
    $post_id = $_REQUEST["post_id"];
    $userID = $_REQUEST('user_id');
    $current_field = get_field('test_field', $userID);
    update_field('test_field', $post_id, $userID);

    if ($current_field === false) {
        $result['type'] = 'error';
    } else {
        $result['type'] = 'success';
    }

    // Check if action was fired via Ajax call. If yes, JS code will be triggered, else the user is redirected to the post page
    if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
        $result = json_encode($result);
        echo $result;
    } else {
        header("Location: " . $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
    }

    // don't forget to end your scripts with a die() function - very important
    die();

}

// define the function to be fired for logged out users
function login_to_add_to_favorites() {
    echo 'You must log in to like';
    die();
}

// used here only for enabling syntax highlighting. Leave this out if it's already included in your plugin file.

// Fires after WordPress has finished loading, but before any headers are sent.

add_action( 'init', 'enqueue_add_dog_to_favorites_script' );

function enqueue_add_dog_to_favorites_script() {
    // Register the JS file with a unique handle, file location, and an array of dependencies
    wp_register_script( 'add_favorites_script', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) . 'add_favorites_script.js', array('jquery') );

    // localize the script to your domain name, so that you can reference the url to admin-ajax.php file easily
    wp_localize_script( 'add_favorites_script', 'myAjax', array( 'ajaxurl' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ) ) );

    // enqueue jQuery library and the script you registered above
    wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' );
    wp_enqueue_script( 'add_favorites_script' );
}

and my JS:
jQuery(document).ready( function() {
    jQuery(".not-favorite").click( function(e) {
       e.preventDefault();
       post_id = jQuery(this).attr("data-post_id");
       nonce = jQuery(this).attr("data-nonce");
       user_id = jQuery(this).attr("data-user_id");
       jQuery.ajax({
          type : "post",
          dataType : "json",
          url : myAjax.ajaxurl,
          data : {action: "add_dog_to_favorites", post_id : post_id, nonce: nonce, user_id : user_id},
          success: function(response) {
            if(response.type == "success") {
               console.log('success!');
            }
            else {
               alert("Your like could not be added");
            }
         }
      });
    });
 });

I have a console.log('success!'); line that should trigger if successful, but it is not triggering. The failure alert is also not triggering, which leads me to believe the function is not running at all? I feel like it's pretty close to working, but just can't get there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Update: Ok. I found that the function is actually exiting because of the nonce verification:
    if (!wp_verify_nonce( $_REQUEST['nonce'], 'add_dog_to_favorites_nonce' )) {
        exit('Woof Woof Woof');
    }

I have tried commenting this block of code out to see what would happen and I get a critical error.

Update: Fixed an error in my code that allows it to work without the nonce check.
$userID = $_REQUEST('user_id'); needs to be $userID = $_REQUEST['user_id'];
I still will need to get the nonce check working, but progress is being made. If anyone knows why that is not working, that would wrap this up!


Another week, another Reno Rumble elimination. Hayley and Jim have impressed Australia with their creative renos, but it's time to say goodbye to the South Australian duo.
"The Reno Rumble experience was rewarding, draining… It was just an amazing experience," Jim tells The Block Shop.
Hayley and Jim are leaving the competition with their heads held high, proud of what they've been able to accomplish under some very difficult circumstances.
"Meeting all the families and giving them a new start was so rewarding, and I'm so glad we got to do it," Jim says.
Using a mural in their bedroom this week, they were able to improve the space, while still retaining its essence. They revitalised the room with a bronze polygon mirror and a superb choice in lighting.
In the living room, Hayley and Jim allowed the architectural features to shine. They styled the room with one clear tone, and their cow hide and Charu rugs added warmth to the space.
Lisa and John scored the first perfect 10 of the competition, no doubt thanks to their remarkable recycled timber bath caddy and vanity cover.
Dane and Leanne shone some light on a perfect 10 for their kitchen with their incredible black, white and green pendants.
Renee and Sarah's "crunchy" impressed the judges, and you can emulate the look rug in your own living room.
Scott and Nadia's stepped up their styling and use of colour this week, and their stunning 'Whispers' print is available now.
We might be farewelling Hayley and Jim, but you can still check out their selections and better your home today.


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Q: Step initialization time too long using Partitioner in Spring-Batch? I'm using Partitioner to parallelize the import of *.csv files. There are about 30k files in the folder.
Problem: the job initialization takes about 1-2h hours until all files are set up. The bottleneck is in SimpleStepExecutionSplitter.split().
Question: is it normal that the step initializations require that much time? Or could I improve it somehow?
@Bean
public Step partitionStep(Partitioner partitioner) {
    return stepBuilderFactory.get("partitionStep")
            .partitioner(step())
            .partitioner("partitioner", partitioner)
            .taskExecutor(taskExecutor())
            .build();
}

@Bean
public TaskExecutor taskExecutor() {
    ThreadPoolTaskExecutor taskExecutor = new ThreadPoolTaskExecutor();
    taskExecutor.setCorePoolSize(4); //run import always with 4 parallel files
    taskExecutor.setMaxPoolSize(4);
    taskExecutor.afterPropertiesSet();
    return taskExecutor;
}

@Bean
public Partitioner partitioner() throws IOException {
    MultiResourcePartitioner p = new MultiResourcePartitioner();
    p.setResources(new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver().getResources("mypath/*.csv"));
    return p;
}

A: MultiResourcePartitioner creates a partition for each resource. Partition creation process in itself is very fast ( i.e. partitioner returns the executioncontext map very fast) but Spring Batch takes huge time in populating corresponding meta data DB tables and it becomes terribly slow once number of partitions goes beyond 100 ( this is all my personal experience).
As per only answer here, they did some improvements but I am using latest version and its very slow for partitions more than 100.
See this too.
I think, you don't have much of a choice other than reducing number of partitions unless you are ready to rewrite a bunch of API code by yourself.

A: I use a custom splitter because in the default splitter (https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/blob/master/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/partition/support/SimpleStepExecutionSplitter.java) , you call jobRepository.getLastStepExecution for each StepExecution. I don't use restartability with spring-batch, so i can write  my own splitter. Now step initialization takes few seconds for thousand of files (before it was few minutes)


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2021 Holiday Central
Apple Butter Makin' Days
Schools play a huge role in enticing people to communities. The Mt. Vernon R-V School System sets itself apart by providing quality education for its 1,563-plus students and empowering each to be outstanding citizens upon graduation. Our Mt. Vernon fully accredited school system was presented in 2005 with its fifth-straight coveted "Distinction and Performance" award, only one of 34-plus schools in the state of Missouri region to receive such a distinction for five straight years. To learn more about the Mt. Vernon School District, click here to visit their website. The Class AAA system includes four schools below:
Mt. Vernon Elementary School
301 E. Blaze
Approximately 581 students
Mt. Vernon Intermediate School
260 W. Hwy 174
Mt. Vernon, MO 65712
Mt. Vernon Middle School
731 S. Landrum
Mt. Vernon High School
The Mt. Vernon High School was constructed in 1997 and recent classroom additions were made to the elementary school; plans are presently being made for additional classrooms. A new football stadium is a large recent addition as the team relocated from the smaller field located at the middle school. Ample parking and seating allow for an improved attendance, not that that was ever a problem.
The school system has made a strong commitment with its support of the popular A-plus Program, where students who qualify and meet specific requirements receive college tuition for several Missouri-based institutions of higher education. The school also has strong extra-curricular activities, including a state-champion women's golf program, playoff contending football, basketball, tennis and volleyball teams, as well as award-winning bands, vocal music, FFA and speech and debate teams. This growing and much-respected school district serves as a bright beacon to the continued growth of the entire Mt. Vernon community.
Other Area Schools
Trinity Lutheran School
Freistatt, MO 65654
Round Grove Christian Academy
884 North U Hwy.
Miller, MO 65707
Miller R-2 Schools
110 W. 6th St.
Parents as Teachers - FREE Program
The Parents as Teachers Program is free for birth to Pre-K. Call the Special Services Office at 417-466-7545. Take charge of your child's learning needs and learn how you can play an important role in their success.
Additional Educational Information
The district also provides vocational training through the Southwest Area Career Center. The 898-acre University of Missouri Southwest Research Center is devoted to helping the area's agricultural economy. Mt. Vernon also offers two skydiving schools.
The school district is sandwiched between Missouri State University to the east in Springfield and Missouri Southern State University to the west in Joplin.
The first school in the area was actually built before the town was established, and was said to be in a log cabin on Williams Creek, north of town.
For more information, please contact us at 417-466-7654 or by Email.
Mt. Vernon Area Chamber of Commerce
425 E. Mount Vernon Blvd. | Mount Vernon, MO 65712 | (417) 466-7654
(Mailing Address PO Box 373)
Copyright © 2017, Mt. Vernon Area Chamber of Commerce. All rights reserved.


Badminton is an indoor racket sport played on a court with a net using a racket and shuttlecock.
What makes badminton different from other racket sports? The answer is simple, SPEED! Badminton is the fastest racket sport in the world!
We encourage any person who values a healthy and active lifestyle to come and try out our great sport. You might enjoy it! Bring own racket and court shoes.
There are 5 events that are played in competition, namely, women's singles, men's singles, women's doubles, men's doubles and mixed doubles. Badminton is an Olympic Sport.
The badminton club at the University of Pretoria is known as TuksBadminton. We play a large part in South Africa's success on the continent. We have many national representatives, national squad members, and are the largest badminton club in our local provincial structure, Northern Gauteng (NG). TuksBadminton is a member of USSA (UNIVERSITY SPORTS SOUTH AFRICA) and plays an active role in their activities.
TuksBadminton is also a social and development club. We strive to promote the sport of badminton amongst the surrounding community. Our sport is easily followed and easy to learn. This helps us promote a healthy and active lifestyle. Badminton amongst students is an important component in our success, and participation of students has led to our on-going continuity.
In short, we encourage any person who values a healthy and active lifestyle to come and try out our great sport. You might enjoy it!


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Mary Ramsay Brown Channel (December 8, 1907 – January 21, 2006) was an American architect. She was the first woman licensed to practice architecture in Virginia, although other female architects such as Ethel Furman had previously been active in the state.

The daughter of William Ambrose Brown and Mary Ramsay Brown, Channel was a native of Portsmouth, Virginia. She received a bachelor's degree in mathematics at Randolph-Macon Women's College in 1929, and expressed a desire to study architecture at the University of Virginia, as had her brother. As women were denied entry into the University's graduate programs, at the time, she applied instead to the School of Architecture at Cornell University, from which she graduated in 1933. Second in her class, she won the Baird Prize Competition Medal, the first woman to receive the honor. Returning to Portsmouth, she took a position with the firm of Rudolph, Cooke, and Van Leeuwen in Norfolk; unsalaried for two years, she nevertheless gained a great deal of experience, working on a team that designed numerous civic buildings including the city's federal courthouse. In 1935 she was one of three out of a class of five to pass the licensing exam offered by the Virginia Examining Board, following which she opened a practice of her own in the city of her birth. In October 1941 she married businessman Warren Henry Channel. The birth of her first child led her to restrict her work to residential and ecclesiastical projects; even so she kept her license until 1990, and was developing architectural drawings until after she turned 80.

Buildings designed by Channel were erected throughout southeastern Virginia, including in Greenbrier, Blackstone, and Portsmouth; she also designed additions and extensions to Portsmouth's St. John's Church and Abigarlos, among other structures. A collection of papers related to her career, including drawings and sketches for around 160 projects, was donated to the Special Collections Library at Virginia Tech in 2007, where it forms part of the collection of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.

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Q: NSUserDefaults Values and SQLite Database after update an app in the Appstore What happens with the NSUserDefaults values and the SQLite database after updating the application in the appstore?
Are they deleted or reseted or happens nothing with them?
Alex

A: The data in the writeable documents folder (including user defaults and database file) of your apps sandbox will not be touched when the user installs the update from the app store. You may use these file unchanged after the update.


In El Paso, 36-year-old Manuel Gerardo Velasquez (aka "Shorty"), an El Paso cell ringleader for the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes drug trafficking organization, will remain in federal custody pending trial for allegedly operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE) responsible for the smuggling and distribution of more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and the repatriation of drug proceeds to the Republic of Mexico announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit.
This morning, Velasquez waived his right to a detention hearing originally scheduled for today in United States Magistrate Court in El Paso. A 13-count federal grand jury indictment returned on August 7, 2013, charges Velasquez and others with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana. The indictment alleges that from January 1997 until the present, the defendants conspired to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana throughout Texas, Oklahoma and into Kansas. In addition to the drug conspiracy charge, Velasquez is charged with one count of operating a continual criminal enterprise, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, eight counts of aiding and abetting the intentional possession of marijuana; and, two counts of maintaining a drug involved premise. The indictment also seeks the criminal forfeiture of proceeds derived from the criminal scheme including cash and eight real estate properties in El Paso; Afton, OK; and, Grove, OK. During this investigation, authorities have seized some 3,800 pounds of marijuana and approximately $10,000 in U.S. Currency.
Other defendants charged in this indictment include: 39-year-old Jose Antonio Cabral-Espinoza, a Mexican citizen residing in El Paso; 30-year-old Juan Carlos Campa-Gutierrez of Juarez, Mexico; 44-year-old Cesar Ricardo Olague-Duran, of Juarez, Mexico; 47-year-old Octavio Alonso Montenegro-Muniz of El Paso; 58-year-old Cecil Ellis Blythe of Afton, OK; 32-year-old Carlos Alberto Gijon of El Paso; 31-year-old Daniel Medina of El Paso; 44-year-old Mario Garcia-Reveles, a Mexican citizen residing in El Paso; 31-year-old Joshua Lee Harris of Wichita, KS; 61-year-old Richard Lee Harris of Wichita, KS; 31-year-old Endi Alberto Renteria Bravo of Wichita, KS; 74-year-old Gilberto Velasquez, Sr., of El Paso; 66-year-old Victoria Consuelo Velasquez of El Paso; 52-year-old Sally Barraza-Mena of El Paso; and, 40-year-old Maria Elena Avila of El Paso. Blythe, Gijon, Medina, Gilberto and Victoria Velasquez, Barraza and Avila have been released on bond pending trial. The other named defendants are in custody.
"The numerous arrests and seizures that occurred in this investigation have severely disrupted the operations of this drug trafficking organization. In El Paso and all across our region, DEA and our partners are determined to continue to identify drug traffickers, shut down their operations and bring them to justice," stated DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, El Paso Division.
Velasquez faces between 20 years and life in federal prison upon conviction of the CCE charge. All of the defendants face between ten years and life in federal prison upon conviction of the drug trafficking conspiracy charge.
This case resulted from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration together with Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Marshals Service, El Paso County District Attorney's Office, El Paso Police Department, Anthony Police Department, El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Office of the Attorney General.


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Home Obituaries Obituary for Robert Welsh, Former New Windsor Fire Chief
Obituary for Robert Welsh, Former New Windsor Fire Chief
Robert Patrick Welsh, 83, a lifelong resident of New Windsor, NY, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at The Kaplan Family Hospice Residence on January 6, 2021.
Bob was born to Helen and William Welsh on December 14, 1937. He had one sibling, William Welsh, who predeceased him on September 29, 1967.
Bob spent his life serving others and being with others, initially in the National Guard where he trained to be a sharpshooter. Thankfully, Bob never saw combat. Bob had a long career as a heavy equipment operator and was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 825, and retired in 1997. Bob was also a lifelong, proud member of the New Windsor Fire Department, where he served as fire chief from 1967-1969.
Former Chief Welsh
Bob had many lifelong friends who were like family to him. He was also a loving and devoted uncle to his brother's children and their families. Bob had a great sense of humor and his favorite activity was "busting his friends' chops". New Windsor was always home for Bob. May he rest in heavenly peace where he is once again reunited with his family, and with his dearest friend, Frank Malloy. Bob will be sorely missed by all those who loved him. Finally, Bob's family would like to say a special thank you to The Kaplan Family Hospice Residence, They became family to Bob, We are forever thankful for their excellent care, their love and patience with Bob, and loving him like family.
Visitation will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, January 10 at Brooks Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Ave., Newburgh. A service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday at the funeral home, with burial following in Calvary Cemetery, New Windsor.
Donations may be made in Bob's memory to Kaplan Family Hospice Residence.
To send a personal condolence please visit www.Brooksfh.com.
Poughkeepsie teen shot in the head, dies
Elderly man killed in Ramapo car crash
Driver arrested after car flips over in woods
West of Hudson troopers issue close to 1,000 tickets over weekend
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Howard Augustus Meyerhoff (May 27, 1899 – March 24, 1982) was an American geologist who taught geology at Smith College from 1925 to 1949. He served as administrative secretary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), as well as editor-in-chief of its journal, Science, from 1949 to 1953. He conducted research on the geology of Puerto Rico, which led to him publishing the book Geology of Porto Rico in 1933.

Biography
Meyerhoff was born on May 27, 1899 in New York City, New York. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in 1920, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He received his master's degree and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1922 and 1935, respectively. He was named professor of geology at Smith College in 1924, at the age of 25. He continued to teach geology at Smith until 1949, serving as chairman of the department for part of his time there. He was elected a fellow of the AAAS in 1931. During World War II, he served as director of civil defense for the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety and as chief hearings officer of the War Labor Board.

Meyerhoff became administrative secretary of the AAAS from 1949 to 1953, during which time he was the editor-in-chief of both Science and Scientific Monthly. From 1953 to 1962, he was the director of the Scientific Manpower Commission, after which he became founding chairman of the geology department at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a founder of the Geological Society of America's Northeastern Section, which held its first meeting in February 1966. He was associate editor of the AAPG Bulletin from 1974 to 1977. He died on March 24, 1982 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Corsair Obsidian Series 550D "Quiet" PC Casing Reviews
TechPowerUp
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Corsair/Obsidian_550D/6.html
Overclockers Club
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/corsair_550d/6.htm
HardOCP
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/08/08/corsair_obsidian_series_550d_midtower_case_review/7
Guru 3D
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/corsair_obsidian_550d_review,9.html
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Crucial m4 mSATA 256GB SSD Review
Despite having only four NAND flash memory chips on a tiny 1.8″ PCB, the mSATA m4 managed to keep pace with larger 2.5″ drives, including Crucial's original m4 and most of the 2.5″ SandForce SF-2281 SSDs. In fact, in both of our real-world application tests, the mSATA unit delivered the highest or second-highest score, succumbing only to the OCZ Vertex 4. Likewise, the drive fared decently enough in our file copy tests.
Pros: Tiny form factor, big on performance. Crucial's track record on SSD products is excellent. Can be installed directly on mSATA motherboards. Miniature tech that works this well is simply amazing.
Cons: If you don't require the small footprint, there are other equally attractive SSD options on the market.
Tech Spot <click here for link>
Torchlight 2 Reviews
The Controller Online
http://thecontrolleronline.com/2012/09/torchlight-2-review/
http://www.examiner.com/review/torchlight-ii-review-just-buy-it-already
Borderlands 2 Reviews
IGN gave it 9
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/14/borderlands-2-review
Gamespot gave it 8.5
http://asia.gamespot.com/borderlands-2/reviews/borderlands-2-review-6396650/
Based from the reviews, it's worth it!
But IGN and Gamespot are quite shunned by the community because of their reviews. (COD reviews)
I suggest checking out PC Gamer, RockPaperShotgun, forums (TPC) and even friends (that have your same taste in gaming) for reviews.
Of course, this is subjective so to each his own.
The Social Good Summit in Manila
Innovation. Social Media. Social Good.
These three ideas converge on September 22, 2012 in Metro Manila during the Social Good Summit.
Organized by Rappler and TweetupManila, the Social Good Summit is part of a greater global movement initiated by Mashable to coincide with UN Week.
The event aims to bring together the country's brightest minds and creative thinkers to come up with innovative new ways in which digital technologies like social media can be used to solve the world's challenges and make this world a better place - and then translate these ideas to action.
The day-long summit is split up into two events.
An "invite-only" morning session with 50 leaders and shakers who will come together to answer the question, "How can new media and technology create solutions in my community?" We've invited the following speakers to share experiences and lessons learned from using social media in their respective industries, and to propose solutions to address current challenges:
Ces Drilon (ABS-CBN), Howie Severino (GMA7), JV Rufino (Inquirer.net), Carlo Ople (TV5), Michael Josh Villanueva (Rappler), Ros Juan (TweetupMNL), Jane Uymatiao (BlogWatch), Nina Terol-Zialcita (Pipol Power Institute), Yves Gonzales (MMDA), Manny Fernando (IMMAP), Chit Juan (Philippine Coffee Board) and Mahar Lagmay (Project Noah).
The closed-door event will be streamed live on the front page of Rappler.com. Videos from the event will also be posted on Rappler after the event. If you would like to attend the morning event, send an email to desk@rappler.com with "iPHLgood" in the subject line and tell us how you have used social media for social good.
The morning session takes place at the Greenbelt 3 MyCinema in Makati from 10am to 1pm.
A open to all afternoon conference takes place at the 3rd Floor of the Stephen Fuller Hall of the Asian Institute of Management in Makati from 3:00-5:30pm. Registration and pre-event activities start as early as 1pm.
Ramon Jimenez Jr. (Tourism Secretary)
Mon Jimenez is secretary of the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) and is the driving force behind "It's More Fun in the Philippines" - the country's official tourism campaign that was inspired by social media and spread through social media. Prior to joining the DOT, he was an advertising executive and was founder & CEO of JimenezBasic, one of the largest advertising agencies in the country. Mon believes that social networking was born in EDSA and that Filipinos bumped into crowd sourcing before the rest of the world.
Maria A Ressa (Rappler CEO)
Maria A. Ressa is Executive Editor and CEO of social news network Rappler. Maria has been a journalist in Asia for more than 25 years. Before setting-up Rappler, she was Senior Vice President of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs from 2005-2010 and CNN's bureau chief in Manila and then Jakarta from 1987-2005. She became CNN's lead investigative reporter focusing on terrorism in Southeast Asia and is the author of several books on terrorism including the upcoming book From Bin Laden to Facebook. Despite documenting some of the worst disasters and uprisings in Southeast Asia, she believes in the goodness of human nature and in the transformative powers of media and technology.
Ricky Carandang (Communications Secretary)
Ricky Carandang is Secretary of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III. Prior to joining public service he was lead news anchor at the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC). An Ateneo graduate, Ricky's first job was as a stock broker. He was named The Rotary Club of Manila's Broadcaster of the Year in 2010 and served as Newsbreak Magazine's President and Business Editor from 2000 to 2004.
Bianca Gonzalez (TV Host)
A familiar face on Philippine TV, Bianca Gonzalez is host of several entertainment and current affairs programs on ABS-CBN Channel 2. Bianca is one of a handful of Pinoy Twitter users with over a million followers -- using her celebrity status and social media influence to support her advocacies. A staunch advocate of youth empowerment, Bianca is a World Economic Forum Young Global Shaper and Unicef Philippines Champion for Children. She is a two-time winner of the Globe Tatt Awards, first for "ThoughtMover" in 2011 and "The One" in 2012. Aside from her work on TV, Bianca is also editor-at-large for Meg Magazine and lifestyle columnist for the Philippine Star.
Chris Lao (The Informer)
Chris Lao, a victim of cyber bullying, was inadvertently thrust into the spotlight in 2011 when a video of him being interviewed on a TV news program went viral on the Internet. His quote, "I was not informed" made in reference to flood waters that stalled his car, became an Internet meme.
Since then, he's had a baby, passed the bar exams and has starred in a bank commercial, reenacting scenes from that infamous viral video. Chris is a living example of the good and bad that can come out of social media -- he's used the Internet to turn the tables on his misfortune and is now the poster boy of one of his advocacies, the passing of the Freedom of Information Bill.
The event will be hosted by Tim Yap and Chay Hofileña.
Attendance to the event is free. But make sure to register for the event below. Only 550 tickets will be issued.
Sony Unveils a Brand New Model of the PS3
Sony has announced today at its pre-TGS press conference that it will be releasing a new model of the PlayStation 3.
The new model is 25% smaller and 20% lighter than the current PS3 (itself a redesign from the original version), and will come in two flavours: 250GB and 500GB. It'll also be available in two colours, white and black.
The black console will be out in Japan on October 4, while the white model will be out on November 22.
In the US, the 250GB model will be out on September 25, and will include Uncharted 3 and a $30 "digital content" voucher for DUST 514 (a free-to-play game). It'll cost $270.
There'll also be a 500GB bundle including Assassin's Creed III that'll go on sale in the US on October 30. No price on that one yet.
Interestingly, in PAL territories, there won't be a 250GB model. Instead, alongside the 500GB version will be a PS3 including just 12GB of flash memory.
Musikapella
U.P. Economics Society presents: MUSIKAPELLA on Sep 30!
David Guetta Minute To Get It
Win Concert Tickets at David Guetta Live in Manila 2012
Culture and Communication Seminar With Boy Abunda
The IAS Student Council proudly presents the "CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION SEMINAR" with the theme "Creating, Shaping, Learning and Transmitting Culture through Communication" on September 21, 2012 (Friday), from 1:00-4:30 pm at the FEU Auditorium.
Guest Speaker: Mr. BOY ABUNDA
For more information, you may contact Trish Marcelo, IAS SC Secretary- 09156615616
IAS Student Council : DELIVERING HIGH!
I Am Alive Game Reviews
I AM Alive not-so-good reviews by 1Up, Gamespot, IGN and G4TV:
http://www.1up.com/reviews/i-am-alive-review-xbox360
http://asia.gamespot.com/i-am-alive/reviews/i-am-alive-review-6370331/
http://www.ign.com/games/i-am-alive/xbox-360-852011
http://www.g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/41734/i-am-alive/review/
Gangnam Style by GTA IV's Niko Bellic
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Madame Tutli-Putli ist ein kanadischer animierter Kurzfilm von Chris Lavis und Maciek Szczerbowski aus dem Jahr 2007.

Handlung
Madame Tutli-Putli steht in rotem Kleid, Perlenkette, mit schwarzen Pumps und Hütchen und ihrer gesamten Habe am Bahnhof. Fast scheint es, als haben sich sämtliche Erinnerungen und Erinnerungsstücke mit ihr versammelt, eine kleine Motte schwirrt um sie herum, und bald darauf trifft der Zug ein. Wenig später ist Madame Tutli-Putli mit ihrer Habe in einem nun völlig überfüllten Abteil. Ihr gegenüber sitzt ein Mann, den sie als einst jungen Tennisspieler kannte, und der ihr obszöne Andeutungen macht. Ein alter Mann schläft, ein Junge liest ein Buch. Im Gepäcknetz sitzen zwei Männer und spielen Schach, wobei die Figuren durch die unruhige Fahrt des Zuges immer neu gesetzt werden und das Spiel sich so automatisch entwickelt, bis einer der beiden Spieler verliert.

Der Zug hält plötzlich auf offener Strecke, als ein Steinbrocken auf den Schienen die Weiterfahrt verhindert. Madame Tutli-Putli bekommt plötzlich Angst, als sie ein Schild im Zug sieht, das vor Taschendieben warnt. Tatsächlich bewegt sich jemand den Gang entlang und wenig später strömt grünes Gas ins Abteil. Als Madame Tutli-Putli erwacht, ist ihr Abteil leer. Ihre gesamte Habe ist verschwunden und auch die Passagiere. Sie hat eine Vision, in der dem Tennisspieler von den Wesen, die den Zug angehalten haben, der Bauch aufgeschnitten und Organe entfernt wird. Verwirrt eilt sie aus dem Abteil und durch den Zug, durchquert verschiedene menschenleere Abteile und öffnet zahlreiche Türen. Im leeren Speisesaal bricht sie zusammen. Plötzlich erkennt sie im Saal die kleine Motte wieder und der Anblick gibt ihr Kraft, aufzustehen. Sie folgt dem Tier, bis sie mit gleißendem Licht verschmilzt und scheinbar selbst ein geflügeltes Wesen wird.

Produktion
Madame Tutli-Putli war das Filmdebüt von Chris Lavis und Maciek Szczerbowski. Beide arbeiteten von 2002 bis 2007 an dem in Stop-Motion animierten Film. Unter anderem fuhren beide für rund einen Monat im Norden Kanadas mit der VIA Rail Canada. Rund ein Jahr wurde für die Arbeit an Set und Puppen verwendet. Weitere zwei Jahre dauerte die eigentliche Stop-Motion-Arbeit.

Erstmals in der Geschichte des Animationsfilms besaßen die Puppen "echte" Augen, die digital eingefügt wurden. Die als "groundbreaking" (bahnbrechend, innovativ) gelobte Neuerung ging auf Maler Jason Walker zurück, der für die Visual Effects des Films zuständig war.

Der Film erlebte im Mai 2007 auf den Internationalen Filmfestspielen von Cannes 2007 seine Premiere.

Auszeichnungen
Auf der Cinanima gewann der Film 2007 den Grand Prize und erhielt 2008 einen Genie Award in der Kategorie "Bester animierter Kurzfilm".

Madame Tutli-Putli war 2008 für einen Oscar in der Kategorie "Bester animierter Kurzfilm" nominiert, konnte sich jedoch nicht gegen Peter und der Wolf durchsetzen.

Weblinks

 Madame Tutli-Putli auf bcdb.com
 Website zum Film

Einzelnachweise

Filmtitel 2007
Kanadischer Film
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The StormReady program provides us with an improved weather warning and preparedness service for the entire state. We are excited to be recognized as StormReady and look forward to working with the National Weather Service during major weather events.
We have so many unwanted pets.
Each storm is a little bit different, with its own characteristics. If we put people in shelters, I don't want to have to go out there in the middle of a storm and re-evacuate all those people to a different place.
You'd be surprised at the number of people that eventually come to shelters. It's very low. During Isabel, we didn't have any people in shelters.


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Con 19 vittorie aeree confermate, più altre 13 probabili, risulta il miglior asso dell'aviazione dell'aeronautica militare dell'Impero russo (Imperatorskij voenno-vozdušnyj flot) durante la prima guerra mondiale.

Biografia
Discendente da una nobile famiglia russa, Kazakov intraprese la carriera militare, nel reggimento di cavalleria ma nel 1913 iniziò la sua formazione come pilota e si laureò all'inizio del Grande Guerra alla scuola di aviazione militare a Gatčina.

Prima guerra mondiale
Nel settembre 1915 fu nominato comandante del 19th Fighter Corps Detachment.

Tra il 1915 e il 1917 ha combattuto sul fronte russo, fronte orientale, nonché in Romania e ha partecipato all'Offensiva Brusilov.. Dal 1916 il reparto venne equipaggiato con i caccia francesi Nieuport 17 e come comandante di squadriglia Kazalkov decise di adottare come livrea un Teschio e tibie incrociate in campo nero dipinto sulla deriva, tranne per il suo velivolo, che come insegna personale riproponeva il medesimo motivo ma a colori invertiti, al fine di essere maggiormente riconoscibile.

Durante la guerra gli vennero accreditati ufficialmente 19 abbattimenti (altre fonti indicano 20) tra velivoli dell'austro-ungarica k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppen e tedesco-imperiale Luftstreitkräfte, con altri 13 abbattimenti non confermati.

Nel gennaio 1918, in seguito alla rivoluzione russa, Kazakov si dimise dal suo incarico.

Morte
Durante la guerra civile russa, Kazakov aderì alla Legione Alleata Russo-Britannica ad Arcangelo e combatté contro l'opposta componente aerea dell'Armata Rossa, la Raboče-Krest'janskij Krasnyj vozdušnyj flot.

Il 1º agosto 1918 Kazakov entrò nella Royal Air Force e venne nominato per essere il comandante ufficiale e responsabile di una squadriglia aerea della Legione Alleata Russo-Britannica sui Sopwith Camel. Dopo il ritiro britannico dalla Russia, che lasciò l'Armata Bianca in una situazione disperata, Kazakov morì in un incidente aereo durante una manifestazione aerea il 1º agosto 1919.

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Cavalieri dell'Ordine di San Stanislao
Cavalieri dell'Ordine di Sant'Anna
Decorati con la Spada d'oro al coraggio
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Prague hosted Specialists of Emergency Medicine
Prague welcomed more than 2,500 specialists from 79 countries worldwide working in the field of emergency medicine for the 13th Congress of the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM).
Congress took place in the Prague Congress Centre from 12th to 16th October 2019.
Delegations with the highest number of attendees arrived in Prague from the USA and UK, where emergency medicine has more than 50 years' tradition. 140 Czech delegates attended the international part of the Congress, which made the Czech Republic one of the four most represented countries. Doctors and rescuers had a chance to participate in lectures led by more than 200 experts related to emergency patient care, up-to-date recommendations, diagnostic methods, but also a career in the field of emergency medicine.
Congress held under the auspices of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Czech Republic took place in six parallel sections. Before its official opening by the first Deputy Minister of Health, professor MUDr. Roman Prymula, CSc., Ph.D., the delegates had an opportunity to attend some of the 12 workshops. These focused on medicine as well as managerial topics and included e.g. a preparatory course for the European exam, workshops on analgesia, serious and non-serious injuries, paediatric & geriatric emergency care or ultrasound courses.
"Keynotes and hot topics presented by Prof. Maaret Castrén (Finland) on resuscitation, Dr. Gregory L. Henry (USA) on how to be a good leader, Jim Ducharm (Canada) on global emergency medicine or Susan Mason (UK) addressing demand in urgent & emergency care systems were among the most appreciated ones. We also received excellent feedback on the morning run, organized for the first time in the EUSEM Congress history, as well as an exhibition of art photos taken by prof. Jindřich Štreit at the emergency departments," says MUDr. Jana Šeblová, Ph.D., FESEM, local ambassador of the Congress.
The European Emergency Medicine Society celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding in Prague. Two Czech doctors were participants of establishing European society in 1994: MUDr. Pavol Getlík and MUDr. Roman Gřegoř, MBA. "It is our great pleasure, that EUSEM chose Prague for its 25th anniversary Congress. We are all the more pleased by the record attendance at this event. The congress welcomed 2,502 delegates, which is the highest number in its entire history, and what is more, all previous EUSEM presidents also attended the congress," comments Roman Muška, Managing Director of Prague Convention Bureau, which is the official representative of the capital city of Prague in the field of meeting industry.
Local one-day conference held on 13th October in the Czech language was also part of the international Congress. The conference welcomed 250 delegates including three Czech rescuers who were, by chance, one of the first to be present in a mass car crash on the D1 motorway, during which they saved several lives. Another two doctors attending the conference later saved the life of a 19-year-old man they found with a thoracic gunshot injury in the immediate vicinity of the Prague Congress Centre.
"Emergency medicine plays an irreplaceable role. For example, last year, over one million patients - almost one in ten Czech citizens - were treated during emergency runs of EMS in the Czech Republic. Organizing EUSEM Congress in Prague allowed local Czech doctors and rescuers to deepen their knowledge and share the latest findings with their colleagues from abroad. I would like to thank all those participating in organization of the Prague EUSEM Congress, including about eighty volunteers from the Czech Republic and abroad," concludes Jana Šeblová.


What's your ultimate dream car? Is it the Jaguar F-Type? Ford Mustang? Or perhaps you yearn for white-knuckled thrills while driving in a red Ferrari? For me, it's the sleek and high-tech design of the Tesla Model 3. There's just something remarkable about a car that can fix itself with "over the air" software updates while the car sits firmly on the owner's driveway or parking lot at work.
For all the excitement about Tesla's styling and speed, it's clear that what is truly revolutionary about Tesla – what sets it apart from older competitors – is that its cars are massive data collection devices, using data to optimize performance, refine future improvements, and being instantly adaptable to new circumstances.
For instance, in September 2017 when Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc across Florida, devastating thousands of lives, Tesla remotely altered the battery capacity of its customers' cars that were in close exposure to the storm's wrath. This temporarily extended the driving range of the owners' vehicles, helping them avoid potential hazards without needing to recharge the battery as frequently.
So how is it that Tesla, founded in the year 2003, is now one of the leading automotive companies in the world, sharing lanes on the roads with long-standing giants like Ford and General Motors? Part of the reason is that just like Apple, Google and other tech titans that have forever changed the world of work, Tesla has long established its sweet spot of mining data (from its self-driving cars) into gold. Its technology demonstratesthat innovation today means making better tools – for getting around, for mobilizing networks, for performing tasks that can be optimized through AI and IoT – like the ability to run remote car diagnostics on its customers' cars, saving them time and money that would have otherwise been spent at a service center or dealership for additional repairs.
While Tesla puts data-first solutions on the roads, another transformative technology is doing the same in the skies. The incredible growth in enterprise drone use is fueled by data, as they use sensors to acquire information about their surroundings, adjust to their environment and provide outside-the-box solutions to serve people. Drones pioneer an entirely new category of tools. They glide through the air but they're not like traditional aircraft. They can carry materials – and someday people – but they're not like cars or trucks. The professionals putting drones to work already haven't bothered to find an old-world analogy; they see drones as entirely new systems to capture data.
Depending on the application, drones can help firefighters identify harmful substances in hazardous materials, and enable inspection personnel to capture high-quality visuals to spot defects on power lines before they cause problems. By using thermal cameras, they can even assist rescue workers locate car crash victims in distress. In such cases, not only do drones deliver actionable insights but they also help professionals perform their jobs safer, more efficiently, and at a fraction of the cost when compared to traditional methods.
Because of this intrinsic value, more organizations including Fortune 500 companies from various industries such as construction, public safety, infrastructure and more are taking to the skies, bringing new and better ways of accomplishing tasks and solving problems with drones.
The new Mavic 2 Enterprise is DJI's most compact and powerful drone built for commercial users – for applications in search and rescue, inspections, fire response, law enforcement and more.
Leading this wave in the evolution of tools for the commercial drone industry is DJI, providing platforms of the future for a new generation of industrial professionals. DJI's new Mavic 2 Enterprise is the ultimate expression of how drones are becoming an everyday tool for enterprise.
With expansive features like the modular accessories, dynamic zoom, password protection, AirSense and OcuSync 2.0, the Mavic 2 Enterprise is purpose-built to generate data that helps professionals do their work better and safer than ever before.
New modular accessories quickly attach on to the Mavic 2 Enterprise to extend user's sight or voice, and enhance safety.
As the automotive world has learned with Tesla, gathering data is a key feature of any new tool – and when that data can be quickly and easily analyzed for insights and immediate action, that tool becomes immensely more valuable. DJI has put that principle into action in the air. Whether doing work on construction sites or fighting wildfires on the front lines, the Mavic 2 Enterprise is a testament to DJI's commitment to reinventing tools that empower men and women, businesses and organizations, to reshape the world of work.


LCF App let the guest of Live Cinema Festival to be fully informed on all the activities during the event showing the full programme by day, by Artists name, by Twitter updates, by a Now function that show what is started from not less the 15 minutes to the next 2 hours and by the QR codes you find related to the event.
The app also include a detailed map of the venue.
The app include also a detailed map of the venue.


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A collection of essays by Eli Levine that give some new insights into the workings of government, society, economics and environmentalism.
A collection of essays by Eli Levine and some quotables taken from his Facebook page, this is the product of almost 3 years of observation, study and processing. It develops into complexity science, but initially started off as a call for empirical governing (governing based on the tangible effects of policies' actions, rather than ones' own ideological bent). This book brings you from Classical to current events and takes on a fundamentally different view of the social universe that all human beings are apart of and, indeed, all life is apart of as well. Like him, love him, hate him, vilify him, he will make you think, and he will challenge some of our deepest held notions about ourselves, power relations and the ultimate roles that we play in the cosmos.
Eli Levine is a graduate from Hobart and William Smith Colleges who studied International Relations, Political Science and Sociology. After being left in a jobless lurch after graduation, he sat down and begin to type out his observations of the world through his young eyes and stumbled across some things that could change the face of humanity forever (in his own very humble opinion of it). As of April, 2013, he has been accepted to the University of Kentucky for Public Finance, and is waiting to hear back on an appointment to Americorps NCCC.