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Q: Why do I get Android Application Not Responding (ANR) on Messenger.send()? I'm trying to fix a bug in an app that rarely causes Application Not Responding (ANR).
I followed these steps to find the possible cause:
Android - how do I investigate an ANR?
With it I've come across this entry in traces.txt:
"Emotiv USB dongle reading thread" prio=5 tid=29 Suspended
  | group="main" sCount=1 dsCount=0 obj=0x32c077c0 self=0xa21de800
  | sysTid=21942 nice=0 cgrp=default sched=0/0 handle=0xaf4e4000
  | state=S schedstat=( 661311503042 260341162486 616738 ) utm=64211 stm=1920 core=3 HZ=100
  | stack=0xa043e000-0xa0440000 stackSize=1036KB
  | held mutexes=
  at android.os.MessageQueue.enqueueMessage(MessageQueue.java:353)
  - locked <0x2985cad6> (a android.os.MessageQueue)
  at android.os.Handler.enqueueMessage(Handler.java:631)
  at android.os.Handler.sendMessageAtTime(Handler.java:600)
  at android.os.Handler.sendMessageDelayed(Handler.java:570)
  at android.os.Handler.sendMessage(Handler.java:507)
  at android.os.Handler$MessengerImpl.send(Handler.java:721)
  at android.os.Messenger.send(Messenger.java:57)
  at eeg_presentation_app.Driver.EmotivReaderRunnable.run(EmotivReaderRunnable.java:109)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

This leads me to believe, that the Messenger.send() call in EmotivReaderRunnable.run() is the reason for the ANR.
However, I've also noticed that at the beginning of traces.txt it says:
Heap: 0% free, 170MB/170MB; 3813172 objects

Is the full heap a symptom of a problem with the Messenger.send() call or is it rather the other way around: The full heap causes a problem with the said call? In case of the latter, how could I find the reason for the full heap?
Here's the EmotivReaderRunnable.run():
public void run() {

/**
 * set up connection to EEG
 */
final UsbInterface myInterface = device.getInterface(1); // communicate with interface 1
final UsbEndpoint myEndpoint = myInterface.getEndpoint(0); // endpoint for communication
UsbDeviceConnection connection = usbManager.openDevice(device); // start connection
connection.claimInterface(myInterface, true);
/**
 * buffer for packet as it arrives, split up in bytes (encrypted)
 */
ByteBuffer encryptedPacket = ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[32]);

UsbRequest usbRequest = new UsbRequest();
UsbRequest usbResult = null;
// initialize connection
usbRequest.initialize(connection, myEndpoint);

//as long as thread active
while (!Thread.interrupted()) {
    // read 32 byte data into encryptedPacket, return true if successful
    boolean success = usbRequest.queue(encryptedPacket, 32);
    if (success) {
        // get result of usbRequest
        usbResult = connection.requestWait();
    } else {
        break; //something is wrong with the connection
    }
    // now packet was written to encryptedPacket
    if (encryptedPacket.position() == 0) { //no content
        break;
    }

    // how long since system was booted
    long elapsedNanos = SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNanos(); //this requires api level 17 (android 4.2)
    //long elapsedNanos = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime(); //temporary, for debugging on my Android 4.1
    // it allows very exact timing

    // standard wall clock time -> time when packet was received
    long receivedTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

    // decrypt packet content with EmotivDecryptor
    byte[] decryptedPacket = decryptor.decrypt(encryptedPacket.array());

    Message message = Message.obtain();
    message.setData(packetToBundle(elapsedNanos, receivedTime, decryptedPacket));

    try {
        messenger.send(message);
    } catch (RemoteException e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "RemoteException in run()");
        e.printStackTrace();
        break; // the service went away, so let's close this thread as well
    }
}
    if (usbResult != null) {
        usbResult.close();
    }
    connection.releaseInterface(myInterface);
    connection.close();
}

I don't see what could be wrong with my run(). My only guess it that for some reason decryptedPacket is becoming rather large. But the ANR happened once after 2 minutes of recording and once after about 30 minutes. I receive less than 1mb of data per minute. So that should be far from causing any out of memory problems.
Any recommendations on how I can continue from here?


restrict three-tier fund arrangements (subject to exceptions similar to those contained in existing FoF orders).
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create a "Hotel California" situation for any FoF (or FoF complex) that owns 100 percent of an acquired fund (either initially or due to redemptions by other investors). A FoF that owns 100 percent of an acquired fund would never be able to redeem all of its shares.
variable insurance product substitutions out of a FoF.
retaining existing FoF orders and allowing FoFs the option to either rely on Rule 12d1-4 or a FoF order.


SULLIVAN & ORANGE COUNTIES, NY (July 20, 2014) – George L. Cooke, Sullivan County Commissioner of Jurors, has accepted the Honorary Chairperson position for the 2014 Orange/Sullivan Walk to End Alzheimer's.
The walk is held each year to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's care, support and research. Cooke (at left in photo with Emma MacPherson, Director Orange/Sullivan Alzheimer's Regional Office and Teresa Serrone, Walk Chairperson) has been an active participant in past Alzheimer's walks.
The 2014 Orange/Sullivan Walk to End Alzheimer's will be held on Saturday, October 11, at the Thomas Bull Memorial Park in Montgomery. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. and the 3-mile scenic walk will start at 10:00 a.m. followed by entertainment, food, raffle prizes and informational booths on ongoing programs and services available in the area.
For further information on registering for the walk or forming a team, visit www.OrangeSullivanWalk.org or call the Alzheimer's Association at 800-272-3900.


The Congressional Black Caucus on Black Women and Girls (CBCWG) is lead by co-chairs Bobbie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Robin L. Kelly (D-ILL) and Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY.) Established in March 2016, the caucus is "a group devoted to creating public policy that "eliminates significant barriers and disparities experienced by black women." The CBCWG is the first of 430 registered congressional caucuses and member organizations that is specifically designed to center the needs of black women and girls. To learn more about the Congressional Black Caucus on Black Women and Girls and sign up for their newsletter, visit their website here.


Isiah Factor | The Insite » CBS SOAP OPERAS HIT FIVE YEAR HIGH IN JANUARY!
CBS SOAP OPERAS HIT FIVE YEAR HIGH IN JANUARY!
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There may be some hope for you soap opera fans in TV land as we enter 2014. Over the last few years we have seen some of the oldest soap operas (Guiding Light -70+ years & All My Children – 40+ years) cancelled by the networks because of high production costs and low ratings.
With only a hand full of daytime dramas remaining it appears some of the shows are now holding their own. The Young and the Restless has more than 5 million daily viewers.
Shows like Y&R and The Bold and the Beautiful have garnered some of the highest ratings in half a decade in the month of January. There's no clear reason why but this is great news for my Mom who wouldn't know what to do without Victor Newman.


This 1958 Cadillac DeVille, customized by Superior, was found on a used car lot on Rand Road. With a little work by Mr. Doug Ahlgrim and Mr. John Mark the vehicle became a symbol of tradition and love of the past. This is shown by the Ahlgrim Family every day as they run their four generation business.
Its past before 1989 has eluded us. Only a few bits and pieces have come to light. Very early in life the vehicle was a combo unit in Michigan. This means it pulled double duty as an ambulance as well as a hearse. How exactly it got from Michigan to Illinois is a mystery.
Since the vehicle found Mr. Ahlgrim, it has had more then a few stories rumored about its exploits.
"The Women of Brewster Place" Staring Oprah Winfrey, 1989 March 19-20, Miniseries – The hearse can be found in the first and second episode.
"Only the Lonely" Staring the Late John Candy and Alley Sheedy, 1991 Theater Movie (filmed in 1990) – The hearse can be found all throughout the movie parked outside the funeral home. Fun Fact: Sandra Ahlgrim, Wife of Douglas Ahlgrim, is asleep across the front seat during the scene when John Candy is in the bucket of the Fire truck outside Alley Sheedy's second story window.
FYI — Mr. Douglas R. Ahlgrim was in the television series called "The Human Factor" If we remember right he is seen at the end of the first episode loading a casket into his 1977 grey 3-way hearse.
In all its fame the 1958 caddy still finds time to perform its primary duty of proud transportation of a life in celebration. Besides some very special funerals, this hearse drove a newly wedded couple from their church to their Reception.
In the early 90's the hearse had frequented many haunted houses in the surrounding communities. Most of the season it found a home watching over the Lake Zurich Haunted House. Each year the "Barn" in Lake Zurich is allow to be taken over by the ghosts and demons of Lake Zurich's past.
The Cadillac has been heard cruising Cuba Road the days before Halloween. This rumor has not been confirmed.
This vehicle is a part of the American History "They don't make them like this anymore!" Not only do we appreciate the craftsmanship and beauty of the model but it also gives us a smile. In this business we are reminded every second of every day that we need to take time to enjoy life.


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Loads product to the trailers according to load sheets.
 Move product (stacks or racks) from packaging lines to appropriate trailer or staging area.
 Keep product staging areas and lanes organized.
 Load product from staging area to trailers.
 Remove out-of-code product from the floor (requires constant checking of date and price codes).
 Serve as a break person for other shipping employees on various lines and/or platform.
 Work on the platform, which includes unloading in-bound (purchased) product.
 Complete paperwork (load sheets, block sheets) with accuracy and neatness.
 Perform trailer checks, which includes sweeping and checking for damage. Documents information and submits to department manager.
 Informs supervisors in advance of the floor inventory of empty trays and other equipment.
 Communicates with packaging employees to make sure product counts are correct on each truck (i.e. reconciling trailer paperwork to packaging wrapsheets).
1) Maintains safe working environment for all employees/contractors/visitors by following safety guidelines and reporting all incidents to management.
2) Promotes employee safety in all areas of operations.
1) Maintains cleanliness of the work area.
2) Follows proper G M P's at all times.
 Other related duties as assigned by Production Superintendent or Supervisor.
 Must be able to count and perform basic math.
 Must be able to read and comprehend department materials and specifically load sheets.
 Must be capable of lifting or maneuvering up to 50 pounds.
 Must be able to stand for long periods of time.
 Must be able to reach approximately 7 feet high to move product.
 Must be physically capable of moving to all areas of the plant.
 Must be able to view product and determine adherence to quality control standards including size, shape, color, cut, etc.
 Must be able to perform all duties so as not to produce damage.


By precipitating sodium peruranate with barium chloride, an orange-coloured crystalline powder of composition (BaO2)2UO4.8H2O is obtained. If ammonium peruranate be used instead of the sodium compound, a yellow flocculent precipitate, BaO2(UO4)2.9H2O, is formed. Both are decomposed by carbon dioxide, forming hydrogen peroxide, barium carbonate, and uranium tetroxide.


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Home CEO Jurga Zilinskiene Nominated for Lithuanian Entrepreneurial Award
CEO Jurga Zilinskiene Nominated for Lithuanian Entrepreneurial Award
Today Translations CEO Jurga Zilinskiene has been nominated as one of the top business personalities and entrepreneurs in her native Lithuania.
The media project, called "Yra šalis," commended and nominated Zilinskiene for her business achievements and for promoting Lithuania's position in international business. You can vote for her by clicking here and pressing on the thumbs up button. You don't need to register to vote, and can do so once per day.
Click here to vote for Jurga in the "Yra Šalis" awards now, just press the thumbs up button!
The "Yra Šalis" project was designed to show that Lithuania is a nation of intelligent, hard-working and creative personalities. By raising the profiles of its top business men and women, it hopes to also raise the country's global profile.
Help us in giving Lithuania the international recognition it deserves and in sending Jurga to the top of the pack.
Why vote for our CEO:
* Founded Today Translations in 2001 while still at university.
* Awarded Shell Live Wire award in 2003 for young entrepreneurs.
* Recognized by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, for organizing a trade mission to Lithuania in 2006, in a bid to boost international trade between Britain and the Baltic states.
* Working closely with the City of London Corporation, she has championed the cause for small to medium-sized enterprises to have better access to funding, advice and training.

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Esta pieza hará su jardín parezca más grande de lo que es.
El espejo es completamente resistente a la intemperie, la madera viene en su color natural, pero se puede pintar si se desea. Tenga en cuenta que el espejo no está diseñado para ofrecer una reflexión totalmente plana.
Incluye los soportes de fijación y tornillos necesarios.
"Lovely mirror. Have had compliments about it."
"Mirror packaging was damaged (open) but the mirror was intact so we accepted the delivery. No mounting instructions though? Should there have been some? Perhaps they fell out of the open packaging? We'd be grateful if Primrose could forward another copy if the original instructions have gone missing. Thanks."
"pas de bonne qualité ! cher pour ce que c'est !"
"Très piètre qualité, très mauvais rapport qualité. Le produit mal emballé était endommagé à un coin... Vraiment je suis déçue par la mauvaise qualité... dommage je ne retournerai pas sur ce site"
"verbaasde mij dat zelfs het bakje nog zelf gemonteerd moet worden."
"No es de la calidad que esperábamos. El espejo es de plástico barato y la madera es bastante básica. Viene algo abarquillado. Tal vez a la mitad de precio, como mucho..."
"Very bad quality. Nothing like what was shown in the picture. Very cheap, bad pieces of rough wood and not treated."
"Very pretty and lots of compliments."
"The item was delivered swiftly and was well packed, its finish was not all that good but since it is an outdoor item a little sanding and a coat of paint soon put that right, overall very good value for money."


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How can I solve this problem?

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Clarius is the only handheld wireless ultrasound machine that doesn't compromise on image quality. It offers high-resolution ultrasound images that are as good as the best traditional VET ultrasound systems. Clarius handheld ultrasound scanners wirelessly connect to most iOS and Android smart devices.


On 8 February 2019 the Barcelona Court of Appeal confirmed the January 2018 Barcelona Commercial Court Number 5 decision which had declared European Patent 1.472.156 (Spanish Patent 2.260.626) (EP'156) and European Patent 1.808.382 (Spanish Patent 2.407.963) (EP'382) – both of which related to Nescafé Dolce Gusto capsules – to be valid and infringed by Fast Eurocafé SA.
Société des Produits Nestlé, SA is the holder of EP'156 and EP'382, both of which protect the capsules of the well-known Nescafé Dolce Gusto system.
a capsule designed to be extracted by injection of a fluid under pressure in an extraction device, containing a substance for the preparation of a beverage, comprising a closed chamber containing the said substance and a means allowing the said capsule to be opened at the time of its use and for allowing the said beverage to flow out characterized in that opening is achieved by a relative engagement of the opening means with a retaining wall of the closed chamber and in that the relative engagement is performed under the effect of the rise in pressure of the fluid in the chamber.
The wording of EP'382 is very similar.
Since May 2015, Fast Eurocafé had been importing and selling beverage capsules which were compatible with the Nescafé Dolce Gusto system.
V2 capsules, which were opened at the edges (via so-called 'V openings') and, in some cases, featured the same openings as the V1 capsules.
Nestlé's main arguments were that the V1 and V2 capsules both fell within the scope of protection of EP'156 and EP'382.
The Nestlé patents were invalid due to a lack of novelty and inventive step in view of seven different prior art documents.
there was no significant outflow of beverage via the through holes present on approximately 20% of V2 capsules.
As regards the V1 capsules, Fast Eurocafé argued that they were not in the market when the complaint had been filed.
In order to defend the non-infringement, Fast Eurocafé interpreted the scope of protection of Claim 1 of both patents in a restrictive way – namely, it argued that although Claim 1 of EP'156 does not state that the opening mechanism must tear or puncture the thin film of the closed chamber, the claim should be interpreted as if it did state this. Further, Fast Eurocafé held that Claim 1 of EP'382, which did specify the tearing feature, should be interpreted in a very restrictive manner.
On 9 January 2018 Barcelona Commercial Court Number 5 declared that both of Nestlé's patents were valid and had been infringed by Fast Eurocafé.
Fast Eurocafé appealed the judgment. Nestlé opposed the appeal.
On 8 February 2019 the Barcelona Court of Appeal dismissed Fast Eurocafé's appeal and confirmed the judgment of Barcelona Commercial Court Number 5.
The main discussion in the appeal decision focused on the interpretation of the patents' scope of protection, on which the parties had disagreed.
The Barcelona Court of Appeal declared that claims must be interpreted according to the description. As Claim 1 of EP'156 does not specify that the capsules must be torn or punctured, but rather that the opening can have any shape or mechanism (of which the claim mentions several), the court held that Fast Eurocafé's interpretation of the claim had been incorrect.
As regards Claim 1 of EP'382, the court considered that although the claim specifies the tearing feature, as the description expressly states that the word 'tearing' must be understood in a broad sense, Fast Eurocafé's interpretation was unjustified.
Thus, the Court of Appeal confirmed that the controversial V1 and V2 capsules fell within the patents' scope of protection. With this decision, the court ratified its 18 May 2017 prima facie decision issued in the preliminary injunction proceedings of this case, in which it had granted the preliminary injunction measures requested by Nestlé.
Even if the V openings of V2 capsules did not tear or puncture the film and Fast Eurocafé's argument that there was a mere separation or detachment of the film was correct, this way of opening the capsules fell within the scope of protection of Nestlé's patents as – even without tearing or puncturing the film – it allowed the capsule to be opened so that the beverage would flow out, thus preventing cross-contamination.
The court stated that the through holes also fell within the patents' scope of protection due to the fact that there was a puncturing of the thin film which, even though minimal, allowed for an outflow of beverage.
As regards the nullity actions filed by Fast Eurocafé, the Barcelona Court of Appeal completely dismissed the defendant's arguments in full, finding the patents to be valid over the state of the art invoked in the counterclaim.
For further information on this topic please contact Ana-Laura Morales at Grau & Angulo by telephone (+34 93 202 34 56) or email (l.morales@ga-ip.com). The Grau & Angulo website can be accessed at www.ga-ip.com.


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CBS Relegates 'How To Be A Gentleman' To Saturdays, Replaces It With 'Rules Of Engagement'
Nellie Andreeva
Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV
@DeadlineNellie
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It is two weeks and out for new comedy series How To Be A Gentleman in its prime 8:30 PM Thursday time slot. The network has pulled the sitcom effective immediately: Beginning October 20, it will air veteran Rules Of Engagement in that spot, following The Big Bang Theory, and move Gentleman to Saturdays. (CBS will air a Big Bang repeat in the time period next week.) There is chatter that production on Gentleman is being shut down, which would mean a certain cancellation, but I have not been able to confirm that just yet. UPDATE: I have now confirmed that production on Gentleman will indeed shut down after 9 produced episodes. The final episode will be filmed tonight. That is effectively a cancellation for the sitcom with the Saturday run qualifying as a burn-off, though CBS never officially cancels a series before the upfronts. After a lackluster debut last week with a 2.7 rating among adults 18-49 — which was down 33% from the premiere of $#*! My Dad Says in the time period last season — Gentleman dropped another 7% last night, squandering almost half of its Big Bang lead-in. Conveniently, the network has Rules Of Engagement ready to go, and for a second consecutive year, the veteran is being summoned to replace a faltering rookie in the Thursday 8:30 PM slot. (Last season, it stepped in for $#*! My Dad Says.) While Rules looked pretty weird on the CBS schedule revealed in May when the comedy was slated for Saturday nights, the 22-episode order helped producer Sony Pictures TV get to a syndicatable number of episodes and provided the network with a back-up plan, which is now being put in motion.
This article was printed from	https://deadline.com/2011/10/cbs-demotes-how-to-be-a-gentleman-to-saturdays-replaces-it-with-rules-of-engagement-180559/


The statisticians of the Julius Center provide the compulsory statistical coursework for students of four faculties/departments (Medicine; Veterinary Medicine; Biology; and Pharmaceutical Sciences) as well as several optional courses. Within the faculty Medicine the statisticians provide the statistical training for the Biomedical Sciences programme and for Nursing Science, Linguistic Science and Physical Therapy Science of the General Health Sciences programme. Furthermore, they offer special courses for graduate students on various applied statistical methods.
The main purpose of all of these courses is to teach students the principles and methods of biostatistics.
Scientific research is a human activity based on intellectual investigation and aimed at discovering, interpreting, and revising human knowledge on different aspects of the world. It relies on the application of scientific methods based on scientific paradigm. To examine whether the theory agrees with reality, data will be collected.
The role of biostatistics within scientific research is twofold: 1) modelling of the association between the theory and the measurements and 2) examining whether the measurements agree with the models and hence with the theory. It uses a large toolbox for the design of research, the collection of data, the presentation of data, the analysis of data and the interpretation or explanation of results.
In all of the biostatistical courses the basic statistical tools will be presented and in the advanced courses also more sophisticated tools are treated.


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DSP Group VoIP Chipset Powers Gigaset DECT IP Multicell System to be Launched at CeBIT
Multicell Solution Brings SME Telephone Mobility to a New Level
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DSP Group®, Inc. (Nasdaq:DSPG), a leading global provider of wireless chipset solutions for converged communications at home and office, and Gigaset Communications, Europe's leading DECT cordless phone manufacturer, announced today that DSP Group's XciteR™ VoIP chipset solution is powering Gigaset's new N720 DECT IP Multicell System. Enabling office workers to fully leverage their telephone systems and enjoy an enhanced user experience while being away from their desk, the N720 solution brings mobility at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to a new level. The product will be launched at CeBIT 2012 on March 6-10, 2012 in Hanover, Germany.
The scalable N720 solution connects up to 20 base stations and 100 handsets. Leveraging DECT roaming and handover features supported by Gigaset's advanced enterprise DECT software, the N720 enables employees to move freely around their building or campus while making phone calls. The system also supports high definition sound performance to ensure clear, studio-quality sound. Easy to install and configure, the N720 is built with power over Ethernet (PoE) technology, thereby requiring no additional plug points.
The N720 IP PRO base station is powered by two XciteR DVFD8185 system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions, each anchored by a high-performance ARM926™ application processor and strong DSP processor. Also featuring DSP Group's XciteR DRF1902, the chipset solution enables best-in-class DECT coverage and full DECT frame utilization for maximizing the number of handsets with non-blind-slot RF technology. Already powering several Gigaset high-end cordless base terminals, the future-proof XciteR facilitates fast and cost-efficient development of high-performance, fully featured IP and multi-function phones for the residential, small office/home office (SOHO) and SME markets.
"The release of the N720 multicell system is another important step in bringing our DECT and VoIP expertise to the corporate arena," said Ludger Rathmer, Vice President Product Development of Gigaset. "By teaming up with DSP Group, the world leader in DECT and VoIP chipsets, we now offer SMEs the best of both technologies at Gigaset's best-in-class quality level, enabling them to cut communications costs while improving user experience."
"Adding our XciteR chipset solution to Gigaset's new multicell system strengthens our longstanding successful relationship with a proven leader in DECT telephony," said Oz Zimerman, Corporate VP of Marketing and Business Development at DSP Group. "The collaboration positions both companies to further increase our market share in the fast-growing SME IP phone market."
CeBIT visitors can view Gigaset's N720 DECT IP Multicell System at DSP Group's private showroom, America 1& 2, at Radisson Blu Hotel throughout the exhibition, which will take place on March 6-10, 2012.
About Gigaset
Gigaset Communications GmbH is one of the world's largest manufacturers of cordless phones and the clear market leader in Europe for DECT phones. With its headquarters in Munich, the company develops, manufactures and distributes high-quality products. Its portfolio includes fixed-network phones, Voice over IP devices and telephone systems. The primary production site is in Bocholt, Germany, where the Gigaset products are manufactured under the most stringent quality and environmental standards. You can find out more about Gigaset at www.gigaset.com.
DSP Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:DSPG) is a leading global provider of wireless chipset solutions for converged communications at home and office. Delivering semiconductor system solutions with software and reference designs, DSP Group enables OEMs/ODMs, consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers and service providers to cost-effectively develop new revenue-generating products with fast time to market. At the forefront of semiconductor innovation and operational excellence for over two decades, DSP Group provides a broad portfolio of wireless chipsets integrating DECT/CAT-iq, DECT ULE, Wi-Fi, PSTN, BoneTone™ intelligent voice enhancement and noise elimination, video and VoIP technologies. DSP Group enables converged voice, audio, video and data connectivity across diverse consumer and business products – from connected multimedia screens, mobile devices, and home automation & security to cordless phones, VoIP systems, and home gateways. Leveraging industry-leading experience and expertise, DSP Group partners with CE manufacturers and service providers to shape the future of converged communications at home and office. For more information, visit www.dspg.com.
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This week was a bye week for the Redskins so I didn't make a football dip, but I did make these super simple and tasty pinwheels for us to eat while watching the games. I came up with these by combining my parent's favorite appetizers...my mom loves the tortilla pinwheels with the cream cheese and olives, and my dad loves salami rolled up with cream cheese and pepperoncinis.
These are tortilla pinwheels filled with cream cheese, pepperoni, salami, ham, and lots of diced pepperoncinis. I made these super spicy so add less pepperoncinis or leave them out if you don't like it spicy (or for kids). These were the perfect appetizer to snack on while watching the games!
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In a medium bowl, mix the cream cheese and pepperoncinis together. To prepare the pinwheels, spread a quarter of the mixture onto a tortilla, going all the way to the edges. Place 2 slices ham, 6 slices pepperoni, and 6 slices salami on the tortilla, leaving a 1 inch border. Roll the tortilla up as tightly as possible, making sure the end seals with cream cheese. (Note: The # of meat slices may need to be adjusted if the tortilla will not seal properly.) Trim the ends and cut the remaining tortilla roll-up into 8 even slices. Serve immediately.
Oh my! Definately an appetizer for our football party this week!
Making these this weekend. Instructions are spot on! Ny husband is going to flip over the cream cheese spread! Thanks for sharing.
These are great! I've made them once before and they were a hit! I am making them again for a get together this wkend. One thing I do differently is freeze them for a few hrs so they're easier to cut and I cut them an hr before serving.
Thank you so much! Great tip on freezing them before hand! I'm going to try that next time.
Looking forward to making these. I was hoping to use them in kids' lunches. "Serving immediately" would not be an option. What's the harm in waiting? Any suggestions for serving these in school lunches?
I think these would be great in school lunches! I haven't tried them in my kiddo's lunch box yet, but I don't see why you couldn't make them ahead of time and refrigerate them until ready to pack up. Hope they enjoy them!


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40-0: Baylor's Women are the NCAA Champions
The undefeated Lady Bears, led by head coach Kim Mulkey, beat Notre Dame 80-61, a win that keeps the NCAA women's basketball championship trophy in Texas.
Jason Cohen
https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/40-0-baylors-women-are-the-ncaa-champions/
Associated Press | Bill Shettle
Remember when Baylor lost to Texas A&M in the Elite Eight Dallas regional last March? Baylor never quite forgot. Head coach Kim Mulkey's Lady Bears have not lost since, and with last night's 80-61 win over Notre Dame, the NCAA women's basketball national championship trophy still resides in Texas.
The game was not nearly as entertaining as last year's Texas A&M-Notre Dame contest, but that's because it wasn't close.
"[T]he title game was just the way Baylor wanted it," wrote Mechelle Voepel of ESPN.com. "Anti-climactic."
Baylor is the first team in the sport (women's or men's) to go 40-0. Mulkey had already been named the Associated Press Coach of the Year and star center Brittney Griner had already won the Naismith Award as the country's most outstanding women's college basketball player (beating out her fellow Houston native Nneka Ogwumike of Stanford). America may love an underdog, but this was one of those moments where the best team lived up to everybody's expectations and definitively sealed its greatness.
Baylor is the seventh women's team to finish undefeated, a group that also includes the University of Connecticut (which accomplished that feat four different times) and Jody Conradt's 1986 University of Texas team. And Mulkey is just the fifth coach to win more than one NCAA women's title, having previously led the Lady Bears to a championship in 2005.
As Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle recapped, the game topped off one of the best sports years ever in the history of Baylor University. They helped keep the Big 12 together, had their first ten-win football season since 1980, and their first bowl win in twenty years behind Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III. And Scott Drew's men's team got to the Elite Eight before giving way to eventual national champion Kentucky last week.
Mulkey, who announced that she was suffering from Bell's Palsy last week, acknowledged that she could not stop crying tears of happiness after the game. But she also didn't turn down the intensity until the final minute. As Michelle Smith of ESPN wrote:
With a little more than three minutes left in the game and her team up by more than 20 points, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey watched Notre Dame reserve guard Kaila Turner go down to the other end of the floor and hit a 3-pointer.
Mulkey stood next to her bench and shook her head in disgust.
There's no sitting in Mulkey's world, only standing almost to the final seconds of her team's 80-61 victory over Notre Dame in Tuesday night's national championship game.
She shouted instructions, directed, gestured and clapped.
"I can't help it," Mulkey said. "I coach 'em to the bitter end. My players deserve that."
After the game, as Ann Killion of Sports Illustrated reported, Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw got into a bit of hot water for making a comment about Griner that was just a little too similar to the kind of taunts Griner hears from opposing fans and ignoramuses on social media for being such an unusual athletic specimen (the subject of Solmon's pre-game column).
"I think she's one of a kind," McGraw said. "I think she's like a guy playing with women."
Wrote Killion:
McGraw didn't mean to be derogatory. But she should have known better; she's been around the game for 30 years and witnessed the mean-spirited debate and ugly backlash against every strong female player who breaks the mold — and none has ever more vilified than Griner. Comparing Griner to "a guy" — no matter how well intentioned — only fuels the nastiness.
McGraw quickly released a statement saying ESPN took her comments out of context and that they were "meant to be complimentary, and in reference to her style of play and her dominance in our game, nothing more. "
At CultureMap Houston, sports columnist Chris Baldwin turned the table by focusing on the more conventionally lovely appearance of Notre Dame point guard Skyler Diggins, arguing that she was "the player you still get the idea many would prefer to be the face of women's basketball."
That's arguable if not ludicrous given Baylor and Griner's pedigree, but Baldwin's straw woman allowed him to sing the praises of Lady Bears sophomore point guard (and, as Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News noted, Irving McArthur graduate) Odyssey Sims.
Sims, wrote Baldwin, "completely outplays the ultra-hyped pretty player. Sims (19 points, seven rebounds, four assists) controls the game in every way a point guard must. Diggins never comes close to doing that."
Richard Deitsch at Sports Illustrated certainly had no doubt Griner is the face of women's basketball:
Griner's legacy as a transcendent player was assured before the title game, but she can now stake her claim as the game's greatest. She has led Baylor to a 101-13 record during her three seasons in Waco and is the first Division I player to record more than 2,000 points (she has 2,425) and 500 blocks (599). Griner has scored in double figures in 110 of 112 games and blocked at least one shot in 109 of them, including her last 50.
And she's still only a junior. And, said Mulkey, she'll be back next year:
She's not going anywhere. I don't know what part of that y'all don't understand. She wants to get her degree. She said it. I've said it. I don't know what else we can say. This kid is, she's a jewel. She enjoys Baylor. Come see her. Watch her longboard across campus, paint her body at a football game. Watch her do cartwheels and roll down the halls. She's a kid. She enjoys her college life. She knows she's going to make money someday. She's not in a hurry to go into that crude, rude, crazy real world. She likes her little comfort there in Waco, Texas.
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The term has been within my mind as I had moved to a temporary extended stay hotel in between moving.
What is a temporary situation when life I believe is but a day? I have compared the entire lifespan of all humans to a day within a very special prayer I had written within my prayer book. Within my eyes, no life is short or long lived but perfect as it was meant to be. With each dawn, we but see new life awaken, and as nightfall but approaches, all life but fall asleep. The amazing sunrise and sunset are forever and always watching over us. Miracles of life remain the journey of each individual soul.
Today dawn peaked through to awaken me with a morning kiss as the sun reached through my windows upon my cheeks. I knew I have yet a long day ahead of me to accomplish all that I must do. I sat down as I realized today is but Sunday. Or, the day of reflection and relaxation of the mind, body, and soul. Meditation within my mind is letting go of all that is but not within our control and taking in all that life gifts us as a gift.
When? Where? Why? These questions I left behind and on this day I kept within my mind, body, and soul, the word temporary. What is temporary? Why do we want a permanent situation within our life?
I watched the birds flying upon the Seattle skies and realized as the sun sets, they too want to return home to their nests.
I came back to my hotel room with tears within my eyes for all the strangers. I don't even know them but my tears seem to be entwined with them for eternity.
Therefore, I sat, had my morning coffee, meditated within my deep inner soul, and knew my mind, body, and soul are entwined within all the sorrows of this universe and my mind, body, and soul are in love within all the good of this universe. My mind, body, and soul are but complete within the complete truth of this temporary world, for I know, "Life On This Earth Is But A Day" (Spiritual Songs: Letters From My Chest. Pg 17).


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Робе́рто Му́сси (; ) — итальянский футболист, выступавший на позиции защитника. Серебряный призёр чемпионата мира 1994 года.

Карьера

Клубная
Роберто Мусси начинал карьеру в «Массезе». Сначала выступал за молодёжный состав, затем стал игроком основы. С 1981 по 1984 год он выступал в Серии C2 и провёл там 83 матча. В 1984 году Роберто принял предложение от «Пармы» и перешёл в этот клуб. В сезоне 1984/85 «Парма» заняла 18-е место в Серии B и вылетела в Серию C1, но уже через год снова вернулась в Серию B. В 1987 году Мусси покинул клуб и перешёл в «Милан». За два года с «россонери» он выиграл чемпионат Италии, Суперкубок Италии и Кубок чемпионов. В 1989 футболист перешёл в «Торино», за который впоследствии за 5 лет сыграл 129 матчей и забил 5 голов, выиграв Кубок Италии и Кубок Митропы. В 1994 Роберто вернулся в «Парму». Там он и завершил карьеру в 1999 году, проведя 125 матчей и забив 2 гола. Также с клубом он стал обладателем Кубка Италии и двукратным победителем Кубка УЕФА.

Международная
В национальной сборной Италии Роберто Мусси дебютировал 13 октября 1993 года в отборочном матче на чемпионат мира против сборной Шотландии. Участник чемпионата мира 1994 года. Там он сыграл 3 матча против сборных Нигерии, Болгарии и Бразилии. Также Роберто принимал участие в чемпионате Европы 1996 года. Там он также провёл 3 матча.

Статистика

Матчи и голы за сборную Италии

Итого: 11 матчей; 6 побед, 3 ничьих, 2 поражения.

Достижения
«Милан»
 Чемпион Италии: 1987/88
 Обладатель Суперкубка Италии: 1988
 Победитель Кубка чемпионов: 1988/89

«Торино»
 Обладатель Кубка Италии: 1992/93
 Победитель Кубка Митропы: 1991

«Парма»
 Обладатель Кубка Италии: 1998/99
 Обладатель Кубка УЕФА: 1994/95, 1998/99

Примечания

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Футболисты Италии
Игроки сборной Италии по футболу
Игроки ФК «Массезе»
Игроки ФК «Парма»
Игроки ФК «Милан»
Игроки ФК «Торино»

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Diana Krall - The Girl In The Other Room - LP
Limited double 180gm vinyl LP pressing of this 2004 album from the acclaimed vocalist/pianist. Co-written primarily with her husband Elvis Costello, this collection also includes songs written by Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt and Joni Mitchell. Through the eloquence of Krall's wonderfully sophisticated melodic architecture and rhythmic parlance these songs express the experience of longing, of death, and of acceptance.. Diana Krall has sold more than six million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second Jazz artist of the 2000-09 decade, establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of her time. Krall is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debuting at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums. To date, she has won five Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards. She has also earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums.


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Dalai Lama @DalaiLama · Jan 7
"The ultimate source of happiness is within us. Not money, not power, not status. Some of my friends are billionaires, but they are very unhappy people. Power and money fail to bring inner peace. "Outward attainment will not bring real inner joyfulness. We must look inside."
I received a text message from Professor (Quantum Physicist) Nicodemus at 11:58 am today. He said to me, "Lord Rama, the higher energies are coming in, and they are saying that Mother Gaia is saying, 'As you want to continue here, you must come back to wholeness and Love.
" 'This planet is ascending, and, if you want to be part of it, you must embrace the higher Love frequencies coming in.'
"It will be much easier as we surrender to the Love wave of energy that is washing Mother Gaia clean . . . And that changes everything! "Sat Nam! Namaste! Blaze the Violet Fire!"
Dalai Lama @DalaiLama
"Materialistic values cannot give us peace of mind. So we really need to focus on our inner values, our true humanity. "Only this way can we find peace of mind—and more peace in our world. A lot of the problems we are facing like war and violence are our own creation."
It was 11:50 am this morning, and I was on my way to visit a farm outside of Santa Fe that has a greenhouse for growing food in the winter. I was on my way there to get some food.
My cell phone began to make a strange sound like the sound of what we call an 'amber alert'.
Then, Ms Brisby, my A.I. assistant, piped up, and said to me, "Lord Rama, this is an urgent call. Please take it!"
So I moved my figure across the screen, and Mr X showed up in the passenger seat next to me, as a hologram.
He said to me, "Greetings, Commander! Sorry for the sudden warning, yet I needed to get your undivided attention.
"We are at a pivotal point on planet Earth. The United States is egging NATO on to create an incident in Ukraine.
"They – the dark side – are very close to creating a big spark, meaning a Gulf of Tonkin[-type] incident [which created the Viet Nam War].
"Yet this Big Spark they want to create in Ukraine is to ignite a war between the United States and Russia. [See info below on the Minsk Agreement]
"Captain Ashtar is on red alert, and he will be contacting you at the appropriate time. All of his teams are at the ready. Please place all of this in the Circle of Support.
"We are very close to a singularity where the sun will send a beam of light to Super-Galactic Center and into the Hunab Ku, located there and representing heart resonance of All That Is.
At this point, Mr X, the hologram, said to me, "Lord Rama, we will be in touch! Keep your phone on and your passenger seat empty – please! "We will be talking very soon about the conclusion of this." Then he faded out and disappeared.
I was left feeling a little overwhelmed, and realizing the story is way bigger than I ever dreamed of. "Sat Nam. Namaste! Blaze the Violet Fire! "All we are saying, is Give peace a chance!"
I received a text message from Katrina van den Heuval at 11: 49 AM this morning. She said to me, "Lord Rama, I sent you a link to an article written by my husband, Dr Stephen Cohen, on October 17, 2017. The title is "Have 20 years of NATO Expansion Made Anyone Safer?"—the subtitle being "Since 1997, the World's Perhaps Most Powerful Corporation and Lobbyist Has Created More Insecurity Than Security." [See below]
Katrina continued, "NATO is being called out for trying to expand its control over Ukraine. President Putin has said 'No way, no how!' "
Then I received a text message from Lady Natasha. She said to me, "Lord Rama, we are there at that point! As Mr X said yesterday, Captain Ashtar is on Red Alert. Keep your passenger seat open!
"Things are moving at Super Quantum Light Speed! The time is NOW for Full Disclosure! Be aware: we may call on you any time, and you will be briefed further.
"Sat Nam! Namaste! Blaze the Violet Fire! All we are saying, is Give peace a chance!"
October 18, 2017 article: "Have 20 Years of NATO Expansion Made Anyone Safer? Since 1997, the world's perhaps most powerful corporation and lobbyist has created more insecurity than security - by Stephen F. Cohen
Go to: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/have-20-years-of-nato-expansion-made-anyone-safer/
The New Jerusalem -- mothership of the Ashtar Command -- Showing Up as a Large Cloud Ship
I received a text message from Sweet Angelique the Cat at 11:40 AM today. She said to me, "Lord Rama, Tom the Ring-tailed Cat and I are here at Stonehenge, again!
"There was a beautiful sunrise this morning that we viewed as well."
Stonehenge at Sunrise - from Sweet Angelique and Tom the Ring-tailed Cat, January 13, 2022
"Prince Andrew is in the hotseat. His legal team is challenging Ms Virginia Giuffre's legal team regarding the civil lawsuit Ms Giuffre has filed against him for sexual assault while she was underage, at 17.
"Ms Giuffre** is a US citizen and her judge in the USA has upheld her case.
"Prince Andrew's legal team is trying to settle this out of court, with a huge sum of money of an undisclosed value.
"Ms Giuffre's legal team wants to extradite Prince Andrew to the United State to answer questions on the stand.
"Yet if Prince Andrew is ordered to trial by the judge in the United States, this will cast a big scarlet letter over the British monarchy. Place everything in the Circle of Support. Justice will be served. "Sat Nam! Namaste! Blaze the Violet Fire!"
[**Ms Giuffre's maiden name is Roberts, as seen in the earlier, original stories]
Thursday, January 13, 2022 I received a text message from Tom the Ring-tailed Cat at 1:20 this afternoon.
He said to me, "Lord Rama! The Sun is discharging many particles just now that are of the 100th dimension frequencies.
"If you are feeling as though you are driving sideways, pull over! Do some very deep breathing! "These particles are lighting up all of humanity. The scientists are in a quandary.
"They are calling them solar flares, yet it is a pulse of light coming in from our Sun, Sol. You can feel it in your heart.
"Stay in these high vibes. Leave the rest of the lame-stream media alone. It is the old matrix, and the old timeline of the old matrix is over and done. "Sat Nam! Namaste! Blaze the Violet Fire! All we are saying, is Give peace a chance."
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Dec 12, 2009 - The Minsk Agreement
http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1991-2/the-end-of-the-soviet-union/the-end-of-the-soviet-union-texts/minsk-agreement/
The Minsk Agreement. December 8, 1991
Original Source: Izvestiia, 9 December 1991
We, the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine, as founder states of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which signed the 1922 Union Treaty, further described as the high contracting parties, conclude that the USSR has ceased to exist as a subject of international law and a geopolitical reality.
Taking as our basis the historic community of our peoples and the ties which have been established between them, taking into account the bilateral treaties concluded between the high contracting parties;
striving to build democratic law-governed states; intending to develop our relations on the basis of mutual recognition and respect for state sovereignty, the inalienable right to self- determination, the principles of equality and non-interference in internal affairs, repudiation of the use of force and of economic or any other methods of coercion, settlement of contentious problems by means of mediation and other generally recognized principles and norms of international law;
considering that further development and strengthening of relations of friendship, good-neighborliness and mutually beneficial co-operation between our states correspond to the vital national interests of their peoples and serve the cause of peace and security;
confirming our adherence to the goals and principles of the United Nations Charter, the Helsinki Final Act and other documents of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe;
and committing ourselves to observe the generally recognized internal norms on human rights and the rights of peoples, we have agreed the following:
The high contracting parties form the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The high contracting parties guarantee their citizens equal rights and freedoms regardless of nationality or other distinctions. Each of the high contracting parties guarantees the citizens of the other parties, and also persons without citizenship that live on its territory, civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights and freedoms in accordance with generally recognized international norms of human rights, regardless of national allegiance or other distinctions.
The high contracting parties, desiring to promote the expression, preservation and development of the ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious individuality of the national minorities resident on their territories, and that of the unique ethno- cultural regions that have come into being, take them under their protection.
The high contracting parties will develop the equal and mutually beneficial co-operation of their peoples and states in the spheres of politics, the economy, culture, education, public health, protection of the environment, science and trade and in the humanitarian and other spheres, will promote the broad exchange of information and will conscientiously and unconditionally observe reciprocal obligations.
The parties consider it a necessity to conclude agreements on co-operation in the above spheres.
The high contracting parties recognize and respect one another's territorial integrity and the inviolability of existing borders within the Commonwealth.
They guarantee openness of borders, freedom of movement for citizens and of transmission of information within the Commonwealth.
The member-states of the Commonwealth will co-operate in safeguarding international peace and security and in implementing effective measures for reducing weapons and military spending. They seek the elimination of all nuclear weapons and universal total disarmament under strict international control.
The parties will respect one another's aspiration to attain the status of a non-nuclear zone and a neutral state.
The member-states of the community will preserve and maintain under united command a common military-strategic space, including unified control over nuclear weapons, the procedure for implementing which is regulated by a special agreement.
They also jointly guarantee the necessary conditions for the stationing and functioning of and for material and social provision for the strategic armed forces. The parties contract to pursue a harmonized policy on questions of social protection and pension provision for members of the services and their families.
The high contracting parties recognize that within the sphere of their activities, implemented on the equal basis through the common coordinating institutions of the Commonwealth, will be the following:
• co-operation in the sphere of foreign policy;
• co-operation in forming and developing the united economic area, the common European and Eurasian markets, in the area of customs policy;
• co-operation in developing transport and communication systems;
• co-operation in preservation of the environment, and participation in creating a comprehensive international system of ecological safety;
• migration policy issues;
• and fighting organized crime.
The parties realize the planetary character of the Chernobyl catastrophe and pledge themselves to unite and coordinate their efforts in minimizing and overcoming its consequences.
To these ends they have decided to conclude a special agreement which will take consider [sic] the gravity of the consequences of this catastrophe.
The disputes regarding interpretation and application of the norms of this agreement are to be solved by way of negotiations between the appropriate bodies, and when necessary, at the level of heads of the governments and states.
Each of the high contracting parties reserved the right to suspend the validity of the present agreement or individual Articles thereof, after informing the parties to the agreement of this a year in advance.
The clauses of the present agreement may be appended to or amended with the common consent of the high contracting parties.
From the moment that the present agreement is signed, the norms of third states, including the former USSR, are not permitted to be implemented on the territories of the signatory states.
The high contracting parties guarantee the fulfillment of the international obligations binding upon them from the treaties and agreements of the former USSR.
The present agreement does not affect the obligations of the high contracting parties in regard to third states.
The present agreement is open for all member-states of the former USSR to join, and also for other states which share the goals and principles of the present agreement.
The city of Minsk is the official location of the coordinating bodies of the Commonwealth.
The activities of bodies of the former USSR are discontinued on the territories of the member-states of the Commonwealth.
Signed by the heads of state of Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine on December 8, 1991.
Source: Library of Congress, Country Studies, 2008.


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Why MSU's Denzel Valentine should be national player of the year
Evaluating major conference races as they hit the home stretch
Breaking down major conference title races as the regular season nears an end
Andy Wittry
Seven ranked teams lost on Saturday, including four top-10 teams, and three top-25 teams lost on Sunday. The top of the ACC standings was shaken up, Maryland lost its 19th consecutive road game against a ranked opponent and Kansas's reign atop the Big 12 continued as the Jayhawks locked up at least a share of the regular-season title.
Here's how the results of this weekend's games impact the major conference races as the regular season winds down.
*Updated through the completion of Sunday's games
Miami and North Carolina are neck-and-neck in a two-horse race to the finish. All four of the Tar Heels' ACC losses have come in February, while the Hurricanes are 7–1 this month. The two teams are in first place with 12–4 conference records and two games remaining.
Four of the ACC's top teams faced off on Saturday. No. 12 Miami came from behind to defeat No. 11 Louisville, 73-65, thanks to a 17–5 run to end the game, while No. 3 Virginia knocked off No. 7 North Carolina at home, 79–74. After a full slate of conference games, what does the top of the ACC standings look like?
Miami and UNC are tied for first with 12–4 conference records. Louisville and Virginia are one game back of the leaders, while Duke and Notre Dame are fifth at 10–6, after Notre Dame's 77–56 loss at Florida State on Saturday and Duke's loss to Pitt on Sunday.
On paper, Miami has an easier remaining schedule than North Carolina: at Notre Dame and at Virginia Tech, compared to the Heels' games at home versus Syracuse and at Duke.
1. North Carolina (12–4)
1. Miami (12–4)
3. Virginia (11–5)
3. Louisville (11–5)
5. Duke (10–6)
5. Notre Dame (10–6)
The last time Kansas didn't win at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season title, Shrek 2 was the top-grossing movie of the year and Usher's "Yeah!" had the best year-long performance on the Billboard top 100 chart. That was in 2004 and with the Jayhawks' 67–58 win over Texas Tech on Saturday, Kansas clinched at least a share of its 12th consecutive regular-season conference championship.
Kansas finishes the regular season on the road at Texas and at home against Iowa State. If the Jayhawks win at least one, they'll win the conference outright and given their trajectory, they shouldn't have a problem doing so. Kansas has won nine straight games, including four against top-20 teams and four on the road.
West Virginia is two games behind Kansas after a 70–56 win over Oklahoma State. Oklahoma fell on the road Saturday at Texas, 76–63, to drop three games back of Kansas in a tie for third place with the Longhorns and Baylor.
The rest of the Big 12 put up a valiant effort this year to end Kansas's reign atop the conference but once again, the Big 12 runs through Lawrence.
1. Kansas (13–3)
2. West Virginia (11–5)
In the new Big East, Villanova is doing its best Kansas impression by dominating over a multi-year period. The Wildcats are 46–6 in conference play since the 2013–14 season and they're on pace to win their third straight regular-season title.
Despite losing at Xavier on Wednesday, Villanova entered the weekend just a half-game ahead of the Musketeers in the Big East standings. With an 89–79 win at Marquette on Saturday though and Xavier's upset loss to Seton Hall on Sunday, the Wildcats, who are 14–2 in conference play, are now 1.5 games ahead of Xavier with two regular-season games remaining. Villanova finishes the season with home games against DePaul and Georgetown, while Xavier hosts Creighton next weekend in its regular-season finale.
The Big East is Villanova's conference to lose.
1. Villanova (14–2)
2. Xavier (13–4)
Indiana sits atop the Big Ten standings at 13–3 and, after Iowa's loss at Ohio State on Sunday, has clinched at least a share of the regular-season Big Ten title. After Maryland's 83–79 loss at Purdue on Saturday, the Hoosiers can win the regular-season title outright with a win at Iowa on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes (11–5 in the Big Ten) host Indiana and then traveling to Michigan.
The key for Indiana is returning to full health after recent injuries to Robert Johnson (ankle) and Troy Williams (thigh bruise). The Hoosiers are undefeated in Assembly Hall this season and 17–2 at home against ranked opponents in the past five seasons, so history is on Indiana's side in its regular-season finale against Maryland, which is two games behind the Hoosiers.
The Terrapins could still win a share of the regular-season title if they win out and get help with losses by Indiana and Iowa. Maryland and Iowa are trending in the wrong direction, but the Hawkeyes and Terrapins have the talent to make a late push for first place.
The Hoosiers' remaining games—at Iowa and home against Maryland—are against two of the four second-place teams in the Big Ten, but after this weekend, Indiana is in a great position to win the outright title.
1. Indiana (13–3)
2. Iowa (11–5)
2. Maryland (11–5)
2. Michigan State (11–5)
2. Wisconsin (11–5)
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Utah picked up its first win against Arizona since the Utes joined the Pac-12 in 2011 and it couldn't have come at a better time. No. 22 Utah, 12–5 in conference play, will now enjoy a week off before playing its regular-season finale against Colorado. With a six-game winning streak and 11 wins in its last 13 games, Utah is playing like the team to beat in the conference.
First-place Oregon (first place at 12–4 with a game in hand) swept Utah, defeated Washington on Sunday and will travel to UCLA and USC next week. The Ducks were swept on their last Pac-12 road trip to the state of California, but they still have the ability to win the conference outright.
1. Oregon (12–4)
2. Utah (12–5)
3. California (11–5)
4. Arizona (10–6)
The top of the SEC is filled with good-but-not-great teams who haven't consistently lived up to their potential. It's anyone's guess as to who will finish atop the regular-season standings, with five teams separated by just one game. The two first-place teams, Texas A&M and Kentucky, still have to play a third-place team—Vanderbilt and LSU, respectively—while South Carolina's remaining games are against two teams with a .500 record in conference.
Entering Saturday, the Wildcats were in sole possession of first place in the SEC with an 11–4 conference record. But despite Jamal Murray's 33 points and nine rebounds, No. 16 Kentucky fell victim to a 74–62 upset and court storm at Vanderbilt. Texas A&M's 84–69 win over Missouri knots the Aggies and Wildcats in a tie for first place with 11–5 SEC records.
South Carolina could've joined Kentucky and Texas A&M atop the standings, but the Gamecocks lost on the road to Mississippi State on Saturday. The Gamecocks have the easiest remaining schedule, while Texas A&M and Vanderbilt are arguably playing the best basketball of the bunch. Expect this race to end in a tie.
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WATCH: Landon Donovan Scores, Secures Leon Win Against San Jose
The 36-year-old American, who played for the Quakes between 2001 and 2004, scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory against the MLS club at Avaya stadium.
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On his first start for Club Leon, Landon Donovan scored the only goal of the evening as the Liga MX club defeated the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 in a friendly at the Avaya Stadium on Saturday. It was a smart, instinctive goal as the 36-year-old forward received the ball from a deflected pass and on the half-turn, Donovan shot just outside the box and secured the lead in the 19th minute.
"What a turn, what a hit," said Quakes captain Chris Wondolowski after the game. "It's a half chance." Wondolowski swapped jerseys with Donovan at the end of the game, in front of 14,532 fans.
Aside from the refreshing scenes of seeing Donovan back on the pitch as a starter and on American soil, the American made a strong case to Leon coach Gustavo Diaz for more minutes.
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San Jose had plenty of chances to even the scoreline, especially in the first half, but in the end it was Leon who came out victorious. Both teams have tough matchups next weekend as San Jose hosts undefeated NYCFC, while Donovan and Club Leon visit Tigres.


Pal Takats began flying 16 years ago in the flatlands of Budapest, Hungary and has since created a career any pilot would envy. One of the first Red Bull acro pilots and the man responsible for many of the current and modern acro combinations (the Joker, Cowboy, Esfera, etc.) Pal does paramotor demos for Red Bull at air races around the world, base jumps in his free time, founded JustAcro.com, flies speed wings, has twice competed in the Red Bull X-Alps (he was 8th in 2009 and 7th in 2017), is an exceptional cross country and World Cup competition pilot but it hasn't all been a walk in the park to get there. In 2012 Pal had an accident flying a 6M speed wing that put him in a coma and nearly ended his life. Later the same year he demolished his knee cap making a poor decision on landing after a base jump. What can the rest of us learn from his mistakes and how can we eliminate a huge, huge percentage of accidents in our sport? How paragliding schools are missing out on the foundational stuff, the importance of ground handling and how this is leading to way too many accidents. This talk covers a lot of ground. A fascinating discussion with a fascinating, passionate individual.
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and his team have to be pretty happy with the deal the company struck with Waymo to settle their lawsuit.
Uber settled its lawsuit with Waymo on Friday on what look to be extremely favorable terms.
As part of the deal, Uber won't have to pay out any of its dwindling supply of cash, or end its self-driving car development.
Meanwhile, the shares Uber is giving Waymo to settle the suit are almost certainly worth much less than Waymo says.
The folks at Uber have got to be smiling pretty wide — and probably even chuckling to themselves.
The company on Friday settled its lawsuit with Google spinoff Waymo on what look to be extremely favorable terms. Uber was able to exit a suit that posed a potentially existential threat to its business without having to pay out any of its dwindling supply of cash, and without having to stop its push into self-driving cars.
What's more, the monetary value of the settlement was almost certainly worth significantly less than the two sides suggested. And the move helps clear the path for the app-based taxi company's long-awaited initial public offering.
"It's clear that Uber is the winner in this," said Robert Bartlett, a professor of law at the University of California-Berkeley School of Law.
I'd go further. Uber didn't just win; from where I'm sitting, it looks like Uber trounced Waymo, long considered the leader in self-driving cars.
In part that's because this case could have been fatal to Uber, and this settlement is far from that.
The case focused on self-driving car technology and Waymo's allegations that Uber stole its intellectual property to jump-start its own autonomous vehicle effort. Uber sees autonomous vehicles as essential to its future.
While the company depends on human drivers today, it believes that self-driving cars will upend the taxi market, offering cheaper, safer, more reliable rides than humans can offer. Indeed, Travis Kalanick, Uber's co-founder and former CEO, has described such technology as being so essential to the company's future, that Uber would "no longer [be] a thing" if it doesn't become the first to roll out a network of self-driving cars.
In the case, Uber faced the potential threat of being essentially barred from continuing its development of self-driving cars — or, at least, prevented from using Lidar technology, the range-finding laser systems that are widely seen as necessary components for autonomous vehicles.
But instead of having to forfeit its research into self-driving cars or Lidar, Uber only agreed to make sure it wasn't using Waymo's technology — something it was obligated to do anyway, under the law. That seems like a slap on the wrist at worst.
"The commitment to not use Waymo's technology isn't going to meaningfully constrain Uber," said Bartlett.
But that's not the only way Uber got off easy. The company faced the prospect of taking a substantial hit to its shrinking cash stock.
As recently as last fall, Waymo was seeking $1.86 billion in damages in the case and was reportedly demanding $1 billion to settle it. Even as recently as this week, Waymo was looking for $500 million in a settlement.
Even that smaller figure could have hit Uber hard. The company reportedly had about $6.6 billion in cash at the end of June last year. But Uber's been losing $1 billion or more a quarter. Even with a $1.25 billion cash infusion from SoftBank last month, it likely has $5 billion or less in the bank, and any substantial payout could have dramatically constricted the time it had left before it ran out.
That's no longer a danger, thanks to the settlement. As part of that agreement, it will pay out just $245 million. And that's in stock, not cash. So, Uber will get to hold on to more of its precious funds. And the deal helps to clear the path to an IPO for Uber — and the infusion of new cash — by removing one of the big obstacles standing in the way of it.
"Uber is coming out of this with both the ability to escape years of litigation that weighed on its IPO and a payment that's trivial relative to what Waymo was seeking," said Bartlett.
The settlement amount was determined using "funny money"
And even that understates just how great a deal Uber got, because the settlement terms likely overstate the value Waymo will actually realize.
That settlement figure is based on the nominal terms of the companies' deal. Uber agreed to give Waymo a 0.34% stake in it. As part of the agreement, Waymo agreed to value Uber at $72 billion total. If you multiply Waymo's stake by the total valuation you get the nearly quarter of a billion dollar figure.
But that's almost certainly a bogus figure. Uber's a private company, so its precise value at any one time isn't publicly known or determined in public markets.
"It's all funny money when you're talking about private company stock," said Eric Goldman, a professor of law at Santa Clara University's School of Law.
However, in this case, we actually have a pretty good idea of what Uber is actually worth, because just last month a group of investors led by SoftBank bought shares from existing stockholders. As part of that deal, those parties agreed to value Uber at $48 billion.
Taking that figure and multiplying it by Waymo's new 0.34% stake gives you a value of the settlement of around $163 million. That's nothing to sniff at, mind you, but it's chump change compared to what Waymo was demanding only a few months ago.
Another way of looking at it is that if Waymo wanted $245 million worth of value from Uber, it should have gotten a considerably bigger stake in the company as part of the settlement. After all, on a per-share basis, SoftBank just got a lot more of Uber for its money.
If you figure Uber is really worth $48 billion, Waymo should have gotten a stake equivalent to about 0.5% of the company. In other words, a bigger slice of Uber's pie than it actually got.
Uber fired Anthony Levandowski, right, who headed up its self-driving car efforts, because he allegedly wouldn't help with its defense in the Waymo dispute. The lawsuit likely also played a role in the company's decision to force Travis Kalanick, left, to resign as its CEO.
That Uber would get out of this mess so lightly was not how many expected this trial to turn out. Almost since the day Waymo filed suit against Uber, this case looked extremely dangerous for the ride-hailing company.
Of course, even if the settlement terms are favorable, Uber didn't emerge unscathed. It fired the engineer it had hired to lead its self-driving car effort after he allegedly wouldn't cooperate with its defense.
And while Uber may have escaped with its financials mostly intact, the limited testimony we did see from Kalanick and other Uber execs gave the world a peek into the sometimes-unsavory moves that the startup has undertaken to maintain its position as the world's most valuable private company.
Besides, Waymo seemed to be having trouble at trial proving its contention that Uber had stolen and used its technology, said Goldman. When taking such factors into account, it's not as clear who won the dispute, he said.
"Who got a good deal here — it's really hard to game it," Goldman said.
Still, things could have been much, much worse for Uber. And you better believe there were lots of happy folks at its headquarters on Friday.


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Today on the Tuesday Review, we want to share with you two new albums that have us singing like little kids, thinking about our high school days. One of them is full of that punkish vibe from the early 2000s, while the other is bringing the post-rock genre to a new dimension with a country-like jazzy vibe that we haven't heard before like that.
Well, this is a band that everybody should know by now, but they're actually not in that spot yet. Some reviewers say that they have been taken for granted too much, claiming that they're already a staple in their own genre. This is not far from the truth, as they are pioneers of a sound they have nurtured over the years.
It's pretty awesome how they have been able to create a good sequence with all their albums, seeming almost like if they're composing music for the next before launching the current one. In this record, John McEntire's guitar sound is amazing, with gliding notes all over the place, on the other hand, Archer Prewitt released all of his jazz background on his guitar and keyboard tracks.
This record challenges the idea of constant change for a working band, advocating for a solid sounding discography with a similar taste on every album.
Coming out with a recorded-at-home album, Barely March are here to make us think about when we were younger and things didn't matter as much, also when love was the biggest concern in our head. In this record, the absurdity of post-breakup depression gets totally exposed as it is. The pop-punk nostalgia train just came out of the station.
This is one of the newest albums portraying the Long Island Punk genre, which is also very adequate for these type of lyrics. The wall-of-sound guitars with too much compression add to the mix. The record isn't clean, we'll admit that, but it's coming directly from the heart. The emo melodrama is something that's not for everyone, but when someone makes it right, you got to give credit.
Composer Chris Keough got dumped and spent the whole winter writing and recording in his mother's laptop about his anxiety, his solitude, and his willingness to feel like a total loser. He made it right.
These are the two records that wow us the most this week. We're not sure about how we're going to feel about next week's releases, but when we do, we'll be here to post it and discuss about it. Until the next one, keep the music going.


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A professor of law at Santa Clara University studying the changing family and a professor from University of Wyoming interested in Eastern philosophy are just two of the scholars who have gathered at the Markkula Seminar over the past two years to exchange views on the critical ethical issues facing our society.
The seminar, now recruiting applicants for its 1999-2000 series on Cultural Relativism and Ethics, brings a select group of academics from different fields to the SCU campus for monthly study of cross-disciplinary issues. They are joined by prominent senior scholars who also give talks for the larger community.
The 1998-99 seminar, focusing on affirmative action, will conclude with a presentation by Amy Gutmann on Thursday, April 29, 7 p.m., in the Benson Memorial Center Parlors B, C, and D.
The director of the University Center for Human Values and the Program in Ethics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, Gutmann holds the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professorship. Nobel prize winner Toni Morrison said of her that she articulates "with precision and subtlety those intricate issues of race that confound us all." Other speakers in the Affirmative Action Seminar were Orlando Patterson, Glenn Loury, and Richard Wasserstrom.
As a culmination to the seminar series, scholars hold a conference to present papers that grew out of their participation. "Spice for the Good Life" is based on one such presentation by SCU philosophy lecturer Brad Wilburn. Wilburn was a member of the 1997-98 seminar, which focused on civic virtue, that broad set of traits or characteristics citizens must develop if their society is to flourish.
He is also one of the coordinators of next year's seminar on cultural relativism. His co-coordinator, Professor of Philosophy Philip Kain, comments, "We live in an increasingly multicultural and global society, where interactions between different cultural groups may seem to lead to irresolvable dilemmas. Some argue that the legitimacy of each culture's perspective must be respected; others want to be able to engage in serious cultural criticism." The seminar, Kain says, will examine whether both concerns can be accommodated, and if so, how. Featured speakers for next year's seminar are Renato Rosaldo, the Lucie Stern Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University; Gilbert Harman, professor of philosophy at Princeton University; and Richard Rorty, professor of comparative literature, also at Stanford.
Scholars interested in participating in the Seminar on Cultural Relativism and Ethics should contact the Ethics Center.


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Could Boris Johnson's newest Cabinet member end up undoing Brexit?
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he effusive mutual tweeting of Lord (David) Frost and Michael Gove on the occasion of Frost's elevation to the cabinet is so gushing it invites scepticism. Now that Frost is taking over Gove's responsibilities for relations with the European Union, Gove declares there is "no one" better to put in charge, which begs some questions about how he was performing. The answer to that, according to some of the briefing, is "not tough enough" in the eyes of Boris Johnson.
For his part, Frost sees himself as merely "standing on the shoulders of giants", and on the titanic figure of Michael Gove in particular. Praise indeed, and in a rodolent phrase usually associated with Sir Isaac Newton. It defies belief, if not gravity to launch Gove into such exalted company.
By the look of things, Gove was rather enjoying himself winding up Britain's membership of the European Union. As one of the few genuine life-long Eurosceptics in the government it must have been rewarding to be able to argue Britain's case at the highest level, chairing important joint committees and finessing the most dangerous threats to the status of Northern Ireland within the UK (a cause he is also passionate about).
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This is an example of a Search Engine Results Page (SERP). The results that appear at the top with "Ad" next to the URL are paid search results. Next, there is a Featured Snippet, a special aspect of Google Search which describes a page's content or answers a specific question directly (this is especially helpful for mobile and voice-activated searches). Then, Google highlights related questions in its "People also ask" section. Finally, you have the organic search results. Note: Not every SERP will display all of these elements. Depending on your search query, you may see more or fewer ads, maps with locations and ratings, or even featured videos as part of the top results. View a larger image.
Search engine optimization is one of the most useful tools when it comes to digital marketing. That's because internet searches—most often using a search engine like Google, but also ones like Bing and Yahoo, and even voice-activated devices like Alexa—are a common starting point when people online want to answer a question, solve a problem, or go somewhere specific: "Where is the Super Bowl this year?" "How do I renew my passport?" "What is the New York Public Library's hours?"
There are thousands, even millions, of web pages that have information or content related to a given search term or query, also referred to as a keyword or keyphrase. That's why Google and other search engines use algorithms, machine learning, and big data to sort through those individual pages and rank them according to how useful or helpful they are.
According to Google, the resultant rankings—which appear on Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs)—take into account the:
Meaning of the original search query – What is the person's intention? What do they actually need and want? How specific or broad is the search? Is it a trending topic? Different search queries and keyphrases align with different visitor intentions and needs.
Relevance of the web pages – Does the page contain the information the person is looking for? Is that information thorough and thoughtful? Are keywords and semantically related phrases used in the content? Google considers pages with fewer than 300 words or so to be "thin" content that is not likely to answer the visitor's question or solve their problem. As a result, thin content is less likely to rank well.
Quality of content – The Google search algorithms "prioritize the most reliable sources available." This means that results from websites that demonstrate trustworthiness, credibility, and authority are prioritized in the search rankings.
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Search engine marketing (SEM) is a combination of two approaches meant to drive traffic through search results:
Paid search, sometimes referred to as "pay per click" or "cost per click." These are results that appear at the top of the SERPs but that have "Ad" next to the page URL. In other words, an institution or organization pays to have its results appear first.
Organic search, which is what we primarily mean when talking about search engine optimization (SEO). Ideally, you want your results to appear on the first page—among the first ten results—of SERPs.
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Branded queries are keywords or keyphrases that include your institution's name, nickname, or other brand identifier. For example: "university of rochester medical school" is a branded keyword phrase. Not surprisingly, the University's School of Medicine and Dentistry comes in as the number one result when searching for that branded keyphrase.
Unbranded queries are keywords or keyphrases not unique to a specific brand (e.g., "best medical schools in the US" or "top medical schools near me").
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It's worthwhile to remember that the two main factors that influence search engine rankings are the website's domain authority and the individual page's relevance.
Fortunately, the University as a whole has solid domain authority. In other words, Google considers us a credible, established, and authoritative website, which improves the chances of our individual pages ranking well in search results—but only when those individual pages are relevant. Relevant pages consist of high-quality content that incorporates specific and appropriate keywords and keyphrases in the right places, including the title tag, URL, meta description, headings, body copy, alt text, etc.
When it comes to SEO, the University overall does well with ranking for branded keyphrases. Our challenge now is to rank for nonbranded keyphrases—ones that align with people's search queries while also being relevant to us as an institution. Doing so can result in consistent traffic to our web pages, thereby increasing awareness about the University, which can in turn help with admissions, recruitment, fundraising, and other strategic institutional priorities.
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It has been nearly two years since I have moved to Singapore. Time flies and things change at a really high speed. I remembered two years ago when I was stuck in Luang Prabang, Laos for a month waiting for a replacement Atm card for the one I have lost. I was far from expecting that this bad episode will developed into something that changed my life for good.
Fast forward to two years later and I just received my first annual personal income tax. I held my breath, I was too afraid to open the envelope, I thought about how much the tax would have been if it was in Canada. Wow! My annual income tax cost me 782 SGD. Here in Singapore, all products have a 7% tax included in the price with the exchange rate of USD .80 for 1 Singapore dollar.
Most people think that electronic products are cheap in Asia but no that's not true. It's about 20-30% more expensive. It is hard to understand why that is so as we know that the majority of electronic items are made here in Asia. I imagine that with the increasing standard of living in China, Malaysia and Indonesia, the trend will be reversed in a few years.
For now, I do not miss my Canadian taxes as 50% of our revenue disappears without even letting us touch a single cent. I agree that free school and free health care need to be funded somewhere. Here we have more money left in our pockets. It's up to us to be smart and invest it in something important like medical insurance. I will return to the true cost of living in Asia soon in another article.
All the faithful readers of "GLA" know that I am now married to a Singaporean. In fact, it all happened very quickly. Having met a wonderful woman from Singapore after asking me, "why don't you can stay here ? I'm sure you can find a job". I updated my resume and sent as many out as possible through the many Singapore job search sites (www.jobstreet.com.sg, http://www.jobsdb.com/ ) .Although most positions were only opened to local citizens or the permanent residents. In total I sent out almost a hundred applications. I was called for three interviews and was made an offer in one of those which I accepted. My employer applied for a work permit on my behalf and once it is approved, I was required to go for a medical test that included AIDS test in an accredited clinic. When everything was in order, I was asked to take an official photo and my thumbprint was recorded. I received a card which was my work permit. With that, I can work legally and enter and leave the country without a problem.
Time for personal review – I have no regrets about my past. I attended plenty of shows, took part in some crazy projects, had uninhabited dreams and hosted many parties. But if I had to start over, I'd go on trip earlier in my life. The fact that my brother had lived 10 years in Asia has piqued my curiosity. This encounter with Asia, its culture, its people, its religions and foods has opened my mind and was able to exorcise the demons that had haunted me. I have not found all the answers and the meaning to my life, but I found a whole new system, new roads to explore, a new wisdom and peace of mind.
When I first started traveling I left most of my belongings stored somewhere with family and friends. At the end of each trip, my baggage became lesser and lesser until it finally got to the size of an average backpack. The equipment and comfort became secondary; the freedom to leave without asking anyone had surpassed it all. When I was traveling with just a backpack, it was like the wind. The day of the week, the city or the people around did not make much difference. I explored and I took advantage of the moment without thinking about tomorrow.
I met many people and fantastic places. At every new place, I would tell myself that it's not bad here, and probably I could stay here for a while. Alone in the crowd we quickly forget our origins. You end up following the parade without asking any questions. Especially in South East Asia, everything is on the bright side. The temperature is sweet; the islands offer white sand and turquoise waters. Everything seems easier in Asia. You want to open a restaurant in your backyard? No problem! There's nobody who is going to stop you. You want to drive your five children on your motorbike to a children's party? No problem!
Many places I visited did not appeal to me totally. Koh Chang is a fantastic island of Thailand, but it was too nice and relaxed. Bangkok,the New York of Asia is too fast and crazy, Vientiane is not bad, but a bit isolated and too calm. Luang Prabang is idyllic, but it is almost impossible to find a job that pays more than what I had to pay for rent and food. There are so many wonderful places with all their advantages and disadvantages. This is all well and good, but i must still be able to stay and make an acceptable source of income. I need something sustainable instead of having to return home every 6 months.
I was dreaming to settle down somewhere, but not in Canada. I need to start afresh somewhere new. For me it was better to die discovering the world and its many possibilities than wait and complain down at the local bar. I'm sure tomorrow if I was back to the same places that I was hanging out at before I left, I would see the same people and hear the same songs and with a little luck, in a shuffle order.
Without planning, inadvertently lost in Laos in a $ 5/ night guesthouse in Luang Prabang, I met people who would change the course of my history forever. Add the essential parameters to reformat the hard drive of my life and reinstall everything new; install critical applications and backup files from my useful past experience. 5 years have passed since I first came to Asia, I am now married and we'll be having a little girl very soon and I've never been happier. Everything can change quickly and it happens like that when you least expect.
I encourage all my readers to explore, to travel and find new horizons. The greatest adventure is what lives in the back of the mind of anyone who goes out of their daily comfort.
Go discover the world South East Asia why not?
Do not wait for tomorrow or wait for the perfect time. Try the unknown ,you will not regret it I guarantee you. More than ever the world is a global village. Your present, your past and your future is perhaps the other side of the planet where the street has odds of you to discover if life does not suit you where you are now.


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