Craft 64's selection of eight pizzas includes the well-balanced Carne, a meat-lover's pie with sausage, sopressata, and pepperoni.
On a recent Saturday afternoon in Old Town Scottsdale, the galleries and bistros on Main Street were mostly empty and somber-looking in the gray December weather. But Craft 64, the pizza and craft beer joint that opened in March near the Hotel Valley Ho, was flush with music, chatter, and the sound of clinking pint glasses. English Premier League football flashed on the flat-screen TVs over the bar, classic rock poured out of the house speakers, and the smell of marinara and baked focaccia wafted through the dining room. It was, in other words, a campfire of a restaurant: the one spot on an otherwise dead stretch of Main Street where everyone seemed to be gathering for a bone-warming pint of porter and a hot slice of pizza.
But you can't credit bad winter weather for Craft 64's popularity; you're just as likely to find as many people in the dining room and at the bar during the season of triple digits and summer ales. Its formula for success lies in the merging of two colossal food trends — wood-fired pizza and craft beer — brought together with a deft touch that's hard to resist. Pizza and beer is an unremarkable concept for a new restaurant and bar. But it's tough to find a place around downtown Scottsdale that's doing it as well as Craft 64.
The dining room, which features local art and craft beer posters on the walls, doesn't rely on ambiance to charm its guests. Located in a historic adobe home that formerly housed a linens store, the noisy and casual dining room has the laid-back appeal of a neighborhood British pub. What sets Craft 64 apart is its carefully designed food and drink menu, which reflects the collective wisdom of co-owners and managing partners Josh Ivey, Roger Carpenter, James Swann, and Scott Hagen. Among the quartet you'll find a trained sommelier (Ivey), a former wine bistro owner (Carpenter, who owned Gilbert's shuttered Down Under Wines), a professional beer buyer and former general manager at SanTan Brewing Co. (Swann), and a local craft beer aficionado (Hagen). To top off the roster, the savvy team recruited Horacio "Lachos" Hernandez — Chris Bianco's right-hand man for more than 15 years at Pizzeria Bianco — as the kitchen's executive chef.
You'll notice that much attention has been placed on the drink menu, which features a well-rounded wine list with almost 30 bottles available by the glass. Short descriptions, haiku-like in their simplicity, help make the list accessible ("Citrus oil, white peach, pear, long floral finish," reads the description for a California Chardonnay). But it's the beer list — a rotating selection of about 36 craft brews on tap, all local — that keeps the bar packed (the "64" in the restaurant's name refers to the 64 ounces in a growler, which are available for purchase). Most regions of the state are represented, and the bar has even managed to secure small, corny kegs of some non-distributed Arizona beers.
The restaurant offers 36 Arizona-made beers on tap.
The food menu, fortunately, has not been ignored in the rush to secure Arizona's best brews. The mozzarella is made fresh daily, as are the house dressings and focaccia bread. You'll want to whet your appetite, or pair your drink, with the house charcuterie board, which showcases the kitchen's penchant for simple yet refined ingredients. It includes a cluster of dark grapes framed on either side by rich, oily slices of soppressata and pepperoni. Creamy nubs of aged cheddar and bleu cheese add depth, and a sprinkling of mixed nuts and pumpkin seeds delivers earthy, salty crunch to the board.
Opting for salad at a pizza joint doesn't always yield the best results; sometimes the "garden salad" is nothing more than yesterday's iceberg. Here you'll find house specialties like the bistro bacon salad, a messy, leafy pile of spinach and frisée dressed in a tart Dijon vinaigrette and topped with slices of hardboiled egg. The salad, generously apportioned with thick, glistening hunks of bacon, is surprisingly filling and savory.
You might be tempted to dismiss the kale pear salad; the ubiquity of soulless kale salads, some more like roughage than real food, has earned the trendy greens some backlash lately. But you'd be wise to give this one a shot. It's wrapped in a luscious pumpkin dressing, which brings the frilly greens to life with a sweet-and-tangy zest. Parmigiano reggiano, showered over the greens in thick, salty slices, along with a sprinkling of pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries, add salty and sweet pops of flavor.
But what about the pizza? There are a mere eight specialty pies on the menu, with specials added on the weekends. The pizzas are wood-fired, Neapolitan-style creations, cooked in a blast of heat in an oven imported from Italy that's designed to be flamed upward of 900 degrees. The traditional Neapolitan cooking process produces blistery, elastic thin-crust pies with wet, almost raw-looking centers and flame-charred crusts. The result is a sometimes-floppy, drippy slice of pizza that, depending on who you ask, is the gorgeous culmination of southern Italy's ancient pizza-making heritage, or a rather sparsely topped, slightly burnt pie.
No matter on what side of the Neapolitan divide you stand, there is something to be said about Craft 64's Aji pie. Named after the spicy South American green chili sauce, it's the kitchen's most creative and memorable effort. A brilliant medley of savory and spicy notes, the pizza is studded with juicy rounds of fennel sausage, which plays against the tart, jalapeño-laced sauce. Pillowy mounds of ricotta, and a handful of spinach, keep the spice at just the right levels.
If you appreciate the spiciness of the Aji, don't pass on the simply named Spain. The pie, topped with Spanish chorizo, cured olives, roasted red pepper, and a blast of harissa sauce, is not exactly an exercise in subtlety. The spicy heat from the chorizo, which is sliced like pepperoni and layered on thick, is amplified by the garlicky harissa sauce. It's a boldly flavored pie that may not suit every palate, but it's a must-try if you're partial to harissa, sriracha, or other fiery hot sauces.
Then there's the Fico, a fig-and-truffle oil pie that is equal parts earthy and sweet. The house blend of fresh mozzarella and parmigiana reggiano adds mellow, savory depths, and a handful of arugula cuts the richness with just enough peppery, mustardy flavor.
One of the heartiest and most nicely balanced pizza offerings at Craft 64 is the Carne, a meat-lover's pie loaded with spicy nubs of fennel sausage and baked-in layers of spicy soppressata and pepperoni slices. The basil-scented tomato sauce base, which is featured on only about half the pies on the menu, offers a sweet and mellow finish to every bite.
You may be tempted to end your meal on a sweet note. Craft 64 offers two desserts, the best of which is the tiramisu. It's light and frothy and easy enough to spoon to a finish. The other dessert is a house creation called Nutella Indulgence, and the name is no exaggeration. The heavy dessert, which features several wedges of pizza dough stuffed with Nutella-drenched plantains, is too much to handle after a meal of beer and pizza. The stuffed dough oozes Nutella at every turn, and the hazelnuts baked into the bread are lost completely in a cloying muddle of sugar and chocolate.
But you won't come to Craft 64 for dessert. And you won't come to try the latest exercise in fusion cuisine, or to dabble in fancy wine pairings among a white tablecloth spread. You'll come to keep warm — or stay cool, depending on the season — with a local beer, and to enjoy the un-fancy yet classic pairing of pizza and beer.


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By Vikings – WCCO | CBS Minnesota
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Jim Caldwell is not looking too far ahead.
That's also the advice the Detroit Lions coach is offering to his team as they prepare for the Thanksgiving Day matchup with the NFC North-leading Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field.
The Vikings (8-2) lead the division by two games over Detroit (6-4).
But don't try telling Caldwell that this next game is more significant than any other.
"They're all big," Caldwell said. "Every single one of them's a factor in the grand scheme of things. The most important one is the next one.
"Someone else might have a different philosophy. I don't believe in functioning that way. My experience has been it can work against you more than it works for you when you start looking at the grand scheme of things.
"You can't act as if one game is going to make a complete difference in the season, because you don't know what's going to happen the rest of the season. You have no idea."
The Lions only need to look back to the 2016 season to understand how looking ahead can lead to disappointment.
Last Thanksgiving, the Lions and Vikings also met, and Detroit's 16-13 victory improved the Lions to 7-4 and gave them the NFC North lead by one game over the Vikings.
However the Lions dropped their final three games of the regular season, while the Green Bay Packers, 5-6 after 11 games, ran off five wins in a row to grab the NFC North title from Detroit.
Examples such as last season, and others he's encountered over his coaching career, convinced Caldwell to narrow his focus and avoid looking beyond what's next.
"I fight against it with everything I have," Caldwell said. "That's part of my DNA. I'm not going to change.
"I can only tell you that we look at them one game at a time. We look at these guys for who they are. They're a very good team. They're on a roll."
The Lions' 27-24 win at Chicago on Sunday gave them a 3-0 road mark within the division for the first time in the Super Bowl era.
"Anytime you win on the road in this league it's a huge bonus," Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said. "On the contrary, we haven't done a great job at home."
The Lions have a solid 4-1 road record, but are only 2-3 at Ford Field.
"We'll have a big opportunity this Thursday at home against a division opponent, against a really good team and we've got to come out and play well," Stafford said.
Despite being one game out of a playoff position, the Lions still face a tough climb to qualify for postseason play.
Seeded seventh at the start of the day Monday, the Lions would drop to the eighth seed if the Atlanta Falcons (5-4) defeat the sixth-seeded Seattle Seahawks (6-3) on Monday night, because the Falcons beat the Lions earlier this season.
The Lions also lost to the Carolina Panthers (7-3) and New Orleans Saints (8-2) and would lose any tiebreaker to either of those teams.
Not that Caldwell is worrying about all those possibilities.
"We're not worried about ramifications, we're not worried about all of the buildup and things of that nature," Caldwell said.
"We're worried about how we play. That's what our goal is, to get focused in on our preparation and get ready to play a tough, hard-fought game."
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Item 1: A New Church & School.
This is the site for a new church, school, soccer pitch, basketball court and amenities for a large village in Durres. Heart To Hand will provide the new church complete with all furniture & fittings. The building will consist of a steel frame, insulated panels to walls and roof, PVC windows and doors, classrooms will be constructed from timber frame and the entire building will be painted internally. All electrics and plumbing will be installed. Heaters and air conditioning fans will be installed.
Item 2: A New School and Park.
This is the overall plan for the village where we are building the church/school. Their dream is to surround the church with a new school, play areas, basketball & soccer pitches and much more. This will take years but with the help of Heart To Hand, the first building will be completed in early October. This will give confidence to the village and with their help and funding from Heart To Hand; their dream will become a reality in 2013/14. This large project will also create jobs for teachers and construction workers and help many people in the village.
Item 4: New Church & School, Shkoder.
This is a site in Shkoder where Heart To Hand will construct a new Church and school. We will provide the structural steel frame, the roof, fascia and soffit, gutters and all necessary weather proofing. The walls will be constructed using local labour which will be of great value to them. The windows and doors will be sourced locally again giving much needed employment in this very poor area. Once the building is completed externally the fit out can begin, again all local labour will be used and all materials purchased locally. This will be a huge boost to this parish.
Item 5: New Church & School, Lac.
Similar to the above project, This is a site in Lac, where Heart To Hand will construct a new Church and school. We will provide the structural steel frame, the roof, fascia and soffit, gutters and all necessary weather proofing. The walls will be constructed using local labour which will be of great value to them. The windows and doors will be sourced locally again giving much needed employment in this very poor area. Once the building is completed externally the fit out can begin, again all local labour will be used and all materials purchased locally. This will be a huge boost to this parish.
Item 6: New Roof to this House in Rubik.
This house had some running repairs last year as the crew were heading for the Airport. We left funding for new windows and a door, which were installed. This year heart To Hand will give the house a complete new roof as the existing is ready to collapse in on the family of 7. Once the new roof is completed the crew will undertake the supporting of the concrete roof to the new roof structure to make it safe. As usual there is no road to this house and all materials will have to be carried a long distance on rough terrane.
The convent in Tirana is base to a host of activities, including soup kitchens, care of the elderly, care of the disabled etc.
Item 8: Stainless Steel Extraction Hood.
The soup kitchen in Tirana will be upgraded this year by the Heart To Hand Crew. We will install a 2meter stainless steel extraction Hood complete with a large extraction fan to replace the small one in the attached picture.
The electrics will be upgraded and support will be installed in the ceiling to take the weight of the new extraction hood.
Item 9: Large extraction fan.
This is the food storage area in Tirana 1. Heart To Hand will install a new extraction fan as the current system is not sufficient. All electrics will be upgraded along with the installation of the new electric extraction fan.
As you can see the shelves in the store are quiet empty. Heart To Hand will aim to fill these with food when the 2 articulated Lorries will be heading to Albania in September. If you can help in any way please contact Kieran Byrne.
Item 10: New Roof to this house in Lac.
This is home to a family of 6 in North Albania. This time of year with the sun shining it looks great but in winter they receive the same conditions as Ireland. The roof is in very bad repair and is leaking in several locations. Once the water gets in, it starts to rot the timber structure and with the weight of the tiles it's not long before it collapses. This was a late ask from the Sisters, but Heart To Hand with your help can help this poor family.


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Q: SetMatrix/SetFloat "vs" VSSetConstantBuffers (DirectX 11, C++)? I have an DirectX 11, C++ application and an HLSL shader.
I set the martices for each object before rendering in that way:
void MyRenderable3D::render(
    MyCamera * camera, ID3D11DeviceContext * context, float time...){

    DirectX::XMMATRIX rotationMatrix =
        DirectX::XMMatrixRotationX(rotation.getX()) *
        DirectX::XMMatrixRotationY(rotation.getY()) *
        DirectX::XMMatrixRotationZ(rotation.getZ());

    ...

    constantsPerObject.worldViewProjection =
        XMMatrixTranspose(worldViewProjectionMatrix);
    constantsPerObject.world = XMMatrixTranspose(objectWorldMatrix);
    ...

    //bind constants per object to constant buffer
        //and send it to vertex and pixel shaders
    context->UpdateSubresource(constantBuffer, 0, NULL,
        &constantsPerObject, 0, 0);
    context->VSSetConstantBuffers(0, 1, &constantBuffer);
    context->PSSetConstantBuffers(0, 1, &constantBuffer);

    ...
}

The constantsPerObject have all the constants per object, I also have cbPerFrame. In my shader I have corresponding entries:
cbuffer cbPerFrame
{
Light light; //own structure, few members like pos, intensity etc.
};

cbuffer cbPerObject
{
float4x4 WVP;
float4x4 World;

float4 difColor;
bool hasTexture;
bool hasNormMap;
};

Suddenly, I have discovered the other approach (https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/13435/loading-and-using-an-hlsl-shader):
//Set effect values indicating the handler and the data as paramters
mDSEGeometryStage->SetMatrix(mhProjection, &(camera->getProjectionMatrix()));
mDSEGeometryStage->SetMatrix(mhView, &(camera->getViewMatrix()));
mDSEGeometryStage->SetFloat(mhFarClip, camera->getFarClip());

My question is:
It's better to "pack" all the variables, matrices etc. into few single contant buffers (per object, per frame) or set them separately, like in the example above with SetMatrix?
Also, is that SetMatrix/SetFloat something "new" or older than constant buffers? Should I use them (if so, which object and how should I create to be able to use that methods)?

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You cannot tell on Tattlers if they have sealed unless you take the ring off 24 hrs later. I would be wary of putting the ring back on and making the lid pop off. I have moved full canning jars from one country to another, sans rings and a 4,100 ft elevation change and not one disaster with them.
My mom also kept her rings on. I started taking mine off when I noticed that the rings were creating a false "seal" after they would have just unsealed. And I noticed rust developing on my rings when I left them on.
I started using tattler years later.
We just got done canning 32 pints of corned beef hash with the Tattler lids. We've noticed (like a previous poster had written) that we have to leave extra headspace (especially with anything with fat in it) and have to go much more loose on the bands when tightening them. That said, we've had only one failure of a lid seal in the last two years, past the first 24 hours. Only about two lids have failed to seal in the first 24 hours, and we just put the jars in the 'fridge and used them up fairly quickly (store what you eat...). We also tend to take our bands off, working off my assumption that some microscopic bits of moisture may get trapped under the rings and that they may rust more quickly as a result. I tend to take the rings of my metal dome-lid canned jars for the same reason, so I just kept on doing so when I started using the Tattler lids.
We love the heck out of our Tattler lids and are slowly increasing our supply of them. They've all seen two to three uses, with only one of the rubber gaskets lost to date, and no damaged gaskets or lids.
I just got my first box of them and will be trying them out this week. Its been good to read lots of first hand reactions. Thanks for the posts!
I like them and have never had any problems with them. I'm hoping I actually have some extra money when they go on the next 50% off sale. I'll get all I can afford.
I used the tattlers for the first time yesterday canning salsa. sadly, only 2 of the 6 sealed. I will try them again but prolly not for a while.
using these for the first time today. canner just came off the heat. Usually when I can something I write the date and contents on the lid. But since these are re-usable, where do you label your jars when you use tattler lids?
On a piece of masking tape.
I am also using them. For 2013 it was green stickers, and on the sticker I wrote the item (peaches, chicken broth, etc). For 2014, they are pink stickers, and for 2015 I have orange stickers. I have even started using these stickers on 6-gal buckets I fill up and #10 cans I am buying. The color makes it very obvious at a glance what year I obtained that food item.
those are a little small for me write on I think. I like the color coding for the year. I also put the month on too. I definitely want a sticker that will stay on until I want it off and then come off easily. should be no problem right?
comes off easily if I get to it while it is still wet from the dishwasher; otherwise i have to scratch a bit.
I use a china marker, a wax pencil, and write on the tattler lid or the jar, and it easily washes off later.
old thread, but I have a pressing question.
Last night I had my 15-yo son put the seals and lids on the jars of chicken. I did adjust the rings properly, and then canned 14 quarts of chicken. I did everything right as usual, and this morning when I came down, I took the rings off the jars. Everything was sealed. But one jar had TWO red rings under the plastic lid. It is sealed like the others.
Will it stay sealed? I will use it first, but am curious if anyone else has had a problem like this?
I like tattler lids, but I also still use standard lids too for the jars that I am giving away.
The last thing I want to do is give away or sell a tattler lid.
I'd stick it in the fridge, eat it tomorrow, and get that lid back on something else with a single ring. I'd be curious if you can pick it up by the lid though. That is how I test my seals.
It is probably good, but I would not give it the benefit of the doubt. Just use it and not waste it's space on a shelf, that something not questioned can be used.
@MS: You have been using the Tattler lids for quite awhile. I would love to hear your review and experience from the years past -- especially any tips you can give since I know it does involve a bit of a change from the other lids in methodology.
However... all good things will eventually come to an end, so I'd like to eventually add tattler lids to my stock of canning supplies.
I do not like them at all, after trying them off and on for at least 4 years. I am lucky if I get 50% to seal. I have tried all of the posted suggestions plus a few more, including less head space, very slow cooling, various methods for tightening and re-tightening, etc. They just are not reliable and I cannot afford the time, aggravation, and potential loss of the food that I have canned. I did not like dealing with the company either, as they kept dragging things out with having me try different techniques, then refused to give me a refund when I wanted to return them. Although the Ball lids are as good as they were in the past, my seal failure with the Ball lids is still only about 1 out of 50.
Thanks for sharing your results, Cyd. It did seem to be a bit trickier operation. I'm surprised that you had so much trouble. Were you able to get the company to refund eventually? If not, you would probably be able to sell them here on the swap meet (don't remember how many posts are required, but once you have enough the swap meet will be visible to you).
I bought 1 box of the tattler RM that we are going to try this year.
We are in transition right now (and nothing is growing to can here right now anyway), but I really do want to try them out, too.


After being banned on YouTube, Facebook, Apple's iTunes, Pinterest and Spotify, conspiracy-meister Jones comes up with a raft of new theories explaining it all as proof of a free-speech crackdown.
Since virtually every news event in the conspiracy-fueled universe of Infowars is viewed through the paranoid prism of Alex Jones' worldview, of course the news that his fearmongering operations had finally been removed from most major social media platforms was occasion for Jones to paint it all as the key moment in the most nefarious and far-reaching of all conspiracies yet.
It has been, all around, a rough week for Jones, the nation's leading conspiracy salesman. It started off when Spotify — apparently reacting to reportage that it had become a major platform for Infowars' podcasts, which angered other Spotify users and spurred talk of a boycott — announced it was removing Jones and his operation from its offerings.
In short order, Apple also announced that it was removing Jones' material from its iTunes podcasts. That started an avalanche.
Facebook, which hosted four pages of Jones' material, announced that it was removing them and banning Jones. Even more significantly, YouTube — which had become the most potent means for Infowars to generate both conspiracy theories and income from them — announced it had completely deleted Jones' channel from its platform.
YouTube was tight-lipped about the move, explaining only that Jones' account "has been terminated for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines." It added in a statement to CNBC: "All users agree to comply with our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines when they sign up to use YouTube. When users violate these policies repeatedly, like our policies against hate speech and harassment or our terms prohibiting circumvention of our enforcement measures, we terminate their accounts." Infowars' YouTube videos over the years have accumulated hundreds of millions of views.
Facebook similarly published a page explaining that Jones' content was removed "for glorifying violence, which violates our graphic violence policy, and using dehumanizing language to describe people who are transgender, Muslims and immigrants, which violates our hate speech policies." And on Tuesday, to cap off the bad news, email marketing service MailChimp announced that it had severed its business relationship with Jones' operation.
Unsurprisingly, the sequence of events inspired a fresh raft of conspiracy theories from Jones that explained his misfortune as the first key step in perhaps the most nefarious "globalist" conspiracy of all — to strip away free speech on the internet and simultaneously attack Donald Trump, whose presidency Jones feverishly supports.
Infowars has been under increasing pressure after facing a string of lawsuits over the often risibly false information and vicious smears that run as regular features at Infowars. For years Jones had avoided libel suits, but the first crack in its armor appeared when Infowars was sued by the owners of Chobani yogurt for smearing their Idaho factory operations by falsely claiming it was associated with crime and disease caused by refugees it hired there. Infowars and Chobani settled the suit.
Jones' personal life has also played a role in the pressures Infowars face. His 2016 child custody court proceedings against his ex-wife, Kelly, featured an explanation from Jones' own attorney that the gravel-voiced talk show host is actually an actor: "He's playing a character," he told the judge. "He is a performance artist." Jones lost the case and primary custody of his two children.
More recently, Jones has been facing a significant financial hammer in the form of a lawsuit filed by the parents of children slain in the 2010 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre in Connecticut. For several years, Jones continually claimed on air that the massacre was a "false flag" operation that was entirely staged, and the deaths of the children faked; the children shown on video, he claimed, were actually hired actors, as were their parents.
The claims and theories resulted in death threats and harassment against those parents, three of whom in 2017 filed separate lawsuits against Jones and Infowars. The trial in the first of those lawsuits is currently underway, and so far has featured a number of embarrassing revelations about Jones' factually spurious operations. Infowars is simultaneously being sued for $1 million by a man incorrectly identified by Jones as the shooter in the recent Parkland, Florida, mass shooting.


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Jenna Blasman (ur. 24 września 1993) – kanadyjska snowboardzistka, specjalizująca się w konkurencjach Big Air i slopestyle.

Kariera
W zawodach Pucharu Świata zadebiutowała 16 marca 2013 roku w Szpindlerowym Młynie, gdzie zajęła 46. miejsce w slopestyle'u. Na podium zawodów pucharowych po raz pierwszy stanęła 11 lutego 2016 roku w Bostonie, kończąc rywalizację w big air na drugiej pozycji. W zawodach tych rozdzieliła Julię Marino z USA i swą rodaczkę, Brooke Voigt. Najlepsze wyniki w Pucharze Świata osiągnęła w sezonie 2014/2015, kiedy to zajęła szesnaste miejsce w klasyfikacji generalnej AFU. Ponadto w sezonie 2015/2016 zajęła trzecie miejsce w klasyfikacji big air (w klasyfikacji AFU zajęła 21. miejsce). W 2015 roku zajęła piąte miejsce w slopestyle'u na mistrzostwach świata w Kreischbergu. Rok wcześniej wystartowała na igrzyskach olimpijskich w Soczi, gdzie rywalizację w slopestyle'u ukończyła na 19. miejscu.

Osiągnięcia

Igrzyska olimpijskie

Mistrzostwa świata

Puchar Świata

Miejsca w klasyfikacji generalnej AFU
 sezon 2012/2013: 109.
 sezon 2013/2014: 25.
 sezon 2014/2015: 16.
 sezon 2015/2016: 21.
 sezon 2016/2017: 88.

Miejsca na podium w zawodach
  Boston – 11 lutego 2016 (Big Air) - 2. miejsce

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Profil na stronie FIS

Kanadyjscy snowboardziści
Kanadyjscy olimpijczycy
Uczestnicy Zimowych Igrzysk Olimpijskich 2014
Urodzeni w 1993

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The Sewing Room Blog - 1930's Sleeves - Weirdly Wonderful and Over the Top!
I love the 1930's and how the shapes in the fashions of that time became more exaggerated. Giant Bows appeared at necklines, sleeve cuffs and on hats. Sleeve shapes became really puffy, in just about every place they could become puffy. Silhouettes of the time were quite figure conscious and these overt-the-top details helped to accentuate the body while giving the clothes a sense of whimsy and humor. It will be fun to add a little drama to my new vintage ensemble. Below is a little history behind the sleeves of the 1930's.
After the flapper era of the 1920s, the 1930s continued to make strides when it came to revolutionary women's fashions. The 1930s saw many changes in silhouettes and styles. While dresses of the 1920s were characterized by a lack of structure, the '30s begot a time where dresses became increasingly figure conscious.
A place where many changes took place when it came to 1930s dresses was certainly the sleeves. Popular sleeve styles changed throughout the decade. Influenced by fashions that graced the runways of Paris, 1930s dresses changed drastically throughout the decade.
At the beginning of the 1930s, dresses featured long, slender sleeves. These sleeves were especially popular in the structured suit dresses that rose to popularity during this decade. Often, the jackets of these two-piece dresses would feature full length or three-quarter length sleeves that followed the line of the arm and created a sophisticated silhouette.
Puff sleeves rose to popularity in the early part of the 1930s. With a more relaxed design, these full, flowing sleeves presented a new, dramatic look that women loved to wear. The voluminous sleeves were also meant to lengthen the shoulder line, making way for shoulder pads, which became increasingly popular during this period.
Shoulder pads rose to popularity not long after French fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli introduced them to the world in her 1931 collection. They then were worn by celebrities and Influencers of the time. Most notably, actress Joan Crawford wore them on the silver screen, cementing their popularity and providing them staying power. Most puff sleeved dresses featured shoulder seams that were meant to accommodate this accessory.
During the mid 1930s, short, flutter sleeves became all the rage. Many 1930s dresses included this delicate shoulder covering in their designs. Flared caplets or pleated "butterfly sleeves" also made their way into then-contemporary fashion, adding a delicate detail to the dresses of this era. These easy to wear styles were popular among day dresses in the 1930s, as they were comfortable but still provided a somewhat exaggerated silhouette in the arm and shoulder.
The late 1930s saw military styles once again rising to popularity. Sleeves during the latter part of the decade were once again longer in length, but still featured the volume and exaggerated style that was popular throughout the decade. Three quarter length sleeves that cinched below he elbow were extremely popular during this time period, and combined all of the elements that were popular in sleeve styles of 1930s dresses.
Now it's time to decide. Will I buy new patterns or use what I have? I definitely want it to be a separates ensemble - either pants and blouse or skirt and blouse, plus maybe a jacket. What Shall I do? Which one should I choose? Help me please!
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Write the Docs Writing Day
2022-05-23 - Will Bamberg
Open Web Docs hosted a session at the Writing Day during the Portland 2022 edition of the Write the Docs conference. In this post we'll talk about what we worked on and how it went.
Write the Docs is a conference for people involved with all aspects of documentation, including writers, developers, editors, information architects and so on. It happens twice a year, once in Portland and once in Prague. The Sunday before the main conference is the "Writing Day", when people come to work on open source documentation projects.
Open Web Docs loves Write the Docs, in part because it's extremely inclusive, welcoming people from all kinds of disciplines that relate to documentation. This makes it an interesting place, where everyone knows different things, and everyone can learn something. We sponsored the Portland 2022 Write the Docs and hosted a session at the Writing Day for people who wanted to contribute to MDN.
We prepared a few projects for participants. The two that resonated most with people were:
removing var from our JavaScript documentation
fixing sidebars in the Web API documentation.
Removing var
In the old days JavaScript used var to declare variables. For a long time now this is considered bad practice, and it's recommended that people should use let or const instead. In early 2022 Open Web Docs updated the JavaScript Learn documentation on MDN to replace usages of var in code examples, but we didn't yet update the JavaScript reference documentation.
In preparation for the Writing Day we made a list of 300 pages that mentioned var, and asked attendees to replace it with let or const as appropriate.
Fixing sidebars
On MDN sidebars are added to pages using macros. We made a list of all the pages under Web APIs that were missing a sidebar, and asked attendees to add the correct macro call. This amounted to about 50 pages.
From Open Web Docs, Will Bamberg, Estelle Weyl and Queen Vinyl Da.i'gyu-Kazotetsu were there to host the session, and we were joined by about 20 volunteers. We walked through the process of editing a page on MDN using the GitHub UI and explained the activities.
From then the session was very quiet, as volunteers worked hard all day filing GitHub PRs to fix the problems, and OWD staff reviewed them and answered the occasional question.
Many people stayed for the whole day and filed dozens of PRs.
At the end of it:
we cleaned var from 254 pages in the JavaScript reference, out of 300 pages that were using it
we added sidebars to all pages under Web APIs that were missing a sidebar, with the exception of only four, which all need more complex fixes.
Especially the removal of var is a substantial improvement to MDN Web Docs. Our own documentation advises against the use of var, so it's very misleading for our JavaScript examples to use it, and the work of our volunteers made a big step towards removing it completely.
What we learned
We learned, first, what we already knew, that Write the Docs attendees are welcoming, engaging, generous, and generally a pleasure to work with.
Many attendees did not have previous experience of working with GitHub, the PR model, or docs under source control. It was helpful to have an introductory session about this. As it turned out, the technical side went smoothly. People quickly understood how to use the tools and were able to be very productive. It might have been worth spending more time up front exploring other tools, which would enable people to submit fewer, larger PRs: a limitation of the GitHub UI is that each PR can only include one file. In general it's worth organizers explicitly considering what they are giving back to attendees in terms of learning how to use these tools.
Successful projects tend to be ones that are well-defined and fine-grained, meaning that even a small contribution can be complete and useful. Next time we would like to prepare some projects which allow volunteers to engage more deeply with the content, but it's challenging to do that while still keeping projects accessible.
We've felt quite inspired by the progress our volunteers made towards cleaning var from our documentation, and have filed a tracking issue to finish removing var from our JavaScript pages, and another one to remove it from our Web/API pages, so that volunteers and staff can finish the work.
We'd also like to consider how we could help writers who are new to Git and GitHub learn how to work with these tools.
Finally of course we'd like to thank Write the Docs, for enabling such a great community, and the volunteers who spent their Sunday helping to improve MDN:
adeobas
bwklein
carriemacfarlane
ceedgedev
christopher-besch
davidchesnut
jmswisher
Linda-Ikechukwu
nataleecodes
nbarbarick
rkathrn
samantharamon
seumoo
tech-writer-jill
valeriahhdez
vandanarv411
WaiReid-5
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If you're a small business owner who's recently decided an LLC, or limited liability company, is the right business structure for your business, and you've started preparing your formation papers, or Articles of Organization, you probably know by now that you'll need a registered agent. But what is a registered agent? And how do you make the decision regarding who to designate as your LLC's registered agent?
What is a Registered Agent for an LLC?
An LLC registered agent is an individual or entity which has been designated by the LLC to receive service of process notices, government correspondence and compliance-related documents on behalf of the LLC. While generally the term "agent" means someone who's authorized to represent an individual or an entity, or enter into transactions for an individual or an entity, registered agents don't have a similar mandate. Instead, the registered agent for an LLC has one primary function: to be an agent for service of process, as well as receiving other important correspondence on behalf of the LLC. Additionally, a registered agent must also forward such materials to the LLC in a timely manner.
The requirements that must be met to be eligible to be a registered agent are quite simple. A registered agent must be a resident of the state in which you registered your LLC. A registered agent must also have a physical address to which documents can be delivered. This means a P.O. mailbox can't be used.
While these requirements are simple, it's important to look more closely at who you should designate as your registered agent.
At first glance, designating yourself or another member of your LLC as your LLC's registered agent may appear to be good idea. But there are a number of things you should keep in mind. First, a registered agent must always be available to receive service of process notices, government correspondence and other important documents. This means the registered agent must always be present at the physical address you registered during normal business hours. If the registered agent can't be found—for example, if the person you designated takes holidays, or even occasionally goes off-site to attend a meeting with a client—delivery can't be made and the consequences can be quite severe.
Other considerations? Generally, if you designate a member of your LLC as the LLC's registered agent, the physical address you use for service will be your place of business, as that's where your registered agent is likely to be during regular hours of business. It can therefore be quite embarrassing if someone sues your LLC and serves notice of the lawsuit in front of your customers or clients. And if you move your business, you'll have to file a change of address for your registered agent. With a third party registered agent, you can move your business as often as you want without it affecting the address of your registered agent.
In many cases, it makes sense to use a registered agent service as your LLC's registered agent. Because these third party firms are professional registered agents, you have the assurance that there will always be someone available during standard business hours at the registered address to take delivery of notices and other documents on your LLC's behalf. And with a registered agent service, promptly forwarding notices and other documents received to you is simply a part of the job it does. After all, that's what its business is all about: to be there to receive documents on your behalf, and then make sure you receive those documents in a timely manner.
What Happens if You Don't Have a Registered Agent?
Generally speaking, you'll be required to designate a registered agent at the time you register your LLC. And if your registered agent changes, you'll need to file a form indicating this change.
It might be tempting to not maintain a registered agent after you've initially designated one when you registered your LLC. However, you face serious consequences if you do not have a registered agent. Your LLC may no longer be considered in good standing with the state in which you registered, and in addition to subjecting your company to potential penalties and fines, your LLC could, among other things, lose its ability to enter into contracts or bring a lawsuit.
There's also the risk of not receiving service of process or other important correspondence which requires a response. For example, if you do not receive service of process regarding a lawsuit, you won't be aware that you're being sued. And if you're not aware you're being sued, you won't respond in a timely manner, nor are you likely to show up at the court proceedings, and a default judgment could be issued against you. In the case of compliance-related government correspondence, failure to respond could result in penalties such as fines and other sanctions.
While a registered agent with a LLC provides a basic and simple function, it's also an extremely important function. Selecting a registered agent that can adequately perform this function is an important process for both your LLC and your own peace of mind.
LegalZoom offers registered agent services for your business. When you choose LegalZoom as your registered agent, LegalZoom will receive your important legal documents, enhancing your privacy and freeing you up to run your business.
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Q: Convert String value to date in R I have a table as follows:
Year  Appearances
18/19     4
18/19     5
17/18     10
17/18     13
16/17     22
16/17     19

Is there a way for me to convert the 18/19 to 2019?
And also is there a way to add all the 'Appearances' for each year up? My perfect output table would be:
Year  Appearances
2019     9
2018     23
2017     41

Thanks :)

A: We can remove one or more digits (\\d+) at the start (^) followed by a / (with str_remove) concatenate with "20" (str_c), use that as a grouping variable and get the sum of 'Appearances'
library(tidyverse)
df1 %>%
  group_by(Year = str_c("20", str_remove(Year, "^\\d+\\/"))) %>%
  summarise(Appearances = sum(Appearances))
# A tibble: 3 x 2
#  Year  Appearances
#  <chr>       <int>
#1 2017           41
#2 2018           23
#3 2019            9

data
df1 <- structure(list(Year = c("18/19", "18/19", "17/18", "17/18", "16/17",
"16/17"), Appearances = c(4L, 5L, 10L, 13L, 22L, 19L)),
   class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
 -6L))

A: You could use this one-liner from base R.
aggregate(
    Appearances ~ Year,
    transform(df, Year = sub(".*/(.*)", "20\\1", Year)),
    sum
)
#   Year Appearances
# 1 2017          41
# 2 2018          23
# 3 2019           9

A: A different dplyr possibility using sub() could be:
df %>%
 group_by(Year = paste0("20", sub(".*/", "", Year))) %>%
 summarise_all(sum)

  Year  Appearances
  <chr>       <int>
1 2017           41
2 2018           23
3 2019            9

It extracts the characters after / and combines them with 20.
Or using substr():
df %>%
 group_by(Year = paste0("20", substr(Year, nchar(Year)-1, nchar(Year)))) %>%
 summarise_all(sum)

Here it extracts the last two characters from "Year" and combines them with 20.


A concise statement of the problem of the thesis is "To discover the Free Reading Interests of Seventh and Eighth Grade Boys and Girls." More specifically the study is for the purpose of discovering the amount, the character, and nature of the voluntary reading done by seventh and eighth grade pupils now enrolled in the public schools of Hays, Kansas.
Dillon, Anna, "Free Reading Interests of The Pupils In The Seventh and Eighth Grades" (1942). Master's Theses. 359.


The Kardashian-Jenners are leading this strange trend.
Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, and Gigi Hadid all wear halfway crop tops.
The shirts are a cross between a sports bra and regular-length crop top.
A writer for Allure thinks these tops look very awkward.
Bella Hadid was spied in Paris earlier this one wearing basically the same top Kim is wearing, so maybe she lent it to her. The model also recently posted a photo to her Instagram page of her spraying Kendall Jenner's face with mist, sporting a black crop top that showed the slightest amount of underboob. And as her arms are raised just a little bit, I'd wager that with her arms down her breasts wouldn't even be visible.
This one is particularly infuriating because not only is it cut in that weird way, but it has both sleeves and a turtleneck, which...what? It's like she's trying me with this look and she doesn't even know me.
And you know what my mom would do with those shirts eventually? Throw them away. Because they would have served their purpose. This s--t right here? What is its purpose other than to frustrate the heck outta me?
This isn't the exact style, it's more like the final level of crop top f--kery where you have to beat the boss — and I feel like I'm already losing.


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BIG3 Partners With Microsoft For 2021 BIG3 SuperDraft
Through new partnership, draft to air live on Triller and FITE TV June 14 at the Microsoft Lounge in Los Angeles
Jun 11, 2021, 11:00 ET
LOS ANGELES, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the BIG3 announced a partnership with Microsoft for the 2021 BIG3 SuperDraft that will take place this Monday, June 14 at 5pm PT/8pm ET at the Microsoft Lounge in Los Angeles. Kicking off its partnership with the popular AI-powered social media platform, the draft will air live on Triller and FITE TV ahead of the 2021 season with SuperDraft serving as the title partner for event.
Microsoft Lounge in Los Angeles, CA
As the previous 2019 champion and runner up, Triplets and Killer 3s will bring back their entire roster as stated in league rules. The remaining ten teams will have two picks each following the lottery selections last week before the BIG3 Combine. On site at the Microsoft Lounge in Los Angeles, the draft will be hosted by Chris McGee with Commissioner Clyde Drexler announcing the draft selections aside Ice Cube. There will be additional analysis and commentary from Coaches and Players including Michael Cooper, Reggie Theus, Nick Young and Cuttino Mobley. BIG3 will also connect with Coaches, Player Captains and Draft picks around the country with Microsoft Teams.
Leveraging Microsoft Teams and Surface devices, the BIG3 will connect with Coaches, Player Captains and Draft picks around the country in a hybrid setting, with guests attending both virtually and in-person. The Microsoft Lounge will provide a sports analyst studio experience. The room will be equipped with Surface Hubs, Microsoft Teams video feeds of draft picks will be shown on a 9.5 by 32 foot LED video gallery wall, and remote attendees will join in via Microsoft Surface Duo devices.
Round 1 order:
Ball Hogs
Ghost Ballers
3 Headed Monsters
"As things were rapidly changing in the world around us, BIG3 had a vision and we were determined to bring fans the overwhelming excitement of the BIG3 Draft. Our concept and tight timeline meant coming together with a partner that could help pull it off, which is why Microsoft was the ultimate choice. Between its authentic technology solutions and highly advanced Lounge, the Microsoft team came prepared to support our vision," said BIG3 CEO, Chris Hannan.
"It's our plan to deliver fans with a thrilling show next Monday as we unveil draft picks with the best technology possible. Microsoft Teams will be connecting our coaches, players and draftees around the country during the live event," said BIG3 co-founders, Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz. "We keep saying this season is going to be the biggest one yet and if you've been doubting that you're not keeping up with BIG3 news. We are here to play, and the fire is coming."
"Core to Microsoft's mission is to enable people to thrive in this new world of remote and hybrid work. This past year, Microsoft Teams has powered fashion shows, concerts, virtual fan experiences and drafts for national sports leagues – all of which gave us the learnings and technical experience we need to make this the best BIG3 SuperDraft yet. Big3 has a vision for driving entertainment, community and positive change and we are proud to be a part of it," said James Bernstrom, Director, Strategic Partnerships, Microsoft.
BIG3 is the official creator of the new global sport, FIREBALL3, and is returning for its fourth season on July 10, 2021 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The BIG3's regular season will run in Las Vegas and New Orleans before the plays, consolation, and championship are played at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
Known as a ground-breaking league that focuses on innovation, BIG3 implemented notable rule changes following the 2019 season which included lowering the minimum age of athletes from 27 to 22 and opening the league to all nonprofessional and professional athletes that want to try out.
To watch the BIG3 SuperDraft on Triller please visit, https://tril.co/2R74M3R or https://www.fite.tv/watch/2021-big3-superdraft/2p9js/ to view it on FITE TV. For more information on the league, please visit https://big3.com.
ABOUT BIG3:
BIG3 (BIG3.com) is who we are, FIREBALL3 is what we play. It's not your grandfather's 3-on-3. The premier global BIG3 league features many of the greatest, most popular and skilled professional athletes of all time. Founded by producer, actor and music legend Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, the BIG3 combines highly competitive, physical, fast game experiences and incredible fan experiences.
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1. To be able to set a template message notification to each auto approval rule.
I would like a MAM or Windows 10 without enrollment type policy for the MACOS.
For a multi-app kiosk mode the end-user only gets presented with the Android "Back" button.
This causes issues when the app/webpage is trying to post server-side information as it will try to re-post when the user goes back.
It is also an issue if the kiosk is intended to quickly switch between apps without losing their place (e.g. between a task-app and a knowledge-base app).
In MAM-WE scenario, we need to protect enterprise contacts that are stored in Exchage, in the event an employee removes Outlook from their phone or is disengaged from the company. The current design of how contact sync is stored to the native address book and then syncing to iCloud is not viable to protect enterprise contacts. We have seen other vendors implement a working solution which includes creating an iCloud contacts group that is managed by MAM and is removed from local contacts and therefore iCloud when the Outlook app is removed employment is disengaged.
I'd like to have the possibility to export and import the group settings. Please add a button for this!
In Intune there is a section App Configuration Policy. I have tested it with Google Chrome Browser, Edge Browser. Configuration Fields that are visible inside are sometimes working sometimes not working. Example I have created bookmarks - they appeared but then I tested URL blocking - this policy didn't work and plus bookmarks disappeared. As an answer fomr support these fileds are not supported for third party applicaiton. Can you then test at least something and publish just things that were tested and not something that is not working on a official Azure environment.
If a user is inactive for a certain time it would be nice to set this user offline that the licence is available again.
The background is, that sometimes a customer has a problem with his licences, when a user forgets to sign off. In this case the licence is still active but it isn't used.
Support Payloads for configuring Email, VPN, WIFI with Radius etc.
Configuring email, etc with payloads would make it easier for users to fill in the remaining information.
Please prevent the creation of Groups in the Outlook mobile app using a Intune policy.
Add Admin Password for Phone Factory Reset.
It would be handy that if factory reset of Corporate Device is allowed, users are challenged for a Admin password before being allowed to reset the phone.
The set up, configuration and deployment process has many factors and decision points a wizard could help avoid timely mistakes. For instance, it took me nearly three weeks to learn the process from beginning to end. And still am unable to complete enrollment of Android and IOS devices. But I am getting closer.


Books for learning C# by programming 2D games?
I have found plenty of books teaching C# by programming Unity games in 3D, and plenty of tutorial books on making a 2D game. However, all the 2D books I have found expect you to already know C#. I don't really have much interest in making 3D games, so I was wondering if anyone knew any books that taught C# through 2D games. Thanks!
The concepts are the same. You can learn 'in 3D' and code for 2D just fine.
Once you have learned how to read the entries of the Scripting API and apply them in code the virtual world is your pixellated oyster.
hi @AerialSnack, you maybe want to try this book. It learns you basics of C# programming language, and it's free for download. I'm not sure if that can help you for 2D games, but if you can learn C# you can do whatever you want.


If you're just getting started in photography your first thought might be to go with a Nikon or Canon. But don't overlook Pentax.
The Pentax K-70 is a 24.24 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor powered DSLR. This is a fantastic camera that comes with an array of features. Essentially aimed at an entry level user, or someone looking for their first ever DSLR, the Pentax K-70 should be an attractive choice. Let's find out more about the camera.
The Pentax K-70 is powered by a 24.24 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor with no AA (anti-aliasing) filter. As you are aware, an anti-aliasing filter is used for the purpose of softening down the image. This is done so that fine patterns don't end up creating moiré on the image as well as to avoid false colors.
Having said that there is the option to select the effects of the anti-aliasing filter on demand. For example, when you are shooting landscapes you can keep the anti-aliasing filter off. This will facilitate capturing a greater amount of detail. Then again when shooting portraits or headshots or fashion you can turn on the effects of the AA filter. This will ensure that moiré and false colors will be avoided.
Image processing on the Pentax K-70 is powered by Pentax's PRIME MII image processing engine.
SAFOX X 11-point AF system with 9 cross type AF points makes up the auto-focusing mechanism of this camera. Spec-wise 11 AF points don't make interesting reading but the fact that there are 9 cross type points does. If you know what you are doing 9 cross type points can help you create interesting off-center compositions. Though tracking moving subjects would be a definite problem.
Native ISO range of the camera is 100 – 204800. That should be sufficient for shooting in most situations.
Continuous shooting speed of the Pentax K-70 is 6 fps. That should be sufficient for shooting in most situations. Family, weddings, portraits and everything else would be fine to shoot with, but you wouldn't be able to shoot fast action and sports with nearly the same result as with faster camera.
The Pentax K-70 comes with sensor-shift type image stabilization system. Sensor shift makes micro vibrations which compensate for hand movement. This movement stabilizes the image coming through the lens. The sensor shift mechanism also assists the AA filter stimulation mentioned above.
This camera has a built-in time-lapse stitching option. You can record 4K (3840 x 2160) stills and those will be compiled into a video file (MPEG4) for instant playback.
The Pentax K-70 is capable of shooting full HD videos (1080i) at a maximum of 60 fps. It can shoot full HD in 1080p at 30 fps. Stereo mic ensures that the camera can record great quality audio along with the recorded video. Plus, you also have the option to plug in an external mic that will ensure that the camera will record even better quality sound.
The rear LCD screen of the camera is a standard 3" one with a resolution of 921k-dots. The screen can tilt and swivel. That usually means you can shoot those acute low and over the top angles much easily than with fixed LCD screen cameras.
The Pentax K-70 comes with built-in Wi-Fi and is compatible with O-GPS 1. We all know the advantages of a wireless connection. The last feature enables geotagging of your images. There is also an AstroTracer function which assists in taking those breathtaking night time skyline images as well Milky Way photos.
The Pentax K-70 is built according to Pentax standard. It has good weather sealing and is dust proof. Pentax rates the camera to be operational up to temperatures of 14 ˚ F.
Overall the Pentax K-70 is a great budget camera with most of the features you would need to shoot in everyday situations. High resolution, quick auto-focusing, 60 fps full HD videos and built-in time-lapse stitching features makes it a great consumer oriented camera.


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Ethnic groups will make up half California's population next year
Wednesday, October 20th 1999, 12:00 am
By next year, no racial group can call itself the majority in California.
Researchers say half the Golden State's population will be white-- the lowest percentage since the Gold Rush.
The other half will be made up of Hispanics, Asians, blacks and American Indians.
The milestone comes five years earlier than previous Census Bureau estimates.
The racial picture will change even more in another 21 years.
Researchers project whites and Hispanics will each make up about 40 percent of the population. Asians will comprise 14 percent and blacks six percent
News On 6 By next year, no racial group can call itself the majority in California.


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Thursday July 2nd, 2020
Solent University has been ranked fourth in the sector, its highest ever position, for graduate start-ups and appears in the top ten for the fourth year running, according to the latest data released from the Higher Education Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey.
The results from the survey, which looks at how universities interact and exchange knowledge with the wider world, mean Solent has moved up two places, from sixth to fourth.
In 2018/19, Solent had 155 graduate start-ups, which includes self-employment, freelance work and new businesses.
"Our continued rise in this table reflects the important work we do in supporting students to start their own businesses" says Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen Stanton.
"Many of our courses have enterprise units embedded within them, and students are encouraged to take enterprise options, such as those offered by Solent Creatives, our unique in-house student creative agency. We also offer a start-up programme for students and graduates through Solent Futures, our employability team.
"With the additional challenges Covid-19 is presenting to graduating students, it's more important than ever that they are equipped with the ability to set up, run and understand small businesses. Providing our alumni with these skills will not only help them achieve success in their chosen field, but also play a key role in the future growth of industry, communities and the economy," she continues.
Solent's graduate start-ups come from a wide-range of specialisms, with the most common being the creative industries – film production, photography, graphic design and content creation.
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The Open Market Protocol is divided into two distinct formats.
The first one, the public listing format, contains all the necessary data related to a certain item or service listed for sale. This includes the title, description, images, payment destination, and other similar information.
The other one, the private message format, contains all the data that must remain private. It includes the transaction information, the conversations between the seller and the buyer, and the buyer's address.
Marketplaces usually have mechanisms in place to resolve disputes between buyers and vendors. This is a vital part of eCommerce because trusting strangers, especially when money is involved, has never proven to be reliable. Marketplaces use what's called a mutually-trusted third-party to resolve disputes. This mechanism is called an escrow service or resolution center. This type of service requires a third-party to take part in the transaction and, should an issue arise, act as an arbitrator. This party has the sole power to decide who's right and who's wrong. This third-party is usually referred to as an "escrow agent".
The escrow agent is usually trusted by the two parties and has the final say in any dispute. The escrow agent can rule in favor of any party, depending on various factors. It ensures parties that do not know or trust each other can still conduct business together. While this initially seems like a good solution, it introduces a lot of risks and disadvantages for both parties.
To be scalable, resolution centers need to hire a lot of staff (escrow agents/customer service). That's because the service provider needs to be fast and efficient. The extra staff the company needs to hire to manage escrows is a big expense for the company. It is why they need to charge their users for it. On some marketplaces, they make it obvious (i.e. Alibaba). The escrow fee is indicated right in their fee schedule and both parties know it is there. When using this type of marketplace, parties usually have the option to use the escrow system or not. This is referred to as an opt-in escrow.
On other marketplaces, it is more subtle (Amazon/eBay). They do not necessarily charge a fee specifically for the escrow. They also do not require parties to opt-in, instead opting for a "by default" approach. Usually, these marketplaces tend to have higher general fees (i.e. final value fees or sales fees) and the reason is simple: they charge users for their whole array of services. This "array" includes, of course, the "customer support" they offer (which is just another word for their escrow system management).
Resolution centers and escrow agents also introduce privacy issues. In fact, third-parties need to get as much data as possible to settle issues. They might need to access users' purchasing/sales history, messages, tracking numbers, IP addresses, previous issues with other users, and more. And because centralized marketplaces already harvest as much data as possible, it's all up for the taking. Centralized escrow services are terrible from a privacy standpoint.
Marketplaces and payment processors almost always rule in favor of the buyers. When issues arise between two parties, the vendor will lose the case most of the time, that is, unless they have some pretty good evidence to show for. That's because buyers are everything for these marketplaces. This is where they make most of their money. Without buyers, vendors cannot generate revenues for the marketplace through the fees they pay. Almost exclusively ruling in favor of the buyers is a sure way to keep them coming back and use the platform. Marketplace operators know vendors have no choice but to accept this terribly unfair reality.
While this may not sound too damning for buyers, it is, of course, known to most vendors selling online. To offset the losses caused by this behavior, vendors need to raise their prices. This, in turn, makes online products more expensive for buyers. Both parties end up paying for this behavior.
Centralized escrow systems have been tried in the past on decentralized marketplaces. Some have tried to hire staff, not unlike centralized marketplaces, to act as escrow agents. Others have opted for a slightly more decentralized approach where anyone can propose to be an escrow agent. This has quickly shown to be problematic for various reasons.
Centralized escrows built on decentralized ecosystems introduce a lot of friction. Cryptocurrencies were designed to be permissionless, frictionless currencies. They do not require third-parties in order for transactions to execute. Introducing escrow agents to mediate issues between buyers and vendors go against crypto's vision. Intermediaries considerably slow down transactions, especially if the escrow agent isn't fast enough to resolve outstanding issues. This quickly ends up being costly for vendors since funds remain inaccessible until issues are resolved.
Collusion potential is especially true of decentralized marketplaces where anyone can propose to be an escrow agent. That's because the escrow agent is not tied to the reputation of any legal entity or company. The risk of collusion between the agent and one of the transacting party is significantly increased. Because these types of escrow deals are essentially 2-of-3 contracts (meaning the payment is released when 2 out of 3 parties agree on an outcome), the escrow agent holds an incredible amount of power, leaving the door wide open for collusion. The worst part is the possibility for an escrow agent and a transacting party to actually be the same entity, leaving the other party powerless.
Centralized escrow systems on decentralized marketplaces present a big scalability problem. In fact, as the number of users grows in a given marketplace, it needs to have more and more escrow agents. That's because the platform needs to meet the demand for escrowed transactions. Because decentralized marketplaces aren't run by any legal entity or company, there is no central authority tasked with hiring escrow agents. Instead, these decentralized marketplaces have to rely on community involvement.
The solution to make escrowing deals attractive is obvious: let the escrow agent charge its own fee. This, however, adds friction to the entire process and doesn't improve much on centralized solutions. Besides, if there are not enough escrow agents to meet the demand, then the user experience is significantly reduced because users won't trust strangers with their money.
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender, thus making their use not an option. It is based on the theory of deterrence, which holds that the threat of using strong weapons against the enemy prevents the enemy's use of those same weapons. The strategy is a form of Nash equilibrium in which, once armed, neither side has any incentive to initiate a conflict or to disarm. Particl's MAD escrow mechanism replaces the nuclear annihilation deterrence factor of the MAD game theory for a mutual financial loss should one party acts dishonestly.
Particl's MAD escrow system renders the marketplace fully fungible. That's because all transactions are untraceable by default. In fact, not only is all marketplace content encrypted, but all currency transactions are made untraceable through the use of the Confidential Transactions (CT) privacy protocol. This is achieved by making the MAD escrow smart-contract exclusively work with CT and forcing all transactions to have to go through it. This technique enhances privacy much more than if CT MAD escrow was optional because it dramatically increases the number of privacy transactions on the network.
The first mainnet version of Particl's Open Marketplace will not contain any messaging option. This functionality will be added during the Beta stage of development as one of the Release Candidates. Click here to read more about SMSG.
Don't miss the Particl Marketplace FAQ Wiki page.


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Het HOK is een bridgeclub in Amsterdam. De club speelt op maandagavond in Het Witte Huis.

De club
De club werd vernoemd naar het bekende schaakcafé De Oude Schouwburg (bijgenaamd Het Hok) in de Lange Leidsedwarsstraat (oorspronkelijk aan het Leidseplein). Toen de club zich wilde aanmelden bij de Nederlandse Bridge Bond, werd de naam niet geaccepteerd, het moest H.O.K. worden. Toen nadien werd bedacht waar die letters voor konden staan, werd de officiële naam Het Olijke Kaartertje.

De club had bij de start iets meer dan tien leden. Dat aantal is uitgegroeid tot 232 leden (2013). De clubavond is op maandag.

 Competitie
Er spelen diverse leden in de Meesterklasse, Eerste en Tweede Divisie parencompetitie. Het eerste team speelt in de Meesterklasse; drie teams spelen in de Eerste Divisie en twee teams in de Tweede Divisie. Verder spelen teams nog in de districtsklassen.

Het Witte Huis
Het Witte Huis is een regionaal bridgecentrum. Er spelen behalve HOK ook andere bridgeclubs: Jongeren BV US Uil op dinsdag, A.B.K. op woensdag, BC Ruit op donderdag. Verder is het een locatie waar veel topspelers regelmatig met elkaar spelen.  Er worden ook veel toptoernooien gespeeld.

Nederlandse bridgeclub
Sportvereniging in Amsterdam


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Sisters make history at Ride & Tie World Championships
Michelle Andreotti and Susanne Rowland first all-woman team to take title
Special to the Horsetrader - July 16th, 2009 - Show & Event News
Courtesy of Ride & Tie
Michelle Andreotti and Susanne Rowland, with the horse Over Amile, win the Ride & Tie World Championship on June 20 and are also the first all-female team to win the event.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY — Michelle Andreotti of Granite Bay, Calif., and her sister Susanne Rowland of Rocklin, Calif., put the family name on a new chapter of Andreotti history in the sport of Ride & Tie and at the same time finally realized the prediction of Bud Johns, inventor of the sport: that a woman/woman team would out-race the men and snatch the Ride & Tie World Championship title. Adding glitter to their crowns, their race horse, Over Amile, was deemed Best of Condition.
The 39th annual Ride & Tie World Championship took place June 20 at Cuneo Creek, in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, adjacent to the Avenue of the Giants. Andreotti and Rowland's winning time was 3 hours, 57 minutes to complete the 34-mile course.
Ride & Tie is an endurance race, run on trails and cross-country, involving teams of one horse/two humans and competing against 10 to 50 other like teams. The humans alternate riding the horse a mile or so, tying it to a tree, and taking off running, while the other human catches up to the horse, unties it and rides past the other human, and so on.
"There have been so many remarkable women who have been competitive in the sport since the start that it was inevitable that the right two would team up to win the whole shebang," Johns said. "Women can be excellent runners at distances, can be superb horsemen and often are lighter on the horse which helps the equine member of the team."
Most recently competing at the World Championship level in the mid-1990s, the sisters had drifted away from the sport. Then, last year, the family was asked to attend the 2008 Ride & Tie World Championship event to witness the induction of their father Dave Andreotti's horse, Scooter, into the Ride & Tie Hall of Fame. They were re-bitten by the bug: by July they bought the horse Over Amile and were training for this year's race. The sisters live about 10 minutes apart, and the horse is stabled between the two.
Rowland said she is pretty competitive and it was her idea to try the championship race this year. They hoped to finish in the top five. "The course worked to our advantage; I like to run the uphills."
Simultaneously, Andreotti would ride up the hill catching Rowland at or near the top, where they would switch. Converse to her sister, Andreotti likes to run the downhills. They let the horse pick its own pace, which on this course was usually a canter.
Defending champions Jim Howard and daughter Sara Howard of Applegate, Calif., finished in second place overall on the horse Voltaire, with a time of 4 hours, only 3 minutes behind the winning team. The Howards were also the top-placing man/woman team.
The highest placement by a man/man team was overall 7th place finishers Ben Volk of Pasco, Wash., and Lucas King of Trout Lake, Wash., with the horse Mondart. They had a time of 5 hours, 16 minutes. The 15-year-old King was also the youngest competitor this year.
The sport of Ride & Tie combines trail running, endurance riding, and strategy. The goal is to get all three team members, two humans and one horse, across a 20 to 100 mile cross-country course by alternating riding and running. Everyone starts out together. The rider, being faster, rides ahead and ties the horse to a tree, and then continues down the trail on foot. The team member who started out on foot gets to the horse, unties, mounts up and rides past the runner, ties the horse, and this leapfrog continues the entire course. When, where, and how a team exchanges riding for running is almost entirely up to each team to develop their own strategy.
The Ride and Tie Association will be celebrating 40 years of riding and tying throughout the week of June 12-20, 2010 at Mount Adams, Wash. The 40th Annual World Championship Ride & Tie, open to all comers, will be raced on location Saturday June 19, 2010.
For complete results and information about Ride & Tie, visit: www.rideandtie.org


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Бі́мбо (; ) — місто в префектурі Омбелла-Мпоко в Центральноафриканській Республіці. Розташоване на річці Убангі за 15 км на південь від столиці Бангі. Місто є другим за величиною в країні.

Населення міста становить 124 176 осіб (2003; 10751 в 1988).

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In the latest episode of The Musketeers, Feron (Rupert Everett) and Grimaud (Matthew McNulty) made their first move against King Louis (Ryan Gage).
With the help of Marcheaux (Matt Stokoe) and the Red Guard, they started a riot at the Chatelet. They let many of the prisoners escape to keep the musketeers busy.
Athos (Tom Burke), Porthos (Howard Charles), Aramis (Santiago Cabrera) and d'Artagnan (Luke Pasqualino) left the Red Guard in charge of the Chatelet while they went after the escaped prisoners. Some escaped to the refugee camp where they threatened Sylvie (Thalissa Teixeira) at knife-point demanding food. The musketeers arrived and re-captured them after a fight.
The whole thing was a distraction while Grimaud broke out a prisoner named Victor Joubert. They needed him and his special set of locksmith skills to help steal the King's gold reserves. He was reluctant to help them but they threatened the life of his blind wife, Annabelle.
Meanwhile, King Louis was busy getting the palace ready for an epic celebration for the Dauphin's sixth birthday.
Van Laar came to the palace to discuss missed repayments on a huge loan. He spoke to Minister Treville (Hugo Speer) and said it had been arranged by Feron on the King's behalf. He left behind some letters which Treville left for the King to read.
Feron tried to steal the letters before the King could see them but was interrupted by the Dauphin. Before he could take them Queen Anne (Alexandra Dowling) also came into the room so he had to leave empty handed. He went to see Van Laar to try and get him to get his letters back. After he kept demanding his money back Feron slashed Van Laar's throat, killing him.
Due to the rioting Constance (Tamla Kari) and Aramis went to check on Annabelle. At her home they discovered there had been a disturbance and a girl named Rochelle told them that she had been taken by some men. She took them to where Annabelle was being held and the pair killed her captors and saved her.
Annabelle told them about Victor and that she thought the men captured her to get to him. Aramis realised that someone was attempting to steal the King's gold and rounded up the musketeers.
They rushed to the vault and found the robbery underway. There they saved Victor and fought with Grimaud's men. During the chaos, Grimaud escaped, Aramis tried to give chase but he got away.
Elsewhere, d'Artagnan found an escaped prisoner called Borel (Stephen Walters). He had a voice in his head that thought he was the King. Instead of taking him back to the Chatelet, d'Artagnan took him to be looked after by nuns.
Later with information from Victor they realised that Borel was dangerous. While they tried to track him down he managed to get into the palace. Once inside he burnt the letters from Van Laar and found his way into the Queen's chambers. Outside he threatened to shoot her but Aramis managed to save her and d'Artagnan shot Borel dead.
Treville went to talk with Feron who told him he knew of the King's secret. He threatened to leak it if Treville interfered with his plans.
At the end of the episode, Treville followed Feron and found him meeting with Grimaud. During their conversation, Grimaud vowed to put an end to the musketeers.
The next episode is Death of a Hero. It's the day of reckoning, as Grimaud vows to kill the Musketeers in a series of savage co-ordinated attacks and puts Feron to the ultimate test in his bid for power. With Athos distracted and Aramis on an unlikely pilgrimage with the King, the Musketeers are divided when they need each other most. The furious battle for survival sparks a series of revelations that threaten to destroy Paris. Before the day is out, a hero falls, there's a traitor on the rise and the Musketeers will be changed forever.


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NORRISTOWN, PA Chad Pullman, 39, slipped into a deep depression Monday after finishing off the last of the Thanksgiving leftovers. Doctors say he has been unable to leave his bedroom for two days.
Pullman said he had grown accustomed to a fridge full of delicious leftovers, and now that they're gone he's not sure his life has meaning anymore. "I just keep thinking about how great it was," Pullman explained. "I was eating stuffing three times a day. Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, and brussels sprouts were all right there for the taking. And now they're all just....gone."
Pullman then looked wistfully out his window and shed a silent tear.
"I look in the fridge now, and all I see is emptiness," Pullman continued. "What am I supposed to have for lunch today? Lunchmeat? String cheese? Carrot sticks? What am I, an animal?"
Pullman's wife reminded him that not all the leftovers were gone, as she had just made a nice pot of turkey soup. "She's trying, but it's just soup. It's not the same," Pullman sobbed.
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Home Racing News Brown, Maker Come Loaded For More Success In United Nations At Monmouth
Brown, Maker Come Loaded For More Success In United Nations At Monmouth
Trainers Chad Brown and Michael Maker, who have accounted for the last two winners of the Grade 1 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., have each entered a pair of runners for Saturday's 66th edition of the Grade 1 grass race.
The United Nations, for 3-year-olds-and-up at a mile and three-eighths on the turf, headlines a Saturday card that includes the G3 Philip G. Iselin Stakes, the G3 Eatontown Stakes and the Lady's Secret Stakes.
Brown, who has won the Eclipse Award as the sport's top trainer the past three years, scored an upset with 23-1 shot Funtastic in last year's United Nations as part of a 1-2 finish for his barn (with Money Multiplier finishing second). Maker's Bigger Picture, who won the United Nations Stakes in 2017, finished third last year.
Brown will try for his fourth United Nations victory overall – he won the race with Big Blue Kitten in 2013 and 2015 – with Arrocha and Focus Group.
Maker has Bigger Picture in the United Nations for the fourth straight year, with the hard-hitting 8-year-old gelding joined by stablemate Zulu Alpha this time around.
Arrocha, a 5-year-old, had raced exclusively in Brazil before coming into Brown's care this year. A multiple Group 1 winner in South America, Arrocha made his U.S. debut on May 4 at Belmont Park, finishing eighth in the G3 Fort Marcy.
Focus Group, who won the G2 Pan American at Gulfstream Park on March 30, comes in off a sixth-place finish in the G1 Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park on May 11.
Focus Group has five wins from 13 career grass starts.
Bigger Picture, who won the United Nations two years ago largely as the result of a rail-skimming ride by Joe Bravo, has earned in excess of $1.6 million in his career. He captured the G2 Elkhorn Stakes at Keeneland on April 20 for his 12th career victory from 35 lifetime turf starts.
Zulu Alpha, a multiple graded stakes winner, was seventh in the G1 Man o' War for Maker in his last start.
Hall of Fame conditioner Bill Mott (Monarchs Glen) and Todd Pletcher (Channel Cat) will also be represented in the $300,000 United Nations.
Monarchs Glen was fourth in the G2 Monmouth Stakes on May 25 at Monmouth Park in his most recent start.
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