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Meet Noah Melton
Meet Noah
Learn more about Noah Melton, Alumnus (Class of 2020)
Where are you living now? The Netherlands
What are you doing now, since leaving ISL?
After I left ISL, I went straight off to the University of Leiden in the Netherlands where I am doing a Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology. The University of Leiden is the oldest university in the Netherlands and is well known for its Archaeology programme. I had visited the school during their Open Days and I really liked what I saw. I'm very happy there between the friends and the professors.
What has been the most challenging thing to overcome since leaving ISL and transitioning to University during a global pandemic?
In the Netherlands, as we didn't really have that 'first wave', I was able to have a practically normal University experience my first semester. But then around October or November when the case numbers kept going up and up, harsh measures were put in place and we went into almost fully digital mode. I still had practicals that I had to do so I was going into the faculty about once or twice a week, even during the second semester. I definitely feel privileged about the fact that I did have that physical part at the start, because if I didn't have that, I probably wouldn't have had any friends at University.
Do you think that your time at ISL helped you pursue what you are doing at University? If yes, how?
I've always had a passion for history. But at one point I was thinking about it, and I thought I love history, but I do think I'd find it even more interesting if I didn't only apply myself intellectually, but also physically to a certain extent. I think for many people that is the actual drive for archaeology. Also, the fact that it's both a social science and to a certain extent a physical science. I do want to be a bit rounded that way, even if I'm not the best at physical sciences.
I'd say probably the two classes that helped me the most for what I'm currently doing were IB history and IB geography. In terms of history, it's mainly source analysis that's very important in writing essays in archaeology. IB geography is primarily human geography (well, even physical geography helps with archaeology!). When you break it down, archaeology is just the analysis of human societies through material culture and geography significantly does help one analysing societies. Both of those classes really did prepare me.
In my opinion, the most important thing about ISL is how well rounded it made me in its international nature. It does really emphasize in many ways from the very start that it is an international school, that we live in an international community, and also that we should be respectful of other nationalities. I think that really helps me nowadays because whenever I meet someone, no matter what my subconscious prejudice may be, I'll always give them a fair shake no matter what they're like or where they're from. I think that's something that this school has taught me, because I do know of other people who aren't like that. They'll let their prejudice get ahead of them whenever they meet anyone.
The IB, I find, is also a very easy way to find solidarity with other students. When I came to University, I met quite a few people who took the IB, and it's a common experience - a shared, difficult experience. It is also quite an advantage. I found that a lot of people at my University had a hard time doing things like essays and citations. That is one thing I will give the school - the IB programme is really the best programme in my opinion in that you are prepared for University.
I know it may sound a bit cliché, but ask your teachers for help!! Your teachers want to help you and even if you are doing terribly, they will help you along. There were certain points in the IB where I was struggling in a few classes, but really, if you talk to your teachers, they will help you through no matter what.
I was involved in the Choir and the Cryptocurrency Club.
Clubs teach you about teamwork, about fostering that kind of social mindset with your fellow students. And that's some more advice: try to be friends with your fellow students! It's never great when you feel all alone going through something like the IB. So it's very important to make friends, not only so you can hang out with people on the weekends and stuff, but also you have help and you can be in a good mental state when you're at school. School isn't just for sitting there and learning. It's also a chance to be with people you enjoy.
I think the best thing it does is fostering the international mindset, which most certainly helps when you're out in the actual world. Also, all of the extra clubs and activities. Yes, they are required by the IB, but this also helps our social interactions in the future.
I know I have said it earlier, but it is the way it has given me an international mindset – the whole 'fair shake' idea. I respect people for who they are and I don't discriminate. This is something which has been hammered into me for a good reason.
And another thing, ISL has given me a certain respect for academia and for intellectualism. And I am glad that I have this respect, as do most people who have graduated from ISL, as it is more and more important in times like these when people do not respect academia as much and just refuse to believe in science and facts.
The teachers truly do love teaching. I think that is probably one of the most important things about a school is that the teachers actually enjoy what they are doing and that they want to teach students.
If you could thank a teacher or staff member, who would it be?
Ms Schweifler and Mr Penn – both absolutely influenced me and were my favourite teachers at ISL. Their classes helped me most for what I am currently doing.
Also, perhaps Mr. Solomon. He retired a few years ago but he was my homeroom teacher and also my English teacher in 8th grade. He was very kind and I really liked his class. Coincidentally his wife was also my first and second grade teacher.
What do you see yourself doing after university?
My Bachelor's degree will be finished in 2023 and then I plan to do my Master's. I don't know if I want to do a PhD yet. A Master's yes, because: a) I like the subject, and b) it is necessary in our current world. And then after that, I'm thinking to go into academia. I also enjoy being politically active. I don't know if I would want to be a politician or anything, but I do want to continue to be politically active in one way or another.
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For years, WHY Hunger has been shining the light on issues of poverty and hunger, both in the U.S. and world-wide. Today, the organization reports that, ironically, there are almost record levels of both hunger and obesity.
To shine a light on WHY's efforts, WHY Hunger Board member (and musician) Joe D'Urso is presenting a benefit for WHY at the Wonder Bar in Asbury Park on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m.
D'Urso has been involved with WHY Hunger since 1997, when he and his band served as the house band for a concert celebrating the release of "One Step Up/Two Steps Back — The Songs of Bruce Springsteen," tribute and fundraising cd. After seeing firsthand the work that WhyHunger was doing, Joe jumped in and became further involved in WHY's work as he felt the deep injustice of food poverty in his home area of New York/New Jersey.
A cast of Jersey Shore favorites will donate their services for the WHY Hunger cause. Jo Bonnano and the Godsons of Soul, Boccigalupe and the Bad Boys, Joe Rapolla & Perfect Square, Jon Caspi & The First Gun, Bob Polding Band, Bobby Mahoney and the Seventh Son and D'Urso, with his band, Stone Caravan, will play.
An acoustic stage will feature Pat Toner, Jo Wymer, Melissa Chill and Keith Monacchio.
Tickets are $20 and are available at the door. Attendees are also asked to bring a donation of a non-perishable food item.
WHY Hunger suggests items like dried beans, low sodium canned beans, brown or white rice, pasta (especially whole grain), hot cereal, including oatmeal, Cream of Wheat or grits, cold cereal, preferably low-sugar, high-fiber, crackers, low-sodium, high fiber, whole wheat bread, applesauce, with no sugar added, dried fruit (no sugar added) or canned fruit packed in juice or water, bottled water, spaghetti sauce and powdered or evaporated milk.
For more information on the WHY Hunger benefit, go to www.wonderbarasburypark.com. To learn more about WHY Hunger, go to www.whyhunger.org.


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Economics/Business
China Threatens Taiwan Sub Program
India's Big Cats in Danger
Book Review: Honorable Exit: Valor amid Saigon's Fall
Malaysia's Special Branch and the Deep State
Malaysia's Leading News Portal Imperiled by Lawsuit Reversal
Mahathir Exacerbates Malaysia's Racial Divisions
Unfazed by UN Drug War Probe, Duterte Remains Defiant
Hong Kong's Crypto-coin Rebellion
Duterte's Culture of Corruption
Indonesia's Prabowo May Join Government
India's Modi Government Pulls Out All Stops to Lure Foreign Investors
World Breathes a Sigh of Relief on Food Production
The Revolt of Japan's Konbini
India's Huawei Dilemma
Modi's Gov't 'Nudges' India Towards US$5 Trillion Economy
When Being a Whistleblower Gets You in Trouble
The Woeful State of Education for the Disabled in Indonesia
A New Definition for Southeast Asia
Asia's Beauty Spots Under Tourist Attack
Tropical Insect Populations Crashing?
Malaysian Public Universities Are Still Going Backwards
PoliticsHong Kong
Hong Kong's Autonomy Erodes Further
By: Our Correspondent
The rate of erosion of Hong Kong's autonomy is speeding up. Beijing is now making little attempt to hide its interference in issues which properly belong to the territory under the One Country Two Systems concept on which its autonomy is based, and the Basic Law which enshrines it separate status.
The central government's Liaison Office is now adding overt interference on domestic issues to hidden pressure on a weak-minded Hong Kong government.
Recent days have seen prominent examples of both aspects of the Liaison Office activities. In a recent interview, the head of the Hong Kong government's Central Policy Unit, Shiu Sin-por, appointed by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, acknowledged that that such "interference" was a reality.
Shiu should know. Since his appointment to the CPU, which was once focused on longer term policy issues, the unit has become not just a propaganda arm of the Hong Kong government but a voice echoing the Liaison Office itself. Shiu was formerly head of the One Country Two System Research Institute, long viewed as a key element in the Chinese Communist Party's United Front activities in Hong Kong.
Shiu implied that even more such interference might be needed to combat the resistance that the government was facing to some of its policies from legislators and pressure groups. "It is legitimate because Beijing has the important policy of ensuring Hong Kong's effective governance." In other words, it would use its clout to push through policies being resisted by the Hong Kong people and their representatives.
Although CY Leung and Constitutional and Mainland Affairs secretary Raymond Tam Chi-yuen then attempted to dilute the meaning of Shiu remarks, with Tam referring to their "personal flavor," it was clear that Shiu was telling the truth as far as Beijing was concerned. A Hong Kong government which believed in its own autonomy would have sacked, or at least publicly chastised Shiu for such an attack on Two System and on "Hong Kong People Ruling Hong Kong" as promised to the people of the Special Administrative Region.
Shiu continued his attack on Hong Kong people's expectations the following day saying that universal suffrage was unlikely to bring more harmony to Hong Kong – "harmony" being code word for accepting official views. He also attacked those who had supported Henry Tang Ying-yen for the chief executive post in 2012, saying they were unable to accept defeat.
Thus in the view of Beijing's leading mouthpiece, the problems of Leung's administration are not those of incompetence but the machinations on the one side of conservatives of the Tang camp and on the other of the "unpatriotic" groups demanding more democracy.
In recent weeks, the government in Beijing has brought to the fore some brusque methods in dealing with the city's residents, who have become more and more irritated with the hordes of mainland tourists – 42 million in 2013 – who have invaded the city. They have held protest marches, calling the mainlanders "locusts." In return, the Chinese government abruptly moved a long-planned meeting of APEC foreign ministers to be held later this year out of the SAR and to Beijing itself.
After four protesters forced their way into a People's Liberation Army barracks in Hong Kong, carrying a colonial Hong Kong flag to protest a plan to turn a prime piece of harbor-front land in Central into a military berth, China followed that up when the PLA Navy on Jan. 24 staged its "first air-and-sea drill" of the year in Hong Kong, sending two frigates and three helicopters down Victoria Harbor in what was regarded universally as a warning.
Meanwhile the indirect but obvious influence of the Liaison Office is seen in the government's efforts to prevent television broadcasting entrepreneur Ricky Wong Wai-kay from gaining access to the airwaves in any form. Wong is not known to be a political figure but he is known to be a successful program maker with an ability to attract audiences. That in itself is seen as a threat by a government, nudged by Beijing, which prefers dull to stimulating media.
Last year Wong's company HKTV was refused a license for a free-to-air channel though it was evidently at least as qualified as the two companies which did get licenses and already had cable channels – Cable TV and Now TV, both owned by property based tycoons. Wong's grant of a license had been recommended, was widely expected and refusal was never explained.
Wong responded not only with a lawsuit but with a plan to provide programs through mobile phones, after buying a license held by China Mobile. But now the Office of the Communications Authority has declared that unless it keeps its audience under 5,000 it will need a license under the Broadcasting Ordinance. This use of the Broadcasting ordinance to control telephony demonstrated the extent of power abuse by bureaucrats to thwart Wong at the say-so of the Liaison Office and the interests of the little watched overtly pro-Beijing free to air broadcaster, ATV.
Wong is again saying he will take the matter to the courts. But the courts themselves are now under pressure from repeated remarks by Beijing acolytes that the courts should not be able to overturn executive decisions. The judiciary must be subservient to the executive, as it is on the mainland. Barristers have been warning that it will be increasingly difficult to stand up to this pressure and increasingly judges will be chosen by reference not to their ability but to political correctness.
The separation of powers is perhaps one of the most important elements in One Country Two Systems, ensuring that the executive must act according to law. Erosion of it will not merely undermine Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms but its role as financial and commercial center with judicial and related systems respected overseas.
Hong Kong's problem is that its chief executive has scant political standing in either Beijing or Hong Kong. To make matters worse, he is proving an inexperienced administrator with a limited ability to push through even those policies, for example in housing, which are generally popular. He is not stupid and talks coherently. But as recent events have shown, his lack of rapport either with the public or the old elite has made him more than ever dependent on and susceptible to the likes of the Liaison Office and Shiu. These in turn further undermine his local political strength and add to the disharmony evidenced by the frequency of anti-government demonstrations. Popular suspicions of what lies behind such disturbing events as the recent near-assassination of the respected former editor of Ming Pao do nothing to improve trust that One Country Two Systems is honored by Beijing and its local friends.
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Sites of Research
NDM has a growing spread of research relying on collaborations in Mexico and Latin America, and on direct access to infrastructure or patient cohorts in Mexico itself. In addition, there are a growing number of scientists and research institutes based in Mexico who are seeking collaborations abroad.
In response to these needs, NDM is hosting an initiative to support the creation of research infrastructure and research capacity in Mexico. In addition, we are continuing to build on our 'direct' collaborative research projects with Mexican scientists and students. Working together with all our partners, we aim to foster vaccine-development and genomics research capacity - topics that also have applications in immunology, inflammation, infections, chronic diseases and cancers.
To achieve these aims, NDM is working in partnership with several Mexican research institutions, including:
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP);
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR);
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (ENCB-IPN);
Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IBT-UNAM);
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI (IMSS);
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM Campus Cd de México);
Laboratorio Estatal de Salud Pública de Michoacán (LESPM);
Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH); and
Universidad Veracruzana (UV).
The initial proposal envisages the formation of a vaccine development programme for Zika, dengue and chikungunya - major diseases affecting Mexico. These diseases affect a large number of people from a substantial population at risk, and hampers Mexican social and economic development. A protective vaccine against these diseases will have a major impact on the Mexican and Latin American health systems and economic productivity.
This initial research capacity development will also underpin the development of vaccines against tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue, and emerging and neglected diseases such as Chagas, chikungunya and Zika, which now pose a major threat as far north as the southern United States.
Sites of research and Collaboration


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CHICAGO (CBS) — The inspector general for the Chicago Public Schools is taking the district to task in a 50-page report filled with hundreds of allegations of misconduct, waste, and fraud.
Among the findings, a pervasive problem of improper admissions. Close to half of elementary schools audited by the inspector general had at least 15 improperly enrolled students.
According to the report, children in the wealthiest CPS attendance area are receiving special priority access to two years of free full-day Montessori preschool at Oscar Mayer School in Lincoln Park. The district typically awards free preschool based on financial need. The inspector general recommended CPS stop funding the perk at Oscar Mayer as soon as possible.
An elementary school teacher who was previously arrested for sexual abuse and indecent solicitation of a child was hired by CPS in 2003. His background check failed to reveal his conviction for misdemeanor battery involving a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy, which he disclosed on his application.
A former high school music teacher deposited more than $13,000 raised by the school choir into his personal bank account, withheld some of that money from the school, and spent most of it without properly accounting for how it was spent. That teacher has since resigned, and was placed on the district's "do not hire" list.
A contract custodian stole more than $500 from an unlocked safe at an elementary school. The money was collected from students to cover yearbook fees, graduation fees, and a trip to Springfield. The custodian admitted to the theft, and the district is working with the company he works for to make sure he never works on CPS property again.
A high school principal hired a dance teacher, despite the fact that teacher did not undergo a background check, and was unlicensed. Even after the teacher left, the school continued to offer the class without a teacher or curriculum, and students were mostly given A grades just for attending class.
A year ago, another inspector general's report led to the rapid resignation of CEO Forrest Claypool. That report found Claypool altered documents and lied to the inspector general about an ethics investigation involving CPS attorney with ties to Claypool.
Claypool replaced Barbara Byrd-Bennett, who is serving time in a federal prison for scheming to collect kickbacks. She is also mentioned in the inspector general's latest report, for helping a company win millions of dollars in CPS contracts.
CPS said it takes the report seriously.
"As noted in the report, the district has held accountable all individuals who committed serious breaches of CPS policy and public trust. We appreciate the Office of Inspector General's continued diligence in identifying and investigating wrongdoing, and we will continue to hold employees to high standards of integrity to ensure they are acting in the best interests of students," CPS spokesman Michael Passman stated in an email.


4/11/2013�� Watch video�� At first, that meant adding a trackball to an otherwise traditional controller alongside a standard analog stick, which initially seemed promising. �It �... Open Options (at the top), then 'Default System Options', select the 'Controllers' tab; and set your 'Default input layout' to 'X-Arcade' from the drop-down list (for trackball usage, also click the box to 'Enable mouse input').
14/04/2010�� Probably not what you are looking for but they do make wireless usb hubs that you could plug the trackball into.... Logitech's mice, including the TrackMan Marble and the M750, feature a trackball that enables you to navigate with your finger instead of your hand and wrist.
MAME pre-configures joystick inputs in lieu of analog controls for some games to make them playable by users without a spinner/trackball. You could ignore this, but it can be annoying if you bump the joystick or if an observer accidentally touches it and affects your game. Simply go into the MAME GUI menu and edit controls for "this game" and remove the joystick inputs.... It sounds like you want to build a custom control. You do this by subclassing NSControl, which there is a guide on how to do. You can control the circular clickable area, and the responses to the mouse events by implementing the various methods.
26/04/2017�� I always fiddle with the settings in MAME to make a trackball less sensitive for paddle games. Overall, it's not the ideal solution, but it is better than the D-Pad or Joystick controllers. Overall, it's not the ideal solution, but it is better than the D-Pad or Joystick controllers.... 24/11/2017�� Like somehow make the trackball show up in the windows joystick window as an analog joystick like you would find on a playstation controller. In doing so the faster the trackball is moved the more acceleration there is. Any help with this? I have the Leonardo.
Tribology � DIY Trackball #2 A key design decision I need to make on my way to my DIY trackball is how I would mount/attach the ball. How the ball interacts with the holder through friction and wear etc falls under the study of � tribology �, which originally read like tribolites to me!
Putting a Trackball Inside A Controller January 10, 2016 by Brian Benchoff 40 Comments Gaming on a PC is obviously superior and you would be a fool to argue otherwise.
So I've installed Xpadder to make the joystick available to the game. It works, but the trackball that comes with it won't work. It works, but the trackball that comes with it won't work. When I try to use the joystick, the keyword is replaced with the joystick, and that's fine, but I can't replace the mouse movements with the joystick (I can't move his head without the mouse).
11/08/2012�� I have an X-Arcade Tankstick with a built-in USB Trackball, and would like to add two spinners for 2-player games such as SuperSprint etc. that I would like to play with my son.


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Q: Finding a SIMD between 2 points in RealityKit I have implemented a function, which allows me to find a SIMD3 Vector between two points.
private func getMidPosition(_ a: SIMD3<Float>,
                            _ b: SIMD3<Float>) -> SIMD3<Float> {
    var position: SIMD3<Float> = [0, 0, 0]
    position.x = abs(a.x + b.x) / 2
    position.y = abs(a.y + b.y) / 2
    position.z = abs(a.z + b.z) / 2
    return position
}

I get the position and now I am trying to add some text between those points.
// add text anchor in the middle
let midPosition = getMidPosition(startAnchor!.position(relativeTo: nil),
                                 startAnchor!.position(relativeTo: nil))
print(midPosition)

let textAnchor = AnchorEntity(world: midPosition)
let text = ModelEntity(mesh: .generateText("\(distance)",
                              extrusionDepth: 0.03,
                              font: .systemFont(ofSize: 0.06),
                              containerFrame: .zero,
                              alignment: .center,
                              lineBreakMode: .byCharWrapping),
                  materials: [SimpleMaterial(color: .blue, isMetallic: true)])

textAnchor.addChild(text)
arView.scene.addAnchor(textAnchor)

I get no error but nothing gets added and I cannot see the text on the screen.
UPDATE:
// add text anchor in the middle
                let midPosition = getMidPosition(startAnchor!.position, endAnchor!.position)
                print(midPosition) // SIMD3<Float>(0.07334393, 0.0, 0.067246184)

                let textAnchor = AnchorEntity(world: midPosition)
                let text = ModelEntity(mesh: MeshResource.generateText("HELLO WORLD", extrusionDepth: 0.03, font: .systemFont(ofSize: 0.06), containerFrame: .zero, alignment: .center, lineBreakMode: .byCharWrapping), materials: [SimpleMaterial(color: .blue, isMetallic: true)])

                textAnchor.addChild(text)
                arView.scene.addAnchor(textAnchor)

UPDATE 2: It is added text but it is adding not between the two other anchors. It is adding SIMD3(0.07334393, 0.0, 0.067246184) distance from where I am sitting. So basically, I am sitting on the text and that is why I was not able to see it.
UPDATE 3: I removed the abs but for some reason when I get the SIMD3 vector it shows that the y coordinate is NOT 0. How is that possible when startAnchor and endAnchor has no Y-AXIS.
 // add text anchor in the middle
                let midPosition = getMidPosition(startAnchor!.position, endAnchor!.position)
                print(midPosition)

                let textAnchor = AnchorEntity(world: midPosition)
                textAnchor.position.y = 0 // EVEN SETTING Y = 0 IS MAKING IT FLOAT IN AIR
                let text = ModelEntity(mesh: MeshResource.generateText("HELLO WORLD", extrusionDepth: 0.03, font: .systemFont(ofSize: 0.04), containerFrame: .zero, alignment: .center, lineBreakMode: .byCharWrapping), materials: [SimpleMaterial(color: .blue, isMetallic: true)])

                textAnchor.addChild(text)
                arView.scene.addAnchor(textAnchor)

The text is floating and not resting on the ground. The other positions like X and Z also does not look right.

A: Issues

*

*You provided the same anchor's position for both a and b method's arguments:
startAnchor!.position(relativeTo: nil)

*There's no expression for distance property.

*If you need an anchor's "landing" on the ground, use plane detection and raycasting.

*Potentially, you may not use Y-axis value but zero level on the virtual grid and zero level on detected plane are quite different things.
Code modification
It seems your text is small and/or out of screen. And @Jessy is absolutely right – with abs() method, your anchor's XYZ position will be always positive (i.e. text will only be placed to the right of Origin, above it, and towards the camera, or sometimes even behind the camera). Here's macOS version:
import Cocoa
import RealityKit

class ViewController: NSViewController {

    @IBOutlet var arView: ARView!

    func getMidPosition(_ a: SIMD3<Float>,
                        _ b: SIMD3<Float>) -> SIMD3<Float> {

        var position: SIMD3<Float> = [0, 0, 0]
        position = (b + a) / 2
        return position
    }

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        arView.environment.background = .color(.black)

        let midPosition = getMidPosition([0,0,0], [1,0,0])   // hardcoding
        print(midPosition)                                   // [0.5, 0, 0]

        let text = ModelEntity(mesh: .generateText("RealityKit",
                                      extrusionDepth: 0.01,
                                      font: .systemFont(ofSize: 0.3)),
                          materials: [UnlitMaterial(color: .white)])

        let textAnchor = AnchorEntity(world: midPosition)
        textAnchor.addChild(text)
        arView.scene.addAnchor(textAnchor)
    }
}

Text's pivot alignment
If you need to center the pivot point of the alignmentContainer node, use the following logic:
import Cocoa
import RealityKit

class ViewController: NSViewController {

    @IBOutlet var arView: ARView!

    override func awakeFromNib() {

        arView.environment.background = .color(.black)

        let text = ModelEntity(mesh: .generateText("RealityKit",
                                      extrusionDepth: 0.01,
                                      font: .systemFont(ofSize: 0.3)),
                          materials: [UnlitMaterial(color: .white)])

        let boundingBox: BoundingBox? = text.model?.mesh.bounds

        let x = ((boundingBox?.max.x)! - (boundingBox?.min.x)!) / 2
        let y = ((boundingBox?.max.y)! - (boundingBox?.min.y)!) / 2
        let z = ((boundingBox?.max.z)! - (boundingBox?.min.z)!) / 2

        print(x,y,z)              // [0.69895023, 0.13945313, 0.005]

        let alignmentContainer = Entity()
        alignmentContainer.addChild(text)
        alignmentContainer.position = -1 * [x,y,z]

        let anchor = AnchorEntity(world: [0,0,0])
        anchor.addChild(alignmentContainer)
        arView.scene.addAnchor(anchor)
    }
}

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14+ è un film del 2015 diretto da Andrej Evgen'evič Zajcev.

Trama
Lyosha e Vika, due ragazzi appartenenti a due scuole rivali si innamorano e devono combattere affinché la loro storia d'amore possa proseguire tra mille difficoltà.

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The Hamilton-Gibson Women's Project began in 2016 as a result of the realization that more women than men audition for HG plays, and that there seem to be more roles for men than for women. Barbara Biddison, Linda Iseri, and Lilace Guignard volunteered to work together to provide leadership to address this clear need. Embracing--and just slightly adapting--the HG Mission Statement, the HGWP seeks to "provide opportunities for women of all ages to enrich and empower their lives through community performing arts." The HGWP helps women connect in a variety of ways in the context of theatre arts.
In preparation for the fall event, Pat Davis and Linda Williams conducted memoir-writing workshops beginning in July. Again more than 20 women signed up, and their efforts culminated in a selection of their memoirs presented in Readers Theatre format Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in the Warehouse Theatre. During the same weekend, Amy Rene Byrne from Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, conducted workshops in stage combat and improv for women of all ages. And on Oct. 1 and 2, HGWP presented five short plays in the Warehouse Theatre All five were directed by women (with mentor if she had not directed before), and 14 females were cast in these plays. This weekend provided opportunities for over 40 women Again response was enthusiastic from performing women as well as from audiences. It was clear that HGWP must continue its mission into the future.
The 2017 HGWP started with two play writing workshops in February. These events brought out almost 20 women from Tioga, Potter and Lycoming Counties. They received basic instruction on the form and process of constructing a 10 minute play. Some came with works in progress, others with budding ideas. Some came with just a dream of writing. As a follow up, four sessions were offered in March and April for women to bring their works, completed or in progress, to hear them read aloud. Women were also encourage to attend as readers. Twenty five unique women attended these sessions as readers or writers. They were able to help playwrights with feedback and brainstorming ideas to improve their works. In May, completed works were accepted for potential production and were read by an independent panel that selected 5 works for the fall production of What She Wrote. The 10 minute plays are encouraging women to become involved in ALL aspects of the theater. Four women directors lead the charge, while a crew of women participated in other stage craft, including Set Design, Lighting/Sound, Costuming and Production Management. What She Wrote was presented October 26,27,28 and 29 to appreciative audiences.


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I have 4 clients who I've installed the Docusign for Salesforce App for.  I've followed the installation instructions and every time I end up with the same error.  When it comes to entering my Salesforce credentials it says they are wrong or I have not added the trusted network.  I know the credentials are correct and I have entered the trusted network.  I've tried various things like using security token in the password, configuring at the docusign end.  Nothing works, Docusign don't know what the issue is, I've also raised a case with Salesforce and they can't help.  I can't understand why an App on the app exchange can't get passed configuration and noone can help!  Hopefully someone here can help.  Thanks

A: The DocuSignAPI tag on Stack Overflow is used for api development and integration questions normally, however I will try to address your issue...
First off, if you could update your question with a screenshot of the error and screen you are on when you receive the error that would help isolate the issue.
With that in mind, what screen are you on?  Are you on the screen that's titled "Connect DocuSign to Salesforce"?  Even though you've mentioned I just want to double check that you are entering your Salesforce user credentials and not your DocuSign credentials.
Next, what environment are you selecting?  And what type of DocuSign account do you have?  You need to make sure that you are pointing to an environment where you have an existing account.  For instance, if you have a DocuSign demo account but you are pointing to Production during the install, you might get that error.


The last time Congress completed work on a federal budget before the new fiscal year began, my beloved twins (Matthew and Ariel) hadn't been born. They're sophomores in college now.
That's right -- Congress hasn't approved a complete federal budget in time for the new fiscal year even once in the last 20 years. So at the moment the government is operating under what's called a "continuing resolution," meaning last year's funding levels and priorities have been carried over into the new year.
That wouldn't be a problem if this were the Ottoman Empire circa 1900, because nothing much changed from year to year back then anyway. In America, though, things are changing constantly. If the budget doesn't change with them, the backlog of unaddressed business begins to pile up. Road repairs. Medical research. Military training.
The way continuing resolutions work, federal agencies can't increase the funding of any program above the prior year's level. And if an agency was planning to begin a new program that wasn't funded in the previous year, it has to wait until the "CR" is replaced with a real budget funding the program.
The plan right now is to replace the current continuing resolution with a budget for the remainder of the fiscal year in late April -- by which time the year will be more than half over (it began October 1). But some observers think Congress will go the entire year without passing a real budget and just extend the CR, given the partisan turmoil on Capitol Hill.
That's what the Army's vice-chief of staff, General Daniel Allyn, told Congress last week. He said the Army needs "sustained, long-term, and predictable funding," which is the opposite of what it has been getting from Capitol Hill. Budget caps force it to underfund training, maintenance and investment, while the continuing resolutions prevent it from using what money it has efficiently.
Take the Army's top aviation modernization priority, the program to develop an improved engine for its Apache and Black Hawk helicopters. Those helicopters have been gaining 70-100 pounds of weight per year since they debuted during the Cold War as more equipment was added, so now they are under-powered for operating in hot or high-altitude environments. The Army wants to field a more powerful engine as soon as possible.
But it can't because money it was counting on in the new fiscal year hasn't been appropriated. If the continuing resolution lasts for all of 2017, engineers working on the program will need to be reassigned, and a year's worth of development activity will be lost.
General Allyn, who testified with senior officers from the other services, put the slow and unpredictable pace of congressional funding in stark terms. He said if Congress doesn't fix the problem, the Army will be forced to reduce funding for readiness and contemplate "sending under-trained and poorly equipped soldiers into harm's way."
Our Army requires modernized equipment to win decisively, but today we are outranged, outgunned and outdated.... An unintended consequence of current fiscal constraints is that the Army can no longer afford the most modern equipment, and we risk falling behind near-peers in critical capabilities.
Like, for example, the Russians. The Army has repeatedly warned that it is undermanned and under-equipped in Europe, where the Russians increasingly outclass U.S. soldiers in long-range fires, armored vehicle protection, air defense and electronic warfare. But the Army can't move forward with initiatives like the new helicopter engine and a Long Range Precision Fires program to replace aging battlefield missiles until Congress gets its act together.
General Allyn said the most important thing Congress can do to help the Army is repeal the budget caps. But it also needs to rise above partisan squabbling to pass a real budget for fiscal 2017 and the years that follow. Otherwise, America's Army could be headed for major defeat, and massive casualties.


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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Deep red emission in Eu2+-activated Sr4(PO4)2O phosphors for blue-pumped white LEDs
Naoyuki Komuro,*ab Masayoshi Mikami,c Paul J. Saines,d Katsuhiro Akimotob and Anthony K. Cheethame
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a Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, 1060 Naruda, Odawara, Japan
E-mail: komuro.naoyuki@me.m-kagaku.co.jp
b University of Tsukuba, Institute of Applied Physics, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Japan
c MCHC R&D Synergy Center, Inc., 1000 Aoba, Kamoshida, Yokohama, Japan
d University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, UK
e University of Cambridge, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK
The deep red phosphor Sr4(PO4)2O:Eu2+, which has an excitation peak around 450 nm for blue LED applications, is reported. This behavior is unusual for most phosphate phosphors. The crystal structure of Sr4(PO4)2O:Eu2+ is found to be monoclinic P21 and isotypic with Ca4(PO4)2O:Eu2+, which also shows deep red emission. Sr4(PO4)2O:Eu2+ has a larger lattice volume than Ca4(PO4)2O:Eu2+, but their emission and excitation spectra at room temperature are very similar. The key factors are discussed for achieving a large redshift of the 5d levels of Eu2+ ion in order to emit red light. In particular, the importance of the anion polarizability and the distortions of the metal coordination polyhedra are discussed, including the effective coordination number. Importantly, Sr4(PO4)2O:Eu2+ lacks the yellow emission at 77 K, which is found in Ca4(PO4)2O:Eu2+. The differences in thermal quenching behavior for Eu2+ dopants in Sr4(PO4)2O:Eu2+ and Ca4(PO4)2O:Eu2+ are attributed to the degree of auto/photo-ionization due to differences in the band gaps of these compounds. The importance of the large band gap of the host lattice in avoiding non-radiative processes of energy relaxation was confirmed.
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Cocacola: Chok Case Study
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Coca-Cola China's TV ad for the Hong Kong market invited viewers to use their smartphones to "chok" bottle caps flying across their TV screens. A well-timed waggle of the phone would catch a cap on the phone's screen, earning points (to be redeemed later for sweepstakes entries). This mobile integration was complicated: For instance, people had to download a special app to play, and the timing of the ads had to be announced in advance so that players would be ready. But it all came together and worked. The app was downloaded 380,000 times in its first month, and exposure to the ad (on TV, YouTube, and Weibo combined) exceeded 9 million views.
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Fit matters because if you don't have fit, you don't have style. Whether you choose to wear just a pair of jeans and a white tee, you can still manage to look chic and put together as long as your outfit fits you well. Since proper fit is the key to style and looking put-together, keep on reading for our basic guidelines.
The seam of the shoulder should more or less match where your real shoulder is, and the sleeves should fit just a little past your wrist.
Regardless how billowy or loose the structure of your top is, the shoulder seams should line up with your shoulders. If the seam goes too far past your shoulder it will awkwardly broaden your shoulders and make you look like you're swimming in your clothes, which you don't want. That's the reason why oversized tops, blazers, and coats look slouchy.
Button-fronts should close without gaping.
Whether you're wearing a button-down shirt, cardigan, or jacket, the garment should fit you well. If the garment gapes when buttoned, no matter what bust size you are, it's too small. Think of going for a half size larger if you have larger busts, or consider getting it tailored to fit you perfectly.
The hem of your top shirt should end around mid hip, and not too far past the crotch of your pants.
Except you're wearing leggings that need to team with longer tops, you should go for a shirt that ends around mid-hip to elongate your leg line. If you think you're just trying to hide your midsection with long tops, you're actually just creating a weird silhouette and accentuating your midsection even more.
If you're concerned on muffin tops, opt for higher-rise of pants.
If you see some muffin top, your waistband might be too small or you're wearing the wrong size. If you already opt for your size and that doesn't work, try going with a higher rise as low rises usually sit a few inches below your belly button which does nothing to help contain and control any sort of tummy, in which case it'll spill out over the jeans and form a muffin top. On the other hand, higher rise of pants will contain everything where it should be, so mid-rise would be great.
Go for pant hems that will be suitable for your shoes.
Pant hems usually depend on the cut of your pants and the shoes you're about to wear with them. Basically, they shouldn't be so long that your pants drag on the ground as it will pull the eye downward and will give the overall appearance of droopiness rather than polished. With our basic guidelines, you'll be able to get your perfect fit at all times while keeping that polished style.


Crafted of 100% quality pine wood for years of satisfaction, the Trudy dining room extension table truly is a statement piece. Its distinctive finish with dramatic golden-brown contrasting and subtle wire brush distressing takes the Trudy dining room table from simple to simply extraordinary. Priced with the table 4 wooded backed side chairs and two upholstered side chairs.


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ANSI I-14.1 Up for Review
ANSI/IWFC Standard I-14.1, created in 2001 and outlining safety standards for window cleaners, is up for review next year and the I-14.1 Committee has started taking the necessary steps to keep the Standard up-to-date and relevant.
"It's time to revise and republish [the Standard]," said Stefan Bright, chairperson of the I-14.1 Committee and safety director of the International Window Cleaning Association. "The committee has chosen to do the latter, mostly because over the last five years, things change."
Though he doesn't anticipate there to be any significant changes, Bright explained that the Standard is up for review in 2006 because it has what can be described as a five-year "shelf life." At five years, the Standard needs to be reviewed or republished. If neither action is taken, it expires and is no longer considered valid.
"The final will actually be ready next year. You could say that the next 365 days will be spent finalizing details within the committee and we hope to send it out for public review well before December 2006. Then make any changes from public comment," said Bright.
The Standard currently includes language concerning window anchors, fittings and attachments with regard to the ability of those aspects of glazing to pass drop tests and pull tests required to assess the safety of a building in the realm of window cleaning.
The Committee will meet again in March 2006.
Stay tuned to USGNN for updates on the ANSI I-14.1 and its revision process.


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Wheels In Motion: An educational awareness workshop that provides Ontario students in grade 3, first-hand experience with wheelchair mobility, including case studies that examine the daily structural and attitudinal challenges faced by users of mobility devices.
AMI-GO: A mobile application and wristband device that provides haptic feedback to users to help find their friends, family and co-workers in public spaces, so they can initiate a conversation on a more independent basis.
POV: An interactive mobile application that manipulates the output of the camera on any smart phone to give experiential insight into visual impairments, by demonstrating the effects of different visual disabilities.
Bird's Eye: A discrete and portable device that translates movement on a playing field (ie. soccer pitch) into haptic feedback that helps a visually impaired user follow along, creating a sense of independence and inclusivity for the user.A height adjustable wheelchair seat that allows users to reach higher cupboards and overhead appliances.
Campus Accessibility Mapping Project (CAMP): A map identifying the accessibility level of all major pedestrian routes on the McMaster campus, using research-based criteria developed specifically for this initiative. CAMP would be a vital resource for students with physical disabilities who are not yet familiar with the campus, or current students who face new physical limitations resulting from acute injuries.
Talk Box: A device that allows users to communicate by selecting imagery that is translated into verbal communication via audio output. The tool is mostly used as a teaching aid for students with cognitive, physical or developmental disabilities. It is configurable, cheap, portable, and has been developed to be an open and free aid for learning.
Expandable Portable Accessible Washroom (E-Paw): A design solution that expands the space and amenities of traditional portable washrooms to offer accessible washrooms in temporary locations for people who use mobility assistive devices.
Phineas Sensor System: A sensor that provides users wearing a Bluetooth enabled device with an audio warning to increase independent activity. For example, it signals to a user when they are reaching the end of a swimming pool and assists them with navigation on their way around a running track.
iReadAloud (iRA): A mobile application that provides users, who have low-vision or difficulty reading, with a more interactive reading experience.


The netstat -nr command is used to show the contents of the touting table. Networks with a gateway of 0.0.0.0 are usually directly connected to the interface. The route with a destination address of 0.0.0.0 is your default gateway.


Usually radical changes comes, when you try to solve simple problems. Hoka had a goal to make faster endurance race times when running downhill. Inadvertently they reinvented the running shoe.
Running experience improved when running uphills too. They did find out, that when you design a shoe to 100 miles run in demanding conditions, it helps all runners to perform better.


The weather might not be able to make up its mind between torrential rain and blazing sunshine, but here at tfhq we have a lot to feel sunny about.
Firstly, tiata fahodzi has added a new member of the team – me. My name is Bridget Minamore, I'm a writer, poet and journalist who is passionate about theatre, and I'm also tiata fahodzi's new Digital Officer. My role is essentially going to be helping tfhq make the most of its digital presence, so expect to see a lot more from us over the coming months. We'll be blogging here every week, starting dialogue on Facebook and Twitter, giving an insight to our rehearsal process on Instagram and YouTube, adding to our boards on Pintrest, and starting a Tumblr to collect all the great things we see and want to share. Be sure to follow us across our platforms, and keep an eye out for conversations to get involved with.
As we hinted at on Twitter, we're also very excited about something else: we're doing a call out for artists from the African diaspora in Britain. Here at tfhq we've been thinking a lot about how we could help to showcase some of the best British African talent, and as Brtain's leading African theatre company, we know our platform doesn't end with the stage. One of the main ways we want to connect with our audience is to give artists the opportunity to connect with one another, as well as spread the word about what type of talent we have to offer. We meet so many brilliant creators, and think it would be great to ask them a few questions, hear what they have to say, and share links to their work. The arts are a labour of love, and we want to help and spread the word to as many people as possible. So, if you're a British African artist (of any kind) and would like to write a guest blog, be interviewed, or generally connect with the tiata fahodzi audience, send an email over to digital@tiatafahodzi.com and I will get back to you.
In other great news, we're very excited about our next show: bricks and pieces by award-winning writer Charlene James, with actors training at the famous Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Our Artistic Director Natalie is in rehearsals with the great cast and crew at the moment, and tickets are available now for our 24 May-04 Jun run. We're also looking forward to the bricks and pieces showing at Latitude Festival on 15 July. Tickets are also available now, and you don't want to miss out: last year, our rammed performance of i know all the secrets in our world had crowds queuing up outside the venue just to catch a peek. We hope to see you there.


The sacramental actions of the church—baptism and the Lord's Supper—are concrete, tangible, and visible means by which the church takes the very stuff of creation, water, bread, and cup, and in response to the invitation and command of Christ reenacts the wonder of the gospel. In so doing, the material creation is a means by which God's grace is known.
There is no place for solitary communion. The Lord's Supper is, by its very nature, a corporate event—a meal of the community, not the individual. This is not to discount the place of personal, private prayer and a personal, intimate fellowship with Christ. It is rather to insist that this meal is an encounter with both Christ and the people of God. It is an act by which we are in fellowship with Christ and with others, and the two dimensions, of necessity, always go together. It is appropriate though for the elements of the Lord's Table to be taken to those who cannot be present with the community—those in prison or whose health makes it impossible for them to be present. But then the elements themselves come from the common gathering, and this is made clear both in the common event and in the smaller celebration. The second is derivative of the first.


This module will introduce the practice category of 'assessment, screening and care planning' from the Framework for Quality Maternal and Newborn Care and as such will provide you with an introduction to the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and support to women and their families. Emphasising normality and the development of women's capabilities, you will examine theories and concepts which underpin care throughout the antenatal period, birth and the postnatal period. You will have the opportunity to explore the provision of care in various contexts such as the home, community, midwife-led care facilities and hospital, to enable you to assist women in making informed choices. Assessment of health care needs will include for example, physical assessment during pregnancy e.g. abdominal examination. Care planning includes issues such as understanding the concept of pain and its management. In addition, you will develop your knowledge around the risks and benefits of maternal, fetal and neonatal screening in order to support shared decision making with women regarding their health and that of the fetus/neonate. Module content will be framed by the NMC Code of Professional Standards.
On this module, learning will be based in the University setting. However, it will be enhanced by reflection on your experiences in the practice setting. You will learn through a variety of teaching and learning strategies including lectures, seminars and directed learning for e.g. on-line activities and workbooks. Practice-defined scenario's which illustrate women's journeys and use women's stories will aid in the application of theory to midwifery. Lectures will introduce key concepts in relation to midwifery assessment, screening and care planning which will then be further explored within seminars, workshops and practical's whereby you will learn with and from other students.
Tutors on this module will provide academic support and guidance to facilitate your learning. Learning materials, including directed and e-learning will be made available on the electronic learning platform (eLP). Formative feedback will be available to enable you to review your learning in a safe and supportive environment for example following seminars and practical activities. Where possible feedback will inform the module summative assessment and a group tutorial will further support preparation for the module assessment. In addition, Student Central provide on-line and 1:1 support with academic and writing skills.
1.	Develop your understanding of the role of the midwife and of the various care contexts of practice.
2.	Demonstrate a sound knowledge of a range of theoretical evidence underpinning assessment, screening and care planning tailored to women's circumstances and needs.
3.	Reflect on the professional practice required to establish working relationships with women, their families and other professionals within the boundaries of the NMC Code.
4.	Demonstrate an awareness of the professional attributes required to provide care which recognises the diversity of women's circumstances and needs.
Ongoing feedback will be available from tutors throughout the module following directed activities such as seminars and following completion of e-leaning activities. Peer review will also be encouraged following seminar presentations.
The summative assessment will be a 15-minute presentation, which identifies and explores an aspect of midwifery practice which reflects the module learning outcomes 1-4.
This module will introduce the Framework for Quality Maternal and Newborn Care and the practice of midwives in relation to assessment, screening and care planning for women. The module is a combination of lectures, seminars and practical's which will expose you to women's journeys and stories from pregnancy to post-natal care. The module is year long and will complement the Essential Skills for Practice module and reflection on practice learning experiences will inform some activities and discussions. You will be able to choose an aspect of midwifery care to present for the final assessment.


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Why isn't going as recursive event handling. I thought this.submit() will call the function/event handler (under which it exists) again. I don't face any issue with this , but just want to know how it is working and not as a recursive call.

A: Calling .submit on the form itself doesn't trigger an event, it just submits the form. therefore, the event handler doesn't get executed because there is no event.


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By Brad Dykens on July 29, 2008
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[Birthdays & Anniversaries] Lou Albano (75) and Scott Steiner (46) celebrated birthday's today. Today in Memoriam: Wild Red Berry (66, 1973), Danny Dusek (1982), and Dennis Coraluzzo (48, 2001). .. [reported by Rich Tate of www.GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com]
[ClickWrestle Download of the Day] Amazing Kong vs. Cheerleader Melissa.
[Ring of Honor] ROH "Respect Is Earned II" will debut on pay-per-view on August 1st on iN DEMAND, The DISH Network and TVN cable systems.
[Indy Results] July 27, 2008–Ultimate Championship Wrestling in Berwick, Nova Scotia at Berwick Arena: Sidewinder beat Cinder, Shockwave the Robot (hilarious gimmick) beat Hot Shot Haggerty, Honky Tonk Man couldn't wrestle due to an accident the previous night in Charlottetown where he nearly cut off his index finger (so to make the fans happy he sang the "I'm the Honky Tonk Man" song), Trash Canyon beat ???????, Julian Moore beat Kowboy Mike Hughes w/21st Century Fox by DQ, Julian Moore & Portia Perez beat Mike Hughes & 21st Century Fox in a mixed tag team match.. [reported by Brad Dykens]
[ROH PPV] Ring of Honor's next pay-per-view is "Respect Is Earned II" and it will premiere on August 1st on iN DEMAND, The DISH Network and TVN cable systems. Bryan Danielson and Austin Aries are featured in the advertising.
[YouTube] A message from Holly Hearse, the new host of www.ChickFight.TV on MavTV – check it out at http://youtube.com/watch?v=VgjE5K6DzLM
[SHIMMER] The SHIMMER 2005-2007 Roster Album is available at a cost of $10, plus a flat worldwide shipping fee of $5. If you are located in the United States, your order will be shipped via Priority Mail, in a Priority Mail box (to best prevent from potential damage in shipping). Elsewhere in the world, your order will be shipped in a flat manila envelope. Visit the link below to order now! http://www.visuex.com/shimmer/modules.php?name=Store&file=album
[WSU DVDs] Women Superstars Uncensored released two more DVDs, "Show Must Go On" & "Army Of One" are available at $15.95 each. To find out more, go to http://www.declarationofindependents.net – Any questions or problems ordering, please email [email protected]
[Book News] Bruno Lauer, known professionally as Downtown Bruno or Harvey Wippleman (WWF), has published his hilariously entertaining biography, entitled "Wrestling with the Truth" though Scott Teal's Crowbar Press (www.crowbarpress.com). The book was launched at this year's Cauliflower Ally Club reunion but will be available to the public through www.1wrestlinglegends.com – I had the honor of being one of the proof readers for this book and I am thrilled to endorse the book and proclaim that Bruno's story will open your eyes to the world of pro-wrestling and make you laugh out loud.
[SHIMMER/ROH] Sara Del Rey battled "Girl Dynamite" Jennifer Blake this past Friday, 7/25, at Ring of Honor's debut event in Toronto. Emanuel Melo's photos from the show are on the web for everyone to check out at… http://ontindywrestling.110mb.com/ROHJuly252008/ROHJuly252008results.htm
[Misc News] Police and fire were called to Scott D'Amore's Border City Wrestling Can-Am Wrestling School in Windsor, Ontario, Saturday night at 10pm. They were on the scene within minutes and handled the fire quickly before it spread. The building was fine as the fire started in the back gated parking lot and police and fire officials believe it was arson done by some teenagers. No major damage was done.. [reported by Lindsay Stradeski]
[Indy Event] International Wrestling Cartel presents "No Excuses 4" Saturday August 2nd, 2008 in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania at the Court Time Sports Center. Jerry Lynn defends the Super Indy title against Super Hentai, Jake "The Snake" Roberts will be in a tag team match, plus Ricky Reyes vs. "Fabulous" John McChesney and A LOT more. For more information go to www.IWCwrestling.com
[Indy Event] American Wrestling's Elite Stars Of Mat Entertainment (A.W.E.S.O.M.E.) presents a very special unique once-in-a-lifetime pro wrestling show on Sunday, August 17 at 2 p.m. onboard the fantail of the historic World War II era Battleship New Jersey now located at 62 Battleship Place in Camden, NJ 08103. This show, entitled "Bedlam on the Battleship", will be a fund-raiser for the Battleship New Jersey Museum. Doors will open to the public for seating at 1 p.m. www.awesomewrestlingonline.com
[Indy Event] Shark Boy & Abyss will be appearing at the World Wrestling Coalition event in Aberdeen, Ohio on August 9th, 2008.. [reported by Devin Cutting]
[Indy Event] Insanity Pro Wrestling proudly presents… 8th Annual Super Jr Heavyweight Tournament ***Where High Risk meets High Impact*** on September 6, 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Fountain Square Salvation Army Community Center. This one night tournament includes Davey Richards, Ruckus, Scotty Vortekz, and Shiima Xion. More Info and Participants will be announced in the coming weeks!! Visit online at www.insanityprowrestling.com
[Indy Event] On Saturday September 27th NWA Upstate returns to the Dome Arena for the return of the Upstate 8. In the past the Upstate 8 was an 8 team Tag Tourney. This year it will be 8 singles wrestlers in a one night tourney. Here are the participants: "Fabulous" John McChesney – PWU, Jimmy "Jam" Olsen – NWA Upstate, Bobby Fish – NOAH (Japan), Sonjay Dutt – TNA Wrestling, Ricky Reyes – IWC, "The Amazing Canadian" Lionel Knight – UWA Hardcore, "Freshly Squeezed" Orange Cassidy – International, Slyk Wagner Brown – 2CW ………
[Website] Former WWE developmental wrestler Christopher Gray was the Pro Wrestling Digest HUNK OF THE DAY today – check him out at http://www.prowrestlingdigest.com/2008/07/29/todays-hunk-of-the-day-is-chris-gray/
[Website] Former WWE star Bobby Lashley relaunched his website where he runs his online supplement company. The website is located at http://www.lashleynutrition.com. Also, he is blogging on his website as well at http://www.lashleynutrition.com/blog. Lashley is training for MMA and will be fighting for the American Fight League later this year.. [reported by Angel Aramboles]
[Radio] Listen to the Jerkin' the Curtain radio show, hosted by Trent Vandrisse & Tommy Stewart, focusing on southern wrestling by visiting http://www.blogtalkradio.com/tvd
[Misc News] Jesse Ventura appeared on the Howard Stern show this morning. Among the highlights: Ventura talked about how he approached Hulk Hogan in 1987 to start a union, but Hogan balked; when asked about the Iron Sheik, he said had they started a union, the Sheik would be in better shape today; his political views were the bulk of the conversation, with him suggesting the U.S. was behind the 9/11 attacks, and believing if he was ever the President of the U.S. he would be assassinated; he referred to Osama Bin Laden as the new Lee Harvey Oswald, noting no charges have been brought against him to date; he said his decision not to run for the Senate was decided by a coin toss; he believes the majority of MMA events are fixed; he claimed that after Vince McMahon took 50% of his pay for appearing on an episode of the Fred Dryer television series "Hunter", he decided to leave the company… [reported by Rich Tate]
[Training] Funk's Corner – From Old School to the Present: Take a bump from the top rope like Sputnick Monroe. Do a knee drop like Ric Flair, a death walk from the ring apron like Larry Chene, use the Sleeper Hold like Frankie Hill Murdoch, strut like Gorgeous George, Super Kick like Shawn Michaels, be as beautiful as Lita, Mickie James and Helen Hilde (Mother of Ted Dibiase) wrestle like Kurt Angle, take a Body Slam like Buddy Rogers, Fly like the Hardy Boyz, be as agressive as Antonio Inoki and wise as Giant Baba. Do a roll up like Pat O'Connor. Do a Moonsault like Great Muta. Be as bad as the Funk Brothers. Bleed like Cowboy Bob Ellis and The Lawman. Use the Figure Four Leg Lock like Jack Brisco. Dropkick like Sweet Brown Sugar. Do a double wristlick like Lou Thesz. Be as tough as Gene Kiniski. Be as nice as Andre The Giant. Enter the ring like Triple H. Do the Leg Drop like Huld Hogan. Be as cold and deliberate as The Undertaker. Chop like Wahoo McDaniel. Be as mean as Johnny Valentine. Kick Ass like Stone Cold Steve Austin. Talk like The Rock. Be as arrogant as Vince McMahon and do Hard Core like Dory Funk Sr. in a Texas Death Match. Do it all at the Funking Conservatory – http://www.dory-funk.com and on !BANG! TV. Call 352-895-4658.
[Fan Convention] K&S Wrestlefest is very excited to announce our guests for NWA Legends Fanfest. We will have the man that goes by the names "Nightstaker", "Wrath", "Adam Bomb" and one half of "Kronik" – Bryan Clark so don't miss your chance to get your classis wrestling superstar figure signed of "ADAM BOMB", we have former Georgia Heavyweight Champion, Smoky Mountain Heavyweight Champion and WCW Light Heavyweight Champion – Brad Armstrong, long time stable mates and are multi time tag team champions – Col. Robert Parker a.k.a. the "Tennessee Stud" Robert Fuller and Bunkhouse Buck a.k.a. Jimmy Golden, former Florida Heavyweight and Tag Team Champion – Mike Graham, former WCW Heavywieght Champion, WCW & WWF Tag Team Champion and College Football Hall of Famer – Ron Simmons, next we have a multi time Tag Team Champion and current TNA booker – "Dirty" Dutch Mantell and we have one half of the "Powers of Pain" – the Barbarian.. . This is your chance to get autographs and photo ops with these special guests. For further information or mail orders you can contact Ken or Steve at 516-473-4944 or [email protected]. For NWA Legends Fanfest check out www.nwalegends.com for all the show details.
[Historical Info] Over the past fifteen years, Vance Nevada has become an avid wrestling historian and has spent a LITTLE (actually A LOT) time digging up event results and compiling career records for wrestlers of past and present. He will be doing a massive update of the geocities sites that he has set up for this material in the coming weeks. In case you're interested, here's what is on file: http://www.geocities.com/vancenevada/records.html
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FREE SHIMMER VIDEO CONTENT ONLINE
Be sure to check out the following FREE videos of SHIMMER on YouTube…
SHIMMER on ABC-7 Chicago's "190 North"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=quIQwl5Oyr4
"The Addictive Sound"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OpY3DnOk5E4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3c8HDmK-EI4
"Change Your Perception"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QSrgrunOYQk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dj1h8BWrm-U
Allison Danger vs. Cat Power
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hOzispMw7Ds
Sara Del Rey vs. Lorelei Lee
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QmwH-POifWc
Daizee Haze vs. Portia Perez
http://youtube.com/watch?v=M3gvMsnWv3A
Melissa/MsChif Feud Video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KHn6xdlzcN8
Another Melissa/MsChif Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1HzDhJr-b0
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Maometto II on DVD
Posted on July 5, 2017 by operaramblings
Rossini's Maometto II is one of those pieces that has a somewhat complex performance history. The recent David Alden production seen at Santa Fe and the COC was a carefully reconstructed edition of the original Naples production of 1820 which was considered musically radical at the time. Two years later, for Venice, Rossini produced a new version with cuts, new music and borrowings from other works. He also changed the ending to a happy one. The net effect is a far more conventional bel canto opera. That Venice version forms the basis of the only video recording in the catalogue, recorded at La Fenice in 2005.
Pier Luigi Pizzi's production is entirely straightforward with three roll on sets; a delapidated temple and a pile of rubble in Act 1 and a two level dilapidated temple above a vault in Act 2. Costumes are sort of generic 16th century Middle East. Blocking is rudimentary, mainly "park and bark" and the chorus is not used at all interestingly. Even the battle scene is a bit lame. The overall effect is to reinforce the feeling of a "concert in costume" where pretty singing is what it's all about.
To be fair there is some really good singing and the singers do try to inject some dramatic life into their performances. The star is Carmen Giannatassio as Anna and one can easily see why she has become a superstar. She has a lovely, accurate voice of great flexibility, pinpoint coloratura and plenty of power. There are just a couple of spots, in the final aria for instance, when the tessitura seems to sit a bit low. Some of the revisions were written for a past-her-prime Colbran and are very low for a soprano.
Anna Rita Gemmabella is a more than adequate Calbo with excellent coloratura and fine phrasing though she's about a foot shorter than Erisso, sung by Maxim Mironov, which looks a bit odd at times. Mironov is excellent. Top notch bel canto tenor work. Maometto is the impressive Lorenzo Regazzo. He's the deal; a true bass with coloratura, which is exactly what's called for. His acting is a bit of a one dimensional glower though. There's an odd casting choice for Condulmiero. In Naples this was a tenor role but in Venice the role went to a bass, which was necessary for changes in the Act 1 quartet but that left Condulmiero's big number in Act 1 with a range well above what any bass could reasonably manage. The answer on this recording is to use a countertenor, Nichola Marchesini, and transpose his quartet part up an octave. He's an old fashioned sounding counter tenor and the result, to my ears, is just weird.
The chorus can sing well enough but they don't seem too keen on acting. The orchestra is fine and so is the conducting though I really think this opera, presented this way, is really all about the singing (and see technical discussion below). I really didn't notice the conducting of Claudio Scimone so I guess it was fine.
Although this is a 2005 DVD release it was recorded in HD and the picture is perfectly adequate. The sound is interesting. For whatever reason on the DTS track the singers are given the centre channel and the orchestra the left and right speakers (with the rear channels used conventionally). The effect is to push the voices forward (which is also apparent on the PCM stereo track) though it's pretty easy to get used to and rather reinforces the "singers' opera" nature of the production.
There are no extras on the disk but the booklet is handy. There's a synopsis and a useful essay on the performance history backed up by a comparison chart showing what changed from Naples to Venice. There's a track listing too but as the entire 170 minutes is only split into fifteen tracks it isn't very useful. Subtitle options are English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese and Korean.
This is the only video recording of this work so, while I might have preferred a recording of the Alden production, this will have to serve.
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The Magritte Award for Best Director (French: Magritte du meilleur réalisateur) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working within the film industry. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.

The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Jaco Van Dormael receiving the award for his work in Mr. Nobody. As of the 2022 ceremony, Laura Wandel is the most recent winner in this category for her work in Playground.

Winners and nominees
In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

2010s

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References

External links
 Magritte Awards official website
 Magritte Award for Best Director at AlloCiné

2011 establishments in Belgium
Awards established in 2011
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One of the great things about having this blog is the constant search and discovery of cool reading resources that somehow involve the sports world. A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to stumble upon a book called Tackle Reading by author and urban literacy specialist Kathryn Starke.
Officially described, Tackle Reading is a resource that will motivate children, support parents, and inspire teachers and fellow educators to love literacy. This book contains stories written by NFL players, celebrities, and authors who are passionate about reading education. It also includes pieces, lesson plans, activities, and guidance provided by literacy leaders, educators, and organizations dedicated to improve literacy instruction for all children.
There are SO many things to really like about this! First, we can all agree that literacy instruction is perhaps the most important plate on the education dinner table. Reading=life. In an era of distracted kids, teaching kids to read AND to love the act of reading itself is essential. They do not exist in isolation. Starke clearly values both, which is why I value her work. The fact that she recognizes that sports is a great vehicle to promote literacy warms my heart to no end, and supports my philosophy!
May I digress slightly? The problem I have with sports(sports figures) and reading thus far is that there needs to be a more constant connection. While having a professional athlete pop into a classroom and read a cute book to kindergartners is fantastic, what really needs to happen is a more consistent dialogue between athletes and young readers. At the middle and high school level, where the stars can no longer come in for a quick reading of Curious George and head out, athlete collaboration hits the wall. Instead, you get some loose reward incentive program from the local pro team that gives stickers or free nosebleed tickets to a Wednesday night game in exchange for whatever each kid wants to fib about in their reading log. How is this personalized? Where's the real connection? Wouldn't it be great if these teenagers could see how their sports stars modeled reading in their everyday life? How cool to see athletes tweeting out what they were reading? Maybe some book clubs? Yes, GENUINE collaboration. Teenagers won't buy into anything without it.
Anyways, I urge you to check out Tackle Reading and Kathryn Starke. I haven't seen too many things out there that try to forge a real, sustainable partnership in this area, but this has promise. Kathryn is smart, she "gets it" when it comes to reading philosophy, and she incorporates sports! Winner! Order her book for your library and get it out to your teachers and parents. If you are a parent, there is great value in Starke's material to promote independent reading at home.
Them are fighting books!! Another VOYA list!
I'll be damned, however, if I was going to get sand kicked in my face! So, I fought back with a list of sports combat books that I think is terrific and that I am sure will knock anyone out in your library!
Here is a copy of my story that appeared in the October issue of VOYA Magazine. Take a read and consider some of these selections. I have found that there is a huge appetite for these titles.
Click on the article image for the story and full list of books!!
In the November issue, Runner's World rolled out a retro running theme for their 50th anniversary that provided a fun little blast into the past for me! One specific article that caught my eye was "Front Row of the Revolution," by Tish Hamilton, which does a fantastic job tracing the rise of women in running. As a runner for some 30 years, it is interesting to put into context just how important women have become to running--and I guess running to women--over that time. In coaching both girls and boys distance running at the high school level for 25 years, I have witnessed not only the dramatic rise in participation of girls in the sport, but the quality of female runners and the PR's being set in races are nothing short of incredible. There truly is a revolution!
In light if this, I thought I would highlight some books on women and running. In looking through my collection, however, I was shocked to find that about 90% of my running books involved male runners! While I am sure that the female runners in my school could identify with male running characters and would read those books, there was very little I had to represent their specific side of the sport. To make matters worse, as I set out to find books for female runners, there was a clear lack of material to satisfy this need. Not only was I neglecting female runners, but authors were as well.
Luckily, a few strong options are pressing their way to the front. Amby Burfoot does a nice job tracing the history of women runners in his book First Ladies of Running. I can assure you that when I ask my male runners about great distance runners throughout history, they can rattle off Pre, Shorter, Rodgers, Salazar, etc. with ease! When I ask my girls team to talk about influential female runners, I get crickets. The book does a nice job of highlighting female pioneers of running, and would be a wise addition to any library.
Other books highlight more inspirational stories of female runners. Some are professional athletes, most are ladies looking for outlets to better themselves. Running Like a Girl by Alexandra Heminsley, and Mile Markers by Kristin Armstrong provide fantastic examples and motivation for females looking to running for empowerment. There are also some excellent titles about running and family. My Year of Running Dangerously talks about the author's challenge of keeping up in running with his 18 year old daughter (I can relate!) and the Run like a Mother books by by Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea are entertaining looks at the correlation between running and being a better parent.
Finally, I wanted to include a very relevant book I just purchased for my library called Fit Not Healthy by Vanessa Alford. As a story about how a woman's obsession to be the best runner caused unhealthy habits, it is very applicable to a growing segment of competitive female runners that I see who are pushing themselves beyond what is healthy to maintain a competitive edge.
Here is one wish I have for future running books. I have been able to stock up on many great running titles about male high school and college cross country team experiences. I would love there to be some of these same inspirational stories involving female teams. I know they are out there!


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5 Best Movies From the 90s About Relationships
Posted byalexmercy066 February 4, 2021 Posted inUncategorizedTags:Relationships, webroot.com/safe
Hollywood has a history of producing classic romantic movies, and if we look back, we find that the 90s have contributed a lot to this glorious history. The decade of the 90s was when one after another, Hollywood supplied a lot of romantic movies to the screen, and many of them set different benchmarks in terms of creativity, screenplay, or cinematography. Let's scroll down and find the top picks for you.
Pretty Woman is one of the best movies from the 90s as well as one of the first hits of the decade. The film revolves around Edward, a rich entrepreneur, and Vivian, a prostitute. Edward hires Vivian to accompany him to a few social events, and after spending some time, ends up falling in love with her. The film keeps the audience gripped till the end as they witness the love story sprouting between people from two entirely different worlds and their efforts to bridge the gap. Julia Roberts (Vivian Ward), Richard Gere (Edward Lewis), Laura San Giacomo (Kit De Luca), and Héctor Elizondo (Barney Thompson) are starring in this film. Garry Marshall directed this film. Pretty Woman has received an IMDb rating of 7.
The Man In The Moon
The Man In The Moon hit the theatres a year after Pretty Woman and left the audience enticed with a gorgeous love story. The film featured Dani, a 14-year-old girl, falling in love with her neighbor, Court Foster. The film witnesses the struggle of their love life as they try to cope with each other's feelings. Reese Witherspoon (Dani Trant), Jason London (Court Foster), Emily Warfield (Maureen Trant), and Sam Waterston (Matthew Trant) are starring in this film. Robert Mulligan has directed this film. The Man In The Moon has received an IMDb rating of 7.4.
Forrest Gump gave a fresh definition to the whole cinema world with its arrival in theatres in 1994. The film follows the life of Forrest Gump, a man with a low IQ, experienced a lot of key historical events throughout his life and achieved a lot. However, for him, the only purpose of his life was to reunite with his childhood sweetheart, Jenny. Robert Zemeckis has directed this film, and the film has received an IMDb rating of 8.8. Forrest Gump bagged an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Titanic became one of the most popular and highest-grossing films of all time after it hit the theatres in 1997. The film is considered one of the best works of legendary director James Cameron. The film featured a 17-year-old girl, Rose, who comes from an aristocratic family and is going to get married soon. However, she falls in love with Jack Dawson, an artist, after she meets him on Titanic, a ship that is going to meet a tragic end.
Before Sunrise is another great movie released in the 90s. The film follows the love story of Jesse and Celine, an American man and a French woman. They meet each other while traveling on a train in Europe, and unfortunately, the day they meet is the last day for Jess in Europe, as he has to return to the USA on the next day. They decide to spend his last day in Europe together, which gets them involved. Ethan Hawke (Jesse Wallace), Julie Delpy (Celine), Andrea Eckert (Wife in the train), and Dominik Castell (Street Poet) are starring in this film. The film is directed by Richard Linklater. Before Sunrise has received an IMDb rating of 8.1.
Many movies rolled out on the screen in the 90s and became the epitome of success in the cinema world. You should watch the movies listed above and enjoy the feeling of nostalgia.
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