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Real-Time Motion Capture Firm Faceshift May Have Been Acquired by Apple
Friday September 4, 2015 12:38 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
Based on a few whispers and some research, MacRumors believes that Swiss real-time motion capture firm Faceshift may have been acquired by Apple in recent weeks. Faceshift has been working with game and animation studios, as well as smaller companies, on technology to quickly and accurately capture facial expressions using 3D sensors, including releasing Faceshift Studio software with plugins for animation software like Maya and Unity. More recently, the company has been working toward consumer-facing software such as a Skype plugin that would support real-time avatars for video chat.
Faceshift was launched in 2011 out of the Computer Graphics and Geometry Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and has shown off some impressive demos of its technology in a number of settings. In mid-2013, the company brought on industry veteran Doug Griffin, formerly of Industrial Light & Magic and Electronic Arts, to head up a San Francisco office.
Faceshift has clearly been acquired by another company in recent weeks, as noted in a Swiss company registry filing from August 19 showing the three original corporate directors having stepped down as of August 14 and being replaced by Baker & McKenzie mergers and acquisitions attorney Martin Frey. Frey does not appear to have any direct links with Apple, but Apple has frequently used Baker & McKenzie's services in a number of countries around the world, including management of some of Apple's Swiss trademarks.
MacRumors contacted several people in position to know about Faceshift's fate to ask if they could confirm whether Apple has acquired the company, and while none were willing to offer outright confirmation, we received no denials and in one case received confirmation of Apple's current interest in face-tracking technology. Apple did not respond to our request for comment on the possible acquisition.
In one video from the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality expo in May, Griffin discusses Faceshift's technology, noting the demo is running using a Carmine 3D sensor from PrimeSense, which Apple acquired in 2013. Griffin is quick to point out he doesn't know whether Apple has interest in the area, but just three months later, something significant has happened at Faceshift as the company has for the most part shut down its website that formerly advertised its upcoming consumer effort and a partnership for integration with Intel's RealSense 3D camera systems.
So what we're showing right now is the PrimeSense Carmine. It's a camera that was originally the internal guts of the original Kinect. And actually they built a really cool camera a couple years ago -- a really tiny one that's embeddable -- and Apple bought that company. We don't know what's happening with Apple. We're kind of hoping they might do something in the future.
Griffin himself has very recently updated his LinkedIn profile to list his occupation as "Considering New Opportunities", suggesting he is no longer with Faceshift following its acquisition. A second Bay Area employee of Faceshift, Steve Macdonald, has also just changed his occupation to "Currently Looking For New Opportunities", showing his employment with the company ended in July.
Faceshift has removed nearly all mentions of its previous Faceshift Studio software from its website and has gone silent on Twitter and Facebook. The company is apparently still answering support requests, but offering no details on the fate of Faceshift Studio beyond its discontinuation.
Taken together, the evidence indicates Faceshift has indeed been acquired by another company that appears to be changing Faceshift's focus away from its current software products. While we have not been able to find a smoking gun linking the purchase to Apple, the highly secretive nature of the acquisition is typical of Apple and signs of Apple's ongoing interest in technology closely related to Faceshift's all make for a tantalizing possibility.
Back in 2010, Apple acquired Swedish facial recognition firm Polar Rose, and the company has filed several patent applications related to the technology. And of course real-time 3D motion capture is the key technology of PrimeSense, for which Apple reportedly paid nearly $350 million.
As for what Apple could do with Faceshift's technology, there are a number of possibilities ranging from the fun such as real-time avatars for FaceTime video chats to the more serious including biometrics for unlocking devices or authorizing payments via facial recognition.
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JackANSI
FaceKit?
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
theheadguy
iOS X, 2016 ;)
Aww, that's cute... you don't know Apple yet.
Gasu E.
Faceshift. The only question, which side is the Orc on? ;)
I'm going to get Shift-Faced tonight, myself.
T'hain Esh Kelch
I can now look like Steve Balmer while talking to my boss over Facetime? Sweet!
jayducharme
biometrics for unlocking devices or authorizing payments via facial recognition
This makes the most sense to me. Just look at your iPhone or Mac and it unlocks for you. With a camera embedded in a television, just walk up to it and it automatically loads your shows and preferences.
Andres Cantu
I don't get it. And thats really not 2 words.
Two words, two-and-a-half, three, however you look at doesn't matter. I'm giving examples about how Apple has acquired companies in the past and used their technologies to develop their own products in a relatively short time, which is why I had said we could see something come out of this acquisition by 2016 in iOS X.
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Here are my working definitions — and prices! — for the different "tiers" of wedding planning professionals.
Do I Have to Have a Wedding Rehearsal?
A rehearsal can seem like just one more thing to do but it's important.
What Is a Wedding Venue Walkthrough?
Here's what to expect and what to ask.
Who Do I Tip at My Wedding?
Because you're not done paying for things yet!
How Much Alcohol Do I Need to Buy for My Wedding?
It's not because he doesn't love you.
It's a special form of writer's block.
And it's not "What are your colors?"
They're the one vendor I never thought you'd need.
This is kind of a bigger deal.
Flowers die but that doesn't mean you shouldn't get them.
The cold hard truth? You're going to pay too much for things.
Because you can only say "your presence is a present" so many times.


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Sinking Underground: The Growing Informal Economy in California Construction
September 1, 2014 / By Yvonne Yen Liu and Daniel Flaming / United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Construction is a $152 billion industry in California, employing 895,000 workers. One out of six construction workers in the Golden State, that is 143,900, sank into the informal economy in 2011. Informal construction workers earn about half of what their formal counterparts bring home and their households are three times more likely to live in poverty.
Ebbing Tides in the Golden State: Impacts of the 2008 Recession on California and Los Angeles County
June 8, 2009 / By Daniel Flaming, Patrick Burns and Michael Matsunaga / Economic Roundtable, the California Endowment
The most concrete characteristic of a recession is that demand disappears for some of the commodities produced by workers and unwanted unemployment is imposed on a large segment of the labor force. With growing job losses in the current recession it is important to know, whose boat falls when the economic tide recedes?
Concentrated Poverty in Los Angeles
February 9, 2008 / By Michael Matsunaga / the City of Los Angeles
Poverty adversely affects the lives of Los Angeles residents as well as the City as a whole. Among other things, poverty has a direct financial impact on local government because of above-average per capita costs for municipal services related to police and fire protection, courts, education, and other services in poor neighborhoods.
Jobs in Construction: Building Trades Opportunities in South-Central Los Angeles
February 8, 1994 / By Daniel Flaming and Jo-Shing Yang / Community Build
SYNOPSIS This report assesses the viability increasing access of South-Central Los Angeles residents, particularly young, Black residents, to employment opportunities in building trades and the construction industry. Information from this analysis indicates that African American residents of South-Central Los Angeles do not participate equally in employment opportunities in the construction industry.

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#pragma once
#include <aws/appmesh/AppMesh_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/appmesh/AppMeshRequest.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSString.h>
#include <utility>

namespace Aws
{
namespace Http
{
    class URI;
} //namespace Http
namespace AppMesh
{
namespace Model
{

  /**
   */
  class AWS_APPMESH_API DeleteVirtualGatewayRequest : public AppMeshRequest
  {
  public:
    DeleteVirtualGatewayRequest();

    // Service request name is the Operation name which will send this request out,
    // each operation should has unique request name, so that we can get operation's name from this request.
    // Note: this is not true for response, multiple operations may have the same response name,
    // so we can not get operation's name from response.
    inline virtual const char* GetServiceRequestName() const override { return "DeleteVirtualGateway"; }

    Aws::String SerializePayload() const override;

    void AddQueryStringParameters(Aws::Http::URI& uri) const override;

    /**
     *
The name of the service mesh to delete the virtual gateway from.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetMeshName() const{ return m_meshName; }

    /**
     *
The name of the service mesh to delete the virtual gateway from.

     */
    inline bool MeshNameHasBeenSet() const { return m_meshNameHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The name of the service mesh to delete the virtual gateway from.

     */
    inline void SetMeshName(const Aws::String& value) { m_meshNameHasBeenSet = true; m_meshName = value; }

    /**
     *
The name of the service mesh to delete the virtual gateway from.

     */
    inline void SetMeshName(Aws::String&& value) { m_meshNameHasBeenSet = true; m_meshName = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The name of the service mesh to delete the virtual gateway from.

     */
    inline void SetMeshName(const char* value) { m_meshNameHasBeenSet = true; m_meshName.assign(value); }

    /**
     *
The name of the service mesh to delete the virtual gateway from.

     */
    inline DeleteVirtualGatewayRequest& WithMeshName(const Aws::String& value) { SetMeshName(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The name of the service mesh to delete the virtual gateway from.

     */
    inline DeleteVirtualGatewayRequest& WithMeshName(Aws::String&& value) { SetMeshName(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The name of the service mesh to delete the virtual gateway from.

     */
    inline DeleteVirtualGatewayRequest& WithMeshName(const char* value) { SetMeshName(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the service mesh owner. If the
     * account ID is not your own, then it's the ID of the account that shared the mesh
     * with your account. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working
     * with shared meshes.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetMeshOwner() const{ return m_meshOwner; }

    /**
     *
The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the service mesh owner. If the
     * account ID is not your own, then it's the ID of the account that shared the mesh
     * with your account. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working
     * with shared meshes.

     */
    inline bool MeshOwnerHasBeenSet() const { return m_meshOwnerHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the service mesh owner. If the
     * account ID is not your own, then it's the ID of the account that shared the mesh
     * with your account. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working
     * with shared meshes.

     */
    inline void SetMeshOwner(const Aws::String& value) { m_meshOwnerHasBeenSet = true; m_meshOwner = value; }

    /**
     *
The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the service mesh owner. If the
     * account ID is not your own, then it's the ID of the account that shared the mesh
     * with your account. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working
     * with shared meshes.

     */
    inline void SetMeshOwner(Aws::String&& value) { m_meshOwnerHasBeenSet = true; m_meshOwner = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the service mesh owner. If the
     * account ID is not your own, then it's the ID of the account that shared the mesh
     * with your account. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working
     * with shared meshes.

     */
    inline void SetMeshOwner(const char* value) { m_meshOwnerHasBeenSet = true; m_meshOwner.assign(value); }

    /**
     *
The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the service mesh owner. If the
     * account ID is not your own, then it's the ID of the account that shared the mesh
     * with your account. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working
     * with shared meshes.

     */
    inline DeleteVirtualGatewayRequest& WithMeshOwner(const Aws::String& value) { SetMeshOwner(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the service mesh owner. If the
     * account ID is not your own, then it's the ID of the account that shared the mesh
     * with your account. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working
     * with shared meshes.

     */
    inline DeleteVirtualGatewayRequest& WithMeshOwner(Aws::String&& value) { SetMeshOwner(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The Amazon Web Services IAM account ID of the service mesh owner. If the
     * account ID is not your own, then it's the ID of the account that shared the mesh
     * with your account. For more information about mesh sharing, see Working
     * with shared meshes.

     */
    inline DeleteVirtualGatewayRequest& WithMeshOwner(const char* value) { SetMeshOwner(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The name of the virtual gateway to delete.

     */
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    /**
     *
The name of the virtual gateway to delete.

     */
    inline bool VirtualGatewayNameHasBeenSet() const { return m_virtualGatewayNameHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The name of the virtual gateway to delete.

     */
    inline void SetVirtualGatewayName(const Aws::String& value) { m_virtualGatewayNameHasBeenSet = true; m_virtualGatewayName = value; }

    /**
     *
The name of the virtual gateway to delete.

     */
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The name of the virtual gateway to delete.

     */
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    /**
     *
The name of the virtual gateway to delete.

     */
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    /**
     *
The name of the virtual gateway to delete.

     */
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    /**
     *
The name of the virtual gateway to delete.

     */
    inline DeleteVirtualGatewayRequest& WithVirtualGatewayName(const char* value) { SetVirtualGatewayName(value); return *this;}

  private:

    Aws::String m_meshName;
    bool m_meshNameHasBeenSet = false;

    Aws::String m_meshOwner;
    bool m_meshOwnerHasBeenSet = false;

    Aws::String m_virtualGatewayName;
    bool m_virtualGatewayNameHasBeenSet = false;
  };

} // namespace Model
} // namespace AppMesh
} // namespace Aws

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Fr. Bill's Podcast Central: Homily - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, YR C - "How Long?"
Homily - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, YR C - "How Long?"
This week's homily is given at our Sunday 5:30 am Life Teen Mass at St. Anthony's.
In this Episode: Homily for 27th Sunday - How Long must we wait; Do not harden your hearts; Guard your faith; Yoke yourself to Jesus; Be grateful. Sorry for the audio issues!


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Samira Rafi Creative Director
Violence leaves indelible scars...
CONTEXT & FACTS
Gender violence is a common issue in the world., and countries like Morocco are even more concerned, because of the fact that it's a taboo topic. Moroccans make sure to hide it and the don't openly speak about it.
During the quarantine, the number of cases of domestic violence have considerably increased. Around the world, thousands of women found themselves imprisoned, during this time, with their abusive partners.
In September 30, 2020, 16,590 cases of violence against women have been registered in Morocco, according to a report made by the Royal Gendarmerie.
But only 6.6% of abused women lodged a complaint against their attacker.
Hence the need to denounce and lift the taboo.
As part of its positioning as a committed agency, Boomerang communication, supports the cause of women victims of domestic violence by launching a campaign on social networks that denounces this violent behavior on the occasion of November 25, international day for the elimination of violence against women ...
To carry out this campaign, we have taken the initiative to meet these victims of domestic violence. As part of this focus group, we were able to discuss with these victims. We have listened to each of them, throughout their intimate confessions. A collection of bluish stories that gave us the opportunity to tell and reveal them in a creative way. And this, by inscribing each experience, each story, each real act of violence, on the skin, in order to give them a dimension that is all the more realistic and dramatic.
The idea is based on visuals highlighting one of the sad symbols of the suffering of victims of domestic violence, namely: bruises. Each bruise is seen as a witness to a history of violence and suffering that a woman has had to endure, whether physical or moral. An approach that thus mixes the horror of the situation and its result through the illustration of a traumatic emotional mark contained within a bluish body.
The creative bias was to dare to show a detail of a woman's body, which is a taboo subject in a conservative society like Moroccan society, and to use it to challenge, shock and show this unjust and inhuman violence in the form of scars and bruises that tell these stories of violence against women
> Shed light on the difficult situation experienced by thousands of women during the period of confinement
> Lift the taboo on the problem and dare to show it and talk about it
> Raise awareness about violence against women
> Giving voice to women victims of domestic violence
Samira RafiCreative Director
Annual 2021 ShortlistStop Violence Against WomenCovid19 Annual 2021 ShortlistStop Violence Against WomenSocial Good Project featured: on 19th May 2021 Contributor:
Samira Rafi has been a Contributor since 8th July 2021.
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Stop Violence Against Women
Ken Gerhardt May 20th, 2021, around noon
Not only does COVID have a sinister countenance but, a woman 'trapped' in her own home and having to suffer abuse –a bitter pill to swallow! Ken.
Reynold Lang May 29th, 2021, around noon
Very impactful and extremely memorable. Ren.
Cathy Whittall June 4th, 2021, in the morning
Really Thought Provoking
Ashlee Smedley June 14th, 2021, at dawn
I love these, very powerful.
SAYERS DESIGN July 8th, 2021, late evening
Thoughtful work Samira. You have my vote.
Maria Ingram July 8th, 2021, late evening
Joel July 9th, 2021, in the small hours
Creatively done! Impactful!
Stephen Sellick July 9th, 2021, in the morning
Great work Samira - I've given you my vote.
Antony Barron July 9th, 2021, around noon
powerful and needed.
Rich Brown July 9th, 2021, at noon
WINGS The Agency / Demian Campos July 19th, 2021, in the evening
Good!!
Samira Rafi July 19th, 2021, in the evening
Thank you for your support :)
Beshoy Shenouda July 20th, 2021, in the morning
I loved your work here
Magali Gord December 13th, 2021, in the evening
Powerful work
positive change
stop violence


Grand Junction is a big place. You will probably need a car during your visit. Well, here is a list of web sites for car rental firms serving Grand Junction. If you just happen to be running a car rental agency in Grand Junction and don't see your web site. Feel free to add it.
Rent a car online! Enterprise is noted for its service. Their selection ranges from hybrids to utility vans and SUVs. Local pick up locations include the Grand Junction Airport and 408 South 5th Street.
Alamo offers car rental services at the Grand Junction airport.
RelayRides is a national site that lets qualified drivers rent vehicles from local private car owners. You can make money renting the idle time of your car.
Ryder offers truck rental services at 2386 HWY 6 AND 50 in Grand Junction.
Budget is a leading car rental agency serving Grand Junction and the Western Slope.
You can rent an Avis car at 2828 Walker Field Drive.
Rent online and save! You can rent trucks and vans from Budget and pick up at Armantrout Auto Sales, Irrigation Systems or other locations on the Western Slope, or throughout the US. You can rent trucks for one way moves.


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Lew Finkel (ur.  1946) – amerykański brydżysta, Senior International Master (WBF).

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Sri Lankan Government adviser links Pakistan lynching to Taliban takeover
Lynching in Pakistan | International
Suhasini Haidar
ABU DHABI, December 05, 2021 20:08 IST
Radical groups are getting emboldened, says Rohan Gunaratna, Director General of the Sri Lankan military think tank, the Institute of National Security Studies.
In a grisly incident on December 3, 2021, Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana was lynched and his body burnt by angry supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan in Pakistan's Punjab province over blasphemy allegations. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Drawing a link between the lynching of a Sri Lankan national in Pakistan's Sialkot on Friday to the Taliban's takeover of Kabul, a senior Sri Lankan Government advisor, speaking at a regional conference where countries spoke about the outcome of events in Afghanistan, said that terrorist groups and religious radical groups across South Asia had been emboldened.
"The lynching and burning of the Sri Lankan is a clear reflection of the spread of Salafi Wahhabism in the region. And it's a cancerous ideology that has to be contained, isolated and eliminated," said Rohan Gunaratna, Director General of the Sri Lankan military think tank, the Institute of National Security Studies, who accompanied President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the Indian Ocean Conference in Abu Dhabi, in an interview to The Hindu. Speaking at the conference, Mr. Rajapaksa had called for a regional mechanism to share intelligence and coordinate actions against the threat posed by "religious extremism and terrorism".
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The Sri Lankan government has expressed its outrage over the killing of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Diyawadana, a manager at a factory, who was beaten to death and burnt by a mob that claimed he had committed "blasphemy" by asking for the removal of posters of radical Islamist group Tehreek e Labaik Pakistan (TLP). The Pakistan government had lifted a ban on the TLP only last month, and taken its leader Saad Rizvi off its terrorist list, under pressure from massive public protests.
"Since the return of the Taliban on August 15, we are seeing that terrorist organisations have come to power in Afghanistan, which is once again emerging as the epicentre of terrorism, and Afghanistan, maybe a new Syria," Mr. Gunaratna added, expressing concern that the development had given a fillip to radical Islamist groups in South Asian countries, particularly in Pakistan.
On Saturday evening, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar had also alluded to the fallout of events in Afghanistan, that he said, apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, has had the biggest impact on Indian Ocean countries, given "proximity and sociology".
"The American withdrawal from Afghanistan...leaves both the immediate and extended region grappling with serious concerns about terrorism, radicalism, instability, narco-trafficking and governance practices," Mr. Jaishankar said, in the first such comments that indicated clear differences with the U.S. policy on Afghanistan.
In July this year, after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the EAM had said India and the U.S.'s views on Afghanistan were "quite similar", and also in October, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met U.S. President Joseph Biden, the EAM had said they were on "similar pages" on most issues on Afghanistan, including terrorism.
When asked about the comments, a senior U.S. diplomat said that the U.S. does understand the need to keep "partners in the region" close on what happens in Afghanistan. "If we didn't understand before, we certainly do now," Jennifer Larson, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia said in response to a question from The Hindu.
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MPhuket is very much a holiday destination and therefore attracts various airliners from around the globe. Finnair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson / TUI, Azur Air to name a few plus the usual local traffic from Malaysia Airways, Air Asia, Firefly, Thai Air Asia, Bangkok Air, Jetstar Asia, Nok Air, Thai Vietair and Thai Airways. Plus others that were not seen in daylight hours. Air Asia and Nok Air have some wonderful colour schemes / logo jets. The light is very difficult as the sun is high very early in the day and goes down very quickly too, coupled with the fact that the runways are East/West, you only have a few hours to get sun filled shots. However, below is my attempt. Enjoy.


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Home » FOOTBALL » BUNDESLIGA » Bundesliga: The Cream of the Crop in Bavaria
Bundesliga: The Cream of the Crop in Bavaria
November 24, 2020 April 10, 2020 by Jordan Samar
Since their entry in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich – without a shadow of a doubt – have been the most successful club in the history of German football.
With 28 titles spread across six decades in Germany's top flight, they have clearly dominated the competition in the domestic and also in the international settings, and much of their success can be owed to their star players.
The Bavarians right now are still the championship contenders that we have gotten used to. In fact, they currently own the highest Bundesliga 2020 chances of winning it all once more should the league resume soon.
But for now, as we continue to wait for more Bundesliga 2020 updates due to the coronavirus pandemic, allow SBOTOP to take a look at some of the greatest players ever to represent Die Roten.
Cited by most as one of the iconic wingers ever in Europe, Arjen Robben spoiled us with his flair, speed, and ballhandling dexterity during at the peak of his powers.
In his prime, virtually no one can stop the Dutch international from scoring goals. Known as a born winner, Robben had stints with Chelsea and Real Madrid before heading over to the Allianz Arena where his career would change forever.
From the time he made his debut for Die Roten, Robben would make his impact felt right away as he would tow his team to as far as the semifinals in the 2010 Champions League.
Three years after his debut, he would finally get his crowning moment when he scored the winning goal over their rivals in Borussia Dortmund. He would eventually win eight Bundesliga titles and five DFB Pokals with Bayern Munich.
Robben would finally retire after the 2019 season after a fruitful decade playing for Die Roten. All in all, he has made 201 appearances for them, scoring 99 times.
A big part of Bayern Munich's success for the better part of the decade is also because of Franck Ribery as he and Arjen Robben would form a successful attacking partnership.
After an up-and-down career that would see him jumping around clubs in France and Turkey, the French winger would finally find his home in Die Roten back in 2007.
Ribery enjoyed an illustrious career playing for the Bavarian juggernauts as he would record nine Bundesliga titles and six DFB Pokals.
Like Robben, Ribery is as creative as it gets thanks to his craftiness and high IQ on the pitch. He was once complimented by Zinedine Zidane as the jewel of French football.
In an era where Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were in their primes, it was remarkable that Franck Ribery won the distinctions of being the French and German player of the year in 2008 and UEFA's Best Player in the Europe award back in 2013.
Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge during a presentation before the match
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge may be known now as the chairman of Bayern Munich, but younger fans need to know that he's had a great playing career for the team too.
In his 10 years playing for Die Roten, Rummenigge scored 162 goals in 310 appearances. At one point, he was the Bundesliga's top-scorer in three occasions and even won the German Footballer of the Year award in 1980 as well as the European Footballer of the Year in 1981.
Kalle was one-half of the famous Breitnigge duo during the 80's where he and Paul Breitner went on to win the Bundesliga title in 1980 and 1981, along with DFB Pokals in 1982 and 1984.
Known as a complete and versatile forward, Rummenigge was quick, decisive, and a consummate team player during his prime.
Paul Breitner
Bayern Munich's success in the early 80's would not happen if it weren't for the leadership of Paul Breitner, who is one-half of the famous Breitnigge. He and Rummenigge would form a lethal duo that would wreak havoc against their opponents.
While Rummenigge was more attack-oriented, Breitner was more of an enforcer in the middle to support the backline.
With his strength and power, Breitner was a nightmare to deal with for opposing playmakers. Individually, he has earned for himself a German Footballer of the Year citation in 1981.
His spell with Bayern Munich was the best stretch of his career as he would win seven league titles along with a Champions Cup and a German Cup.
Gerd Muller
Known as Der Bomber, Gerd Muller was way ahead of his time. After all, Muller was the greatest marksman of his era, scoring a whopping total of 365 goals in just 427 Bundesliga matches.
He would be responsible, along with Sapp Maier and Franz Beckenbauer, in ushering a new era for the Bavarians in the early 60's. When he joined the club in 1964, Muller would help catapult Bayern from the Regionalliga Sud to top-flight status for good.
Muller won the German Championship and DFB Pokal four times, along with three European Champions' Cups, one Intercontinental Cup, and one European Winners' Cup.
He is the league's all-time leading scorer and he holds the single-season record for most goals in a season with 40 – a record that is still untouchable to this day.
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A couple of minor processing issues have been cleared with Endeavour, as she continues to move ever closer to Wednesday evening's opening launch attempt at 18:36 local time.
STS-118's S0007 launch countdown procedures have continued with smooth flow towards launch, catching up on the schedule to allow an on time retract of the Rotating Service Structure (RSS) this evening (21:00 local).
Special STS-118 L2 Section now live, with all the MOD Flight Readiness Review presentations (x16), a newly updated Flight Plan and handbooks (Over 150mb of STS-118 documentation added Friday), along with a large amount of mission documentation and NASA/USA engineers helping update status live.
Behind by two hours on the schedule earlier in the day, engineers have caught up to be on time for the key event of RSS retract, following a day of preparations that included the loading of the PRSD (Power Reactant Storage and Distributation) subsystem. The PRSD stores the LH2/LO2 reactants that supply the three fuel cell power plants, which generate all the electrical power for the vehicle.
The PRSD event was surrounded by the bulk of the minor issues – mainly relating to the support equipment, as opposed to the shuttle – which were noted in processing information. All have been resolved and there are no constraints to launch.
'During pre-ops for LH2 PRSD loading Haz Gas reported that their system B vac turbo pump RPM was fluctuating around 300 RPM. Normally this vac turbo pump fluctuates near or below 100 RPM,' noted one processing report.
Another reported issue – again showing how minor the problems being worked in the pad flow are – related to a loose nut, that simply required tightening to allow PRSD loading to proceed. This process has now been completed.
'During initial PRSD LH2 Load, a leak was detected at the LH2 sample panel on A Line B-Nut,' noted the report. 'During engineering walkdown of the LH2 PRSD loading system during initial LH2 flow a small leak was detected on the 155 foot level near the LH2 Low Press Skid.
Other issues noted during the preparations for RSS retract included the removal of a Tyvek cover on thruster F1D, which had debonded. Also, a fastener on the Waste Collection panel was classed as missing.
The return to being on schedule was yet another fine effort from the United Space Alliance engineers, after coming out of the successful leak checks on the crew cabin pressure.
That issue was explained as debris in the affected Positive Pressure cabin Relief Valve (PPRV B). How debris managed to get into the valve will be investigated.


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Have you ever wanted to know more of what the Bible says about God? These six studies are deceptively short, simple, and clear. Each one can be read quickly, but if you really delve into them – checking the Scriptures, working through the Bible studies, thinking through the reflection questions – you will find a rich study resource. The Bible Themes resource at the end is a useful alphabetical listing of key Bible themes that gives practical and teaching help along with Scripture references. The "see also" cross references are linked within the section. You can use this ebook for personal Bible study or for group study.
What is God like? How can we know God? Have you ever wanted to know more of what the Bible says about God? These six studies are deceptively short, simple, and clear. Each one can be read quickly, but if you really delve into them – checking the Scriptures, working through the Bible studies, thinking through the reflection questions – you will find a rich study resource. The Bible Themes resource at the end is a useful alphabetical listing of key Bible themes that gives practical and teaching help along with Scripture references. The "see also" cross references are linked within the section. You can use this ebook for personal Bible study or for group study. It is a remarkable fact that the eternal God has made himself known to us mortal beings. He has disclosed his nature, his being, his character. He has become involved in human history and in the lives of individual believers. God has revealed himself in his creation, for the whole creation proclaims the glory of God. He has revealed himself in his word, the Bible. And most supremely, he became a human in the person of Jesus Christ, his Son. In addition, by the power of the Holy Spirit, God's presence occupies the lives of his followers. The one and only Trinity – God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit – has invited humanity into a living, family relationship with heaven itself!
Richard Bewes is former Rector of All Souls Church, London, where he developed a global internet congregation. A preacher, pastor, broadcaster, hymn-writer, and Christian communicator, he has preached on five continents and written more than twenty books. He is also known for hosting the television programs Open Home: Open Bible and Book by Book. He was awarded on Order of the British Empire by the Queen for his service to the Church of England.


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When a mysterious meteor shower turns three quarters of a regional community into ravenous flesh-eaters whilst simultaneously reanimating the dead, the paths of three strangers are thrust together. Barry, Benny & Frank, through their varying degrees of tragedy, have a unified sense of survival and with a plan to rescue Barry's sister Brooke from a classified government research facility, they have purpose.
After the deluge of z-films in the past decade, particularly zom-coms, it's refreshing to witness one that takes a distinct approach to a dying subgenre. By bridging elements of a road movie with motifs of the aforementioned subgenre and several unique twists of its own, WYRMWOOD proves to be a varied and engaging ride. Unapologetically Australian in its colloquial dialogue, true-blue characters and scenic landscapes, the film teeters on stereotype but manages to efficaciously utilize them to drive both the narrative and humour in a manner that separates this film from the myriad of its ilk.
While successfully forging its own identity, WYRMWOOD also plays as a love letter to the subgenre with many an interlaced reference throughout, including a non-too-subtle nod to the vastly underrated RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3. Influence is non-exclusive to subgenre, with digitally altered colour schemes in key sequences to create hyper-real visuals that mimic those of a comic book while tribute is also paid to Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD TRILOGY through sharply cut prelude-to-action montages.
It's evident that WYRMWOOD is work of passion for first-time feature filmmaker Kiah Roache-Turner, as while it's rough around the edges, almost guerrilla-like at times, it gusts with a love and deep understanding of not only genre but the very medium itself.


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Terje Paul Wibe (born 6 October 1947) is a Norwegian chess player. In  chess, he received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1977. In correspondence chess, he earned the ICCF title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1993.

Biography
In the 1970s, Wibe was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. He won Norwegian Chess Championship in 1971.

He played for Norway in the Chess Olympiads:
 In 1966, at second reserve board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+3, =3, -4),
 In 1968, at first reserve board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+8, =1, -5),
 In 1970, at fourth board in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+4, =9, -2),
 In 1972, at second board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+6, =2, -6),
 In 1978, at first board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+0, =5, -6).

Wibe played for Norway in the World Student Team Chess Championships:
 In 1968, at fourth board in the 15th World Student Team Chess Championship in Ybbs (+5, =2, -4),
 In 1969, at fourth board in the 16th World Student Team Chess Championship in Dresden (+6, =4, -1).

He played for Norway in the Nordic Chess Cups:
 In 1970, at fifth board in the 1st Nordic Chess Cup in Großenbrode (+1, =1, -1) and won team bronze medal,
 In 1972, at first board in the 3rd Nordic Chess Cup in Großenbrode (+1, =1, -2),
 In 1973, at third board in the 4th Nordic Chess Cup in Ribe (+1, =1, -3) and won team bronze medal,
 In 1975, at third board in the 6th Nordic Chess Cup in Hindås (+4, =1, -0) and won individual gold medal,
 In 1977, at third board in the 8th Nordic Chess Cup in Glücksburg (+2, =1, -2),
 In 1983, at fourth board in the 9th Nordic Chess Cup in Oslo (+2, =2, -3),
 In 1987, at second board in the 11th Nordic Chess Cup in Słupsk (+0, =2, -2) and won team gold medal.

From 1977, Wibe actively participated in correspondence chess tournaments. He is a five-time winner of the Norwegian Correspondence Chess Championships: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, and 1990.

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1947 births
Living people
Norwegian chess players
Chess International Masters
Correspondence chess grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors


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Transplant star Declan steps up the battle for his own 'Italian job'
Golden guy: Declan Bennett (centre) with staff from The Fitness Space.
Published: 16:47 Sunday 24 September 2017
Woodhall Spa's record breaking Transplant Games star Declan Bennett has stepped up his quest for more success.
The 18-year-old, a former student at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Horncastle, has partnered with The Fitness Space, Lincoln to train for his next set of challenges.
Declan recently won eight medals at the World Transplant Games and another eight at the British Transplant Games while smashing several world records in swimming and track events.
Savvas Zamboglou, owner at The Fitness Space on Brayford Wharf North in the city, said: "It's really exciting to have Declan come and train with us.
"We're all very impressed with his recent success in the pool and on the track so we're glad to help such a rising sporting star."
At the age of seven, it was discovered that Declan had chronic renal failure – a condition that meant he needed a kidney transplant.
Declan received a living donor kidney transplant from his father Guy in 2009. The donated kidney enabled Declan to work towards a healthy lifestyle and return to the many sporting activities that he enjoyed prior to surgery.
He now has his sights set on the European Transplant Games in Cagliari, Italy, in June next year.
To help him achieve this, Savvas and his team will introduce Declan to a bespoke fitness training programme called DNAFit.
Declan said: "The facilities are brilliant and brand new and I'm really excited to work with Savvas and his team to see what results we can achieve. I'm particularly interested in what the DNAFit results will tell me about my current health.
"I hope I can attain some new personal bests and whatever medals that I can get will be a bonus. I'm hoping to build up more core strength and increase my power to enable me to improve my times."
Declan is currently studying a BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science at Lincoln College.
He is hoping to study Sport and Exercise Science at degree level at the University of Lincoln next year whilst continuing his impressive career.
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Laser Symposium on Electromobility in Aachen: trends for the mobility revolution
Press Release from November 14, 2019
Press Release / 14.11.2019
Following a successful premiere in 2019, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT will kick off the second Laser Symposium on Electromobility – LSE'20 – in Aachen on February 12, 2020. The two-day event will focus on high-efficiency laser techniques for every step in the process chain for producing batteries and electric vehicles. One of the main highlights will be a presentation from Swiss company E-Force One AG on the electrification of heavy-duty transportation.
One of the topics at LSE'20: efficient laser joining for contacting batteries.
The first Laser Symposium on Electromobility in 2019 was already fully booked. At LSE'20, Fraunhofer ILT expects to welcome 100 participants from industry and research.
2020 will be a defining year for electromobility in the global vehicle industry: that's when the EU's binding fleet-wide CO2 emission targets come into effect. This fact is also reflected in the growing interest in events related to the production of electric vehicles and batteries. One such event was Fraunhofer ILT's first, one-day Laser Symposium on Electromobility, which took place in Aachen in February 2019 and sold out all 60 available spaces.
Two-day symposium will increase exchange of ideas
"We received very positive feedback from many research and industry experts," reports André Häusler, team leader for micro joining of metallic materials at Fraunhofer ILT. "But the participants would also have liked to have more opportunities for discussions with other attendees to exchange ideas and share detailed knowledge in the field of process monitoring. That's why, in 2020, we will host a two-day symposium that also focuses on this topic, and we expect to welcome 100 participants."
As requested by many participants, the event will begin with a laboratory tour at Fraunhofer ILT on February 12. After an exclusive look at current research projects, there will be 16 talks, for instance on laser processes in battery production, laser sources in electromobility and production systems in laser material processing. The talks will also shed light on process monitoring, laser manufacturing methods and laser-based treatment and processing of solid-state batteries. The Aachen-based researchers rely on a proven concept: research gets to have its say, but industry practice is stepping back into the spotlight.
Major interest in process monitoring
An interesting dialog is likely to develop, as the symposium will be attended by not only laser manufacturers, but also system suppliers and equipment manufacturers, such as Manz AG in Reutlingen. "This time there will also be some automotive manufacturers in attendance, such as Swiss E-Force One AG, which is building electric trucks," says Häusler.
There will also be a great need for discussion regarding the new focus topic process monitoring in the production of battery modules, which are currently in high demand. Häusler cites one of the typical dilemmas: "Manufacturers must ensure that they have securely joined and bonded the cell. It is also important to not weld too deeply during manufacture so as not to damage the cell." So the joining process must be monitored directly in situ wherever possible.
Trend toward higher charging currents
Fraunhofer ILT will also present a variety of battery designs and explain how they were engineered for optimum joining. "To increase the charging current in the modules, we're seeing a trend toward larger connector sizes," notes Häusler, who will be speaking at the event. "So the cross sections of the contacts to be welded must be sized accordingly."
High-productivity stack manufacturing cuts costs
Manufacturers' plans to start high-volume production of electric vehicles means that battery production needs to be speed up. That's what the HoLiB research project ("High-throughput methods in manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries") is aimed at, which is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The goal is to create an automated, fixed-path production line that reduces cycle times by a factor of ten by linking the assembly, stacking and bonding processes. This would bring them to under 100 ms per assembled and stacked electrode, boosting productivity and lowering costs.
Another important topic is the blue diode laser, which has an absorption rate of more than 50 percent in copper alloys, making it more suitable than infrared lasers for joining electrically and thermally conductive contacts. Laserline GmbH, a company based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, will present the current state of this technology. "The blue laser is stimulated by diodes, which gives the user a larger focus diameter," Häusler explains. "This technology won't replace single-mode sources, but it paves the way for new applications."
LSE'20 in Aachen: symposium on the future of electromobility
The second Laser Symposium on Electromobility will take place at Fraunhofer ILT in Aachen on February 12 and 13, 2020. The presentations will be held in German. Early-bird registration is available through December 4, 2019 for 695 euros. After that, the fee goes up to 795 euros.
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Here is the riveting story of the Russian Revolution as it unfolded. When Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. With their four daughters (including Anastasia) and only son, a hemophiliac, Nicholas and his reclusive wife, Alexandra, buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as World War I raged outside their door and political unrest grew. Deftly maneuvering between the lives of the Romanovs and the plight of Russia's peasants and their eventual uprising, Fleming offers up a fascinating portrait, complete with inserts featuring period photographs and compelling primary-source material that brings it all to life. History doesn't get more interesting than the story of the Romanovs.
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life. Vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers, she burys her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family and includes a historical note. Consider this one "ripped from the headlines" circa 1941.
In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history—almost three years of bombardment and starvation that culminated in the harsh winter of 1943-1944. More than a million citizens perished. Survivors recall corpses littering the frozen streets, their relatives having neither the means nor the strength to bury them. Residents burned books, furniture, and floorboards to keep warm. They ate family pets and—eventually—one another to stay alive. Trapped between the Nazi invading force and the Soviet government itself was composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who would write a symphony that roused, rallied, eulogized, and commemorated his fellow citizens—the Leningrad Symphony, which came to occupy a surprising place of prominence in the eventual Allied victory. This is the true story of a city under siege and the triumph of bravery and defiance in the face of terrifying odds. It is also a look at the power and layered meaning of music in beleaguered lives.
Anyway... an improverished Russian country girl named Elena Rudina and an aristocrat named Ekatrina meet and set in motion an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and the witch Baba Yaga. BABA YAGA, you guys!
At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil. After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows. And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa's stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for marriage or confinement in a convent. As danger circles nearer, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed—this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse's most frightening tales.
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Nothing Is Forgotten by Peter Golden a new(2018) book of historical fiction that I am reading right now.
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Although other branches had higher levels of exposure, Air Force veterans were also at risk for asbestos exposure.
The Air Force was founded as an offshoot of the United States Army Air Force, which developed out of World War II. The USAAF grew so much as a result of the war that it rebranded as a separate branch as a result of the National Security Act of 1947. This growth also supported a huge increase in asbestos use in the branch because of the amount of aircraft built during this period.
The use of asbestos became universal throughout the military during WWII. Therefore, Airmen who served between 1947 and the 1980s faced the highest risk of asbestos exposure.
Aircraft and barracks were the most frequent area where veterans encountered asbestos. Aircraft mechanics were most at risk of exposure.
Air Force veterans with mesothelioma are usually eligible to receive the maximum benefit from the VA, which is about $3,000 per month. Our VA accredited claims agent can explain what you need to know about VA benefits.
There are a few reports that outlined the dangers of asbestos in the military, but these risks were virtually unknown at the time. Companies profiting from asbestos kept the dangers to veterans unknown. Therefore, it is important for Air Force veterans to realize the Air Force is not responsible for their exposure.
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Being a relatively new branch of the military means that asbestos exposure wasn't as prevalent in the Air Force. There is a 20 to 30 year period that Airmen could have been exposed to harmful amounts of asbestos, ending during the beginning of asbestos regulations in the 1970s and 80s.
Regardless of the branch's relative youth, Air Force veterans are still at a risk of asbestos exposure because of the common use of asbestos in the military.
This toxin was most commonly found in barracks, aircraft and other vehicles. Learn more about asbestos used in the Air Force our free Mesothelioma Guide.
It is now widely known that all military branches combined used over 300 asbestos products in virtually every application possible. It is therefore reasonable to assume that aircraft used throughout the Cold War contained asbestos.
Asbestos was prevalent in aircraft because of its insulating and fire resistance properties. This puts aircraft mechanics at the top of the list of Air Force veterans who are more likely to develop mesothelioma.
Any components that posed a threat of catching fire or that created friction was insulated with asbestos. These components posed little risk while in good condition. However, components that needed to be replaced probably weren't in the best of condition. This makes the likelihood of asbestos fibers being released much greater.
Aircraft mechanics had the highest risk of asbestos exposure in the Air Force.
The barracks Airmen lived and slept in had a risk of asbestos exposure. However, exposure was not likely unless they had a direct hand in the construction or repair of these buildings. Asbestos was commonly used in the construction of all military barracks but typically does not pose a threat unless it is disturbed.
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Q: Why is the VPN switch sometimes missing from settings on my iPad? There is a VPN switch in settings that often appears below the wifi option in settings on iOS:

(the above image is from a website and not my iPad, as I can't seem to get my iPad to show VPN right now)
The trouble is, it seems to be missing:

(this image is from my iPad)
VPN switch present:

*

*in all circumstances prior to installing an AT&T sim card, including when a Telus sim card was installed

*while using wifi with an AT&T sim card installed but in a region with no AT&T coverage and no data roaming disable by AT&T (ie. "searching..." shown in connection status area)

VPN switch missing:

*

*while connected to AT&T LTE/4G using iPad sim

*while connected to my AT&T iPhone using personal hotspot (via either Bluetooth or wifi) even though VPN is available from the settings screen of my iPhone whether or not cellular data is enabled on iPad

*while connected to WIFI whether or not cellular data is enabled on my iPad

What is going on here?  Does the connection/sim card/network somehow determine whether VPN is available?  Is there something else altogether I need to check?

A: Check for a VPN Profile
Turns out the missing VPN switch had nothing to do with which connection was used.  What seems to have happened is that all the VPN profiles were deleted.  When that happens, the VPN switch seems to disappear.  To check for or create a new VPN profile, go to settings->general->network->VPN:

Once you create a VPN profile, the VPN switch reappears in the root of the settings screen:

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Paging Tracy Jordan! To win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony is a stunning accomplishment in Hollywood. Last night at the Tonys, Denzel Washington got halfway there.
Washington, who won acting Oscars for Glory and Training Day, took home the Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his part in the revival of the August Wilson play Fences. He was joined in the race for EGOT by Catherine Zeta Jones, another former Oscar winner, who was named Best Actress in a musical for her performance in Steven Sondheim's A Little Night Music.
Getting the EGOT is a rare milestone that only ten people in history have achieved: Mel Brooks, John Gielgud, Whoopi Goldberg, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Rita Moreno, Mike Nichols, Richard Rodgers and Jonathan Tunick.
The term was coined by Miami Vice actor Phillip Michael Thomas, who in the mid '80s proclaimed his desire to win all four awards. (Thomas is currently 0/4 of the way there.) It was thrust into the public consciousness by an arc on the past season of 30 Rock, which featured Tracy Morgan's character working to achieve the goal.


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Owner of Virginia-Based Company Pleads Guilty to Providing Gratuities to Federal Contracting Official
Wanted by the FBI
U.S. Attorney's Office
WASHINGTON—Harry I. Martin, Jr., the owner, president, and chief executive officer of a Virginia-based information technology company, Intelligent Decisions, Inc., pled guilty this week to a federal charge stemming from gratuities that he and his company provided to a former contracting official with the U.S. Department of the Army in return for preferential treatment and government contracts.
In a related action, the company, Intelligent Decisions, Inc., has agreed to pay a $300,000 criminal penalty for its conduct. The company was charged in a criminal information with one count of paying a gratuity to a public official. Intelligent Decisions, Inc. agreed to the filing of the information, and is to make the payment and strengthen its internal controls as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with the government. In light of that payment, and the company's willingness to acknowledge responsibility for its actions, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia will recommend the dismissal of the information in 24 months, provided Intelligent Decisions, Inc. fully cooperates and abides by the agreement.
The developments were announced today by Ronald C. Machen Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; Andrew G. McCabe, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office; Thomas J. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); Peggy E. Gustafson, Inspector General of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA-OIG); Robert E. Craig, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Mid-Atlantic Field Office of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), and Frank Robey, Director of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command's Major Procurement Fraud Unit (MPFU).
Martin, 56, of Great Falls, Virginia, and Intelligent Decisions, Inc., agreed to fully cooperate in an ongoing federal investigation. Martin entered the guilty plea on Nov. 24, 2014, before the Honorable Emmet G. Sullivan in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He is to be sentenced on March 6, 2015.
Martin is the 20th individual to plead guilty in an investigation into domestic bribery, bid-rigging, and federal contracting. His business colleague, Chae Shim, the Director of Acquisition Accounts, Asia/Pacific, for Intelligent Decisions, pled guilty on Nov. 6, 2014, to the same federal charge as Martin stemming from gratuities that Shim and others at Intelligent Decisions, including Martin, provided to the former Army contracting official in return for preferential treatment and government contracts. Shim, 47, of Reston, Va., is to be sentenced on March 20, 2015.
In addition to those individuals, one corporation, Nova Datacom, LLC, pled guilty to federal charges. Also, a South Korean-based corporation, Saena Tech Corporation, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $500,000 criminal penalty as part of the investigation.
In the overall investigation, to date, the United States has seized for forfeiture or recovered over $9 million in bank account funds, cash, and repayments, as well as 19 real properties, nine cars, and multiple pieces of fine jewelry.
The guilty plea and deferred prosecution agreement involve gratuities provided to In Seon Lim, a former contracting official for the U.S. Department of the Army. Lim pled guilty in July 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, to federal charges stemming from a scheme in which he accepted over $490,000 worth of benefits, including cash payments and vacations, from favored contractors, including Intelligent Decisions, Inc. In return, he helped these businesses obtain millions of dollars in federal contracts and subcontracts. Lim, 48, who pled guilty to bribery and two other federal offenses, was sentenced on Oct. 24, 2014 to a four-year prison term.
"A corporate CEO has now become the 20th person to plead guilty in this bribery and bid-rigging investigation," said U.S. Attorney Machen. "He joins a long list of public officials and government contractors held accountable for corrupting the integrity of the federal contracting system. This CEO and his company rigged the competition for military contracts by plying an Army official with meals, drinks, entertainment, and golf outings. The fate of this CEO and his company should encourage other contractors to steer clear of crooked dealings."
"This plea demonstrates that those who engage in illegal gratuities will be held accountable for their actions," said Assistant Director in Charge McCabe. "Both the company and the public official benefited when contracts were steered and increased almost $4 million. The FBI and our partner agencies will continue to investigate those who abuse the American taxpayer's money and protect federal funds."
"The defendant's actions to pay and authorize the payment of illegal gratuities to a government official are an attack on the integrity of our system of government," said Inspector General Gustafson of the U.S. Small Business Administration. "With our law enforcement partners, the SBA OIG will guard against such attacks and bring to justice those responsible for such despicable acts. I want to thank the U.S. Attorney's Office for its dedicated leadership and professionalism in bringing forth this guilty plea."
"It is one of the highest priorities of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) to protect the integrity of the government procurement process so that taxpayer money is spent properly," said Special Agent in Charge Craig. "As this case has again demonstrated, DCIS and our law enforcement partners will work together to uncover and fully prosecute any and all individuals and companies who are not willing to follow government contract and procurement laws."
"This case should send a very loud and clear message to all who do business with the Department of the Army that if you intend on committing illegal acts for your own greed and personal gain, especially while our nation is at war, we will surely catch you and help bring you to justice," said Director Robey of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command's Major Procurement Fraud Unit "We have a very robust group of highly-trained special agents in our fraud unit who are masters at combating and uncovering fraud, deception, bribery and other criminal acts associated with government contracting and purchasing."
According to the government's evidence, Martin, Shim, and the company provided Lim with thousands of dollars in meals, drinks, entertainment, golf outings, and golf equipment, in return for preferential treatment and the direction of Army subcontracts to the firm.
All told, Intelligent Decisions spent over $10,000 on a variety of expenses, including dinners, golf outings, and other events attended by Lim, who was joined by company officials and others, while one of its employees agreed to pay for a Lexus ES350 automobile worth over $30,000 for Lim.
At the time of this conduct, Lim was an assistant project manager and product director with the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems, a part of the Army that provides infrastructure and informational management systems. Working in South Korea, Lim's primary duties were to oversee and implement communications systems upgrades for the U.S. forces there, which included approximately 10 communications centers and various other special projects at military sites throughout the country. Among other things, Lim coordinated work on a major contract, which, in turn, had numerous sub-contracts.
According to the government's evidence, prior to the awarding of the sub-contracts, Martin and Shim traveled to South Korea in January 2009 to meet with Lim. They provided him with a dinner, drinks, and entertainment. They followed up on the meeting with e-mails expressing their desire for Intelligent Decisions, Inc., to work with him.
Later in January 2009, with Lim's assistance, the company was awarded two subcontracts. One had an initial value of $525,000, and the other had a value of $67,294.
Over the ensuing months, Martin, Shim, and the company provided Lim with additional meals, entertainment, golf outings, and other benefits. Meanwhile, modifications were made to the sub-contracts increasing their value. The lengths of the two sub-contracts were expanded, along with their value. The $525,000 contract eventually climbed to a value of $3.2 million, and the $67,294 contract later became worth $1.3 million.
This investigation is being conducted by the FBI's Washington Field Office; the Washington Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation; the Inspector General's Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration; the Department of Defense's Defense Criminal Investigative Service; the Defense Contract Audit Agency, and the Army Criminal Investigation Command. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael K. Atkinson of the Fraud and Public Corruption Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Saler of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
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With the opening of his I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, NBA star LeBron James sat with CNN's Don Lemon for an in-depth interview. During the conversation at the institution for local at-risk students, the two discussed President Donald Trump, why the Nike athlete opened the school and Trayvon Martin.
Here are six key takeaways in the basketball great's words.
On the Purpose of the I Promise School
"When I did go to school, or when I was playing little league sports, being around kids and being around people that had fun and kind of speak the same language as you, it allows you to kind of escape away from the drugs and the violence and the gunshots and the things that go on, on an everyday basis. That's what we're here for right now, that's why I'm opening this school, to be able to get these kids' minds away from, and their bodies away from [the negativity]. We even made the hours of being in school longer, from 8 to, instead of 3, to 5. We want them here so we can let them know not only do we want you here, but we really do care, we really do care what happens with you."
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On How President Trump Is Dividing America
"When you a part of sports, it brings so much camaraderie and so much fun. We're in a position right now in America, more importantly, where this race thing has taken over, because 1) I believe our president is kind of trying to divide us — he's dividing us. And what I've noticed over the last few months [is] that he's kind of used sport to divide us, and that's something I can't relate to because I knew that sport was the first time I ever was around someone white and I got an opportunity to see them and learn about them and they got an opportunity to learn about me and we became very good friends, and I was like, 'Oh wow, this is all because of sports.'"
"I believe he uses anything that's popular to try to negate people from thinking about the positive things that they could actually be doing and to try to get our minds to not be as sharp as possible right then. Either from football players kneeling — you look at [Colin] Kaepernick who was protesting something he believed in and he did it in the most calm fashion possible, very respectful, he did all his due diligence, he was knowledgable about it and everyone knew why he did it. You look at all the NFL players that are still kneeling and things of that nature, you look at Steph [Curry], you look at Marshawn Lynch, you look at all these instances where he's trying to divide our sport, but at the end of the day, sport is the reason why we all come together."
On Speaking One-on-One With President Trump
"I would never sit across from him. I'd sit across from Barack though."
On Running Against President Trump if No One Else Would
"Well in that case, I may."
LeBron James outside the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio.
CREDIT: I Promise School LeBron James
On Trayvon Martin
"Having kids of my own, having boys of my own, it hit home to see and to learn the story and to think that if my boy left home and he [may] never return. That kind of hit a switch for me. From that point on, I knew that my voice and my platform had to be used for more than just sports."
On the Challenges of Being Black in America
"The best way to tell [kids] to keep going is that no matter how successful you could become, no matter who you are, when you're an African American kid — male or female — you're always going to be going against obstacles. There's either one or two things you could do: You could allow it to affect you and for you to degrade, or you could allow it to empower you even more and to rise above it. And if you look at some of the greatest leaders of our time, if you look at Muhammad Ali, you look at Dr. Martin Luther King, all the adversity they went through, they never let them down it, they always used it to say, 'OK, this is even more motivation, this is even more of a way for me to be more powerful.' They're the reason we're here today."
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Du Quoin, IL (DQN)
Laid out in 1853, Du Quoin has been home to a popular state fair since 1923. The fairgrounds are known for their picturesque lakes, winding roadways and grandstand.
20 North Chestnut Street
Du Quoin, IL 62832
Annual Ticket Revenue (FY 2021): $94,465
Annual Station Ridership (FY 2021): 3,108
Facility Ownership: City of Du Quoin
Parking Lot Ownership: City of Du Quoin
Platform Ownership: Canadian National Railway Company (CN) Illinois Central (IC) (A subsidiary of CN)
Track Ownership: Canadian National Railway Company (CN) Illinois Central (IC) (A subsidiary of CN)
Derrick James
governmentaffairschi@amtrak.com
City of Du Quoin
Du Quoin State Fair
The simple brick and glass station at Du Quoin was modified in the mid 1980s by the city of Du Quoin with assistance from the Illinois Department of Transportation. The Amtrak waiting room has a brick half-wall with glass above it. The rest of the building is occupied by the Du Quoin Chamber of Commerce. A caretaker opens and closes the waiting room.
The city of Du Quoin was named for Chief Jean Baptiste Ducoigne of the Tamaroa, an Illiniwek people. Ducoigne was the son of a Frenchman and a Tamaroa Indian woman. In 1800, Chief Ducoigne merged three tribes (the Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Tamaroa) into a new confederacy after a past confederacy was dissolved. The Kaskaskia had a winter camp in present day Old Du Quoin on the Little Muddy River. The camp offered shelter and hospitality to travelers, since the chief himself was of European descent.
The first settler in Old Du Quoin was Jarrold Jackson, who staked out property on the Little Muddy River in 1803, and owned and operated the first toll bridge over that river. Old Du Quoin, never a formal town, grew up around the old Indian camp. By 1840 the Illinois Central Railroad began construction of a railroad linking Chicago to Cairo, Ill. at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. This rail line passed a few miles west of Old Du Quoin; and around 1850, the settlers moved west to be next to the rail station there. Present-day Du Quoin grew up from that newer settlement.
Isaac S. Metcalf and Chester A. Keyes laid out the new town by the railroad in 1853, and named it Du Quoin. In this same year, the first railroad depot was built there.
Coal mining has been an economic motivator in this part of southern Illinois. In 1855 the first shaft mine was sunk near St. Johns, and with the rest of southern Illinois, coal mining became important to the region at the turn of the 20th century. However, since the late 1980s, the coal industry here has suffered significant decline due to the decreased demand for high sulfur coal. Mining facilities continue in operation near Du Quoin still today.
Mining and a vivid imagination led to the development of state fairgrounds in DuQuoin. In 1923, W.R. Hayes visualized a state fair on a 30-acre tract of land. His eye for the future saw the adjoining strip-mined areas as a place to expand, once the fair was established. Hayes founded the "state" fair in 1923 because he foresaw the event as a prestigious, statewide attraction that "would be improved yearly as long as the fair exists." His prophecy has proven true since the fair has grown in stature and attendance.
Today there are 1200 acres with 12 lakes and ponds (salvaged strip pits), and 30 miles of winding roadways, plus the showplace mansion and stables, the grandstand, and the oval track that yearly showcases harness racing's World Trotting Derby. The Du Quoin State Fair has been billed as a "state" fair since its beginning, even though during its first 63 years it was privately owned. W.R. Hayes' foresight has proved accurate once again, since the Du Quoin State Fair, now owned and operated by the state of Illinois, is truly a "state" fair, running second in August to the Illinois State Fair in Springfield (which is also served by Amtrak).
The Illini and Saluki are financed primarily through funds made available by the Illinois State Department of Transportation.
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Browse Soul Calibur Gallery: Recent | Popular.
looks real nice is she from a scan or a screenshot?
Hey dude...thanks for STEALING this.
You did not make it, nor credit me. It's mine, posted on anime-paper and the SC forum. Good job on the STEALING.


I always thought Alex died in an auto accident.
That's true. Many comments have been made to that effect.
It was during a drive from Roscommon, MI to my home in Detroit in late July, 1963 that I was handed the newspaper clipping of his death notice. I believe it was the Detroit News. He was described as "a popular Windsor disc jockey" (poor description). It reported that "he died when a car in which he was riding hit a tree". His Windsor home address was given as well – not common these days. I remember too that during that time he was a very popular speaker and narrator and presented dramatic readings at the University of Windsor and in Cleary Auditorium, which were duly announced on CBE.
Recently I acquired a press photograph of him at the console in the CBE studio. It had been taken in 1958, and on the back was a brief segment of the attached article which described his education and his outlooks on a couple of matters. TOO brief, but very interesting. I can only imagine what the future must have held for him. I think he must have been the inspiration of my early forays in extemporaneous speaking.
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from config import sender,receiver,smtp,username,password
import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
from shoot import shoot

def send_email(subject,
               msghtml,
               *att):
    msg = MIMEMultipart()

    msg['to'] = ','.join(receiver)
    msg['from'] = sender
    server = smtplib.SMTP()
    server.connect(smtp)
    server.login(username,password)
    # attach
    msgText = MIMEText(msghtml,'html','utf-8')
    msg.attach(msgText)
    print "email is ready..."
    for each in att:
        tmp = MIMEApplication(open(each,'rb').read())
        tmp.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=each)
        msg.attach(tmp)
        print each+" has been added to attachment..."
    msg['subject'] = subject
    print "now send the email..."
    server.sendmail(sender,receiver,msg.as_string())
    server.quit()
    print 'successfully send email.'
    att = None

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print "test email...",
    send_email("Email send test",
               "this is a example...")
    print "ok"
    print "test send photo...",
    try:
        filename = shoot()
        send_email("Photo","Picture From RaspberryPI.",filename)
    except Exception,e:
        print e
    print "ok"


Our last week was in Leh Ladakh in the far northeastern part of Kashmir. We had the great honor of meeting with Pastor Elijah, the pastor of the Moravian church for the past 26 years. We sat for more than five hours as this man activated his teacher anointing and told us of the rich Moravian history of Leh Ladakh. His grandfather was one of the first converts to Christianity in this region. He was a well educated man and had a burden for the Tibetan people just north of the border where there were only a few Christians.
Pastor Elijah pointed to pictures on the wall of his grandfather and then proceeded to open up a brief case filled with old papers…that just happened to be the original hand written manuscripts of the very first Tibetan Bible. It was his grandfather that carried this burden for years, painstakingly translating each verse.
It was a great honor to see these historic documents first hand, looking back at the lo ng, difficult path Christians had followed to establish the church in this region. Many people had come here over the years. Many of them suffered tremendously and even died for their faith. We felt like we were standing in their shadows as we looked at these precious pages.
We had a wonderful time of prayer and ministry with Pastor Elijah and his family that day, and later that night we went into the old Moravian church built in the 1800's for worship and prayer…we were joining the great cloud of witnesses that had gone on before us.
Before the week ended we were able to visit the Moravian school that has almost 1000 students. Since Jenni is a teacher in China, this was right up her alley. It was a great joy to see how God used her to connect with the Headmistress of the school which led to a powerful time of prayer and ministry.
Leh sits at about 12,000 feet and the surrounding mountains are beautiful. We were able to take a prayer drive to a mountain pass called Khardung La, and at 18,380 feet we were able to have a great time of prayer from this high place.
We were also able to take a prayer drive 5 hours to the Indian/Tibetan border. Pangong Lake is a disputed territory and the Line of Actual Control passes through the lake. The name Pangong is derived from the Tibetan word Banggong Co meaning long, narrow, enchanted lake. While one third of the lake is in India, the remaining two thirds is in Tibet that is controlled by China. This beautiful mountain lake, 83 miles long, connects the two nations…just as we are connected to the past by those who have gone on before us and yet praying forward as there is still much work to be done.


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Q: servlet response time is slow for first request Servlet response time slow only for 1st request
Response time
1st request is 10.5 seconds.
further request 2.5 seconds.
From few java resources i got to know that the servlet loads the required classes for the first time during the first request and reuses the same for further requests and hence the delay
Fix 1:
I created a dummy request within the servlet immediately after the execution of init() method.
Response time : 2.5 seconds for all requests through user agents.
Fix 2:
I tried loading possible classes in the startup of servlet
Response time : for first request is 6 seconds. 2.5 seconds for other requests.
Is there are any other possibility of achieving the same because i believe that method 1 needs code change when there is a change in the url of the application (port number, resource path, etc) and response time of method 2 is not sufficient.
I have already set loadOnStartup=1 for my servlet.

A: you can also use load-on-startup param in  web.xml to load and intitiliaze your servlet on starttime.
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
    <display-name>My Servlet</display-name>
    <servlet-class>com.foo.MyServlet</servlet-class>
   <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>


Makeup application can be a complicated business, as we all follow our own set of rules and protocol when it comes to putting our faces on. Sometimes we get so stuck in our routine, we forget to stop and reflect on it. Do you ever wonder if you're actually going about your makeup application correctly? We certainly do, so we asked makeup guru Alana Dawn to take us through the process, from start to flawless finish. Get ready for Makeup 101. Class is now in session!
Step 1: Start with a clean slate! Make sure your face is fresh and moisturized before putting any product on it. Then, apply primer with your fingers to ensure your makeup lasts all day.
Step 2: Using a duo fiber brush to apply foundation all over the skin and blend it onto the neck.
Step 3: Apply concealer below your eyes in the shape of a triangle. This technique ensures natural-looking coverage, brightens up your face and draws attention to your eyes.
Step 4: Apply highlighter along the top of your cheekbones, on the Cupid's bow, chin and in between the brows. Then, swipe a contour powder along the sides of your nose, along the forehead (near your hairline) and hollows of your cheekbones.
Step 5: Apply blush to the apples of your cheeks, extending up toward the temples.
Step 6: Apply a light gold, shimmery shadow (or any shadow of your choice) to the lids and just below the lash line. Using a fluffy, blending brush, dust a soft brown shade into the crease and blend outward. Fill in your brows using a brow pencil or powder. Swipe on some mascara and your eye makeup is set!
Step 7: Using a lip brush, swipe on a natural, rosy pink lipstick and you're good to go!
Now that you've got the basics down, time to move on to more makeup tips and tutorials!


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