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Generating single 3D model thats been photographed in two different positions - combiningAnswered
I recently took photographs of a 3D object about 20 cm tall.
- I took an initial set of photographs
- I then flipped the object over and took a second set of photographs to capture the 'underneath' part of it.
In capturing reality, if I align all the images together, I get this:
The 1DS view looks like this:
Am I right in thinking that in order to get all the images to align and produce a single model, the best workflow would be to use 'control points' and I should be reading up about these? Or is there another optimal workfow?
Thanks in advance
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Greetings taimur
Yes as you have already said you can fix this issue by adding control points and re-aligning. Though there are two more things you can try to prevent this unwanted effect.
1. Shoot the object only to the point where you reach its half with a bit of an overlap so let's say 60% of the object vertically. Then once you flip it over shoot only the rest of it from a side view mostly so you won't shoot the "ground" or the bottom part after its flipped and connect those two groups of photos in the middle of the object where the overlap was. If you get this method right you should successfully align it all together without errors.
2. Use a single colour featureless background when shooting your object. This way RC should ignore the background and connect both sides correctly.
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SWIFT has launched the MyStandards Readiness Portal, a new cloud-based application that simplifies the client onboarding process by allowing message testing against bank specifications.
The Readiness Portal, which has been developed in close collaboration with the industry, is considered the natural next step from the cooperative's successful MyStandards offering, which allows users to define and manage messaging standards for easy client access.
SWIFT has also launched a dedicated Readiness Portal for TARGET2-Securities (T2S), the European Central Bank's new European securities settlement platform, set to go live in June 2015.
Speaking at the Readiness Portal launch at SWIFT's London office last month, Alan Sutton, senior global product manager, e-Channels at HSBC, said the bank has been using MyStandards in payment management and IT, and the Readiness Portal was the next logical move.
"The level of testing that the Readiness Portal gives provides us a level of confidence not only for ourselves, but the integration of clients," he said.
People can definitely see the value in it. It takes away a lot of pain in the organisation. Internally it is a great opportunity to 'clean house' and allows us to bring together a lot of different formats across the company under central governance. MyStandards and the Readiness Portal will help us.
Customer onboarding is a complex and costly process due to the labour-intensive workload of integrating messaging formats, which may have been previously implemented with small but crucial differences at the bank and the client. Banks can never make sure that testing has been done properly before the end-to-end testing cycle, and this could lead to significant delays and costs.
With the MyStandards Readiness Portal, new and existing customers of financial institutions and market infrastructure providers can test against specific messaging formats and guidelines uploaded to MyStandards within minutes.
At the bank, the onboarding team can monitor a client's progress in real time. If there are any errors, the portal flags these to both the client and the bank, so they can be fixed very early in the onboarding process.
Clients can also find it easier to fully understand and address the error, as the corresponding standards documentation is only a click away with MyStandards. This would decrease project risks and overall costs.
"We see several benefits," Sutton said. "One is to allow the integration managers to concentrate on other aspects of the business, and the other is to have the surety that when clients do start doing end-to-end testing with our systems, they've already conducted testing. So we shouldn't get any surprises during the onboarding."
Efficient onboarding
Marc Delbaere, head of MyStandards at SWIFT, said the cooperative's goal was to introduce a resource to help banks onboard customers more efficiently.
"It not only provides the bank customer with the ability to see the documentation of standards specifications, but also the ability to check whether implementation of those specifications is OK."
Delbaere said SWIFT customers had highlighted the complexity of onboarding.
"All the time you take trying to establish a business relationship is time that you don't have to benefit from that business relationship," he said.
"It's only when you are fully set up as a new customer that you can start doing business and generating revenue."
"The frequency of onboarding processes across the entire industry means a lot of time can be wasted cumulatively," said Delbaere. "This is why we believe onboarding is important."
The Readiness Portal has been built iteratively with a limited number of financial institutions and market infrastructures, including HSBC. "Working closely with big industry players from the beginning really steered us in the right direction to build the right solution," Delbaere said. "Now, based on the reactions of the rest of the community we can see that we have been guided well."
Sutton said HSBC has been very demanding on the development of MyStandards and the Portal, but SWIFT has been receptive.
"SWIFT's willingness to enhance the product going forward, taking onboard comments, and putting that in place for future roadmaps was really encouraging for us," he said.
It reduces the onboarding process greatly, the Readiness Portal allows our clients to start their testing early so that you're already ahead of the game. By shortening the onboarding process we see great benefits.
SWIFT is also keen to help institutions with the migration to T2S, which was launched by the European Central Bank to simplify and harmonise securities settlement across borders, providing a common IT platform and standards for all transactions.
SWIFT is one of two companies offering to help connect users to T2S. The four Central Banks defining the T2S specifications have used MyStandards to define and publish their specifications. There are currently 23 central securities depositories connecting T2S, on top of a series of banks planning to connect directly to the platform.
"We're offering not only the ability to test against the T2S specifications, but also scenario simulation capabilities," Delbaere said.
The goal of SWIFT's new offerings is to transform the industry around standards onboarding, testing, and thus establishing business connections, as Delbaere believes, "there are a lot of inefficiencies."
"This is something that we would like to tackle as an industry issue to do things in a better way. Onboarding is really an industry issue and addressing it fits very well with SWIFT's mission of simplifying B2B exchanges in the industry."
For more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the MyStandards website to download the new MyStandards Readiness Portal factsheets.
You can also attend one of our free webinars.


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Watches have also turned out to be an essential part of the daily outfit, and a way to impress others. The professional image gets completed only with a proper watch. The main function of a watch today is to enrich appearance and to promote you as a professional person.
The type and style of the watch we select depicts who we are. Watches spell out elegance and eccentricity. To make ourselves unique we need to select the right watch that suits our personality and enhances our personality.
The cool watches today, mostly tend to turn others heads towards it. Those who are technological geeks would rather love to carry a mini computer on their wrist. This is made possible by the wide variety of gadget watches that are a result of technological inventions.
Selecting a gadget watch is the latest trend and this helps us not only with the time, but with multiple functionalities such as, phone in wrist watch, medical records in a wrist watch and much more.
There are watches that run not using batteries or solar power, but by the flow of blood in our body. The cool watches today have also turned out to be a platform for games and entertainment.
Watches today perform the role of smart phones, because they include messaging and calling options, social networking, health files, health checkers, music playback, camera, weather updates, and much more.


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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN -- In a game that featured 15 ties and 20 lead changes, the Covenant men's basketball team held off visiting Piedmont for a 76-71 USA South victory on Tuesday night at Barnes PE Center.
The win snaps a three-game losing streak for Covenant (6-6, 1-1 USA South).
TJ Cox scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half as he went 11-for-12 from the free throw line. Berto Dryden led a Covenant bench that outscored the Lions 40-18 with 12 points and two steals. Daniel Garrett just missed a double-double with nine points and eight rebounds along with three steals in a reserve role. Will Portlock poured in nine points and five rebounds and Connor Sears added six points and five rebounds.
A Dryden free throw followed by a jumper on Covenant's next possession broke a 62-62 tie and gave the Scots a 65-62 lead, one they would not relinquish, with 3:43 left in the contest. Up 68-65 with under two minutes left, Cox made a driving layup while being fouled and converted the conventional three-point play to give Covenant its largest lead at 71-65. Cox and Will Portlock combined to go 5-of-6 from the foul line in the final 30 seconds of play to seal the win.
The Scots also received significant contributions off the bench from Robby Bell, Ben Phelps and Bailey Spragg. Bell knocked down two 3-pointers in the second half and finished with six points, while Phelps and Spragg had seven and six points apiece.
Covenant shot 43.3 percent (26-of-60) from the field and made 18-of-22 free throws. Piedmont made 45.6 percent (26-of-57) but only connected on two 3-point attempts and went 11-of-19 from the foul line in the second half. Covenant outrebounded the Lions 40-33.
The first half saw both teams struggle to find the range. Covenant shot 34 percent, while Piedmont was just a few points better at 36 percent. The teams went into the break tied at 29 after Cox converted a three-point play with 39 seconds remaining in the half.
Piedmont (5-5, 0-2 USA South) had four players scored 12 points apiece in Chris Meeks, Kelly Assinesi, Trae Gaines and Chase England. England paced the Lions with nine rebounds, while Assinesi and Peyton Luken had three assists each.
Covenant will host USA South foe Huntingdon on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Be sure to follow the Scots all season long on athletics.covenant.edu and on social media at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for up-to-date scores, news and other information. To receive text alerts with score updates or e-newsletters, click here


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View 71 - 80 results for wastebasket loves desk comic strips. Discover the best "Wastebasket Loves Desk" comics from Dilbert.com.
Saturday July 01,
Tags #hair, #invention, #shirt, #pocket
Dogbert sits at a desk working with scissors and Velcro. He says, "There . . . perfect." Dilbert asks, "What's that, Dogbert?" Dogbert answers, "I've created the Velcro shirt pocket! It attaches to your chest hairs while swimming or showering." Dilbert looks at the pocket and says, "Hmm . . . might work." Dogbert says, "You may also be interested in my new Velcro chest hair."
Friday July 07,
Tags #invention, #lost, #invisible
Dilbert sits at his desk with his arms folded. Dogbert approaches and asks, "How's your new 'stealth' cloaking invention coming along?" Dilbert walks away looking angry. Dogbert asks, "Can't find it, huh?" Dilbert replies, "Shaddup."
Tuesday July 11,
Tags #love, #poetry, #finish, #relationships
Dilbert sits at his desk writing a poem. Dogbert approaches and asks, "How's that poem coming?" Dilbert says, "Pretty good, but I may have written myself into a corner." Dogbert says, "Let's hear." Dilbert says, "All I have so far is 'Her love was like a wave-division multiplexor.'" Dogbert says, "Maybe just go for the big finish."
Monday July 17,
Dilbert sits at his desk working on his computer and Dogbert watches him. Dilbert says, "My computer simulation will determine, once and for all, the real reason dinosaurs became extinct." Dilbert continues, "Wait . . . According to this, it would be almost impossible for ALL dinosaurs to be extinct." Dogbert says, "Then they must just be . . ." Dogbert and Dilbert look at each other and say simultaneously, ". . . Hiding." A voice behind them says, "Yeah? Just try to find us." Another voice says, "Shhhh!"
Thursday July 27,
Tags #Dilbert, #Dogbert, #design, #barbecues, #electricity
Dilbert sits at his desk with drafting tools in front of him. Dilbert looks at a piece of paper and says, "This design could change the way the world barbecues. No more struggling with charcoal." Dilbert shows the paper to Dogbert and says, "This schematic shows how an electrically induced coil-like medium can heat food without charcoal or lighter fluid!" Dilbert continues, "I call it the Max-10 Energy Transfer Model." Dogbert asks, "Did the name 'Electric Stove' occur to you at any time?"
Friday August 04,
Tags #Dilbert, #coffee, #third-degree
Dilbert walks away from the coffee machine holding a cup of coffee. Dilbert says, "Now for the hard part: getting back to my desk without third-degree wrist burns." Dilbert screams. Dilbert stands outside his cubicle rubbing his wrist after spilling the coffee on the floor. Dilbert says, "I don't care for the taste, but it DOES keep me alert."
Monday August 21,
Tags #Dogbert, #Dilbert, #books, #self-help, #shoppers
Dogbert stands on a desk chair typing. Dilbert looks over his shoulder and asks, "What are you writing?" Dogbert replies, "It's my new self-help book for compulsive shoppers." Dilbert asks, "What do YOU know about compulsive shoppers?" Dogbert replies, "I know they buy a lot of books."
Wednesday August 23,
Tags #Dilbert, #staples, #straightened, #reused, #study it, #vision, #cc
The caption says, "And while he had just created undoubtedly the finest memo known to man, still Dilbert felt curiously unfulfilled." Dilbert sits at his desk and reads the memorandum. Dilbert thinks, "Maybe it needs more 'CC's.'" The caption says, "Sadly, not everybody would share Dilbert's vision." Dogbert reads the memo and asks, "Do you really think staples can be straightened and reused?" Dilbert says, "I'm just saying we should study it."
Friday August 25,
Tags #Dilbert, #Dogbert, #ruler, #argument, #flaw
Dilbert sits at his desk holding up a broken ruler. Dilbert asks Dogbert, "Dogbert, do you know what happened to my good ruler?" Dogbert answers, "Rulers are made to be broken." Dilbert stares at Dogbert. Dilbert turns back to the desk and says, "I just KNOW there is some flaw in that argument . . ."
Wednesday September 06,
Tags #Dilbert, #prototype, #six months, #transform, #pocket, #lint, #parsley substitute, #technology driven
Dilbert stands in front of a man's desk holding a gadget. The man asks, "So, Dilbert, this is the prototype you've been working on for the last six months?" Dilbert replies, "Yes, sir. I'm proud to say that this baby can transform worthless pocket lint into a valuable parsley substitute!" The man says, "Well, this looks absolutely brilliant and completely unmarketable." Dilbert says, "Thanks, I'm technology driven."


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Many of us have a love-hate relationship with notifications on our Apple Watch. Yes, they allow us to ditch our iPhones and still receive essential messages. Yet, like all notifications, they can quickly take over our world each day if we aren't careful. Luckily, Apple offers different ways to turn off notifications on Apple Watch.
- How to hide notifications on Apple Watch
- How to turn off notifications for built-in apps on Apple Watch
- How to turn off notifications across Apple Watch and iPhone
- How to turn off notifications for third-party apps on your Apple Watch
- How to turn notifications off on the fly on Apple Watch
These fall into two categories. You can turn notifications off, so you aren't interrupted by them on your watch. Under this scenario, the alerts still show up under the Notification Center on your wearable device. You can also make sure notifications are removed from the Apple Watch altogether. In this case, the alert never arrives on your watch.
How to hide notifications on Apple Watch
By default, Apple Watch notification settings match those found on iPhone. In other words, if you're meant to get a notification on iPhone, you'll get one on your Apple Watch, too. In this case, unless you're actively using your iPhone, you'll see the notifications pop up on your watch. You can hide these notifications so they don't constantly nag at your psyche.
- Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
- Tap the My Watch tab.
- Tap Notifications.
- Tap the Notifications Indicator toggle to turn it off.
Tap the Notification Privacy toggle to turn it on.
Without the indicator on, you won't see a red dot on your Apple Watch display which signals you have alerts to view. When Notification Privacy is on, you won't receive alert pop-ups on your watch. You'll still receive notifications on your Apple Watch, you just won't notice them. You can still swipe down from the top of the screen on Apple Watch to see your notifications.
How to turn off notifications for built-in apps on Apple Watch
You can completely turn off notifications for Apple's built-in apps, like Activity, Breath, Mail, Messages, and more. By default, they are set to mirror your iPhone, but you can customize how you receive these notifications, including turning them off.
- Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
- Tap the My Watch tab.
- Tap Notifications.
- Tap the built-in app you want to turn off notifications for. These will be the first 16 apps.
Tap Notifications Off for each app you want to turn off notifications.
Some apps take this further and allow you to customize notifications. The Activity and Breathe apps, for example, will enable you to choose from three options, Allow Notifications, Send to Notification Center, and Notifications Off.
- Allow Notifications are self-explanatory; when turned on, you'll see notifications from the app.
- Send to Notification Center, by contrast, will only show messages when you scroll down using your finger. You'll receive no pop-ups when this setting is on.
- When selected, Notifications Off means no notifications for you!
How to turn off notifications across Apple Watch and iPhone
If you don't want to receive any notifications on your iPhone or your Apple Watch, you can shut the whole thing down from the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Open the Settings app.
- Tap Notifications.
- Tap the app you want to change under Notification Style.
Tap the toggle to turn off Allow Notifications at the top of the screen.
Repeat steps two and three for each app to turn off notifications on both Apple Watch and iPhone.
How to turn off notifications for third-party apps on your Apple Watch
Third-party app notifications are mirrored to your Apple Watch from your iPhone. You can turn off notifications for all third-party apps directly on your Apple Watch and still get them on your iPhone.
- Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
- Tap the My Watch tab.
- Tap Notifications.
Tap the toggle to turn off notifications for a specific app.
Repeat steps two through four to turn notifications off for other apps.
How to turn notifications off on the fly on Apple Watch
First introduced in iOS 12 and watchOS 5, Deliver Quietly works on both iOS and watchOS. On Apple Watch, the setting allows you to turn off notification pop-ups for individual apps on the fly, sending those messages to the Notification Center only. Not enough? You can also turn them off completely.
- Swipe left on a notification when it appears on your Apple Watch screen.
- Tap the More button. It looks like three dots.
- Tap Delivery Quietly.
- Tap Turn off on Apple Watch to remove notifications for that specific app.
From now on, notifications from that app only will only show on the Apple Watch Notification Center. When you do this, you'll have to turn notifications back on for the individual app by going into Notifications in the Apple Watch iPhone app.
We hope this article addressed all of your questions about notifications on Apple Watch. If not, we'd like to hear from you. If you have additional questions, leave us a comment below.
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text: Went out for a long lunchtime today with msinvisfem to do a bit of fabric shopping. We ended up with a few swatches but no real fabric. What we could afford was not the right colour and what we liked for the finish and colour was 10 times the price we wanted to pay. I have more of an idea what she is looking for now though. After trying 4 fabric shops, one of which seamed to have closed, we went to M&S and bought a picnic lunch. It was late by that point so I drove back and we chatted and ate outside work. It was a fun.


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Could I have saved us? Despite my better judgment, this question haunts my sleep. Perhaps the most basic flaw in our Recoline civilization is that we forget history. To recite what ought to be common knowledge, the Magnitokes were a genetic
The Last Goodbye
In my childhood, I had many painful goodbyes with Dad, including two during my four months in hospitals when I was thirteen. One, the evening after I'd had a long operation, was compelled by the visiting hours that English hospitals strictly enforce.
In My Beginning
Last Saturday, here in Brooklyn, the wind brought a freshness to an afternoon that otherwise would have been too hot. It brought to mind a late afternoon in Montreal forty-five years ago, even though this is now mid-spring and that was oppressive
Doing the Right Thing
Last week a charity's representative contacted my father, who is hospitalized with pancreatic cancer, to get him to send a $30,000 contribution he'd apparently committed to before falling ill. When I heard, I was annoyed. But then I recalled times
Prayers for the Reluctant
When someone offers to say a prayer for us, can it be offensive? My religion-skeptic father is seriously ill. One of his friends prayed for him right there in the hospital room, while another said she would do so on her own. Ever unwilling to rock
Can Morality Move the Needle in the Haystack?
When does morality make a difference? This question came to mind as I listened to a Freakonomics podcast on possibly viable meat alternatives and the environmental damage done by meat production. One of the podcast's interviewees, Mike Selden,
From time to time, we take stock of our parents. It must be because I'm going through such a phase that the chapter below, which I wrote long ago, has been on my mind. It appears halfway through my unpublished second novel, Hunger to Be
Crane in the Clouds
Up there, in the mist and passing clouds, is a yellow crane: not the bird, but the manmade mechanism whose arm rises as it lifts heavy objects, moves sideways somewhere, then lowers as it deposits them. How can a heavy machine like a crane stay so
The Cougar Within Us
A beloved uncle and aunt, husband-and-wife farmers, named their first cow Rebecca, a lovely, sweet-tempered red and white Ayrshire, and we all fell for her. My uncle and aunt couldn't bring themselves to have her killed, and so she died of old age.
The Art of Politics in Art
I've just finished reading the 2018 edition of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's venerable Best American Short Stories (BASS), and I feel I've been brought up to date with my politics, above all, the political grievances I ought to feel. But should
Who Said That?
Did Mark Twain say, "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why"? The quotation was included one morning in a post to a list for writers that I belong to. A man I'll call Pangloss, after the
Do Worry, Be Happier
Stephen Colbert looks at a black man and declares, "I don't see race." Don Quixote catches sight of windmills and sees giants, along with the opportunity for a glorious knight's errand. The idealism in both instances is both laughable and laudable.
Jason Kirenden
Most history books focus on the ideas of great thinkers, the bravery of warriors, the charity of saints and the creativity of artists. They have much to tell about the weaving and unravelling of social structures, about the rise and fall of empires,
Detained at the Southern Border
In 1974, I took a bus to Montreal from a distant part of New England. At the time, I was a British citizen with alien status in the United States. In this excerpt from my unpublished memoir, Spiral to Edinburgh, I describe my encounter with Quebecois
Ghost Story
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That Friday afternoon last month, a Green-Wood Cemetery employee named Katie escorted Laura and me as we toured options for our future remains. We walked from buildings to open areas with ponds and vistas, on to another building, and then to yet
The Pigeonhole Factor
I've had this website for nearly a year, and I've been posting on my blog since July. As I assess my hopes for this project, I have reconsidered the text on my homepage, and specifically the discussion of the role of blindness in my work. On the one
Them's the Breaks
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On Comedy
It's said that comedy comes from a place of hurt, so that if the humor seems hurtful, no one is more hurt than the comedian. Still, when a white standup comic mimics some stereotype of a black man in a mocking way, is he bringing out the prejudices
Fab Vocab
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Early Spring
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Trumplodyte and the Arena People
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The Social Dilemma of Metaphor
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Grandma: A Reminiscence
The gulf in experience between Grandma Spratt and me is captured in two words from her letter of July 18, 1977: "at Wisconsin." She lived in the town of Darlington, England. When I was four, my parents, brother and I, who were all born there, moved


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On Monday November 10 and Tuesday 11, 2008; 16 Malaysian public officials and regional high school staff came to APU for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) sponsored Community Employment Support training course which was held over the 2 days.
The trainees are in Japan from Sunday October 19 until Saturday November 11 and have already attended lectures in Tokyo about employment support in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and have attended a range of business visits and training lectures in Kanagawa and Aichi Prefectures covering a range of topics such as employment and business collaboration activities. At APU the trainees attended lectures on such subjects as the nurturing of human resources and collaboration with business, and the Global Business Leaders Development Program (GBLP). As well as an explanation of the APU Parents and Alumni Association, the group was given a tour of the Library, Japanese Tea House "Washinan" and AP House.
During his Monday lecture to the group, Professor YOKOYAMA described the situation at APU "Here at APU we are aiming to expand our students' sphere of 'adaptability' ? not just their academic and technical skills ? so that they can adapt to a wider range of businesses and enterprises with ease." After the lecture a lively discussion took place regarding the practical application of this philosophy in a Malaysian setting.
APU has been accepting trainees from countries around the world as part of the JICA sponsored ODA Technical Cooperation Project. In 2008 APU has already held lectures and visits within the prefecture for trainees from the African and ASEAN regions, Chile, East Timor and the Philippines. This is the first chance that APU has had the chance to welcome trainees from Malaysia.


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Aspire Music Festival 2019, Countdown to 21 September begins
Countdown to the first edition of the "Zenith Bank Aspire Music Festival" holding by 5pm on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at the Harbour Point Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos has begun.
As part of kickoff activities for the fashion show, Style with Zenith 2.0, this event is dubbed the most anticipated entertainment event of the year. The mind blowing music festival promises to be a night to remember, as it will feature captivating and thrilling musical performances by some of Nigeria's biggest artistes including Olamide, Flavour, Phyno, Niniola, Mayorkun, Rema and other superstars.
Being a night to be filled with humor and laughter, the event will be anchored by Kenny Black to thrill the audience with rib-cracking jokes, while celebrity hypeman, Do2dtun, will be revving up the crowd throughout the night.
For the purposes of those hearing of the expo for the first time, "Style by Zenith 2.0" is an international and professional trade show that focuses on the fashion Industry in Nigeria. It serves as a platform to provide excellent working opportunity for fashion start-ups, designers, investors, innovation managers and other players in the fashion and allied sectors.
Looking closely at the outline of the event, one can tell that there will be special focuses on bringing music and fashion industry together with a great synergy of exploring fashion world through music.
Attendance at the music festival is exclusively reserved for Zenith Bank customers. However, non-Zenith customers can still participate by simply opening a Zenith Bank account and registering to attend at http://www.zenithbank.com/style
Major highlights of this year's edition are the master classes, conferences and exhibitions, which promise to be learn-able platforms for fashion start-ups and SMEs.
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This documentary will make you rethink everything about US black history
I Am Not Your Negro is already attracting the attention of bigots for its brilliance
This anti-integration rally in Little Rock, Arkansas, is featured in I am not your Negro.
Film Title: I Am Not Your Negro
Director: Raoul Peck
Starring: Samuel L Jackson
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 95 min
Earlier this year this stirring, vital, essential film made headlines when it became the latest victim of online "vote brigading", as a swarm of racist IMDb and Metacritic users sought to counteract the acclaim critics had bestowed on the picture.
Long before the film was released, similarly minded bigots had gathered around the official trailer on YouTube to denounce it as "white guilt propaganda" and "demagoguery".
But why would the troglodytes venture out of their caves for a historical documentary? The pitch rightly identifies I am Not Your Negro as ideal rainy half-day viewing before school's out for summer.
In 1979, author James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project. Remember This House would be Baldwin's personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: civil rights activists Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Baldwin died in 1987 leaving behind just 30 completed pages. Drawing on that manuscript, archival footage and Baldwin's 1976 mediation on race and Hollywood The Devil Finds Work, director Raoul Peck – a human-rights activist and Haiti's former minister for culture – has completed the project with an intellectual aplomb that would surely have pleased Baldwin.
Here is a picture that, rather like its dazzlingly brilliant subject, will make you rethink everything.
Between lively appearances by Baldwin – watch him sit with various cerebral golden-age chat-show panels also featuring Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Frank Sinatra, Charlton Heston, Harry Belafonte and others – Samuel L Jackson does a splendid impersonation over an array of commercials, movies and news stories.
Many of Baldwin's insights are pertinent and angry, though delivered in the plumiest, loveliest vowels: "I am not an object: I am one of the people who built this country," he says, smoothly. He speaks of the lie of the "pretended humanism" of western culture sternly, incredulously, sadly, but without bile: "The west has no moral authority. The story of the Negro in America is the story of America; it is not a pretty story."
Editor Alexandra Strauss emphasises the urgency of Baldwin's complaints with pregnant juxtapositions. Every time an African-American behaves as if they have "a right to be here, you have attacked the entire power structure of the western world," says Baldwin, as images of Tamir Rice, Darius Simmons, Trayvon Martin, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Christopher McCray, Cameron Tillman, Amir Brooks appear on screen.
An opening sequence provides a handy riposte to those who would point to the most recent two-term US president. "But it's getting so much better," notes TV host Dick Cavett. "There are Negro mayors; there are Negros in sports, and in television commercials."
Baldwin later recounts the peals of laughter he heard in a Harlem barbershop when Bobby Kennedy suggested that it was " . . . conceivable, that in 40 years' time, we might have a Negro president". From the Harlem viewpoint, Bobby Kennedy just got here, explains Baldwin, we're here 400 years.
This serves as an urgently needed slap-down for the history-blinkered who say "What about all lives?" when confronted with Black Lives Matter. Hence the troglodytes. See it.


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US Air Force TAUNTS North Korea – Fighter jets buzz Kim's coast amid World War 3 fears
THE United States Air Force has publicly taunted North Korea with a flyby near the hermit state's coast as Kim Jong-Un's war of words with Donald Trump continues.
By VICKIIE OLIPHANT
Sat, Oct 21, 2017
US fighter jets buzzed the rogue nation as they flew over South Korea as part of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition being held this weekend.
The display saw a series of F-22 Raptors, one of the most advanced jets in the world, perform in an air show after taking off from the Seoul Military Airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul.
The high-tech 'Raptor' stealth planes are the most capable air superiority fighters in the world, able to sneak past radar undetected.
During today's media event at the air show, the aircraft soared hundreds of feet above spectators to show off their military might in a warning to Kim Jong-Un.
And an F-35 stealth fighter also took part in the show on Saturday, along with the 'Black Eagles' aerobatics team of South Korea's Air Force.
The eye-catching black-and-white or orange-and-black jets, adorned with sharp lines and angular features, performed a dramatic display – creating love hearts and loop-the-loops in the air as red and blue smoke billowed behind them.
Hundreds of people stood to watch the display in awe, as the jets sped overhead reaching huge speeds.
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Windows Phones vulnerable to SMS attacks which disable Messaging Hub
The folks over at WinRumors have reported that Microsoft's Windows Phone is vulnerable to an SMS attack which can disable the Messaging Hub on phones. A specially crafted message when sent to the phone causes the Messaging Hub to hang and restart the phone. Once the phone is restarted, the Messaging Hub will refuse to open up subsequently.
It's not just limited to SMS messages. The specially crafted message can be sent via Facebook as well, and if a Live Tile opens up that message for display, the same problem crops up on the phone. Luckily they haven't publicly disclosed this bug on the Internet, but contacted the folks at Microsoft directly for a patch. We hope Microsoft rolls out a patch for this before someone else discovers this bug and starts attacks targetted towards users of Windows Phone devices.
At present, the only way to recover from an attack like this is to completely reset the device and wipe all the data off the phone.
Here's a video from WinRumors of how the attack affects the phone
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Microsoft has said they're going to issue a fix extremely soon.
But, since the text hasn't been released to the public, there's no fear, as of now. So, there's nothing that is so worrisome as WinRumors portrays it to be!
Let's not forget that almost every mobile OS has some vulnerability or the other! The safest mobile phone is the age old Nokia 1100. :P↓
Yeah true – It's good that WinRumors didn't expose this exploit on the web, but decided to disclose it to Microsoft Instead.↓


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I just realized something: this morning I went to the trouble of packing a can of soup and can-opener for my lunch, in case I felt well enough to eat. I never did, that cup of hot chocolate was all I could manage. When I left today though I left my lunch bag at work - not a big deal, I can eat it tomorrow and I have other food here, but now I have no can-opener! If I ever feel like tackling some soup tonight, I won't be able to.... *sadness*
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When you are getting your home ready to sell, it is very important to keep your home as clean as possible. You are more likely to get a high closing price for your property if you have a lot of interested buyers, and a clean home is an essential part of making your home look appealing. You get many benefits from making sure your home is clean.
Make Your Home Look Bigger
Clutter and dark lighting makes rooms in your property look tiny. Proper organization will clear clutter out of the way, and a good window cleaning will allow natural light to brighten your home. This leads to an overall appearance of a larger, more spacious house that buyers will be willing to pay more for.
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Everyone knows that newer homes sell for more money, but dirty walls and grimy corners make a home seem old and beat up. A deep cleaning from the helpful professionals at handy.com will ensure that your home is sparkling and fresh, and if you have the time, they can even add a nice new coat of paint to your walls.
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Nice details like crown moulding, matching appliances, or recessed lighting all drive up the value of a home, but no one will notice them when they are hidden under a layer of dirt. If you take the time to make them look as clean as possible, you can draw potential buyers' attention to appealing details.
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Though some may be okay with a fixer-upper, most buyers want to do as little work as possible when moving into a new home. The thought of having to scrub grout or clean out grimy drawers is unappealing to most buyers, so be certain to go ahead and get this taken care of before you show your home.


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I was a little on the nervous side about being on the VPL's panel for a talk on self-publishing yesterday. Okay, in all honesty, I was terrified since this was my first public speaking engagement. You know the usual worries. Tripping over your feet as you walk up to the podium and then drawing a big fat blank as you look out on all those expectant faces in the audience. But I actually got up there without falling on my face and I even managed to speak intelligently.
I attribute most of this to Sheila Maier and her wonderful staff. They gathered all of us authors together for a get-acquainted luncheon before the event. While snacking on yummy sandwiches and cookies, I really enjoyed meeting the other authors. Then Sheila put us at ease by filling us in on how the event would go. First we would introduce ourselves and then we'd move around the room to answer questions from the audience who were split up into a number of small groups. I had so much fun speaking with everyone who attended, most of whom were on their own journeys of writing and looking into the options of getting published.
I'd like to say a huge thank you to Sheila and her staff for providing a brilliant setting for the speakers and audience to interact with each other.
My friend and award winning author, Jacqui Nelson, was on the panel as well. It was also her first speaking engagement, so we shared being nervous together, which really helped. She's written a fantastic historical, western romance called, Adella's Enemy.


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A face so divine it could melt butter. A voice so sexy it could make hell freeze over.
Oh Tom Hardy, you magical thing- how we've enjoyed your CBeebies series of bedtime stories.
And so, with Tom taking to the books for one final time, it's fair to say that the very last of his bedtime stories will be an incredibly emotional one- and in more ways than one.
Of course, we're incredibly gutted that Tom has hung up the story books for the time being (despite being full grown adults with full grown responsibilities and full grown reading abilities).
However, the final bedtime story- which will air on the channel on the 26th of this month- will actually tribute to his beloved late dog Woody, who passed away in June of this year.
Yup. ALL the feelz.
The episode was filmed before the passing of Woody, and so the pup actually appears in the episode.
The footage, which will movingly be released on National Dog Day, sees Tom and Woody read the story of Fleabag by Helen Stephens- a book poignantly about a friendship between a young boy and a lil' dog.
Since filming the piece, and the passing of Woody, a lot has changed. And so the episode will undoubtedly make extremely emotional footage- we think it will be a lovely mark of Woody's time as part of Tom's life.
See: 'With all of me I love you': Tom Hardy pens tribute after beloved pet dog dies and it's utterly heartbreaking
Woody was a massive part of Tom's life after he adopted him in 2012. After announcing the incredibly sad news of his passing, Tom shared a very moving tribute to his pups on social media.
The actor writes, ''To the bestest friend ever… Woody was the bestest of journey companions we ever could dream of having. Our souls intertwined forever'.
Tom then added, 'Thankyou Woody for choosing to find us. We will love you and be with you and you with us forever Never ever ever forgotten. Your Boy tom xxx I love you beyond words. To the moon and back again and again'.
We'd advise everyone to take the week off work after Tom's final bedtime story- looks like its going to be one hell of an emotional ride…
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Car auction of the month (August 2017): 1956 Aston Martin DBR1
1956 Aston Martin DBR1
Sold for $22,550,000 at RM Sotheby's Monterey 2017 sale
- The first of five DBR1s
- Winner of the 1959 Nürburgring 1000 KM; sister to the 1959 Le Mans winner
- Raced by Roy Salvadori, Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham, and Carroll Shelby, among others
- Fitted with correct reproduction engine for racing, offered with the original
- Maintained by Aston Martin specialists R.S. Williams
- The most important model in Aston Martin history
- Full listing
Very rare. No DBR1 has come to auction since 2002.


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Why do business in California?By Scott A. Robinson, Editor
Filed Under Domestic Policy on Jun 20
According to the Tax Foundation, California currently ranks next-to-last (only New York is worse) among U.S. states for "business tax climate". When a state, or nation for that matter, is hostile to businesses within its borders, business leaves. So do the jobs. Because, as economist will often say, when you tax something, you get less of it. Check out the graphic to the left showing the number of companies leaving California weekly before reading the analysis of consultant Joseph Vranich below.
Today, California is experiencing the fastest rate of disinvestment events based on public domain information, closure notices to the state, and information from affected employees in the three years since a specialized tracking system was put into place.
Out-of-state economic development officials are traveling through the state to alert frustrated business owners and corporate executives to their friendlier business climate versus California's hostility toward commercial enterprises.
- From Jan. 1 of this year through this morning, June 16, we have had 129 disinvestment events occur, an average of 5.4 per week.
- For all of last year, we saw an average of 3.9 events per week.
- Comparing this year thus far with 2009, when the total was 51 events, essentially averaging 1 per week, our rate today is more than 5 times what it was then.
The top five destinations are (1) Texas, (2) Arizona, (3) Colorado, (4) Nevada and Utah tied; and (5) Virginia and North Carolina tied.
Graphic from the Tax Foundation.
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Back in 2013 TheRingLord worked with MailleTec Industries and JPL Laboratories to create custom scales for a shield for the Mars Insight mission.
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They will be used to shield a seismograph on the Mars Insight mission! (<-- I'm a scifi geek - LOVING this!) We worked with Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL - NASA) to design a small thin frost colored anodized aluminum scale. They are 42% lighter than our standard aluminum scales. We are selling the left overs - you can find them here as the current small scale special at the bottom of the page.
JPL then took those scales and anodized them to their specifications.
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Ryu's cousin goes missing in Hong Kong while the street fighters are investigating a local drug operation. Action star Fei Long says he'll teach Guile the secrets of the city, if Guile teaches him how to use Chi energy attacks. Eventually, Ryu and Ken get captured by the drug runners. And it's up to Guile and Fei Long to save them.Read More
While working undercover for the Street Fighter operation, Guile gets contacted by Escher. Bison had just stolen a biological virus that can kill in 24 hours that he stole from Guile's old flame, Lucinda (or "Cindy"). Guile assembles a team consisting of Chun-Li, Ryu, Ken and Blanka, and heads to the jungle to put an end to Bison's schemes. Unfortunately both Ryu and Blanka contract the virus.Read More
Bison commandeers a nuclear facility in China which is coincidentally situated near Chun-Li's birthplace which Bison had destroyed years prior. Guile assembles Blanka and Chun-Li for the mission to stop Bison. Chun-Li however, is only focused on destroying Bison and cares little weather the nuclear plant is destroyed. Eventually, Guile's scolding gets through to her and she lets Bison escape so that innocent people wouldn't be harmed.Read More
Getting To Guile
Dee Jay relays to Escher and Chun-Li that he and Guile were ambushed by Bison and Zangief and that Guile was captured. Bison hooks Guile into a mind-probing device to find his Achilles heel, so he can reprogram Guile to destroy the rest of the street fighters. Meanwhile Chun-Li rallies Blanka, Dee Jay, Ryu and Ken to go to Guile's aid and infiltrate Bison's stronghold. After battling many mutants, the team rescues Guile and reminds him of the street fighter code: Discipline, justice, and commitment.Read More
No Way Out
Sagat uses his vast army to wage war on the US embassy in Shadowlaw, all the while a young boy is trapped in the building while it's being evacuated. Blanka, Chun-Li and Guile head the rescue operation, but Guile also gets trapped in the building with the boy as well. Both Guile and his young friend try to escape Sagat's patrolling forces and were able to gain access to the secret computer files, which were very important apparently.Read More
Demon Island
Bison steals a top secret military plane that can turn invisible at the push of a button so it's up to Guile, Dee Jay, Cammy and Blanka to get it back. They arrive on a mysterious island where Bison currently has set up shop, unfortunately Zangief is patrolling the area in a hovercraft. Dee Jay blames Zangief for ruining his fighting career, and they begin to fight while Guile fends off Bison. The Street Fighters eventually steal the plane just as the island explodes inexplicably.Read More
Desert Thunder
Escher receives word that a new military laser was stolen by the female cyborg, the Satin Hammer and her cohort, T. Hawk. While T. Hawk was originally supposed to be undercover, Escher believes T. Hawk has switched sides. He charges Guile and Blanka to get to the bottom of situation. They eventually confront T. Hawk, who still maintains he's on their side, even though it's clear he's sympathetic towards the Satin Hammer. Eventually however, T. Hawk throws himself into Hammer's computer system which destroys it.Read More
Dark Heart
The millennium comet is on its scheduled 1000-year voyage in the skies over earth, but Bison uses his magnetic chi powers to redirect the comet towards the planet unless he gets a huge sum of money. Guile, Blanka, Ryu and Ken go the Himalayas to stop Bison, but the group gets separated. Blanka also meets Dhalsim while in the mountains, who he blames for turning him into a monster. With Dhalsim's help however, they stop Bison's plan and probably saved Ken and Ryu too.Read More
A Street Fighter tournament is being held in India, and Escher sends Guile and the rest of the street fighters to compete. Bison is attending as well, and has a double threat of a plan; use his new mutant combatants to destroy the street fighters, or have Balrog create a video of the street fighters defiling a Hindu temple. Both Bison's plans fail when Guile saves a scientist then performs a flash kick on a bomb. This episode is notable for producing an Internet meme on Youtube ("This is delicious!" and "YESH! YESH!")Read More
Word comes in that a scientist in Hawaii is concocting a serum that could help Blanka revert into his human form. Vega however, also hears of this serum and wants to use it to make himself eternally young. Vega captures the scientist and holds him for ransom. Blanka is forced to give Vega the cure, in exchange for the Doctor's life. Also, Blanka makes out with the scientist's assistant while falling from a plane. Vega drops the vial of serum too, losing his chance for immortality.Read More
Keeping The Peace
A small city near Shadowlaw is in chaos as diamonds have been found to be rich in the region. Sagat and other warlords are lurking about, and each faction wants a piece of the pie. Guile is asked by Escher to check out the situation on behalf of the Street Fighters. Meanwhile Sawada has taken over Guile's former position in the AN and is currently in charge of the military presence. Hostilities run high as Guile as to defuse several bombs in the area, with the help of his Sonic Boom attack.Read More
Chunnel Vision
Bison finally gets captured at the hands of Cammy's former British teammates, MI5. While great news, Bison's supporters randomly start blowing up locations in England and threaten that it will continue until Bison is released, along with a 2 billion pound payoff. Zangief places bombs in the chunnel, a train track connecting England and France. It's up to Guile, Dee Jay, Honda and Cammy to clean up the mess.Read More
Strange Bedfellows
A mysterious warrior starts destroying both Bison's strongholds as well as those under Street Fighter jurisdiction. Both sides blame the other and it eventually comes down to Bison and Guile meeting on a Volcano for a final showdown. However, clumsy clues were given to both warriors which lead them to the location of the battle by none other than Akuma. Akuma wants both Bison and Guile to fight to death, where Akuma will then destroy the winner and steal their chi. Bison and Guile are forced to work together and eventually attack Akuma, only for him to escape via teleportation.Read More
Needing the help of the street fighters, Dhalsim summoned them to his remote mountain temple by causing Blanka considerable mental pain. It seems the Satin Hammer was back, and wanted to steal an atomic bomb that Dhalsim currently had in his possession. Guile brought Blanka, T. Hawk and Sawada along with him, even though feelings still existed between T. Hawk and the Satin Hammer. Eventually the street fighters stopped hammer's plot when Dhalsim deactivated the atomic bomb's countdown timer.Read More
A crime wave has taken over London, and Bison is thought to be the one responsible, so Guile, Cammy and Honda team up with the team at MI5 to take Bison as well as Birdie and Sodom down. During the fight, Bison seemingly takes over Cammy's mind, and she immediately switches allegiances. With a backup plan in full readiness, Bison and Cammy manage to escape. This is much to the chagrin of Guile, who screams at them as they fly away.Read More
New Kind OF Evil
Chun-Li is attacked by mysterious mutant assailants, as well as having her TV crew kidnapped. She calls for Guile and Blanka's help to track them down, which leads to a search of the sewers. They soon find out that a former scientist of Bison's is continuing mutant research and mutated 3 thugs into half-man/half eel/alligator/bat warriors. In the ensuing battle, Blanka receives a mega-dose of mutagen ooze, which turns him even more feral.Read More
While visiting their master Gouken, Ryu and Ken are challenged by the evil Akuma who claims to have stolen Gouken's chi and will do the same to them. Akuma gives Ryu and Ken time to train so they might stand a chance against him. During the course of their sparring sessions however, Ken injures Ryu's arm, which leaves Ryu in a bad state. Akuma uses that to easily defeat Ryu, only to get defeated himself by the power of Ken.Read More
Ryu and Ken are asked to help Fei Long with his latest movie project. Investors in the film however pull funding out of the movie, which leaves Fei Long with no way to raise awareness about the evil crime boss, Lo Fat. Ken is forced to ask his father to re-invest in the film, so it can continue. Ken gets creative license for the script, and writes himself in as the star instead of Fei Long. Both men have a climatic showdown, which results in Ken burning down the entire movie studio.Read More
Face Of Fury
Guile and Blanka take a trip to the Middle East to cool hostilities between Arabs and Israelis, but Blanka's temper gets the best of him, and he attacks them all. Vega, watching this drama unfold on a prison TV set, swears revenge against Blanka for destroying his face. Vega easily escapes, and flies to Hawaii for a final battle while taking Mei Lei, Blanka's love interest, hostage. Blanka almost manages to kill Vega, but with the combined efforts of Mei Lei, Guile and Chun-Li, they were able to prevent Vega's tragic death at the hands of Blanka.Read More
Cammy Must Die!
Bison charges Cammy and his cybernetic creation La Lupa, to steal a priceless Kali statue for him. The statue has meditative powers that Bison hopes will help him heal his wounds from his previous battle with Guile. The street fighters team up with MI5 to help get to the bottom of Cammy's switched allegiances and during the battle, Cammy gets knocked on the head which frees her from Bison's mental control. Cammy then lures the street fighters to Bison's hideout, where she betrays them once more. Bison and Cammy are then able to escape.Read More
The mystical psychic Rose, senses that powers in the world are fluctuating wildly out of control. She blames Ken and Blanka for this sudden energy spike, and believes they are the catalysts to the end of the world. Rose kidnaps them both and forces them to fight only to realize they are not evil at all. With their help, she tracks down Bison, who is the true manifestation of evil she had sensed. She then attacks Bison in the mental world just as Ken and Blanka destroy the kali statue, which destroys Bison's entire castle. Mysteriously, everyone in uninjured, and Bison eludes capture once more.Read More
The Warrior King
The powerful Warrior King had defended his country from the evil Mages for years, but when his orb of power is flung into a vortex, he follows it as well. The orb lands in a nation close to Shadowlaw, and Bison claims it as his own. The orb has the power to control all weather, and Bison threatens the world with its power. The street fighter team is assembled, and Chun-Li is the first to confront Bison. The Warrior King magically appears, and fights Bison's minions with Chun-Li's help. The two quickly fall in love until another vortex appears, and the Warrior King leaves Chun-Li forever.Read More
The Beast Within
Blanka searches the jungle for a mysterious healing plant that could revert him to his normal form. Guile and Lucinda go to track him down, and hear the same story of the plant from the jungle natives. Blanka then encounters a wild jungle boy who swears revenge against the natives for killing his family. The boy is actually an alien who had crash-landed on earth along with his family. Blanka befriends the boy, and along with Guile and Lucinda, they defeat the evil natives and the boy returns to his home planet.Read More
Second To None
Ryu is a legend in Shadowlaw, and Sakura is his most adamant admirer. But when Sagat patrols the streets regularly making sure to burn down any building with posters of Ryu in it, Sakura leaps into action. She boards a plane headed for New York to seek out her idol, who had just been visiting Ken in the hospital, as Ken swallow some water while on a mission in Africa. Ryu meets Sakura, and she convinces him to come to Shadowlaw to defeat Sagat once more. Sagat welcomes the challenge, and he and Ryu have another epic confrontation.Read More
Final Fight
The plot of this episode is based on the arcade game with the same title. The new mayor of Metro City Mike Haggar, has his daughter kidnapped by the Mad Gear gang, so it's up to Ken and Ryu to save her. Escher, Guile and Haggar devise a plan to put Ken and Ryu undercover to infiltrate the gang, which Cody takes exception to as he constantly screams at everyone in protest. Eventually Ken and Ryu meet with Belger, the boss of the Mad Gears, and along with Cody and Guy, are able to save Jessica. Haggar breaks down a door at the very end, and Guy kicks a rocket back at Belger.Read More
Cammy Tell Me True
Bison captures the MI5 team in a brief battle, and the British government are adamant about getting them back, as they know critical government secrets. Bison compiles doomsday codes, which are the launch protocols for every known nuclear bomb on earth, and plans to not take over the world, but to destroy it. Guile and Chun-Li are given a package from Sagat, containing the secret of Cammy's past, as Sagat does not want the world destroyed by Bison. They infiltrate Bison's base, and everyone, including MI5, team up to stop Bison, and destroy his computer console with one second left on the doomsday timer.Read More


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Life Influence
I was looking through my grandmother's Bible the other day and was amazed at all the information that I found in it. This particular Bible was given to my grandmother by my grandfather on June 18, 1950 which was my grandmother's 49th birthday. Looking through the pages I found birthdates, wedding dates and dates of deaths. She had marked certain Bible passages in her Bible that meant something to her. She even had sayings like this one:
"A careless word may kindle strife.
A cruel word may wreck a life.
A bitter word may hate instill.
A brutal word may smite and kill.
A gracious word may smooth the way.
A joyous word may light the day.
A timely word may lessen stress.
And loving words may heal and bless."
I also found a hand written note which showed her deep desire to know, trust and lean on God more fully and completely. It read: "I met God in the morning when my day was at its best and his presence came like sunrise. All day long His presence lingered. All day long he stayed with me..."
Her husband died when she was 59. With little money saved, she went back to work and supported herself for a number of years. The following years were filled with health issues. I found another handwritten note…
"1987 - This year is rough - pain sometimes seems almost unbearable."
Then there was another note with the scripture passage from
1 Peter 5:7 – "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."
My grandmother had a deep impact on my faith journey.
In thinking about All Saints' Day on November 4, may we all remember people, like my grandmother, who had a lasting influence on our faith journey.
Who has had such an influence on your life?
– Mark
Published on Friday, November 9, 2018 @ 11:57 AM EDT


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C'mon up for a panel discussion that closed the 2015 Expositors Summit Preconference on The Pulpit and Reconciliation.
Juan Sanchez explains why preaching is not rocket science, but why it is so hard, and what it is like to grow up as a minority in a majority context. C'mon up!


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Research and Teaching Groups
The research of the School is organised through four research and teaching groups (RTGs) with staff allocated to these on the basis of their research interests.
These RTGs host our specialist research centres, networks and hubs, which attract members from across the School and beyond. The Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL), the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change and the Centre for Computing Science Education promote high-quality, policy-relevant research within their thematic domains. The school is also the locus for the work in education of four major centres and hubs funded through UKRI: Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC); South-South Migration, Inequality and Development Hub; Urban Big Data Centre; and What Works Scotland.
Two key university-wide networks draw leadership from the School: the Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet) and Sustainable Futures in Africa. The School also hosts four externally facing networks: the European Centre of PASCAL Observatory on Place Management, Social Capital and Learning Regions, Policy Scotland, the St Andrew's Foundation for Catholic Teacher Education and the University of Glasgow Educational Assessment Network (UGEAN)/International Educational Assessment Network (IEAN). It also hosts the UNESCO Chair Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts.


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You have to be willing to completely suspend disbelief in order to enjoy The Following. Otherwise, don't watch the show because from the very beginning there are plot holes so big they could form new galaxies. Once you start watching though you won't be able to stop. The Following is as addictive as it is unbelievable.
The show centers on convicted serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) and the ex-FBI agent who put him away Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon.) Hardy, who wears a pacemaker as a result of his near deadly encounter with Carroll, has written a book about his experience and descended into the life of a lonely alcoholic. He's roused from his self-destructive spiral when he's called back into service after Carroll escapes from prison.
The first couple of episodes, which set up Carroll's use of Edgar Allen Poe's writings in his crimes, are the weakest. The agents act astounded when they hear the phrase "The eyes are the window to the soul" as if this observation, which has become a cliché were a novel idea. This is heavy-handed, paint by numbers Poe symbolism that a middle school student could easily decipher.
As the show progresses, the writers smartly put less emphasis on Poe and it's the emerging cult slowly nurtured by Carroll while he was in prison that moves into the forefront of the story. Carroll has amassed a network of followers who commit crimes at his command and help him keep one step ahead of Hardy and the FBI. The cult aspect is fascinating. It's hard to believe that there would be so many damaged individuals who would follow this man yet in 1978 over 900 people in Jonestown, Guyana committed mass suicide at the behest of their cult leader Jim Jones.
The Following's psychological exploration of these murderous misfits is one of its strengths. The characters are so well drawn and multi-dimensional that you'll find yourself empathizing with them while at the same time feeling repelled by their actions.
Bacon as the tortured Hardy and Purefoy as the charming but ruthless Carroll are both equally magnetic and intense. Their strong performances ground a show that could easily take off in the wrong direction. The supporting cast is up to the challenge and does not disappoint.
Sharing any more details about The Following would reveal developments that would take away from the fun of watching the show. Besides the cult members and Hardy and Carroll's interplay, it's the insane plot twists that will keep you coming back week after week.


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Is Dementia in Decline? Historical Trends and Future Trajectories
AlPater posted a topic in General Health and LongevityPerspective HISTORY OF MEDICINE Is Dementia in Decline? Historical Trends and Future Trajectories David S. Jones, M.D., Ph.D., and Jeremy A. Greene, M.D., Ph.D. N Engl J Med 2016; 374:507-509February 11, 2016DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1514434 In 2005, researchers from the Duke Center for Demographic Studies reported a "surprising trend": data from the National Long-Term Care Surveys showed that the prevalence of severe cognitive impairment in the Medicare population had decreased significantly between 1982 and 1999.1 At a time when baby-boomer demographics led to predictions of a looming dementia crisis, this finding offered hope. Since that time, other reports have similarly shown that the incidence or prevalence of dementia is decreasing in various populations. Researchers have offered many possible explanations, including increased wealth, better education, control of vascular risk factors, and use of statins, antihypertensive agents, and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs.1,2 However, even as researchers describe their "cautious optimism" about specific populations, they still project a quadrupling of global prevalence over the coming decades.3 In this issue of the Journal, Satizabal and colleagues report more "robust evidence" of dementia's decline (pages 523–32). Using surveillance data collected from the Framingham Heart Study from 1975 to the present, they found a 20% decrease in dementia incidence each decade, even as average body-mass index, diabetes prevalence, and population age have increased. Can we now conclude that the tide has turned in the dementia epidemic? The potential decline of dementia, seen in light of the rise and fall of other major diseases, raises an even more tantalizing prospect: Can we control our burden of disease? This is not the first time that the medical profession and the public health community have struggled to interpret reports of an unexpected reversal of a chronic-disease epidemic.4 In 1964, California health officials reported that rates of coronary artery disease (CAD) had begun to decrease. This finding, which defied the widespread belief that the CAD epidemic would only worsen as life expectancy grew, garnered scant attention. Even a decade later, most health officials assumed that CAD was still on the rise. It was only in 1974 that researchers began taking the prospect of decline seriously. By 1978, they had accepted that CAD's national decline had begun in the mid-1960s. Similar decreases were soon reported in many other high-income countries, from Australia to Finland. This recognition triggered debate over the contribution of medical and public health interventions, in hopes that knowledge of the causes of decline would guide policies and resource allocation and ensure continuation of these health benefits. The history of the debate on CAD decline carries important lessons for emerging reports of dementia's decline. First, it can be extremely difficult to produce timely and convincing data about the trajectories of chronic diseases.4 When physicians began to debate CAD trends in 1974, they had to rely on government data that were 5 years out of date. It took 4 years of concerted effort to reach consensus about an inflection that had occurred more than a decade earlier. Even though better and timelier data are now available, dementia researchers must still be resourceful in seeking convincing data. As Satizabal et al. indicate, each existing report has limitations. Their new data, which overcome many of these limitations, demonstrate the value of investments in long-term, longitudinal epidemiologic research such as the Framingham Heart Study. But the data still reflect only one population sample. Whether they are accepted as conclusive evidence of a broad-based reduction in dementia incidence will become clear only over time. Second, since trajectories of chronic-disease incidence reflect complex interactions of many causal factors, it will almost always be uncertain whether decreases will continue or reverse. Even as consensus about international CAD reduction consolidated between the 1970s and the 1990s, worrisome evidence about countervailing trends also appeared.4 Enthusiasm for anti-CAD public health campaigns has been fragile, even in countries like Finland that demonstrated their promise so well. The widespread increases in obesity and diabetes could fuel CAD resurgences. Many researchers have warned that CAD's decline could stall or even reverse — something that has happened among young adults and other subpopulations in Europe, Australia, and the United States. Other countries, such as China, continue to see increases in CAD with no evidence of plateau or reversal. All these countervailing trends could affect dementia as well. Rocca and colleagues have warned that increases in obesity, diabetes, and hypertension could undermine the gains achieved through improved education, wealth, and control of vascular risk factors. Even if a dementia decline has begun, it might not last: the outcome depends on the balance of diverging trends.2,3 Third, these ambiguities open up a battleground for conflicting interpretations by interested parties. Policymakers can use the same data to tell vastly different stories about public health. Forecasts of CAD's future continue to swing between narratives of triumph and catastrophe.4 The good news is that more and more countries are reporting evidence of decline. The bad news is the evidence of the fragility of these gains. Narratives of dementia remain similarly malleable. In the early 1980s, even after CAD's decline had been accepted and despite knowledge that dementia shares many risk factors with CAD, physicians began to warn about an exploding dementia epidemic.5 The decrease in prevalence that surprised Manton and colleagues in 2005 could have been predicted decades earlier. But dementia will remain a problem despite these decreases. The prevalence of dementia can increase, even if the incidence falls, if global populations live longer. The absolute number of people with dementia can increase, even if both incidence and prevalence fall, if the size of the elderly population grows. That explains why, 10 years into the era of reports of decreasing dementia in selected populations, Satizabal and colleagues still write that the "prevalence of dementia is expected to soar as our societies age." Even researchers rigorously examining the evidence of decreases continue to worry about what the future will bring. History offers reasons for hope. Evidence of dementia's decline shows once again that our burden of disease is malleable. This lesson has been hard won. Mid-19th-century physicians saw cholera and tuberculosis as inevitable scourges of urban environments. But those epidemics yielded to sanitary reform, improved standards of living, and eventually medical care. As control of infectious disease led to dramatic gains in life expectancy, physicians in the early 20th century came to see CAD and cancer as the inevitable scourges of long lives. Over recent decades, that pessimism has largely given way as well: CAD and many forms of cancer are increasingly preventable and curable. The burden of disease of the 20th century, like that of the 19th, was not an inevitable fact of life, but a product of lives lived amid specific — and malleable — conditions. What should we expect as cancer and heart disease come under control? Many people think that we can live even longer lives — but lives compromised by dementia, vision loss, and hearing loss. Whether that fate is inevitable or whether these, too, are malleable scourges remains to be seen. Such questions are better left to futurists and geriatricians than to historians. Yet Satizabal et al. believe there's cause for "cautious hope." Primary and secondary prevention might diminish the magnitude of the long-feared dementia epidemic. Something else might save our vision and hearing. Faced with choices between equally defensible epidemiologic projections, physicians and researchers must think carefully about what stories they emphasize to patients and policymakers. The implications, especially for investment in long-term care facilities, are enormous. Our explanations of decline are equally important, since they guide investments in behavior change, medications, and other treatments. With this latest contribution, optimism about dementia is more justified than ever before. Even if death and taxes remain inevitable, cancer, CAD, and dementia may not. But cautious optimism should not become complacency. If we can elucidate the changes that have contributed to these improvements, perhaps we can extend them. Today, the dramatic reductions in CAD-related mortality are under threat. The incipient improvements in dementia are presumably even more fragile. The burden of disease, ever malleable, can easily relapse. Incidence of Dementia over Three Decades in the Framingham Heart Study Claudia L. Satizabal, Ph.D., Alexa S. Beiser, Ph.D., Vincent Chouraki, M.D., Ph.D., Geneviève Chêne, M.D., Ph.D., Carole Dufouil, Ph.D., and Sudha Seshadri, M.D. N Engl J Med 2016; 374:523-532February 11, 2016DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1504327 Journal pre-amble: In the Framingham Heart Study, the incidence of dementia among participants 60 years of age or older has declined over three decades; the 5-year cumulative hazard rate declined from 3.6 per 100 persons in the 1970s and 1980s to 2.0 per 100 persons in the 2000s and 2010s. Abstract Dementia is the leading cause of dependence and disability in the elderly population worldwide.1-3 As the average life expectancy increases, the prevalence of dementia4 and associated monetary costs are expected to increase exponentially.5 A few studies have suggested that the age-specific incidence of dementia (i.e., the risk of dementia at any specific age) might be decreasing, but these studies either have shown a trend that failed to reach significance6,7 or have relied on comparisons of prevalence data that were ascertained at multiple time points.8-10 One study showed no decline in incidence.11 Temporal trends are best derived through continuous monitoring for new cases in a representative community-based sample over an extended observation period, with the use of consistent diagnostic criteria; however, such data from published studies are limited. We estimated temporal trends in the incidence of dementia over three decades among participants in the Framingham Heart Study.


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Luminaries, one of New York City's most popular holiday light displays, returns to dazzle us with color covering the canopy of the ten-story, glass-enclosed Winter Garden. Its 650 giant LED lights are controlled by visitors, for a unique and ever-changing show of dancing colors and intensity.
Luminaries display opens on November 28th, with a FREE a party offering up holiday sweets, performances, and ice-skating, and is on display through the end of January.
Three glowing Wishing Stations are positioned within the Winter Garden, at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan. The stations allow guests to send a "wish" to the lanterns above by placing their hands on the touch-sensitive stations.
Upon releasing their hands, color erupts in the canopy above, translating the wish into a mesmerizing display of colors that travel throughout the lanterns.
Again this year, for every wish sent by the public, Arts Brookfield will donate $1 up to $25,000 to The Grammy Foundation's "The Grammy in the Schools" program, to provide music education for young people.
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