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A microgrid is defined as a small scale electricity system that is used to generate, distribute, and regulate the flow of electrical power. The microgrid system includes the distributed energy resources and multiple loads that allow it to other electrical grids and at the same time operate in a parallel power generation environment. The microgrid power system can generate power from renewable and non-renewable energy sources. Different types of microgrids exist. The first one called as true microgrid or customer microgrid which is self-governed has a regulatory structure and utilizes the current technology. The second type is the utility grid or community microgrid which involves the division of the regulated grid. The third grid is the virtual microgrid orvgrid. It covers the multiple site's distributed energy resources and are coordinated such that they are presented as a single grid to the unit.
Scope & Regional Forecast of the Microgrid Technology Market
The Microgrid Technology Market is expected to grow more in compliance with the government norms pertaining to the greenhouse gas emissions. The concerns for energy security will drive the need for the microgrid design. The depleting resources which lead to a rise in the electricity generation costs have boosted the need for optimum utilization of energy resources. The shift towards optimized energy management will drive the expansion of microgrid power generation.
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The requirements for safe and reliable electricity in hazardous areas will propel the growth of the Microgrid Technology Market. The power microgrid is equipped with quick restoration and secure on grid and off grid operations. However, the lack of regulatory support related to decentralized trading and ancillary services for congestion management will hinder the growth of microgrid technology. But utilities like S&C Electric US are driving the technology for microgrid establishments in the coming years.
Segmentations & Key Players Involved in the Microgrid Technology Market
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Beleaguered software vendor Novell (NOVL), which has been fighting a lawsuit by bankrupt SCO Group for the last several years, could see a silver ligning, writes Ladenburg Thalmann analyst Aaron Schwartz in a note this morning. He says SCO may settle with Novel in its claim of infringement of intellectual property SCO holds with respect to the Unix operating system, rather than proceed to a jury trial against Novell.
Schwartz notes that the incoming court-appointed bankruptcy trustee for SCO Group fired Darl McBride, the CEO, on Monday. McBride had made himself a vilain in the world of Linux and open source software by suing numerous parties reselling or distributing the Linux operating system, including IBM (IBM), but also Daimler (DAI), claiming Linux infringes on Unix operating system rights that SCO acquired several years back.
At any rate, Schwartman says the firing of McBride, and the company's announcement Thursday that it will settle claims against Autozone (AZO), indi ate the company may look to settle with Novell as well, which would ease legal costs for Novell and perhaps lead to "a redirection of legacy royalties" to Novell. Schwartzman maintains a "Buy" rating on Novell and a $6 price target.
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No.10 is Japanese minimalism in a tray. Beautiful, simple and practical. Use it as a serving tray or set it directly on the table as a platter with little bowls of food. No.10 is inspired by the original Japanese banjyu trays, which are used to transport and serve the traditional confection manjū. The name, No.10, is a play on words based on the pronunciation of ban and jyu.
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Oak grows in most temperate zones. The Skagerak oak comes from European forests and is either 100% FSC certified or FSC mix certified, supporting sustainable forest management. The selection of the wood is extremely careful and all processing is by hand, so that only the best and most durable pieces of wood are used in production.
Oak is a sturdy and hardwearing type of wood containing natural tannins that will protect against bacterial growth. Combined with its light, elegant colour and well-defined grains, this makes oak wood safe choice for high-quality interior and accessories.
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Okinawa, Japan, 5 April 2017 - Genting Dream, the first ship of Dream Cruises, "Asia's Luxury Cruise Line", began her inaugural itinerary to Okinawa, Japan from her dual homeports in Hong Kong and Nansha on 2 April. Over four thousand International guests and crew joined the inaugural cruise arriving in Naha on 4 April, then Miyakojima on the following day, marking the official debut of Genting Dream's Journey to the Island Gems of Japan summer itinerary.
Local performers welcomed Genting Dream's guests with an enthusiastic Eisa performance, a traditional drum dance, and cultural presentations highlighted by a Ryukyu dance and traditional folk music performed on an Okinawan Sanshin. The Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau also presented a special memento for the passengers showcasing the world-renowned "star-shaped sand" that can only be found at Okinawa.
To celebrate the inaugural cruise, a special ceremony was held on board the ship attended by Japanese dignitaries, executives of Genting Hong Kong, as well as local media. During the Kagami Biraki, a traditional Japanese ritual, Mr. Takao Kadekaru, Director General, Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports, Okinawa Prefectural Government; Mr. Tsutomu Kinjo, Executive Vice President of Naha Port Authority; Mr. Thatcher Brown, President of Dream Cruises; and Captain Carl Magnus Folke Gottberg of Genting Dream cracked open a ceremonial barrel to bestow best wishes for Genting Dream's inaugural cruise to Okinawa, Japan.
"Okinawa, Japan has always been one of the most scenic destinations with its pristine beaches and crystal clear waters, as well as myriad cultural and historic attractions. On the "Journey to the Island Gems of Japan" itinerary, not only will guests enjoy Naha, Okinawa's capital city, but for the first-time ever, they will also have the opportunity to sample the beauty of Miyakojima, also known as The Most Beautiful Island in Japan, on the same cruise," said Mr. Thatcher Brown, President of Dream Cruises. "We invite all guests to join us on board Genting Dream this summer to fall in love with the natural beauty and rich culture of Okinawa!"
"With about 40 inhabited islands, and one of the very few coral reefs in the world, Okinawa is a truly unique destination. The region also enjoys a distinct history, culture and nature that is very different from mainland Japan. Promoting Okinawa as a cruise destination is an absolute priority for us, as the prefecture has made it its goal to attract more tourists," said Mr. Takao Kadekaru, Head of the Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports, Okinawa Prefectural Government.
On 5 April, Genting Dream arrived at Miyakojima, one of most remote islands in Okinawa, renowned for its spectacular "50 shades of Miyako Blue". The ship was welcomed at the pier by Japanese dignitaries including Mr. Shimoji Toshihiko, Mayor of Miyakojima and Mr. Tomiyama Kenji, Chairman of Miyako Island Tourism Association, during an official ceremony highlighted by traditional musical performances.
Discover the island gems of southern Japan on board Genting Dream. From 2 April 2017, guests can experience the scenic and cultural wonders of the land of the rising sun from the comfort of their own floating, luxury integrated resort at sea.
Naha: The Urban Capital of Okinawa
The thriving urban centre of Naha offers a selection of colourful restaurants, hotels and shops to explore – where you can find for local specialty products! Plan a visit to UNESCO World heritage site, Shuri-jō, a beautifully restored castle that was once the home of Ryūkyū royalty.
Miyakojima: The Jewel of Miyako
The main island in the Miyako group, Miyakojima, regarded as the most beautiful island in Japan, is a magical destination edged with stunning white sand beaches and clear pristine waters. The surrounding cobalt blue seas are famed for their "50 shades of blue".
Guests who cruise with Genting Dream this summer will also have the opportunity to discover a whole new underwater world in two state-of-the-art submersibles on board Genting Dream. Designed to carry one pilot and four guests, passengers can explore the spectacular sights under the Okinawan waters and marvel at the dazzling array of marine life and seascapes. For guests who are looking for an extraordinary experience with their loved ones, the submersibles are ideal for an unforgettable underwater wedding.
To educate, stimulate and inspire, Dream Cruises has designed and curated a remarkable range of events on board Genting Dream with a diverse programme featuring a series of enrichment talks and events including a Kimono Fashion Show at sea and Kimono Master Class,. Guests can experience Japan's traditional culture while enjoying a dazzling array of entertainment and gastronomic options on board.
"Our goal is to deliver inspiring journeys and to help create memories that will last a lifetime," added Mr. Brown. "This summer, we are proud to launch the first-ever Little Astronaut Training Camp, to be hosted by Dr. Leroy Chiao, a former NASA astronaut who once stationed at the International Space Station for 229 days. As well, Mermaid Kat, the professional mermaid from Germany, will also host a Mermaid Academy on board Genting Dream, for a unique and truly unforgettable vacation experience on the open seas."
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NEW YORK — The MLS offseason is about to feel a little bit shorter.
At 3:30 pm ET today, MLSsoccer.com will reveal the dates of the home openers for every team in the league, including details for First Kick in the league's 16th season.
"First Kick 2011" will feature a week of action among an unprecedented 18 clubs as expansion franchises in Portland and Vancouver join the fold. This coming season, all clubs will play a 34-game balanced scheduled in which every team will face every other team twice, home and away. Ten teams will qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs.
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In a prepared statement given to Joystiq, ZeniMax asserts that it owns the rights to "key technology used by Oculus to develop and market the Oculus Rift" by way of "extensive VR research and development works done over a number of years by John Carmack while a ZeniMax employee, and others." ZeniMax says it provided that technology to Oculus in 2012 and 2013 and that Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey "acknowledged in writing ZeniMax's legal ownership of this intellectual property."
A leaked copy of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) between ZeniMax/Id Software and Oculus could lend some support to that position. The document lays out legal terms for discussion and sharing between the companies and establishes ZeniMax's continued ownership of "files, letters, memoranda, reports, records, data, sketches, drawings, notebooks, program listings, or other written, photographic, or other tangible, intangible, or other materials" that might be disclosed under the agreement. That said, it's not clear from the NDA alone what exactly was discussed between the companies and whether any product of those discussions actually ended up contributing to the Rift hardware. It should be noted that the companies were in talks to bring a version of Doom 3: BFG Edition to the Rift headset, and those discussions would probably need to be covered by an NDA like this.
Indeed, in a statement provided to Ars today, Oculus says that "ZeniMax has misstated the purposes and language of the ZeniMax non-disclosure agreement that Palmer Luckey signed." From Oculus' point-of-view, "ZeniMax has never contributed any IP or technology to Oculus."
Regarding Carmack's role in developing the VR headset while still a ZeniMax employee, Oculus says flat out that "John Carmack did not take any intellectual property from ZeniMax." and that "there is not a line of ZeniMax code or any of its technology in any Oculus products." In fact, according to Oculus, "a key reason that John permanently left ZeniMax in August of 2013 was that ZeniMax prevented John from working on VR and stopped investing in VR games across the company."
Oculus also says that ZeniMax has yet to point out any specific code or technology it considers stolen, even though the open source Oculus SDK is available online.
Both parties acknowledge that they tried to reach an agreement on some sort of ZeniMax equity stake in Oculus well before the latter company's $2 billion acquisition by Facebook earlier this year. ZeniMax says the parties merely "were unable to reach a satisfactory resolution," but Oculus says ZeniMax's "demands for a non-dilutable equity stake in Oculus" led directly to the cancellation of the Rift version of Doom 3: BFG Edition.
Oculus' statement also points out that it's "only after the Facebook deal was announced has ZeniMax now made these claims through its lawyers," casting suspicion on the timing of the legal threat. ZeniMax notes that the NDA was signed by Luckey in 2012, "well before the Facebook transaction was announced." A Facebook representative declined to comment for this story.


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When Nina Mustacchi tagged me on Instagram with her Fool Medemas recipe, I was intrigued to know more about her, and the exact details involving this Allepian flavor infused side dish. (click HERE to see it on Insta- and if you are not on Instagram yet, then please do so because you are missing out on a lot of Jewish Hostess fun!)
Of course, an authentic dish always tastes so much better when you get the background the the food and the real chef behind it, so Nina happily shared her story with me for all of my Jewish Hostesses to enjoy.
Born in Aleppo, Syria in 1970, 15 year old Nina Maleh knew that Syria was not a welcoming place for her her and the Syrian Jewish community that had lived there for 3,000 years. Travel restrictions, business limitations, jail time, and Nazi-type beatings inflicted by the Syrian government were commonplace among all innocent fellow community members. One by one, the Syrian Jewish community began to escape the country. Most of them trudged perilously by foot to Israel, Turkey, and Lebanon. Nina's parents had decided to escape Syria the year before so that they could set up a home in Brooklyn for when Nina and her two brothers would be able to escape to Brooklyn. In 1985, Nina and her two young brothers fled the country by walking 12 hours through mountainous roads to get to freedom in Turkey. Soon after, they finally reunited with their parents in Brooklyn, N.Y. The day that 17 year old Nina stepped into her new Brooklyn home, she met her future husband, who coincidentally happened to be visiting her parents. Nina told me that the minute that he set eyes upon her, he proposed on the spot! (phew-what a trip!!)
Nina told me that every Shabbat lunch she now serves at least 15 salads- Halaby style. (Halab-meaning milk, is the Arabic word for Aleppo, known as the place where Abraham our forefather rested and fed his camels on his journey). The Halaby Jews are known for the abundant variety of salads and mazza that they serve with every Shabbat meal. Here is the Halaby version of fool, hummos, and falafel, which is also made Egyptian style by Egyptian Jews and Arabs alike. Pita bread is usually used to scoop up this flavorful concoction.
There are 3 components to this dish:
2-The tehina- The Syrian style tehina is thicker and more lemony than the traditional more watery Israeli style of tehina. The tehina is the bottom layer.
2- The fool- (fava beans)- The Halaby or Allepian version of fool is much more lemony than the Egyptian method. Here Nina recommends using canned fava beans as opposed to the more time consuming task of boiling dried fava beans. This is the second layer.
3- The falafel patties- made with dried chick peas, soaked overnight. The falafel patties top this dish.
- A jar of raw tahina
- water
- salt
- lemon
- garlic,
- cumin to sprinkle on top.
- 1 can of Fava beans
- 2-3 heads of garlic, mashed
- salt
- lemon
- cumin
- paprika
- olive oil
- chopped tomatoes
- parsley
- 1 bag of dried chick peas
- 1 bunch of parsley
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 2 tbsp flour
- salt, pepper
- Mix all ingredients together to taste. Should be thick like yogurt consistency.
- Boil can of Fava beans for 10 minutes only.
- Mix with 2- 3 mashed fresh garlic,
- salt,
- lemon
- cumin,
- paprika
- olive oil
- chopped tomatoes
- top with chopped parsley.
- Add olive oil and a sprinkle of chopped parsley on top.
- Soak the dried chick peas overnight.(You can't use canned chick peas)
- Should be soft enough to break with your nail- not soft enough to smash.
- Grind chick peas in Cuisinart with parsley and cilantro.
- Grind with 2-3 cloves of garlic with each pulse using total 1 head of garlic. Add 2 tbsp flour or a little more till you can press into firm patties.
- Pan fry with vegetable oil or:
- bake it by rolling each ball in flour, dip in olive oil, fry it lightly to keep its' shape, and then spray with Pam and bake in a cookie pan.
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Tennis Stringing Machine Access. & Parts
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Tennis racquets that are not strung properly can hinder power and performance on the court. To ensure that your tennis racquets are swinging at their best, use professional stringing machine parts to keep your racquet in optimum condition.
What You Need To Know About Stringing Machine Parts
Anyone can learn to string a tennis racquet, even if you're using a beginner tennis racquet. In fact, learning how to string your own racquet will encourage you to learn more about your playing style. You can use stringing machine parts to experiment with different string tensions, and find the racquet firmness that brings out your best performance.
To get started using stringing machines, here are 3 stringing machine parts that you need to familiarize yourself with.
String Clamps
The most important feature of a stringing machine string clamp is that it holds the strings securely, yet gently enough as to not put undo stress on the strings. A good string clamp will have a flat gripping surface to provide even pressure without denting. If a clamp dents a string, it creates a weak spot that often results in premature breakage of that string.
There are two types of string clamps: floating clamps and fixed clamps. Floating clamps aren't attached to the stringing machine, whereas fixed clamps—provided by Gamma stringing machine parts and Prince stringing machine parts—are directly mounted onto the stringing machine. Fixed clamps hold tension in the strings more efficiently when stringing.
A major component to any stringing machine's clamping system lies at the base of the mounting system, called the turntable. The strength of proper string clamping depends on the strength of the turntable. Any movement you get in the turntable will cause uneven string tension and distortion, so only use turntables that are solidly constructed.
Here at Do It Tennis, all of our stringing machines and tennis court equipment feature turntables constructed of state-of-the-art materials, and are recognized as some of the finest in the industry.
Tensioning System
The 3 types of stringing machine tension pulling mechanisms are a drop weight, a manual winding spring tensioner, or an electric motor—and all need to be periodically calibrated. Do It Tennis offers a Prince Tension Calibrator that can ensure your strings are at the right tension. Calibrators are must-have tools for proper stringing machine maintenance.
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NEW YORK - A lawsuit filed on Thursday alleges Microsoft Corp has been infringing patents that allow Internet search engines to most effectively place advertisements.
I/P Engine Inc said in the suit filed in Manhattan federal court that Microsoft uses search technology based on inventions by two employees of I/P Engine's parent company, Vringo Inc.
Microsoft uses the technology in systems that generate advertisements and associated links for users of the world's largest software company's search engine, Bing, the lawsuit said.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for Vringo declined to comment.
In November 2012, a Virginia jury awarded I/P Engine approximately $30 million in damages after it found that companies including Google Inc and AOL Inc had infringed the same patents that are at issue in the Microsoft suit.
Following I/P Engine's announcement of the verdict, however, its parent company's stock slid by as much as 1%. The company had been seeking damages of at least $696 million.
In the lawsuit filed Thursday, I/P Engine claimed that Microsoft has willfully infringed its patents. I/P Engine said that one of its patents was referenced by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office in 2003 when the agency rejected a similar Microsoft patent application.
In patent cases, a party can win higher damages if infringement is found to be willful.
Vringo shares were last up 10 cents, or 3.2%, at $3.24 in midday trade on the American Stock Exchange.
Microsoft shares were down 30 cents, or 1.1%, at $27.55 on the Nasdaq.
The case is I/P Engine, Inc v. Microsoft Corp, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 12-688.
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South Korean VR technology company, GameCrew Creative Lab, takes final steps to launch two Virtual Reality software solutions – GREW AutoFocus and MOSKIT by the end of 2017 for better focus and depth perception
GameCrew Creative Lab is a startup VR technology company in South Korea and has announced its plans to launch two software solutions for virtual reality by the end of the year. According to sources, Grew Creative Lab is in the final stages of launching two software solutions for VR. The GREW AutoFocus and MOSKIT are designed to provide better focus and depth perception while ensuring better analysis of VR content's motion sickness.
Virtual reality has shot into prominence, and several companies have been coming out with different solutions to ensure better user experience. The advent of virtual reality has come with several benefits especially for businesses and even individuals. While virtual reality is synonymous with several features and benefits, software developers still have lots to do regarding enhancing user experience. One company that is poised for making the user experience more effective is GameCrew Creative Lab.
The South Korean company offers a couple of VR products and solutions, thanks to the commitment of the team to research and development. The company also ensures compliance with industry-wide standards while addressing the needs of clients and technology demand. Some of the products currently offered by Grew Creative Lab include Motion Sickness Evaluation Kit for VR, VR Disaster Trainer (VR Rescue Sim), and VR Fatigue Reduction S/W.
The release of the software solutions is part of the company's plans to get more from virtual reality and allow users to get more from the technology by enhancing the graphics quality of the content that users perceive. Consequently, a better focus and depth perception is provided for users.
"VR industry seems to slow down as of late, but I am certain GREW's two products can be one of the boosters for VR industry," said Sangho Lee, GREW's lead researcher. "Our solutions can analyze and pinpoint what is causing motion sickness for any VR content and also enhances content's graphics quality that user perceives by providing better focus & depth perception as in natural view. Ultimately, our goal is to help users enjoy VR contents without getting motion sickness or eye fatigue."
Both software solutions are simple VR tools that can be easily implemented by developers on their projects. MOSKIT and GREW AutoFocus currently support all platforms using Unity. The solutions also support other engines such as Unreal and Crytek.
GameCrew has also announced that VR videos will be available in the 1st quarter of 2018, with the GREW AutoFocus is available at Unity Asset store, while MOSKIT is available upon request by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com
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GameCrew Creative Lab is an IT startup headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 2015, the company aims to expand the VR community, allowing everyone and anyone across the globe to access the technological revolution by providing creative VR solutions.
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Ensuring that you actually test all the code you write, however, is not easy. A couple of years back I read an article about Hansel, which does code coverage checking, but never got it nicely working for the CDK project. Never looked at that lately, so no idea how the current release would work out. Hansel is an extension of JUnit, and requires hard coding class names, which conflicts with CDK's module setup.
Thomas Kuhn pointed me last week to Emma, which seems a nice tool. It does not require hacking our source, and generates cool HTML:
And even highlights the source code:
BTW, I seem to be in good company: Classpath is using it too.
Below is the command I issued to generate the HTML output. Rajarshi, maybe this can be integrated into Nightly? Note that it only runs the tests for the data module:
ant dist-large dist-test-large
java -cp ~/tmp/emma-2.0.5312/lib/emma.jar emmarun -cp develjar/junit.jar:dist/jar/cdk-svn-20061128.jar:dist/jar/cdk-test-svn-20061128.jar -r html -sp src junit.textui.TestRunner org.openscience.cdk.test.MdataTest


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Wahever Records in association with Alex Dayo Drumming School proudly presents Gùndo Fara, the debut EP by Zantogola.
Inspired by the West African heritage of popular rhythms and songs, Zantogola are at the same time masters and explorers of the plenguedey music: a fusion between elements of mandingue, highlife and afrobeat with hip hop, reggae and jazz.
The band mixes traditional African-percussions rhythms with brass, voices, guitars, balafons and ngonis to create contemporary, reflective, joyous and highly danceable songs.
The Zantogola project was born in 2016 with the meeting of Alex Dayo and Matteo Boyero, and has grown up into a full scale band and human adventure. Among the members of the band there are musicians like Alai Sanfo, Hien Narcisse Moustique Piqué, Robert Goldsmith, David Kemp, Nick Onley, James MacPhail, Owain Arthur, Moussa Dembele and Shreya Rai.
Alex Dayo is a drummer/percussionist from Burkina Faso, former musician of the Kouledafourou National Ballet and leader of Wountey, the band who initiated Plenguedey music. Alex moved to London in 2008 where he set up a drumming school.
Shreya Rai is a 25 year old singer from Nepal. She is the main female singer for Zantogola, and also performs with other bands such as Namlo and Makindu (WAHEVER 004). She is a highly creative and dedicated artist, and a composer in her own right: look up her name for future releases.
This EP also features some special guests: violinist John Garner, Rafael Anker on EVI (electro valve instrument), Togo Clément Palé on bass, Sophia Mogapi on snare/cymbals, Marta Badia Marin on background doundoun and Dabaiyah Fidel on backing vocal.
Zantogola means "the greatest in everyone" and it's the name of a character in Burkina Faso's folklore. There are many tales of his extraordinary powers. He plays his percussion louder than anybody in the country, so loud that you could hear him from all the other villages.
He can devour a whole village's food supply for a year in a single day, but his appetite is matched by his generosity: he will farm all the fields for the whole village single-handed. He also sleeps for a whole season unless the village needs him.
Zantogola also inspires a message of humbleness. In these dark times, Zantogola stands against growing nationalism and the tightening of borders to create a spirit of common purpose and brotherhood.
Gùndo Fara means "secret revealed" in Bambara, one of the most widely spoken languages in French speaking West Africa.
This 45 rpm loud cut 12'' EP is an introduction to an eleven track album to be released in spring 2019, it is limited to 300 copies and comes with B side drum mixes that will not be included on the spring album release.
Composed and arranged by Alexandre Yemaoua Dayo
Produced by Matteo Boyero and Alexandre Yemaoua Dayo
Recorded by Matteo Boyero at Wahever Records, except drums on "Tare" recorded at the Alex Dayo Drumming School, and bass and electro valve instrument on "Taré", recorded at Dondoli Studio by Joseph Sangare
Mixed by Peter Soldan at Dada Studios
Mastered by Simon Davey at the Exchange
Artwork by Sandra von Hazelberg
Alexandre Yemaoua Dayo: lead and backing vocal, drum set (congas, djembe, cymbals, high hat and calebasse), bass bara, doundoun, kenkeni & top bell, sabar, tama, maracas
Shreya Rai: lead and backing vocal
Dabaiyah Fidel: backing vocal
Abdoulaye Sanfo: djembe solo
Moussa Dembele: balafon (xylophone)
Hien Narcisse Likite Moustique Piqué: medium bara
James MacPhail: bass
Owen Arthur: electric rhythm and lead guitar
Robert Goldsmith: baritone sax
David Kemp: alto sax
Nick Onley: tenor sax
Matteo Boyero: drum machine kick programming
Alexandre Yemaoua Dayo: lead and backing vocal, balafon, rhythm djembe 1, drum set (congas & djembe 2), bara, sabar, cowbell, shekere Abdoulaye Sanfo : djembe solo, rhythm djembe 3
Hien Narcisse Likite Moustique Piqué: kenkeni and top bell
Marta Badia Marin: background doundoun
Shreya Rai: lead and backing vocal
Pale Togo Clément: bass
Raphael Anker: EVI (electro valve instrument)
John Garner: violins
Robert Goldsmith: baritone sax
David Kemp: alto sax
Nick Onley: tenor sax
Matteo Boyero: drum machine kick programming
Sya drums (musicians present in the full version of the track not included):
Alexandre Yemaoua Dayo: rhythm djembe 1 & 2, djembe solo, drum set (congas & djembe 3), maracas, woodblock, doundoun, kenkeni & top bell, criquet Sophia Mogapi: drum kit (snare and cymbals)
Abdoulaye Sanfo: djembe snare
Matteo Boyero: drum machine kick programming
Special thanks to Peter Soldan at Dada Studios, Joseph Sangare at Dondoli Studio, Sandra Von Hazelberg for the artwork, Finsbury Park Art Club and all the students at the Alex Dayo Drumming School.
Notes by Alex Dayo:
Seli" means "pray": whatever our beliefs as human beings, let's pray to know ourselves so that we can gain a better awareness of humanity's needs. "Taré" means "majesty". How great is your mother's love. How great is a lover's love. It's your choice to find the balance: as we cross many rivers, we encounter many mothers and loved ones. The greatest, they are in my heart majestically, I shall never forgot them. Not all women give birth to a majesty. I'm talking too and dedicating Tare to her Majesty, my mother Sita Sessouma, my mother by the river Kalpana from Nepal, and to all you great women from all over the planet.
I specially dedicate this EP to all my students.
a1. Zantogola - Seli
a2. Zantogola - Taré
b1. Zantogola - Seli Drums
b2. Zantogola - Sya Drums
Release Date: 16th November 2018
De Lichting is back for their second double vinyl album titled; "Twee". The collective showcases a genuinely sensitive and pure sound resulting in an emotionally charged album.
The A-side kicks off with Boris Acket & Kaap. The live and improvised performance "De Tuin" starts as a percussive soundscape and evolves into light footed ambiance, which resonates to a designated chill-out space, followed by "Verwar" of Eversines. A darker hedonistic cut thanks to its atonal pads and heavy but sensual low end. A polyrhythmic breakbeat is introduced, which releases the tension and clears all the grey clouds to its sonic spectrum.
Human Space Machine & queniv take over the B-side this time, working their way through an emotional techno journey with Human Space Machine's "Feels" and the most apocalyptical techno banger we've heard from queniv so far called "U.I.C".
Switching records to the second vinyl, we start on the C-side with Boris Acket's "Humming", a house anthem sure to jerk the tears of euphoric dancers. Continuing, three other cuts which are Nathan Surreal's "Chaos In The Echoes"; a mental deep weapon, queniv's museum inspired experiment "Kruller Muller" and "Onvoorwaardelijk" by RDS. C4 lives up to its number; blowing up clubs with a lovely sensitive yet dangerous electro bomb of a track.
When the concluding side is put on, we're taken aback by Kaap's "Hartzeer", a heart aching combo of 707 drums, grungy textures and a rolling 16th bass, which goes right in the feels. RDS is featured a second time on D2 with "Haat & Liefde", resulting in the most acoustic sounding track on the compilation before we end with Eversines' "2Anticipate". An ambient cut where the 303 acid synth has hardly ever sounded so soft, tender and more sincere than you'd expect. And so, the album is wrapped up and implies a feeling of a new start to the next compilation.
a1. Boris Acket & Kaap - De Tuin
a2. Eversines - Verwar
b1. Human Space Machine - Feels
b2. queniv - U.I.C.
c1. Boris Acket - Humming
c2. Nathan Surreal - Chaos In The Echoes
c3. queniv - Kruller Muller
c4. RDS - Onvoorwaardelijk
d1. Kaap - Hartzeer
d2. RDS - Haat & Liefde
d3. Eversines - 2Anticipate
Released 9th November
It's not the fall that hurts, it's when you hit the ground – that's what "Failing Upwards" is all about. On Lehult's fourteenth release Lucky Charms breaks away from 4-to-the-floor territory to deliver a fun trip through skippy drum workouts and jazzy warmth. Spread out across the full A-Side is "Einbahnstraßen-Sound". Heard first on the Lehult Worldwide FM Special last year, this highly requested tune finally sees the light of day in all its trippy, warm, analogue glory. "Oase" takes things a notch deeper by layering lush synths, swarming melodies and ski field recordings over a laid back electro-groove. "Rex Dubius" translates the vibe of the first two tracks into a more straightforward, dubby groove - not without the skipping beats and the warm counterparts, though.
a1. Einbahnstraßen Sound
b1. Oase
b2. Rex Dubius


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Dec-23-08 Commissioner Doria Responds To Calls For COAH Deadline Extension
Commissioner Doria Responds To Calls For COAH Deadline Extension
TRENTON – Commissioner Doria sent the following letter today to William Dressel, Executive Director of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities:
Dear Mr. Dressel:
I am writing regarding your request that the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) hold an emergency meeting to extend the December 31st deadline for submitting revised third round plans. As you know, the December 31st deadline, which is set forth in regulations adopted by COAH earlier this year, applies only to a portion of the municipalities in the State. The deadline applies only to those towns that previously participated in COAH's original third round or that voluntarily chose to file plans before the court and thereby continue to maintain protection against "builder's remedy" lawsuits. Published reports indicate that over 200 of the towns to which the deadline applies have recently taken action to approve revised plans, or are poised to do so over the next couple of days.
We recognize the time and effort that is required for the planning process, and COAH has worked with many towns to provide information and assistance in that process. COAH also has issued guidance that addresses some of the significant concerns that have been raised about the growth share impact of new residential construction.
As to the deadline, COAH's regulations provide the opportunity for individual municipalities to apply to COAH for a waiver of a particular regulatory requirement provided that criteria set forth in the waiver regulation are satisfied. This waiver option has been available to any town that believes it cannot meet the deadline and whose request meets the criteria.
We have given serious thought and consideration to your request but have determined that an across-the-board extension of the deadline would not be consistent with COAH's statutory obligations under the Fair Housing Act.
As we have stated, COAH is committed to continuing to work cooperatively with municipal officials in the planning process, and that cooperation certainly will continue as we move forward.
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A light-heavyweight bout between Krzysztof Soszynski (26-11-1 MMA, 6-2 UFC) and Igor Pokrajac (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) is set for December's UFC 140 event.
UFC officials today announced the bout between well-rounded 205-pounders.
UFC 140 takes place Dec. 10 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto with a heavyweight headliner between Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
The night's main card airs live on pay-per-view, though it's not clear if Pokrajac vs. Soszynski will be part of the broadcast.
Soszynski and Pokrajac initially were slated to fight at UFC 131 when Pokrajac was tapped as a replacement for injured Anthony Perosh. However, Pokrajac also suffered an injury and was replaced by Mike Massenzio.
Soszynski won that fight via unanimous decision to score his third win in four fights, which included victories over Stephan Bonnar (via controversial TKO) and Goran Reljic (decision). However, as the Canadian recently told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com), he underwent his seventh career knee surgery after the Massenzio win and has been recovering ever since.
He now meets Pokrajac, who scored a first-round TKO of Todd Brown at UFC on Versus 3 back in March. The Croatian fighter now has won two of three fights since he started his UFC career with back-to-back losses to Vladimir Matyushenko and James Te Huna.
The latest UFC 140 card now includes:
- Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz
- Brian Ebersole vs. Rory MacDonald
- Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung
- Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz
- Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
- Rich Attonito vs. Claude Patrick
- Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi
- John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke
For more on UFC 140, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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The child in me wants my mother! However, enough info has been brought to this childs attention; there is no mother! I was brought up or forced to be around a sadistic sociopath; nothing more! F#cking worthless.
I have learned; anything associate with criminals like this; let it go! There was nothing I could do: they were out to destroy and take and dismantle anything and everything that breathed around them; they were callus, cold, with no remorse and no conscious! They stole my childhood and my life; However, they do not know God and they do not know me and they do not understand what it means to be a human being. They never saw me, never knew me! and it is shocking! its horrible! it was all a lie and no one cares if they ever see me again, or ever saw me again! and its so hard not to take this personally! Its mind crushing! Yet, I am forced to take this personally! and I learning to let it go!
Reality is so much different then the fantasy I thought I was living in! I thought someone was taking care of me and loved me. What is so creepy; they were vampires, haters, and demonic elements of a pure evil nature and nothing more! I have to separate what happened to me; from this nightmare!
The biggest problem is reframing; Im attempting to see these people different from what I thought they were from a child's view! Im attempting to see the truth of these people, places and things! and run from them. ( nothing was sacred)! The worthless small town I came from was not sacred after all; neither were the people in it!
Im beat up from the street up! Im lucky, Ive allowed myself to be lucky! and it looks like they will not win! I can't be sure! Im still working on things. I do not know the outcome!
I won't run from something I have no negative feeling for!~ ( if you have no fear of a rattle snake, will you run from it; only when you know it can kill you will you run from it) I must reframe and see these vampires for who and what they were ( they were child murderers) I will feel lucky that I could get out of there alive in one piece; forget about inheritance or what they owed me! Demons do not pay up! its better to get out of their with your life, turn around and never go back and start over somewhere else; feeling safe and complete in a new way. The hardest part is denial! nO one wants to let go of there past! No one wants to believe they came from a bad horror show! Its so hard to deal with!
if I do not see this for what it was, I do not have to deal with the terrible job of grieving and letting go! I have to let go of everything! nothing was as it seemed! Nothing; No one, or anything!
The whole experience was a horrible human tragedy, and a crime! This was way over the head for a child to deal with! Its a sick crime to brake a child's everyday development and put them through a prison camp simulation.
I was not noticed; nothing! A decent person expects others to see value in them; not be attacked or treated like a second class citizen and object!
I was unsafe, tortured, hated, later raped and thrown away! I must remember who I was dealing with. ( I had no idea what or who I was dealing with) I had to go to sleep to deal with these people! I had to go to the sleep of unawareness and dissociate disorder!
There is no need to remember people, places or things from this nature; where I grew up! I was hated in every direction; I was hated by scum bags! I was hated, simply because these are scum backs
I must see them for what they were! they were liars, Godless and nothings! Its not good to give credit to nothings ( its better to come out of denial and see these creeps for what they were)! my child memories want to feel like I was loved. I was not, and the memories or attitudes associated with those memories are wrong. I was never safe, and the people I associated with were not safe for me or children to be around. ( the whole things is so very sad) On the outside they looked good. On paper, they looked good; they were not!
I had no brothers; it was all a lie! They were strangers! nothing more! The whole of my child experience was a fantasy view. The outside world and inside world was never safe, it was a lie!
it was a fenced in lie! nothing was real! I was played like a football in a sport game! I was nothing to know one! it was all a joke! It was all a lie! at one time I knew this and wanted out; wanted my freedom! then I was destroyed again and again! I became a dependent slave!~ I had no life and no freedom and no identity! I had a head full of PTSD and my body was for rent for anyone to use! I no rights! I was a carpet and nothing more! and I hated my life and myself for what had become of my life. I was scared out of life! what a horror show! I had no Idea who I was dealing with; what kind of people!
When problems started, everyone on the outside left; ( the friends I thought I had)! I had no real friends, no one was real; nothing was real! no on my side. I was alone! independence was the only answer, then I was destroyed again! Later I lived in a forced dream world to survive.
Im attempting to get over my past and live again; no easy climb!~ The climb is always to steep and seems impossible! I have to reach out for Gods help! its all despicable.
In the end I think or believe if things continue in this direction; I win! I come back, come back to normal; to my life, separate myself from what happened. This horror that I was subjected to as a child was a very gruesome thing, and move on to a real and better life around real and better and normal loving people!
I was scared out of my wits; panic was my only friend; panic and confusion. Confusion of self and surrounding, I was scared out of the very fabric of life. I was scared out of the right of my own physical movements.
Look back and let go of all to it; nothing was real! it was all a lie, and all players in this play were false actors playing a false part! when the fun was over, they packed up and never came back!
I never came from a family system, I never came from nowhere. I had no real family or friends or acquaintances or brothers or sisters or relatives; I had nothing. The whole thing was a sick joke made of jokers, nothing more! A circus tent that came to town then left, left me on the street corner.
Im attempting to be me again and look back at what happened. Im just starting this real journey. ITs heartbreaking. The faster I can come back to reality and let go of people, places, and things that were unsafe the better. This will take the remainder of my lifes work!
One problem; The criminal!
They suckered me out of my inheritance. Im afraid this happens. Im not the only one.. It happens because they are tricky! and you don't think this will happen to you! They get your trust, then its all over! they lay wait for you! they've been planing a way to get it away from you! They do this because they are sociopaths! they are liars and thieves; just like Judas in the bible, they are the same type of demonic animal! And, you are not prepared for them! They are lies!
SO, I have to trust God and walk away from them. Walk away with nothing, knowing they filled their pockets with my loot... they were never friends of mine, nor cared if they ever saw me again. The whole thing is so ######6 sickening and horrible!
However, It looks like I have a chance to regain my life, if I can face the humiliation of what these people didl; and look at my roll; meaning; How did I let them get near me to destroy me! its not about right or wrong! its about learning! next time I can learn to stay away from people like this. They are not my family or my friends. nor ever were! they are sick sociopaths and nothing more... They are not human!
The problems associated with these people has been (taking any of this personally). And I have to stop this. It was not personal! and I must keep working through this stuff and the past that I choose to stop taking this personally. I have to work my way into a new way of thinking.
The history and the truth! nothing was personal! Nothing was as it seems. The family members of this family were never safe, never on my side and not family members. They were a form of sycophant or sociopath! There is no good reason to ever associate with any of these animals ever again. They are not human. I will learn my lessons the easy way or the hard way! something will wake me up! Im hoping its a thought and not a car wreck!
I was set up and destroyed! Part of this was random! these sociopaths did not care who they destroyed. If you had been in my place, the same thing would have happened to you! age means nothing. If you are protected they can't get at you! if you are not protected, you are destroyed. They care not for the laws of God, laws of man, laws of the country they live in. They are the purest form of evil and deep criminal pathology!
Im attempting to separate myself from this past; from people!
Im working hard in many arenas to get the courage to look at this stuff, face it and run away, that I can gain my sanity back; and understand that no one has the right to hurt me! No one was on my side and I did not come from the people, places or things I thought I came from. No one loved me, I had no family or friends! it was all a lie and all a ######6 joke. I want so badly to feel nothing associated with those people or that time. I want it all to disappear ( every memory), and I want to run away with no guilt or attachment to that period.
I am a little boy inside trying to accept reality! It is very hard and very lonely! I love God, and must make a trek out of this insanity!
Life is confusing with PTSD! the past comes up and must be worked through!


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Scott Pruitt Emails: Oil Lobbyists Drafted His Letters as Oklahoma's AG
Scott Pruitt had a bad habit as Oklahoma's attorney general: he liked to have oil lobbyists ghostwrite his official government letters calling for limits to enforcing federal pollution laws.
A lawsuit initiated by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has forced thousands of Scott Pruitt's emails into the daylight, after Pruitt's office delayed CMD's records requests for two years. CMD says it anticipates more documents in the coming weeks, so we're in the middle of an unfolding saga. You may recall this 2014 New York Times article by Eric Lipton, which opened with this juicy hook:
The letter to the Environmental Protection Agency from Attorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma carried a blunt accusation: Federal regulators were grossly overestimating the amount of air pollution caused by energy companies drilling new natural gas wells in his state.
But Mr. Pruitt left out one critical point. The three-page letter was written by lawyers for Devon Energy, one of Oklahoma's biggest oil and gas companies, and was delivered to him by Devon's chief of lobbying.
"Outstanding!" William F. Whitsitt, who at the time directed government relations at the company, said in a note to Mr. Pruitt's office. The attorney general's staff had taken Devon's draft, copied it onto state government stationery with only a few word changes, and sent it to Washington with the attorney general's signature. "The timing of the letter is great, given our meeting this Friday with both E.P.A. and the White House."
Mr. Whitsitt then added, "Please pass along Devon's thanks to Attorney General Pruitt."
Now we know this was not an isolated incident. A new article in today's New York Times notes a similar favor Pruitt conducted at the request of Devon Energy lobbyists who were concerned about U.S. Bureau of Land Management rules that could restrict oil and gas extraction on public lands:
In a March 2013 letter to Mr. Pruitt's office, William Whitsitt, then an executive vice president of Devon, referred to a letter his company had drafted for Mr. Pruitt to deliver, on Oklahoma state stationery, to Obama administration officials. Mr. Pruitt, meeting with White House officials, made the case that the rule, which would rein in planet-warming methane emissions, would be harmful to his state's economy. His argument was taken directly from Mr. Whitsitt's draft language.
"To follow up on my conversations with Attorney General Pruitt and you, I believe that a meeting — or perhaps more efficient, a conference call — with OIRA (the OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Analysis) on the BLM rule should be requested right away," Mr. Whitsitt wrote. "The attached draft letter (or something like it that Scott is comfortable talking from and sending to the acting director to whom the letter is addressed) could be the basis for the meeting or call."
The letter referred to the section of the White House Office of Management and Budget that coordinates regulations throughout the government.
Two weeks later Devon's Bill Whitsitt sent a celebratory email to Pruitt's staff, saying, "I just let General Pruitt know that BLM is going to propose a different version of its federal lands hydraulic fracturing rule thanks to input received – thanks for the help on this!" In the most striking new example, CMD revealed that Scott Pruitt's staff accepted draft letters from oil refinery lobbyists who wanted government help to attack renewable fuels and limits to smog pollution:
The oil and gas lobby group American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) coordinated opposition in 2013 to both the Renewable Fuel Standard Program and ozone limits with Pruitt's office. While AFPM was making its own case against the RFS with the American Petroleum Institute, it provided Pruitt with a template language for an Oklahoma petition, noting "this argument is more credible coming from a State." Later that year, Pruitt did file opposition to both the RFS and ozone limits.
I recommend this deep dive by DeSmog Blog if you want more specific examples of oil lobbyists running Pruitt's agenda.
The emails are peppered with examples of Pruitt and his staff coordinating with Koch Industries and its political surrogates, including a conference call with a Koch Industries lobbyist. Pruitt frequently worked with some of the most notable Koch-funded climate denier hubs, including Americans for Prosperity, the Federalist Society, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the State Policy Network.
Pruitt was a keynote speaker for another well-known Koch venture in May, 2013, at a reception for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC's event was held at the Oklahoma City Petroleum Club, and Pruitt was told it would be sponsored by Koch Industries, Devon Energy, TransCanada, Continental Resources, and Phillips66. ALEC is the dating service for state legislators and corporate lobbyists, where Scott Pruitt has been a celebrity in recent years for leading other state attorneys general into attacks on the EPA.
The appointment to lead the EPA is a reward for Pruitt, who dutifully acted on behalf of fossil fuel companies as Oklahoma attorney general, and a consequence of the Republican administrations close ties to the oil and coal industries.
At Greenpeace, we invite our supporters to join us and resist this administration's handover of federal agencies to the industries who are supposed to be monitored by them. Scientific fact can't be yelled into submission. We'd rather not have the President learn that lesson by failing to protect Americans from the damage done by an unstable climate.
Just as Scott Pruitt's denial of fracking-related Oklahoma earthquakes did nothing to stop a surge in real earthquakes, putting a climate denier in charge of the EPA is not going to undo the global rise in average surface temperatures that lead to intense drought, flooding, storms, and sea level rise.


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OAKLAND, Calif., April 28 (UPI) -- Eric Sogard scored the winning run on Manny Machado's 10th-inning throwing error Sunday, completing an Oakland A's come-from-behind 9-8 win over Baltimore.
The Athletics were trailing 8-6 when Derek Norris singled off Brian Matusz in the bottom of the ninth and Yoenis Cespedes -- who came off the disabled list before the game -- tied the score with a home run.
Sogard led off the bottom of the 10th with a single against Pedro Strop (0-1) and was safe at second when Strop threw wildly to the bag on Adam Rosales' grounder.
Coco Crisp laid down bunt and third baseman Machado fielded it and threw to shortstop J.J. Hardy at third in a bid to throw out Sogard. But the throw sailed past Hardy, allowing Sogard to come home with the game-winner.
Seth Smith bashed a two-run homer and Jerry Blevins (1-0) earned the victory for the A's, who salvaged one win in a four-game series.
Machado went 4-for-5 with two RBI and Nate McLouth added four hits and scored four runs for the Orioles.
Chris Davis drove in three runs for Baltimore.


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LAS VEGAS--As far as mobile conferences go, this was a quieter CES -- there were few marquee smartphones and only one real device that pushed the smartphone form factor forward (but what an interesting specimen). Regardless, phone makers launched 21 new handsets in conjunction with the show.
Despite the lack of dazzle, CES 2013 nevertheless gave us an important preview of things to come, and the direction smartphone development will take in the coming year.
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Spotlight on the second tier
Big names like Samsung, HTC, Motorola, and Nokia were all but absent, maybe dribbling out a phone (Samsung Ativ Odyssey, HTC One SV) and taking meetings in quiet conference rooms and parking lot trailers, but avoiding the large-scale presence and full-tilt announcements we've come to expect from the major consumer electronics confabs.
That left the spotlight for lesser-known brands that are usually overlooked and overshadowed by flashier competitors.
Huawei came out on top with two sorely needed high-end Android devices, the Huawei Ascend Mate and Huawei Ascend D2. It also unveiled its first Windows 8 phone, the Ascend W1, which, with its bright colors and squared-off corners, closely resembles the Nokia Lumia 900.
Sony, maintaining its usual CES presence, trotted out the very lovely Sony Xpera Z and ZL, two high-end Android smartphones, two devices that could get Sony back in the mainstream after last year's promising start melted into disappointing releases.
ZTE took the opportunity to prove its worth for the U.S. market by showcasing a single premium device, the Grand S. As with Huawei, ZTE's handsets typically land in the middle and lower end and on prepaid carriers. Smartphones with more expensive components and loftier specs may price them out of the budget range, but will improve their reputation and brand recognition in these parts.
A complete unknown brought in the most compelling smartphone of all, at least from a design perspective. Announced first in December but publicly shown in the U.S. at CES, the YotaPhone pushes the boundary by including an e-ink display on the back on an otherwise premium Android phone. Other smaller innovations make the upstart intriguing, though the phone is only in its first prototype, with plenty of kinks to work out between now and the official launch this year.
CES also saw Pantech announce the Discover, which promises to be a high-value budget phone for traditional carrier partner AT&T. Alcatel announced eight smartphones, most in a series, with only a few bound for the U.S. The
Finally, the previously announced LG Optimus Vu II and new Lenovo K900 rounded out the new crop.
1080p HD screens loom large
The days when a 4.5-inch screen was considered gargantuan are long gone. Many of the premium phones we saw measured 4.7 or 5 inches, with Huawei's 6.1-inch Ascend Mate winning the medal for most mammoth phone of all time.
With the large screen comes high resolution, with 1080p HD confirmed as the zenith for high-end handsets.
Powering it up with quad-core processors
Just like we predicted, CES was filled with handsets equipped with quad-core CPUs.These included the Sony Xperia Z (and its smaller counterpart, the ZL), the Ascend Mate, the Grand S, and the One Touch Scribe X.
In addition, processor companies themselves made their own headlines. At its press conference, Nvidia announced its next generation quad-core chipset, Tegra 4.
With claims that it'll be much faster than its current Tegra 3 processor (due to Nvidia using the ARM Cortex A-15 architecture instead of A-9), Tegra 4 will bump up camera speeds.
Meanwhile, at Qualcomm's fairly bizarre, cameo-filled keynote, the company unveiled its two new Snapdragon quad-core processors, the 800 and 600 series. The former is said to be 75 percent faster than Qualcomm's current lineup, and the latter will deliver a better performance experience.
High megapixel counts get mega popular
As we mention time and time again, just because your smartphone camera has a high megapixel count, doesn't necessarily mean it'll take fantastic shots.
But that doesn't stop phone companies from releasing handsets that sport cameras with megapixels that go way above the standard 8-count.
At CES, we saw the ZTE Grand S and the Ascend Mate's 13-megapixel cameras. As flagship devices, however, that didn't really surprise us. In fact, it was the 12.6-megapixel spec from Pantech's $50 Discover that caught us off guard. Better technology might mean that high-resolution cameras won't be reserved for just top-tier handsets anymore.
After all, as more people are using smartphones as their main camera, then immediately sharing shots on social networks, the demand for better images grows.
Bright, peppy colors
Though black, gray, and now white are smartphone color mainstays, this year we saw a variety of eye-popping shades. Perhaps due to the success of the Nokia's Lumia line, high-end handsets are coming in every hue from blood red to minty blue.
Case in point: the Huawei Ascend W1. We already mentioned that it looked strikingly similar to the Lumia, and that also includes the four color options Huawei sprang for: cyan blue, bright red, white, and black.
Furthermore, the Alcatel One Touch Idol comes in red and black too, but added a vivid yellow to its palette as well.
Lastly, Grand S not only comes in a variety of colors, but it also features two different finishes (matte and glossy). Though the matte coating comes only in black and white, you can get the glossy finish in black, white, red, slate gray, minty blue, pink, and yellow.
Why the sudden foray into technicolor post-Lumia? Colors are clearly tracking well as a way to stand out from the crowd, and to grab customer attention. As more young people buy phones, colors add personality.
Flexi-screens, the new hotness
Samsung, Nokia, and even Apple have been patenting and demoing flexible LCD and AMOLED display technology for years, but it wasn't until CES 2013 that the emerging tech is growing legs.
Samsung dazzled with Youm, a flexible AMOLED display technology that's now developed enough to demo on the larger keynote stage.
Meanwhile, Gorilla Glass maker Corning gave CNET an exclusive look at Willow Glass, a glass formula so pliable it bends.
A promising mobile future
While we were a slightly disappointed that the smartphone bigwigs didn't make a huge splash at CES, 2013 still looks bright for mobile devices, regardless. And with Mobile World Congress approaching in February, we'll undoubtedly see more exciting handsets from plenty of manufacturers, including the top dogs.
Moreover, CES showed us that sharper and bigger screens, faster processors, and more powerful cameras, won't just be for the impossibly expensive flagships anymore. In fact, there's a good indication that these features will make their way onto handsets that will be available in a wide range of affordable prices, making them more accessible to everyday consumers.
And not only is the industry improving the specs that are readily available to us, it's also still progressing: From two-sided handsets to flexible glass, this past week proved to us that mobile technology is still innovating, using concepts we have yet to fully apply to their highest potential.


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How to Deal with Slow Learners?
Teachers always find it difficult to deal with slow learners. Often teachers try to advise such students and get results by negative enforcement like punishment. But it is not the right solution. Teachers should give time to think over such students to reach a better solution. Following guidelines will help teachers to improve slow learners:
- The more a teacher thinks about a student, more he gets the solution. Being a teacher, you should try to understand problem area. Problems may be a child's friends and family or his personal condition. Psychological analysis will definitely give a reason why a student is not learning and help finding a solution.
- Often a weak student cannot understand the lesson because he has not understood the previous lessons in previous classes. Therefore such child should be taught individually according to his understanding level.
- Encouragement plays an important role in the success of a child. Teachers should find out strengths of weak students and applaud him with encouraging words. If a child is given confidence, he will feel his importance and worth. Once confidence level of a weak student increases, he will improve.
- Persuade a weak student to make a time table for studying. Sometimes students do not have a specific goal regarding their education. Teachers should observe such children and then inspire them to fix a goal for study and life as well. Help such student to make a time table so that he can do all things on right time.
- Some weak learners also have a problem that they forget what they learn. That's why such student loses confidence and he starts differentiating himself from good students. Teacher's duty here is to give student tips on how to recall and how to write systematically.
- Teachers always give importance to good and strong students in classroom. But it is necessary that a teacher should go to weak child and ask him personally whether he has understood the lesson. Teacher's asking approach should be polite and not rude.
- To engage the learner in habit of studying, teachers can give him questions. That is just a practice that can enable a child to learn on regular basis.
- Weak students need special attention even after school hours. But teachers often hesitate to give extra time to students after school hours. If a teacher tries to give just one extra hour to a weak student, he will definitely improve.
- Good and strong students in class do not like to sit with weak kids. This is another cause for no improvement in weak students. Teachers should prepare seating arrangements properly to let weak students sit with strong ones. Teachers can also ask strong students to help their weak fellows.
- Teachers should also try to find if there are any physical or mental problems with weak students. For example, if a student is unable to write something from board, he may have some eye defect. Some kids may also suffer from physical problems which make them lazy. Teachers should find problems first and then treat children accordingly.
- Try to be a friend to the weak child. When a friendship is built, student starts loving his teacher and after that child obeys whatever his teacher says. Here mystery of student's success lies in understanding and friendship between teacher and child.


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Redlands Connection is a concoction of sports memories emanating from a city that once numbered less than 20,000 people. From the Super Bowl to the World Series, from the World Cup to golf's U.S. Open and the Olympics, plus NCAA Final Four connections, NASCAR, the Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500, Tour de France cycling, major tennis, NBA and a little NHL, aquatics and quite a bit more, the sparkling little city that sits around halfway between Los Angeles and Palm Springs on Interstate 10 has its share of sports connections. – Obrey Brown
Here it is, August 16, 2018. On this date in 1976, another major golf championship was awarded. On Aug. 13, 1970, a previous major title had been awarded.
Pro golfer Dave Stockton taught me a lesson about sports I never forgot.
I'd never met the San Bernardino native. I'd interviewed him a couple times – years ago – by telephone. A onetime Pacific High School star, who won the 1959 CIF-Southern Section championship, had a stalwart golfing career.
He's won the PGA Championship twice, in 1970 and 1976. He's a Senior U.S. Open champion. There have been other championships, including the Los Angeles Open and a few other prominent tournament titles. Around these parts, Stockton's considered a General among those who've achieved at the highest levels in any sport.
The seeds of my life's lesson were planted in August 1970. That's when Stockton, who was in contention at the 1970 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Golf Club in Tulsa, Okla. was taking on a rather large challenge.
Arnold Palmer – not to mention Arnie's Army – was the hurdle standing in Stockton's pathway.
(A curious note, perhaps: About 15 miles from Redlands, the city of Beaumont includes a housing complex dubbed Tournament Hills. Street names include Trevino Trail, Woods Way, Casper Cove, Hogan Drive, Nicklaus Nook, Palmer Ave.
Other streets are named Crenshaw, Bean, Miller, Mickelson, Runyan, Irwin, Bean, Venturi, Shore (as in Dinah) and Pepper (Dottie), among others, plus parks named for Trevino, Palmer and Nicklaus.
Get it?
I happen to live on the corner at Stockton Street.)
At age 15, I'd only caught a minor glimpse on how formative Arnie's supportive fans could be. I also had no idea how rugged they could get against a player who was challenging Palmer's run to a memorable golf championship.
The PGA Championship is the fourth major golf tournament, following the Masters, U.S. and British Opens. I believe only Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and, eventually, Tiger Woods have won the Grand Slam of Golf.
Nicklaus and Woods are multiple 'Slam winners.
My Dad, Neal Brown, and I watched Palmer go after that elusive fourth major in 1970, a title he's never won despite an otherwise illustrious career. Dad was such a fan of Palmer's that he actually fashioned his own golf swing after Arnie's, whose swing was often a source of discussion among the sport's purists during his days.
In August 1970, Dad and I sat and watched, rooting for Arnie. We were definitely part of Arnie's Army, TV-style.
Stockton stood up under the heat and the pressure.
Pressures of a major golf championship are immense. It included the likely possibility that gallery members – Arnie's Army supporters – were doing things to irritate him.
Like Dad, I was disappointed that Arnie didn't win.
Fast forward a decade, or so.
I was now working for the Redlands daily sports section.
The Stockton family had moved back to Mentone, a neighboring community next to Redlands. I got the telephone number where Stockton was staying while he was playing at a tournament in Canada.
He was obliging, honest and frank in his answers. I could hardly wait to hit him up with my remembrance on how he knocked off Arnold Palmer at the 1970 PGA Championship.
I was certain he could fill in some of the gaps from that experience.
It was likely the highlight of his career. When the subject came up, the onetime Pacific High and University of Southern California golf star was ready.
Arnold Palmer? The missing link in his trophy case? The destiny with history? Golf's Grand Slam?
"My family," said a serious Stockton, without missing a beat, "needed it more."
Palmer, who was a remarkable golfer for decades, had won four Masters titles, two British Opens and the 1960 U.S. Open. He tied for second at the PGA Championship on three occasions — including 1970.
For the record, veteran golfer Bob Murphy tied for second with Palmer at one-over par. Stockton was two-under.
Jack Nicklaus was four shots back.
Johnny Miller held the first-round lead.
Stockton shared the second-round lead with Larry Hinson.
After three rounds, Stockton held a three-shot lead over Raymond Floyd heading into the final 18 holes. Palmer trailed by five.
Stockton, who shot a final round 73, shared the experience of holing out a 125-yard wedge shot.
He'd also shared that the media referred to him as an "unknown."
After he notched the victory, he was no longer that unknown.
"I hit a tee shot into the trees," he recalled, "and I heard (an Arnie Army reserve) holler, 'go get 'em, Arnie.' That made me hot."
Said Stockton: "I had some work to do. That (final round) wasn't easy."
That was the lesson, folks. Who cares if there was a blank spot in Palmer's trophy case? Palmer needed that championship about as much as the Yankees needed another World Series trophy.
The esteemed Palmer seemed to do quite well, I noticed, never having won that fourth major. It might be a blank space on his trophy case in 1970, but no matter. His bank account probably didn't suffer all that much in 1970.
Neither did his career.
Stockton, however, added a jewel to his trophy case, which also included the L.A. Open. At Riviera Golf Club, Stockton outdueled another golf legend, Sam Snead a few years earlier.
Since learning that lesson from Stockton, I don't necessarily root against the Yankees. Or against Notre Dame's football machine. Or against the Lakers or the Celtics pulling out another NBA title.
I love the Final Four when a mid-major like Gonzaga or Marquette or George Mason or Butler, challenges for that elusive prize ahead of North Carolina or UCLA or Duke or Kentucky.
What I do love are the good stories coming from unexpected winners.
That lesson came via Stockton.
"My family needed it more," keeps shooting through my mind.
The Wanamaker Trophy, symbolizing the PGA Championship, found its way back into the Stockton family six years later.
On the 72nd hole in 1976 at Congressional Golf Club, Stockton connected on a 15-foot par putt to beat Floyd and Don January by a single shot.
The ever-dangerous Nicklaus, defending champion and looming closely to the top, was beaten by two strokes.
Let's not overlook Stockton's other top finishes at major championships.
He tied for second place at the 1974 Masters, trailing Gary Player by two shots alongside Tom Weiskopf.
In the 1978 U.S. Open, he tied for second place with J.C. Snead, one shot behind Andy North at, of all places, Cherry Hills (Colo.) Country Club – the site where Palmer notched his only U.S. Open victory.
Stockton's best finish at the British Open, a tie for 11th place, came one year after winning the 1970 PGA Championship. Lee Trevino won at Royal Birkdale.
As for the San Bernardino native, Stockton moved to Mentone in the 1980s. A couple decades later, his family moved again — this time to Redlands, near the traditional country club.
Along with comedian Bob Hope, President Gerald Ford and Dodger owner Walter O'Malley, Stockton was presented as an honorary member at Redlands Country Club.
He told me, again by telephone, "I had no idea there were honorary members at Redlands." Stockton seemed moved. This wasn't an Arnie's Army remembrance party.
It was part of that Redlands Connection.


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The tepid high school reunion dramedy "10 Years" enlists seemingly all of Hollywood's early-30-something actors to play the world's best-looking Class of '02. There's not a misfit among them. Oh, for a Romy. Or a Michele.
Channing Tatum — approaching market saturation, but not quite there yet — anchors the story as Jake, en route to his 10-year reunion with girlfriend Jess (Tatum's real-life wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum), whom he loves but is hedging on proposing to. What's stopping him? Could it be the memory of Mary (Rosario Dawson), his first love, now married to business-suited Paul (Ron Livingston)?
Jake's buddy Cully (Chris Pratt), clearly pining for the old days, hosts a vodka-heavy pre-party for their group while his wife, Sam (Ari Graynor), looks after the kids. Marty (Justin Long) and A.J. (Max Minghella) swap humblebrags about their fabulous lives, while rock-star Reeves (Oscar Isaac), the local celebrity, assures his manager he'll be back on the road in no time.
At the main event, former class queen Anna (Lynn Collins) works an "I'm still awesome" angle a little too hard, while stylish wallflower Elise (Kate Mara) is shocked to discover Reeves not only remembers her but has tended a crush for all these years — revealed in his heartfelt performance of his hit song, the best moment in the film.
Gradually, Anna and assorted others are discovered to be not quite the people they're trying to present to their peers — or to their current significant others, as when Andre (Anthony Mackie) brings up his pal Garrity's (Brian Geraghty) past as a black-culture aficionado, which comes as a surprise to his wife (Aubrey Plaza).
Overall, though, the stakes are pretty low for this likable, tipsy crowd. Maybe I'm just too steeped in the underdog lore of "Freaks and Geeks" and "Awkward," but is there anything less narratively interesting than a high school reunion that focuses exclusively on the beautiful and popular crowd? Who all now seem to be leading normal, if flawed, lives?
Even Cully's fleeting interaction with the nerdy kids he used to harass — denoted in the cast list only as Band Geek, Taller Geek, etc. — seems played more for spectacle than self-awareness. He apologizes to a degree that becomes borderline threatening, then gets so wasted he ends up tackling one of them again. Graynor, as the wife, gives him a little tough love, but you know ultimately he's a decent husband and father, so it's all good, man.
Personally, I'd have encouraged first-time director Jamie Linden (writer of "Dear John" and "We Are Marshall") to spend a little time on whomever was motivated to scrawl "Still a douche" on Cully's face with a Sharpie while he was passed out. What was that person's "10 Years" like, I wonder?


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Björk Albums From Worst To Best
We like to talk about artists' contradictory impulses, but with Björk, it's more apt to talk about unities. In a career that's nearing its fourth decade, she's coupled many of the major dualities: intellect and body, auditory and visual, nature and technology. A map of her stylistic forays reads like a condensation of Rip It Up And Start Again: a very early folk start, then stints in post- and anarcho-punk outfits, followed by a series of idiosyncratic dance broadsides pasted onto pop's center pole. She could have made a career of issuing albums in the vein of her first two: textured, au courant electronic-pop. Instead, she invested her capital into a series of ambitious, sprawling sonic expeditions.
Björk is frequently described as a "pop star," which makes sense as component concepts. She's placed 20 singles in the top 40 of the enviably omnivorous UK charts. No one has used the medium of short-form music videos to display so much wonder; in doing so, she collaborated with a staggering number of film, design, and fashion heavies: Michel Gondry, Sophie Muller, Chris Cunningham, Alexander McQueen, Eiko Ishiokam, Spike Jonze — even Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi. She's sold millions of records, has a legion of dedicated fans, and the financial freedom to attempt nearly every project she can imagine. And still, she is not quite a pop star, at least not Stateside. To most Americans, the mention of her name conjures visions of swans and assault charges. She can headline Bonnaroo — as she is doing this year, alongside Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, and Tom Petty — but she's never placed a single higher than No. 84 on the Hot 100.
Still, Björk exists in that rarified air of commercial success, critical adoration, and creative freedom. She's a saint in the indie-rock community — an amusing happenstance, considering the major-label resources that have been at her disposal since her Sugarcubes days, to say nothing of the genres (electronic, dance-pop, jazz) she investigated. But the reason she's beloved are obvious: She has made a career out of succeeding on her own terms, ever since her Crass-associated days with KUKL. The stereotype of her as an aloof Icelandic sprite may persist, but Björk remains a restless, collaborative artist, capable of effortlessly expressing her humanity through whatever raw material interests her. Discussing Kate Winslet's performance in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (directed by frequent collaborator Gondry), Björk noted to the Guardian's Liz Hoggard that "[u]sually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy. But she could be at her full volume without restrictions." And so it has been for Björk in a career that shows no sign of creative regression.
What follows is a ranking of Björk's seven studio albums, with her soundtracks for Lars von Trier and Matthew Barney omitted. Let the music-video ranking debate commence in the comments. Start the Countdown here.


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