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Four specialists join together for clinical applications of optical coherence tomography: Part 2.

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Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Review location and structure of the Palisades of Vogt
  • Describe the use of OCT in children
  • Improve diagnostic skills in differentiating central vision loss due to macular disease from optic neuropathy
  • Discuss the use of OCT related to glaucoma

Reading Resources:

  1. Lathrop KL, Gupta D, Kagemann L, Schuman JS, Sundarraj N. Optical coherence tomography as a rapid, accurate, noncontact method of visualizing the palisades of Vogt. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Mar 15;53(3):1381-7.
  2. Rao A, Sahoo B, Kumar M, Varshney G, Kumar R. Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in children <18 years by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Semin Ophthalmol. 2013 Mar;28(2):97-102.
  3. Acton JH, Smith RT, Hood DC, Greenstein VC. Relationship between retinal layer thickness and the visual field in early age-related macular degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Nov 9;53(12):7618-24.
  4. Xu J, Ishikawa H, Wollstein G, Bilonick RA, Folio LS, Nadler Z, Kagemann L, Schuman JS.Three-dimensional spectral-domain optical coherence tomography data analysis for glaucoma detection. PLoS One. 2013;8(2).

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What would stop someone from making a move and filling out forms to save $100 or $200 a month on a mortgage payment? Especially if that person lived in a hard-hit housing market and could qualify for a limited refinancing deal that arose out of the housing collapse?

Many thousands of homeowners fall into the bucket of people who could take action to get a break but haven't yet for a variety of reasons, including being overwhelmed by the rules.

Now is the time to make a move. Homeowners who owe more on their house than it is worth have until the end of 2016 to act under the Home Affordable Refinance Program, or HARP. And you really want to move earlier to take advantage of low mortgage rates now and not wait until HARP expires roughly a year from now, when rates are expected to be higher.

Under HARP, borrowers can refinance without an appraisal in many cases and regardless of how far their homes have fallen in value.

Why didn't people make a move? Many times, some people aren't sure they're looking at the real deal when a letter pops up out of the blue with an offer to refinance under HARP.

Mike Paige, mortgage loan officer for Bank of America Home Loans in Livonia, Mich., said he has worked on HARP refinances at various banking centers with seniors who received mailings and phone calls about HARP but did not refinance to a lower rate because they suspected a scam.

They only took action much later, after talking face-to-face with a friend or banker about HARP, Paige said.

"Unfortunately, many had rates well above market for years."

'HARP is not a scam'

It's not unusual for homeowners to receive a letter from a lender about HARP. In areas where many homeowners qualify for a HARP refinance some lenders are using public records to target mailings to them. The mortgage must be owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

"We've heard that since the program was launched in 2009, people have received many offers and don't know what to believe," said Stefanie Johnson, public affairs officer for the Federal Housing Finance Agency in Washington.

"But this program is for real, and HARP is not a scam."

As we move into the final year for HARP, more public outreach and solicitations could be expected. Nationwide, it is estimated that 429,379 homeowners still are eligible, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's estimates as of June.

Many HARP-eligible homeowners are in Michigan, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia and California. That estimate includes homes that have a mortgage balance that's greater than $50,000 and an interest rate on a mortgage that is 1.5% above the market rate. The homeowner could have, at most, one delinquency in the prior 12 months.

The loan must have originated on or before May 31, 2009.

About 3.367 million mortgages were refinanced under HARP from April 1, 2009, through October 2015. Most of the refinancing involved primary residences, but some involved second homes.

"There are definitely folks that could take advantage of this that have not," said Nick DeMeester, housing manager for GreenPath Debt Solutions, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based housing counselor.

Many times, he said, people are unaware of the program when they come in for housing counseling or credit counseling.

DeMeester said it's always possible for con artists to use publicity on a refinance program as a way to scam someone, but a sign of a scam is when someone promises to save your home and charges a fee prior to any service being provided. Homeowners never want to make a payment to anyone other than a mortgage company or sign a deed over to someone else promising help.

Changes make HARP easier

To be sure, HARP was not the easiest program to understand in its early days in 2009, and there were plenty of hurdles that made it easy to get frustrated and rejected. But several changes were announced in October 2011 — such as eliminating the need for a new appraisal on the home in many cases.

"Some of the people who may have been denied in the past could get approved now," said Bob Walters, chief economist for Detroit-based Quicken Loans. "There's no cost or obligation to find out if you're eligible."

The goal of HARP is to help homeowners who couldn't qualify for a traditional refinance program because they now owed more money on the house than it was worth. Under HARP, they could refinance out of high mortgage rates to lower rates and make their monthly mortgage payments more affordable.

A key point to consider: Borrowers who refinance under HARP would be able to reduce the balance owed much faster if they take advantage of low rates on a shorter-term mortgage, say one for 15 or 20 years.

Deadline extended, but time is ticking

The good news is that eligible homeowners have roughly a year left to do something. HARP would have expired Dec. 31, 2015. But it was extended again in May and now is set to expire on Dec. 31, 2016.

Looking into HARP now, if you'd qualify, is particularly important, given that most economists expect interest rates to nudge up in 2016. The Federal Reserve raised short-term rates slightly Dec. 16 — ending seven years of near-zero rates and taking the first step in a journey to drive the federal funds rate back to a more "neutral" level. The Fed now has a target range on short-term rates of 0.25% to 0.50%.

Mortgage rates are expected to nudge up further next year, especially if the Fed raises rates three times more as expected in 2016.

"Sooner is better than later," said Don Bleuenstein, national sales director for Troy-based Flagstar Bank. "While rates aren't at record lows, they are still very much at historic rates."

One doesn't have to go with the first lender to send a mailing about HARP or even only to his or her own loan servicer. One can shop a few lenders within a week.

In general, mortgage rates currently could range from the high 3% range to the mid 4% range for a 30-year mortgage. The range could be about the mid 3% range to the low 4% range on a 15-year mortgage, Bleuenstein said.

The actual rate would depend on how much you owe on that house, compared with what it's worth; whether you have a second mortgage or home equity loan, and your credit score. Bleuenstein noted that it is easier than in the past to qualify for a refinance under HARP if you have a second mortgage or home equity loan.

As for why people aren't making a move, Bleuenstein said some people don't want to refinance at all, others keep waiting for rates to go lower and some might have mortgages that are in a $50,000 to $60,000 range, where the benefits after closing costs could amount to a savings of only $30 or $50 a month.

Jenn Reese, senior director of business operations for Detroit-based Southwest Housing Solutions, which offers HUD-approved housing counseling, said some people might have avoided HARP because they heard horror stories about being denied for the program from their friends, neighbors or co-workers.

Others, she said, might not be organized and do not want to fill out all the paperwork, such as information about your income. After all, lenders do not want to refinance to a lower rate if you'd not be able to make the payments in the future anyway. Retirees can tap into HARP, though, especially if they have income from a pension, Social Security or investments. But some might not want the hassle of filling out forms.

"They just don't want to bother. It is a lot of work. They ask for a lot of information," Reese said.

Again, if you think you qualify, it's better to review your mortgage soon, especially if you could save a good deal of money. In general, some experts say a homeowner who has a mortgage rate that's higher than 4.5% to 5% could consider looking into the program.

"You're going to get one last look at HARP as the program ends," Flagstar's Bleuenstein said.

Contact Susan Tompor: 313-222-8876, or on Twitter @Tompor

HARP rules

These are some basic hurdles to qualifying under HARP:

  • The mortgage must be owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
  • The loan must have originated on or before May 31, 2009.
  • You must be current on your mortgage payments at the time of the refinance. But you are allowed one late payment in the last 12 months, as long as it did not occur six months prior to the refinance.
  • You must more on the home than it is worth, and the outstanding mortgage balance to the home value — or loan-to-value ratio — must be greater than 80%. You can calculate your Loan-to-Value ratio using an online calculator.
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Activision, 11 bit studios and Electronic Arts has published most of these games

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I really get tickled about all of the "panic talk" and "scare talk" about a trade war. Well, guess what folks, we have been in a one-way trade war for over 20 years.

Other countries, especially China, have had tariffs on our exports as high as 25 percent for at least 20 years. President Trump is trying to level the playing field. What is so bad about that?

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Now, I’ve never been a huge fan of tofu. I’ve always found it slightly rubbery and never packed with too much flavour.

Perhaps that’s because I’ve always found it too much effort to take the time, pile some heavy books and manually try to press a block of tofu. It’s always been too much of a painful process that I simply didn’t bother.

In steps Tofuture’s tofu press. We recently received a press to try out and I was pleasantly surprised with the results.

You can buy Tofuture’s tofu press directly from Amazon by clicking here.

The process is really simple. You insert the block of tofu into the press and use the elasticated press handles to squeeze down the tofu. Much easier than digging out a bunch of old books, pans or anything else heavy I can find!

Tofuture have actually made a really helpful video on the whole process:

It then goes in the fridge and stays pressing for the desired time depending on what you’re making with the tofu. Tofuture recommends:

  • Short press, 15-30 mins – for ‘cheese’ sauce, ‘chocolate’ mousse or ‘cheese’cake
  • Medium press, 1-2 hours – for pasties, quiches and pies
  • Long press, 4 hours to overnight – for stir-fries, kebabs and baked tofu

When squeezed, the tofu loses its water. The benefits of that? The tofu absorbed the marinade so much better. In my case, I was using the tofu to make a stir-fry.

I left the press in the fridge overnight and got it out the next morning, drained the water and marinaded the tofu.

Threw everything into a pan and cooked the stir-fry. As you might remember at the start I mentioned I’ve never particularly liked tofu because I’ve typically found it doesn’t have much flavour.

This time it was completely different. The tofu had soaked up the flavours and made it a really good part of the meal.

The fact that it was so simple and so easy to use the tofu press made me actually want to use tofu again. The tofu press removed the painful aspect of using tofu and gives you everything you need in a neat little package.

I’d recommend Tofuture’s tofu press to tofu lovers and sceptics alike. Having the easy process and delicious flavours meant I was quickly converted and really enjoyed the tofu the press allowed me to make. The ease of the process was a big game changer and allowed me to enjoy making a much more flavourful tofu.

The tofu press retails for £24.99 on Amazon. Or you can find it at one of Tofuture’s stockists here.

To find out more about Tofuture, head on over to their website where you can find recipe ideas and more information about the press.

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Veo started as an idea hatched on a long, sweaty climb up the Flume mountain bike trail near Lake Tahoe.

With sweat and sunscreen running into his eyes, Jim thought there had to be a solution.

After trying nearly everything under the sun, headbands, hats, and skull caps, Jim decided to see if he could come up with something that really worked.  Relying on his experience and connections in the medical device space, he researched the physiologic element of the problem: we know sweat serves an important function, so how can we preserve that function while eliminating the negative impact on vision?  It rapidly became clear that current products not only fail to solve the problem, but they also create additional ones by trapping heat and creating an absorbent reservoir that ultimately saturates and drips.

A solution that would complement physiology, not fight it, was needed.  Leaving skin uncovered and allowing sweat to evaporate from its surface, while preventing the remainder from getting where you don’t want it, led to the design of the Veo Sweat Diverting Strip.

Harking back to medical device design principles, we identified the criteria Veo would have to satisfy, and these guided our development process.   It had to be comfortable to wear, positionable for maximum sweat capture, unlimited in capacity, and non-heat trapping.  Several years of experimentation with different materials, adhesives, configurations and manufacturing processes led to our current product.

Today, professional cyclists, serious endurance athletes and sweaty weekend warriors have discovered Veo Strips as a terrific way to keep sweat out of their eyes in training and races. Hot hill climbs, time trials, spin classes, and long rows are just a few of the places athletes are using the Veo Strip.

Jim Shapiro is a medical device venture capitalist.  For 30 years, Jim has helped companies bring advanced medical devices and solutions to market.  Jim has also long supported youth sports and fitness and most recently led the redevelopment of playing fields in the Presidio of San Francisco.  As an avid mountain biker, Jim created Veo to help make his rides more comfortable and safer.

 Jim and Tom Bohli at Amgen Tour of California 2017

Jim and Tom Bohli at Amgen Tour of California 2017

A former US National Team Rower, Andy has worked for more than a decade at the intersection of technology and fitness, helping to bring new products to market. He has retired from elite rowing but continues to compete and coach at the club level. He has also discovered cycling and triathlons as a way to get his endorphin high. You can find him biking in Marin, running across the Golden Gate or swimming in the San Francisco Bay.

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We’re hiring: In-house Publicity Manager wanted

By 18th October 2018News

Vertigo Releasing – the UK’s leading independent film distribution company have an exciting vacancy for an In-house Publicity Manager, overseeing theatrical, home entertainment and corporate strategies.

The ideal candidate will have 2/3 years experience of working within the film industry in a publicist role – either in-house or agency, be dynamic, forward thinking, an excellent planner and with a proven record of working with talent at all level.

Snapshot of the job role:
  • Manage, develop and prepare publicity strategies for lifecycle of film releases from theatrical to home entertainment;
  • Determine audience and consumer targets according to specific film titles;
  • Research and develop a comprehensive strategy alongside external agencies;
  • Recommend and prepare innovative and achievable home entertainment campaigns;
  • Have contacts with film journalists;
  • Working knowledge of all core social media platforms.

To apply, please email a cover letter and an up-to-date CV to [email protected] by 5pm on Friday 2nd November.

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Microsoft’s Project Natal camera in action – video

By Patrick Garratt, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 00:16 GMT

Hit the link for a demo video of Microsoft’s full-body motion-sensing camera, Project Natal, in action.

The company announced the device in its E3 press conference in LA earlier today.

If it really does do all this then, well, it’s pretty much amazing.

Look at see. No release date as yet.

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PSP Go! spec sheet released

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:48 GMT

PSP Go! specs have been released, and the shiny new handheld contains more than just Bluetooth.

That’s according to the press release anyway.

Music recommendations,full PSP-1000/2000/3000 support, game sleep function, and a peripheral called Cradle which will allow you to watch stuff and listen to music while the battery charges.

The full thing is after the jump.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 2, 2009 –Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today unveiled PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) go (PSP-N1000), a new evolution of PSP handheld entertainment system, specifically designed to suit the digital lifestyle of consumers who enjoy downloadable content on the go. PSPgo will become available in stores on October 1, 2009, in North America, Europe/ PAL territories and Asian countries and regions at a recommended retail price (RRP) of US$249 and €249, and on November 1, 2009, in Japan at a RRP of 26,800 yen (including tax). With both the existing PSP-3000 and new PSPgo, the company will further enhance the ultimate gaming and entertainment experiences on the go while providing consumers with the opportunity to choose the PSP system that’s right for them.

PSPgo is ideal for today’s on-the move consumers who prefer not to carry around disc-based content and are looking for on-demand entertainment. With the steady expansion of broadband network infrastructure, the number of users who download and enjoy digital entertainment content has been increasing remarkably. To address this growing trend, PSPgo replaces the UMD drive*1 with 16GB of flash memory to store a variety of digital entertainment content, offering users unlimited possibilities of portable digital entertainment delivered through PlayStation®Network. PSPgo, smaller and lighter than ever with a sophisticated design featuring an easy sliding display panel, is truly pocket-sized and can be taken everywhere. PSPgo will be available in Piano Black and Pearl White*2, two of the most popular colors since the launch of the PSP system in 2004. Along with PSP-3000, PSPgo will further enhance the unmatched portable gaming and entertainment experience by offering users more opportunity to enjoy their favorite entertainment content such as games, videos, music and photos anytime, anywhere.

In order to meet the needs of the growing number of PlayStation®Network users looking for digital entertainment content, SCE along with third party developers and publishers will continue to enhance the content line-up within PlayStation®Store for the launch of PSPgo, scheduled this fall. More and more new and attractive titles will become available for download from PlayStation®Store as well as on UMD™. This broad content offering across all genres includes new games, free-demos, PS one® classics for PSP, add-on items for game titles, and trailers.

In addition to accessing PlayStation Store directly from PSP using the built-in wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) feature or through the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3®) computer entertainment system, users will also be able to access and download a variety of entertainment content via their PCs using Media Go*3, a new software application. Media Go will enable users to access and download entertainment content on PlayStation Store via their PCs as well to easily manage PSP content on PCs, including games, videos, photos, and music. This easy to use software application will be available on a CD-ROM bundled with PSPgo.

Also this fall, a new music application specific to PSP that uses the “SensMe™ channels”*4; music recommendation feature, developed by Sony, also becomes available for download on PSP. With this music application, users will be able to enjoy their favorite music stored on their PSP through a rich user interface, designed exclusively for PSP. “SensMe channels” is a mood based music recommendation system that categorizes music content into channels such as “Relax,” “Dance” and “Upbeat,” and recommends music playlists for users.

Other features are:

* Easy Sliding Display Panel and Original Applications
PSPgo offers a variety of exciting entertainment options by taking advantage of the sliding panel. When the panel is open, users will be able to enjoy various entertainment content with the familiar button control as PSP-3000, when closed, original applications for PSPgo, such as a clock and calendar is displayed on the screen. Users can also enjoy video and music when the panel is closed.

* Game sleep function
PSPgo has unique features such as game sleep function which enables users to operate XMB™ (XrossMediaBar) while pausing gameplay temporarily.

* Bluetooth® function
Bluetooth function will also allow users to connect Bluetooth standard peripherals such as head-phones and head-set *5 as well as PS3 wireless controller (DUALSHOCK®3 and SIXAXIS®) *6 to be used when watching video content on TVs via PSP at home*7.

* Peripheral line-up
One of the products within PSPgo’s peripheral line-up is a new Cradle (PSP-N340) *7 that will become available in stores worldwide concurrently with the release of PSPgo. This new Cradle enables users to charge the PSPgo battery and also enjoy watching video and listening to music. Also included in the peripheral line-up are video-out port cables that enable users to enjoy games and videos on their TVs at home.

With the introduction of PSPgo, SCEI will continue to vigorously expand PlayStation Network’s digital content and services and build a stronger software line-up along with various marketing measures that match each region, while creating the world of computer entertainment only available on the PlayStation platforms.

*1 Content on UMD cannot be played back on PSPgo.

*2 Color variations may differ by countries and regions.

*3 Media Go also supports PSP-1000/2000/3000. For those PSP users, the software is available for download from PlayStation Store official site (, “Media Manager for PSP” will not support access to PlayStation Store, and it is required to use “Media Go” for accessing PlayStation Store.

*4 SensMe channels also supports PSP-1000/2000/3000. Details will be announced at a later timing.

*5 Head-phone and head-set supporting A2DP, HSP, AVRCP profile can be used. Some head-phones and head-sets may not be supported.

*6 PS3 wireless controller can be used. To register PS3 wireless controller on PSPgo, PS3 is needed. Some buttons and rumble feature will not be supported.

*7 Video-out cables and Cradle are sold separately in stores. Details will be announced at a later timing. Video-out cable and cradle for PSP-2000/3000 cannot be used on PSPgo.

About Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. continues to redefine the entertainment lifestyle with its PlayStation® and PS one® game console, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system, the ground-breaking PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system and its online and network services the PlayStation®Network and PlayStation®Store.

Recognized as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. markets the PlayStation family of products and develops, publishes, markets, and distributes software for the PS one, PlayStation 2, PSP and PS3 systems for the North American market. Based in Foster City, Calif. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. serves as headquarters for all North American operations and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

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EastEnders doctor says he plays Bond in the new game

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 19:32 GMT

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EastEnders’ Adam Croasdell has revealed to BBC Asia that he is playing James Bond in Bizarre Creations’ new game in the franchise.

“Oddly enough I have just played James Bond in the new James Bond video game – how weird is that? I don’t know what the future holds, but I’m always into varying up what comes my way, trying new things,” he said.

“I think video games and the making of that type of technology, being in a funny one-piece suit and being shot with 60 cameras, I think that’s sort of the future. Andy Serkis did it in The Hobbit, and there’s a new film Avatar which is James Cameron – it’s all that sort of motion capture.

“I think it’s the future, so I was fascinated to see how that would happen.”

The “racing and driving focused” game is due in 2010, while the new movie, Bond 23 starring Daniel Craig is in pre-production and not expected to be released until 2011.

Guess Activision can’t wait long enough for the real Bond.

Via Digital Spy

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Project Gotham 5 rumours hot up, suggest Rare as co-developer

By Dave Cook, Thursday, 14 March 2013 10:59 GMT

Project Gotham 5 has been scrutinised heavily over on the NeoGAF boards, and collected evidence suggests that Rare has been hiring a lot of talent from top racing studios lately. Assess for yourselves here.

You can check out the entire thread here, courtesy of the NeoGAF community and collator TheOddOne.

The evidence shows that Rare has been hiring from top racing studios such as Codemasters, Ubisoft Reflections and Motorstorm outfit Evolution Studios. Together the new-hires gave experience on games such as DIRT Showdown, DIRT 3, Driver: San Francisco, Motorstorm Apocalypse, Driver: San Francisco and more.

However, this would contradict rumours that suggest new team Lucid Games is working on Project Gotham 5. We reported on some curious teaser art and hiring information here, that also suggested the studio was snapping up racing talent.

The NeoGAF thread adds that Lucid Games has hired talent that has worked on games such as Blur, Sonic All Stars Racing: Transformed, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Project Gotham 2-4 and more.

Could it be that both teams are collaborating on Project Gotham Racing 5?

We also reported that the PGR trademark was recently renewed, suggesting that the series is due for a comeback.

With the Xbox 720 reveal rumoured for April 26, and bearing in mind that PGR 3 helped launch Xbox 360, could we see PGR 5 debut alongside Microsoft’s new rig? That’s the rumour we reported on here.

Finally, an artist at Rare has posted some race-heavy concept art on his blog. While another forum poster has suggested the game in question has been canned, it still begs questions as to what Rare is up to.

Check out the thread here, it’s really superb stuff.

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Direct2Drive is going live once more this weekend

By Brittany Vincent, Saturday, 8 November 2014 21:09 GMT

Direct2Drive is coming out of hibernation after a three-year hiatus. AtGames Digital Media will be relaunching the digital storefront as of this weekend, while GameFly Digital will be shuttered as part of the rebranding.

Direct2Drive hit the scene by way of IGN back in 2004, serving up a smattering of different high-profile PC titles for gamers to purchase and download directly to their computers. When it was aquired by GameFly in 2011, it was summarily known as GameFly Digital. Now that Direct2Drive is resting firmly in the palm of AtGames’ hand, it will be rebranded once again to match its former self.

“We are extremely proud to revive the brand that started the digital game sales revolution, and look forward to reinventing Direct2Drive as the premiere destination for gamers in the digital space,” said Ed Lin, Direct2Drive GM. Supposedly, the transition is going to be a very minimal one for users and will allow them to retain the licenses already purchased from the GameFly Digital store. If you’ve already got an account, you should be able to go ahead and get started as early as this weekend. Let us know how it works out for you in the comments below!

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Joe Madureira and former Darksiders devs take Battle Chasers: Nightwar to Kickstarter

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 14:05 GMT

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is in development at Airship Syndicate, a new development company started by former Darksiders developers Vigil Games.

Comic Book artist Joe Madureira, who worked on the Darksiders series, is on board as well. The game is based on his series Battle Chasers.

The team is looking for $500,000 to develop the game, which is an RPG inspired by “classic console greats.

It features “deep dungeon diving, turn-based combat presented in a classic JRPG format, and tons of secrets, story and randomly-generated replay goodness.”

Nightwar is currently planned for a December 2016 release on PC through GOG and Steam.

Once the initial funding goal has been met, Xbox One and PS4 versions will be added as stretch goals.

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Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour,
First Edition, (i-ix),x,(xi-xii),(1), 408pp. Illustrated with 13 coloured etched plates by John Leech and 80 text wood engravings, royal octavo, FINE RED MOROCCO BY ROGER DE COVERLEY, spine gilt extra in compartments, all edges gilt, wide inner dentelles gilt, boards triple gilt ruled, a very good copy, London, Bradbury, Evans, and Co., 1853. * FURTHER PHOTOGRAPHS ON REQUEST. First Issue with dedication leaf to to Lord Elcho. Gee p. 126. Higginson p. 432. NCBEL III 967. Podeschi 187. Slater pp. 110-11. Tooley 476. * Robert Smith Surtees (1805 -1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. He launched out on his own with the New Sporting Magazine in 1831, contributing the comic papers which appeared as Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities in 1838. Jorrocks, the sporting cockney grocer, with his vulgarity and good-natured artfulness, was a great success with the public, and Surtees produced more Jorrocks novels in the same vein, notably Handley Cross, where the description of the house is very reminiscent of Hamsterley. Another hero, Soapey Sponge, appears in Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, possibly Surtees best work… As a creator of comic personalities, Surtees is still very readable today. Thackeray envied him his powers of observation, while William Morris considered him 'a master of life' and ranked him with Dickens. The novels are engaging and vigorous, and abound with sharp social observation, with a keener eye than Dickens for the natural world. Perhaps Surtees most resembles the Dickens of Pickwick Papers, which was originally intended as mere supporting matter for a series of sporting illustrations to rival Jorrocks. - Wikipedia
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  • Kitchen
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This YHA Hostel is located in the 10,000-acre Lee Valley Park, 3 miles from Waltham Abbey. Next door to an activity centre, it offers accommodation in lakeside cabins. In this beautiful countryside location, guests can try sailing, kayaking or canoeing on the lake. Caving and rock climbing are also available and there are fantastic walking and cycling routes surrounding this YHA hostel. The YHA Lee Valley has a restaurant serving traditional meals and a café offering drinks and light snacks. Guests can relax at the bar or in the comfortable TV lounge. The YHA hostel provides laundry facilities for guests. Wi-Fi access is available in public areas.The majority of rooms contain bunk beds London’s Liverpool Street can be reached in just 25 minutes from Cheshunt Railway Station, which is just a 5-minute walk away. Junction 5 of the M25 is 5 minutes' drive away. Number of rooms : 20

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Pauly D Throws Twitter Diss at Deadmau5

Call it the battle of the DJs.

In a recent encounter with TMZ, electro-house producer Deadmau5 said that he thought Jersey Shore’s staple DJ Pauly D had no talent….sorta.

“No, not really,” the Canadian DJ said when asked if he thought the fist-pumping star was a talented DJ. “But does any DJ have any real talent?”

The real war of words happened when DJ Pauly D sought Deadmau5’s advice over Twitter last week asking his thoughts on his latest “Night of My Life” music video. DM responded, “Well since you asked, i didn’t really enjoy it. it looked like it cost about $150 to make, and nothing really creative about it.”

Apparently the Shore’s music man took it all to heart, tweeting Thursday, “Wait I’m Sorry I Cant Hear You @deadmau5 The Clearance Section Is Too Loud,” along with a photo of Deadmau5’s CD in the clearance section of an unnamed store.

Guess we’ll have to resort to a dance-off to settle this one.


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2018/19 will be the second school year with the BC NDP in charge

As teachers gear up for the new school year starting Sept. 4, the BC Teachers’ Federation says classrooms are still lacking sufficient resources.

Teachers are relying on 20-year-old textbooks and a lack of equipment, president Glen Hansman told Black Press Media, and children remain on wait lists for special education teachers and other services.

“Overwhelmingly, our members say they don’t have teaching materials, or enough teaching materials, to teach the new curriculum,” Hansman said. That new curriculum emphasizes “hands-on” learning and has been phased in over three years starting in 2015. As of 2017, it has been mandatory for all students.

READ MORE: More students, more pressure in B.C. school system

Hansman has been travelling across the province’s 60 school districts before school starts. Among the things he’s seen are broken Bunsen burners and not enough physical education supplies.

“The previous government and the current one have put a big emphasis on trades programs,” he added, “but I can tell you the equipment that is available in a lot of trades and technology rooms don’t look anything like what is used out there in the field.”

An education ministry spokesperson said in an email the province was in the process of “identifying what additional resources and supports may be required in schools,” to be done in consultation with teachers to make sure supplies mirror what’s needed in the field.

Hansman said the province must be the one to pay to fix these issues, but that’s not always what happens. “Our members and parents spend way, way too much of their own money buying basics for classrooms,” he said.

READ MORE: Horgan promises new school funding formula in B.C.

Indigenous curriculum needs supplies: BCTF

In 2015, B.C. introduced a component on aboriginal history into classrooms, in response to the 94 recommendations in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report on the residential-school system.

Hansman said First Nations parents have voiced concerns in the last year or so about their children using social studies books that are outdated and don’t meet reconciliation guidelines.

“We share that concern, and this is a problem in school districts across the province,” he said. “The most transformative peice the new curriculum is that Indigenous content and history has been woven into all subject areas and at all grade levels.”

The province had set aside an extra $190,000 in the 2017/18 year to implement 17 newly approved Indigenous language curriculum documents.

Another $260,000 is being spent on the UBC-led Indigenous Teacher Education Program, which will be delivered to 20 Indigenous students in Williams Lake and Quesnel.

‘Time to get the ball rolling’ on wait lists

A lot of holes still need to be filled, Hansman said, to comply with the 2016 Supreme Court of Canada ruling that allow teachers to once again negotiate class size and composition as part of their working conditions.

“The $600 million [from the NDP’s February budget] is the cost of putting those teaching decisions back. Beyond what the court has ordered, there hasn’t been any change really, on the side of the operational budget.”

The education ministry said “the vast majority” of the 3,700 new teacher positions have already been hired, including 390 more special education teachers and 140 more teacher psychologists and counsellors. Another 1,000 education assistants have been hired to help kids who need more attention.

The province said it’s looking into how to spend another $5.6 billion, the ministry told Black Press Media, part of which will focus on ways to “improve supports for students with diverse abilities.”

When it comes to capital spending, Hansman applauded Education Minister Rob Fleming for the string of seismic upgrades at more than a dozen schools in the past year.

“The conversation needs to be, where are the other pulls? All the other accumulated issues around wait lists for students with special needs that need to be assessed, making sure the support is there, that teachers have the tools to do their job,” he said.

“We’re going into a second school year now where the NDP government is responsible. It’s time to get the ball rolling on these things.”

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Bob & Pat A. , 30 Nov 2017

Dear Louise,

Many thanks to you and your team in the sale of our property at 151 Marks Point Road, Marks Point.

Downsizing at 84 years of age is a difficult task but Viking Realty helped simplify this process greatly.  We were very happy with our sale price and we hope that our remaining years will be as interesting and exciting as the 27 years with Selby Cottage.

Good luck with the future of your business.  It has been a pleasure to do business with you and we appreciate the toughness of your team.


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Stand Up Comedy Night (Friday)

What to expect
  • Come out and see some of Houston's brightest comedians
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Now that I've got your attention, Stand Up Comedy Nights at Joke Joint Comedy Showcase are FUNNY!

Begin or celebrate your weekend with a featured comedian! You'll be in the presence of people like Craig Gass, Darryl Lennox and Willie Barcena, who were most likely cracking placenta jokes in the womb.

If a night of stomach-clutching, eyes-welling, shortness-of-breath, rip-roaring laughter doesn't help you blow off steam, nothing will.

P.S. A laughter-induced abs workout is included.

Note: There is a two item minimum food and beverage purchase per person. Prices start at $4.
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NSX 6.2 Centralized CLI, Edge Services Gateway

As discussed in a previous post, we have developed a centralized set of commands that can be run from the NSX manager instead of having to get a session into each NSX component. In this post I will focus on the Edge Services Gateway centralized commands; we have pushed out more than 60 total commands and I will list them here and go through what I feel are the most useful subsets. It’s important to remember that these commands are only going to provide you with information, rather than allow you to make changes. I know this is a limitation, but I feel it’s still very useful, especially if you just need to grab specific IDs of devices to run API calls, or confirm services are running with proper configuration without having to SSH into each component.
While the list below is not all exclusive, it gives you an idea of what can be run. There are multiple subsets of each of the commands below; for example, ‘show edge edge-id service‘ has subsets for loadbalancer, monitor, ipset, highavailability, dhcp, and dns.

show edge
  version        Show version
  eventmgr       Show event manager statistics
  log            Show system logs
  ipset          Show ipset information
  nat            Show nat packet counters
  arp            Show arp cache
  firewall       Show firewall packet counters
  flowtable      Show flow table
  process        Edge Process Commands
  system         Edge System Commands
  messagebus     Edge Messagebus Commands
  configuration  Edge Configuration Commands
  interface      Edge Interface Command
  ip             Edge IP Commands
  service        Edge Service Commands

The first thing you will want to do, is list out all of the edge devices in your NSX environment. This will provide you will all of the edge ID’s which will be used to run commands against a specific edge, as well as it provides the name, size, version, and status.

nsxmgr-01a> show edge all
Edge Size: Compact - C, Large - L, X-Large - X, Quad-Large - Q
Edge ID                                    Name                     Size Version Status
edge-2                                     Local-Distributed-Router C    6.2.0   GREEN
edge-3                                     Perimeter-Gateway-01     C    6.2.0   GREEN
edge-4                                     OneArm-LoadBalancer-01   C    6.2.0   GREEN
edge-5                                     Perimeter-Gateway-02     C    6.2.0   GREEN
edge-6                                     OneArm-LoadBalancer-02   C    6.2.0   GREEN

One of the best commands to utilize, is the ‘show edge edge-id log‘ command. You can view the logs on each individual edge services gateway to troubleshoot through any issues you may be experiencing.

nsxmgr-01a> show edge edge-2 log
2015-11-05T15:53:38+00:00 Local-Distributed-Router-0 syslog-ng[676]: [default]:  [syslog.info] Log statistics; processed='src.internal(src#1)=937', stamp='src.internal(src#1)=1446737621', processed='source(s_udp)=0', processed='global(payload_reallocs)=2685', processed='destination(df_all)=2388', processed='global(msg_clones)=16096', processed='center(queued)=0', processed='global(sdata_updates)=0', processed='destination(loghost)=3336', processed='destination(df_console)=32', processed='center(received)=0', processed='source(src)=1107', processed='source(ksrc)=1281'
2015-11-05T16:13:38+00:00 Local-Distributed-Router-0  [syslog.info] -- MARK --
2015-11-05T16:33:38+00:00 Local-Distributed-Router-0  [syslog.info] -- MARK --
2015-11-05T16:53:38+00:00 Local-Distributed-Router-0  [syslog.info] -- MARK --
2015-11-05T17:04:18+00:00 Local-Distributed-Router-0 MsgMgr:  [daemon.debug] Info: initialized regex for command
2015-11-05T17:04:18+00:00 Local-Distributed-Router-0 MsgMgr:  [daemon.debug] Info: initialized regex for command ID

It’s also possible to see the edge arp cache which can come in handy.

nsxmgr-01a> show edge edge-2 arp
haIndex:              0
vShield Edge ARP Cache:
nsxmgr-01a> show edge edge-3 arp
haIndex:              0
vShield Edge ARP Cache:
IP Address                              Interface  MAC Address        State                           vNic_0     00:50:56:01:20:a5  REACHABLE

If you would like to review the edge for performance issues surrounding CPU, memory, disk space, or net-work stats, you will use the ‘show edge edge-id system‘ commands. Furthermore, you can view the processes running and the CPU/Memory they are consuming with the ‘show edge edge-id process‘ command.

nsxmgr-01a> show edge edge-2 system storage
haIndex:              0
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1       372M  321M   33M  91% /
/dev/sda2        47M  5.0M   40M  12% /var/db
/dev/sda3        31M  4.5M   25M  15% /var/dumpfiles
/dev/sda4        34M  6.5M   26M  21% /var/log
nsxmgr-01a> show edge edge-2 system memory
haIndex:              0
MemTotal:         505212 kB
MemFree:          341236 kB
nsxmgr-01a> show edge edge-2 process list
haIndex:              0
 0.0  0.1   3956   696 Ss     Oct 23 00:00:21 init [3]
 0.0  0.0      0     0 S      Oct 23 00:00:00 [kthreadd]
 0.0  0.0      0     0 S      Oct 23 00:00:08 [ksoftirqd/0]

To view the running configuration you will use the ‘show edge edge-id configuration‘ command. You will be able to see the configuration of all of the services shown below.

  application-set   Show application-set configuration
  dns               Show dns configuration
  highavailability  Show highavailability configuration
  ipset             Show ipset configuration
  nat               Show NAT configuration
  sslvpn-plus       Show sslvpn-plus configuration
  bgp               Show bgp configuration
  firewall          Show firewall configuration
  interface         Show interface configuration
  isis              Show ISIS configuration
  ospf              Show OSPF configuration
  static-routing    Show static-routing configuration
  certificatestore  Show certificatestore configuration
  global            Show global configuration
  interface-set     Show interface-set configuration
  l2vpn             Show L2VPN configuration
  routing-global    Show routing-global configuration
  syslog            Show SYSLOG configuration
  dhcp              Show DHCP configuration
  gslb              Show gslb configuration
  ipsec             Show IPSEC configuration
  loadbalancer      Show loadbalancer configuration
  snmp              Show SNMP configuration
  provider-ipset    Show provider's ipset configuration
  provider-appset   Show provider's application-set configuration

The last command I will go through that I find useful is the ‘ip-route‘ command. This will help when troubleshooting routing issues, dynamic routes learned, static routes, and more. To view this information, run the command below.

nsxmgr-01a> show edge edge-3 ip route
haIndex:              0

Codes: O - OSPF derived, i - IS-IS derived, B - BGP derived,
C - connected, S - static, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2,
IA - OSPF inter area, E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2,
N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2

Total number of routes: 6

B            [20/0]        via
O   E2       [110/1]       via
O   E2       [110/1]       via
O   E2       [110/1]       via
C       [0/0]         via
C     [0/0]         via

There are still several commands I didn’t go through but I wanted to provide a good foundation of the centralized edge commands to get everyone started. As always, feel free to post any questions or comments below!

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Transferring Phone Calls: 5 Steps to Good Business Phone Etiquette

Phone EtiquetteThe importance of proper business phone etiquette cannot be stressed enough, as it can leave either a positive or a negative impression on your callers and potential customers. The way you treat callers on the phone reflects directly upon the image your business portrays. Put in the extra effort to be polite and you will ensure that your customer feels valued. With advanced features from VirtualPBX you can rest assured that your business phone system won’t get in the way of proper phone etiquette and a smooth customer service experience.

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  1. Explain to the caller why their call needs to be transferred.
    Whether they’ve reached the wrong person or department, or you simply do not have the resources or authority to answer their questions; be sure to explain why you must transfer them.
  2. Give the caller your information before transferring the call.
    It’s important that the caller has access to your information in case of a dropped call or disconnection. This will also make the caller feel important knowing that while you couldn’t help them further, you are personally concerned about their situation.
  3. Ask the caller for permission to initiate the transfer.
    Asking a customer for permission to transfer their call gives them the opportunity to ask any additional questions. It also gives them a sense of control over the situation.
  4. Speak to the party whom the caller is being transferred to first.
    Speaking to the next party to relieves the caller from having to re-explain their situation. It will also give the other person time to prepare for the call. Now is also the time to pass any “insider” information that might expedite the situation.
  5. Introduce the caller to the individual or department you are transferring them to.
    First, make the introduction to the new contact. Next, ask if there is anything else you can do to help the caller, and thank them for their patience.

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South African actress Shoki Mokgapa is dead. According TshisaLIVE, the 34-year-old Intersexions star passed away on Tuesday night from a yet to be confirmed cause.

Following her shocking death, South Africans have taken to social media to mourn the vibrant actress who won a SAFTA award in 2017 for Best Actress in a Feature Film.

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We are extremely sad to hear about the passing of Shoki Mokgapa. Everyone here at CMP loved working with her and she will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time.

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Deciding between Azure Web Apps and Cloud Service

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Recently, at a project, we had to decide which technology to use. So far, for most of the projects I've been a part of, that run on Azure, we've gone with Cloud Services. Obviously, each project had their own separate reasons. For example, when we rebuilt at Studio Pešec, we used Cloud Service because we needed to run Solr. At that time, Azure was pretty new, so we were early adopters of the PaaS technology, and had to come up with new ways of doing this. Web Apps (or Websites) didn't even exist back then, if I recall correctly. Similar reasons existed for next projects. Lately, at Saop, when we were building the Single Sign On solution - Directory Services (called Saop User Account by Marketing), we again faced the dilemma. However, we needed to support using certificates for signing in, and Websites (they were still called that then) do not give you enough flexibility.

Now, however, any time I start an Azure project discussion, assuming it requires a web front-end, I start with a Web App. Sure, it gives you a little less control over the underlying environment, but that is exactly what I wish for.

MSDN has some articles on this, one you can find here, that are pretty good at extensively covering the differences. The following image is taken from the linked article and clearly shows the benefits of each approach. Note that I've intentionally omitted Virtual Machines because I really don't like them. They make sense for porting legacy apps there, but it's not really PaaS.

What actually are Web Apps and Cloud Services

Put bluntly, the easiest technology to explain is the Virtual Machines. You basically run a Virtual Machine you provisioned yourself (and need to manage yourself) on Microsoft's hardware. They manage replication of the disks so that it's all stable and fairly redundant. So if anything happens, your VM is more or less undamaged and back up.

Cloud Services build on that concept. It's basically a managed virtual machine, where Microsoft manages the operating system (and updates to it), but you still have control over it. Why is that good? Because you can do stuff like install custom software on provisioning (e.g. Solr, as mentioned above), or register custom root certificates (such as in our case), unlock configuration sections, etc.

The Bad Side of Cloud Services

The primary problem, and the one receiving the most criticism is that is takes a seriously long time for a deploy/upgrade to happen. The reason for that is that it does a lot of stuff in the background to make sure your application has 99,95% availability. That means it has to provision a new VM (that actually means spinning a brand new Windows machine, running all configuration tasks, installing your software (pre-reqs)...). When it's done, it reconfigures the load balancer in front of your machine to make sure new sessions go to your new machine. And then it kills the previous machine... Well, that's a very rough description. But it gives a good overview of the amount of work that needs to be done.

So, every time you upload a new version of your code, it takes around 15 minutes for it to be deployed to the machines. That is if everything works. So, as you can figure, that was a big complaint and pain point. In addition, Microsoft figured out that companies have various requirements for their web applications. So they built Azure Websites. Then they figured out that the name isn't doing it justice, and they rebranded to Azure Web Apps.

The Benefits of Web Apps

Well, Microsoft figured out that a lot of projects these days involved serving up a (web) front-end. Then, they figured a lot of projects also need one or more of the following: a back-end for mobile clients, an API access point, and some logic connecting various different APIs together.

They figured this is one product, and they call it Azure App Service. A part of that service, is Web Apps. Quoting Scott Gu's blog, this is what the idea behind Web Apps is:

In my opinion, the biggest benefit is the continuous integration/deployment support. An update is really fast, and can be done using command line tools (e.g. Azure Powershell SDK). We are using that as part of our build process, and as part of the formal production deployment process.

Why did you choose Web Apps instead of Cloud Services?

Well, for the latest project, it was a fairly easy decision. We needed something that scales easily, allows us to publish quickly and we wanted it to be as transparent as possible - meaning that it has to run almost the same on a local IIS as it will in the Web App. This also means that we can also switch easily to cloud services, if need be.

We did not have any custom configuration requirements, and we offloaded all other requirements (like the certificates) to our other product - the User Account.

All the other benefits, like the much much faster deploy, contributed a lot to the decision. In addition, we can still use multiple slots when deploying (e.g. staging, production). For our background jobs, where we needed to have Workers deployed previously, we now use Web Jobs which are basically still workers, only billed and provisioned differently.

What happens when you outgrow Web Apps?

Well that one is easy. IF we ever outgrow them - note that the major reason that could happen is if we introduced a requirement that is unsupported on that environment, like custom certificates, we'll simply redeploy that as a cloud service. In the end, you have to understand that both deployments are basically web applications running on IIS.

What good does that do me?

Basically, very little. As with all architectural questions, the only correct answer is "it depends". However, it does give you a perspective into my thinking process and the factors that affected the decisions above. But, if you need a second opinion with your decisions, leave a comment underneath, or send me an email (first name at this domain dot com).

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The Tiffany Fight Back Begins

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TIFFANY may have lost its high-profile lawsuit against eBay, but it is not taking the verdict lying down.

The luxury jewellery label has filed an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, arguing to overturn the recent ruling that it is the responsibility of the brand, rather than the auction site, to "police" the items that are traded on it.

"Unfortunately, the trial court incorrectly held that trademark holders and not eBay are responsible for policing the eBay site. The effect of this is that eBay can continue to profit at the expense of consumers and trademark holders," says Patrick Dorsey, general counsel, Tiffany & Co.

"In our view, this approach makes no sense as a matter of law or policy. Once eBay has reason to know that a specific brand like Tiffany & Co is being widely counterfeited and sold, eBay should be compelled to investigate and take action to protect its customers and stop the illegal conduct."

Tiffany initially sued eBay in 2004, after notifying the online auction site that 73 per cent of a random sample of supposed Tiffany silver jewellery that it offered was counterfeit.

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ASMALLWORLD’s fashion week party for Rahul Mishra

Now everybody wants to be the Woolmark prize winner's friend

A Rahul Mishra creation embroidered with white flowers was ASMALLWORLD (ASW) CEO Sabine Heller’s outfit of choice on the evening of March 29.

Heller was hosting a mid-fashion week party in honour of the Delhi-based designer who won the international Woolmark prize earlier this year, and earned the title of Vogue India Fashion Fund finalist in 2013.

Members of the private, international travel and social club and the fashion community came to congratulate the designer on his big win and latest collection — shown on Day 2 of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week autumn/winter 2014.

Guests, including fellow designers Kallol Datta, Arjun Saluja, Anand Bhushan, Nikasha Tawadey and Felix Bendish, were joined by director of Tara Jewels, Vikram Raizada, fashion commentator Sujata Assomull, and Sunjay Guleria and Mohini Boparai of online store, among others.

The highlight of the evening was restaurant Smoke House Deli's customised menu, which included flavours from around the world, keeping the global reach of ASW in mind.

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Ive done some podcasting work and a few youtube gameplay videos. Most recently i've lent my voice to tutorial videos for my tech support company, Everything But The Food. I do the voiceover for the tutorials on the site/youtube page that instruct people on how to use our software.

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I have written and recorded advertising copy for an online video streaming business (now out of business)

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