![]() Greg Norman now transcends the game of golf, with over a dozen companies around the world bearing his name and the iconic shark logo as part of the Greg Norman Company, which he leads as Chairman & CEO. 1 position in the world golf rankings for 331 weeks, the second-longest reign in history. The internationally renowned “Great White Shark” won more than 90 tournaments worldwide, including two Open Championships, and he holds the distinction of defending his No. ![]() “We place high value on the right strategic partners and are thrilled to announce the support from Greg Norman and our other investors.”įor more information: About Greg Norman CompanyĪrguably the most successful athlete-turned-businessman in the world, Greg Norman is known as much for his entrepreneurial spirit in the boardroom as his dominance on the golf course. “By leveraging Spalk’s patented Virtual Commentary Studio, sports leagues and broadcasters no longer have to fly commentators to the stadium or studio to call games – they can do it from a laptop anywhere in the world,” said Ben Reynolds, CEO of Spalk. “Mass personalization of live sports content opens up enormous revenue opportunities for leagues and broadcasters and we are excited to support Spalk as they disrupt this legacy industry,” said Brandon Janosky, Managing Partner at Stadia Ventures. The new partnership will aid in Spalk’s North American growth and support introducing the technology in golf and other sports verticals. The technology is already being used extensively by FIBA, the governing body for basketball, as well as World Rugby and several Division I college conferences in the U.S. Since launch in 2017, Spalk has covered more than 5,000 live events for 100+ content partners who have seen up to a 70% increase in audience size. I am a firm believer in entrepreneurship and to have the opportunity to discover the ‘next best thing in sport’ and give a head start to the young entrepreneurs at Spalk is really special to me.” “Demographically targeted commentary is a win-win for both fans and broadcasters and Spalk is leading the way. “As the world becomes increasingly more global, a one-size fits all approach to sports broadcasting is no longer relevant,” said Greg Norman. After receiving hundreds of applications from around the world – including eight countries and five continents – Spalk, a New York City-based company with New Zealand origins, emerged as the winner. Spalk was a finalist in “Greg Norman’s Search for the Next Sports Entrepreneur” held at the University of Miami in March 2017 wherein Greg Norman and his team of investors held a worldwide search to discover the next successful inventors, creators and innovators in sport. Fans are able to choose a commentator for each game that suits their preferred language, style or bias – driving fan engagement while increasing audience size and lowering production costs for content owners. (September 25, 2018) – Greg Norman Company today announced a material investment in Spalk as the leader in a $1.5MM series seed round alongside Stadia Ventures, Ice Angels, Sparkbox Ventures and others.Ī virtual sportscasting studio, Spalk’s proprietary Live Sync technology synchronizes live sports streams with multiple alternate remote commentaries from anywhere in the world. Plus it's allowed it to move its headquarters to Tokyo so it has the massive mobile markets of Japan and the US closer to hand.Greg Norman Company Leads $1.5MM Series Seed Round Investment in Spalk Technology Enables Broadcasters, Sports Leagues and Teams to Customize Live Sport Commentary at Scale The funding has also allowed the company to take on four full-time staff, as previously everyone in the company had been working on the venture part-time, around their day jobs. ![]() ![]() Those funds have allowed the Puteko team to get in-market and refine their business model, strategy and where the company is placed in the AR ecosystem." "GD1 invests at a very early stage and a lot of the things they invest in are almost ideas rather than businesses but ideas with great potential. Soon after the investment was made, however, he joined the Puteko team full time and in April this year he moved into the CEO role. The fledgling tech firm also caught the eye of the folks at angel investment and advisory firm Sparkbox Ventures leading to a $220,000 investment in Puteko last September by the Global from Day One fund (GD1), made up of investment from Sparkbox, the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund (NZVIF) and GD1 Nominees.Īt that time Darlow was on the other side of the fence, heavily involved with the company as a venture associate at Sparkbox.
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![]() ![]() On the other side, “Name Entry” is engaging and celebratory in sound. The “In Game Music” is frenetic, matching the action on the screen, although isn’t super complex. The entirety of the second disc belongs to Motos. The “Arrange Mode Ending Music” incorporates game sound effects and takes the main theme of the game and turns it into an upbeat, space-y, and militaristic tune. Lastly, the “Mappy” version is funky and incorporates bird sound effects. “Pac-Man” shares a dreamy quality to it while “Dig Dug” is an upbeat march. “Gaplus” is dark, intense, and sinister, while “Rally-X,” on the other hand, is upbeat and jovial. “Xevious” is a march-like rendition of the classic Xevious tune and has a dreamy quality to it. There are also “Galactic Dancing” renditions of other Namco games. All of which are generally enjoyable short tunes, but definitely sound like a typically generic tune mirroring those styles. These include a “Waltz,” “Tango,” “Salsa,” and “Big Band Jazz” versions. There are also a variety of “Galactic Dancing” tunes present. “Loading BGM” is space-like in sound and has a dreamy quality to the iconic Galaga melody and features a medley like approach to its music. The overall soundtrack, however, is rather lackluster. There is also a “CM64” version, standing for Commodore 64, that is present that mirrors the “GS Arrange” in terms of approach. It’s other renditions, such as the “GS Arrange version” is more orchestral in sound which helps strengthen the tune a bit while the “Arrange Version” is a bit more engaging and features a blend of orchestral chiptune sound fonts and more 8-bit renditions as well. “Dark Planet BGM” is repetitive and ominous. The next game featured is Star Luster, a soundtrack with many short ditties and most of which feature a more minimalist approach, which makes sense given that Hiroyuki Kawada was responsible for most of the soundtrack. Lastly, “Excellence is an upbeat tune with a celebratory sound that closes off the game’s soundtrack nicely. “Flash Flash Flash” is another super engaging tune with a vibrant melody, wonderful solos, and is certainly the most substantial tune from the game. ![]() “Blast Power” is funky with plenty of slap bass and features a smooth melody that manages to stand out. “Red Alert” is tense and mysterious with some great synth work and a punchy sound. The “Title Menu” is rather funk while it’s various other themes run the gamut of sounds. “Little Wave” is an extremely catchy tune with a space sound and an excellent melody that definitely serves as a highlight. Of these releases, Bosconian certainly has the most meaty soundtrack, despite its relative length. The first disc features music and sound effects from three games, Bosconian, Star Luster, and Galaga ’88. Composed by a variety of, at the time, Namco employees, and featuring music from games such as Bosconian, Dig Dug, Xevious, and Pac-Man, among others, is this all-encompassing compilation release that captures an early look at game composition. Supersweep’s latest compilation release is NAMCO SOUND MUSEUM FROM X68000, featuring music from a variety of games, releasd on the Sharp Corporations X68000 home computer. ![]() And also explaining to my family why our own keypad does the same wrote: It makes me look like an idiōt when I have to explain why their keypad stopped working and what I have to do to fix it. I’m tired of having to use smart plugs and other crude workarounds to keep them charged in permanent installs (like alarms are supposed to be). Lies like that are just making this worse.įix the software, or start shipping a new hardware version, that doesn’t have the problem, to everyone who has the defective ones. Oh, and it’s also not OK that the support agents are now being told to falsely tell users with this problem that the keypad isn’t designed to be constantly powered and was never meant to be used that way. The longer you let this go on with no resolution, the more it’s going to cost you to fix if it’s something that can’t be done in software. If it’s a hardware problem, rather than software as the current story line goes, it’s time to stop sending the defective devices out and replace everyone’s with a new hardware version. ![]() I know Ring is new to the security scene, but this is completely unacceptable. Having a core component of the system become randomly useless if you use it-as designed-is not OK for a few days, let alone nearly a year. It is quite ridiculous that this has been a well known issue since the Alarm launch LAST YEAR and it’s still not resolved. Else why have the wiring channel on the back, and even the new style mounting bracket from just the last 90 days that has a hole in the middle to feed the power cable into a junction box or through the wall (like when replacing an existing security system)? After all, they’re designed to be powered all the time. ![]() Fix the problem that causes the keypad to freeze after a couple weeks on power so we don’t have to recharge it, from the base station or otherwise. ![]() While this theory doesn’t exist in any complete form, it’s the hoped-for reconciliation of the two major branches of modern theoretical physics: general relativity, which describes gravity, and quantum field theory, which covers the other fundamental forces of nature. Based on studies of black holes, some physicists think the holographic principle will be part of any reasonable quantum theory of gravity. The holographic principle may or may not work for our real Universe it’s an area of active research. And more importantly, the correspondence is exact: unlike a normal hologram, you wouldn’t be able to peek around the edge of the cosmic hologram to notice that it’s actually flat. While neither of those models describes the real world, they show in principle that a lower-dimensional hologram could contain all the information of a more complex cosmos. The idea derives from an interesting mathematical correspondence between two theories: a five-dimensional toy universe filled with a variation of dark energy, the stuff that makes our real Universe accelerate) and a four-dimensional toy universe with no gravity. The holographic principle is a slightly different matter. The illusion isn’t perfect: nobody but Homer Simpson would be fooled into thinking the hologram of a donut was actually a donut. ![]() The third dimension is encoded in the viewing surface, tricking our eyes into seeing depth that isn’t there. To see why this is, though, we need to look more closely at the holographic principle.Īn ordinary hologram is typically constructed by using lasers to scan three-dimensional objects, resulting in a picture that looks different depending on the angle of viewing. However, not everyone who studies the topic agrees on whether holographic noise exists or not, and failure to detect anything won’t tell us if the Universe is a hologram or not. The Holometer is starting operations to detect hypothetical “holographic noise”: vibrations in the structure of spacetime caused by the encoding of the third dimension in the other two. ![]() Their experiment is known as the Holometer, located at Fermilab in Illinois. However, a few researchers think we might be able to detect some discrepancies between the three dimensions of space we perceive and a lower-dimensional hologram in the structure of spacetime on the very microscopic level. The holographic principle isn’t a theory that describes our Universe yet: it’s more a fascinating conjecture that might let us solve some thorny problems in fundamental physics someday. Because the concept is similar to a hologram, the idea is known as the holographic principle, and it’s a hot topic among those trying to understand the quantum nature of gravity. Other models, such as string theory, propose more dimensions, but those are coiled up too small to be seen.īut there’s another idea: maybe one of the ordinary three dimensions of space is unnecessary for a full understanding of the Universe, with the “depth” information encoded in the other dimensions. Together those are known as spacetime, which is the background of our successful theories describing the forces governing matter and the cosmos itself. ![]() The Universe we inhabit seems to be four-dimensional: the three dimensions of height, length, and depth, along with time. ![]() If anybody needed a reminder the Mos Def is one of the best lyricists of all time in hip-hop, this song (and album in general) is it. "Style and state radiate/love power slay the hate/truth killer flakey face/players say it to their face/ain't afraid to major straight/grace at the table straight/flow greatest like the greatest lakes/capes all greatest states/quiet water major waves". ![]() Nothing is simple about the wordplay he follows that up with though. "Peace before everything/god before anything/love before anything/real before everything/home before anyplace". It's a very powerful song, partly because of the message, but also because of Mos' delivery. "Priority" is one of the most spiritual songs on the album, as Mos outlines what our priorities should be in life. Mos has always been one of the most humble and honest rappers there is, and that makes this album very easy to relate to. The whole album is very down to earth, but uplifting at the same time. Mos simply raps about the high unemployment rate and the day to day munadane life of working a 9-5, living paycheck to paycheck to keep the lights on. Flash produces "Worker's Comp" which is the perfect song for the times we are in. The greatness of Mos isn't limited to the Madlib tracks though. Madlib produces 4 of the tracks on this album (Wahid, Pretty Dancer, Revelations, and the Slick Rick assisted Auditorium), and it's no surprise that these are 4 of the best tracks on the album. Most of the tracks have Middle Eastern influences regardless of who produces the track. Mos samples guitars (and the chorus) from an old Turkish song, and the rest of the album follows the theme of using Middle Eastern instruments throughout this album. The opening track "Supermagic" hits like a hammer. However, the production on this album is without question the best production since Black on Both Sides. Mos Def has always been a very talented rapper, and the strength of his albums has always been his lyrics. It's been a long time since I've heard an album of this caliber, and I still can't think of a better rap album to come out since this album was released nearly 3 years ago. Mos Def has always been a very talented rapper, and This album deserves a 12 out of 10 if I were basing my score on the relativity to other rap albums over the past 5 years. ![]() This album deserves a 12 out of 10 if I were basing my score on the relativity to other rap albums over the past 5 years. ![]() In semi-rural and rural areas, where houses and farms are widely spaced, a numbering system based on tens of metres or (less commonly) metres has been devised. On some long urban roads (e.g., Parramatta Road in Sydney) numbers ascend until the road crosses a council or suburb boundary, then start again at 1 or 2, where a street sign gives the name of the relevant area – these streets have repeating numbers. There is no plan to reassign these numbers. In New South Wales and South Australia, the vast majority of streets were numbered when the land titles were created, with odd numbers assigned to houses on the right of the street when facing the direction along which numbers increase. Conversely should block of land be combined such as 51, 53, 55, the numbers might go 49, 51–55, 57. 9, is divided into parts, the sequence might go 7, 9, 9A, 11, 13. For example, Underwood Road in Rochedale South, part of which is divided between Logan City and the City of Brisbane. Exceptions are where the road forms part of the boundary between different council areas or cities. ![]() It first came into force in 2003 under AS/NZS 4819:2003 – Geographic Information – Rural & Urban Addressing. The standard calls for lots and buildings on newly created streets to be assigned odd numbers (on the left) and even numbers (on the right) when facing in the direction of increasing numbers (the European system) reflecting already common practice. In Australia and New Zealand, the current standard (Australia/New Zealand joint standard AS/NZS 4819:2011 – Rural & Urban Addressing) is directed at local governments that have the primary responsibility for addressing and road naming. The number 5 means that the property is between 40 and 60 metres (130 and 200 ft) from the datum point of the road, and is on the left hand side of the road as viewed from the datum point. Australia and New Zealand Ī RAPID number sign in New Zealand. For instance, some US cities started efforts to improve their schemes in the late 19th century. ĭue to the gradual development of house numbering and street addressing schemes, reform efforts occur periodically. On 1 March 1768, King Louis XV of France decreed that all French houses outside of Paris affix house numbers, primarily for tracking troops quartered in civilian homes. In the 1750s and 60s, street numbering on a large scale was applied in Madrid, London, Paris, and Vienna, as well as many other cities across Europe. ![]() in little villages on the day before the troops march in". Street numbering took off in the mid-18th century, especially in Prussia, where authorities were ordered to "fix numbers on the houses . Parts of the Paris suburbs were numbered in the 1720s the houses in the Jewish quarter in the city of Prague in the Austrian Empire were numbered in the same decade to aid the authorities in the conscription of the Jews. The New View of London reported in 1708 that "at Prescott Street, Goodman's Fields, instead of signs, the houses are distinguished by numbers". In the 18th century the first street numbering schemes were applied across Europe, to aid in administrative tasks and the provision of services such as Mail delivery. However, the purpose of the numbering was generally to determine the distribution of property ownership in the city, rather than for the purpose of organization. John Rocque's Map of London, 1746.Ī house numbering scheme was present in Pont Notre-Dame in Paris in 1512. One of the earliest street numbering systems was introduced along Prescott Street in Goodman's Field, London. |
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